I've been waiting for this movie for years. I read the book a LONG time ago, and I enjoy it so much, I've had to buy 3 copies (I keep wearing it out). I hope the screenplay is as good as the book, and doesnt suffer as much as "Jurassic Park" did. It'd be great if they did a screenplay on the "Worthing Saga" series as well. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Why on earth is he going to the FCC? With his credentials, he could go just about anywhere, and have a lot less people laughing at him too. I'd rather see him at media fusion (article in D Magazine here) working on getting networks up accross the power lines. He could make a much bigger difference there. At the FCC he'll ust be sitting on his duff all day, helping to catch those "terrorist" pirate radio stations... ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
When is the Mac OS ever going to live up to the long ago promise of cross-platform binary compatibility? I remember that in an ancient edition of Macworld, they had an interview with Jobs regarding the then indevelopment os9, and it's special features. The one that caught my eye was he claimed that it would run windows 9x apps. It was enough to make me drool. I love the apple hardware, but I need to run PC apps (and well, games too). I was ready to go out and buy a new mac just to put that OS on it. Now, OS9 is old news, it doesnt run windows code, it still has trouble with mac code, and OSX info points that it wont run cross platform either. Whats going on in apple??? ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
This is one of the best CPU comparison articles I have ever read. He goes into good detail about the differences in design between the 2 CPU's, and makes it pretty easy to understand. The one point he makes quite clear is that although each unit has it's advantages and disadvantages, their is no clear "winner" so to speak (he does favor the G4 though). I look foward to his next article about the altivec engine. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
True, most ISP's do have a clause similar to that. However, I don't know of any that are in that excess of money. Most NDA's don't have an agreement for that much in damages. I'm curious how the company came up with that figure. Did they have Microsoft lawyers helping them with that? ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I think the marketing folks around the world saw the Y2K "probelm" as just another way for them to make a fortune. Did anybody happen to go into Barnes & Noble on the 30th? I did, and there were lines of 20 people waiting to buy one of those cheesy "y2k: end of the world" books written by someone who knew absolutely nothing about computers, much less the truth behind y2k. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
True, Linux currently has very few games. But developers/publishers are learning. Earlier this year (1999) Civilization: Call to Power was published on both the Windows and Linux platforms. Just last week, ID published the gold code for Q3 Arena for linux. And it runs VERY nice under linux. Especially if you have 2 processors. I don't know how many other hard core gamers there are out there, but I set up a dual celeron system and an SMP kernel pretty much for the sole purpose of running Q3A. And it is sweet. It's easier (and cheaper) to set up SMP on a linux system, and a pair of celerons is a lot cheaper than an athlon, and it has better performance. I think more developers are going to be heading in that direction in the coming years. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Consider this: When Windows first came out, nobody knew how to use it. Everyone had to read a poorly written manual. As time drew on, the system became better, and the need for a manual diminished. Hopefully, it will be the same with Linux. Considering that Linux is free, it is amazing that it works at all. As we go into a new century, I think that Linux will grow just as windows did. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I can't decipher what you're saying. First, you call me a a freak and say that W2K will make everyone "drop" linux, but then you go on to say that linux is NOT fading and will in fact dominate the imbedded devices market (which I definately agree with). I just want to know what the heck you're trying to say. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Why would the craze around Linux fade? It's finally starting to hit the mainstream marketplace. If anything, it's going to shoot off like a rocket. We'll start seeing commercials and ad's all over the place, and every uninformed consumer will be going into best buy and compusa asking "well, uhhuh, whats linux?". Thankfully, It is also getting easier to install and use. This means that more people are going to be using it, more drivers will be available, more apps as well, and Microsoft will finally see what it's like to be the little guy. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Now, I know evolution is a touchy subject everywhere, but the short term effects of it can be seen everyday. What happens when one of these microbes evolves and is able to replicate? With a life span of a few days at most, it would quickly evolve into something we have no control over (Anyone see that bad movie "mimic"?). Personally, I think we should leave genetics and the like alone until we REALLY know what we're doing. And as for that oil eating bacteria, what happens when it's genetics change just slightly from exposure or just random mutations, and the oil it eats is the kind that our sweat glands produce?? I don't think I'd want to be living anywhere near the beach when that happens... ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
To attract the tech minded youth, the first thing a city needs is good infrastructure. This includes such amenities as xDSL/digital cable throughout the city, good phone lines, inexpensive power/phone service, and a large number of 24 hour cheap (as in waffle house/dennys) restaurants. To attract the big businesses would require lower taxes for tech based businesses, low land tax throughout (for the supporting businesses) and a good mix of really low income housing along side high income housing. As soon as I hear of a city such as this, I'm packing my bags and leaving dallas. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I haven't had a chance to look at this publication myself, but I was told that it was outdated. Is this true, or is it a recent publication? ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I recently purchased (shudder) redhat 6.1 boxed (just to get the CD's, I was sick of downloading off their FTP site), and the manual that came with it, although quite large (about an inch think or so), was completely useless. It's explanations ranged from [keyboard selection: what keyboard are you using] to [Horizontal Frequency: The frequency your monitor refreshes]. If I didn't know what I was doing, I'd be SOL. And Redhat touts this package as being designed for a beginner! ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I recently purchased (shudder) redhat 6.1 boxed (just to get the CD's, I was sick of downloading off their FTP site), and the manual that came with it, although quite large (about an inch think or so), was completely useless. It's explanations ranged from [keyboard selection: what keyboard are you using] to [Horizontal Frequency: The frequency your monitor refreshes]. If I didn't know what I was doing, I'd be SOL. And Redhat touts this package as being deisnged for a beginner! ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Not only does etoys have no right to shut down etoy because it is outside of US control, but etoy.com was registered before etoys was even thought of! ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
What the linux community needs is for a group of gurus to get together with one of those ever-popular journalism majors and create a light-weight web site (as in low color graphics) that provide examples of everything anyone would ever need to run linux. The site should start out with teaching the basics of the terminal, then go on to examples of X and the a few window managers, and continue with advanced terminal use. It shouldnt be more than 150 pages long or so, and it should also provide info on how to use man pages to gain even more info. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Drool.... I could have some serious fun with a system like that. Dual G4's. Oh, can anybody say Quake3?? And firingsquad though it ran fast on a dual P!!!... That G4 would make mincemeat of anything intel could throw at it. And it would be BEAUTIFUL. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I learned alot from that server. They left just enough running to make it difficult, but possible. Nice to see that the greatest OS and the most powreful CPU make a good team. Too bad the people who designed it didn't make it a little stronger. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
It's nice that somebody finally made OpenGL work right with X, but they could charge just a little less for it. For that cost, I think I'd be more inclined to use WinNT/2k for professional uses. Sadly, win has more apps, and is about the same cost, if not cheaper. If they cut the cost down a little (maybe 25% or so), I'd definately purchase a copy, but for 300 bucks, it isnt worth it. Heck, last time I checked there were about 3 opensource (free) projects working on porting OpenGL to X. I think I'll just wait, maybe even contribute, for those projects. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I think the lego mindstorms are one of the greatest ideas to come out of that company in a long time. They allow people of all ages (myself being 21, and my neice and nephew who are 5 and 7) to have a lot of fun and learn something as well. I am a programmer and engineer by nature, and using the mindstorm unit is a blast. I recently built a unit that will drive around each room in my apartment, dragging a cordless vaccuum behind it. It's a blast. My next project is to make a unit that will go to the fridge and get me a beer on command. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Have you guys/gals ever gotten in any "real" trouble? I personally like to play around on other systems, that aren't really mine, but I always try not to cause trouble. I notice that you do that as well. I was just curious if anyone ever got really ticked at you guys and tried to "get" you, so to speak. Also, I must say that you are doing a wonderful thing for network security. I work for a very large company that was quite sure of its network security. Our admin was quite surprised when I ran a preview of L0phtcrack on the system and it started spouting off passwords (including his!). Now he is considering purchasing it to use on a weekly basis to help with our security. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Personally, I use Linux. That is mainly because I am interested in kernel programming, and I like the idea of getting the source code to every app on my system. However, I think BSD has a few good ideas. It's great that a company can come along and take an operating system, pay nothing for it, change it to make it (hopefully) work better and provide some new feature or service that was previously unavailable (Example (kinda), the OpenGL X-server that was recently released). This is great not only for the *nix world, but also for developers. I think I might be installing BSD soon just to give it a try. ======= There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
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I've been waiting for this movie for years. I read the book a LONG time ago, and I enjoy it so much, I've had to buy 3 copies (I keep wearing it out). I hope the screenplay is as good as the book, and doesnt suffer as much as "Jurassic Park" did. It'd be great if they did a screenplay on the "Worthing Saga" series as well.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Why on earth is he going to the FCC? With his credentials, he could go just about anywhere, and have a lot less people laughing at him too. I'd rather see him at media fusion (article in D Magazine here) working on getting networks up accross the power lines. He could make a much bigger difference there. At the FCC he'll ust be sitting on his duff all day, helping to catch those "terrorist" pirate radio stations...
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
When is the Mac OS ever going to live up to the long ago promise of cross-platform binary compatibility? I remember that in an ancient edition of Macworld, they had an interview with Jobs regarding the then indevelopment os9, and it's special features. The one that caught my eye was he claimed that it would run windows 9x apps. It was enough to make me drool. I love the apple hardware, but I need to run PC apps (and well, games too). I was ready to go out and buy a new mac just to put that OS on it. Now, OS9 is old news, it doesnt run windows code, it still has trouble with mac code, and OSX info points that it wont run cross platform either. Whats going on in apple???
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
This is one of the best CPU comparison articles I have ever read. He goes into good detail about the differences in design between the 2 CPU's, and makes it pretty easy to understand. The one point he makes quite clear is that although each unit has it's advantages and disadvantages, their is no clear "winner" so to speak (he does favor the G4 though). I look foward to his next article about the altivec engine.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
True, most ISP's do have a clause similar to that. However, I don't know of any that are in that excess of money. Most NDA's don't have an agreement for that much in damages. I'm curious how the company came up with that figure. Did they have Microsoft lawyers helping them with that?
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I think the marketing folks around the world saw the Y2K "probelm" as just another way for them to make a fortune. Did anybody happen to go into Barnes & Noble on the 30th? I did, and there were lines of 20 people waiting to buy one of those cheesy "y2k: end of the world" books written by someone who knew absolutely nothing about computers, much less the truth behind y2k.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
True, Linux currently has very few games. But developers/publishers are learning. Earlier this year (1999) Civilization: Call to Power was published on both the Windows and Linux platforms. Just last week, ID published the gold code for Q3 Arena for linux. And it runs VERY nice under linux. Especially if you have 2 processors. I don't know how many other hard core gamers there are out there, but I set up a dual celeron system and an SMP kernel pretty much for the sole purpose of running Q3A. And it is sweet. It's easier (and cheaper) to set up SMP on a linux system, and a pair of celerons is a lot cheaper than an athlon, and it has better performance. I think more developers are going to be heading in that direction in the coming years.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Consider this: When Windows first came out, nobody knew how to use it. Everyone had to read a poorly written manual. As time drew on, the system became better, and the need for a manual diminished. Hopefully, it will be the same with Linux. Considering that Linux is free, it is amazing that it works at all. As we go into a new century, I think that Linux will grow just as windows did.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Thank you.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I can't decipher what you're saying. First, you call me a a freak and say that W2K will make everyone "drop" linux, but then you go on to say that linux is NOT fading and will in fact dominate the imbedded devices market (which I definately agree with). I just want to know what the heck you're trying to say.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Why would the craze around Linux fade? It's finally starting to hit the mainstream marketplace. If anything, it's going to shoot off like a rocket. We'll start seeing commercials and ad's all over the place, and every uninformed consumer will be going into best buy and compusa asking "well, uhhuh, whats linux?". Thankfully, It is also getting easier to install and use. This means that more people are going to be using it, more drivers will be available, more apps as well, and Microsoft will finally see what it's like to be the little guy.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Now, I know evolution is a touchy subject everywhere, but the short term effects of it can be seen everyday. What happens when one of these microbes evolves and is able to replicate? With a life span of a few days at most, it would quickly evolve into something we have no control over (Anyone see that bad movie "mimic"?). Personally, I think we should leave genetics and the like alone until we REALLY know what we're doing. And as for that oil eating bacteria, what happens when it's genetics change just slightly from exposure or just random mutations, and the oil it eats is the kind that our sweat glands produce?? I don't think I'd want to be living anywhere near the beach when that happens...
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
To attract the tech minded youth, the first thing a city needs is good infrastructure. This includes such amenities as xDSL/digital cable throughout the city, good phone lines, inexpensive power/phone service, and a large number of 24 hour cheap (as in waffle house/dennys) restaurants. To attract the big businesses would require lower taxes for tech based businesses, low land tax throughout (for the supporting businesses) and a good mix of really low income housing along side high income housing. As soon as I hear of a city such as this, I'm packing my bags and leaving dallas.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I haven't had a chance to look at this publication myself, but I was told that it was outdated. Is this true, or is it a recent publication?
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I recently purchased (shudder) redhat 6.1 boxed (just to get the CD's, I was sick of downloading off their FTP site), and the manual that came with it, although quite large (about an inch think or so), was completely useless. It's explanations ranged from [keyboard selection: what keyboard are you using] to [Horizontal Frequency: The frequency your monitor refreshes]. If I didn't know what I was doing, I'd be SOL. And Redhat touts this package as being designed for a beginner!
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I recently purchased (shudder) redhat 6.1 boxed (just to get the CD's, I was sick of downloading off their FTP site), and the manual that came with it, although quite large (about an inch think or so), was completely useless. It's explanations ranged from [keyboard selection: what keyboard are you using] to [Horizontal Frequency: The frequency your monitor refreshes]. If I didn't know what I was doing, I'd be SOL. And Redhat touts this package as being deisnged for a beginner!
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Not only does etoys have no right to shut down etoy because it is outside of US control, but etoy.com was registered before etoys was even thought of!
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
What the linux community needs is for a group of gurus to get together with one of those ever-popular journalism majors and create a light-weight web site (as in low color graphics) that provide examples of everything anyone would ever need to run linux. The site should start out with teaching the basics of the terminal, then go on to examples of X and the a few window managers, and continue with advanced terminal use. It shouldnt be more than 150 pages long or so, and it should also provide info on how to use man pages to gain even more info.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Drool.... I could have some serious fun with a system like that. Dual G4's. Oh, can anybody say Quake3?? And firingsquad though it ran fast on a dual P!!!... That G4 would make mincemeat of anything intel could throw at it. And it would be BEAUTIFUL.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I learned alot from that server. They left just enough running to make it difficult, but possible. Nice to see that the greatest OS and the most powreful CPU make a good team. Too bad the people who designed it didn't make it a little stronger.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
It's nice that somebody finally made OpenGL work right with X, but they could charge just a little less for it. For that cost, I think I'd be more inclined to use WinNT/2k for professional uses. Sadly, win has more apps, and is about the same cost, if not cheaper. If they cut the cost down a little (maybe 25% or so), I'd definately purchase a copy, but for 300 bucks, it isnt worth it. Heck, last time I checked there were about 3 opensource (free) projects working on porting OpenGL to X. I think I'll just wait, maybe even contribute, for those projects.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
I think the lego mindstorms are one of the greatest ideas to come out of that company in a long time. They allow people of all ages (myself being 21, and my neice and nephew who are 5 and 7) to have a lot of fun and learn something as well. I am a programmer and engineer by nature, and using the mindstorm unit is a blast. I recently built a unit that will drive around each room in my apartment, dragging a cordless vaccuum behind it. It's a blast. My next project is to make a unit that will go to the fridge and get me a beer on command.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Have you guys/gals ever gotten in any "real" trouble? I personally like to play around on other systems, that aren't really mine, but I always try not to cause trouble. I notice that you do that as well. I was just curious if anyone ever got really ticked at you guys and tried to "get" you, so to speak. Also, I must say that you are doing a wonderful thing for network security. I work for a very large company that was quite sure of its network security. Our admin was quite surprised when I ran a preview of L0phtcrack on the system and it started spouting off passwords (including his!). Now he is considering purchasing it to use on a weekly basis to help with our security.
=======
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Personally, I use Linux. That is mainly because I am interested in kernel programming, and I like the idea of getting the source code to every app on my system. However, I think BSD has a few good ideas. It's great that a company can come along and take an operating system, pay nothing for it, change it to make it (hopefully) work better and provide some new feature or service that was previously unavailable (Example (kinda), the OpenGL X-server that was recently released). This is great not only for the *nix world, but also for developers. I think I might be installing BSD soon just to give it a try.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Ah, nice to see that someone around here has a sense of humor and irony.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.