The rule of thumb I was taught years ago was "an hour's drive", so maybe 75-100 km.
As it happened, these two buildings were adjacent to one another, perhaps 75-100 feet apart. OTOH, ours was not mission-critical data -- we supported Marketing in their efforts to annoy you during dinner.
Mostly it was, in a time when humour was badly needed, just plain funny. "What could possibly go...Oh."
Hell, I once worked at a company (call it "Major Corporate Industry") in Pentagon City where the backups were taken home by the backup admin, who was, in fact, a contractor, not even a regular employee.
We were developing a backup plan that involved cross-backups between the two buildings where this particular part of the company was housed. What were the odds, we figured, of something bad happening to both buildings at the same time?
On 9/11, watching the smoke from the Pentagon, we reconsidered that position.
Young people might get bored, but how will a system that brakes when it judges a collision imminent scare old people? Nothing will stop you from braking sooner.
Well, electro-magnetism appears to be a fundamental aspect of the universe. I'd say that it's more comparable to the chances that a terrestrial species uses sound -- one might have to listen to frequencies strange to us to hear the very low sounds that elephants use to communicate at long distances, and bees may dance instead of using sounds at all, but it's a reasonable thing to try.
The source to the BIOS may have been available (although that's not my recollection) but it certainly wasn't free -- Phoenix went through a fair amount of work to create their "clean-room" implementation of that BIOS, and even then there were issues with non-IBM PC's, due to the lack of the tape BASIC ROM (which, AFAIK, was never duplicated) in the clones.
Furthermore, WordStar was never open, WordPerfect was never open, Magic Wand, Electric Pencil, CP/M...the world of software was not a free software garden until Gates. Some of the freedom that RMS remembers had something to do with the lack of portability -- for many companies, software was just a way to sell hardware -- and some, I suspect, never really existed -- while I'm certain that he was invited to examine many AI projects, I'm not so sure that he ever tried to look at the source for MIT's payroll software.
Well, I went and looked this up here(because my copy of the ref card vanished years and years ago,) and it looks like you're partially correct.
The I/O port was on pins 23-30, and was 8 bits wide, although two of those were, in the case of the 64, wired for the bank-switching, leaving only 6 for other purposes. No, I realize that the bank-switching wasn't on-board the MPU -- I suppose it must have sounded like I thought so.
Ah, there we go. It was a parallel port, and it controlled some cassette functions and bank-switching.
That latter item is what I remember. When I did London Blitz for the 64 (not to be confused with the much-more-impressive L B for the VCS) I hid the reference map behind the BASIC ROM, swapping it back in when needed.
Yeah, I remember the intelligent peripherals, I'm just not certain that the on-board port was the head end. Maybe it was -- it's been a good long time since I worked on 'em.
I see your point, but I still think that there's a startling contrast in book publishing. How often have you heard a writer complaining about his publishers and agent?
Of course, as I understand it, book publishers don't generally expect perpetual world-wide rights to anything. Writers generally sell limited term limited rights in specified countries, like two years hardcover US publishing rights, reserving, e.g., paperback rights in Europe.
In the case of the Beetle, aside from the common response that "They put the engine in the wrong place, so what'd you expect?", my theory is that there was a copper shortage at some point that made VW engineers allergic to wiring. How else can you explain the windshield washer, which was a tank hooked up to the over-inflated spare tire with a regulator valve preventing you from flattening the spare on dusty roads? It was elegant, in a way, but bizarre.
Then again, for years the gas cap was in the trunk...
Maybe, although I might have found it faster if I'd been drunk.
Of course, in a way I should have known. I used to drive a Beetle, and after you find the battery underneath the back seat, life should hold few surprises.
Cracking into NASA is one thing. You're up against propellor-heads and zoomies, nice people who think space is neat. Cracking into the NSA is a whole 'nother ballgame. Those folks are professional paranoids, and while they don't kill people, they certainly know people who do.
I once had a temp gig valet parking cars. Did you ever try to find reverse in a stickshift with an aftermarket smooth walnut shift knob? I killed ten minutes cautiously trying up to the left, down to the right, pulling up on the knob while shifting, pushing down while shifting...
The one that really killed me was a Saab. Who puts the ignition in the console between the seats? I began to think it was an anti-theft device.
I'm not so sure that they learn faster. They may pick up particular tasks more quickly, but they may also miss (I know I have) whole areas of function simply because they haven't stumbled into them yet.
Reading the manual gives you the CD-ROM drive. Playing with things gives you the cup holder.
Oh, I wouldn't be so hasty. For one thing, you're apt to be that guy who used to say, "Telephones that go everywhere with you? You're nuts! Who'd want that!?"
For another, I can see some applications. How about a fridge that reminds the elderly that the milk is four weeks old and is starting to breathe on its own? How about a dingus on the shelf that reads the label out loud for the blind? (Cool. That exists, apparently)
Ah, but they weren't reporting their conviction--that happened in 1975. The reporting must have been in reference to their (succesful) 1991 appeal.
The point of the article was simply that, in reporting the opinion of the cop, the paper was not safe in saying, "We didn't say it--he did."
I didn't find confirmation of it, but I've slao read that the truth is not an absolute defense in the UK. In other words, saying that Tony Blair killed Ghandi, without being able to back it up, may not be a defense even if it is later shown that he in fact did kill him, because you nonetheless made a statement that you couldn't at the time document. I'm not at all certain of this, however--INAB, INAS, and INAL.
In a sneaky kind of way, I love the Weekly World News. I have a personal rule that I'll buy the damned rag if (and only if) the cover makes me laugh out loud.
Part of my affection for them is based on their staunchly B/W printing, and part on their reduced emphasis on celebrities. Granted they've let me down this time with Martha on the cover, but it's just as likely to be Bat Boy, Satan in a smoke cloud, the world's largest frog, or gay skeletons from Titanic.
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As it happened, these two buildings were adjacent to one another, perhaps 75-100 feet apart. OTOH, ours was not mission-critical data -- we supported Marketing in their efforts to annoy you during dinner.
Mostly it was, in a time when humour was badly needed, just plain funny. "What could possibly go...Oh."
Yeah, but as was pointed out by people smarter than I, there's a Mac in the background of that shot, making the 1983 date suspect at best.
We were developing a backup plan that involved cross-backups between the two buildings where this particular part of the company was housed. What were the odds, we figured, of something bad happening to both buildings at the same time?
On 9/11, watching the smoke from the Pentagon, we reconsidered that position.
Young people might get bored, but how will a system that brakes when it judges a collision imminent scare old people? Nothing will stop you from braking sooner.
a package from Radiant Systems, and personally I'd recomend against it.
Well, electro-magnetism appears to be a fundamental aspect of the universe. I'd say that it's more comparable to the chances that a terrestrial species uses sound -- one might have to listen to frequencies strange to us to hear the very low sounds that elephants use to communicate at long distances, and bees may dance instead of using sounds at all, but it's a reasonable thing to try.
Furthermore, WordStar was never open, WordPerfect was never open, Magic Wand, Electric Pencil, CP/M...the world of software was not a free software garden until Gates. Some of the freedom that RMS remembers had something to do with the lack of portability -- for many companies, software was just a way to sell hardware -- and some, I suspect, never really existed -- while I'm certain that he was invited to examine many AI projects, I'm not so sure that he ever tried to look at the source for MIT's payroll software.
Actually, didn't Sun buy StarOffice first, then open it?
The I/O port was on pins 23-30, and was 8 bits wide, although two of those were, in the case of the 64, wired for the bank-switching, leaving only 6 for other purposes. No, I realize that the bank-switching wasn't on-board the MPU -- I suppose it must have sounded like I thought so.
So now the rmenants of Commodore are making joysticks, and the remnants of Amiga are making computers. Man bites dog...
That latter item is what I remember. When I did London Blitz for the 64 (not to be confused with the much-more-impressive L B for the VCS) I hid the reference map behind the BASIC ROM, swapping it back in when needed.
Yeah, I remember the intelligent peripherals, I'm just not certain that the on-board port was the head end. Maybe it was -- it's been a good long time since I worked on 'em.
Onboard serial port on the '10, which the 64 used for something or other (light pen input, maybe?)
Actually, I think they're 1 in 37 -- I believe 0 is neither black nor red (1 in 38 in Vegas, where they have a 00 as well.)
Of course, as I understand it, book publishers don't generally expect perpetual world-wide rights to anything. Writers generally sell limited term limited rights in specified countries, like two years hardcover US publishing rights, reserving, e.g., paperback rights in Europe.
Yeah, but they put the steering wheel in the wrong place!
Then again, for years the gas cap was in the trunk...
Of course, in a way I should have known. I used to drive a Beetle, and after you find the battery underneath the back seat, life should hold few surprises.
Cracking into NASA is one thing. You're up against propellor-heads and zoomies, nice people who think space is neat. Cracking into the NSA is a whole 'nother ballgame. Those folks are professional paranoids, and while they don't kill people, they certainly know people who do.
The one that really killed me was a Saab. Who puts the ignition in the console between the seats? I began to think it was an anti-theft device.
Reading the manual gives you the CD-ROM drive. Playing with things gives you the cup holder.
For another, I can see some applications. How about a fridge that reminds the elderly that the milk is four weeks old and is starting to breathe on its own? How about a dingus on the shelf that reads the label out loud for the blind? (Cool. That exists, apparently)
The point of the article was simply that, in reporting the opinion of the cop, the paper was not safe in saying, "We didn't say it--he did."
I didn't find confirmation of it, but I've slao read that the truth is not an absolute defense in the UK. In other words, saying that Tony Blair killed Ghandi, without being able to back it up, may not be a defense even if it is later shown that he in fact did kill him, because you nonetheless made a statement that you couldn't at the time document. I'm not at all certain of this, however--INAB, INAS, and INAL.
Hell, I can't run FireFox on my C64, but it's still free software.
Part of my affection for them is based on their staunchly B/W printing, and part on their reduced emphasis on celebrities. Granted they've let me down this time with Martha on the cover, but it's just as likely to be Bat Boy, Satan in a smoke cloud, the world's largest frog, or gay skeletons from Titanic.