Comment So, I want to become a robot (Score 1) 628
Wait, I already am.
Wait, I already am.
Ought to be easy to do. Israelis figured this out a long time ago.
Of course there is a downside, if you are holding it and
From what I read the steel, coal and general chemistry industries are quite bad. Apple has actually tried to clean up with their vendor requirements.
You can post all day on Slashdot, but that isn't like putting your professional life on the line and giving it a go.
Someone is going to have to dismantle the Pandora's box that is the DPRK.
S. Korea and the US have been putting it off for decades and China is finally getting PO'd and worried a N. Korea fall will result in millions crossing their border instantly looking for food.
It couldn't cost as much as Afganistan.
And then the next Snowden sells the back door key to whoever he wants!
What I see in this is Apple is NOT letting up their push for better CPU/Graphics.
The long term plan is obviously to be able to DOMINATE through superiority.
Windows is telling you in no uncertain terms to convert as a HackInTosh!
I'm just wondering if Windows has become so complex that even MS's programmers can't keep all the gears and chains and indexers humming along w/99.9% uptime.
When are we as users going to insist on bullet proof OS's? It goes for all mainstream systems.
Seems like it time for a ground up rebuild of the OS. If not, why continue using a system with so many problems. Patch after patch after malware patch and it doesn't change.
That way you can just trash it & reload a clone if something goes wrong.
Don't necessarily need to "burn through" thick metal to disable a missle. If you hit control surfaces, instrument surfaces or impact sensors, you can disable/destruct fairly fast.
I have a high end application that is simply mandatory for work in my field and it only runs on Windows. It is bad enough if the application goes to a new version I don't want or need, but the force me to pay for & do it anyway or lose contact for needed files and support, but Microsoft can now make it worse with Monitization.
If I don't pay a recurring fee for Windows, then I could be in jeopardy of being suddenly held hostage if someone hacks the MS servers and my version of Windows goes down.
Sorry, but I just don't trust Microsoft, at all.
I'm continuing to post comments & write letters pleading with the makers of the key applications I need to support Mac OS X.
Hey, this is how you motivate underworked, undermotivated, low wage government employees with 'perks.'
Good luck there! How about offering them a "modern" early retirement/buyout package.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein