Comment I'm happy with the sweet spot... (Score 1) 108
I just want it in the sweet spot for forcing proper driver support and development targeting, but not so popular that it becomes a primary target for exploitation.
Comment Re: Facial recognition software? (Score 2) 352
I was thinking the same thing.
Submission + - Microsoft will start force upgrading Windows 10 for some users (theredmondcloud.com)
Ammalgam writes: Starting this month, Microsoft will begin forcing some users to upgrade to Windows 10 version 1909 or version 2004 if they don’t update their PC manually.
This is coming after Microsoft announced that it’s ending support for Windows 10 version 1903, including Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro.
If you’re on Windows 10 version 1903, you’ll be force upgraded to version 1909 later this month.
If you’re on Windows 10 version 1909, you’ll be forcefully upgraded to Windows 10 version 2004 (May 2020 Update) by the spring of next year.
If you’re still using last year’s Windows 10 versions, it’s better to attempt the upgrade manually.
You can learn more about Microsoft's notifications about the upgrade here.
This is coming after Microsoft announced that it’s ending support for Windows 10 version 1903, including Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro.
If you’re on Windows 10 version 1903, you’ll be force upgraded to version 1909 later this month.
If you’re on Windows 10 version 1909, you’ll be forcefully upgraded to Windows 10 version 2004 (May 2020 Update) by the spring of next year.
If you’re still using last year’s Windows 10 versions, it’s better to attempt the upgrade manually.
You can learn more about Microsoft's notifications about the upgrade here.
Submission + - SpaceX Starship high altitude test flight ends in a fiery explosion (engadget.com)
Thelasko writes: After a successful launch, the Starship rose and successfully maneuvered its way to the landing area. However, it appeared that the spacecraft didn’t slow down enough for a proper landing, and it exploded in thrilling fashion.
Elon Musk Posted on Twitter:
"Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"
Elon Musk Posted on Twitter:
"Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"
Comment Honestly it comes down to two things (Score 1) 826
Change and control.
Why replace something that isn't broken? What necessitates this change? If there's no necessity, then what value are we seeing to prompt this change?
All features and tests and comparisons aside we then get to the final bit, the control.
A fair amount of control is lost by switching to a dynamic init system, and it quite simply, confuses a lot of old world admins. There are a lot of advantages to a dynamic init system, but configuring and maintaining it aren't one of them. I myself have spent my share of time lamenting the difficulty the init changes have made modifying what used to be a simple one line fix.
Comment Re:how many of these people don't want to retire? (Score 1) 341
I can't imagine that there will be a time in my life where I'm going to want to stop building stuff. I might "retire" and work on my own stuff or FOSS or something, but can't imagine that I would retire as in not work on something constructive. My dad is in his 60s and is the same way so I'm expecting that attitude isn't going to change.
I don't suspect finances to be a sticking point for myself either. I enjoy what I do, and don't imagine that will change. There are things that make what I do less enjoyable, such as meetings, this years flavor of workflow management practices, project management, et al. However, there is satisfaction in building things, discovering new things, and a satisfaction in being a part of something that helps to improve peoples lives. Similarly, my father in his 60s has managed to find things to keep him busy and is continually teaching himself new things after work as his father before him. I don't expect my desire to work and learn to ever fade; just who, and what I work for.
Comment Re:changed my view of it for the better (Score 1) 192
No. The older crowd has seen its share of Ponzi schemes and economic bubbles and is simply less naive.
This. I've all but given up warning my younger friends and colleagues. Wisdom is earned, not given after all.
Comment Re:It USED to be Agilent... (Score 1) 474
Well the brand still exists, and i have to work on an hp elitebook; so im going to say the statement tests as false. Irrespective of trends in market and a conpanies direction changing.
Comment Re:Public (Score 1) 321
From a parent with a child with CP who donated their cord blood (didn't know she had CP at the time) I would recommend you pay the cost up front to bank it, and if it's not needed by the time they are 2 or 3 then I would seek donation options.
In the US all the places we have found that will treat with stem cells requires them to be from the patient as the donor. In other words it seems public donations go to research, not treatment. Hold it for a few years, hopefully you won't need it, then you can donate it.
Comment Re:VBScript and/or PowerShell (Score 1) 427
I've found that vbscript/WSH for automation in my environment, especially if anything is happening in a PE. I use powershell for all my tools and remote management, AD management.
I personally love powershell, quirkiness aside I feel more at home inside of it because of it's BASH like nature, and the ease of .NET assembly usage is certainly welcome.
On the subject of vbscript, it can be pretty frustrating at times, but you reach a point where you've got a pretty solid code base that you are able to easily recyle it. I agree though, I'd rather be able to do it all in powershell, but I don't thnk it's quite mature enough yet for that.
Comment Re:John Carmack ditched OpenGL (Score 1) 515
I have posted this citation by Carmack in a comment on recent article on DX11, but it seems to be very much relevant here as well, so I'll re-post it - especially as TFS mentions Carmack's opinion circa 1997 (which favorably matches with the point of the article), but conveniently omits the more recent comment. Here it is:
"DX9 is really quite a good API level. Even with the D3D side of things, where I know I have a long history of people thinking I'm antagonistic against it. Microsoft has done a very, very good job of sensibly evolving it at each step—they're not worried about breaking backwards compatibility—and it's a pretty clean API. I especially like the work I'm doing on the 360, and it's probably the best graphics API as far as a sensibly designed thing that I've worked with."
lol, he didn't DITCH the API. He just doesn't have an issue using either one.
Comment Re:Former OpenGL developer (Score 1) 515
I agree with you completely. My largest frustration was that I love GL and wanted so much for things to pan out. Especially considering the huge advantages it had out of the gate. However at this current point and time, and with the bomb that v3 was; it pains me to say it, but MS i the inovater at this point. I mean Dx11 isn't a HUGE leap,but it's certainly an imporvement and one game developers have no reason to abandon.
Comment Re:OpenGL and the rant about marketing (Score 1) 515
Thank you, I was torqued up after reading that post, thankful to see a counter arguement was already made.
Dx V9 was what turned that ship around. However, I do agree with the point on marketing. When you have a vested interest in something you will do what it takes to insure it's survival. Including synergizing your seperate markets for interoperability, pigeon holding developers into that line of work.
Comment Re:This is science? (Score 1) 392
The dumb thing about this study is that they ask women if they have a G-spot.
Shit, with that methodology and the right sample population I can prove that men don't have prostate glands or spleens.
Comment Outage? For Serius? (Score 1) 284
Funny thing. I received the RIM server outage notification from my blackberry. Then I looked for news reports about it via my phone's browser.
I then sent some BBMs to my friends and co-workers to test the service. I did experience a 10 minute hiccup in service last night around 5 to 6 cst, however it was just that, a hiccup.
BBs are great corporate phones, and that's the reason I have one. What's with all the hate? Most wouldn't classify me as a corporate whore, but I consider my blackberry an indispensible tool for completing my job and maintaining connectivity. I work infrastructural IT in an enterprise environment, I can't really afford to not know what is going on. I've been through various smartphones before finally caving and going to BB. I've got to say, with a BES in place, the constant VPN like connection is a god send.
