From that page: We have developed an ITRON-specification kernel with protection functions called the IIMP Kernel. The IIMP Kernel will be distributed as free software soon.
So it seems that there is nothing to download yet.
I recommend Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts to Code, by Jacquie Barker. It looks at object-oriented thinking and design first, and code second. (if I remember correctly, the first part of the book only uses pseudo-code).
iCab's checker is also a bit behind the times: it can't check anything beyond HTML 4.01, if it encounters XHTML the face turns 'neutral' and says ( when clicked): The iCab error report doesn't support XHTML yet. Therefore no errors can be reported.. Many recent pages will probably be XHTML and never make iCab smile, even if valid.
I don't use iCab anymore (it used to be my default browser in OS 9) but I still remember fondly its unique feature, the built-in HTML checker: the little face in the upper right of the window that would turn green and smile if the rendered HTML was valid, and red and frowning if the HTML was not valid. Great for checking and validating your own pages in one go. Also, it was sad to see (while browsing) that so few pages were standards-compliant. Almost none, actually.
At least two of the clients pretended to have imported all of my messages in all of the folders (probably about 70,000 messages for the last 7 years sent and received) only to have failed to import a substantial portion of them. No error messages were displayed during the import process. Sorry, but that's a no-go. I'm unwilling to give up my message archive for professional and legal reasons. Nor am I willing to trust a program that would silently fail in that manner.
It might be that the problem is not with the import function of the other mail clients, but with the OE mail database, which could be corrupt in some subtle way. When I moved from OE to Eudora (on an OS 9 Mac) I had to fight hard to extract all my mail from a corrupt OE mail database. I decided then to never use anything else but plain text files for e-mail archiving anymore.
Intended for people with computer experience who are new to Unix (no "For Dummies" nonsense). I found it illuminating when I first started using Linux: Think Unix, by Jon Lasser.
You know, I find this whole 'plea bargain' system a bit strange. (I'm not American, nor a lawyer.) Isn't there something in the law that says that people don't have to assist in their own conviction? I believe it works like that where I live (Netherlands).
Alot of times, when mods, myself included (I metamod about three times a day), come across an article that ranges beyond or above our understanding of a topic, its hard to make a decision as to whether or not something is "informative", like in this article, where I see one post supporting the theory modded informative, and one post criticsing the theory also modded informative. This is physics, people, not YRO. You're either right or wrong in this case.
The way I see it, two contradicting posts can still both be 'informative' as in contributing to a rational discussion about the subject. I see no problem with modding a post as 'informative' without actually agreeing with it. (I would never use 'insightful' in that case, though.)
As my recollection goes, a psuedo-scientist can still "follow the scientific method" in terms of experimental design, but if he/she has made a decision about the 'truth' before the research is done, that makes him/her a psuedo-scientist.
But you see, that is the beauty of 'the scientific method' of experimental design (double-blind tests, etc.) -- it does not matter what the personal beliefs of the researcher are if the design of the experiment is sound.
Am I the only one who thinks that translation is quickly becoming obsolete?
Almost everyone can speak, read and write at least tolerable english and most young people can have full fledged discussions in it.
That isn't much help if you want to read (say) De Uitvreter by Nescio and you don't know Dutch, does it? Or for a slightly more geeky angle, if you want to read Edsger Dijkstra's Dutch texts?
While other forms of energy have been found to sustain life like chemosynthesis in the deep ocean trenches
Do you know of any places (book titles, URLs) where I can read more about these 'non-solar energy' based lifeforms? I suppose we are talking about bacteria?
a lot of proprietary products have wierd names too... Java? Java Beans?
I think there is a (slight, but crucial) difference in this case. 'Java' is something people are used to by now, and 'Java Beans' is a more or less expected 'extension' of the whole 'Java == coffee' thing. 'PHP Bananas', on the other hand, comes out of nowhere. And even the word 'Banana' itself has (in this context) a much more silly/unserious 'feel' to it than 'Bean'.
I wish it wasn't so, but names like 'Kroupware' or 'PHP Bananas' are a hindrance if you are trying to make a case for the adaptation of open source technology in your organization.
Agreed on the unfortunate tendency to use cute and/or silly names for Open Source products. Another example: there is a framework for persistent PHP objects under development which is called PHP Bananas (warning: PDF link; Google HTML version here).
Hanging on to these silly 'geek inside joke' code names is not helping adoptation of OSS.
JP
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That may be difficult because the mp3 files on the iPod aren't visible when the iPod is mounted as an external drive (on a Mac, at least). You need to use the iPod OS + controls to get at your music.
I have heard that VHS defeated Betamax because there was no porn on Betamax, but there was on VHS. I wouldn't be surprised if it was an urban legend, though.
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http://www.assoc.tron.org/itron/home-e.html
From that page: We have developed an ITRON-specification kernel with protection functions called the IIMP Kernel. The IIMP Kernel will be distributed as free software soon.
So it seems that there is nothing to download yet.
JP
I recommend Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts to Code, by Jacquie Barker. It looks at object-oriented thinking and design first, and code second. (if I remember correctly, the first part of the book only uses pseudo-code).
JP
you can type "passwd" and viola.
I prefer the violin myself.
JP
iCab's checker is also a bit behind the times: it can't check anything beyond HTML 4.01, if it encounters XHTML the face turns 'neutral' and says ( when clicked): The iCab error report doesn't support XHTML yet. Therefore no errors can be reported.. Many recent pages will probably be XHTML and never make iCab smile, even if valid.
JP
I don't use iCab anymore (it used to be my default browser in OS 9) but I still remember fondly its unique feature, the built-in HTML checker: the little face in the upper right of the window that would turn green and smile if the rendered HTML was valid, and red and frowning if the HTML was not valid. Great for checking and validating your own pages in one go. Also, it was sad to see (while browsing) that so few pages were standards-compliant. Almost none, actually.
JP
Most O'Reilly books are actually less voluminous than comparable computer books from other publishers.
JP
I use POPMonitor on Mac OS X to delete stuff like that while it's still on the server, before downloading my mail.
Well worth a look.
JP
I especially hate the poorly documented NetInfo
I don't know how good it actually is (never studied it) but maybe Understanding and Using NetInfo (warning: PDF link) is useful?
JP
At least two of the clients pretended to have imported all of my messages in all of the folders (probably about 70,000 messages for the last 7 years sent and received) only to have failed to import a substantial portion of them. No error messages were displayed during the import process. Sorry, but that's a no-go. I'm unwilling to give up my message archive for professional and legal reasons. Nor am I willing to trust a program that would silently fail in that manner.
It might be that the problem is not with the import function of the other mail clients, but with the OE mail database, which could be corrupt in some subtle way. When I moved from OE to Eudora (on an OS 9 Mac) I had to fight hard to extract all my mail from a corrupt OE mail database. I decided then to never use anything else but plain text files for e-mail archiving anymore.
JP
Intended for people with computer experience who are new to Unix (no "For Dummies" nonsense). I found it illuminating when I first started using Linux: Think Unix, by Jon Lasser.
JP
Then again, one problem with being 'very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social,' is that you'll probably never know if you are brilliant...
You will probably convince yourself that you are brilliant.
JP
Don't forget they had some stuff on ROMS, somewhere about 1MB I think.
1 MB? Not by a long shot. The 128K Mac had 64KB ROM.
JP
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television
If your organization is bigger than 2 people you will encounter politics.
I believe you mistyped "1 person".
JP
You know, I find this whole 'plea bargain' system a bit strange. (I'm not American, nor a lawyer.) Isn't there something in the law that says that people don't have to assist in their own conviction? I believe it works like that where I live (Netherlands).
JP
Alot of times, when mods, myself included (I metamod about three times a day), come across an article that ranges beyond or above our understanding of a topic, its hard to make a decision as to whether or not something is "informative", like in this article, where I see one post supporting the theory modded informative, and one post criticsing the theory also modded informative. This is physics, people, not YRO. You're either right or wrong in this case.
The way I see it, two contradicting posts can still both be 'informative' as in contributing to a rational discussion about the subject. I see no problem with modding a post as 'informative' without actually agreeing with it. (I would never use 'insightful' in that case, though.)
JP
As my recollection goes, a psuedo-scientist can still "follow the scientific method" in terms of experimental design, but if he/she has made a decision about the 'truth' before the research is done, that makes him/her a psuedo-scientist.
But you see, that is the beauty of 'the scientific method' of experimental design (double-blind tests, etc.) -- it does not matter what the personal beliefs of the researcher are if the design of the experiment is sound.
JP
Three rows?
JP
Am I the only one who thinks that translation is quickly becoming obsolete?
Almost everyone can speak, read and write at least tolerable english and most young people can have full fledged discussions in it.
That isn't much help if you want to read (say) De Uitvreter by Nescio and you don't know Dutch, does it? Or for a slightly more geeky angle, if you want to read Edsger Dijkstra's Dutch texts?
JP
While other forms of energy have been found to sustain life like chemosynthesis in the deep ocean trenches
Do you know of any places (book titles, URLs) where I can read more about these 'non-solar energy' based lifeforms? I suppose we are talking about bacteria?
Thanks, JP
a lot of proprietary products have wierd names too... Java? Java Beans?
I think there is a (slight, but crucial) difference in this case. 'Java' is something people are used to by now, and 'Java Beans' is a more or less expected 'extension' of the whole 'Java == coffee' thing. 'PHP Bananas', on the other hand, comes out of nowhere. And even the word 'Banana' itself has (in this context) a much more silly/unserious 'feel' to it than 'Bean'.
I wish it wasn't so, but names like 'Kroupware' or 'PHP Bananas' are a hindrance if you are trying to make a case for the adaptation of open source technology in your organization.
JP
Agreed on the unfortunate tendency to use cute and/or silly names for Open Source products. Another example: there is a framework for persistent PHP objects under development which is called PHP Bananas (warning: PDF link; Google HTML version here).
Hanging on to these silly 'geek inside joke' code names is not helping adoptation of OSS.
JP
That may be difficult because the mp3 files on the iPod aren't visible when the iPod is mounted as an external drive (on a Mac, at least). You need to use the iPod OS + controls to get at your music.
JP
I have heard that VHS defeated Betamax because there was no porn on Betamax, but there was on VHS. I wouldn't be surprised if it was an urban legend, though.
JP
Any article that has the letter sequence of "SCO" can be turned into a joke for an automatic SCOre of +5 Funny.
Hahaha! +5 Funny!