... where can I purchase posters suitable for framing of their magazine covers? Particularly the./Configure on the manual typewriter. I've seen places sell small prints, but I want one for the wall of my office, with no blowup artifacts...
Why not? War (or the threat of) brings out the innovation, creativity and effort that gives us technological achievement and economic prosperity.
I mean, we've got a freakin madman at the head of the US (let's not get into China here...), don't you see we'll be going into another near-to-apocalypse situation all over again?
You must not live in the US if you actually think Dubya is in control. And btw, historically, the only way to deal with communism is through strength and resolve. Don't forget, for all the "free market" reforms that exist in China today, that they're still ruled by octogenarian commie bastards in both the civilian and military leadership.
Let's see a true embargo. Our economy's already in the shitter, a little more pain won't really kill us, while it could quite possibly throw China's burgeoning (yet immature) economy into chaos.
China's the last of the important dictatorial superpowers. Better to confront them now while we still have overwhelming military and economic superiority and bring them into the light of democracy than later when they become an unstoppable force.
And before you fret about atomic holocaust, most figures place the Chinese nuclear warhead count at about 400, while we still have way over 10000. We can, if necessary, kill every single man, woman, child, animal and plant in the PRC in less than 1 hour. Check this table or do your own research.
It's given me plenty to think about, particularly since I just did my taxes (TurboTax via WWW).. I've got a nice return due me (a smidge more than $4.2K) and I'm thinking about my options as I look for a new job...
And Re Y2k spending: I did some time as a Y2k consultant (built a HPUX/Solaris/Novell/NT/IOS lab for testing software/hardware for a bank) and I know at least _they_ were chucking non-compliant equipment by the shedload. Lots of cheap SCSI HDDs and even fixable-BIOS 586s (which were considered cheaper and better taxwise to simply upgrade than fix) were scavenged;)
You go into (I believe) the utility known as Netinfo Manager. Go to Domain>Security,>Authenticate, put in an admin password, and then go right back to Security, and you can select 'Enable Root User', which allows you to log in as root,
Wow, I just booted off the CDROM and changed it from single user mode, like a SPARC;)
I wonder if there's an OSS project out there to interpret HC stacks? Could be fun..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
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Apple can pay for as many hands as it wants,
Checked the stock price lately? At least they haven't actually announced layoffs yet:p
unless there's some reason the work has to be tightly coupled to the main system.
Not so much 'tightly coupled' as 'the whole system is totally different'.. They probably have software already, but it's not QA tested..
I'm not insinuating anything, and your response seems rather defensive.
Calling a Mac fan 'defensive' is like calling a Unix user 'smug' or a Unix admin 'arrogant'.. Being both a Mac fan, Unix user and Unix admin, you can imagine how well I do with the ladies:p
Well, if you want really bug-free software, take a look at how the Space Shuttle software engineers do it..
And think about how many $$$ per LOC it costs, and think, "how many KLOCs are in Win2k"?
Software companies develop shoddy products because the consumer will buy them, and the mass-market consumer really hasn't voiced an interest at improved code (factoring in, of course, the added cost to software that improved code would imply), instead clamoring for more features they'll never use.
What the consumer doesn't realize is that most software is rewritten, and that if source were open, we would (do) have a rich set of reliable base components on which to build reliable complex packages. We know that. My mom doesn't. There's orders of magnitude more people like my mom, the checkout guy at the supermarket, et al. than there are of me.
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
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that is, there may be some technical reason that these things can't be done on the current release of Mac OS X.
Technically, the reason is they don't have a large enough number of eyeballs and hands to do the OS, DVD, CD, and all this shit all at the same time by the marketing/morale/fanbase-driven early release date.
Closed-source software companies, unfortunately, don't have the freedom to release software "when it's done", particularly after they've bought ads declaring a certain date, told the investors they'd release on a certain date, etc..
Insinuating Mach + BSD can't handle CD burning or DVD playback (technically, not legally) is kinda unreasonable, if only because I'm sure someone can port cdrecord at the very least:p
Yep, which is why I can put up with it (since my cube's DVD drive is used mostly for CD-ripping and software installation) and am as happy with the decision as one can reasonably expect to be given the overall circumstances.
BTW, your site is slashdotted (or at least your css template server is):p
It supports 3-button mice and scrollers IIRC.. Just because apple doesn't ship multi-button mice, doesn't mean you can't go and get a $40 kensington optical mouse yourself...
Actually, Koenig was fictional... Thorvald was the name of the real german ace sniper... (wonder whether in the mists of history Col. Thorvald and Linus are related...)
It's to amazon, but this book covers the duel between these legendary snipers..
I'm wondering, as a unix admin/perl hacker, whether IT job cuts will help with more contractor gigs, since many companies / IT directors seem to prefer the casual contractor relationship to payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, etc..
I don't contract now, but I'm thinking maybe it's a good time to start..
Slashdot Mirror
Dude, you're living in a glass house...
Your sentances are kinda hard to read.
That's sentences..
I hate grammar flames only slightly more than spelling flames....
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
... where can I purchase posters suitable for framing of their magazine covers? Particularly the ./Configure on the manual typewriter. I've seen places sell small prints, but I want one for the wall of my office, with no blowup artifacts...
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
... Aspyr seems to be the Loki of Mac games, and at this point there may be more Linux users than Mac users :p
If Sierra wanted, they could contract the mac port to Aspyr (who did Deus Ex, Sims, IIRC Unreal, etc)...
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
So Hobbs DID admit the 1944 slaying!
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
We don't want another cold war, DO WE?
Why not? War (or the threat of) brings out the innovation, creativity and effort that gives us technological achievement and economic prosperity.
I mean, we've got a freakin madman at the head of the US (let's not get into China here...), don't you see we'll be going into another near-to-apocalypse situation all over again?
You must not live in the US if you actually think Dubya is in control. And btw, historically, the only way to deal with communism is through strength and resolve. Don't forget, for all the "free market" reforms that exist in China today, that they're still ruled by octogenarian commie bastards in both the civilian and military leadership.
Let's see a true embargo. Our economy's already in the shitter, a little more pain won't really kill us, while it could quite possibly throw China's burgeoning (yet immature) economy into chaos.
China's the last of the important dictatorial superpowers. Better to confront them now while we still have overwhelming military and economic superiority and bring them into the light of democracy than later when they become an unstoppable force.
And before you fret about atomic holocaust, most figures place the Chinese nuclear warhead count at about 400, while we still have way over 10000. We can, if necessary, kill every single man, woman, child, animal and plant in the PRC in less than 1 hour. Check this table or do your own research.
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
It's given me plenty to think about, particularly since I just did my taxes (TurboTax via WWW).. I've got a nice return due me (a smidge more than $4.2K) and I'm thinking about my options as I look for a new job...
;)
And Re Y2k spending: I did some time as a Y2k consultant (built a HPUX/Solaris/Novell/NT/IOS lab for testing software/hardware for a bank) and I know at least _they_ were chucking non-compliant equipment by the shedload. Lots of cheap SCSI HDDs and even fixable-BIOS 586s (which were considered cheaper and better taxwise to simply upgrade than fix) were scavenged
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Excellent hack, particularly the ORA link..
April fools!
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Hey, :p
Try reniceing some stuff.. it may help.. IIRC the apple discussion boards and macintouch have pointers
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
and you would do this 'why'????
/ is chmod'd 777 by default.
You're joking, right?
Anyone whos / is drwxrwxrwx deserves all the hell they get.
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
You go into (I believe) the utility known as Netinfo Manager. Go to Domain>Security,>Authenticate, put in an admin password, and then go right back to Security, and you can select 'Enable Root User', which allows you to log in as root,
;)
Wow, I just booted off the CDROM and changed it from single user mode, like a SPARC
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
... it's just called OS X.
And it runs on PPC hardware made by Apple..
But I can compile install configure and run junkbuster on it by tweaking 2 include lines.. Very nice.
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Supercard was painful when I used it in 1994..
I wonder if there's an OSS project out there to interpret HC stacks? Could be fun..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Apple can pay for as many hands as it wants,
:p
:p
Checked the stock price lately? At least they haven't actually announced layoffs yet
unless there's some reason the work has to be tightly coupled to the main system.
Not so much 'tightly coupled' as 'the whole system is totally different'.. They probably have software already, but it's not QA tested..
I'm not insinuating anything, and your response seems rather defensive.
Calling a Mac fan 'defensive' is like calling a Unix user 'smug' or a Unix admin 'arrogant'.. Being both a Mac fan, Unix user and Unix admin, you can imagine how well I do with the ladies
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Uh, single-mode fiber core is 5-10 microns.. Multimode ranges between 50 and 100 microns, and goes for like $2/m for custom duplex SC/SC..
;)
(to have a fiber link from my linux workstation to the server core.. it's good ta be da king
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Well, if you want really bug-free software, take a look at how the Space Shuttle software engineers do it..
And think about how many $$$ per LOC it costs, and think, "how many KLOCs are in Win2k"?
Software companies develop shoddy products because the consumer will buy them, and the mass-market consumer really hasn't voiced an interest at improved code (factoring in, of course, the added cost to software that improved code would imply), instead clamoring for more features they'll never use.
What the consumer doesn't realize is that most software is rewritten, and that if source were open, we would (do) have a rich set of reliable base components on which to build reliable complex packages. We know that. My mom doesn't. There's orders of magnitude more people like my mom, the checkout guy at the supermarket, et al. than there are of me.
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
that is, there may be some technical reason that these things can't be done on the current release of Mac OS X.
:p
Technically, the reason is they don't have a large enough number of eyeballs and hands to do the OS, DVD, CD, and all this shit all at the same time by the marketing/morale/fanbase-driven early release date.
Closed-source software companies, unfortunately, don't have the freedom to release software "when it's done", particularly after they've bought ads declaring a certain date, told the investors they'd release on a certain date, etc..
Insinuating Mach + BSD can't handle CD burning or DVD playback (technically, not legally) is kinda unreasonable, if only because I'm sure someone can port cdrecord at the very least
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Yep, which is why I can put up with it (since my cube's DVD drive is used mostly for CD-ripping and software installation) and am as happy with the decision as one can reasonably expect to be given the overall circumstances.
:p
BTW, your site is slashdotted (or at least your css template server is)
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
It supports 3-button mice and scrollers IIRC.. Just because apple doesn't ship multi-button mice, doesn't mean you can't go and get a $40 kensington optical mouse yourself...
:((()
(though it's not supported under deus ex
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Not only that, but the Lynx was handedness-agnostic..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Actually, Koenig was fictional... Thorvald was the name of the real german ace sniper... (wonder whether in the mists of history Col. Thorvald and Linus are related...)
It's to amazon, but this book covers the duel between these legendary snipers..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
What I have read in other sources it seems to be true. Both of them were lovers AND both were snipers (he trained her).
Not surprising.. LTIC he led all other WWII snipers at about 400 confirmed kills.. That could possibly be the highest body count in modern wartime..
There also seemed to have been quite a lot of female snipers in Stalingrad at that point.
One of the best was Lyudmilla Pavlichenko, with about 300 kills..
Here's an interesting article about russian snipers of WWII...
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
I mean, a real one, not just a Q3A camper.. Those fuckers can be pretty nerdy about sights, ammo, rifling, breathing, etc..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
I'm wondering, as a unix admin/perl hacker, whether IT job cuts will help with more contractor gigs, since many companies / IT directors seem to prefer the casual contractor relationship to payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, etc..
I don't contract now, but I'm thinking maybe it's a good time to start..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (GAIM: OtisWild)
Try hooking a line quadrupler to a component-out DVD and driving that DVD to 1080i..
I haven't, but I'd love to if I had a spare $2k for one of the lower-end quad..
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (LICQ: 85110864)
He's right, at least for the Mac..
(just in case, that link points to the 'display' accessories of the Apple Store, which has a GF3 kit listed at $599)
Your Working Boy,
- Otis (LICQ: 85110864)