I think a lot of this stems from the way the current helmet is fitted to the soldiers head. (Yes, I am a soldier, 18th Airborne Corp, Ft Bragg, NC)
1 - The older Kevlar helmet was fitted to your head with a "sweat band" strapped to the inside of the helmet, which could be adjusted to fit your head exactly.
2 - The newer ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet) is fitted with velcro backed pads which attach inside the helmet.
Let me say now that it is *very* common for CIF (where you get issued your equipment) to be out of your size and give you the next size up. With the older Kevlar (case 1 above) you could still fit the sweat band to fit your head, securing the helmet. With the ACH (case 2 above) if the helmet is too big, the pads will be loose on your head, and the helmet will rattle around on your head when concussions occur nearby.
I think a lot of this stems from the way the current helmet is fitted to the soldiers head. (Yes, I am a soldier, 18th Airborne Corp, Ft Bragg, NC)
1 - The older Kevlar helmet was fitted to your head with a "sweat band" strapped to the inside of the helmet, which could be adjusted to fit your head exactly.
2 - The newer ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet) is fitted with velcro backed pads which attach inside the helmet.
Let me say now that it is *very* common for CIF (where you get issued your equipment) to be out of your size and give you the next size up. With the older Kevlar (case 1 above) you could still fit the sweat band to fit your head, securing the helmet. With the ACH (case 2 above) if the helmet is too big, the pads will be loose on your head, and the helmet will rattle around on your head when concussions occur nearby.
Sorry so slow on the reply here, been workin' hard...
Anyway, the KIM-1 I had (My dad brought back from his job at Shell Development in Houston) was actually a very polished product. Printed Circut Board, etc... I did home-built, wire-wrap job for a cassette interface to use a standard cassette tape player to load/save programs. I later used this same interface for my VIC-20.
The reason I call it the primary predecessor to the VIC-20 is that Commodore bought MOS Technologies, and with the addition of the VIC (Video Interface Chip), more RAM, Keyboard, a BASIC interpreter (written by an unknown company called Microsoft), and a professioinal looking enclosure, became the VIC-20.
My first computer was a KIM-1. Made by MOS Technologies, it was the predecessor to the Commodore VIC-20, touted as being the first single-board microcomputer. It had a 16 key hex kepad, and at 6 digit LED display. (4 for the address in memory, and 2 for the value stored there. Overall, it was a VIC-20 without the VIC chip, no case or keyboard, and a bit less RAM.
For the first time in (I don't even know how many, My/. ID is 6337, think about it.) years, I've got to say, someone, please, mod this up. The last 3 times I've had mod points I saw nothing worth spending them on, but this one is on point, insightful, and funny.
> You sure that/. has enough subscribers to screw Groklaw?
Maybe not the full "/. Effect", but enough to make a noticeable performance impact, which is what drew the grandparent poster's attention to/. to begin with.
Slashdot Subscribers get to see stories "In the mysterious future", before non-subscribers. No one can post to it until the story goes live. It is entirely possible that groklaw was/.ed by subscribers before the story went "live".
The OS-X Kernel is Mach, yes, but then immediately loads the BSD kernel which pretty much runs monolithicly (very non-Mach). Below that level, you get in to a BSD userland, and the Carbon / Aqua layers. It's really not all *that* bizarre.
Are the two licenses incompatable, or are they just trying to start a competing product? This is a serious question, I've not read the details of either license, and I think competition is good for all involved.
On the other hand, if the licenses are compatable, why not borrow (attributed of course) material back and forth between the two.
It certainly seems (by looking at the two sites) that WikiBooks are quite a bit further along in the game.
Slashdot Mirror
I wish I could mod this up. My mod points *just* expired!
For some reason, I feel like waiting until April 2nd before I get bent out of shape about this.
> When was anyone introducing languages to students at 13?
Actually, that's about the age I started learning 6502 assembly on my KIM-1.
One addition...
The current issue of Army Times is reporting that there is already a newer "plastic" helmet in the pipeline to replace the ACH.
One addition...
The current issue of Army Times is reporting that there is a newer "plastic" helmet in the pipeline to replace the ACH.
I think a lot of this stems from the way the current helmet is fitted to the soldiers head. (Yes, I am a soldier, 18th Airborne Corp, Ft Bragg, NC)
1 - The older Kevlar helmet was fitted to your head with a "sweat band" strapped to the inside of the helmet, which could be adjusted to fit your head exactly.
2 - The newer ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet) is fitted with velcro backed pads which attach inside the helmet.
Let me say now that it is *very* common for CIF (where you get issued your equipment) to be out of your size and give you the next size up. With the older Kevlar (case 1 above) you could still fit the sweat band to fit your head, securing the helmet. With the ACH (case 2 above) if the helmet is too big, the pads will be loose on your head, and the helmet will rattle around on your head when concussions occur nearby.
I think a lot of this stems from the way the current helmet is fitted to the soldiers head. (Yes, I am a soldier, 18th Airborne Corp, Ft Bragg, NC)
1 - The older Kevlar helmet was fitted to your head with a "sweat band" strapped to the inside of the helmet, which could be adjusted to fit your head exactly.
2 - The newer ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet) is fitted with velcro backed pads which attach inside the helmet.
Let me say now that it is *very* common for CIF (where you get issued your equipment) to be out of your size and give you the next size up. With the older Kevlar (case 1 above) you could still fit the sweat band to fit your head, securing the helmet. With the ACH (case 2 above) if the helmet is too big, the pads will be loose on your head, and the helmet will rattle around on your head when concussions occur nearby.
Sorry so slow on the reply here, been workin' hard...
Anyway, the KIM-1 I had (My dad brought back from his job at Shell Development in Houston) was actually a very polished product. Printed Circut Board, etc... I did home-built, wire-wrap job for a cassette interface to use a standard cassette tape player to load/save programs. I later used this same interface for my VIC-20.
The reason I call it the primary predecessor to the VIC-20 is that Commodore bought MOS Technologies, and with the addition of the VIC (Video Interface Chip), more RAM, Keyboard, a BASIC interpreter (written by an unknown company called Microsoft), and a professioinal looking enclosure, became the VIC-20.
slpalmer
My first computer was a KIM-1. Made by MOS Technologies, it was the predecessor to the Commodore VIC-20, touted as being the first single-board microcomputer. It had a 16 key hex kepad, and at 6 digit LED display. (4 for the address in memory, and 2 for the value stored there. Overall, it was a VIC-20 without the VIC chip, no case or keyboard, and a bit less RAM.
The other was a little company named "Reply", if I recall correctly. I used to own one of these.
Stephen L. Palmer
Seemed pretty straightforward to me. In fact, it explained, in general, how the trackerless systems work better than I had previously known.
For the first time in (I don't even know how many, My /. ID is 6337, think about it.) years, I've got to say, someone, please, mod this up. The last 3 times I've had mod points I saw nothing worth spending them on, but this one is on point, insightful, and funny.
Stephen L. Palmer
slpalmer (6337)
> "If it moves, kill it. If it doesn't move, shoot it until it does. Then kill it."
The way I heard it (for old RPG's) was, "If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't move, shoot it. If it's still there, pick it up."
Doh! Did I just see my SSID on /.'s front page? Time to change it I guess.
American beer is like having sex in a canoe.
It's f&*king close to water.
> Copyright 19104
Looks like someone needs to update their script on ighetto...
> You sure that /. has enough subscribers to screw Groklaw?
/. to begin with.
Maybe not the full "/. Effect", but enough to make a noticeable performance impact, which is what drew the grandparent poster's attention to
Slashdot Subscribers get to see stories "In the mysterious future", before non-subscribers. No one can post to it until the story goes live. It is entirely possible that groklaw was /.ed by subscribers before the story went "live".
I deliver pizza as a side job. Only a couple nights per week, and a few hours per night. Get $$$, and find loads of WiFi hotspots.
The OS-X Kernel is Mach, yes, but then immediately loads the BSD kernel which pretty much runs monolithicly (very non-Mach). Below that level, you get in to a BSD userland, and the Carbon / Aqua layers. It's really not all *that* bizarre.
I use FreeBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 5.x, and MacOS X 10.3.x, and I can attest that FreeBSD 5.x material is in it already.
(Links shamelessly stolen from Kyro's post, and modified to point to Apple's US server)
Isn't it true that through some fluke of leap-seconds or something, that the time of the "epoch" never actualy occured?
Are the two licenses incompatable, or are they just trying to start a competing product? This is a serious question, I've not read the details of either license, and I think competition is good for all involved.
On the other hand, if the licenses are compatable, why not borrow (attributed of course) material back and forth between the two.
It certainly seems (by looking at the two sites) that WikiBooks are quite a bit further along in the game.
It seems abbreviated phrased on tombstones was a common practice, ie. (from wikiquote)
* Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo.
o Translation: "I was not, I was, I am not, I don't care." (found on tombstones abbreviated NFFNSNC)