Unless the machine is preaty old (>8 years) you should be able to boot from the CD-ROM drive. Though you might need to change the boot order in BIOS to do so.
Find me a DOS version that supports USB hardware, and a USB storage device that can talk to DOS over said hardware, AND that I can boot DOS from if I need to, and I will consider giving up floppies.
Not a problem: 1) Download FreeDOS 2) Check out these articles on DOS and USB:
Did I say they weren't vulnerable? No. I said that they weren't susceptible to virii. Do you know what a virus is? A self-replicating executable that infects other executables. How exactly would that happen under Unix? Tristan Yates, author IT Leader
Wow, you're *still* wrong! -- even when you're playing you silly symantic game -- a virus could infect any file that the user has permission to modify. It could even take advantage of some vulnerability in whatever flavor unix to infect other files it might not have permission to modify. Hell, it could come in on a floppy like in days past and be executed by root. Yeah, linux is susceptible to virii. No doubt about that -- And you call yourself an IT Leader!
For computer programs to consistently find files, there must always be a consistent way to do so. Folders will never disappear entirely.
Folders aren't necessary to provide a consistant way to access files. If some kind of standard metadata was made avaliable for every file this could be used to build the equivalent of paths -- somthing like --
DeviceID/RootID/GroupID/Filename/DocType
DeviceID being equivalent to drive
RootID and GroupID being similar to directories now, or like a namespace, somthing standard to form paths with -- I can't see a need for more than two -- any need above that could be handled by other metadata (for us poor humans, not for forming paths)
Filename being the file name
DocType being the type of file (combined with filename to properly identify the file, as you could have two files of different types that you'd like to have the same name.)
This is just an idea -- and by no means perfect -- feel free to comment on it, adding you're ideas and killing my bad ones -- I'd like to see how a system could be setup that eliminates long heirarchies, and affords a standard depth of path -- Even suggest a set of standard tags that would be handy to have attached to all files (perhaps somthing like Owner, DateModified, DateCreated, DateAccessed, Attributes, Permissions, etc.)
Perhaps metadata should be broken into groups -- with standard groups like FileInfo, User, etc. even special groups like Win32Info, MacInfo, LinuxInfo, etc. created by an application to keep data only it should search. Win32Info, for example, might hold (in addition to other things) the "path" to an application that could open the file in question i.e. >QuantumFireball180GB/MicrosoftOffice/MicrosoftWor d/WinWord/Application/Win32) Perhaps even mark it with a machine ID so that it uses a different app on different machines that the document has been exposed to. All sorts of cool possibilities.
I'm just rambling now -- but I like the idea of a folderless system -- If It's done right, it could make things incredibly simple!
With disks such as this, we may never have to erase anything again.
I thought that about my first 40mb hd...*sniff* it was so cutting edge that the manual that came with it was for a 20mb model... had an insert that included the changes for the 40mb...
My HP320 works great for portable word processing. The built-in keyboard is useless, but there is a keyboard add-on that you can find that has the best feel of any keyboard (large or small) I've ever used. I bought my 2 320' for $35 a shot (including the WinCE rom update already installed) I paid ~$50 and ~$30 for the keyboards.
...if my software is good and does something that no one else has figured out, then I want to patent that software.
Personally, I'd like to copyright that software...
Patents were designed to foster innovation by offering a temporary monopoly on an invention in exchange for sharing the idea with others. Patents are all about sharing information. Patents are NOT about keeping ideas proprietary or secret.
What I can't agree with is the way people here vilify anyone for registering a patent.
The article is about a specific patent which should never have been issued in the first place. The main idea here is that the patent system is broken. (Which I doubt anyone can disagree with)
As for software patents in general, there are numerous arguments against them -- many of which are very compelling. Do a little research and see what you can come up with -- I guarantee you'll be suprised.
People attach meaning to numbers -- perhaps technical people make more of a habbit out of it, but I digress -- what makes 1111111111 interesting? Possibly its aesthetic appeal. It's got nothing to do with randomness. Don't you get excited when your car rolls over to 100000 miles? It's somthing simple and nice -- and well worth taking pleasure in.
I like the number 219. There isn't anything special about it -- It's just happens to be one of my favorite ascii characters. (The solid block one.) I stayed in hotel room 219 just yesterday and felt good about having that room number.
Lot's of people attach meaning to the number 42. There isn't anything wrong with that.
Some people find powers of 2 appealing -- imagine driving route 256 -- how cool would that be?
Gamblers may have some attraction or aversion to the numbers 7 and 13 -- some might get a good feeling seeing hte number 21.
Finding an old girlfriends phone number can be nice -- it let's you remember.
I don't know if you have any numbers that are significant in your life -- But I know I do! I don't think I'd want it any other way.
You have to learn to enjoy those small meaningful things -- or you'll miss the whole point of living -- I don't mean the meaning of life, mind you, but the meaning in life.
I put a two button IBM mouse on an old girlfriends MAC. It didn't make a difference in OS9, but added quite a bit to OSX. Perhaps Steve has had this in mind all along...
I've always thought that this was because the town has such a large American Indian population, and the big companies don't give a shit.
Wow, do you honestly believe that? Last time I checked, "the big companies don't give a shit" about race.
Perhaps there isn't any coverage because no one will let them put a cell tower up? Perhaps the population isn't big enough to warrent the expense? Maybe too few people in North Fork, CA want cell service? Maybe you just need to wait for the network to expand to North Folk, CA naturally.
I'll guarantee it's not racism -- that's a load of shit -- and you know it.
My provider charges me $0.10 for every SMS message send or received -- $0.02 for every kilobyte of internet use -- but they let me use email on my phone for free. Go figure.
If the phone thing itself is a problem, they have some very slick pagers now that might fit his needs very nicely.
Reminds me of a system I set up with a young woman I've been seeing -- It's very expensive for her to call me, but I can call her for free. If she wants to talk to me, she sends an email to a special account and a message is sent to my phone -- then I call her back.
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Or save even more money by getting a regular keyboard and some stickers...
A reply to someones sig? Why is this modded 'Insightful' -- Shouldn't it be Off Topic or (given the nature of the post) Troll or Flamebait?
Sorry about that, I should have used the preview button!
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html
Just a few thoughts -- have you tried using
Virtual Disk (Total Commander plugin)
or
Virtual Floppy Drive
The second link looks like your best bet.
Unless the machine is preaty old (>8 years) you should be able to boot from the CD-ROM drive. Though you might need to change the boot order in BIOS to do so.
Not a problem:
1) Download FreeDOS
2) Check out these articles on DOS and USB:
3) Make that USB Drive Bootable!
Of course, your BIOS must offer proper support -- this shouldn't be a problem for newer machines with pheonix bios.
Did I say they weren't vulnerable? No. I said that they weren't susceptible to virii. Do you know what a virus is? A self-replicating executable that infects other executables. How exactly would that happen under Unix?
Tristan Yates, author IT Leader
Wow, you're *still* wrong! -- even when you're playing you silly symantic game -- a virus could infect any file that the user has permission to modify. It could even take advantage of some vulnerability in whatever flavor unix to infect other files it might not have permission to modify. Hell, it could come in on a floppy like in days past and be executed by root. Yeah, linux is susceptible to virii. No doubt about that -- And you call yourself an IT Leader!
Folders aren't necessary to provide a consistant way to access files. If some kind of standard metadata was made avaliable for every file this could be used to build the equivalent of paths -- somthing like --
DeviceID/RootID/GroupID/Filename/DocType
DeviceID being equivalent to drive
RootID and GroupID being similar to directories now, or like a namespace, somthing standard to form paths with -- I can't see a need for more than two -- any need above that could be handled by other metadata (for us poor humans, not for forming paths)
Filename being the file name
DocType being the type of file (combined with filename to properly identify the file, as you could have two files of different types that you'd like to have the same name.)
This is just an idea -- and by no means perfect -- feel free to comment on it, adding you're ideas and killing my bad ones -- I'd like to see how a system could be setup that eliminates long heirarchies, and affords a standard depth of path -- Even suggest a set of standard tags that would be handy to have attached to all files (perhaps somthing like Owner, DateModified, DateCreated, DateAccessed, Attributes, Permissions, etc.)
Perhaps metadata should be broken into groups -- with standard groups like FileInfo, User, etc. even special groups like Win32Info, MacInfo, LinuxInfo, etc. created by an application to keep data only it should search. Win32Info, for example, might hold (in addition to other things) the "path" to an application that could open the file in question i.e. >QuantumFireball180GB/MicrosoftOffice/MicrosoftWo
Perhaps even mark it with a machine ID so that it uses a different app on different machines that the document has been exposed to. All sorts of cool possibilities.
I'm just rambling now -- but I like the idea of a folderless system -- If It's done right, it could make things incredibly simple!
Mod parent up as funny. It's the funniest thing I've seen on slashdot in a long time.
With disks such as this, we may never have to erase anything again.
... had an insert that included the changes for the 40mb...
I thought that about my first 40mb hd...*sniff* it was so cutting edge that the manual that came with it was for a 20mb model
My HP320 works great for portable word processing. The built-in keyboard is useless, but there is a keyboard add-on that you can find that has the best feel of any keyboard (large or small) I've ever used. I bought my 2 320' for $35 a shot (including the WinCE rom update already installed) I paid ~$50 and ~$30 for the keyboards.
Patents were designed to foster innovation by offering a temporary monopoly on an invention in exchange for sharing the idea with others. Patents are all about sharing information. Patents are NOT about keeping ideas proprietary or secret.The article is about a specific patent which should never have been issued in the first place. The main idea here is that the patent system is broken. (Which I doubt anyone can disagree with)
As for software patents in general, there are numerous arguments against them -- many of which are very compelling. Do a little research and see what you can come up with -- I guarantee you'll be suprised.
You might not be familiar with the ASCII Extended Character Set.
I think I just might read:
"Lab Made into a Bl
People attach meaning to numbers -- perhaps technical people make more of a habbit out of it, but I digress -- what makes 1111111111 interesting? Possibly its aesthetic appeal. It's got nothing to do with randomness. Don't you get excited when your car rolls over to 100000 miles? It's somthing simple and nice -- and well worth taking pleasure in.
I like the number 219. There isn't anything special about it -- It's just happens to be one of my favorite ascii characters. (The solid block one.) I stayed in hotel room 219 just yesterday and felt good about having that room number.
Lot's of people attach meaning to the number 42. There isn't anything wrong with that.
Some people find powers of 2 appealing -- imagine driving route 256 -- how cool would that be?
Gamblers may have some attraction or aversion to the numbers 7 and 13 -- some might get a good feeling seeing hte number 21.
Finding an old girlfriends phone number can be nice -- it let's you remember.
I don't know if you have any numbers that are significant in your life -- But I know I do! I don't think I'd want it any other way.
You have to learn to enjoy those small meaningful things -- or you'll miss the whole point of living -- I don't mean the meaning of life, mind you, but the meaning in life.
There is life on Enceladus...There is life on Enceladus...
I put a two button IBM mouse on an old girlfriends MAC. It didn't make a difference in OS9, but added quite a bit to OSX. Perhaps Steve has had this in mind all along...
This link will explain it all
I've always thought that this was because the town has such a large American Indian population, and the big companies don't give a shit.
Wow, do you honestly believe that? Last time I checked, "the big companies don't give a shit" about race.
Perhaps there isn't any coverage because no one will let them put a cell tower up? Perhaps the population isn't big enough to warrent the expense? Maybe too few people in North Fork, CA want cell service? Maybe you just need to wait for the network to expand to North Folk, CA naturally.
I'll guarantee it's not racism -- that's a load of shit -- and you know it.
My provider charges me $0.10 for every SMS message send or received -- $0.02 for every kilobyte of internet use -- but they let me use email on my phone for free. Go figure.
If the phone thing itself is a problem, they have some very slick pagers now that might fit his needs very nicely.
Now that's a neat idea!
Reminds me of a system I set up with a young woman I've been seeing -- It's very expensive for her to call me, but I can call her for free. If she wants to talk to me, she sends an email to a special account and a message is sent to my phone -- then I call her back.
Do any of you PhDs out there in slashdot-land know the answer?
No. In slashdot-land, we all program in pascal and eat candy.
The whole process needs to be monitored, in case a group of authors/reviewers wander down a rabbit whole.
That poor rabbit...
The punishment for commiting suicide is harsh -- life in prison.
So the question remains ... how many nanobots does it take to change a vaccum tube?