Can OS X run headless and lightweight like NetBSD and PPC Linux? If not, watch that market grow (just like the explosion of users with Pentiums and 486s running Linux for DNS and and routers) a few years after the current line of G3 Macs become "obsolete".
Just have a look at your ISP's newsgroups list. grep it for young, lolita, pre-teen, child, etc. and you'll see 30+ groups.
I know I'm going to get the responses "the pornographers will find new newsgroups" or "there's no guarantee that stuff won't be posted to adult porn groups"... those are valid points, but the ISP should at least appear to be doing something to discourage the spread of child porn on their servers.
PS: Something's very wrong here... I for a fact know my ISP killed alt.binaries.mp3 (too much bandwidth?) but you can still see the child porn newsgroups in the list.
The public transit website in my area is very basic (works in lynx, even), but flashy, printable pages are all done with pdf. I think this is in an example of good design.
[ot] I think a good measure for the cross-platform compatability of your pdf files is to run them through BePDF - it's fast, but drops detail on very complex documents.
There's no chance of some upstart package format becoming a standard in Windows.
If they could get something that would reliably install stuff under Win2K (InstallShield really doesn't cover it)
Microsoft is now releasing most of their software (Office 2k, the new Visual Studio.NET) in.msi packages. I think the new version of Paint Shop Pro uses MSI too. It's a growing standard.
[...] and do compiling for makefiles (I don't even know if there is something to do makefiles in Windows anyway), I'd definitely get this package manager.
Go and grab one the hundreds of projects that compile under both Win32 and UNIX. You'll notice that they use separate makefiles for Win32 - autoconf is not required (assuming you were talking about autoconf in "compiling for makefiles").
"Plans for EyeVision include erasing players from the video who aren't critical to the play and putting a transparent plane on the goal line to show distinctly whether the ball penetrated the plane and crossed the goal line."
Jamie Zawinski looked at three options for his webcam page (Real, Windows Media, Quicktime). He ended up choosing Real because it was the only player with broad platform support.
It really depends on who your audience is. If you can't afford Real and you're aiming for a Joe Sixpack crowd, forget Linux users and use Quicktime or WIndows Media. That sounds like flamebait, but if you're opposed to Windows because Microsoft is "icky" or because you'd rather spend X thousand dollars to support 5% of your audience, you're a bad businessman.
I had to hack it a little bit to get it to build (Solaris 2.6/sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10):
- comment out #include <bits/stdio_lim.h> in heck.c
- modify the heck target in Makefile to statically link/usr/local/lib/libncurses.a
You may notice LINUX in the build messages, but that's only there for gcc-isms.
I have seen this happen when you change the default web browser to something other than IE (e.g. netscape). DND just stops working in the shell.
Fix: change the default web browser back to IE. You can keep using netscape, but you lose the ability to launch URLs from shortcuts with it. And if you're accustomed to doing Start|Run and typing in a URL, you'll have to add 'netscape' to the beginning of the line.
All you need to do is remove the USB card and connect to the 180's ethernet port like any other DSL or cablemodem. The rest of the setup items (crossover cable, router) are suggestions.
Windows 95 = 4.00.950, 4.00.950a
Windows 95 OSR2 = 4.00.950 B (4.00.1111, 4.00.1212), 4.00.950 C (4.00.1214)
Windows 98 = 4.10.1998
Windows 98 SE = 4.10.2222
Windows ME = 4.90.3000
* don't ask why the Windows 95 OSR2 releases have two version numbers (one in Control Panel|System, one in ver on the command line). I think there was a 1212b release too, but who cares. I'm rambling.
Windows NT 4 = NT 4.00.1381
Windows 2000 = NT 5.00.2195
How does the AWeb browser perform? I saw some screenshots and was not impressed at all. Are you locked in 256 colours when using the Workbench or something?
Also, does the QuickTime player support Sorenson (or any other CODEC introduced after QuickTime 2.x)?
Does the Amiga have support for scalable fonts (Adobe Type1 or TrueType) in the GUI API or Toolkit (I don't mean bundled support with specific applications, like WP8 on Linux)?
The closest simulation of how NT works that you could do on linux would be to move all of X, _and_ GTK+ (or QT or Motif or whatever) into a kernel module.
That's not true. GDI (compare with X) is not in the kernel.
1. Put bootgui=0 in config.sys, dos=noauto in autoexec.bat and reboot. You're in DOS.
2. Format a floppy disk and sys it. Boot from it. You're in DOS.
3. Open a command prompt. Type mem/c. MSDOS is loaded. Type ver/r. It says something like
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition [4.90.3000]
DOS is in HMA.
Also, the GDI is not in the NT kernel. The graphics drivers do run in ring 0 however (kind of like SVGAlib).
Furthermore, NT was not designed as a "server OS". It was designed as a "networked OS" that could be dropped in as client or server. The networking is exactly what Microsoft pushed when they created NT 3.1 from the OS/2 codebase.
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Never replaced? What about MP systems? What about... well, Beowulf Clusters?
Can OS X run headless and lightweight like NetBSD and PPC Linux? If not, watch that market grow (just like the explosion of users with Pentiums and 486s running Linux for DNS and and routers) a few years after the current line of G3 Macs become "obsolete".
Just have a look at your ISP's newsgroups list. grep it for young, lolita, pre-teen, child, etc. and you'll see 30+ groups.
I know I'm going to get the responses "the pornographers will find new newsgroups" or "there's no guarantee that stuff won't be posted to adult porn groups"... those are valid points, but the ISP should at least appear to be doing something to discourage the spread of child porn on their servers.
PS: Something's very wrong here... I for a fact know my ISP killed alt.binaries.mp3 (too much bandwidth?) but you can still see the child porn newsgroups in the list.
Ok, just try that with a picture, vector drawing, or even styled text. Even try that with a large amount of text (more than a few K).
"DOES NOT WORK"
s/Flash/pdf/
The public transit website in my area is very basic (works in lynx, even), but flashy, printable pages are all done with pdf. I think this is in an example of good design.
[ot] I think a good measure for the cross-platform compatability of your pdf files is to run them through BePDF - it's fast, but drops detail on very complex documents.
The 68000 has no MMU. You might be able to use some code from Linux and hack something together, but you'll never get Linux proper running on there.
From the mailing list archives.
- Sailor Moon
- Pokemon
- Speed Racer
There's no chance of some upstart package format becoming a standard in Windows.
.msi packages. I think the new version of Paint Shop Pro uses MSI too. It's a growing standard.
If they could get something that would reliably install stuff under Win2K (InstallShield really doesn't cover it)
Microsoft is now releasing most of their software (Office 2k, the new Visual Studio.NET) in
[...] and do compiling for makefiles (I don't even know if there is something to do makefiles in Windows anyway), I'd definitely get this package manager.
Go and grab one the hundreds of projects that compile under both Win32 and UNIX. You'll notice that they use separate makefiles for Win32 - autoconf is not required (assuming you were talking about autoconf in "compiling for makefiles").
"Plans for EyeVision include erasing players from the video who aren't critical to the play and putting a transparent plane on the goal line to show distinctly whether the ball penetrated the plane and crossed the goal line."
Ok, that's creepy.
Jamie Zawinski looked at three options for his webcam page (Real, Windows Media, Quicktime). He ended up choosing Real because it was the only player with broad platform support.
It really depends on who your audience is. If you can't afford Real and you're aiming for a Joe Sixpack crowd, forget Linux users and use Quicktime or WIndows Media. That sounds like flamebait, but if you're opposed to Windows because Microsoft is "icky" or because you'd rather spend X thousand dollars to support 5% of your audience, you're a bad businessman.
heck works beautifully.
/usr/local/lib/libncurses.a
I had to hack it a little bit to get it to build (Solaris 2.6/sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10):
- comment out #include <bits/stdio_lim.h> in heck.c
- modify the heck target in Makefile to statically link
You may notice LINUX in the build messages, but that's only there for gcc-isms.
I have seen this happen when you change the default web browser to something other than IE (e.g. netscape). DND just stops working in the shell.
Fix: change the default web browser back to IE. You can keep using netscape, but you lose the ability to launch URLs from shortcuts with it. And if you're accustomed to doing Start|Run and typing in a URL, you'll have to add 'netscape' to the beginning of the line.
Quote:
Until further notice, all employees are required to be at their desk from 8am until 7pm, with 30 minutes for lunch. There are no exceptions.
All you need to do is remove the USB card and connect to the 180's ethernet port like any other DSL or cablemodem. The rest of the setup items (crossover cable, router) are suggestions.
Windows 95 = 4.00.950, 4.00.950a
Windows 95 OSR2 = 4.00.950 B (4.00.1111, 4.00.1212), 4.00.950 C (4.00.1214)
Windows 98 = 4.10.1998
Windows 98 SE = 4.10.2222
Windows ME = 4.90.3000
* don't ask why the Windows 95 OSR2 releases have two version numbers (one in Control Panel|System, one in ver on the command line). I think there was a 1212b release too, but who cares. I'm rambling.
Windows NT 4 = NT 4.00.1381
Windows 2000 = NT 5.00.2195
Guess What?
8 * 100 MB/s = 800 Mb/s
1500 Mb/s / 800 Mb/s = pretty damn close to 2.
What became of that book anyway? Last I heard, sales of the first chapter were way less than expected.
Anyway, ZD could at least have explained why that venture deserved a Floppy Award.
How does the AWeb browser perform? I saw some screenshots and was not impressed at all. Are you locked in 256 colours when using the Workbench or something?
Also, does the QuickTime player support Sorenson (or any other CODEC introduced after QuickTime 2.x)?
Does the Amiga have support for scalable fonts (Adobe Type1 or TrueType) in the GUI API or Toolkit (I don't mean bundled support with specific applications, like WP8 on Linux)?
Is there a good PDF reader for Amiga?
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Are you thinking of the ORBS RBL? SecurityFocus.com is hosted at above.net and poorly-configured ORBS users can't subscribe to BugTraq because of it.
You're right. I meant fbcon, not SVGAlib.
The closest simulation of how NT works that you could do on linux would be to move all of X, _and_ GTK+ (or QT or Motif or whatever) into a kernel module.
That's not true. GDI (compare with X) is not in the kernel.
WinME does use MS-DOS.
/c. MSDOS is loaded. Type ver /r. It says something like
1. Put bootgui=0 in config.sys, dos=noauto in autoexec.bat and reboot. You're in DOS.
2. Format a floppy disk and sys it. Boot from it. You're in DOS.
3. Open a command prompt. Type mem
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition [4.90.3000]
DOS is in HMA.
Also, the GDI is not in the NT kernel. The graphics drivers do run in ring 0 however (kind of like SVGAlib).
Furthermore, NT was not designed as a "server OS". It was designed as a "networked OS" that could be dropped in as client or server. The networking is exactly what Microsoft pushed when they created NT 3.1 from the OS/2 codebase.
Put that joke back in 1986 where you found it.
Or 1996 if you're British.
2560x2048 is the wrong aspect ratio. Maybe they fucked up and actually meant 2560x1920.
1280x1024 is wrong too, for that matter. That's why I use 1152x864 in Windows (which doesn't support non-square pixels like X does).
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