Some yay-hoo a couple decades ago thought it would be a good idea to grow star thistile on an acre of their land to have star-thistle honey. Now the nasty stuff has (as expected) spread throughout the county and is a major pain. Besides being a danger to people and livestock it pushes out the native plants the indigenous wildlife that feeds on them.
Those gold suckers and their gold sucking plants can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.:-(
on my 540 (CA's tax form) they call it a "use tax" - something about the items you purchase to 'use' in the state (probably the intent is to defray environmental impact or something but sometimes taxes don't go back into something related to their expense.)
Anyways, since it wasn't a problem - just looked in my eBay email folder and totalled all out of state purchases, multiplied by CA tax (7.25%), subtracted any out of state taxes (none) and then deducted from my refund.
Why because A)it wasn't hard for me and B)as much as we grumble about California's skyrocketing costs, it is worth a few (the term is: FEW) extra $$ to live here.
BTW - Haven't they been doing out-of-state tax catch-up with car purchases for a few years now?
The title is a play on words from "Babes in Toyland" - a Victor Herbert operetta from 1903....of course, the best version was the film with Laurel and Hardy.
How can this be very useful? The C64 has about 32K of useable RAM
It's actually 64 K of RAM about 51 k of it usable. Most Commodore BBSs swap in and out the various sub-programs as needed.
and about an 800K floppy
Most BBS sysops have a hard drive or large RAM drive such as the CMD Hard Drive or RAMLink I started with floppies (which the 5.25" drives were 170 k and the more expensive 3.5" were 800k) but you can only run a text based board (and not a networked one) on such limited capacity.
... am I missing something, have they come up with larger mass storage systems for the C64 or something?
Hard Drives now can access beyong 4GB (CMD HD), 20x System accelerators (SuperCPU), RAM Drives up to 16MB (RAMLink), and even ethernet interfaces with web browsers (contiki, the wave, etc.) telnet software still in the works.
(This isn't intended as a troll or flamebait... it's a genuine question....)
Of all the 8-bit followings the Commodore 64 has been one of the most active and innovative over the two decades since the computer was first produced.
It sounds solid to me, in what way do you personally gain for that guy to use less "obscure" methods? I don't wee Microsoft improving thier cutting-edge security as fast as they promote it. And untill they have something better I think alternative networking may be a good plan (like alternative OS for others).
As I see it, if it works, it works. I'll tell you this one thing, my Commodore 64 hasn't been hacked in decades!
Took a while to find a working one. and had to pull the second CD from the mini-tower. But it is essential for data conversion.
Also plug that baby into a top-o-the line PC and you will make the thing 'look' like yesterday's tech. Good thief deterrent.
Of course, on the Commodore 8-bits that surround me with the exception of three 1581s all the other disk drives are 5.25" (...and some Apple and Atari Drives in the closet).
... followed by an agreement that you are not violating any patent or DMCA laws and that your compnay is holding themselves harmless for any potential legal actions you may incur by saving this document. as well as the understanding that Microsoft will save this document *somewhere* in all perpetuity and the feds have all rights to look at it whenever and wherever they want.
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The Amiga was THE VIDEO comouter in the day, the whole system was geared for NTSC (thush making devices like Genlocks and switchers (ala Toaster) real easy to implement. Our local public access studio still has an Amiga or two for just titling as there are very few (or affordable) solutions in the PC/Mac platforms.
With the new Amiga hardware and OS a lot of that is a moot point now as the hardeware is now PCI video based and does not use the video-centric custom hardware anymore and the software is being re-coded to support that.
So now the Amiga is just another me-too multi-media/internet/gaming/set-top whatever wannabe with an even smaller software library then Linux or MacOS... and no Killer App. They may be getting back on-par with the times but unless there is something really exciting about it... who really cares?
Yep I see all the big OSs being overbloated, Windows, MacOS X and Linux - regardless of the quibbling over used and free RAM all require gobs of memory to run reasonably and that's before you load it down more with some resource hog productivity suite.
I just can't beleve all the sloppiness and overstyling in todays OSs (if it isn't sloppy then it would not need faster processors and more memory?) Whatever happened to simple functinality and bumming code to make the programs leaner and meaner? Everone (including Apple) are becoming more and more like Microsoft every day (damn the hardware requirements and bugs, just get the damn thing out the door!)
As you can clearly see, fellow computer buyers, that the Macintish platform is suited for nothing more than running video games of violence and debauchery.
While on the other hand, the Microsoft Windows Enabled PC can run Office (tm) applications and other programs more suitable for running your business and for serious school work!
Either that or they know they are going to terribly fail in the Videogames market and have decided to drag Apple's flagship down along with it.
Knowing some decision makers - the unsupported thinly vieled threat of a possible lsawsuit makes them very reluctant. Are you saying your company never has instituted 'silly safety policy A' or 'adjustment to personnel manual B' because of some story about something that *might* happen?
The truth is - we have too many hungry lawyers who BS better than our policymakers can stand up for what should be right.
In the long run doing all this FUD probably will hurt SCO even if they win - as not all their code is owned by them and if they were to win who's to stop another code contestor from suing for his piece of the pie?
In the past advancement was achieved by standing on the shoulders of those before you. Advancements today are achieved by standing on the feet of all those around you.
Technology Research News says this opens the way...
I know I've heard this spin several times before on optical processors, and just about every new advancement touts such claims. So I ask when WILL we see 'the way' as actually being "opened???"
Of course this reply opens the way for people to flame me silly. And that IS a fact!
- The 1/2 scale jet didn't have a 1/2 scale doll with 1/2 scale weight riding on the top.
- As mentioned earlier bugs and stuff will be a big problem they should mount a camcorder at least and get an operator/rider perspective before live test flights (plus I wanna see the video on-line!).
- Speaking about Wile E. Coyote, I remember the toons where he rides stuff similar to that and cannot turn fast enough and ends up smashing into a wall or something - I wouldn't want to see real people doing likewise.:-/
$100? How about some useful tool or hardware necessity. First thought would be one of those Keychain USB drives. If you want him to think of you often get him something he finds useful and will use a lot.
I (who does cool things in design and database work) am at time working in an office where I am only viewed as a Windows problem solver/installer and nothing more. I can't think of any job that can be more degrading.
Trying to put a cork in the real problem isn't gonna help matters, what governents *should do* is stop producing money on paper. I bet they would (or have already) whined about such a proposition but paper tech is too pervasive now and in the hands of the common man, it's about time governments got a bit more sophisticated.
Maybe it;s time to RFID all the +$5 bills or whatever they will call them. (domars?)
If we are going to a "Big Brother Society," I'll expect Big brother to do all my taxes for me.
With those three met, I think it has a chance, especially with one of the more visible players helping it along. Though they might want to participate in some open-source deveopments (mozilla, etc) and contribute the necessary code to also help push along the effort.
Not only that it's also a bit of public funded R&D, remember all the neat stuff we kids grew up with that were offshoots of technology to get those lucky guys to the moon to drive around crater rims and hit golf balls.:-D
But let's think of it from Bush's perspective, he's almost finished feeding those military supp...er contractors with the search for a war or something.. Now he needs to payb... er get america's tech industry going by landing some more guys all the way on Mars.
It's not that I don't like the idea of Mars or doing what's right for the country, I just have reservations on how honest it all is.
I think they should try and clean it up an then start selling it as "Windows Classic" for whatever faults it has is has been an extremely popular OS for the consumer market.
as the parent response says there is a lot of stuff written for Windows - and like Apple's transition from OS9 to OSX a lot of the big players in software and hardware have to take up the effort and get their applications, drivers and APIs to be Linux usable.
I think it will happen, the trend is there, since Linux delivers a lot of what Microsoft has been promising/promoting for the past couple years (TCO, ROI, Security, etc.) But there is still a lot to be done to get the usability of Linux more in-line with the mass market (if not fool-proof, at least fool-usable).
As a server platform it is gianing ground and as a tool for electronic embedded systems it is making big inroads. As government and business get better accostimed to it, It will influence consumers (repeating the old parent addage, "Well, I use it at work... we should use it at home and in school")
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Those gold suckers and their gold sucking plants can go to hell as far as I'm concerned. :-(
...I wonder if the digital version has the same problem of all the piles of documents spilling to the floor now and again?
Anyways, since it wasn't a problem - just looked in my eBay email folder and totalled all out of state purchases, multiplied by CA tax (7.25%), subtracted any out of state taxes (none) and then deducted from my refund.
Why because A)it wasn't hard for me and B)as much as we grumble about California's skyrocketing costs, it is worth a few (the term is: FEW) extra $$ to live here.
BTW - Haven't they been doing out-of-state tax catch-up with car purchases for a few years now?
The title is a play on words from "Babes in Toyland" - a Victor Herbert operetta from 1903. ...of course, the best version was the film with Laurel and Hardy.
It's actually 64 K of RAM about 51 k of it usable. Most Commodore BBSs swap in and out the various sub-programs as needed.
and about an 800K floppy
Most BBS sysops have a hard drive or large RAM drive such as the CMD Hard Drive or RAMLink I started with floppies (which the 5.25" drives were 170 k and the more expensive 3.5" were 800k) but you can only run a text based board (and not a networked one) on such limited capacity.
(This isn't intended as a troll or flamebait... it's a genuine question....)
Of all the 8-bit followings the Commodore 64 has been one of the most active and innovative over the two decades since the computer was first produced.
One girl genius is taking the 64 a step further.
oh. Never mind, they've already gone. :-(
As I see it, if it works, it works. I'll tell you this one thing, my Commodore 64 hasn't been hacked in decades!
Also plug that baby into a top-o-the line PC and you will make the thing 'look' like yesterday's tech. Good thief deterrent.
Of course, on the Commodore 8-bits that surround me with the exception of three 1581s all the other disk drives are 5.25" (...and some Apple and Atari Drives in the closet).
... followed by an agreement that you are not violating any patent or DMCA laws and that your compnay is holding themselves harmless for any potential legal actions you may incur by saving this document. as well as the understanding that Microsoft will save this document *somewhere* in all perpetuity and the feds have all rights to look at it whenever and wherever they want.
With the new Amiga hardware and OS a lot of that is a moot point now as the hardeware is now PCI video based and does not use the video-centric custom hardware anymore and the software is being re-coded to support that.
So now the Amiga is just another me-too multi-media/internet/gaming/set-top whatever wannabe with an even smaller software library then Linux or MacOS... and no Killer App. They may be getting back on-par with the times but unless there is something really exciting about it... who really cares?
As they said this doesn't restrict customers use of their property... That job is reserved for the DMCA.
I just can't beleve all the sloppiness and overstyling in todays OSs (if it isn't sloppy then it would not need faster processors and more memory?) Whatever happened to simple functinality and bumming code to make the programs leaner and meaner? Everone (including Apple) are becoming more and more like Microsoft every day (damn the hardware requirements and bugs, just get the damn thing out the door!)
No, no you got it all wrong, Bill said 640MEGS is all the memory anyone will ever need... sheesh!
While on the other hand, the Microsoft Windows Enabled PC can run Office (tm) applications and other programs more suitable for running your business and for serious school work!
Either that or they know they are going to terribly fail in the Videogames market and have decided to drag Apple's flagship down along with it.
How about that.
The truth is - we have too many hungry lawyers who BS better than our policymakers can stand up for what should be right.
In the long run doing all this FUD probably will hurt SCO even if they win - as not all their code is owned by them and if they were to win who's to stop another code contestor from suing for his piece of the pie?
In the past advancement was achieved by standing on the shoulders of those before you. Advancements today are achieved by standing on the feet of all those around you.
I know I've heard this spin several times before on optical processors, and just about every new advancement touts such claims. So I ask when WILL we see 'the way' as actually being "opened???"
Of course this reply opens the way for people to flame me silly. And that IS a fact!
- The 1/2 scale jet didn't have a 1/2 scale doll with 1/2 scale weight riding on the top.
- As mentioned earlier bugs and stuff will be a big problem they should mount a camcorder at least and get an operator/rider perspective before live test flights (plus I wanna see the video on-line!).
- Speaking about Wile E. Coyote, I remember the toons where he rides stuff similar to that and cannot turn fast enough and ends up smashing into a wall or something - I wouldn't want to see real people doing likewise. :-/
I (who does cool things in design and database work) am at time working in an office where I am only viewed as a Windows problem solver/installer and nothing more. I can't think of any job that can be more degrading.
Maybe it;s time to RFID all the +$5 bills or whatever they will call them. (domars?)
If we are going to a "Big Brother Society," I'll expect Big brother to do all my taxes for me.
1) Free of ownership
2) Easy to implement on any platform
3) offers a valid chance of actually working
With those three met, I think it has a chance, especially with one of the more visible players helping it along. Though they might want to participate in some open-source deveopments (mozilla, etc) and contribute the necessary code to also help push along the effort.
But let's think of it from Bush's perspective, he's almost finished feeding those military supp...er contractors with the search for a war or something.. Now he needs to payb... er get america's tech industry going by landing some more guys all the way on Mars.
It's not that I don't like the idea of Mars or doing what's right for the country, I just have reservations on how honest it all is.
I think they should try and clean it up an then start selling it as "Windows Classic" for whatever faults it has is has been an extremely popular OS for the consumer market.
I think it will happen, the trend is there, since Linux delivers a lot of what Microsoft has been promising/promoting for the past couple years (TCO, ROI, Security, etc.) But there is still a lot to be done to get the usability of Linux more in-line with the mass market (if not fool-proof, at least fool-usable).
As a server platform it is gianing ground and as a tool for electronic embedded systems it is making big inroads. As government and business get better accostimed to it, It will influence consumers (repeating the old parent addage, "Well, I use it at work... we should use it at home and in school")