Trumpet was not a Microsoft product.

Well, I got my introduction to electronics in the service. The RCA CDP1802 was the CPU in the equipment I learned to service. Yeah, it was actually used in something that sold for money. I felt kinda disappointed in what was available to civilians for a bit after separation.

I was fortunate to have gotten a lot of digital electronics back then. Playing with 74xx logic kept me off the streets for a few years.

Who remembers figuring out Procomm Plus for the first time? Usenet? Trumpet Winsock?

I'm 61, my first useful PC was an XT clone. I transitioned from office machines to PC service, then networking, helped run a dialup ISP, spent a decade connecting my clients to that Internet thing.

My clients were using email, intranet and extended web sites to share work, and working remotely before there was Google or Facebook.

I've been digital since there was digital. I was even playing MMOG before there was Internet.

I should go to college just to annoy the kids. I already work with teams where the 25- year-olds are in charge, and we do fine. After our team proves them somewhat misled, they listen to us.

Sounds like a video game.

That's not a knock. Publish a buggy game and watch players complain. Then watch your stock plummet. Then watch the sheriff padlock the doors. And that's just a game.

Software is important.

Lines of code = complexity?

Lemme guess. You're a programmer.

Ignat.

And what would have been the upgrade from Sametime in 1998? Postcards? Voice mail?

Do quit. Other more accommodating individuals will take your place.

Here, on /. , we find people who think you can leave your Windows machine running 24x7 with not a care in the world. As if it would never abend, never update and reboot, nor would any badly behaved app or driver decide to crash and take the kernel with it.

These same people extol the virtues of any Linux distro able to avoid these unpleasant circumstances with aplomb.

So which is it? Is Windows a time bomb waiting to take your data day or night, or is it stable enough to to leave unattended, or does it really matter?

I thought so.

Nor is it a new story, or a new anything.

And this current system is working oh-so- well?

Seriously, you actually believe your own drivel?

"Current speculation points to greater-than-expected lift by the third-stage, because the apogee is 20km higher than planned. The ship does not seem to pose a threat to the ISS at the moment."

Sounds like a safe-ish orbit if all goes haywire after the third stage is done. Good flight plan.

Too bad it didn't get on course, but obviously a major malfunction.

We EXPECT the capitalists to maximize profits.

We EXPECT the government to serve our needs and prevent
abuses such as this.

Which one is not meeting our EXPECTATIONS?

Super Bowl XLIX was broadcast on NBC. What was your point? That people subscribe to ESPN for the Super Bowl?

Not. Reset. Try again.

Your response is typical FB-style. I know how to limit posts and such. I keep lots of people on FB visible to me and skip past the noise, while it seems easier to do so on G+.

On the other hand, plenty of my FB friends point out to me blah blah blah. Your post missed my point, that my G+ circles have more content, and the unspoken point, that G+ gives me more control over content.

But have at it, since if I disagree with you, I must have misunderstood...

Actually, I focus on G+, and mostly ignore the noise on FB.