... get on with life. If more people just did that, then you'd have the effect you're looking for. And I can tell you that it'd have a much greater effect than whining and bitching on the Web.
Let's just say that I was "inspired" by your remarks.
Note that all the way through, applications continued to run with the different desktop managers."
And, if you wanted to use the old desktop on the new OS, you still could, it just wasn't supported by Sun anymore. The Unix GUI isn't a vital organ like say, the Windows web browser.
Trying to get on with life is exactly what this is about. We want MS to stop restricting what we as consumers and competitors can do.
We want our vendors to have the right to sell us a linux or dual-boot box without losing their right to sell MS.
We want MS to tell the damned truth.
As of Win 3.1, BG was oblivious to the Net/WWW. He figured that the world's computers would all be connected by the MSNetwork, when *he* was ready to do it. 3.1 didn't even have a TCP/IP stack. Suddenly IE is a core component of the OS? Of course not, it was purely an embrace-and-extend tactic.
"It's soooo old." Yeah, it's old, but not so old that we don't remember the exciting and competetive mini and micro days before the 800 pound gorilla sat on us all. The personal computer revolution was about to happen with or without the kid from Seattle. He jumped aboard the train as it was gaining steam and highjacked it.
Believe it or not, I'm not religiously anti-MS. I was very happy to have Bill's Basic available on many pre-PC machines. I was happy to be able to walk into the store buy a copy of DOS5.0 when I bought a used PC with the drive wiped clean.
What I'm vehemently against is their ability and willingness to stifle and/or steal the fruit of other people's ideas and hard work. If I were still a customer, I'd also be very upset at the way my data was being held hostage.
"Therefore, legal issues regarding the validity of the criminal provisions of the DCMA will only be heard by an appellate court if Elcomsoft loses the case."
True, but would a conviction guarantee an appeal, or might it set a bad precedent for this and other courts and encourage action by other corporations and prosecutors?
It seems to me that having one or more acquitals in the books before it gets to DC would be a good thing.
"Macromedia Flash has integrated many accessibility features..."
Ball Street Journal:
Macromedia has won patents on a new technlogy which enables wider accessibility to information on websites.
Chief technology officer, Hassan ben Sober, said "By eliminating unnecessary multimedia content and presenting the most relevent facts in 'FlashText tm' we can help the web realize its full potential"
"[mac users are] more dedicated than users of any other computer, perhaps even Linux. Linux and Unix users are, in fact, switching to Macs in droves. "
"The O/S on more modern hardware from the 50MHz Sparc 10 to the Ultra III belongs to the Solaris 2.x series. "
The Ultras were the ealiest machines I can remember to not be supported by 4.x. Sparc 10s, and 20s ran 4.x nicely. The latest versions of 4.x even supported dual processors on those machines.
RS started as a mail order business. Names and addresses were essential. As they started opening stores, the mailing lists were still important to them, and to their customers. Tandy continued the practice into a time when it became irrelevant, inconvenient, and suspicious looking.
I've been on their list for most of the last 30 years, and I've worked for them in the past. I've never seen any evidence that they disclose customer information to anyone.
The fact that they are willing to adopt a more casual approach to maintaining their list, in a time where even supermarkets require it, says something positive about their organization.
With the adoption of HSA/TIA, I can imagine that the boys in Fort Worth TX figured that they didn't want to be spies for a foreign country (the U.S.).
The toggle switches on the front panel were arranged in sets of three. The color of the switches alternated between sets.
On our high school's PDP8m, you had to toggle in 5 or 6 4-digit numbers to xfer the boot loader from disk to core and set the program counter. Then you'd start the clock and the console teletype would come to life in standalone mode. From there, we would start ETOS (Educational Timesharing Operating System). ETOS was multitasking, and multiuser. IIRC, it required a special board that handled the context switches.
Perhaps the coolest thing about ETOS is that it had a facility similar to VMware. Each user had access to his own virtual PDP8.
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"25+ Mbit/sec throughput you had to have a few years ago when everything was analog"
Yeah, those old 'analog' bits were pretty lame %-P.
I assume you meant 'uncompressed'.
Me too. I walked out on a limb and chose an 8-port Escalade (in 0+1) instead of spending more on SCSI.
I did have a week from hell when the disk system became unstable. I'm pretty sure now that cabling was the problem. 3Ware provided EXCELLENT support.
3D House of Pancakes
Oooh, that's scary.
Should Avis have to pay royalties to RIAA because they allow me to listen to their radio? And would Hertz be elligible for a waiver?
I think she was finnish before she ever got started.
"There aren't too many other industries where activism is what it is in the software industry. "
There aren't too many other industries controlled by predatory monopolists.
Let's just say that I was "inspired" by your remarks.
Note that all the way through, applications continued to run with the different desktop managers."
And, if you wanted to use the old desktop on the new OS, you still could, it just wasn't supported by Sun anymore. The Unix GUI isn't a vital organ like say, the Windows web browser.
Trying to get on with life is exactly what this is about. We want MS to stop restricting what we as consumers and competitors can do.
We want our vendors to have the right to sell us a linux or dual-boot box without losing their right to sell MS.
We want MS to tell the damned truth.
As of Win 3.1, BG was oblivious to the Net/WWW. He figured that the world's computers would all be connected by the MSNetwork, when *he* was ready to do it. 3.1 didn't even have a TCP/IP stack. Suddenly IE is a core component of the OS? Of course not, it was purely an embrace-and-extend tactic.
"It's soooo old."
Yeah, it's old, but not so old that we don't remember the exciting and competetive mini and micro days before the 800 pound gorilla sat on us all. The personal computer revolution was about to happen with or without the kid from Seattle. He jumped aboard the train as it was gaining steam and highjacked it.
Believe it or not, I'm not religiously anti-MS. I was very happy to have Bill's Basic available on many pre-PC machines. I was happy to be able to walk into the store buy a copy of DOS5.0 when I bought a used PC with the drive wiped clean.
What I'm vehemently against is their ability and willingness to stifle and/or steal the fruit of other people's ideas and hard work. If I were still a customer, I'd also be very upset at the way my data was being held hostage.
"Therefore, legal issues regarding the validity of the criminal provisions of the DCMA will only be heard by an appellate court if Elcomsoft loses the case."
True, but would a conviction guarantee an appeal, or might it set a bad precedent for this and other courts and encourage action by other corporations and prosecutors?
It seems to me that having one or more acquitals in the books before it gets to DC would be a good thing.
It gives new meaning to "Where Do You Want To Go Today"
Apple switch story: And my PDA was all like 'Beep, Where the hell do you think *you're* going?'
"From a tactical standpoint, I'm hoping that Elcomsoft gets convicted..."
Is that from the Bizarro School of Law?
"Sorry you little piss-ant judge, we only defend ourselves to the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, head honcho..."
It doesn't matter if anyone's IP rights have been infringed.
1. Make a circumvention device
2. really bad dude = you = terrorist
3. go directly to jail
"Macromedia Flash has integrated many accessibility features..."
Ball Street Journal:
Macromedia has won patents on a new technlogy which enables wider accessibility to information on websites.
Chief technology officer, Hassan ben Sober, said "By eliminating unnecessary multimedia content and presenting the most relevent facts in 'FlashText tm' we can help the web realize its full potential"
Good point, but you?ve got to admit, it?s an easy mistake to make.
From the article...
"[mac users are] more dedicated than users of any other computer, perhaps even Linux. Linux and Unix users are, in fact, switching to Macs in droves. "
Hmm, what could be the attraction?
"the guy on the stake'll tell you that" ...
A hot steak is better than a cold chop! nyuk nyuk
Passengers can now go 405 kilometers before they're hungry again.
"and doesn't produce much heat thanks to a LARGE heat sink"
And I don't get fat thanks to a LARGE stomach.
"The O/S on more modern hardware from the 50MHz Sparc 10 to the Ultra III belongs to the Solaris 2.x series. "
The Ultras were the ealiest machines I can remember to not be supported by 4.x. Sparc 10s, and 20s ran 4.x nicely. The latest versions of 4.x even supported dual processors on those machines.
I think we should throw Bill Gates in the hahbah.
Turkey hash.
This should be modded up.
RS started as a mail order business. Names and addresses were essential. As they started opening stores, the mailing lists were still important to them, and to their customers. Tandy continued the practice into a time when it became irrelevant, inconvenient, and suspicious looking.
I've been on their list for most of the last 30 years, and I've worked for them in the past. I've never seen any evidence that they disclose customer information to anyone.
The fact that they are willing to adopt a more casual approach to maintaining their list, in a time where even supermarkets require it, says something positive about their organization.
With the adoption of HSA/TIA, I can imagine that the boys in Fort Worth TX figured that they didn't want to be spies for a foreign country (the U.S.).
ETOS and EDUCOMP BASIC! I smell a wumpus!
^V halt
"12 bits makes four octal numerals."
The toggle switches on the front panel were arranged in sets of three. The color of the switches alternated between sets.
On our high school's PDP8m, you had to toggle in 5 or 6 4-digit numbers to xfer the boot loader from disk to core and set the program counter. Then you'd start the clock and the console teletype would come to life in standalone mode. From there, we would start ETOS (Educational Timesharing Operating System). ETOS was multitasking, and multiuser. IIRC, it required a special board that handled the context switches.
Perhaps the coolest thing about ETOS is that it had a facility similar to VMware. Each user had access to his own virtual PDP8.