Skype doesn't somehow disconnect the call if it detects you walk away from the desk, dude. Also I'm sure there *have* been at least a few people who left their Skype on continuously for a week or something, reality show-style.
Why are we even arguing about this? The GP's point was that the rate was ridiculously low, not that the example itself was a dumb use case.
Even in the elections of 1933, held under SA terror after the Reichstag Fire decree, the nazi weren't able to form a majority in the parliament.
The point you seem to be making here doesn't work. There were a lot of parties in the election; the Nazis got 33% of the vote. The next-highest was 20%. Of course they didn't have a majority; Weimar Germany was one of those coalition-style Parliament states. And naturally they appoint a guy from the largest party to chancellor/president (whichever one it was).
After he was appointed, then Hitler got those two positions combined, and pushed through a series of really bad idea legislation that nobody voted down, one of which was the Enabling Act which basically made him dictator, yes.
So technically Hitler himself wasn't elected, but his party was, which then more or less resulted in his appointment. A distinction without a difference, really. It's not like they really had many other options on who to appoint that would keep the government from falling apart. This was like their fourth election in the last couple years or something and all the other parties refused to cooperate with each other.
DOS is not a multitasking operating system. DOS did however provide a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) function which allowed programs to remain resident in memory. These programs could hook the system timer and/or keyboard interrupts to allow themselves to run tasks in the background or to be invoked at any time preempting the current running program effectively implementing a simple form of multitasking on a program-specific basis.
In the mid-1980s Microsoft developed a multitasking version of DOS.[6][7] This version of DOS is generally referred to as "European MS-DOS 4" because it was developed for ICL and licensed to several European companies. This version of DOS supports preemptive multitasking, shared memory, device helper services and New Executable ("NE") format executables. None of these features were used in later versions of DOS, but they were used to form the basis of the OS/2 1.0 kernel. This version of DOS is distinct from the widely released PC DOS 4.0 which was developed by IBM and based upon DOS 3.3.
This example from the official forums tells you why. [vogons.org]
No, it really doesn't. It says "don't do that," then links to a 2-post thread that, oddly, links back to the original, without giving a reason either.
"It can go wrong at any random time for any nondeterministic reason."--what the hell? This is computers we're talking about. Unless we're talking random cosmic rays flipping bits, why should they be inherently nondeterministic? DOS doesn't even do threading, right? Which would be the main source of nondeterminism I would think.
If it's 100% oxygen but at a lower pressure, it equals out to full pressure but oxygen only being 21% by volume. At least, that's what it sounds like they mean by "partial pressure."
Apparently you can breathe 100% oxygen, it just has to be at a lower pressure. I was aware they had a 100% oxygen atmosphere on (at least) Apollo 1, which contributed greatly to the fire.
I'm not talking about in a mathematical context. If you hadn't just ignored my
Cf. less-than-lethal weapons vs. nonlethal weapons.
you would have realized I was talking about how some people object to the term "nonlethal weapons" in reference to beanbag shotguns and teargas, etc., because if you try hard enough it's still possible to accidentally kill people with them. Hence "less-than-lethal weapons."
And I'm still wondering whether there was a reason GP used "less-than-toxic" instead of "nontoxic," which your post did nothing to help.
The stuff dissolves in air to a less-than-toxic (LC0) dose, and is known-harmless.
Not sure how carefully you're picking your words here...if it's less-than-toxic, that means it's still more-than-nontoxic? Cf. less-than-lethal weapons vs. nonlethal weapons.
Stallman is a zealot with what I think some odd moral principles
Yeah, it kind of seems like the world has moved on from the environment he developed his principles in.
The open biography of him does a pretty good job of explaining where he came from. The first 8 sections or so (not as long as it looks) that culminate with him running across the old mainframe in the basement were quite informative.
From reports RMS may be rather hard to get along with, but as time goes on he seems to have been spot-on about a number of things. It's no longer paranoia when 20 years later the things the guy was doomsaying about are actually happening:-/
For what it's worth, I can see both sides of the FLOSS argument. Some people want to take an ideological stand and make the ecosystem a better place; some people just want to code. Torvalds vs. Stallman.
The GPL *forces* code to be free. You trying to include it in a proprietary, closed-source product is an attempt to make the code *not* free. Therefore the GPL stops you.
Remember, it's free from the perspective of the user, not the developer. If you want that, go use the BSD license.
How many people have to die before you give up your outdated sense of privacy? When they wrote the fourth amendment, the framers did not foresee a future where we would be constantly under threat of non-state actors wishing to do us harm. From Muslim extremists to Lone Wolf right wing gunmen, we will never be truly safe. Full stop.
FTFY
We cannot abandon one natural right and expect to keep the others.
Wait, so you're saying we should jettison the entire Constitution? I'm confused. Are you being sarcastic?
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Skype doesn't somehow disconnect the call if it detects you walk away from the desk, dude. Also I'm sure there *have* been at least a few people who left their Skype on continuously for a week or something, reality show-style.
Why are we even arguing about this? The GP's point was that the rate was ridiculously low, not that the example itself was a dumb use case.
If it were benign they wouldn't be fighting so hard to keep it in :P
How many times do I have to say this to you idiots?
A person doing something wrong is not fine as long as you can point to someone else who did something worse. The wrong thing is still wrong!
I am constantly seeing "GOOGLE IS EVIL!!" as if Microsoft is any more moral.
No, you're just reading between the lines something that isn't there.
Looks like preemptive multitasking came out in Novell DOS 7 in December 1993. So about 18 months before Windows 95 ate their lunch, I would guess.
Ah. DR-DOS, the thing that Microsoft ensured that nobody ran.
Even in the elections of 1933, held under SA terror after the Reichstag Fire decree, the nazi weren't able to form a majority in the parliament.
The point you seem to be making here doesn't work. There were a lot of parties in the election; the Nazis got 33% of the vote. The next-highest was 20%. Of course they didn't have a majority; Weimar Germany was one of those coalition-style Parliament states. And naturally they appoint a guy from the largest party to chancellor/president (whichever one it was).
After he was appointed, then Hitler got those two positions combined, and pushed through a series of really bad idea legislation that nobody voted down, one of which was the Enabling Act which basically made him dictator, yes.
So technically Hitler himself wasn't elected, but his party was, which then more or less resulted in his appointment. A distinction without a difference, really. It's not like they really had many other options on who to appoint that would keep the government from falling apart. This was like their fourth election in the last couple years or something and all the other parties refused to cooperate with each other.
Any time you have a vote and 99% of the population agrees on any issue I guarantee you there's massive vote fraud taking place.
You could take a referendum on whether every U.S. citizen should get a free car and blowjob and you wouldn't get 99% voting yes.
DOS is not a multitasking operating system. DOS did however provide a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) function which allowed programs to remain resident in memory. These programs could hook the system timer and/or keyboard interrupts to allow themselves to run tasks in the background or to be invoked at any time preempting the current running program effectively implementing a simple form of multitasking on a program-specific basis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
According to Wikipedia (?) where?
In the mid-1980s Microsoft developed a multitasking version of DOS.[6][7] This version of DOS is generally referred to as "European MS-DOS 4" because it was developed for ICL and licensed to several European companies. This version of DOS supports preemptive multitasking, shared memory, device helper services and New Executable ("NE") format executables. None of these features were used in later versions of DOS, but they were used to form the basis of the OS/2 1.0 kernel. This version of DOS is distinct from the widely released PC DOS 4.0 which was developed by IBM and based upon DOS 3.3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So they should just go out of business because they can't actually offer anything to watch, huh?
A) News is depressing
B) Not a sports fan
What else ya got? :)
Oh boo hoo. You can only watch at Eyegasm 3.0 Resolution instead of Eyegasm 3.2?
Sounds like pretty much all of Netflix's problems are caused by the people they are forced to do business with being dicks.
This example from the official forums tells you why. [vogons.org]
No, it really doesn't. It says "don't do that," then links to a 2-post thread that, oddly, links back to the original, without giving a reason either.
"It can go wrong at any random time for any nondeterministic reason."--what the hell? This is computers we're talking about. Unless we're talking random cosmic rays flipping bits, why should they be inherently nondeterministic? DOS doesn't even do threading, right? Which would be the main source of nondeterminism I would think.
All DOS program ran just fine, and they just didn't know other programs were running at the same time.
Were they really running at the same time, or using task switching or interruptive multitasking or some such thing?
If it's 100% oxygen but at a lower pressure, it equals out to full pressure but oxygen only being 21% by volume. At least, that's what it sounds like they mean by "partial pressure."
IANAPhysicist
Oxygen is deadly.
To anaerobic bacteria, sure ;)
Apparently you can breathe 100% oxygen, it just has to be at a lower pressure. I was aware they had a 100% oxygen atmosphere on (at least) Apollo 1, which contributed greatly to the fire.
today I learned
I'm not talking about in a mathematical context. If you hadn't just ignored my
Cf. less-than-lethal weapons vs. nonlethal weapons.
you would have realized I was talking about how some people object to the term "nonlethal weapons" in reference to beanbag shotguns and teargas, etc., because if you try hard enough it's still possible to accidentally kill people with them. Hence "less-than-lethal weapons."
And I'm still wondering whether there was a reason GP used "less-than-toxic" instead of "nontoxic," which your post did nothing to help.
Science has consistently shown second-hand smoke has zero impact on anyone, aside from annoying people and irritating the bronchial passages.
So it has no impact except for this impact it has. Which is on your health.
The stuff dissolves in air to a less-than-toxic (LC0) dose, and is known-harmless.
Not sure how carefully you're picking your words here...if it's less-than-toxic, that means it's still more-than-nontoxic? Cf. less-than-lethal weapons vs. nonlethal weapons.
Stallman is a zealot with what I think some odd moral principles
Yeah, it kind of seems like the world has moved on from the environment he developed his principles in.
The open biography of him does a pretty good job of explaining where he came from. The first 8 sections or so (not as long as it looks) that culminate with him running across the old mainframe in the basement were quite informative.
From reports RMS may be rather hard to get along with, but as time goes on he seems to have been spot-on about a number of things. It's no longer paranoia when 20 years later the things the guy was doomsaying about are actually happening :-/
For what it's worth, I can see both sides of the FLOSS argument. Some people want to take an ideological stand and make the ecosystem a better place; some people just want to code. Torvalds vs. Stallman.
If they want their code to be used by people. Some will avoid using GPL'd code because it forces them to open the rest of the project.
The GPL *forces* code to be free.
You trying to include it in a proprietary, closed-source product is an attempt to make the code *not* free.
Therefore the GPL stops you.
Remember, it's free from the perspective of the user, not the developer. If you want that, go use the BSD license.
Then they just pawn the violation off on some fall guy down the chain and the ones who ordered the thing get off like Hillary.
How many people have to die before you give up your outdated sense of privacy? When they wrote the fourth amendment, the framers did not foresee a future where we would be constantly under threat of non-state actors wishing to do us harm. From Muslim extremists to Lone Wolf right wing gunmen, we will never be truly safe. Full stop.
FTFY
We cannot abandon one natural right and expect to keep the others.
Wait, so you're saying we should jettison the entire Constitution? I'm confused. Are you being sarcastic?