Hey, Rob, at least the name sounds better than what it was before; one was never completely sure if it was 'Hardware Canada Computing' or 'Hardware Computing Canada.' And it makes somewaht more sense than what 'SGI' stands for now.
Well, the problem I see with using 10-inch disks is that they'd be fscking big. One of the advantages of CD's that won them the throne once occupied by vinyl LP's is the size. That's also the reason why laserdiscs weren't very popular (12-inch double sized monsters). Besides being costlier, people prefer smaller thingees.
AFAIK, B1, B2, and C1 are better than C2. The highest rating is A1, which I believe only one OS has managed to achieve it. In short, the higher the number or letter, the lower the security rating is.
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We had Microsoft touting NT's superiority according to Mindcrap's tests, and now SCO is also saying that their OS is better... and AFAIK, Microsoft owns some (if not all) of SCO.
Someone correct me on this one if I'm wrong. Even better, make your own comment.
I remember Instant Artist, one of the few DOS programmes that would handle PostScript correctly, and damn was it easy to use. But I believe Autodesk ditched it and some other company took it and released it as Print Artist for Windoze, and that's what it is being sold as now.
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The way I imagine an optical mouse might work without the funky silvery mouse pad is by using a printed ball, similar to what Logitech does with the TrackMan Marble. In this setup, the light sensors would track the movement of dots printed on the surface of the ball. The rollers would be optional (and not needed).
In an orthogonal subject: Microsoft Intelligence Exploder...:op
Yes, such thingees exist; most of them are flopticals, though. The way I remember, some SCSI host adapters have/had an option to make the floptical appear as A:. But damn, I've never seen one of those beasts.
The reason why the article says the Dreamcast will be able to run WinCE games is because the Dreamcast is a WinCE machine. The basic differences are that the OS is slightly modified for the hardware and it uses DirectX (if I remember correctly, although I could be wrong abou that). This info has been around for quite a while now, so it surprises me that some/.'ers don't know about it yet.
RH's Control Panel utility has an applet that will search thru man pages, info files, and other documentation in/usr/doc, and show the filenames that meet the search criteria. Double clicking on a file name brings an xterm with man or info and the requested file, or a simple textfile viewer if it's a file in/usr/doc (well, that's what I remember, I don't know if it's exactly like that).
I don't know what you think, Rob, but a penguin graphic doesn't make a good article (oh, yeah, I've noticed that many posts have something to the effect of "it's nice; it has a penguin in it").
Well, perhaps unprivileged code won't be able to change the processor's microcode (unprivileged as in resembling Ring 3 in 80[3456]86 processors). That way, one wouldn't have to worry about the processor e-mailing core dumps to Intel/Microsoft/your favourite evil company/etc.
About having the kernel in ROM, Tandy already did that. Many Tandy 1000's had MessDOS and DeskMate in a ROM that emulated a filesystem (it appeared as drive D:). Those machines booted fscking fast, but upgrading the OS was a chore. And think about it: burning a new kernel into flash would require special tools that regular users would screw their computers with.
Well, you might as well rip off the compressor and tubing and install those in the computer's case. A fridge's casing is very thick because of the insulation; it'd be difficult to run the cables thru the walls.
I was just thinking about using a car's A/C system instead. You might get the parts in a junkyard quite easily.
They're not talking about whether the display on screen is distorted or not compared to a regular computer monitor, but instead that the device supports a resolution that uses square pixels instead of rectangular pixels (which would cause a webpage to be displayed in a weird manner). It seems that many set-top boxes sold in Europa use rectangular-pixel display modes.
Trying to use the search form's option to return ads from near a given city returns a list of postings from places that aren't close at all. E.g.: Put, let's say, Philadelphia, in the text box, click on "Near", fill out the rest, and click on "Search." San Diego will show up in the listing, among other cities.
We started the tests using standard Red Hat Linux 5.2 but had to update it because it does not support hardware RAID controllers and SMP at the same time,
Ok, so they say that if you're using a RAID controller with Linux, you can't use an SMP kernel, and by the same token, you can't use a RAID controller if you're using an SMP kernel. For some reason, my bogometre is sensing an unusually high amount of bogons in that statement. Would anyone care to verify this?
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Hey, Rob, at least the name sounds better than what it was before; one was never completely sure if it was 'Hardware Canada Computing' or 'Hardware Computing Canada.' And it makes somewaht more sense than what 'SGI' stands for now.
Gives a new meaning to cyber-terrorism, doesn't it?
And whenever their computer systems hit the dirt, it'll be MS-Showtime, eh?
Well, the problem I see with using 10-inch disks is that they'd be fscking big. One of the advantages of CD's that won them the throne once occupied by vinyl LP's is the size. That's also the reason why laserdiscs weren't very popular (12-inch double sized monsters). Besides being costlier, people prefer smaller thingees.
AFAIK, B1, B2, and C1 are better than C2. The highest rating is A1, which I believe only one OS has managed to achieve it. In short, the higher the number or letter, the lower the security rating is.
15 hp, actually, and they are aware the engine is inefficient (it was made in the 40's!).
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We had Microsoft touting NT's superiority according to Mindcrap's tests, and now SCO is also saying that their OS is better... and AFAIK, Microsoft owns some (if not all) of SCO.
Someone correct me on this one if I'm wrong. Even better, make your own comment.
s/SCO/Microsoft/g, and it'd be just about the same.
I remember Instant Artist, one of the few DOS programmes that would handle PostScript correctly, and damn was it easy to use. But I believe Autodesk ditched it and some other company took it and released it as Print Artist for Windoze, and that's what it is being sold as now.
Ack, I give up...
< shows up as <. Similarly with > (>). It's the browser that's ignoring the tags, not Slashdot's fault.
The way I imagine an optical mouse might work without the funky silvery mouse pad is by using a printed ball, similar to what Logitech does with the TrackMan Marble. In this setup, the light sensors would track the movement of dots printed on the surface of the ball. The rollers would be optional (and not needed).
:op
In an orthogonal subject: Microsoft Intelligence Exploder...
We should have more Clue Stick(c)-style articles like this one to show script kiddies how universally stupid their actions really are.
One thing, though: why SunOS? Hhmmm... I won't complain, anyway.
Yes, such thingees exist; most of them are flopticals, though. The way I remember, some SCSI host adapters have/had an option to make the floptical appear as A:. But damn, I've never seen one of those beasts.
The reason why the article says the Dreamcast will be able to run WinCE games is because the Dreamcast is a WinCE machine. The basic differences are that the OS is slightly modified for the hardware and it uses DirectX (if I remember correctly, although I could be wrong abou that). This info has been around for quite a while now, so it surprises me that some /.'ers don't know about it yet.
RH's Control Panel utility has an applet that will search thru man pages, info files, and other documentation in /usr/doc, and show the filenames that meet the search criteria. Double clicking on a file name brings an xterm with man or info and the requested file, or a simple textfile viewer if it's a file in /usr/doc (well, that's what I remember, I don't know if it's exactly like that).
er... s/beging/begin/
^D
Manuel de Icaza didn't beging the GNOME project; Miguel did.
Alright, I'll stop.
^D
I don't know what you think, Rob, but a penguin graphic doesn't make a good article (oh, yeah, I've noticed that many posts have something to the effect of "it's nice; it has a penguin in it").
Just nitpickin', you know...
^D
Well, perhaps unprivileged code won't be able to change the processor's microcode (unprivileged as in resembling Ring 3 in 80[3456]86 processors). That way, one wouldn't have to worry about the processor e-mailing core dumps to Intel/Microsoft/your favourite evil company/etc.
About having the kernel in ROM, Tandy already did that. Many Tandy 1000's had MessDOS and DeskMate in a ROM that emulated a filesystem (it appeared as drive D:). Those machines booted fscking fast, but upgrading the OS was a chore. And think about it: burning a new kernel into flash would require special tools that regular users would screw their computers with.
^D
Well, you might as well rip off the compressor and tubing and install those in the computer's case. A fridge's casing is very thick because of the insulation; it'd be difficult to run the cables thru the walls.
I was just thinking about using a car's A/C system instead. You might get the parts in a junkyard quite easily.
^D
They're not talking about whether the display on screen is distorted or not compared to a regular computer monitor, but instead that the device supports a resolution that uses square pixels instead of rectangular pixels (which would cause a webpage to be displayed in a weird manner). It seems that many set-top boxes sold in Europa use rectangular-pixel display modes.
^D
Trying to use the search form's option to return ads from near a given city returns a list of postings from places that aren't close at all. E.g.: Put, let's say, Philadelphia, in the text box, click on "Near", fill out the rest, and click on "Search." San Diego will show up in the listing, among other cities.
^D
We started the tests using standard Red Hat Linux 5.2 but had to update it because it does not support hardware RAID controllers and SMP at the same time,
Ok, so they say that if you're using a RAID controller with Linux, you can't use an SMP kernel, and by the same token, you can't use a RAID controller if you're using an SMP kernel. For some reason, my bogometre is sensing an unusually high amount of bogons in that statement. Would anyone care to verify this?
^D