I wonder if they dusted off the old OpenStep for NT code to get this beast working on windows. It didn't take very long from the original release of the ITMS, maybe 6 months. That's insanely fast for an application of this size.
I was under the impression that the Microsoft terms of use specifically state that Windows isn't to be used in things like critical systems in nuclear plants, planes, etc.
I think that a monitoring system would definitely apply here.
Everyone on Slashdot would say that Windows was a bad idea for this... but Microsoft would probably agree! Someone in charge of instrumentation at that plant needs to be downsized right quick.
... this means, for me at least, anyone who attempts to put my shredded documents back together will lose more than they'll be able to gain from me.
Which is the name of the game in cryptography, too -- it's pointless to attempt to decrypt a communication the content of which is less valuable than what you'll spend building a machine to decode it.
Of course, if I were a terrorist, I'd burn my documents after shredding them. No way to reconstruct that. Yet.
Actually, due to things like mandatory minimum sentences and three-strikes rules, they're tending to release violent felons -- murderers and rapists -- early, but they can't release non-violent drug offenders.
You can buy both reconditioned original IBM Model Ms at PCKeyboard.com, or the Customizer, which PCKeyboard is actually manufacturing.
Quality, Durable and Flexible These words best describe Unicomp's Customizer keyboard. Based on an award winning design, the Customizer combines the same quality and crisp tactile feedback as its IBM and Lexmark predecessors. The Pearl White Customizer (shown here) is available in either enhanced quiet touch (EQT) or buckling spring (BS) technology The enhanced quiet touch style is great for noise sensitive environments, and the buckling spring model offers a touch that is unparalleled. Once you've experienced the touch of this keyboard, you'll be sold.
They have it in black now, too. Unfortunately, they still don't have a USB version.
And good riddance, I say. Cursive serves no purpose other than obfuscation. OSHA should have banned it years ago on account of eyestrain. Script is only useful for fancy calligraphy, which should be left where it belongs, in art classes, and on wedding invitations. For normal communication, it's far too hard to read.
This update has been out for months. The drives, as shipped, would destroy themselves if they encountered fast media. This patch makes them able to write the new media, but they still run at the rated speed of the drive. They don't burn any faster with this patch.
It's a bitch to deliver anything that doesn't compile using the standard, built-in tools. It's annoying as hell to deal with a package the requires a lot of installation.
Perl is especially nasty in this regard. For any given nifty package, one needs to go out to CPAN and install 15 different libraries, some of which are broken, which make assumptions about the particular developer's environment, etc.
The only way to deliver a portable program that can be assured to compile on the majority of machines is to write it in C, configuring with autoconf, and calling out to the fewest possible external (non-system) libraries as possible.
C++ is finally beginning to approach a point where the same can be said of it, and it is possible to write secure code in C++, using the STL and the standard string class.
I don't think that it's so much an issue of macho bullshit, but the practicality of being able to deliver an application that is reasonably easy for the average systems administrator to install correctly.
The ability to do arithmatic quickly and accurately in one's head is fairly orthogonal to the ability to comprehend higher math.
Hell, my current math professor has to write out simple arithmatic that I can do easily in my head, but he's one of the most gifted math teachers I've ever had.
Google's patents tend to actually be valid. The patent system, as it was originally intended, is not evil. Google's technology tends to be novel and innovative, which is exactly what the patent system was intended to foster.
Dynamic libraries had the version number in the filename, and the OS was smart enough to be able to load a slightly newer but still API-compatible (minor version) of the library.
Come to think of it, Unix doesn't have this problem, either.
I need big drives that run quietly and are reliable. In the last several months, 5400RPM drives have completely disappeared from most retailers, due to an arms race between Maxtor and Seagate.
What I, and most home users need storage for, is for large media files like MP3s. You don't need fast disk access for these.
7200, and especially 10000 RPM drives will necessarily be less reliable than 5400RPM drives. The faster a mechanical system moves, the quicker it'll wear out. And fast drives are damned loud.
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I certainly don't want a generator on my road bike. Those have magnets and coils, which are heavy.
I could deal with it on my mountain bike, which I take on night rides, but I don't want extra weight on my racing bike.
Saeco was running electric Campy shifters on their Cannondales this year. I recall them winning one stage of le Tour.
BUT.
I really don't want my derailleurs to run out of batteries when I need them, and manual shifts just fine as far as I'm concerned.
I wonder if they dusted off the old OpenStep for NT code to get this beast working on windows. It didn't take very long from the original release of the ITMS, maybe 6 months. That's insanely fast for an application of this size.
I was under the impression that the Microsoft terms of use specifically state that Windows isn't to be used in things like critical systems in nuclear plants, planes, etc.
... but Microsoft would probably agree! Someone in charge of instrumentation at that plant needs to be downsized right quick.
I think that a monitoring system would definitely apply here.
Everyone on Slashdot would say that Windows was a bad idea for this
The point of static binaries in /bin and /sbin is not only being able to mount /usr of a file server, but also being able to recover if you kill ld.so.
... this means, for me at least, anyone who attempts to put my shredded documents back together will lose more than they'll be able to gain from me.
Which is the name of the game in cryptography, too -- it's pointless to attempt to decrypt a communication the content of which is less valuable than what you'll spend building a machine to decode it.
Of course, if I were a terrorist, I'd burn my documents after shredding them. No way to reconstruct that. Yet.
Actually, due to things like mandatory minimum sentences and three-strikes rules, they're tending to release violent felons -- murderers and rapists -- early, but they can't release non-violent drug offenders.
They have it in black now, too. Unfortunately, they still don't have a USB version.
More like 15-20K
-an ex Akamaite
And good riddance, I say. Cursive serves no purpose other than obfuscation. OSHA should have banned it years ago on account of eyestrain.
Script is only useful for fancy calligraphy, which should be left where it belongs, in art classes, and on wedding invitations. For normal communication, it's far too hard to read.
Hal Abelson, the Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering...
Abelson obviously ain't 99 years old, what does this title mean?
The same could be said for a conventional vacuum cleaner.
If you buy quicktime pro, you can probably just do the conversion directly.
Quicktime pro is worth the $30, IMO.
Apple puts its software updates in one place, and they're picked up by Akamai's caches from there.
The USA doesn't want to be a xenophobic police state. The morons in power want us to be a xenophobic police state.
King George was not elected. Don't forget that.
This update has been out for months. The drives, as shipped, would destroy themselves if they encountered fast media. This patch makes them able to write the new media, but they still run at the rated speed of the drive. They don't burn any faster with this patch.
This is beginning to remind me of that fat kid in school who only knew one joke, and kept repeating it ALL THE GODDAMNED TIME.
You know him. He was at your school, too.
Half of a decade.
A software company that took this long to do something would have been long dead by now.
You can see a power line by the electrical field it gives off ...
It's a bitch to deliver anything that doesn't compile using the standard, built-in tools. It's annoying as hell to deal with a package the requires a lot of installation.
Perl is especially nasty in this regard. For any given nifty package, one needs to go out to CPAN and install 15 different libraries, some of which are broken, which make assumptions about the particular developer's environment, etc.
The only way to deliver a portable program that can be assured to compile on the majority of machines is to write it in C, configuring with autoconf, and calling out to the fewest possible external (non-system) libraries as possible.
C++ is finally beginning to approach a point where the same can be said of it, and it is possible to write secure code in C++, using the STL and the standard string class.
I don't think that it's so much an issue of macho bullshit, but the practicality of being able to deliver an application that is reasonably easy for the average systems administrator to install correctly.
You cannot use C++ effectively and safely without templates.
The STL, especially, makes C++ an order of magnitude more usable and powerful.
The ability to do arithmatic quickly and accurately in one's head is fairly orthogonal to the ability to comprehend higher math.
Hell, my current math professor has to write out simple arithmatic that I can do easily in my head, but he's one of the most gifted math teachers I've ever had.
Google's patents tend to actually be valid.
The patent system, as it was originally intended, is not evil. Google's technology tends to be novel and innovative, which is exactly what the patent system was intended to foster.
They're not patenting things like "1-click".
Dynamic libraries had the version number in the filename, and the OS was smart enough to be able to load a slightly newer but still API-compatible (minor version) of the library.
Come to think of it, Unix doesn't have this problem, either.
I don't need faster drives.
I need big drives that run quietly and are reliable.
In the last several months, 5400RPM drives have completely disappeared from most retailers, due to an arms race between Maxtor and Seagate.
What I, and most home users need storage for, is for large media files like MP3s. You don't need fast disk access for these.
7200, and especially 10000 RPM drives will necessarily be less reliable than 5400RPM drives. The faster a mechanical system moves, the quicker it'll wear out. And fast drives are damned loud.