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on Friday April 29 2016, @11:29PM
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.
El Reg reports
Microsoft's relentless Windows 10 nagware has interrupted a live TV weather forecast, urging meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade.
The operating system suddenly popped up a box on screen insisting the station's computer be upgraded to the latest version--while Slater was on air describing thunderstorms rolling through Iowa, USA.
The cyber-badgering blatted over her doppler weather radar, which was being broadcast on KCCI 8 News [April 27].
"Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. Gosh, what should I do?" Slater asked sarcastically.
So, do you know of a case of MSFT update pushiness that rivals this?
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @02:23PM
i disagree that this new fanged hobbyist level hardware like propellers and arduinos are good for industrial controls. Not in the slightest. Industry is a harsh environment, and those are not engineered for that. Instead you should be using *proven* technology for adult stuff, like custom built 8051's for example. Leave the toys to the kids.
( and no, this is not sarcasm )
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday May 01 2016, @06:57AM
That's the reason I designed my own line of Arduino-compatibles.
An ATMEL chip is very similar ( performance-wise ) to the 8051. I saw many ways I could improve on the board layout and connectoring, as well as interface design.
Like I noted in my earlier post, I redesigned my core processor board to use RS-485 once I saw I could not really ever trust RS-232 again unless I used the 1488 and 1489 chips.
Custom-built 8051's can get expensive, not only that, subject to all sorts of who-owns-what issues, with multiple paths for concerned parties to insert failware into the system to enforce their interests. If businessmen like dealing with that kind of shit, let 'em. I have dealt with it and I am sick of it.
So, now I have MODBUS, SPI, and multiple I2C interfaces on my boards. One of my boards will do telnet and email over the web. Simple old standards, but often sufficient. I do not need microprocessors in my hammer.
One of the things I was hoping for is to keep it simple enough high school kids could program these things with standard off-the-net Arduino development tools - and all the programming skills they picked up playing with hobby Arduinos would be applicable to my controllers.
I guess its the same problem the Linux guys have... if its inexpensive, people think it must not be worth much. However the same people who take great pride in spending the least they have to spend for engineering skills seem to take pride in purchasing the most expensive hardware imaginable with way overkill. I really hate calling in an aerospace contractor to tie my shoe.
I would not sleep easy at all if I ran some system I did not understand and knew some companies could be sweet-talked into sending me an update with some code in the middle of the night to give me a whole mess of problems to sort out in the morning. I have had way too much experience dealing with systems embodying rights enforcement mechanisms to know what a pain in the ass it can be to maintain it after rightsholders sell to others and lay off the people who supported my end of it.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]