Quite recently a swedish newspaper published a short article about how a group of software pirates had been caught, and the paper also mentioned that they had been using a special program developed just to transfer files, and this dangerous program was called FTP! I bet a whole lot of readers thought that something as dreadful as FTP should be outlawed...
Most "ordinary" people I know, don't even have a clue what an operating system is, and a close friend of mine has been designing webpages for a couple of years and up until quite recently, he didn't even know that there were any other parts of the Internet than the web and email. Now in my book, that is stupid! (ok, maybe not stupid, but damn lazy...)
Remember that alot of 17 and 18 year olds today were only 9 or 10 when doom came out and probably weren't allowed to play it at there age. They will look at doom and scratch there heads and wonder what the big deal is. Oh, I remeber all right, Doom II scared the shit out of me, but I managed to play through the whole game (I had to use cheats on the last two levels though =). I also remember the first game I ever played on a PC - Commander Keen 6
A lot of people have suggested VB,C++ with QT and so on, and the biggest problem with all of these is the fact that they use complicated IDEs (QT has Kdevelop), now I remember learning to code back when I was 8-9 years old, I was coding SV-BASIC on a Spectravideo SV-328, and it was easy and straightforward, or, just easy enough for me to understand. =) Then one day I was visiting a friend of mine, and his dad was coding C or something (can't really remember), and he was using this fancy IDE (I'm guessing it was Borland), and I didn't understand anything so it quickly bored me. I guess you get the point of what I'm trying to say here...
You're not considering the fact that the victors of WW1 suffered heavy casualties, and after the war they wanted some kind of compensation, and that was the main reason Germany went broke. And then along came Hitler, a disgruntled former soldier who blamed Germany losing WW1 on a jewish conspiracy. He then managed to get more and more of the german people on his side, especially aming himself at those whose financial and social situation had gotten worse after WW1. (After this we all know what happened...)
this is what the article is (in english): to streetlawyer full submitted a plugging to surprise: staffers pparently unknown of Andover.Net offtopic has used the feature undocumented of the quarrel in slash to communicate in Slashdot Marketing. The truth is disclosed suddenly toda.Update: 04/01 03:37 by H: Or to perhaps:streetlawyer submitted completely surprising (connection): apparently, unknown Andover.net staffers have been using slash's undocumented offtopic discussion feature you communicate in Slashdot Marketing. All the truth is suddenly revealed.
And yes, in Sweden, Germany, France and elsewhere, people are being hauled into court for expressing their political beliefs. The only court cases of this kind that I have heard of here in Sweden would be some cases of nazis saying some not so very nice things, and according to swedish law, it's illegal to express hatred againsta certain group of people (like jews,colored,etc.)
Now that would definitely be cool (Of course it would demand a bit more processing power( and a keyboard)). But considering that the Palm IIIc has color, who knows what's next...
We don't even have polio or smallpox? IIRC, the russians still have smallpox in military research facilities, and as far as I can remember, these are alot more dangerous than the good ol' smallpox that used to plague the world (these where after all "designed" to do the most possible damage). Now, the reason I mention this is that I for one don't trust the security at russian military facilities, I clearly remember reading about someone just walking into one of their military bases and stealing some high grade uranium (I don't think he felt so good afterwards though...)
They can only really remember one president. Who's Bush? That's strange, I'm 18 (born in 1982) and I remember both Bush and his war (desert storm), and I know about a lot of the other things in that list (Qadafi's first name was Muhammed, right?)
IIRC gigabit ethernet on tp cables isn't possible on cable lengths of more than like a couple of yards. So could anyone explain how they plan on solving that problem?
Actually they are both one of the 5 permanent members of the security council.
Mikael Jacobson
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What exactly is the benefit of a walking robot with two legs? Could probably be used where there is limited space. Perhaps could be used to find books in a library? (just a suggestion)
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The fact that the majority of the population CHOOSE to live in large cities, or very close to them, does not an overpopulation problem make. Who do you think you are? Yoda?
How about an army of cybernetic soldiers? Think robotic bodies,multiple views (instead of the human limitation of one (our eyes)). Or how about one mind controlling several units on the battlefield (Ooops, better get those droids over to the bridge immediatly!)
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Quite recently a swedish newspaper published a short article about how a group of software pirates had been caught, and the paper also mentioned that they had been using a special program developed just to transfer files, and this dangerous program was called FTP!
I bet a whole lot of readers thought that something as dreadful as FTP should be outlawed...
Mikael Jacobson
Single mode is thinner than multi mode, therefore the light doesn't "bounce" quite as much.
Mikael Jacobson
Most "ordinary" people I know, don't even have a clue what an operating system is, and a close friend of mine has been designing webpages for a couple of years and up until quite recently, he didn't even know that there were any other parts of the Internet than the web and email.
Now in my book, that is stupid! (ok, maybe not stupid, but damn lazy...)
Mikael Jacobson
Remember that alot of 17 and 18 year olds today were only 9 or 10 when doom came out and probably weren't allowed to play it at there age. They will look at doom and scratch there heads and wonder what the big deal is.
Oh, I remeber all right, Doom II scared the shit out of me, but I managed to play through the whole game (I had to use cheats on the last two levels though =).
I also remember the first game I ever played on a PC - Commander Keen 6
Mikael Jacobson
about your .sig, donkey kong was supposed to be called monkey kong, but due to a bad phone line, it accidently became donkey kong.
Mikael Jacobson
A lot of people have suggested VB,C++ with QT and so on, and the biggest problem with all of these is the fact that they use complicated IDEs (QT has Kdevelop), now I remember learning to code back when I was 8-9 years old, I was coding SV-BASIC on a Spectravideo SV-328, and it was easy and straightforward, or, just easy enough for me to understand. =)
Then one day I was visiting a friend of mine, and his dad was coding C or something (can't really remember), and he was using this fancy IDE (I'm guessing it was Borland), and I didn't understand anything so it quickly bored me.
I guess you get the point of what I'm trying to say here...
Mikael Jacobson
You're not considering the fact that the victors of WW1 suffered heavy casualties, and after the war they wanted some kind of compensation, and that was the main reason Germany went broke. And then along came Hitler, a disgruntled former soldier who blamed Germany losing WW1 on a jewish conspiracy.
He then managed to get more and more of the german people on his side, especially aming himself at those whose financial and social situation had gotten worse after WW1. (After this we all know what happened...)
Mikael Jacobson
What about DOS 6.x???
Mikael Jacobson
I think that he somewhere on www.douglasadams.com says something about it having first turned into another book in the hitchhiker trilogy.
Here's a link
Mikael Jacobson
Two words: Lexx must die. :-|
Why does everybody hate Lexx?????
It's a great show!
Mikael Jacobson
this is what the article is (in english):
to streetlawyer full submitted a plugging to surprise: staffers pparently unknown of Andover.Net offtopic has used the feature undocumented of the quarrel in slash to communicate in Slashdot Marketing. The truth is disclosed suddenly toda.Update: 04/01 03:37 by H: Or to perhaps:streetlawyer submitted completely surprising (connection): apparently, unknown Andover.net staffers have been using slash's undocumented offtopic discussion feature you communicate in Slashdot Marketing. All the truth is suddenly revealed.
And yes, in Sweden, Germany, France and elsewhere, people are being hauled into court for expressing their political beliefs.
The only court cases of this kind that I have heard of here in Sweden would be some cases of nazis saying some not so very nice things, and according to swedish law, it's illegal to express hatred againsta certain group of people (like jews,colored,etc.)
Oh, and I also forgot that it might also need a NIC. =)
Mikael Jacobson
Now that would definitely be cool (Of course it would demand a bit more processing power( and a keyboard)).
But considering that the Palm IIIc has color, who knows what's next...
Mikael Jacobson
We don't even have polio or smallpox?
IIRC, the russians still have smallpox in military research facilities, and as far as I can remember, these are alot more dangerous than the good ol' smallpox that used to plague the world (these where after all "designed" to do the most possible damage).
Now, the reason I mention this is that I for one don't trust the security at russian military facilities, I clearly remember reading about someone just walking into one of their military bases and stealing some high grade uranium (I don't think he felt so good afterwards though...)
Mikael Jacobson
I guess I'm the only one using u,h,j,k (I'm left-handed)
Mikael Jacobson
IBM clicky keyboards are great, and they _never_ wear out (my current one came with my 286 =)
Mikael Jacobson
Scooby dooby doo, and Sc00byd00 too!
I thought the second one was supposed to be Scrappy dappy doo too!?
Mikael Jacobson
They can only really remember one president. Who's Bush?
That's strange, I'm 18 (born in 1982) and I remember both Bush and his war (desert storm), and I know about a lot of the other things in that list (Qadafi's first name was Muhammed, right?)
Mikael Jacobson
IIRC gigabit ethernet on tp cables isn't possible on cable lengths of more than like a couple of yards. So could anyone explain how they plan on solving that problem?
Mikael Jacobson
Actually they are both one of the 5 permanent members of the security council.
Mikael Jacobson
What exactly is the benefit of a walking robot with two legs?
Could probably be used where there is limited space. Perhaps could be used to find books in a library? (just a suggestion)
Mikael Jacobson
The fact that the majority of the population CHOOSE to live in large cities, or very close to them, does not an overpopulation problem make.
Who do you think you are? Yoda?
Mikael Jacobson
Uuuhm, sorry if I seem incompetent, but what am I supposed to do with a .z5 file?? (is it compressed or what?)
Mikael Jacobson
How about an army of cybernetic soldiers?
Think robotic bodies,multiple views (instead of the human limitation of one (our eyes)).
Or how about one mind controlling several units on the battlefield (Ooops, better get those droids over to the bridge immediatly!)
Mikael Jacobson