...As ar as broadband goes...
unfortunatly you miss the point. broadband is not even installed in a lot of areas (melb metro). no more cable being laid now. even if you where lucky enough to live in an area cabled you have to have telphone poles. that leaves purchasing a dish.
ahhh what about ADSL - well telecom in all it's wisdom will only implement it on what it considers are *conditioned lines*. meaning again only selected areas in the metro area are installed - others a lot of others miss out (mine included) with no planned installation date in the future.
this leaves you with ISDN at about $1000/month and extra costs.
this is in metro areas of the . what about the rest of the country. telstra is a joke, high standards or not it fails to deliver even a basic broadband service (forget the price) as it does conventional phone access.
and stop the *telstra but kissing theme*. anyone would think your an ex-telecom contractor:)
...I bought one of the very first HP11C's for the princely sum of $135 back in 1981...
my 11c died one day crushed in my bag after a days survey field exercise. damn lcd got smashed. still worked but the screen was stuffed. never have liked lcd screens for this reason.
ps2 has not been released yet (30NOV), however you can (pre)order via http://au.playstation.com/ to be delivered on the 30NOV with free postage.
you can also pre-order in.nz (http://nz.playstation.com/)
...Westpac reported an operating profit after tax of $818
million for the six months to March 31 and an economic profit
of $493 million...
Strategy: Westpac's Web revolution ...Jeremy Gross, Westpac's group executive for information technology
and operations, says applications that have been developed so far,
such as internet banking and broking, are "business as usual" -
existing services provided through a new distribution channel....
Customers redesign www.westpac.com.au ..."With customer satisfaction of 94% already, we are aiming to set a
new benchmark for what customers can expect from a financial institution online.....
www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/WI NU+Archive+media+release+08+Sept+0 0
Can you give me a source?
the source was an article from this bloke in a newspaper article. After a quick search I could not find this particlar claim so I'll have to retract it. But I did find on his site a lot of very interesting related cell-phone related info.
http://www.electric-words.com/cell/sindex.html
http://www.electric-words.com/cell/industry/moulde r/moulder.html
thanks for the reply.
...By comparison, your cell phone puts out 0.5 - 1 watt...
is that an analog or digital phone?
figures I've seen, indicate digital cell phones can output up to 4X times the range (4watts).
...exercising probably does a hell of a lot more to heat your brain...
it would be good if you expanded this idea on prolonged exposure and the heat effects on a specific area of the brain (say just where the tip of the phone is located). Is it possible that repeated heating/cooling can have some biological effect at cellular level on the immediate surrounding area? I wonder how brain tissue behaves with such exposure?
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Here's some links.
http://www.nt-tech.com.au/enright/images/b_thylaci ne.jpg - rock art (Kakadu National Park Northern Territory)
http://www.nt-tech.com.au/enright/jimjim_falls_wal k.htm (source of above picture.)
http://www.bio.flinders.edu.au/thyl.htm - complete skeleton (Flinders University South. Aus.)
...It is your attitude that allows them to engage in monopolistic business practices. If you don't like their products - and it's obvious that you have serious issues with them - then instead of whining about it on/. just stop doing business with Microsoft...
I wish things could be that simple. I'm currently setting up some machines for my folks. when I suggested an OS other than MS, they requested Windows not because of the OS but the application software they want to run on it (in this case accounting software.) The alternatives on Linux for example are not an option as we (.au) have recently implemented GST (goods and sales tax). As there is no *nix port of their software (MYOB), they have no choice. Though I have heard mumbles of a Linux port on my local LUG.
let the game speak for itself - 311440420ac
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[NEXT GENERATION, DEC '97, P146 - 2 full colour Advert featuring Ion Storm personalities by Eidos] ... Rules must be broken. Catagories must be erased. Emprerors must be overthrown. The status quo must be spanked. And contentement must be routinely taken outside and smaked upside the head (sic), It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. We're all ready to apply for the position. We're ION STORM, A bunch of misfit, zelot freaks who tried to rest on our past successes but just didn't find it comfortable. There was a gap out there. A big fat void, and we were hell-bent on filling it. We had all a big fat void. And were (sic) ready to jump off. So here we are. New name. New identity. New games rattling thier cages, waiting to be let out.
JOHN ROMERO: Long haired smart-ass known for his fast Ferrari and his uncanny ability to sing the theme song to the Spiderman cartoon really, really well. Oh yeah, there was also that DOOM and QUAKE thing.......
personally I don't care much for commenting on *personalities* as such, I'm much more interested in the technology side of things but I couldn't help including the text here from an old Next-Gen magazine 2 page Advertisment (full 2 page color spread) as I was reading today about the original playstation specs. There's no humility here folks and this is one reason why it's a good idea to let the games (and the code) speak for themselves - I guess they already have.
But don't tar all of ION's work with the same brush. I'm looking foward to seeing how Anachronox and Dominion (must already be released - nothing special here) and Doppelganger (Dues- Ex) turn out, as they get closer to release.
'...useit.com is an informative site - it features the forgotten side of software development, usability...'
Hi Jakob,
Q1. How well in your opinion does slashdot rate as a study of usability and site design? Q2. What are the areas that need attention?
I ask this because the code for the slashdot site, (slashcode) is open sourced and many (new) developers use slashdot as a guide for developing their own sites.
This news isn't interesting for normal slashdos readers. This download is for windows users only and it's only the command line compiler tools with very little documentation and a few examples.
I have a different slant for this article. Borland have stated they intend to release delphi to linux. And if you look at the results of the JUL99 survey, the first Q/A they asked was 1. which language ared you primarily interested in developing in on linux? Of course the answer was C/C++. So what better way to pave for delphi (and release of cpp builder?) to linux than to allow users (windows developers - their primary target) to download a free (but older) compiler to get used to.
What does perplex me is the later question, 3.The particular development tool I would most like to see for Linux is - (sic), the answer was a race between c/c++ with rad (cpp builder) and a new IDE that works with existing linux tools. Maybe thats what the Jbuilder gui was about?
Go have a look at the results of the survey to gain a better idea of where borland is heading...cpp builder on kde/gnome using native gui (or wine) that's most likely not open sourced as long as it's high quality and costing between US$100 - US$300.
Where is MicroMozilla, or MicroLinux? a lot of examples fo r MicroLinux can be found here at,
embedded linux - including Red Hat Tools for Embedded Developers
EL/IX Application Programming Interface - an embedded application programming interface Graphical IDE - cold fusion Hard Hat Linux - os for embedded appls mobile linux - allows linux to work on very small devices
however I agree with browsers... very few free open sourced browsers (for embedded systems) can be found (that I know of). The only one I can think of that could be suitable is being produced by Opera (thats not released and it's cli and not open source. I remember reading about this in an interview on/. but cannot find it. Opera developed a cli version and may release it.). But perhaps each device will have a browser developed for it by the manufacturer (or purchased). I dont see how MS can win in this arena as they dont have control the operating system and they can't possibly produce a browser to fit each system and respect the gui. More important is the protocol to transmit the information (follow to the next message)...
The chinese where printing paper money around this time. As a side note there is a tendency for westerners (myself included) to forget a lot of things have been re-invented by other cultures. (eg: circulation of blood - william harvey?, no try the Arabs almost 1000yrs before). Now digital printing in the 20th century... well that's another story.
manned flight - allows people to cheaply travel vast distances in a short time. production line - Henry ford changed the way goods are manufactured. Instead of using craftsmen he harnessed the power of machines to mass produce cars. penicillin - flory's(forget flemming) discovery revolutionised healthcare, saving millions during the war and after. electronic computer - enabled for the first time grunt calculations to be undertaken accurately atomic power (mentioned) - changed the way wars are fought and power can be generated, opened up nuclear medicine. transisitor - birth of electronics. manned space flight - forever changed mans view of earth. personal computer - birth of home computing and brought computing power to everday mans desktop.
how fast did quake run (fps)? specs of the machines that ran them
i didn't get to see the webcast so I would like to ask the above questions to anyone who was watching it The reason I ask is it's a (possible)example of how *fast* (quake framerate) the chip can run, in the absence of hard specs.
...Will I be able to buy an "upgrade" to the Linux version if I buy the Windows version? Loki and Activision sell their respective versions of Civilization: Call to Power independently of the other. In addition, we pay royalties to Activision based on sales of the Linux version. We currently have no plans to provide a Linux 'upgrade' for purchasers of the Windows version, but will announce an upgrade policy on this website should that change....
this question gets asked about once every few months. I guess that consumers have to realise that the purchase of one ports does not necessarily entitle you to obtain the binary for another platform, without paying (in full).
Slashdot Mirror
...As ar as broadband goes...
:)
unfortunatly you miss the point. broadband is not even installed in a lot of areas (melb metro). no more cable being laid now. even if you where lucky enough to live in an area cabled you have to have telphone poles. that leaves purchasing a dish.
ahhh what about ADSL - well telecom in all it's wisdom will only implement it on what it considers are *conditioned lines*.
meaning again only selected areas in the metro area are installed - others a lot of others miss out (mine included) with no planned installation date in the future.
this leaves you with ISDN at about $1000/month and extra costs.
this is in metro areas of the . what about the rest of the country.
telstra is a joke, high standards or not it fails to deliver even a basic broadband service (forget the price) as it does conventional phone access.
and stop the *telstra but kissing theme*. anyone would think your an ex-telecom contractor
...I bought one of the very first HP11C's for the princely sum of $135 back in 1981...
my 11c died one day crushed in my bag after a days survey field exercise.
damn lcd got smashed.
still worked but the screen was stuffed.
never have liked lcd screens for this reason.
...I dunno why I'm posting on a two-day-old thread nobody's reading any more,...
I'do. I'll check it out.
ps2 has not been released yet (30NOV), .nz (http://nz.playstation.com/)
:)
however you can (pre)order via http://au.playstation.com/ to be delivered on the 30NOV with free postage.
you can also pre-order in
this is good news if you have to go to work
Profits: Profit measures that exceed the expected
...Westpac reported an operating profit after tax of $818
million for the six months to March 31 and an economic profit
of $493 million...
...Jeremy Gross, Westpac's group executive for information technology
and operations, says applications that have been developed so far,
such as internet banking and broking, are "business as usual" -
existing services provided through a new distribution channel....
..."With customer satisfaction of 94% already, we are aiming to set a
new benchmark for what customers can expect from a financial institution online..... I NU+Archive+media+release+08+Sept+0 0
Strategy: Westpac's Web revolution
Customers redesign www.westpac.com.au
www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/W
Can you give me a source?
e r/moulder.html
the source was an article from this bloke in a newspaper article. After a quick search I could not find this particlar claim so I'll have to retract it. But I did find on his site a lot of very interesting related cell-phone related info.
http://www.electric-words.com/cell/sindex.html
http://www.electric-words.com/cell/industry/mould
thanks for the reply.
vim has a good win32 port.
http://www.vim.org
http://www.vim.org/binaries.html
is that an analog or digital phone?
figures I've seen, indicate digital cell phones can output up to 4X times the range (4watts).
it would be good if you expanded this idea on prolonged exposure and the heat effects on a specific area of the brain (say just where the tip of the phone is located). Is it possible that repeated heating/cooling can have some biological effect at cellular level on the immediate surrounding area? I wonder how brain tissue behaves with such exposure?
"...Jupiter's Winds: Vortex Pancakes versus Taylor Columns: /marcus.html
Marcus P. (and others), UC Berkeley."
http://www.npaci.edu/enVision/v1 4.1
Here's some links.
i ne.jpg - rock art (Kakadu National Park Northern Territory)
l k.htm (source of above picture.)
http://www.nt-tech.com.au/enright/images/b_thylac
http://www.nt-tech.com.au/enright/jimjim_falls_wa
http://www.bio.flinders.edu.au/thyl.htm - complete skeleton (Flinders University South. Aus.)
possibly one of the most useful aspects of the palm is the emulator. I'd add that to the list as well.
...It is your attitude that allows them to engage in monopolistic business practices. If you don't like their products - and it's obvious that you have serious issues with them - then instead of whining about it on /. just stop doing business with Microsoft...
I wish things could be that simple. I'm currently setting up some machines for my folks. when I suggested an OS other than MS, they requested Windows not because of the OS but the application software they want to run on it (in this case accounting software.) The alternatives on Linux for example are not an option as we (.au) have recently implemented GST (goods and sales tax). As there is no *nix port of their software (MYOB), they have no choice. Though I have heard mumbles of a Linux port on my local LUG.
try http://www.macslash.com/. Not only does it use /.'s code but you can post programming articles/questions to a mac orientated crowd.
[NEXT GENERATION, DEC '97, P146 - 2 full colour Advert featuring Ion Storm personalities by Eidos]
... Rules must be broken. Catagories must be erased. Emprerors must be overthrown. The status quo must be spanked. And contentement must be routinely taken outside and smaked upside the head (sic), It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. We're all ready to apply for the position.
......
We're ION STORM, A bunch of misfit, zelot freaks who tried to rest on our past successes but just didn't find it comfortable. There was a gap out there. A big fat void, and we were hell-bent on filling it. We had all a big fat void. And were (sic) ready to jump off. So here we are. New name. New identity. New games rattling thier cages, waiting to be let out.
JOHN ROMERO: Long haired smart-ass known for his fast Ferrari and his uncanny ability to sing the theme song to the Spiderman cartoon really, really well. Oh yeah, there was also that DOOM and QUAKE thing.
personally I don't care much for commenting on *personalities* as such, I'm much more interested in the technology side of things but I couldn't help including the text here from an old Next-Gen magazine 2 page Advertisment (full 2 page color spread) as I was reading today about the original playstation specs. There's no humility here folks and this is one reason why it's a good idea to let the games (and the code) speak for themselves - I guess they already have.
But don't tar all of ION's work with the same brush. I'm looking foward to seeing how Anachronox and Dominion (must already be released - nothing special here) and Doppelganger (Dues- Ex) turn out, as they get closer to release.
Hi Jakob,
Q2. What are the areas that need attention?
I ask this because the code for the slashdot site, (slashcode) is open sourced and many (new) developers use slashdot as a guide for developing their own sites.
This news isn't interesting for normal slashdos readers. This download is for windows users only and it's only the command line compiler tools with very little documentation and a few examples.
I have a different slant for this article. Borland have stated they intend to release delphi to linux. And if you look at the results of the JUL99 survey, the first Q/A they asked was 1. which language ared you primarily interested in developing in on linux? Of course the answer was C/C++. So what better way to pave for delphi (and release of cpp builder?) to linux than to allow users (windows developers - their primary target) to download a free (but older) compiler to get used to.
What does perplex me is the later question, 3.The particular development tool I would most like to see for Linux is - (sic), the answer was a race between c/c++ with rad (cpp builder) and a new IDE that works with existing linux tools. Maybe thats what the Jbuilder gui was about?
Go have a look at the results of the survey to gain a better idea of where borland is heading...cpp builder on kde/gnome using native gui (or wine) that's most likely not open sourced as long as it's high quality and costing between US$100 - US$300.
a lot of examples fo r MicroLinux can be found here at,
EL/IX Application Programming Interface - an embedded application programming interface
Graphical IDE - cold fusion
Hard Hat Linux - os for embedded appls
mobile linux - allows linux to work on very small devices
however I agree with browsers... very few free open sourced browsers (for embedded systems) can be found (that I know of). The only one I can think of that could be suitable is being produced by Opera (thats not released and it's cli and not open source. I remember reading about this in an interview on
links:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/news_view.cgi
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-mobile/19
http://www.wapforum.org/
http://www.operasoftware.com
The chinese where printing paper money around this time. As a side note there is a tendency for westerners (myself included) to forget a lot of things have been re-invented by other cultures. (eg: circulation of blood - william harvey?, no try the Arabs almost 1000yrs before). Now digital printing in the 20th century... well that's another story.
production line - Henry ford changed the way goods are manufactured. Instead of using craftsmen he harnessed the power of machines to mass produce cars.
penicillin - flory's(forget flemming) discovery revolutionised healthcare, saving millions during the war and after.
electronic computer - enabled for the first time grunt calculations to be undertaken accurately
atomic power (mentioned) - changed the way wars are fought and power can be generated, opened up nuclear medicine.
transisitor - birth of electronics.
manned space flight - forever changed mans view of earth.
personal computer - birth of home computing and brought computing power to everday mans desktop.
specs of the machines that ran them
this question gets asked about once every few months. I guess that consumers have to realise that the purchase of one ports does not necessarily entitle you to obtain the binary for another platform, without paying (in full).
links: http://www.lokigames.com/products/civctp/faq3-Sal
- last year I read an
- excellent edition of new scientist on this exact topic. Here's the link to the online article so you can read it.
links:http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990828/contents.
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990828/ablackhol