Posts by John 104

Re: gummint shouldn't pay for anything

Not trolling. Just pissed about my tax dollars going to waste on this sort of thing. And useless fighter jets too. :)

One can get a job almost entirely by computer these days. Any public library has them for use. If a phone is needed, you can borrow a friends or family member. There are ways to get things done. They may be distasteful in our modern social world, but that doesn't mean that it can't be done. Again, swallow your pride and do what it takes. OR, just give up and make excuses.

And under the law, you can get a land line. Fine, get one. Free. Go for it. Not the same as a smart phone with data plan, etc. That is entirely NOT what the program was for.

Re: "No watershed"

@Arctic Fox

Or, it could be that the methods that they are using are not being detected, hence the apparent decline.

Re: Even though it's documented,

@AC

This is the new Microsoft. Just trust them and don't worry about those pesky technical details.

The new Microsoft treats all customers as desktop users. They know what is best for us. Trust them.

Re: Who Pays for DevOps?

@AC

On legacy programs, you buy HARDWARE. I need X build machines, I buy X computers, bill them to capital, and call it a day. NOW I have to RENT VMs in a cluster offsite, PAY for resource and disk usage, and do that EVERY MONTH for the LIFE of my project (which could be 20+ years)? No thanks. (says the frugal manager)

Can I come work for you?

Re: $189,000

He is lucky he got off so lightly. Maybe 189 was the one lost customer, but word of mouth will be far more damaging in the long term I would suspect...

Re: I'm flabbergasted

@AC Single user

This isn't an issue with Windows. it is an "administration" problem. And I use that term very loosely.

Re: So what?

The so what is that this is the CEO of a company whose service millions use. If he can't take securing his own accounts seriously, how serious is he going to be about securing your information on the service that he created?

Re: cloud, cloud, cloud, cloud...

Seems to me that if you are paying SF to host your stuff in their cloud and pay their markup, and they are paying Amazon to host their cloud services... Perhaps just skipping the middle man would be in order?

People profit from these things all the time. Museums too.

Re: The Real Ale Defence

Don't disparage American beers until you had some. I'm not talking the cheap crap like Bud or Coors. Real beer from the PNW. Nortwest IPA's, Stouts, Ales, etc.

Re: Because

Screwed either way.

Criminal Clinton who seeks only to broaden her power base and grow her bank roll.(how the Clinton foundation is not under scrutiny is beyond me)

Crazy trump. Who knows what he'll do. At least he isn't bought and paid for by the rest of the clowns in DC. Probably what scares them the most.

Re: I'm torn between..

And hit Paul Allens museum while you are at it.

Haven't been to Evergreen in OR for a while, but they had a stellar display collection last time I was there.

Oh, and F4 Phantom FTW for modern.

P40 for old school. Not the best performer but just so cool looking.

RE: Kettles

True, we have 110 at 15 or 20 amps. However, not all of us are bound to using electric heat for cooking. Barf! I've had it and it sucks ass. Impossible to regulate with any accuracy. We have natural gas at my home. Not sure about BTU conversion on what we have vs electric, but it still takes a bit to boil in a closed kettle. Still, we must be a patient lot, because it isn't a big deal to just turn on the stove and then go back to watching a movie or something else until the whistle blows. Then we - gasp! - get up and fill our cups.

Our family is not typical Americana though. We don't watch much broadcast TV, and even then, it is mainly a Winter activity. Summer evenings are very long in the North West so outdoor activities rule.

Re: but they had such a great backronym!

Dating ourselves here I think...

I'm re-reading Ringworld. Haven't read it in probably 20 years! Still just as good as when I first turned a page. And it got me thinking about the RAMA series. Might just have to pick up a copy of that series, after I read Ringworld Engineers of course. :)

Re: "Trusted"

Trust none of them.

Re: Things get a little silly.

@herby

The software vendor keeps adding features so differentiate the "old" from the "new",

"This year we put a 12 on the box."

No, that complaining is for a different article. The tracking and usage alone should be enough for a class action law suit.

Re: IoT will creep in

Yes, because I need my house freaking out and telling me that I have a bulb out or that my laundry is done. IoT is for idiot consumers who think they are all "tech geeky guru" because they have a wireless thermostat. Kind of like management who push DevOps. And like DevOps, IoT makes me want to hurt someone.

Re: How well does it run Doom?

You can run Doom! on it, but you'll have to use gestures as control inputs. So, if you see some guy running around flailing his left arm while simultaneously trying to read his watch face, you'll know what he is up to.

Re: Can we have some innovation please Apple

@BurnTOffering

Do you really think Apple developed that display? My guess would be Samsung...

Re: Not a good move Apple!

@Sandtitz

They don't raise a fuss because they new one doesn't need to be fixed. So lets just buy the new one. A white one. It must be better. Here's my cash.

My wife and I go once in a while for date night.

As for "allowing" or "Not Allowing" texting in a theater. What are they going to do? Patrol the isles and ask people to leave? Not likely.

Re: Unwanted consequences

@stizzleswick

They do think these things through. Most anti-crime legislature in the US these days is geared toward non-criminals. Criminalizing constitutionally held rights all in the name of safety. Criminals don't give a rats ass about the law, that's why they are criminals... The senators know this. The goal is to remove power of the populace to protect themselves from, and hold accountable the very elected officials that are supposed to be working for the people, not for themselves. Sadly, it is probably horribly and irreversibly corrupted. As a US citizen it sickens me to no end.