And don't forget Locksmith 5.0!!! Damn that program was fast. Back when you could control the alignment of the read/write head through IO and write half-tracks.
Funny how PC prices still hover in the same general price range.
In 1983, for about $2,000, I got this (I was 13):
Apple//e, 64KB Green Monochrome Apple Monitor Apricorn 80-column card (for displaying 80-columns, duh) Imagewriter Printer (9-pin dot matrix, noisy as heck) Two 5-1/4" disk drives (and disk drive controller card) PFS Write (Word Processor) Snooper Troops (game) Cheap Particleboard Desk 1-year subscription to NIBBLE magazine
Best Christmas gift ever. Of course, this was my ONLY Christmas gift for some time, as it depleted a huge chunk of my parents' savings, so after this Christmas gifts consisted of one or two pieces of $50 software (like Wizardry, or Bard's Tale).
This setup lasted me until late 1988 when I saved up enough summer job cash to build a 386 clone.
When a majority institution of women start passing laws restricting the rights of men's bodies, or their rights in general, then you can start demanding equality.
I don't even have to go back a few weeks to point out Southern GOP congressmen passing laws directly telling women what they can or can't do, let alone all of American history.
"First, the registration process shouldn't even exist - there's no practical or logical reason for it."
For example, here is a practical and logical reason:
I think guns should be registered because it is the first step to accountability. Where do you think illegal guns come from? According to the NRA, 6 million are stolen a year. If these were registered and the owners held responsible, criminals would have a lot fewer guns.
Just because you disagree doesn't mean it isn't practical or logical. Now we just have to convince enough people of each other's opinions, and see which side garners more legislative support.
As to whether it should be private or not, you make a good argument for privacy of those records -- which I am more and more inclined to support -- it just isn't the law today, so the paper wasn't doing anything illegal, but a lot of people disagreed with it, and then rather than talking about it, started making threats.
I completely agree with you. I had a similar experience.
My friend's mother was in her 60's and taking care of her dying 90-year-old father, she was stuck all day in the house. Farmvile brought her an immense sense of well being. She never spent any money on it, but similar to your friend it got her through some tough times: saving those little animals and growing virtual crops really brightened up her day, and she would check in frequently.
I suspect a huge portion of/. won't grok this: the general lack of empathy among teens here (especially teen nerds or teen aspies) would never understand. I'm just glad my friend's mom's life has improved since this black time (a few years ago), and I'm glad she wasn't suckered in, or that the game wasn't nuked while she was going through it.
Too bad you're an AC, i'd like to continue this discussion.
One server: sure, I see your point.
100,000 servers? : Yes, the SUSE support contracts cost, but nowhere near as much as AIX or Sparc licenses, it would cost literally hundreds of millions of dollars to go back to pre-LINUX. So I think that qualifies as "married to the free software movement", no?
Yeah, you're right. You should be guaranteed a lifetime career without any market dynamics affecting your career choice, especially when you are betting on technology not improving. Everything should just stay the same so as not to impact you.
5.56 green tip LC is now going for about US$0.47 per round in 1,000 round purchase (assuming online dealers haven't sold out). Fortunately 7.62x39 is 75% cheaper, and them true 'Mericans sure hate AKs.
I'd say ammo's a damn fine investment, although moseying into town to after the apocalypse to trade it for food is likely to end with you facing a bigger gun. The nice thing about using non-ammunition for currency is that it can't be turned around and used on you almost immediately.
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And don't forget Locksmith 5.0!!! Damn that program was fast. Back when you could control the alignment of the read/write head through IO and write half-tracks.
Actually, I don't miss that at all. Heh.
All those background updates and I never once stopped to think about what rev we were on.
Huh.
Well played, google. Well played.
I always thought Civil Disobedience was about passively breaking the law, not actively breaking in, so hacktivism doesn't really count as C.D.
I'm open to being clued-in here....
Funny how PC prices still hover in the same general price range.
In 1983, for about $2,000, I got this (I was 13):
Apple //e, 64KB
Green Monochrome Apple Monitor
Apricorn 80-column card (for displaying 80-columns, duh)
Imagewriter Printer (9-pin dot matrix, noisy as heck)
Two 5-1/4" disk drives (and disk drive controller card)
PFS Write (Word Processor)
Snooper Troops (game)
Cheap Particleboard Desk
1-year subscription to NIBBLE magazine
Best Christmas gift ever. Of course, this was my ONLY Christmas gift for some time, as it depleted a huge chunk of my parents' savings, so after this Christmas gifts consisted of one or two pieces of $50 software (like Wizardry, or Bard's Tale).
This setup lasted me until late 1988 when I saved up enough summer job cash to build a 386 clone.
My re-post from below:
There is no such thing as MALE sexism, or WHITE racism.
Here, these will help, but I warn you: it is gonna hurt reading these. You're gonna get pissy and defensive:
http://sap.mit.edu/content/pdf/male_privilege.pdf [mit.edu]
http://sap.mit.edu/content/pdf/white_privilege_checklist.pdf [mit.edu]
No, it is exactly wrong.
There is no such thing as MALE sexism, or WHITE racism.
Here, these will help, but I warn you: it is gonna hurt reading these. You're gonna get pissy and defensive:
http://sap.mit.edu/content/pdf/male_privilege.pdf
http://sap.mit.edu/content/pdf/white_privilege_checklist.pdf
When a majority institution of women start passing laws restricting the rights of men's bodies, or their rights in general, then you can start demanding equality.
I don't even have to go back a few weeks to point out Southern GOP congressmen passing laws directly telling women what they can or can't do, let alone all of American history.
The "equality" you demand ISN'T EVEN CLOSE.
"being forcefed feminist nonsense"
WTF are you even talking about? Do you even know?
"First, the registration process shouldn't even exist - there's no practical or logical reason for it."
For example, here is a practical and logical reason:
I think guns should be registered because it is the first step to accountability. Where do you think illegal guns come from? According to the NRA, 6 million are stolen a year. If these were registered and the owners held responsible, criminals would have a lot fewer guns.
Just because you disagree doesn't mean it isn't practical or logical. Now we just have to convince enough people of each other's opinions, and see which side garners more legislative support.
As to whether it should be private or not, you make a good argument for privacy of those records -- which I am more and more inclined to support -- it just isn't the law today, so the paper wasn't doing anything illegal, but a lot of people disagreed with it, and then rather than talking about it, started making threats.
Since literally ANYONE can request gun permit information, there IS no privacy. It was understood when they applied for a permit.
What part don't you understand here?
It's not like it is an iTunes EULA or something.
Perfect: I'm glad someone around here can think more than one move ahead.
Ah, thanks for the information. It was lame of me to take a shot at autism without understanding it.
+1 to you, Sir or Madam.
I completely agree with you. I had a similar experience.
My friend's mother was in her 60's and taking care of her dying 90-year-old father, she was stuck all day in the house. Farmvile brought her an immense sense of well being. She never spent any money on it, but similar to your friend it got her through some tough times: saving those little animals and growing virtual crops really brightened up her day, and she would check in frequently.
I suspect a huge portion of /. won't grok this: the general lack of empathy among teens here (especially teen nerds or teen aspies) would never understand. I'm just glad my friend's mom's life has improved since this black time (a few years ago), and I'm glad she wasn't suckered in, or that the game wasn't nuked while she was going through it.
"'The Cloud' is a retarded idea..."
Ok, grampa. Enjoy your flashy tower case and other 1990's tech.
We can have a scoring system where they ask questions about the lectures afterwards and award a lettered badge...
we should call them ...
EXAMS! /facepalm
I only had one boring lecturer in my 4 year BS/EE, I -loved- lecture, especially physics, thermo, AI, and mechanics.
Whine whine whine.
Too bad you're an AC, i'd like to continue this discussion.
One server: sure, I see your point.
100,000 servers? : Yes, the SUSE support contracts cost, but nowhere near as much as AIX or Sparc licenses, it would cost literally hundreds of millions of dollars to go back to pre-LINUX. So I think that qualifies as "married to the free software movement", no?
That means by 2043 the free software movement will be ... what exactly?
i think it's gone farther than half way: heck, every one of the 100,000+ compute server at my company runs suse linux.
i'd say the free software movement is suffering from a "last mile" problem.
but i guess that depends on what the intent of the movement is, exactly? dominate every compute platform?
hmmmm.....
my gym had a tactical training session for the local FBI office. 17 agents showed up, they were all ex military non-officers.
small sample size, yes, but something to consider.
FBI agents AND a computer repair shop couldn't wipe a disk?
Not buying it.
y'all got punk'd by mz seksual personnae...
Yeah, you're right. You should be guaranteed a lifetime career without any market dynamics affecting your career choice, especially when you are betting on technology not improving. Everything should just stay the same so as not to impact you.
Sound business plan there, buddy.
Even if all you have to trade is soft bread, the attacker can stick a knife into you and take all you have.
Mmmm... soft bread.
5.56 green tip LC is now going for about US$0.47 per round in 1,000 round purchase (assuming online dealers haven't sold out). Fortunately 7.62x39 is 75% cheaper, and them true 'Mericans sure hate AKs.
I'd say ammo's a damn fine investment, although moseying into town to after the apocalypse to trade it for food is likely to end with you facing a bigger gun. The nice thing about using non-ammunition for currency is that it can't be turned around and used on you almost immediately.
Doh, I was thinking Mac and typed 68000, I meant PowerPC.
But apparently I'm getting the sh*t modded down by ARM fanboys/bois because I'm trying to be objective.
Whatevs.
Same arguments from the 1990's... again. Remember when the 68000 was lower power than Pentium60 because it was RISC?
Yup, that all over again.
Even the magnitude of the design wins are the same today as they were in the early 90's.
Let's see who wins this round! Can the heavyweight (Intel) slim down to welterweight and defeat ARM?
Or will the both live together spurring on the same innovation (and crazy, low low prices!) we got from the AMD v. Intel race to 1GHz?
Tune in next week for more...
TALES!
OF!
INTEREEEEEEEESSSSTTTT!