Kodak has always made cheap (in both senses), low-quality consumer oriented cameras
This is completely untrue. Kodak made some of the first production digital SLRs back in the early '90's, like the EOS DCS-1 (based on the Canon EOS-1) up to the recently discontinued Pro SLR/[n|c] models of last year. Until the release of the SLR 14n, most of the Kodak SLR digitals were $10K to $15K.
They heyday for Kodak digital was likely the DCS-760 (based on the Nikon F5), with the DCS Pro 14n and latter models not being as well received. Fill Factory made the sensors for the 14 series SLRs and Kodak had many issues with color fringing and CA. The SLR/n and/c were a bit better, but the Canon 1Ds and 1Ds Mark II were vastly superior...)
I don't know if the P&S use the same formats as the older SLRs, but I wouldn't be suprised if they were different.
If there is one good reason to use a standardized raw file format it is this; Whenever a manufacturer ships a new model, the software generally available is not able to convert that format for the first few weeks or months. This is a PITA if you have a workflow designed for your needs. (Camera makers ship the correct software, but that software is not nearly as good as PS CS or C1.)
I think maybe you should have provided the full context of the story rather than witlessly blathering on:
When Michael Andretti signed on with McLaren, the cars were powered by the all conquering Honda motors. By the time he actually drove the car, those motors had been replaced by Ford Cosworth V8s. At the time, hardly in the same league as the then massively dominant Honda.
There was a rule change at the end of the 1992 season which severly limited the testing the teams could do. This had the effect that every track Andretti showed up to in 1993 was completely new to him. Huge disadvantage.
You might have also mentioned that the dismal 5 laps in the first few races was caused by mechanical failures and getting punted off the track, not by lack of skill.
Andretti fanboy? Not really. The traitor SOB went IRL racing...
You are making the assumption that ABM systems are designed to stop all of the incoming ICBMs. While it may have been sold to the public on that premise, I think there were two more important (and successful) reasons for the ABM research:
1. Stop enough incoming ballistic missiles to make strikes less than a sure thing for some percentage of the number launched.
2. Make the other guy spend more money to make more missiles, including maintaining those missiles, at a higher percentage of the GNP.
'A basic install of Solaris is bereft of all the great free utilities and dev tools, so it takes an extra day of installing stuff to make it useful.'
This may have been true with Solaris 2.6, but many of the GNU tools have been included since Solaris 7.
'A lot of the basic userland stuff is ridiculously out of date.'
Again, replacing the userland Sun tools is as easy as installing either the included GNU tools, or setting up the install to include the sunfreeware versions of the tools.
'I'm a minimalist when it comes to servers. Solaris is just too damn bloated for me. I want finer-grained control over what I choose to install. Example: Yes, the Sun NFS server is top-quality. No, I don't want it on all my machines.'
You can always tell the 'admins' who don't understand Jumpstart, don't use it, or haven't configured it properly. There isn't anything you can't preconfigure exactly the way you want it to be either by 'deleting' the package from the profile, or by modifying with a pre or post install script. I can go from a freshly racked server to a running Oracle instance in less than two hours (depending on the network and disks installed in the server. YMMV.)
About the only machine you have to configure manually is the first one, everything after that can be customized with profiles on the Jumpstart server. Need a new configuration? Modify a profile, type 'boot net - install' at the OBP, then sit back or work on other projects.
"Gnome is not in there nor is there an option to use it"
Look harder. If it isn't on install 1, 2 or the Software Companion disk, then Gnome FCS 2.0 is available for download at sun.com. It isn't hard to find, nor is it hard to install. Once installed, Gnome Desktop will be available on the XDM login screen.
...I want my Sun Operton systems to have a real OBP. I don't care for peecee compatibility as long as the Big Aluminum (tm) boxen, if such ever get produced, aren't tied to some crummy BIOS.
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Mirror lockup is available with CF 12-1. When this function is set, the first press of the shutter button locks the mirror up. The second press releases the shutter for exposure.
Coupled with the TC-80N3 remote release, you can time exposures up to 999 seconds without touching the camera.
Having been a Marine for a number of years, I have to call bullshit on this. Unless you are incompetent, *never* cleaned your rifle, or are incapable of grasping the concept of proper lubrication, M16s just work.
In all of the years I qualified on the KD (Known Distance) course, I had only one failure to feed (which can happen to *any* semi-auto firearm), and I never had a 'jam'. Of the others firing the same course with me that did have jams, the overwhelming majority were due to having a 'dry rifle'; ie: no, or improper lubrication. The others did have mechanical failures, but that is to be expected when you consider the age and actual use of those rifles.
To answer to some of the other replies below: M16s are pretty damned accurate as well with the proper load. The Army Marksmanship Unit shoots the M16 now... And they have won some pretty tough matches with those rifles. Even out to 1000 yards. I left the Corps a few years back, but it wouldn't shock me to hear that the USMC Rifle Team switched from the M14 to the M16.
For what its worth, with the exception of boot camp and the first year afterward, I qualified expert every year averaging 230 out of a possible 250 points. (And 286 out of 300 shooting an off the rack M16 on the NRA High Power course during Marine intramural competition.)
This is likely attributable to the design of the CPUs installed over and above the 72 CPUs installed in the expander boards.
The additional CPUs are called MaxCPU and are installed in place of the I/O expanders. While this can allow an additional 33 or 34 CPUs (I have seen both 105 and 106 as the maximum CPU count for the F15K.), what you do not get is additional RAM on the MaxCPU board. All RAM access must cross the backplane which helps to explain explain some of the linearity loss. You also lose nearly all of the I/O expanders as well.
For those of you that really need more than 105 CPUs, Sun is also purportedly working on a system to bond a number of F15Ks together into a large single image server. One Sun PS type claimed that Sun had a 1500 CPU server in testing.
I was considerating moderating you down, but I feel a response is more in order.
I can tell from reading your post that it is unlikely you have anyone there with any real Solaris skills, let alone any knowledgeable Jumpstart admins.
An automated install is really the only way to ensure that all of your systems meet the standards your Unix engineering group publishes. (You do have standards...don't you?) There is literally nothing that connot be configured, added or deleted from the install from within the Jumpstart profile. Need more atomic customization? Use a finish or post-install script. Want tighter security? Use the JASS finish scripts.
Everything from the way root is sliced to the installation of third party applications can be handled by Jumpstart. In an environment with over 300 servers, manual installation is not an option. Working for a government facility, poor security is not an option. Using Jumpstart does not preclude having proper security if you know what you are doing.
As for Live Upgrade; I have used LU to upgrade nearly 80 servers here, 16 of which were Sun Cluster 2.2/Oracle servers. Other that re-configuring any new packages which might be different from those of the older OS, LU does not change existing configuration files. Properly scripted, LU just works.
A while back I worked at a dot.bomb in SF. While there we purchased an E6500 that was intended to form part of a clustered pair of 6500s.
The 6500 shipping crate sounds similar to the 4800 crate you had issues with, but the problems we had were with trying to get the danged thing into the building. (The R*ss building in the financial district.)
The truck pulled up on delivery day, and the building management wouldn't let us in the door fearing that the server+pallet jack would ruin the parquet floor of the lobby.
Their plan was to have us bring the server in through the street level elevators. The problem? To get to the street level access was a seven inch jump up the curb, followed by a four inch drop onto the elevator platform. It gets worse... The street level elevator really only granted you access to the *tunnels* which allow access to the loading docks/freight elevator. At one point, the tunnel descends at a 30 degree angle.
They finally compromised, after 2 weeks, and allowed us across the lobby. Of course, we had to go and purchase carpeting and plywood to protect the floor.
I could understand that if the 6500 was really heavy, say over 1000 pounds. But at 700 pounds, I really doubt there would have been much effect on the lobby floor. Heck, high heels put more stress on the floor.
The cost of the hardware is really only the tip of the iceberg when you are considering support costs. I work at one facility of a rather huge government operation. We have a number of S/390 machines which are being replaced by Sun servers based on the support cost per 'MIP' of the mainframes.
If IBM can sell and support mainframes while significantly reducing the support costs, then mainframes can remain competitive cost-wise with Unix servers.
Software support for the mainframes at our facilites runs in the millions per year, compared with tens of thousands (depending on size, application) for the Unix servers.
An even better choice would be a Diesel. All the torque of a big block with about 2 to 3 times the fuel efficiency.
I have an '82 K5 Blazer with a naturally aspirated 6.2L Diesel. I routinely get 22-25MPG (US). This is a 6000lb 4x4. It doesn't have the HP of a gasser, but the torque is right up there in the BB range.
A slightly newer 6.5TD would be a good choice, or alternatively, a new 6.6 Duramax.
Movies are a visual medium. They work best when they show you things. Have Sauron just be this vague, nebulous 'evil thing' works in the books.
But for a movie, the bad guy has to look intimidating and powerful.
I think a villian having to look intimidating and powerful is more a function of what the director is trying to accomplish and the quality of the editing. As an example, in the original Alien, IMHO one of the best 'terror' films ever made, the villian is onscreen for only 13 seconds or so out of the ~2 hours or so the film runs. Even then, you never see what the creature looks like until Ripley blows it out of the ship. Whether or not Sauron deserves, or requires, the same treatment is better determined by the style of the movie and the intentions of the director.
The right to own a handgun is not an issue of civil liberties.
Of course it is. The US Constitition makes it so. If you want to change that, petition a representative for an amendment.
A handgun, unlike a videogame, is a machine made to kill human beings, it serves no other purpose.
So hunting, plinking, and more formalized competition are mis-use of a firearm? Please, just because you have an aversion to guns, spouting polemics doesn't make your viewpoint more valid.
This is not a machine that anyone should be permitted to carry around with them, and you can shout about personal freedom all you want.
s/personal freedom/personal defense. I have no desire to become a potential victim because of anyones perceived 'higher morals'. Being unable to run from criminals shouldn't limit my ability to go where I want, when I want. Life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness means that I am morally entitled to defend myself. If that means carrying a weapon, then I choose to do so. If you want to cower in your home 24/7 or avoid areas of your home town or city, then I pity you.
The "right to bear arms" is a freak of American Legislation born from the fact that America is a nation founded upon a violent revolution. It is NOT a basic human right.
That you choose to ignore that the US would not exist without that violent revolution speaks volumes. What was the alternative, asking nicely? You also choose to ignore that the English government, at that time, was opressive as well as generally bleeding the American colonies dry of both money and resources.
You should perhaps attempt to leave the nice, warm, and fuzzy cocoon you have built for yourself and look at how other peoples live from their viewpoint.
I suppose I should maybe have a bit of the topic in here somewhere.:)
While I am unsure if denying the populace access to a (violent) computer game is really a civil liberties violation, it is an indicator that the government has 'Nanny State' written all over it. My personal opinion is that no government needs to step into my life and decide for me what I am capable of dealing with WRT mainstream commercial entertainmnet. I choose not to play computer games, especially games like GTAx, but I also strongly believe that it should be a personal choice, not a mandate from politicians.
You might have read a bit more of the history of the Comet. Yes, it was explosize decompression. The big difference was that it was a large square window which failed.
You'd think that normal/. readers would be a bit less receptive to motion picture hype, but I guess not.
1) Airplanes that are pressurized are not sealed like a baloon. High pressure air is bled from the compressor section of the turbine, run through expansion/cooling stages, then metered into the cabin. Pressurized air is constantly cycled through the cabin.
2) Airplanes have quite a few 'holes' in various sections already. Just like your car, the doors have seals. These seals wear out and leak...
3) Pistol bullets aren't all that big. Say the Air Marshall is carrying a.40 S&W. The bullet probably measures a bit less, call it.398 or so. If it hits the hull, it makes a ~.398 hole. That hole will make lots of noise, but that is about it. The auto pressurization system will easily maintain cabin pressure.
4) Aircraft windows are pretty tough. The cockpit windows are a multi-layered laminate and are designed to take a beating. A pistol bullet might craze the interior surface, but I doubt it would completely shatter it. The passenger cabin windows are poly or lexan on the inside with a glass exterior. Those windows might fail. Regardless, nothing would get 'sucked out' with the possible exception of paper and dust.
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Kodak has always made cheap (in both senses), low-quality consumer oriented cameras /c were a bit better, but the Canon 1Ds and 1Ds Mark II were vastly superior...)
This is completely untrue. Kodak made some of the first production digital SLRs back in the early '90's, like the EOS DCS-1 (based on the Canon EOS-1) up to the recently discontinued Pro SLR/[n|c] models of last year. Until the release of the SLR 14n, most of the Kodak SLR digitals were $10K to $15K.
They heyday for Kodak digital was likely the DCS-760 (based on the Nikon F5), with the DCS Pro 14n and latter models not being as well received. Fill Factory made the sensors for the 14 series SLRs and Kodak had many issues with color fringing and CA. The SLR/n and
To be completely correct, Canon has (at least) two raw formats:
*.CRW D30,D60,10D,1D,1Ds
*.CR2 1D mkII, 1Ds mkII, 20D
I don't know if the P&S use the same formats as the older SLRs, but I wouldn't be suprised if they were different.
If there is one good reason to use a standardized raw file format it is this; Whenever a manufacturer ships a new model, the software generally available is not able to convert that format for the first few weeks or months. This is a PITA if you have a workflow designed for your needs. (Camera makers ship the correct software, but that software is not nearly as good as PS CS or C1.)
I think maybe you should have provided the full context of the story rather than witlessly blathering on:
When Michael Andretti signed on with McLaren, the cars were powered by the all conquering Honda motors. By the time he actually drove the car, those motors had been replaced by Ford Cosworth V8s. At the time, hardly in the same league as the then massively dominant Honda.
There was a rule change at the end of the 1992 season which severly limited the testing the teams could do. This had the effect that every track Andretti showed up to in 1993 was completely new to him. Huge disadvantage.
You might have also mentioned that the dismal 5 laps in the first few races was caused by mechanical failures and getting punted off the track, not by lack of skill.
Andretti fanboy? Not really. The traitor SOB went IRL racing...
You are making the assumption that ABM systems are designed to stop all of the incoming ICBMs. While it may have been sold to the public on that premise, I think there were two more important (and successful) reasons for the ABM research:
1. Stop enough incoming ballistic missiles to make strikes less than a sure thing for some percentage of the number launched.
2. Make the other guy spend more money to make more missiles, including maintaining those missiles, at a higher percentage of the GNP.
In short; Outspend them until they fail.
Seems like it worked to me...
'A basic install of Solaris is bereft of all the great free utilities and dev tools, so it takes an extra day of installing stuff to make it useful.'
This may have been true with Solaris 2.6, but many of the GNU tools have been included since Solaris 7.
'A lot of the basic userland stuff is ridiculously out of date.'
Again, replacing the userland Sun tools is as easy as installing either the included GNU tools, or setting up the install to include the sunfreeware versions of the tools.
'I'm a minimalist when it comes to servers. Solaris is just too damn bloated for me. I want finer-grained control over what I choose to install. Example: Yes, the Sun NFS server is top-quality. No, I don't want it on all my machines.'
You can always tell the 'admins' who don't understand Jumpstart, don't use it, or haven't configured it properly. There isn't anything you can't preconfigure exactly the way you want it to be either by 'deleting' the package from the profile, or by modifying with a pre or post install script. I can go from a freshly racked server to a running Oracle instance in less than two hours (depending on the network and disks installed in the server. YMMV.)
About the only machine you have to configure manually is the first one, everything after that can be customized with profiles on the Jumpstart server. Need a new configuration? Modify a profile, type 'boot net - install' at the OBP, then sit back or work on other projects.
"Gnome is not in there nor is there an option to use it"
Look harder. If it isn't on install 1, 2 or the Software Companion disk, then Gnome FCS 2.0 is available for download at sun.com. It isn't hard to find, nor is it hard to install. Once installed, Gnome Desktop will be available on the XDM login screen.
...I want my Sun Operton systems to have a real OBP. I don't care for peecee compatibility as long as the Big Aluminum (tm) boxen, if such ever get produced, aren't tied to some crummy BIOS.
Mirror lockup is available with CF 12-1. When this function is set, the first press of the shutter button locks the mirror up. The second press releases the shutter for exposure.
Coupled with the TC-80N3 remote release, you can time exposures up to 999 seconds without touching the camera.
Having been a Marine for a number of years, I have to call bullshit on this. Unless you are incompetent, *never* cleaned your rifle, or are incapable of grasping the concept of proper lubrication, M16s just work.
In all of the years I qualified on the KD (Known Distance) course, I had only one failure to feed (which can happen to *any* semi-auto firearm), and I never had a 'jam'. Of the others firing the same course with me that did have jams, the overwhelming majority were due to having a 'dry rifle'; ie: no, or improper lubrication. The others did have mechanical failures, but that is to be expected when you consider the age and actual use of those rifles.
To answer to some of the other replies below: M16s are pretty damned accurate as well with the proper load. The Army Marksmanship Unit shoots the M16 now... And they have won some pretty tough matches with those rifles. Even out to 1000 yards. I left the Corps a few years back, but it wouldn't shock me to hear that the USMC Rifle Team switched from the M14 to the M16.
For what its worth, with the exception of boot camp and the first year afterward, I qualified expert every year averaging 230 out of a possible 250 points. (And 286 out of 300 shooting an off the rack M16 on the NRA High Power course during Marine intramural competition.)
This is likely attributable to the design of the CPUs installed over and above the 72 CPUs installed in the expander boards.
The additional CPUs are called MaxCPU and are installed in place of the I/O expanders. While this can allow an additional 33 or 34 CPUs (I have seen both 105 and 106 as the maximum CPU count for the F15K.), what you do not get is additional RAM on the MaxCPU board. All RAM access must cross the backplane which helps to explain explain some of the linearity loss. You also lose nearly all of the I/O expanders as well.
For those of you that really need more than 105 CPUs, Sun is also purportedly working on a system to bond a number of F15Ks together into a large single image server. One Sun PS type claimed that Sun had a 1500 CPU server in testing.
I was considerating moderating you down, but I feel a response is more in order.
...don't you?) There is literally nothing that connot be configured, added or deleted from the install from within the Jumpstart profile. Need more atomic customization? Use a finish or post-install script. Want tighter security? Use the JASS finish scripts.
I can tell from reading your post that it is unlikely you have anyone there with any real Solaris skills, let alone any knowledgeable Jumpstart admins.
An automated install is really the only way to ensure that all of your systems meet the standards your Unix engineering group publishes. (You do have standards
Everything from the way root is sliced to the installation of third party applications can be handled by Jumpstart. In an environment with over 300 servers, manual installation is not an option. Working for a government facility, poor security is not an option. Using Jumpstart does not preclude having proper security if you know what you are doing.
As for Live Upgrade; I have used LU to upgrade nearly 80 servers here, 16 of which were Sun Cluster 2.2/Oracle servers. Other that re-configuring any new packages which might be different from those of the older OS, LU does not change existing configuration files. Properly scripted, LU just works.
A while back I worked at a dot.bomb in SF. While there we purchased an E6500 that was intended to form part of a clustered pair of 6500s.
The 6500 shipping crate sounds similar to the 4800 crate you had issues with, but the problems we had were with trying to get the danged thing into the building. (The R*ss building in the financial district.)
The truck pulled up on delivery day, and the building management wouldn't let us in the door fearing that the server+pallet jack would ruin the parquet floor of the lobby.
Their plan was to have us bring the server in through the street level elevators. The problem? To get to the street level access was a seven inch jump up the curb, followed by a four inch drop onto the elevator platform. It gets worse... The street level elevator really only granted you access to the *tunnels* which allow access to the loading docks/freight elevator. At one point, the tunnel descends at a 30 degree angle.
They finally compromised, after 2 weeks, and allowed us across the lobby. Of course, we had to go and purchase carpeting and plywood to protect the floor.
I could understand that if the 6500 was really heavy, say over 1000 pounds. But at 700 pounds, I really doubt there would have been much effect on the lobby floor. Heck, high heels put more stress on the floor.
Sun Enterprise 10000 machines, [t]hose max out at 106 processors per box
E10Ks max out at 64 processors per box. The E15K maxes out at 105.
Well, it isn't my decision. Then again, I was hired to herd the Sun boxen....
The cost of the hardware is really only the tip of the iceberg when you are considering support costs. I work at one facility of a rather huge government operation. We have a number of S/390 machines which are being replaced by Sun servers based on the support cost per 'MIP' of the mainframes.
If IBM can sell and support mainframes while significantly reducing the support costs, then mainframes can remain competitive cost-wise with Unix servers.
Software support for the mainframes at our facilites runs in the millions per year, compared with tens of thousands (depending on size, application) for the Unix servers.
An even better choice would be a Diesel. All the torque of a big block with about 2 to 3 times the fuel efficiency.
I have an '82 K5 Blazer with a naturally aspirated 6.2L Diesel. I routinely get 22-25MPG (US). This is a 6000lb 4x4. It doesn't have the HP of a gasser, but the torque is right up there in the BB range.
A slightly newer 6.5TD would be a good choice, or alternatively, a new 6.6 Duramax.
Movies are a visual medium. They work best when they show you things. Have Sauron just be this vague, nebulous 'evil thing' works in the books. But for a movie, the bad guy has to look intimidating and powerful.
I think a villian having to look intimidating and powerful is more a function of what the director is trying to accomplish and the quality of the editing. As an example, in the original Alien, IMHO one of the best 'terror' films ever made, the villian is onscreen for only 13 seconds or so out of the ~2 hours or so the film runs. Even then, you never see what the creature looks like until Ripley blows it out of the ship. Whether or not Sauron deserves, or requires, the same treatment is better determined by the style of the movie and the intentions of the director.
Unless the text of the e-mail was reformatted by the register, does anyone else find it odd that the message was in brick text?
Not to forget that the 6c33 makes an outstanding power tube for amplifiers.
The right to own a handgun is not an issue of civil liberties.
:)
Of course it is. The US Constitition makes it so. If you want to change that, petition a representative for an amendment.
A handgun, unlike a videogame, is a machine made to kill human beings, it serves no other purpose.
So hunting, plinking, and more formalized competition are mis-use of a firearm? Please, just because you have an aversion to guns, spouting polemics doesn't make your viewpoint more valid.
This is not a machine that anyone should be permitted to carry around with them, and you can shout about personal freedom all you want.
s/personal freedom/personal defense. I have no desire to become a potential victim because of anyones perceived 'higher morals'. Being unable to run from criminals shouldn't limit my ability to go where I want, when I want. Life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness means that I am morally entitled to defend myself. If that means carrying a weapon, then I choose to do so. If you want to cower in your home 24/7 or avoid areas of your home town or city, then I pity you.
The "right to bear arms" is a freak of American Legislation born from the fact that America is a nation founded upon a violent revolution. It is NOT a basic human right.
That you choose to ignore that the US would not exist without that violent revolution speaks volumes. What was the alternative, asking nicely? You also choose to ignore that the English government, at that time, was opressive as well as generally bleeding the American colonies dry of both money and resources.
You should perhaps attempt to leave the nice, warm, and fuzzy cocoon you have built for yourself and look at how other peoples live from their viewpoint.
I suppose I should maybe have a bit of the topic in here somewhere.
While I am unsure if denying the populace access to a (violent) computer game is really a civil liberties violation, it is an indicator that the government has 'Nanny State' written all over it. My personal opinion is that no government needs to step into my life and decide for me what I am capable of dealing with WRT mainstream commercial entertainmnet. I choose not to play computer games, especially games like GTAx, but I also strongly believe that it should be a personal choice, not a mandate from politicians.
Clear Channel Communications has nothing to do with any of the programming choices.
In the last three years I have moved from North Carolina to Texas, California, and finally Minnesota.
CCC has done more to ruin Classic Rock stations (shock jocks, et al...), that I would consider $10/mo cheap if the playlists are good.
Actually, the 767-400ER carries just a bit less than 24,000 gallons. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767-400ER/product .html
You might have read a bit more of the history of the Comet. Yes, it was explosize decompression. The big difference was that it was a large square window which failed.
You'd think that normal /. readers would be a bit less receptive to motion picture hype, but I guess not.
.40 S&W. The bullet probably measures a bit less, call it .398 or so. If it hits the hull, it makes a ~.398 hole. That hole will make lots of noise, but that is about it. The auto pressurization system will easily maintain cabin pressure.
1) Airplanes that are pressurized are not sealed like a baloon. High pressure air is bled from the compressor section of the turbine, run through expansion/cooling stages, then metered into the cabin. Pressurized air is constantly cycled through the cabin.
2) Airplanes have quite a few 'holes' in various sections already. Just like your car, the doors have seals. These seals wear out and leak... 3) Pistol bullets aren't all that big. Say the Air Marshall is carrying a
4) Aircraft windows are pretty tough. The cockpit windows are a multi-layered laminate and are designed to take a beating. A pistol bullet might craze the interior surface, but I doubt it would completely shatter it. The passenger cabin windows are poly or lexan on the inside with a glass exterior. Those windows might fail. Regardless, nothing would get 'sucked out' with the possible exception of paper and dust.
No, but it has had a logging option to mount since Solaris 7.