Comment Re:Not a bad price (Score 1) 192
>> . The programs are probably purchased as binaries.
Bad practice. Never purchase software without full sources. Especially custom made Software.
>> . The programs are probably purchased as binaries.
Bad practice. Never purchase software without full sources. Especially custom made Software.
>> I doubt it will accept a floppy.
It probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks...
>> spacex wants to charge less than Russia
everybody "wants" to be cheaper, better, more reliable than Soyuz.
Nobody suceeded in 6 decades.
it's been a long time the world has settled for a base 10, except computers, whre it's base 256.
Live with it.
Yeah, and imperial is... well... imperial
No, it's not a royal pain, it's an imperial pain.
Use Linux. Err no... Use metric.
Yeah, that's it : Use metric pain !!
why do you want to divide by 3 or 4 ??
No. We don't generally use ratios in metric.
>> and some that are straight up dumb, and they're still coming out with new models, confusingly still bearing the "Nokia" brand.
Why should they give up or rename their most profitable business (as of phones)?
>> Correction, new version does store and retrieve logs. That's kinda distressing.
Nah, that's surveillance. A happy new year 1984 to you and your family of terrorists... um I mean of citizens.
>> Microsoft will no longer distribute
Use Linux
>> I've taken a look at Slashdot's homepage with no adblock or anything
Who would want to surf the net without adblock ?
>> normal people and business just want to get shit done
People who "just want to get shit done" use linux these days.
while(true);do shit; done
>> I hope there are lawsuits from people who lose their valuable data from this.
????? is there a law against bugs in the US ?
can you accuse source code ?
>> what is the mitigation other than abstaining from the Internet?
The mitigation is air gap : using Internet browsers on a dedicated machine with a throwaway system
"Engineering without management is art." -- Jeff Johnson