Comment Re:This is the "old news" defense (Score 1) 11
You really think the moon landing was faked?
Dude, the world is flat. The moon is Commie plot. Just ask Alex Jones.
You really think the moon landing was faked?
Dude, the world is flat. The moon is Commie plot. Just ask Alex Jones.
This country needs a Conservative party, as a kind of hospice, where that philosophy can go while it lives out its dying days here.
Well, that's kind of morose.
As usual, I prefer to blame the victims (us).
On a desktop personal computer, it would never occur to you to think "Oh, I just assume I'll get software maintenance from my ISP," and if anyone ever actually said that then you would point your finger at them and laugh and their over-the-top stupidity.
But change the form factor of the personal computer to handheld and suddenly we don't do the pointing and laughing. On the very face of it, it's JUST AS STUPID. So WTF?
Users are not exercising their common sense. They simply aren't. You can make excuses for not using common sense and explain why we did this very obviously stupid thing, but don't pretend it's not happening. Every morning you're getting up and putting a "kick me" sign on your back. You know that you're doing it and you know what consequences will invariably flow from it.
"I don't have any other signs to put on my back! All the signs on the market say 'kick me!'"
"Just because I wear a 'kick me' sign that doesn't mean anyone really has license to kick me! They shouldn't be doing that to me!"
Ok, go on and say those things. You even have some valid points, and the things you're saying might even be technically correct. But that doesn't mean you don't sound stupid, because you don't have not getting kicked in your requirements! WTF, people?!
Stop thinking of handhelds as some weird special case where ALL your experiences with software maintenance magically don't apply! THAT'S STUPID! So yeah, I'm a victim-blamer. You know when you buy your PC from your ISP or from a manufacturer who has a history of preventing maintenance, what's going to happen. And when people pretend they don't know the invariable consequences of buying PCs from ISPs, the stupidity takes on a flavor of dishonesty. Mmmm, yum!
Apparently because it's some sort of "drop off" safe.
In the normal operation of the safe, the majority of operations are executed by way of a touch-screen on the safe. Once the money has been inserted into the safe, it is automatically deposited to the retailer's bank, which means that it's the bank's money and a store manager cannot remove cash from the safe. Typically, to remove cash, there is a requirement for both the store manager and a Brink's employee to be present.
That still doesn't explain why people in this sort of industry think you need Microsoft freaking Windows for a simple UI screen. Perhaps they are using Visual Basic? (rolls eyes)
This is 2015, folks, this is the kind of crap you can do with a Raspberry Pi, and if it's long-term support you want, you will still be able to get boards ten years from now, at most needing software changes in the form of a few different kernel drivers.
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. -- Mickey Mouse
