Your fridge goes crazy and starts attacking you with ice cubes.
Your coffee machine makes something tasting like crap.
Your garage door shuts on the car as it backs out.
And the laundry machine fills the house with soap suds.
You don't need to wait for a virus. children are more than capable of all of these activities!
The question that people should be asking is: why are we making kids stand up and recite something in the first place? Teachers should be presenting facts and explaining concepts (hopefully in a balanced way, but that's hard to enforce), not encouraging partiotism.
I would be really interested in an explaination of this phenominon in the USA. I have travelled extensively and in very few countries have I witnessed an equivalent pledge of allegience practiced with such fervour as in the USA.
The explanation cannot be a simple as nationalism as there are countires where patriotism/nationalism runs as deep, who either observe no equivalent act, or it is reserved for special occaisions [joining the police/military, taking political office, etc.].
My country {Canada} would provide an example at the other end of the spectrium; while we have a pledge of allegence, most citizens would be either unaware of its existence, or unable to recite it. It was definately not part of the public school day in any recent generation.
Having been labelled as an aging character-based geek - my employees once affixed a 'Sid' name plate to my door - I have an unhealthy collection of hardware in my basement.
The oldest system that I still have running and use on occaision is a Sun 3/80 / 4/110 [both machines in the same VME chassis]... reason being that this machine has my old (SCSI Weird) tape unit attached and I still have 30-40 reels... and you never know when you may need that data;)
The oldest (complete) system in my basement is a PDP/11 running Programmer's Workbench (Sys3)... It still boots!
Having been labelled as an aging character-based geek - my employees once affixed a 'Sid' name plate to my door - I have an unhealthy collection of hardware in my basement.
The oldest system that I still have running and use on occaision is a Sun 3/80 / 4/110 [both machines in the same VME chassis]... reason being that this machines has my old (SCSI Weird) tape unit attached and I still have 30-40 reels... and you never know when you may need that data;)
The oldest (complete) system in my basement is a PDP/11 running Programmer's Workbench (Sys3)... It still boots!
Um no. There are plenty of companies that have affiliate programs with thousands of members. There's no way to keep track of how each of your members are advertising. The results you'll get will be putting lots of innocent companies out of business.
Isn't this a little like saying there are many shoe/clothing companies out there whose affiliates (suppliers) engage maquiladoras or use child labour and that going after them will be putting a lot of innocent companies out of business?
In the world of atoms, applying pressure to retailers and 'brand' name vendors has proven somewhat successful in trickling down to the affiliates/suppliers, forcing them to clean-up their practices in order to retain their business.
You are correct that the 601 was a new engineering effort and implementation of a modified Power instruction set. I did not intend to understate this fact and give the impression that it was a direct adaptation or modification of the original Power architecture (it could also be debated that the Power2 architecture is about the same distance of relation to the Power as is the PowerPC... though not quite in the same direction... I remember still receiving biweekly microcode updates for the Power CPU after it has been (prematurely according to some) branded Gold and released... both the PowerPC and Power2 were much more mature).
My "?aborted?" statement w/r to the 620 was ment to be tongue-in-cheek as IBM had given a lot of publicity (both internal and external) to the coming of the 620 since about the time it entered the design phase... you are correct that it is really a case of having missed its window in the family evolution than actually being scrapped.
The other responses to your question have pretty much hit it dead-on. I just wanted to comment that the PowerPC has always been the little brother of the Power architecture used originally in the RS6000... and now in almost everything IBM makes - AS400, E9000, etc.
The first generations (601, 603/604 and the ?aborted? 620) of the PowerPC line were scaled-back versions of the Power and Power2 architectures respectively [the original Power architecture was mounted on a 3x5 daughter card with 4-5 separate chips [I'll have to go looking for my tech papers] making-up the core... because of this the migration of everything into one die for the PowerPC was amazing.
Additionally, IBM has tended to work-out new capabilities -- such as the move to 64-bit and dual cores -- on the larger scale Power architecture, before attempting to stuff it into the smaller PowerPC pacakge [besides, IBM has to keep something to distinguish its pricier iron from the OEMs.;)
I suppose that it should be comforting to know that this a common occurrance, and that I am not the only entrepreneur to have been shagged by VC 'professional management', but it's not! After ten years of being modestly profitable... oh, we had made some mistakes - like going public way too soon (or at all, in my opinion), but we were surving.
However, we were missing the dot.com boom and the board decided that additional management and new financing were just what was needed to grow the company. Initially the idea seemed like it may be a good thing: it would raise additional financing, which would allow us to accelerate the development of our product... we, as the founders knew that at a some point other folks would be needed to grow the company.
In hind-sight this turned out to be a bad move... what came next very much followed the narrative in Cringley's article. Fifteen months later, the new management had run the company into the ground and disappeared; the VC firm has taken possession of the intellectual property; and the original shareowners (many of them employees) were left with nothing! Now everytime I run into one of my former employees, I am struck with the guilt of having allowed this to happen to them.
Lessons learned: next time keep the 'professional managers' out until you are ready to detach and walk away... even, then I would seriously consider selling to the employees first.
As someone who has been working with the telephony industry for more than 15 years I find your "the industry is going to NT/Windows" cry to be far more alarmist than reality indicates.
It's true that it is much easier to find NT/Windows in a NOC or operations network these days; they typically serve as platforms for reporting, remote graphical configuration interfaces, desktop workstations, etc.... the heavy lifting is still left predomenately to UNIXen and Vaxen (and a host of other more obscure OSes).
Linux and Open/FreeBSD can be found in telephony networks... though I have encountered them mostly in Europe and Asia. Even in these environments, Linux is still considered primarily a baby Unix and is not used to host actual switching platforms... though it is being used for control & management and billing systems.
Finally, the role of UNIX in telephony is becoming more central (or core if you would)... many of the next generation of 'soft switches' are hosted on UNIX platforms [removing the need to maintain many of the obscure, aging OSes;)]
So, the news of UNIX's demise is perhaps a little premature.;)
> Some geeks have a problem with one, some geeks have a problem > with another.... and some geeks had roast beef, while others had none [vegitarian geeks]...
After having read several articles and message boards concerning the USA's Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention Act (H.R.5211), I must admit that I am left with more questions than answers.
Being neither a citizen of, nor resident in, the USA, I have questions and concerns which I have yet to find any discussion to date.
My first concern has to do with property and privacy rights,invasiveness and tresspass in those instances where the target of a "self-help" action is the citizen of a country other than the USA.
Given that it is reasonable to assume that the 'copyright owner' may have to access my system in order to determine whether I am in possession of pirated material. Even if nothing is found, I have been the victim of tresspass, by a foreign entity who is operating under a 'safe-harbour' provision which does not exist in my country; however the tresspass committed is a crime.
How will 'copyright owners' guarantee, or even be certain, that the IP address they chase down resides within the jurisdiction of the law under which they are acting?
How would a foreign target of a 'self-help' action gain access to compensation? If they are not governed by the law, then they cannot use said law to access compensation for damages.
Would the tresspass against myself, or a foreign organisation or company, be considerd an un-provoked agression against the people of a sovereign nation? Could such an action be cause for referral to the international court or the UN?
Is this bill yet another example of the USA not understanding, or (more likely) caring, where its borders end?
Does anyone know of references to information which would answer my questions?
Single sign on is coming people, and when it arrives not only will 95% of the computer using population be more secure because of it, but computers will be dramatically easier to use as well.
Mikey's bang on on this one. Better late than never 'Universal (Single) Sign-on' is finally becoming a reality... now where are those 'vampire-capitalists' who laughed themselves hysterical back in '96/7 when I pitched them with this 'interesting' idea which they assured me would have 'little to no traction' in the marketplace?
The simple truth is, when confronted by more than two or three set of authentication information, people will either use the same password, or simple variations, everywhere or they will write them down... come-on, you know you've done it:)
Slashdot Mirror
'...Big Blue has seen its reputation in the global open-source community shift from suspect sugar daddy to knight in shining armor.'
... Shark in a blue (pinstripe) suite ... it's all the same.
... back in its bul...err, glory days]
Knight in shining armor
Natty
[who worked for Big Blue once upon a time
Now I will have to listen to my car telling me my life needs viagra
Why, Jimmy
spam, spam, spam, spam
spam, spam spam, spam...
2GB of Spam for only $19.99 ... a sampling of 100M available 'free' (as in beer).
Natty
You don't need to wait for a virus. children are more than capable of all of these activities!
Oh, wait ....
The map's no good .... throw it out....
I just added a new subnet today
I would be really interested in an explaination of this phenominon in the USA. I have travelled extensively and in very few countries have I witnessed an equivalent pledge of allegience practiced with such fervour as in the USA.
The explanation cannot be a simple as nationalism as there are countires where patriotism/nationalism runs as deep, who either observe no equivalent act, or it is reserved for special occaisions [joining the police/military, taking political office, etc.].
My country {Canada} would provide an example at the other end of the spectrium; while we have a pledge of allegence, most citizens would be either unaware of its existence, or unable to recite it. It was definately not part of the public school day in any recent generation.
Enlightenment anyone?
Natty
Having been labelled as an aging character-based geek - my employees once affixed a 'Sid' name plate to my door - I have an unhealthy collection of hardware in my basement.
... reason being that this machine has my old (SCSI Weird) tape unit attached and I still have 30-40 reels ... and you never know when you may need that data ;)
... It still boots!
The oldest system that I still have running and use on occaision is a Sun 3/80 / 4/110 [both machines in the same VME chassis]
The oldest (complete) system in my basement is a PDP/11 running Programmer's Workbench (Sys3)
Natty
Having been labelled as an aging character-based geek - my employees once affixed a 'Sid' name plate to my door - I have an unhealthy collection of hardware in my basement.
... reason being that this machines has my old (SCSI Weird) tape unit attached and I still have 30-40 reels ... and you never know when you may need that data ;)
... It still boots!
The oldest system that I still have running and use on occaision is a Sun 3/80 / 4/110 [both machines in the same VME chassis]
The oldest (complete) system in my basement is a PDP/11 running Programmer's Workbench (Sys3)
Natty
Um no. There are plenty of companies that have affiliate programs with thousands of members. There's no way to keep track of how each of your members are advertising. The results you'll get will be putting lots of innocent companies out of business.
Isn't this a little like saying there are many shoe/clothing companies out there whose affiliates (suppliers) engage maquiladoras or use child labour and that going after them will be putting a lot of innocent companies out of business?
In the world of atoms, applying pressure to retailers and 'brand' name vendors has proven somewhat successful in trickling down to the affiliates/suppliers, forcing them to clean-up their practices in order to retain their business.
Now that the M88K is extinct, we have gcc 2.95 support for it ;) ... now where did I put that VME box...
You are correct that the 601 was a new engineering effort and implementation of a modified Power instruction set. I did not intend to understate this fact and give the impression that it was a direct adaptation or modification of the original Power architecture (it could also be debated that the Power2 architecture is about the same distance of relation to the Power as is the PowerPC ... though not quite in the same direction ... I remember still receiving biweekly microcode updates for the Power CPU after it has been (prematurely according to some) branded Gold and released ... both the PowerPC and Power2 were much more mature).
... you are correct that it is really a case of having missed its window in the family evolution than actually being scrapped.
My "?aborted?" statement w/r to the 620 was ment to be tongue-in-cheek as IBM had given a lot of publicity (both internal and external) to the coming of the 620 since about the time it entered the design phase
Natty
Nonetheless, thank-you for your clarification.
The other responses to your question have pretty much hit it dead-on. I just wanted to comment that the PowerPC has always been the little brother of the Power architecture used originally in the RS6000 ... and now in almost everything IBM makes - AS400, E9000, etc.
... because of this the migration of everything into one die for the PowerPC was amazing.
;)
The first generations (601, 603/604 and the ?aborted? 620) of the PowerPC line were scaled-back versions of the Power and Power2 architectures respectively [the original Power architecture was mounted on a 3x5 daughter card with 4-5 separate chips [I'll have to go looking for my tech papers] making-up the core
Additionally, IBM has tended to work-out new capabilities -- such as the move to 64-bit and dual cores -- on the larger scale Power architecture, before attempting to stuff it into the smaller PowerPC pacakge [besides, IBM has to keep something to distinguish its pricier iron from the OEMs.
Natty
I suppose that it should be comforting to know that this a common occurrance, and that I am not the only entrepreneur to have been shagged by VC 'professional management', but it's not! After ten years of being modestly profitable ... oh, we had made some mistakes - like going public way too soon (or at all, in my opinion), but we were surving.
... we, as the founders knew that at a some point other folks would be needed to grow the company.
... what came next very much followed the narrative in Cringley's article. Fifteen months later, the new management had run the company into the ground and disappeared; the VC firm has taken possession of the intellectual property; and the original shareowners (many of them employees) were left with nothing! Now everytime I run into one of my former employees, I am struck with the guilt of having allowed this to happen to them.
... even, then I would seriously consider selling to the employees first.
However, we were missing the dot.com boom and the board decided that additional management and new financing were just what was needed to grow the company. Initially the idea seemed like it may be a good thing: it would raise additional financing, which would allow us to accelerate the development of our product
In hind-sight this turned out to be a bad move
Lessons learned: next time keep the 'professional managers' out until you are ready to detach and walk away
Natty
As someone who has been working with the telephony industry for more than 15 years I find your "the industry is going to NT/Windows" cry to be far more alarmist than reality indicates.
... the heavy lifting is still left predomenately to UNIXen and Vaxen (and a host of other more obscure OSes).
... though I have encountered them mostly in Europe and Asia. Even in these environments, Linux is still considered primarily a baby Unix and is not used to host actual switching platforms ... though it is being used for control & management and billing systems.
... many of the next generation of 'soft switches' are hosted on UNIX platforms [removing the need to maintain many of the obscure, aging OSes ;)]
;)
It's true that it is much easier to find NT/Windows in a NOC or operations network these days; they typically serve as platforms for reporting, remote graphical configuration interfaces, desktop workstations, etc.
Linux and Open/FreeBSD can be found in telephony networks
Finally, the role of UNIX in telephony is becoming more central (or core if you would)
So, the news of UNIX's demise is perhaps a little premature.
Natty
So how come we're not bombing Microsoft?
... or very little oil ...
Because they have lots of money?
Yes, it would appear that there are ample amounts of hubris on the American side of the pond as well... ;)
Natty
"Program Files" folder in Windows is what Linux needs, except we could call it "/apps" or something like that.
/opt ???
Hmm... perhaps
... oh, you must mean a Foreign Domestic, we have one at the summer place.
Natty
any way we can get the name of this user the RIAA is after?
... If we said, Please?
Maybe
Natty
> Some geeks have a problem with one, some geeks have a problem ... and some geeks had roast beef, while others had none [vegitarian geeks]...
> with another.
'I am the orchastrator with my pocket calculator'
;)
Just imagine the fun they could have today
Natty
After having read several articles and message boards concerning the USA's Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention Act (H.R.5211), I must admit that I am left with more questions than answers.
Being neither a citizen of, nor resident in, the USA, I have questions and concerns which I have yet to find any discussion to date.
My first concern has to do with property and privacy rights,invasiveness and tresspass in those instances where the target of a "self-help" action is the citizen of a country other than the USA.
Given that it is reasonable to assume that the 'copyright owner' may have to access my system in order to determine whether I am in possession of pirated material. Even if nothing is found, I have been the victim of tresspass, by a foreign entity who is operating under a 'safe-harbour' provision which does not exist in my country; however the tresspass committed is a crime.
How will 'copyright owners' guarantee, or even be certain, that the IP address they chase down resides within the jurisdiction of the law under which they are acting?
How would a foreign target of a 'self-help' action gain access to compensation? If they are not governed by the law, then they cannot use said law to access compensation for damages.
Would the tresspass against myself, or a foreign organisation or company, be considerd an un-provoked agression against the people of a sovereign nation? Could such an action be cause for referral to the international court or the UN?
Is this bill yet another example of the USA not understanding, or (more likely) caring, where its borders end?
Does anyone know of references to information which would answer my questions?
All insight is most welcome?
Natty
Single sign on is coming people, and when it arrives not only will 95% of the computer using population be more secure because of it, but computers will be dramatically easier to use as well. ... now where are those 'vampire-capitalists' who laughed themselves hysterical back in '96/7 when I pitched them with this 'interesting' idea which they assured me would have 'little to no traction' in the marketplace?
... come-on, you know you've done it :)
Mikey's bang on on this one. Better late than never 'Universal (Single) Sign-on' is finally becoming a reality
The simple truth is, when confronted by more than two or three set of authentication information, people will either use the same password, or simple variations, everywhere or they will write them down
Natty