while that's true, that bring sin some grave concerns.
i don't know if you've been keeping up with BugTraq lately, but some of the new vulnerabilities in windows make me think of one thing:
if the Administrator is the only one allowed to modify the trusted computing settings, then what if there's another root-level exploit in a TCI version of Windows (like Longhorn)?
i don't like the idea of losing my control over my computer.
i like my BIOS the way it is, thank you very much. i LIKE writing Operating Systems.
but the g77 compliler is indeed much less archaic than you make it sound. it does correctly support a number of F90/F95 constructs, though not in completeness.
my big disappointment is that i have to use two separate fortran compilers (Intel and G77) to get anything done, and that is *GREATLY* stifling my work, vbecause one compiler will compile correctly, and the other will not. and the roles switch continuously.
the problem isn't that G77 is stifling fortran development. i think the problem is that Fortran fans are stifling the development of a decent compiler.
what's worse, is that the code i'm being forced to maintain was literally written in the 70's and is so damned sloppy i can't read it, much less work with it. it makes me hate the FCC.
i would save hundreds of manhours simply by REWRITING the damn code in a real language. screw bounds checking and fast math code. i want maintainable code. not a pile of dog shit.
i thought the standard was "3 minutes or more is late" due to possible time differences between clocks. i mean if you set your time to the "time" phone number, it may be as much as 3 minutes difference from setting to WWV. hell THEIR clocks might be 3 minutes wrong. it's only resonable to allow for that.
if you google my name, the first result is both my callsign and my dad's callsign showing our address, home phone number, etc. i mentioned it to my dad, and he didn't seem bothered by it. the only thing that worried him is whether it had our SSNs. it doesn't, so we're not worried.
in fact, more recently, if you look through the CDBS form 349 entries for Radio Assist Ministry and Edgewater Broadcasting, you'll find my name (in a handlful of applications) and the name (and address) of my current employer there. that doesn't bother me either.
honestly, if you're willing to get a licence, you should be willing to open yourself as a public contact. if you're not, then don't have a license for any broadcast permissions.
the FCC has always been public. why bother changing that?
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now, THAT is reading into it, IMHO.
i made the assumption that it's merely scrambled. in that case, the only match for this anagram is "cheerio".
so why the hell are we all still sitting here talking about it?
what do i need to say to my congressman so i don't look like a complete ass? (he's next door, btw.)
i'm looking for 5-figure salaries, and i can't find any. i'm damned lucky to have the job i've got. and it's just BARELY 5-figure.
because of the area i live in, that doesn't mean i'm blaming immigration - but i'm also looking in higher population areas where tech jobs should be aplenty.
they are truly very rare. even the $10k tech jobs are rare.
actually, the BeFS driver had a built-in query system that was mostly based on boolean logic. i heard they considered implementing an SQL query system, but it was too complex for their timetable.
i was briefly on an Operating System project a while back (LinksOS) before the dev team split, and one of the ideas for the system was a natural-language file query system. very similar to storage, in fact. i wouldnt be surprised if one of the guys on the original Links team has something to do with this.
but from the beginning, i thought it was an unnecessary thing. the average user is more accustomd to clicking his way to a program than typing "run myprogram" on a box. likewise, they're more accustomed to finding files exclusively by name - "find files and folders" named "my file".
i still think it's unnecessary. it seems like too much bloat for the operating system for a feature that will become rather painful for some to use. as others have noted, the metadata needs to be maintained properly, and a database system might not be fast enough for the likes of some people.
IMO, the best option for something like this is incorporating a natural query language to a filesystem module that operates a filesystem not unlike the Be File System.
the thing i like about it is the fact that each file has an unlimited number of arbitrary attributes that are indexed in a "hidden" index directory, which can be queried with a boolean syntax. all of that was in the filesystem driver, and it still is one of the most trim and efficient filesystems to date. its only real overhead is the hard drive space used by the indexes.
now to be honest, i do like the natural language query thing. but FWIW, keeping unix-like heierarchies (sp?:P) is MUCH better than trying to maintain a database.
i mean, Apple tried that with HFS, and look what happened! it was so limited, crippled, and slow that even HFS+ couldn't make up for it. it just couldn't SCALE.
when i forced myself to learn dvorak on a qwerty keyboard, i found myself forcing myself to look at the monitor, as looking at the keyboard confused me.
i learned touch-typing in a matter of weeks, though it was a few days before my speed was back up.
coding on a dvorak, on the other hand, i don't know. it might work out for you, might not.
i do know, though, that dvorak typing was much less error-prone for me.
the problem is gaining that level of access to the drive. i just wasn't sure how to go about that. (i can edit the partition table, no sweat. but... HOW?)
i'm serious. the way patents are going is out of hand. a new, more stringent patent system is probably needed, and it seems the best way to achieve that is to simply scrap the USPTO and start over with it.
while my 'net connection has been down, i've been using it exclusively to move data back and forth between my work computer and my home machine.
works well that way.
but i made a mistake and lost 8MB of my 32MB key to a bad tool. anyone know of a way to repartition my key to reclaim all 32MB? (my options are open.:)
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while that's true, that bring sin some grave concerns.
i don't know if you've been keeping up with BugTraq lately, but some of the new vulnerabilities in windows make me think of one thing:
if the Administrator is the only one allowed to modify the trusted computing settings, then what if there's another root-level exploit in a TCI version of Windows (like Longhorn)?
i don't like the idea of losing my control over my computer.
i like my BIOS the way it is, thank you very much. i LIKE writing Operating Systems.
they're across the street from each other. what do you expect?
but the g77 compliler is indeed much less archaic than you make it sound. it does correctly support a number of F90/F95 constructs, though not in completeness.
my big disappointment is that i have to use two separate fortran compilers (Intel and G77) to get anything done, and that is *GREATLY* stifling my work, vbecause one compiler will compile correctly, and the other will not. and the roles switch continuously.
the problem isn't that G77 is stifling fortran development. i think the problem is that Fortran fans are stifling the development of a decent compiler.
what's worse, is that the code i'm being forced to maintain was literally written in the 70's and is so damned sloppy i can't read it, much less work with it. it makes me hate the FCC.
i would save hundreds of manhours simply by REWRITING the damn code in a real language. screw bounds checking and fast math code. i want maintainable code. not a pile of dog shit.
i thought the standard was "3 minutes or more is late" due to possible time differences between clocks. i mean if you set your time to the "time" phone number, it may be as much as 3 minutes difference from setting to WWV. hell THEIR clocks might be 3 minutes wrong. it's only resonable to allow for that.
if you google my name, the first result is both my callsign and my dad's callsign showing our address, home phone number, etc. i mentioned it to my dad, and he didn't seem bothered by it. the only thing that worried him is whether it had our SSNs. it doesn't, so we're not worried.
in fact, more recently, if you look through the CDBS form 349 entries for Radio Assist Ministry and Edgewater Broadcasting, you'll find my name (in a handlful of applications) and the name (and address) of my current employer there. that doesn't bother me either.
honestly, if you're willing to get a licence, you should be willing to open yourself as a public contact. if you're not, then don't have a license for any broadcast permissions.
the FCC has always been public. why bother changing that?
now, THAT is reading into it, IMHO.
i made the assumption that it's merely scrambled. in that case, the only match for this anagram is "cheerio".
then i made a british assumption.
but i'm not british either.
so why the hell are we all still sitting here talking about it? what do i need to say to my congressman so i don't look like a complete ass? (he's next door, btw.)
i'm looking for 5-figure salaries, and i can't find any. i'm damned lucky to have the job i've got. and it's just BARELY 5-figure. because of the area i live in, that doesn't mean i'm blaming immigration - but i'm also looking in higher population areas where tech jobs should be aplenty. they are truly very rare. even the $10k tech jobs are rare.
the real question is: can you GET one?
well, if you have enough hard drive space, you can just copy all of the data from the CDs to your Riven directory - no more changing CDs. :)
i want more gopher sites.
i'd look at it this way, using an analogy similar to your own:
an experienced mechanic is walking down the street, and notices your car. curious, he pops open the hood to make sure it's in good running condition.
then he calls up his friends, gathers all the parts and tools he needs and knocks on your door.
"your engine looks shot. mind if i fix it for you? you don't have to pay me."
Riven, IIRC, uses compressed 24-bit imagery, plus high-resolution (full-screen!) QuickTime movies.
each island was given its own CD.
yes, but hopefully a little more scalable than HFS turned out to be.
"Practical File System Design with the Be File System" by Dominic Giampaolo.
it has source.
actually, the BeFS driver had a built-in query system that was mostly based on boolean logic. i heard they considered implementing an SQL query system, but it was too complex for their timetable.
actually, take a look at the BeFS in the BeOS. it does pretty much everything you're talking about to at least some extent.
it would be nice to take the ideas that BeFS ran with and expand ReiserFS a few generations ahead that way.
i was briefly on an Operating System project a while back (LinksOS) before the dev team split, and one of the ideas for the system was a natural-language file query system. very similar to storage, in fact. i wouldnt be surprised if one of the guys on the original Links team has something to do with this.
:P) is MUCH better than trying to maintain a database.
but from the beginning, i thought it was an unnecessary thing. the average user is more accustomd to clicking his way to a program than typing "run myprogram" on a box. likewise, they're more accustomed to finding files exclusively by name - "find files and folders" named "my file".
i still think it's unnecessary. it seems like too much bloat for the operating system for a feature that will become rather painful for some to use. as others have noted, the metadata needs to be maintained properly, and a database system might not be fast enough for the likes of some people.
IMO, the best option for something like this is incorporating a natural query language to a filesystem module that operates a filesystem not unlike the Be File System.
the thing i like about it is the fact that each file has an unlimited number of arbitrary attributes that are indexed in a "hidden" index directory, which can be queried with a boolean syntax. all of that was in the filesystem driver, and it still is one of the most trim and efficient filesystems to date. its only real overhead is the hard drive space used by the indexes.
now to be honest, i do like the natural language query thing. but FWIW, keeping unix-like heierarchies (sp?
i mean, Apple tried that with HFS, and look what happened! it was so limited, crippled, and slow that even HFS+ couldn't make up for it. it just couldn't SCALE.
when i forced myself to learn dvorak on a qwerty keyboard, i found myself forcing myself to look at the monitor, as looking at the keyboard confused me.
i learned touch-typing in a matter of weeks, though it was a few days before my speed was back up.
coding on a dvorak, on the other hand, i don't know. it might work out for you, might not.
i do know, though, that dvorak typing was much less error-prone for me.
YMMV
...sucks anyway. why don't they use the westinghouse patents and equipment that they put there to begin with? i mean, at least Tesla's stuff worked.
did you forget about the rubber bullets?
that was before the supreme court had to clean up the mess in florida.
i wasn't looking forward to that. :P
the problem is gaining that level of access to the drive. i just wasn't sure how to go about that. (i can edit the partition table, no sweat. but... HOW?)
i'm serious. the way patents are going is out of hand. a new, more stringent patent system is probably needed, and it seems the best way to achieve that is to simply scrap the USPTO and start over with it.
while my 'net connection has been down, i've been using it exclusively to move data back and forth between my work computer and my home machine.
:)
works well that way.
but i made a mistake and lost 8MB of my 32MB key to a bad tool. anyone know of a way to repartition my key to reclaim all 32MB? (my options are open.
wow, GCC assumes stdio.h is IMPLIED!
i did NOT know that.