I'm afraid I have a personal agenda as both me and family members have suffered from serious health problems that are the result of "treatment" by FDA approved, widely used, medications. Now for a broken bone I'd still go to the local emergency room, but I resent my healthcare options being compared to results of childhood trauma. FU
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Granted I didn't have critical data, it was always games and puzzles or school papers that had already been printed out- but I never had any problems with any... for years. The maunfacturers are trying to screw us, they are trying to maximize profit after all. The extra holes are generally help insure proper function -within certain parameters! It would be more useful to implement a more sophisticated mechanism for adjusting for tape quality- but that's not economically advantageous
Many BSD enthusiasts don't include Mac OSX or even Darwin as BSD. Definately not NT. the NT design team was led by David Cutler who also did VMS. http://www.jmusheneaux.com/WNT.htm
Its P0rn you fool! Actually Email has always been the "killer application." I think fewer people are satisfied with word processing without Internet access. P2P and ipod/itunes use seems to have some traction too.
I don't know of anyone who considered linux a significant technological breakthrough. Its claim to fame has always been how it was "free." (even by people who don't understand the issues behind software freedom.) The only thing this article contributes is a tie-in with the latest jargon of the day "Tipping point." BTW I agree that BSDs should deserve more attention than linux, but I don't think articles like this will help achieve that.
Linux was certainly based on Minix as a concept, a unix clone for 386 PCs, as well as FS and bootstrapping. I'm more bothered with the "open source" label. Originally the source code for Minix was available only as part of Tannenbaum's (copyrighted) book on operating systems. What made linux great was the "free software" concept, not the technology behind it. I also think Tannenbaum has been quite humbled since the microkerneled "Amoeba" failed to catch on, along with Hurd, but the OS he did openly criticize has become mainstream.
I was tempted to agree with the AC until he/she brought up accupuncture. I think the widespread unquestioning acceptance that technology and will help solve all problems is a more dangerous problem than superstitious beleifs in "psychics and spirits." Accupuncture vs Cox-2 inhibitors, is a good example of this. At first the AC seemed to address the problem of unquestioning faith in technology, but, like many on./,however, don't seem to understand the difference between healthy skepticism and pig-headed narrow-mindedness.
It been proven scientifically proved recently that I am the world's greatest lover. Countless studies have confirmed my incredible sexual powers. And for only $99.99 a month I will give you my secret for sexual potency
When doctors prescribe millions of people Vioxx, Prozac to teenagers, and countless medications without long term studies or independent monitoring, I think its ridiculous to criticize accupuncture. I you were a health professional, you would realize how little is known about the mechanisms of the 'chemical experiments' that pass for health care in the United States. Its interesting also how much health insurance companies pay for chiropractic care. Until Allopathic doctors have adequate scientific data for their treatments, I'll continue to go to my accupuncturist I formerly worked in "Western,"scientific health care myself- no longer.
The market at the time was mostly hobbyists. At the time the vender of CP/M (Gary Kildall's company) was calling itself "Intergalactic Digital Research." The opposite end of the spectrum from "quick and dirty," but at least as unprofessional.
Yeah, I think you're right. The z80 had a larger instruction set. Digital Research (originally called Intergalactic Digital Reasearch!) has an interesteing story more history at http://www.digitalresearch.biz/HISZMSD.HTM
Quite right! Do you know how compatible z80 and Intel chips were? I think the z80 had a larger instruction set. I only remember CP/M running on z80. IBM offered CP/M for PCs at an inflated price, so I never even looked at it.
Unfortunately AI was oversold- especially by companies like Symbolics Inc. You may have a different definition of AI than me, but making claims like "AI solved" brings back bad memories of East Coast business disasters.
Thank you for pertinent details! I'd like to point out though that the lawsuit is about Tim Paterson's QDOS, not MSDOS. Its possible that Paterson just did some legitimate reverse engineering of CP/M commands, while MS ripped off more of the internals. I'd like to add that CP/M was originally made for the Z80, while IBM insisted its PCs have the 16bit x86 architecture (youngsters might be confused about a80 vs a86 extensions)
I think its as likely that compatibility with CP/M was MicroSoft's (and maybe IBM's) intention only after it had been aquired. Early CP/Ms was hardly even an "operating system" in the modern sense, more of a software "monitor." Its hard for me to imagine much variation between any such simple systems. I also beleive QDOS was designed for 8088, while MS rewrote it for the 16-bit 8086. But then again my memory isn't what it used to be.
Generally Geeks aren't known for their sense of humor, but certain jokes strongly identifies one within a certain group. (Would your mom get the BSOD jokes?) Prepare yourself to hear BSOD jokes for a long, long time to come. That said, MS should never have let 95 or 98 to be released as such a mess in the first place, and nothing will change that (or make up for it, now)
I thought about getting the NGage maily for playing audio files! It was the lack of flexibility/problems in the phone plan that discouraged me. I hope there's not similar issues with their new product.
It means that physical hardware limitations are the ONLY limitations. I think the "underlying concept" is that it should scale up as more connections are added. Other standards had inherent limitations so that adding more or better quality connections would help up to a certain point. Infiniband is not only for linux.
Generally the updated kernel is not useful to the average user, especially not for desktop users. The major updates that interested me were: the first bootable installation CDs, then the live filesystem CDs. If you have access the a high speed connection, try downloading "Live linux filesystem" distributions. These are great for learning and experimenting with. Good Luck!
Arachne is a pretty good, and there's lynx (I think "Bobcat" was a version of lynx for DOS.) You're make the rest of us look bad by being more productive. Cut it out!
I think enough people have vested interests in the energy infrastructure to raise doubts both for and against alternative energy sources. There's enough people with enough at stake so that easy, simplistic reactions will be raised about various energy sources over and over again. The article itself has innaccuracies(exaggeration?) Why should we expect the responses be any better informed? Or are you slyly suggesting there's a conspiracy by Big Oil to spread FUD on Slashdot?
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I'm afraid I have a personal agenda as both me and family members have suffered from serious health problems that are the result of "treatment" by FDA approved, widely used, medications. Now for a broken bone I'd still go to the local emergency room, but I resent my healthcare options being compared to results of childhood trauma. FU
Granted I didn't have critical data, it was always games and puzzles or school papers that had already been printed out- but I never had any problems with any... for years. The maunfacturers are trying to screw us, they are trying to maximize profit after all. The extra holes are generally help insure proper function -within certain parameters! It would be more useful to implement a more sophisticated mechanism for adjusting for tape quality- but that's not economically advantageous
Many BSD enthusiasts don't include Mac OSX or even Darwin as BSD. Definately not NT. the NT design team was led by David Cutler who also did VMS. http://www.jmusheneaux.com/WNT.htm
Its P0rn you fool! Actually Email has always been the "killer application." I think fewer people are satisfied with word processing without Internet access. P2P and ipod/itunes use seems to have some traction too.
I don't know of anyone who considered linux a significant technological breakthrough. Its claim to fame has always been how it was "free." (even by people who don't understand the issues behind software freedom.) The only thing this article contributes is a tie-in with the latest jargon of the day "Tipping point." BTW I agree that BSDs should deserve more attention than linux, but I don't think articles like this will help achieve that.
Linux was certainly based on Minix as a concept, a unix clone for 386 PCs, as well as FS and bootstrapping. I'm more bothered with the "open source" label. Originally the source code for Minix was available only as part of Tannenbaum's (copyrighted) book on operating systems. What made linux great was the "free software" concept, not the technology behind it. I also think Tannenbaum has been quite humbled since the microkerneled "Amoeba" failed to catch on, along with Hurd, but the OS he did openly criticize has become mainstream.
I was tempted to agree with the AC until he/she brought up accupuncture. I think the widespread unquestioning acceptance that technology and will help solve all problems is a more dangerous problem than superstitious beleifs in "psychics and spirits." Accupuncture vs Cox-2 inhibitors, is a good example of this. At first the AC seemed to address the problem of unquestioning faith in technology, but, like many on ./,however, don't seem to understand the difference between healthy skepticism and pig-headed narrow-mindedness.
It been proven scientifically proved recently that I am the world's greatest lover. Countless studies have confirmed my incredible sexual powers. And for only $99.99 a month I will give you my secret for sexual potency
When doctors prescribe millions of people Vioxx, Prozac to teenagers, and countless medications without long term studies or independent monitoring, I think its ridiculous to criticize accupuncture. I you were a health professional, you would realize how little is known about the mechanisms of the 'chemical experiments' that pass for health care in the United States. Its interesting also how much health insurance companies pay for chiropractic care. Until Allopathic doctors have adequate scientific data for their treatments, I'll continue to go to my accupuncturist I formerly worked in "Western,"scientific health care myself- no longer.
The market at the time was mostly hobbyists. At the time the vender of CP/M (Gary Kildall's company) was calling itself "Intergalactic Digital Research." The opposite end of the spectrum from "quick and dirty," but at least as unprofessional.
There's an interesting History of MS-DOS By: Leven Antov at http://www.digitalresearch.biz/HISZMSD.HTM
Yeah, I think you're right. The z80 had a larger instruction set. Digital Research (originally called Intergalactic Digital Reasearch!) has an interesteing story more history at http://www.digitalresearch.biz/HISZMSD.HTM
Quite right! Do you know how compatible z80 and Intel chips were? I think the z80 had a larger instruction set. I only remember CP/M running on z80. IBM offered CP/M for PCs at an inflated price, so I never even looked at it.
Unfortunately AI was oversold- especially by companies like Symbolics Inc. You may have a different definition of AI than me, but making claims like "AI solved" brings back bad memories of East Coast business disasters.
Thank you for pertinent details! I'd like to point out though that the lawsuit is about Tim Paterson's QDOS, not MSDOS. Its possible that Paterson just did some legitimate reverse engineering of CP/M commands, while MS ripped off more of the internals. I'd like to add that CP/M was originally made for the Z80, while IBM insisted its PCs have the 16bit x86 architecture (youngsters might be confused about a80 vs a86 extensions)
I think its as likely that compatibility with CP/M was MicroSoft's (and maybe IBM's) intention only after it had been aquired. Early CP/Ms was hardly even an "operating system" in the modern sense, more of a software "monitor." Its hard for me to imagine much variation between any such simple systems. I also beleive QDOS was designed for 8088, while MS rewrote it for the 16-bit 8086. But then again my memory isn't what it used to be.
Generally Geeks aren't known for their sense of humor, but certain jokes strongly identifies one within a certain group. (Would your mom get the BSOD jokes?) Prepare yourself to hear BSOD jokes for a long, long time to come. That said, MS should never have let 95 or 98 to be released as such a mess in the first place, and nothing will change that (or make up for it, now)
I thought about getting the NGage maily for playing audio files! It was the lack of flexibility/problems in the phone plan that discouraged me. I hope there's not similar issues with their new product.
It means that physical hardware limitations are the ONLY limitations. I think the "underlying concept" is that it should scale up as more connections are added. Other standards had inherent limitations so that adding more or better quality connections would help up to a certain point. Infiniband is not only for linux.
Generally the updated kernel is not useful to the average user, especially not for desktop users. The major updates that interested me were: the first bootable installation CDs, then the live filesystem CDs. If you have access the a high speed connection, try downloading "Live linux filesystem" distributions. These are great for learning and experimenting with. Good Luck!
I'm also tempted to respond with the percentage of the female population that are interesteed in you, but I've met my meanness quota.
Arachne is a pretty good, and there's lynx (I think "Bobcat" was a version of lynx for DOS.) You're make the rest of us look bad by being more productive. Cut it out!
and 99% of the time I don't care.
$150 in M&Ms would not be so bad. If only my Ex-wife had only asked for that!
I think enough people have vested interests in the energy infrastructure to raise doubts both for and against alternative energy sources. There's enough people with enough at stake so that easy, simplistic reactions will be raised about various energy sources over and over again. The article itself has innaccuracies(exaggeration?) Why should we expect the responses be any better informed? Or are you slyly suggesting there's a conspiracy by Big Oil to spread FUD on Slashdot?