But for some of us who haven't really been in touch with the whole SCO/IBM/MS/Open Group/Linux/Everything else scene, is there any site that sorta has a timeline of the battles of this war?
In an emergency, having every single person do mindless grunt work is the fastest, easiest way to get everybody killed.
You let some people go into the building, and then you have some people think while all hell is falling around them. On September 11th, not everybody who tried to save lives was in the buildings. There were those who shut down the air traffic system. In a war, not everybody goes to the front lines. Even if you are badly lacking in men in battle, you still have to have those who think.
This is the kind of conduct that will get you flamed in Slashdot. You should support as much as you can, and then allow everything else to enter at its own risk.
Well, had a Soyuz TM broke up on reentry, we would have rescued the ISS guys. The Soviet/Russian manned space program is much more simple than ours, and a Soyuz cannot even touch the payload capacity of the Shuttle.
We can have debates all day about if a manned spacecraft should be nothing more than a way to get up and back, but that's for another day. Both failures of the shuttle have been directly related to their re-usability, and that's something the Russians don't have to worry about.
Yeah. Let's pick one guy, blame him for the all shortcomings of the highly complex manned space transport system that led to this disaster, drag him out back and have him shot.
The reason you have been modded as "funny" (for those who think this is a serious post) is because your idea is truly funny. The SRB's are probably the most dangerous part of the STS. They are just a big tube of uncontrolled fire, and when you light them, they burn until they burn out. The could burn out normally, like in 114 of the flights, or they could burst, like on one of them. Even if the techs has seen the plume of smoke coming out of the shuttle at liftoff, there was nothing that could be done.
A big tank of hydrogen and oxygen is not all that dangerous compared to an SRB . In fact, the majority of the fuel on Challenger poured out of the ET and impacted the ocean uncombusted. Remember, the fuel must mix with the oxygen before it can rapidly combust (or at all).
Karma Whores. That's what it's for. They post thinking "+5 Funny", you know like a cartoon, with one of those thought bubbles over their heads. Picture it. Now. See what I mean.
Just like what I'm doing right now. The thought bubble reads "+5 Insightful"...
Although they used to show that the user moved around in a 50' radius when SA was still on. The SA drift would show users going at a rapid pace, and when sitting there, would rack up massive 'odometer' distances.
If they do ever turn SA back on (there was talk about this a while back), who is responsible for the incured charges? The only way to prevent this would be to allow the deployed devices to have the precision GPS codes, which would provide a very easy way to get the codes, and like DeCSS, once it happens, it's kinda all over.
Some people have said that having Serkis as the actor on scene, the face actor, the expression actor and the voice actor is just a gimmic.
This is complete rubbish. The reason that Gollum seems as real as he does is because of the connection between voice and motion that you get with every human. It is for this reason that it is always easy to tell when a voice for animation was cast before or after the animation itself was complete.
If I walked around with somebody else's voice all day, I would seem strange. Hats off to Serkis and the LotR crew for knowing this. Now we can begin to cast by acting talent, not physical attractiveness.
Right on. There is nothing at all wrong with the spec. It's the best networking technology I have ever deployed. I have had not a single problem with it. It's even more reliable than 802.11b, and it just works.
I am typing on it right now. I give the credit to the IEEE, not Apple or Linksys.
We are attracted to hackerdom for the same reason we are attracted to everything else we have talked about. It involves great skill.
Not just that it takes great skill to do it, but because it is obvious that what we are doing was designed for only those with great skill. We feel "talked down to" when we have to use Win9x, because it is for everyone. MVS 3.8J running on top of VM/ESA on a S/370 mainframe is, very obviously, designed for those with great skill, and it is in using these types of things that we aquire great skill and the ability to learn.
Amateur Radio operators use their rigs instead of a cell phone not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Metalsmiths work with metals not because it can make a better table, but because, when working with that red hot iron, we know that this is something that is only for those with great skill.
This is far from useless. If we stopped seeking skill and mastery, society would lose its masters. We learn so someone will know.
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But for some of us who haven't really been in touch with the whole SCO/IBM/MS/Open Group/Linux/Everything else scene, is there any site that sorta has a timeline of the battles of this war?
I'm sure I'm not the only ignorant one...
In an emergency, having every single person do mindless grunt work is the fastest, easiest way to get everybody killed.
You let some people go into the building, and then you have some people think while all hell is falling around them. On September 11th, not everybody who tried to save lives was in the buildings. There were those who shut down the air traffic system. In a war, not everybody goes to the front lines. Even if you are badly lacking in men in battle, you still have to have those who think.
Yeah. It's like comparing the difference in pain between a .50 BMG shot to the head with a .454 Cassul shot to the head.
The Hummer does (mil-spec leftovers), but my Lexus doesn't. ('03), and I'm pretty sure the old 740iL didn't. (don't know about the 745Li)
It's written for OS X, and then ported to Windows after every release.
Don't automatically assume things.
This is the kind of conduct that will get you flamed in Slashdot. You should support as much as you can, and then allow everything else to enter at its own risk.
Well, had a Soyuz TM broke up on reentry, we would have rescued the ISS guys. The Soviet/Russian manned space program is much more simple than ours, and a Soyuz cannot even touch the payload capacity of the Shuttle.
We can have debates all day about if a manned spacecraft should be nothing more than a way to get up and back, but that's for another day. Both failures of the shuttle have been directly related to their re-usability, and that's something the Russians don't have to worry about.
Yeah. Let's pick one guy, blame him for the all shortcomings of the highly complex manned space transport system that led to this disaster, drag him out back and have him shot.
The reason you have been modded as "funny" (for those who think this is a serious post) is because your idea is truly funny. The SRB's are probably the most dangerous part of the STS. They are just a big tube of uncontrolled fire, and when you light them, they burn until they burn out. The could burn out normally, like in 114 of the flights, or they could burst, like on one of them. Even if the techs has seen the plume of smoke coming out of the shuttle at liftoff, there was nothing that could be done.
A big tank of hydrogen and oxygen is not all that dangerous compared to an SRB . In fact, the majority of the fuel on Challenger poured out of the ET and impacted the ocean uncombusted. Remember, the fuel must mix with the oxygen before it can rapidly combust (or at all).
How long ya been waiting for the chance to post that one?
One, two, three, four! Four times has the author replyed to his own post! Four times! Mwa-ha-ha!
I didn't know he was a keyboardist...
(ouch. pain.)
Karma Whores. That's what it's for. They post thinking "+5 Funny", you know like a cartoon, with one of those thought bubbles over their heads. Picture it. Now. See what I mean.
Just like what I'm doing right now. The thought bubble reads "+5 Insightful"...
Wow! They can have cube for their game for free!
(But seriously, I've always wondered why cube hasn't been more like the open source half-life. It should be easy to mod...)
Does it disturb anyone else that we're talking about patent number 6,570,390 when 6,000,000 was awarded for HotSync just a couple of years ago?
And I though the tech economy had collapsed? Perhaps now that they can't make money on real products, they have to make money on royalties.
Although they used to show that the user moved around in a 50' radius when SA was still on. The SA drift would show users going at a rapid pace, and when sitting there, would rack up massive 'odometer' distances.
If they do ever turn SA back on (there was talk about this a while back), who is responsible for the incured charges? The only way to prevent this would be to allow the deployed devices to have the precision GPS codes, which would provide a very easy way to get the codes, and like DeCSS, once it happens, it's kinda all over.
In keeping with Apple naming, shouldn't his name be Jonathan iVe?
Some people have said that having Serkis as the actor on scene, the face actor, the expression actor and the voice actor is just a gimmic.
This is complete rubbish. The reason that Gollum seems as real as he does is because of the connection between voice and motion that you get with every human. It is for this reason that it is always easy to tell when a voice for animation was cast before or after the animation itself was complete.
If I walked around with somebody else's voice all day, I would seem strange. Hats off to Serkis and the LotR crew for knowing this. Now we can begin to cast by acting talent, not physical attractiveness.
We've /.ed PARC. They must still be using an Alto to host the site.
Right on. There is nothing at all wrong with the spec. It's the best networking technology I have ever deployed. I have had not a single problem with it. It's even more reliable than 802.11b, and it just works.
I am typing on it right now. I give the credit to the IEEE, not Apple or Linksys.
Why is Apple responsible for defending 802.11g, and why is anyone attacking Apple for the shortcomings (if any) of 'g?
I have a Linksys 802.11g system, and if there is a problem with the design of the spec, that's the IEEE's fault, not Linksys, Apple or anyone else.
We are attracted to hackerdom for the same reason we are attracted to everything else we have talked about. It involves great skill.
Not just that it takes great skill to do it, but because it is obvious that what we are doing was designed for only those with great skill. We feel "talked down to" when we have to use Win9x, because it is for everyone. MVS 3.8J running on top of VM/ESA on a S/370 mainframe is, very obviously, designed for those with great skill, and it is in using these types of things that we aquire great skill and the ability to learn.
Amateur Radio operators use their rigs instead of a cell phone not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Metalsmiths work with metals not because it can make a better table, but because, when working with that red hot iron, we know that this is something that is only for those with great skill.
This is far from useless. If we stopped seeking skill and mastery, society would lose its masters. We learn so someone will know.
You can access it from 3:00 to 3:01, now that it's posted here...
Um...right now.
And again. As Mozilla is properly rendering tables on this very page.
Clicking preview... Oh! There it is again. Wow!
My God. We're studing this video in more detail than the Zapruder film.