...You are the same people who spend $300 to get a TIVO...
Yes, in my dreams I have $300 to spend on something like a TIVO. I listen to the radio for music. I drive 8 extra miles each day to bypass the turnpike.
I wouldn't know. I've never seen a good web site yet. I really can't see that anyone has figured this one out. Sure, some sites are lots better than others, but none of them are really good.
The same kind of books that/.ers (at least the ones who can pass as 18) buy monthly. Dead tree has worked well for decades, but if e offered zoom and rotation of the pix then I'm sure it would be popular.
The article is talking about front-end software that could do fare shopping. These guys aren't replacing the mainframes that run the airline industry - they're providing a nice interface to use the data managed by the mainframes.
Based on the line claiming that they work with 2Gb of static data this sounds like the original message referred to a prototype. The reservation systems measure their data in Tb, and it's very dynamic.
Looks like/. just ran a nice ad for some folks who are trying to get some work building software for online travel sites.
(Note: The Sabre bomb-proof bunker isn't located in any of the cities listed. I know because I can look out the window and see the top of it. See this.)
Re:This is talking about Orbitz, not SABRE itself
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a replacement to the mainframe. The new system will start with 1,000 Compaq Nonstop processors
Supplement would probably be a better word than replacement. The Compaq release talks about the fare shopping feature. It is actually a small part of the whole Sabre system; and one that they have never liked having on the same hardware that runs flight management, crew scheduling, pricing, yield managment, booking, ticketing, etc.
>>I can't imagine life without broadband; I consider it as vital as electricity. >>
You seriously need a life.
I have T1 at work; 56k at home so I have seen the difference. I'm not even remotely compelled to spend more on access. There are just too many ways to spend that money that are more rewarding.
The petroleum companies have put all that money to good use - hiring lots of really smart people, and preparing for diversification when the time comes. They'll be happy to sell you whatever energy medium is in fashion. They didn't get rich by being dumb.
On the other hand you can expect to see several US states collapse when the oil business finally goes away. Oklahoma, Texas, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming... Huge chunks of taxes will disappear some day, and most of them really aren't prepared for that situation. That will be an ugly situation.
This was done many years ago. There was a program in one of the rags for the Radio Shack CoCo that would take a large (16k in those days) file and build a tiny BASIC program that would reconstruct it when run.
This is a bit more sophisticated since it can rebuild with missing packets, but the general function is the same.
Still a good idea overall; at least until all of the transfer progs are full of Trojans.
1 in 12 males have some variety of colorblindness. That gives you about 1/4 of the 1 in 6 without even starting on all the other disabilities out there.
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Very nicely done, even if it's already been mentioned a couple of times in the thread.
You obviously have the $ to spend on an internet connection and a home computer though.
At work now. K6II 333 from clearance rack parts at home. I'm much cheaper than you can imagine.
And I had such a nice low ID number. Oh well.
Slashdot used to be really interesting and frequently educational. The last year or so have been mildly entertaining. It's just not worth it anymore.
...You are the same people who spend $300 to get a TIVO ...
Yes, in my dreams I have $300 to spend on something like a TIVO. I listen to the radio for music. I drive 8 extra miles each day to bypass the turnpike.
I wouldn't know. I've never seen a good web site yet. I really can't see that anyone has figured this one out.
Sure, some sites are lots better than others, but none of them are really good.
Interesting stuff, but doesn't "Hox" seem awfully close to "hoax"?
The same kind of books that /.ers (at least the ones who can pass as 18) buy monthly. Dead tree has worked well for decades, but if e offered zoom and rotation of the pix then I'm sure it would be popular.
related to the Otto Pilot?
shouldn't we find out BEFORE jumping to conclusions???
No. That would be much less fun and satisfying. What were you thinking?
The article is talking about front-end software that could do fare shopping. These guys aren't replacing the mainframes that run the airline industry - they're providing a nice interface to use the data managed by the mainframes.
/. just ran a nice ad for some folks who are trying to get some work building software for online travel sites.
Based on the line claiming that they work with 2Gb of static data this sounds like the original message referred to a prototype. The reservation systems measure their data in Tb, and it's very dynamic.
Looks like
(Note: The Sabre bomb-proof bunker isn't located in any of the cities listed. I know because I can look out the window and see the top of it. See this.)
a replacement to the mainframe. The new system will start with 1,000 Compaq Nonstop processors
Supplement would probably be a better word than replacement. The Compaq release talks about the fare shopping feature. It is actually a small part of the whole Sabre system; and one that they have never liked having on the same hardware that runs flight management, crew scheduling, pricing, yield managment, booking, ticketing, etc.
>>I can't imagine life without broadband; I consider it as vital as electricity. >>
You seriously need a life.
I have T1 at work; 56k at home so I have seen the difference. I'm not even remotely compelled to spend more on access. There are just too many ways to spend that money that are more rewarding.
They currently produce as much as 85 million tons per year.
Do I actually have to freeload, or can we just pretend I did and skip straight to the spanking?
All known organisms except bacteria do both asexual and sexual reproduction.
/. readers try, but it never works.
Huh? When was the last time a human (or other vertebrate) reproduced asexually? I realize that a lot of
Please don't mention extra footage. Hobbits can be very sensitive about their height you know.
I think they're referring to their feet not their height. In that case Hobbits would consider extra footage a good thing.
It bothers me that the very laws of the land underscore the public's acceptance of violent behavior and rejection of sexual behavior.
If you eliminate ALL of the sexual behaviour then violence will cease to be a problem.
If you transmit enough jiggly pix in your data stream then the script kiddies will forget what they were trying to do.
...there would be a ten fold increase in the amount of crap code I write...
Then you would get rewarded for being such a productive and hard-working programmer.
Meanwhile, we're posting comments on /.
Oops.
You would think that the Post would do a little investigating on their own to determine the validity of the claim.
Where did you get that absurd idea?
The last time a journalist verified a story they had to crank a big handle to press the letters onto the paper.
The petroleum companies have put all that money to good use - hiring lots of really smart people, and preparing for diversification when the time comes. They'll be happy to sell you whatever energy medium is in fashion. They didn't get rich by being dumb.
... Huge chunks of taxes will disappear some day, and most of them really aren't prepared for that situation. That will be an ugly situation.
On the other hand you can expect to see several US states collapse when the oil business finally goes away. Oklahoma, Texas, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming
This was done many years ago. There was a program in one of the rags for the Radio Shack CoCo that would take a large (16k in those days) file and build a tiny BASIC program that would reconstruct it when run.
This is a bit more sophisticated since it can rebuild with missing packets, but the general function is the same.
Still a good idea overall; at least until all of the transfer progs are full of Trojans.
1 in 12 males have some variety of colorblindness. That gives you about 1/4 of the 1 in 6 without even starting on all the other disabilities out there.
I'm hoping for advanced tickets to "Slashdot: The Movie".