that they served to make me night-blind so I couldn't see out the windshield.
Seriously, I bought a Sony stereo for my truck, and it doesn't support dimming at night - I ended up putting a piece of black plastic over the face so I could see oncoming traffic.
Keeping it as two distinct tiers would allow the desired light-weight access, anonymity and freedom at one level, while a second set of protocols running in parallel with the original could offer end-to-end security and authentication which would be a big security win for business and personal data. It would be the end of spam - since all spam could be immediately traced back to its origins, and the end of redirect attacks as well.
Yes, Clarke did invent (or discover?) the geosynchronous orbit, long before the first satellite was launched. He also "moved" Ceylon to the equator (in another story) so he could place a space elevator there.
As I recall, he invented the space elevator concept, as well.
Ummm... Communications satellites aren't in low orbits and geosynchronous orbits only work over the equator. Feel free to read that article you linked to, because I've been familiar with these concepts for more than 30 years now.
After reading this article, I'm pretty sure the person who wrote it never used any of the machines he's bitching about. I think he just saw pictures of them and drew conclusions from that.
I think that first entry is a troll right out of the Dvorak school.
1. Anti-ergonomic? What keyboards were "ergonomic" in those days? It had full-stroke mechanical keys with tactile feedback .
2. Visually confusing? WTF? Would it have been better to simply make the user memorize where all the special characters were? Those alternate characters were the closest thing you could get to doing graphical screen lay out in those days, and I used them all the time to put borders and check boxes on programmable forms.
3. Non-standard keys? Compared to what? Electric typewriters? That was the same keyboard layout used by all C= machines up to that point, including the PET. And, sorry, I never accidentally hit the HOME key when I wanted to hit backspace.
4. And I won't condescend to address the claim that most C=64 users used the joysticks more than the keyboard. The C=64 had a huge and avid hacker community. Do you think we keyed in all those assembly language programs with the joystick?
Bah.
The C=64/Vic-20 keyboard was fine. Especially compared to the older PET keyboard. I don't know how many people will remember that thing but it had perfectly square keys with flat tops.
I'm pretty sure that the termination shock wave is considered the edge of the solar system. After all, Pluto is merely the closest of dozens (estimated) of similar bodies.
Reading TFA, I couldn't help but notice that the source code does specify the GPL but then also says...
You can do whatever you like with this source file, though I would
prefer that if you modify it and redistribute it that you include
comments to that effect with your name and the date. Thank you.
in this check out the wikipedia entry. It explains what research has actually been done into
1. Whether or not the rocks really move (answer: yes) 2. Whether or not they are being dragged by ice (answer: apparently not) 3. How wind and rain could be strong enough (answer: apparently the wind regularly hits 90 mph during the rainy season on the playa.)
Bob Sharp and Dwight Carey started a Racetrack stone movement monitoring program in May of 1972. Eventually thirty stones with fresh tracks were labeled and stakes were used to mark their locations. Each stone was given a name and changes in the stones' position were recorded over a seven year period.
They've tried. The rocks apparently do not move very often - which reinforces the rain theory. Rains come rarely, but when they come they tend to be real wind storms - so no witnesses. By the next day, the mud has dried out again.
Because the number of seconds in a day is not constant. Which is why they have to add a leap second occasionally - the speed of the Earth's rotation varies as it wobbles.
Oh yeah? Go take pictures of important buildings in the middle of the day across town and see if you don't get questioned by the police after a few hours? If it takes you a couple of hours to take pictures of the outside of the building, I would expect the police to pick you up. And give you a breathalizer, a drug test and to check if you were an escapee from the Home For The Easily Bewildered.
You're still showing a fundamental misunderstanding of how mainframes were architected. A mainframe wouldn't handle video conferencing - then or now - it would send commands to a dedicated video conferencing switch to do the work.
A mainframe is a relatively small processor. The acres of I/O subsystems, on the other hand....
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that they served to make me night-blind so I couldn't see out the windshield.
Seriously, I bought a Sony stereo for my truck, and it doesn't support dimming at night - I ended up putting a piece of black plastic over the face so I could see oncoming traffic.
certainly has one. They're quite common.
cleaning my glasses...
The first time I read that I saw "Feds Sieze $78m of Bogus Chinese Crisco Gear".
I don't want to tell you what popped into my head....
Keeping it as two distinct tiers would allow the desired light-weight access, anonymity and freedom at one level, while a second set of protocols running in parallel with the original could offer end-to-end security and authentication which would be a big security win for business and personal data. It would be the end of spam - since all spam could be immediately traced back to its origins, and the end of redirect attacks as well.
Yes, Clarke did invent (or discover?) the geosynchronous orbit, long before the first satellite was launched. He also "moved" Ceylon to the equator (in another story) so he could place a space elevator there.
As I recall, he invented the space elevator concept, as well.
All this time I just thought of it as pissing into the wind.
Pissing in the wind? No, more like braying like an ass.
Um...my DirectTV satellite does just that.
Ummm... Communications satellites aren't in low orbits and geosynchronous orbits only work over the equator. Feel free to read that article you linked to, because I've been familiar with these concepts for more than 30 years now.
made the space over China less habitable to spy satellites
You're not real familiar with how orbits work, are you?
Since that crap is in low orbit, I'm pretty sure it circles the entire planet every couple of hours.
Unless, of course, the Chinese have developed some sort of non-newtonian thruster system that lets their space trash hover in one place.
After reading this article, I'm pretty sure the person who wrote it never used any of the machines he's bitching about. I think he just saw pictures of them and drew conclusions from that.
I think that first entry is a troll right out of the Dvorak school.
1. Anti-ergonomic? What keyboards were "ergonomic" in those days? It had full-stroke mechanical keys with tactile feedback .
2. Visually confusing? WTF? Would it have been better to simply make the user memorize where all the special characters were? Those alternate characters were the closest thing you could get to doing graphical screen lay out in those days, and I used them all the time to put borders and check boxes on programmable forms.
3. Non-standard keys? Compared to what? Electric typewriters? That was the same keyboard layout used by all C= machines up to that point, including the PET. And, sorry, I never accidentally hit the HOME key when I wanted to hit backspace.
4. And I won't condescend to address the claim that most C=64 users used the joysticks more than the keyboard. The C=64 had a huge and avid hacker community. Do you think we keyed in all those assembly language programs with the joystick?
Bah.
The C=64/Vic-20 keyboard was fine. Especially compared to the older PET keyboard. I don't know how many people will remember that thing but it had perfectly square keys with flat tops.
I'm pretty sure that the termination shock wave is considered the edge of the solar system. After all, Pluto is merely the closest of dozens (estimated) of similar bodies.
The Pioneers were dead when the left the solar system. The Voyagers are still sending data.
Reading TFA, I couldn't help but notice that the source code does specify the GPL but then also says...
You can do whatever you like with this source file, though I would
prefer that if you modify it and redistribute it that you include
comments to that effect with your name and the date. Thank you.
Which seems to be saying the code is PD?
in this check out the wikipedia entry. It explains what research has actually been done into
1. Whether or not the rocks really move (answer: yes)
2. Whether or not they are being dragged by ice (answer: apparently not)
3. How wind and rain could be strong enough (answer: apparently the wind regularly hits 90 mph during the rainy season on the playa.)
I think you're wildly under estimating how much work has actually been done.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones
Bob Sharp and Dwight Carey started a Racetrack stone movement monitoring program in May of 1972. Eventually thirty stones with fresh tracks were labeled and stakes were used to mark their locations. Each stone was given a name and changes in the stones' position were recorded over a seven year period.
They've tried. The rocks apparently do not move very often - which reinforces the rain theory. Rains come rarely, but when they come they tend to be real wind storms - so no witnesses. By the next day, the mud has dried out again.
Because the number of seconds in a day is not constant. Which is why they have to add a leap second occasionally - the speed of the Earth's rotation varies as it wobbles.
You need to look into your history of science more closely. Joules, Volts, Watts, were all adopted by the metric system, not created by it.
The Earth wobbles.
Does the open source version support resource forks? That's the main reason for using Apple's. If I knew I could use the stock version, I would.
You're still showing a fundamental misunderstanding of how mainframes were architected. A mainframe wouldn't handle video conferencing - then or now - it would send commands to a dedicated video conferencing switch to do the work.
A mainframe is a relatively small processor. The acres of I/O subsystems, on the other hand....
You must not be using the new comment system.
Finder is consistent _except_ for the applications folder which installs system services and processes scripts every time you drop a dmg into it. Hm.
There's an odd concept. Why would end-user applications need to install system services or "processes scripts"?
I bet you think you have to reboot after installing an application, too.
Because the best place to test secret spy gear is in a big crowd.