I love kings writing and I'd like to get it in online form.
I don't really understand why people want to get a book online. After you've downloaded it, you've got two choses, either you print it, or you read it on your computer. Printing it seems like a bit too much work, and sitting there reading 200 A4 sized papers isn't that fun. The other alternative (reading it on your computer) isn't that great either. Reading long texts on a computer is really horrible, and this would really spoil a good "book".
The only real bonus I see with books online, especially the Gutenberg project, is that it's searchable. If you're looking for a quote from a book, then enter a key word, and you've got it...
In this article (from May 1, 1998), Microsoft says:
Rumors have surfaced regarding Hotmail's utilization of Solaris to run the Hotmail web based e-mail service and a failed attempt to port Hotmail to Microsoft® Windows NT® Server. These rumors are inaccurate and Microsoft and Hotmail would like to set the record straight by focusing on the facts.
but they also say:
Solaris is one of several operating systems in use. So is Windows NT Server.
The heart of the issue is the US Export Regulations, which classifies cryptographic software as munitions(!). Thus you need a license in order to export PGP from the USA. However, the Export Regulations only covers software in electronic form (e.g. on disks, or via the Internet). PGP 5.0i, on the other hand, was compiled from source code that was printed in a book (well, actually 12 books - over 6000 pages!). The books were exported from the USA in accordance with the US Export Regulations, and the pages were then scanned and OCRed to make the source available in electronic form.
Ok, I agree, it was badly put. What I mean is that the "win mode" would be like just like Windows in every aspect, but the "linux mode" would have ext2 filesystem, etc...
Even though this sounds like a good idea, I really think that a Windows compatible Linux distribution would be alot better. This would really make alot of newbies to choose Linux.
The bigger disadvantages with linux for the average user is that it's still rather complicated, and the software is still limited (atleast in some areas, e.g. games).
If there was a Linux distribution where you could run win programs, and have a GUI looking like windows, it would really draw a crowd. There could even be multiple presets in the GUI: one just like Windows, one a bit more like Linux, and one hardcore Linux..;)
Sierra (along with others) tends to change their good old adventure titles into action games, since this is what they think the market wants. Another example of this is the Police Quest series which changed name to SWAT and now is a FPS.
Thief is definately not an action game. It's what alot of people call a First Person Sneaker, compared to First Person Shooter, due to the fact that you rather sneak than shoot. Sneaking is often exciting and so on, but I wouldn't call it action-filled;)
Of course he could affect it in a negative way, but I don't think he could paralyze it that easy. Finding and knocking out the top 4% of the nodes is not an easy task...
Slashdot Mirror
... for browsing www.gnu.org, but have you tried Slashdot? ;p
Depends on your geekiness. If you're a real geek you'll have both, syncing them every other minute...
I found the announcement over at IBM Transarc Lab. I also includes a short FAQ.
I love kings writing and I'd like to get it in online form.
I don't really understand why people want to get a book online. After you've downloaded it, you've got two choses, either you print it, or you read it on your computer. Printing it seems like a bit too much work, and sitting there reading 200 A4 sized papers isn't that fun. The other alternative (reading it on your computer) isn't that great either. Reading long texts on a computer is really horrible, and this would really spoil a good "book".
The only real bonus I see with books online, especially the Gutenberg project, is that it's searchable. If you're looking for a quote from a book, then enter a key word, and you've got it...
In this article (from May 1, 1998), Microsoft says:
Rumors have surfaced regarding Hotmail's utilization of Solaris to run the Hotmail web based e-mail service and a failed attempt to port Hotmail to Microsoft® Windows NT® Server. These rumors are inaccurate and Microsoft and Hotmail would like to set the record straight by focusing on the facts.
but they also say:
Solaris is one of several operating systems in use. So is Windows NT Server.
Interesting...
I believe that they use BSD for the webservers and Solaris for the databases. I've read this somewhere.. Anyone got any facts about this?
After buying Hotmail in the end of 1997 they tried to run it on NT. Here's an article about it.
From http://www.pgpi.org/pgpi/project/scanning/ :
The heart of the issue is the US
Export Regulations, which classifies
cryptographic software as
munitions(!). Thus you need a
license in order to export PGP from
the USA. However, the Export
Regulations only covers software in
electronic form (e.g. on disks, or via
the Internet). PGP 5.0i, on the other
hand, was compiled from source
code that was printed in a book (well, actually 12
books - over 6000 pages!). The books were exported
from the USA in accordance with the US Export
Regulations, and the pages were then scanned and
OCRed to make the source available in electronic
form.
Ok, I agree, it was badly put. What I mean is that the "win mode" would be like just like Windows in every aspect, but the "linux mode" would have ext2 filesystem, etc...
Even though this sounds like a good idea, I really think that a Windows compatible Linux distribution would be alot better. This would really make alot of newbies to choose Linux.
;)
The bigger disadvantages with linux for the average user is that it's still rather complicated, and the software is still limited (atleast in some areas, e.g. games).
If there was a Linux distribution where you could run win programs, and have a GUI looking like windows, it would really draw a crowd. There could even be multiple presets in the GUI: one just like Windows, one a bit more like Linux, and one hardcore Linux..
Sierra (along with others) tends to change their good old adventure titles into action games, since this is what they think the market wants. Another example of this is the Police Quest series which changed name to SWAT and now is a FPS.
The games that sell alot are the ones with Multiplayer and Great Graphics printed on the box, but that doesn't mean they're any good...
Thief is definately not an action game. It's what alot of people call a First Person Sneaker, compared to First Person Shooter, due to the fact that you rather sneak than shoot. Sneaking is often exciting and so on, but I wouldn't call it action-filled ;)
Of course he could affect it in a negative way, but I don't think he could paralyze it that easy. Finding and knocking out the top 4% of the nodes is not an easy task...