IBM showing up to charge to fix the problem they created. Go figure, still
their modus operandi these days in their support and over all existence
model.
-mb
On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:20 PM, trent shipley
wrote:
> I remember stories of IBM octogenarians showing up to fix things at Luke
> Air
When I think about where technology was 20 years ago and how fast things
are changing... I have to say the landscape will be wildly different 20
years from now. The point about embedded systems is really the catcher.
I can see a few 20 year old cars still being around along with other
thing
>How many bits that are used for time has little to do with how many bits
> the processor has. There is still plenty of software that has their
> time hard coded to use 32bits even if it's running on a 64bit processor.
> It's seems like it's not so much the desktops and servers we have to
> worry
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:19:20 -0700
Brian Cluff wrote:
> How many bits that are used for time has little to do with how many
> bits the processor has. There is still plenty of software that has
> their time hard coded to use 32bits even if it's running on a 64bit
> processor.
Who would do that?
> Cars are a problem. We all expect our 60 year old 1957 Chevies to keep
> running. In 2038 a 60 year old car will be a 1978: Not an unreasonable
> expectation.
>
> By 2038 they can gain 29 years by redefining epoch-start as 1999
> instead of 1970. By 2067 technology will be so advanced that there
Happy New Years! I thought I should give everyone cookies this year, if
that's cool.
All of you would just need to get the ingredients and bake them. ;)
Andrew McRobb
Full-time Software Developer
Part-time Freelancer
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On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Mark Phillips
wrote:
> Same to
Actually you can go to about any website and get a free cookie.
But only if you accept cookies.
Cheers!!
On Dec 28, 2017 2:05 PM, "Andrew McRobb" wrote:
Happy New Years! I thought I should give everyone cookies this year, if
that's cool.
All of you would just need to get the ingredients and
