Remember FIDO Net? I'm sure some do. Data passed from node to node in store and forward mode across the country using local calls modem to modem. It was way cool in its day. Doing it again with WiFi should be a real challenge but not impossible.
original captain of the Enterprise, referred to repeatedly as William F---ing Shatner.
I thought someone would have noted that William F'ing Shatner played Capt. Kirk who was not the first commander of the Enterprise having been preceeded by Capts. Robert April and Christopher Pike.
I used to listen to Saturday AM radio too. My favorite show was "No School Today" with Big John and Sparky. I loved the radio serials too like Sky King, Lone Ranger, Straight Arrow, and when I was younger The Shadow and the Green Hornet.
These shows played in the "theater of the mind" and IMO much better fare than what is/was on kid TV.
I guess I sound a little like the Grumpy Old Man when I say "And We Liked It"
There is a (relatively) simple precaution that will protect you from this. You can set the Open Firmware password which will prevent most of these hacks.
Of course if you have unrestricted access to the computer there are always intrusive hacks that will give you anything you want.
According to the SSA stats the name Eula fell out of favor in the 50's after a half century decline from 131 to 623 to out of the running in the 60's.
I doubt there will be a revival of the name any time soon. It would be hard to be a girl named Eula today, too many bad experiences with EULA "gotchas".
Locally, Tower Records advertises on the radio that they will sell you a CD, you rip a copy, and then they'll buy it back for $4.00 less than they charged.
I'm not easy to shock but that seems pretty "out there" to me.
I believe the way the mail order ruling was arrived at has to do with the US Constitution not allowing inter-state tariffs. Sales taxes can only be levied by a state on its own citizens. Any levies on inter-state commerce would amount to a tariff.
the Mark and Brian page at KLOS seems slow today. There is a comedy CD offered at the bottom of the page. I don't have this one but I do have others and they are a good mix of comedy and music.
and the other was a comedy collection from a radio station I listen to.
A wild guess...was it the Mark and Brian (in LA or on one of their affiliates) comedy CD?
Personally, I'm biding my time waiting for sanity to return to the recording industry by converting my largish LP collection of blues, jazz and rock to CD.
My experience is different from yours. I copy my vinyl LP's to CD and while the CD doesn't sound better than the record it certainly doesn't sound worse. (I know audio purists will flame me for this but I don't hear a difference).
For what it's worth all it takes is a turntable, my iMic USB A/D converter from Griffin Technologies and FinalVinyl on my iBook with CD burner to get the job done.
Remember when you were young, You shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, Like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the crossfire Of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway laughter, Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, You cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, And exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond. Well you wore out your welcome With random percision, Rode on the steel breeze. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
Plato's Republic is, perhaps, the original Utopian work. It's not a novel, but it does lay out what Plato believes it would take to form an ideal society.
It's no where near as long as a modern novel and well worth reading just to see the genesis of Utopian thought
Probably couldn't go lower without paying us to use it. But as a software company they could make their OS a "loss leader" to sell their applications to home users, something they already do to a certain extent through their hardware partners. They could Bundle it with corporate licenses and then compete on price in the real server OS marketplace.
Well, the server market would be harder I think because IBM,SUN,HP and Apple now have lower cost server offerings. Especially interesting will be Apple in the 1U niche if their new server can perform up to expectations.
But Yes, I do think they can compete on price and probably will to keep market share.
Ballmer might have been trying to interject a little humor with this remark but price competition isn't out of the question IMO.
Not actually a bug per se
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this is not exactly a bug but it's still my favorite...
A programmer at a major aerospace company modified the UNIX login to have a little man dance across the screen of the first workstation logged in each day. This was an amusing and well liked "feature".
However nothing is forever and one day workers couldn't log in. The login would get the username and password and just hang.
You've probably guessed this had something to do with the little dancing man, and you're right but it took a very long time to figure out. All the workstations had been upgraded over the week end, the dancing man could not dance across the new screens. No dancing man, no login.
Now all that needed to be done was login and kill the little sucker. Log in? Well there's the rub, no one could.
An exhaustive search finally turned up a locked office that hadn't been upgraded to the new workstation.
You may be right but how different is the case of an object coming in from outside vs the orbiter?
They both have atmospheric drag to contend with. Presumably the "outsider" will have significantly more velocity but an unknown composition, shape and reentry angle all of which are known vis a vis the orbiter.
Is the outsider problem simple enough to predict where it will land?
If it had been on a collision course with a populated area and we detected it, people could have been evacuated.
Interesting thought but, I'm not sure we'd even know what hemishphere to evacuate.
Recall the pondering and headscratching that goes on whenever one of our larger satellites' orbit decays. The speculation on where it will come down would be downright amusing if it weren't so serious.
Any astrophysisists out there know how well we could calculate the impact area?
Besides, I think Talyn was getting to be a burden on the writers. They kept having to come up with reasons why he couldn't just fly in and blast the hell out of everything to save the day.
Well, for one thing Talyn was out of control. I sure wouldn't want to have him fly in and blast any where near me.
Crais is a great character and I'd like to see him return in the new season. Lose Jool if someone needs to go.
Here is a link to info on the Atanasoff-Berry computer. I believe they have finally gotten the credit they deserve for their invention even though most people still think it was Eckert and Mauchly.
with trackballs was back in the '60s. They were used on the consoles of the SAGE/BUIC systems which the US and Canadian military manned. These were computer systems hooked up to the DEW (Distant Early Warning) radars in N. Canada and Alaska installed to detect bombers coming into North America. SAGE was the Strategic Air/Ground Environment system which was later augmented by BUIC, the Back Up Intercepter Control system.
The track ball was somewhat smaller than a bowling ball. More like a baseball in size and was used to select blips on radar screens.
Great slip there but if you don't want to be singled out as an in_duh_vidual you should spell it "cow-orkers". And if you won't take my word for it just ask any DNRS (Dogbert's New Ruling Class) member.
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Remember FIDO Net? I'm sure some do. Data passed from node to node in store and forward mode across the country using local calls modem to modem. It was way cool in its day. Doing it again with WiFi should be a real challenge but not impossible.
original captain of the Enterprise, referred to repeatedly as William F---ing Shatner.
I thought someone would have noted that William F'ing Shatner played Capt. Kirk who was not the first commander of the Enterprise having been preceeded by Capts. Robert April and Christopher Pike.
I used to listen to Saturday AM radio too. My favorite show was "No School Today" with Big John and Sparky. I loved the radio serials too like Sky King, Lone Ranger, Straight Arrow, and when I was younger The Shadow and the Green Hornet.
These shows played in the "theater of the mind" and IMO much better fare than what is/was on kid TV.
I guess I sound a little like the Grumpy Old Man when I say "And We Liked It"
Walk without rhythm, and you won't attract the worm.
That will be natural for me....I'm Caucasian.
There is a (relatively) simple precaution that will protect you from this. You can set the Open Firmware password which will prevent most of these hacks.
Of course if you have unrestricted access to the computer there are always intrusive hacks that will give you anything you want.
According to the SSA stats the name Eula fell out of favor in the 50's after a half century decline from 131 to 623 to out of the running in the 60's.
I doubt there will be a revival of the name any time soon. It would be hard to be a girl named Eula today, too many bad experiences with EULA "gotchas".
Locally, Tower Records advertises on the radio that they will sell you a CD, you rip a copy, and then they'll buy it back for $4.00 less than they charged.
I'm not easy to shock but that seems pretty "out there" to me.
The usual IANAL disclaimer applies here.
I believe the way the mail order ruling was arrived at has to do with the US Constitution not allowing inter-state tariffs. Sales taxes can only be levied by a state on its own citizens. Any levies on inter-state commerce would amount to a tariff.
OK. It was a wild guess....
Tried your link but got a blank page.
the Mark and Brian page at KLOS seems slow today.
There is a comedy CD offered at the bottom of the page. I don't have this one but I do have others and they are a good mix of comedy and music.
and the other was a comedy collection from a radio station I listen to.
A wild guess...was it the Mark and Brian (in LA or on one of their affiliates) comedy CD?
Personally, I'm biding my time waiting for sanity to return to the recording industry by converting my largish LP collection of blues, jazz and rock to CD.
My experience is different from yours. I copy my vinyl LP's to CD and while the CD doesn't sound better than the record it certainly doesn't sound worse. (I know audio purists will flame me for this but I don't hear a difference).
For what it's worth all it takes is a turntable, my iMic USB A/D converter from Griffin Technologies and FinalVinyl on my iBook with CD burner to get the job done.
zCyl,
You're right it probably doesn't have very good predictability value for programming aptitude.
However I've found that of the programmers I've known the better ones have one or more of these traits. Your mileage may vary.
John
Paul,
I've been in this biz only a little longer than you have and agree with your approach.
A couple things I've noticed about the better programmers I've worked with/hired are:
Most play a musical instrument of some kind.
Most enjoy and are good at strategy type games such as chess and go.
Left handedness seems to be higher than in the general population.
They do crossword puzzles.
John
Syd Barrett may someday literally shine on.
From "Wish you were Here"
Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random percision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
Plato's Republic is, perhaps, the original Utopian work. It's not a novel, but it does lay out what Plato believes it would take to form an ideal society.
It's no where near as long as a modern novel and well worth reading just to see the genesis of Utopian thought
.
Probably couldn't go lower without paying us to use it. But as a software company they could make their OS a "loss leader" to sell their applications to home users, something they already do to a certain extent through their hardware partners. They could Bundle it with corporate licenses and then compete on price in the real server OS marketplace.
Well, the server market would be harder I think because IBM,SUN,HP and Apple now have lower cost server offerings. Especially interesting will be Apple in the 1U niche if their new server can perform up to expectations.
But Yes, I do think they can compete on price and probably will to keep market share.
Ballmer might have been trying to interject a little humor with this remark but price competition isn't out of the question IMO.
this is not exactly a bug but it's still my favorite...
A programmer at a major aerospace company modified the UNIX login to have a little man dance
across the screen of the first workstation logged in each day. This was an amusing and well liked "feature".
However nothing is forever and one day workers couldn't log in. The login would get the username and password and just hang.
You've probably guessed this had something to do with the little dancing man, and you're right but it took a very long time to figure out. All the workstations had been upgraded over the week end, the dancing man could not dance across the new screens. No dancing man, no login.
Now all that needed to be done was login and kill the little sucker. Log in? Well there's the rub, no one could.
An exhaustive search finally turned up a locked office that hadn't been upgraded to the new workstation.
Login accomplished. No more dancing man.
Lesson learned.
You may be right but how different is the case of an object coming in from outside vs the orbiter?
They both have atmospheric drag to contend with. Presumably the "outsider" will have significantly more velocity but an unknown composition, shape and reentry angle all of which are known vis a vis the orbiter.
Is the outsider problem simple enough to predict where it will land?
If it had been on a collision course with a populated area and we detected it, people could have been evacuated.
Interesting thought but, I'm not sure we'd even know what hemishphere to evacuate.
Recall the pondering and headscratching that goes on whenever one of our larger satellites' orbit decays. The speculation on where it will come down would be downright amusing if it weren't so serious.
Any astrophysisists out there know how well we could calculate the impact area?
Besides, I think Talyn was getting to be a burden on the writers. They kept having to come up with reasons why he couldn't just fly in and blast the hell out of everything to save the day.
Well, for one thing Talyn was out of control. I sure wouldn't want to have him fly in and blast any where near me.
Crais is a great character and I'd like to see him return in the new season. Lose Jool if someone needs to go.
Well, I wouldn't be so sure that Crais and Talon are dead any more than I'd assume Scorpius died in the explosion.
Aeryn came back and only one of the two John Chrichtons was killed. Heck we may yet see more of P'au Zhaan.
It will be an interesting season for sure.
Here is a link to info on the Atanasoff-Berry computer. I believe they have finally gotten the credit they deserve for their invention even though most people still think it was Eckert and Mauchly.
Well, yes my brother NRCer, I did mess that up a bit. Thanks for the correction.
For the record, the preview wasn't working at the time I posted.
with trackballs was back in the '60s. They were used on the consoles of the SAGE/BUIC systems which the US and Canadian military manned. These were computer systems hooked up to the DEW (Distant Early Warning) radars in N. Canada and Alaska installed to detect bombers coming into North America. SAGE was the Strategic Air/Ground Environment system which was later augmented by BUIC, the Back Up Intercepter Control system.
The track ball was somewhat smaller than a bowling ball. More like a baseball in size and was used to select blips on radar screens.
Great slip there but if you don't want to be singled out as an in_duh_vidual you should spell it "cow-orkers". And if you won't take my word for it just ask any DNRS (Dogbert's New Ruling Class) member.