Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.11, 9x & ME were indeed built on top of DOS, but NT certainly wasn't! DOS on NT actually runs in NTVDM. DPMI (32-bit DOS) is also emulated through thunking to NT APIs.
For the uninitiated, Dave Cutler joined Microsoft in 1988 as a design lead for NT, long after Windows 1.0 was out. This chap also happens to have been instrumental in the design of VMS at DEC from 1975 to 1988. His Wikipedia bio is quite interesting.
I'm in the same boat in terms of diagnosis tools. You may already know this: PuTTY supports opening both telnet and raw TCP sessions.
The awesome thing about HTTP is its extensibility but changing to a binary protocol may make compat an interesting thing. I am interested in knowing how clients in particular are expected to operate when talking to 1.1 only servers.
The glass itself is cheap - With decently-sized orders, you can get a 1 km run for under $75. The majority of the costs are manpower to string the stuff to poles (or run it through manholes), do splices and OTDR signal levels along the way. Besides higher population density, Japan has an added "advantage" of having lower median income, which is likely to translate into lower labor costs for installation...
Sorry for being pedantic, but your "C" example declares Pythagoras() as returning a float yet you cast the return value of sqrt() to int. As it seems that your intent was to truncate, you should use floor() instead of relying on casting hacks.
I am surprised to see that only two people brought up 120 columns. This is what I use and it seems to strike the balance between the need for verbose text and readability.
ESF T1 is 24 64-kbit/s channels ("DS0"s), or 1.536Mbps, with an extra 8-kbit/s for framing. Wikipedia has a good article on the matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-carrier
To get to its destination, yes. Natural gas needs to be refined before it can be liquefied (By pressurization). These refineries aren't cheap to build and so gas is usually pipelined in from a couple of hundred miles away.
POSIX is what people want (although it is just a bunch of specs written by a committee). Some places suck badly, but others are quite useful. Of course most systems are POSIX nowadays, including Windows. Check your facts. NT4 and 2000 used to have a POSIX 1003.1 subsystem. 1003.1 doesn't even buy you networking, or other niceties of a modern-day operating system. Not surprisingly, it got the axe in Windows XP and 2003. Microsoft's official MSDN "Porting from UNIX to Win32" guide outlines the reasons for that move: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y23kc048( VS.80).aspx
I don't know about their resources, but I don't doubt their commitment for a second! Besides, I was 16 and working at Burger King and I had a fake ID. I don't think I could have pulled it off if it required a retinal scan. Also, a national ID card could help in preventing ID theft.
Pray tell how this piece of intrusive technology will make anyone's life safer? The short and simple of it all is: IT WILL NOT. Will they require everyone to have retinal scans, fingerprint reads, and visual checks before boarding a plane? Of course not (Would you fly, if you had to do all this?)! What's next, DNA analysis from three random parts of your body before you can go on-board?
Don't drink the Fed Kool-Aid - As with anything they push, they paint it under a completely different light and end up screwing you out of some sort of rights that you previously had.
Currently, we have 50 different standards for ID cards. Once you leave California, your ID is invalid. You could be prevented from cashing a check, opening a bank account, getting a job or even buying a friggin beer! The way I see it, with this standard, my state ID works in 50 states rather than just one. It actually INCREASES my rights and what I can do, and I don't have to change a thing since I have to carry a driver's license anyway.
When you are done pulling facts out of your ass and fear-mongering, may I suggest that read up on the subject? There is reciprocity between all states for Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses ("Drivers Licenses").
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So long my friend, thanks for all the fish. May you rest in peace...
So true! I wish I had mod points!
Golf! What a great idea!
Hah! I see what you did there!
Uh, no. GP wasn't talking about BPL (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines ), but stringing fiber along the same poles when reconducturing is performed.
Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.11, 9x & ME were indeed built on top of DOS, but NT certainly wasn't! DOS on NT actually runs in NTVDM. DPMI (32-bit DOS) is also emulated through thunking to NT APIs.
For the uninitiated, Dave Cutler joined Microsoft in 1988 as a design lead for NT, long after Windows 1.0 was out. This chap also happens to have been instrumental in the design of VMS at DEC from 1975 to 1988. His Wikipedia bio is quite interesting.
The word "its" is possessive, as in:
The chimpanzee scratched its head.
"it's" is a contraction of "it is".
It appears as if your sentence should have read:
Sadly as slashdot has no edit function available in its interface, it's a pointless exercise.
FTFY, and as AC said, please try and make an effort. Thank you! ;-)
I'm in the same boat in terms of diagnosis tools. You may already know this: PuTTY supports opening both telnet and raw TCP sessions.
The awesome thing about HTTP is its extensibility but changing to a binary protocol may make compat an interesting thing. I am interested in knowing how clients in particular are expected to operate when talking to 1.1 only servers.
Should we cue in the "Facebook is dying" jokes?
I almost choked on my M&M's! Sir, I salute you for making my day!
AC, you owe me a new keyboard!
Where are my mod points, when I need them?
You omitted the most epic part of the Windows family: Windows ME!
... and hide your husbands!
The glass itself is cheap - With decently-sized orders, you can get a 1 km run for under $75. The majority of the costs are manpower to string the stuff to poles (or run it through manholes), do splices and OTDR signal levels along the way. Besides higher population density, Japan has an added "advantage" of having lower median income, which is likely to translate into lower labor costs for installation...
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Sorry for being pedantic, but your "C" example declares Pythagoras() as returning a float yet you cast the return value of sqrt() to int. As it seems that your intent was to truncate, you should use floor() instead of relying on casting hacks.
I am surprised to see that only two people brought up 120 columns. This is what I use and it seems to strike the balance between the need for verbose text and readability.
ESF T1 is 24 64-kbit/s channels ("DS0"s), or 1.536Mbps, with an extra 8-kbit/s for framing. Wikipedia has a good article on the matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-carrier
This is simply not true. If your Windows 2003 machine is on any sort of network, NetBIOS is enabled if you select the default settings.
To get to its destination, yes. Natural gas needs to be refined before it can be liquefied (By pressurization). These refineries aren't cheap to build and so gas is usually pipelined in from a couple of hundred miles away.
That was quite funny! Thanks for the morning humor! :)
That is incorrect. The most commonly used TPM chip is the Infineon one, and it sits squarely on your motherboard. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Modu le and http://www.infineon.com/tpm/ .
I don't know about their resources, but I don't doubt their commitment for a second! Besides, I was 16 and working at Burger King and I had a fake ID. I don't think I could have pulled it off if it required a retinal scan. Also, a national ID card could help in preventing ID theft.
Pray tell how this piece of intrusive technology will make anyone's life safer? The short and simple of it all is: IT WILL NOT. Will they require everyone to have retinal scans, fingerprint reads, and visual checks before boarding a plane? Of course not (Would you fly, if you had to do all this?)! What's next, DNA analysis from three random parts of your body before you can go on-board?
Don't drink the Fed Kool-Aid - As with anything they push, they paint it under a completely different light and end up screwing you out of some sort of rights that you previously had.
Currently, we have 50 different standards for ID cards. Once you leave California, your ID is invalid. You could be prevented from cashing a check, opening a bank account, getting a job or even buying a friggin beer! The way I see it, with this standard, my state ID works in 50 states rather than just one. It actually INCREASES my rights and what I can do, and I don't have to change a thing since I have to carry a driver's license anyway.
When you are done pulling facts out of your ass and fear-mongering, may I suggest that read up on the subject? There is reciprocity between all states for Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses ("Drivers Licenses").