>We should let them lie in peace, and learn our lesson from their absence
That's a losing strategy. If we have the ability to correct past mistakes then we should attempt to do so. If the attempt fails then we should find out why and have another go.
Passively accepting the consequences of dumb moves (like accidentally genociding a species) is a recipe for disaster :
Activist : "The world is heating up and the ice caps are melting! Let's see how we can fix things."
Passivist : "No, we'd better not do anything - we might make it worse, and we deserve it anyway."
Yes. The first operating system to be called "DOS" was for IBM mainframes (the 360?) back in the '60s. MS couldn't even come up with an original *name* for their system.
>In defense of Jack Bryar, his usual columns are >very well written and well researched historical >perspectives and in-depth investigative notes on >the tech industry. > >This week's column I can't agree with.
I hate to be cynical, but could it be that his columns *appear* to be well researched and this is the first one where you have enough knowledge of the subject to see beneath the facade.
An important skill for a columnist is the ability to come across as an expert on just about any subject. If they're willing to pretend to knowledge they don't have in one column then there's a good chance they do it routinely.
What might be fun is allowing the *poster* to select a category for a message. For example :
Clarification Disagreement Flame Humour etc
That would be a good way of preventing people from misreading the intent of a message, and could be used to provide filters for (say) humourless gits who don't want to see any facetious replies to their serious minded pontifications.
Given the number of flame wars that turn out to be misunderstandings I think this could really improve the S/N ratio.
I hope Red Hat learn from this that although attracting big business is important they shouldn't forget their roots. Projects like Enlightenment are the heart and soul of Linux, and help to keep it alive and improving. Diversity is good!
I'm sure Linux could be turned into a better Windows than Windows, and maybe that would be a good thing in a lot of cases, but we don't have to lose the ability to configure the look and feel of system. Just because I use Linux for serious work, there's no reason my desktop should look bland and corporate (yes, I use Linux and Enlightenment at work).
Actually, I'm not too happy with the way Gnome tries to hide the fact that Enlightenment is running as the WM and maybe a little separation of the two will be good for both. I like the Gnome apps, but I want Enlightenment to control the way my sceen and windows look, and the trend seemed to be towards Gnome taking over the whole show...
Yes, I definitely thing the split will turn out to be a Good Thing for all parties.
They don't say what counts as a PC (at least I couldn't find a definition). Is the contest restricted to IBM compatibles or would, say, an old Commodore be eligible?
After all, it wasn't until about the mid '80s that "PC" became synonymous with "IBM compatible PC", and I'm sure there are lots of small businesses using systems that date from the late '70s.
>I'm inclined to call lack of memory protection a bug..
I'll agree that this was not a good place to cut corners in the hardware. Not a bug though - if the hardware doesn't support memory protection the software can't do much about it.
Sigh. I wish they'd implement a way to edit your setiathome user info. In fact, I think they should have done this before adding the teams - as soon as I give them my email address I'm stuck with my old settings and there's nothing I can do about it.
Gripes aside, I'm still running the client because I think the project is so important.
Are you sure you're not thinking about the ST? (Anyone remember that old flamewar?)
The way I remember it the Amiga OS looked amazing for the time and wasn't at all buggy. The *apps* were a different matter though. IMO this was because the microcomputer community - more specifically the game developers - were still learning how to code for a preemptive multitasking OS. In the end most of them gave up and just disabled multitasking and took over the system. I remember one coder boasting that the only OS call he ever used was forbid(), not seeming to realise that this wasn't anything to be proud of.
As for how Workbench looked; by today's standards it was a bit clunky, but for the time it was awesome. I still remember a TV programme where they demo'ed an A1000 showing the King Tut picture (impressive enough) and then dragged the screen down to reveal the Boing demo running on the desktop behind it. That was when I knew I had to get an Amiga. Fifteen years on I've only recently found a way to get the same feature on a PC : thank-you, Enlightenment and Linux.
>Besides which, maybe exporting strong crypto isn't that great of an idea in the first place
You could be right - maybe Merkins can't be trusted with strong crypto:-\
Just about country in the world already has access to strong cryptographic algorithms so the US export restrictions have nothing to do with controlling foreign access to the technology and everything to do with controlling the domestic population's access to privacy.
Sure the article's techie, and yes it's interesting. There's no need to apologise for posting techical articles here of all places - they're one of the reasons I (and presumably some others) like/. in the first place.
(Bonus points for spotting the reference in the title)
Best ergonomic keyboard I've found is the Kinesis. It has two concave keypads, one for each hand and you hardly need to move your wrists at all. Only problem is, you need to be able to use both hands to type - reaching to (e.g.) the right side pad with your left hand is awkward
Well, not really, but the ending blurs into the beginning along with some hidden false endings in the dialogs. It all gets quite tangled up and self referential.
Myself, I'm on about my third lap through the book and it gets better with each iteration.
Well, I just hope they fit the Lombard with GPS and a local map (and maybe a proximity sensor) so the wearer doesn't bump into anything while absentmindedly reconfiguring the kernel.
Sort of reminds me of the series in Linux Jounal by that weird guy who's into wearable computers - only he seems to have a social agenda rather than a love of the technology for its own sake.
Seriously though, maybe the Lombard will finally make wearable computers a viable option for the masses and that's a Good Thing in my book.
Used to be applied to posers with mobile phones who ostentationsly make "important" calls in public places but could soon be applied to goggle wearing Apple users.
Who cares if you look daft though - I still want one.
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>We should let them lie in peace, and learn our lesson from their absence
That's a losing strategy. If we have the ability to correct past mistakes then we should attempt to do so. If the attempt fails then we should find out why and have another go.
Passively accepting the consequences of dumb moves (like accidentally genociding a species) is a recipe for disaster :
Activist : "The world is heating up and the ice caps are melting! Let's see how we can fix things."
Passivist : "No, we'd better not do anything - we might make it worse, and we deserve it anyway."
Hah!
I can see the marketroid meeting now :
"It's _LIN_ux, it's _E_mbedded, and it's _O_pen. Yeah, LINEO, that'll work."
Yuk^2
The product itself sounds neat tho.
>Those that do are still horribly unfriendly
>programming environments
This is a matter of opinion. I was simply pointing out that there *are* real time OSs which have memory protection.
>As for reasons, I gave a good one in my previous
>post: memory protection.
There's no reason why an RTOS can't have memory protection. In fact, quite a few do.
(Talking to myself)
OK, there *is* a Linux beta version. Now the page looks virtually the same, but doesn't bring up a nag window asking me to get the plugin.
Whoopee.
WTF is a Futuresplash and if it's so good why isn't there a Linux version.
We need a "To the Point" bonus and a "Windbag" penalty.
Comments are like functions. Too long and they become unreadable.
>didn't DOS come before Unix?
Yes. The first operating system to be called "DOS" was for IBM mainframes (the 360?) back in the '60s. MS couldn't even come up with an original *name* for their system.
Ahem ...
;)
"The BSD community is fragmented."
There you go
>In defense of Jack Bryar, his usual columns are
>very well written and well researched historical
>perspectives and in-depth investigative notes on
>the tech industry.
>
>This week's column I can't agree with.
I hate to be cynical, but could it be that his columns *appear* to be well researched and this is the first one where you have enough knowledge of the subject to see beneath the facade.
An important skill for a columnist is the ability to come across as an expert on just about any subject. If they're willing to pretend to knowledge they don't have in one column then there's a good chance they do it routinely.
What might be fun is allowing the *poster* to select a category for a message. For example :
Clarification
Disagreement
Flame
Humour
etc
That would be a good way of preventing people from misreading the intent of a message, and could be used to provide filters for (say) humourless gits who don't want to see any facetious replies to their serious minded pontifications.
Given the number of flame wars that turn out to be misunderstandings I think this could really improve the S/N ratio.
I hope Red Hat learn from this that although attracting big business is important they shouldn't forget their roots. Projects like Enlightenment are the heart and soul of Linux, and help to keep it alive and improving. Diversity is good!
I'm sure Linux could be turned into a better Windows than Windows, and maybe that would be a good thing in a lot of cases, but we don't have to lose the ability to configure the look and feel of system. Just because I use Linux for serious work, there's no reason my desktop should look bland and corporate (yes, I use Linux and Enlightenment at work).
Actually, I'm not too happy with the way Gnome tries to hide the fact that Enlightenment is running as the WM and maybe a little separation of the two will be good for both. I like the Gnome apps, but I want Enlightenment to control the way my sceen and windows look, and the trend seemed to be towards Gnome taking over the whole show...
Yes, I definitely thing the split will turn out to be a Good Thing for all parties.
They don't say what counts as a PC (at least I couldn't find a definition). Is the contest restricted to IBM compatibles or would, say, an old Commodore be eligible?
After all, it wasn't until about the mid '80s that "PC" became synonymous with "IBM compatible PC", and I'm sure there are lots of small businesses using systems that date from the late '70s.
>can someone say Guru meditation?
I used GOMF to banish them. Worked pretty well too, although without hardware support it couldn't catch everything.
I assume this won't be a problem on any new Amigas since they'll be using a PPC with onboard memory management, correct?
Thanks, I'll be checking the site for it.
BTW, good job with the clients - it's nice to eat up the spare cycles doing something that matters.
>I'm inclined to call lack of memory protection a bug..
I'll agree that this was not a good place to cut corners in the hardware. Not a bug though - if the hardware doesn't support memory protection the software can't do much about it.
>This should be the next poll.
>
> (I'm first!)
And I'm seconding.
(The poll idea, that is).
Sigh. I wish they'd implement a way to edit your setiathome user info. In fact, I think they should have done this before adding the teams - as soon as I give them my email address I'm stuck with my old settings and there's nothing I can do about it.
Gripes aside, I'm still running the client because I think the project is so important.
Are you sure you're not thinking about the ST? (Anyone remember that old flamewar?)
The way I remember it the Amiga OS looked amazing for the time and wasn't at all buggy. The *apps* were a different matter though. IMO this was because the microcomputer community - more specifically the game developers - were still learning how to code for a preemptive multitasking OS. In the end most of them gave up and just disabled multitasking and took over the system. I remember one coder boasting that the only OS call he ever used was forbid(), not seeming to realise that this wasn't anything to be proud of.
As for how Workbench looked; by today's standards it was a bit clunky, but for the time it was awesome. I still remember a TV programme where they demo'ed an A1000 showing the King Tut picture (impressive enough) and then dragged the screen down to reveal the Boing demo running on the desktop behind it. That was when I knew I had to get an Amiga. Fifteen years on I've only recently found a way to get the same feature on a PC : thank-you, Enlightenment and Linux.
>Besides which, maybe exporting strong crypto isn't that great of an idea in the first place
:-\
You could be right - maybe Merkins can't be trusted with strong crypto
Just about country in the world already has access to strong cryptographic algorithms so the US export restrictions have nothing to do with controlling foreign access to the technology and everything to do with controlling the domestic population's access to privacy.
Sure the article's techie, and yes it's interesting. There's no need to apologise for posting techical articles here of all places - they're one of the reasons I (and presumably some others) like /. in the first place.
(Bonus points for spotting the reference in the title)
Best ergonomic keyboard I've found is the Kinesis. It has two concave keypads, one for each hand and you hardly need to move your wrists at all. Only problem is, you need to be able to use both hands to type - reaching to (e.g.) the right side pad with your left hand is awkward
Well, not really, but the ending blurs into the beginning along with some hidden false endings in the dialogs. It all gets quite tangled up and self referential.
Myself, I'm on about my third lap through the book and it gets better with each iteration.
--
starling
Well, I just hope they fit the Lombard with GPS and a local map (and maybe a proximity sensor) so the wearer doesn't bump into anything while absentmindedly reconfiguring the kernel.
Sort of reminds me of the series in Linux Jounal by that weird guy who's into wearable computers - only he seems to have a social agenda rather than a love of the technology for its own sake.
Seriously though, maybe the Lombard will finally make wearable computers a viable option for the masses and that's a Good Thing in my book.
--
starling
Lots Of Money But A Right Dickhead.
Used to be applied to posers with mobile phones who ostentationsly make "important" calls in public places but could soon be applied to goggle wearing Apple users.
Who cares if you look daft though - I still want one.
--
starling