Since you're Dutch, you might be interested in the latest C'T magazine (Juli/August). It has an intersting article by a bunch of German academics who reverse engineered the chip a couple of months ago.
Apparently the chip is a real POS:
"De milfare classic barst werkelijk van de onveiligheden"
Translation: "The milfare classic is truly riddled with insecurities"
"Onze hardwareanalyse zou een stuk lastiger zijn geweest als de Milfare-ontwikkelaars gebruik hadden gemaakt van obfuscatietechnieken in chips zoals die al jaren gangbaar zijn"
Translation: "Our hardware analysis would have been much harder if the Milfare developers had used obfuscation techniques in their chip that have been commonplace for years"
Well, for one it uses the extensive media API's integrated into BeOS, though I guess those could be ported too, in theory. The fact that native BeOS apps don't use POSIX threads would also make porting harder (The original BeOS didn't support POSIX threads at all).
BeOS is designed from the ground up to have great multimedia performance, though. So I guess the bottom line is that anything could be ported, but most things wouldn't perform as well. Honestly, it'd probably be perfectly usable, especially on modern hardware. However, I imagine it wouldn't be as snappy or able to play as many things at once as under BeOS/Haiku.
Very few BeOS applications worth raving about come to mind, but SoundPlay is a most excellent music player. It can play multiple audio files at once at any speed, including backwards. It also has the ability to fade between two files that are playing simultaneously, a feature DJ's will find useful. Moreover, it can be used as a streaming mp3 or ogg server.
Because of the database-like file system you don't need a bloated interface like iTunes to index and search through your music. You can just use the file manager for equally powerful functionality.
"Someone else will have to chime in with what release this happened."
BeOS R5, the last BeOS release by Be inc still had the network stack in user space. There was an in-house development version that had networking in the kernel, but this never made it into a commercial release because Be went bankrupt. This version was at one point leaked onto the internet, though.
Zeta, which is based on the original BeOS binaries and/or source code has the network stack integrated in the kernel.
Duh, it could dynamically expand the menu as more files are scanned. Also, thanks to the modern marvels of caching, only new files would have to be scanned.
And on the third hand... isn't this going to break a whole bunch of websites? I'm having a hard time imagining how they could do it without major side effects.
Don't worry, I'm sure it's been thoroughly tested with Internet Explorer.
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Actually, both Doom and Deus X have a multiplayer option.
I hope you'll consider calling your next system "sneeuw", the Dutch word for snow.
You are lucky, my firefox crashes.
But how do you know whether to reboot the display or the PC?
See if they are on.
Since you're Dutch, you might be interested in the latest C'T magazine (Juli/August). It has an intersting article by a bunch of German academics who reverse engineered the chip a couple of months ago.
Apparently the chip is a real POS:
"De milfare classic barst werkelijk van de onveiligheden"
Translation: "The milfare classic is truly riddled with insecurities"
"Onze hardwareanalyse zou een stuk lastiger zijn geweest als de Milfare-ontwikkelaars gebruik hadden gemaakt van obfuscatietechnieken in chips zoals die al jaren gangbaar zijn"
Translation: "Our hardware analysis would have been much harder if the Milfare developers had used obfuscation techniques in their chip that have been commonplace for years"
I'm guessing you meant:
(+ (+ 1 2) 3)
which can be simplified to:
(+ 1 2 3)
Learn Lisp instead, that's been around for 30 years!
Agreed, it would be best to send somebody who doesn't know what he's missing.
Luckily, though, tight spandex is a reality today!
Well, for one it uses the extensive media API's integrated into BeOS, though I guess those could be ported too, in theory. The fact that native BeOS apps don't use POSIX threads would also make porting harder (The original BeOS didn't support POSIX threads at all).
BeOS is designed from the ground up to have great multimedia performance, though. So I guess the bottom line is that anything could be ported, but most things wouldn't perform as well. Honestly, it'd probably be perfectly usable, especially on modern hardware. However, I imagine it wouldn't be as snappy or able to play as many things at once as under BeOS/Haiku.
"This project is simply masturbation."
Right now it might be mere masturbation, but when it becomes as functional as BeOS R5 it'll be better than sex.
Very few BeOS applications worth raving about come to mind, but SoundPlay is a most excellent music player. It can play multiple audio files at once at any speed, including backwards. It also has the ability to fade between two files that are playing simultaneously, a feature DJ's will find useful. Moreover, it can be used as a streaming mp3 or ogg server.
Because of the database-like file system you don't need a bloated interface like iTunes to index and search through your music. You can just use the file manager for equally powerful functionality.
"Someone else will have to chime in with what release this happened."
BeOS R5, the last BeOS release by Be inc still had the network stack in user space. There was an in-house development version that had networking in the kernel, but this never made it into a commercial release because Be went bankrupt. This version was at one point leaked onto the internet, though.
Zeta, which is based on the original BeOS binaries and/or source code has the network stack integrated in the kernel.
I'll summarize it for you: No DRM = Giving music away for free = Armageddon
Duh, it could dynamically expand the menu as more files are scanned. Also, thanks to the modern marvels of caching, only new files would have to be scanned.
..and my parents won't be happy when you take their basement away.
"(ObXkcd link)"
I like this one, it inspired me to try Lisp.
How about: Don't ask, don't tell.
Actually, sanity is merely a special case of insanity.
The only limit is yourself.
And on the third hand... isn't this going to break a whole bunch of websites? I'm having a hard time imagining how they could do it without major side effects.
Don't worry, I'm sure it's been thoroughly tested with Internet Explorer.
Sanity is just a special case of insanity.
And I suppose the British version of "Hasta la Vista, baby!" would be "Cheers, mate!" ?
Yes, let the robots fight among themselves. Divide and conquer.
I feel kind of bad for him, I don't think he has any friends.