We could think of them as both distros. A Linux distro uses a Linux kernel and a bunch of other tools while a BSD "distro" uses a BSD base system (analogous to the GNU+Linux combo) and a little smaller bunch of user-friendly GUI tools.
No. Not really. Apple had long (33 chars) file names in the Apple II since its earliest days, but not in MS-DOS floppies. ProDOS filenames were shorter, IIRC.
It was not until the first SuperDrive (the manual insertion 3.5" floppy, not the DVD writer) that Apples started reading MS-DOS disks and until MacOS 8 or 9, no Apple OS would see long file names in FAT floppies unless while using a third-party tool.
IIRC, there have been 5 (1 due to fire on land, 1 due to a failed parachute and 3 on board a Soyuz that depressurized) deaths in Soviet space progrem to about 17 on the US program (3 on the Apollo I fire, 7 on Challenger, 7 on Columbia).
If the journalist knows who the source is, technology makes no difference - the journalist must surrender this information to authorities or risk the consequences (at least in the current state of affairs).
If the journalist knows nothing about the source, how can it be trusted?
Intel x86 sucks today but it sucked even more back in 85 - it has that ugly segmented memory model while the Amiga had a 68K with a clean linear memory model.
Actually, the oil industry is writing its own epitaph by failing to keep prices down. At the current price levels, oil is only just slightly cheaper than some alternate fuels. I've heard an estimate that if gasoline were $4 per gallon then hydrogen becomes competitive. If oil prices go up much more then suddenly some other fuel will become more attractive and the fuel wars will begin in earnest.
Just as a sidenote, in Brazil the sales of ethanol-based (bi-fuel, actually) cars already surpassed the gasoline-only ones. Most cars built here today can use any mix of ethanol and gasoline. That sure feels good (I have owned only two gasoline-only cars in my adult life - and I am 37 now).
Are they counting break-even as getting back more energy than needed to operate the ultrasound source ou they did count also the expense of producing the deuterated acetone and their expendable neutron source?
It reminds me of when people say hydrogen burning cars will solve all emition problems because they produce water. They don't count the emissions that may be needed to produce, compress and ship the hydrogen to the nearest gas station.
You have already been told that, but I think I can tell it differently:
Good fiction (and that includes good sci-fi) is a very nice way to tell one story while you pretend you are telling another.
BSG is not about water, or revengeful a-life, but about the consequences of playing God. Better yet - any good story is about whatever you can take out of it and how you relate to it. Spaceships, water and revengeful a-life is filler.;-)
IIRC, Forrester Research got very upset when Microsoft ordered a couple reports and selectively disclosed only a few that showed a clear bias toward their agenda.
Forrester responded to this by no longer accepting "projects that involve paid-for, publicized product comparisons".
This will cost billions upon billions of dollars, and the people that think that not enough is being done for the poor should understand that a huge amount of resources just evaporated in several clouds of smoke, courtesy of Islamist fundamentalist wack jobs
I, somehow, doubt that eradicating poverty or hampering international aid is in their priority list. For the leadership of AQ, just like any other extremist organization, the worse it gets for the people, the easier for them it is to recruit.
BTW, it also gets better for some governments, as it helps them demonstrate the threat terrorist pose. It's kind of a symbiotic relationship.
Couldn't we moderate Jonathan Schwartz as a troll?
Now, seriously, the guy must do whatever doesn't break the law to increse Sun's shareholder value. What would you expect, ethical behaviour? Free as in speech is dangerous for Sun - their edge in hardware is eroding fast and he can do nothing about it. He can reduce the erosion in software by creating confusion.
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We could think of them as both distros. A Linux distro uses a Linux kernel and a bunch of other tools while a BSD "distro" uses a BSD base system (analogous to the GNU+Linux combo) and a little smaller bunch of user-friendly GUI tools.
Someone wants to lauch a darlbehindbars.org campaign to fund the reward for hist capture, when the time comes?
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No. Not really. Apple had long (33 chars) file names in the Apple II since its earliest days, but not in MS-DOS floppies. ProDOS filenames were shorter, IIRC.
It was not until the first SuperDrive (the manual insertion 3.5" floppy, not the DVD writer) that Apples started reading MS-DOS disks and until MacOS 8 or 9, no Apple OS would see long file names in FAT floppies unless while using a third-party tool.
IIRC, there have been 5 (1 due to fire on land, 1 due to a failed parachute and 3 on board a Soyuz that depressurized) deaths in Soviet space progrem to about 17 on the US program (3 on the Apollo I fire, 7 on Challenger, 7 on Columbia).
Did I forget someone?
If the journalist knows who the source is, technology makes no difference - the journalist must surrender this information to authorities or risk the consequences (at least in the current state of affairs).
If the journalist knows nothing about the source, how can it be trusted?
The Mindset was an x86 box.
Intel x86 sucks today but it sucked even more back in 85 - it has that ugly segmented memory model while the Amiga had a 68K with a clean linear memory model.
You are wrong.
You forgot you should have designed the processor and general computer architecture.
;-)
Nothing is safer than running a CPU nobody can compile for
The solution is not that hard.
I always try to make my posts both funny and insightful.
To various degrees of sucess and failure, of course.
Just as a sidenote, in Brazil the sales of ethanol-based (bi-fuel, actually) cars already surpassed the gasoline-only ones. Most cars built here today can use any mix of ethanol and gasoline. That sure feels good (I have owned only two gasoline-only cars in my adult life - and I am 37 now).
Are they counting break-even as getting back more energy than needed to operate the ultrasound source ou they did count also the expense of producing the deuterated acetone and their expendable neutron source?
It reminds me of when people say hydrogen burning cars will solve all emition problems because they produce water. They don't count the emissions that may be needed to produce, compress and ship the hydrogen to the nearest gas station.
You have already been told that, but I think I can tell it differently:
;-)
Good fiction (and that includes good sci-fi) is a very nice way to tell one story while you pretend you are telling another.
BSG is not about water, or revengeful a-life, but about the consequences of playing God. Better yet - any good story is about whatever you can take out of it and how you relate to it. Spaceships, water and revengeful a-life is filler.
Congressmen would probably read it as "more money for me"
They may already have done that. Remember ThinkJet.
IIRC, Forrester Research got very upset when Microsoft ordered a couple reports and selectively disclosed only a few that showed a clear bias toward their agenda.
Forrester responded to this by no longer accepting "projects that involve paid-for, publicized product comparisons".
Kudos for them. Integrity matters.
I, somehow, doubt that eradicating poverty or hampering international aid is in their priority list. For the leadership of AQ, just like any other extremist organization, the worse it gets for the people, the easier for them it is to recruit.
BTW, it also gets better for some governments, as it helps them demonstrate the threat terrorist pose. It's kind of a symbiotic relationship.
Somebody could patent the process of using press-releases, product announcements and other FUD tactics to attack competitors.
Of course, there is plenty prior art, but I doubt someone will claim to have used or invented it.
Slightly less than 15500
It's my right to expect it. I am just tired of expecting it ;-)
Couldn't we moderate Jonathan Schwartz as a troll?
Now, seriously, the guy must do whatever doesn't break the law to increse Sun's shareholder value. What would you expect, ethical behaviour? Free as in speech is dangerous for Sun - their edge in hardware is eroding fast and he can do nothing about it. He can reduce the erosion in software by creating confusion.
It's not surprising.
Not at all.
If all technology companies sue themselves into oblivion, the richest organizations in the world will be law firms.
I can't hardly imagine a world dominated by lawyers would consider patent reform.
Why not just paint a desert white? That would send back the sunlight in visible wavelengths through even a thick carbon dioxide layer.
US$ 6 trillion buys a whole lot of white paint.
Also, we could start thinking in ways to use less power and to generate less greenhouse gases with better energy generation facilities.
Just thinking. Of couse, the artificial ring is way cooler from a sci-fi standpoint.
They could stack them diagonaly, altough it would be tricky to maintain balance. This would give about 20% more height to the stack.
I think the word "enormity" goes along pretty well with the current elected president of the US ;-)
Contrary to common belief, most Porsches are not that fast. They are decently fast and are very pleasant to drive, hence the analogy to a Macintosh.
If I wanted speed to the expense of a pleasant driving experience, I would go for a Lambo or a Ferrari.