"...but if you're setting up a serious firewall then you should take most everything you don't need out of the kernel - that would include ipv6 for just about everyone."
Which is highly likely too. Because if you don't have a hard drive in the your router, most likely you've recompiled the kernel to size it down, set the processor and commented out drivers and features you're not going to use.
"I don't know the technical reasons, but NT inherits a lot of design principles from VMS..."
I don't know either but this extract from Wikipedia on Windows NT may shed some light:
"Microsoft hired a group of developers from Digital Equipment Corporation led by Dave Cutler to build Windows NT, and many elements of the design reflect earlier DEC experience with Cutler's VMS and RSX-11."
"Texas probably also means Microsoft's OOXML for Texas documents.
Some years ago Microsoft threated the city of Huston to sign up for a multiyear, $12 million software licensing plan or face an audit exposing the city's use of software it hadn't paid for.
But as it turned out, Huston had more than enough proof of purchase seals. And then they voted to dump Microsoft Office in favor of SimDesk because of Microsoft's gestapo tactics. I don't know if that's still true today and I doubt SimDesk supports OOXML. So not all parts of Texas are friends of Microsoft.
It kind of does. Case in point. In an all Windows workplace I once attended a meeting without my work issued laptop because I was late getting in. I carry my MacBook everyday to work. In the meeting I needed to take some notes. I brought out my MacBook Pro and started. I got looks from everyone. The Japanese partners just couldn't stop staring. After the meeting I had a crowd around me asking all kinds of questions about the Mac. I guess in a sea of Windows laptops, the Mac stands out.
"Whereas MS gets to still be the only one with full compliance and backwards compatibility (though they aren't 100% at it either)."
And to pour salt on the wound, I hear Microsoft's promise not to sue only applies to those who can fully implement their "Open Standard". And since it appears that only Microsoft can do that, what good it that promise? More smoke and mirrors from Microsoft?
Calling force, kilograms. In the GP post, kilograms was required in lieu of pounds. Do you think those Market Traders are reporting actual SI mass? Your example is obviously true but in reality the cost of those bannans is based on how much force they apply to the scale at the check-out stand.
"UTC is an atomic timescale, measured in atomic (SI) seconds..."
And yet our culture amazingly cannot shake the use of GMT which has its second defined astronomically and is now an obsolete time scale. I guess we can thank, in part, the BBC who just can't give it up.
I'm holding a NBS Special Publication #236, NBS Frequency and Time Broadcast Services, Radio Stations WWV, WWWVH, WWWVB, WWVL dated March, 1972. It address the conversion to broadcasting time services in UTC 35 years ago!
"...had to sell things in kilos and grams instead of pounds and ounces."
I think that would be a problem too. Kilograms is a unit of mass not weight. Granted, it is inferred kilograms-force but still a bastardized use of a fundamental SI unit, IMHO.
"What it really means for men is that the more attracted you are the the woman you're having sex with, the greater the chances that you'll need to use protection"
No doubt. I saw a documentary some time ago that went to some bars and photographed woman plus took a saliva sample of the volunteers. Back at the lab, they were able to correlate the woman that showed the most skin (dressed the sexiest) were ovulating. Moral of the story: If you're at a bar and the girl is dressed to kill, proceed with caution! No glove; no love.
I hate Cingular. Switch it over to [XYZ Carrier] and I'd buy one.
...
I'm confused. You just gave some reason why you wouldn't purchase the iPhone but then say if it had carrier XYZ, you're sold? So I take it only the carrier is reason not any of the others because they are most likely not going to change.
"I'm guessing that if you have a realdoll, cheating isn't a big problem."
You overlooked that he could be two-timing with his neighbor's RealDoll. And if his RealDoll is a Lorena Bobbitt RealDoll, there will be many sleepless nights for this dude.
"The article seems to say they only use Microsoft solutions to provide their security."
Apparently, Microsoft indirectly uses Linux on the front lines by partially outsourcing the management of their DNS servers. But the date on TFA is 2001. I have no idea if that is true today.
If configured that way. Optionally, place two fingers on the trackpad and click the button for the secondary right click. This is a check box option in System Preferences->Keyboard & Mouse->Trackpad. You get the two-finger tap or this option but not both at the same time.
Also, on the PowerBook and MacBook, you can press the ctrl key and click the for the secondary right-click.
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"...but if you're setting up a serious firewall then you should take most everything you don't need out of the kernel - that would include ipv6 for just about everyone."
Which is highly likely too. Because if you don't have a hard drive in the your router, most likely you've recompiled the kernel to size it down, set the processor and commented out drivers and features you're not going to use.
"I've seen people more than once that believe that OpenBSD is a Linux distribution."
/. believes this.
But, oh, the shame if anyone here on
"I don't know the technical reasons, but NT inherits a lot of design principles from VMS..."
I don't know either but this extract from Wikipedia on Windows NT may shed some light:
"Microsoft hired a group of developers from Digital Equipment Corporation led by Dave Cutler to build Windows NT, and many elements of the design reflect earlier DEC experience with Cutler's VMS and RSX-11."
For example, Snorpus: ...
Bought a 1k mac back in 1992, so you're obviously somewhere in the age range of at least 35 or 36+"
Are you talking about the GP post with UID Snorpus where he says he's helping to arrange his 40th reunion? Hum, 18 + 40 = a better guess of age, no?
...wishing they would add things, like OS integrated multiple desktops..."
If you have a PPC version of OSX, multiple desktops has been around quite awhile. But it's an add on and it has cool switching effects to select from.
"Texas probably also means Microsoft's OOXML for Texas documents.
Some years ago Microsoft threated the city of Huston to sign up for a multiyear, $12 million software licensing plan or face an audit exposing the city's use of software it hadn't paid for.
But as it turned out, Huston had more than enough proof of purchase seals. And then they voted to dump Microsoft Office in favor of SimDesk because of Microsoft's gestapo tactics. I don't know if that's still true today and I doubt SimDesk supports OOXML. So not all parts of Texas are friends of Microsoft.
"And then there is OS X, which is amazingly pretty, but I HATE how limiting the shell is."
Huh? Care to elaborate what you can do in your sh/ksh/bash/ Linux shell you can't in the OSX bash shell? It must be pretty obscure.
"And it makes you cool..."
It kind of does. Case in point. In an all Windows workplace I once attended a meeting without my work issued laptop because I was late getting in. I carry my MacBook everyday to work. In the meeting I needed to take some notes. I brought out my MacBook Pro and started. I got looks from everyone. The Japanese partners just couldn't stop staring. After the meeting I had a crowd around me asking all kinds of questions about the Mac. I guess in a sea of Windows laptops, the Mac stands out.
From the about page it says:
He [Alex] is currently studying at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada"
So does the DMCA apply?
"back-door left open right?"
Good play on words.
"The outside is an aluminum cylinder, then there's the glass windows..."
Um, the 787 does not have an aluminum fuselage. It is a composite structure. Same for the upper and lower wing panels. And the windows are not glass.
"Whereas MS gets to still be the only one with full compliance and backwards compatibility (though they aren't 100% at it either)."
And to pour salt on the wound, I hear Microsoft's promise not to sue only applies to those who can fully implement their "Open Standard". And since it appears that only Microsoft can do that, what good it that promise? More smoke and mirrors from Microsoft?
What is your DOCTYPE in your html? Browsers usually have two layout modes depending on your DOCTYPE.
"And the problem is? "
Calling force, kilograms. In the GP post, kilograms was required in lieu of pounds. Do you think those Market Traders are reporting actual SI mass? Your example is obviously true but in reality the cost of those bannans is based on how much force they apply to the scale at the check-out stand.
"UTC is an atomic timescale, measured in atomic (SI) seconds..."
And yet our culture amazingly cannot shake the use of GMT which has its second defined astronomically and is now an obsolete time scale. I guess we can thank, in part, the BBC who just can't give it up.
I'm holding a NBS Special Publication #236, NBS Frequency and Time Broadcast Services, Radio Stations WWV, WWWVH, WWWVB, WWVL dated March, 1972. It address the conversion to broadcasting time services in UTC 35 years ago!
"...had to sell things in kilos and grams instead of pounds and ounces."
I think that would be a problem too. Kilograms is a unit of mass not weight. Granted, it is inferred kilograms-force but still a bastardized use of a fundamental SI unit, IMHO.
"What it really means for men is that the more attracted you are the the woman you're having sex with, the greater the chances that you'll need to use protection"
No doubt. I saw a documentary some time ago that went to some bars and photographed woman plus took a saliva sample of the volunteers. Back at the lab, they were able to correlate the woman that showed the most skin (dressed the sexiest) were ovulating. Moral of the story: If you're at a bar and the girl is dressed to kill, proceed with caution! No glove; no love.
- ...
- It doesn't run MS-Outlook.
- At $499, It is too expensive.
- I hate Cingular. Switch it over to [XYZ Carrier] and I'd buy one.
- ...
I'm confused. You just gave some reason why you wouldn't purchase the iPhone but then say if it had carrier XYZ, you're sold? So I take it only the carrier is reason not any of the others because they are most likely not going to change."Cleaning the hull of a wooden or steel boat (as opposed to plastic or polysomething)"
I think that high-tech word you're looking for is Fiberglass.
"At least there are no penguins, devils or puffer-fish on the farm."
And after reading this (under 6. Distribution and Marketing section), you wonder if there is no Pufferfish in OpenBSD. A Porcupinefish maybe?
"I'm guessing that if you have a realdoll, cheating isn't a big problem."
You overlooked that he could be two-timing with his neighbor's RealDoll. And if his RealDoll is a Lorena Bobbitt RealDoll, there will be many sleepless nights for this dude.
"No, if it was launched yesterday then it should have been finished some time before then."
They are modeling the site's schedule after Vista. Vista was suppose to be finished years ago too.
"The article seems to say they only use Microsoft solutions to provide their security."
Apparently, Microsoft indirectly uses Linux on the front lines by partially outsourcing the management of their DNS servers. But the date on TFA is 2001. I have no idea if that is true today.
"tap two fingers for right click"
If configured that way. Optionally, place two fingers on the trackpad and click the button for the secondary right click. This is a check box option in System Preferences->Keyboard & Mouse->Trackpad. You get the two-finger tap or this option but not both at the same time.
Also, on the PowerBook and MacBook, you can press the ctrl key and click the for the secondary right-click.
"One sentence was worth an whole new post instead of an update to the one still on the front page."
/.ers don't RTFA, a one-sentence change in the summary is a significant change in information and volume that /.ers do read.
Since, allegedly,