The first couple of turbo switches even made sense--they could drop you back down to the 4.77 clock of the original pc. After that, though,thy tended to just drop you back about 25% from full clock.
Early games relied on loops and instruction execution for timing--they knew how long something would take, and how much time had elapsed b y where they were in the code. Double the clock, and things ran (roughly) twice as fast, making interactive games hard or impossible.
I'm not sure this made it into the 286 perio, but if someone figured that that was as fast as desktop/home machines were going to get . . . (i.e., believed the line that the 386 was only for servers, ever . ..)
>There are currently three countries that have not >officially switched over to the metric system >depending on your definition of "switched over" >-- try driving in England if you don't want to >use MPH). They are USA,
Depends upon your definition of "officially." We've "officially" switched many times, it's just that we're not going to let some central government push us around on the issue.
The first round wad during the Jefferson administration, when he issued an executive order to put us on that silly semi-10 based system. We didn't due it then, and it doesn't look so hot to us now, either . ..
Just look at how much trouble it's caused--playing with those silly french units has already cost us at least one mars probe . ..
That is bizarre. For a 180 IQ (wild egotistical guess:), it dropped me to 14.
And it lacks any ability to tell it that I have *two* doctorates (and that I could have three, had I been willing to write a second dissertation [advice for those considering such a thing": don' t. You gain nothing but threee letters, but the first Ph.D. does it all, anyway. INstead of doing the second dissertation, just get the first Ph.D., athen do the other research & publish it . ..])
Having finally implemented the Macintosh System 5.0 interface (multifinder)[1], they have moved on to taking features from Be. This will be followed by picking away at the Amiga carcass, after which it will turn back to Apple for those exciting Unix breakthroughs . ..
>Linux alone actually runs quite well, though not >doing much of interest.
Yes, but linux+GNU tools doesn't do all that much of interest, either, untill you add the other things we take for granted . ..
Which, of course, is why when most people say "linux", they *don't* mean "linux kernel and GNU tools," but also perl, sendmail, X, and a gaggle of others . ..
Yes, indeed. Commercially feasible fusion will also be released this year, and Apple will finally release OS X, and Windows will work, really, this time, and . . . And lets not forget the new Amiga that dual boots into BeOS . ..
Of course the villains usually had German accents--for a very long period after WWII, a staggering portion of villains were either Nazi's or warmed over Nazis. (In Star Trek, the Klingons were Nazis. In the spinoffs, they're norsemen).
As the coldwar progressed, the villains became commies. As the south american drug trade progressed, se saw more of them. In the near future, we'll see more arabs with bad afghanistan accents--though I expect there will always be a token "good Arab" to show that the producer isn't prejudiced . ..
A private university that charges students tuition for a few years and stops, then looks for more students. The "continuing stream" is in the same sense as it is for Replay: must always find new "customers"
Opposing copyright is righthink; supporting intellectual property is unrightthink.
The GPL uses intellectual property law to achieve the rightthink agenda, making it plusrightthink, while others litigate against those who violate the ungood property laws, which is doubleplus ungood.
Opposing violating the GPL, even by accident, or even if the person making the righthink claim that you did without bothering to check, is thus doubleplessunrightthink.
Oh, I enjoy law itself, but I hated my general practice--90% of your life becomes helping people avoid the consequences oftheir actions . ..
Since I couldn't fall back on the classic "I hate my job; it's off to law school," as I'd already been there, I specialized with the other classic: grad school.
I actually prefer a stronger remedy than initially proposed. The two-way split won't solve most of the underlying problem, although it would be progress.
I want windows itelsf split three ways: either break the ms operation in to three pieces, each with full source code rights, or auction off two full & unlimited licenses. [yes, microsoft gets to keep the proceeds. No, just releasing it into the public domain wouldn't be legal.]
The other odd thing about the situation is the MS resistance to the split. Were I MS, I'd certainly prefer to be in two pieces than to have massive regulation. ON top of that, the shareholders are probably better with the two pieces, as there would no longer be an incentive to waste revenue with the monopolies cross-subsidizing one another.
Also, note that "guilty" isn't quite thye right word; this isn't a criminal proceeding, and it's "remedies" for the affected market, not punishment.
Microsoft is making a fairly narrow and technical argument about who has standing to enforce federal law. Of course, this reasoning also tosses out the states who agree with the feds . . . and again, it isn't enough to overcome the broader issues, or the state law claims upon which these states won . ..
it takes a while. The theoretical transfer limit was something like 235kbits/second, and I want to say the use of phone wire droped that to 170 or so. That's a limit of about 20kbytes per second, or fifty seconds per meg. Deduct for real world, etc., and the transfer is in hours.
I also believe in market forces. In fact, like most economists, I *strongly* support free markets.
This does *not* mean that monopolies should be left on their own. I want them stopped *not* because the government can run things better, or any illusion that the government can "fine-tune" the economy (all the evidence says it can't), but because monopolies tamper with my precious markets.
The very *problem* with monopolies is that they interefere with markets, and stop us from receiving the benefits of the market.
hawk, baffled by the supposedly free-market folks that are willing to let the markets be abused like this.
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hawk
do *not* attempt to pull it back through. Seek qualified medical assistance in removal.
hawk
Early games relied on loops and instruction execution for timing--they knew how long something would take, and how much time had elapsed b y where they were in the code. Double the clock, and things ran (roughly) twice as fast, making interactive games hard or impossible.
I'm not sure this made it into the 286 perio, but if someone figured that that was as fast as desktop/home machines were going to get . . . (i.e., believed the line that the 386 was only for servers, ever . .
hawk
>There are currently three countries that have not
>officially switched over to the metric system
>depending on your definition of "switched over"
>-- try driving in England if you don't want to
>use MPH). They are USA,
Depends upon your definition of "officially." We've "officially" switched many times, it's just that we're not going to let some central government push us around on the issue.
The first round wad during the Jefferson administration, when he issued an executive order to put us on that silly semi-10 based system. We didn't due it then, and it doesn't look so hot to us now, either . .
Just look at how much trouble it's caused--playing with those silly french units has already cost us at least one mars probe . .
hawk
And it lacks any ability to tell it that I have *two* doctorates (and that I could have three, had I been willing to write a second dissertation [advice for those considering such a thing": don'
t. You gain nothing but threee letters, but the first Ph.D. does it all, anyway. INstead of doing the second dissertation, just get the first Ph.D., athen do the other research & publish it . .
Professor Dr. hawk, J.D., Ph.D., Esq.
:)
:)
hawk
Yeah, that's when a bunch of them are close enough to one another that the fire can spread from one to another . .
:)
hawk
And I suppose you believe they turned on the lights at Wrigly field, too?
:)
hawk
>doing much of interest.
Yes, but linux+GNU tools doesn't do all that much of interest, either, untill you add the other things we take for granted . .
Which, of course, is why when most people say "linux", they *don't* mean "linux kernel and GNU tools," but also perl, sendmail, X, and a gaggle of others . .
hawk
:)
hawk
As the coldwar progressed, the villains became commies. As the south american drug trade progressed, se saw more of them. In the near future, we'll see more arabs with bad afghanistan accents--though I expect there will always be a token "good Arab" to show that the producer isn't prejudiced . .
hawk
hawk
A private university that charges students tuition for a few years and stops, then looks for more students. The "continuing stream" is in the same sense as it is for Replay: must always find new "customers"
hawk
hawk
I fed him breakfast, we had a nice chat about Jesuit education, and he went on his way.
But walking back to his car, six different people asked, "So, Al, are you going to run again next time?"
:)
hawk
The GPL uses intellectual property law to achieve the rightthink agenda, making it plusrightthink, while others litigate against those who violate the ungood property laws, which is doubleplus ungood.
Opposing violating the GPL, even by accident, or even if the person making the righthink claim that you did without bothering to check, is thus doubleplessunrightthink.
see?
:)
hawk
new units, maybe?
hawk
Since I couldn't fall back on the classic "I hate my job; it's off to law school," as I'd already been there, I specialized with the other classic: grad school.
hawk
I want windows itelsf split three ways: either break the ms operation in to three pieces, each with full source code rights, or auction off two full & unlimited licenses. [yes, microsoft gets to keep the proceeds. No, just releasing it into the public domain wouldn't be legal.]
The other odd thing about the situation is the MS resistance to the split. Were I MS, I'd certainly prefer to be in two pieces than to have massive regulation. ON top of that, the shareholders are probably better with the two pieces, as there would no longer be an incentive to waste revenue with the monopolies cross-subsidizing one another.
hawk
Ahh, octal encoding, with 0 left as a prefix for any other code that might come up . .
Still, though, the transfer rate when the cat has to meow for every 0 and Wrowrrr for every 1 on your hard drive is abysmal . .
>Hah! I *knew* it. Once I saw how many slashdot
>posts you'd made today, I could tell
>you were trying to avoid correcting papers.
that obvious, huh?
hawk, who just realized that Meow, the stray kitten that adopted his kids, has *never* chirped, mewled, or made *any* sound other than his name . . .
Also, note that "guilty" isn't quite thye right word; this isn't a criminal proceeding, and it's "remedies" for the affected market, not punishment.
Microsoft is making a fairly narrow and technical argument about who has standing to enforce federal law. Of course, this reasoning also tosses out the states who agree with the feds . . . and again, it isn't enough to overcome the broader issues, or the state law claims upon which these states won . .
hawk
hawk
hawk
hawk
This does *not* mean that monopolies should be left on their own. I want them stopped *not* because the government can run things better, or any illusion that the government can "fine-tune" the economy (all the evidence says it can't), but because monopolies tamper with my precious markets.
The very *problem* with monopolies is that they interefere with markets, and stop us from receiving the benefits of the market.
hawk, baffled by the supposedly free-market folks that are willing to let the markets be abused like this.