Strictly speaking, microchip indicated the relative size of the device (at the time when the average Mainframe took up an entire building), but now indicates a class of device
As for happy hacking with microcontrollers/microprocessor: as long as there is demand, they will make devices in plastic and ceramic packaging
There is no way that Linux would die if MS ported Win32 to Linux ala OS/2.
There are two completely different mindsets involved. There's the OSS and the CSS (Closed Software Source) ideologies, and the OSS will always win because people who love to program will still write programs for an Open Source Platform.
Let's also think about this. If MS does write a Win32->Linux layer, would this make Linux less stable? Probably not (provided MS didn't do something stupid like write it in kernel space instead of user space.) So you'd have the advantage of the stability of Linux, and the advantage of the Wealth of software for Windows. Arguably, this could diminish the number of ISVs for Linux, but it could go a long way to proving that Windows software and the Windows OS is inherently buggy and unstable.
Size.... AAAs are a lot smaller after you take into account the casing to hold them. Besides, you can always use Pure Energy or similar batteries, which will give you alkaline endurance with rechargeable qualities.
Now if only someone would make a AAA sized plutonium based battery:-)
BTW, it's mWh milliwatt-hours.... you Americans will learn metric one of these days (no disrespect intended)...:-)
From an entertainment standpoint, I thought "Hackers" was a great movie. And anybody who doesn't think Angelina Jolie is gorgeous needs serious help.
However, from a technical standpoint, Hackers was lame.... The stuff portrayed was cracking, not hacking. (I'm not a cracker, but a true hacker. I do R&D for a living.) Either way, you can't glamourize those things without lying about them. 99% of the people I know don't really understand my job. So trying to tell them is hard enough. Then they watch what I do.... Ever watched a programmer/engineer at work? 'Nuff said!
What I should have stated was that they should release a client for their network for a Unix box. Even a compiled object that could be recompiled for specific systems or something along those lines.
Just an idea though. I'm guessing that they'd have to recompile for Linux, BSD, Solaris, et al...
My first reaction is to wonder what drugs you are on.... but that would be pointless and counter-productive. It would also be a rather ignorant responce to your comment...
Instead, I expect to see your apology to the *nix community 6 months after the actual release of W2K for thinking that one product can be the answer to all computing needs.
Every OS has it's place, thinking that any one OS can be the answer to all is rather ignorant. Even Linux doesn't belong everywhere. Besides, it's a much more interesting world when there is diversity.
AOL would be very smart to release an open source version of their access software. AFAIK, they only have Windoze versions available. If they really want to take on Microso~1, they need to expand their customer base. Providing Linux/Unix clients et al, would be a good start. Anyhow, that's my $0.02CND.... roughly 1/4 of a US penny.....:-)
It is a purely political move by politicians (1984: inner party) to control the masses (1984: outer party and proles).
The real answer to protecting our children is to create new domains that reflect their content.
All porn (read: NOT educational/informative) should be put in a domain named '.adult' (and I mean all) and all educational information should be put into a domain named '.education' and then if parents want to censor/protect their children from gratuitus sex, they can filter the.adult domain.... simple, effective, and democratic.
I think we need to be very careful about such "censorship" tactics. While the goal of the NAACP et al. is an admirable one, the ends do not necessarily justify the means.
I am speaking not of plainly derrogatory terms, but of questionable ones. The sort of term which means different things depending on where you are. Or terms which may even be spelt the same in different languages but have very different meanings. Should we be banning words on that basis?
Probably a bad example (and not totally related to the above paragraph) but I consider the term "womyn" to be quite offensive. (Don't argue with me about the why's, I am only trying to make a point. And for the wise-asses, I haven't checked to see if it is registered.) Other people don't. Should this term then be banned? Would anybody complain if I registered that domain name so no one else could? It's questionable, but the current movement in society to remove even slightly non-politically correct terms from general use is rather prevalent.
We must be very careful about this sort of censorship. And besides, the people who use the plainly derrogatory terms have proven themselves time and again to be "rebels without a clue." We should just ignore them, or better yet, ridicule their ignorant antics.
I think that this is just another part of Microsoft's "Embrace and Extend" (aka, Embrace and Propriatorize). They are desperate to have NT take the server market but have no real UNIX style apps out there. They need to show that NT can do what UNIX already does and by purchasing this kind of technology they can create this kind of illusion. I'd be very wary about this as they will slowly twist the code and make it incompatible with real UNIX (can you say Visual J++) after they've suckered IT managers over to NT.
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Hoo-aah....
That's hitting the Nail on the Hammer!!!!!
Nicely played!
Strictly speaking, microchip indicated the relative size of the device (at the time when the average Mainframe took up an entire building), but now indicates a class of device
As for happy hacking with microcontrollers/microprocessor: as long as there is demand, they will make devices in plastic and ceramic packaging
No Way
There is no way that Linux would die if MS ported Win32 to Linux ala OS/2.
There are two completely different mindsets involved. There's the OSS and the CSS (Closed Software Source) ideologies, and the OSS will always win because people who love to program will still write programs for an Open Source Platform.
Let's also think about this. If MS does write a Win32->Linux layer, would this make Linux less stable? Probably not (provided MS didn't do something stupid like write it in kernel space instead of user space.) So you'd have the advantage of the stability of Linux, and the advantage of the Wealth of software for Windows.
Arguably, this could diminish the number of ISVs for Linux, but it could go a long way to proving that Windows software and the Windows OS is inherently buggy and unstable.
my $300CDN (worth about 2cents US)
Size.... AAAs are a lot smaller after you take into account the casing to hold them. Besides, you can always use Pure Energy or similar batteries, which will give you alkaline endurance with rechargeable qualities.
:-)
:-)
Now if only someone would make a AAA sized plutonium based battery
BTW, it's mWh milliwatt-hours.... you Americans will learn metric one of these days (no disrespect intended)...
My two bits....
From an entertainment standpoint, I thought "Hackers" was a great movie. And anybody who doesn't think Angelina Jolie is gorgeous needs serious help.
However, from a technical standpoint, Hackers was lame.... The stuff portrayed was cracking, not hacking. (I'm not a cracker, but a true hacker. I do R&D for a living.) Either way, you can't glamourize those things without lying about them. 99% of the people I know don't really understand my job. So trying to tell them is hard enough. Then they watch what I do.... Ever watched a programmer/engineer at work? 'Nuff said!
We are Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is Futile.
:-)
Really off topic, but I wonder if this is how the borg got started?
In retrospect, that is a good point.
What I should have stated was that they should release a client for their network for a Unix box. Even a compiled object that could be recompiled for specific systems or something along those lines.
Just an idea though. I'm guessing that they'd have to recompile for Linux, BSD, Solaris, et al...
My first reaction is to wonder what drugs you are on.... but that would be pointless and counter-productive. It would also be a rather ignorant responce to your comment...
Instead, I expect to see your apology to the *nix community 6 months after the actual release of W2K for thinking that one product can be the answer to all computing needs.
Every OS has it's place, thinking that any one OS can be the answer to all is rather ignorant. Even Linux doesn't belong everywhere. Besides, it's a much more interesting world when there is diversity.
AOL would be very smart to release an open source version of their access software. AFAIK, they only have Windoze versions available. If they really want to take on Microso~1, they need to expand their customer base. Providing Linux/Unix clients et al, would be a good start. Anyhow, that's my $0.02CND.... roughly 1/4 of a US penny..... :-)
THIS IS PURE B.S......
.adult domain.... simple, effective, and democratic.
It is a purely political move by politicians (1984: inner party) to control the masses (1984: outer party and proles).
The real answer to protecting our children is to create new domains that reflect their content.
All porn (read: NOT educational/informative) should be put in a domain named '.adult' (and I mean all) and all educational information should be put into a domain named '.education' and then if parents want to censor/protect their children from gratuitus sex, they can filter the
What about a potentially valuable tool like Back Orifice or even Microsoft's remote registry editor?
BO is considered a virus by many but isn't. It's a program. But the question is, would a Finnish Court see BO as a virus?
What the world doesn't need is knee-jerk reactions from people who aren't knowledgable enough about the topic.
I conclude that the Finnish Gov't doesn't understand the problem and has crafted a typical, beaurocratically inept response to a problem.
The protect of a computer system is the responsibility of the sysadmin/user.
I think we need to be very careful about such "censorship" tactics. While the goal of the NAACP et al. is an admirable one, the ends do not necessarily justify the means.
I am speaking not of plainly derrogatory terms, but of questionable ones. The sort of term which means different things depending on where you are. Or terms which may even be spelt the same in different languages but have very different meanings. Should we be banning words on that basis?
Probably a bad example (and not totally related to the above paragraph) but I consider the term "womyn" to be quite offensive. (Don't argue with me about the why's, I am only trying to make a point. And for the wise-asses, I haven't checked to see if it is registered.) Other people don't. Should this term then be banned? Would anybody complain if I registered that domain name so no one else could? It's questionable, but the current movement in society to remove even slightly non-politically correct terms from general use is rather prevalent.
We must be very careful about this sort of censorship. And besides, the people who use the plainly derrogatory terms have proven themselves time and again to be "rebels without a clue." We should just ignore them, or better yet, ridicule their ignorant antics.
I think that this is just another part of Microsoft's "Embrace and Extend" (aka, Embrace and Propriatorize). They are desperate to have NT take the server market but have no real UNIX style apps out there. They need to show that NT can do what UNIX already does and by purchasing this kind of technology they can create this kind of illusion. I'd be very wary about this as they will slowly twist the code and make it incompatible with real UNIX (can you say Visual J++) after they've suckered IT managers over to NT.
Well, not to bring politics into Computer discussions, but I could easily see some stupid MP trying to do just that.....
(sigh)