I think one statue of Beowulf is all that I need, or maybe two so I can replace the ugly laundry posts. Feel free to make a cluster if you have enough space, time, and bricks.
As I've pointed out before, what's missing is a standard laptop case. The standard PC/104 cards are small enough that they can be used for that purpose, particularly cards with the Tillamook "Mobile Pentium" processor.
A laptop case could have mounting points for several common LCDs, popular power supply, side panels with PCMCIA slot which fits at least two PC/104 PCMCIA interfaces, mounting point for one or two popular batteries, and drive mounting points.
Something similar would have to be done for a generic PDA design, except that you have to start from a generic very low power processor card (pick a public design?) rather than a PC/104 card.
There is something wrong with making something behave like Win95 when that has user interface problems. Just because people are used to Win95 does not mean it is good. Are you used to President Clinton yet?
For example, I'd like a real active desktop. I'd like to have icons that change or move around based on relevant events. I want a screen background that has my Slashboxes and tips about what I'm doing in windows. I want a graphical shell interface (at least this one I'm doing something about...).
Well, all that is due to standard cell phone design. I'm sure an expert could rig an airborne directional system that could safely use the ground cell towers..but it's easier to just ban them all. Particularly because there are comm services for aircraft which want telephone capabilities.
No, use of a Walkman or other consumer electronics are not allowed during takeoff or landing due to concern about electromagnetic interference with navigation instruments. That's what this study was examining.
And although you've only noticed recently that it's forbidden, it has been forbidden for years. For some reason it was forbidden before this study was done.
(Most crashes occur during takeoff and landing, so there is particular concern about malfunctions at that time. Naturally, crashing into the ground tends to happen more often when flying closer to the ground...as well as when flying slower due to limits on speed while on the ground)
To get the copyright, you'd have to have the copyright holder (either the programmer's estate or the company) assign it to you. It might be easier to just have them assign it to the FSF. Then you, and we, can simply maintain it.
Head tracking wouldn't help because the lenses can't be adjusted to change the monitor's behavior.
One solution, obviously, is to put the head in a clamp to hold it in just the right place and allow the body to be wriggled around. Obviously zero-G would be the easiest implementation.
However, inertia of the large mass of the body could cause dangerous stress on the neck. An inertia canceller is left as an exercise for the reader.
The other obvious solution is to put the head in a jar. (See FOX TV's "Futurama")
I'm not on that combination, although am using Linux Netscape. It is hard to get the next page when the NEXT link is a thin invisible bar over the word "NEXT".
The AltaVista article makes the distinction between APIs and source code: "On the other hand, Microsoft is fighting broad language in the proposal, which it claims could be construed to mean it has to release Windows internal source code - not just external APIs that would allow WordPerfect to work smoothly with the operating system - to Corel."
It's the SlashDot paragraph which confuses APIs and source code release.
Say, does anyone else here remember the lawsuit where Lotus 1-2-3 complained that the competing Microsoft spreadsheet was using secret APIs?
They're presently using the WinCE/PalmOS CIC Jot pen character recognition software. I wonder what they're using as a replacement.
Well, I'm dumping my Sharp organizer because it has a proprietary development kit and there's about five pieces of software -- none of which I want. Now I have another Linux PDA to consider.
Type "man gpm" and you'll see that it can be told to execute commands when mouse buttons are pressed in special ways. I often use it on keyboardless servers to allow an operator to initiate a controlled shutdown or restart.
The "flywheel" concept is called a "motor-generator". Some sites have an electric motor turning an electric generator, which allows riding through brief light-flickering outages and isolates the computer power from power line oddities.
Actually, if the computer wants something such as 400Hz power this arrangement can be cheaper than a solid-state converter.
Yes, long-term outages tend to be due to weather problems. It seems to require something on the scale of a weather event to damage many points of a power grid.
It's having many places which need repair that causes such long delays in restoring power. And a weather event which is measured in square miles is the type of thing which is required to cause the damage.
Um.. you said you want to "broadcast" it. So we can all watch when your offices are empty and see what is available? Maybe you should included an encrypted link to the remote video storage server, perhaps just with virtual LAN links -- which I hope you're using if you're linking offices through the Internet.
There are many places with a UPS with generators ready to go. If enough generators come on line before the UPS runs out of power, is there really a power failure?
Actually, I've heard of or worked at places which switch to the generators when there's any chance of a power outage or which have a second pair of power lines running to a different power grid.
And, of course, any good Disaster Preparedness Plan will cover power outages.
The people who created the first DNS chose to make.gov and.mil belong to the USA government and military. They will stay that way until someone makes it otherwise. As governmental entities, that situation clearly can change at the stroke of a pen.
However, as those two TLDs imply the USA government, the obvious change would be to make them be second-level or third-level domains under a.USA/.US TLD or.GOV.US
Slashdot Mirror
Well, put one in front of both headquarters...MS OS and MS Office...
I think one statue of Beowulf is all that I need, or maybe two so I can replace the ugly laundry posts. Feel free to make a cluster if you have enough space, time, and bricks.
A laptop case could have mounting points for several common LCDs, popular power supply, side panels with PCMCIA slot which fits at least two PC/104 PCMCIA interfaces, mounting point for one or two popular batteries, and drive mounting points.
Something similar would have to be done for a generic PDA design, except that you have to start from a generic very low power processor card (pick a public design?) rather than a PC/104 card.
For example, I'd like a real active desktop. I'd like to have icons that change or move around based on relevant events. I want a screen background that has my Slashboxes and tips about what I'm doing in windows. I want a graphical shell interface (at least this one I'm doing something about...).
Yes, the data has been unscientific. So why wasn't this scientific test done years ago?
(Maybe there should be a moderation option for "Metadiscussion" to moderators could flag discussions about /. rather than discussions about a topic...)
Well, all that is due to standard cell phone design. I'm sure an expert could rig an airborne directional system that could safely use the ground cell towers..but it's easier to just ban them all. Particularly because there are comm services for aircraft which want telephone capabilities.
And although you've only noticed recently that it's forbidden, it has been forbidden for years. For some reason it was forbidden before this study was done.
(Most crashes occur during takeoff and landing, so there is particular concern about malfunctions at that time. Naturally, crashing into the ground tends to happen more often when flying closer to the ground...as well as when flying slower due to limits on speed while on the ground)
Why has nobody run such a test until now?
http://www.microsoft.com/security/def ault.asp
To get the copyright, you'd have to have the copyright holder (either the programmer's estate or the company) assign it to you. It might be easier to just have them assign it to the FSF. Then you, and we, can simply maintain it.
One solution, obviously, is to put the head in a clamp to hold it in just the right place and allow the body to be wriggled around. Obviously zero-G would be the easiest implementation.
However, inertia of the large mass of the body could cause dangerous stress on the neck. An inertia canceller is left as an exercise for the reader.
The other obvious solution is to put the head in a jar. (See FOX TV's "Futurama")
I'm not on that combination, although am using Linux Netscape. It is hard to get the next page when the NEXT link is a thin invisible bar over the word "NEXT".
It's the SlashDot paragraph which confuses APIs and source code release.
Say, does anyone else here remember the lawsuit where Lotus 1-2-3 complained that the competing Microsoft spreadsheet was using secret APIs?
Well, I'm dumping my Sharp organizer because it has a proprietary development kit and there's about five pieces of software -- none of which I want. Now I have another Linux PDA to consider.
Type "man gpm" and you'll see that it can be told to execute commands when mouse buttons are pressed in special ways. I often use it on keyboardless servers to allow an operator to initiate a controlled shutdown or restart.
Actually, if the computer wants something such as 400Hz power this arrangement can be cheaper than a solid-state converter.
Yes, long-term outages tend to be due to weather problems. It seems to require something on the scale of a weather event to damage many points of a power grid.
It's having many places which need repair that causes such long delays in restoring power. And a weather event which is measured in square miles is the type of thing which is required to cause the damage.
He mentions there soon will be a new release of Plan 9 for the PC architecture. Let's see what new things are in his old system...
Um.. you said you want to "broadcast" it. So we can all watch when your offices are empty and see what is available? Maybe you should included an encrypted link to the remote video storage server, perhaps just with virtual LAN links -- which I hope you're using if you're linking offices through the Internet.
No, they're not PCI cards.
No, they're not ISA cards.
No, they're not PC Cards.
Oh, never mind...
Actually, I've heard of or worked at places which switch to the generators when there's any chance of a power outage or which have a second pair of power lines running to a different power grid.
And, of course, any good Disaster Preparedness Plan will cover power outages.
However, as those two TLDs imply the USA government, the obvious change would be to make them be second-level or third-level domains under a .USA/.US TLD or .GOV.US
One World ... One .gov