It's not, though similarities can be gleaned on a once over. In SF, generalized ideas (time travel, alternate realities) are not considered something you can claim as your own.
What pisses me off is I (as in me; myself) created an outline for a novel that does read like I stole it from Difference Engine, but I wrote it out a good year before that book was published or I even heard of it! Ugh.
You know what they say about good ideas (they're just waiting to be found).
Is that the right answer? Do I win a prize? Get real, would ya! Of course if would get posted. News about a new version of sendmail (beta or otherwise) is news for nerds, whether you use it or not. And even if it is bloatware, some of us do use it, I can guarantee that. -------------------------------------------
I guess I figured my comments would not be taken in the joyful and light (read: humorous) vein they were meant, so here's some clarification on what I was trying to laugh about:
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) - Microsoft uses as their reason why NT is less for TCO, a 'white paper' which compares Windows NT (Server) to Solaris running on a SPARC.
Yes, I do know there is a x86 version for Solaris, but MICROSOFT DOESN"T SEEM TO KNOW IT.
BTW, my point was: Can I run the version of Solaris meant for Sparcs on an Intel box? Apples to oranges comparisons is a bad way to make a point.
NT4 vs Linux on the desktop -
As MS points to in their summary on this entry: "mainstream usage by business or home users".
Please note the phrase "mainstream usage", which NT 4.0, including NT Workstation, is NOT marketed to in the home sector (few would try to do this for Linux, either). Yes, they have had some success with the business desktop, but it is far outnumbered by the copies of Windows 95/98 in this environment.
I'm hardly a "Linux is better than NT" kind of guy, but there were a few points MS makes in their document that made me laugh:
Myth: Linux is Free Reality: Free Operating System Does Not Mean Low Total Cost of Ownership
They claim this, than use (as the example why NT has a lower cost of ownership) a study that compared NT to Solaris running on a Sparc!. When I can run Solaris on a cheap Pentium box, I'll let you know how this comparison works.
Myth: Linux can replace Windows on the desktop Reality: Linux Makes No Sense at the Desktop
And hasn't Microsoft constantly claimed that NT is not a desktop OS either? Aren't they coming out with an update to Windows 98 for just this reason?
It gets funnier every time I read these. Are you slashdotters sure this post isn't tied to the Monty Python one?
One of the problems with wearable PCs is not just the bulk, but the methods for providing a monitor of some sort.
From the picture shown in the article, looks like they've taken up with a small display rig that wraps around the side. A little reminiscent of the ones the Dominion crews use in Star Trek DS9, don't cha think?
I'm sorry, but I've grown tired of Dvorak and his so called "knowledge" of the computer industry. Every time he attempts to discuss what "should be" or the way things "should work" or how something is going to "come out", I feel a sickening wave rising up from my stomach. And that ain't soup.
If he ever really understood this business, it was a long time ago, most likely back before his scalp was sealed over with asphalt. Anyone reading Dvorak nowadays for anything more than insider tidbits deserves the searing pain in the temple such an activity elicits.
Combine the word folk and the name of a loud, annoying and well worth destroying German musical instrument.
Better yet, take the word 'folk', translate it to German (on Babelfish if you like), hook it up to "spiel", then translate back again. It's all in fun.
I've got six semesters of high school German all lost to the ether, but even I can provide a translation to this word. It's just I don't think mine would end up in a dictionary.
How many folkenspiel are going to try and pull this kind of stuff?
If I file a trademark claim in Germany for the words 'German' and 'Deutsch', can I force every German to pay royalties for their use? Actually, after I trademark them I think I'll just change their definition to something more appropriate...
Unfortunately for all the little planet discussed in this story will reveal itself to be the true home of Steve Jobs. Hence, a Macintosh planet or oMac (for orbiting Mac).
We already have cell phone Web browsers (they just don't do TV). They're filling up the Smart Phone market right now. Take a look at Qualcomm's pdQ phone, just for starters.
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Sounds like a rewrite of Gibon's book
It's not, though similarities can be gleaned on a once over. In SF, generalized ideas (time travel, alternate realities) are not considered something you can claim as your own.
What pisses me off is I (as in me; myself) created an outline for a novel that does read like I stole it from Difference Engine, but I wrote it out a good year before that book was published or I even heard of it! Ugh.
You know what they say about good ideas (they're just waiting to be found).
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Yes.
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Is that the right answer? Do I win a prize? Get real, would ya! Of course if would get posted. News about a new version of sendmail (beta or otherwise) is news for nerds, whether you use it or not. And even if it is bloatware, some of us do use it, I can guarantee that.
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A Beta PSX2 takes 5 seconds to render an image that takes a K6-III 400MHz 19 sec, and a 500 Mhz Alpha 21264 26 seconds
Yeah, but can it run Linux?
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I have a loom that uses it.
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So of course hold your tongue on all Microsoft postings UNTIL MS has had a chance to send out a press release. That's only fair, right?
From now on the rule is: Press releases are good sources of REAL news, and we trust all companies not to spin us like tops.
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OK, then how about the article from the Register, a well known and typically spot-on publication, which discusses Apple's re-reversal:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/991016-000002.html
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PLEASE notice the subject matter of the article in question.
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It would be analogus to quoting another usenet post...
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Or, dare I say, a slashdot article? Trust no one. Learn for yourself.
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And it will probably take the UN 42 years to provide the first draft specs.
In any case, sounds like a worthy effort.
USB 2.0 to Move "Like, really, really fast" Say Sources
Yeah yeah, very cute.
you can transfer a cow in about 5 seconds.
But what about pig tranfers? Elephants?
So, when will this all get so fast that I only need to think about transferring data to make it happen?
Gee, think October stands for the month of the release? Naw, that's too easy...
I think the key sentence in the piece is the one that 'claims':
Nortel showed 80-Gbit transmission over 480 km of dispersion-managed fiber manufactured by Corning, in a single span without regeneration.
I'm starting to feel lightheaded...
I guess I figured my comments would not be taken in the joyful and light (read: humorous) vein they were meant, so here's some clarification on what I was trying to laugh about:
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) -
Microsoft uses as their reason why NT is less for TCO, a 'white paper' which compares Windows NT (Server) to Solaris running on a SPARC.
Yes, I do know there is a x86 version for Solaris, but MICROSOFT DOESN"T SEEM TO KNOW IT.
BTW, my point was: Can I run the version of Solaris meant for Sparcs on an Intel box? Apples to oranges comparisons is a bad way to make a point.
NT4 vs Linux on the desktop -
As MS points to in their summary on this entry: "mainstream usage by business or home users".
Please note the phrase "mainstream usage", which NT 4.0, including NT Workstation, is NOT marketed to in the home sector (few would try to do this for Linux, either). Yes, they have had some success with the business desktop, but it is far outnumbered by the copies of Windows 95/98 in this environment.
I'm hardly a "Linux is better than NT" kind of guy, but there were a few points MS makes in their document that made me laugh:
Myth: Linux is Free
Reality: Free Operating System Does Not Mean Low Total Cost of Ownership
They claim this, than use (as the example why NT has a lower cost of ownership) a study that compared NT to Solaris running on a Sparc!. When I can run Solaris on a cheap Pentium box, I'll let you know how this comparison works.
Myth: Linux can replace Windows on the desktop
Reality: Linux Makes No Sense at the Desktop
And hasn't Microsoft constantly claimed that NT is not a desktop OS either? Aren't they coming out with an update to Windows 98 for just this reason?
It gets funnier every time I read these. Are you slashdotters sure this post isn't tied to the Monty Python one?
One of the problems with wearable PCs is not just the bulk, but the methods for providing a monitor of some sort.
From the picture shown in the article, looks like they've taken up with a small display rig that wraps around the side. A little reminiscent of the ones the Dominion crews use in Star Trek DS9, don't cha think?
Definitely cool.
And according to this article it looks strangely like communications satellites.
See you on the other side, Chicken Little.
I'm sorry, but I've grown tired of Dvorak and his so called "knowledge" of the computer industry. Every time he attempts to discuss what "should be" or the way things "should work" or how something is going to "come out", I feel a sickening wave rising up from my stomach. And that ain't soup.
If he ever really understood this business, it was a long time ago, most likely back before his scalp was sealed over with asphalt. Anyone reading Dvorak nowadays for anything more than insider tidbits deserves the searing pain in the temple such an activity elicits.
Hey, just a made up, Fatherland-sounding word.
Combine the word folk and the name of a loud, annoying and well worth destroying German musical instrument.
Better yet, take the word 'folk', translate it to German (on Babelfish if you like), hook it up to "spiel", then translate back again. It's all in fun.
I've got six semesters of high school German all lost to the ether, but even I can provide a translation to this word. It's just I don't think mine would end up in a dictionary.
How many folkenspiel are going to try and pull this kind of stuff?
If I file a trademark claim in Germany for the words 'German' and 'Deutsch', can I force every German to pay royalties for their use? Actually, after I trademark them I think I'll just change their definition to something more appropriate...
Unfortunately for all the little planet discussed in this story will reveal itself to be the true home of Steve Jobs. Hence, a Macintosh planet or oMac (for orbiting Mac).
The Deluxe model is supposed to be available in 5 different covers, 4 being translucent colors (green, blue, yellow, and white/clear), ala the iMac.
Ah, OK, gotcha. You certainly did well impersonating the AC standard. Just a little too well, that's all.
We already have cell phone Web browsers (they just don't do TV). They're filling up the Smart Phone market right now. Take a look at Qualcomm's pdQ phone, just for starters.
http://www.qualcomm.com/phones/pro ducts/pdq_phone/
Read the article!!!!
"The set, based on the open source Linux operating system..."