Catapults preceded medieval times, and we're in modern times, so your appeal to middle English as a language authority fails.
The term 'catapult' is often used as a generic label for all throwing machines. In modern times it describes any system that launches an object from a platform. Military historians and reference works are not in agreement when the term 'catapult' is used to label a specifically configured medieval non-gunpowder weapon.
See also "The art of the catapult : build Greek ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery." Gurstelle, William (2004) and "Greek Catapults and Catapult Technology: Science, Technology, and War in the Ancient World"
Barton C. Hacker, Technology and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1968), pp. 34-50
MS: Hey, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, Borland, etc. There's this great new OS which will replace Windows, which you should be developing for, OS/2. We're really behind it, all the way! Suckers: Cool! Let's go for it! (MS goes off in a corner to do a science project, returns sometime later) MS: We're announcing Windows 3.0, and a bunch of applications, called Office, to go along with it! Suckers: Hey, wait, what about OS/2? You said that was the future, and we put all our R&D there! MS: Oh, yea. Guess we forgot to tell you. Never mind OS/2, Windows 3 is where it's at. Suckers:(exit stage left)
the author (Nelson Ireson) is clueless. This isn't "Wi-Fi," which is a trademarked term referring to 802.11 technologies. Wi-Fi isn't "dedicated," and doesn't run on "a secure channel."
Al Franken: Thank you, Jane. Well, the "me" decade is almost over, and good riddance, and far as I'm concerned. The 70's were simply 10 years of people thinking of nothing but themselves. No wonder we were unable to get together and solve any of the many serious problems facing our nation. Oh sure, some people did do some positive things in the 70's - like jogging - but always for the wrong reasons, for their own selfish, personal benefit. Well, I believe the 80's are gonna have to be different. I think that people are going to stop thinking about themselves, and start thinking about me, Al Franken. That's right. I believe we're entering what I like to call the Al Franken Decade. Oh, for me, Al Franken, the 80's will be pretty much the same as the 70's. I'll still be thinking of me, Al Franken. But for you, you'll be thinking more about how things affect me, Al Franken. When you see a news report, you'll be thinking, "I wonder what Al Franken thinks about this thing?", "I wonder how this inflation thing is hurting Al Franken?" And you women will be thinking, "What can I wear that will please Al Franken?", or "What can I not wear?" You know, I know a lot of you out there are thinking, "Why Al Franken?" Well, because I thought of it, and I'm on TV, so I've already gotten the jump on you. So, I say let's leave behind the fragmented, selfish 70's, and go into the 80's with a unity and purpose. That's what I think. I'm Al Franken. Jane?
If you don't track interfaces by MAC, what happens when you simply move the NIC to a different slot to make room for a different board (say, adding a double-wide graphics card)? Never say "never." What works best can vary by system/application/person.
I would say it's more reasonable to expect to have to make config changes when replacing hardware (new NIC or MB, as you said), than to have to make changes when simply moving the same hardware within a system.
There are multiple issues, some of which have already been solved:
Persistency: once eth0, always eth0 - this is what most commentators here seem to think this is all about, but it's already taken care of by udev with most modern distributions.
Enumeration: Lacking previous knowledge, the order in which interfaces are enumerated. I would think this would be deterministic, but you say it's random (what is "semi-random?"). I'll take your word for it. It seems this is the problem they're trying to address. MAC addresses are indeed useless for this, in a general case, since we may be trying to enumerate ports on plug in boards (e.g. there's no guarantee the MAC in slot 1 will be lower than the MAC in slot 2).
Naming: The article says they're changing the naming. This is what makes no sense. It's not "required." ethx is just fine, as long as the names are enumerated consistently (meaning that on two "identical" boxes, the order is identical based on physical port).
IS-IS is really from DECnet 5, so it didn't truly originate with the ISO, and it's also RFC 1195, so maybe it wasn't a good example. SPB (IEEE 802.1aq) is more interesting than TRILL, but also uses IS-IS.
Doesn't sound like "distributing," more like "making available." The files were in the tree for a while, have since been removed, and were apparently never shipped on a handset. None of the files were significant, or added any value, to Android. It was pretty clearly unintentional (likewise with changing the license, likely happened during an automated process). Even if Google were to get hit with a Jammie Thomas scale judgement, a few million $ is mice nuts to them.
Oh, and if unintentionally replacing the GPL license with Apache were to cause them to loose access to these files, it simply doesn't matter. They weren't part of Android to begin with.
Oracle, these aren't the droids you're looking for.
"MOSCOW (AP) — After 233 days in a locked steel capsule..." - the article.
NENO: Dig this! I'm calling you from inside a steel box at this University of Conceptual Psychic Surprise in Moscow...Hey, can you see me? What do I look like? Yeah- black, square- kind of regular
NENO: (happily) That's the steel box! Inside I'm tan and handsome. - Firesign Theater
It takes some time before an RFC can become a proposed IETF standard.
A Proposed Standard specification is generally stable, has resolved
known design choices, is believed to be well-understood, has received
significant community review, and appears to enjoy enough community
interest to be considered valuable.
There aren't that many actual IETF standards. The standards process isn't even a standard. HTTP is only a draft standard. RFC 1918 (which defines the 10.0.0.0/8 - 172.16.0.0/12 - 192.168.0.0/16 private IP addresses) is only a proposed standard, yet was published in 1996, and is in universal use.
So, you're claiming that the FCC hasn't had the authority to regulate the telcos, as they've been doing since the 1930's? LOL. The FCC was created by Congress to regulate both radio and wireline. When they only had authority over radio, they were the Federal Radio Commission.
I suggest you go back and actually read the Telecommunications acts of 1934 and 1996.
" In 2005, 16,368 new hams joined Amateur Radio’s ranks -- just five years later, that number had increased by almost 14,000, a whopping 84 percent!"
Gosh, do you think the elimination of the Morse code requirement for any license other than Tech (which happened in 2006) might of had something to do with that?
"It's hard to understand the hatred these CW-only freaks have for the no-code techs"
CW was there as a least-common-denominator. It uses absolutely the simplest equipment, consumes the least bandwidth, and has just about the best performance in the face of noise. So, if a real SHTF happens, CW can work when nothing else can (spark gap transmitters, crystal receivers).
For many, though, the problem with no-code is that it removed a hurdle to HF. 2M, is, sorry to say, not all that different than CB, minus language plus callsigns. HF was diff...wait, never mind. Some of 80M proves that wrong.
What "change in perception?" I'd take XP over either one of them. For the most part, XP works fine. Win7 always acts like my grandmother, assuming it knows best, and telling me what to do...but while my grandmother would get a clue after a few "thanks, but no thanks," Win7 persists and there's no obvious way to make it stop. I could change to something else, but that would be like killing grandma.
Think so? There's more. From the summary: "as vitally relevant as MUDS." If an old game is "vitally relevant," then those gamers really do need to get a life.
"why somebody who e.g. pays no taxes should have a say in how my tax money are managed"
Or why I, who owns property/pays taxes in two different local jurisdictions, shouldn't be able to vote in both local elections. (can you in some states?) Didn't we fight a war over taxation without representation?
To the earlier point, that's the problem with voter registration drives - it only encourages those who won't educate themselves about issues/candidates to vote, when the won't even get off the couch to register if not pushed. An uninformed electorate is worse than a small one.
Slashdot Mirror
-Medieval Mechanical Artillery
See also
"The art of the catapult : build Greek ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery." Gurstelle, William (2004)
and
"Greek Catapults and Catapult Technology: Science, Technology, and War in the Ancient World"
Barton C. Hacker, Technology and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1968), pp. 34-50
"of 313 miles per gallon..Autoblog calls it 261 mpg,..."
and in the actual article, the link to the second page is "http://...volkswagen-to-unveil-235mpg-car-at-2011-qatar-motor-show/2/"
Your attempt at being pedantic fails. A trebuchet is just a specific type of catapult. The device is in fact a catapult.
MS: Hey, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, Borland, etc. There's this great new OS which will replace Windows, which you should be developing for, OS/2. We're really behind it, all the way!
Suckers: Cool! Let's go for it!
(MS goes off in a corner to do a science project, returns sometime later)
MS: We're announcing Windows 3.0, and a bunch of applications, called Office, to go along with it!
Suckers: Hey, wait, what about OS/2? You said that was the future, and we put all our R&D there!
MS: Oh, yea. Guess we forgot to tell you. Never mind OS/2, Windows 3 is where it's at.
Suckers: (exit stage left)
the author (Nelson Ireson) is clueless. This isn't "Wi-Fi," which is a trademarked term referring to 802.11 technologies. Wi-Fi isn't "dedicated," and doesn't run on "a secure channel."
"emulates the like of Lady Gaga"
Is there a new release of QEMU/KVM I haven't heard of? Probably not. This seems to be a commercial thing, so more likely VMWare.
It's a family name. His grandfather was named Lego my Eggo.
If you don't track interfaces by MAC, what happens when you simply move the NIC to a different slot to make room for a different board (say, adding a double-wide graphics card)? Never say "never." What works best can vary by system/application/person.
I would say it's more reasonable to expect to have to make config changes when replacing hardware (new NIC or MB, as you said), than to have to make changes when simply moving the same hardware within a system.
There are multiple issues, some of which have already been solved:
Persistency: once eth0, always eth0 - this is what most commentators here seem to think this is all about, but it's already taken care of by udev with most modern distributions.
Enumeration: Lacking previous knowledge, the order in which interfaces are enumerated. I would think this would be deterministic, but you say it's random (what is "semi-random?"). I'll take your word for it. It seems this is the problem they're trying to address. MAC addresses are indeed useless for this, in a general case, since we may be trying to enumerate ports on plug in boards (e.g. there's no guarantee the MAC in slot 1 will be lower than the MAC in slot 2).
Naming: The article says they're changing the naming. This is what makes no sense. It's not "required." ethx is just fine, as long as the names are enumerated consistently (meaning that on two "identical" boxes, the order is identical based on physical port).
"Always thinking that the ultimate aim/goal of the media industry is 'to debilitate'."
If, by "debilitate," you mean separating you from your money, you're correct.
IS-IS is really from DECnet 5, so it didn't truly originate with the ISO, and it's also RFC 1195, so maybe it wasn't a good example. SPB (IEEE 802.1aq) is more interesting than TRILL, but also uses IS-IS.
Doesn't sound like "distributing," more like "making available." The files were in the tree for a while, have since been removed, and were apparently never shipped on a handset. None of the files were significant, or added any value, to Android. It was pretty clearly unintentional (likewise with changing the license, likely happened during an automated process). Even if Google were to get hit with a Jammie Thomas scale judgement, a few million $ is mice nuts to them.
Oh, and if unintentionally replacing the GPL license with Apache were to cause them to loose access to these files, it simply doesn't matter. They weren't part of Android to begin with.
Oracle, these aren't the droids you're looking for.
More like a Firesign Theater joke.
"MOSCOW (AP) — After 233 days in a locked steel capsule..." - the article.
NENO: Dig this! I'm calling you from inside a steel box at this University of Conceptual Psychic Surprise in Moscow...Hey, can you see me? What do I look like?
Yeah- black, square- kind of regular
NENO: (happily) That's the steel box! Inside I'm tan and handsome.
- Firesign Theater
- RFC 2026
There aren't that many actual IETF standards. The standards process isn't even a standard. HTTP is only a draft standard. RFC 1918 (which defines the 10.0.0.0/8 - 172.16.0.0/12 - 192.168.0.0/16 private IP addresses) is only a proposed standard, yet was published in 1996, and is in universal use.
Well, let's see. The ISO has OSI-IP, IDRP, IS-IS, CMIP, X.400, X.500, etc. The IETF has TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, SNMP, SMTP, LDAP, etc.
I think it's pretty clear why they created an IETF RFP.
screwdriver bits coming out of China via eBay in 3...2...1...
So, you're claiming that the FCC hasn't had the authority to regulate the telcos, as they've been doing since the 1930's? LOL. The FCC was created by Congress to regulate both radio and wireline. When they only had authority over radio, they were the Federal Radio Commission.
I suggest you go back and actually read the Telecommunications acts of 1934 and 1996.
...and then every property owner through whose property their lines run can demand Verizon pay for that use.
" In 2005, 16,368 new hams joined Amateur Radio’s ranks -- just five years later, that number had increased by almost 14,000, a whopping 84 percent!"
Gosh, do you think the elimination of the Morse code requirement for any license other than Tech (which happened in 2006) might of had something to do with that?
"It's hard to understand the hatred these CW-only freaks have for the no-code techs"
CW was there as a least-common-denominator. It uses absolutely the simplest equipment, consumes the least bandwidth, and has just about the best performance in the face of noise. So, if a real SHTF happens, CW can work when nothing else can (spark gap transmitters, crystal receivers).
For many, though, the problem with no-code is that it removed a hurdle to HF. 2M, is, sorry to say, not all that different than CB, minus language plus callsigns. HF was diff...wait, never mind. Some of 80M proves that wrong.
Oh noes! What the "L?"
What "change in perception?" I'd take XP over either one of them. For the most part, XP works fine. Win7 always acts like my grandmother, assuming it knows best, and telling me what to do...but while my grandmother would get a clue after a few "thanks, but no thanks," Win7 persists and there's no obvious way to make it stop. I could change to something else, but that would be like killing grandma.
"old/obscure games are not notable"
Think so? There's more. From the summary: "as vitally relevant as MUDS." If an old game is "vitally relevant," then those gamers really do need to get a life.
"why somebody who e.g. pays no taxes should have a say in how my tax money are managed"
Or why I, who owns property/pays taxes in two different local jurisdictions, shouldn't be able to vote in both local elections. (can you in some states?) Didn't we fight a war over taxation without representation?
To the earlier point, that's the problem with voter registration drives - it only encourages those who won't educate themselves about issues/candidates to vote, when the won't even get off the couch to register if not pushed. An uninformed electorate is worse than a small one.