There's a lot of code there but nowhere near enough to compile a functional operating system, eg:
- Most of the shell (explorer) code - A lot of the Internet code - HTML rendering stuff - Most of the control panel applets and "accessories" (wheeee mspaint!)
What's definitely not there are minor things like kernel and user. Without these, it's not Windows - it's just a bunch of embedded application software that happens to ship with windows.
It's not just the tech industry that has jargon. My sister (who wouldn't know a MHz from a Mb) has just finished her PhD thesis. Does anyone know what this means, for example:
Engaging with current debates on national identity, environmentalism, and the legacies of colonisation, this thesis considers non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australia and its discursive representation as insufficient, illegitimate, and in urgent need of resolution. Apocalyptic overtones adhere to discussions of an unsettled and anxietyridden non-indigenous culture in which a 'crisis' of belonging for a non-indigenous majority is seen as an historical inheritance weakening, or indeed dissolving, any kind of national cohesion.
Many ISPs use transparent HTTP proxies these days. If your files are cached by an ISPs proxy it will reduce your own bandwidth use, which is always a good thing.
There's nothing wrong with the encryption mechanism SSL uses now.
All I want is to be able to unhook that from the "trust" side of the equation, so that my website can offer an encrypted data channel without me having to prove myself to some third-party self-appointed "authority".
Why can't SSL support encryption without a certificate? I mean, how often do you really look at the certificate details to "make sure the website is who it says it is"? The whole point of SSL for me is to reassure the customers that their credit card details aren't going to be intercepted in some way en route from their browser to my server - so why can't I just offer them encryption without having to go through the expense and rigmarole of getting a certificate?
Interesting. How much memory can the AGP bus address?
I wonder if it would be practical to have a "memory-only" AGP card with 1 or 2 gigs on it, for applications that don't need super high speed graphics but are very CPU/memory intensive.
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Even better, make the flight deck inaccessible from the passenger cabin. Stretch the bodies of airplanes a meter or two, or take out a couple of rows of seats. Give the pilots their own door to the outside, a toilet and bed, and food & drink facilities, and put a nice thick metal wall between them and the passengers.
At the moment, 5 years worth of posts may seem like a lot, but the Internet is going to be around for a lot longer than that. Instead of worrying about the old deja archive, why not work towards getting a new "open" archive happening, starting from now. In 50 years time, whether we have 45 years worth of posts or 50 years worth of posts isn't going to make that much difference...
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Filing patent infringement lawsuits is hard work.
Someone needs to come up with a "One Click(tm) Patent Infringement Lawsuit" system. And then patent it...
There's a lot of code there but nowhere near enough to compile a functional operating system, eg:
- Most of the shell (explorer) code
- A lot of the Internet code
- HTML rendering stuff
- Most of the control panel applets and "accessories" (wheeee mspaint!)
What's definitely not there are minor things like kernel and user. Without these, it's not Windows - it's just a bunch of embedded application software that happens to ship with windows.
Source code (being mostly text) should compress a lot better than compiled binaries.
It's not just the tech industry that has jargon. My sister (who wouldn't know a MHz from a Mb) has just finished her PhD thesis. Does anyone know what this means, for example:
Engaging with current debates on national identity, environmentalism, and the legacies of
colonisation, this thesis considers non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australia
and its discursive representation as insufficient, illegitimate, and in urgent need of
resolution. Apocalyptic overtones adhere to discussions of an unsettled and anxietyridden
non-indigenous culture in which a 'crisis' of belonging for a non-indigenous
majority is seen as an historical inheritance weakening, or indeed dissolving, any kind of
national cohesion.
I think tech jargon is mild compared with this..
An Aeron chair!
The feedback for dupes is far more entertaining to read than the feedback for ordinary stories!
Many ISPs use transparent HTTP proxies these days. If your files are cached by an ISPs proxy it will reduce your own bandwidth use, which is always a good thing.
Huh? I think you've missed my point.
There's nothing wrong with the encryption mechanism SSL uses now.
All I want is to be able to unhook that from the "trust" side of the equation, so that my website can offer an encrypted data channel without me having to prove myself to some third-party self-appointed "authority".
Why can't SSL support encryption without a certificate? I mean, how often do you really look at the certificate details to "make sure the website is who it says it is"? The whole point of SSL for me is to reassure the customers that their credit card details aren't going to be intercepted in some way en route from their browser to my server - so why can't I just offer them encryption without having to go through the expense and rigmarole of getting a certificate?
Most new music these days is crap!
It's interesting to see that "apps" like Notepad and Paint don't seem to have been developed since 1985 :)
Interesting. How much memory can the AGP bus address?
I wonder if it would be practical to have a "memory-only" AGP card with 1 or 2 gigs on it, for applications that don't need super high speed graphics but are very CPU/memory intensive.
Even better, make the flight deck inaccessible from the passenger cabin. Stretch the bodies of airplanes a meter or two, or take out a couple of rows of seats. Give the pilots their own door to the outside, a toilet and bed, and food & drink facilities, and put a nice thick metal wall between them and the passengers.
At the moment, 5 years worth of posts may seem like a lot, but the Internet is going to be around for a lot longer than that. Instead of worrying about the old deja archive, why not work towards getting a new "open" archive happening, starting from now. In 50 years time, whether we have 45 years worth of posts or 50 years worth of posts isn't going to make that much difference...