> Finally the one about re-usable objects. Maybe > sourceforge and open source projects like Apache > are as close as we can get. In 94 I remember > everyone figures there'd be online libraries where > one could download whatever component was needed.
I don't know about this. When's the last time you wrote a hashtable? A sorting algorithm? An HTTP connection object? In Java, and other languages, these are not only already implemented but are *part of the language and platform*.
Granted, these may not solve the biggest problems out there, but they do give a nice foundation of error-free code to work from.
Side note: While Halo may have been the first to limit people to exactly two weapons, it is not the first to limit weapon carrying. Anyone here ever play Tribes? The scout (light) armor only allowed three weapons. Other armors allowed holding more, but you still could never hold all of them. And each armor could only carry one backpack...
It was the first game I'd played where I had to throw stuff away...
I don't really miss Tom Bombadil, though. He was a fun character, but he didn't have anything to do with the story.
Actually, a part of the Bombadil sequence does have something to do with the story: From the mounds of the Barrow Wights, Bombadil provides weapons to Merry or Pippen, who ultimately uses that weapon to pierce the RingWraith King's armor. The sequence also explains why this is, ie, that the swords were made especially for the purpose of fighting Sauron and the Nazgul.
(Forgive the inaccuracies above... it's been a little while since I've read the books!)
Here is a (detailed) link about the encounter with the Barrow Wights:
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/B arrowWights.htm
Relevant quote:
The blades were made long ago by the men of Westernesse, foes of the Dark Lord. They were overcome by the evil men of Carn Dum of the land of Angmar....
The Dark Lord here referred to was Sauron. The head Nazgul was the Witch-king of Angmar.
As everyone says, there is not much time... why not come up with a plan to wipe all nonessential PCs? Surely a bunch of the 25,000 PCs are in student labs.
Take a count of what you know you have, and identify how many of these labs you can shut down for the audit. That would give you time to migrate those to proper licesnes or proper OS's, whatever the district chooses.
Granted, I don't know the terms of the agreement with MS, but I wonder if putting the machines beyond booting (by removing the hard drives or RAM) would be enough to prevent that machine from being counted...
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> Finally the one about re-usable objects. Maybe
> sourceforge and open source projects like Apache
> are as close as we can get. In 94 I remember
> everyone figures there'd be online libraries where
> one could download whatever component was needed.
I don't know about this. When's the last time you wrote a hashtable? A sorting algorithm? An HTTP connection object? In Java, and other languages, these are not only already implemented but are *part of the language and platform*.
Granted, these may not solve the biggest problems out there, but they do give a nice foundation of error-free code to work from.
Pat.
Side note: While Halo may have been the first to limit people to exactly two weapons, it is not the first to limit weapon carrying. Anyone here ever play Tribes? The scout (light) armor only allowed three weapons. Other armors allowed holding more, but you still could never hold all of them. And each armor could only carry one backpack...
It was the first game I'd played where I had to throw stuff away...
Pat.
Wow, a lot of high-quality and completely *uninformed* posts here. See the Jaguar FAQ here or at a variety of other places.
Five processors, in three physical chips:
"Tom":
- 32-bit GPU (1)
- 64-bit Object processor (2)
- 64-bit blitter (3)
"Jerry":
- 32-bit DSP (4)
68000
- 16-bit general purpose (5)
So, by the logic in this thread, the Jaguar is a 32+64+64+32+16 = 208-bit system, if my math is right.
Pat.
As everyone says, there is not much time... why not come up with a plan to wipe all nonessential PCs? Surely a bunch of the 25,000 PCs are in student labs.
Take a count of what you know you have, and identify how many of these labs you can shut down for the audit. That would give you time to migrate those to proper licesnes or proper OS's, whatever the district chooses.
Granted, I don't know the terms of the agreement with MS, but I wonder if putting the machines beyond booting (by removing the hard drives or RAM) would be enough to prevent that machine from being counted...
Pat.