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Barring MS EOLing .net framework or .net framework apps on IIS I'm not expecting to be able to migrate anytime soon.
After about 2 years We're only just adding the last of the features in the legacy rails and flash versions of the site (along with a bunch of new shiny things they wanted more than the last of the legacy system); if I'm lucky another year or two might let us catch up with the presumed backlog of not yet shared with us shiny things on the customers want list.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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The final steps are being made in the Google v. Oracle copyright case, which will put the fate of programming in the hands of the Supreme Court. As all software decisions have been made in the past
The court's decisions on 'Spaces v Tabs' and 'vi v emacs' echo throughout history
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The courts are the goto guys, obviously.
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I see what you did there. 
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Odd thing haunts Next Generation airliner family (not the infamous Max) 270-degrees deemed dangerous?
Because I needed a reason not to visit Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.
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It's beginning to look like they need to fire a few developers and hire new ones.
I really hope that the crash in Iran isn't connected to all this. It's reported that the plane was serviced soon before the incident; I'm worried that the servicing might have included a software update.
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It's being reported that the plane was mistakenly shotdown by Iranian anti-aircraft missile(s) which were reportedly meant to be fired at the US military. *sigh* Of course, Iran is denying that missiles were involved, but the timing seems to line-up. In any case, if true, I'm certain it was a mistake. At least, that's what I want to believe.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Some people say they think it was shot down by an Iranian missile -- you don't have to try too hard to guess which side of the Atlantic they're on.
It's about as valid as saying it was shot down by a US anti-missile missile or drone (which is actually more believable, given that the plane had just taken off and was ascending away from Iran).
Best wait for the experts to finish their analyses, and ignore anyone trying to score political points.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: you don't have to try too hard to guess which side of the Atlantic they're on
Europeans are saying the same thing. In fact they were the first to say it publicly as far as I know. Which makes sense since Ukraine is in Europe.
Mark_Wallace wrote: Best wait for the experts to finish their analyses
You're right. It's interesting that the "experts" (US and European intelligence services) are both saying the same thing separately from different data sets.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: both saying the same thing separately from different data sets
Data sets that comprise almost no data, given that the Iranians are not allowing what they regard as western interference.
At least the Iranians aren't making conjectures or issuing accusations -- and please do bear in mind that the Iranians were more likely to have shot down flying objects that were coming in to land, not taking off.
Wait for the experts' report. Rumours and fake news are not helpful, and are disrespectful to those who died.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Data sets that comprise almost no data
The Europeans and US militaries have a trove of data from listening posts, satellites, drones, high-flying spy planes, etc.
Mark_Wallace wrote: At least the Iranians aren't making conjectures
They did, initially claiming it was mechanical failure
Mark_Wallace wrote: Wait for the experts' report
I am, which is why I said "it's being reported" and made comments expressing my doubts.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: The Europeans and US militaries have a trove of data from listening posts, satellites, drones, high-flying spy planes, etc.
Then they either know it was shot down, because they saw it happen, or they don't know, because they didn't.
Spreading self-serving conjectures, rumours, and lies for political ends is absolutely not acceptable when discussing a terrible event that killed a large number of family people in a horrific way.
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When we went checked out Linksys’ motion-sensing wifi feature last month, we were more impressed with the potential of the technology than its actual capabilities at launch. "Every leaf you rake, every dog you wake..."
Or:
I've fallen, and can't get four bars
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I've just had a great idea for a hacking tool for assassins!
Anyone got a few bob to invest?
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I can't get the sonar mapping scene from the Batman (The Dark Knight?) out of my head, after reading that...
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Stargazers have already mistaken SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for alien spacecraft. Now, CEO Elon Musk says the devices used to connect to the micro-sats will look like UFOs, too. CMOT Dibbler sues for copyright infringement
After all, it's a better money-maker than mystery meat onna stick
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Of course, when a certain-coloured person's 6G network tech goes live, all the satellites will have to be replaced with new ones, assembled by three-strikers.
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‘Full 90 days by default, regardless of when the bug is fixed’ "Courtesy costs nothing."
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A spokesman said "We got caught out being dicks, so now we gotta pretend to be nicey-nicey -- oh, sh1t! Is this mic hot?!?"
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The first update of the year from The TIOBE Index is here with new rankings of the top programming languages. If it is unable to complete its duties, Miss Congeniality (JavaScript will take over
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Does anyone even know what TIOBE stands for? I couldn't find the definition even on their website.
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TIOBE stands for The Importance of Being Earnest, the title of a comedy play by Oscar Wilde that was first performed in 1895
TIOBE index - Wikipedia[^]
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From the TIOBE website's About page
Quote: The name TIOBE stands for “The Importance Of Being Earnest”.
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Quote: This is also the name of a comedy play written by Oscar Wilde at the end of the Nineteenth Century. By choosing this name, the founders of TIOBE Software emphasize their sincere and professional attitude towards customers, suppliers and colleagues.
Which is ironic considering the play satirizes those who take themselves too seriously.
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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