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Don't cross the beam, it's bad. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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In a recent AV-Test, which showed a number of antivirus providers performing worse than in past tests, Windows Defender was one of only two solutions with improved scores. From "meh" to "hmm" in only a few years
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Windows Defender is the only one I use anymore...the rest of them are so bloated with crap that they bring even a fast machine to its knees.
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I use Sophos as antivirus and find myself really good, as firewall I disabled the fake Windows7 one and use essentially PeerBlock - I still have to find a good firewall like the old times ZoneAlarm.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Whether it’s evolving agreements with Apple, Salesforce or Box or putting an end to senseless lawsuits, Microsoft is attempting to present an entirely new public face and fresh way of doing business. "Why can't we be friends?"
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Funny, when the former bully gets bested by new technology, they want to play nice! Before iOS and Android, they were not so friendly.
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So next time their support will ANSWER our questions? Too good to be true...
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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The Linux Foundation released a new report that claims that the code it stewards is worth more than $5 billion. With projects ranging from Linux to Cloud Foundry to Xen, it's as impressive as it is plausible. "Linux is only free if your time has no value."
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Some of it's good, quite of bit of it is crap. I've had much better experience with stuff covered by other free licenses.
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ASP.NET 5, Coroutines in C++, Azure, Microsoft Band, and so much more. Because you're too important to wait for your paper copy
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Kent Sharkey wrote: ASP.NET 5, Coroutines in C++, Azure, Microsoft Band
What, are you trying to scare away the evil spirits? It's not Holloween yet!
Marc
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Dr. Jeff Sutherland, a co-creator of scrum, said that few scrum implementations reach a true hyper-productive state (500 percent to 1,000 percent normal team performance), and those that do reach it have implemented variations of Extreme Programming. Are you EXTREME enough?
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"Plus we already know that quality, which is intangible and invisible, doesn't sell."
Of course, which is why we produce crap.
"Ron suggests that you need something to allow people to feel the pain, and he has just the exercise for it: the Scrum Gauntlet of Debt."
Oh, Yes ! Programmers need to feel more pain.
I think I'll stay with the cult I'm in now 
«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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I can picture EXTREME Scrum. It's like a normal Scrum but launching with a parachute from 10.000 m. That keeps meetings short and helpa prioritize better the topics. Definetely worth a try.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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From the article:
...organizations can adopt scrum in a few days.
I'd say that is a flat-out lie. However the consultants that peddle it are doing very well for themselves and are disinclined to say "You know what? Software development is actually a hard problem and requires some professionalism and effort to do well". The slides[^] that accompany his talk do pick that point up.
The "scrum gauntlet of debt" does seem like an odd exercise but its purpose is to explain the costs of indiscipline to children managers. I would imagine most companies and development team are at the stage described in slide # 40 ... the code is more "slum" than "scrum".
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The claims are absurd, but then again you can get any increase by applying some project management to a company which otherwise had little or none.
I've personally found SCRUM in it's entirely to be very counter-productive.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: I've personally found SCRUM in it's entirely to be very counter-productive.
can't agree! How can you say it VERY counter-productive!
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What is a hyper-productive state? Oh, you mean being able to work without interruptions from the phone, the boss, the coworker, the random fire drill, the network changes IT makes, etc...
You mean that when I have to interface to someone else's code, they've already properly tested and documented it so I know exactly what to do and am guaranteed that it'll do what it's supposed to do?
You mean the client has done enough homework on their own so that they have a thorough spec, have budgeted for testing, and changes to the spec are only going to be minimal and usually cosmetic?
You mean the company gives me the proper software tools, decent equipment, and even pays for the training in new technologies so I can get my job done better?
Not sure how scrum and XP would help me be "hyper" productive.
Marc
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A researcher found remote code execution flaw in WinRAR, but the real question is why are you opening unknown RAR files. People still use RAR files?
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Simple: if the product is MS, it is a feature  
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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WinRAR has nothing to do with Microsoft except it runs on their OS.
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I know, my answer is not an attack against winRAR.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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The real question is, why are you using a shareware product when 7-Zip[^] is free? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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