Another interesting book on a similar subject is Brotherhood of the Bomb, by Gregg Herken, which examines more of the politics of the time and centers around Teller, Oppenheimer and Lawrence. Coincidentally, I finished reading it the night before Teller passed away.
There is a school of thought amongst some investors called the "Bigger Fool" strategy. It goes something like this:
I may be a fool to be buying this stock, but I'll sell it to an even bigger fool and make a killing.
Though admittedly risky, it works until you run out of bigger fools. Woop! For more information, read the classic "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles Mackay, LL.D.
...has certainly improved immensely over the last few years. My install of Mandrake 9.1 was lightyears ahead of the install I did of MSDOS 6.22 / Windows for Workgroups last week for playing those tons of old LucasArts CDS that barely run on XP.
Not as crazy as it sounds...In the early days of virus outbreaks, it seems as often as not the problem was not so much the payload as it was poorly written code causing it to behave in an unanticipated way.
Mind you this was not always the issue...sometimes the poorly written code of a virus is what keeps it from running rampant.
Viral delivery, with a beneficial payload (it IS possible) could be a useful thing.
At the very least, maybe we'd see more efficient code with all those Outlook email floods!
My degrees (bachelors and masters) are in painting, and I've worked for the last 8 years writing code. I'd say my art background has definately been a benefit.
Art (can) be about seeing overall patterns and relationships between seemingly dissimilar things, as well as about organizing and processing information in a way that gives meaning to it.
Sounds like the skills I use everyday as a programmer.
For some of us, the Trash-80 and all its various incarnations was our introduction to cyberspace, such as it was back in the late 70's - early 80's.
For a semi-cheesy outfit they did some very cool stuff. They didn't know squat about marketing it though and were never able to resist the temptation to lowball stuff any chance they got.
I got several calls from various marketing/survey types (must have clicked on a box on their website one day expressing interest in Linux) and after asking a few questions said they'd be sending me information. Imagine my surprise when the package contained a DVD of Revolution OS.
Sorry to say I haven't watched it yet (kids thought it over-the-top geeky and refused access to the DVD player).
MacOS on Intel platform opens up lots of interesting "what ifs." Would you be able to order your Dell with XP or MacOS X? The real question then becomes, what would happen to MacOS support (i.e. MS Office for MacOS) from Microsoft once Apple and MS were competing on the same hardware platform.
Since OS X runs on a BSD base, would MS change its tune regarding Linux?
The Love Hina series is great fun...very charming. First saw them at the Dallas A-Kon convention two years ago and they are now the household favorite. The manga comic it is based on is also pretty interesting, but much more blatently sexual. Yet another thing my teenager has turned me onto.
Educating our legislators is key to all efforts. The supporters of DMCA have very effectively managed to make this all about college students downloading MP3s and bands of overseas pirates selling bootlegged DVDs.
During the last election cycle I spoke with a congressional candidate about the evils of the DMCA and his only take on it was something needed to be done about blackmarket videos. And this from someone I considered an otherwise reasonable, intelligent candidate.
Sadly, what is needed is a soundbite arguement to stick in the mind of those for whom soundbites are all that can be recalled.
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It's going to be hard to post much of anything that somebody doesn't think is a troll.....I'd say mentioning Rush Limbaugh is troll bait, but that's just me.
CAL seems to be an issue only with Win2K Advanced Server editions. Windows XP Pro (but not home) has the ability to run a single "Remote Desktop Connection" session without complaining about licensing. RDesktop works fine with it.
Incidently, should you have the Terminal Services client, especially the 16 bit version for Windows 3.1, it can be used to set up a Remote Desktop Connection with Win XP as well.
My (retired) dad has had a PC with Windows for several years. My brothers and I share Tech Support duties.
Once one of us had the bright idea of giving him an old cast-off Mac to play with. We finally took it away from him after the umpteenth time of explaining to him why his Windows programs wouldn't run even though the install disks would fit in the floppy drive.
Keen was released in my pre-Geek days. I bought a used Hyundai PC Clone (8086) from my brother and he downloaded(!) a copy of "Keen: Attack of the Vorticons" so I'd have something to amuse my kids with. Long story short, it was me who ended up spending hours attempting to save the universe.
Come to think of it, I never DID save the universe. Holy smoke!!! That explains a lot!
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Another interesting book on a similar subject is Brotherhood of the Bomb, by Gregg Herken, which examines more of the politics of the time and centers around Teller, Oppenheimer and Lawrence. Coincidentally, I finished reading it the night before Teller passed away.
There is a website for the book at:
www.brotherhoodofthebomb.com
...Just kidding, dear!
...I just turn the computer over to my wife...
Though admittedly risky, it works until you run out of bigger fools. Woop! For more information, read the classic "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles Mackay, LL.D.
This is obviously what McBride et.al. are doing
> "I use SCO products daily"
> I didn't know they made a deodorant.
You'll find it in the toilet tissue section of your local supermarket.
...has certainly improved immensely over the last few years. My install of Mandrake 9.1 was lightyears ahead of the install I did of MSDOS 6.22 / Windows for Workgroups last week for playing those tons of old LucasArts CDS that barely run on XP.
Not as crazy as it sounds...In the early days of virus outbreaks, it seems as often as not the problem was not so much the payload as it was poorly written code causing it to behave in an unanticipated way.
Mind you this was not always the issue...sometimes the poorly written code of a virus is what keeps it from running rampant.
Viral delivery, with a beneficial payload (it IS possible) could be a useful thing.
At the very least, maybe we'd see more efficient code with all those Outlook email floods!
Bash, Korn or Csh?
Inquiring minds want to know.
My degrees (bachelors and masters) are in painting, and I've worked for the last 8 years writing code. I'd say my art background has definately been a benefit.
Art (can) be about seeing overall patterns and relationships between seemingly dissimilar things, as well as about organizing and processing information in a way that gives meaning to it.
Sounds like the skills I use everyday as a programmer.
...And The TRS-80 Color Computer was coded in Microsoft ColorBasic, or MS Extended ColorBasic if you popped the extra dough.
For some of us, the Trash-80 and all its various incarnations was our introduction to cyberspace, such as it was back in the late 70's - early 80's.
For a semi-cheesy outfit they did some very cool stuff. They didn't know squat about marketing it though and were never able to resist the temptation to lowball stuff any chance they got.
The sun rose this morning; sunset predicted for later today!
HP sent me a FREE copy.
I got several calls from various marketing/survey types (must have clicked on a box on their website one day expressing interest in Linux) and after asking a few questions said they'd be sending me information. Imagine my surprise when the package contained a DVD of Revolution OS.
Sorry to say I haven't watched it yet (kids thought it over-the-top geeky and refused access to the DVD player).
The Big Lebowski is great film.
The Coen Brothers' Hudsucker Proxy is also worthy of a mention. Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
One word: mailroom.
>God created humans.
>Humans created robots.
>Robots will create _____?
Unemployment?
MacOS on Intel platform opens up lots of interesting "what ifs." Would you be able to order your Dell with XP or MacOS X? The real question then becomes, what would happen to MacOS support (i.e. MS Office for MacOS) from Microsoft once Apple and MS were competing on the same hardware platform.
Since OS X runs on a BSD base, would MS change its tune regarding Linux?
Could be an interesting time!
On the contrary, you may be young once, but you can be immature your whole life.
The Love Hina series is great fun...very charming. First saw them at the Dallas A-Kon convention two years ago and they are now the household favorite. The manga comic it is based on is also pretty interesting, but much more blatently sexual. Yet another thing my teenager has turned me onto.
Educating our legislators is key to all efforts. The supporters of DMCA have very effectively managed to make this all about college students downloading MP3s and bands of overseas pirates selling bootlegged DVDs.
During the last election cycle I spoke with a congressional candidate about the evils of the DMCA and his only take on it was something needed to be done about blackmarket videos. And this from someone I considered an otherwise reasonable, intelligent candidate.
Sadly, what is needed is a soundbite arguement to stick in the mind of those for whom soundbites are all that can be recalled.
It's going to be hard to post much of anything that somebody doesn't think is a troll.....I'd say mentioning Rush Limbaugh is troll bait, but that's just me.
>>When I think of Al Gore and Apple together, why do the words "Runner Up" keep coming to mind?
Er, not to troll, but I seem to recall Al Gore won the popular vote...he just lost the Supreme Court vote.
CAL seems to be an issue only with Win2K Advanced Server editions. Windows XP Pro (but not home) has the ability to run a single "Remote Desktop Connection" session without complaining about licensing. RDesktop works fine with it.
Incidently, should you have the Terminal Services client, especially the 16 bit version for Windows 3.1, it can be used to set up a Remote Desktop Connection with Win XP as well.
...Just the thing for running the latest vaporware release!
My (retired) dad has had a PC with Windows for several years. My brothers and I share Tech Support duties.
Once one of us had the bright idea of giving him an old cast-off Mac to play with. We finally took it away from him after the umpteenth time of explaining to him why his Windows programs wouldn't run even though the install disks would fit in the floppy drive.
Keen was released in my pre-Geek days. I bought a used Hyundai PC Clone (8086) from my brother and he downloaded(!) a copy of "Keen: Attack of the Vorticons" so I'd have something to amuse my kids with. Long story short, it was me who ended up spending hours attempting to save the universe.
Come to think of it, I never DID save the universe. Holy smoke!!! That explains a lot!