I can see "off topic," "overrated," "funny," and "informative."
However, to call it "flamebait" leaves three possibilities:
1) The moderator never owned a Dell. 2) The moderator works for Dell. 3) Somehow, sometime, Dell actually shipped someone a unit that didn't start falling apart in the first few days. = This possibility should probably get tagged "funny" or "naive" just on its own.
hawk, looking about the room at the pieces that have fallen off the Dells he has to deal with.
Of course, this is the first time in my life that I've ever done this, bbut . ..
It was a 486 minitower that I'd been given years ago. THe hard drive (and probably the cd) was long dead.
I stripped out eight one-meg simms, pulled all the useful screws and the back tabs (hey, I'm short!), and left the vesa (?) video and peripheral/controller card in it. I thought about keeping the power supply, but left it in there with the 5" floppy.
It was truly a strange experience--but I still have my powerbook 180 in pieces somewhere, the macportable in parts in a bag around the corner, the Tandy 102 in my desk drawer, the 1802 parts in my parts cabinet . ..
Don't tell me you think both of these technologies weren't held back by the industries you mention.
Not successfully, no.
If Kodak embraced digital cameras out the gate don't you think we'd have had 10MP cameras 10 years ago?
No. Kodak has used its expertise to adapt to the new circumstances. It has lost massive markets, but it's found newer, though smaller, markets.
As the image devices are (to the best of my knowledge) fundamentally driven by integrated circuit technology, I seriosly doubt that Kodak could have made anything happen faster.
About eight years ago, there was the Apple digital camera which could take eight 640x480 pictures at $700. Ten years ago, widespread digital cameras weren't really on *anyone's* list of likely (though there were certainly many with hopes--but the same can be said for solid state storage replacing magnetic media, nuclear fusion, electric cars . ..)
See The Mouse on the Moon, one of the sequels to the novel The Mouse that Roared,, in which peculiarities with a particular year's Pinot Gran Fenwick allow its use as a rocket fuel and Grand Fenwick's entry into the space race . ..
Until the 1990s MS (like Intel) had no brand image at all--people who owned Commodores or TRS80s might've vaguely remembered the name from the copyright notice on the bootup screen.
Heavens, no. "Microsoft BASIC" was near the top of the requirements list. The lack of this until it was too late was a major factor in the failure of the 8 bit Ataris . ..
It's an *educational* institution, not a *vocational* institution.
Teaching students to use a particular product, rather than the principles of a how a type of object works, is not education, and can be left for the secretarial schools (which now tend to style themselves "business college").
Slashdot Mirror
It wouldn't be the first time that articles appeared in the wrong thread; that seems fairly common.
I don't recall them appearing in multiple threads from the glitch, however.
Maybe the article ID numbers and times could provide a hint.
hawk
(Yes, gnomes sometimes step on polymorph traps, turn into a mumak, and trample you to death, but those are rare events.)
:)
:)
If that's rare, you must be playing a variant
(Either that, or you're calling it rare in that gnomes turning into mumaks are rearer than gnomes finding wands of death in hte mines
hawk
I was watching a recent Andromeda with my daughter, and nearly laughed my head off.
As Rommy and Doyle walk down the hall and get surrounded, Rommy waved her hand and announced, "We're not the droids you're looking for."
"What was that?"
"I don't know, but it didn't work."
Later, with the third gal (Becca), they went into Charlie's Angels style fighitn, complete with hair tossing.
I'm wondering how many more references I missed.
hawk
I can see "off topic," "overrated," "funny," and "informative."
However, to call it "flamebait" leaves three possibilities:
1) The moderator never owned a Dell.
2) The moderator works for Dell.
3) Somehow, sometime, Dell actually shipped someone a unit that didn't start falling apart in the first few days. = This possibility should probably get tagged "funny" or "naive" just on its own.
hawk, looking about the room at the pieces that have fallen off the Dells he has to deal with.
"Dude! You got Delled!"
bzt.
Written by someone who remembers the initial Newtons.
hawk
hawk
. . . the best moves is probably to put *it* in the box, ship it to recycling, and keep using your old computer.
hawk, who wishes a smiley were appropriate
Hey, I just threw one away this week. Really.
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Of course, this is the first time in my life that I've ever done this, bbut . .
It was a 486 minitower that I'd been given years ago. THe hard drive (and probably the cd) was long dead.
I stripped out eight one-meg simms, pulled all the useful screws and the back tabs (hey, I'm short!), and left the vesa (?) video and peripheral/controller card in it. I thought about keeping the power supply, but left it in there with the 5" floppy.
It was truly a strange experience--but I still have my powerbook 180 in pieces somewhere, the macportable in parts in a bag around the corner, the Tandy 102 in my desk drawer, the 1802 parts in my parts cabinet . .
hawk
hawk
hawk
Don't tell me you think both of these technologies weren't held back by the industries you mention.
.)
Not successfully, no.
If Kodak embraced digital cameras out the gate don't you think we'd have had 10MP cameras 10 years ago?
No. Kodak has used its expertise to adapt to the new circumstances. It has lost massive markets, but it's found newer, though smaller, markets.
As the image devices are (to the best of my knowledge) fundamentally driven by integrated circuit technology, I seriosly doubt that Kodak could have made anything happen faster.
About eight years ago, there was the Apple digital camera which could take eight 640x480 pictures at $700. Ten years ago, widespread digital cameras weren't really on *anyone's* list of likely (though there were certainly many with hopes--but the same can be said for solid state storage replacing magnetic media, nuclear fusion, electric cars . .
hawk
See The Mouse on the Moon, one of the sequels to the novel The Mouse that Roared,, in which peculiarities with a particular year's Pinot Gran Fenwick allow its use as a rocket fuel and Grand Fenwick's entry into the space race . . .
hawk
hawk
It's three doubles.
hawk
Until the 1990s MS (like Intel) had no brand image at all--people who owned Commodores or TRS80s might've vaguely remembered the name from the copyright notice on the bootup screen.
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Heavens, no. "Microsoft BASIC" was near the top of the requirements list. The lack of this until it was too late was a major factor in the failure of the 8 bit Ataris . .
hawk
>So please tell me why investor confidence matters to MS?
low investor confidence => low share price => coroporate takeover => new management
hawk
FOr almost as long as apple has been going out of busines s . .
hawk
Important coded is being maintained by flim-flam artists?
hawk
At that point, it has everything you need except a good editor.
:)
hawk, noting that *someone* had to say it
Nothing wrong with rogue, other than that it's two easy and scripts can win . . .
.)
besides, nethack is the natural evolution of rogue.
(however, I'm still skeptical of the color and ascii animaition of spells . .
hawk
I haven't had to face them with 2.0, but in 1.1, checkboxes on forms were a nightmare. I generally had to use XXX instead.
hawk
I just checked, and about 13 seconds on a nearly three year old Dell D800.
hawk
Well, we *do* keep hearing that it wants to be free . .
hawk
It's an *educational* institution, not a *vocational* institution.
Teaching students to use a particular product, rather than the principles of a how a type of object works, is not education, and can be left for the secretarial schools (which now tend to style themselves "business college").
hawk
The three ton land yacht with a 400 cube engine *will* make its comeback.
(Hmm, on slashdot, I suppose that should be "it's" or "whose".)
hawk