Actually there were THREE articles. The third was titled, "Skype outage continues into second day," and I was about to post a comment but then the article got deleted.
I've considered trying Skype but just never bothered. Instead I use a calling card. 5 cents a minute ($30 for 10+ hours) means it's as cheap as Skype but a lot more mobile. I can carry it in my wallet & use it any gas station or hotel or home landline. (Also cheaper than my cellphone plan at 18 cents/minute.) And the landline is only $7/month; I can't think of any reason to drop it.
Classic Max OS 8 and 9 did that (if I recall correctly).
It emulated 68000 CISC apps on the new PowerPC RISC machines. Although not very well. I remember the first PowerMac was slower than the 68040 QuadraMac, when running classic apps like WordPerfect, Eudora, and so on. For awhile I specifically avoided the PPCs when going to the college lab, since the Quadras ran faster.
Ahhhh... those were the days (1996). Even the college line loaded the Web as slow as a dialup connection. "Looking for scifi.com"...... "Finding scifi.com"..... loading scifi.com/index.html..... loading scifi.com/titleimage.com. I became very familiar with that animated Netscape logo as I stared at it, and wondered if my page would ever load: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Netscape_throbber_2.gif
Okay I was wrong. (shrug) I knew old OSes provided little protection (which is why Amiga500 programs often don't run on newer A3000/4000 machines), but I thought modern OSes blocked the software from running directly on the hardware, so then it could run on a wide range of setups. Oh well.
I've never owned as ARM computer (just C=6502, 68000-60, PowerPC, x86, MIPS, and EE). Why do you think ARM will be a dominant brand in the coming years, instead of the low-power Intel units? (just curious)
I thought the point of the OS was to create a layer between the hardware and the software, so programs could continue to run regardless of the machine being used. The only apps that would not work are Demos & such that dive direct to the silicon (i.e. misbehaving programs) instead of using Windows built-in system calls.
You sound like my old pal from middle school. He started with a VIC-20, expanded to a 32K addon, and then bought an Amiga somewhere around 10th grade.
I started with a Commodore Plus/4 which prematurely died, which was fortunate because the +4 was not a good computer. Commodore generously upgraded me to a free 128 --- best 8 bit machine ever made (included a builtin C64, but with twice the memory/resolution, and a CP/M business mode).
You sound like a 10 year old, except he usually says "you are a liar" or "you are an idiot" or "you are a dick" or some other insult. Point: It's still not acceptable to be going 'round name calling regardless of your age or justification.
Maybe we should start our own tech magazine. I'd be interested in handshaking, not on RS232, but on a USB bus or across PCI-express. (shrug) I guess that's what Ars Technica is for.
Oh and can you imagine typing in a program for a modern computer? It took me 3 days to type RUNscript into my 8 bit Commodore (which was unsatisfactory and quickly replaced with the Mac-like GEOS). And 8-9 days to type-in a simple file manager for the 32-bit Amiga. I imagine with today's bloated word-processing software it would take 3 months.
>>>the magazine without all the things that made it great is bullshit,
Pretty much. Like reviving the Bionic Woman or Knight Rider and then changing the whole premise of the show. Of course that worked in the case of Battlestar Galactica, but when you're already dealing with a good show (or magazine) there's no point abandoning it.
BTW I've never read Byte. At least not that I remember. My main two addictions were RUN for commodore VICs and 64s plus AmigaWorld (essentially the same as RUN but for 32-bit instead of 8-bit machines). I don't think BYTE would have interested me since I never owned an IBM PC at the time, and from what I remember that was it's main focus. Another magazine I remember was COMPUTE's Gazette but never subscribed to it since it didn't feel as polished or useful as RUN.
So: Just curious: What killed the magazine? - I see Jerry Pournelle is still writing his columns. Love his stories; never read his tech columns: http://www.chaosmanorreviews.com/
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I don't see anything wrong with the summary. It inserted some comic relief & levity, but still got the message across. Just as that comedian does on Comedy Central's daily news show.
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(-2 overrated) That's fine. I'll just post the same thing tomorrow. I will not be censored by either the government or the/. corporation.
My Netscape Dialup requires Internet Explorer to work with its compression software. But knowing how IE operates, I decided to give Firefox, Seamonkey, and Opera a spin. Opera and its Turbo work great.
Then I uninstalled IE. So happily this 0-day exploit is a non-issue for me. I advise all my coworkers, when the topic comes up, to stop using IE and switch to any other browser. Some look at me like I'm nuts, but IE is still the #1 browser and biggest target for viruses/malware/thieves.
Ditto. As I saw on a google search: "If you use ad blocking software while viewing Daily Kos, you're getting all the content without supporting the people that created it." They are correct.
- No I don't read Daily Kos. I prefer reason.com or asimovs.com
Yeah you assume a lot to say both would die. Just last spring my DSL did go down, while the phone still worked. So I used dialup for about 2 days until the DSL was fixed.
Funny. I worked with a guy who had IBS. It's no laughing matter - in fact it's quite smelly. He either burped or farted every minute and I felt sorry for him (and glad there was a wall between us). There were very few things he could eat due to his digestive/bowel disorder.
A spoonful of sugar helps the irritable bowel syndrome go away..... bowel syndrome go away..... bowel syndrome go away.....;-)
Perhaps the sugar is not as "neutral" as the scientists originally assumed. Or maybe Americans have been so programmed by TV ads to think a pill, any pill, will cure you of your ailments.
I experienced a tropical storm just a few years ago where the power was out for several days (no computer==no VOIP), the celltowers were long dead, and the gas station was a 3 mile walk. The only thing that still worked was my landline phone. It only costs ~$7/month so I can't think of any reason to disconnect it.
>>Explain yourself or risk a troll mod. If you choose to not explain yourself, don't come crying about "unfair" moderation, because I gave you a chance to explain.
Wow. What a jackass!
It's a JOKE you stupid smeg for brains. (And that's a Red Dwarf reference your Eminence Stupidity.) Whenever Babylon 5's Kosh appears on the scene, he is accompanied by a sound resembling "tinkle tinkle swish". Don't get your panties in a knot, and frankly that's a really stupid reason to mod me down, since I was trying to by amusing.
So you admit here that you modded me down just because you didn't "get" a joke. What a father fcucking son of a bitch. You should be banned from being a moderator, since you are clearly abusing your power.
You make a good point about centralization == bad.
That's why I've kept my Landline phone, because it still works even when the DSL goes down (dialup backup) or power goes out (has its own power) or cellphone towers are overloaded. Ditto why my TV comes-in via antenna instead of the unreliable CATV line. It's not a good idea to move everything to the internet, which has demonstrated itself to have more downtime than the older 1800s-era technologies.
As for saving money on long distance, I use a calling card. 5 cents a minute or just $30 for 10+ hours. So it's almost as cheap as Skype but a lot more mobile (I can use it any gas station or hotel). Also cheaper than my cellphone plan at 18 cents/minute.
If a company packs-up and moves to China or India because its previous workers were charging $20/hour while their new workers are charging one-half dollar per hour, then YES, the american workers are charging too much. Just as if I went to buy a Civic, and Honda charged me $200,000 for it - that would be too high a charge. Instead I'd shop for a lower rate.
Eventually we'll reach a point where foreign workers rates rise and American workers drop, until they reach near equilibrium. That's my prediction for the future ----- or: US/EU will experience widespread unemployment due to a lack of factories/jobs.
Hello Kosh. Or is it Ulkosh the second? I get confused. ----- Wasn't the FCC Chair appointed by the Democrat president? Why would he sell-out to the megacorps, and why isn't Obama putting pressure on his employee to write REAL neutrality without loopholes.
Clearly I need to read more Heinlein. What he overlooked is that corporations & politicians are in collusion. "Too big to fail" is not in the law - but it is what they have paid the politicians to give them.
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Actually there were THREE articles. The third was titled, "Skype outage continues into second day," and I was about to post a comment but then the article got deleted.
I've considered trying Skype but just never bothered. Instead I use a calling card. 5 cents a minute ($30 for 10+ hours) means it's as cheap as Skype but a lot more mobile. I can carry it in my wallet & use it any gas station or hotel or home landline. (Also cheaper than my cellphone plan at 18 cents/minute.) And the landline is only $7/month; I can't think of any reason to drop it.
Classic Max OS 8 and 9 did that (if I recall correctly).
It emulated 68000 CISC apps on the new PowerPC RISC machines. Although not very well. I remember the first PowerMac was slower than the 68040 QuadraMac, when running classic apps like WordPerfect, Eudora, and so on. For awhile I specifically avoided the PPCs when going to the college lab, since the Quadras ran faster.
Ahhhh... those were the days (1996). Even the college line loaded the Web as slow as a dialup connection. "Looking for scifi.com"...... "Finding scifi.com"..... loading scifi.com/index.html..... loading scifi.com/titleimage.com. I became very familiar with that animated Netscape logo as I stared at it, and wondered if my page would ever load: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Netscape_throbber_2.gif
Okay I was wrong. (shrug) I knew old OSes provided little protection (which is why Amiga500 programs often don't run on newer A3000/4000 machines), but I thought modern OSes blocked the software from running directly on the hardware, so then it could run on a wide range of setups. Oh well.
I've never owned as ARM computer (just C=6502, 68000-60, PowerPC, x86, MIPS, and EE). Why do you think ARM will be a dominant brand in the coming years, instead of the low-power Intel units? (just curious)
Why wouldn't the ARM Windows run x86 apps?
I thought the point of the OS was to create a layer between the hardware and the software, so programs could continue to run regardless of the machine being used. The only apps that would not work are Demos & such that dive direct to the silicon (i.e. misbehaving programs) instead of using Windows built-in system calls.
You sound like my old pal from middle school. He started with a VIC-20, expanded to a 32K addon, and then bought an Amiga somewhere around 10th grade.
I started with a Commodore Plus/4 which prematurely died, which was fortunate because the +4 was not a good computer. Commodore generously upgraded me to a free 128 --- best 8 bit machine ever made (included a builtin C64, but with twice the memory/resolution, and a CP/M business mode).
>>>you are a troll
You sound like a 10 year old, except he usually says "you are a liar" or "you are an idiot" or "you are a dick" or some other insult. Point: It's still not acceptable to be going 'round name calling regardless of your age or justification.
Maybe we should start our own tech magazine. I'd be interested in handshaking, not on RS232, but on a USB bus or across PCI-express. (shrug) I guess that's what Ars Technica is for.
Oh and can you imagine typing in a program for a modern computer? It took me 3 days to type RUNscript into my 8 bit Commodore (which was unsatisfactory and quickly replaced with the Mac-like GEOS). And 8-9 days to type-in a simple file manager for the 32-bit Amiga. I imagine with today's bloated word-processing software it would take 3 months.
>>>the magazine without all the things that made it great is bullshit,
Pretty much. Like reviving the Bionic Woman or Knight Rider and then changing the whole premise of the show. Of course that worked in the case of Battlestar Galactica, but when you're already dealing with a good show (or magazine) there's no point abandoning it.
BTW I've never read Byte. At least not that I remember. My main two addictions were RUN for commodore VICs and 64s plus AmigaWorld (essentially the same as RUN but for 32-bit instead of 8-bit machines). I don't think BYTE would have interested me since I never owned an IBM PC at the time, and from what I remember that was it's main focus. Another magazine I remember was COMPUTE's Gazette but never subscribed to it since it didn't feel as polished or useful as RUN.
So: Just curious: What killed the magazine? - I see Jerry Pournelle is still writing his columns. Love his stories; never read his tech columns: http://www.chaosmanorreviews.com/
RUN (1984-93) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_magazine
AmigaWorld (archives) http://amr.abime.net/issues_30
Byte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine)
I don't see anything wrong with the summary. It inserted some comic relief & levity, but still got the message across. Just as that comedian does on Comedy Central's daily news show.
(-2 overrated) /. corporation.
That's fine. I'll just post the same thing tomorrow. I will not be censored by either the government or the
My Netscape Dialup requires Internet Explorer to work with its compression software. But knowing how IE operates, I decided to give Firefox, Seamonkey, and Opera a spin. Opera and its Turbo work great.
Then I uninstalled IE. So happily this 0-day exploit is a non-issue for me. I advise all my coworkers, when the topic comes up, to stop using IE and switch to any other browser. Some look at me like I'm nuts, but IE is still the #1 browser and biggest target for viruses/malware/thieves.
Ditto. As I saw on a google search: "If you use ad blocking software while viewing Daily Kos, you're getting all the content without supporting the people that created it." They are correct.
- No I don't read Daily Kos.
I prefer reason.com or asimovs.com
Yeah you assume a lot to say both would die. Just last spring my DSL did go down, while the phone still worked. So I used dialup for about 2 days until the DSL was fixed.
some of us like ads. I found this one poking my eye and felt a strange compulsion to touch... I mean, click it: http://www.gizmag.com/zipbuds-keep-tangles-at-bay/17337/picture/126646/
As for the presents I'll just wait for the "Billionaire Going Bankrupt" sale.
I said zigzaggy's joke was funny.
Funny.
I worked with a guy who had IBS. It's no laughing matter - in fact it's quite smelly. He either burped or farted every minute and I felt sorry for him (and glad there was a wall between us). There were very few things he could eat due to his digestive/bowel disorder.
A spoonful of sugar helps the irritable bowel syndrome go away..... bowel syndrome go away..... bowel syndrome go away..... ;-)
Perhaps the sugar is not as "neutral" as the scientists originally assumed. Or maybe Americans have been so programmed by TV ads to think a pill, any pill, will cure you of your ailments.
I experienced a tropical storm just a few years ago where the power was out for several days (no computer==no VOIP), the celltowers were long dead, and the gas station was a 3 mile walk. The only thing that still worked was my landline phone. It only costs ~$7/month so I can't think of any reason to disconnect it.
>>>>>>> (tinkle tinkle swish) YES. (tinkle tinkle swish)
>>>>>Hello Kosh.
>>Explain yourself or risk a troll mod. If you choose to not explain yourself, don't come crying about "unfair" moderation, because I gave you a chance to explain.
Wow. What a jackass!
It's a JOKE you stupid smeg for brains. (And that's a Red Dwarf reference your Eminence Stupidity.) Whenever Babylon 5's Kosh appears on the scene, he is accompanied by a sound resembling "tinkle tinkle swish". Don't get your panties in a knot, and frankly that's a really stupid reason to mod me down, since I was trying to by amusing.
So you admit here that you modded me down just because you didn't "get" a joke.
What a father fcucking son of a bitch. You should be banned from being a moderator, since you are clearly abusing your power.
You make a good point about centralization == bad.
That's why I've kept my Landline phone, because it still works even when the DSL goes down (dialup backup) or power goes out (has its own power) or cellphone towers are overloaded. Ditto why my TV comes-in via antenna instead of the unreliable CATV line. It's not a good idea to move everything to the internet, which has demonstrated itself to have more downtime than the older 1800s-era technologies.
As for saving money on long distance, I use a calling card. 5 cents a minute or just $30 for 10+ hours. So it's almost as cheap as Skype but a lot more mobile (I can use it any gas station or hotel). Also cheaper than my cellphone plan at 18 cents/minute.
If a company packs-up and moves to China or India because its previous workers were charging $20/hour while their new workers are charging one-half dollar per hour, then YES, the american workers are charging too much. Just as if I went to buy a Civic, and Honda charged me $200,000 for it - that would be too high a charge. Instead I'd shop for a lower rate.
Eventually we'll reach a point where foreign workers rates rise and American workers drop, until they reach near equilibrium. That's my prediction for the future ----- or: US/EU will experience widespread unemployment due to a lack of factories/jobs.
>>> (tinkle tinkle swish) YES. (tinkle tinkle swish)
Hello Kosh. Or is it Ulkosh the second? I get confused. ----- Wasn't the FCC Chair appointed by the Democrat president? Why would he sell-out to the megacorps, and why isn't Obama putting pressure on his employee to write REAL neutrality without loopholes.
More likely they'll just settle out of court, pay cash to one another, kiss, and that's the end. I doubt we'll see a battle between M and MS.
Clearly I need to read more Heinlein. What he overlooked is that corporations & politicians are in collusion. "Too big to fail" is not in the law - but it is what they have paid the politicians to give them.