Re:BeOS _is_ a member of the UNIX family.
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um, all BeOS has is the good ol' bash shell and an almost-compatible POSIX layer (hey, where's your mmap for example, why is fork broken??)
All very nice, but it ain't unix, where's your multi user capabilities for example?
To say BeOS is in the Unix family would be like saying windows with cygwin is part of the unix family.
from BeDevTalk FAQ:
The BeOS is not UNIX (not by a long-shot) nor is it Be's goal to make BeOS be just like UNIX but from an end user standpoint the BeOS shell environment is quite like UNIX.(emphasis mine)
I think it was more IBM ditching Apple really in a way. The money they made on selling apple cpus was a nothing compared to what they earned elsewhere, so it wasn't really like they were bending over backward to support apple with compatible chips, rather apple having to build around whatever ibm fancied coming out with (being forced to water cool their fastest box was probably the straw that broke the camel's back). basically it's not IBM core business to do desktop and laptop cpus, they're into big iron stuff. With Intel Apple will have a cpu supplier whose whole business is to supply companies with desktop/laptop/server cpus, what more can they ask for?
how about world wide web?? or the internet for that matter? It has certanly changed the lives of a lot of people and it was certanly fueled by open/free software and open standards. Well, that's the only obvious *BIG* thing I can think of really, FOSS have certanly influenced a lot of niches, but the common man wouldn't notice really.
nice one! there is another way as well IIRC, you can take the windows install CD and boot into the cmd prompt from there in order to try to retrieve files.
um, you don't think it cost a fair amount of R&D to build a computer so tight? checking things like cooling, design of non-standard motherboard, etc? Would have been far cheaper to get a bigger box and throw in a lot of standard components.
THey moved to wings because the military insisted on it.
What's the point of having a reusable vehicle if it's far more expensive to operate than a one-time-use capsule?? The effort in going through the shuttle inbetween launches cost an enormous amount of money! Mind you, *cheap* reusable vehicles would be good (and nothing stops a capsule from being reusable, russia was building one until lack of cash stopped them)
You can actually land a capsule fairly accurate, within 5 - 10 km^2 IIRC. I assume you think of the soyuz capsule a while ago wich deviated far from it's landing zone. The reason for this was a computer error which stopped the capsule from trying to 'glide' (yes you can steer them a bit!) and it then automatically went for the safest option which was a ballistic trajectory. Lots of G's for the crew, but they were unharmed in the end.
um, what's so much beter with the shuttle? How ineffective do you think it is to bring all that heavy metal and tiles that build up those wings up into LEO jsut to and then down again, such a waste of energy. A capsule is all we need for space, wings are of no use and risk becoming a hazard when reentering, a lifting body might be cool though
hmmm, from what I know the guidance computers have NOT been upgraded, they're still old hardened 8086 running the shuttle, it worked well enough then and it still work well enough now, if it aint broke don't fix it. yeah, they got more modern comuters onboard now, but that for science, not to run the shuttle.
Well, they're supposed to rip out the whole API with Longhrn and replace it with their WinFX API. mind you, I'm pretty confident the old stuff will work as well
If you work as a teacher and have been given the VC++ editor to use as the IDE of choice I suggest you relly should spsend a few days/weeks getting to terms with it *before* classes starts. VC++ is nothing special in ways of an IDE, not better/worse than any other I've seen. Just sounds like bad planning to me of the teacher.
uh, don't know about eclipse (which I heard lots of good stuff about), but IntelliJ gives you nothing when it comes to help you build a GUI, it's however the best damn IDE I ever used in my life.
no, the message is not guaranteed to arrive at it's destination successfully, you can however request a delivery report, telling you if the message was successful/failed, etc
aha, I think They [que Twilight zone theme] found errors in all missions. However bad astronomy will sort you out when it comes to defuse the conspiracy minded!;-)
well, it might be enough for trips within the solar system, it's still far faster than conventional methods, mind you, you're right about the size, a proper manned space vehicle might have too much mass for an ion drive. if only we dared using something like orion for manned crafts....
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All very nice, but it ain't unix, where's your multi user capabilities for example? To say BeOS is in the Unix family would be like saying windows with cygwin is part of the unix family.
from BeDevTalk FAQ: The BeOS is not UNIX (not by a long-shot) nor is it Be's goal to make BeOS be just like UNIX but from an end user standpoint the BeOS shell environment is quite like UNIX.(emphasis mine)
ah, I meant something like the soyuz got:
soyuz 18a and soyuz T-10-1
hey, even the old saturn had escape mechanism in case of break down on platform/early in flight. the shuttle has no way for the crew to escape.
I think it was more IBM ditching Apple really in a way. The money they made on selling apple cpus was a nothing compared to what they earned elsewhere, so it wasn't really like they were bending over backward to support apple with compatible chips, rather apple having to build around whatever ibm fancied coming out with (being forced to water cool their fastest box was probably the straw that broke the camel's back). basically it's not IBM core business to do desktop and laptop cpus, they're into big iron stuff.
With Intel Apple will have a cpu supplier whose whole business is to supply companies with desktop/laptop/server cpus, what more can they ask for?
how about world wide web?? or the internet for that matter? It has certanly changed the lives of a lot of people and it was certanly fueled by open/free software and open standards.
Well, that's the only obvious *BIG* thing I can think of really, FOSS have certanly influenced a lot of niches, but the common man wouldn't notice really.
nice one!
there is another way as well IIRC, you can take the windows install CD and boot into the cmd prompt from there in order to try to retrieve files.
um, you don't think it cost a fair amount of R&D to build a computer so tight? checking things like cooling, design of non-standard motherboard, etc?
Would have been far cheaper to get a bigger box and throw in a lot of standard components.
already taken! Mind you, they call it Mimas nowadays.
THey moved to wings because the military insisted on it.
What's the point of having a reusable vehicle if it's far more expensive to operate than a one-time-use capsule?? The effort in going through the shuttle inbetween launches cost an enormous amount of money! Mind you, *cheap* reusable vehicles would be good (and nothing stops a capsule from being reusable, russia was building one until lack of cash stopped them)
You can actually land a capsule fairly accurate, within 5 - 10 km^2 IIRC. I assume you think of the soyuz capsule a while ago wich deviated far from it's landing zone. The reason for this was a computer error which stopped the capsule from trying to 'glide' (yes you can steer them a bit!) and it then automatically went for the safest option which was a ballistic trajectory. Lots of G's for the crew, but they were unharmed in the end.
um, what's so much beter with the shuttle? How ineffective do you think it is to bring all that heavy metal and tiles that build up those wings up into LEO jsut to and then down again, such a waste of energy. A capsule is all we need for space, wings are of no use and risk becoming a hazard when reentering, a lifting body might be cool though
IIRC the old record for swimming the atlantic is about 80 days - yes they had breaks for rest, food etc..
bats hibernate 'properly' IIRC. However no clue how they avoid their bacteria to run amok.
hmmm, from what I know the guidance computers have NOT been upgraded, they're still old hardened 8086 running the shuttle, it worked well enough then and it still work well enough now, if it aint broke don't fix it. yeah, they got more modern comuters onboard now, but that for science, not to run the shuttle.
Well, they're supposed to rip out the whole API with Longhrn and replace it with their WinFX API. mind you, I'm pretty confident the old stuff will work as well
Dath would have known he had at least one child, since he's the one telling Luke that he is his father.
oh god, where's my mod points when I need them...
If you work as a teacher and have been given the VC++ editor to use as the IDE of choice I suggest you relly should spsend a few days/weeks getting to terms with it *before* classes starts. VC++ is nothing special in ways of an IDE, not better/worse than any other I've seen. Just sounds like bad planning to me of the teacher.
uh, don't know about eclipse (which I heard lots of good stuff about), but IntelliJ gives you nothing when it comes to help you build a GUI, it's however the best damn IDE I ever used in my life.
um, that wasn't NASA itself, but a contractor for NASA, boeing, IIRC.
yes, you got a point there. anyway, I glad we got it, we probably wouldn't be here otherwise!
I was under the impression that some of the heat was generated by tidal forces from the gravitational pull of the moon - is that all wrong?
no, the message is not guaranteed to arrive at it's destination successfully, you can however request a delivery report, telling you if the message was successful/failed, etc
aha, I think They [que Twilight zone theme] found errors in all missions. However bad astronomy will sort you out when it comes to defuse the conspiracy minded! ;-)
Well, the flag which the crew from apollo 11 apparently got toasted a bit, IIRC the planted the flag a bit further away on the later missions
well, it might be enough for trips within the solar system, it's still far faster than conventional methods, mind you, you're right about the size, a proper manned space vehicle might have too much mass for an ion drive. if only we dared using something like orion for manned crafts....