The author was saying that a better file format will come along and replace MP3's... I can't remember the last time I downloaded anything that wasn't a ZIP; but there are better formats.
I have yet to see a manual on how to actually install Win95.
You just buy another computer don't you?
The thing that gets me is there is only two ways to install Win95. CD, of floppy disk (From memory it was done on floppy, if not, I'm wrong). Now, my computer doesn't have a CD rom drive and I'll be damned if I install *anything* that requires more than one or three floppies (BAD memories of installing MS Office off 25 floppies... (got me out of science though... (off topic???)))
But as I was saying. Trying to install win95 on a dumbish terminal is a wee bit fiddly: boot from any bootable dos disk, partitition hdd, format hdd, plug a null modem cable in, connect up to another computer with cd-rom, load FastLynx, copy everything across, get something to eat, and then... you can install it.
Buuut. With linux, it detects me lil' ol' NE1000, and low and behold I can install it via FTP off another computer.
IMQHO I believe they're just as easy to install, but linux simply gives you more options.
I think I see a trend. Computer manufacturers seem to be very slow to accept new technology. Heck, new computers *still* have ISA in them. Why can't we all move to new technology??
They still have ISA because they know that I still want to use my 8-bit NE1000 cards. Ok? It's no global conspiracy; they're just all in awe of me.
Off topic? Me?
Well for what it's worth, I think the IBM 170/340MB Micro drives are awesome. But only for embedded systems, and robotics... Using them as a consumer device only cheapens there coolness.
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The author was saying that a better file format will come along and replace MP3's... I can't remember the last time I downloaded anything that wasn't a ZIP; but there are better formats.
I have yet to see a manual on how to actually install Win95.
You just buy another computer don't you?
The thing that gets me is there is only two ways to install Win95. CD, of floppy disk (From memory it was done on floppy, if not, I'm wrong). Now, my computer doesn't have a CD rom drive and I'll be damned if I install *anything* that requires more than one or three floppies (BAD memories of installing MS Office off 25 floppies... (got me out of science though... (off topic???)))
But as I was saying. Trying to install win95 on a dumbish terminal is a wee bit fiddly: boot from any bootable dos disk, partitition hdd, format hdd, plug a null modem cable in, connect up to another computer with cd-rom, load FastLynx, copy everything across, get something to eat, and then... you can install it.
Buuut. With linux, it detects me lil' ol' NE1000, and low and behold I can install it via FTP off another computer.
IMQHO I believe they're just as easy to install, but linux simply gives you more options.
I think I see a trend. Computer manufacturers seem to be very slow to accept new technology. Heck, new computers *still* have ISA in them. Why can't we all move to new technology??
They still have ISA because they know that I still want to use my 8-bit NE1000 cards. Ok? It's no global conspiracy; they're just all in awe of me.
Off topic? Me?
Well for what it's worth, I think the IBM 170/340MB Micro drives are awesome. But only for embedded systems, and robotics... Using them as a consumer device only cheapens there coolness.
I liked the story, but wouldn't it have been much scarier to have had a mock Microsoft Linux distibution article.. That'd scare a few.
Anyone who gets sick of April fools, come on down to New Zealand.. It's 1.30am, April 2nd ;)
(yes, that's right I almost took some of this stuff seriously until I remembered the date line, thing)
What about scrapping the whole VRML thing, and creating a new markup-language? Just take the standards of vrml and start from there.
Doesn't VROML sound nicer? (O = Open).