IIRC, it's just as bad on SPARC - ^?/delete is backspace in the console, ^H is backspace in the GUI.
Of course, this wasn't as insane on the Type 4 keyboard, where delete was directly above backspace, and the same size, in the function key row. But Type 5 broke that.
I don't deny that simplicity is good - my car has two computers.
One is connected to the throttle body (for idle air control,) an air mass meter, four fuel injectors, and two coilpacks.
The other is connected to a piece of explosives aimed at my face, and a couple crash sensors.
If you can count the crappy CD/WMA/MP3 player head unit, there's a third, I guess. None of them are interconnected, other than being ultimately connected to the same +12VDC and the same ground.
(And, much of the stuff that I mention in that post isn't even possible in my car. There's no ABS, no traction control, no stability control, no tire pressure monitoring. Just a limited slip diff, and that works by using a non-Newtonian fluid, IIRC, not a computer. The "navigation" is a couple dead trees with some plastic melted onto them (Google Maps printouts,) and if it really gets rough, I break out my phone and fire up Google Maps on that. Locks and windows are manual, and lights are wired either directly or through relays, so no central convenience. Manual transmission, so no transmission computer. Seatbelts have a purely mechanical locker, which isn't as good as a pretensioner, but it means there's not any explosives within close proximity of my ass.;))
So that's all the code in the following computers:
Engine (controls throttle and such) Transmission Collision avoidance (ABS, traction control, etc. TPMS is usually here, too, because it's sometimes part of the ABS system to save costs) Safety (airbags, seatbelt pretensioners, etc.) Central convenience (security system, power locks, power windows, cabin illumination, in some cars even the exterior lighting goes through central convenience) HVAC Instrumentation (yep, there's a computer dedicated to that - and some security functions are sometimes in there) Entertainment (navigation, stereo, DVD, etc., etc.)
And all these systems are interconnected.
You get in your car (central convenience deactivates security upon receiving the signal, and when you open the door, it illuminates the cabin, alerts the engine computer that a start is imminent, possibly starting fuel pumps, on diesel cars turning on the glow plugs, etc., etc., and notifies the instrument cluster that the door is ajar.)
You insert your key into the ignition (yes, I know about push-button start,) and start the engine (engine computer starts up, after which the instrument cluster polls the RFID chip on the key. If it can't get a read, it immediately requests that the engine computer shut down.)
You decide that you want a little heat before you set off, so you use your steering wheel controls (which go through instrumentation) to set HVAC settings, and then you figure some music won't hurt (entertainment.) Then, you remember that you don't know where you're going, so you punch the address into the navigation system, and it feeds directions back to the instrument cluster.
Now, you put the car into gear. The transmission computer notifies the other computers about this, and the engine computer adjusts the idle fueling to compensate. The instrument computer reflects the gear change. The central convenience module turns on the daytime running lights. The entertainment system might prevent you from using the touchscreen interface. The safety computer may become more persistent about reminding you that you didn't put on your seat belt, and will notify the instrument cluster of this, to annoy you more.
After you put your seatbelt on, you let off the brake and pull out of your parking space. Obviously, the engine computer and transmission computer are working together here, the instrument cluster is constantly updating the status of those (and the entertainment computer, which is noting the changes in vehicle position.) After you hit 10 MPH, the engine or transmission computer sends a request to the central convenience module to lock the doors.
Now, you're going down the freeway, and right in front of you, a semi truck loses control, and flips onto its side. You jam on the brakes, which kills engine power immediately (engine computer, and the transmission computer is affected as well, and this all gets fed back to the instrument computer.) Collision avoidance computer activates ABS and (as you're attempting to swerve out of the way) stability control, and notifies the central convenience computer that you're undergoing a panic stop, and to activate the hazards.
Unfortunately, you don't have enough time and room to stop, and you hit the semi. The safety computer notices this, and fires the seatbelt pretensioners and the appropriate airbags. Once that's done, there's some less immediate concerns. It would be a bad idea to leave the engine running, so the safety computer requests an engine shutdown. The transmission computer may be requested to shift to neutral, to make moving the wreck easier. The entertainment system will be told to stop playing music, and if it's got a system like OnStar (which used to be yet another TWO separate computers off of the entertainment system,) an emergency call initiated. Instrumentation is of course updating the status of all of this. HVAC may be set to off. The collision avoidance computer will still be trying to keep t
Alternately, figure out a way to make free use of the H.264 patents critical to the functioning of the internet, or even our economy. Go for the automaker approach - make it too big to fail, so the government invalidates the H.264 patent pool on practical terms, rather than what's "right."
That's because it's Supreme Court justices that determine what's constitutional and what's not, and they're installed by the same political system that makes and enforces the crap laws.
Expiration is 20 years after patent application or 17 years after patent acceptance, whichever comes last. (That is, you're guaranteed 20 years after filing for the patent, if it's accepted. If it takes more than 3 years to work through the patent office, you're guaranteed 17 years after it's accepted.)
Because, due to the level of brokenness in our legal system, punishing them for what they did wrong may well be significantly more difficult (read: expensive) to pull off.
If you had a teacher who was on your side, present for that decision, and willing to testify, you could file charges against the administrators themselves.
Piracy will help archive the games, ultimately rewarding Ubisoft for their contribution to culture.
The best thing to do is to NOT pirate the games. Obviously, don't buy them, either. But, also, don't review them. Mention them in the same hushed tones that ET for the Atari 2600 is mentioned with.
Even the government (except in EXTREMELY backwards areas) will most likely accept a self-defense plea from a minority, even if it's a minority that the prevailing government doesn't care for.
Except what if the ISP is the phone company? Common, in areas where DSL is the sole choice. And you need a phone line to dial up.
In reality, I'd probably move. I'm unemployed, so location is unimportant as long as it's cheap, and generally areas with more competition for broadband have more jobs anyway. (And, I'm in Ohio, one of the worse states to be in and find a job.)
The problem is, in some areas, you're LUCKY to have one (practical - I don't consider satellite, UMTS, or EVDO practical, because of latency and tight bandwidth caps for the former, and extremely tight bandwidth caps for the cellular methods) broadband provider.
So, if you lose them, it's dial-up for you.
And, sometimes, the one broadband provider is the phone company, meaning you STILL have to use them.
Because this "ARM" is barely an ARM at all, and is simpler than even the original ARM1 and ARM2, and can't run ARM code, and is aimed at the 8 and 16-bit microcontroller market?
Except the rootkit may even keep a copy of the uninfected file around, such that a filesystem call to the file will result in a copy of the correct file being handed over.
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IIRC, it's just as bad on SPARC - ^?/delete is backspace in the console, ^H is backspace in the GUI.
Of course, this wasn't as insane on the Type 4 keyboard, where delete was directly above backspace, and the same size, in the function key row. But Type 5 broke that.
IIRC, Ubuntu provides free drivers with the OS, and it prompts to download the closed nVidia drivers.
I don't deny that simplicity is good - my car has two computers.
One is connected to the throttle body (for idle air control,) an air mass meter, four fuel injectors, and two coilpacks.
The other is connected to a piece of explosives aimed at my face, and a couple crash sensors.
If you can count the crappy CD/WMA/MP3 player head unit, there's a third, I guess. None of them are interconnected, other than being ultimately connected to the same +12VDC and the same ground.
(And, much of the stuff that I mention in that post isn't even possible in my car. There's no ABS, no traction control, no stability control, no tire pressure monitoring. Just a limited slip diff, and that works by using a non-Newtonian fluid, IIRC, not a computer. The "navigation" is a couple dead trees with some plastic melted onto them (Google Maps printouts,) and if it really gets rough, I break out my phone and fire up Google Maps on that. Locks and windows are manual, and lights are wired either directly or through relays, so no central convenience. Manual transmission, so no transmission computer. Seatbelts have a purely mechanical locker, which isn't as good as a pretensioner, but it means there's not any explosives within close proximity of my ass. ;))
For a few years now, the throttle hasn't been mechanically connected to anything. It's just two potentiometers.
And, any VW today does all of that.
And they said in a modern luxury car.
So that's all the code in the following computers:
Engine (controls throttle and such)
Transmission
Collision avoidance (ABS, traction control, etc. TPMS is usually here, too, because it's sometimes part of the ABS system to save costs)
Safety (airbags, seatbelt pretensioners, etc.)
Central convenience (security system, power locks, power windows, cabin illumination, in some cars even the exterior lighting goes through central convenience)
HVAC
Instrumentation (yep, there's a computer dedicated to that - and some security functions are sometimes in there)
Entertainment (navigation, stereo, DVD, etc., etc.)
And all these systems are interconnected.
You get in your car (central convenience deactivates security upon receiving the signal, and when you open the door, it illuminates the cabin, alerts the engine computer that a start is imminent, possibly starting fuel pumps, on diesel cars turning on the glow plugs, etc., etc., and notifies the instrument cluster that the door is ajar.)
You insert your key into the ignition (yes, I know about push-button start,) and start the engine (engine computer starts up, after which the instrument cluster polls the RFID chip on the key. If it can't get a read, it immediately requests that the engine computer shut down.)
You decide that you want a little heat before you set off, so you use your steering wheel controls (which go through instrumentation) to set HVAC settings, and then you figure some music won't hurt (entertainment.) Then, you remember that you don't know where you're going, so you punch the address into the navigation system, and it feeds directions back to the instrument cluster.
Now, you put the car into gear. The transmission computer notifies the other computers about this, and the engine computer adjusts the idle fueling to compensate. The instrument computer reflects the gear change. The central convenience module turns on the daytime running lights. The entertainment system might prevent you from using the touchscreen interface. The safety computer may become more persistent about reminding you that you didn't put on your seat belt, and will notify the instrument cluster of this, to annoy you more.
After you put your seatbelt on, you let off the brake and pull out of your parking space. Obviously, the engine computer and transmission computer are working together here, the instrument cluster is constantly updating the status of those (and the entertainment computer, which is noting the changes in vehicle position.) After you hit 10 MPH, the engine or transmission computer sends a request to the central convenience module to lock the doors.
Now, you're going down the freeway, and right in front of you, a semi truck loses control, and flips onto its side. You jam on the brakes, which kills engine power immediately (engine computer, and the transmission computer is affected as well, and this all gets fed back to the instrument computer.) Collision avoidance computer activates ABS and (as you're attempting to swerve out of the way) stability control, and notifies the central convenience computer that you're undergoing a panic stop, and to activate the hazards.
Unfortunately, you don't have enough time and room to stop, and you hit the semi. The safety computer notices this, and fires the seatbelt pretensioners and the appropriate airbags. Once that's done, there's some less immediate concerns. It would be a bad idea to leave the engine running, so the safety computer requests an engine shutdown. The transmission computer may be requested to shift to neutral, to make moving the wreck easier. The entertainment system will be told to stop playing music, and if it's got a system like OnStar (which used to be yet another TWO separate computers off of the entertainment system,) an emergency call initiated. Instrumentation is of course updating the status of all of this. HVAC may be set to off. The collision avoidance computer will still be trying to keep t
Maybe it's possible to Streisand H.264 itself?
Alternately, figure out a way to make free use of the H.264 patents critical to the functioning of the internet, or even our economy. Go for the automaker approach - make it too big to fail, so the government invalidates the H.264 patent pool on practical terms, rather than what's "right."
And if you stop paying school taxes, you get audited. So, you need to move out of that school district.
I believe Tadpole still sells a Sun Ray-compatible thin client, the Comet.
That's because it's Supreme Court justices that determine what's constitutional and what's not, and they're installed by the same political system that makes and enforces the crap laws.
Expiration is 20 years after patent application or 17 years after patent acceptance, whichever comes last. (That is, you're guaranteed 20 years after filing for the patent, if it's accepted. If it takes more than 3 years to work through the patent office, you're guaranteed 17 years after it's accepted.)
http://www.zebrasystems.com/zebrasystems/zx81/index.html
http://www.brielcomputers.com/replica1.html
There's a couple lower cost examples.
Because, due to the level of brokenness in our legal system, punishing them for what they did wrong may well be significantly more difficult (read: expensive) to pull off.
If you had a teacher who was on your side, present for that decision, and willing to testify, you could file charges against the administrators themselves.
Piracy will help archive the games, ultimately rewarding Ubisoft for their contribution to culture.
The best thing to do is to NOT pirate the games. Obviously, don't buy them, either. But, also, don't review them. Mention them in the same hushed tones that ET for the Atari 2600 is mentioned with.
Personally, I use IrfanView for most of that stuff. It can even use Photoshop plugins, I believe.
That's where the second amendment comes in.
Even the government (except in EXTREMELY backwards areas) will most likely accept a self-defense plea from a minority, even if it's a minority that the prevailing government doesn't care for.
Problem is, in the case of AT&T, they're doing a credit check. So, give the wrong SSN, it'll error out, and you don't get service.
Except what if the ISP is the phone company? Common, in areas where DSL is the sole choice. And you need a phone line to dial up.
In reality, I'd probably move. I'm unemployed, so location is unimportant as long as it's cheap, and generally areas with more competition for broadband have more jobs anyway. (And, I'm in Ohio, one of the worse states to be in and find a job.)
Or just stop consuming RIAA music altogether.
I haven't even turned on the radio in my car in months. I don't know if it still works, honestly.
The problem is, in some areas, you're LUCKY to have one (practical - I don't consider satellite, UMTS, or EVDO practical, because of latency and tight bandwidth caps for the former, and extremely tight bandwidth caps for the cellular methods) broadband provider.
So, if you lose them, it's dial-up for you.
And, sometimes, the one broadband provider is the phone company, meaning you STILL have to use them.
Here's the information: Sectors are 4096, not 512, bytes.
That's all that a developer needs to know, AFAIK.
Because this "ARM" is barely an ARM at all, and is simpler than even the original ARM1 and ARM2, and can't run ARM code, and is aimed at the 8 and 16-bit microcontroller market?
Except the rootkit may even keep a copy of the uninfected file around, such that a filesystem call to the file will result in a copy of the correct file being handed over.
The most successful criminals are actually those in government and big business, some of which are in very visible roles.
Arguably, the second amendment was put into place specifically to legalize violent overthrow.