Piker. My 5.25" floppy came with my 10MHz 286. It's the only original part I have left, and allows me to maintain the fiction that I'm still "upgrading the original computer".
. If military used M$ software, that means some bombs might miss the Iraqi cities and instead land harmlessly in the desert, thus saving civilian lives.
1. Assuming the US bombs Iraq, targeting software is such that if it misses it's target, it would probably land on top of civilians.
2. Targeting software uses neither Open Source nor Microsoft. It is generally designed for proprietary real-time OSen (VxWorks and "home-grown" come to mind).
This is a Good Thing(tm). This isn't some long haired hippie hackers. This is the fscking Federal Reserve! CongressCritters actually listen to them! Of course, the Fed doesn't throw suitcases full of money at them, but still...
Arthur C. Clarke, \i{Imperial Earth}. Anyone who wants an office was, by definition, unqualified for it. Officeholders had to be dragged kicking and screaming into office.
1) Ever looked at your snail mailbox? No SPAM there, oh wait yes there is.... Paid for by the sender. In addition, the DMA has an opt-out list that they honor.
2) Ever sat down at the dinner table and had somebody phone you? No SPAM there, oh wait there is too....
Again, paid for by the caller. Again, an opt-out list (state-by-state in the US, anyways). The magic words are: "Put me on your do-not-call list... NOW!"
3) Ever turn on TV in Europe late at night and had to watch during the commercials how you have the chance to talk to a "really mature and hot woman". No SPAM there, oh wait there is too...
And how do you think that the "free" TV is paid for? In addition, on TV, you have multiple channels.
In all your examples, the financial onus is on the advertiser. With current email models, there is no financial onus on the sender, so it's economically feasible for them to send zillions of emails for an INCREDIBLY small return.
There's a squaw on a hippo skin who weighs 300lb. There's a squaw on a deerskin who has a son who weighs 140 lb. There's a squaw on a buffalo skin who has a won who weighs 160lb.
The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
It is always amazing to me that there are people out there that assume that everyone has a 100BaseT Ethernet hub between the front end and the back end or other stupid assumptions.
Actually, I've found myself doing the reverse several times. For many years, I worked in what I guess would be semi-embedded systems. We did special purpose computers for the military. The thing was, we had our own RTE, and I got into the habit of coding for that, and assuming that the target environment essentially had nothing.
Now that I'm coding for standard OSen (Linux), I find it hard to get used to the concept that it's already there, I don't have to roll my own.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in reuse. I think it's wonderful to have the tools. It's just difficult to "rewire" myself after 15 years of a particular mindset (but I'm working at it!).
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What's that you say? Oh, that's very different... Never Mind.
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In other words, if Jim Allchin ever takes the stand in a trial, his testimony is suspect?
Because your /. ID is way over 13,000?
Yep. My old 286 was a PLCC. No pins, just contacts on the side.
Then there's Fibre Channel (Currently at 2Gb/s FDX, and slated for 10Gb/s), and 1000BaseT ethernet....
Servers need/want this stuff yesterday!
Piker. My 5.25" floppy came with my 10MHz 286. It's the only original part I have left, and allows me to maintain the fiction that I'm still "upgrading the original computer".
I hope you use only GM oil filters, GM oil, GM air filters, and none of those illegal third party auto parts in your car.
After all, GM developed their engines.
Make sure your Visio n is good before you open the file! (oops, I made a typo!)
Im tired of the US allways protecting the interest of the incredebly pitifull american "culture".
And just what interest is the US supposed to protect?
I greatly enjoyed Inferno. It caused me to later go and read (a translation of) the original by Dante.
I must have missed something, however... What was "the secret" that Mussolini (and later Carpentier) knew that allowed them to move freely about Hell?
. If military used M$ software, that means some bombs might miss the Iraqi cities and instead land harmlessly in the desert, thus saving civilian lives.
1. Assuming the US bombs Iraq, targeting software is such that if it misses it's target, it would probably land on top of civilians.
2. Targeting software uses neither Open Source nor Microsoft. It is generally designed for proprietary real-time OSen (VxWorks and "home-grown" come to mind).
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Rest well, Pioneer
See! We told Congress that everyone is an Evil Content Pirate(tm), but you guys wouldn't believe us! We need that Fritz Chip yesterday!
This is a Good Thing(tm). This isn't some long haired hippie hackers. This is the fscking Federal Reserve! CongressCritters actually listen to them! Of course, the Fed doesn't throw suitcases full of money at them, but still...
Nope. I'm married with kids. :-)
Arthur C. Clarke, \i{Imperial Earth}. Anyone who wants an office was, by definition, unqualified for it. Officeholders had to be dragged kicking and screaming into office.
But he becomes part of Microsoft's "30 Million copies sold last year!" statistics!
OT, but what the hell... They say "X copies sold"! Not "X copies licensed"! Wouldn't that imply that their EULA is bogus?
Yeah. NT4 ran on x86, MIPS, Alpha and PPC. But I believe the PPC was only for PREP, and not for Mac.
How is this different from spyware?
OK, I'll bite.
1) Ever looked at your snail mailbox? No SPAM
there, oh wait yes there is....
Paid for by the sender. In addition, the DMA has an opt-out list that they honor.
2) Ever sat down at the dinner table and had somebody phone you? No SPAM there, oh wait there is too....
Again, paid for by the caller. Again, an opt-out list (state-by-state in the US, anyways). The magic words are: "Put me on your do-not-call list... NOW!"
3) Ever turn on TV in Europe late at night and had to watch during the commercials how you have the chance to talk to a "really mature and hot woman". No SPAM there, oh wait there is too...
And how do you think that the "free" TV is paid for? In addition, on TV, you have multiple channels.
In all your examples, the financial onus is on the advertiser. With current email models, there is no financial onus on the sender, so it's economically feasible for them to send zillions of emails for an INCREDIBLY small return.
\i{How many programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None; it's a hardware problem.}
How many hardware guys does it take to change a lightbulb? None; we'll work around it in software.
I thought the difference would be undefined. Go ask the geeks on comp.lang.c++.
And yes, I *DID* see the <HUMOR> tags. I just thought I'd be pedantic.
BZZZT! The squaw on the hippo has no sons.
There's a squaw on a hippo skin who weighs 300lb.
There's a squaw on a deerskin who has a son who weighs 140 lb.
There's a squaw on a buffalo skin who has a won who weighs 160lb.
The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
I always thought it was:
In C++ only you and your friends can play with your private parts.
It is always amazing to me that there are people out there that assume that everyone has a 100BaseT Ethernet hub between the front end and the back end or other stupid assumptions.
Actually, I've found myself doing the reverse several times. For many years, I worked in what I guess would be semi-embedded systems. We did special purpose computers for the military. The thing was, we had our own RTE, and I got into the habit of coding for that, and assuming that the target environment essentially had nothing.
Now that I'm coding for standard OSen (Linux), I find it hard to get used to the concept that it's already there, I don't have to roll my own.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in reuse. I think it's wonderful to have the tools. It's just difficult to "rewire" myself after 15 years of a particular mindset (but I'm working at it!).