I've been cleaning IBM model M keyboards for years by unplugging them, hosing them off with the shower head, and letting them dry for a day or two before reconnecting...
Granted, this is for serious grime, usually just shaking out the accumulated crud is fine.
>Wow! Dial a single number, and talk to 300
>million people!
Please listen to this entire phone call before you hang up. I thought it was too good to be true, too, but then I tried it and now I have received over 14 million one dollar bills in my mailbox!
>That is not how Intellectual Property law works.
>You can use the trademark all you want. You can
>paint it on your house, you can sell posters on
>it. A registered trademark just means that the
>holder can sue you for it, and collect damages.
Uhm. Think about what you just wrote.
That is not how [Controlled Substance] law works. You can [sell crack] all you want. You can [pass it out at school yards], you can sell [big chunks of] it. A [Controlled Substance law] just means that the [police] can [arrest] you for it, and [send you to a pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary].
The trademark DOES mean you CAN'T USE IT without fear of legal repercussions.
As someone pointed out, the only laws that tell you what you "can't do" in the sense that you're using are the physical laws of the universe.
Granted, in this case, it's all a big joke - Despair, Inc couldn't care less what silly emoticons you use.
But they sure could have made a fortune off those AOL folks...
>. I was no longer working there in '92 but I'm
>fairly sure there was an active R&D effort on
>Multima by then
There was at least active discussion by a number of folks about a Multima-type product in '91 while I was there, but I'm not sure about an official R&D effort.
As mentioned, remember that internet usage was pretty small at this point.
IANAPTOO (I am not a physicist, theoretical or otherwise)
But as the outer edge of the media approaches the speed of light, wouldn't the transfer of data actually start to slow down?
I seem to recall an analysis of this sorta thing on slashdot at one point, theorizing the maximum rotational speed of magnetic media before relativity(?) starts to muck up the results.
Alternately, what about some of the PARC stuff going to an educational facility / think tank / tech incubator kind of deal ala MCC or Sematech (Austin bias showing)?
Something where maybe making money isn't the end-all be-all...
While I understand that Xerox is a business, it sure is a shame to seem them willing to part with such a major part of computing history in the name of the dollar...
Surely they've got some other less significant pieces they could sell off / carve up / dump in the trash?
If you look a little more closely than General Corto did, you'll see that Taco says it's a "slightly different transmeta vaio. (not the one with the crazy sidemounted video camera)".
But on a side note, I'm rather disappointed by the performance of the Crusoe-based Vaio.
I was SO looking forward to scoring one of these with the end of year bonus, but I don't really see any reason right now to go with the Crusoe model over the Intel model (aside from the geek chic factor of having a Crusoe).
>In California, you can't legally advertise a
>product as "beer" if it has higher than a
>certain percentage of alcohol.
Texas has the same rules (over x% is "malt liquor").
Unfortunately, the argument that Guinness violates that alcohol barrier doesn't hold up.
Stateside Guinness draught is only about 4% by volume. Stouts in general tend to have a lower alcohol content than the common American pseudo-pilsners.
Bud is 4.6%, Michelob 4.95%, even Natural Light has 4.2%.
So if those things are "beer" (in the legal definition of the word, not my definition), then Guinness certainly is.
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>For the average user using Win98, spending money on a single processor system is the way to go.
Uh, since Win9x doesn't do SMP *at all*, this kind of goes without saying, doesn't it?
(btw, nice sig, "Last Resort" is about my favorite Eagles song...)
-LjM
>Actually, I really believe if Linux were the
>default desktop in corporations, there would be
>far fewer help desk calls
I disagree - there would be more calls, just different kinds of calls.
Instead of "This is broken", you'd be seeing an awful lot of "I can't figure out how to..."
-LjM
Was the phone turned on at the time?
I've been cleaning IBM model M keyboards for years by unplugging them, hosing them off with the shower head, and letting them dry for a day or two before reconnecting...
Granted, this is for serious grime, usually just shaking out the accumulated crud is fine.
-LjM
>Wow! Dial a single number, and talk to 300
>million people!
Please listen to this entire phone call before you hang up. I thought it was too good to be true, too, but then I tried it and now I have received over 14 million one dollar bills in my mailbox!
Here's what you do...
-LjM
>That is not how Intellectual Property law works.
>You can use the trademark all you want. You can
>paint it on your house, you can sell posters on
>it. A registered trademark just means that the
>holder can sue you for it, and collect damages.
Uhm. Think about what you just wrote.
That is not how [Controlled Substance] law works. You can [sell crack] all you want. You can [pass it out at school yards], you can sell [big chunks of] it. A [Controlled Substance law] just means that the [police] can [arrest] you for it, and [send you to a pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary].
The trademark DOES mean you CAN'T USE IT without fear of legal repercussions.
As someone pointed out, the only laws that tell you what you "can't do" in the sense that you're using are the physical laws of the universe.
Granted, in this case, it's all a big joke - Despair, Inc couldn't care less what silly emoticons you use.
But they sure could have made a fortune off those AOL folks...
-LjM
...and the first response?
"ME TOO!" (likely posted by a Sirius On-Line customer)
-LjM
I used to play AEK's Scepter here in Austin on a local system in the mid-80's...
IIRC, the server was running QNX, and the software package that included scepter was "Gambit" or something along those lines.
It's been years...
-LjM
>This is just UO-"Death of Lord British" all over again.
To be fair, the Death of Lord British at the town meeting was caused by a UO employee not resetting his invulnerability flag - hardly a hack.
-LjM
>. I was no longer working there in '92 but I'm
>fairly sure there was an active R&D effort on
>Multima by then
There was at least active discussion by a number of folks about a Multima-type product in '91 while I was there, but I'm not sure about an official R&D effort.
As mentioned, remember that internet usage was pretty small at this point.
-LjM
>this list does seem rather computer-centric
How dare they only include computer games on a list of the top 15 PC games of all time!
The NERVE!
-LjM
>Constant radiation effects over large (decades)
>periods of time, combined with extreme (and
>inconsistent) temperatures
Well, I've got these dishes that goes from the fridge to the microwave a lot...
-LjM
IANAPTOO (I am not a physicist, theoretical or otherwise)
But as the outer edge of the media approaches the speed of light, wouldn't the transfer of data actually start to slow down?
I seem to recall an analysis of this sorta thing on slashdot at one point, theorizing the maximum rotational speed of magnetic media before relativity(?) starts to muck up the results.
-LjM
>I've seen the monitor, it cries out 'Radiation
>EMITTED STRONGLY'.
I've never seen an LCD with an emissions sticker on it.
-LjM
Ooh, good point.
Alternately, what about some of the PARC stuff going to an educational facility / think tank / tech incubator kind of deal ala MCC or Sematech (Austin bias showing)?
Something where maybe making money isn't the end-all be-all...
-LjM
While I understand that Xerox is a business, it sure is a shame to seem them willing to part with such a major part of computing history in the name of the dollar...
Surely they've got some other less significant pieces they could sell off / carve up / dump in the trash?
-LjM
If you look a little more closely than General Corto did, you'll see that Taco says it's a "slightly different transmeta vaio. (not the one with the crazy sidemounted video camera)".
But on a side note, I'm rather disappointed by the performance of the Crusoe-based Vaio.
I was SO looking forward to scoring one of these with the end of year bonus, but I don't really see any reason right now to go with the Crusoe model over the Intel model (aside from the geek chic factor of having a Crusoe).
-LjM
What's his middle name?
Fukunokia?
-LjM
Wasn't intended to be karma whoring, and if you check my past postings, you'd see this.
I wasn't going for moderation points, just doing the favor of posting the link.
If it'll make you feel better, I'll even ask here that it NOT be moderated past 2.
-LjM
No registration required.
If you're gonna invoke Jesus in your awe-filled gasp, I prefer one I saw somewhere (maybe the onion?) a while back.
"Well I'll be a greased Jesus!"
-LjM
As we venture further into the off-topic world...
>In California, you can't legally advertise a
>product as "beer" if it has higher than a
>certain percentage of alcohol.
Texas has the same rules (over x% is "malt liquor").
Unfortunately, the argument that Guinness violates that alcohol barrier doesn't hold up.
Stateside Guinness draught is only about 4% by volume. Stouts in general tend to have a lower alcohol content than the common American pseudo-pilsners.
Bud is 4.6%, Michelob 4.95%, even Natural Light has 4.2%.
So if those things are "beer" (in the legal definition of the word, not my definition), then Guinness certainly is.
Unless it's too low to be called beer.
-LjM
>Slackware has been at 7.x longer than anyone ;)
>else -- why are the other distributions so far
>behind?
But... Windows is at version 2000!
Doesn't that make it even BETTER?
-LjM
[ducking and running, because I refuse to use smileys]
>guinness is a stout, not a beer.
...which is a style of beer.
All stouts are beers. Not all beers are stouts (not by a long shot).
-LjM
On the routers listed, your contribution would be minimal at best. These boxes have fairly slow old 680[c]30's in 'em.
Though I bet some of the MIPS processors used in the 7x00 series would do a fine job...
-LjM
>so i guess it's standard x86?
Depends on the model, many Cisco routers use Motorola 680x0 chips, some MIPS...
I can't recall any off the top of my head that used x86 family chips.
-LjM