There's already been mention of BSD running things behind the scenes on a Mac. If you install the development tools that came with the system, you should be able to download, compile, and run almost any software which works on Linux or other Unix variants.
From a purely technical standpoint they're already obsolete. They could be potentially replaced with streaming video, hard drive storage, solid state memories, and holographic optical memories. Any combination of these, especially streaming video plus some means of recording and storage has the potential to replace DVDs in the next decade or so.
From a practical standpoint it should have a long time left because of the installed base of players, public acceptance, and wide availability.
One company I used to work for used a commercial Road Runner connection to back up our corporate T3 line. It worked pretty well. One time the T3 line went down for two days and no one noticed unless they were pushing large files out to our remote sites.
I think I found a prior art that can be used against enforcement of this patent. Text below:
Hello,
Please allow me to introduce my self. I am Natanba Colunga, and my husband was until recently the president of the Central African Republic......Please send your account number and routing number to this email address, and the money will be wired in tomorrow.
I like most versions of Assembly better than x86. I particularly like ARM and Power PC. Both give plenty of registers to play with, and the instruction set is fairly sensible.
I learned C on a Vax during my freshman year of college. I also maintained my email account on one for all five years I was there. We had three vax machines grouped in a DecNet cluster. One was the original 11/780 model, and was nearly as old as me. It still worked without a hiccup, and met the mail needs of nearly 20000 students.
Their only real market success has been in Windows and Office. Everything else they've tried has essentially flopped. Take for example their attempts at online services (MSN), financial software (MS Money), and several other lackluster attempts at grabbing new markets. Also, they're starting to lose ground to Linux in corporate servers, and many people are switching to Mozilla variants because of security reasons.
Show me a Starbucks where they play Mineral, Freakwater, or Belle and Sebastian, and I'll be impressed.
That would be the one at 6th and Congress in Austin. I was just there this evening, and they did play a Belle and Sebastian song. Of course, this is also the only Starbuck's store I've ever seen which had a guy in drag behind the counter. (On my first visit there a few years ago. He doesn't work there anymore.)
Did something similar to my Unix home directory once. I was clearing out a simulation workspace, and stepped out of my cube for a few minutes. When I came back, I typed in "rm -rf *" in the wrong window and hit return.
The funny part was the call to IT. I called Rick, one of our sysadmins and told him I needed my home directory restored off the backup tapes. After I told him this, he put me on hold for a second, and then came back and asked me to repeat my request. My answer was: "as soon as you take me off the damn speaker phone!" I had a reputation as a Unix power user, and this was the stupidest mistake I'd ever made.
Suppose you're not traveling by plane? They could easily install RFID readers in hotels, train terminals, and other public places. I'm going to have to start wrapping my suitcase in tin-foil now.
Pretty soon, everything sold at wal-mart will have a RFID tag attached to it. For some things, they're permanently embedding them in the products. You might end up with a piece of luggage which has a tag permanently installed at the factory. It would be possible to associate that tag with your name either at the store (credit card purchase) or at the ticket counter at check in, giving an ability to track who's going where by their luggage.
They'll still find ways to lose luggage. Hopefully this means they'll be able to find it a little faster. (Like when they unloaded my luggage in Mumbai,and found out it was supposed to be routed to Oklahoma City.)
If that's the case, why didn't they put the gyroscopes and the power source inside the station. If it's maintenance critical, then it seems worth the extra space. After all, it's difficult to just step outside an orbiting station to flip the circuit breaker back on.
I'm sure it will fit in nicely right behind my 1.4 cm thick Visa card. Seriously, they've played that term to death. Can't we just describe it as "smaller than an iPod"?
Instead of sending out your newsletter by fax, you might want to set it up to work over email. Or give your customers the option to receive either one.
Delivery and routing issues happen occasionally as a result of changes in the fabric in the internet. These can be caused by router failures, line cuts, and any of a number of other causes. Usually these sort themselves out after a brief interval.
If you're having one of the rare problems where the problem isn't going away, contact your ISP. If they can't/won't fix it, then fire them! There are plenty of companies which have no problem delivering email. My best luck has been, believe it or not, with Yahoo.
1) Put in the water, on pylons. Concrete ice-breaker pylons like they use on bridges.
or maybe..
2) Don't fight the mounting ice. Use a modular, extendable lift system, and build down into the ice. Much like the ice caves they build into glaciers, but with structural reinforcement and climate control + serious bilge pumps. Your computers will love it down there.
Why not equip it with a system where it can periodically lift itself out of the ice, and move to another location. Heck, just put a crane down there in the equipment garage.
Also, love the Sig, but I like the P239 more than the P229.
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There's already been mention of BSD running things behind the scenes on a Mac. If you install the development tools that came with the system, you should be able to download, compile, and run almost any software which works on Linux or other Unix variants.
"I just got myself a G4 Powerbook 12'"
Holy shit! That's a really big screen. How do you carry around a 12 foot powerbook?
From a purely technical standpoint they're already obsolete. They could be potentially replaced with streaming video, hard drive storage, solid state memories, and holographic optical memories. Any combination of these, especially streaming video plus some means of recording and storage has the potential to replace DVDs in the next decade or so.
From a practical standpoint it should have a long time left because of the installed base of players, public acceptance, and wide availability.
One company I used to work for used a commercial Road Runner connection to back up our corporate T3 line. It worked pretty well. One time the T3 line went down for two days and no one noticed unless they were pushing large files out to our remote sites.
When will there be a +5 sheltered teenage moron?
It's really the same thing on this site.
It's a joke. Don't take it personally.
I think I found a prior art that can be used against enforcement of this patent. Text below:
...Please send your account number and routing number to this email address, and the money will be wired in tomorrow.
Hello,
Please allow me to introduce my self. I am Natanba Colunga, and my husband was until recently the president of the Central African Republic...
I like most versions of Assembly better than x86. I particularly like ARM and Power PC. Both give plenty of registers to play with, and the instruction set is fairly sensible.
I learned C on a Vax during my freshman year of college. I also maintained my email account on one for all five years I was there. We had three vax machines grouped in a DecNet cluster. One was the original 11/780 model, and was nearly as old as me. It still worked without a hiccup, and met the mail needs of nearly 20000 students.
I can't wait to see this ad:
New carbon nanotube dress shirts. Light, breathable, stain resistant, and bullet proof. On sale now in all men's sizes. 2 for $80
Their only real market success has been in Windows and Office. Everything else they've tried has essentially flopped. Take for example their attempts at online services (MSN), financial software (MS Money), and several other lackluster attempts at grabbing new markets. Also, they're starting to lose ground to Linux in corporate servers, and many people are switching to Mozilla variants because of security reasons.
Show me a Starbucks where they play Mineral, Freakwater, or Belle and Sebastian, and I'll be impressed.
That would be the one at 6th and Congress in Austin. I was just there this evening, and they did play a Belle and Sebastian song. Of course, this is also the only Starbuck's store I've ever seen which had a guy in drag behind the counter. (On my first visit there a few years ago. He doesn't work there anymore.)
Did something similar to my Unix home directory once. I was clearing out a simulation workspace, and stepped out of my cube for a few minutes. When I came back, I typed in "rm -rf *" in the wrong window and hit return.
The funny part was the call to IT. I called Rick, one of our sysadmins and told him I needed my home directory restored off the backup tapes. After I told him this, he put me on hold for a second, and then came back and asked me to repeat my request. My answer was: "as soon as you take me off the damn speaker phone!" I had a reputation as a Unix power user, and this was the stupidest mistake I'd ever made.
Suppose you're not traveling by plane? They could easily install RFID readers in hotels, train terminals, and other public places. I'm going to have to start wrapping my suitcase in tin-foil now.
Pretty soon, everything sold at wal-mart will have a RFID tag attached to it. For some things, they're permanently embedding them in the products. You might end up with a piece of luggage which has a tag permanently installed at the factory. It would be possible to associate that tag with your name either at the store (credit card purchase) or at the ticket counter at check in, giving an ability to track who's going where by their luggage.
Just something to think about.
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They'll still find ways to lose luggage. Hopefully this means they'll be able to find it a little faster. (Like when they unloaded my luggage in Mumbai,and found out it was supposed to be routed to Oklahoma City.)
If that's the case, why didn't they put the gyroscopes and the power source inside the station. If it's maintenance critical, then it seems worth the extra space. After all, it's difficult to just step outside an orbiting station to flip the circuit breaker back on.
I'd hate to have to leave my laptop at home when I go to the coffee shop. Of course the part about concealing it could be difficult.
I'm sure it will fit in nicely right behind my 1.4 cm thick Visa card. Seriously, they've played that term to death. Can't we just describe it as "smaller than an iPod"?
Wired, Fast Company, Shutterbug, and Motor Trend.
Instead of sending out your newsletter by fax, you might want to set it up to work over email. Or give your customers the option to receive either one.
Delivery and routing issues happen occasionally as a result of changes in the fabric in the internet. These can be caused by router failures, line cuts, and any of a number of other causes. Usually these sort themselves out after a brief interval.
If you're having one of the rare problems where the problem isn't going away, contact your ISP. If they can't/won't fix it, then fire them! There are plenty of companies which have no problem delivering email. My best luck has been, believe it or not, with Yahoo.
Let me tell you sometime about the rows and rows of three-ring binders the FAA uses to keep track of data on its radar sites.
1) Put in the water, on pylons. Concrete ice-breaker pylons like they use on bridges.
or maybe..
2) Don't fight the mounting ice. Use a modular, extendable lift system, and build down into the ice. Much like the ice caves they build into glaciers, but with structural reinforcement and climate control + serious bilge pumps. Your computers will love it down there.
Why not equip it with a system where it can periodically lift itself out of the ice, and move to another location. Heck, just put a crane down there in the equipment garage.
Also, love the Sig, but I like the P239 more than the P229.