Look around just a little and you'll find the relationships. SCO is the company which had Xenix. It's mentioned in the Unix FAQ, although Lisa Xenix is not mentioned there.
That 1997 document does not mention Linux, which grew out of the POSIX definition, System V, NetBSD, and GNU tools (developed on many Unix flavors). The Unix History segment of the Unix FAQ does mention Linux briefly.
For those of you who want to hop to the conclusion, there it is. A summary of their summaries, but you'll have to read the other pages of the article to find the reasons.
The author mentions at the beginning that this is a summary based on their past experience, and their tests that they've been publishing. It is done in editorial form, with summary of past experiences.
I'm sure there are plenty of people in assorted businesses who already considered Iridium. Phones for private/business planes. Mineral resource exploration/mining. Worldwide shipping. Remote phone booths.
If they can get them to re-enter at the same local time all over the globe (10 PM Eastern, 10 PM Central, 10 PM Mountain...) they'd be able to announce it and get a lot of attention. Not that Iridium would be able to do anything with the publicity after burning up all the assets other than their name...
If you'll read the article you'll see that they examined what indicates importance and value, then designed to avoid those indicators. No vertical pillars, to avoid looking like a historical or other marker of pride. Nothing in the center, to avoid making the center seem overly important. Randomly-placed doors on crudely-built structure to avoid interpretation as a useful or valued building.
Also, reminders that if you have trouble reading the warnings to erect new markers in the present language and of longer-lasting materials. And buried duplicates of warnings, which erosion will expose at various periods.
Won't this also block packets destined for another country which happen to get routed through Germany? Germany will only get routed around if the retries happen to get routed along a different path, else the block gets exported to wherever the recipient happens to be.
Actually, tonight I'm scanning my wedding photos to digital form. First archive goes on CD-R. I know I'll have to copy it to new media every 5-10 years, but at least the data won't degrade now.
Some media are worse than others for preservation. The silent film's nitrate film sometimes caught fire, as it was like guncotton. Its replacement, celluloid "safety film", now has on it many 1930 films but is brittle and discolored.
Okay, it's a little amusing, but I was making the suggestion seriously. It's fine that capacities keep increasing, but it happens too often to require much new announcement and discussion. Please ignore the "Funny" moderation.
And followup discussion about Slashdot features should go in the Slashdot discussion.
Maybe it would be easier to give the "Biggest and Fastest Disk Drives" their own Topic and Slashbox. Then we can just look to the side and see what this week's record is.
22. Mailboxes across the USA would be filled with AOL tires, which only fit AOL cars, as their invitation to buy one. 23. Beverages across the USA would be resting on AOL tire coffee tables.
I use Linux at home. I'm tempted now to buy CyberPatrol so I'll have a legal copy of their database and can implement the blocks that I agree with. They want to stop me from buying from them?
That's the reason there are so many problems on MS-DOS/Windows systems. MS-DOS (and Windows3/95/98) require certain hardware and software be available to programs, so it is easy to take over a machine. Altering this wide-open configuration breaks many legitimate programs.
The Unix security philosophy is that a user never gets direct access to hardware and system resources. They have to be given permission by the system to use resources, and generally merely request actions which are performed for them by device drivers. Any exploit is considered a problem which can be fixed without breaking legitimate programs.
Indeed, Unix has adapted and evolved so much it would have difficulty running on the original configuration. The embedded Unix/Linux versions would work the best, with great memory restrictions and slow external storage.
That 1997 document does not mention Linux, which grew out of the POSIX definition, System V, NetBSD, and GNU tools (developed on many Unix flavors). The Unix History segment of the Unix FAQ does mention Linux briefly.
MS-2K is better than MS-Win98 because it is based on NT. Now excuse me, it's time to reboot NT for the 15th time in two days because my application now crashes and I get to test run my app once per boot...
In the software patent discussions it has been pointed out that the "Model" requirement was dropped. I think there are some patents for which it should be required...
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Montgomery's short "An Introduction to Unix" points at the Unix system family tree.
That 1997 document does not mention Linux, which grew out of the POSIX definition, System V, NetBSD, and GNU tools (developed on many Unix flavors). The Unix History segment of the Unix FAQ does mention Linux briefly.
For those of you who want to hop to the conclusion, there it is. A summary of their summaries, but you'll have to read the other pages of the article to find the reasons.
The author mentions at the beginning that this is a summary based on their past experience, and their tests that they've been publishing. It is done in editorial form, with summary of past experiences.
And indeed, there are some last-minute Iridium bidders.
Perhaps movies will add a plot and characters, to distinguish themselves from TV.
If they can get them to re-enter at the same local time all over the globe (10 PM Eastern, 10 PM Central, 10 PM Mountain...) they'd be able to announce it and get a lot of attention. Not that Iridium would be able to do anything with the publicity after burning up all the assets other than their name...
Also, reminders that if you have trouble reading the warnings to erect new markers in the present language and of longer-lasting materials. And buried duplicates of warnings, which erosion will expose at various periods.
Won't this also block packets destined for another country which happen to get routed through Germany? Germany will only get routed around if the retries happen to get routed along a different path, else the block gets exported to wherever the recipient happens to be.
Actually, tonight I'm scanning my wedding photos to digital form. First archive goes on CD-R. I know I'll have to copy it to new media every 5-10 years, but at least the data won't degrade now.
Actually the fax machine began in 1843 and was in use in France in 1856.
You're thinking of the long-discussed issue of how to label nuclear waste which may be toxic for thousands of years (ignoring that deposits of poisonous elements are toxic forever, such as the arsenic in Bangladesh water wells which were created as a safe alternative to surface water with germs). Sandia actually had some possible messages created: Expert Judgement on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Some treasure films are now being transferred to DVD.
And followup discussion about Slashdot features should go in the Slashdot discussion.
Maybe it would be easier to give the "Biggest and Fastest Disk Drives" their own Topic and Slashbox. Then we can just look to the side and see what this week's record is.
22. Mailboxes across the USA would be filled with AOL tires, which only fit AOL cars, as their invitation to buy one.
23. Beverages across the USA would be resting on AOL tire coffee tables.
I use Linux at home. I'm tempted now to buy CyberPatrol so I'll have a legal copy of their database and can implement the blocks that I agree with. They want to stop me from buying from them?
The Unix security philosophy is that a user never gets direct access to hardware and system resources. They have to be given permission by the system to use resources, and generally merely request actions which are performed for them by device drivers. Any exploit is considered a problem which can be fixed without breaking legitimate programs.
Montgomery's short "An Introduction to Unix" points at the Unix system family tree.
That 1997 document does not mention Linux, which grew out of the POSIX definition, System V, NetBSD, and GNU tools (developed on many Unix flavors). The Unix History segment of the Unix FAQ does mention Linux briefly.
MS-2K is better than MS-Win98 because it is based on NT. Now excuse me, it's time to reboot NT for the 15th time in two days because my application now crashes and I get to test run my app once per boot...
The Microsoft Way is to save HTML files as .HTM
:-)
Of course, the photons from the hot surface increasing photosynthesis has absolutely no effect upon the plant growth nor the shrinkage of your wallet.
Remember, you first have to install the magnets from here to Jupiter to create the magnetic fields.
The patent should have enough info to build one. Then send yourself the plans two years ago and you can get the patent first.
In the software patent discussions it has been pointed out that the "Model" requirement was dropped. I think there are some patents for which it should be required...
Does an MCSE know more than how to fill out a Tech Support form and pray?