I toggle the switches on my front panel with my toes, handwire the modem for my Net connection, and spin the floppy disk with my left thumb while manually adjusting the read/write head for each track read from my boot disk.
Let's face it, most of the email clogging the ether is from so-called anonymous spamsters.
And if they send it to a Washington State resident (and California too, I think), we and our State Attorney General She-Who-Must-Be-Feared will sue their butts off in court.
Use the main line for either voice telephone or else to use the internal modem (56K) to dial into my oldest ISP and muck with the files there while my DSL modem browses the web site through its connection.
Sure, my speed drops, but since the pipe only goes 200-300 around here and I run 720, that only cuts me down to 360 and I'm still maxing the pipe.
Will in Seattle hope my next house is in DSL service area...
Sheesh, I can get a 386 with 2MB of RAM to do that and stay up for a year.
So, W2K wants a Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM? Based on my long experience with WinNT, that means a 266MHz with 128MB of RAM and three times the hard disk spec.
Face it, everyone knows W2K isn't ready for prime time. Not that Bill won't plop down some of his $90Billion to try to make it sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
If you don't believe me, check out the mags. There's no there there.
Will in Seattle bought my house on MSFT hype (sold high)
Let's see, Rio Personal 64MB was $249.95 (but if you go to the web site and upgrade from a standard Rio, they give you $100 off). Memory chips are $99.95 for 32MB or $179.95 for 2pack (32MB).
Cheap.
Oh, ok, maybe not, but light as all get out. The Memory chips are teeny, the player is nigh-invulnerable and you don't really need the case.
Seemed to work quite well on a box here at work. We were able to create a fairly good app pretty quickly. Nice interface.
Seems that maybe we will get Borland C++ soon - they just announced JBuilder for Linux, so they're probably working on Borland C++ Builder for Linux as we speak, saving the announcement for the next Linux show. Might not hurt to pop over to their web site and ask them when they'll have C++ Builder for the Linux platform just to/. and get the fire under them, though.
"Inprise does not have plans to develop C++Builder for Linux at this time. However, I will forward your inquiry to our C++Builder Product Marketing Manager for consideration. As well, please continue to check our website at http://www.borland.com/ for information updates on platform support. "
Borland sent me a letter saying they won't be doing C++ Builder for Linux, so you'd better hope they port Visual Age for C++ to Linux or we're all stuck with CodeWorks.
Will in Seattle
P.S.: Has anyone _asked_ Borland to do this or am I the only one? I just asked Symantec to do VisualCafe to RUN on Linux - noted that they talk about Linux a LOT more on their whitepapers - should just take a few people asking for it...
Seriously, especially since they're pushing WinNT vs Linux on WinNT-optimal machines as "the benchmark", we can just say:
"Oh, but that was version 2.0. We're already at version 2.6, which is five times faster at multi-processor static page hurls and still won't crash like IIS does..."
If it's got a higher version number, it must be better - Bill Gates law of increasing profits
Why not use something like one of the covers for Michael Moorcock's series for the Eternal Champion. And make sure to put the Chaos symbol on the swords too.
Will in Seattle
AOL - overlap - makes a good symbol
Yeah, how about Borg Linux assimilating Borg Bill?
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Seriously, just buy the translucent teal Dianmond Rio PMP 300 (64MB) and add a 32MB chip. Three hours. Actually, get the leather case and buy three 32MB chip - then you can have a base 2 hours of your faves and three 1 hour chips for different moods.
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Heck, I use RNA, which I hand-splice with my left ear.
I toggle the switches on my front panel with my toes, handwire the modem for my Net connection, and spin the floppy disk with my left thumb while manually adjusting the read/write head for each track read from my boot disk.
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Talk about carpal tunnel syndrome
Will in Seattle
Seriously, how many file servers, print servers, database servers, or comm servers use a browser?
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I've got five boxes - I only browse from two of them. One of the ones I browse from is a Win98 machine and one is a Win95 machine.
So, does that mean 0% Linux, when the other three boxes are 2 Linux servers and 1 iMac? I don't think so
Will in Seattle
It is in Washington State
Yum!
Let's face it, most of the email clogging the ether is from so-called anonymous spamsters.
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And if they send it to a Washington State resident (and California too, I think), we and our State Attorney General She-Who-Must-Be-Feared will sue their butts off in court.
Time to grow up
Will in Seattle
I do this all the time.
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Use the main line for either voice telephone or else to use the internal modem (56K) to dial into my oldest ISP and muck with the files there while my DSL modem browses the web site through its connection.
Sure, my speed drops, but since the pipe only goes 200-300 around here and I run 720, that only cuts me down to 360 and I'm still maxing the pipe.
Will in Seattle
hope my next house is in DSL service area
Sheesh, I can get a 386 with 2MB of RAM to do that and stay up for a year.
So, W2K wants a Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM? Based on my long experience with WinNT, that means a 266MHz with 128MB of RAM and three times the hard disk spec.
Get real.
Will in Seattle
who is a MCSP
Geesh, and I used to proofread in my college days.
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Maybe I should just log on with the rest of the Anonymous Cowards
Seriously, I've been involved with these guys for years, and I don't recall any inovations. Borrowings, buyouts, beguilements - perhaps.
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But inovation?
Please, don't make me start laughing.
Will in Seattle
yes, I know your MicroSerf ways
Really! They're cute and fuzzy. We also have a statue of Bill Gates\\\\\\\\\\Lenin as well.
Maybe we need a penguin?
Will in Seattle
Face it, everyone knows W2K isn't ready for prime time. Not that Bill won't plop down some of his $90Billion to try to make it sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
If you don't believe me, check out the mags. There's no there there.
Will in Seattle
bought my house on MSFT hype (sold high)
It's just a coincidence that this troll gets the largest number of posts I've seen in weeks.
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Yeah, right
Will in Seattle
I was there at the World Premiere (the real one) in Seattle, with my love beads and funky hat, grooving to the beat on top of the Space Needle.
It's so 60's it's 90's, baby! Yeah!
Let's see, Rio Personal 64MB was $249.95 (but if you go to the web site and upgrade from a standard Rio, they give you $100 off). Memory chips are $99.95 for 32MB or $179.95 for 2pack (32MB).
Cheap.
Oh, ok, maybe not, but light as all get out. The Memory chips are teeny, the player is nigh-invulnerable and you don't really need the case.
Will in Seattle
Seemed to work quite well on a box here at work. We were able to create a fairly good app pretty quickly. Nice interface.
/. and get the fire under them, though.
Seems that maybe we will get Borland C++ soon - they just announced JBuilder for Linux, so they're probably working on Borland C++ Builder for Linux as we speak, saving the announcement for the next Linux show. Might not hurt to pop over to their web site and ask them when they'll have C++ Builder for the Linux platform just to
Will in Seattle
Seriously, everyone is doing CD-RW or at least Zip.
If you're going to go for cool toy, then a floppy is just so 20th Century.
Will in Seattle
yes, my son's iMac is Blueberry, but he's 8, ok?
Seriously, baby, me son just wanted the groovy thing, so I plopped down the bucks for the 333 Blueberry and bob's your uncle!
Dreamy case, 96MB RAM, USB till the cows stop shagging.
Not bad.
Will in Seattle
Well, since Borland Customer Service said:
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"Inprise does not have plans to develop C++Builder for Linux at this
time. However, I will forward your inquiry to our C++Builder Product
Marketing Manager for consideration. As well, please continue to check
our website at http://www.borland.com/ for information updates on
platform support.
"
let's hope you're right
Be good to see VA C++ on Linux in any case.
Will in Seattle
Borland sent me a letter saying they won't be doing C++ Builder for Linux, so you'd better hope they port Visual Age for C++ to Linux or we're all stuck with CodeWorks.
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Will in Seattle
P.S.: Has anyone _asked_ Borland to do this or am I the only one? I just asked Symantec to do VisualCafe to RUN on Linux - noted that they talk about Linux a LOT more on their whitepapers - should just take a few people asking for it
Seriously, you are so 1995.
Just go out and get a decent connection.
Will in Seattle
P.S.: Assuming you don't live in places like Tacoma, where they take a whole year to install it.
Seriously, especially since they're pushing WinNT vs Linux on WinNT-optimal machines as "the benchmark", we can just say:
"Oh, but that was version 2.0. We're already at version 2.6, which is five times faster at multi-processor static page hurls and still won't crash like IIS does..."
If it's got a higher version number, it must be better - Bill Gates law of increasing profits
Will in Seattle
Why not use something like one of the covers for Michael Moorcock's series for the Eternal Champion. And make sure to put the Chaos symbol on the swords too.
Will in Seattle
AOL - overlap - makes a good symbol
Seriously, I would buy that t-shirt.
Wouldn't you?
Will in Seattle
Seriously, just buy the translucent teal Dianmond Rio PMP 300 (64MB) and add a 32MB chip. Three hours. Actually, get the leather case and buy three 32MB chip - then you can have a base 2 hours of your faves and three 1 hour chips for different moods.
It's just as light, still uses one AA battery.
Will in Seattle