Climate fluctuations over the course of a single decade, or a single person's lifetime does not allow for enough data to seriously consider the question of Global Warming/Global Cooling/Climate Change. We, as a species, have only been accurately recording global temperatures since around 1850. This record itself is not sufficient for providing a true picture of Earth's changing climate. For this we must resort to Paleoclimatology.
Anecdotal evidence in the form of "this winter has been really warm" is totally unhelpful. Where I live this year has been pretty warm... but last year was one of the coldest that I can remember since I've lived here. Both statements are true, but neither of them indicates either a global or regional trend.
Climate change is very real. The Earth's climate has changed dramatically over it's 5.5 billion (6,000?) year history. Change is inevitable whether it is caused by humans or other natural processes. What we as a species must decide is whether or not we want to affect that change in a way that benefits humanity or if we want to allow these processes, whether natural or man-created, to determine the fate of our species. I for one support the global engineering of climate to benefit humanity and preserve as many other species as we can in order to sustain nurture our species to create a better tomorrow.
No pun intended, but this is an apples and oranges comparison. The iPad is not a personal computer, it's a tablet computer and is therefore in a different category than the Commodore 64.
That said, the boast that the Commodore 64 is the "best selling computer model of all time" may not be entirely accurate. It's important to note that the sales figure quoted actually includes a number of different models of the Commodore 64: the Commodore Max, Commodore 64 Commodore SX64 C64GS and the Commodore 64C.
That's actually five different models, not just one.
My 1541 was actually more expensive than the actual C64 when I got it back in the day. Oh... and get your 1581 here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-1581-Disk-Drive-tested-and-working-/190608048217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c61200059
If you really, really, really need a retro keyboard you would be better off buying a non-functional Commodore 64 from ebay for about $20 or less with $15 shipping then purchasing a Keyrah board from amigakit.com for about $35 and turning the thing into a USB keyboard. Total cost: $70.00. Plug it into an existing machine and load one of the free C64 emulators (Frodo, Vice, etc.) and enjoy.
Commodore is not just about nostalgia. A big part of the Commodore community is about seeing just how far you can push 8-bit technology. Ram Expansion Units (REUs) and other cartridges that expand the capabilities of the base machine are simply fun to play with. One of my personal favorites is the Turbo Chameleon cartridge that adds VGA-out, stereo and ethernet to the old C-64. The Chameleon can also be used in stand-alone mode as a FPGA system running c64 and Amiga 500 cores. A cheaper option is the MCC-216 which does not have the ability to act as a cartridge in an actual c64 but does allow the end user to run Amiga, c64, Apple II and Atari 2600 cores. If you have an old Commodore lying around that no longer boots you might be interested in the Keyrah: a small board that fits inside the Commodore's case and allows you to use the old system as a USB keyboard. Great for emulators. Check out www.amigakit.com for options!
My IT Training came from on-the-job. The Navy was still all dumb terminals and MSDOS. My job, as a journalist, eventually required the command provide me with a system for desktop publishing. That meant either Windows 3.1 or MacOS 7. Fearing Mac, they gave me Windows and Aldus PageMaker. When the command began rolling out Windows to the rest of our personnel, I was the only person on-hand who had any knowledge. I became Tech Support. When they began networking the machines together in a workgroup, I assisted with that as well. Not to mention that cabling a ship for closed circuit television is only a few steps removed from cabling 10Base2 ThinNet. When my ship pulled into Hawaii, I spent my liberty installing Slackware on my personal laptop. By the time I got out of the Navy, I had plenty of experience with Windows, Unix (Linux), and networking. I got a low-level, low-paying job at a financial corporation and quickly worked my way up by proving my ability and obtaining requisite certs, etc.
Small world is right! I'm a DINFOS Trained Killer myself! BJC 9-91. Navy Broadcasting Detachment 8, Keflavik Iceland, Public Affairs Officer for Navy Recruiting District Montgomery, SITE-TV USS New Orleans. Got out in 1997.
I'm an ex-Navy guy. My military career field was journalism and public affairs. When I got out of the service I went directly into IT. The same factors that governed my career change would likely work in this, and any other similar situation: 1. Identify things that you LIKE to do. 2. Of the things that you LIKE to do, do you also possess marketable skills doing them? 3. Can you put those skills on a resume? 4. What can you do NOW to add credibility to your new career?
Work those things out and making the leap should be fine. Beware, leaving IT can often mean leaving a good paycheck. You'll want to get your finances and lifestyle in check before making the jump.
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Actually, when a story is submitted to slashdot, the editors can select a specific day and time for the story to be released where as digg releases them as they are submitted. The same story could be submitted at the same time on a Friday afternoon to both digg and slashdot. The story will appear on digg almost immediately, whereas the editor on slashdot may schedule the story to run the next Sunday morning to give the appearance that the slashdot editor is working 'round the clock when he is actually taking the weekend off.
I expect that as digg continues to publish stories 8 to 12 hours before they appear on slashdot, the slashdot editors will begin revaluating their methods of releasing stories. Elsewise, slashdot will find itself becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Thanks for coming down to Montgomery Alabama today and demonstrating what goes on in the administrative side of slashdot. I really enjoyed your presentation, and demonstration of how articles get placed on slashdot. For those who weren't there: This article was the one that he demo'd to us.
In order to achieve the cross-platform compatability between gnustep and cocoa, you have to code on the gnustep platform. Apple has added much to make cocoa differ from the original openstep specification. So taking gnustep and compiling it on cocoa works fine... but not so the other way around!
Cryptonomicon is not exactly SCI-FI. It's more of a fiction book. As a matter of fact, that's how the publisher lists it. "Avon Fiction".
I'm still reading it though... I've waited until it reached paperback. Now, maybe somewhere I'll find something "SCI-FI", but so far, it's all very down-to-earth.
Snow-Crash: Great book. Great satire. Great insights into today's society. This one is SCI-FI, and almost "anti-cyberpunk" in it's use of cliche and imagery. You know your in for a delightfully humourous read as soon as you discover the Hero's name.
Haven't read any of his others except "In the Beginning was the commandline."
Man, oh man! if these guys manage to actually win this case, you can bet that Cmdr. Taco will be next in line to the court house! Can you imagine how much money he could make off slashdot trolls?
Is it just me, or does it seem like this whole lawsuit to stop DeCSS became a moot point the second the DeCSS code hit the net?
Once the code was published, Pandora's proverbial box was opened. They can never shove it out of view again.
Today, DeCSS based players abound aplenty. And there are rippers and other tools based around the code. Even if they win the case in court, they've lost in the court of real life.
Everyone said I was crazy when I moved 30 miles out from the city. Now, with no city lights, I'll have a perfect view of the shower! Won't all of my friends be jealous!...Oh yeah. None of my friends care about meteor showers...
Yes, the source is available. But what is the license? Just because you can contribute to the source doesn't mean it meets the "Open Source" definition, and definately not the "Free Software" definition. Remember: the question is GNU software for Windows, not just Open Source software.
But... Photoshop contains all of it's dialogs and cavasas withen a single window. Gimp confuses things because you can have the brush selector in the foreground tiled over Internet Explorer and the Canvas is buried somewhere at the bottom. Unifying Gimp to run all of it's various components withen a single window frame would be a great step forward.
Read the original story. He's looking for software less technical then Cygwin... for use by "ordinary users." These are people who never even use Windows Notepad, so they aren't going to need Vim... or a compiler... or a webserver. And VNC is just another open port for would-be attackers.
I use it a great deal on my Win2000 machine at work. My only complaint is that my Wacom tablet does not behave nicely in Gimp for Windows, so I am left using the older CIC Handwriter when in GIMP. Wacom for Photoshop.
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Climate fluctuations over the course of a single decade, or a single person's lifetime does not allow for enough data to seriously consider the question of Global Warming/Global Cooling/Climate Change. We, as a species, have only been accurately recording global temperatures since around 1850. This record itself is not sufficient for providing a true picture of Earth's changing climate. For this we must resort to Paleoclimatology.
Anecdotal evidence in the form of "this winter has been really warm" is totally unhelpful. Where I live this year has been pretty warm... but last year was one of the coldest that I can remember since I've lived here. Both statements are true, but neither of them indicates either a global or regional trend.
Climate change is very real. The Earth's climate has changed dramatically over it's 5.5 billion (6,000?) year history. Change is inevitable whether it is caused by humans or other natural processes. What we as a species must decide is whether or not we want to affect that change in a way that benefits humanity or if we want to allow these processes, whether natural or man-created, to determine the fate of our species. I for one support the global engineering of climate to benefit humanity and preserve as many other species as we can in order to sustain nurture our species to create a better tomorrow.
No pun intended, but this is an apples and oranges comparison. The iPad is not a personal computer, it's a tablet computer and is therefore in a different category than the Commodore 64.
That said, the boast that the Commodore 64 is the "best selling computer model of all time" may not be entirely accurate. It's important to note that the sales figure quoted actually includes a number of different models of the Commodore 64:
the Commodore Max,
Commodore 64
Commodore SX64
C64GS
and the Commodore 64C.
That's actually five different models, not just one.
Perhaps the proper term is "simulated stereo."
Those are the Canadian memory addresses. Just like Canadian Bacon... it's just wrong.
My 1541 was actually more expensive than the actual C64 when I got it back in the day.
Oh... and get your 1581 here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-1581-Disk-Drive-tested-and-working-/190608048217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c61200059
If you really, really, really need a retro keyboard you would be better off buying a non-functional Commodore 64 from ebay for about $20 or less with $15 shipping then purchasing a Keyrah board from amigakit.com for about $35 and turning the thing into a USB keyboard. Total cost: $70.00. Plug it into an existing machine and load one of the free C64 emulators (Frodo, Vice, etc.) and enjoy.
It's not how much time you spend... it's how much you can accomplish in the time you are given.
Commodore is not just about nostalgia. A big part of the Commodore community is about seeing just how far you can push 8-bit technology. Ram Expansion Units (REUs) and other cartridges that expand the capabilities of the base machine are simply fun to play with. One of my personal favorites is the Turbo Chameleon cartridge that adds VGA-out, stereo and ethernet to the old C-64. The Chameleon can also be used in stand-alone mode as a FPGA system running c64 and Amiga 500 cores. A cheaper option is the MCC-216 which does not have the ability to act as a cartridge in an actual c64 but does allow the end user to run Amiga, c64, Apple II and Atari 2600 cores.
If you have an old Commodore lying around that no longer boots you might be interested in the Keyrah: a small board that fits inside the Commodore's case and allows you to use the old system as a USB keyboard. Great for emulators.
Check out www.amigakit.com for options!
My IT Training came from on-the-job. The Navy was still all dumb terminals and MSDOS. My job, as a journalist, eventually required the command provide me with a system for desktop publishing. That meant either Windows 3.1 or MacOS 7. Fearing Mac, they gave me Windows and Aldus PageMaker. When the command began rolling out Windows to the rest of our personnel, I was the only person on-hand who had any knowledge. I became Tech Support. When they began networking the machines together in a workgroup, I assisted with that as well. Not to mention that cabling a ship for closed circuit television is only a few steps removed from cabling 10Base2 ThinNet.
When my ship pulled into Hawaii, I spent my liberty installing Slackware on my personal laptop. By the time I got out of the Navy, I had plenty of experience with Windows, Unix (Linux), and networking. I got a low-level, low-paying job at a financial corporation and quickly worked my way up by proving my ability and obtaining requisite certs, etc.
Small world is right! I'm a DINFOS Trained Killer myself! BJC 9-91.
Navy Broadcasting Detachment 8, Keflavik Iceland, Public Affairs Officer for Navy Recruiting District Montgomery, SITE-TV USS New Orleans. Got out in 1997.
I'm an ex-Navy guy. My military career field was journalism and public affairs. When I got out of the service I went directly into IT.
The same factors that governed my career change would likely work in this, and any other similar situation:
1. Identify things that you LIKE to do.
2. Of the things that you LIKE to do, do you also possess marketable skills doing them?
3. Can you put those skills on a resume?
4. What can you do NOW to add credibility to your new career?
Work those things out and making the leap should be fine. Beware, leaving IT can often mean leaving a good paycheck. You'll want to get your finances and lifestyle in check before making the jump.
Actually, when a story is submitted to slashdot, the editors can select a specific day and time for the story to be released where as digg releases them as they are submitted. The same story could be submitted at the same time on a Friday afternoon to both digg and slashdot. The story will appear on digg almost immediately, whereas the editor on slashdot may schedule the story to run the next Sunday morning to give the appearance that the slashdot editor is working 'round the clock when he is actually taking the weekend off.
I expect that as digg continues to publish stories 8 to 12 hours before they appear on slashdot, the slashdot editors will begin revaluating their methods of releasing stories. Elsewise, slashdot will find itself becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Thanks for coming down to Montgomery Alabama today and demonstrating what goes on in the administrative side of slashdot. I really enjoyed your presentation, and demonstration of how articles get placed on slashdot. For those who weren't there: This article was the one that he demo'd to us.
In order to achieve the cross-platform compatability between gnustep and cocoa, you have to code on the gnustep platform. Apple has added much to make cocoa differ from the original openstep specification. So taking gnustep and compiling it on cocoa works fine... but not so the other way around!
Cryptonomicon is not exactly SCI-FI. It's more of a fiction book. As a matter of fact, that's how the publisher lists it. "Avon Fiction".
I'm still reading it though... I've waited until it reached paperback. Now, maybe somewhere I'll find something "SCI-FI", but so far, it's all very down-to-earth.
Snow-Crash: Great book. Great satire. Great insights into today's society. This one is SCI-FI, and almost "anti-cyberpunk" in it's use of cliche and imagery. You know your in for a delightfully humourous read as soon as you discover the Hero's name.
Haven't read any of his others except "In the Beginning was the commandline."
Man, oh man! if these guys manage to actually win this case, you can bet that Cmdr. Taco will be next in line to the court house! Can you imagine how much money he could make off slashdot trolls?
Is it just me, or does it seem like this whole lawsuit to stop DeCSS became a moot point the second the DeCSS code hit the net?
Once the code was published, Pandora's proverbial box was opened. They can never shove it out of view again.
Today, DeCSS based players abound aplenty. And there are rippers and other tools based around the code. Even if they win the case in court, they've lost in the court of real life.
Everyone said I was crazy when I moved 30 miles out from the city. Now, with no city lights, I'll have a perfect view of the shower! Won't all of my friends be jealous! ...Oh yeah. None of my friends care about meteor showers...
That's great.
But right now I'm only getting that as hearsay. Can you point me to someplace on the site that specifies that the Source is GPL?
"Do you have over 1600 [slashdot.org] comments? Why Not? "
Because I only post when I feel that my comment will be meaningful?
Seriously, I've been reading slashdot since nearly day one, and I've only posted 189 (er, now it's 190) comments.
Slow down cowboy!
Yes, the source is available. But what is the license? Just because you can contribute to the source doesn't mean it meets the "Open Source" definition, and definately not the "Free Software" definition. Remember: the question is GNU software for Windows, not just Open Source software.
But...
Photoshop contains all of it's dialogs and cavasas withen a single window. Gimp confuses things because you can have the brush selector in the foreground tiled over Internet Explorer and the Canvas is buried somewhere at the bottom. Unifying Gimp to run all of it's various components withen a single window frame would be a great step forward.
Read the original story.
He's looking for software less technical then Cygwin... for use by "ordinary users." These are people who never even use Windows Notepad, so they aren't going to need Vim... or a compiler... or a webserver. And VNC is just another open port for would-be attackers.
It has improved greatly since then.
I use it a great deal on my Win2000 machine at work. My only complaint is that my Wacom tablet does not behave nicely in Gimp for Windows, so I am left using the older CIC Handwriter when in GIMP. Wacom for Photoshop.
For the "Windows Only" Software:
jzip (http://www.bytamin-c.com/Source/) - this is an unzipper, and a great replacement for WinZIP.
For the Windows and Unix world try:
Gimp for windows (http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/)
And don't forget the games!
The game of Go for windows (http://www.public32.com/games/go/)
The Windows GNU gaming zone: (http://wggz.sourceforge.net/)