Posts by Thing

Re: @ LarsG (@ AC 08:32 GMT)

'Stop hitting yourself'

Unless they know actual Nobel prize winners or porn actresses then what they are following are public feeds of public people. If you want interesting updates from real people:

A) only befriend people in reality who you actually want to be friends with.

B) only befriend people on Facebook who you are friends with in reality.

Most people seem to instinctively grasp the former, but a lot of people (like you and your friends) seem to struggle with the later. I don't eat food I hate, I don't sit and watch TV I don't like, I don't read Barbara Cartland so why would I follow the feeds of 'uninteresting, boring, self-important people' on Facebook/twitter and then complain about the content of the channel which I have crafted for myself.

Off to do something I want to do, and as far as possible, avoid doing things I don't.

Re: Based on what I know of Autonomy...

"what's KPMG's excuse?"

the man who did not want to see it signed their pay cheque so they told him what he wanted to hear.

Have we not seen all this before with Anderson Consulting and Enron?

Indeed...

I uninstalled Java a few weeks ago because of the security issues, then re-installed it because I really, really wanted to play Minecraft (sigh)

Re: Move production to the USA.

Automation is not purely about cost. Certain assembly steps are just too complex to be done quickly machines. Part of the engineering process is to minimize and simplify those manual assembly steps to keep the manufacturing costs down (and to make the quality easier to control).

Re: the sub headline?

Yup... took one look at this back in the day when I moved to a street that did not have cable.

'The latency is what!?'

Did not look any further :-)

'I'm a lady'

My first thought... 'It's a beard!'

Re: Sad

'The shares can be compared to lottery tickets now.'

By which of course you mean a tax on stupidity.

Re: Yay

'people who see flaming crucifixes floating over dead saints' resting places'

So now I'm thinking it was an early Black Sabbath concert. How old is Ozzy?

Re: Yep

Not true... Depends on the city. In Melbourne at least pints seem to be more common than schooners.

Re: Wil who?

Wil... is that you?

or perhaps Wil's mum

Re: Sticking Windows where it's not easy to get at.

Actually, if you lock down both the hardware and software configuration (as you would in an embedded system) Windows is perfectly stable.

I've seen it used in both safety critical applications (air traffic control, military radar control, in an x-ray imaging system system for use in key-hole surgery) and in remote infrastructure (as supervisors in wireless base stations). In the latter configurations the average 'tech' might not know anything about the O.S. They just get told by email that a board in location X has failed, they drive out, pull out the module with the red light, put in a replacement and wait for the light to go green.

It's only when you throw in a bunch of cheap RAM from PC-world, some dodgy drivers for some no-name hardware and allow the user to install crapware from web that Windows turns to shit.

That said, this kind of stuff is all very much at the top end of embedded systems in terms of performance. In terms of volume it is dwarfed by the number of ARM and myriad lesser embedded systems out there. As has been said elsewhere, any high end system will probably have a few low end micro-controllers running independent sub-systems.

Re: Dirty linen

You don't have to post pictures of drunken binges. I usually only post random stuff which I come across which I think my friends might also like to see e.g 'Celebrities Who Look Like Mattresses'.

Not much help to any potential employers I'm afraid.