the alto predates the Apple I. it was a home brew comuter.
Xerox may have bought the rights and changed it to a graphical computer, however that does not make them the inovater in GUIs. Apple created every thing on top of the GUI. and at the time they tured PARC, the GUI was ot much more that a graphical representation of a pointer for the mouse.
IBM was debatable as a monopolist..the definition of their monopoly was very very narrow in scope...so narrow, that it neglected the likes of digitaland others who competed for the same space that IBM was in.
infact, the DOJ droped the case eventualy becasue of lack of merrit.
OS/2 was as bullet proof as windows xp is today. it was hardly a warmed over version od windows.
1) mosaic was a Web browser. 2) all Xerox had was a concept and a very limited proto type that had very little usability and was not envisioned for anything passed a grafical interface for their copy machines.
apple added all the rest, the desktop metaphore and beyond.
well, if they offer a low bandwidth option, say 128 up 50 down, for say....25 dollors per month, I would snatch that up...I am not a file swaper, and cutting my bill in half would be nice.
how do you explian the fact that it asked if *it* was human? or if any other computers are doing the same project that it is enguaged in?
sounds like self reflextion to me.
btw...how do you think kids learn common sence? ask a 3 year old a question that would seem to be common sence....you might just get a responce that is a bit silly and impossable.
if a gas is compressed passed a certain point, the force the preassure forcing it to disipate exceads the speed at which the molecules can combust and as such no explosion passed that of the tank rupturing happens...this can be seen in an intentional rupture of propain tanks by way of explosives...the only problem is that that only holds for the tank existing in an open area...it would indeed explode and combust in an enclosed area.....how they will deal with thaqt in cars will be interesting to see.
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the alto predates the Apple I. it was a home brew comuter.
Xerox may have bought the rights and changed it to a graphical computer, however that does not make them the inovater in GUIs. Apple created every thing on top of the GUI. and at the time they tured PARC, the GUI was ot much more that a graphical representation of a pointer for the mouse.
Linux would too have been around....Linus made Linux because of his disatisfaction of Dos and Minix.
IBM was debatable as a monopolist..the definition of their monopoly was very very narrow in scope...so narrow, that it neglected the likes of digitaland others who competed for the same space that IBM was in.
infact, the DOJ droped the case eventualy becasue of lack of merrit.
OS/2 was as bullet proof as windows xp is today. it was hardly a warmed over version od windows.
ummm....
1) mosaic was a Web browser.
2) all Xerox had was a concept and a very limited proto type that had very little usability and was not envisioned for anything passed a grafical interface for their copy machines.
apple added all the rest, the desktop metaphore and beyond.
I mean, not to sound like I am against the trial, but the length has realy made me apathetic. am I the only one?
well, if they offer a low bandwidth option, say 128 up 50 down, for say....25 dollors per month, I would snatch that up...I am not a file swaper, and cutting my bill in half would be nice.
again, children learn logic and trueisms the same way as cyc, through colecting them.
how do you explian the fact that it asked if *it* was human? or if any other computers are doing the same project that it is enguaged in? sounds like self reflextion to me. btw...how do you think kids learn common sence? ask a 3 year old a question that would seem to be common sence....you might just get a responce that is a bit silly and impossable.
if a gas is compressed passed a certain point, the force the preassure forcing it to disipate exceads the speed at which the molecules can combust and as such no explosion passed that of the tank rupturing happens...this can be seen in an intentional rupture of propain tanks by way of explosives...the only problem is that that only holds for the tank existing in an open area...it would indeed explode and combust in an enclosed area.....how they will deal with thaqt in cars will be interesting to see.