An atom is atomic (i.e. the gold nuclei that they accelerate at BNL are high energy atomic particles). Subatomic paricles make up atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons).
No, I claimed that there was no 'click on a file to open it' function. The response agreed, writing, '[...] pushing the OPEN key on the keyboard.' So I didn't reply to the direct agreement.
Incidentally, the reply also calimed, 'The article conveniently does not mention the Xerox Star, which was announced in March 1981.' Two points.
To see the logical fallacy (or, as you say, 'slight of hand'), think of when longhorn was anounced and when its features were (will be) implemented or even written down.
Go to the article I linked to and search 'Star.' and tell me if you get a hit.
Thanks for the article, it was an interesting read. I preffered the article written at the time which reads, in part, "In the 1980s, the most important factors affecting how prevalent computer usage becomes will [...] progress in user-interface design." (oops, MS missed by 8 years!).
To me, it comes down to this: many companies have good ideas and make decent goes at good OS, hardware, and software. Apple makes excelent products. This appears to be the difference between what Xerox had and what Apple had in the 80s. Even you example talks about using a key and not a click (they had three buttons, what were they for?)
Even now, Apple has far less mixed metaphors (i.e. closing a window kills the app). Even on XP. Asside from clicking on "start" to shut down, if you have acrobat open as a app and in a browser window (in Moz at least), if you close the last app window, it kills the browser pdf at the same time. And this is what sets them appart. Their products are not just a group of good ideas--they are excelent intigrated systems.
Anyway, the article you point out speaks past the points in the one I linked to--they were wroking at the same time, now one after the other.
Basically, Xerox had point and click for selecting text, there no 'click on a file to open it' or any other GUI features in the OS, just in one word processor. Read the article, it is a great read.
It really is too bad that there are so many M$ fanboys out there who need to believe that Apple isn't the big inovator of the OS world.
To be fair, you would have to include MySQL in that list since you cau use the InnoDB tables as well. Also, if you lock all the tables you are using with MyISAM tables you can get isolation... just not so nice for other users.
I've screwed up my DBs many times with my own stupid mistakes, and the backup and binary log have always come to the rescue and worked far faster than I expected. In general, if you loose one transaction and can't fix the table yourself, I'd say you should ask the expert in your environment for some help, or at least admit to your own shortcomings to your management.
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Well, yes and no. Edison actually won on both fronts. Afterall, the most important power grids in the US uses DC.
That would be the NYC subway. Too bad the lights and switches are run on AC otherwise it would be totally 'off the grid.'
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aka physics that is too complicated for physicists to do?
Chemistry is what chemists do. Physics is what physicists do.
I was saying that sometimes it comes from having the title 'local computer person' tacked on to your already full job description in a small office, without resources for training other than 'intermediate microsoft word.'
I'm not so sure you have to motives right. Why would anyone want to build that empire? It is just an empire of telling people, "no, you can't do that... because of... uh...security! Yeah, security."
I think it is just the natural reaction to being hopelessly lacking in time to specialize combined with a sense of duty.
I'll bet you worked for a state or city. The feds I've worked with have all been models of efficienty. As an example: Post Office--contractors. Social Security Administration: Feds. SSA runs about 3 percent overhead--much less than any other retirement/life insurance/disability insurance orginization in the world.
Right, but you were probably working for a city or state. the feds run a tight ship. Each federal office I have heard about or worked in was stunningly efficient, each was run like a small business, but could leverage huge capital when needed. Now the states and cities on the other hand...
Just as a macro example, medicare runs with about 3 percent overhead. Compare to the private average of about 25 percent! Talk about waste, why use these innefficient orginizations? Imagine, we could se an increase in the total size of our economy of several percent, just from this one change. That is huge.
My favorite reason for not switching (a short story):
My wife downloaded the fox at her work and then the security person found out. Well, she was told that this new browser was 'a security threat.' And she has to use IE for 'security reasons.'
That was supposed to be ironic, I hope you understand.
Hate to burst your bubble, but (1) they probably already have all the software. (2) government programers are going to be about 10 times more efficient thatn contractor programers (contract overhead on fed site, contract overhead on contractor side, bid process on fed side, bid process on contractor side x number of contractors, contract poorly written, large conference calls about terms of contract, lawsuit about terms of contract, new contracting process with slighly better terms, go to begining).
Which is to say, if you think the feds suck at working, imagine them writing a contract that is worth a damn after the lawyers of some beltway bandit work it out.
you may be better off with srm, I'm not sure. It does a single pass, 7 pass (US DoD compliant) or a 35 pass delete. These last two are a mix of random and ordered writes. The basic idea then would be to fillup the HD and then secure delete it only once. But only your lawyer can tell you what is 'enough' according to the law.
Right, but MacOS X is a great OS and has more than a C compiler and support for TCP/IP. The whole zero viruses in the wild on a patched system combined with the linux's crackability make the security down step a serious disadvantage... The reason I see to do this is for buying these things used or having an old one around a few years from now when the free (as in beer) OS has more features. But that's just me.
Gore was a legislator between 1978 and 1992. However, my wording was bad and it makes it sould like funding the internet is the only thing they can do while this is just one example.
He said, " During my service in the United States Congress." You are now attributing to him that he was hacking in the back row of the senate floor? Obviously he was talking about what senators do 'durring [...] service" which is take initiative and make sure the money is there for creating the internet.
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An atom is atomic (i.e. the gold nuclei that they accelerate at BNL are high energy atomic particles). Subatomic paricles make up atoms (protons, neutrons, and electrons).
Incidentally, the reply also calimed, 'The article conveniently does not mention the Xerox Star, which was announced in March 1981.' Two points.
To me, it comes down to this: many companies have good ideas and make decent goes at good OS, hardware, and software. Apple makes excelent products. This appears to be the difference between what Xerox had and what Apple had in the 80s. Even you example talks about using a key and not a click (they had three buttons, what were they for?)
Even now, Apple has far less mixed metaphors (i.e. closing a window kills the app). Even on XP. Asside from clicking on "start" to shut down, if you have acrobat open as a app and in a browser window (in Moz at least), if you close the last app window, it kills the browser pdf at the same time. And this is what sets them appart. Their products are not just a group of good ideas--they are excelent intigrated systems.
Anyway, the article you point out speaks past the points in the one I linked to--they were wroking at the same time, now one after the other.
Basically, Xerox had point and click for selecting text, there no 'click on a file to open it' or any other GUI features in the OS, just in one word processor. Read the article, it is a great read.
It really is too bad that there are so many M$ fanboys out there who need to believe that Apple isn't the big inovator of the OS world.
I will, thanks for the advice.
To be fair, you would have to include MySQL in that list since you cau use the InnoDB tables as well. Also, if you lock all the tables you are using with MyISAM tables you can get isolation... just not so nice for other users.
Thanks. That was the least whiny grammar troll I've known. Cheers.
You know, you could say the same thing about the Blue Gene. Each proc runs at about 400 MHz, or about 1/10 of a modern PC processor.
Details please...
I've screwed up my DBs many times with my own stupid mistakes, and the backup and binary log have always come to the rescue and worked far faster than I expected. In general, if you loose one transaction and can't fix the table yourself, I'd say you should ask the expert in your environment for some help, or at least admit to your own shortcomings to your management.
That would be the NYC subway. Too bad the lights and switches are run on AC otherwise it would be totally 'off the grid.'
Chemistry is what chemists do. Physics is what physicists do.
I was saying that sometimes it comes from having the title 'local computer person' tacked on to your already full job description in a small office, without resources for training other than 'intermediate microsoft word.'
I think it is just the natural reaction to being hopelessly lacking in time to specialize combined with a sense of duty.
I'll bet you worked for a state or city. The feds I've worked with have all been models of efficienty. As an example: Post Office--contractors. Social Security Administration: Feds. SSA runs about 3 percent overhead--much less than any other retirement/life insurance/disability insurance orginization in the world.
Just as a macro example, medicare runs with about 3 percent overhead. Compare to the private average of about 25 percent! Talk about waste, why use these innefficient orginizations? Imagine, we could se an increase in the total size of our economy of several percent, just from this one change. That is huge.
My wife downloaded the fox at her work and then the security person found out. Well, she was told that this new browser was 'a security threat.' And she has to use IE for 'security reasons.'
That was supposed to be ironic, I hope you understand.
Which is to say, if you think the feds suck at working, imagine them writing a contract that is worth a damn after the lawyers of some beltway bandit work it out.
You could also follow The DOD protocol. Just a thought. I always thought they baked the platters, but i guess other methods are preffered.
you may be better off with srm, I'm not sure. It does a single pass, 7 pass (US DoD compliant) or a 35 pass delete. These last two are a mix of random and ordered writes. The basic idea then would be to fillup the HD and then secure delete it only once. But only your lawyer can tell you what is 'enough' according to the law.
Right, but MacOS X is a great OS and has more than a C compiler and support for TCP/IP. The whole zero viruses in the wild on a patched system combined with the linux's crackability make the security down step a serious disadvantage... The reason I see to do this is for buying these things used or having an old one around a few years from now when the free (as in beer) OS has more features. But that's just me.
Gore was a legislator between 1978 and 1992. However, my wording was bad and it makes it sould like funding the internet is the only thing they can do while this is just one example.
He said, " During my service in the United States Congress." You are now attributing to him that he was hacking in the back row of the senate floor? Obviously he was talking about what senators do 'durring [...] service" which is take initiative and make sure the money is there for creating the internet.
Do you want to pickup the tab for the backbone components?