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raddevus wrote: He has Norton AV also so he doesn't have a (known) virus. That claim is incorrect.
No single product has a 100% capture of all known virii, and there is still the option for a false positive.
..for doing an online test you only need a browser. Buy him a raspberry Pi and the problem is fixed.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: That claim is incorrect.
Yes, yes, that claim is incorrect and I should've used even more explanatory text and legalese to insure that we could never rule out the possibility of his machine having a virus.
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You cannot rule the possibility out of being infected by a known virus, even if you install all the major products. There is also no known anti-virus that claims a 100% detection-rate.
It is an important point to make, since some companies "expect" that they are completely safe when a virus-scanner is installed. It's like using a condom; safer then no lubber, but not a guarantee.
FWIW, even my parents laptops are running without a scanner; they don't open any email-attachments, and while they can download crap, they can't execute it. Never had any problems, and still running with their original Vista installation
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I think if the developers were forced to use the code they've written, it would be a different world. Force all Microsoft developers to use Windows 10 and see what happens when THEIR machine reboots at will.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: Force all Microsoft developers to use Windows 10 and see what happens when THEIR machine reboots at will.
Agree 100%!!!
They should definitely be forced to eat their own dogfood[^].
That's actually what makes products great.
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Talking of forced updates, has anyone experienced this?
Busy writing document/coding/browsing/whatever when machine stops responding completely. No mouse, no keyboard. Only way out is to restart it. Then loads of updates are installed, sometimes taking more than half an hour to complete.
This has happened to me on two desktop pcs and three laptops, all running WinX (pro and home).
It's an incredibly irritating behaviour especially when trying to book a flight or complete an order online.
This has never happened to my Linux box...
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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This has happened to me, my wife and my son on Win10.
My wife was in the middle of paying a bill, had just clicked the submit button -- perfect timing, Microsoft!!!
I've had the issue a couple of times in the past.
It's absolutely terrible.
My wife, a non-tech user, has asked, "why does Microsoft believe they are allowed to do this without warning me?"
That's the 64 dollar question.
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What a disgrace.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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This is painful to watch.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Added a new association on EDMX in VS 2015. Waited for it to check out files and save. Got annoyed, went to get some coffee. Came back, it is still struggling to do that.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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At what point do you realise that it's busy trashing your production database?
"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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Still busy? I thought the noisome EDMX was already dead.
Immanentize the Eschaton!
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That's what baffled me. It was an independent association. It did not need to touch the DB at all. After waiting for half an hour or so, I see it had checked out and deleted everything under context. It did not create anything new. So, I was left with one EDMX file and plenty of errors in data access project as none of class files were present.
At that point, I left for home. I don't understand why are these things (burn in hell all you fancy JS libraries) popular. They are taking away my control from my code and my database. How can it be good?
Note: Now before you point that I am using .Net and I anyways have less control than C or C++, I know that and .Net framework just works unlike these things.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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The Seatbelts - Tank![^]
This song is a big band jazz piece in a Latin-infused hard bop style with a rhythm section that combines a double bass and bongo drums and also has an extensive alto saxophone solo.
Thus spoke Wikipedia, I'm not that knowledgeable about jazz
Anyway, it's the intro music to Cowboy Bebop, a legendary (and in my opinion overrated) Japanese anime series.
Overrated or not, the series got me hooked (unfortunately it's only 28 episodes).
I finished the series, but I'll be listening to the soundtrack for some time to come
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What is the radius of a circular buffer?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Always too small...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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radius = circumference / (2*Pi), of course!
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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What is the circumference of a circular buffer?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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circumference = 2*Pi*radius
Infinite Loop: see Infinite Loop
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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This is how buffer overruns occur. If the radius is too little, the circumference won't have enough room for all the buffer elements.
Immanentize the Eschaton!
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r = c / (2 * π)
Software Zen: delete this;
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In Bits I think it is something like this:
r= BufferLength * BitPerEntry / 2 / π
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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circumference/Pie*R*Round -r
(recursive)
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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The same as the radius of a circular argument.
I'm gonna build a wall around my cubical and make Mexico pay for it!
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