That's okay. I had to plug the search term 'ellison' into google, not just the title of the show, before I could find a web page that confirmed Ellision wrote that one. I knew it, but wanted to confirm before I flamed. Harlan must have pissed somebody off again, and they're leaving his name off websites about that show.
You could probably make a better living as a tech writer. There is a dearth of good tech writers in the industry.
You'd have to fend off the evil marketers, and their demand that you make the docs into marketing drivel, though. Being an independent tech journalist is probably better in that regard.
Read the Forbes magazine between April 8th and April 12th
Oooooh! Oooooh! The truth 'leaks out' every once in awhile when some crank gets an article or two published.
Americans for the most part understand what journalists are in business for. To get the most attention with the most outrageous content they can get an editor to publish. It helps if it reinforces the stereotypes they've nurtured since their college days, passing out leaflets on the mall.
There may only be a few customers, but since they're big retailers using Unixware for their point-of-sale equipment, it translates into many thousands of licenses.
Did that copy of Caldera OpenLinux contain the infringing code, supposedly confined to the 2.4 kernel?
If so, you've got one HELL of a collector's item. Time Machine Linux!
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Next revisionist historians will be saying: "In the pioneering days of the internet, widespread compiler ownership was a myth. The majority of internet users did not own a compiler, much less know how to read the source...":)
Yep. The 'Confederate States of America' were floated on worthless paper money. It's somewhat similar to 'Federal Reserve Notes' but people still have a degree of confidence in FRNs.
And you utilize the 10-40% of it's capabilities that are possible because thats the part that has been reverse engineered.
This isn't the place for that fight. But I had to point it out.
I can put a 386sx box out on the end of an ethernet cable and run Linux on it without it crashing for probably a decade or more. I could do that using an old Slackware 3.2 CD.
Chomsky was an apologist for Pol Pot and part of the chorus of people pooh-poohing early reports of the atrocities that occured in Cambodia, or as Chomsky is known to refer to it: Peoples Kampuchea. His work during that period helped to prolong Pol Pot's rule.
Your fretting about what he says from his comfortable armchair, years after the fact, are irrelevant.
He was a brilliant linguist who published breakthrough work in the 60's. Why can't he just sit down and stop being a goddamn tool now? This is a guy who refers to the Wall Street Journal as 'Fascist.' You know, like any college Freshman does when he's been reading too many leaflets from the Socialist Worker's Party table.
I paid the auction house $20 for my Powerbook 190cs a few weeks ago. But I had to pay Radio Shack about $2.50 for the connector to solder onto an IBM brand power adapter to power it.
Paid $5 for the powerbook's predecessor, a Powerbook 165c. Nice machine, but it only has 4 megs, the 190 has 40.
I think I paid about what one should for Apple hardware.
I hope Mars will be colonized by something more than an Apple trademark. IBM's 'PowerPC' architecture is much bigger that the little snippet that Apple gives a 'Gx' name to.
When do the fat people get in on the class action suit against Judy Kroc's estate? Will they get vouchers from PBS? Will there suddenly be new quietness on PBS station about the 'civil rights' of these fat people?
Either way, National Public Radio now is involved in the obesity industry.
Because the ignorant mother-f's who propose this broadband over powerline want to do the equivalent of early 20th century 'spark gap' transmission. 'Spark Gap' transmission was where an electromechanical device, similar to your vacuum cleaner motor, was attached to an antenna and the 'interference' it creates by sparking was switched in intermittantly to 'broadcast' morse code. Effective, but dirty, just like if you broadcast your vacuum cleaner motor's noise today.
These knobs want to use untuned, unoptimized, and unshielded power lines as a big inefficient cable to carry internet traffic. It's boneheaded, it's technically an abomination, and it'll make a few people a bunch of money while wiping out all kinds of services that are far superior technically.
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Guns can be used to kill bad people.
Choke on that one awhile, okay?
heh
That's okay. I had to plug the search term 'ellison' into google, not just the title of the show, before I could find a web page that confirmed Ellision wrote that one. I knew it, but wanted to confirm before I flamed. Harlan must have pissed somebody off again, and they're leaving his name off websites about that show.
Yeah, but you're not a 'leet renegade 'socking it to the man' by running a shitty third-rate processor from a minor vendor.
In fact, it sounds like you didn't even use a phillips screwdriver to assemble your own computer. *snort*
(hehe)
Umm, Harlan Ellision wrote it. Who cares who they hired as the meat puppet to act in it?
This is simply amazing. Now the case modders will have to focus all their time on newer, snazzier, pocket protector designs.
'Shannon cut a window in his pocket protector, now I'm gonna hafta install a neon tube in mine.'
You could probably make a better living as a tech writer. There is a dearth of good tech writers in the industry.
You'd have to fend off the evil marketers, and their demand that you make the docs into marketing drivel, though. Being an independent tech journalist is probably better in that regard.
Read the Forbes magazine between April 8th and April 12th
Oooooh! Oooooh! The truth 'leaks out' every once in awhile when some crank gets an article or two published.
Americans for the most part understand what journalists are in business for. To get the most attention with the most outrageous content they can get an editor to publish. It helps if it reinforces the stereotypes they've nurtured since their college days, passing out leaflets on the mall.
There may only be a few customers, but since they're big retailers using Unixware for their point-of-sale equipment, it translates into many thousands of licenses.
But your comment sounded clever, so nevermind.
He's been fighting for weeks with his termcap file, and also with xmodmap.
It's kinda the norm with desktop freenixes.
Did that copy of Caldera OpenLinux contain the infringing code, supposedly confined to the 2.4 kernel?
If so, you've got one HELL of a collector's item. Time Machine Linux!
Next revisionist historians will be saying: "In the pioneering days of the internet, widespread compiler ownership was a myth. The majority of internet users did not own a compiler, much less know how to read the source..." :)
How would that be revisionist history?
Yep. The 'Confederate States of America' were floated on worthless paper money. It's somewhat similar to 'Federal Reserve Notes' but people still have a degree of confidence in FRNs.
And you utilize the 10-40% of it's capabilities that are possible because thats the part that has been reverse engineered.
This isn't the place for that fight. But I had to point it out.
I can put a 386sx box out on the end of an ethernet cable and run Linux on it without it crashing for probably a decade or more. I could do that using an old Slackware 3.2 CD.
Chomsky was an apologist for Pol Pot and part of the chorus of people pooh-poohing early reports of the atrocities that occured in Cambodia, or as Chomsky is known to refer to it: Peoples Kampuchea. His work during that period helped to prolong Pol Pot's rule.
Your fretting about what he says from his comfortable armchair, years after the fact, are irrelevant.
He was a brilliant linguist who published breakthrough work in the 60's. Why can't he just sit down and stop being a goddamn tool now? This is a guy who refers to the Wall Street Journal as 'Fascist.' You know, like any college Freshman does when he's been reading too many leaflets from the Socialist Worker's Party table.
The COLA newsgroup is where apprentice flamers go after their training at Slashdot is completed.
Actually, it's a damn embarassing newsgroup to frequent, for anybody who actually likes Linux and would like to see it become more popular.
I'm pretty sure he's on the record as a supporter of Pol Pot in Cambodia, too.
I paid the auction house $20 for my Powerbook 190cs a few weeks ago. But I had to pay Radio Shack about $2.50 for the connector to solder onto an IBM brand power adapter to power it.
Paid $5 for the powerbook's predecessor, a Powerbook 165c. Nice machine, but it only has 4 megs, the 190 has 40.
I think I paid about what one should for Apple hardware.
The problem is, the academic tradition has always been:
'When you flunk out of calculus, you switch to j-school.'
variation:
'When you flunk out of the english department, you switch to j-school.'
Further iterations left as an excercize for the reader.
I hope Mars will be colonized by something more than an Apple trademark. IBM's 'PowerPC' architecture is much bigger that the little snippet that Apple gives a 'Gx' name to.
but at least your computer won't ever crash again an
Huh?
My computer won't ever crash again because I know how to operate a phillips screwdriver?
I've been 'building clones' since the 80's when I bought my first 8088 motherboard at a swapmeet. When do the computers stop crashing?
Knuth doesn't belong on 'Short Attention Span Theatre' (aka the Internet).
Wow! A new 'vi versus Emacs' flamewar with actual traction!
When do the fat people get in on the class action suit against Judy Kroc's estate? Will they get vouchers from PBS? Will there suddenly be new quietness on PBS station about the 'civil rights' of these fat people?
Either way, National Public Radio now is involved in the obesity industry.
Because the ignorant mother-f's who propose this broadband over powerline want to do the equivalent of early 20th century 'spark gap' transmission. 'Spark Gap' transmission was where an electromechanical device, similar to your vacuum cleaner motor, was attached to an antenna and the 'interference' it creates by sparking was switched in intermittantly to 'broadcast' morse code. Effective, but dirty, just like if you broadcast your vacuum cleaner motor's noise today.
These knobs want to use untuned, unoptimized, and unshielded power lines as a big inefficient cable to carry internet traffic. It's boneheaded, it's technically an abomination, and it'll make a few people a bunch of money while wiping out all kinds of services that are far superior technically.
Gee, I thought it meant the cops kept the radio in the trunk of their vehicle.
*rimshot*