C=64? HA! a cheap hack! A mere toy! A shadow, an immitation, yes a ner-do-well wannabe system that barely measures up to the REAL 8 bit wonder of the day: Apple ][ FOREVER!
So when is the II GEOS source going to be released?
Oh and for any Apple II users out there looking for some help or comradeship, might I suggest checking:
http://www.syndicomm.com
Datsun PL620 Engine. The motor found inside the "Datsun Pickup" circa mid 1970s. This engine is a short-block Chevy bottom end, with a Mercedes valve cover and top end. The only inovation the Japanese introduced was the use of 11 millimeter nuts instead of 7/16"....
I am sure a few camera snaps went into that little piece of design....
We have had a solution to the SPAM problem. It has been there for many many years but we fail to make use of the resources available. Think it through. Instead of a "Email tax" merely set up a nice PayPal account we coudl all donate to for a organization based in some nebulous unknown 3rd world country. This organization, preferably with a cool 4 letter acronym based name, could then higher such people as retired SAS officers, unemployed KGB operatives, Columbian Cartel hit men out of work, Balkan Mercenaries...you get the idea.... These noble souls could then isolate and identify spam generators and.... "007 Begin Data Purge"
Sometime in the future, the simple, gentle mementos of this organization (a collection of not more then 30 mummified right thumbs gathered in the performance of their solemn duty) will be a reminder to the world community that it is fare kinder to converse, then to be perverse...
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Well Actually... GS ratings, incremental COLAS, pension plans and never a worry about private sector bottom line seems a sure way to ease oneself into retirement without concer for the tax payer but, it seems like a lousy way to run a railroad, let alone a space program...
I am sorry but, I See NASA, the structure of NASA as a true impediment to human progress in space. I am not too worried though; Man WILL make it to the stars, but, it does seem the language spoken there will most like be...Chinese.
Not carrying the oxidizer saves weight. That is the basic mechanics of the idea. BUT there is another area of design mechanics that could promise to save even MORE weight: Reduce the vehicle mass to bureaucrat ratio. For each NASA pencil pusher not paid to add ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! to the Space program, we gain a small, but measurable incremental move forward in Man's reach for the stars.
How many NASA Bureaucrats does it take to change a telescope?
NASA is the one greatest obstacle to mankind's future space exploration. "Damage Control" and the protection of the budget, position, and preference points for pension seems far more important then anything as mundane as properly built and maintained equipment or safe working environments. Loose a bird? Lock the doors!After all: truth might get out and we must not have that!
get RID of NASA! Let the private sector do it.
The Web should be like Normandy during World War II:
When the Germans were preparing for the invasion, one security precaution they took was to remove every single street sign.
If we don't know where we are, don't know where we are going, have no guide to help and no easy navigation system then it is quite simple: Never leave the pre-provided links that MSN includes. Sig Heil!
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Seems to me Apple just launched a addition to iLife called GarageBand that basically allows anyone with a Mac to make music on their own without resorting to any commercial audio equipment, studio, etc....and without the need of a engineer. Apple is subtly playing an end-run around the whole music paradigm. Think about it: To play it: iPod and iTunes, to get it: ITMS, to make it: GarageBand.... Pretty soon Grammys will be hosted in Cupertino...
I run 10.1 on Power Computing boxen with a range of 125-240mhz 604 CPUs, 10.2 on a a Umax S900 with a G3 450mhx card, 10.3 on a Beige (with a Radeon 7000 card)... The Minimum OX Box I ever installed on was a 7500 with a 603 120mhz card with 64mb memory. It did NOT run well, but it booted. btw. Do not attmept to load Classic with less then 128mb memory.
I do not know much about the system this feller worked on but, in my earlier days I did study the Voynich in hopes of translating it. Never got anywhere but the exercise was one step that eventually lead me to a career in computation.
A study of the text of the document reveals it was composed in a unique script unlike any current European script of the day, transcribed by at least two separate hands and probably at separate times. The plant drawings accompanying the text (it appears to be an herbal or other similar manual) are unique and unlike any plants in Europe of that time, though some do look like American plants. One looks a lot like squash for example. Some of the studies and ideas on the document are pretty wild; I have one book from the 1920s who's author thinks the letters of the manuscript are actually whole words with each loop or whirl on the letter representing individual letters. Others have tried simple substitutions based on word order, and letter frequency. The Jury is still out. Now if someone can just DECRYPT THE BLASTED THING I would be very interested in reading the results.
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Ever notice that no matter the media type it is obsolete in no time? I love reading the predicitons of the data life of CDRs. I mean: How many more years will the data still be readable on my QIC-80 tape drives? QIC-02? 8 inch floppy disks? heck 360k 5.25 disks or even 144k CGR formated 5.25s? How about the EBCDIC Punch Cards? The only "Data Format" from 30 years ago that is still readable is the same "Data Format" from 200 years ago that is still readable: The Printed Word!
Years ago there was proposed the creation of a Space Station on the L-5 LaGrange point. The working name of the Station was: "High Orbital Mini-Earth" or as some wit put it: "H.O.M.E. on LaGrange".......
The 1st FAT was FAT12.
FAT12 is similar to FAT or FAT16 but only supports a 32mb partition size. In like manner, the original ProDOS developed for the Apple II, to replace the DOS 3.3 (that is APPLE DOS Folks) file system is quite similar to the HFS system that Apple developed (to replace its original MFS) but again, only supports a 32mb partition. FAT16 and HFS support up to 2gbs..
Simple: never use a memory stick larger then 32mb. Why? Then you could partion it in....
ProDOS!
Apple ][ FOREVER!
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To quote and rebut: Her salary All Professions Her rent All Professions Her electricity All Professions Her heating/AC All Professions Her transcriptionist All Business related professions (Computer Consultant for example) Her malpractice insurance Liability, though not as high, but there Her receptionist All Professions Her phone system All Professions Her disposable supplies All Professions Her equipment investment All Professions Her student loans Most all professions
So now,tell me now where a doctor is special and gets off charging three times the rate of any OTHER profession! ALL PROFESSIONS have these charges. As a computer tech you have outragiously expensive equipment, strange arcane knowledge, a bizzare incomprehensible language, and all the other trappings of any of the High Priests of our culture. So how come I can't charge Lawyer/Doctor rates? A con gents is still a con. Even when you drive a BMW to the con.
Shamash? Hurumph! Let us talk REAL Iraqi gods here, not that johnny come lately: Enlil, Enki, Eriskigal, The Vault of Absu, the Belly of Tiamat.
Follow along in your Enuma Elish....
of course, there is always Nyrlathotep and Cthulu...
1 Did anyone read the TEXT of that blog post? That entry makes not one single disparaging remark about Microsoft.
2. The Picture seems to show some pallettes of boxes that slipped. The Shipper might wince at this shot and be tempted to haul out ITS lawyers!
Fortunately the shipping van is white on the side with no dicernable shipper's marks. The context of the post seems to be the lack of care this shipper displayed in delivering some valueable property. Probably property vitally needed by the destination company.
3. I read this fellow worked for Xerox..NOT directly for Microsoft. This means that MS is dictating hireing practices to subcontractors. Is that legal?
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C=64? HA! a cheap hack! A mere toy! A shadow, an immitation, yes a ner-do-well wannabe system that barely measures up to the REAL 8 bit wonder of the day: Apple ][ FOREVER! So when is the II GEOS source going to be released? Oh and for any Apple II users out there looking for some help or comradeship, might I suggest checking: http://www.syndicomm.com
I would love one of these, only given the archetecture, only two hard drives are possible in the case.... Yes Virginia Tech, there is a SATA clause...
Datsun PL620 Engine. The motor found inside the "Datsun Pickup" circa mid 1970s. This engine is a short-block Chevy bottom end, with a Mercedes valve cover and top end. The only inovation the Japanese introduced was the use of 11 millimeter nuts instead of 7/16".... I am sure a few camera snaps went into that little piece of design....
We have had a solution to the SPAM problem. It has been there for many many years but we fail to make use of the resources available. Think it through. Instead of a "Email tax" merely set up a nice PayPal account we coudl all donate to for a organization based in some nebulous unknown 3rd world country. This organization, preferably with a cool 4 letter acronym based name, could then higher such people as retired SAS officers, unemployed KGB operatives, Columbian Cartel hit men out of work, Balkan Mercenaries...you get the idea.... These noble souls could then isolate and identify spam generators and.... "007 Begin Data Purge" Sometime in the future, the simple, gentle mementos of this organization (a collection of not more then 30 mummified right thumbs gathered in the performance of their solemn duty) will be a reminder to the world community that it is fare kinder to converse, then to be perverse... --
Well Actually... GS ratings, incremental COLAS, pension plans and never a worry about private sector bottom line seems a sure way to ease oneself into retirement without concer for the tax payer but, it seems like a lousy way to run a railroad, let alone a space program... I am sorry but, I See NASA, the structure of NASA as a true impediment to human progress in space. I am not too worried though; Man WILL make it to the stars, but, it does seem the language spoken there will most like be...Chinese.
Not carrying the oxidizer saves weight. That is the basic mechanics of the idea. BUT there is another area of design mechanics that could promise to save even MORE weight: Reduce the vehicle mass to bureaucrat ratio. For each NASA pencil pusher not paid to add ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! to the Space program, we gain a small, but measurable incremental move forward in Man's reach for the stars.
How many NASA Bureaucrats does it take to change a telescope? NASA is the one greatest obstacle to mankind's future space exploration. "Damage Control" and the protection of the budget, position, and preference points for pension seems far more important then anything as mundane as properly built and maintained equipment or safe working environments. Loose a bird? Lock the doors!After all: truth might get out and we must not have that! get RID of NASA! Let the private sector do it.
The Web should be like Normandy during World War II: When the Germans were preparing for the invasion, one security precaution they took was to remove every single street sign. If we don't know where we are, don't know where we are going, have no guide to help and no easy navigation system then it is quite simple: Never leave the pre-provided links that MSN includes. Sig Heil! -
Seems to me Apple just launched a addition to iLife called GarageBand that basically allows anyone with a Mac to make music on their own without resorting to any commercial audio equipment, studio, etc....and without the need of a engineer. Apple is subtly playing an end-run around the whole music paradigm. Think about it: To play it: iPod and iTunes, to get it: ITMS, to make it: GarageBand.... Pretty soon Grammys will be hosted in Cupertino...
I run 10.1 on Power Computing boxen with a range of 125-240mhz 604 CPUs, 10.2 on a a Umax S900 with a G3 450mhx card, 10.3 on a Beige (with a Radeon 7000 card)... The Minimum OX Box I ever installed on was a 7500 with a 603 120mhz card with 64mb memory. It did NOT run well, but it booted. btw. Do not attmept to load Classic with less then 128mb memory.
I do not know much about the system this feller worked on but, in my earlier days I did study the Voynich in hopes of translating it. Never got anywhere but the exercise was one step that eventually lead me to a career in computation. A study of the text of the document reveals it was composed in a unique script unlike any current European script of the day, transcribed by at least two separate hands and probably at separate times. The plant drawings accompanying the text (it appears to be an herbal or other similar manual) are unique and unlike any plants in Europe of that time, though some do look like American plants. One looks a lot like squash for example. Some of the studies and ideas on the document are pretty wild; I have one book from the 1920s who's author thinks the letters of the manuscript are actually whole words with each loop or whirl on the letter representing individual letters. Others have tried simple substitutions based on word order, and letter frequency. The Jury is still out. Now if someone can just DECRYPT THE BLASTED THING I would be very interested in reading the results. .
Ever notice that no matter the media type it is obsolete in no time? I love reading the predicitons of the data life of CDRs. I mean: How many more years will the data still be readable on my QIC-80 tape drives? QIC-02? 8 inch floppy disks? heck 360k 5.25 disks or even 144k CGR formated 5.25s? How about the EBCDIC Punch Cards? The only "Data Format" from 30 years ago that is still readable is the same "Data Format" from 200 years ago that is still readable: The Printed Word!
Unix? how ever so very main stream!
REAL Nerds still hack in CP/M!
personally though I prefer using a ProDOS file system and GS/OS 6.0.1 as an opsys.
Apple ][ FOREVER!!!
Years ago there was proposed the creation of a Space Station on the L-5 LaGrange point. The working name of the Station was: "High Orbital Mini-Earth" or as some wit put it: "H.O.M.E. on LaGrange"..... ..
The 1st FAT was FAT12. FAT12 is similar to FAT or FAT16 but only supports a 32mb partition size. In like manner, the original ProDOS developed for the Apple II, to replace the DOS 3.3 (that is APPLE DOS Folks) file system is quite similar to the HFS system that Apple developed (to replace its original MFS) but again, only supports a 32mb partition. FAT16 and HFS support up to 2gbs ..
Simple: never use a memory stick larger then 32mb. Why? Then you could partion it in.... ProDOS! Apple ][ FOREVER!
To quote and rebut:
Her salary
All Professions
Her rent
All Professions
Her electricity
All Professions
Her heating/AC
All Professions
Her transcriptionist
All Business related professions (Computer Consultant for example)
Her malpractice insurance
Liability, though not as high, but there
Her receptionist
All Professions
Her phone system
All Professions
Her disposable supplies
All Professions
Her equipment investment
All Professions
Her student loans
Most all professions
So now,tell me now where a doctor is special and gets off charging three times the rate of any OTHER profession!
ALL PROFESSIONS have these charges. As a computer tech you have outragiously expensive equipment, strange arcane knowledge, a bizzare incomprehensible language, and all the other trappings of any of the High Priests of our culture. So how come I can't charge Lawyer/Doctor rates? A con gents is still a con. Even when you drive a BMW to the con.
Shamash? Hurumph! Let us talk REAL Iraqi gods here, not that johnny come lately: Enlil, Enki, Eriskigal, The Vault of Absu, the Belly of Tiamat. Follow along in your Enuma Elish.... of course, there is always Nyrlathotep and Cthulu...
1 Did anyone read the TEXT of that blog post? That entry makes not one single disparaging remark about Microsoft. 2. The Picture seems to show some pallettes of boxes that slipped. The Shipper might wince at this shot and be tempted to haul out ITS lawyers! Fortunately the shipping van is white on the side with no dicernable shipper's marks. The context of the post seems to be the lack of care this shipper displayed in delivering some valueable property. Probably property vitally needed by the destination company. 3. I read this fellow worked for Xerox..NOT directly for Microsoft. This means that MS is dictating hireing practices to subcontractors. Is that legal?