So if I could compile a new kernel in less time than it takes to boot-up, then a new kernel would be ready before the boot process was finished. So I'd have to restart with the new kernel, and if I start a new kernel compile too then that boot wouldn't be able to finish before there was another new kernel, so I restart with the new new kernel and begin another compile...
Maybe naming this box 'Zeno' wasn't such a good idea after all.
(PS. You can now compile a kernel faster than Nautilus opens a folder. Go fig.)
So that's the kind of message we might receive from extra-terrestrials. Here I am wasting my time with SETI@home when all I've gotta do is check my inbox.
No. MSWord is a word processor. Vi is a text editor. Word can be used as a mere text editor, but I've yet to see the Vi that can do tables, styles, indexing, headers/footers, embedded images, etc. (TeX doesn't count, you may be editing the source with vi, but it's LaTeX that does the actual processing.)
A better comparison would be MSWord with MacWrite II. Oh, how I miss the simple and elegant days of Claris. No more-toolbars-than-workspace. Menus were always available in the most obvious location. What you typed stayed just as you typed it, and didn't automagically decide to format itself a different way when you weren't looking. Those were the good ol' days.
(PS. I guess you could also compare Vi with Notepad.)
Before I write to my congressman proposing this, I want to toss it out on/. to see if it's a valid idea.
Should forged headers be illegal?
The exception being anonymous remailers. In which case the remailer identifies itself as such.
But forging headers to make the email appear to have originated or been processed by a machine that wasn't involved in the delivery is, IMO, a malicious act.
I've been trying to think of something along the lines of a "Boston Tea Party" to protest the dismantling of consumer rights.
Trashing a bunch of CDs would only be to the RIAA's benefit since we'd have to pay for all those CDs. Unless we steal them, but I doubt breaking into record stores would be good PR.
So my idea is to distribute copies of "corrupted" CDs for free. We do it standing outside the stores, too. Now, we could say that we're only providing computer-readable copies for people who have legally bought the CD, but it's such a hassle to have to ask every single person to show a receipt.
Nonono... Carbon is just a compatibility hack. Real apps should be build with Cocoa, but I'm sure Carmack doesn't need to be told. As we all remember, OpenStep (now Cocoa) was the original development platform for Doom and Quake. So when he says that MOSX is his "new" development platform, he really means "old".
I had even more fun. I started with a little T.S. Eliot and it sounded pretty good. But I noticed it handled some words better than other, so I decided to try...
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.
Naturally, it didn't fare much better than any other TTS synthesizer I've heard. That is, a jittery, obviously artificial monotone. Apparently, it can only produce inflection for words that are already in its vocabulary.
I like the comment on this page about losing legos. Reminds me of those stories about the workers who, while building the Hoover dam, fell into the concrete.
The interesting thing is the height (5ft. 1.125in) is pretty much what I would expect actual size to be. And after all that, wouldn't it suck if someone tripped in his workshop. "Oops, I didn't knock over anything important, did I?"
You can freely use Subaru images on this web site for personal use. But "personal use" does not include the use of images on a personal web site if that web site is open to the general public. You are not allowed to use Subaru images on your personal web pages.
This makes me appreciate NASA a whole heck of a lot more. All NASA material is public domain. Subaru may take pretty pictures, but what's the point if I can't take full advantage of them?
What a wonderful example of "keep running the benchmark until it looks fast." Or, consider this snippet of dialog:
Readers: Tom, how fast is the new Pentium 4?
Tom: How fast do you want it to be?
Call me a cynic, but I doubt that even this obvious debacle will convince anyone of the pointlessness of benchmarks. (Five years of Apple saying the PPC is "twice as fast as the Pentium" sure hasn't.) Let's go back to using MIPS, at least everyone knew that stood for "Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed"
This sounds very convenient, but how much of the recyclability problem is in the glue? I always thought it was in the toxic materials used for making ICs, the PCBs in the circuit boards, and the lead in monitor glass.
"The biggest obstacle is the glue that binds components to the circuit board"
Funny, I always thought that stuff was called "solder."
You forget what I think is the most impressive feature of bundles: how to handle library code.
As well as installing library bundles in a central location, application bundles (not sure about other types) can contain library code in their bundle. When an application loads a library that is installed both locally and system-wide, the most recent version (using real version numbers, not just dates) is loaded. The downside is a lot of redundant library code stored in bundles, but a few megs of HD space is worth it to avoid DLL-hell. (Plus, I'm sure someone will come out with a bundle optimizer that will remove unnecessary bits like that.)
All this, of course, is to facilitate one of the oldest and nicest paradigms of Macintosh: to install an application you copy it to your hard disk, to uninstall it you drag it to the trash. When I first started using DOS, I was astounded at all the pointless individual files that cluttered up each directory. I had no idea what the file was for (8.3 names didn't help) or what would break if it were erased. On Macs, it was rare to find a file that you didn't know where it came from (creator codes are cool that way). But this was in 1991, around about System 7.5 the extensions folder started balooning like mad. Apple wants to return sanity to file system management, and I like it.
Go find a small, local security outfit. Not to hire them, though that would be a good idea, but to ask for some (free) stickers. Put those stickers in your windows and that alone should stop 90% of your burglars.
Then there's the store who had a problem with employee theft. So they installed a camera behind the cash register.... just a camera; it wasn't plugged in to anything. (You could even see the power cable hanging limply below it.) Never had another problem after that.
But really, a serious security system (that is, one that works) is installed by a pro. All that stuff about hooking it up to linux may sound like fun, but it's not necessary, and a bit pointless. And buying ADT (or Radio Shack, same thing I think) will just get you laughed at.
(I'm serious about the stickers though, that may be all you need.)
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Don't forget:
"Run Windows apps as fast as a PC."
and...
"Of course you'll be able to upgrade your PowerBook to a G3." (They got sued over that one.)
Ah... actually quite an inspiring story. They guy was a genius. Unfortunately, like many genuises, he was also insane., 16309,00.html
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151
So long as there is money to be made in selling technology, people will continue to sell technological solutions to social problems.
... of course, there is no technological solution to a social problem. This is the fallacy in anti-piracy, censorship, political correctness, etc.
Okay, someone tell me again what the **** was the point of NAFTA?
"Free" as in beer.
"Free" as in speech.
"Free" as in anal rape?
So if I could compile a new kernel in less time than it takes to boot-up, then a new kernel would be ready before the boot process was finished. So I'd have to restart with the new kernel, and if I start a new kernel compile too then that boot wouldn't be able to finish before there was another new kernel, so I restart with the new new kernel and begin another compile...
Maybe naming this box 'Zeno' wasn't such a good idea after all.
(PS. You can now compile a kernel faster than Nautilus opens a folder. Go fig.)
So what you're saying is, 640K is enough for Pioneer?
So that's the kind of message we might receive from extra-terrestrials. Here I am wasting my time with SETI@home when all I've gotta do is check my inbox.
No. MSWord is a word processor. Vi is a text editor. Word can be used as a mere text editor, but I've yet to see the Vi that can do tables, styles, indexing, headers/footers, embedded images, etc. (TeX doesn't count, you may be editing the source with vi, but it's LaTeX that does the actual processing.)
A better comparison would be MSWord with MacWrite II. Oh, how I miss the simple and elegant days of Claris. No more-toolbars-than-workspace. Menus were always available in the most obvious location. What you typed stayed just as you typed it, and didn't automagically decide to format itself a different way when you weren't looking. Those were the good ol' days.
(PS. I guess you could also compare Vi with Notepad.)
Before I write to my congressman proposing this, I want to toss it out on /. to see if it's a valid idea.
Should forged headers be illegal?
The exception being anonymous remailers. In which case the remailer identifies itself as such.
But forging headers to make the email appear to have originated or been processed by a machine that wasn't involved in the delivery is, IMO, a malicious act.
Wasn't there actually a movie with "space herpes" in it? I think it might have been "Ice Pirates" but it's been a long time.
And that shot of Saturn is great and all, but did they really have to make that awful Tolkein pun?
I've been trying to think of something along the lines of a "Boston Tea Party" to protest the dismantling of consumer rights.
Trashing a bunch of CDs would only be to the RIAA's benefit since we'd have to pay for all those CDs. Unless we steal them, but I doubt breaking into record stores would be good PR.
So my idea is to distribute copies of "corrupted" CDs for free. We do it standing outside the stores, too. Now, we could say that we're only providing computer-readable copies for people who have legally bought the CD, but it's such a hassle to have to ask every single person to show a receipt.
Here's the FAQ
Nonono... Carbon is just a compatibility hack. Real apps should be build with Cocoa, but I'm sure Carmack doesn't need to be told. As we all remember, OpenStep (now Cocoa) was the original development platform for Doom and Quake. So when he says that MOSX is his "new" development platform, he really means "old".
Haven't you ever heard of HTCPCP?
I like the comment on this page about losing legos. Reminds me of those stories about the workers who, while building the Hoover dam, fell into the concrete.
The interesting thing is the height (5ft. 1.125in) is pretty much what I would expect actual size to be. And after all that, wouldn't it suck if someone tripped in his workshop. "Oops, I didn't knock over anything important, did I?"
Actually, it helps a lot. Think about what color most people's skin is.
(ROYGBIV)
This makes me appreciate NASA a whole heck of a lot more. All NASA material is public domain. Subaru may take pretty pictures, but what's the point if I can't take full advantage of them?
What a wonderful example of "keep running the benchmark until it looks fast." Or, consider this snippet of dialog:
Readers: Tom, how fast is the new Pentium 4?
Tom: How fast do you want it to be?
Call me a cynic, but I doubt that even this obvious debacle will convince anyone of the pointlessness of benchmarks. (Five years of Apple saying the PPC is "twice as fast as the Pentium" sure hasn't.) Let's go back to using MIPS, at least everyone knew that stood for "Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed"
I saved this from the last solar storm story on slashdot. (hey, alliteration!)
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html& lt;/a>
Shows the level of auroral activity in the northern hemisphere. Click around for a southern hemisphere view, ya' lazy bastards.
This sounds very convenient, but how much of the recyclability problem is in the glue? I always thought it was in the toxic materials used for making ICs, the PCBs in the circuit boards, and the lead in monitor glass.
"The biggest obstacle is the glue that binds components to the circuit board"
Funny, I always thought that stuff was called "solder."
blegh, stupid lameness filter doesn't recognize sarcasm. so I'm just gonna downcase this and you can imagine that it's typed in ALL-CAPS
not only that, but we should even go
back to using 40-character column widths
then we won't have to worry about if the
person reading has an 80-column card
installed. this is really how things are
supposed to be. and while we're at it,
let's stop using all these fancy
characters like backslash and tilde.
they really mess up a lot of terminals.
and those old things are the best way to
access a computer. none of these fancy
svga graphics and multiple windows.
pdp-8 all the way, baby! woo-hoo!!!
You forget what I think is the most impressive feature of bundles: how to handle library code.
As well as installing library bundles in a central location, application bundles (not sure about other types) can contain library code in their bundle. When an application loads a library that is installed both locally and system-wide, the most recent version (using real version numbers, not just dates) is loaded. The downside is a lot of redundant library code stored in bundles, but a few megs of HD space is worth it to avoid DLL-hell. (Plus, I'm sure someone will come out with a bundle optimizer that will remove unnecessary bits like that.)
All this, of course, is to facilitate one of the oldest and nicest paradigms of Macintosh: to install an application you copy it to your hard disk, to uninstall it you drag it to the trash. When I first started using DOS, I was astounded at all the pointless individual files that cluttered up each directory. I had no idea what the file was for (8.3 names didn't help) or what would break if it were erased. On Macs, it was rare to find a file that you didn't know where it came from (creator codes are cool that way). But this was in 1991, around about System 7.5 the extensions folder started balooning like mad. Apple wants to return sanity to file system management, and I like it.
From hell's heart I ping at thee.
Go find a small, local security outfit. Not to hire them, though that would be a good idea, but to ask for some (free) stickers. Put those stickers in your windows and that alone should stop 90% of your burglars.
Then there's the store who had a problem with employee theft. So they installed a camera behind the cash register.... just a camera; it wasn't plugged in to anything. (You could even see the power cable hanging limply below it.) Never had another problem after that.
But really, a serious security system (that is, one that works) is installed by a pro. All that stuff about hooking it up to linux may sound like fun, but it's not necessary, and a bit pointless. And buying ADT (or Radio Shack, same thing I think) will just get you laughed at.
(I'm serious about the stickers though, that may be all you need.)