Yes, Warp was loads of fun except when you hit the places where the puzzle was not solvable unless you could run over and ask Rob Lucky or Bill Frolik for hints.
-russ
Yeah, but SPL is a very high level assembly language. Awfully close to Pascal. I'll bet somebody could *quite* easily write a gspl compiler.
And SPL-II was even cuter. I did some hacking on a full-screen editor written in SPL-II called VDX aka VOODOO. I still have a listing of it dated July 22, 1983.
And yes, yes, the record oriented filesystem was a piece of crap. They should have gone to a stream of bytes with a record emulation layer.
-russ
People expect Linux to work like Microsoft.
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People expect Linux to work like Microsoft. They expect the same windows/mouse/pointer user interface. There's plenty of innovation, but people don't want it. For example, we in the open source world have Pie Menus. They are measureably better (faster and more reliable) than Microsoft's linear menus. If you give people a choice between pie menus and linear menus, which do you think they'll choose?
They'll choose the one that requires the least retraining on their part. THAT is why Microsoft products get cloned.
-russ
No problem. Just broadcast the video streams into outer space on 1,000 different channels of TV. When you want to fetch that video, just go the appropriate number of light years away from earth and start watching.
-russ
Seems to me that, if the facts are as stated, Mosfet has a clear mechanic's lein on the software. If it was done as a work for hire, and he was not paid, then he owns the copyright free and clear.
-russ
Y'know what I hate about Ask Slashdot? So very few people read it. And yet, some of the questions posed are very interesting. But the only Ask Slashdots that get any attention at all are the ones that make it to the top page.
-russ
Remember, the Germans made hundreds and hundreds of these. Only some of them are rare. The price is determined by an assessor. More properly called a guessessor, he applies his experience to determine a price.
-russ
If nothing else, you could get a single output bit by latching an address bit whenever a certain location in the rom is fetched. And you could get a single input bit by giving up half the rom's address space, and attaching the input bit to the rom's most significant address bit. Duplicate the half ROM's contents, only have one subroutine in the upper half return a one instead of a zero.
Hack, hack.
-russ
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
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In politics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The desired action occurs in the short term. The undesired action takes a while to occur. Since everyone can see the desired action, people sometimes praise government action because it seems to accomplish its goals. In the long term, though, government action hurts people. Why? Because governments find it hard to take action which hurts in the short term (thereby producing the long-term gain).
-russ
Linux was not devised to be GNU; therefore it is not GNU. Nevermind the fact that it contains components from GNU. Other operating systems contain GNU components, and yet they are not GNU either.
-russ
"He's just pining for the fjords!" is off topic?? Excuse me, but this slashback is at least partially about Monty Python. Seems to me that any Python quotes should be on-topic. There's nothing worse than a clueless git moderator who doesn't know his Monty Python.
-russ
Restrictions on use of cryptography by law-abiding citizens is equivalent to unilateral disarmament in the field of computer security. Why is it that both bin Laden and the FBI consider the freedom of Americans to be a problem?
-russ
I'm so glad that I didn't flip my Caldera stock when it doubled in value overnight. Instead, my $5500 investment is now worth $200. Thanks, Caldera.
-russ
Jon, if someone wants a severance package, they should negotiate for it. If your employer values you so little that they won't give you severance, then you should take that as a hint that you may be let go at any moment, and you should live your life and work at your job accordingly.
-russ
The Germans remember to this day when the Quakers came over to feed German children after WWI (Herbert Hoover was in charge of that commission). Okay, so why not send in the Quakers *first* instead of last?
-russ
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Yes, Warp was loads of fun except when you hit the places where the puzzle was not solvable unless you could run over and ask Rob Lucky or Bill Frolik for hints.
-russ
Yeah, but SPL is a very high level assembly language. Awfully close to Pascal. I'll bet somebody could *quite* easily write a gspl compiler.
And SPL-II was even cuter. I did some hacking on a full-screen editor written in SPL-II called VDX aka VOODOO. I still have a listing of it dated July 22, 1983.
And yes, yes, the record oriented filesystem was a piece of crap. They should have gone to a stream of bytes with a record emulation layer.
-russ
Who cares about the Yopy? Sharp is shipping the Zaurus to developers (at least some of us anyway).
-russ
I've left mine off-cradle all day, and it's done everything I've asked of it.
-russ
Very few people lived there, so it cannot be said to have affected human civilization.
-russ
They're slashdotted.
-russ
People expect Linux to work like Microsoft. They expect the same windows/mouse/pointer user interface. There's plenty of innovation, but people don't want it. For example, we in the open source world have Pie Menus. They are measureably better (faster and more reliable) than Microsoft's linear menus. If you give people a choice between pie menus and linear menus, which do you think they'll choose?
They'll choose the one that requires the least retraining on their part. THAT is why Microsoft products get cloned.
-russ
No problem. Just broadcast the video streams into outer space on 1,000 different channels of TV. When you want to fetch that video, just go the appropriate number of light years away from earth and start watching.
-russ
Seems to me that, if the facts are as stated, Mosfet has a clear mechanic's lein on the software. If it was done as a work for hire, and he was not paid, then he owns the copyright free and clear.
-russ
Y'know what I hate about Ask Slashdot? So very few people read it. And yet, some of the questions posed are very interesting. But the only Ask Slashdots that get any attention at all are the ones that make it to the top page.
-russ
Remember, the Germans made hundreds and hundreds of these. Only some of them are rare. The price is determined by an assessor. More properly called a guessessor, he applies his experience to determine a price.
-russ
Does it have any I/O interfaces?
If nothing else, you could get a single output bit by latching an address bit whenever a certain location in the rom is fetched. And you could get a single input bit by giving up half the rom's address space, and attaching the input bit to the rom's most significant address bit. Duplicate the half ROM's contents, only have one subroutine in the upper half return a one instead of a zero.
Hack, hack.
-russ
In politics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The desired action occurs in the short term. The undesired action takes a while to occur. Since everyone can see the desired action, people sometimes praise government action because it seems to accomplish its goals. In the long term, though, government action hurts people. Why? Because governments find it hard to take action which hurts in the short term (thereby producing the long-term gain).
-russ
Linux was not devised to be GNU; therefore it is not GNU. Nevermind the fact that it contains components from GNU. Other operating systems contain GNU components, and yet they are not GNU either.
-russ
If I told you that one of the images on my website had stegagnographic content, would that count as "in the wild"?
-russ
Actually, yes. What the FuCk are you talking about??? Yes, they're the ACLU. So what about it?
-russ
"EU to fine Microsoft?"
Oh God, dare I say it? Please forgive me, Lord, for the pun I am about to make:
"That would be fine by me."
-russ
"He's just pining for the fjords!" is off topic?? Excuse me, but this slashback is at least partially about Monty Python. Seems to me that any Python quotes should be on-topic. There's nothing worse than a clueless git moderator who doesn't know his Monty Python.
-russ
No, trust me, you really *do* want 64MB ram and 32MB flash. By the time you put Linux in a 16MB flash, you only have 2MB left for applications.
And the 5 button joypad is needed to play gsoko.
-russ
Gee, that sure sounds like a thousand dollar pda to me. But why do you want both bluebooth AND wireless connectivity??
-russ
Restrictions on use of cryptography by law-abiding citizens is equivalent to unilateral disarmament in the field of computer security. Why is it that both bin Laden and the FBI consider the freedom of Americans to be a problem?
-russ
I'm so glad that I didn't flip my Caldera stock when it doubled in value overnight. Instead, my $5500 investment is now worth $200. Thanks, Caldera.
-russ
Jon, if someone wants a severance package, they should negotiate for it. If your employer values you so little that they won't give you severance, then you should take that as a hint that you may be let go at any moment, and you should live your life and work at your job accordingly.
-russ
Yup, and a group of Friends went over to talk to Hitler, and did. They didn't manage to talk him out of anything, but he at least listened.
-russ
The Germans remember to this day when the Quakers came over to feed German children after WWI (Herbert Hoover was in charge of that commission). Okay, so why not send in the Quakers *first* instead of last?
-russ