"Otherwise, I could create a Linux distro that is THE safest operating system EVER... and just not let you do anything, no network connectivity, etc. Pretty safe! And useless."
"BTW, they did have PEEK and POKE for the TI but it was in "advanced BASIC" which required owning a floppy drive that only cost about $200, IIRC."
Ah, the dirty little secret to the TI-994/A was the extended memory cartridge. Plugged in it gave you an additional 8K of non-volatile memory, and extended basic.
I stumbled across one in a dept. store, otherwise I'd have never heard of it. Not only gave access to ram, but video ram as well with Vpeek and vpoke. Coolest part was,with my latest and greatest effort stored in it, I could cart it around to my friends TI's and show off my efforts on their machines. Good times indeed.
Easy solution. Slap Puppy on that puppy. http://puppylinux.ca/ No need to touch the hard drive unless you want to, Puppy can load and run entirely in RAM from the CD or USB stick. (Gad, I sound like a shill, but I really like Puppylinux for older hardware.)
One warning; Puppy was designed for people used to Win95-98, so it's a very un-linuxy Linux.
Yahoo used to have a random button (may still have, but I can't find it.) However, the button's link still works; http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl It's a great time waster.
I dunno, seems sillier to me to put up the cable, then sit around for years while somebody figures out how to use it. This way, once the cable is raised, we should have lifters that are tested and ready. (At least in theory.)
But you can't mix viruses and trojans to create a biological weapon, since trojans protect AGAINST viruses. (At least that's what it says on the wrapper.):-)
"We all know she lied. The question is whether the punishment fits the crime."
Ask her real victim, if you can find him/her. Her lie put her just a tick ahead of someone that deserved the job honestly, on merit, not deceit. That person lost a job that should have been theirs due to her lie.
Now if you want a distro to try out and get a feel for linux, Puppy http://www.puppyos.com/ is a great live distro designed from scratch to appeal to Windows users and runs great on older equipment. (Its user support is first rate too! http://www.puppyos.com/forums.htm )
Both great Os(es) that I feel are really under rated.
My response would be; "So you're saying you only have the mental capacity to handle one word processor? Says a lot about the quality of work I can expect from you, doesn't it?"
I agree. To me, a robot would have to be able to at least see and reach the top of a table or countertop before It would make a good "housekeeper". Unless all you want is something to pick up your laundry and empty cans off the floor and put them in the appropiate, very short, containers.
I mean geez; "Hal, fetch me a beer!" "Sorry boss, I can't reach the handle on the refrigerator door."
fake reviews, poor quality products, high prices, proprietory formats, anti-resale patents, destructive DRM; Just how the hell does Sony still have fans? Is apathy really that powerful?
The thought hit me that in the long run, this could actually be a benefit for Microsoft. Over and over, I keep seeing anecdotes that Microsoft hasn't provided the requested documentation because they don't have it, at least in coherent form.
Now they've been effectively slapped up back of the head and told to produce it, and make it available to everyone. Note: "Everyone" includes their own programmers.
When the proper documentation becomes available, I'll bet a lot of in house programer's reaction will be either "So THAT'S the way -FOO- works!" or "Damn! that's a brain dead way of doing -BAR-, this way's better."
So it wouldn't suprise me, once the dust settles, to see Microsoft improve. Who knows, the next version of Windows might only be two years late.
Um, how about a fully documented set of APIs for third party developers? MS won't (maybe even can't) offer it, but Reactos does.
And if you read their wesite (www.reactos.org), the ultimate goal isn't to be a Windows clone, but quote:
"Once the compatibility level has been reached, we may even choose to improve ReactOS beyond its Windows roots. These changes would be external from the main OS, and totally compatible with Windows, but they would add an extra advantage. For example, one of our goals is to have built-in POSIX compatibility, much like Windows Services for Unix. It could also be as simple as natively supporting multiple desktops however, instead of requiring a powertoy."
In other words, Reactos' goal is to be a proper OS in its own right, not just Windows compatible. (One day, Windows may even struggle to be fully compatible with Reactos. Heh, one can dream, eh?)
To keep picking at the analogy (Oo, that's gonna leave a scar!), it's more like Ford has 90% of the market, and would only let Ford owners fill up at Ford Petrol stations by using a proprietory petrol cap/nozzle combination.
In this case, Ford would be utilizing its monopoly in vehicles to leverage into the petrol industry, much like MS is using its monopoly to leverage into... well damn near everything.
Hmm, I never use the "L" word when showing someone an alternate OS for their old systems.
I say, "Here's a copy of Puppy http://www.puppyos.com/ it works pretty good, Beatrix http://www.watsky.net/ looks really pretty if you want to try it." If their system's more up to date, Ubuntu or Vector. If they're actually still using a 486, Vector 1.8
Thing is, most of the people using an old windows OS are casual users, and as long as they can read their text files, browse pictures, and access "the internet" they don't care what's running, as long as it works.
Ever heard of Puppy? http://www.puppyos.com/ Designed to run on older software, and to be similar to Win 95/98.
Don't use it personally (I prefer Vector SoHo), but it is small, light, and runs "right out of the box" with software that covers the average 98 user's needs.
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Well, what do the voices say?
Mine say, "Please, please, just SHUT UP! We're only here to beg you to please be quiet and leave us alone!"
Figures that the voices in my head are crazier than I am...
"Otherwise, I could create a Linux distro that is THE safest operating system EVER... and just not let you do anything, no network connectivity, etc. Pretty safe! And useless."
Oh, I dunno... http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/ It has its uses.
Puppy Linux http://www.puppylinux.com/ is designed to run on older hardware.
Plus it's very user friendly and extremely easy to modify.
http://puppylinux.com/pfs/index.html and http://puppylinux.com/puppy-unleashed.htm
It'll even run on a PII system with 128meg of ram and a CD drive, WITHOUT a hard drive!
So every year I resolve to be as evil and nasty as possible.
That way not only does no one mind when I break my resolution, I'm encouraged to do so!
"BTW, they did have PEEK and POKE for the TI but it was in "advanced BASIC" which required owning a floppy drive that only cost about $200, IIRC."
Ah, the dirty little secret to the TI-994/A was the extended memory cartridge.
Plugged in it gave you an additional 8K of non-volatile memory, and extended basic.
I stumbled across one in a dept. store, otherwise I'd have never heard of it.
Not only gave access to ram, but video ram as well with Vpeek and vpoke.
Coolest part was,with my latest and greatest effort stored in it, I could cart it around to my friends TI's and show off my efforts on their machines. Good times indeed.
Easy solution. Slap Puppy on that puppy. http://puppylinux.ca/
No need to touch the hard drive unless you want to, Puppy can load and run entirely in RAM from the CD or USB stick.
(Gad, I sound like a shill, but I really like Puppylinux for older hardware.)
One warning; Puppy was designed for people used to Win95-98, so it's a very un-linuxy Linux.
Yahoo used to have a random button (may still have, but I can't find it.)
However, the button's link still works; http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl
It's a great time waster.
That one is already done, thanks to Evil Mad Scientist; http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab
Cheap, fast, and makes things out of sugar, Sweet!
I dunno, seems sillier to me to put up the cable, then sit around for years while somebody figures out how to use it.
This way, once the cable is raised, we should have lifters that are tested and ready. (At least in theory.)
Oboe? Fiddle? I'm an American, give me Sax and violins!
(This post courtesy of the Board for Inhumane PUN-ishment.)
But you can't mix viruses and trojans to create a biological weapon, since trojans protect AGAINST viruses. :-)
(At least that's what it says on the wrapper.)
"You're not really hardcore if you didn't get it tattooed on your ass."
What? Tatooing it on my forehead wasn't good enough?
(Already had "666" tatooed on my ass!)
"We all know she lied. The question is whether the punishment fits the crime."
Ask her real victim, if you can find him/her. Her lie put her just a tick ahead of someone that deserved the job honestly, on merit, not deceit. That person lost a job that should have been theirs due to her lie.
My favorite is Vector SOHO http://www.vectorlinux.com/ It was way easier for me to setup up than Ubuntu, and has a lot of nice apps straight off the cd. user support forum: http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/
Now if you want a distro to try out and get a feel for linux, Puppy http://www.puppyos.com/ is a great live distro designed from scratch to appeal to Windows users and runs great on older equipment. (Its user support is first rate too! http://www.puppyos.com/forums.htm )
Both great Os(es) that I feel are really under rated.
Does Ballmer running MS solo give anyone else the mental image of the monkey left in charge of the Hurdy Gurdy?
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http://shopping.animazing.com/gallery/merriam/pag
For those that don't know what the hell I'm babbling about. };-)
Well, I don't know how Falcon did it, but there is an excellent howto on Geek Technique that shows how to do it witho ur-emate-wireless
a Lucent WaveLAN Orinoco Silver-card. http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/669/getting-y
My response would be; "So you're saying you only have the mental capacity to handle one word processor? Says a lot about the quality of work I can expect from you, doesn't it?"
Heh, a good shameing can do wonders.
I agree. To me, a robot would have to be able to at least see and reach the top of a table or countertop before It would make a good "housekeeper".
Unless all you want is something to pick up your laundry and empty cans off the floor and put them in the appropiate, very short, containers.
I mean geez; "Hal, fetch me a beer!" "Sorry boss, I can't reach the handle on the refrigerator door."
Well, would you wanna be anywhere near someone who's music collection is so bad people shoot at it?
Why is it when a litany of Sony's crimes against consumers is listed, David Manning almost never gets mentioned?1 259.stm
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/manning.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/474
fake reviews, poor quality products, high prices, proprietory formats, anti-resale patents, destructive DRM; Just how the hell does Sony still have fans? Is apathy really that powerful?
The thought hit me that in the long run, this could actually be a benefit for Microsoft.
Over and over, I keep seeing anecdotes that Microsoft hasn't provided the requested documentation because they don't have it, at least in coherent form.
Now they've been effectively slapped up back of the head and told to produce it, and make it available to everyone.
Note: "Everyone" includes their own programmers.
When the proper documentation becomes available, I'll bet a lot of in house programer's reaction will be either "So THAT'S the way -FOO- works!" or "Damn! that's a brain dead way of doing -BAR-, this way's better."
So it wouldn't suprise me, once the dust settles, to see Microsoft improve. Who knows, the next version of Windows might only be two years late.
Um, how about a fully documented set of APIs for third party developers?
MS won't (maybe even can't) offer it, but Reactos does.
And if you read their wesite (www.reactos.org), the ultimate goal isn't to be a Windows clone, but quote:
"Once the compatibility level has been reached, we may even choose to improve ReactOS beyond its Windows roots. These changes would be external from the main OS, and totally compatible with Windows, but they would add an extra advantage. For example, one of our goals is to have built-in POSIX compatibility, much like Windows Services for Unix. It could also be as simple as natively supporting multiple desktops however, instead of requiring a powertoy."
In other words, Reactos' goal is to be a proper OS in its own right, not just Windows compatible.
(One day, Windows may even struggle to be fully compatible with Reactos. Heh, one can dream, eh?)
To keep picking at the analogy (Oo, that's gonna leave a scar!), it's more like Ford has 90% of the market, and would only let Ford owners fill up at Ford Petrol stations by using a proprietory petrol cap/nozzle combination.
In this case, Ford would be utilizing its monopoly in vehicles to leverage into the petrol industry, much like MS is using its monopoly to leverage into... well damn near everything.
Hmm, I never use the "L" word when showing someone an alternate OS for their old systems.
I say, "Here's a copy of Puppy http://www.puppyos.com/ it works pretty good, Beatrix http://www.watsky.net/ looks really pretty if you want to try it." If their system's more up to date, Ubuntu or Vector. If they're actually still using a 486, Vector 1.8
Thing is, most of the people using an old windows OS are casual users, and as long as they can read their text files, browse pictures, and access "the internet" they don't care what's running, as long as it works.
Ever heard of Puppy? http://www.puppyos.com/
Designed to run on older software, and to be similar to Win 95/98.
Don't use it personally (I prefer Vector SoHo), but it is small, light, and runs "right out of the box" with software that covers the average 98 user's needs.