vxWorks is from WindRiver and is not UNIX. Charles River Data Systems had a real-time OS called UNOS back in the '80s. It was UNIX-like bit still not UNIX.
My parents, in a vain attempt to rid the basement of its malodorous "twang" purchased a dehumidifier which, because there was no electrical outlet anywhere near the floor drain, required emptying on a daily basis.
Some cosmonauts left it idling in front of a convenience store while they ran in for some smokes and carbs. When they came out it was gone. Apparently it ended up in a Bahrain chop shop and the parts ended up on eBay. The pictures tell the rest of the story.
Don't we have enough Americans that want to be astronauts? Next thing all our spacemen will be from India and mission control will be a call center in Bangalore.
CC: Hello, this is Sri. How are you this evening?
SM: Not too good. The oxygen generator has stopped working.
CC:Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I see you have a Acme SpaceOx Mk IV oxygen generator. Let's try a few things. Are you by the unit? I'm going to ask you to turn the power off and back on again? The power switch is the red one in the lower left corner. Can you see it?
SM:I got it.
CC:Now push down on it. The unit should be off now. Is it off?.....Hello, Hello....
Yes, and let's put the ignition timing control back on the steering column where it belongs. And do away with engine driven oil pumps and get back to the good old manual system. Windshield wipers should be hand-operated. Hand-cranked engines would make us think twice about driving that kid to the soccer game. And balloon tires; nothing like a good front wheel blowout to hone those emergency driving skills.
I repair/rebuild/restore vacuum tube guitar amps (Ampeg mostly) and I use brake cleaner to de-barify (as in remove the bar smell) some of the really smelly pigs I get. I use it only on the chassis sheet metal and circuit boards. So far it hasn't attacked anything. It evaporates quickly and does a good job.
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I'll wait for the CameraCableCard...
Joe Kennedy is president?
Wait til next year when they come out with CameraRam.
vxWorks is from WindRiver and is not UNIX. Charles River Data Systems had a real-time OS called UNOS back in the '80s. It was UNIX-like bit still not UNIX.
16 bits will get you a cup of coffee...
The laserdisc was the precursor to the compact disc and was invented in 1958. Philips and MCA demonstrated a laserdisc in 1972.
Of course. Haven't you heard of the Bush administration's program "No Driver Left Behind"?
Wow, and all this time I assumed Germans were such good drivers.
I hope it isn't the one I use...
Ten years ago this was a piece o' cake with Metricom's Ricochet service. They're gone and nothing better has come along. But hey, that's progress.(?)
I was going to suggest these. They teach kids about gravity and heavy, pointy things.
Can they pickup their crap? Or use a doggie toilet and flush? That would be a real breakthrough.
Pilot don't use maps, they use charts.
My parents, in a vain attempt to rid the basement of its malodorous "twang" purchased a dehumidifier which, because there was no electrical outlet anywhere near the floor drain, required emptying on a daily basis.
Uh, an extension cord perhaps?
Some cosmonauts left it idling in front of a convenience store while they ran in for some smokes and carbs. When they came out it was gone. Apparently it ended up in a Bahrain chop shop and the parts ended up on eBay. The pictures tell the rest of the story.
Don't we have enough Americans that want to be astronauts? Next thing all our spacemen will be from India and mission control will be a call center in Bangalore.
.....Hello, Hello....
CC: Hello, this is Sri. How are you this evening?
SM: Not too good. The oxygen generator has stopped working.
CC:Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I see you have a Acme SpaceOx Mk IV oxygen generator. Let's try a few things. Are you by the unit? I'm going to ask you to turn the power off and back on again? The power switch is the red one in the lower left corner. Can you see it?
SM:I got it.
CC:Now push down on it. The unit should be off now. Is it off?
Either you have a short memory or I wasn't aware that Timothy McVeigh was an Arab Muslim.
Yes, and let's put the ignition timing control back on the steering column where it belongs. And do away with engine driven oil pumps and get back to the good old manual system. Windshield wipers should be hand-operated. Hand-cranked engines would make us think twice about driving that kid to the soccer game. And balloon tires; nothing like a good front wheel blowout to hone those emergency driving skills.
It's not just the PCBs but the chassis and xformer paint, wiring insulation, plastic tube sockets, etc.
As for serenading, you are correct. I have yet to draw a crowd.
But I use an AM transmitter and a 1940s Zenith set to listen to recordings of the 1930s-40s.
I repair/rebuild/restore vacuum tube guitar amps (Ampeg mostly) and I use brake cleaner to de-barify (as in remove the bar smell) some of the really smelly pigs I get. I use it only on the chassis sheet metal and circuit boards. So far it hasn't attacked anything. It evaporates quickly and does a good job.
Yeah, it's the home of Vahl's, one of my favorite spots. More on Alviso here....
a lviso1.html
http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Alviso/
Holy cow!!! I bet someday we'll be able to carry a radio in our shirt pocket.
Linux Is Not Unlicensed Xenix...or something like that...
I knew a guy who had one. He liked to use the turn signals in the pattern and honk the horn at seagulls.
o car/info/info.htm
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/private/aer