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Kent Sharkey wrote: Slack competitor under Skype
Nothing like failing right out of the gate. Skype? 
Marc
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That was my first three reactions as well. 
TTFN - Kent
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Well, we advocate "fail fast" in our code, why not in our projects as well? 
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Windows 10 users had many good reasons to install the Anniversary Update at the beginning of August, even if most changes were incremental. At least they didn't wait for the second anniversary to fix it
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If you look at the low-end ($200-$300) Windows laptop market in 2016 you’ll notice that the hardware spec is mostly the same regardless of which brand name is on the casing. You had me at, "It's Microsoft's fault"
I kid because I love (and yes, all the other big companies would be much worse if they were in the same position of power)
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It's Microsoft fault that they aren't able to build an Operating System smaller than an elephant. It is not safe enough, customizable enough or reliable enough to justify the ever incresing mastodontic system requirements to make it run.
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 I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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"ever incresing mastodontic system requirements"
Lets look at those:
Version Memory Storage CPU
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Vista 512MB 20GB 800MHz
7 1GB 16GB 1GHz
8 1GB 16GB 1GHz
10 1GB 16GB 1GHz
So, no increases since Windows 7, which increased memory requirements to a staggering 1GB, while reducing Hard Disk requirements. Memory requirements can be double that for 7, 8 and 10, but only if using 64-bit architectures, which shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone who claims to be a software developer.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Have you ever run Windows 7 on a 1 GHz CPU, with 1 GB of ram? Because I did (to be fair the CPU was a 2.8 Ghz one). It's like trying to push-start a truck. Loaded. Uphill.
You know, there is a SLIGHT difference between stated minimum requirements and actual usability...
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 I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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It ran way, way, way better than Windows XP on 1GB of RAM. (I'm not sure XP SP3 will even run on 1GB of RAM.)
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I had XP running on 256 MB and it was fine, not the fastest flash you could imagine but it ran. It was prior to SP1 though. On a glorious Pentium 166 MMX, with a huge 8.4 GB HDD. It dual booted with Win Me...
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 I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I don't dispute that, I was responding to the "ever increasing" claim.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I run Win7 on an 8 core, 16GB machine and still have to wait sometimes...
I would like you try and run those configurations...
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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He didn't say it would run well - he just said it would run. The cited specs are the "absolute minimum" required to run the OS (probably with a lot of the stuff switched off or not installed to begin with).
Microsoft can't make claims as to what's required by apps installed on said OS.
Up until about a year ago, I was running Win7 32-bit on a single core box with 2gb of RAM (at work) - and trying to develop on it. They finally upgraded my box to a 12-core(!)/16gb machine running win7/64-bit. It's a retired database server.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I was running Win7 32-bit on a single core box with 2gb of RAM (at work)
Same for my wife but only 1,5 Gb RAM. My wife doesn't want to buy a new laptop as long as the old one is "running". Laptop is from 2005 or 2006... it works under Win7 (she had Vista but liked 7 more when she saw it in my laptop).
You can start something (i.e. Outlook) and go out do something else and come back some minutes later before it is finally ready to work.
But... as long as she doesn't get pissed from it... I am happy.
M.D.V. 
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Can't you upgrade the RAM on it?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Pity is that the laptop only has 2 slots (currently occupied with 1x 1 Gb and 1x 512 Mb, PC2-4200). I still have 2x 512 Mb but I can only use them as replacement, it doesn't improve anything.
I bought a brand new laptop (mid-low class) for her taunt some time ago for approx. 275€, so 20+ € for an improve of 512 RAM or 30+ € for additional 1,5 Gb is too much for her.
I offered her an old SSD of mine and her answer was... "never change a running system"
As I said... I am happy that it doesn't piss her off (yet)
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have a i7 (4 cores with hyperthreading = 8 core) and 8GB ram. when I bought it about 1 year ago, it was running Win 8.1 and it started up in about 15 seconds and it was blazing fast. Unfortunately (due to cost) it does not have an SSD.
It responded exactly as I expected even while running Visual Studio and/or Android Studio. i was completely happy.
Once I was taken over by Win10, I have had tons of I/O problems. I can always tell when crazy I/O is going on because the fans kick on and everything slows down. I take a look and my disk goes to 100% usage. At that point the machine may as well be an old Celeron. I/O kills everything.
And it seems to me that Windows does some crazy I/O and every web browser out there is writing to your disk often.
Also, if you have virus scanners they go crazy on I/O too.
Obviously I/O has always been a bottleneck, but it's amazingly bad in contrast to modern RAM and processors.
I know, I just need to buy an SSD but they are still high for comparative size (1TB). As a matter of fact, my entire computer only cost $699 and 1TB SSD is up around $250 or so.
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That was my point, I was disputing the claim "ever increasing". My experience is quite the opposite - I've had my PC for 3 versions of Windows now (it was over-specced originally), and each new release seems to make it better, not worse.
In particular, installing Win 10, even as an upgrade, actually resulted in less disk space being consumed.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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John McAfee, the creator of the eponymous antivirus computer software system, sued Intel Corp. for the right to use his name in new ventures after the chip maker bought his former company. Maybe change your name to "MacAfee"?
As a bonus with the name change, people might forget he's crazy.
Maybe he could try using the uninstaller for the trademark on the name?
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All Intel has to do is go find another McAfee and pay them!
(Since McAfee anti-virus has such a bad reputation--something even John McAfee says and promotes-- you'd think Intel would just drop the name.)
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IT professionals are most likely, out of all working people, not to use their entire annual leave, according to a new Robert Walters Career Lifestyle Survey. The work will still be there when you get back
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The work will still be there when you get back
In the case of one of our contract-to-hire people, no it wasn't. We "relieved" him of his future duties.
Marc
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I figured there would be at least one story like that. It just seems so cold to axe a guy while on vacation. 
TTFN - Kent
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Well... in my very first job after college it was not on vacations... I was "released of my duty" the first day after the Christmas holidays...
It was a tiny shock because I didn't expect it at all, but a couple of days later I realized, they did me a BIG favour.
As we said in Spain... new year, new life...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Just in the past year have I been using my vacation, fully; rarely use sick or personal. It took a little time to get control of things. Today is a holiday in the U.S. so I did not work, but worked full extra days Saturday and Sunday after a 5 day work week.
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