When do we get the localized versions where each country plays as a member of that country..the americans can play as americans only and japanese can play as japanese, and when they fight, it's with real valor and honor?
Somehow I don't think this would sell very well in France or Italy...
You're right, the Speccy was 3.5Mhz, though it often felt like 1Mhz, hence the need for assembler.
One of my old machines definitely ran at <1Mhz though - and I shall not rest (or do any work) until I find out which one it was!
The original point still stands though. If all programmers were introduced to low-level coding (even C would be a start) from a young age then the overall quality of their output would be much higher. Any monkey can read Sommerville and learn how to write overblown OO code, it takes skill to write code that is elegant and efficent.
I was coding Z80 assembler when I was nine. Given that I had a ZX Spectrum 48K+ (with a massive 950Hz CPU) I didn't have much choice. Luckily the manual came with a ASM->Hex translation table so I could assemble the stuff by hand.
Learning is easy when you're young, and learning assembler will give kids a far better grasp of what a computer actually does when executing a program than starting them on some high-level toy language.
Addison-Lee do use GPS. I use them around once a week (their standard service, with the MPVs) and every car I've been in has a dash mounted GPS navigation system. Admittedly it isn't much use in the centre, but out in the wilds of South London it appears to work OK.
Why bother with USB? Compact Flash has an IDE interface so you just need a cheap CF->IDE adaptor (like this, 13 GBP) and a bog standard CF card (about twenty-five quid for 128Mb).
As far as the computer is concerned it is just another IDE device and will boot from it as normal. Even in the over-priced UK this comes in at under forty pounds. Less money and much less hassle than trying to boot from a USB drive.
From the PHP INSTALL file (it assumes you have the Apache and Mysql tarballs as well):
QUICK INSTALL (Static)
$ gunzip -c apache_1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd apache_1.3.x
$./configure
$ cd..
$ gunzip -c php-4.x.y.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd php-4.x.y
$./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x
$ make
$ make install
$ cd../apache_1.3.x
$./configure --prefix=/www --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a
(The above line is correct! Yes, we know libphp4.a does not exist at this stage. It isn't supposed to. It will be created.)
$ make
(you should now have an httpd binary which you can copy to your Apache bin dir if it is your first install then you need to "make install" as well)
$ cd../php-4.x.y
$ cp php.ini-dist/usr/local/lib/php.ini
You can edit/usr/local/lib/php.ini file to set PHP options.
Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and add: AddType application/x-httpd-php.php
I've installed PHP on a number of machines (PCs, Sparcs, SGIs) running a variety of Linux distros and this process has always worked. Have you been following this, and if so what has been going wrong?
Yes, but port scanning a machine isn't using the proxy server (though anyone who is stupid enough to have an unsecured proxy running deserves everything they get). All they are doing is discovering the proxy exists. A computer on the internet is not like a house on a private plot, because the internet is not a private place. It is more like a shop front in a mall, where anyone can wander by and see whether it's open. If you don't want people knowing what ports your computer has open, firewall it off. Otherwise accept that people are going to pry a little.
ACE was brilliant during the 1980s, and Edge was great during the 1990s. But since Edge's decline in to a run-of-the-mill games mag there isn't really anything worth buying. Luckily GAME, a UK games retailer, allows you to return a games within 14 days for a full refund (and for any reason, including: "it sucked"). Thus I just buy games I think I'll like and play them for a week - if it's crap I can return it and try another one.
... yep it would be like wasting $19bn a year failing to eradicate drug usage, or paying out £100bn a year so people don't have to do any work, or giving 30bn to farmers to keep their fields empty... wait a second...
Any company (or person) that signs a decade long lease on a property, at the top of an obvious real estate boom, deserves to go bankrupt. I realise they needed an office, but what was wrong with getting a 2 year lease? I fail to see why 'trendy indie nu-media' outlets are always forgiven for repeatedly making idiotic business decisions.
If Salon survive then cool. If not then I hope it acts as another reminder that even in a boom a company should be frugal with its spending - the downturn is never that far away.
The European parliament has no power, it is simply a sham to convince the various EU countries populations that they are living in a democracy. All the power lies with the (unelected) commission. Given that the EU doesn't even bother with double entry book keeping we can safely assume that the commissioners are at least as corrupt as American politicians.
Corrupt politicians and centralised law making means lots more DMCA type laws.
That would be the point. What's wrong with private schools and toll-roads? What's the betting that they'd be both better and cheaper than the current state provisioned systems.
No they can't, because Nintendo is a limited company (i.e. Nintendo Company Ltd) and so its shares aren't traded on the open market. Thus the only way Microsoft could purchase the firm is to approach the current owners (it's a family owned business AFAIK) with a big pile of cash. Even then I think their answer would be short, to the point, and negative.
... doesn't adjust the constrast, it changes the level of current going to the screen. Less current = more light reflecting off back of screen = lighter picture.
Be warned though, in the UK at least Nintendo have warned that adjusting the screw can reduce the lifespan of the LCD screen and invalidates your warrenty.
Yes because Bayesian filters are 100% perfect and spammers never-ever attempt to circumvent them. Clearly I also missed the announcement that Mozilla had been ported to PDAs/mobiles so business people (i.e. people who live in the real world and not with their parents) can take advantage of this flawless filtering technology. Either that or you're just trolling for Mozilla (which we get enough of from CmdrTaco) and have no idea what you're talking about.
... and what are the Chinese people supposed to use on this wonderful lowcost autobahn? Bicycles? Car ownership in China is still very low and is unlikely to change soon. By building a highspeed rail network the government can bring lowcost transport to the masses, and avoid the crippling dependency on foreign oil that afflicts car oriented cultures.
The real question is why build a maglev rather than a conventional raillink. I agree that it is needless for the short City -> Airport route. But as a testbed for future development it could be very useful indeed. China is a big-ass country and travel by maglev would be faster than by train, but cheaper than by air (at high speeds maglev uses less energy than conventional trains). Implementing new ideas should not be limited to a select few nations.
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Somehow I don't think this would sell very well in France or Italy ...
Obviously if you are in a country where the Unisys LZW patent is valid this is illegal, but in eleven days time who's going to care?
No birds, drugs, booze, or Moutain Dew? Right at this moment I am so glad I'm not you ...
... a splendid fusion of American money and Nazi German rocket techology!
One of my old machines definitely ran at <1Mhz though - and I shall not rest (or do any work) until I find out which one it was!
The original point still stands though. If all programmers were introduced to low-level coding (even C would be a start) from a young age then the overall quality of their output would be much higher. Any monkey can read Sommerville and learn how to write overblown OO code, it takes skill to write code that is elegant and efficent.
Learning is easy when you're young, and learning assembler will give kids a far better grasp of what a computer actually does when executing a program than starting them on some high-level toy language.
Addison-Lee do use GPS. I use them around once a week (their standard service, with the MPVs) and every car I've been in has a dash mounted GPS navigation system. Admittedly it isn't much use in the centre, but out in the wilds of South London it appears to work OK.
As far as the computer is concerned it is just another IDE device and will boot from it as normal. Even in the over-priced UK this comes in at under forty pounds. Less money and much less hassle than trying to boot from a USB drive.
QUICK INSTALL (Static)
./configure ..
./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x
../apache_1.3.x ./configure --prefix=/www --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a ../php-4.x.y /usr/local/lib/php.ini /usr/local/lib/php.ini file to set PHP options. .php
$ gunzip -c apache_1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd apache_1.3.x
$
$ cd
$ gunzip -c php-4.x.y.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd php-4.x.y
$
$ make
$ make install
$ cd
$
(The above line is correct! Yes, we know libphp4.a does not exist at this stage. It isn't supposed to. It will be created.)
$ make
(you should now have an httpd binary which you can copy to your Apache bin dir if it is your first install then you need to "make install" as well)
$ cd
$ cp php.ini-dist
You can edit
Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and add:
AddType application/x-httpd-php
I've installed PHP on a number of machines (PCs, Sparcs, SGIs) running a variety of Linux distros and this process has always worked. Have you been following this, and if so what has been going wrong?
Yes, but port scanning a machine isn't using the proxy server (though anyone who is stupid enough to have an unsecured proxy running deserves everything they get). All they are doing is discovering the proxy exists. A computer on the internet is not like a house on a private plot, because the internet is not a private place. It is more like a shop front in a mall, where anyone can wander by and see whether it's open. If you don't want people knowing what ports your computer has open, firewall it off. Otherwise accept that people are going to pry a little.
ACE was brilliant during the 1980s, and Edge was great during the 1990s. But since Edge's decline in to a run-of-the-mill games mag there isn't really anything worth buying. Luckily GAME, a UK games retailer, allows you to return a games within 14 days for a full refund (and for any reason, including: "it sucked"). Thus I just buy games I think I'll like and play them for a week - if it's crap I can return it and try another one.
Don't be so hard on yourself, I'm sure you look nothing like a line of text.
... yep it would be like wasting $19bn a year failing to eradicate drug usage, or paying out £100bn a year so people don't have to do any work, or giving 30bn to farmers to keep their fields empty ... wait a second ...
If Salon survive then cool. If not then I hope it acts as another reminder that even in a boom a company should be frugal with its spending - the downturn is never that far away.
Wget and vi? Pah! I just telnet to port 80, like God intended us to do!
... it just means you have to completely rebuild your NES from scratch every 4 months.
Corrupt politicians and centralised law making means lots more DMCA type laws.
That would be the point. What's wrong with private schools and toll-roads? What's the betting that they'd be both better and cheaper than the current state provisioned systems.
No they can't, because Nintendo is a limited company (i.e. Nintendo Company Ltd) and so its shares aren't traded on the open market. Thus the only way Microsoft could purchase the firm is to approach the current owners (it's a family owned business AFAIK) with a big pile of cash. Even then I think their answer would be short, to the point, and negative.
Only if you're in Soviet Russia.
Be warned though, in the UK at least Nintendo have warned that adjusting the screw can reduce the lifespan of the LCD screen and invalidates your warrenty.
vrai.
... is that Entropy is basically "Libertarian Online". Should be popular with /.ers then.
Yes because Bayesian filters are 100% perfect and spammers never-ever attempt to circumvent them. Clearly I also missed the announcement that Mozilla had been ported to PDAs/mobiles so business people (i.e. people who live in the real world and not with their parents) can take advantage of this flawless filtering technology.
Either that or you're just trolling for Mozilla (which we get enough of from CmdrTaco) and have no idea what you're talking about.
The real question is why build a maglev rather than a conventional raillink. I agree that it is needless for the short City -> Airport route. But as a testbed for future development it could be very useful indeed. China is a big-ass country and travel by maglev would be faster than by train, but cheaper than by air (at high speeds maglev uses less energy than conventional trains). Implementing new ideas should not be limited to a select few nations.
Cheers Google ...