Software
Locked Out
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August 31, 2011
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August 31, 2011
… and this is bad because?
I’m switching from “Old cranky that overheats” running Winders XPat to “New and obscure that isn’t supposed to do that (overheating), at least not until I really need it” computer running Windows 7.
Tactical Nuclear Device
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August 29, 2011
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August 29, 2011
Back when 300 baud dial-up was new – yeah, that’s a long time ago, all right – we had a “guest” login to a mainframe where a friend worked.
Not Prepared
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May 11, 2010
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May 11, 2010
There is a country, which I will allow to remain nameless, that receives a lot of “off-shoring” of software engineering from US companies.
Software Breaks the Hardware
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April 30, 2010
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April 30, 2010
My first programming job was for the American Express Space Bank at the end of the 1960s.
Once Upon A Time
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March 24, 2010
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March 24, 2010
Once upon a time, there were three RTOSes named VRTX, pSOS and VxWorks.
The Origin of Attitude
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December 20, 2008
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December 20, 2008
Rarely, only very rarely, do I teach a group that is close to if not completely indifferent to the topic at hand.
When It Rains, It Pours
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December 5, 2008
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December 5, 2008
Well, I thought this was a 1.5 day job in Alameda so I budgeted 2.
Figure-Out-Demos Week
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September 6, 2008
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September 6, 2008
A holiday, an extra “sick” [of work] day, two days of “office” and one to figure out some demos for a web-based class, that was my week.