On the modems that I used it was required that there be a one second pause between the +++ and any following characters to get to command mode so I've never seen this actually work.
What features were missing from Think? Version 4 had object Pascal support which was pretty cool. After that one had to move to Code Warrior which I though was pretty kick ass.
How about this? Apple's 17 inch laptop is too big too. I have a 12 inch iBook and a 14 inch laptop would be a good size too. Much bigger than that doesn't seem too convenient.
No, I didn't read the article, but I've been thinking about the problem of Linux making significant penetration in the desktop market.
The advantage that both Windows and OSX have over Linux is a centralized source with a single plan (we can hope). The problem with Linux is that it is only a kernel. The equivalent to XP or OSX are the various distributions. Each distribution is different enough from the next to not function identically. This is not the fault of Linux proper, but rather that what people often consider to be "Linux" is really the Linux kernel with bunches of added on user land programs and packages.
The same problem appears in the X Window System. There is a common "X" server and API, but think of how many different window managers and GUI toolkits there are. All of this makes the user experience vastly different from system to system and even from application to application.
I think people in general care less about wanting everything to be like windows than they want self-consistency. When something calls itself "Linux" there is a reasonable expectation that it will look, function and behave in the same way as any other "Linux".
Flexibility and diversity are all nice, but would people really be willing to switch car makes and models if everyone of them had different controls and fuel requirements?
Actually, the way I look at/. is in the same way I used to treat PCWeek and MacWeek. Nothing wrong with that, but just make sure you know what it is that you are reading.
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It wasn't that high.
Check out some data from the TOPEX mission with maps of the earth showing typical signifigant wave height here.
Sounds like the current fortune:
The meta-Turing test counts a thing as intelligent if it seeks to devise and apply Turing tests to objects of its own creation. -- Lew Mammel, Jr.
How does the playstation 3 manage 2.2 teraflops without being the size of a house then?
Marketing.
The 800 nm is in the blog entry and I do believe it is in the wrong units.
800 nanometers seems way too small. That's on the order of one wavelength of visible light. I think someone got the units wrong.
That's quite an amusing thought.
I used to see the sequence in people .signature files some time ago. I gess that got a kick out of diconnecting people reading email or usenet.
On the modems that I used it was required that there be a one second pause between the +++ and any following characters to get to command mode so I've never seen this actually work.
Shhhh! They might hear you.
although they might not work as well
Exactly the reson why $5 a month sounds very reasonable.
What features were missing from Think? Version 4 had object Pascal support which was pretty cool. After that one had to move to Code Warrior which I though was pretty kick ass.
That's pretty much true.
How about this? Apple's 17 inch laptop is too big too. I have a 12 inch iBook and a 14 inch laptop would be a good size too. Much bigger than that doesn't seem too convenient.
If the price ain't broke, don't fix it!
No, I didn't read the article, but I've been thinking about the problem of Linux making significant penetration in the desktop market.
The advantage that both Windows and OSX have over Linux is a centralized source with a single plan (we can hope). The problem with Linux is that it is only a kernel. The equivalent to XP or OSX are the various distributions. Each distribution is different enough from the next to not function identically. This is not the fault of Linux proper, but rather that what people often consider to be "Linux" is really the Linux kernel with bunches of added on user land programs and packages.
The same problem appears in the X Window System. There is a common "X" server and API, but think of how many different window managers and GUI toolkits there are. All of this makes the user experience vastly different from system to system and even from application to application.
I think people in general care less about wanting everything to be like windows than they want self-consistency. When something calls itself "Linux" there is a reasonable expectation that it will look, function and behave in the same way as any other "Linux".
Flexibility and diversity are all nice, but would people really be willing to switch car makes and models if everyone of them had different controls and fuel requirements?
Why do all the good Internet resources gradually turn to shit?
Because someone wants to make money from it.
Trademark would be more like it....
Actually, the way I look at /. is in the same way I used to treat PCWeek and MacWeek. Nothing wrong with that, but just make sure you know what it is that you are reading.
I've never been able to get Archon III to run so I've never seen it. Do you know of anyplace that has a description?
How about Archon II (for the c64 at least)? I liked that game a lot more. Fun stuff.
FOUO is by itself not classified, but it is not releasable under the Freedom of Information Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_informatio n
While it would be nice to have the backlit keyboard, what in the world are you going to do with gigabit on a laptop?
Not a bad idea if they could do that. Yet another excuse, err, reason to get a TiVo.
And you can neetboot from linux: http://frank.gwc.org.uk/~ali//nb/
That's a good point. Now that I think about it, it hardly seems worth the effort in a calculator.