When I got into computing as a kid, microcomputers were the general class of computers that Commodores, Apples, IBM, etc... fit into. Into the 90's I associated "PC" as an IBM product. The later "PC clones" were microcomputers claiming IBM PC-DOS compatibility. We had a few Xenix machines at my first job and I don't think anyone ever refered to them as anything other than Xenix machines, though I think they were pretty much standard XT-clone hardware. Most software requirements generally required a "100% IBM-PC compatible" computer. PC-Clones were designed to run DOS and later Windows. Once OS/2 failed, PC hardware became synonymous with Windows. IBM bowing out of the consumer microcomputer market sealed the deal.
Given Apple's historical relationship to IBM, and the fact that they outlived IBM in the consumer microcomputer market, I can see why they might not want to have Mac Microcomputers be called PCs. Even if they run on the same hardware now, "PC" as a term really refers more to how well a microcomputer runs a MS OS. Mac refers to primary support for MacOS. There are still differences going either way.
Linux isn't hardware specific. Linux isn't the hardware it runs on. You had (and still have) people developing Linux on all sorts of hardware that aren't even microcomputers. I wouldn't be surprised to see ARM netbooks becoming an important install base for Linux. My router runs Linux.
So today, when I say Linux PC, I am still referring to a microcomputer that is designed to run under Windows. But if you say you have a "Mac" or a "PC" that just tells me what OS came with the hardware. It doesn't tell me that Linux will fully work on it, as it could be using an unsupported chip. If you want to have a "name" for a microcomputer that primarily runs linux, you first must produce a microcomputer that runs Linux better than anything else. Then you brand and sell your marketing term, 'cause that's all we're talking about here.
I know that for me it was having a large geeky social group and reading a lot as I entered highschool and went through my college years. Books yes, but also tons of magazines like Scientific American, Omni, Analog, Fangora, Penthouse, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Skateboarder, The New Yorker, and I read the SF Chronicle at least on Sunday and twice more in a week. As a gamer I had the the local shops (Tita's House of Games and Berkeley Games) and several gaming/media conventions a year to hone my trivial monty python skills on my peers. There was a huge movie theatre in Berkeley that did the usual Midnight Picture Show crap, but also did improve dubbings of 30's serial movies like the Cisco Kid (think proto MST3K). It was a large group of generously creative people that I interacted with. The Salinas Gamers had over 50 members alone, and that was just to play Call of Cthulhu on Saturday/Sunday and sing filksongs (published by Chaosium) on thanksgiving. When I migrated to Atlanta, later, I found similar surroundings, so I suspect the tale of the lone, girl-less, geek, who only had his D&D group to interact with "to be apocryphal or at least wildly inaccurate" and the loner geek on the web to be a self perpetrated reality of the post internet generation.
I started out on a BBS in the mid 80s and later BBS networks like fido and WWIV. Back then I paid for longdistance. The main allure of the internet, that came along later, was being able to access a computer outside of my area code without a per minute fee or paying the BBS's longdistance fee. Bandwidth of the internet then wasn't all that special. Pirate BBSs were common. Porn BBSs were common. "EMail" and messageboards and turn based games on BBSs were common. Of course you had CompuServe as well. All of that folded their tents when almost anyone could set up a server to the internet and talk to anyone else on the internet.
I guess if I woke up tomorrow and there was just no internet anymore, I'd set up a BBS network. I'd expect it to be really busy since long distance is so cheap and data is so bloated now. But it's really a ridiculous question unless it's specified what it is that no longer works. No DNS? That just requires ip addresses. Cumbersome, but doable. Go much further than that and nothing works, including phones and BBSs. In which case my basic engineering, practical fabrication, and hunting/looting skills should become useful.
I agree with you. Stereo Video just mildly interesting. The illusion of 3 dimensions on a video game displayed on a normal 2D monitor is almost completely convincing and less computationally costly with a positional sensor system. The Wii comes with one, we just need a game to use it for that.
Last I checked, murder was still illegal and had worse penalties than copyright infringement. Not that it couldn't happen, just that it isn't a justification.
I wouldn't mind buying a case that replaces the plasic with formed paper pulp. Most cases are primarily steel and highly recyclable already, in addition to providing a strong conductive and shielding material for case fabrication. But you could just mold the various plastic bits in paper/wood pulp instead. It might look kinda cool
I think the point is that it sets precedence and may have other effects. If Eircom is successful they can go back to the courts and demand similar actions from other ISPs. According to TFA another ISP, BT, has refused on legal grounds already.
I note also that TPB is on the verge of going legit under new ownership (before Sept 1) and this is sure to deflate the perceived value of the brand/URL. It could even sour the deal.
My guess is that they'll use thrust just for the final landing after the grunt work of losing velocity is done by heat shields and parachutes. Armadillo's approach seems similar to iD's approach to games; it's like a tech demo that shows a facet of the technology that could be useful. Maybe you'd want something capable of softlanding at the spaceport for secure satellite/experiment/data recovery.
I have often wondered about the wisdom of corporate and legal endorsement of the copyright, trademark, and patent infringement being perpetrated at the north pole. It seems to me that the public approval of one pirate provides the fundamental incentive for others to emulate him.
The term American was first used by the English to describe colonists in English Colonies, whereas those colonists referred to themselves as being English, German, etc... Post revolution, American was (and is) less cumbersome than United States of American and became a term of patriotism, especially during times of war. This was to combat the state-ist cultural politics and create a sense of unity for a nation with many subcultures all with presumed right to have a say in government. I guess "they" could have tried the term Uniters or Unitians (that has a nice imperial ring to it) but naming an entire nation after a humble cartographer has its charm as well.
If you ask me where I'm from I'll more likely tell you I'm Caifornian. Chances are good that most people on earth know at least what country it's part of, and it provides more bandwidth as a term.
No they aren't anywhere near as loud as even a service pistol. In addtion the unavoidable crack of the projectile breaking the speed of sound occurs downrange.
To expand on this, recoiless weapons like the jeep mounted ones scale down even further. A gyrojet round would work very well on a lightweight stealthbot and give it the lethal force of an infantryman with a rifle.
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When I got into computing as a kid, microcomputers were the general class of computers that Commodores, Apples, IBM, etc... fit into. Into the 90's I associated "PC" as an IBM product. The later "PC clones" were microcomputers claiming IBM PC-DOS compatibility. We had a few Xenix machines at my first job and I don't think anyone ever refered to them as anything other than Xenix machines, though I think they were pretty much standard XT-clone hardware. Most software requirements generally required a "100% IBM-PC compatible" computer. PC-Clones were designed to run DOS and later Windows. Once OS/2 failed, PC hardware became synonymous with Windows. IBM bowing out of the consumer microcomputer market sealed the deal.
Given Apple's historical relationship to IBM, and the fact that they outlived IBM in the consumer microcomputer market, I can see why they might not want to have Mac Microcomputers be called PCs. Even if they run on the same hardware now, "PC" as a term really refers more to how well a microcomputer runs a MS OS. Mac refers to primary support for MacOS. There are still differences going either way.
Linux isn't hardware specific. Linux isn't the hardware it runs on. You had (and still have) people developing Linux on all sorts of hardware that aren't even microcomputers. I wouldn't be surprised to see ARM netbooks becoming an important install base for Linux. My router runs Linux.
So today, when I say Linux PC, I am still referring to a microcomputer that is designed to run under Windows. But if you say you have a "Mac" or a "PC" that just tells me what OS came with the hardware. It doesn't tell me that Linux will fully work on it, as it could be using an unsupported chip. If you want to have a "name" for a microcomputer that primarily runs linux, you first must produce a microcomputer that runs Linux better than anything else. Then you brand and sell your marketing term, 'cause that's all we're talking about here.
I know that for me it was having a large geeky social group and reading a lot as I entered highschool and went through my college years. Books yes, but also tons of magazines like Scientific American, Omni, Analog, Fangora, Penthouse, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Skateboarder, The New Yorker, and I read the SF Chronicle at least on Sunday and twice more in a week. As a gamer I had the the local shops (Tita's House of Games and Berkeley Games) and several gaming/media conventions a year to hone my trivial monty python skills on my peers. There was a huge movie theatre in Berkeley that did the usual Midnight Picture Show crap, but also did improve dubbings of 30's serial movies like the Cisco Kid (think proto MST3K). It was a large group of generously creative people that I interacted with. The Salinas Gamers had over 50 members alone, and that was just to play Call of Cthulhu on Saturday/Sunday and sing filksongs (published by Chaosium) on thanksgiving. When I migrated to Atlanta, later, I found similar surroundings, so I suspect the tale of the lone, girl-less, geek, who only had his D&D group to interact with "to be apocryphal or at least wildly inaccurate" and the loner geek on the web to be a self perpetrated reality of the post internet generation.
I started out on a BBS in the mid 80s and later BBS networks like fido and WWIV. Back then I paid for longdistance. The main allure of the internet, that came along later, was being able to access a computer outside of my area code without a per minute fee or paying the BBS's longdistance fee. Bandwidth of the internet then wasn't all that special. Pirate BBSs were common. Porn BBSs were common. "EMail" and messageboards and turn based games on BBSs were common. Of course you had CompuServe as well. All of that folded their tents when almost anyone could set up a server to the internet and talk to anyone else on the internet.
I guess if I woke up tomorrow and there was just no internet anymore, I'd set up a BBS network. I'd expect it to be really busy since long distance is so cheap and data is so bloated now. But it's really a ridiculous question unless it's specified what it is that no longer works. No DNS? That just requires ip addresses. Cumbersome, but doable. Go much further than that and nothing works, including phones and BBSs. In which case my basic engineering, practical fabrication, and hunting/looting skills should become useful.
This unfair to Cogent. They are obviously only doing what they must, because they can, for the good of all of us.
Needs more "Panka, Panka"
Sounds like Dave and Busters. Are they still in business?
I agree with you. Stereo Video just mildly interesting. The illusion of 3 dimensions on a video game displayed on a normal 2D monitor is almost completely convincing and less computationally costly with a positional sensor system. The Wii comes with one, we just need a game to use it for that.
Last I checked, murder was still illegal and had worse penalties than copyright infringement. Not that it couldn't happen, just that it isn't a justification.
Looks like Anonymous went up against the Hubbardites
They did that on Top Gear already, well sorta. It was pretty awesome though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20
I wouldn't mind buying a case that replaces the plasic with formed paper pulp. Most cases are primarily steel and highly recyclable already, in addition to providing a strong conductive and shielding material for case fabrication. But you could just mold the various plastic bits in paper/wood pulp instead. It might look kinda cool
Skiing in July and August is a good reason.
Everytime I see OO.o I think of this (Sir Bedimir's line)....
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mphg/mphg.htm#Scene%2034
Tornado GR4 it looks like
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/berniec/raf-tornado-gr4-23217.aspx
I think the point is that it sets precedence and may have other effects. If Eircom is successful they can go back to the courts and demand similar actions from other ISPs. According to TFA another ISP, BT, has refused on legal grounds already.
I note also that TPB is on the verge of going legit under new ownership (before Sept 1) and this is sure to deflate the perceived value of the brand/URL. It could even sour the deal.
You'll probably have to pay a special tax on your station wagon to compensate them for the potential piracy due to its non-underestimatable bandwidth
That's why I use Win7's RC. It's from the future.
Where are we as a species, if making babies is a fetish?
My guess is that they'll use thrust just for the final landing after the grunt work of losing velocity is done by heat shields and parachutes. Armadillo's approach seems similar to iD's approach to games; it's like a tech demo that shows a facet of the technology that could be useful. Maybe you'd want something capable of softlanding at the spaceport for secure satellite/experiment/data recovery.
Thanks for that. It's "hillarious".
I have often wondered about the wisdom of corporate and legal endorsement of the copyright, trademark, and patent infringement being perpetrated at the north pole. It seems to me that the public approval of one pirate provides the fundamental incentive for others to emulate him.
The term American was first used by the English to describe colonists in English Colonies, whereas those colonists referred to themselves as being English, German, etc... Post revolution, American was (and is) less cumbersome than United States of American and became a term of patriotism, especially during times of war. This was to combat the state-ist cultural politics and create a sense of unity for a nation with many subcultures all with presumed right to have a say in government. I guess "they" could have tried the term Uniters or Unitians (that has a nice imperial ring to it) but naming an entire nation after a humble cartographer has its charm as well.
If you ask me where I'm from I'll more likely tell you I'm Caifornian. Chances are good that most people on earth know at least what country it's part of, and it provides more bandwidth as a term.
No they aren't anywhere near as loud as even a service pistol. In addtion the unavoidable crack of the projectile breaking the speed of sound occurs downrange.
To expand on this, recoiless weapons like the jeep mounted ones scale down even further. A gyrojet round would work very well on a lightweight stealthbot and give it the lethal force of an infantryman with a rifle.
Or something like this http://www.27bslash6.com/