Nerve impulse along bare axon = about 10 meters per second. Speed from node to node of myelin sheath = over 100 meters per second. So we're talking about a 10x difference However, nerve is bundle of axons, not just one. When impulse reaches end of axon it triggers chemical release across synaptic gap. I have no idea if this speeds things up or slows them down,but some of our nerves go to, IIRC, a sort of sub-brain in the spinal cord that allows eye blink type reactions (like jerking your hand away from something hot)to occur more quickly than if they had to be processed by the brain.
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from http://www.microsoft.com/asf/spec3/c.htm
C.5 Node IDs when no IEEE 802 network card is available If a system wants to generate GUIDs but has no IEE 802-compliant network card or other source of IEEE 802 addresses, then this section describes how to generate one.
The ideal solution is to obtain a 47-bit cryptographic quality random number, and use it as the low 47 bits of the node ID, with the high-order bit of the node ID set to 1. (The high-order bit is the unicast/multicast bit, which will never be set in IEEE 802 addresses obtained from network cards.)
Let's see, how to obtain a random number, hmmm, a random number generator in the c.p.u. maybe? Where have I heard of that sort of thing lately?
I've only been doing this stuff 3 years(just barely)so a lot of that article (when I could finally get it to load:-)was way over my head (All those years of Radio-Electronics and {the original}Popular Electronics, I devoured the analog and HI-FI stuff and just sort of skimmed the digital unless I had to fix something with TTL chips in it). So let me see if I got this straight. Linux is mostly GNU, GNU's not UNIX, and Linux is just another form of UNIX. NT's all original innovation, no "borrowed" Digital code in it, but it traces it's roots back to when the guys who wrote it were on Digital's payroll. (Maybe they were writing NT after hours on their own time before jumping ship.) Clear as FUD!
P.S. Katz on C-SPAN, Monday (3/8/99), talking 'bout his book! Is there a Slashdot Effect for TV ratings? (Yeah, but he's OUR gasbag!:-)
But seriously folks, it won't be long now till we start hearing about domain names and those 4 octet addresses they're tied to (whose name escapes me at the moment)being left to heirs in wills, used as collateral, mortgaged, and maybe even getting property tax levied against them. Or, like when the gov wants land for a highway or military base or whatever, condemned and forced sale conducted. The more things change, etc.
And every time someone new contributes to it their name could be added. Or maybe as previous contributors added new stuff their name could be bumped up the list relative to the size and/or worth of their overall contribution. Shouldn't be any trouble getting everyone who should have a voice in those relative rankings to agree just whose work gets what rating, or deciding who those who should have that voice should be.
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If he doesn't have the time or financial resources to do a proper job of "that whole parent thang" then he is doing the right thing by remaining childless. Wish more people were as responsible.
"Demand the difference between their tuition and that of the nearest community college." Chances are that s/he_is_talking about the nearest community college.
Ironically, I'd like to get a copy of Bob for my niece and nephew to play with, but I've never even seen it in a remainder bin, and I'm pretty sure MS won't be to eager to help me out, although to be fair they haven't completely purged all mention of it from their archives. Anybody know where I could find a copy (preferably never opened)?
To:ranger@NoSpAm.befunk.com Hey Ranger Rick! Did you know that some guy at Microsoft named Ed Muth got hold of a galley proof of your post, changed all the instances of "Linux" to "Windows" or "NT" and vice versa, made a few other changes of the text to be consistent with the name swaps, and then posted it at ZDNET? Overlooking his plagerism, I must say that his was much, much funnier!
"Think of it as a burst of cold Redmond rain on the Linux parade."
It's not raining, it's FUDding!
"We're all in the business of wanting the customer to have the information needed to make informed choices," Muth said. I guess one of the fringe benefits to working for MS is that you can afford some really fine drugs.
About this Total Cost of Ownership deal. Anybody know how much of that is hardware, how much is electricity, how much is paper and toner cartridges, how much is furniture, buildings, et cetera; in other words what percentage is either software and support costs for that software (keeping support personnel trained)or what percentage isn't?
"I find it hard to believe that some of the best computer scientists in the world will want to do their work for free," he said. "Without a long-term technical road map, without multimillion-dollar test labs, someone wants me to believe these visionary programmers and developers will want to do the best work of their lives and then give it away. I do not believe in that vision of the future."
Of course not, they're going to write really lame stuff for their personal use and then put out in public with their names attached so as to totally trash their own reputations.
"Without a long-term technical road map..."
Like the one that let them see the internet coming so much sooner than everybody else?
Apparently Muth is planning a second career in stand-up comedy, and thought he'd get in a little practice and try out some new material.
"Muth attributed the open-source hype to a number of factors, including a lack of fairness in media coverage of Linux."
See, he's a regular -insert name of your favorite comedian here-.
Now that you guys are getting semi-famous and could maybe even get some of that Wall Street Internet frenzy money, is some_yahoos_with_a_web_site.com still available?
I absolutely agree, long before there were HP pc's they made some of the best looking O'scopes, et cetera. They were expensive but at least they looked it. Unfortunately, they're going to do it the wrong way 'round. (You'd think they'd welcome a chance to get away from having people confuse their computers with Packard Bells)
There was an article in one of the Popular Mechanics-type magazines in the mid '60s about speakers that were basically two electrodes conducting across the separation between them because that air was ionized because it was the middle of a gas jet flame! Seriously! Supposed to have sounded pretty good. About "72 to '75 Fisher offered flat panel speakers, some of which looked like pictures (oil painting, not photograph) in a frame and were designed to be hung on the wall. I used to sell them, they weren't bad for the money if you allowed for a 10-15% "novelty factor" in the price and cut them a little slack for their space saving virtue. Fisher made speakers for lots of other companies in those days. About that same time another company (Magnaplanar?) was also offering flat speakers in two or three rectangular sizes. They looked like flat white pieces of plastic, at least in the magazine ads, never saw them in person.
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Please tell me this ain't one of those "Who is John Galt?" things.
Nerve impulse along bare axon = about 10 meters per second.
Speed from node to node of myelin sheath = over 100 meters per second.
So we're talking about a 10x difference
However, nerve is bundle of axons, not just one. When impulse reaches end of axon it triggers chemical release across synaptic gap. I have no idea if this speeds things up or slows them down,but some of our nerves go to, IIRC, a sort of sub-brain in the spinal cord that allows eye blink type reactions (like jerking your hand away from something hot)to occur more quickly than if they had to be processed by the brain.
from
http://www.microsoft.com/asf/spec3/c.htm
C.5 Node IDs when no IEEE 802 network card is available
If a system wants to generate GUIDs but has no IEE 802-compliant network card or other source of IEEE 802 addresses, then this section describes how to generate one.
The ideal solution is to obtain a 47-bit cryptographic quality random number, and use it as the low 47 bits of the node ID, with the high-order bit of the node ID set to 1. (The high-order bit is the unicast/multicast bit, which will never be set in IEEE 802 addresses obtained from network cards.)
Let's see, how to obtain a random number, hmmm, a random number generator in the c.p.u. maybe? Where have I heard of that sort of thing lately?
"10^24 IP addresses for every square meter of the earth's surface?"
Well that ought to about cover all those Internet Enabled refrigerators, microwaves, et cetera.
I've only been doing this stuff 3 years(just barely)so a lot of that article (when I could finally get it to load :-)was way over my head (All those years of Radio-Electronics and {the original}Popular Electronics, I devoured the analog and HI-FI stuff and just sort of skimmed the digital unless I had to fix something with TTL chips in it).
So let me see if I got this straight.
Linux is mostly GNU, GNU's not UNIX, and Linux is just another form of UNIX.
NT's all original innovation, no "borrowed" Digital code in it, but it traces it's roots back to when the guys who wrote it were on Digital's payroll. (Maybe they were writing NT after hours on their own time before jumping ship.)
Clear as FUD!
P.S. Katz on C-SPAN, Monday (3/8/99), talking 'bout his book! Is there a Slashdot Effect for TV ratings?
(Yeah, but he's OUR gasbag!:-)
But seriously folks, it won't be long now till we start hearing about domain names and those 4 octet addresses they're tied to (whose name escapes me at the moment)being left to heirs in wills, used as collateral, mortgaged, and maybe even getting property tax levied against them. Or, like when the gov wants land for a highway or military base or whatever, condemned and forced sale conducted. The more things change, etc.
And every time someone new contributes to it their name could be added.
Or maybe as previous contributors added new stuff their name could be bumped up the list relative to the size and/or worth of their overall contribution. Shouldn't be any trouble getting everyone who should have a voice in those relative rankings to agree just whose work gets what rating, or deciding who those who should have that voice should be.
If he doesn't have the time or financial resources to do a proper job of "that whole parent thang" then he is doing the right thing by remaining childless. Wish more people were as responsible.
Windows 3.x maybe, but everybody knows Freecell is what keeps 95 around.
Does she have the same delivery guy as Jon Katz?
If so, maybe they live close enough that she could give him writing lessons.
Hebrew or Yiddish? Not a joke, I really don't know and am curious.
"Demand the difference between their tuition and that of the nearest community college."
Chances are that s/he_is_talking about the nearest community college.
Ironically, I'd like to get a copy of Bob for my niece and nephew to play with, but I've never even seen it in a remainder bin, and I'm pretty sure MS won't be to eager to help me out, although to be fair they haven't completely purged all mention of it from their archives. Anybody know where I could find a copy (preferably never opened)?
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Hey Ranger Rick!
Did you know that some guy at Microsoft named Ed Muth got hold of a galley proof of your post, changed all the instances of "Linux" to "Windows" or "NT" and vice versa, made a few other changes of the text to be consistent with the name swaps, and then posted it at ZDNET?
Overlooking his plagerism, I must say that his was much, much funnier!
Oh-lay! means there's a lot of bull nearby.
"Think of it as a burst of cold Redmond rain on the Linux parade."
It's not raining, it's FUDding!
"We're all in the business of wanting the customer to have the information needed to make informed choices," Muth said. I guess one of the fringe benefits to working for MS is that you can afford some really fine drugs.
About this Total Cost of Ownership deal. Anybody know how much of that is hardware, how much is electricity, how much is paper and toner cartridges, how much is furniture, buildings, et cetera; in other words what percentage is either software and support costs for that software (keeping support personnel trained)or what percentage isn't?
"I find it hard to believe that some of the best computer scientists in the world will want to do their work for free," he said. "Without a long-term technical road map, without multimillion-dollar test labs, someone wants me
to believe these visionary programmers and developers will want to do the best work of their lives and then give it away. I do not believe in that vision of the future."
Of course not, they're going to write really lame stuff for their personal use and then put out in public with their names attached so as to totally trash their own reputations.
"Without a long-term technical road map..."
Like the one that let them see the internet coming so much sooner than everybody else?
Apparently Muth is planning a second career in stand-up comedy, and thought he'd get in a little practice and try out some new material.
"Muth attributed the open-source hype to a number of factors, including a lack of fairness in media coverage of Linux."
See, he's a regular -insert name of your favorite comedian here-.
"Babe"ism is in the lusting heart of the beholder.
Yeah,let's see some expensive sexism for a change!
free lodging, free transportation, free admission, free bandwidth, yeah, sounds like a great job to me too.
(Seriously, though, major congrats)
"will geeks everywhere flock to ties?"
Why not? Won't it be even more exciting --oh, you mean as formal neckwear, never mind.
Yes a lot of people consider the lone gunman theory to be fiction but do you have any actual evidence?
Now that you guys are getting semi-famous and could maybe even get some of that Wall Street Internet frenzy money, is some_yahoos_with_a_web_site.com still available?
I absolutely agree, long before there were HP pc's they made some of the best looking O'scopes, et cetera. They were expensive but at least they looked it.
Unfortunately, they're going to do it the wrong way 'round. (You'd think they'd welcome a chance to get away from having people confuse their computers with Packard Bells)
Instead of buying an anti-glare filter for your CRT-type monitor_and_buying speakers to hang of off the sides of it just get one thig that's both!
There was an article in one of the Popular Mechanics-type magazines in the mid '60s about speakers that were basically two electrodes conducting across the separation between them because that air was ionized because it was the middle of a gas jet flame! Seriously! Supposed to have sounded pretty good.
About "72 to '75 Fisher offered flat panel speakers, some of which looked like pictures (oil painting, not photograph) in a frame and were designed to be hung on the wall. I used to sell them, they weren't bad for the money if you allowed for a 10-15% "novelty factor" in the price and cut them a little slack for their space saving virtue. Fisher made speakers for lots of other companies in those days. About that same time another company (Magnaplanar?) was also offering flat speakers in two or three rectangular sizes. They looked like flat white pieces of plastic, at least in the magazine ads, never saw them in person.