You're right, a for-profit only company would never have cut costs to the IT department. Nope.

Yes I can confirm that on my Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, the 2982791 update was present and it's removable.

Sure, I'm a hoarder, chances are I might have something I no longer use but would be happy if it helped you. Maybe you have the same situation?

I'm in Montreal.

I have two eyes, I guess I'd need two screens?

Mayhem in Monsterland looks pretty good I think.

You can build a Forward Mass Sensor and use a magnetic cannon to launch an iridium sphere nearby...

I can't cope with the way you spell "genius".

Of course, a lot of research was done by the private labs of corporations back then, like IBM, RCA, etc.. Engineering was a respected profession, you needed real talent to become an engineer or programmer and you could earn a good living that way in the West.

Then one day some bright psychopath realized it would be cheaper if universities did the research with government money instead.

Then you get the research done, your future employees come already in debt, and then they work for peanuts paying back their student loans.

So companies used to pay YOU to do research, now YOU pay to go to university and the companies get to keep the IP!

And social engineering and manipulation means that people will WILLINGLY do so!

Brilliant!

The worst thing in America is that the "fucked" are the loudest proponents of the "fuck the rest" mentality. It's a triumph of social engineering.

I think you'll find that the "software features turned on by an option" is widespread, not just with Tektronix. It isn't "defective", it's how engineering is done these days.

One time pad.

All I need is PIC assembly, DOS batch files and AWK.

No, they come from training hard and never giving up. In the Army. Or something.

Do we piss on them the same way we piss on poor people? Or do we glorify it when it's rich, famous, attractive or powerful people? "Sex, drugs and rock and roll"? Got my answer, thanks.

That's right, that's called a conversation. I'd also appreciate you didn't re-define the English language at your whim, thanks.

http://dictionary.sensagent.co...

Or did your parents teach you otherwise?