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Uh, what was the question again?
That would be "Do people want fire that can be nasally fitted?"
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I took my towel to work, and kept it with me for the day. One person asked why I had a towel. He didn't know who Douglas Adams was. Noone else commented.
I fear a conspiracy.
Acorn had Acorn as a Customer? ARM was not separate company from Acorn until after Apple invested. The Archimemdes was made by Acorn using the ARM processor that Acorn designed and had manufactured by VSLI Tech. It was only several years later (around 1989 IIRC) that Apple decided to invest, and the CPU business was spun off as Advanced RISC Machines. This was well after the ARM architecture had become well established outside the US by Acorn and the Archimedes. It was the existing success of Acorn that drew them to Apple's attention.
>They did very well in the UK schools market and quite well in the UK home market, which got ARM's volumes up, but they had almost no international sales so they were basically invisible to US...
I see. I have never lived in the US and don't share your perspective. The Archimedes sold a crapload better than the Newton here, with most Newton models never even being imported. But this is getting off-track. You said that the ARM was "made popular" by the Newton, which I dispute. Popular means something like:
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"
The fact is, the Newton was never regarded with great favour, approval or affection. The Archimedes was, and was regarded so several years before Apple had anything to do with Acorn or the Archimedes. I agree that the Newton established the ARM core as a low-power CPU for mobile devices. But what made the ARM core popular was Acorn well before Apple even had a look in.
>Newton demonstrated that you could put a reasonable amount of CPU power in a handheld without needing a huge battery
True enough, but Acorn had been making ARM computers for six years by the time the H1000 was released. It's hard to beleive Apple would have invested back in 1989 or thereabouts if ARM hadn't gained a notable place in the market already.
On the other hand I won't take anything greater than a 486. Older computers are just more fun.
Wow. I won't take on x86 machines at all - with the occasional exception like the Atari Portfolio. What's interesting about a 486 when there's such a diverse faunæ of old 8 bit beasts to be had?
Note that under this amended amendment a user's ISP access can only be cut off by court order. This is a far better process than was previously proposed.
In New Zealand our Inland Revenue Department does this for all employed salary earners. If all of your income is from salary and bank interest you never even see an annual tax return. They even write-off small amounts owing. You do have the option of completing a tax return manually if desired, or if you have some income unaccounted for.
If you are self employed, or have income from sources that do not automatically deduct income tax then you do need to fill out a return, but it's relatively easy to do so.
I've been playing Numpty Physics on my phone while commuting by bus for the last week or so. It is thoroughly addictive, runs on very low-spec hardware, and is kid-safe.
- Ducati 916 motorcycles that can't outrun a Lincoln Town Car (Fled)
You've gotta remember to use premium.
Actually, a 916 will often run comfortably on 89 (US rating). I understand this is known as "Plus". Always use the lowest octane fuel that doesn't cause pinging.
- Soundtrack to John Connor's dirt bike upshifts 20 times without downshifting
That was a custom bike. He clearly did work on it in one scene earlier. He added a lot of gears.
Hmm - can't explain it on John Conner's dirt bike but if you've ever tried a quick upshift on a Ducati...;)
I would tend to agree were it not for the obvious; the biggest thing that is different is that, in the movie, they took out the funny bits.
Honestly.
Think about it; if the whole Hamma Luvula thing was actually funny, nobody would complain. If the lines that had been removed were the boring ones (rather than the punchlines) we'd all be happy. If - and consider this carefully - if the point of the whole thing hadn't been missed it would be a jolly good film. Sadly it wasn't, they weren't and by golly was it ever.
> When most 2600s will be greatly increasing in value the modded ones will be worth much less.
Dude, we're talking about a 4 switch 2600 here. While not quite a-dime-a-dozen I'm sure you can pick up at least one for a dime. The chances of these becoming rare and desirable in our lifetimes are ludicrously low.
I caught some kind of virus while trying to download a software update for a friend. It was called the "Windows Genuine Advantage" or somesuch thing. It runs nicely under wine but refuses to give me a validation key.
...but the message itself is fairly neutral and fully accurate so far as I can tell.
I think if the message read:
Evolution is a theory, not a fact. Creationism is neither fact, theory, nor wild speculation, and is more accurately described as the occult ramblings of idiots and charlatans.
it might be considered neutral and accurate. As written it implies that creationism has the same or similar standing as evolution which obviously it does not.
Also, they usually understand that if I stay up half the night soving a problem (from home or at the office), I'll probably be late for work in the morning and tend to look the other way.
Bullshit! There's no looking the other way involved. The fact is that you spent considerable time working for your company. The least you can expect is time in lieu. Due to the call-out and late hours I would expect time and a half or more.
As an InfoSec auditor it appears that this company has seriously impaired independence in this case. An auditor must (to quote the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics):
Perform their duties in an independent and objective manner and avoid activities that impair, or may appear to impair, their independence or objectivity. -- ISACA Code of Professional Ethics (Links to a Word Document)
If the same company is both providing audit or assessment services and offering outsource services to the same client then there is a serious breach of professional objectivity.
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..it comes out on DRM-free digital distribution using patent unencumbered codecs.
Not exist!
Uh, what was the question again?
That would be "Do people want fire that can be nasally fitted?"
I took my towel to work, and kept it with me for the day. One person asked why I had a towel. He didn't know who Douglas Adams was. Noone else commented. I fear a conspiracy.
I was about to ask the same question. I guess the word ARM wasn't quite exciting enough ;)
> No, I meant Acorn.
Acorn had Acorn as a Customer? ARM was not separate company from Acorn until after Apple invested. The Archimemdes was made by Acorn using the ARM processor that Acorn designed and had manufactured by VSLI Tech. It was only several years later (around 1989 IIRC) that Apple decided to invest, and the CPU business was spun off as Advanced RISC Machines. This was well after the ARM architecture had become well established outside the US by Acorn and the Archimedes. It was the existing success of Acorn that drew them to Apple's attention.
>They did very well in the UK schools market and quite well in the UK home market, which got ARM's volumes up, but they had almost no international sales so they were basically invisible to US...
I see. I have never lived in the US and don't share your perspective. The Archimedes sold a crapload better than the Newton here, with most Newton models never even being imported. But this is getting off-track. You said that the ARM was "made popular" by the Newton, which I dispute. Popular means something like:
The fact is, the Newton was never regarded with great favour, approval or affection. The Archimedes was, and was regarded so several years before Apple had anything to do with Acorn or the Archimedes. I agree that the Newton established the ARM core as a low-power CPU for mobile devices. But what made the ARM core popular was Acorn well before Apple even had a look in.
>Having Acorn as a customer...
I assume you mean Apple. :)
>Newton demonstrated that you could put a reasonable amount of CPU power in a handheld without needing a huge battery
True enough, but Acorn had been making ARM computers for six years by the time the H1000 was released. It's hard to beleive Apple would have invested back in 1989 or thereabouts if ARM hadn't gained a notable place in the market already.
> Apple was one of the original ARM investors (back when it was Acorn RISC Machines) and pretty much made it popular with Newton...)
That's the first time I've ever heard the Newton described as "popular"!
Actually, Acorn (who, as others have noted, designed the ARM processor) made ARM popular with the Archimedes.
Woo hoo! Now the iPhone is almost as useful as my 15 year old Palm! Well done, Apple.
I can assure you that the Internet is just as strong as ev@%$&^#^@NO CARRIER
On the other hand I won't take anything greater than a 486. Older computers are just more fun.
Wow. I won't take on x86 machines at all - with the occasional exception like the Atari Portfolio. What's interesting about a 486 when there's such a diverse faunæ of old 8 bit beasts to be had?
Note that under this amended amendment a user's ISP access can only be cut off by court order. This is a far better process than was previously proposed.
In New Zealand our Inland Revenue Department does this for all employed salary earners. If all of your income is from salary and bank interest you never even see an annual tax return. They even write-off small amounts owing. You do have the option of completing a tax return manually if desired, or if you have some income unaccounted for.
If you are self employed, or have income from sources that do not automatically deduct income tax then you do need to fill out a return, but it's relatively easy to do so.
> So, I recommend he place his router in a Faraday cage. His interference problems will be over!
Aha! You're close. He should put his Condo in a Faraday cage. It'll improve his wireless security as well! Brilliant!
I've been playing Numpty Physics on my phone while commuting by bus for the last week or so. It is thoroughly addictive, runs on very low-spec hardware, and is kid-safe.
http://numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org/
- Ducati 916 motorcycles that can't outrun a Lincoln Town Car (Fled)
;)
You've gotta remember to use premium.
Actually, a 916 will often run comfortably on 89 (US rating). I understand this is known as "Plus". Always use the lowest octane fuel that doesn't cause pinging.
- Soundtrack to John Connor's dirt bike upshifts 20 times without downshifting
That was a custom bike. He clearly did work on it in one scene earlier. He added a lot of gears.
Hmm - can't explain it on John Conner's dirt bike but if you've ever tried a quick upshift on a Ducati...
I would tend to agree were it not for the obvious; the biggest thing that is different is that, in the movie, they took out the funny bits.
Honestly.
Think about it; if the whole Hamma Luvula thing was actually funny, nobody would complain. If the lines that had been removed were the boring ones (rather than the punchlines) we'd all be happy. If - and consider this carefully - if the point of the whole thing hadn't been missed it would be a jolly good film. Sadly it wasn't, they weren't and by golly was it ever.
> When most 2600s will be greatly increasing in value the modded ones will be worth much less.
Dude, we're talking about a 4 switch 2600 here. While not quite a-dime-a-dozen I'm sure you can pick up at least one for a dime. The chances of these becoming rare and desirable in our lifetimes are ludicrously low.
I caught some kind of virus while trying to download a software update for a friend. It was called the "Windows Genuine Advantage" or somesuch thing. It runs nicely under wine but refuses to give me a validation key.
Meh.
I think if the message read:
it might be considered neutral and accurate. As written it implies that creationism has the same or similar standing as evolution which obviously it does not.Also, they usually understand that if I stay up half the night soving a problem (from home or at the office), I'll probably be late for work in the morning and tend to look the other way.
Bullshit! There's no looking the other way involved. The fact is that you spent considerable time working for your company. The least you can expect is time in lieu. Due to the call-out and late hours I would expect time and a half or more.
Don't let yourself be suckered.
Yes I can say i've actually told a customer they had an ID10T problem/p>
We call them Layer 8 problems where I work.
...that one lawyer that actually understands the technology...
Too late, sorry.
http://www.lessig.org/blog/
I suppose you can try for 2nd or so.
As an InfoSec auditor it appears that this company has seriously impaired independence in this case. An auditor must (to quote the ISACA Code of Professional Ethics):
Perform their duties in an independent and objective manner and avoid activities that impair, or may appear to impair, their independence or objectivity.
-- ISACA Code of Professional Ethics (Links to a Word Document)
If the same company is both providing audit or assessment services and offering outsource services to the same client then there is a serious breach of professional objectivity.
Try this from the modsecurity website:
Anti-evasion techniques; paths and parameters are normalised before analysis takes place in order to fight evasion techniques.
Anti-(parse evasion by using NULL bytes in strings); Now it starts to make sense.