Many of you will have remembered that the RPM Package Manager went from 3.x to 4.x without backward compatibility and upgrading it was an arduous task, to put it mildly. Aw, it ain't that bad. I found myself changing version numbers in RPMs with a hex editor.
Strangely, it actually worked just fine.
Sometimes I think they break backward compatiblity just for the heck of it.
I have a much better and cost effective solution! MahaLev: Maharishi Levitation, teach everybody Transcendental Meditation - get a yogi to act as a conductor, and have everyone onboard chant "aaoouuumm" as the train raises itself from the tracks.
I have to say I feel that looking an auction for a studio prop that starts at $80,000 in a world while around one quarter of children go to bed hungry.
Are you suggesting that I pay hungry kids to let me sit on them? You cynical bastard!
Wow is the world changing, you can buy -everything- online now..
(shameless plug..) I remember, back during the Cold War, we didn't have the internet, we had to sell these things at secret meetings with the "attaché for tourism" from the embassy of some shady nation..
You had to get plane tickets to all these wierd, exotic locations like Geneva and the Caribbian, to meet these jerks. (They never even said thanks)
Nowadays, I don't even have to leave my nice CIA office, and I always get the best price for my contraband! Ebay is great!
.. you're forgetting all the other crap too, like that you -must- have special, gold-plated speaker cables.
I saw one advertisment for a very expensive HiFi system that prided itself on the fact that the DAC was was in a seperate unit from the disc drive. "Thus, eliminating any interference".
WHAT interference?
Countless examples. I like the "CD lens cleaner discs", since when did the discs -touch- the lens???
Not central to the plot??? The whole point of him getting a 'borrowed ladder' is to become an astronaut (or whatever they called it) to go on one of the missions!
Sure, but given the way they describe the society in that film, there were quite a few other jobs the guy would've been inelgible for. His dream could've been to become a bus driver instead, without changing the story too much.
Well, I wouldn't totally dismiss ACO as non sci-fi..
Ok, for starters, it does take place in a supposed future society. Then there's the "Ludovico treatment", which is rather Pavlovian, but still rather sci-fi IMHO. (Much like the conditioning in Huxleys "Brave New World", which is definetly Sci-Fi)
I don't see how you can consider "Gattaca" to be more Science-fiction than ACO.. Apart from that the "Gattaca" scenario is a perhaps more plausible vision of the future.
(OK, "Gattaca" has space travel, too.. but it isn't central to the plot, is it?)
I agree, to an extent.. I don't see why we need to increase the speed of PC:s indefinetly.
On the other hand, computers are being put to good scientific use (remember: that's what we invented them for..) And in many cases here, the speed is a real limit to what can be done: so this may be a problem. (Luckily, many of these problems can be solved by parallel computing.. so imagine a beowulf cluster of those, if you will.)
Anyway.. I myself am looking forward to this happening: Historically, when science or engineering gets 'stuck' like this, there is an explosion of creativity, suddenly, all ideas are worth considering.
Given the interest and money in computers, we'll probably be seeing more innovation and more original innovation in computers than ever before.
So this is a wonderful idea.. I somehow do not see this working. Of course I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but how do they plan on breaking these big, complex, problems up into manageble pieces?
How can they make all these peoples ideas work together without it all turning into a watered- down compromise-type idea without any edge?
I, for one will be interested in seeing the results of this experiment..
Yes, but as you can read: - is not allowed the installation of modulus/module near negrevatel'nykh and space heaters, where the temperature can exceed +50 about s
See: these inferior Russian products can't even be installed near negrevatel'nykh!
Now this might be a strange position, but in a way, this news makes me glad.
Flash is software used by a lot of people. Most of these people are average-Joe windows users. (Not/. or Linux people)
This is the group we need to get to understand that software patents are no good. Having a very popular browser plug-in taken off the market makes for some good anti-patent opinion.
For high-accuracy nuclear bomb simulations, particle interactions, that sort of thing.
Whoever sold Excel to you may have violated the M$ EULA... You specifically agree not to export or re-export the SOFTWARE PRODUCT: (...) (ii) to any end-user who you know or have reason to know will utilize the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or portion thereof in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons
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I'd point them to the Netcraft survey.
More than half the sites with SSH are using OpenSSH.. Tell them to go get a clue instead.
YES! I always thought Stephen Weinberg would make a
nice centerpiece in my lounge!
Anyone else misread that as "Stalinism"?
The word "Stalinism" is deprecated, the correct term is "GNU/Communism".
Many of you will have remembered that the RPM Package Manager went from 3.x to 4.x without backward compatibility and upgrading it was an arduous task, to put it mildly.
Aw, it ain't that bad. I found myself changing version numbers in RPMs with a hex editor.
Strangely, it actually worked just fine.
Sometimes I think they break backward compatiblity just for the heck of it.
I have a much better and cost effective solution!
/. readers: You get karma!
MahaLev: Maharishi Levitation, teach everybody
Transcendental Meditation - get a yogi to act as a conductor,
and have everyone onboard chant "aaoouuumm" as the train raises itself from the tracks.
And as a bonus for
..that the Korean government is investing in linux systems?
Or maybe this is just another sleazy MS retaliation tactic?
The fact that it backfired might just be proof.
I think it's all about the Waltons wanting to
beat Bill Gates on those "top 10 richest" lists..
I have to say I feel that looking an auction for a studio prop that starts at $80,000 in a world while around one quarter of children go to bed hungry.
Are you suggesting that I pay hungry kids to let me sit on them? You cynical bastard!
Why hasn't anyone pointed out the obvoius?
The point of the oh-so-disputed Bnetd project was
to counter cheats and trolls.
Set up your own server - invite your friends, and
kick out whoever you don't like.
So what M$, Blizzard and the others should do is turn the situation to their advantage,
stop selling server time - sell server software.
The more trolls out there, the more people will want to run their own server.
Wow is the world changing, you can buy -everything- online now..
(shameless plug..)
I remember, back during the Cold War, we didn't have the internet,
we had to sell these things at secret meetings with the "attaché for tourism" from the embassy of some shady nation..
You had to get plane tickets to all these wierd,
exotic locations like Geneva and the Caribbian, to meet these jerks. (They never even said thanks)
Nowadays, I don't even have to leave my nice CIA office, and I always get the best price for my contraband! Ebay is great!
(/shameless plug)
.. you're forgetting all the other crap too,
like that you -must- have special, gold-plated
speaker cables.
I saw one advertisment for a very expensive HiFi
system that prided itself on the fact that the
DAC was was in a seperate unit from the disc drive.
"Thus, eliminating any interference".
WHAT interference?
Countless examples. I like the "CD lens cleaner discs",
since when did the discs -touch- the lens???
Not central to the plot??? The whole point of him getting a 'borrowed ladder' is to become an astronaut (or whatever they called it) to go on one of the missions!
Sure, but given the way they describe the society
in that film, there were quite a few other jobs
the guy would've been inelgible for.
His dream could've been to become a bus driver
instead, without changing the story too much.
Well, I wouldn't totally dismiss ACO as non sci-fi..
Ok, for starters, it does take place in a supposed future society.
Then there's the "Ludovico treatment", which is
rather Pavlovian, but still rather sci-fi IMHO.
(Much like the conditioning in Huxleys "Brave New World", which is definetly Sci-Fi)
I don't see how you can consider "Gattaca" to be
more Science-fiction than ACO..
Apart from that the "Gattaca" scenario is a perhaps more plausible vision of the future.
(OK, "Gattaca" has space travel, too.. but it isn't central to the plot, is it?)
I agree, to an extent..
I don't see why we need to increase the speed of PC:s indefinetly.
On the other hand, computers are being put to
good scientific use (remember: that's what we invented them for..)
And in many cases here, the speed is a real limit to what can be done: so this may be a problem.
(Luckily, many of these problems can be solved by
parallel computing.. so imagine a beowulf cluster of those, if you will.)
Anyway.. I myself am looking forward to this happening:
Historically, when science or engineering gets 'stuck' like this,
there is an explosion of creativity, suddenly, all
ideas are worth considering.
Given the interest and money in computers, we'll probably be seeing more innovation and more original innovation in computers than ever before.
..and more funding for basic research.. yeah!
So this is a wonderful idea..
I somehow do not see this working. Of course I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but how do they plan
on breaking these big, complex, problems up into manageble pieces?
How can they make all these peoples ideas work together without it all turning into a watered-
down compromise-type idea without any edge?
I, for one will be interested in seeing the
results of this experiment..
About 55, I'd say.. This from opera.com
Of 100 employees (December 31, 2000) 55 worked within Technical Development.
The coolest element of them all..
If you don't belive me read the book "Uncle Tungsten".
Great book, a must for anyone remotly intrested
in chemistry or the history of chemistry.
Ok, so it's a shameless plug.. but I just had to push that damn fine book.
For instance:
Distance: nanofurlongs (10^-9 furlongs, or 10^-8 chains)
Liquid measure: nanohogshead (2*10^-9 liquid barrels)
Quantity: nanogross (1.44*10^-7)
Weight: nanostone (1.4*10^-8 U.K. pounds)
also used:
1 nanoscruple = 2*10^-10 grains (or 2 Ånggrains)
1 nanodram = 3.2*10^-10 grains
1 nanogill = 2.5*10^-10 nanopints
1 nanoacre = 1.6*10^-7 nanosquare rods
Yes, but as you can read:
- is not allowed the installation of modulus/module near negrevatel'nykh and space heaters, where the temperature can exceed +50 about s
See: these inferior Russian products can't even be installed
near negrevatel'nykh!
That happens to me all the time!
Now this might be a strange position, but in a way,
/. or Linux people)
this news makes me glad.
Flash is software used by a lot of people. Most
of these people are average-Joe windows users.
(Not
This is the group we need to get to understand that software patents
are no good. Having a very popular browser plug-in taken off the market
makes for some good anti-patent opinion.
Sometimes the ends justify the means, I guess.
For high-accuracy nuclear bomb simulations, particle interactions, that sort of thing.
Whoever sold Excel to you may have violated the M$ EULA...
You specifically agree not to export or re-export the SOFTWARE PRODUCT:
(...)
(ii) to any end-user who you know or have reason to know will utilize the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or portion thereof in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons
Yup.. that's what happened.
Coolio was pretty upset over Wierd Al's parody,
but since it wasn't his melody, he couldn't do anything.
Actually I belive Wierd Al does pay royalties.
My guess would be that it'd be for the melody,
and not the lyrics though.
"..I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.."
-Lawrence Summers, Cheif economist at the World Bank, 1991
Yup.. I often use NMR-spectrometers myself, and those
things have a huge static field (~20T).
I always keep my watch and wallet (magstripe cards!) locked
in a metal box outside the room.