"Well before the end of the century, there will be no people on the battlefield," said Robert Finkelstein, a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Management and Technology.
"A single foot soldier could take it out with an old WW I gun."
Actually, the calibers (ex. the 30-06) used in those "old WWI guns", is far more effective in piercing armor, and have longer reach, than the current.223 caliber assault-rifles.
1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack: to stand sentinel.
3. Also called tag. Computers.a symbol, mark, or other labeling device indicating the beginning or end of a unit of information.
Ah, I was of the impression that Eyetech was producing those boards and boxes especially with AmigaOS 4.0 in mind. My mistake
What I thought was said was that they weren't Amiga's because they weren't Amiga Classic or something. Was very tired when I posted. That's why I came with the PC-comparison, because I think I was talking about Amiga architecture in the same context as f.eks. PC-architecture, or as f.eks. the Umax Mac-clones, alltought I'm not realy sure what exactly I was thinking about, or if I where thinking at all.:)
"You seem to be confusing the Teron motherboards sold at a 60% higher price under a licensed trademark with "new Amigas". I know, don't be embarrassed, it's an easy mistake, especially if one would take anything said by Eyetech at face value.
As it happens, there will be no more Amigas. AmigaOS 4.0 and beyond will run on off the shelf, non-Amiga-specific 3rd party hardware like those Terons.
I don't agree. My PC has not a single IBM-produced part in it, have very little in common with the Original IBM PC, and don't run a typical "PC OS". I still consider it a PC.
Even though the AmigaONE hardware is not "Amiga-Specific", and not produced by Amiga itself, it's still produced with AmigaOS in mind, and would therefore classify as Amiga-hardware the same way as the box at my feet, with non-IBM hardware, running a non-MS OS, would classify as a PC.
"So can someone who has been using Mozilla for along time explain the reason for all this work on Mozilla?"
In this case, the reason would probably be that none of the other browsers you mentioned are available for the Amiga platform neither, and the Amigans don't want to continue struggling with their current sub-standard feature-lacking browsers.
Actually, new Amigas are available now, and they are also not far away from releasing AmigaOS 4.0. The previous version of the OS, v3.9, was released less than 2 years ago, so I'm not so sure about the "aging-platform" talk.
Yes nuking everyone to ashes is certainly the right way to create lasting peace, and make the world love us. If there's no one left, there's no one who can hate you.
"I have a topographical map program that I often use that won't run at all on any system except Win98. Plus many of the CD-ROMs still on the shelves of the local library won't run on any system newer than Win98.
Tried to enable the compatibility-mode in XP for those programs? It's not enabled by default, but when enabled, I have been able to successfully run software which otherwise would treat me with an obscure error-message and crash upon start. Make a shortcut to the troublesome installer/program, and go to the properties of the shortcut. Then click the compatibility-tab, and choose an OS you know the software works in.
I bought my ECS laptop trough a Norwegian online store, where I could choose not to include Windows, and the price of the OS was then subtracted from the price of the laptop.
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Yes, let's kill millions of innocents because they dare making fun of our peace-loving leader by comparing him with various historic mass-murderers! That'll show them how wrong they are to make such comparisons...oh.. wait...
Well, I seem to remember seeing alot more nudity the first years of jennicam, than the later years. She used to sit naked in front of the computer, as well as walking naked around her apartment and stuff. So at least she wasn't too far from todays camgirls, exept that she may not have done requests.
As if the N-Gage wasnt having enough problems, now what reason do people have to actually pay money for this thing?
Well, not to sound like an Nokia marketteer, but in my opinion, the N-Gage has recieved alot unfair critisism, maybe because of it trying so hard to be both fish and fowl.
First of all, the N-Gage is a standard Series60 phone, exept for a few small differences, as f.eks. stereo sound(enabling Stereo MP3's/ogg's), FM-radio(which no other series60 phone has) and lack of camera(which all other series60 phones has). So, if you simply want a cheap series60 phone(to f.eks. use as a small PDA/web browser on the go(Opera)/radio/MP3/Ogg-player), and don't need a camera, the N-Gage might be a better alternative than f.eks. any of the other series60 phones. If not used primarly as a gamedevice, alot of it's criticism will be more or less irrelevant. And as of the speaker/microphone placement, using a handfree will solve that...
Another thing that is worth pointing out, is that even though you can now download and run games on other Series60 devices(and that is, *ONLY on series60 devices*), most of them don't support more than one simultanous key-press, and the keys aren't exactly layed with gaming in mind. Anyone who has ever played emulated gameboy games on f.eks. a Nokia 3650 will probably nod their heads when I say that it sucks.
So, even though it seems to be vogue to hate it, It's still a great device(in a PDA-sense) in my opinion, even though it's not too successfull at what Nokia had in mind, namely gaming.
Seems that every time Symbian is mentioned on Slashdot, someone has to come up with the same old Sybian jokes.. We're NERDS goddammit! We should be thinking about handheld devices when someone mention Sybian, not the other way around!:)
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"But nearly nobody knows this feature."
:)
And now it's been mentioned on Slashdot.
"It seems even the virus programmers don't (ab)use it."
Bet a few of them just got some ideas.
For those who don't know what he is talking about, read this. :)
"Well before the end of the century, there will be no people on the battlefield," said Robert Finkelstein, a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Management and Technology.
Why, robots are people too!
"but the feedback on some of the 'sellers' is creepy... "
If possible, this is even more creepier! Yikes!
"If you want to see some Old English, have a look at an untranslated version of Beowulf (the Epic, not the cluster)."
:)
Oh, good thing you cleared that up.
"Id has said that about the last few engines they wrote as well, so we'll see about that."
Why? They where right, no?
"A single foot soldier could take it out with an old WW I gun."
.223 caliber assault-rifles.
Actually, the calibers (ex. the 30-06) used in those "old WWI guns", is far more effective in piercing armor, and have longer reach, than the current
"Where do you think they ripped the name Sentinel off from?"
...or they just thought the meaning of the word was a fitting description for what those robots do. :)
From Information Please.
1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack: to stand sentinel.
3. Also called tag. Computers.a symbol, mark, or other labeling device indicating the beginning or end of a unit of information.
"I for one welcome our new asteroid mining overlords. (I've no idea what this means, but it seemed the Slashdot thing to do...)"
It's a reference to a sentence in this Simpsons episode..
Ah, I was of the impression that Eyetech was producing those boards and boxes especially with AmigaOS 4.0 in mind. My mistake
:)
What I thought was said was that they weren't Amiga's because they weren't Amiga Classic or something. Was very tired when I posted. That's why I came with the PC-comparison, because I think I was talking about Amiga architecture in the same context as f.eks. PC-architecture, or as f.eks. the Umax Mac-clones, alltought I'm not realy sure what exactly I was thinking about, or if I where thinking at all.
"You seem to be confusing the Teron motherboards sold at a 60% higher price under a licensed trademark with "new Amigas". I know, don't be embarrassed, it's an easy mistake, especially if one would take anything said by Eyetech at face value.
As it happens, there will be no more Amigas. AmigaOS 4.0 and beyond will run on off the shelf, non-Amiga-specific 3rd party hardware like those Terons.
I don't agree. My PC has not a single IBM-produced part in it, have very little in common with the Original IBM PC, and don't run a typical "PC OS". I still consider it a PC.
Even though the AmigaONE hardware is not "Amiga-Specific", and not produced by Amiga itself, it's still produced with AmigaOS in mind, and would therefore classify as Amiga-hardware the same way as the box at my feet, with non-IBM hardware, running a non-MS OS, would classify as a PC.
Because, then, someone less greedy, will be finished with his port, and have allready claimed the price.
"So can someone who has been using Mozilla for along time explain the reason for all this work on Mozilla?"
In this case, the reason would probably be that none of the other browsers you mentioned are available for the Amiga platform neither, and the Amigans don't want to continue struggling with their current sub-standard feature-lacking browsers.
For a platform that's been "dead" for ten years, the available hardware is stranglely up to date...
I thought that project was "mothballed indefinitely", because the developer was screwed by the AmigaOS XL guys?
Actually, new Amigas are available now, and they are also not far away from releasing AmigaOS 4.0.
The previous version of the OS, v3.9, was released less than 2 years ago, so I'm not so sure about the "aging-platform" talk.
Yes nuking everyone to ashes is certainly the right way to create lasting peace, and make the world love us. If there's no one left, there's no one who can hate you.
Interesting sig btw. Does it work? Would look even more realistic if you made a link out of the mod parent up! part. :)
"I have a topographical map program that I often use that won't run at all on any system except Win98. Plus many of the CD-ROMs still on the shelves of the local library won't run on any system newer than Win98.
Tried to enable the compatibility-mode in XP for those programs? It's not enabled by default, but when enabled, I have been able to successfully run software which otherwise would treat me with an obscure error-message and crash upon start. Make a shortcut to the troublesome installer/program, and go to the properties of the shortcut. Then click the compatibility-tab, and choose an OS you know the software works in.
I bought my ECS laptop trough a Norwegian online store, where I could choose not to include Windows, and the price of the OS was then subtracted from the price of the laptop.
Yes, let's kill millions of innocents because they dare making fun of our peace-loving leader by comparing him with various historic mass-murderers! That'll show them how wrong they are to make such comparisons ...oh.. wait...
Well, I seem to remember seeing alot more nudity the first years of jennicam, than the later years. She used to sit naked in front of the computer, as well as walking naked around her apartment and stuff. So at least she wasn't too far from todays camgirls, exept that she may not have done requests.
"The standard Symbian package does not include OpenGL."
And neither does the N-Gage. The 3D-games on the N-Gage are all using software-renderers like f.eks. Fathammer's X-Forge engine.
The N-Gage is simply a standard Series60-phone,(exept that it lacks a camera, and have stereo sound and FM-Radio instead) with a different key layout.
As if the N-Gage wasnt having enough problems, now what reason do people have to actually pay money for this thing?
Well, not to sound like an Nokia marketteer, but in my opinion, the N-Gage has recieved alot unfair critisism, maybe because of it trying so hard to be both fish and fowl.
First of all, the N-Gage is a standard Series60 phone, exept for a few small differences, as f.eks. stereo sound(enabling Stereo MP3's/ogg's), FM-radio(which no other series60 phone has) and lack of camera(which all other series60 phones has). So, if you simply want a cheap series60 phone(to f.eks. use as a small PDA/web browser on the go(Opera)/radio/MP3/Ogg-player), and don't need a camera, the N-Gage might be a better alternative than f.eks. any of the other series60 phones. If not used primarly as a gamedevice, alot of it's criticism will be more or less irrelevant. And as of the speaker/microphone placement, using a handfree will solve that...
Another thing that is worth pointing out, is that even though you can now download and run games on other Series60 devices(and that is, *ONLY on series60 devices*), most of them don't support more than one simultanous key-press, and the keys aren't exactly layed with gaming in mind. Anyone who has ever played emulated gameboy games on f.eks. a Nokia 3650 will probably nod their heads when I say that it sucks.
So, even though it seems to be vogue to hate it, It's still a great device(in a PDA-sense) in my opinion, even though it's not too successfull at what Nokia had in mind, namely gaming.
Seems that every time Symbian is mentioned on Slashdot, someone has to come up with the same old Sybian jokes.. We're NERDS goddammit! We should be thinking about handheld devices when someone mention Sybian, not the other way around! :)