Didn't u guys (both GB&US) fail to knock out Iraq's tcp/ip network in 1990 with a load of explosives. If a tcp/ip is that robust I can't see how it can go down if the US went down. OTOH the main lookup servers are in the US aren't they. Is ther a mirror in Europe? or Asia?
I think there is very little to stop DVD piracy and other such things. Even if Big Business uses federal law, my server is not covered by it. Why? I'm Irish. And if the EU adopts anti competition laws (which they never will) and outlaws fair use then I have friends in Russia and Austrailia who have servers. Basically as long as there is no standard world law about somthing, you will always be able to get anything from a server in Outer Mongolia. However they could outlaw the downloading of certain software (which would mean that they have to evesdrop our connections). This has happened in the case of certain types of porn (which I agree with) but in Ireland (and I'm sure other places) the authorities will never be allowed to tap connections. Thus any Genie which escapes will roam rampant over the Internet. But remember this could backfire on us (I don't know how, but this type of freedom requires a lot of responsibility to handle)
Business don't use it because it's not M$ and Linux/Unix heads don't use it because it's not Unix. Not because it is technically less advanced than and other OS
Most(if not all) PC system designes are based on the 40+ year old von Neumann architecture. This is high level enough to serve us as a guide. Sorta like "If you want to build a house you need a foundation walls and a roof". So as a basis it serves us well.
The current Intel/AMD architectures are more specific than the von Neumann. They embody the actual physical motherboard design.
The Intel/AMD architectures are based primarily on what we knew in the 70's and have been added to over the years. This can be shown as my (c) 198x Word Star will still run on my Win NT 4.x (*office*) PC and that this new 64 bit Intel chip wil support 16 bit apps.
I agree that the principles of processing etc will always remain the same, but what if....
We throw out that old Intel/AMD design and start afreash. New bus architecture, chip architecture, design for the future and with the user in mind. We saw what BeOS did when they started from scratch
Anyway I put it to the/. masses that there is good reason to redesign with our original and newer (I don't remember user frendliness mentioned in von Neumann's paper) goals in mind, using technology that is available now.
Your thoughts please(as if I have to ask for them)........
I don't know who controls TLD's but I have a feeling they are based in the US. If they are, is this not very counterproductive to the WORLDww. US agencies tend to serve U$. Are TLD's controlled by a worls wide body? and if not should they? I think so.
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Didn't u guys (both GB&US) fail to knock out Iraq's tcp/ip network in 1990 with a load of explosives. If a tcp/ip is that robust I can't see how it can go down if the US went down. OTOH the main lookup servers are in the US aren't they. Is ther a mirror in Europe? or Asia?
I think there is very little to stop DVD piracy and other such things. Even if Big Business uses federal law, my server is not covered by it. Why? I'm Irish. And if the EU adopts anti competition laws (which they never will) and outlaws fair use then I have friends in Russia and Austrailia who have servers. Basically as long as there is no standard world law about somthing, you will always be able to get anything from a server in Outer Mongolia. However they could outlaw the downloading of certain software (which would mean that they have to evesdrop our connections). This has happened in the case of certain types of porn (which I agree with) but in Ireland (and I'm sure other places) the authorities will never be allowed to tap connections. Thus any Genie which escapes will roam rampant over the Internet. But remember this could backfire on us (I don't know how, but this type of freedom requires a lot of responsibility to handle)
Business don't use it because it's not M$ and Linux/Unix heads don't use it because it's not Unix. Not because it is technically less advanced than and other OS
Most(if not all) PC system designes are based on the 40+ year old von Neumann architecture. This is high level enough to serve us as a guide. Sorta like "If you want to build a house you need a foundation walls and a roof". So as a basis it serves us well.
The current Intel/AMD architectures are more specific than the von Neumann. They embody the actual physical motherboard design.
The Intel/AMD architectures are based primarily on what we knew in the 70's and have been added to over the years. This can be shown as my (c) 198x Word Star will still run on my Win NT 4.x (*office*) PC and that this new 64 bit Intel chip wil support 16 bit apps.
I agree that the principles of processing etc will always remain the same, but what if....
We throw out that old Intel/AMD design and start afreash. New bus architecture, chip architecture, design for the future and with the user in mind. We saw what BeOS did when they started from scratch
Anyway I put it to the /. masses that there is good reason to redesign with our original and newer (I don't remember user frendliness mentioned in von Neumann's paper) goals in mind, using technology that is available now.
Your thoughts please(as if I have to ask for them)........rwxrwxrwxrwx
How's about we add the last one for Yahoo?
I don't know who controls TLD's but I have a feeling they are based in the US. If they are, is this not very counterproductive to the WORLDww. US agencies tend to serve U$. Are TLD's controlled by a worls wide body? and if not should they? I think so.