Posts by Charles Eglington

Complexity killed the IT quality of service ...

Not a waste of time

While partially agreeing with 'Just wasted 5 minutes....' (not the' load of crap' part), I feel that the type of training given these days has resulted in a lot (most that I come across) of IT techies, manangers and users not having much of a clue what is really going on.

The complexity of systems (all mentioned in previous messages) require a good knowledge of the basic principles of IT, networking and the equipment used to facillitate it. For some time now I haven't seen many courses that offer really good 'training' ; it's all quick and dirty, 'lets make as much out of training with as little input as possible'. Same problem in a lot of technical fields these days.

'Never have so many known so littile about so much'.

Old and grumpy!

Microsoft struggles to rid US shores of pesky pirates

All that complaining - Bah!

“This software is a tad flaky and over priced so I’ll use it but I’ll not pay for it”. Puh-lease - Who’re you kidding? You’re stealing – fin.

If anything has highlighted the natural (and wide) avaricious streak running through the human race it has to be the (personal) computer. Something interesting there, ahhh..., I want it for nothing so I’ll just steal it.

Reducing the price will absolutely NOT eliminate piracy. At best it may reduce it by a few meagre points. Sell MS Office for $5.00 and someone will still want it for nothing, or steal it and sell it for $1.50. Anyone using the price/quality rational is either walking around in blinkers & ear plugs, lives in an igloo at the North Pole or is trying to rationalise their own thievery. Microsoft create software, and in spite of any issues one may have as to the marketing/quality of the product (I have many), they’re entitled to all of the profit; this applies to any software vendor. You don’t like, you don’t have to buy.

Nobel-winning boffin slams ISS, manned spaceflight

Title

Well, I see one small glimmer of common sense amongst the comments thus far and that is from 'Fleshers in space'. For all the fun that cavorting around in space may be when things like hyper drives and antigravity are invented (if they ever are), currently the only environment suitable for human occupation is limited to that found here on this planet Earth. Columbus did not have to take a life environment with him to America; it was already there (together with those pesky natives). The robotic approach is a more financially viable proposition at present; as unexciting as it may be for the fun junkies.

BTW, it would be great if the much vaulted human 'intelligence' were capable of producing wonderful advances in science without resorting to war, or manned cruises into space for a handful of astronauts. Bottom line is that these 'adventures' may titillate the military, astronauts and many of the public in general, but produce very little of real scientific value per buck (or improve the quality of life for the majority of us humans for that matter).

Boring hey <grin>!

Sod robots, send people into space: report

Where's Dan Dare

Anyone remember what his sidekick's name was - Digby or something??