It would have been the Sinclair QL that had the 68008.
With early Macs, one nasty reason that they weren't 32-bit clean was that the 68000 only supplies 24 bits addressing to the outside world, but has those 32 bit address registers.. so they used the upper 8 bits for storing other stuff like memory handles or something.
If a lot of people are involved in running bandit cables, and a bunch of other people get paid to remove them, I can see why their economy is doing so well.
They did have one really large Linux user buy a licence: The really large guy with the XXL t-shirt that's a few Xs too small, has a beard that's never been trimmed, glasses. Yeah, him.
I'm sure that spammers will be registering their distributed spam/DDoS zombies real soon. Why sneak the software onto machines when you can get people to sign up for it if you provide fancy ratings and team standings? Throw in some t-shirts and blue pills and they're gold!
The price of that small printer will probably make your hair stand on end.:^)
For the rest of it, you're comparing the price of all the parts with the price of a completed (and hopefully supported) unit. Being able to remove the cost of the OS from the price is nice, but a small part the total
It's about time the fat-cutting that we've been preached about for decades finally reached the head of companies. From the news, many companies seem to have a lot of fat there.
But they shouldn't feel bitter and think of it as layoffs, termination or being fired. They should think of it as corporate top-down-sizing.
I just got a contract to do forensic documentation on an outsourced project to India that went sour. I almost got some work out of a project that went to Eastern Europe and went sour. I'm not saying that projects outsourced offshore always go sour, but when they do, it's a long way away.
North America has a hell of a large force of computer people out of work. And here's a tip-off to Business Week: While we're not working, we don't buy homes or cars or pay many taxes. Factor that one in.
Many of the cordless phone batteries do seem to be a standard size. It's the connector that they always play with. A generic battery, wire-cutters, and a Weller soldering station fixed that little problem.
Umm, then why didn't they put this expensive circuitry on the iPod rather than the throw-away battery?
And in spite of any fancy regulation requirements, lithium-ion isn't exactly rocket-science. I doubt the circuitry is that expensive. Design a blob to do it right, and make lots of them...
In spite of lofty ideals, we know what the application would look like:
Imagine the worst qualities of Clippy, Talky-Toaster, and Genuine People Personalities, stir in some 1984 and Brazil.
Re:What a poor pretentious article
on
Sentient Data Access
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
At first, I thought they were talking about computer chips in our underwear, but I guess that would be SubUbiComp.
They missed out on using orthagonal paradigms, but at least they didn't call it ClippyWear.
Slashdot Mirror
Perhaps it has a projector and trailers for future Mars missions?
Since the first Mac shipped with a whole 128K (unexpandable without a solding iron), the 16M limit and the 68020 were way way in the future.
It's been a strange world ever since Einstein split the beer atom.
And if I drink a lot of it, will I get an anti-beer gut?
When I say "they used the upper 8 bits", I mean Apple of course.
With early Macs, one nasty reason that they weren't 32-bit clean was that the 68000 only supplies 24 bits addressing to the outside world, but has those 32 bit address registers .. so they used the upper 8 bits for storing other stuff like memory handles or something.
If a lot of people are involved in running bandit cables, and a bunch of other people get paid to remove them, I can see why their economy is doing so well.
You know, I'm about ready to chip in to a "Darl STFU Fund" myself.
(We can always catch in the parking lot later and beat it out him.)
They did have one really large Linux user buy a licence: The really large guy with the XXL t-shirt that's a few Xs too small, has a beard that's never been trimmed, glasses. Yeah, him.
Ooo! Ooo! From the previous post further up the page? When do I get my donut?
Sounds like Windows Update on the automatic setting. :^)
I'm sure that spammers will be registering their distributed spam/DDoS zombies real soon. Why sneak the software onto machines when you can get people to sign up for it if you provide fancy ratings and team standings? Throw in some t-shirts and blue pills and they're gold!
I doubt SCO and Darl are headed for anything as clean and quick as fire in the cracks of doom. More like a short sharp drop into Sauron's outhouse.
Is customer the right word? Perhaps a better word would be remainder.
And a lot of .doc files are text from before MS borged the .doc extension.
I though all Apple users used crayons? :^)
For the rest of it, you're comparing the price of all the parts with the price of a completed (and hopefully supported) unit. Being able to remove the cost of the OS from the price is nice, but a small part the total
I can see the headlines: "Why Johnny 5 Can't Run" (ref)
But they shouldn't feel bitter and think of it as layoffs, termination or being fired. They should think of it as corporate top-down-sizing.
North America has a hell of a large force of computer people out of work. And here's a tip-off to Business Week: While we're not working, we don't buy homes or cars or pay many taxes. Factor that one in.
Quick! Order all the Gyros and Tzatziki in the country to be mobilized!
Many of the cordless phone batteries do seem to be a standard size. It's the connector that they always play with. A generic battery, wire-cutters, and a Weller soldering station fixed that little problem.
And in spite of any fancy regulation requirements, lithium-ion isn't exactly rocket-science. I doubt the circuitry is that expensive. Design a blob to do it right, and make lots of them...
In spite of lofty ideals, we know what the application would look like: Imagine the worst qualities of Clippy, Talky-Toaster, and Genuine People Personalities, stir in some 1984 and Brazil.
They missed out on using orthagonal paradigms, but at least they didn't call it ClippyWear.