Which was NOT anything even close to resembling the modern fax machine. It didn't use optical scanning and you could only forward a document to the next telegraph station, and only as long as it had a pantelegraph.
So yes, while email has existed since the 60's it didn't come into wide use until the 90s.
Pfft. Son, I've been using e-mail since 1982. Yes, we used to have to use !-paths. Believe me, it was in use: CompuServe had e-mail starting sometime in the 1980s as well. And there was Fidonet Netmail as well. So between CompuServe, FidoNet Netmail and CompuServe, UUCP mail and the like, not to mention the 'private messaging' used on many local BBSes since late 70s, e-mail was VERY much in widespread use prior to the 1990s.
The modern fax machine was introduced in the mid-1970s. E-mail was introduced with CTSS in 1965 and Internet e-mail, with the introduction of the now-ubiquitous '@' sign by Ray Tomlinson, in 1971.
The fact that ignorant people from the older generations think that "email" is "new" isn't my problem, it's theirs.
FWIW, I used e-mail well before I ever, ever used a fax machine. And I'm 35.
What exactly is the technical network congestion that the cable companies are looking at? The article implies DSL doesn't face the same problem so it sounds like it's last mile congestion.
There's a large architectural difference between DSL and cable. With DSL, you get a dedicated line that goes straight to your ISP. With cable, you are on a shared network with 500 of your closest neightbors.
Sure, in the end you are still sharing bandwidth, but it is this architectural difference that makes the congestion happen on that last mile.
Uh, yeah. Except that Time Warner isn't likely to do things like host local mirrors for major Linux distros. As it stands now, if you run Linux, you are. officially at least, unsupported as they only officially support Windows and Macintosh. And they only added official Macintosh support in like 2001 or 2002 -- before that it was just Windows.
The Democratic Party [democrats.org]. I wouldn't put it past them to try if McCain looks like he's on the ropes!
Pssst! No way! I heard the Democratic Party was in cahoots with the Government! Why, some of their very own members are Senators and Congressional Representatives! I heard they even had few state governors! Don't tell anyone!
I'm sorry. You lost me. Could you rephrase that as a car analogy instead?
Sure. Plain cryptography is like hiding your illegally-modified Covette engine with hood locks -- steganography is like putting your illegally-modified Corvette engine into a Hyundai Elantra.
You are abolutely right, however, you forgot that I may have multiple accounts, and may be sending messages across more than just Slashdot.
Okay, so the code has MISSING as well as added letters. Extra 'T', missing 'S' -- ah ha! Terrorist State! Wait'll the NSA finds out, it'll be Gitmo for y....
No, no! I was just decoding the message for you guys! Hey! I'm not the recip....
RedOffice Assistant: I can see that you're trying to create a table. Please wait 14-21 days while the RedOffice Table Committee meets to determine if we'll allow you to do that. User: Arrgghh!!!
It should be obvious to anyone with a level of intelligence higher then a chimp that Facebook shares information, it's an information sharing site!
Not to worry. These are public policy people. Public policy groups are mostly made up of former politicians and ex-government workers. It isn't likely any of them actually has a level of intelligence higher than a chimp.
Here in the States, most major banks (Chase, Bank of America, etc.) offer debit cards -- basically ATM cards with a Visa or MasterCard logo on them. Many of them don't even charge fees to use them as debit cards.
Is Google really direct competition for eBay, though? Google Checkout is really more competition for Yahoo stores than anything else, and even then it's not direct competition. Google just isn't in the online auction business.
Well, eBay owns Paypal, so why is anyone surprised? And in any case, what's the big deal with using Paypal? Sure, I've heard the horror stories, but fortunately nothing like that has ever happened to me as a seller, so there ya go.
I'll say one thing in defense of paypal -- it sure is damned convenient.
Technically speaking, if it were always about price vs performance, we'd all be running last generation AMD's, using CD-R's and the like. In reality, you don't pay proportionally more for extra performance, you pay EXPONENTIALLY more.
Almost right. Price/performance ratio is king -- up until you need the extra performance. Also note that when talking about price/performance ratio, we need to include ALL performance factors in that ratio, not just speed. Capacity is part of the PPR of storage devices.
I don't agree about the CD-Rs, though. Price/performance, DVD-Rs are much, much better than CD-Rs and not even in the same league as HDDs or other media.
Slashdot Mirror
Yep. Witness these 'screenshots':
Jan 12, 1908 Tue 14:03:54 (C)Microsoft
BASIC TEXT TELCOM ADDRSS
SCHEDL MYFILE.DO -.- -.-
Select: _ 24121 Bytes free
(edited for slashdot's junk characters filter)
BASIC was highlighted. Press Enter:
Jan 12, 1908 Tue 14:03:54 (C)Microsoft
WARNING!
You are about to run BASIC. This
software can make changes to your
system!
ALLOW CANCEL
Select: _ 24121 Bytes free
Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk'
Like anything else, it's not as much 'what' you know as 'who' you know.
The question I would have is this: How do you get your demo in front of the right people? Persistence? Dumb luck? A little of both perhaps?
Which was NOT anything even close to resembling the modern fax machine. It didn't use optical scanning and you could only forward a document to the next telegraph station, and only as long as it had a pantelegraph.
Pfft. Son, I've been using e-mail since 1982. Yes, we used to have to use !-paths. Believe me, it was in use: CompuServe had e-mail starting sometime in the 1980s as well. And there was Fidonet Netmail as well. So between CompuServe, FidoNet Netmail and CompuServe, UUCP mail and the like, not to mention the 'private messaging' used on many local BBSes since late 70s, e-mail was VERY much in widespread use prior to the 1990s.
Older? Really?
The modern fax machine was introduced in the mid-1970s. E-mail was introduced with CTSS in 1965 and Internet e-mail, with the introduction of the now-ubiquitous '@' sign by Ray Tomlinson, in 1971.
The fact that ignorant people from the older generations think that "email" is "new" isn't my problem, it's theirs.
FWIW, I used e-mail well before I ever, ever used a fax machine. And I'm 35.
I think AMD's competitive processor should be called the 'Eve'.
That is all.
Sure, in the end you are still sharing bandwidth, but it is this architectural difference that makes the congestion happen on that last mile.
Uh, yeah. Except that Time Warner isn't likely to do things like host local mirrors for major Linux distros. As it stands now, if you run Linux, you are. officially at least, unsupported as they only officially support Windows and Macintosh. And they only added official Macintosh support in like 2001 or 2002 -- before that it was just Windows.
Get a mobile phone that runs Linux.
Grumble, grumble! Just who effected the invention of this stupid language anyway?
That's already been attempted and failed.
Well...I, for one, welcome our new retarded buttery-flakey-crescent-roll-goodness, fear-mongering, likely-to-be-shutdown-by-the-government corporate overlords!
So te only remaining question? Who's gonna get voted off of Kalimdor this week!
Okay, so the code has MISSING as well as added letters. Extra 'T', missing 'S' -- ah ha! Terrorist State! Wait'll the NSA finds out, it'll be Gitmo for y....
No, no! I was just decoding the message for you guys! Hey! I'm not the recip....
*klank!*
User: Arrgghh!!!
No, the correct term is 'Bananologist'!
By what benchmark is eight of the NVIDIA GPUs in the 9800 GX2 more powerful than 300 2.4 GHz C2Ds?
Here in the States, most major banks (Chase, Bank of America, etc.) offer debit cards -- basically ATM cards with a Visa or MasterCard logo on them. Many of them don't even charge fees to use them as debit cards.
Is Google really direct competition for eBay, though? Google Checkout is really more competition for Yahoo stores than anything else, and even then it's not direct competition. Google just isn't in the online auction business.
Well, eBay owns Paypal, so why is anyone surprised? And in any case, what's the big deal with using Paypal? Sure, I've heard the horror stories, but fortunately nothing like that has ever happened to me as a seller, so there ya go.
I'll say one thing in defense of paypal -- it sure is damned convenient.
I don't agree about the CD-Rs, though. Price/performance, DVD-Rs are much, much better than CD-Rs and not even in the same league as HDDs or other media.