On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:32:04 -0500 Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > or > > > > Honey - when you put the almost empty milk carton in the Miracle > > Whip location the refrigerator orders more Miracle Whip. We now > > have 12 extra bottles. Please be careful when you put things back > > in the frig. > > > > or > > > > Honey - the toaster has a virus - this morning it burned one side > > and did not toast the other side. This is the third time this week. > > That antivirus is NOT working. > > > I've got at least 12 computing nodes here plus a couple of printers > to keep track of. > I can't imagine the mess if I were to add ordinary home appliances. > > And, of course, one could start imagining stuff like net-connected > electric blankets > that a hacker in Timbuktu reprograms to roast you alive in the middle > of the night.\ Nah! You just swap controls on the electric blanket to get inverse feedback. ;-) > No, I'll hold off on this crap for as long as I possibly can. My > wife has her > mom's 1980-vintage microwave with mechanical timer and shouts at > anyone who suggests it might be about time to replace it. > > As for Microsoft, we have finally expunged the last major system > here. Everybody > is on Linux now, and mostly happy with it. We have an aged laptop > running XP > to do our taxes on, and my photoplotter system with Win 95, that I > will keep until it dies, then I'll have to port that system over to > Linux. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft > developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus > HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when > you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
