But I might be one of the older programmers still active. I learned my first programming language in the Army in 1961, for a Sylvania Mobidic computer, which I never got a chance to write. But I did write code and wired plug boards for the Univac File Computer while stationed at Governor's Island in New York City. Won't bore you with all the computers I wrote for, but here are some highlights: I have worked in a wide number of software genres, ranging from compilers/interpreters, multi-user operating systems for the PDP8, a Microdata machine, and on top of IBM 360 DOS. Have been writing a lot of hypertext (something I call farView), which I started in the '80s for the PC and DEC.I wrote one of the (only?) music synthesis software programs for the Z80. Sold a couple of copies. But now I am currently employed writing and maintaining software for web front and back ends. Also playing with Unity and A-Frame for fun. I'm 77.
How about a solution that gives us the advantages of trains and cars at the same time?
With trains, every person is at the mercy of the schedule. With cars, every person is at the mercy of the smog and the expense. Is there a way around the trade offs?
I, for one, would love to see this solution(?) get a chance to put up or shut up, but they need to build a test track and noone will give them the money. After reading all the info, they have a convincing case. Is there something missing? I don't see it.
I got my company to buy a mouse from the Mouse House in 1982-1984. The mouse cost about $400, and came with a tail(cable+connector) but no interface hardware or software. I found a schematic by Niklaus Wirth using some counters, a ROM, and some other TTL stuff, and I built my own interface, which I plugged into the control lines of the parallel port on my trusty 2MHZ Z80. It goes without saying that I had to write my own drivers, too. I also used my homemade interface with a slightly rewired Commodore trackball, which was quite a nice device - and cheap at about $25. That MH mouse is not my favorite, my Logitech optical mouse is.
How do you manage files, email, contacts, meetings and all the relationships that might exist between them?
I use farVIEW for everything except for email. I would of course - I wrote it. You can dl a copy of it at paul.medlock.com if you want to try it. It only runs on Windows, though, I'm afraid.
It was designated by a model number though I don't recall whether it was one or two, so I'm not sure what you mean by "No,..." or are you just in the habit of starting a rejoinder with a "No?"
Hey, I actually programmed this machine, or was it the Model 2 (I really don't remember) back in the early sixties while I was in the Army stationed at First Army Hq on Governor's Island in NYC.
The computer had a drum for the "stored" program and a plugboard for the wired part. The drum was mounted for display behind a large glass window. I don't remember how much memory the computer had for variables, but I don't think there was much. The computer was all-tube, and I don't remember how often it broke down. It definitely did, of course.
The machine had some interesting ideas, I thought. For example, tape sorts were done by disconnecting the tape drive from the main processor and controlling the sort through a plugboard designed for the job. The main processor was too slow and too small to handle sorting.
We optimized our programs by arranging jump instructions to consider drum rotational latency so that as little amount of time as possible would be lost while waiting for the destination instruction to be reached. All code was in absolute, no offsets, no assembler, so optimizing was definitely a challange, but a requirement.
One program that I wrote for the machine was to predict the time, space, and intensity distribution aspects of fallout from a hypothetical A-bomb explosion given the winds at the time of the event. I also wrote code to help generate coompany "morning reports," a much more mundane activity.
It was my first programming job.
Not meaning to address the competition issue, I do think that the use of bots is a logical evolution for internet users/consumers generally. The argument that I quoted is directed towards the legitimacy of bots, not whether they were used by a competitor. And, besides, I think that a consumer should have the right to compare prices. What is a consumer if s(he can't do that fundamental consumer thing? And using modern tools doesn't change the principles. If the bot uses so many cycles as to degrade performance, then maybe it's not a bot, but something else.
It certainly seems to me that putting a computer online as an internet server is to make its space a public place, much as a walk-in retail store has an area where people can look at the products the store offers. An argument such as "bots use up a piece of the target system's resources, denying its use to the owner" is analogous to saying that a customer can't walk into the store because it denies the owner walking space. Why are they online? Maybe they should get back off.
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But I might be one of the older programmers still active. I learned my first programming language in the Army in 1961, for a Sylvania Mobidic computer, which I never got a chance to write. But I did write code and wired plug boards for the Univac File Computer while stationed at Governor's Island in New York City. Won't bore you with all the computers I wrote for, but here are some highlights: I have worked in a wide number of software genres, ranging from compilers/interpreters, multi-user operating systems for the PDP8, a Microdata machine, and on top of IBM 360 DOS. Have been writing a lot of hypertext (something I call farView), which I started in the '80s for the PC and DEC.I wrote one of the (only?) music synthesis software programs for the Z80. Sold a couple of copies. But now I am currently employed writing and maintaining software for web front and back ends. Also playing with Unity and A-Frame for fun. I'm 77.
How about a solution that gives us the advantages of trains and cars at the same time?
With trains, every person is at the mercy of the schedule. With cars, every person is at the mercy of the smog and the expense. Is there a way around the trade offs?
Check out skytrans at http://www.skytran.net./
I, for one, would love to see this solution(?) get a chance to put up or shut up, but they need to build a test track and noone will give them the money. After reading all the info, they have a convincing case. Is there something missing? I don't see it.
I got my company to buy a mouse from the Mouse House in 1982-1984. The mouse cost about $400, and came with a tail(cable+connector) but no interface hardware or software. I found a schematic by Niklaus Wirth using some counters, a ROM, and some other TTL stuff, and I built my own interface, which I plugged into the control lines of the parallel port on my trusty 2MHZ Z80. It goes without saying that I had to write my own drivers, too. I also used my homemade interface with a slightly rewired Commodore trackball, which was quite a nice device - and cheap at about $25.
That MH mouse is not my favorite, my Logitech optical mouse is.
How do you manage files, email, contacts, meetings and all the relationships that might exist between them?
I use farVIEW for everything except for email. I would of course - I wrote it. You can dl a copy of it at paul.medlock.com if you want to try it. It only runs on Windows, though, I'm afraid.
It was designated by a model number though I don't recall whether it was one or two, so I'm not sure what you mean by "No, ..." or are you just in the habit of starting a rejoinder with a "No?"
Hey, I actually programmed this machine, or was it the Model 2 (I really don't remember) back in the early sixties while I was in the Army stationed at First Army Hq on Governor's Island in NYC. The computer had a drum for the "stored" program and a plugboard for the wired part. The drum was mounted for display behind a large glass window. I don't remember how much memory the computer had for variables, but I don't think there was much. The computer was all-tube, and I don't remember how often it broke down. It definitely did, of course. The machine had some interesting ideas, I thought. For example, tape sorts were done by disconnecting the tape drive from the main processor and controlling the sort through a plugboard designed for the job. The main processor was too slow and too small to handle sorting. We optimized our programs by arranging jump instructions to consider drum rotational latency so that as little amount of time as possible would be lost while waiting for the destination instruction to be reached. All code was in absolute, no offsets, no assembler, so optimizing was definitely a challange, but a requirement. One program that I wrote for the machine was to predict the time, space, and intensity distribution aspects of fallout from a hypothetical A-bomb explosion given the winds at the time of the event. I also wrote code to help generate coompany "morning reports," a much more mundane activity. It was my first programming job.
Not meaning to address the competition issue, I do think that the use of bots is a logical evolution for internet users/consumers generally. The argument that I quoted is directed towards the legitimacy of bots, not whether they were used by a competitor. And, besides, I think that a consumer should have the right to compare prices. What is a consumer if s(he can't do that fundamental consumer thing? And using modern tools doesn't change the principles. If the bot uses so many cycles as to degrade performance, then maybe it's not a bot, but something else.
It certainly seems to me that putting a computer online as an internet server is to make its space a public place, much as a walk-in retail store has an area where people can look at the products the store offers. An argument such as "bots use up a piece of the target system's resources, denying its use to the owner" is analogous to saying that a customer can't walk into the store because it denies the owner walking space. Why are they online? Maybe they should get back off.