A bunch of MIT students created a tic-tac-toe playing computer a LONG time ago, out of *Tinker Toys*.
I know it was a long time ago, because: a) I saw it in the Boston Computer Museum in 1991 and it had been "broken for years" b) Nobody plays with Tinkey Toys anymore... And hasn't since about 1975.
Wow, you ARE a geezer. I've used VM/CMS, VM/EMS, but haven't had the pleasure of learning CICS.
I learned about SABRE in University, I could have sworn they told it ran *all* the airlines' reservation systems.
That said, your comment about patch management, change control, and so forth are on the money. There HAS to be a better to do it that what I'm doing now (failover, patch, failover, patch, failover patch...)
> Is it really that difficult to push four buttons at once? > What are we now, chimps?
It's certainly not easy to do by yourself. You have to hold the stylus between your knees, balance the phone on top of the stylus by holding it at just the right angle with the fingers of your left hand. Then use your left thumb to push one button, your right index and ring to push to more, all while pushing down straight enough to activate the microswitch the stylus is sitting on.
- Radio Shack Canada is no longer affiliated with Radio Shack USA
- Radio Shack Canada no longer exists
- Radio Shack Canada is now "Circuit City: The Source"
- They now carry more electronics components than they have in 5-10 years
At least there is some place local where I can buy SOME components again. I'm happy. Digikey is great, but you just can't run out and grab something you suddenly need when your main supplier is mail order.
I just wish they still carried those little Archer PCBs etched for a single ~14-pin DIP. I used my second-last one last weekend.
If not, just source some 6'.5" wooden dowel, some long screws and a sheet of plywood. Disk comes in, drop it on a dowel. Dowel fills up, date it. Once it's six months old, unscrew it, carry it (and the discs) to the dumpster, and replace it.
I have a similar situation, but I'm fairly CLI-oriented.
My theory is that since I type 100 wpm, and my cow-irkers type 25wpm, that I can try four times as many options in the same time as them, making me appear more knowledgeable/skilled than I actually am.
Many (most?) North Americans have no clue how to drive properly with ABS.
To summarize: in a panic stop, push the pedal to the floor. Ignore the pulsing. Push as hard as you can. Keep steering.
If I lend my car, I insure that the borrowing driver can do a proper panic stop in a parking lot from ~20 mph. Nine times out of ten, the first panic stop is insufficient: they hit the brakes, let up when the pedal pulses, and then come to a stop significantly further along than required by the capabilities of the vehicle.
I agree. I have seen several instances where, for example, a particular TO-220 package would fail which had never failed in previous televisions. Of course, the previous models included a heat sink for the part in question (I forget what it was now...), and the new models did not. The current passing through the device was borderline on "must-have-heatsink" territory according the manufacturer's data sheet. Basically, if you didn't have completely optimal airflow inside your TV, and a low ambient temperature, it would die within 2-3 years.
If you're buying *just* lumber (or at least mostly lumber). Go to the contractor's checkout if it's not busy. Those girls are fast and the doors are conveninent. If that's busy, go to the self-checkout and snag the girl that manages all four checkouts. She'll have to do everything (except process your payment), but you won't have to wait in line, because nobody uses those stupid things.
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What happens if your phone is stolen in the first three months, when it's at its most desirable?
Can you buy a new phone with the $15 in your box?
Don't forget the part where the label pays the DJs to play your song enough to become a top-40 hit.
A bunch of MIT students created a tic-tac-toe playing computer a LONG time ago, out of *Tinker Toys*.
n kertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html
I know it was a long time ago, because:
a) I saw it in the Boston Computer Museum in 1991 and it had been "broken for years"
b) Nobody plays with Tinkey Toys anymore... And hasn't since about 1975.
Ah, here's a neat article from Sci Am in 1989 (probably the one I read which caused me to seek it out in 1991): http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472_html/Intro/Ti
For the impatient, there is a photo on the last page.
Wow, you ARE a geezer. I've used VM/CMS, VM/EMS, but haven't had the pleasure of learning CICS.
I learned about SABRE in University, I could have sworn they told it ran *all* the airlines' reservation systems.
That said, your comment about patch management, change control, and so forth are on the money. There HAS to be a better to do it that what I'm doing now (failover, patch, failover, patch, failover patch...)
> My old department has gone from an all-engineer department
> to about half male, half female
Did you just imply that females cannot be engineers?
I keep all the snazzy surface-mount LEDs.
> Is it really that difficult to push four buttons at once?
> What are we now, chimps?
It's certainly not easy to do by yourself. You have to hold the stylus between your knees, balance the phone on top of the stylus by holding it at just the right angle with the fingers of your left hand. Then use your left thumb to push one button, your right index and ring to push to more, all while pushing down straight enough to activate the microswitch the stylus is sitting on.
I need software to read deleted short messages from a Samsung a900.
And before you ask, YES, it's my phone.
In the general case, no.
In the specific case, whereby the programmer creates sufficient scaffolding to allow this, of course.
But then, it's not a really a join, it's a copy of a merged entity, with a new process id.
You can't rejoin fork()s. You're thinking of threads, with the thread attr not set to detach. Not quite the same thing!
Pluto is not 9 light years away.
Hell, you could send a message to Riker's home planet -- and receive a reply -- in 9 years. And that's WITHOUT using the subspace array!
- Radio Shack Canada is no longer affiliated with Radio Shack USA
- Radio Shack Canada no longer exists
- Radio Shack Canada is now "Circuit City: The Source"
- They now carry more electronics components than they have in 5-10 years
At least there is some place local where I can buy SOME components again. I'm happy. Digikey is great, but you just can't run out and grab something you suddenly need when your main supplier is mail order.
I just wish they still carried those little Archer PCBs etched for a single ~14-pin DIP. I used my second-last one last weekend.
Smells like it's using the IE engine to render the pages.
There's no way you could pack a full graphical browser into 264K on a windows box.
And, without graphics, a porn browser is hardly useful.
SMTP does not guarantee delivery. It guarantees delivery or a bounce.
Your comments about timeframes are spot-on, however.
If not, just source some 6' .5" wooden dowel, some long screws and a sheet of plywood. Disk comes in, drop it on a dowel. Dowel fills up, date it. Once it's six months old, unscrew it, carry it (and the discs) to the dumpster, and replace it.
I have a similar situation, but I'm fairly CLI-oriented.
My theory is that since I type 100 wpm, and my cow-irkers type 25wpm, that I can try four times as many options in the same time as them, making me appear more knowledgeable/skilled than I actually am.
Thanks, Mrs. Walker, for Grade 10 typing.
You are correct.
Many (most?) North Americans have no clue how to drive properly with ABS.
To summarize: in a panic stop, push the pedal to the floor. Ignore the pulsing. Push as hard as you can. Keep steering.
If I lend my car, I insure that the borrowing driver can do a proper panic stop in a parking lot from ~20 mph. Nine times out of ten, the first panic stop is insufficient: they hit the brakes, let up when the pedal pulses, and then come to a stop significantly further along than required by the capabilities of the vehicle.
If you live in NYC, your kid has no business being on the interstate in Montana without you knowing about it.
I agree. I have seen several instances where, for example, a particular TO-220 package would fail which had never failed in previous televisions. Of course, the previous models included a heat sink for the part in question (I forget what it was now...), and the new models did not. The current passing through the device was borderline on "must-have-heatsink" territory according the manufacturer's data sheet. Basically, if you didn't have completely optimal airflow inside your TV, and a low ambient temperature, it would die within 2-3 years.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Ask any TV repair professional; back about 1990 when the Sony TVs started saying "Made in Mexico", the quality dropped like a stone.
Microsoft Windows tablet XP already has Pervasive pen and speech input however it is a horrible piece of crap.
it took me ten minutes to dictate this message and I have already trained the system for over an hour
that pen input on the other hand is significantly better than the speech
I am fairly certain that figure is closer to 20%. His mouth stays open longer than it's closed, IIRC.
Man, I had totally forgotten pac-man had music!
I can still remember the theme to Bobble Bubble, but totally forgot that sucker.
Thanks!
Yeah.
The OP obviously never had any Barbies to go with his GI Joes.
'cause, I gotta tell ya, I'd be one shocked person if I found out that Mattel intended me to play some of the games I played with mine.
Hell, some of the GI Joes can even be made to masturbate.
If you're buying *just* lumber (or at least mostly lumber). Go to the contractor's checkout if it's not busy. Those girls are fast and the doors are conveninent. If that's busy, go to the self-checkout and snag the girl that manages all four checkouts. She'll have to do everything (except process your payment), but you won't have to wait in line, because nobody uses those stupid things.
Best of both worlds!