Yea, our software is dos based and we have NT "network admin" that work our clients for our clients that don't know how to capture a printer port. And NT admins who can't view directories in dos (the answer to the first one is: "net use lpt1 \\server\printer" and the second one is "dir".) I kid you not!
They have those at RadioShack, you have to order it, and i think it's on page 216 of the catalog, but you'd have to check. The RSU number is: 12127031. I got one for my girlfriend last year, and she loved it.
he One Ring = OSX (one ring to rule them all...and in the darkness bind them
The one ring corrupted all those who used it (except for the hero's of the story, but even they were corrupted a bit by it), and it twisted even the best intentions into bad evilness. Also, the one ring was forged by Sauron himself. I don't think the One Ring should be OSX. It looks sweet and all (I'm getting it as a tattoo) but it's evil at the core.
and POSIX-compliant, which means it beats Windows in my book
What is POSIX compliant, and why do I care? Not trying to troll, I have heard lots about POSIX compliant this and POSIX compliant that, and nothing about what it does. Isn't it for x86 compatability?
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BeOS, is designed to be a graphics OS. Lots of multi-threading, and "types" of processes (real-time, priority, normal, not priority). Real cool support for video. (I saw a demo at their headquarters, they had Star Wars (the original, from 1977) Wizard Of Oz playing at 640x480 (it was a 1600x1200 screen) and 3 different mendelbrot programs all running in real time, with "synced" audio (synced is in quotes because both of the movies were playing the audio, so there was some cool effects from that)
Doing Tier-1 tech support, you get pretty cynical. Most of our clients, I have to explain where the start menu is. I'm not expecting people to know the ASCII table by heart, but I am expecting them to know basic computing such as what a left-click is.(Not kidding)
Working with a propriatary system, we don't like people trying to do difficult things with the software. We have specs, and beyond that, most of the "hidden" info is kept at corporate, and isn't shared with us MIS grunts. Even if we wanted to help you (which normaly we don't, cause being in tech support you don't care) we can't, becaue corporate never went to kindergarden, and therfor can't share.
It is a pity that tech support is such a lowly position these days and they can't attract anyone who cares enough to do a good job anymore. Meanwhile they are being paid more than most people will ever make! Huh?!? how can such a lowly position get paid more than most people will make? I personaly get paid 33k/year, which is below poverty here in the great city of san francisco.
and I've never seen a 12-year-old who could use a computer (strange, isn't it?).
My little sister (6) can turn on my parents computer, take out the cd, that's in the cdrom (properly, fingers on the edges and all that) find her favorite game, put it in the cd, and play the game (not autostart) I also know lots of 11-12 year olds (cousins) who can use computers, granted they aren't experts, but they can install and configure games and some software. I myself have been using computers since I was 3. When I was 12, I was using ResEdit to hack my macintosh, and scooting around the internet. I remember EFNet back then. There were script kiddies back then, (not nearly as many as there are today) but they could be avoided. I mostly stuck to MUD's, and email, IRC was boring to me, but that is just personal preferance.
-64 chips were to have a hardware emulation unit, not unlike how PPC chips run 68k code If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the PPC's have 68k emu support built in? They don't. Apple ported about 10% of the OS (then 7.5.5)to native PPC, then the rest was in emu. I know OSX will be full native, but I think OS 9 is mostly (90%+) native.
I'm not entirly sure why our friends to the north are treated differently, it may have something to do with having a "free" boarder between us. (Some people also therorize that it is because Canada is the "51st state";-)
I don't think the Queen of England (or a Canadian for that matter) would have much luck being hired by the NSA, but the Canadian would have much greater luck, being "trusted". Looking on their web page, any and all positions avaliable with the NSA, require you to be a US citizen (http://www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/index.html) as well as get a background check.
Then there's the whole problem with Theo not playing well with others. And being Canadian
But Linus is Finnish, and Alan Cox (major contributor) is English. IIRC most "high-level" security software requires you to be american or canadian. (tough noogies to our friends across the puddle) I know Linus lives in the US now, but I don't think he is a citizen quite yet.
umm.....the license is owned by C.S. Lewis, not Adobe. And because it is over 75 years old, the text is now owned by the public, hense public-domain. Besides, that violates the fair-use provisions(reading to my kids), and the ADA (what if they're blind?).
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That is an old back door created by Ken Thompson. He disclosed it at the 1983 Turing Award lecture at ACM. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/back- door.html has details.
sarcasm GOOOD!!
seriousness BAADD!!
443is used for https (Which is SSL)
(on the other hand, the "assigned" port numbers are just suggestions, I have ssh running on 22 and 443 to get around stupid firewalls.)
You forgot 'Put "Free Peltier from his chip!" bumper stickers'.
I believe they have one at http://goatse.cx ;-)
Yea, our software is dos based and we have NT "network admin" that work our clients for our clients that don't know how to capture a printer port. And NT admins who can't view directories in dos (the answer to the first one is: "net use lpt1 \\server\printer" and the second one is "dir".) I kid you not!
The SunPCi card uses a 600Mhz Celeron for the processor. Details at http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/sunpci/
i know, 3:14 pm on 3/14....;-)
They have those at RadioShack, you have to order it, and i think it's on page 216 of the catalog, but you'd have to check. The RSU number is: 12127031. I got one for my girlfriend last year, and she loved it.
2001-03-14 15:14 Happy Pi day!
he One Ring = OSX (one ring to rule them all... and in the darkness bind them
The one ring corrupted all those who used it (except for the hero's of the story, but even they were corrupted a bit by it), and it twisted even the best intentions into bad evilness. Also, the one ring was forged by Sauron himself. I don't think the One Ring should be OSX. It looks sweet and all (I'm getting it as a tattoo) but it's evil at the core.
Who says you have to be 15 to love one of those babies? I say, we get a bunch of them (like 15) and set up some wacky web cams. DORM GIRLS LIVE!!!!
and POSIX-compliant, which means it beats Windows in my book
What is POSIX compliant, and why do I care? Not trying to troll, I have heard lots about POSIX compliant this and POSIX compliant that, and nothing about what it does. Isn't it for x86 compatability?
Hate to be picky, but it's Counsellor Troi
BeOS, is designed to be a graphics OS. Lots of multi-threading, and "types" of processes (real-time, priority, normal, not priority). Real cool support for video. (I saw a demo at their headquarters, they had Star Wars (the original, from 1977) Wizard Of Oz playing at 640x480 (it was a 1600x1200 screen) and 3 different mendelbrot programs all running in real time, with "synced" audio (synced is in quotes because both of the movies were playing the audio, so there was some cool effects from that)
But if she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood, therefor she is a witch. BURN THE WITCH!!!!
QVC is also known as the Home Shopping network here in the states.
Doing Tier-1 tech support, you get pretty cynical. Most of our clients, I have to explain where the start menu is. I'm not expecting people to know the ASCII table by heart, but I am expecting them to know basic computing such as what a left-click is.(Not kidding)
Working with a propriatary system, we don't like people trying to do difficult things with the software. We have specs, and beyond that, most of the "hidden" info is kept at corporate, and isn't shared with us MIS grunts. Even if we wanted to help you (which normaly we don't, cause being in tech support you don't care) we can't, becaue corporate never went to kindergarden, and therfor can't share.
It is a pity that tech support is such a lowly position these days and they can't attract anyone who cares enough to do a good job anymore.
Meanwhile they are being paid more than most people will ever make!
Huh?!? how can such a lowly position get paid more than most people will make? I personaly get paid 33k/year, which is below poverty here in the great city of san francisco.
and I've never seen a 12-year-old who could use a computer (strange, isn't it?).
My little sister (6) can turn on my parents computer, take out the cd, that's in the cdrom (properly, fingers on the edges and all that) find her favorite game, put it in the cd, and play the game (not autostart) I also know lots of 11-12 year olds (cousins) who can use computers, granted they aren't experts, but they can install and configure games and some software. I myself have been using computers since I was 3. When I was 12, I was using ResEdit to hack my macintosh, and scooting around the internet. I remember EFNet back then. There were script kiddies back then, (not nearly as many as there are today) but they could be avoided. I mostly stuck to MUD's, and email, IRC was boring to me, but that is just personal preferance.
-64 chips were to have a hardware emulation unit, not unlike how PPC chips run 68k code
If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the PPC's have 68k emu support built in? They don't. Apple ported about 10% of the OS (then 7.5.5)to native PPC, then the rest was in emu. I know OSX will be full native, but I think OS 9 is mostly (90%+) native.
Ahh, yes, I remember the last stable Microsoft processor. I believe it was something like MSMouse. Does anyone else remember that processor?
I'm not entirly sure why our friends to the north are treated differently, it may have something to do with having a "free" boarder between us. (Some people also therorize that it is because Canada is the "51st state" ;-)
I don't think the Queen of England (or a Canadian for that matter) would have much luck being hired by the NSA, but the Canadian would have much greater luck, being "trusted". Looking on their web page, any and all positions avaliable with the NSA, require you to be a US citizen (http://www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/index.html) as well as get a background check.
Then there's the whole problem with Theo not playing well with others. And being Canadian
But Linus is Finnish, and Alan Cox (major contributor) is English. IIRC most "high-level" security software requires you to be american or canadian. (tough noogies to our friends across the puddle) I know Linus lives in the US now, but I don't think he is a citizen quite yet.
shit, my bad, but the point is still valid, just cause i have a bad memory about who wrote what.
umm.....the license is owned by C.S. Lewis, not Adobe. And because it is over 75 years old, the text is now owned by the public, hense public-domain. Besides, that violates the fair-use provisions(reading to my kids), and the ADA (what if they're blind?).