Thanks - I happen to own an Ensoniq Mirage (which went for about $1300 in the 80's) as well as plenty of Creative and Ensoniq sound cards. I subscribe to a Mirage mail list. I did not know the connection to Bob Yannes...
I can't help but wonder about the people in CBM and Atari - who probably did not have someone like Woz who was a sole engineer in the development of the first two Apple boxen.
I know that Nolan Bushnell was a key player in Atari's early years, and that the Amiga and Atari ST were actually "swapped" between companies where execs "jumped ship" - but what about Commodore's early years?
I took a quick look for historical links, and came up pretty much empty-handed. Anyone have better resources?
I'm not familiar with the procedure because I've yet to do business on ebay or any other auction - but not too long ago I spotted something in slashdot comments. I cut and pasted the warning link for my good friend who is active on ebay as well as a paypal "subscriber".
OTOH, my stepson has just fractured his leg in a dirtbike accident, and on selling his YZ-250, his deal was for cash and carry (or)delivery within ~50 miles.
Obviously that won't add to the convenience of online auctions, but for a $3000 motorcycle, which would be difficult to ship, it made sense. Your mileage may vary.
For the lazier among us, (I already have a real dog and a real cat...), so I'd opt for the...Billy Big Mouth Bass - motion or manually activated - sings one good and one *bad* song.
Hangs on the wall, out of the way. Wipes clean easier than some $1530 furry purry contraption. And hey, you can buy it for $20~25...
I TRIED to post the more pertinent info on this about two hours before this; it (as usual) was rejected. My title was "Anthrax Sent to Microsoft Subsidiary in Reno", and I included links such as the ABC News.com Article as well as CNN.com's coverage. I also read the story about this being the end of snail mail, and discounted it as obvious bullshit, therefore I did not include that link. Go figger - this is a lame story - IMHO.
My thoughts were to encourage the/. community help disseminate reports of anthrax outbreaks and possibly help the *world* be on guard - whether it be terrorists or just plain sickos doing this.
I guess my point is: with the great coverage by the/. community (and now, not as much credit to Taco and the rest) when the shit hit the fan on 10/11/01, how can we help the CDC stay on top and others to prevent a widespread panic (and applied to other forms of mischief) by doing our part?
Doubtful. The multi-bladder concept using water-filled pockets would aid in deadening the hollow acoustics that an all-air system would promote, but methinks it would have to be constructed as a shell around the actual chamber, to replace the wood/polycarbonate shell that conventional enclosures employ. It might even need to be stiffened to avoid doing something like Dizzie Gillepie's cheeks on each pulsation!
The sound waves have to "bounce" off something more substantial than air and thin vinyl. They then have to "escape" out to achieve a balance of the back versus the front of the driver. (see folded horn illustration). In a ported (bass reflex) enclosure there is a tuned hole that attains this balance. Then there is the sealed enclosure (not a great example) that relies on the balance to be a factor of amplifier wattage, speaker capability, and enclosure size to gain the most "bang for the buck".
Seriously, I (as a musician with a little experience building cabinets for 18" and smaller drivers), seem to remember that the heavier, the better - at least for Bass Enclosures.
I doubt there is a valid market.
The day has passed since JBL rocked with alnico magnets - you could walk into a music store with a notepad and tape measure, then go back you your garage and cut up some 3/4" or 5/8" particle board, and save big bucks. No patent infringement - I didn't sell 'em - no, really!;-)
At 5:15 PM 10/9/1 a dumptruck hit a pole - and took out not only power but the link between my podunk home and Muskegon, MI. My TV was, of course, out as well.
On calling AT&T Cable Modem Customer Service - they could not tell what was wrong. They insisted that I call the Cable TV Service also owned by AT&T (logically, this was TCI cable, and they provide the infrastructure). They did not have a clue.
Ultimately, this home network was down all night, costing me $$$ for lost work, as well as much aggravation. I physically found where the problem was (less than 5 miles away) and on trying to report it got a snotty response as to when they might have it fixed. I should have crawled up there with some RG-6 and done a quick patch job. All they had was some shithead on the phone saying "we know there is a line down" and could not offer any estimated downtime.
More relevant, the Cable Modem agreement says nothing about having anything to do with cable TV (i.e.: you don't have to have a subscription to the TV service to get your damned internet!), so WhyTF are they telling me to call the TV people when it's their problem TOO???
Either way, I agree that these companies are clueless regarding service - and should never have been allowed to provide it. I'll be mad when I have to go back to dialup, but probably not as mad as I was yesterday.
You are right - and (shamefully, as an MCSE) I can't tell why it breaks sometimes. It might have to do with a one cahracter extension.
Still, the basis for the Salon story and Taco's promotion of it are FUD.
Case in point: the difference in numbers of comments on the Attack versus Anti-Microsoft topics./. has become my source for *relevant* news. (About the war, not tech...)
Agreed here as well. In my dauntless effort to say the right thing on/., I seem to ride the Karma rollercoaster quite a lot. I have a post (the second try because of a "page expired" problem) that sums up my feelings on Taco's "offsides" tendancies, and the FUD involved. Look for ".bat,.com,.exe" as a title(I'd give you a link, but I think the sid would throw it off...)
DOS had/has a hierarchy of extensions that mad it simple to run an app with switches (/a,/b, etc.) by simply creating a batch file which would run before a.com or.exe. That's a good thing. Having Windows' Start/Run inherit this is *not* evil.
I had more thoughts prepared 15 minutes ago, but/. expired my page after I had to take a phone call.
Summarily, the story here and from Salon is pure FUD.
The Mac filesystem (I think) had more overhead because the file's header needed to be read to determine the associated app. Seems to me that just reading the directory entry and comparing it against the registry is more efficient.
Well said. The attack on the U.S.S Cole should have been enough to inititiate this. Then, possibly, the WTC and Pentagon and PA tragedies might have been avoided via heightened security. It always hits harder close to home.
Because it was in Yemen, we just said "Oh, Well, Gee, Guess we better not fuel there anymore" and even though we KNEW it was bin Laden's work, the government sat on its collective ass!
Good News, though - she's been recommissioned (you'll have to find it - I gotta go) and I hope they can get sweet revenge!
I understand your concern. I can't for the life of me figure out who the hell moderated your comment as "Funny"...Damn, I wish I could Metamoderate right now.
I've been worried about even things as unlikely as more attacks on busses, trucks, and other things. The bastards could start messing with our freeways, cities' downtown areas, rail system, you name it. It all depends on their numbers, amongst the kamikaze types.
We all have to watch our back, and hope that the.gov talking heads are actually on top of our national security. If not, then God Help U.S.!
I remember reading about Ward, and Xmodem, and downloading with that protocol on CP/M with Trash-80 and Montezuma Micro CP/M. Later then, with a box that made my Atari a dumb terminal to a Z-80 based box called the ATR-8000, [I (think I) remember]...If I'm not mistaken, Xmodem preserved the date/time stamp - very handy.
Then Zmodem came along, and all those interrupted downloads could be resumed.:-)
Putting on my math and history hat(s) - it would have been almost synchronous with the PC's birthday. My oldest son was almost 5, in 1983. The 16k computer was $50. I drove my band mates nuts, commandeering the TV in the motel room we rented with that box - no HBO, just atari basic on the screen and maybe one or two cartridges of some (now) lame games.
Atari was my dream computer in the late 70's. After all, who could afford a IBM-PC?
Compuserve @ 300 baud was my link to the "world".
Much of what I remember was the problem that if you had a program on tape, you could not transfer it to a floppy, because the file headers were different. Thus, you had to either type it in again (booting with the floppy active) or download it from the Compuserve forum. The file (not gonna dig to find it) was about 64k. Again and again my connection would choke, and I'd have 2+ hours of long distance phone charges for nothing. This would always happen when I had 95% of the damn thing downloaded!
Finally, since I already had typed the thing in assembly from Compute! magazine, I found a way to get it onto a floppy and gave up on Compuserve. They were the AOL of yesteryear, anyway. Bastards! (although they deserve credit where due - pioneering and all that)
Using the Computer Shopper, I ran my phone bill up terribly calling and subscribing to any BBS I thought would be cool.
I once ran into one that scared the bejeezus outta me with some satanic crap...I immediately wiped all references to my visit and took a long deep breath before I called another BBS, thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't *posessed* from logging on to that thing.
I thought that this might interest someone, or I wouldn't have bothered typing it...
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See for yourself in this article. (You'll have to search for "Steve" or something...) In the famous words of Johnny Carson: "I did not know that!" ;-p
Just did look. Thanks.
Thanks - I happen to own an Ensoniq Mirage (which went for about $1300 in the 80's) as well as plenty of Creative and Ensoniq sound cards. I subscribe to a Mirage mail list. I did not know the connection to Bob Yannes...
Plenty of other references on Steve's site, as well...
I know that Nolan Bushnell was a key player in Atari's early years, and that the Amiga and Atari ST were actually "swapped" between companies where execs "jumped ship" - but what about Commodore's early years?
I took a quick look for historical links, and came up pretty much empty-handed. Anyone have better resources?
OTOH, my stepson has just fractured his leg in a dirtbike accident, and on selling his YZ-250, his deal was for cash and carry (or)delivery within ~50 miles.
Obviously that won't add to the convenience of online auctions, but for a $3000 motorcycle, which would be difficult to ship, it made sense. Your mileage may vary.
Hangs on the wall, out of the way. Wipes clean easier than some $1530 furry purry contraption. And hey, you can buy it for $20~25...
My thoughts were to encourage the /. community help disseminate reports of anthrax outbreaks and possibly help the *world* be on guard - whether it be terrorists or just plain sickos doing this.
I guess my point is: with the great coverage by the /. community (and now, not as much credit to Taco and the rest) when the shit hit the fan on 10/11/01, how can we help the CDC stay on top and others to prevent a widespread panic (and applied to other forms of mischief) by doing our part?
What do you think?
The sound waves have to "bounce" off something more substantial than air and thin vinyl. They then have to "escape" out to achieve a balance of the back versus the front of the driver. (see folded horn illustration). In a ported (bass reflex) enclosure there is a tuned hole that attains this balance. Then there is the sealed enclosure (not a great example) that relies on the balance to be a factor of amplifier wattage, speaker capability, and enclosure size to gain the most "bang for the buck".
Seriously, I (as a musician with a little experience building cabinets for 18" and smaller drivers), seem to remember that the heavier, the better - at least for Bass Enclosures.
I doubt there is a valid market.
The day has passed since JBL rocked with alnico magnets - you could walk into a music store with a notepad and tape measure, then go back you your garage and cut up some 3/4" or 5/8" particle board, and save big bucks. No patent infringement - I didn't sell 'em - no, really! ;-)
On calling AT&T Cable Modem Customer Service - they could not tell what was wrong. They insisted that I call the Cable TV Service also owned by AT&T (logically, this was TCI cable, and they provide the infrastructure). They did not have a clue.
Ultimately, this home network was down all night, costing me $$$ for lost work, as well as much aggravation. I physically found where the problem was (less than 5 miles away) and on trying to report it got a snotty response as to when they might have it fixed. I should have crawled up there with some RG-6 and done a quick patch job. All they had was some shithead on the phone saying "we know there is a line down" and could not offer any estimated downtime.
More relevant, the Cable Modem agreement says nothing about having anything to do with cable TV (i.e.: you don't have to have a subscription to the TV service to get your damned internet!), so WhyTF are they telling me to call the TV people when it's their problem TOO???
Either way, I agree that these companies are clueless regarding service - and should never have been allowed to provide it. I'll be mad when I have to go back to dialup, but probably not as mad as I was yesterday.
In this picture, Ernie bears a striking resemblance to Adolph Hitler giving a speech (minus the little moustache).
And here we see Ernie donning his Kevlar vest, ready for any attack that might befall he or his beloved roomate.
Let's hope our intelligence community can wade through the mountains of evidence that will unveil the sinister Sesame Street Terrorist Cell!
Still, the basis for the Salon story and Taco's promotion of it are FUD.
Case in point: the difference in numbers of comments on the Attack versus Anti-Microsoft topics. /. has become my source for *relevant* news. (About the war, not tech...)
Agreed here as well. In my dauntless effort to say the right thing on /., I seem to ride the Karma rollercoaster quite a lot. I have a post (the second try because of a "page expired" problem) that sums up my feelings on Taco's "offsides" tendancies, and the FUD involved. Look for ".bat, .com, .exe" as a title(I'd give you a link, but I think the sid would throw it off...)
I am not sure, but I think I think rats do have asses. (Good for you, Ageless ;-)
I had more thoughts prepared 15 minutes ago, but /. expired my page after I had to take a phone call.
Summarily, the story here and from Salon is pure FUD.
The Mac filesystem (I think) had more overhead because the file's header needed to be read to determine the associated app. Seems to me that just reading the directory entry and comparing it against the registry is more efficient.
Geezus. Any asshole can moderate? This is fucking crazy. This person has a genuine concern - somebody better metamod this!!!
Because it was in Yemen, we just said "Oh, Well, Gee, Guess we better not fuel there anymore" and even though we KNEW it was bin Laden's work, the government sat on its collective ass!
Good News, though - she's been recommissioned (you'll have to find it - I gotta go) and I hope they can get sweet revenge!
I've been worried about even things as unlikely as more attacks on busses, trucks, and other things. The bastards could start messing with our freeways, cities' downtown areas, rail system, you name it. It all depends on their numbers, amongst the kamikaze types.
We all have to watch our back, and hope that the .gov talking heads are actually on top of our national security. If not, then God Help U.S.!
Then Zmodem came along, and all those interrupted downloads could be resumed. :-)
The modem and BBSs came later.
That might have been the same lizard inspired by that Cheech and Chong movie where Stacey Keach turns into a lizard??? Ya never know...
Meant to say - early 80's (not 70's), but I bought my first Atari at a yard sale well before the IBM-PC was born in the early 80's...
Atari was my dream computer in the late 70's. After all, who could afford a IBM-PC?
Compuserve @ 300 baud was my link to the "world".
Much of what I remember was the problem that if you had a program on tape, you could not transfer it to a floppy, because the file headers were different. Thus, you had to either type it in again (booting with the floppy active) or download it from the Compuserve forum. The file (not gonna dig to find it) was about 64k. Again and again my connection would choke, and I'd have 2+ hours of long distance phone charges for nothing. This would always happen when I had 95% of the damn thing downloaded!
Finally, since I already had typed the thing in assembly from Compute! magazine, I found a way to get it onto a floppy and gave up on Compuserve. They were the AOL of yesteryear, anyway. Bastards! (although they deserve credit where due - pioneering and all that)
Using the Computer Shopper, I ran my phone bill up terribly calling and subscribing to any BBS I thought would be cool.
I once ran into one that scared the bejeezus outta me with some satanic crap...I immediately wiped all references to my visit and took a long deep breath before I called another BBS, thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't *posessed* from logging on to that thing.
I thought that this might interest someone, or I wouldn't have bothered typing it...
dunno. Just wanted to add to the retrospect of the discussion. (see other replies) Thought it was black box...