you want mylar tape, like the old machine-shop CNC programmers used. Design a program, punch it to paper tape, test; if it works, punch a mylar version. Unaffected by shop liquids (coolant / solvents), not easily torn, etc. That's the archive tape.
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The metawire "sponsored by Microsoft" note was an April Fool's joke. The AC who posted it *hopefully* knew that and just wanted to rile folks up.
I signed up for a metawire account myself - so far, all I've used it for is scanning my home connection from a remote site. From home, I can SSH to metawire, check my firewall config by nmap-ing back to my site, etc.
(1) older military Jeeps: while a teenager, nearly bought one; had *3* "sticks": gearshift (3 or 4-spd), transfer case (high/low/possibly a 2whl-drive), and forward/reverse (yes, a separate stick). Rather different controls to a "standard" stick-shift.
(2) paddle-shifter transmissions: shifter paddles sprouting from the steering column, for shifting without removing a hand from the wheel.
That's what springs to mind, I'm sure I'll recall more after I post. The automotive UI is *fairly* standard, but does vary a bit.
Actually, a BSD-style license would have kept the *original* code open to anyone. It just wouldn't guarantee NextHop's changes were available. Looks like gated's original "pay for commercial use" clause came around to bite the folks involved.
Have you ever dealt with (non-IT) businesspeople? I've been in offices where every person in sales/accounting/billing had a dedicated label printer on their desk, for shipping labels / packaging / general mail / whatever. Think about what "most popular" means: not "earthshaking", not "technically brilliant"; try reading it as "most commonly used" or "widespread". Yes, some people print labels every 5-10 minutes as part of their job. It's a handy niche to fill.
Male masturbation a felony? Don't look to the Bible for that... Onan's sin was wasting his seed; he wasn't jerking off, he didn't want to impregnate his brother's wife (now his due to brother's death - correct me if I'm wrong here, my memory's a bit vague on the buildup). So, at the appropriate moment during sex, he pulled out and spilt his seed upon the ground. No masturbation involved. Don't let anybody guilt you!
The first few seasons of the "second-tier" Busch Series at the Glen were crashfests. By the end of a race, most cars had dents all the way down the right side (the ones still running, anyway). Very fun to watch - I was used to the sports-cars & GTP, they stayed on-track a bit better.
Anyone who's used a computer more than a week (for: text-editing / programming / blog / Web stuff / mission-critical data processing / whatever) should know to ensure their data is backed-up. After, say, a month, they should know to only trust a backup after a successful test-restore. Preferably onto a different system, to catch any hidden dependencies.
How to instill this? School computer labs should explain the concept of "saving often" and "backups" to students, hand out assignments, then shut the lab power off 10 minutes later. This may drive home the difference between DRAM and persistent media...
Why does the price go up almost immediately? Everyone in the chain sees their replacement cost for their next batch of oil/gasoline go up. The refinery sees their next batch of crude will cost more, so they raise their prices.
Say you run a store. You sell soda; you pay $0.75 bottle, sell for $1/bottle. Your supplier says "Terrorists are attacking our soda-trucks; for your next delivery, the price is now $1/bottle". You'd probably raise prices a bit to cover your next shipment's cost.
Another big factor is risk. The big companies hate price spikes (up or down). They want smooth, predictable pricing for crude and refined products. That helps them calculate competitive (yet profitable) prices for their products. Long-term contracts are preferred over spot-market rates.
Do you not know anyone who's gotten married in the last few decades? In the USA, women certainly can keep their surname after marriage. Simply... continue using it! If you don't explicitly change government IDs, you retain the existing name. Nothing to it.
And if your ever-so-slightly paranoid scenario unfolds, look for the Congress (House and/or Senate) and Supreme Court to call "shenanigans". We've had elections during wartime before. No-one's managed to derail the system and turn us into a dictatorship yet. Regardless of what happens, Bush has to win the scheduled election to keep his seat.
It's efficient for a vehicle with approximately the performance of a V8 American car, much quicker than a 50mpg car. That's an economy cycle, not a sportbike.
The high-efficiency equivalent for 2-wheels is probably a scooter; I don't know offhand what mpg range they run.
True nerds would build their own non-lethal stun-guns & shock-batons. The advanced ones might bring a paintball-firing paintball launcher, but these kids were probably too young.
On a serious note: if anyone showed up with a "spud gun", they might have been charged with firearms violations.
Use it for a few years, and you learn to touch-type it on normal keyboards. What gets interesting is typing APL on a foreign-language keyboard, without the APL keycaps. You have to "map" the language's key-shift, then to APL, in your head.
Long ago, I did on-site installs / upgrades for an APL product, developed in England, installed in Venezuela & Mexico City (and the USA). The really tricky bit was, not knowing if the local PCs had US or Spanish DOS installed, English/Spanish keymappings, etc. After a few times, it becomes 2nd nature. Besides, I learned some Spanish: "Dos cerveza, por favor!"
"To be used to defend troops and installations against short range tactical weapons like rockets, mortars, cruise missiles, etc. Not of much use in the continental US."
Make that "not NORMALLY of much use in the continental US."
Armed fighter jets also "not NORMALLY of much use in the continental US.", but were considered useful enough to be deployed over major US cities a few years ago.
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you want mylar tape, like the old machine-shop CNC programmers used. Design a program, punch it to paper tape, test; if it works, punch a mylar version. Unaffected by shop liquids (coolant / solvents), not easily torn, etc. That's the archive tape.
The metawire "sponsored by Microsoft" note was an April Fool's joke. The AC who posted it *hopefully* knew that and just wanted to rile folks up.
I signed up for a metawire account myself - so far, all I've used it for is scanning my home connection from a remote site. From home, I can SSH to metawire, check my firewall config by nmap-ing back to my site, etc.
Some automotive counter-examples:
(1) older military Jeeps: while a teenager, nearly bought one; had *3* "sticks": gearshift (3 or 4-spd), transfer case (high/low/possibly a 2whl-drive), and forward/reverse (yes, a separate stick). Rather different controls to a "standard" stick-shift.
(2) paddle-shifter transmissions: shifter paddles sprouting from the steering column, for shifting without removing a hand from the wheel.
That's what springs to mind, I'm sure I'll recall more after I post. The automotive UI is *fairly* standard, but does vary a bit.
Actually, a BSD-style license would have kept the *original* code open to anyone. It just wouldn't guarantee NextHop's changes were available. Looks like gated's original "pay for commercial use" clause came around to bite the folks involved.
Have you ever dealt with (non-IT) businesspeople? I've been in offices where every person in sales/accounting/billing had a dedicated label printer on their desk, for shipping labels / packaging / general mail / whatever. Think about what "most popular" means: not "earthshaking", not "technically brilliant"; try reading it as "most commonly used" or "widespread". Yes, some people print labels every 5-10 minutes as part of their job. It's a handy niche to fill.
Male masturbation a felony? Don't look to the Bible for that... Onan's sin was wasting his seed; he wasn't jerking off, he didn't want to impregnate his brother's wife (now his due to brother's death - correct me if I'm wrong here, my memory's a bit vague on the buildup). So, at the appropriate moment during sex, he pulled out and spilt his seed upon the ground. No masturbation involved. Don't let anybody guilt you!
Bet folks loved that... shouldn't "Our XP users" read "Our XP soon-to-be-former users" ?
The first few seasons of the "second-tier" Busch Series at the Glen were crashfests. By the end of a race, most cars had dents all the way down the right side (the ones still running, anyway). Very fun to watch - I was used to the sports-cars & GTP, they stayed on-track a bit better.
All the God-like power of a surgeon, but without getting your paws icky. - Dogbert
It's sad that it's difficult to tell if you're joking... I'll go with "parody/satire", and hope you weren't serious.
Anyone who's used a computer more than a week (for: text-editing / programming / blog / Web stuff / mission-critical data processing / whatever) should know to ensure their data is backed-up. After, say, a month, they should know to only trust a backup after a successful test-restore. Preferably onto a different system, to catch any hidden dependencies.
How to instill this? School computer labs should explain the concept of "saving often" and "backups" to students, hand out assignments, then shut the lab power off 10 minutes later. This may drive home the difference between DRAM and persistent media...
Don't you mean "the source is open, but it's not Open Source" ?
It's not *closed* source if you can download the source; if you mean "it's not GPL", why not say that?
Why does the price go up almost immediately? Everyone in the chain sees their replacement cost for their next batch of oil/gasoline go up. The refinery sees their next batch of crude will cost more, so they raise their prices.
Say you run a store. You sell soda; you pay $0.75 bottle, sell for $1/bottle. Your supplier says "Terrorists are attacking our soda-trucks; for your next delivery, the price is now $1/bottle". You'd probably raise prices a bit to cover your next shipment's cost.
Another big factor is risk. The big companies hate price spikes (up or down). They want smooth, predictable pricing for crude and refined products. That helps them calculate competitive (yet profitable) prices for their products. Long-term contracts are preferred over spot-market rates.
Do you not know anyone who's gotten married in the last few decades? In the USA, women certainly can keep their surname after marriage. Simply... continue using it! If you don't explicitly change government IDs, you retain the existing name. Nothing to it.
And if your ever-so-slightly paranoid scenario unfolds, look for the Congress (House and/or Senate) and Supreme Court to call "shenanigans". We've had elections during wartime before. No-one's managed to derail the system and turn us into a dictatorship yet. Regardless of what happens, Bush has to win the scheduled election to keep his seat.
It's efficient for a vehicle with approximately the performance of a V8 American car, much quicker than a 50mpg car. That's an economy cycle, not a sportbike.
The high-efficiency equivalent for 2-wheels is probably a scooter; I don't know offhand what mpg range they run.
Sorry, I'd consider (at least) the 19-21yr olds to be NOT "kids" anymore....
True nerds would build their own non-lethal stun-guns & shock-batons. The advanced ones might bring a paintball-firing paintball launcher, but these kids were probably too young.
On a serious note: if anyone showed up with a "spud gun", they might have been charged with firearms violations.
As a reference to back up your statement, cite Harry Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" novels.
Hardened criminal? No, just an ass**** who likes to break stuff in the woods.
Use it for a few years, and you learn to touch-type it on normal keyboards. What gets interesting is typing APL on a foreign-language keyboard, without the APL keycaps. You have to "map" the language's key-shift, then to APL, in your head.
Long ago, I did on-site installs / upgrades for an APL product, developed in England, installed in Venezuela & Mexico City (and the USA). The really tricky bit was, not knowing if the local PCs had US or Spanish DOS installed, English/Spanish keymappings, etc. After a few times, it becomes 2nd nature. Besides, I learned some Spanish: "Dos cerveza, por favor!"
A Mazda Miata weighs >2000 lbs. For his tailgating SUV, try 4,000-5,000 lbs+
assuming no wind, exact allowance for range, completely consistent ammo, etc. Laser weapon would eliminate some variables.
Real Genius was rebroadcast yesterday; I think it was on Comedy Central. Caught it from the beginning (usually come in halfway thru).
Which brings to mind a Slashdot poll idea:
Can you pound a 6-inch spike through a board with your penis?
(a girls gotta have her standards)
"To be used to defend troops and installations against short range tactical weapons like rockets, mortars, cruise missiles, etc. Not of much use in the continental US."
Make that "not NORMALLY of much use in the continental US."
Armed fighter jets also "not NORMALLY of much use in the continental US.", but were considered useful enough to be deployed over major US cities a few years ago.