Yes, I recall they were 8" floppies on the PDP-8 I used from 1980 to 1987.
A capacity of 140Kb if I remember correctly.
When 5.25" floppies appeared, they looked like toys, or something which belonged on a key ring.
I believe a conventional laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) operates by reflecting radiation between a mirrored surface and a parallel semi-mirrored surface. The distance between the mirrors is a mutiple of the radiation's wavelength.
It's true... many people don't realise what a browser is. Their computer offers them a seamless experience which is somehow supplied by the mystery of 'software'.
I've created an intranet website at work as a means of disseminating information within the company. Nothing fancy, as befits a company intranet, but it works in FF, IE and Opera.
One day I had to show some data to another employee on her computer. I told her to start IE and what URL to type, and she said 'Oh! what's that software?'
I was an unexpected question, and I may have hesitated for a moment before I replied 'It's your browser.'
Surely it was pulled off-air because driving with YOUR ARM HANGING OUT THE WINDOW is against the law.
We can (and do) show illegal activities in the breaks between commercials, but in the name of all that's holy (ie, the mighty dollar) we can't show illegal activity during commercials.
And besides... the kid was too young to have a licence!
I recently heard a quote from someone who said 'We all use computers, but we don't know how they work.'
The quote was meant, somehow, to justify doing something without understanding.
Should we be surprised, then, when things go wrong?
Computers are becoming more and more powerful. They provide the ability to lose increasingly vast amounts of work with a keystroke or mouse click, with no more training than was provided five or ten years ago.
Is this tendency to assume seasons are the same everywhere just ignorance, or do people living in other parts of the world not matter?
I once took Discover magazine to task about an article on Supernova 1987A and asked if they (as a reputable international publication with a global readership) pandered to parochial American readers. The answer, of course, was YES.
So I don't think we can blame ignorance -- we just don't matter.
The mispelling of words by marketing types is probably a misguided attempt to confer distinctiveness.
This, after all, is the Holy Grail of product marketing - 'My beer is Lite, yours is only light'.
Having worked a little in the Trade Mark business, I learned that mispelling a word does not imbue it with distinctiveness. A badly spelled description is still a description.
The article describes capacitive coupling as novel (since when?) but it suggests that AC signals are at play, rather than the electrochemical processes used between neurons.
Slashdot Mirror
or did you mean the Northern Summer
I think the significant part of the article is that the paper comes in Green or Gold ... Australia's favourite colours.
And we shouldn't forget that Thomas Watson of IBM is alleged to have predicted in 1943 that the entire world market for computers would be FIVE.
I have that many computers in my home at the moment, each one significantly more powerful than anything Watson knew about.
Yes, I recall they were 8" floppies on the PDP-8 I used from 1980 to 1987. A capacity of 140Kb if I remember correctly. When 5.25" floppies appeared, they looked like toys, or something which belonged on a key ring.
It would have been a lot more informative with a better description than "a cardboard thing over your eye"
And the Mercury article didn't mention who BEA is, either.
Presumably, if we all lived in San Jose, we'd know too.
If it wasn't for the fact that I know (slashdot) articles tend to be US-centric, I would have been worried.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia uses the name 'Netbank' for its on-line banking -- it's a pretty generic name.
By coincidence, just before surfing to slashdot.org I used the "Commonwealth's" Netbank.
It's still working fine.
I believe a conventional laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) operates by reflecting radiation between a mirrored surface and a parallel semi-mirrored surface. The distance between the mirrors is a mutiple of the radiation's wavelength.
What reflects gamma rays?
It's true ... many people don't realise what a browser is. Their computer offers them a seamless experience which is somehow supplied by the mystery of 'software'.
I've created an intranet website at work as a means of disseminating information within the company. Nothing fancy, as befits a company intranet, but it works in FF, IE and Opera.
One day I had to show some data to another employee on her computer. I told her to start IE and what URL to type, and she said 'Oh! what's that software?'
I was an unexpected question, and I may have hesitated for a moment before I replied 'It's your browser.'
Surely it was pulled off-air because driving with YOUR ARM HANGING OUT THE WINDOW is against the law.
... the kid was too young to have a licence!
We can (and do) show illegal activities in the breaks between commercials, but in the name of all that's holy (ie, the mighty dollar) we can't show illegal activity during commercials.
And besides
Talk about a flagrant disregard for the law!!
I wondered if someone would mention 8 inch floppies.
Does anyone recall the 3 inch floppy?
I had one connected to a BBC Micro, maybe 20, 25 years ago.
So the US Declaration of Independence has become a standard size for a document?
As a proud Brit, I HAVE NO IDEA how large the USDI is, nor why you'd want to devote some exotic storage technology to preserving it.
I recently heard a quote from someone who said 'We all use computers, but we don't know how they work.'
The quote was meant, somehow, to justify doing something without understanding.
Should we be surprised, then, when things go wrong?
Computers are becoming more and more powerful. They provide the ability to lose increasingly vast amounts of work with a keystroke or mouse click, with no more training than was provided five or ten years ago.
Is this tendency to assume seasons are the same everywhere just ignorance, or do people living in other parts of the world not matter?
I once took Discover magazine to task about an article on Supernova 1987A and asked if they (as a reputable international publication with a global readership) pandered to parochial American readers. The answer, of course, was YES.
So I don't think we can blame ignorance -- we just don't matter.
So, how is it brighter news that, if college students are basically illiterate, adults are significantly worse?
That's another interpretation ...
I was wondering if 'one tenth cheaper' meant
a) it cost 10% of the price or
b) it cost 10% less than the price
The mispelling of words by marketing types is probably a misguided attempt to confer distinctiveness.
This, after all, is the Holy Grail of product marketing - 'My beer is Lite, yours is only light'.
Having worked a little in the Trade Mark business, I learned that mispelling a word does not imbue it with distinctiveness. A badly spelled description is still a description.
I've always wondered why cartoon characters (like the Simpsons) don't count in octal.
The article describes capacitive coupling as novel (since when?) but it suggests that AC signals are at play, rather than the electrochemical processes used between neurons.
Oh no, not another in the "Absolute Moron's guide to .. " series.
Actually, this reminds me, the most aptly named one I've seen was the "Absolute Moron's Guide to Astrology", or some such thing.
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.