So don't have a motor. I'm typing this using a noiseless computer. Mini-ITX motherboard, 256M RAM, network boot. It makes a great little workstation, uses very little power and is totally silent.
Your assumption that a computer must have a motor is false, so your conclusion that a noiseless computer is impossible is also false.
Nice idea, but I haven't yet seen a kernel mirror which carries the source in plain.tar format. It's always.tar.gz and.tar.bz2.
A specific rsync mirror which carried it as just.tar would allow what you say to work, and it should work very well. Very little management overhead to set up too (particularly compared with trying to make the source tree modular).
Being English I'm still none the wiser about the difference between USA and Canadian pronounciation because I'd pronounce both the examples given in exactly the same way.
> Sveasoft cannot refuse source access FOR THOSE > WHO HAVE OBTAINED A BINARY FROM THEM.
Not quite. If I obtain a binary from them and then give you a copy FOC, you are also entitled to obtain the source *from them*. Once they have distributed the binaries they are required to make the source available to *any third party* who asks for it. See section 3 of the GPL.
> Consequently the GPL implies that every binary > bought from Sveasoft must come with a free > subscription to the source code.
Not quite. They are allowed to charge for a copy of the source, but you are right in saying that they can't impose any sanction on you for you redistribute it.
> The 0 is returned to the operating system, > but operating systems have different rules > for what return values mean. For example, in > VMS, even numbers are errors, and > > return 0; > > will generate a nasty error message upon > completion.
If it does then you would be justified in submitting a bug report to the maintainers of that implementation.
> Some people argue that the compiler should > return "success" when the code says to return > a 0.
These people include those who wrote the ISO definition of the C language.
> I haven't read anything official that > supports that.
Why is the world full of tiny-minded individuals who respond with ranting and abuse just because they got something wrong?
Read your post again - there's absolutely nothing there to suggest the limitations which you tried to add later. Your were wrong - plain and simple. Nit-picking just doesn't come into it.
Sort out your muddy thought processes rather than hurling abuse at those who think more clearly than you do.
The last Roger Moore Bond film (I forget the name) was preceded by a competition where the prize was to "be a Bond girl". As a result the film is full of pairs of girls standing around showing their complete inability to act. They're there for no reason other than the competition.
OTOH, the film was complete crap in its own right.
But this isn't a question of the difference between English and American English spellings. Metre is spelled metre in *every* language, except American English. On those grounds it would make sense for American English to come into line with everyone else, not just with English English.
Now, instead of comparing the cost of running Linux on a mainframe with the cost of running Windows on a PC they'll be able to compare the cost of either on a supercomputer.
Truth in advertising from Microsoft - another first!
> It was dismantled and the whole thing > classified after the war.
Not "It" - there were a number of them.
> After the war the british sold captured > Enigma machines to their colonies but kept > it secret that they had broken Enigma. Nice > touch.
Am I the only one who finds it obvious that the British government must have kept at least one of them? There's no point in destroying them (and putting about the story that they've been destroyed) unless you also keep one or two so that you still have said secret technology.
Give it a year or two and I'm sure an original one will be found lurking in Cheltenham.
Foreign as in where? The whole point of this system is that it works regardless of where the card was issued. It's not as well thought through as it might be (e.g. it's practically impossible to verify lots of address in Edinburgh) but it does provide a useful check.
> And don't forget that most UK businesses > will have no way of verifying your name and > address as they relate to the card's genuine > holder.
They most certainly do have the means to verify the address of the card holder. It's been a couple of years now since this facility came in. Along with the card number and expiry date the retailer now passes the numeric component of the house number and postcode and the card issuer checks that this is correct.
Any mail order company not using this facility is demented.
However, having run a mail order company for five years, I can say that the single most effective anti-fraud measure is having people with clue taking the orders.
> Helicopter rescues for example, don't involve > the RNLI.
Helicopter rescues quite often involve the RNLI. The RNLI however do not (AFAIK) have any helicopters. Helicopters from the coastguard or RAF frequently cooperate with the RNLI in effecting rescues.
You *average* 60 mph on a 15 mile journey door to door?! Allowing for the necessary slow parts at each end that means you must be doing well over 100 mph in the middle.
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Try pronouncing "Toyota MR2" as a frenchman would.
John
So don't have a motor. I'm typing this using a noiseless computer. Mini-ITX motherboard, 256M RAM, network boot. It makes a great little workstation, uses very little power and is totally silent.
Your assumption that a computer must have a motor is false, so your conclusion that a noiseless computer is impossible is also false.
John
Nice idea, but I haven't yet seen a kernel mirror which carries the source in plain .tar format. It's always .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
.tar would allow what you say to work, and it should work very well. Very little management overhead to set up too (particularly compared with trying to make the source tree modular).
A specific rsync mirror which carried it as just
John
Being English I'm still none the wiser about the difference between USA and Canadian pronounciation because I'd pronounce both the examples given in exactly the same way.
John
> Sveasoft cannot refuse source access FOR THOSE
> WHO HAVE OBTAINED A BINARY FROM THEM.
Not quite. If I obtain a binary from them and then give you a copy FOC, you are also entitled to obtain the source *from them*. Once they have distributed the binaries they are required to make the source available to *any third party* who asks for it. See section 3 of the GPL.
> Consequently the GPL implies that every binary
> bought from Sveasoft must come with a free
> subscription to the source code.
Not quite. They are allowed to charge for a copy of the source, but you are right in saying that they can't impose any sanction on you for you redistribute it.
John
Funnily enough, I found an American chap admiring my Smart at Old Sarum today.
They're going to be available in Canada very shortly. Perhaps you could get one there and drive south?
John
> Since most of the baiters play along with the
> scammers story to ridiculize them,
You are George Dubya AICMFP
> The 0 is returned to the operating system,
> but operating systems have different rules
> for what return values mean. For example, in
> VMS, even numbers are errors, and
>
> return 0;
>
> will generate a nasty error message upon
> completion.
If it does then you would be justified in submitting a bug report to the maintainers of that implementation.
> Some people argue that the compiler should
> return "success" when the code says to return
> a 0.
These people include those who wrote the ISO definition of the C language.
> I haven't read anything official that
> supports that.
You haven't read the language specs then?
HTH
John
Why is the world full of tiny-minded individuals who respond with ranting and abuse just because they got something wrong?
Read your post again - there's absolutely nothing there to suggest the limitations which you tried to add later. Your were wrong - plain and simple. Nit-picking just doesn't come into it.
Sort out your muddy thought processes rather than hurling abuse at those who think more clearly than you do.
So when he said "NEVER" he meant to say, "NEVER unless..."?
> if something goes wrong with a fusion reaction,
> it just fizzles out, it can NEVER start a chain
> reaction
So what's that bright yellow thing in the sky?
The last Roger Moore Bond film (I forget the name) was preceded by a competition where the prize was to "be a Bond girl". As a result the film is full of pairs of girls standing around showing their complete inability to act. They're there for no reason other than the competition.
OTOH, the film was complete crap in its own right.
John
But this isn't a question of the difference between English and American English spellings. Metre is spelled metre in *every* language, except American English. On those grounds it would make sense for American English to come into line with everyone else, not just with English English.
HTH
Surely you can't release an RC? You can issue an RC, but once it's released it's a release, not a release candidate.
And in other news...
Pope found to be catholic.
Now, instead of comparing the cost of running Linux on a mainframe with the cost of running Windows on a PC they'll be able to compare the cost of either on a supercomputer.
Truth in advertising from Microsoft - another first!
John
> It was dismantled and the whole thing
> classified after the war.
Not "It" - there were a number of them.
> After the war the british sold captured
> Enigma machines to their colonies but kept
> it secret that they had broken Enigma. Nice
> touch.
Am I the only one who finds it obvious that the British government must have kept at least one of them? There's no point in destroying them (and putting about the story that they've been destroyed) unless you also keep one or two so that you still have said secret technology.
Give it a year or two and I'm sure an original one will be found lurking in Cheltenham.
John
And indeed, there is (at least) one named after Babbage.
John
Foreign as in where? The whole point of this system is that it works regardless of where the card was issued. It's not as well thought through as it might be (e.g. it's practically impossible to verify lots of address in Edinburgh) but it does provide a useful check.
John
> And don't forget that most UK businesses
> will have no way of verifying your name and
> address as they relate to the card's genuine
> holder.
They most certainly do have the means to verify the address of the card holder. It's been a couple of years now since this facility came in. Along with the card number and expiry date the retailer now passes the numeric component of the house number and postcode and the card issuer checks that this is correct.
Any mail order company not using this facility is demented.
However, having run a mail order company for five years, I can say that the single most effective anti-fraud measure is having people with clue taking the orders.
John
> then this article would be entitled
> "Perfect Dugutal Skun"
In New Zealand it is.
John
> Helicopter rescues for example, don't involve
> the RNLI.
Helicopter rescues quite often involve the RNLI. The RNLI however do not (AFAIK) have any helicopters. Helicopters from the coastguard or RAF frequently cooperate with the RNLI in effecting rescues.
John
Even more than you say - at 1/20 scale (which is about right given a 4" figure) the model should be 80 metres long.
You *average* 60 mph on a 15 mile journey door to door?! Allowing for the necessary slow parts at each end that means you must be doing well over 100 mph in the middle.
There was one operating in Leeds (England) more than 30 years ago, albeit going up rather than down. I greatly enjoyed watching it as a child.