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At times, yes. We believe our modern vehicle engines with embedded technology or air bags are safe. Sometimes, they fail... with disasterous results. Generally, safe, but not always.
We trust technology based on statistical probability and take our chances.
But, what if we don't? Should we go back to riding horses? Can't use a buggy or saddle, those were 'techological advances' at some point in time.
Or, hunt with rocks found on the ground instead of sharpened rocks, arrows, rifles, etc? Anything beyond what is found with modifying it becomes a technological advance.
We, as humans, are supposed to be able to use reason. Only we can decide what we are willing to live with.
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As Google faces an antitrust probe from European regulators, some analysts are questioning whether the California tech giant's dominance has already peaked. Good. Then we can get back to mistrusting Microsoft, IBM, and AltaVista
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Kent Sharkey wrote: AltaVista
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Microsoft looks to be readying two more new productivity apps: A cloud clipboard called OneClip, and a Windows Phone version of its Revolve calendar-contact manager mash-up. For all those times you've wanted to copy text from one machine and paste in another
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Intel is a great example of a key technology partner who is investing and collaborating with Microsoft to advance the web. Does this mean we're going to have "Intel Inside" stickers on our browsers?
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Over its 40 years of doing business, some of the best views of Microsoft came from its workers’ ground-level perspective of the company’s ups and downs. "Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years"
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Canadian telecommunications company BlackBerry Ltd. has once again made their ways into the news with lot of gossiping taking place about its acquisition, and this time there’s Microsoft at the other end of the story. At least this will keep one of them from being #4 in the market
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Unfortunately bugs are a part of software development, and despite our best efforts to write software correctly from the start we spend a lot of time in the debugger. Never hurts to review the basics
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and despite our best efforts to write software correctly from the start
It is absolutely impossible to write Javascript, especially along with [insert your favorite js framework/library stack here] without running the browser in debug mode, and usually two or three browsers because they will f-up on different things. Absolutely f***ing impossible.
So while I try my best to write software correctly from the start, the elephanting language, the technology stack, and browser all conspire to make that ef'in impossible.
What a f'ed up programming world, is web development.
Marc
modified 25-May-15 15:10pm.
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Absolutely right. Java script must die.
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Its not just Javascript, the whole stack is ill-conceived. That's what happens I guess when:
- Tim Berners-Lee invents the web, but fails to learn from (or even be aware of) existing hypermedia technologies.
- Brendan Eich is given 2 weeks to write a language (if I recall correctly).
- CSS fails to learn from any existing layout technology.
Along the way, forget about modular design - the browser has to support everything and turn into a bloated behemoth, add in a few ill-conceived extension technologies like ActiveX (thankfully now only getting occasional outings from the retirement home), Java applets and Flash.
The whole stack could do with a rethink. Sadly, there seems to be little evidence of that.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: The whole stack could do with a rethink.
What, and obsolete several million Javascript programmers? 
We've gotten to a point (as with many of our infrastructures) where they are so ingrained as to be almost impossible to replace.
Marc
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Rob Grainger wrote: The whole stack could do with a rethink.
Exactly. Microsoft did just this and came up with XAML, which as we all know is a simple, intuitive, and easy to learn alternative.
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I thought it was just me...
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There are few who doubt Windows has been a successful product for Microsoft. One of the first truly successful versions of Windows was Windows 3.0 and the classic OS is now 25 years old. "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age"
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Its a bit generous describing Windows 3.0 as an O/S.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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O/S: Something the printer drivers are written for
(Which of course means that my favourite OS of all time is WordPervert) 
TTFN - Kent
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Now that we’ve looked at a bunch of myths about when finalizers are required to run, let’s consider when they are required to not run. Electric Boogaloo, the sequel
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For anyone who uses .NET as their tool of choice, I would highly recommend subscribing to Eric Lippert's blog. It's one of the best that relates to .NET. I've been reading his blogs for quite some time now and they are always interesting and useful.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I'd like to second Dominic's recommendation of Eric's Blog: I think he's among the gurus' gurus in .NET, and writes with exceptional depth and clarity.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Researchers digging in Kenya say they've found the oldest stone tools ever discovered, at 3.3 million years old — pushing the record back by around 700,000 years. Of course, the MicroHard Skull Whumper 1.0 Beta (Express Edition) wasn't without its bugs
And the Apple iWhacker was much superior (as _everyone_ knows)
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Yes, the Information are very closely related!
modified 22-May-15 2:48am.
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Do you maintain open source projects? Do you want to have a better way to support your users? You'll never guess what it's for
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Can't you just hear all the [country starting with the letter I] devs signing up?
Marc
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I suppose their cache of elliptical curve crypto patents might be good for something, but IIRC most of the early patents on the process that've been blocking any widespread adoption of the method should be nearing end of life anyway.
