Or does anyone else think that Ross Perot would make a GREAT leader of this company? "We're suing." "we're not" "no we are." "Well, just IBM." "everyone but IBM."
Like Microsoft (May Billy Gates live forever) says, "If nobody does any research on it, nobody'll know it exists, right?"
That was totally irresponsible. They should have not released theat information, and promptly committed Hari-Kiri so the information would never be uttered again on the face of the earth.
A free software, providing an alternative for people who don't want to pay for an alternate Operating system utilizing free software meant to emulate a common interface on proprietary software.
Tell me, if you are tech-savvy enough to get this to work (Even as beta as it probably is), what are you doing wanting the lindows interface?
It has to do with the decision part of a logic gate. To take an OLD example, in 7400 logic, 3.8V and above is "1",.8 and below is "0", anything else is considered ambiguous.
All that would have to happen is for a middle range to be established: 2-3V is "2".
But why stop there? You could have a base10 system by making further divisions. It depends on your ability to differentiate between the various voltage levels.
You could even have a system wherein a multi-volt circuit checked to see what kind of input it was receiving, and adjusted its decision levels accordingly.
Back-wards compatible, in other words.
A tertiary system could get hooked up to a binary hard drive and still have the hard drive work. It would just work like a binary processor.
hook it up to a base7 operating system, and it adjusts on the fly.
The only downsides I can see would be that there would be no more bit-"ANDing" or "ORing", etc. It'd be straight math from here on out.
Also, if you were on a battery system, and your battery levels died slightly, it could mean catastrophe. RF interference could be an issue to.
Here is Mr. Allison's email address: jra at samba dot org . Email him and offer him and any Samba members a beer if they ever find themselves in your area...I did.
Hmm...Distributed Beer Reward System. Could be a viable form of payment. I'd code for it.:)
Here is Mr. Allison's email address: jra at samba dot org . Email him and offer him and any Samba members a beer if they ever find themselves in your area...
"And if you look to your left ladies and gentleman, you'll see the rare 'flamebait-marked-as-funny'. These things were once a rarity, nearly hunted to extinction by competent meta-moderators, who captured and all but wiped out Hot Grits, Natalie Portman, and Fr1st p0st3rz. But now their numbers have grown, so now they are quickly eliminating all the use of surfing at +5. One day, scientists predict you'll need specialized flame filters, much like we use spam filters today."
No kidding? Tight bends in fiber are a problem? You mean all those equations for theta max that we learned the first day in FO engineering class are correct? You gotta be kidding me! What a revolution! Next you'll be telling me that the sky is blue!
"Let's do this again, only using a method we like to call, 'the right way'"
Er...sorry...Inertia...you know how if you have a gyroscope spinning, and you twist it, it will fight you? That's inertia...the "warping field" after it is the influence of 3 hours of sleep..
It will require the user to lug around a car battery to run, and the 10,000 RPM disk drive will generate enough inertial warping fields such that turning a corner while walking will take major effort...
Who would we elect as our representative? Me, I'd think it wildly ironic if the linux community buys out 51% of SCO, then all elect Eric Raymond as their representative.
Can't you imagine it?
ESR walks in, points to the CEOs, and goes, "Fired, Fired, Fired, Fired, and doubly Fired."
Then he files for chapter 11 so he doesn't have to pay the asshats their pension, sells it to Red Hat for a dollar, yanks the code, and walks out whistling.
"Damnit, we keep threatening to sue these people, and the fuckers still won't buy our products."
Seriously though, I'm waiting for Big Blue to bitchslap SCO, and jar them something fierce. It's like National Geographic right before the shark devours the minnow: You know what's going to happen, you are just waiting for it.
Personally, I'd like to see SCO get bought out by the Linux community, who then votes to oust the CEOs without a golden parachute.
As an Electrical Engineer, I'm thoroughly convinced that defense jobs are the only ones that are going to stay in-country. Might as well jump on the band-wagon now. Viva le Tomahawk!
The meek might inheret the earth, but they'll be in India.
I think we will see this go the way of MS Bob, "Trusted Computing", MSN as a popular ISP, etc.
You ever notice that with the exception of hardware, most people only use Microsoft products as they are forced to?
The only reason people in the outside world use it is because even they feel like they HAVE to use Word, Windows, Excel, etc. When it comes to options in other parts of life, most people recognize that MS sucks donkey balls.
(Interesting side note: I used to work for Blue Cross of California. This was back in the NT 4.0 days. BCC has a support contract with MS.
A co-worker of mine took an NT server, set it up professionally to interface with the network as a real server, then installed MS Bob on it.
He promptly called Microsoft for tech support, and used the "Bob" terminology: "Yes, I'm having trouble getting the IP stack up. I keep telling the dog inside the living room to connect to the outside world, but he just keeps barking at me and asking if I want to make a document." My friend played dumb, only referring to MS Bob jargon as if it were the operating system
Needless to say, the call lasted many hours while the MS tech tried to trouble-shoot the problem using as much of the MS Bob terminology as possible.)
Considering their size, and the fact that they have a 206MHz processor, you could maybe fit more in...that wouldn't be such a ridiculous idea... Of course, the 400MHz Zaurus would probably be a better choice. I always thought that a bunch of custom Linux-On-A-Chips connected together in a really tight form factor would make for the ultimate in Clustering...
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And yet another year passes in which they fail to acknowledge the wonderous story that is Battlefield:Earth.
Or does anyone else think that Ross Perot would make a GREAT leader of this company? "We're suing." "we're not" "no we are." "Well, just IBM." "everyone but IBM."
Like Microsoft (May Billy Gates live forever) says, "If nobody does any research on it, nobody'll know it exists, right?"
That was totally irresponsible. They should have not released theat information, and promptly committed Hari-Kiri so the information would never be uttered again on the face of the earth.
It does me proud to see a group of people try to stick it to the RIAA.
May they bitch-slap the RIAA like the ho-bags they are.
And don't forget to wear a Jimmy-hat when you have them bent over. We don't know where they've been.
Let's pull this apart, shall we?
This is:
A free software, providing an alternative for people who don't want to pay for an alternate Operating system utilizing free software meant to emulate a common interface on proprietary software.
Tell me, if you are tech-savvy enough to get this to work (Even as beta as it probably is), what are you doing wanting the lindows interface?
My $.02 ($.03 Canadian)
It has to do with the decision part of a logic gate. To take an OLD example, in 7400 logic, 3.8V and above is "1", .8 and below is "0", anything else is considered ambiguous.
All that would have to happen is for a middle range to be established: 2-3V is "2".
But why stop there? You could have a base10 system by making further divisions. It depends on your ability to differentiate between the various voltage levels.
You could even have a system wherein a multi-volt circuit checked to see what kind of input it was receiving, and adjusted its decision levels accordingly.
Back-wards compatible, in other words.
A tertiary system could get hooked up to a binary hard drive and still have the hard drive work. It would just work like a binary processor.
hook it up to a base7 operating system, and it adjusts on the fly.
The only downsides I can see would be that there would be no more bit-"ANDing" or "ORing", etc. It'd be straight math from here on out.
Also, if you were on a battery system, and your battery levels died slightly, it could mean catastrophe. RF interference could be an issue to.
Oh well, just my $(2e-2)
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Here is Mr. Allison's email address: jra at samba dot org . Email him and offer him and any Samba members a beer if they ever find themselves in your area...I did.
:)
Hmm...Distributed Beer Reward System. Could be a viable form of payment. I'd code for it.
Here is Mr. Allison's email address: jra at samba dot org . Email him and offer him and any Samba members a beer if they ever find themselves in your area...
So, when do we throw a Debian party, have cake and ice cream, and play pin the tail on Bill Gates?
"And if you look to your left ladies and gentleman, you'll see the rare 'flamebait-marked-as-funny'. These things were once a rarity, nearly hunted to extinction by competent meta-moderators, who captured and all but wiped out Hot Grits, Natalie Portman, and Fr1st p0st3rz. But now their numbers have grown, so now they are quickly eliminating all the use of surfing at +5. One day, scientists predict you'll need specialized flame filters, much like we use spam filters today."
No kidding? Tight bends in fiber are a problem? You mean all those equations for theta max that we learned the first day in FO engineering class are correct? You gotta be kidding me! What a revolution! Next you'll be telling me that the sky is blue!
"Let's do this again, only using a method we like to call, 'the right way'"
As located here, RedHat calls SCO's practices "likely to cause confusion, mistake or to deceive". Is that legalese for "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt"?
Just a thought,
Joe
Someone should set up a Paypal account for Red Hat...then encourage them to get off of RPMS and onto ebuilds. (he he he)
Ni-MH...no memory as long as you recharge them the full 7 hours...
inertia....as in "Moment of inertia"
Er...sorry...Inertia...you know how if you have a gyroscope spinning, and you twist it, it will fight you? That's inertia...the "warping field" after it is the influence of 3 hours of sleep..
It will require the user to lug around a car battery to run, and the 10,000 RPM disk drive will generate enough inertial warping fields such that turning a corner while walking will take major effort...
Uhh...I don't know what musical scale you learned, but there is no B#. B# is C.
Remind me to never be in a band with you.
Let there be singing in the street! MS could be struck down! Oh happy day! May their quivering entrails be picked apart by Sun, MS, and IBM.
May they eternally be peeing into the wind.
May the public works decree that the road never rise to meet them.
May MS's stock go so low that Billy Boy OWES money.
May we hear him utter the words, "Would you like fries with that?"
Who would we elect as our representative? Me, I'd think it wildly ironic if the linux community buys out 51% of SCO, then all elect Eric Raymond as their representative.
Can't you imagine it?
ESR walks in, points to the CEOs, and goes, "Fired, Fired, Fired, Fired, and doubly Fired."
Then he files for chapter 11 so he doesn't have to pay the asshats their pension, sells it to Red Hat for a dollar, yanks the code, and walks out whistling.
"Damnit, we keep threatening to sue these people, and the fuckers still won't buy our products."
Seriously though, I'm waiting for Big Blue to bitchslap SCO, and jar them something fierce. It's like National Geographic right before the shark devours the minnow: You know what's going to happen, you are just waiting for it.
Personally, I'd like to see SCO get bought out by the Linux community, who then votes to oust the CEOs without a golden parachute.
As an Electrical Engineer, I'm thoroughly convinced that defense jobs are the only ones that are going to stay in-country. Might as well jump on the band-wagon now. Viva le Tomahawk!
The meek might inheret the earth, but they'll be in India.
Can you spell F-U-D? I knew that you could.
I think we will see this go the way of MS Bob, "Trusted Computing", MSN as a popular ISP, etc.
You ever notice that with the exception of hardware, most people only use Microsoft products as they are forced to?
The only reason people in the outside world use it is because even they feel like they HAVE to use Word, Windows, Excel, etc. When it comes to options in other parts of life, most people recognize that MS sucks donkey balls.
(Interesting side note: I used to work for Blue Cross of California. This was back in the NT 4.0 days. BCC has a support contract with MS.
A co-worker of mine took an NT server, set it up professionally to interface with the network as a real server, then installed MS Bob on it.
He promptly called Microsoft for tech support, and used the "Bob" terminology: "Yes, I'm having trouble getting the IP stack up. I keep telling the dog inside the living room to connect to the outside world, but he just keeps barking at me and asking if I want to make a document." My friend played dumb, only referring to MS Bob jargon as if it were the operating system
Needless to say, the call lasted many hours while the MS tech tried to trouble-shoot the problem using as much of the MS Bob terminology as possible.)
JoeLinux
Considering their size, and the fact that they have a 206MHz processor, you could maybe fit more in...that wouldn't be such a ridiculous idea... Of course, the 400MHz Zaurus would probably be a better choice. I always thought that a bunch of custom Linux-On-A-Chips connected together in a really tight form factor would make for the ultimate in Clustering...
Joe