Thanks! I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time when I was a youngster and it made a deep impression on me. Trouble was that I couldn't remember author or title anymore. My son will hopefully enjoy reading this in a year or two.
Oh yes, I remember that one. It chilled me to the bone. I hated it like Brussels sprouts...... and boy is it a good story. For me it's been 'only' 30 years, but nevertheless...
I especially like Altera's "Nios Embedded Evaluation Kit" (aka the NEEK). It has its own TFT, sound codec, analog video input, ethernet and lots more. It also has a thriving uClinux community and they're working on including MMU support. Plus, you don't need a programming adapter for it - just put your hardware design on an SD card, insert into NEEK, power up, and off you go. Ok, it costs $449, but you can do far more than push a few buttons and let LEDs light up.
I found the idea that somebody was opposed to his employees 'owning' IP because it was in their heads quite interesting. In the real world I'm seeing more and more legislation trying to get around this issue.
My wife was in the Dutch military at the time (not on that mission), and what she heard from her colleagues that actually were on that mission confirms your story. It really was a shitty situation.
As long as you don't expect a high technical knowledge level, Dell is just fine. I bought a 20" monitor from them and found that I got flaky picture through the DVI cable - although 1600x1200 over the standard VGA cable worked just fine. After plugging the monitor into a different PC, swapping cable I determined it was the monitor's fault, called Dell, and next day I had a new one - with working DVI.
A friend of mine ordered a new PC and found the hard disk damaged upon arrival. Same thing again: one phone call, one day later he had a new box.
Now, I don't now what happens if you run into less obvious problems, but so far my experience with their return policy is absolutely great.
A year ago I convinced my management (of a large semiconductor company) to port a huge application to Linux, not only because I saw Linux as an emerging ECAD platform but also because I knew that the Linux memory management was much more sensitive to memory overruns, stray pointers etc.
The release of the port was six weeks late, and most of the people working on it hated my guts because "Linux was so unstable".
The end result though, when they back-merged their fixes into the main tree was a highly reduced number of internal errors, both in the Windows and the Solaris versions of the code.
By now, all the core (i.e. non-GUI) functionality gets tested under Linux first, and then gets released for Windows.
Not to mention that bloody cascaded 8259 interrupt controller system. Sheesh, with all the stuff attached to my PC nowadays and 11 out of 15 IRQs already allocated without any PCI or AGP slots filled and USB I'm seriously questioning the sanity of the design.
We have more of a resentment against the annual invasion of German tourists. They may be good for the economy, but I still don't like to be addressed in German in my home town during the summer holiday.
As for German being close to Dutch, that's kind of true, but more in the sense that French is close to Spanish. We do get German in school here. It's hard to get a good grade for it though, because of the differences in each language's 'quirks': the similarities make you forget the differences, so before you know it you're speaking German with Dutch bits of grammar interspersed if you don't watch out.
In a way I agree, but I think that each instance of class Human has different entry points, decided by the handle you use.
In real life I could be an important guy in the semiconductor industry who has a lot of clout, however, when posting as Drongo14 I'm just another Linux user/hacker.
Thus, Espy was the all-knowing, tireless, helpful guy that taught loads of people to use and configure their systems, while as a physical person he suffered pain, frustrating weakness and the knowledge of his impending death.
I do think that using a handle allows you to strip away certain parts of your personality and enhance your strengths. However, the persona defined as your nick is only a subset of your whole existance, just as the person named the way your parents named you, to the community only is a subset of your whole existance.
The ultimate truth about someone will never be known.
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I'm working at a small company, and, basically, I'm all of them, including the VHDL design bit (plus a bit of Verilog as well). Since I haven't got the time to actually code the front-end to the database I'm leaving that to our first-tier support guy.
We hired him because he had affinity with computers. He just left college with a degree in electronics and I'm showing him all corners of the IT spectrum, from Linux and HP/UX adminning through VHDL design, PCB design, M$-Access, SQL, perl, C++ and whatnot, just to test his smarts.
He doesn't pretend to be an IT professional, or boast about experience, but he picks up things quickly, and says 'Oops' when he makes a mistake (like rebooting the file server).
It's people like this you want, not the ones who wave an MCSE (yuck!) diploma at your face and don't take responsibilities for their actions. They're honest, driven, and far more prone to cross over to other specializations than other people. However, people with that much drive and so little ego are indeed hard to find.
Yep. We eat them as dressing on our sandwiches instead of iceberg salad;-) Actually, apparently they're horrible to eat, but people did eat tulip bulbs during the hunger winter in 1944/45. Basically all potatoes, onions and other foodstuffs had been sent out of urban parts of the country, and the only vaguely edible thing left was tulip bulbs. Kind of gives a new perspective on the hunter/gatherer habits of man...
One of the things I dislike about Disney's ideas about a projected society is that it's an engineered form. Societies are, let's say, organic, dynamic, and therefore defy engineering. Being a European I could cynically say that the US of A is an engineered society, given the fact that maybe 100 in a million is a native American, yet everyone (except those native Americans) feels unified under the Flag, even though almost everyone in the US of A can trace their lineage back to either Africa or Europe within a few generations.
I'd say that societies are basically non-uniform and therefore have conflicts within themselves. As the group dynamics change over time you'll see that the living culture changes with its surroundings. This shifting reflects itself in its architecture, building planning and so forth.
Seeing Epcot a few years back reminded me strongly of a high-tech version of the big city expansion plans in the early nineties that everybody basically detested, but moved into because property was cheap.
Nowadays these city parts are emptying out as more people feel they need a sense of individuality, a way of living that expresses themselves instead of the ideas of the architect that planned the whole area.
Carin systems are, AFAIK, made by Philips in the Netherlands. A friend of mine did some OS/9 development work on them and he told me about two years ago that he didn't trust the GPS system completely. I guess his hunch was right.
Yep. To me it's like someone going from door to door, checking whether it's locked, and if not, politely closing the door again. Should have been really elegant if they also sent someone 'behind the door' a message stating that they had a security problem.
I'm interested in seeing where this project ends up. With RC5 like support, or in jail like Mitnick.
Seems like they're not in the US, so I think you can skip the jail option. I don't mean to say that outside of the US you can't go to jail for cracking, but there should be a bit more damage done before legal action is taken, generally.
Geez, I liked the bit about the Aussie 486... Talk about a 'quick hack'...
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Thanks! I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time when I was a youngster and it made a deep impression on me. Trouble was that I couldn't remember author or title anymore. My son will hopefully enjoy reading this in a year or two.
Best thing for them to do would be to crawl last.fm. Some pretty esotheric musical tastes there.
Oh yes, I remember that one. It chilled me to the bone. I hated it like Brussels sprouts... ... and boy is it a good story. For me it's been 'only' 30 years, but nevertheless...
And I recommend it.
I especially like Altera's "Nios Embedded Evaluation Kit" (aka the NEEK). It has its own TFT, sound codec, analog video input, ethernet and lots more. It also has a thriving uClinux community and they're working on including MMU support. Plus, you don't need a programming adapter for it - just put your hardware design on an SD card, insert into NEEK, power up, and off you go. Ok, it costs $449, but you can do far more than push a few buttons and let LEDs light up.
I found the idea that somebody was opposed to his employees 'owning' IP because it was in their heads quite interesting. In the real world I'm seeing more and more legislation trying to get around this issue.
My wife was in the Dutch military at the time (not on that mission), and what she heard from her colleagues that actually were on that mission confirms your story. It really was a shitty situation.
As long as you don't expect a high technical knowledge level, Dell is just fine. I bought a 20" monitor from them and found that I got flaky picture through the DVI cable - although 1600x1200 over the standard VGA cable worked just fine. After plugging the monitor into a different PC, swapping cable I determined it was the monitor's fault, called Dell, and next day I had a new one - with working DVI.
A friend of mine ordered a new PC and found the hard disk damaged upon arrival. Same thing again: one phone call, one day later he had a new box.
Now, I don't now what happens if you run into less obvious problems, but so far my experience with their return policy is absolutely great.
The release of the port was six weeks late, and most of the people working on it hated my guts because "Linux was so unstable".
The end result though, when they back-merged their fixes into the main tree was a highly reduced number of internal errors, both in the Windows and the Solaris versions of the code.
By now, all the core (i.e. non-GUI) functionality gets tested under Linux first, and then gets released for Windows.
Go figure...
Not to mention that bloody cascaded 8259 interrupt controller system. Sheesh, with all the stuff attached to my PC nowadays and 11 out of 15 IRQs already allocated without any PCI or AGP slots filled and USB I'm seriously questioning the sanity of the design.
:g/^V^M/s///g cleans a bit better, and of course :$dd
for the training ^Z
We have more of a resentment against the annual invasion of German tourists. They may be good for the economy, but I still don't like to be addressed in German in my home town during the summer holiday.
As for German being close to Dutch, that's kind of true, but more in the sense that French is close to Spanish. We do get German in school here. It's hard to get a good grade for it though, because of the differences in each language's 'quirks': the similarities make you forget the differences, so before you know it you're speaking German with Dutch bits of grammar interspersed if you don't watch out.
Just my $.02
Now only if someone makes a PowerPC code-morphing layer for Crusoe...
In real life I could be an important guy in the semiconductor industry who has a lot of clout, however, when posting as Drongo14 I'm just another Linux user/hacker.
Thus, Espy was the all-knowing, tireless, helpful guy that taught loads of people to use and configure their systems, while as a physical person he suffered pain, frustrating weakness and the knowledge of his impending death.
I do think that using a handle allows you to strip away certain parts of your personality and enhance your strengths. However, the persona defined as your nick is only a subset of your whole existance, just as the person named the way your parents named you, to the community only is a subset of your whole existance.
The ultimate truth about someone will never be known.
I'm working at a small company, and, basically, I'm all of them, including the VHDL design bit (plus a bit of Verilog as well). Since I haven't got the time to actually code the front-end to the database I'm leaving that to our first-tier support guy.
We hired him because he had affinity with computers. He just left college with a degree in electronics and I'm showing him all corners of the IT spectrum, from Linux and HP/UX adminning through VHDL design, PCB design, M$-Access, SQL, perl, C++ and whatnot, just to test his smarts.
He doesn't pretend to be an IT professional, or boast about experience, but he picks up things quickly, and says 'Oops' when he makes a mistake (like rebooting the file server).
It's people like this you want, not the ones who wave an MCSE (yuck!) diploma at your face and don't take responsibilities for their actions. They're honest, driven, and far more prone to cross over to other specializations than other people. However, people with that much drive and so little ego are indeed hard to find.
Hey, I wouldn't mind my phone being directed by my PC, even though I don't use it for Internet anymore. -- Don't, or try; there is no do. - Ben
Yep. We eat them as dressing on our sandwiches instead of iceberg salad ;-)
Actually, apparently they're horrible to eat, but people did eat tulip bulbs during the hunger winter in 1944/45. Basically all potatoes, onions and other foodstuffs had been sent out of urban parts of the country, and the only vaguely edible thing left was tulip bulbs.
Kind of gives a new perspective on the hunter/gatherer habits of man...
Oh yeah, and a happy 2000 to all of you.
I'd say that societies are basically non-uniform and therefore have conflicts within themselves. As the group dynamics change over time you'll see that the living culture changes with its surroundings. This shifting reflects itself in its architecture, building planning and so forth.
Seeing Epcot a few years back reminded me strongly of a high-tech version of the big city expansion plans in the early nineties that everybody basically detested, but moved into because property was cheap.
Nowadays these city parts are emptying out as more people feel they need a sense of individuality, a way of living that expresses themselves instead of the ideas of the architect that planned the whole area.
Carin systems are, AFAIK, made by Philips in the Netherlands. A friend of mine did some OS/9 development work on them and he told me about two years ago that he didn't trust the GPS system completely. I guess his hunch was right.
Seems like they're not in the US, so I think you can skip the jail option. I don't mean to say that outside of the US you can't go to jail for cracking, but there should be a bit more damage done before legal action is taken, generally.
Geez, I liked the bit about the Aussie 486... Talk about a 'quick hack'...