Watcha doing?

[RabbiKnife]

Memories???

RAM?

Really guys……

[tango]

It doesn't feel like such a big gap between a certain Mr William Gates being quoted as saying "640k (of RAM) should be enough for anyone" and now needing 4GB of RAM just to look at the pretty desktop.

I remember creating a custom boot disk just to free up more RAM for gaming purposes. Ah, the memories.

I remember the seemingly endless requirement to check something would work before trying it - check there's enough memory before allocating it, check there's enough disk space before writing a cache file. Then there was an expectation that an error message would tell the user something useful about what had happened, whereas now an error just says something like "an error has occurred" or "something went wrong" with no indication of whether the problem is with the user input, the connection, the server. Sometimes the user is helpfully told that they might like to "try again later" but again with no indication of whether it's a temporary glitch that will resolve itself if you try again in 30 seconds, or a major server failure that's going to take down the entire system for a week.

[tango]

Memories???

RAM?

Really guys……

Don't make me recant the story of Abraham and Isaac and their first computer....

[IMINXTC]

Once saw a ram take on a front-end loader.

[tango]

It's too cold to run so I went for a walk. The wind gusts weren't supposed to start until after lunch but obviously didn't read the weather forecast.

Once I warmed up I got to writing some code. I still need to figure out how to turn the long planks I have sitting around into flooring. Before I get started I need to temporarily remove a door so I can get at the floor underneath the frame. In theory it should be easy, I just need to figure out how to keep the cat from exploring if the door is removed. I don't know if I can start and finish the flooring job fast enough that I can just take the door out, do the work, and put the door back before the cat notices there's a new space to explore. It may be I need to fall back on something more primitive, like a board screwed into place, so I can take a break from the work without having to put the door back on.

[Fenris]

I remember the seemingly endless requirement to check something would work before trying it

Today's kids like to make fun of the "old school" types, but we're much batter at getting programs to run/install/what have you then they are. If it isn't plug and play they don't know what to do. Even the IT types are sometimes baffled.

[Athanasius]

Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.

Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum

[RabbiKnife]

Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.

Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum

Go ahead and shoot yourself and get a head start….

Dangerous place

[Sojourner]

But...but...Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. Shouldn't that make it one of the safest cities?

[IMINXTC]

Awesome city, Chicago. Stick to the itinerary.

[Slug1]

Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.

Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum

Hard or soft armor?

[Athanasius]

Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.

Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum

Hard or soft armor?

Soft probably, but steel plate somethings are always interesting.

[RabbiKnife]

If you carry your illegally purchased handgun sideways you will look like a native...

[Athanasius]

If you carry your illegally purchased handgun sideways you will look like a native...

I dunno, I was hoping to look a bit more John Wickish with a TTI/Glock 34

[RabbiKnife]

You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…