I see the rat's new computer is running Holes. There's your problem. Operating systems are like politics, The Man tells you that there are only two choices. The Man is a lying bastard who really only wants you to buy what he's selling.
There was a time when the hardware was barely able to keep up with software. This was around the time of 2000-2006. When Intel came out with the Core 2 processors, they were wildly faster than any of the Pentium 4 processors. Hardware has gotten faster still, but not like the jump from Pentium 4 to Core 2.
Currently, more and more companies are providing web-based services. SaS-type stuff that's rendered offsite. The problem is that it's slow and crappy! Now that the processors are good and fast, they don't want to run any of the software locally. 😑
ATM machines and gas pumps are another example. They used to be super fast with their burned-in CRT screens and dial-up! Now they have fancy graphics, sit on the Internet, and take forever to do anything.
I work with enterprise automation (controls) software, PLCs, that sort of thing. There are systems from 30+ years ago that are more advanced than the stuff they're coming out with now. They had more features, and were much more configurable -- out of the box. I've had to come up with creative ways to program newer systems to do things that older systems could do. It's very disappointing.
A company I was working for was working with one of the world's premier offerings of automation controls. I told the manufacturer that the product we're working with can't be sold to replace many of their previous offerings. It's like upgrading from an iPhone -- to a flip phone. Only the flip phone is the "new" latest and greatest offering. The customer is wondering why it doesn't do any of the things that the older software did.
It does appear that things technology wise are going downhill rather quickly. I'm having to tell my kids how things used to work better. It's surreal, because for a while things were looking great.
I see the rat's new computer is running Holes. There's your problem. Operating systems are like politics, The Man tells you that there are only two choices. The Man is a lying bastard who really only wants you to buy what he's selling.
Rat has tried running FreeBaSeboarD but it was a pain to configure. We'll keep looking. I heard there was an OS made specifically for rodents.
So difficult to uninstall - like, McAfee Anti-Virus difficult...
Government should be like Linux; open, cheap and small. Instead it is Windows; secret, expensive and grows like cancer.
Yes it is painfully hard to uninstall. It's like the system was built around it...
Don't even get me started about bloatware. It's like the people who base car-buying decisions on the number of cup holders.
😅
"To err is human, but to really f*** things up, you need a computer."
This is absolutely true!
There was a time when the hardware was barely able to keep up with software. This was around the time of 2000-2006. When Intel came out with the Core 2 processors, they were wildly faster than any of the Pentium 4 processors. Hardware has gotten faster still, but not like the jump from Pentium 4 to Core 2.
Currently, more and more companies are providing web-based services. SaS-type stuff that's rendered offsite. The problem is that it's slow and crappy! Now that the processors are good and fast, they don't want to run any of the software locally. 😑
ATM machines and gas pumps are another example. They used to be super fast with their burned-in CRT screens and dial-up! Now they have fancy graphics, sit on the Internet, and take forever to do anything.
I work with enterprise automation (controls) software, PLCs, that sort of thing. There are systems from 30+ years ago that are more advanced than the stuff they're coming out with now. They had more features, and were much more configurable -- out of the box. I've had to come up with creative ways to program newer systems to do things that older systems could do. It's very disappointing.
A company I was working for was working with one of the world's premier offerings of automation controls. I told the manufacturer that the product we're working with can't be sold to replace many of their previous offerings. It's like upgrading from an iPhone -- to a flip phone. Only the flip phone is the "new" latest and greatest offering. The customer is wondering why it doesn't do any of the things that the older software did.
It does appear that things technology wise are going downhill rather quickly. I'm having to tell my kids how things used to work better. It's surreal, because for a while things were looking great.
Maybe if we delete most non functioning files…
Damn right. Let's gnaw on "science" while we at is, ratso! Play-Doh universe? I am not thinking so! https://open.substack.com/pub/silverman/p/a-scientists-obsessions?r=mxahf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Indeed.