Of course, by my suggestion, you *can* do both. Memory is "32MB" while a Zip disk could be 100 mB, to distinguish a "true" binary-based "mega" from a decimal-based one. The key here is to use whatever system makes the most sense. In specifying memory size, maybe binary makes sense. In displaying a file size while showing only the most significant digits, decimal makes more sense.
Uh... of course, people actually used to SI/Metric might read mB as milliBytes as lowercase "m" is the prefix abbreviation for milli (1/1000). Not that a millibyte makes any sense, but it adds another level of possible confusion. At least KiB et al are different enough to survive capitalisation mangling.
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And lemme guess... they scrap the shuttle and use expendable launchers until the nebulous day in the future that there's a replacement?
The Shuttle is a 1970s piece of work. It absolutely needs to be replaced. But it can't be replaced immediately. I don't think cutting the funding for it will help much at all.
I think the author needs some remedial metric training. Gates is the first centi-billionaire? Hmmm, 1/100 of a billion is 10 million. I'm sure one or two others came before him.
I was going to post something about the inevitable whining reaction to anything that is perceived to be a slight to *BSD.
Then I decided it wasn't worth it. Then I thought: what the heck.
It's ironic to note that the whining that goes on here about moderation has as (IMHO) more effect on the quality of discussions than the subject of the whining.
It's already starting, of course. As an example, the VCD/ISO scene. If you're not sure what this is, look at isonews.com for an example.
It's not QUITE the same as DVD-quality, but, heck. There are amazingly complicated conventional-VCR-tape-trees for everything from Black Harbour to Red Dwarf in place, so...
Oh what a wonderfully apathetic attitude that is. e.g. It's a fact of life. You can't change it -- don't even bother trying. Just get on with your little puny life and don't make waves.
I thought we were supposed to try and make the world better, not just placidly put up with it. Perhaps I'm wrong.
This is one of the thoughts that comes to mind, of course. If electronic paper replaces paper, the paranoid in me asks, what stops the "1984" scenario of altering history by altering its recording?
Mind you, this is a big if.
However, I've recently been dealing with my ISP, whose service agreement is on the web. I had a dispute with them over the blocking of port 80 (mandatory web proxy use). In their agreement (on-line) as I accepted it, there was to be no port blocking. Of course, when I revisited the URL, this had, in fact, been changed.
(Yes, I did have a printed hardcopy of this. But that's pretty much the point, isn't it?)
(The proxy issue was easy enough to deal with. Squid and IPChains are a formidible combination)
(And don't start going off about the DR-DOS detection code. It was in the Windows 3.1 BETA only. Not many saw it.
You are, of course, missing the point. The point is that the REVIEWERS and early adopters saw it, and spread the word that Windows didn't work with DR-DOS.
Because they are reviewers and the bleeding edge types in companies, their views were at least heard by the PHBs who make the decisions.
Another fantastic marketing stroke of genius by Micros~1. (Hardly the first, and certainly not the last)
Daveo should note the list underneath the submit button. PRE is not an acceptable tag. Daveo should use TT../TT instead.
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Gee, I wonder why I said IIRC.
However, now that you ask... I did a quick search, and came up with some tantalizing possibilities, but they're press releases, so they don't really give the REAL information -- especially as their thrust is the other way around. Plus I should be doing real work so I can't play at this much longer right now.
http://www.sco.com/press/releases/1997/6698.html
Briefly... "On September 20, 1996, SCO sent a letter to Microsoft requesting nullification of the provisions of the agreement that violate the European Union's competition law." and "(24 Nov, 1997) - Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released SCO (NASDAQ: SCOC) from a contractual obligation to continue including outdated Microsoft code in future UNIX Systems and paying royalties on that code."
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He's stated that if elected, he would issue and Executive Order to prevent Wiccans from performing their celebrations in the military.
Do you have a reference for this? I've mentioned it to a few friends and they want to see where he actually said this. I'm curious, too.
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Of course, by my suggestion, you *can* do both. Memory is "32MB" while a Zip disk could be 100 mB, to distinguish a "true" binary-based "mega" from a decimal-based one. The key here is to use whatever system makes the most sense. In specifying memory size, maybe binary makes sense. In displaying a file size while showing only the most significant digits, decimal makes more sense.
Uh... of course, people actually used to SI/Metric might read mB as milliBytes as lowercase "m" is the prefix abbreviation for milli (1/1000). Not that a millibyte makes any sense, but it adds another level of possible confusion. At least KiB et al are different enough to survive capitalisation mangling.
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It's ironic that the cities you mention (BCE territory) have the slowest ADSL service I've seen in the country. Only 960kbps down/120 up.
(Oh, and a side point. PPPoE sucks!)
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F@1uN G0ñg ?
(Admittedly, I'm not a script-kiddie, but this is what immediately flashed into my mind.)
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(So I didn't bother learning junkbuster's cookie jar configuration. But it looks on the face of it very useful)
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The Shuttle is a 1970s piece of work. It absolutely needs to be replaced. But it can't be replaced immediately. I don't think cutting the funding for it will help much at all.
A very antagonistic approach to effect change.
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Most amusing.
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Then I decided it wasn't worth it. Then I thought: what the heck.
It's ironic to note that the whining that goes on here about moderation has as (IMHO) more effect on the quality of discussions than the subject of the whining.
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It's not QUITE the same as DVD-quality, but, heck. There are amazingly complicated conventional-VCR-tape-trees for everything from Black Harbour to Red Dwarf in place, so...
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Came irresitibly to mind here, too.
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e.g. It's a fact of life. You can't change it -- don't even bother trying. Just get on with your little puny life and don't make waves.
I thought we were supposed to try and make the world better, not just placidly put up with it. Perhaps I'm wrong.
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This is one of the thoughts that comes to mind, of course. If electronic paper replaces paper, the paranoid in me asks, what stops the "1984" scenario of altering history by altering its recording?
Mind you, this is a big if.
However, I've recently been dealing with my ISP, whose service agreement is on the web. I had a dispute with them over the blocking of port 80 (mandatory web proxy use). In their agreement (on-line) as I accepted it, there was to be no port blocking. Of course, when I revisited the URL, this had, in fact, been changed.
(Yes, I did have a printed hardcopy of this. But that's pretty much the point, isn't it?)
(The proxy issue was easy enough to deal with. Squid and IPChains are a formidible combination)
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This, however, does not mean that we should accept this kind of deliberate marketeering placidly.
("Oh, I won't bother to mute the commercials, I don't really take them in." "What? I can't hear you over the jingle!")
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You are, of course, missing the point. The point is that the REVIEWERS and early adopters saw it, and spread the word that Windows didn't work with DR-DOS.
Because they are reviewers and the bleeding edge types in companies, their views were at least heard by the PHBs who make the decisions.
Another fantastic marketing stroke of genius by Micros~1. (Hardly the first, and certainly not the last)
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However, now that you ask... I did a quick search, and came up with some tantalizing possibilities, but they're press releases, so they don't really give the REAL information -- especially as their thrust is the other way around. Plus I should be doing real work so I can't play at this much longer right now.
http://www.sco.com/press/releases/1997/6698.htm
Briefly...
"On September 20, 1996, SCO sent a letter to Microsoft requesting nullification of the provisions of the agreement that violate the European Union's competition law."
and
"(24 Nov, 1997) - Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released SCO (NASDAQ: SCOC) from a contractual obligation to continue including outdated Microsoft code in future UNIX Systems and paying royalties on that code."
also...
http://www.vcnet.com/bms/features/tale.html
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