One of the Magic Micro Adventures? I found some of those in a garage sale back when I was in 5th grade and typed 'em all in gwbasic... this was around 1995.... Some of those programs were just animations (one was supposed to hypnotize the antagonist into turning off a force field, was four Os that moved in and out from the center of the screen in a + pattern...) but others were a bit challenging (finding your way through a maze via directional commands... like a zork-lite kinda...) or figuring out the number sequence to disable a bomb.... geez.. I wish i'd thought to work them out without taking the trouble to type them in and then check the bak of the book for interpreter-specific code (included so the programs would work on many architectures....)...
Dodson, Bert.
Superworld / by Steven Otfinoski ; illustrations by Bert
Dodson ; cover by Bradley Clark ; programming by Susan M.
Zakar. -- New York : Scholastic, 1985. -- 80 p. : ill. ; 20
cm. -- (Magic Micro Adventure) -- (A Parachute Press Book)
-- "The programs in the book are in BASIC." -- Call no.:
PS3565.T45S8 1985
The article doesn't seem to mention that the computer was running windows OR that it was running the screensaver version, which anyone who's used it in the past knows that the command line version uses resources more efficiently and runs faster to boot:P
everyone commenting so far seems to envision that everyone in each of those villages is supposed to have their own television and receiver... How about if just a few people that live near each other help pay for the cost together and share it? Maybe that's what the original intent of the sattelite was?
That would be nice, but aren't there a few licensing issues in the way of winex/crossover office using the same files as vanilla WINE? (hm... like vanilla coke/pepsi?)
Everyone that collects stuff on CD-Rs knows they don't last long... I've got some from two years ago that don't work, and it's the first time they've been removed from their case since they were burned...
The APT system may take care of everything, but apt-get most certainly does not, if you want to search for a package's name how do you do it? apt-cache! if you want to install from source, how do you do it? apt-build! Install a binary? apt-get!
in Debian: searching: apt-cache search likely-package-name binary: apt-get package-name source: apt-build package-name (haven't actually done this, but that's what I think the syntax is...)
in Gentoo: searching: emerge search likely-package-name or emerge -s likely-package-name binary: emerge -k package-name source: emerge package-name
As shown, emerge DOES do everything, with one command and a few switches (you can of course use an asterisk in apt-get and cancel then pick your particular package-name, but it does take a bit of extra effort to find out about apt-cache....)
As an alternative to sending laptops home with the children (and they *will* get broken...If you think otherwise, you haven't ridden on a public school bus recently) Why not make the same textbooks available to the students over the internet or on a CD/DVD ?
while this program is a closed source one, it is a good freeware program that checks many places in the registry(and the normal StartUp menu, etc.) for programs that run on startup, StartUp It comes in a Control Panel applet and as a stand-alone exe.
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WIPO
berne convention members...
I thought /. had problems with accented characters... How long has it supported them?
if only they would follow the rfc specifying the evil bit...
not "de jure" but "du jour" meaning "of the day"
by googling...
"Please contact me by email joeio@stanford.edu or by phone (650) 497-6154 "
One of the Magic Micro Adventures? I found some of those in a garage sale back when I was in 5th grade and typed 'em all in gwbasic... this was around 1995.... Some of those programs were just animations (one was supposed to hypnotize the antagonist into turning off a force field, was four Os that moved in and out from the center of the screen in a + pattern...) but others were a bit challenging (finding your way through a maze via directional commands... like a zork-lite kinda...) or figuring out the number sequence to disable a bomb.... geez.. I wish i'd thought to work them out without taking the trouble to type them in and then check the bak of the book for interpreter-specific code (included so the programs would work on many architectures....) ...
Dodson, Bert.
Superworld / by Steven Otfinoski ; illustrations by Bert
Dodson ; cover by Bradley Clark ; programming by Susan M.
Zakar. -- New York : Scholastic, 1985. -- 80 p. : ill. ; 20
cm. -- (Magic Micro Adventure) -- (A Parachute Press Book)
-- "The programs in the book are in BASIC." -- Call no.:
PS3565.T45S8 1985
The article doesn't seem to mention that the computer was running windows OR that it was running the screensaver version, which anyone who's used it in the past knows that the command line version uses resources more efficiently and runs faster to boot :P
everyone commenting so far seems to envision that everyone in each of those villages is supposed to have their own television and receiver... How about if just a few people that live near each other help pay for the cost together and share it?
Maybe that's what the original intent of the sattelite was?
That would be nice, but aren't there a few licensing issues in the way of winex/crossover office using the same files as vanilla WINE? (hm... like vanilla coke/pepsi?)
From what I understand, it was the other way around, Windows had OS/2 compatibility...
here is a document that describes NT's OS/2 compatibility. and here is an article describing OS/2's death
but what if someone wants to patent a virtual wheel?
Everyone that collects stuff on CD-Rs knows they don't last long... I've got some from two years ago that don't work, and it's the first time they've been removed from their case since they were burned...
Wouldn't the emulator have to emulate the target hardware as well as the standard VGA/VESA, soundblaster, etc?
yes, but that's a 1GB! spam account ;)
I won't drop $50 for anything less than a HALO, Half Life 2, or Metroid Prime quality game.
So, you've tried Half-Life 2 out then?
The APT system may take care of everything, but apt-get most certainly does not, if you want to search for a package's name how do you do it? apt-cache! if you want to install from source, how do you do it? apt-build! Install a binary? apt-get!
in Debian:
searching: apt-cache search likely-package-name
binary: apt-get package-name
source: apt-build package-name (haven't actually done this, but that's what I think the syntax is...)
in Gentoo:
searching: emerge search likely-package-name
or emerge -s likely-package-name
binary: emerge -k package-name
source: emerge package-name
As shown, emerge DOES do everything, with one command and a few switches (you can of course use an asterisk in apt-get and cancel then pick your particular package-name, but it does take a bit of extra effort to find out about apt-cache....)
doesn't ccache just cut down on recompilation times?
As an alternative to sending laptops home with the children (and they *will* get broken...If you think otherwise, you haven't ridden on a public school bus recently) Why not make the same textbooks available to the students over the internet or on a CD/DVD ?
NGage...
such as the old Lucasarts/Lucasfilm Games
Yeah, they need to make a cartoon about Sam & Ma...wait a sec...
So long as I don't have to watch the characters level-build I'd watch it ;)
Don't we all have the right to rip and/or crack and *not redistribute* games/apps we legally purchased/own? (or purchased/own a license to?)
an FPS in flash : at shockwave.com
while this program is a closed source one, it is a good freeware program that checks many places in the registry(and the normal StartUp menu, etc.) for programs that run on startup, StartUp It comes in a Control Panel applet and as a stand-alone exe.
(Disclaimer: I am not Mike Lin)
KDE 3.2+ also has an RDP client