But then, it comes down to the fact that you need Windows to display a Windows format.
I think the whole point to this discussion, twit, is that it's a FREAKING WORD PROCESSOR, writing "Dear Grandma" letters. WHY is the format that it uses tied to the operating system? WTF does the.DOC format give a flying f! that you're on Windows?
Since you have admitted as such, in the above, and since you can't HELP but admit that Windows itself is closed, and since there's been a legal decision that states that it's undocumented and uncompetively proprietary, then you MUST come to the conclusion that the.DOC format is Itself closed, since it depends on closed things.
This opinion has been stated in this thread numerous times, and each time you have jumped up to defend it. Since you just admitted that it's a Windows file format, NOT a documentation file format, how now can you defend it as open?
Go back to the campus and get more mind-control done, it's obviously not working on you.
...there are so many universities, there has to be one with in 15 miles of you
That is an asinine statement. Maybe in the US there's a university every 30 miles, but not in Canada.
And even if there IS a college or something, the quality of their libraries ranges from GREAT to "THIS is a University Library?".
I agree that maintenance is the main cost, but if you read what's been said, people are pointing out that there ARE great sites that are doing it for free, on their spare time. I feel this will continue, as long as bandwidth continues to be cheap.
In glancing through the document, I notice that they do mention trademark law, and the need for enforcement, but not excessive enforcement. The groups couldn't come to an agreement on how the trademark issue should be dealt with, which is a good sign, I think.
BUT, it will only matter if there is enforcement..com,.net and.org would have been much better had they been enforced. Granted, we would have "run out" of "useable" domain names long before now, but the users would be much more informed as to their purpose.
So, I'm all for the new gTLDs, as long as the rules for application in.BLAH is public, and strickly enforced. Like someone else meant, they should split them up based on trademark law (hopefully as generic as possible, not US based), so that (to use the other example) McDonalds.food and McDonalds.car_repair aren't both the Micro$o~1 of the eating world.
It'd be cool to build a 20 to 30 foot Tux to put in front of TransMeta's Headquarters.. (For Linus, of course)...
Which crack-head moderator moderated the above "Offtopic"? HTH can a discussion about a LEGO Tux be off topic in a discussion that's based solely around, and I quote:
Now the question is, with this quantity of Legos available, what do people think the coolest thing to build would be?
Come ON, people...I have never ranted about moderation, and I have moderated (once), but give me a break.
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Read the story that you are moderating (remember, you can and should READ the stories, just not POST to the stories. It's all RIGHT HERE)
Read the Comment that you are moderating
Moderate if necessary
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Has Linus considered changing his name to Paul?
But then it'd be Paulix, and everyone would think we were freaky artists, throwing computers source code into the air and having it blown onto a keyboard by air-plane turbines, and imagine how confused they'd be after that! (Paulix, Pollock, what's the difference?)
This silliness brought to you by Diablo 2. This Beta rocks, but I need more sleep!
IANA Inspector, and the codes change from town to town, nevermind country to country, but AFAIK, there are two different, widely used types of Cat-5, and the differences are fire ratings. I'm sorry, I can't remember the rating numbers, but one is for normal use (how most of us probably use it, along the floor, patch cables, through normal walls), and the other is specifically for suspended ceilings, and stuff like that.
My father (carpenter, jack of all trades for decades), recently torn down and rebuilt the family home, and we put in 4 Ethernet jacks (office, spare bedroom, 2 in living room) as he was doing the construction. We just used a box of "normal" CAT-5, and it passed electrical inspection without even a blink of the eye.
As someone else stated, this proves why he stays with Windows. Even though it is very close, it's not there yet.
Now, this isn't a flame of the driver writers, because (as was also previously stated), the windows people have had years to fine-tune their drivers for games under Windows. But with Linux being such a superior OS (we all know it), it should CRUSH Windows. IMHO, only then will it make a difference, not even being equal will match, because then people will still stick with Windows, because that's what they know.
There has to be a reason for the switch, to the hard-core gaming crowd, that slightly higher FPS could be the reason. The next question is, what about for the rest of the world? Do we want everyone and their grandmother to use Linux?
(Unless I'm mixing up names,) Joe does, however, get Extra Slack points for having been the guy who tied up various Canadian provincial and federal government organizations for a while by constantly faxing them his requests for fair treatment, better laws and regulations, etc.
Nope, you're right, that's the guy. I've met him IRL (been to one of his parties, way back when), he's very... interesting.
It's sad, but it's true. What can the DoJ possibly do to M$?
Fine them, sure, but how much? To make it have an effect, it would have to be an astronomical amound, like $50 billion US, or something
Force them to open up the API? Good idea, but that won't affect M$ in a negative way for years still, and imagine the funds necessary to keep watchdogging them to be sure they KEEP it open
Fine Bill personally? Can't, Limited Liability of a company forbids this, I think, so Bill personally is free and clear (AFAIK, IANAL)
Besides, as has been stated quite a few times, M$ has more than enough money to drag this through appeals for years, and by that time Bill will have reinvented M$ enough that it's not the same company. And also, the industry will not be the same, so nothing will matter.
I hate to say it, it turns my stomach, but this looks to be too little, too late.
BeOS runs under VMWare? The VMWare website claims that it does not! In fact, it explicitly lists BeOS as an OS that doesn't run under VMWare. Could you please enlighten me (perhaps privately, if this is getting too OT), as to how you've gotten this to work? Thanks very much! Adam This is my.sig. It isn't very big.
Nothing makes him so special, but he has a valid point. I'm Canadian, and I shop regularly on eBay and Amazon.com, so where would the taxes for those purchases go?
Taxes suck (especially Canadian taxes), and yes as you say they pay for "roads, schools, jails, courts and looney bins", but the Internet is a global medium, not a US medium. If I shop, via the Internet, in shops on the moon, who gets the taxes?
As with the other posters, I recommend "Learning Perl" (The Llama book), from O'Reilly and Associates. I also recommend, even if you're just learning, that you also have a copy of "Programming Perl", also from ORA (The Camel book). It is a nice reference to have, if you're curious about more information that the Llama book doesn't offer you.
In reading the very well written questions and answers, one question came to my mind.
It was mentioned that there aren't enough Good system adminitrators. I am a very small time SA, and I probably fall under the "not good" category right now. My question to the/. community is, where can I go to learn to be a good SA? What books are recommended, what HOW-To's? (I've got Trinity bookmarked, it seems very extensive, but is it "good"?) How does one start to become a good SA?
For selling the domain, I'd just think of it like any other product. Perhaps put up a "for sale" page on that domain, since it's fallen into disuse anyway. Or, alternatly, why not auction it off on eBay or some such? Remember, it's just a piece of land that you no longer want to live on.
For Cyber-Squatting vs. Legitimate Cyber-Real Estate Brokering, it's not quite the same thing, obviously. That piece of physical land that I have for sale doesn't say "Microsoft" on it, or McDonalds or some company name, it is merely a piece of land. Domains, on the other hand, are named something, whether it be microsoft.com or slashdot.org, they do represent something, so dealing with the initial purchase of them should be handled differently, I think.
Notice I said "initial purchase". I made that distinction because once you have purchased that domain, you should be able to do what you want with it. If I bought McDonalds.com, and I had the "right" to own it, then I should be able to keep it, and not have to give it to McDonalds. If I, for instance, had McDonalds Discussion Software, and I got McDonalds.com, then tough luck for McDonalds Foods (or WTF their official company name is), cause I have fair use of that domain.
I think it does come down to fair use, really. Did you register the domain because you intended to use it, or did you register it for the sole purpose of selling it later? Perhaps proof of intent, or something similar, should be necessary for the purchase of a domain? Perhaps a proof of business name, or trademark, or copyright, before the domain is purchased?
Obviously this opens up problems too. I know of domains that were registered simply because they were cool domains. It wasn't done to squat, or to hope to sell twink.org for 1 billion dollars in 10 years, it was because twink.org was cool. There has to be room for this kind of expression on the Internet, but I honestly don't know how to balance the rights of free speech/free domain choice with the rights of companies to hold on to their copyrights/trademarks/identity. Is it as simple as making ".com" or ".biz" or something ONLY for registered trademark holders, or company name owners, and make a new distinction, say ".free" or something, that's completely free use, no companies allowed, and McDonalds could not get mcdonalds.free? What about that?
I'm sorry I gave that impression, as we have both kinds of access available.
For the cable modem users, there's the @Home network, through Rogers and Shaw (depending on who services your area, of course). For the folks who prefer Telco based, Bell (and now other resellers) is offering what they call Sympatico High Speed Edition, and it's ADSL implemented with the Nortel 1-meg Modem technology, and PPPoE.
I've tried to get both installed, and the @Home installation was pathetic, but I have no respect at all for Rogers anyway, as their TV reception is shit, with frequent snow on channels, and horrible customer service. Bell's tech support is equally bad, with extra long waits on hold for tech support, and flakey PPPoE implementation, but I at least got that on installed in my apartment.
You're right about the wireless being a great solution for Rural Ontario (I've been looking into LookTV for my folks, who live in the boonies and right now only get antenna stuff), but LookTV isn't even out there yet, for the most part. They started out as an alternate to cable in an urban setting, not an alternate to antenna in a rural setting, so they're taking a while to get everywhere in S.Ont. Their high speed net access will roll out just as slowly to the rural areas too. That's the only drawback I can see with them, though. I've only ever heard raves about them.
I hope this makes the S.Ont situation a little more clear. I'm not sure about Satellite PC options, but I believe that the only 2 "legal" satellite providers are ExpressVU and StarChoice, and I don't think they offer Internet access yet.
Currently, it's being tested in Toronto, but they expect it to roll out through southern Ontario ASAP. LookTV is a Cable/Satellite replacement (http://www.look.ca/), that currently offers Antenna download, but modem upload, same as the Satellite companies. They are trying to get approval from the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commission, I believe) to allow Antenna uploading. I spoke to one of the techs, and they have permission to perform tests, and they are doing that now (wouldn't tell me where).
LookTV is Microwave based, so you need unobstructed line-of-site to the broadcast tower (it can be minorly ubstructed with trees, but not with buildings), and they don't have full covereage everywhere, but this may be a viable option too, at least for folks in Toronto. Also, if you live in an apartment building, you have to fax them a signed permission form from your owner (that's why I don't have it yet. 8-( ). Perhaps if you look for similar things in your area, it may soon ease your modem woes.
This article brings up some interesting possibilities, and I'm wondering how viable some of the logical extensions to these possibilities are.
He mentions, for instance, that PPC/Alpha emulation is theoretically possible. Would it be possible to do both at the same time, some soft of hybrid Mac/PC?
Also, if the translation is done in software, could it not be possible for the bios/OS to recognize one x86 chip, but have the code morphing software actually be translating for X processors in parallel? There would be no recompiles necessary, and it should run as a super fast x86 box, shouldn't it?
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Ok, so who's gonna be the first to port Linux to the GameBoy? Could this be used as competition for the PalmPilot, maybe a simpler version, or entertainment only, or is it too limited a platform?
I'd just like to remind everyone that while it IS, obviously, the year 2000, with all the inherent problems that may/may not cause, it is NOT the new millenium. So can we, as supposedly intelligent people, stop with the propagation of all this "first * of the millennium" crud.
Here's an e-mail that I got that details out the reason why, for anyone who doesn't know, (or can't count):
Produced by the Information Services Department of the Royal Greenwich Observatory Robin M Catchpole, December 1997, last revised December 1999 (Jim O'Donnell).
When do the 3rd Millennium and the 21st Century start?
A millennium is an interval of 1000 years and a century is an interval of 100 years. In the Gregorian Calendar, which we use, there is no year zero and the sequence of years near the start runs as follows;..., 3BC, 2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD,...
Because there is no year zero, the first year of the calendar ends at the end of the year named 1AD. By a similar argument 100 years will only have elapsed at the end of the year 100AD. Since 2000AD is the 2,000th year of the Christian calendar, it will be the last year of the Second Millennium. So the 3rd Millennium and the 21st Century will begin at the same moment, namely zero hours UTC (commonly known as GMT) on January 1st 2001.
We have received a great deal of e-mail regarding the start of the 21st Century. It is interesting to note that this is not the first time that this controversy has arisen. The Times must have received many letters towards the end of 1799, since its editors felt moved to make the following comments about the beginning of the 19th Century:
"We have uniformly rejected all letters and declined all discussion upon the question of when the present century ends, as it is one of the most absurd that can engage the public attention, and we are astonished to find it has been the subject of so much dispute, since it appears plain. The present century will not terminate till January 1, 1801, unless it can be made out that 99 are 100... It is a silly, childish discussion, and only exposes the want of brains of those who maintain a contrary opinion to that we have stated"
Now, perhaps I've been reading too many sci-fi, but could you not get around this by learning to sub-vocalize?
The mic and the speaker for the system could be in one ear, to make the mic as unobtrusive as possible and to stop that dangly thing getting in the way. Then couldn't you essentially whisper, and the mic should be able to pick up much softer "talking" through the vibrations in the jawbone than if it had to go through air?
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I think the whole point to this discussion, twit, is that it's a FREAKING WORD PROCESSOR, writing "Dear Grandma" letters. WHY is the format that it uses tied to the operating system? WTF does the .DOC format give a flying f! that you're on Windows?
Since you have admitted as such, in the above, and since you can't HELP but admit that Windows itself is closed, and since there's been a legal decision that states that it's undocumented and uncompetively proprietary, then you MUST come to the conclusion that the .DOC format is Itself closed, since it depends on closed things.
This opinion has been stated in this thread numerous times, and each time you have jumped up to defend it. Since you just admitted that it's a Windows file format, NOT a documentation file format, how now can you defend it as open?
Go back to the campus and get more mind-control done, it's obviously not working on you.
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That is an asinine statement. Maybe in the US there's a university every 30 miles, but not in Canada.
And even if there IS a college or something, the quality of their libraries ranges from GREAT to "THIS is a University Library?".
I agree that maintenance is the main cost, but if you read what's been said, people are pointing out that there ARE great sites that are doing it for free, on their spare time. I feel this will continue, as long as bandwidth continues to be cheap.
This is, of course, MNSHO.
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In glancing through the document, I notice that they do mention trademark law, and the need for enforcement, but not excessive enforcement. The groups couldn't come to an agreement on how the trademark issue should be dealt with, which is a good sign, I think.
BUT, it will only matter if there is enforcement. .com, .net and .org would have been much better had they been enforced. Granted, we would have "run out" of "useable" domain names long before now, but the users would be much more informed as to their purpose.
So, I'm all for the new gTLDs, as long as the rules for application in .BLAH is public, and strickly enforced. Like someone else meant, they should split them up based on trademark law (hopefully as generic as possible, not US based), so that (to use the other example) McDonalds.food and McDonalds.car_repair aren't both the Micro$o~1 of the eating world.
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You could call it Ellipsis Inc. or something, but that's taken already. Check out dotdotdot. com.
Granted, dot.dot is cooler.
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Which crack-head moderator moderated the above "Offtopic"? HTH can a discussion about a LEGO Tux be off topic in a discussion that's based solely around, and I quote:
Come ON, people...I have never ranted about moderation, and I have moderated (once), but give me a break.
To the crack-head moderator:
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But then it'd be Paulix, and everyone would think we were freaky artists, throwing computers source code into the air and having it blown onto a keyboard by air-plane turbines, and imagine how confused they'd be after that! (Paulix, Pollock, what's the difference?)
This silliness brought to you by Diablo 2. This Beta rocks, but I need more sleep!
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IANA Inspector, and the codes change from town to town, nevermind country to country, but AFAIK, there are two different, widely used types of Cat-5, and the differences are fire ratings. I'm sorry, I can't remember the rating numbers, but one is for normal use (how most of us probably use it, along the floor, patch cables, through normal walls), and the other is specifically for suspended ceilings, and stuff like that.
My father (carpenter, jack of all trades for decades), recently torn down and rebuilt the family home, and we put in 4 Ethernet jacks (office, spare bedroom, 2 in living room) as he was doing the construction. We just used a box of "normal" CAT-5, and it passed electrical inspection without even a blink of the eye.
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into the ground, before this'll make a splash.
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As someone else stated, this proves why he stays with Windows. Even though it is very close, it's not there yet.
Now, this isn't a flame of the driver writers, because (as was also previously stated), the windows people have had years to fine-tune their drivers for games under Windows. But with Linux being such a superior OS (we all know it), it should CRUSH Windows. IMHO, only then will it make a difference, not even being equal will match, because then people will still stick with Windows, because that's what they know.
There has to be a reason for the switch, to the hard-core gaming crowd, that slightly higher FPS could be the reason. The next question is, what about for the rest of the world? Do we want everyone and their grandmother to use Linux?
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Nope, you're right, that's the guy. I've met him IRL (been to one of his parties, way back when), he's very ... interesting.
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Excellent point, very "Bruce Lee"-like of you. But them, I suppose he learned it from Zen philosophies.
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Do you still have that essay anywhere, or are you still in contact with the teacher? It sounds like it would be a very good read.
If you've got it, I'd love a copy (not necessarily digital, I can always type it in). Please contact me off-/., if you wouldn't mind.
Thanks for the insight!
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It's sad, but it's true. What can the DoJ possibly do to M$?
Besides, as has been stated quite a few times, M$ has more than enough money to drag this through appeals for years, and by that time Bill will have reinvented M$ enough that it's not the same company. And also, the industry will not be the same, so nothing will matter.
I hate to say it, it turns my stomach, but this looks to be too little, too late.
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BeOS runs under VMWare? The VMWare website claims that it does not! In fact, it explicitly lists BeOS as an OS that doesn't run under VMWare. Could you please enlighten me (perhaps privately, if this is getting too OT), as to how you've gotten this to work? Thanks very much! Adam .sig. It isn't very big.
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Nothing makes him so special, but he has a valid point. I'm Canadian, and I shop regularly on eBay and Amazon.com, so where would the taxes for those purchases go?
Taxes suck (especially Canadian taxes), and yes as you say they pay for "roads, schools, jails, courts and looney bins", but the Internet is a global medium, not a US medium. If I shop, via the Internet, in shops on the moon, who gets the taxes?
Adam
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As with the other posters, I recommend "Learning Perl" (The Llama book), from O'Reilly and Associates. I also recommend, even if you're just learning, that you also have a copy of "Programming Perl", also from ORA (The Camel book). It is a nice reference to have, if you're curious about more information that the Llama book doesn't offer you.
HTH.
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In reading the very well written questions and answers, one question came to my mind.
It was mentioned that there aren't enough Good system adminitrators. I am a very small time SA, and I probably fall under the "not good" category right now. My question to the /. community is, where can I go to learn to be a good SA? What books are recommended, what HOW-To's? (I've got Trinity bookmarked, it seems very extensive, but is it "good"?) How does one start to become a good SA?
Thanks!
--Adam
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For selling the domain, I'd just think of it like any other product. Perhaps put up a "for sale" page on that domain, since it's fallen into disuse anyway. Or, alternatly, why not auction it off on eBay or some such? Remember, it's just a piece of land that you no longer want to live on.
For Cyber-Squatting vs. Legitimate Cyber-Real Estate Brokering, it's not quite the same thing, obviously. That piece of physical land that I have for sale doesn't say "Microsoft" on it, or McDonalds or some company name, it is merely a piece of land. Domains, on the other hand, are named something, whether it be microsoft.com or slashdot.org, they do represent something, so dealing with the initial purchase of them should be handled differently, I think.
Notice I said "initial purchase". I made that distinction because once you have purchased that domain, you should be able to do what you want with it. If I bought McDonalds.com, and I had the "right" to own it, then I should be able to keep it, and not have to give it to McDonalds. If I, for instance, had McDonalds Discussion Software, and I got McDonalds.com, then tough luck for McDonalds Foods (or WTF their official company name is), cause I have fair use of that domain.
I think it does come down to fair use, really. Did you register the domain because you intended to use it, or did you register it for the sole purpose of selling it later? Perhaps proof of intent, or something similar, should be necessary for the purchase of a domain? Perhaps a proof of business name, or trademark, or copyright, before the domain is purchased?
Obviously this opens up problems too. I know of domains that were registered simply because they were cool domains. It wasn't done to squat, or to hope to sell twink.org for 1 billion dollars in 10 years, it was because twink.org was cool. There has to be room for this kind of expression on the Internet, but I honestly don't know how to balance the rights of free speech/free domain choice with the rights of companies to hold on to their copyrights/trademarks/identity. Is it as simple as making ".com" or ".biz" or something ONLY for registered trademark holders, or company name owners, and make a new distinction, say ".free" or something, that's completely free use, no companies allowed, and McDonalds could not get mcdonalds.free? What about that?
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I'm sorry I gave that impression, as we have both kinds of access available.
For the cable modem users, there's the @Home network, through Rogers and Shaw (depending on who services your area, of course).
For the folks who prefer Telco based, Bell (and now other resellers) is offering what they call Sympatico High Speed Edition, and it's ADSL implemented with the Nortel 1-meg Modem technology, and PPPoE.
I've tried to get both installed, and the @Home installation was pathetic, but I have no respect at all for Rogers anyway, as their TV reception is shit, with frequent snow on channels, and horrible customer service. Bell's tech support is equally bad, with extra long waits on hold for tech support, and flakey PPPoE implementation, but I at least got that on installed in my apartment.
You're right about the wireless being a great solution for Rural Ontario (I've been looking into LookTV for my folks, who live in the boonies and right now only get antenna stuff), but LookTV isn't even out there yet, for the most part. They started out as an alternate to cable in an urban setting, not an alternate to antenna in a rural setting, so they're taking a while to get everywhere in S.Ont. Their high speed net access will roll out just as slowly to the rural areas too. That's the only drawback I can see with them, though. I've only ever heard raves about them.
I hope this makes the S.Ont situation a little more clear. I'm not sure about Satellite PC options, but I believe that the only 2 "legal" satellite providers are ExpressVU and StarChoice, and I don't think they offer Internet access yet.
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Currently, it's being tested in Toronto, but they expect it to roll out through southern Ontario ASAP. LookTV is a Cable/Satellite replacement (http://www.look.ca/), that currently offers Antenna download, but modem upload, same as the Satellite companies. They are trying to get approval from the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commission, I believe) to allow Antenna uploading. I spoke to one of the techs, and they have permission to perform tests, and they are doing that now (wouldn't tell me where).
LookTV is Microwave based, so you need unobstructed line-of-site to the broadcast tower (it can be minorly ubstructed with trees, but not with buildings), and they don't have full covereage everywhere, but this may be a viable option too, at least for folks in Toronto. Also, if you live in an apartment building, you have to fax them a signed permission form from your owner (that's why I don't have it yet. 8-( ). Perhaps if you look for similar things in your area, it may soon ease your modem woes.
HTH.This is my
This article brings up some interesting possibilities, and I'm wondering how viable some of the logical extensions to these possibilities are.
.sig. It isn't very big.
He mentions, for instance, that PPC/Alpha emulation is theoretically possible. Would it be possible to do both at the same time, some soft of hybrid Mac/PC?
Also, if the translation is done in software, could it not be possible for the bios/OS to recognize one x86 chip, but have the code morphing software actually be translating for X processors in parallel? There would be no recompiles necessary, and it should run as a super fast x86 box, shouldn't it?
Thanks for all the great info!
This is my
Ok, so who's gonna be the first to port Linux to the GameBoy? Could this be used as competition for the PalmPilot, maybe a simpler version, or entertainment only, or is it too limited a platform?
GameBoyOS?
Here's an e-mail that I got that details out the reason why, for anyone who doesn't know, (or can't count):
Now, perhaps I've been reading too many sci-fi, but could you not get around this by learning to sub-vocalize?
The mic and the speaker for the system could be in one ear, to make the mic as unobtrusive as possible and to stop that dangly thing getting in the way. Then couldn't you essentially whisper, and the mic should be able to pick up much softer "talking" through the vibrations in the jawbone than if it had to go through air?
Just a thought.