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  1. Fixed link. by Civil_Disobedient · · Score: 1 · on QuickTime .MOV + Toshiba + Vista = BSOD

    The link you gave is to the Real Alternative, (which is great, btw, but not exactly useful in this situation). There are two versions of the Quicktime Alternative software, linked to here. Version 1.52 is for Quicktime 6, and supports older Microsoft OS's, the other is 1.63 which is based on Quicktime 7, but only works on NT5+ kernels (W2k, XP, Vista).

  2. Edward Willards' pepetual calendar by ortholattice · · Score: 1 · on New Calendar Proposal
    Ah, yet another Calendar Reform Proposal (TM). I don't think people are going to buy into the "Newton month". Plus unlike leap years that are usually a multiple of 4 (and exceptions are rather simple to learn, and quite rare), no one will remember the algorithm for determining if the next Newton month will occur 5 or 6 years from now.

    There have been other perpetual calendar proposals, but to me the most logical one is Willard Edwards', that's been around since the late 60's at least, but of course like all the others never caught on.

  3. Edward Willards' pepetual calendar by ortholattice · · Score: 1 · on New Calendar Proposal
    Ah, yet another Calendar Reform Proposal (TM). I don't think people are going to buy into the "Newton month". Plus unlike leap years that are usually a multiple of 4 (and exceptions are rather simple to learn, and quite rare), no one will remember the algorithm for determining if the next Newton month will occur 5 or 6 years from now.

    There have been other perpetual calendar proposals, but to me the most logical one is Willard Edwards', that's been around since the late 60's at least, but of course like all the others never caught on.

  4. Paten Battle led to royalty-free computer by chooze · · Score: 2 · on Was Zuse's Z3 the First Programmable Computer?
    Actually you don't quite have that right. What happened was that Mauchly and Eckert patented ENIAC. Iowa State failed to paten ABC (they never got around to it). When the ENIAC creators started collecting royalties Honeywell refused to pay and instead challenged the patent. They used ABC as prior art. Not only that but during the course of the trial it came to be known that Mauchly and Eckert (or at least one of them) actually met with Atanasoff a number of time to talk about ABC before ENIAC was developed. The judge ruled that the patent was invalid.


    This is actually a very important event in the development of computers. The technology was now out in the open. Anyone who so desired could develop a computer without paying any fees. Had that patent not been thrown out the computer landscape might be very different today.

    Some information about Atanasoff and ABC is available here.

  5. Re:Learn Japanese by Saeger · · Score: 1 · on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Trailer
    Honto?

    Oshaberi!

    Damare-yo!

    Stolen from here ... :)

    thanks - I got the impression that 'ano' was the same as excuse me since was almost always used to the same effect in getting someone's attention.

    --

  6. 100 effective with reporters in Africa by billmil · · Score: 2, Informative · on Tandys Never Die

    I read a few years ago that the 100 was popular with reporters in undeveloped places. Built in modem (that worked over lousy phone lines). Zero boot time. Enough memory for a few articles. Rugged. Here's an article: article

  7. Re:What? by anarcat · · Score: 1 · on Napster Users Being Arrested In Belgium

    Another thing about shadowrun, if anyone's interested, here's a the original timeline from 1997 to 2058, and here's another, more detailed timeline.