systemd was what I meant. I swear my original post said systemd.

The legend is he was hang gliding.

It was a teaching language; it resembles assembly, Fortran, and COBOL; pushed into production and was very harmful; http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BasicCo...

But of course since we learn nothing in IT and software development we had to do it again; http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/re... . It was a teaching language for the love of Mike.

Probably because larval PHBs had only one computing class in college and so it was what they dictated when placed in a decision making position over IT and programming departments. Footnote, I see the same thing happing with Python these days. Being pushed into unsuitable roles because that is all anyone knows.

MS BASIC was the system of the 1980's. OK, are you happy now ;)

His dad gave him $2 million dollars after he dropped out of school. I certainly would not have gotten any money from my parents if I had dropped out of school. His dad was a well connected lawyer, who helped guide MS in the early years, and got prominent businessmen to serve on the board of a fledgling MS. His mother was from a well connected banking family.

With those sorts of advantages how could you fail?

I've seen the image. I've seen porn. But the possible effects of bad searches coupled with a back story that make engineers look like a bunch of slimy scum bags is inappropriate for a high school.

yeah? you know how bad search engines can be. Also the back story is inappropriate for HS. It almost sets a tone of "You want to be a Software Engineer? You need to have porn handy." No wonder programmers are laughed at as unprofessional.

Totally inappropriate.

There s debate as to whether a Free Market can ever truly exist at all. To fulfill the definition, in a Economics sense, you need things like instantaneous information spread all across the market. In addition if you look at the NYSE, often touted as approaching an dealized free market, you will find it covered by three layers of regulation; the exchange regulations and by laws, the NY state regulations, and the SEC. So it seems you can't even get close to a free market with out regulation and government intervention.

Period. The instructor is an idiot. Leave the porn where it belongs, at home where you can do as you please. Not everyone likes, wants to see it, or uses it. Have a little regard for your fellow human beings.

Testing is about checking compliance to a spec. QA is a *much* broader topic. E.g. reviewing the spec to ensure it was well writing and there are no gaps. Unfortunately many people do not understand the difference.

Is that a cold boot or a warm boot?

"Thank you for calling Boeing tech support. Did you most of your questions can be answered online in our FAQ section? Simply go to www.boeingcares.com/customercare/support/FAQ. If this is an ground problem press 1, if it is a maintenance question please press 2, if this is about the galley hotbox recall press 3, for in-flight problems press 4"

*beep*
"You have selected in-flight problem. For engine fires press 1, for structural failure please press 2, for fuel system faults please check 3, for all other in-flight challenges please press 4."

*beep*
"You have selected other. Your call is very important to us you will be transferred to the next available customer care representative. Did you most of your questions can be answered online in our FAQ section? Simply go to www.boeingcares.com/customercare/support/FAQ. Due to unusually high call volumes you expected hold time is 15 minutes. Please hold..."

It doesn't matter what country programmers come from, in my experience too many programmers have no clue about reality outside of their cube. They are building software for things they do not understand. I am going to rant about this in another thread so I will leave it at that for now.

Yeah, I don't have my 'back of the envelop' calculations in front of me but I think I worked that out to be a 'timedGetTime' rollover bug. I wonder if the same thing is happening in this case, i.e. a timer rollover bug.

DO we blame plier manufacturers for their roles in torture? What is the difference between a physical tool and a psychological one?