This is part of a wave of all consumer devices to make it more palatable for the average consumer at the expense of sealing it away from people like us.
Remember, once upon a time you could adjust the timing of the distributer of your car.
Implementing DRM is easy with sealed boxes like this.
I'm sure these articles mention the 'Von Neumann Bottleneck' which is a power distribution in instruction execution, as 10 % of the instructions get executed 90 % of the time.
But *I* say the REAL VNBN is that only 90 % of all computer scientists are only 10 % as smart as Von Neumann.
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I mean, isn't there tons of methane Hydrates at the bottom of various lakes etc? Haven't we known about this forever?
Ok thats a good point - so where were they?
Space Marines too.. Where were they?
Battlestar Galactica was the only one that got it right.
It was an aircraft carrier in space whereas the Enterprise was a Battleship in space.
The Federation would have been overrun by a smarter enemy.
Thats a good point.
BUT - once upon a time the average Joe adjusted the timing on the spark... today only geeks hack their cars... it's being sealed off to an elite.
This is part of a wave of all consumer devices to make it more palatable for the average consumer at the expense of sealing it away from people like us.
Remember, once upon a time you could adjust the timing of the distributer of your car.
Implementing DRM is easy with sealed boxes like this.
just for the dosh...
Maybe *I* should....
But it'll be CALLED Fortran....
I don't know if they have $6 gig to spare...
This PROVES America wants to be a Xenophobic Police...
Oh - wait - never mind.....;
I'm sure these articles mention the 'Von Neumann Bottleneck' which is a power distribution in instruction execution, as 10 % of the instructions get executed 90 % of the time.
But *I* say the REAL VNBN is that only 90 % of all computer scientists are only 10 % as smart as Von Neumann.
I have always wanted to know the formula for an egg shell...
Software Sanitation Engineering Person.
They come in ever so handy.
Also a bootable virus remover.
The OS reached a stage of perfection with UNIX.
Really, it is very hard to improve on it. I think the Starship Enterprise runs OpenBSD myself.
So - it is no big deal when the non-legacy computer runs the old OS.
So when's Bill gonna port this to Windows?
Took me a minute to figure out what swear word S**G was.
But look how close G is to T on your keyboard...
I installed Linux Mandrake and found it to be almost as easy as Windows to install.
Ok, thats a very good point. Thanks.
You shouldn't be able to patent anything that has no mass. Think about it.
I notice the USA takes every excuse to remove civil liberties.
I sincerely believe that the USA will become what it wants to be in it's belly - a xenophobic police state.
OSS only ever gets better. It never ever stops.
It'll be catching up sooner or later, probably later.
About 20 years ago - only they used the mechanism from a quartz clock.
Whats up with these multiple dup stores?
Oh wait *I* get it - its a DEEP April 1 joke! Good one!
I think....
Sourceforge's alleged search engine in that list? The same search engine that ALWAYS kaks when I ask it a question?
I was going to post that this is a GREAT April 1 because of all these April Fool messages!
Funny how your outlook can vary, isn't it?