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>>>That's great and all but Minix is not Unix.
By that logic, neither is Linux and therefore invalidates the whole article (running *nix systems on a dime).
I've also seen a lot of talk about MMUs. I'm not sure why that's necessary? The Amiga had neither of those (ran on a 68000), and yet still had the capability of preemptive multitasking with varying priorities for the processes.
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(Coming back from doing some research.)
It appears that Minix will run on the original IBM PC.
$25 for the book plus $175 for the hardware, plus several days of labor == major headache IMHO. Again following the KISS principle, I would follow this procedure to save time (which has dollar value too):
- Buy $300 PC at staples (sale price). - Sell the Windows 7 OS Disc on ebay for about $75. - Install Ubuntu Linux for free. - $225 and just 1 hour of labor spent.
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>>>Unix wouldn't run on the original IBM PC
That's a really bold statement. It's akin to saying "Windows wouldn't run on the original PC". Today's bloated monstrosity certainly wouldn't, but the original Windows 1 was written in assembly so that it could run on a minimal configuration (256k). Similarly the original Amiga and Mac OSes ran on 128K. C=64 GEOS on just 64k.
So why can't a 1982 programmer create a Unix that was optimized for the primitive IBM PC? True it might be CLI only but then so too was the original PC-DOS.
>>> given the massive tie-in and buy-in of Corporate America inside the beltway, I'm not sure how we can really revert the damages of our fathers
Give some entity *outside* the beltway, which is close to the People (just a few miles away), the power to void laws passed by the Corporate Congress in DC. i.e. Give the power to declare laws "unconstitutional" with a simple majority vote of 25 of the State Legislatures, and thereby overturn corporation-sponsored shit like the DMCA, ACTA, and so on.
You could also include Alex Jones' opinion (take with a spoonful of sugar):
- The mainstream media is owned by the banks, so naturally they are not going to talk about it. The banks want to chain the people financially and creatively. The bank-owned media also wants to pass laws to shutdown the net, since it is hurting them financially and politically (people speaking truth to power).
>>> "the recently released results of a report commissioned by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank" >>>I'm optimistically inclined to believe everything, but it'd be best to link to a less biased source.
No such animal. For example if I saw this "Portugal legalized drugs and society has no collapsed" report on Commune New Network or the DNC-NBC, I wouldn't believe them either because they are pro-"let the government run every facet of your life" biased.
>>>There's not a black market for beer because it's sold off the shelf.
Not correct. Alcohol is still not completely legal and free. It's only available at certain licensed establishments, and only for those that are a prescribed age (21 and up). I would expect drugs to be *at least* as strongly restricted, preferably more so (from doctors only). Maybe over time the restrictions could be lessoned but I prefer to take small steps toward legalization, not giant steps.
"Legalization will destroy the country," is the same stupid argument they made when alcohol was legalized in the 1930s.
It did not. And besides I wouldn't let drugs just "float around" - I'd expect them to be controlled even more stringently than alcohol, and only available via prescription. The point is: It would pull the control out of the hands of the mafia (lawless), and under the control of the government (rule of law).
The U.S. doesn't have race problems. Other than a few idiots in white sheets, most Americans could not give a damn about the color of your skin. And frankly, I'm tired of being accused of "racism" or "prejudice" everywhere I turn. Anyone who knows me, knows that isn't even close to accurate, and those who make the accusation are just embarassing themselves.
What we have is problems with drugs, and if it stopped being a crime to smoke some grass, then most of those problems would disappear as well.
>>>Really? Last time I had broadcast, it was ten channels.
Yeah well we have subchannels now. That means each channel is divided into 2 (sometimes 3, 4 or even 5) pieces. For example my local NBC channel carries NBC programming, but also has 2 subchannels: thisTV and RetroTV.
So I have about 15 actual stations, but they are divided into 40 channels.
This comment is not offtopic. The guy asked, "What's the alternative to cable?" and I answered him. There was No valid reason to mod it down.
I gave-up on cable.
Now I just use an antenna, which gives me about 40 non-duplicated channels. They show lots of movies on Saturdays/Sundays. "ThisTV" shows movies 24 hours a day. "RetroTV" shows classic 60s/70s/80s shows. PBS offers 3-4 channels of history/discovery type programs. Reruns of Deadliest Catch, Star Trek, Regenesis air daily and new episodes of Legend of the Seeker every week. And I have Qubo and Family Channel for the kids.
All free.
The DTVpal that I use includes a VCR/DVR Timer to auto-change channels on schedule, so you can record shows while you're not home
>>>>>It's Super VHS so it produces DVD quality recordings. >> >>False......
Specs can not be argued, but "quality" is a subjective thing. It's all a matter of opinion. I have bought some *really* crappy quality DVDs (too much compression), like Star Trek DS9 and Babylon 5, where my off-the-air HDTV to Super VHS copy actually looked better.
Similarly I've heard some really shitty CDs that had volume compression (make even silent passages loud), such that my old 1990s Type II Chrome tapes actually sounded better.
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>>>>>- Also lots of my home movies are stored on VHS >> >>So transfer them to a digital medium such as hard disks.
I probably will when the price comes down. But for now it's too costly to get the required D-to-A equipement, and therefore cheaper to simply keep a functioning VCR to play them when desired. There's also the more simple fact that analog media is more robust.
I've seen a lot of digital drives fail (I lost my copy of Enterprise season 4) and digital tapes fail (my niece lost an entire summer when her miniDV tape stopped playing), but analog, even when the tape gets wrinkled, still produces a picture.
Can someone explain to me, in what way is this post a troll? I asked a question; I offered my best guess of what the answer will probably be. I even said "in my humble opinion" at the end, to be polite. Grrr.
Question:
If Cox Cable wanted to enter my town to compete against Comcast, how much would it really cost for them to run a fiber through the already-existing underground metal conduits? I suspect very little.
What happened to Palm? I remember when their "PalmPilot" was like the iPhone today - people had to have it. Now it's fading away. Even my coworker who bought a new PalmPilot religiously ever year from circa 1998 to the present, no longer owns one.
>>>We were selling $10-15,000 workstations..... Next was cutting edge. The rest of the industry was enamored with 256 colors while NeXT was standing here with 4096 colors. >>>
The Commodore Amiga did the same thing in 1985, and only cost $500 when the Next was finally released. Excuse me if I am not in awe of the next. I'm not now and wasn't then either. And while the Next flopped, the Amiga 500 went on to become the 2nd best selling computer of all time (after the C=64).
So the Next was not really cutting-edge... the Amiga had already got there first. The Next was overpriced. It was Jobs' embarrassment.
If Cox Cable wanted to enter my town to compete against Comcast, how much would it really cost for them to run a fiber through the already-existing underground metal conduits? I suspect very little.
Now I just use an antenna, which gives me about 40 non-duplicated channels. They show lots of movies on Saturdays/Sundays. "ThisTV" shows movies 24 hours a day. "RetroTV" shows classic 60s/70s/80s shows. PBS offers 3-4 channels of history/discovery type programs. Reruns of Deadliest Catch, Star Trek, Regenesis air daily and new episodes of Legend of the Seeker every week. And I have Qubo and Family Channel for the kids.
All free.
The DTVpal that I use includes a VCR/DVR Timer to auto-change channels on schedule, so you can record shows while you're not home.
- It's Super VHS so it produces DVD quality recordings. - If I want to keep a recording it's as easy as popping-out the tape and putting it on the shelf. - (Main reason.) I have about $1000 worth of bought tapes and blanks, and it seems silly to just throw them away that much money. - Also lots of my home movies are stored on VHS. I need some way to play them.
You've been unfairly marked troll. (Not that I agree with you, but everyone should have a right to express an opinion without having their karma stabbed.)
Anyway, a free market WOULD fix in this case, because when Comcast pulls this shit, you would then be able to switch to Cox cable or Time-Warner cable or AppleTV or Verizon TV or anybody else you desired. Comcast's poor decisions would drive it into bankruptcy as customers would flee in droves. (As happened to Circuit City not too long ago.) BUT because Comcast operates a virtual monopoly, they know they can force customers into upgrading to Comcast DVRs, simply by turning off standard features...... like a VCR Timer.
Also it's not just VCRs, but also DVRs this affects.
I have a Panasonic ReplayTV that can switch the old analog channels just fine, but ever since the analog-to-digital transition, it's lost that capability. I now rely on an external box with a "VCR/DVR Timer" to switch the digital stations. If Comcast removes that capability from their set-top box, than DVRs like mine will no longer be able to record anything but a single channel when I'm away from home.
IMHO.
Please don't mod me "troll" just cause you disagree (like you did to Lekh).
Most of Mexico's problems would disappear if drugs were legal, and handled by prescription drug companies. No more black market. People could get their drugs from legal, regulated corporations just like getting any other drug, and Mexico would no longer have drug runners/cartels.
I like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple), because I don't like major projects or headaches. The MAIN issue here is that you've got 3 kids and 1 computer, so my solution would be to get 1 computer per kid. Ebay sells used XP laptops for about $100 plus shipping. Buy 3.
I'd put all 3 computers in a "computer room" that opens at 6am and closes at 10pm, plus allows me to monitor what my kids are doing. Not that I mind them looking at nudie pics or whatever, but I'd still want to be AWARE of what's going on inside my own house (i.e. not in their bedroom stripping for their boyfriend via webcam, and I don't know about it). When they go off to college then they'll have a private room to privately surf the net.
Since I only have one DSL modem, I'd have to get a new hub which allows 3 connections: 1 per computer. Or maybe a wireless router, although I still prefer wired connections, for security reasons.
So to summarize: I'd buy 1 laptop per kid, at a total cost of about $300, and limited to usage in a public computer room so they'll stop fighting over the single Dell desktop.
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>>>That's great and all but Minix is not Unix.
By that logic, neither is Linux and therefore invalidates the whole article (running *nix systems on a dime).
I've also seen a lot of talk about MMUs. I'm not sure why that's necessary? The Amiga had neither of those (ran on a 68000), and yet still had the capability of preemptive multitasking with varying priorities for the processes.
(Coming back from doing some research.)
It appears that Minix will run on the original IBM PC.
$25 for the book plus $175 for the hardware, plus several days of labor == major headache IMHO. Again following the KISS principle, I would follow this procedure to save time (which has dollar value too):
- Buy $300 PC at staples (sale price).
- Sell the Windows 7 OS Disc on ebay for about $75.
- Install Ubuntu Linux for free.
- $225 and just 1 hour of labor spent.
>>>Unix wouldn't run on the original IBM PC
That's a really bold statement. It's akin to saying "Windows wouldn't run on the original PC". Today's bloated monstrosity certainly wouldn't, but the original Windows 1 was written in assembly so that it could run on a minimal configuration (256k). Similarly the original Amiga and Mac OSes ran on 128K. C=64 GEOS on just 64k.
So why can't a 1982 programmer create a Unix that was optimized for the primitive IBM PC? True it might be CLI only but then so too was the original PC-DOS.
>>>Obama has tried new approaches but was shut down by various people
True but the president could just veto everything, if it does not line-up with his view of "openness" or "constitutional" laws.
>>> given the massive tie-in and buy-in of Corporate America inside the beltway, I'm not sure how we can really revert the damages of our fathers
Give some entity *outside* the beltway, which is close to the People (just a few miles away), the power to void laws passed by the Corporate Congress in DC. i.e. Give the power to declare laws "unconstitutional" with a simple majority vote of 25 of the State Legislatures, and thereby overturn corporation-sponsored shit like the DMCA, ACTA, and so on.
Corporations (or tress or rocks or other non-humans) should not be allowed to lobby the People's representatives.
And yes I know corporations consist of people. They are still allowed to speak, as individuals.
You could also include Alex Jones' opinion (take with a spoonful of sugar):
- The mainstream media is owned by the banks, so naturally they are not going to talk about it. The banks want to chain the people financially and creatively. The bank-owned media also wants to pass laws to shutdown the net, since it is hurting them financially and politically (people speaking truth to power).
Please don't shoot (mod down) the messenger.
(sorry I just couldn't miss this opportunity)
>>> "the recently released results of a report commissioned by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank"
>>>I'm optimistically inclined to believe everything, but it'd be best to link to a less biased source.
No such animal. For example if I saw this "Portugal legalized drugs and society has no collapsed" report on Commune New Network or the DNC-NBC, I wouldn't believe them either because they are pro-"let the government run every facet of your life" biased.
>>>There's not a black market for beer because it's sold off the shelf.
Not correct. Alcohol is still not completely legal and free. It's only available at certain licensed establishments, and only for those that are a prescribed age (21 and up). I would expect drugs to be *at least* as strongly restricted, preferably more so (from doctors only). Maybe over time the restrictions could be lessoned but I prefer to take small steps toward legalization, not giant steps.
"Legalization will destroy the country," is the same stupid argument they made when alcohol was legalized in the 1930s.
It did not. And besides I wouldn't let drugs just "float around" - I'd expect them to be controlled even more stringently than alcohol, and only available via prescription. The point is: It would pull the control out of the hands of the mafia (lawless), and under the control of the government (rule of law).
The U.S. doesn't have race problems. Other than a few idiots in white sheets, most Americans could not give a damn about the color of your skin. And frankly, I'm tired of being accused of "racism" or "prejudice" everywhere I turn. Anyone who knows me, knows that isn't even close to accurate, and those who make the accusation are just embarassing themselves.
What we have is problems with drugs, and if it stopped being a crime to smoke some grass, then most of those problems would disappear as well.
>>>Really? Last time I had broadcast, it was ten channels.
Yeah well we have subchannels now. That means each channel is divided into 2 (sometimes 3, 4 or even 5) pieces. For example my local NBC channel carries NBC programming, but also has 2 subchannels: thisTV and RetroTV.
So I have about 15 actual stations, but they are divided into 40 channels.
This comment is not offtopic. The guy asked, "What's the alternative to cable?" and I answered him. There was No valid reason to mod it down.
I gave-up on cable.
Now I just use an antenna, which gives me about 40 non-duplicated channels. They show lots of movies on Saturdays/Sundays. "ThisTV" shows movies 24 hours a day. "RetroTV" shows classic 60s/70s/80s shows. PBS offers 3-4 channels of history/discovery type programs. Reruns of Deadliest Catch, Star Trek, Regenesis air daily and new episodes of Legend of the Seeker every week. And I have Qubo and Family Channel for the kids.
All free.
The DTVpal that I use includes a VCR/DVR Timer to auto-change channels on schedule, so you can record shows while you're not home
>>>>>It's Super VHS so it produces DVD quality recordings.
>>
>>False......
Specs can not be argued, but "quality" is a subjective thing. It's all a matter of opinion. I have bought some *really* crappy quality DVDs (too much compression), like Star Trek DS9 and Babylon 5, where my off-the-air HDTV to Super VHS copy actually looked better.
Similarly I've heard some really shitty CDs that had volume compression (make even silent passages loud), such that my old 1990s Type II Chrome tapes actually sounded better.
.
>>>>>- Also lots of my home movies are stored on VHS
>>
>>So transfer them to a digital medium such as hard disks.
I probably will when the price comes down. But for now it's too costly to get the required D-to-A equipement, and therefore cheaper to simply keep a functioning VCR to play them when desired. There's also the more simple fact that analog media is more robust.
I've seen a lot of digital drives fail (I lost my copy of Enterprise season 4) and digital tapes fail (my niece lost an entire summer when her miniDV tape stopped playing), but analog, even when the tape gets wrinkled, still produces a picture.
Can someone explain to me, in what way is this post a troll? I asked a question; I offered my best guess of what the answer will probably be. I even said "in my humble opinion" at the end, to be polite. Grrr.
Question:
If Cox Cable wanted to enter my town to compete against Comcast, how much would it really cost for them to run a fiber through the already-existing underground metal conduits? I suspect very little.
IMHO.
What happened to Palm? I remember when their "PalmPilot" was like the iPhone today - people had to have it. Now it's fading away. Even my coworker who bought a new PalmPilot religiously ever year from circa 1998 to the present, no longer owns one.
>>>We were selling $10-15,000 workstations..... Next was cutting edge. The rest of the industry was enamored with 256 colors while NeXT was standing here with 4096 colors.
>>>
The Commodore Amiga did the same thing in 1985, and only cost $500 when the Next was finally released. Excuse me if I am not in awe of the next. I'm not now and wasn't then either. And while the Next flopped, the Amiga 500 went on to become the 2nd best selling computer of all time (after the C=64).
So the Next was not really cutting-edge... the Amiga had already got there first. The Next was overpriced. It was Jobs' embarrassment.
Question:
If Cox Cable wanted to enter my town to compete against Comcast, how much would it really cost for them to run a fiber through the already-existing underground metal conduits? I suspect very little.
IMHO.
I gave-up on cable.
Now I just use an antenna, which gives me about 40 non-duplicated channels. They show lots of movies on Saturdays/Sundays. "ThisTV" shows movies 24 hours a day. "RetroTV" shows classic 60s/70s/80s shows. PBS offers 3-4 channels of history/discovery type programs. Reruns of Deadliest Catch, Star Trek, Regenesis air daily and new episodes of Legend of the Seeker every week. And I have Qubo and Family Channel for the kids.
All free.
The DTVpal that I use includes a VCR/DVR Timer to auto-change channels on schedule, so you can record shows while you're not home.
I still use VCRs. For a couple reasons:
- It's Super VHS so it produces DVD quality recordings.
- If I want to keep a recording it's as easy as popping-out the tape and putting it on the shelf.
- (Main reason.) I have about $1000 worth of bought tapes and blanks, and it seems silly to just throw them away that much money.
- Also lots of my home movies are stored on VHS. I need some way to play them.
You've been unfairly marked troll. (Not that I agree with you, but everyone should have a right to express an opinion without having their karma stabbed.)
Anyway, a free market WOULD fix in this case, because when Comcast pulls this shit, you would then be able to switch to Cox cable or Time-Warner cable or AppleTV or Verizon TV or anybody else you desired. Comcast's poor decisions would drive it into bankruptcy as customers would flee in droves. (As happened to Circuit City not too long ago.) BUT because Comcast operates a virtual monopoly, they know they can force customers into upgrading to Comcast DVRs, simply by turning off standard features...... like a VCR Timer.
Also it's not just VCRs, but also DVRs this affects.
I have a Panasonic ReplayTV that can switch the old analog channels just fine, but ever since the analog-to-digital transition, it's lost that capability. I now rely on an external box with a "VCR/DVR Timer" to switch the digital stations. If Comcast removes that capability from their set-top box, than DVRs like mine will no longer be able to record anything but a single channel when I'm away from home.
IMHO.
Please don't mod me "troll" just cause you disagree (like you did to Lekh).
Most of Mexico's problems would disappear if drugs were legal, and handled by prescription drug companies. No more black market. People could get their drugs from legal, regulated corporations just like getting any other drug, and Mexico would no longer have drug runners/cartels.
IMHO.
Please don't mod me down just cause you disagree.
I like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple), because I don't like major projects or headaches. The MAIN issue here is that you've got 3 kids and 1 computer, so my solution would be to get 1 computer per kid. Ebay sells used XP laptops for about $100 plus shipping. Buy 3.
I'd put all 3 computers in a "computer room" that opens at 6am and closes at 10pm, plus allows me to monitor what my kids are doing. Not that I mind them looking at nudie pics or whatever, but I'd still want to be AWARE of what's going on inside my own house (i.e. not in their bedroom stripping for their boyfriend via webcam, and I don't know about it). When they go off to college then they'll have a private room to privately surf the net.
Since I only have one DSL modem, I'd have to get a new hub which allows 3 connections: 1 per computer. Or maybe a wireless router, although I still prefer wired connections, for security reasons.
So to summarize: I'd buy 1 laptop per kid, at a total cost of about $300, and limited to usage in a public computer room so they'll stop fighting over the single Dell desktop.
IMHO.
Please don't mod me down just cause you disagree.