Modded 'Funny'? Actually, I think his proposed egg terminology has a catchy, human touch that could be a winner. Perhaps this should be seriously considered.
I grew up on a farm in an area that, on the current referenced map, is light green. In the 1950's the area, like so many others, would have been black (had the technology for such an image existed).
It was corn harvest time in the midwest, a cold November night. I, a boy of about eight years, was holding the flashlight to help my father back up a wagon-load of corn to the elevator (to the urban dwellers, the term 'elevator' also refers to a sort of conveyor belt thing that lifts the grain to the top of the storage bin).
But boys will be boys (or, children, as it were -- no need to discriminate here), and the onyx sky overhead, embedded with diamonds, beckoned.
I knew at the time that the stars were far away, far farther that I could, at that time or any time within my reach, hope to travel. But I knew I could go there in spirit. And I knew a way...
I raised the flashlight and aimed it at a promising star; I then moved the beam outward in a spiral path to cover as much of the cosmos as possible. This gesture, I knew, would not redound to me in any way during this life.
But I knew then, and still know, that this beam -- four decades now on its illimitable tour -- still travels as _my_ message to other worlds.
And this, apart from astronomical considerations, is the magic that light polution destroys.
Well, I'm not a liberal (as my views -- not expressed here in detail -- on gun control and other issues would attest. But there's a bit off the human condition, the romance of the skies, that is destroyed by light polution. A story from my childhood:
I grew up on a farm in an area that, on the current referenced map, is light green. In the 1950's the area, like so many others, would have been black (had the technology for such an image existed).
It was corn harvest time in the midwest, a cold November night. I, a boy of about eight years, was holding the flashlight to help my father back up a wagon-load of corn to the elevator (to the urban dwellers, the term 'elevator' also refers to a sort of conveyor belt thing that lifts the grain to the top of the storage bin).
But boys will be boys (or, children, as it were -- no need to discriminate here), and the onyx sky overhead, embedded with diamonds, beckoned.
I knew at the time that the stars were far away, far farther that I could, at that time or any time within my reach, hope to travel. But I knew I could go there in spirit. And I knew a way...
I raised the flashlight and aimed it at a promising star; I then moved the beam outward in a spiral path to cover as much of the cosmos as possible. This gesture, I knew, would not redound to me in any way during this life.
But I knew then, and still know, that this beam -- four decades now on its illimitable tour -- still travels as _my_ message to other worlds.
And this, apart from astronomical considerations, is the magic that light polution destroys.
In fact, rather than Norm Abrams, he may want to contact www.taunton.com -- Fine Woodworking might be interested. A couple of comments from a woodworker:
1) I'm not sure whether this is a translation issue or not, but cocobolo is not usually considered rosewood. An equally wonderful and exotic wood -- just different.
2) Some have questioned the additional weight: Perhaps tropical hardwoods are more dense than plastic, but the thinness required probably makes any additional weight unnoticable. I doubt, therefore, that this is a problem. (Hint: I"m willing to field-test this!:-)
3) And to expand further on the 'thinness': this is a tour de force. Wood has a grain and a mind of its own, and does not submit easily to suggestions from humans to drape itself seductively around small objects. Well done! (But, yes, another commenter's suggestion is true: maple buttons would be better than plastic.)
4) But I'm not entirely satisfied -- I have to quibble: the battery door was obviously cut from a different piece: the grain doesn't match.
Despite the last (minor) complaint, I'm in awe -- I wouldn't want to tackle this project myself, and I think that it was masterfully carried out. Bravo!
Oh, but before I quit:
5) Despite other comments, I'm not sure "retro" fits, since the shape of the Palm is so closely duplicated. Style encompasses materials, to be sure, but also line. I agree with many of the previous comments about the desirability of a myriad of textures: aluminum, wood, powder painting, stainless, plastic, copper... even stone? Design ingenuity will eternally encompass (I think) both the natural materials at our feet and the new creations from our labs.
I _think_ I recall some news several months ago about an open source ERP effort -- does someone have a URL? (I'm more qualified to advise on ERP function than to donate code.)
Well, yes it's possible: OS/2 was available on diskette (a LOT of them, though: something like 25). I don't recall, though whether the diskette images are on the CD you have, or whether you'd have to locate a diskette copy. (I think they're there, but can't remember.)
As some other appenders have pointed out, the WPS is a wonder, but this machine probably doesn't have enough horsepower, so you may need one of the other shells that are available.
Oh, and as to version: you didn't say which release you have, but I'd recommend Warp 3: it was a bit more optimized that the 2.x versions, while lighter than the subsequent 4.0.
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> I must say that the true love of my heart is OS/2.
Well, yes. Not my first OS by a long shot, but the first one (1) on _my_ system (as opposed to some mini) that (2) didn't suck.:-)
>We were childhood sweethearts since 1992, back in the OS/2 2.0 days. (Sadly, I did not know OS/2 when she was still young--just a 16-bit operating system.)
My first axquaintance _was_ with 1.3 (the first stable version), but on a PS/2 mod 80:-(
The first _passionate_ encounter was with 2.0 =:-Q
> Now she's a bloated, slow-moving, unsupported system, but I love her regardless.
... well, "bloated" and "slow moving" have nothing to do with "unsupported". I'm on a 486, and OS/2 still outperforms Linux. (That said, I have to point out that I know how to tune Warp; I've configured a Linux kernel that's better than out-of-the-box, but I don't guarantee that it's optimal). Nevertheless, OS/2 has always outperformed Win 9X on equivalent hardware.
And what does "unsupported" mean? The fix packs keep rolling out, even for previous releases (so the system itself is solid), and the application market seems to be in some sort of flux from ISV's to open source. In a nutshell: I can do what I need, and I don't see that disappearing.
> They are familiar and comforting sounds to my ears. Indeed, even the CHKDSK.
But I'm immediately brought back to earth by another poster: "what about a JFS?" (Want one!)
And to everyone else: This _ISN'T_ an anti-Linux post: while I continue to use Warp, I'm using/learning/investigating Linux: it's obviously the wave of the future. (And I do _NOT_ tolerate MS OS's on my personal boxen.)
But we cling to our old loves...
Greg
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Uh... from the article itself (emphasis mine):
"According to Richard Jelinek of SuSE, the software cluster technology *IS OPEN-SOURCED*..."
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Modded 'Funny'? Actually, I think his proposed egg terminology has a catchy, human touch that could be a winner. Perhaps this should be seriously considered.
Yes. My experience:
I grew up on a farm in an area that, on the current referenced map, is light green. In the 1950's the area, like so many others, would have been black (had the technology for such an image existed).
It was corn harvest time in the midwest, a cold November night. I, a boy of about eight years, was holding the flashlight to help my father back up a wagon-load of corn to the elevator (to the urban dwellers, the term 'elevator' also refers to a sort of conveyor belt thing that lifts the grain to the top of the storage bin).
But boys will be boys (or, children, as it were -- no need to discriminate here), and the onyx sky overhead, embedded with diamonds, beckoned.
I knew at the time that the stars were far away, far farther that I could, at that time or any time within my reach, hope to travel. But I knew I could go there in spirit. And I knew a way...
I raised the flashlight and aimed it at a promising star; I then moved the beam outward in a spiral path to cover as much of the cosmos as possible. This gesture, I knew, would not redound to me in any way during this life.
But I knew then, and still know, that this beam -- four decades now on its illimitable tour -- still travels as _my_ message to other worlds.
And this, apart from astronomical considerations, is the magic that light polution destroys.
> another liberal myth
Well, I'm not a liberal (as my views -- not expressed here in detail -- on gun control and other issues would attest. But there's a bit off the human condition, the romance of the skies, that is destroyed by light polution. A story from my childhood:
I grew up on a farm in an area that, on the current referenced map, is light green. In the 1950's the area, like so many others, would have been black (had the technology for such an image existed).
It was corn harvest time in the midwest, a cold November night. I, a boy of about eight years, was holding the flashlight to help my father back up a wagon-load of corn to the elevator (to the urban dwellers, the term 'elevator' also refers to a sort of conveyor belt thing that lifts the grain to the top of the storage bin).
But boys will be boys (or, children, as it were -- no need to discriminate here), and the onyx sky overhead, embedded with diamonds, beckoned.
I knew at the time that the stars were far away, far farther that I could, at that time or any time within my reach, hope to travel. But I knew I could go there in spirit. And I knew a way...
I raised the flashlight and aimed it at a promising star; I then moved the beam outward in a spiral path to cover as much of the cosmos as possible. This gesture, I knew, would not redound to me in any way during this life.
But I knew then, and still know, that this beam -- four decades now on its illimitable tour -- still travels as _my_ message to other worlds.
And this, apart from astronomical considerations, is the magic that light polution destroys.
Indeed!
:-)
In fact, rather than Norm Abrams, he may want to contact www.taunton.com -- Fine Woodworking might be interested. A couple of comments from a woodworker:
1) I'm not sure whether this is a translation issue or not, but cocobolo is not usually considered rosewood. An equally wonderful and exotic wood -- just different.
2) Some have questioned the additional weight: Perhaps tropical hardwoods are more dense than plastic, but the thinness required probably makes any additional weight unnoticable. I doubt, therefore, that this is a problem. (Hint: I"m willing to field-test this!
3) And to expand further on the 'thinness': this is a tour de force. Wood has a grain and a mind of its own, and does not submit easily to suggestions from humans to drape itself seductively around small objects. Well done! (But, yes, another commenter's suggestion is true: maple buttons would be better than plastic.)
4) But I'm not entirely satisfied -- I have to quibble: the battery door was obviously cut from a different piece: the grain doesn't match.
Despite the last (minor) complaint, I'm in awe -- I wouldn't want to tackle this project myself, and I think that it was masterfully carried out. Bravo!
Oh, but before I quit:
5) Despite other comments, I'm not sure "retro" fits, since the shape of the Palm is so closely duplicated. Style encompasses materials, to be sure, but also line. I agree with many of the previous comments about the desirability of a myriad of textures: aluminum, wood, powder painting, stainless, plastic, copper... even stone? Design ingenuity will eternally encompass (I think) both the natural materials at our feet and the new creations from our labs.
Greg
I _think_ I recall some news several months ago about an open source ERP effort -- does someone have a URL? (I'm more qualified to advise on ERP function than to donate code.)
Well, yes it's possible: OS/2 was available on diskette (a LOT of them, though: something like 25). I don't recall, though whether the diskette images are on the CD you have, or whether you'd have to locate a diskette copy. (I think they're there, but can't remember.)
As some other appenders have pointed out, the WPS is a wonder, but this machine probably doesn't have enough horsepower, so you may need one of the other shells that are available.
Oh, and as to version: you didn't say which release you have, but I'd recommend Warp 3: it was a bit more optimized that the 2.x versions, while lighter than the subsequent 4.0.
> I must say that the true love of my heart is OS/2.
:-)
:-(
Well, yes. Not my first OS by a long shot, but the first one (1) on _my_ system (as opposed to some mini) that (2) didn't suck.
>We were childhood sweethearts since 1992, back in the OS/2 2.0 days. (Sadly, I did not know OS/2 when she was still young--just a 16-bit operating system.)
My first axquaintance _was_ with 1.3 (the first stable version), but on a PS/2 mod 80
The first _passionate_ encounter was with 2.0 =:-Q
> Now she's a bloated, slow-moving, unsupported system, but I love her regardless.
... well, "bloated" and "slow moving" have nothing to do with "unsupported". I'm on a 486, and OS/2 still outperforms Linux. (That said, I have to point out that I know how to tune Warp; I've configured a Linux kernel that's better than out-of-the-box, but I don't guarantee that it's optimal). Nevertheless, OS/2 has always outperformed Win 9X on equivalent hardware.
And what does "unsupported" mean? The fix packs keep rolling out, even for previous releases (so the system itself is solid), and the application market seems to be in some sort of flux from ISV's to open source. In a nutshell: I can do what I need, and I don't see that disappearing.
> They are familiar and comforting sounds to my ears. Indeed, even the CHKDSK.
But I'm immediately brought back to earth by another poster: "what about a JFS?" (Want one!)
And to everyone else: This _ISN'T_ an anti-Linux post: while I continue to use Warp, I'm using/learning/investigating Linux: it's obviously the wave of the future. (And I do _NOT_ tolerate MS OS's on my personal boxen.)
But we cling to our old loves...
Greg
Uh... from the article itself (emphasis mine):
"According to Richard Jelinek of SuSE, the software cluster technology *IS OPEN-SOURCED*..."