Comment Re:As an Engineer,,, (Score 1) 64
... and I hate those spies always sapping my sentries.
... and I hate those spies always sapping my sentries.
My Dad was a wiring inspector for Boeing; he did the wiring in our house.
I don't fly.
... Metallica isn't real metal.
OK, replying to myself, after doing more reading.
I guess the software under attack is designed to stop limited exploits from becoming big ones, and it's referring to the image in the
I'd describe it as like knowing how to use a coathanger to unlock a car door.
If you are able to arbitrarily modify system
Sounds an awful lot like today's Old New Thing post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnew...
I'm talking about major changes to the IO system to reduce the number of redundant write operations, and to align those operations (and paging) with the native block size of the device.
An SSD drive should last much longer under Win 8+ than older versions.
It's pretty simple actually.
Versions that add support for major new hardware/API's suck, until driver/application developers catch up with the new tech (including Microsoft internal developers...)
(1x) 1.0 > 2.0 > 2.1 I think I was still using an Amiga that generation... So I don't recall the details.
(3x) So 3.0 > 3.1 > 3.11 (Cooperative Multitasking, Protected memory mode)
(4x) 95 > 98 > 98 SE (Explorer, TCP/IP, COM interfaces)
(5x) (2K/ME) > XP > XP SP2 (an actual, but underused security model, removal of Real mode DOS, SFP, System Restore)
(6x) Vista > (Marketing skip) Seven > Seven (with patches) Added real 64 bit support, native IPv6, No longer Administrator as default user.
(8x) 8, 8.1, 9 (Tablet interface, SSD support, 'Metro'/RT)
I think having one of those would be a republican presidential candidate requirement.
Years ago I was the IT guy for a local government budget office.
After I stopped the servers from crashing any spending an hour rebuilding every day, and fixed the backup system so it actually backed up data, I had plenty of free time.
Instead of hiding in my office looking busy while playing MUDS/Nethack I took the time to sit with individual users, and quietly
They spent most of the day comparing two columns of numbers (one from mainframe, one from SQL) for equality.
After a quick VBA prototype, they ended up with simple daily reports of where the numbers didn't match, saving about 40 hours a day between the 20 analysts.
The key thing many IT guys miss, is taking the time to fully understand what the users actually need/want; but instead jump to conclusions that everyone wants what a programmer wants.
As a trans-offended person, I'm offended by your reluctance to allow people to be offended.
Some of us enjoy being shocked, offended, and triggered so stop cis-comfort-zone oppressing us.
... also traffic cameras.
How does the logic of this decision impact future 'legalize' campaigns for marijuana?
Some of us just don't care about some One Percenter's waterfront mansion.
I used to set lead type in my parents print shop as a kid, and I'm perfectly fine, even after setting lead type in my parents print shop, it had no effect on me, just like setting lead type in my parents print shop.
The Titanic == Itanium
Real Programmers don't eat quiche. They eat Twinkies and Szechwan food.