You're forgetting why IBM got into that business. There were Apples, S/100 bus, and CP/M machines (the last two overlap, there were S/100 that ran CP/M). The Apples & S/100 were similar to the IBM clone in that there were multiple OS's available. The owner would choose the OS which they liked best. The CP/M world was similar to the wintel world we see now. CP/M masked a lot of the underlying hardware, so that it didn't matter how your display worked or the type of serial port.
Business people were buying Apples & Kaypros and Osbornes, and IBM wanted to get a piece of that market, though they were as supprised as anyone by the sucess of the IBM PC. They opted for a 8088 based system, and that's when Microsoft got into the OS business.
Even thought a site can make you use passport, I see nothing which makes two sites use the same passport account. If I ever come across sites which I want to use which require passport, this is exactly what I'll do. Setup a different acount for each site. That, and of course, lie about all the questions they ask.
It means that they made a small profit in the 4Q, but that's more than offset by a large loss in 1-3Q. This isn't terribly suprising, many stores make more money in the 4Q, however if they don't make a profit over the rest of the year, or at least don't make a loss which wipes out the profit, then they're still in trouble.
Re:I know Linus doesn't like it...
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I think it depends a lot on the tools you use. PVCS dimensions for example has workflow built into it. This means that even though a change has been checked in, it won't be used to built the next release until it's been signed off by a reviewer.
Hardness and fragility are two different things. Glass is hard but fragile, as are diamonds. Perspex isn't hard, but is flexabile, which is why it's used for aircraft windows. Unfortunatly this means that every so often the windows have to be polished so that they remain transparent. An ideal substance for windows would be both hard (so that it doesn't scratch) and flexabile (so that it can take knocks).
Re:Rosaviakosmos, anyone?
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Apollo 1
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It would be interesting to count the number of people killed in NASA facilities over the years. Any large facility dealing with dangerous substances and manufacturing will encounter accidents, it's unavoidable, though obviously everyone wants to minimize it.
Actually the pressure inside would be about 1/5 atm. The whole concept at the time was that by taking the same amount of oxygen, but no nitrogen, then the partial pressure of oxygen would be the same. This would give a real pressure of 1/5 atm.
While cochlear implants are great things, they don't give hearing that's "just fine". Even the best of them give hearing which is like mickey mouse over a walkytalky.
I don't think you can consider the prices of materials like that very good indications of the overall economy. As we've seen with actions taken by OPEC, if there is the ability for one supplier, or one group of suppliers, to make artifical changes to the supply, then they can directly change the price. For copper in particular, when the number one supplier (Codelco) announced that they were cutting production for 2002, the announcement "immediately helped pull copper prices back from lows registered earlier". Another classic example is DeBeers, who restrict the supply of diamonds in order to ensure the price is high.
The problem is that if a suffienctly large company feels like it, they can drive their competors out of business. For example, a large software company can give away a product, while their smaller competitor cannot afford to do so. Later on, the larger company is free to raise their prices again, knowing that there is no competition.
Re:Hibernation comments are missing the point
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There are lots of other issues. If a program has a socket, or a device open, what should happen? Should the OS reopen the socket? What if the remote end is requiring status. No point reopening a FTP session if the application thinks it's already sent the userid/password but the server doesn't. What if it's a device, eg a modem, and it is locked?
Another consideration: How does the NAT box know where to send incoming replies?
It has a table in memory, it knows that port 63210 is connected to 192.168.1.20:571 , so when it sees packets coming into 63210, it sends them to 192.168.1.20:571. It has to have this table, because it needs to know what to do if another packet comes from 192.168.1.20:571, they have to be re-written in the same way.
1. Accessing several different websites at the time
This one isn't terribly indicative. Anyone who does a search on google, then opens the links using "open in new window" is going to be doing this.
I haven't had the time to compare the opengroup's required API's with linux's, but a brief overview doesn't show anything obviously missing. If someone was to pony up the money, and implement any which are missing, then there is nothing stopping Linux from being a certified Unix. This is what happened with IBM's OS/390, which has no code from the AT&T codebase, but passed the tests so was allowed to be called 'Unix'.
Actually, the enthusiasts have been asking the owners of the copyright for a LONG time. It used to be you could get PDP emulators, be allowed to run some OS's, but not Unix. Lots of effort was done in the attempt to show SCO that it was a good thing to let people use them, and now Caldera have finally done the right thing - these sources have no commercial value, so why hoard them.
They've had this for a long time in hand-held & dashboard mount devices. My Garmin Vista lets me look for the nearest food & drink, lodging, attractions, entertainment, shopping, services, transportation, and emergency & government. Most of those are subdivided, so for example on food & drink I can choose a style, under services I can search for Bank/ATM. Of course making this database costs money, which is why you have to buy it, and it's only available for major metro areas.
Re:Woah. Wuz Woz really a success?
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When the Apple ][ was launched, there was NO competetion at the time. After serveral years of success with the II line, including the very graphical Apple IIgs, Apple made a decision to kill off the II line in favour of the mac. If they'd decided to keep the II line going, then it's quite possible that the descendants would be available today.
The supreme court and the ACLU disagree with you. For example, This page, the ACLU cannot teach every high school kid, everybody in the nation, what their rights are..
IPv6 is suffering the usual problem that any new enabling technology has. No-one will adopt it until there is some advantage in doing so, eg websites they cannot access. No-one will require IPv6 until there is a sufficent percentage of people using it.
This deadlock will be broken either when IPv4 becomes unsubstainable, or when someone creates a large number of IPv6 only resources which attract people (and therefore funds) to build the networks.
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Business people were buying Apples & Kaypros and Osbornes, and IBM wanted to get a piece of that market, though they were as supprised as anyone by the sucess of the IBM PC. They opted for a 8088 based system, and that's when Microsoft got into the OS business.
I'd have to say Not at all since I don't have one.
Even thought a site can make you use passport, I see nothing which makes two sites use the same passport account. If I ever come across sites which I want to use which require passport, this is exactly what I'll do. Setup a different acount for each site. That, and of course, lie about all the questions they ask.
It means that they made a small profit in the 4Q, but that's more than offset by a large loss in 1-3Q. This isn't terribly suprising, many stores make more money in the 4Q, however if they don't make a profit over the rest of the year, or at least don't make a loss which wipes out the profit, then they're still in trouble.
I think it depends a lot on the tools you use. PVCS dimensions for example has workflow built into it. This means that even though a change has been checked in, it won't be used to built the next release until it's been signed off by a reviewer.
Hardness and fragility are two different things. Glass is hard but fragile, as are diamonds. Perspex isn't hard, but is flexabile, which is why it's used for aircraft windows. Unfortunatly this means that every so often the windows have to be polished so that they remain transparent. An ideal substance for windows would be both hard (so that it doesn't scratch) and flexabile (so that it can take knocks).
It would be interesting to count the number of people killed in NASA facilities over the years. Any large facility dealing with dangerous substances and manufacturing will encounter accidents, it's unavoidable, though obviously everyone wants to minimize it.
Actually the pressure inside would be about 1/5 atm. The whole concept at the time was that by taking the same amount of oxygen, but no nitrogen, then the partial pressure of oxygen would be the same. This would give a real pressure of 1/5 atm.
You're thinking of this as an either/or. I suspect that it's a both.
While cochlear implants are great things, they don't give hearing that's "just fine". Even the best of them give hearing which is like mickey mouse over a walkytalky.
I don't think you can consider the prices of materials like that very good indications of the overall economy. As we've seen with actions taken by OPEC, if there is the ability for one supplier, or one group of suppliers, to make artifical changes to the supply, then they can directly change the price. For copper in particular, when the number one supplier (Codelco) announced that they were cutting production for 2002, the announcement "immediately helped pull copper prices back from lows registered earlier". Another classic example is DeBeers, who restrict the supply of diamonds in order to ensure the price is high.
The problem is that if a suffienctly large company feels like it, they can drive their competors out of business. For example, a large software company can give away a product, while their smaller competitor cannot afford to do so. Later on, the larger company is free to raise their prices again, knowing that there is no competition.
There are lots of other issues. If a program has a socket, or a device open, what should happen? Should the OS reopen the socket? What if the remote end is requiring status. No point reopening a FTP session if the application thinks it's already sent the userid/password but the server doesn't. What if it's a device, eg a modem, and it is locked?
I wonder if people are reading descriptions of IPv6 ip allocation schemes, and are misapplying them to IPv4.
It has a table in memory, it knows that port 63210 is connected to 192.168.1.20:571 , so when it sees packets coming into 63210, it sends them to 192.168.1.20:571. It has to have this table, because it needs to know what to do if another packet comes from 192.168.1.20:571, they have to be re-written in the same way.
1. Accessing several different websites at the time This one isn't terribly indicative. Anyone who does a search on google, then opens the links using "open in new window" is going to be doing this.
I haven't had the time to compare the opengroup's required API's with linux's, but a brief overview doesn't show anything obviously missing. If someone was to pony up the money, and implement any which are missing, then there is nothing stopping Linux from being a certified Unix. This is what happened with IBM's OS/390, which has no code from the AT&T codebase, but passed the tests so was allowed to be called 'Unix'.
Actually, the enthusiasts have been asking the owners of the copyright for a LONG time. It used to be you could get PDP emulators, be allowed to run some OS's, but not Unix. Lots of effort was done in the attempt to show SCO that it was a good thing to let people use them, and now Caldera have finally done the right thing - these sources have no commercial value, so why hoard them.
One thing that the GNU tools is not good at is small memory footprint. V7 tools would be ideal for an embedded system.
They've had this for a long time in hand-held & dashboard mount devices. My Garmin Vista lets me look for the nearest food & drink, lodging, attractions, entertainment, shopping, services, transportation, and emergency & government. Most of those are subdivided, so for example on food & drink I can choose a style, under services I can search for Bank/ATM. Of course making this database costs money, which is why you have to buy it, and it's only available for major metro areas.
When the Apple ][ was launched, there was NO competetion at the time. After serveral years of success with the II line, including the very graphical Apple IIgs, Apple made a decision to kill off the II line in favour of the mac. If they'd decided to keep the II line going, then it's quite possible that the descendants would be available today.
It's mainly symbolic though, since very few people who actually get a check from Knuth cash it.
The supreme court and the ACLU disagree with you. For example, This page, the ACLU cannot teach every high school kid, everybody in the nation, what their rights are..
This deadlock will be broken either when IPv4 becomes unsubstainable, or when someone creates a large number of IPv6 only resources which attract people (and therefore funds) to build the networks.
Most definitions of unemployement exclude those in education, retired and other people who are not actively looking for work.