Hey, it's not that bad, it's strapline does include "sarcasm", after all. This is an ancient debate and deserves a smile or two on this auspicious occasion - modernising vi / vim is a laudable goal.
Think about the comfort and ease of use, if one could use Alt-Gr for the shortcuts in Vim, and ALT-TAB etc. to switch instantly for other GUI apps (SSH, Seamonkey, etc.). A long-awaited blend of the old and the new.
They should just roll back to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and start from there. It's bloody good, and all this is a bloody shame. They were just getting good and learning from the UNIX crowd about security and user space. Aero is gorgeous and efficient. And they threw all the best bits I got excited about in the bin - and no I didn't get excited about Vista - 7 runs better on anything that runs Vista.
I've posted before about this calamity that is removing Windows 7 from the shelves for this 8 nonsense.
I'm a bandwidth-starved Brit from the Northwest backwaters, one of the first to get fibre (spelt correctly) in Leyland, Lancashire - and then use it to spread anarchy in the form of recycled computers with pirated windows and learning software (and yes, games) through that hell-hole, enlightening many a disillusioned soul suffering from the negative effects of the DAF fallout...
So how exactly are you doing that, Sir? And can I come play with it, please? Rachel
Ah, I think I get what you're trying to explain to me, you're saying that injection moulding and other trad methods can be beat on price, by current printers, for niche (short-run) products? Is this the case?
This is the first materials advance I've seen in ages, bar superficial things like the ability to make ridiculously expensive full-colour prototypes of things that need moulding to make en masse.
In fact, so good, that I'm only posting this in return for a cid so that *I* can come back here, and do exactly the same thing!!!
I've been saying it since modems and HDDs first began to grace the consoles, ESPECIALLY the Microsoft ones... after all, critical mass, monetization of the online services, and collection of personal data make it an almost inevitable, and high-value, target right now. Not the mention the possibilities for using all that excess CPU and GPU as a distributed server farm.
Here's a fascinating chain of thought to leave you with - just how powerful would that server farm be? So powerful that it may even outweigh any of the other benefits of hacking consoles? Would a potential "owner" be more likely to leave personal data and short-term gains (cc info etc.) aside in order to "fly under the radar" whilst captaining the biggest ship (couldn't help it!) / server farm no-one ever knew about?
Well, if I'm not on the watchlist yet (ha!), I am now!;-) (dons lead hat)
I reckon, with projects like Wayback already operating (and already saving, among other things, my election results, which have since moved around a lot on the City Council's rubbish website, old company sites I've created, various iterations of my personal site, and some of my +5 comments here) that there's a chance this comment (if modded up!) WILL be available in 100 years' time.
If so, hello everyone! You're reading 100 year old bits and bytes! The real question is, will they teach bits and bytes in 100 years' time, and will people be able to write their own parsers in 100 years' time?
That stuff is just shit. Sorry to just come out and say this, but I just wasted 5 minutes of my life, and about 50megs of bandwidth, finding that out so I could warn you guys about it!
Thanks. My FP was shallow - but no worse than most, and I took my chance, it made me smile posting it! Saying that, I sometimes smile wryly at "Fr0sty P!ss" posts, too, so I can't claim much credit for wit, at all!
I rarely post aiming for moderation or credit, but if something makes people smile, why not share it?
I've been using Lunix / BSD variants for decades; it's a sarcastic first post, motivated by the empty discussion thread I was presented with. Sorry to disappoint...
Finally someone asks this here, where it was always supposed to have been asked, eventually...
The answer has been waiting for you for a long time, although I'm surprised your UID is so high (I expected some wizard to finally make room for me to say this!)
By having computers having power over humans, and making them perfect!
It's interesting, and relevant, to contrast what the Americans are doing with Apple and their locked-down, passive consumer, computing device, and what the BBC did with Acorn Computers - specifically chosen because the computer was designed with learning about the device itself, as well as what can be created and worked on with it.
It's also interesting that another bidder for the BBC Micro Project - Sinclair - didn't get a look in because they were game- and entertainment- orientated - anybody remember the frustration of trying to type a program using words embossed on the keys? I do, and I hated it. The Amstrad CPC, was the antithesis of this, and with hindsight, I was glad I had one, and not a ZX (even though I was then "stuck" with that machine until I was 14!)
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I love you, too, apk, we make quite the pair. I'd be offended by all this if I hadn't anticipated it when I posted my GP troll...
When I saw the headline, I thought, "DARPA doesn't embrace nature, it maims and kills it!" So, close...
"-1: Off-Topic" x 15 ;-)
Why, thank you... I think. You have a script?
May the Schwarz be with you!
Hey, it's not that bad, it's strapline does include "sarcasm", after all. This is an ancient debate and deserves a smile or two on this auspicious occasion - modernising vi / vim is a laudable goal.
Think about the comfort and ease of use, if one could use Alt-Gr for the shortcuts in Vim, and ALT-TAB etc. to switch instantly for other GUI apps (SSH, Seamonkey, etc.). A long-awaited blend of the old and the new.
Do you really have hairy feet?
They should just roll back to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and start from there. It's bloody good, and all this is a bloody shame. They were just getting good and learning from the UNIX crowd about security and user space. Aero is gorgeous and efficient. And they threw all the best bits I got excited about in the bin - and no I didn't get excited about Vista - 7 runs better on anything that runs Vista.
I've posted before about this calamity that is removing Windows 7 from the shelves for this 8 nonsense.
Wow, that's a fast downlink, never mind uplink.
I'm a bandwidth-starved Brit from the Northwest backwaters, one of the first to get fibre (spelt correctly) in Leyland, Lancashire - and then use it to spread anarchy in the form of recycled computers with pirated windows and learning software (and yes, games) through that hell-hole, enlightening many a disillusioned soul suffering from the negative effects of the DAF fallout...
So how exactly are you doing that, Sir? And can I come play with it, please? Rachel
I was going to mod you into oblivion for being a troll, but I did due diligence first and looked at the homepage!
Ah, I think I get what you're trying to explain to me, you're saying that injection moulding and other trad methods can be beat on price, by current printers, for niche (short-run) products? Is this the case?
This is the first materials advance I've seen in ages, bar superficial things like the ability to make ridiculously expensive full-colour prototypes of things that need moulding to make en masse.
Best. Comment. Yet.
In fact, so good, that I'm only posting this in return for a cid so that *I* can come back here, and do exactly the same thing!!!
I've been saying it since modems and HDDs first began to grace the consoles, ESPECIALLY the Microsoft ones... after all, critical mass, monetization of the online services, and collection of personal data make it an almost inevitable, and high-value, target right now. Not the mention the possibilities for using all that excess CPU and GPU as a distributed server farm.
Here's a fascinating chain of thought to leave you with - just how powerful would that server farm be? So powerful that it may even outweigh any of the other benefits of hacking consoles? Would a potential "owner" be more likely to leave personal data and short-term gains (cc info etc.) aside in order to "fly under the radar" whilst captaining the biggest ship (couldn't help it!) / server farm no-one ever knew about?
Well, if I'm not on the watchlist yet (ha!), I am now! ;-) (dons lead hat)
We're aware of it, which means we're on to it.
I reckon, with projects like Wayback already operating (and already saving, among other things, my election results, which have since moved around a lot on the City Council's rubbish website, old company sites I've created, various iterations of my personal site, and some of my +5 comments here) that there's a chance this comment (if modded up!) WILL be available in 100 years' time.
If so, hello everyone! You're reading 100 year old bits and bytes! The real question is, will they teach bits and bytes in 100 years' time, and will people be able to write their own parsers in 100 years' time?
Your post is an example of Slashdot turning 1s and 0s in the database, into my understanding that you don't know what you're talking about, troll.
Binary, and computing, and even mathematics, is ALL about understanding the world around us.
That stuff is just shit. Sorry to just come out and say this, but I just wasted 5 minutes of my life, and about 50megs of bandwidth, finding that out so I could warn you guys about it!
Thanks. My FP was shallow - but no worse than most, and I took my chance, it made me smile posting it! Saying that, I sometimes smile wryly at "Fr0sty P!ss" posts, too, so I can't claim much credit for wit, at all!
I rarely post aiming for moderation or credit, but if something makes people smile, why not share it?
I've been using Lunix / BSD variants for decades; it's a sarcastic first post, motivated by the empty discussion thread I was presented with. Sorry to disappoint...
to upgrade!
This exact comment has already been posted elsewhere. Try to be more original!
Finally someone asks this here, where it was always supposed to have been asked, eventually...
The answer has been waiting for you for a long time, although I'm surprised your UID is so high (I expected some wizard to finally make room for me to say this!)
By having computers having power over humans, and making them perfect!
1920 x 1080 is very high-res, compared to my 640x480 VGA panel. What panels did you have in mind, and where can I see one?
Yep. Downloading it just now, to see what all this fuss has been about. Seriously...
It's interesting, and relevant, to contrast what the Americans are doing with Apple and their locked-down, passive consumer, computing device, and what the BBC did with Acorn Computers - specifically chosen because the computer was designed with learning about the device itself, as well as what can be created and worked on with it.
It's also interesting that another bidder for the BBC Micro Project - Sinclair - didn't get a look in because they were game- and entertainment- orientated - anybody remember the frustration of trying to type a program using words embossed on the keys? I do, and I hated it. The Amstrad CPC, was the antithesis of this, and with hindsight, I was glad I had one, and not a ZX (even though I was then "stuck" with that machine until I was 14!)
Now that he's gone, and the troll that was stalking and mimicking him has gone, we seem to miss them...
Either that, or this is his way of being remembered!