Bruno Gouvy did it back in the early 90's, ON A SNOWBOARD... shortly after he died by falling in a crevasse in some alp region...
I'm guessing you meant that he died in an Alp crevasse shortly after doing this. Not that he did this shortly after dieing. That'd be kinda sick, strapping a body onto a snowboard and whacking it down a mountain. Funny.. but sick.
And there was me thinking that slavery had been made illegal..
If an employer thinks that I am just a machine, capable of nothing but churning out code, and that I enjoy nothing more than staring at pages and pages of PERL for the 50 - 60 hours a week I'm in the office then thats fine. I can get other jobs. I'm in my last week at my current job, my primary reason for leaving is a restrictive web surfing policy. People who vote with their feet and leave jobs because of this are rare, but I'm one of the few.
I'm sitting in front of my PC here that has 96meg of RAM. If I bought that much in the form of 16k RAM packs like the ZX81 here uses it'd cost me over 130,000 pounds.
I guess 80 pounds for 128meg is a decent price after all.
Theres more about this thing at http://www-4.ibm.com/so ftw are/developer/library/jfs.html. One irritating thing about it is that theres no support for floppy disks, or other small removable media. Understandable considering the system, but floppy disks are still quite handy. (Assuming the page I was reading is up-to-date)
The idea of having tiny little space going satellittes gave me an idea. Why not have lots of mini satellittes that are able to join up into larger structures in a sort of Lego type fashion. Stick some sort of short range radio communications gear on each one (along the lines of Bluetooth), and one piece of specialised equipment each, launch a big bunch of them into space, and have them communicate. If you need a machine to repair a space station a couple of solar cell satellittes and a few tool satellittes all come together, join up with a booster satellitte and get the job done. Then the solar cells could break off and manoveur to somewhere else they're needed. Much more effiecient than having big specialised bits of equipment, cheaper in the long run, and possibley adaptive too. Assuming its all possible..
Is there anything the US government can do that MS can't just say 'bog off' to? If MS refuse to do whatever the government 'tell' them to presumeably they'll have to slap sales embargos on MS products. Watch the global economy take a manic nosedive as noone can update or upgrade their existing NT systems. Then the rest of the world blames the US government for being too restrictive. And then what? War?
Maybe it won't go that far, but if Microsoft refuses to comply then theres nowt that can be done.
Having just read most of the Carnivore homepage it struck me that this entire program sounds like a big load of crap. They switch between descriptions of the 'carnivore software' and 'the carnivore box', they're terrific at descibing who they're going to catch, but vague about who is actually going to be able to access the information.
The site is full of contradictions, Barnum Statements, and rumours.
Is it possible, or even likely, that this whole Carnivore thing is a simple misdirection? We look at the right hand while the left hand does something much sneakier. Why is this an FBI project rather than say NSA or Interpol? Something weird is happening..
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I have followed with interest your dealings with the popular internet music sites Napster and MP3.com. While I do not advocate piracy I feel that you have been somewhat heavy-handed filing law suits left, right and center. I also feel, personally, that these law suits are unnecessary. After all, having read through the list of artists on your web site I doubt that anyone with any sort of musical interest would be the slightest bit inclined to download the popularist pap they tend to release.
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As posted to the form on the contact page of the RIAA site less than 2 minutes ago.
Actually 'puke' is the most offensive word. Tell your girlfriend/wife/mother that her cooking tastes like 'puke' and she will suddenly become more offended than anything. (Note: Original joke by Jack Handley/Steven Wright.. I forget)
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First thing first, I've never written a mod for Quake 3. Designed levels for Doom a while back, but nothing since.
However, I have written 'mods' for a commercial ecommerce package. I've had to rewrite my code many times for each version of the software released. From the point of view of the manufacturer I don't exist. They don't support my code. Should it be different for id? Sure, mods increase the playing lifetime for Quake 3, but supporting code written by 3rd parties? That'd be crazy. If you want an easy life, write mods for final code.. stick to Quake or Quake 2.. If you want to write for Quake 3 then you're going to be stuck with id screwing your software. Just as I'm stuck with someone screwing mine.
That said, I don't think Linux can overcome these problems. It's not its fault though, because IT IS NOT A DESKTOP OS!! It does a great job at being what it should (a server) but it has no place on user desktops. It lacks all the things users need to do what needs done. Right now, they have no incentive to switch from Windows.
Absolutely. Linux command lines are great. The idea of the X interface is about as daft as trying to crowbar a decent GUI onto the front of Microsoft DOS. Hang on.. Wait.. Windo..
In a presentation today from the British government a new spying network was unveiled to a select group of ISPs and industry representatives. A spokeswoman from MI5 announced,
'Although we suffer greatly from underfunding in comparison to our counter-parts in other governments, we are very proud of what we have managed to achieve with our new email scanning network codenamed Herbivore', she said. 'The QBasic software runs on DOS 5, and is powered by our latest 286 hardware. We felt that scanning the whole of the UKs email traffic would require the best we could afford here in the UK, so we really went to town. TCP communication is handled by a 33.6k modem as our initial tests with a 14.4k found increasing eCommerce activity to be too much for such a slow connection.'
Details of the actual specification are classified. The reaction from the British public is not yet known, but analysts have been predicting the typical level of apathy.
Larry Wall
Pros: Will use open techniques and innovative solutions to solve problems.
Cons: Might decide to rebuild it from the ground up after a while regardless of any problems.
Biggest Concern: Probably have to get a picture of a camel on your driving license.
I was going to write a 'Bill Gates' one of these.. but I couldn't think of any Pros.
Much as I hate to agree with someone using the name of a Pokemon character, I am entirely with you.
In a vague way this technology reminds me of the film 'Westworld' (I think its a Micheal Crichton number, not sure though). In the film the main charcters were issued with guns. Real ones, but modified so that they couldn't shoot real people. They were 'censored'. This made me think somewhat. Most people could be trusted to use the guns responsibly, without hurting anyone else. However, due to the few idiots that might abuse the power they had to be restrained. Drawing a parallel to this new media technology, the few (or maybe the majority if piracy is really as rife as some make out) people that would use this technology to illegaly copy copyrighted material have to be helped out by the only people able to limit such abuse. Sure, most of us are against this censorship, I personally don't think I need my hand held by Microsoft/Intel/Seagate and so on, but I am someone that respects the fact that if I want something I'm going to have to pay for it. Unfortunately those people that trade 'warez', copyright MP3s and so on make life less free for the rest of us. My freedom to use technology is important, but so is that of the artist/record companies and so on too.
I don't suppose you ever considered that it could be because the URLs may change? By pointing to a redirect at Microsoft all they have to do is update their end should CNN.com become CNN.com.us for example. If they had a direct link, and the URL changed, then the Slashdot.org article would read 'MS are crap because the default links don't work'.
And don't knock MS so hard for this, Netscape does exactly the same.. On both Windows and Linux. (And probably any other platform its available for.)
I think you'll find that UTMS actually uses the WAP protocol in a large number of areas.. UTMS (Universal Telecomms Mobile System ackronym fans) is simply another way to push the info to a wireless device. But before we get there we'll have to trundle through GPRS first.
There are two points here:
The telecomms operatros have spent stacks of cash of WAP, GPRS and UTMS licenses. In the UK its 22billion pounds between four major companies and one start-up. They're not going to through that away. The first GPRS and UTMS applications will be faster WML based sites.
Second, content is king. Always. If theres nothing to see then people will move away. At the moment there are many new WAP sites springing up, its going to be a good long time before we see applications that fully utilise faster wireless networks.
Fun as it is to cry WAP is dead, its simply not true. WAP is the protocol for delivering things to wireless devices. WML may die, but thats not the same thing.
Slightly offtopic.. but try looking at Netscape.com's browser download page in IE.. I'm running IE 5.5.. and I get 'Browser Upgrade Available! Netscape 4.75'..
And the chances of there being any drivers for a Voodoo 5 6000 under Xfree86 at launch are? Somwhere between 'none-what-so-ever' and 'not-a-flippin'-hope' I'd wager.
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Bruno Gouvy did it back in the early 90's, ON A SNOWBOARD... shortly after he died by falling in a crevasse in some alp region...
I'm guessing you meant that he died in an Alp crevasse shortly after doing this. Not that he did this shortly after dieing. That'd be kinda sick, strapping a body onto a snowboard and whacking it down a mountain. Funny.. but sick.
And there was me thinking that slavery had been made illegal..
If an employer thinks that I am just a machine, capable of nothing but churning out code, and that I enjoy nothing more than staring at pages and pages of PERL for the 50 - 60 hours a week I'm in the office then thats fine. I can get other jobs. I'm in my last week at my current job, my primary reason for leaving is a restrictive web surfing policy. People who vote with their feet and leave jobs because of this are rare, but I'm one of the few.
I'm sitting in front of my PC here that has 96meg of RAM. If I bought that much in the form of 16k RAM packs like the ZX81 here uses it'd cost me over 130,000 pounds.
I guess 80 pounds for 128meg is a decent price after all.
Even when 3-D is working properly, it takes some getting used to. There are no standard controls for navigating a 3-D space..
So what exactly are these 'legs' all about then? Doesn't get much more standard than having been used for the last few million years.
Theres more about this thing at http://www-4.ibm.com/so ftw are/developer/library/jfs.html. One irritating thing about it is that theres no support for floppy disks, or other small removable media. Understandable considering the system, but floppy disks are still quite handy. (Assuming the page I was reading is up-to-date)
The idea of having tiny little space going satellittes gave me an idea. Why not have lots of mini satellittes that are able to join up into larger structures in a sort of Lego type fashion. Stick some sort of short range radio communications gear on each one (along the lines of Bluetooth), and one piece of specialised equipment each, launch a big bunch of them into space, and have them communicate. If you need a machine to repair a space station a couple of solar cell satellittes and a few tool satellittes all come together, join up with a booster satellitte and get the job done. Then the solar cells could break off and manoveur to somewhere else they're needed. Much more effiecient than having big specialised bits of equipment, cheaper in the long run, and possibley adaptive too. Assuming its all possible..
Is there anything the US government can do that MS can't just say 'bog off' to? If MS refuse to do whatever the government 'tell' them to presumeably they'll have to slap sales embargos on MS products. Watch the global economy take a manic nosedive as noone can update or upgrade their existing NT systems. Then the rest of the world blames the US government for being too restrictive. And then what? War?
Maybe it won't go that far, but if Microsoft refuses to comply then theres nowt that can be done.
Having just read most of the Carnivore homepage it struck me that this entire program sounds like a big load of crap. They switch between descriptions of the 'carnivore software' and 'the carnivore box', they're terrific at descibing who they're going to catch, but vague about who is actually going to be able to access the information.
The site is full of contradictions, Barnum Statements, and rumours.
Is it possible, or even likely, that this whole Carnivore thing is a simple misdirection? We look at the right hand while the left hand does something much sneakier. Why is this an FBI project rather than say NSA or Interpol? Something weird is happening..
Apologies for sounding like a conspiracy type..
Why not let the RIAA know too..
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I have followed with interest your dealings with the popular internet music sites Napster and MP3.com. While I do not advocate piracy I feel that you have been somewhat heavy-handed filing law suits left, right and center. I also feel, personally, that these law suits are unnecessary. After all, having read through the list of artists on your web site I doubt that anyone with any sort of musical interest would be the slightest bit inclined to download the popularist pap they tend to release.
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As posted to the form on the contact page of the RIAA site less than 2 minutes ago.
Actually 'puke' is the most offensive word. Tell your girlfriend/wife/mother that her cooking tastes like 'puke' and she will suddenly become more offended than anything. (Note: Original joke by Jack Handley/Steven Wright.. I forget)
Stop using windows goddamnit!!!
How would I look outside?
First thing first, I've never written a mod for Quake 3. Designed levels for Doom a while back, but nothing since.
However, I have written 'mods' for a commercial ecommerce package. I've had to rewrite my code many times for each version of the software released. From the point of view of the manufacturer I don't exist. They don't support my code. Should it be different for id? Sure, mods increase the playing lifetime for Quake 3, but supporting code written by 3rd parties? That'd be crazy. If you want an easy life, write mods for final code.. stick to Quake or Quake 2.. If you want to write for Quake 3 then you're going to be stuck with id screwing your software. Just as I'm stuck with someone screwing mine.
That said, I don't think Linux can overcome these problems. It's not its fault though, because IT IS NOT A DESKTOP OS!! It does a great job at being what it should (a server) but it has no place on user desktops. It lacks all the things users need to do what needs done. Right now, they have no incentive to switch from Windows.
Absolutely. Linux command lines are great. The idea of the X interface is about as daft as trying to crowbar a decent GUI onto the front of Microsoft DOS. Hang on.. Wait.. Windo..
In a presentation today from the British government a new spying network was unveiled to a select group of ISPs and industry representatives. A spokeswoman from MI5 announced,
'Although we suffer greatly from underfunding in comparison to our counter-parts in other governments, we are very proud of what we have managed to achieve with our new email scanning network codenamed Herbivore', she said. 'The QBasic software runs on DOS 5, and is powered by our latest 286 hardware. We felt that scanning the whole of the UKs email traffic would require the best we could afford here in the UK, so we really went to town. TCP communication is handled by a 33.6k modem as our initial tests with a 14.4k found increasing eCommerce activity to be too much for such a slow connection.'
Details of the actual specification are classified. The reaction from the British public is not yet known, but analysts have been predicting the typical level of apathy.
Larry Wall
Pros: Will use open techniques and innovative solutions to solve problems.
Cons: Might decide to rebuild it from the ground up after a while regardless of any problems.
Biggest Concern: Probably have to get a picture of a camel on your driving license.
I was going to write a 'Bill Gates' one of these.. but I couldn't think of any Pros.
Much as I hate to agree with someone using the name of a Pokemon character, I am entirely with you.
In a vague way this technology reminds me of the film 'Westworld' (I think its a Micheal Crichton number, not sure though). In the film the main charcters were issued with guns. Real ones, but modified so that they couldn't shoot real people. They were 'censored'. This made me think somewhat. Most people could be trusted to use the guns responsibly, without hurting anyone else. However, due to the few idiots that might abuse the power they had to be restrained. Drawing a parallel to this new media technology, the few (or maybe the majority if piracy is really as rife as some make out) people that would use this technology to illegaly copy copyrighted material have to be helped out by the only people able to limit such abuse. Sure, most of us are against this censorship, I personally don't think I need my hand held by Microsoft/Intel/Seagate and so on, but I am someone that respects the fact that if I want something I'm going to have to pay for it. Unfortunately those people that trade 'warez', copyright MP3s and so on make life less free for the rest of us. My freedom to use technology is important, but so is that of the artist/record companies and so on too.
With all that water, and apple, maybe we could go apple bobbing? (Antiquated UK parlour game if you're under 23 and/or not English)
I don't suppose you ever considered that it could be because the URLs may change? By pointing to a redirect at Microsoft all they have to do is update their end should CNN.com become CNN.com.us for example. If they had a direct link, and the URL changed, then the Slashdot.org article would read 'MS are crap because the default links don't work'.
And don't knock MS so hard for this, Netscape does exactly the same.. On both Windows and Linux. (And probably any other platform its available for.)
Free bear? Really.. cool.
Yeah, but agents from the Matrix might 'cut the hard line'. (For 'agents' read 'engineers', and for 'Matrix' read 'telephone/electricity/gas company')
There are two points here:
Fun as it is to cry WAP is dead, its simply not true. WAP is the protocol for delivering things to wireless devices. WML may die, but thats not the same thing.
three other teams have failed to find similar evidence of increased cancer rates among mice exposed to microwave emissions
They did admit however that they taste rather like chicken.
Just how long can you keep afloat such a hugely loss making website in the hope that it will one day be profitable?
I think Amazon have managed about 4 years so far..
Slightly offtopic.. but try looking at Netscape.com's browser download page in IE.. I'm running IE 5.5 .. and I get 'Browser Upgrade Available! Netscape 4.75'..
And the chances of there being any drivers for a Voodoo 5 6000 under Xfree86 at launch are? Somwhere between 'none-what-so-ever' and 'not-a-flippin'-hope' I'd wager.