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Kent Sharkey wrote: A research team from Harvard University has made pig-skin lasers. Here’s how they did it—and perhaps more importantly, why.
Self-cooking bacon would be my guess
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Steve Naidamast is back with an opinion piece about the danger of technology’s “dark side”. Come to the dark side. We have cookies!
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We lied about the cookies... :evil laugh:
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Dan Neely wrote: I found myself wondering if you actually read the whole thing.
OK, it's a fair cop. I didn't get quite that far into the article.
Yeah. People make me sad. Some more so. Sorry about that.
TTFN - Kent
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The results of a recent AV-Test involving twenty-one different antivirus software running on Windows 8/8.1 have been published. Unfortunately, Windows Defender Antivirus came last in the protection category. No one writes malware targeting Windows?
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I refuse to use Chrome as a daily driver because if I don't want to elephant my privacy by sending every URL I type to the googleplex I'm forced to elephant searching by either prefixing them or disabling autocomplete entirely. While I'd be interested in seeing what the results look like if using all of the other stuff MS insists is part of it's comprehensive anti-malware suite, sending every URL I visit to MS to use SmartScreen is equally un-elephanting-acceptable. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Mobile apps have become so ubiquitous that it’s easy for most people in tech to assume that creating them is a simple, straightforward process. "You can't get there from here"
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High pay? Check. Job security? Check. But when it comes to feeling that their jobs have meaning, even telemarketers rank higher than software engineers, according to a recent PayScale survey. "Everybody wants to rule the world"
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It is understandable, considering all of the failed projects that occur. I take it personally, when things don't work out for a project.
I will say though I am a bit different than the typical programmer. We don't follow any concrete software development process as I can't get buy in, but the software is very important to the public. I work for law enforcement and my software gets used from running plates, concealed weapons, warrants, missing people, ect... To me it is just software, but when there is a defect, it could be life or death.
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I used to work somewhere like that, but seriously, if they refuse to implement software quality systems and the software could affect lives its time to leave. Don't wait until someone dies as a result. And make maximal noise at time of departure, going public if necessary.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Alternative interpretation:
Software engineers rank highly in freedom from delusion and sharp awareness of human insignificance.
Of the 505 job titles surveyed, most clung tightly to the illusion that their actions had greater meaning beyond the receiving of their paychecks. Even telemarketers largely failed to distinguish between corporate hype and the grim reality of their actual accomplishments.
The corporate world should be grateful to have such a hardy group of individuals, emotionally tough enough to accept reality without unnecessary sugar-coating.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Everybody wants to rule the world"
Definitely a great song: among my best ever!
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They asked the wrong software guy...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Intel and Micron have a new way to store data that they say is denser, tougher, and faster than the competition, and it's already starting production. Yes, please.
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Now my machine will boot in 3 seconds! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security. I'll take non-hacks for $200, Alex: "The attack requires both the targeted computer and the mobile phone to have malware installed on them"
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Small, responsive and dedicated performance teams tend to be the ones that produce the highest-performing Java code, according to a study released today by RebelLabs. Or drink like crazy for a temporary alternative
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Next article: Ersine defecatory locale preferences show correlation to tree cover
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Microsoft's distribution of the free upgrade may affect the Internet at large, says analyst. ...buffering...blurb loading...buffering
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Quote: In other words, although someone may have a 40Gbps (gigabit per second) connection to the Internet through their ISP,
Ok, speak up, which one of you moved into an internet exchange to get that fast of a connection?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Windows 10 launches this Wednesday, and for the last few weeks Microsoft has been working hard on getting last minute bugs fixed before general availability. Yeah, I think I'll wait for a while
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Yeah, I think I'll wait for a while
A year or two seems a good start 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
modified 28-Jul-15 18:29pm.
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So means it will be rock solid right? 
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: So means it will be rock solid right?
No, it is just a beta as usual 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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