Yes, I'm very aware of such things. But my point is that parallel and serial can't disappear totally. There are several technologies (and technologists) that still depend on them.
So whoever had hardware first is irrelevent, unless it's apple, right:)? FWIW, the 1997-era deskpros came with Win9x stock. NT was an upgrade.
Thank goodness that PC's still come with serial and parallel ports. As an embedded systems engineer, I use them daily to connect to all sorts of hardware (compilation targets, modems, terminals, custom circuits, etc). It is impossible for many developers, particularly those interacting with hardware, to use apple hardware (don't even get me started on software!)
Since apple so frequently deprives its customers if it, it's not a suprise that you forgot the reason for adding some form of USB - backwards compatability
Given that implementing and supporting USB2 costs about the same as USB1, there's little risk in adding USB2 to a product.
As for firewire devices outnumbering USB2, I hope you realize that firewire has been available for years, while USB2 has only been out for a few months.
Mr. Gates can't really take much blame for this. Ultima 7 uses Origin's proprietary VOODOO memory management system, which puts the CPU into a little-known, semi-documented, "big real mode" that is incompatible with extended memory managers. Maybe you should blame Mr. Garriott instead.
Don't believe the hype!
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...compared to how it was supposed to have walked my dog, cooked dinner, dry cleaned my t-shirts, cloned me, traded currency derivative and played bridge well
Don't forget that much of the big WAP PR occurred in 1999 and 2000, during the dot-com goldrush. Back then, every technology carried such far-fetched promises.
In the free software world, the "release" version of a program is a very arbitrary thing. Nothing magic will happen at 1.0. You won't see shrinkwrapped copies on store shelves. You wont see it being sold online. It's even unlikely that the number of mozilla users will change significantly once 1.0 hits. Free/open projects often never reach 1.0 for several years, so for such projects it's not really fair to suggest that bugs caught below 1.0 are different or somehow less real than "release product" bugs.
Wow. I grew up in Whitehorse, and am shocked that it's now able to accommodate 747's. I can just imagine a hapless bunch of Korean tourists trying to find their way around the city. Oh dear.
It isn't free, or very usable as a desktop OS, but as proof that building a Win32-compatable OS is possible, check out 'ETS', at http://www.vci.com/products/vci_products/ets/ets_o verview.html
It's an embedded, real-time OS that provides a portion of the Win32 API: kernel, filesystem, winsock, etc (no GUI, though). It's a good, inexpensive little embeddable RTOS.
B) Embedded market -- er, no. The embedded market wants Linux, QNX, EPOC and other OSes. They're either free, hard realtime, or extremely small
Actually, there is quite a market for a small, embeddable OS with a Win32 API. Check out 'ETS' by Phar Lap (now Venturcom), at http://www.vci.com/products/vci_products/ets/ets_o verview.html
If you US taxpayers only knew how much the ADA costs, you'd be outraged.
I used to work for a company that makes parking meters. We had to make them usable by the blind (really!) This included braille keypads, tactile strips, and audible instructions in 3 languages.
"But blind people generally don't drive cars", we'd point out. The answer was usually something like "But what if a sighted guy drives, but his blind friend wants to pay for parking?". Then the sighted guy is a jerk, I suppose.
IRIX is the most scalable, feature-rich, high-performance OS available. For high-end scalability, big I/O performance, real-time performance, and superior graphics capabilities, IRIX is the premier choice. No OS, including Windows® 2000, Linux®, or Solaris®, is capable of matching IRIX in these respects.
Interestingly, Irish legend places one of the parent races of the Irish people, coming from the west, with advanced technology (for the time - including a prosthetic hand
Problem is, I've seen web sites that *only* allow access via javascript-enabled browsers. If you create an easy way to turn javascript on/off, you'll end up seeing unscrupulous sites that refuse to run unless it's turned on. Sucks
I think it depends on which port number. I wouldn't bust anyone trying to connect to port 80 or 21 I wouldn't complain too much. But last year, I managed to get a fellow @home user's account terminated because he was snooping around 31337 and 12345.
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1. Ethical
2. Ethical
3. Unethical
4. Unethical (good idea, though)
5. Ethical (and smart)
6. Unethical
7. Ethical if he can't RMA it
8. Ethical
Sorry, not enough free time to put these in order. Too busy looking for GBA ROMz!
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WinXP comes with all of that.
Agreed. Personally, I dislike inferior technology, and would prefer that USB died a quiet death so that FireWire could take over.
:(
Unfortunately, it won't cost pennies per mobo. I think apple demands $1 per connector for royalties
Yes, I'm very aware of such things. But my point is that parallel and serial can't disappear totally. There are several technologies (and technologists) that still depend on them.
So whoever had hardware first is irrelevent, unless it's apple, right :)? FWIW, the 1997-era deskpros came with Win9x stock. NT was an upgrade.
Thank goodness that PC's still come with serial and parallel ports. As an embedded systems engineer, I use them daily to connect to all sorts of hardware (compilation targets, modems, terminals, custom circuits, etc). It is impossible for many developers, particularly those interacting with hardware, to use apple hardware (don't even get me started on software!)
Since apple so frequently deprives its customers if it, it's not a suprise that you forgot the reason for adding some form of USB - backwards compatability
Given that implementing and supporting USB2 costs about the same as USB1, there's little risk in adding USB2 to a product.
As for firewire devices outnumbering USB2, I hope you realize that firewire has been available for years, while USB2 has only been out for a few months.
Mr. Gates can't really take much blame for this. Ultima 7 uses Origin's proprietary VOODOO memory management system, which puts the CPU into a little-known, semi-documented, "big real mode" that is incompatible with extended memory managers. Maybe you should blame Mr. Garriott instead.
...compared to how it was supposed to have walked my dog, cooked dinner, dry cleaned my t-shirts, cloned me, traded currency derivative and played bridge well
Don't forget that much of the big WAP PR occurred in 1999 and 2000, during the dot-com goldrush. Back then, every technology carried such far-fetched promises.
In the free software world, the "release" version of a program is a very arbitrary thing. Nothing magic will happen at 1.0. You won't see shrinkwrapped copies on store shelves. You wont see it being sold online. It's even unlikely that the number of mozilla users will change significantly once 1.0 hits.
Free/open projects often never reach 1.0 for several years, so for such projects it's not really fair to suggest that bugs caught below 1.0 are different or somehow less real than "release product" bugs.
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It isn't free, or very usable as a desktop OS, but as proof that building a Win32-compatable OS is possible, check out 'ETS', at http://www.vci.com/products/vci_products/ets/ets_o verview.html
It's an embedded, real-time OS that provides a portion of the Win32 API: kernel, filesystem, winsock, etc (no GUI, though). It's a good, inexpensive little embeddable RTOS.
B) Embedded market -- er, no. The embedded market wants Linux, QNX, EPOC and other OSes. They're either free, hard realtime, or extremely small
o verview.html
Actually, there is quite a market for a small, embeddable OS with a Win32 API. Check out 'ETS' by Phar Lap (now Venturcom), at http://www.vci.com/products/vci_products/ets/ets_
Don't forget OSX/BSD!
I used to work for a company that makes parking meters. We had to make them usable by the blind (really!) This included braille keypads, tactile strips, and audible instructions in 3 languages.
"But blind people generally don't drive cars", we'd point out. The answer was usually something like "But what if a sighted guy drives, but his blind friend wants to pay for parking?". Then the sighted guy is a jerk, I suppose.
Good [un?]intentional space pun!
What about 42?
(from http://www.sgi.com/developers/feature/2001/roadmap .html)
that the rhythm method does not work.
FYI, a couple of morons + a lawyer = three morons.
A WinCE license costs like 30 bucks. It's no big deal.
Army of Darkness! woo-hoo!
Problem is, I've seen web sites that *only* allow access via javascript-enabled browsers. If you create an easy way to turn javascript on/off, you'll end up seeing unscrupulous sites that refuse to run unless it's turned on. Sucks
Two words: House fire.
'nuff said
I think it depends on which port number. I wouldn't bust anyone trying to connect to port 80 or 21 I wouldn't complain too much. But last year, I managed to get a fellow @home user's account terminated because he was snooping around 31337 and 12345.
2. Ethical
3. Unethical
4. Unethical (good idea, though)
5. Ethical (and smart)
6. Unethical
7. Ethical if he can't RMA it
8. Ethical
Sorry, not enough free time to put these in order. Too busy looking for GBA ROMz!