Of course the OSX preferences panels contain an option to remap these keys, but I'd have to reset it every time I went home. And I just don't like the idea of monkeying around with this sort of thing twice a day.
You mean, of course, except for the way that Leopard remembers your keyboard mappings on a keyboard-by-keyboard basis, right?
I know this is/., and you're not supposed to read the articles. But, c'mon, at least WRITE them!
Nowhere, I tell you. Because without floors, we would not have carpets. Without carpets we would not have tapestries. And without tapestries, we would have no need for a 19th-century card-programmable automated loom -- Jacquard's Loom.
Now, without Jacquard's Loom, Babbage would not have come up with the Analytical Engine (at least not when he did), and without that, we would not have had Ada Lovelace's foray into the CS field.
And without Ada Lovelace's shining example, CS would be a field devoid a chicks, unlike the current state of --
Many reasons exist. The simplest one is "because it's cheap and it works". Or maybe "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
By 1996, many schools would have had non-POTS phone systems -- Bell Meridian, CTG, Panasonic DSHS or DBS, Mitel, that sort of thing -- which are not compatible with regular modems. Each modem, then, would require a $100 card at the PBX (ATA), and wiring run from the PBX to the computer.
Acoustic couplers, OTOH, run on any handset, provided the audio "seal" is good enough. And the coupler was probably installed in 1983 when there WAS no better option.
Bandwidth/long-distance concerns don't play into it, as I'd bet the Scantron data is SHORT -- short enough that transmission at 300 baud with FSK signalling probably took about the same amount of time as a QAM or better handshake.
> I didn't think your brain would psyically change just > because you were thinking one thing or another.
Your brain doesn't, but the blood flow patterns do.
Just like how your computer doesn't physically change when sitting idle or watching porn, it will use less/more power and different parts of different chips will flow more electrons in different patterns.
A little bit of googling reveals you are almost certainly correct.
What's REALLY interesting, though, is that the article you linked to may, in fact, be the only page on the web where Netcraft confirmed that something wasn't dying.
The thing is, it's not politicians making the decisions at those stages, it's the civil servants. These are long-time government employees, which basically operate like any other large, bloated corporation... not MUCH gets done, but when it affects the executives or their friends, rational decisions are often made.
Then the politicians come in and mess it all up.
Like, last year, this civil servant was in charge of all the nuclear plants, and she's all like "Hey, you bozos in Chalk River, you haven't upgraded your nuclear safety crap in a hundred years despite our constant nagging! We're shutting you down!"... So, the prime minister fired her, because it was really important to the US that we provide them with medical isotopes.
Now, what's better? A nuclear plant that's behind on safety regs, or worldwide availability of nuclear isotopes?
From the POV of the consumer, that one's a little tough. But from the nuclear regulatory commissions POV? The shutdown was the right thing to do.
I have a couple of systems that were built in 1999 -- no upgrades, ever -- which have been running continuously since the day they were built. The both have 12 GB fireballs.
Now I need a GC controller, that Zelda game, and some spare time. Should be hacking Wii in... oh, a year. Unfortuantely, spare time is out of my budget at the moment. #$(*@#$!!
Seriously, the Wii looks like an awesome platform to misuse, I wonder what I can make it do...
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That said, the forum thread is interesting. Looks like the ICQ admins are censoring posts.
> Then you can extract the metals using electromagnets?
Only if by "metals" you mean Iron, Cobalt, or Nickel.
And a wife armed with a glass of Pespi. *grumble*
> In case of what? Nuclear war?
In case he buys more computers. DUH! ;)
Nice attitude, taco.
You mean, of course, except for the way that Leopard remembers your keyboard mappings on a keyboard-by-keyboard basis, right?
I know this is /., and you're not supposed to read the articles. But, c'mon, at least WRITE them!
http://thenewbig.com/2007/11/01/per-keyboard-layouts-in-leopard/
But what's saddest of all is that he could have installed a USB WiFi dongle.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200602140626039
Now they can address more pressing issues. Like the right to bare chests.
Maybe this is just the first stage, and they are working on a way to fetch pages through Tor.
Pandora and NBC are two biggies that I'd like to be able to use from Canada.
Some Joost programming, too.
Assuming there is any worth watching.
Good idea.
But I say we put feathers and arrow heads on them. Then build a giant bow and shoot them into the sun!
Doc Brown's stuff doesn't run on gigawatts, it runs in jiggawatts.
I'm not sure what those are, but that's clearly what he said.
I think it has something to do with dancing at a riot.
Now, the FLOOR.
Where would you be without the floor?
Nowhere, I tell you. Because without floors, we would not have carpets. Without carpets we would not have tapestries. And without tapestries, we would have no need for a 19th-century card-programmable automated loom -- Jacquard's Loom.
Now, without Jacquard's Loom, Babbage would not have come up with the Analytical Engine (at least not when he did), and without that, we would not have had Ada Lovelace's foray into the CS field.
And without Ada Lovelace's shining example, CS would be a field devoid a chicks, unlike the current state of --
Wait, never mind. Bare concrete will be fine.
> No clue why they still used it for this system.
Many reasons exist. The simplest one is "because it's cheap and it works". Or maybe "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
By 1996, many schools would have had non-POTS phone systems -- Bell Meridian, CTG, Panasonic DSHS or DBS, Mitel, that sort of thing -- which are not compatible with regular modems. Each modem, then, would require a $100 card at the PBX (ATA), and wiring run from the PBX to the computer.
Acoustic couplers, OTOH, run on any handset, provided the audio "seal" is good enough. And the coupler was probably installed in 1983 when there WAS no better option.
Bandwidth/long-distance concerns don't play into it, as I'd bet the Scantron data is SHORT -- short enough that transmission at 300 baud with FSK signalling probably took about the same amount of time as a QAM or better handshake.
No Kidding!
I don't know what this guy's job is like -- but I can do mine from ANY PC which can run ssh, a web browser, and a serial terminal.
And the web browser part is optional if it has an X server.
IANAD (but I watch a lot of House)
> I didn't think your brain would psyically change just
> because you were thinking one thing or another.
Your brain doesn't, but the blood flow patterns do.
Just like how your computer doesn't physically change when sitting idle or watching porn, it will use less/more power and different parts of different chips will flow more electrons in different patterns.
Oh, and you need to google up "functional MRI"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging
..THIS is the basis for yet-another-trek-related-invention: the Universal Translator.
I always knew it had to work this way.
A little bit of googling reveals you are almost certainly correct.
What's REALLY interesting, though, is that the article you linked to may, in fact, be the only page on the web where Netcraft confirmed that something wasn't dying.
The thing is, it's not politicians making the decisions at those stages, it's the civil servants. These are long-time government employees, which basically operate like any other large, bloated corporation... not MUCH gets done, but when it affects the executives or their friends, rational decisions are often made.
... So, the prime minister fired her, because it was really important to the US that we provide them with medical isotopes.
Then the politicians come in and mess it all up.
Like, last year, this civil servant was in charge of all the nuclear plants, and she's all like "Hey, you bozos in Chalk River, you haven't upgraded your nuclear safety crap in a hundred years despite our constant nagging! We're shutting you down!"
Now, what's better? A nuclear plant that's behind on safety regs, or worldwide availability of nuclear isotopes?
From the POV of the consumer, that one's a little tough. But from the nuclear regulatory commissions POV? The shutdown was the right thing to do.
> ever tried writing a C program and having to use ctrl-alt-whatever to get a [ or a {?).
;)
No. I just use trigraphs! Much easier, _and_ more maintainable!
I have a couple of systems that were built in 1999 -- no upgrades, ever -- which have been running continuously since the day they were built. The both have 12 GB fireballs.
Awesome -- thanks!
... oh, a year. Unfortuantely, spare time is out of my budget at the moment. #$(*@#$!!
Now I need a GC controller, that Zelda game, and some spare time. Should be hacking Wii in
Seriously, the Wii looks like an awesome platform to misuse, I wonder what I can make it do...
Thanks for the dev kit!
The Kraft joystick for the Apple II was very popular, and closer to a thumbstick than a joystick in how you used it.
Nintendo did come up with the superior mushroom shape AFAICT, though.
Wes
Sweet, this sounds like an excellent toolkit.
Question - you said before that Wiis were really easy to brick.
Easy to brick writing homebrew channel code w/ libOGC etc, or easy to brick when trying to exploit?
I don't want to dereference NULL in a toy application or something equally stupid and wind up with a shiny white brick.
The Apple II had analog sticks. So did the Atari 5200.
Just sayin'.
You know, I didn't click on the "Buy it Now!" link, but I gotta say, that web site is fcking hilarious.
I don't know who this crankHacker fella is, but I'd sure like to buy him a dozen beer...