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Never thought of that as I do not work with the hardware that much any more. Once wrote a program using the RS232 port to take data. And since they did not need as many people to run the tests, they fired me. 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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9 pin D-type all the way! Also a proper parrelle port, with those two I could control the planet....
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I have programmed RS-232 serial and parallel ports since the DOS 3.3 days (remember hooking the UART interrupts in DOS?). Frankly, with all the embedded systems I have worked with in the last 25 years, I can't say as though I miss having a dedicated serial or parallel port on my PCs or laptops.
I have had only 1 case where the RS-232 cable driver was buggy and caused problems for my system, but using an older version of the same driver ended up working just fine.
If you get a USB-RS232 cable, most of them use either the Prolific or FTDI driver. It is a better idea to go to Prolific's/FTDI's website and get the driver from there. The ones that come on the CDs provided with the cables generally are old and not very good.
So for me, no.
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1 USB port = about 2.4 micrograms.
1 parallel printer port = about a kilo and a half.
Which do you want on your tablet?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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100% Agree. I work in Machine Automation, and we constantly have to work with factory-grade devices like printers and servos and even robots that still use serial communications, and you have to buy two or three of those darn USB<->Serial adapters before you find one that works.
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Well.... yes n' no.
The serial port was a nice static "come sit stay port" but had it's issues. DB9, DB25, baud stop bits large size etc.
The USB port solves the serial port's issues but alas, has it's own.
I have been around since pdp-11s were crank started.
Put a gun to my head and I choose.......
USB.
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Yah, but imagine the cost you will have to pay as only 0.01% of the population wants those anymore... they will have to custom design your whole system for that, and it wont be one of those tiny light as a feather, thin as paper laptops 
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I feel sad now, today is the last time i might get raclette till winter.
Sometimes i hate old traditions 
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What will you fondue now?
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He'll have to rosti some beef instead!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well yeah, that's the positive effect. BBQ-time starts officially (We do bbq in winter)
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I was Kinder thinking that.
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You mousse be kidding 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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I can tell you can nutella lie.
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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I think i got missteaken
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Screw traditions - be a rebel! What's the worst they can do to you? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Dismember my raclette device 
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Let's assume you have some money, and you would like to secure/increase it by invest on a tech company. What would you do?
I personally prefer M$ share because
1- low price ( about 40 USD ) so I could buy a good chunk!
2- Satia's work would increase MS profits in years to come ( this is my thought, may not be correct )
So, What would you do and why?
Behzad
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Behzad Sedighzadeh wrote: What would you do and why?
Keep my money and not buy stocks and shares. Nobody knows which way they will go. Profits aren't directly linked to share price anyway! Look at Twitter, Amazon, and such like.
MS assumed that Win8 would improve profits as well, remember. And Vista. And ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Profits aren't directly linked to share price anyway!
Exactly!
Anyone who has worked for a company that floats will see generally their company turn from one that produces something to one that invests mostly in marketing and marketing stunts.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The moment a company floats, management's focus changes from long term strategy to the very short term: They become obsessed with the next quarterly dividend as that directly influences their bonuses. 
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... or as one of them put to me recently when I asked what he needed "I'm the f###ing VP of the Queen of Sheeba and I need to get some figures"...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Where are the options? I thought there would be options for me to invest my time in first. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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