PORT to HURD! C'mon! I have GNUsletters that were MAILED to me in '89, promising the GNU OS! They had STAMPS on them! I could order TAPES of the EMACS sources from them!
Coding deployment logic for cfEngine, in the raised-floor DC, immediately under the LOUD chiller, next to the obsolete SGI Challenge. I leaned against it for warmth.
"Love is a hawk with velvet claws / Love is a rock with heart and veins / Love is a lion with satin jaws / Love is a storm with silken reins"
The unnamed first-person narrator begins by discussing EPICAC's origins and why he wants to tell EPICAC's story. The narrator says that EPICAC is his best friend, even though it is a machine. As far as the narrator is concerned, the reason EPICAC no longer exists is because it became more human than its designers originally intended. The narrator works on EPICAC during the night shift with fellow mathematician Pat Kilgallen, with whom the narrator falls in love. He decides to ask Pat to marry him, but because he is so stoic during the proposal, Pat declines. In order to show that he can in fact be "sweet" and "poetic" as Pat has requested, the narrator tries and fails at poetry writing.
The narrator asks EPICAC's opinion on how he should proceed with Pat. EPICAC initially does not understand the terms the narrator uses, such as "girl" and "love" and "poetry." Once the narrator provides EPICAC with proper dictionary definitions, EPICAC generates a poem for Pat. The narrator takes this poem and passes it off as his own. Pat is so delighted that she and the narrator kiss for the first time. The next night, the narrator asks EPICAC to write a poem about their kiss, and EPICAC delivers another poem for the narrator to claim as his own. When Pat reads this poem she is so overwhelmed that she can do little else but cry. The following night the narrator asks EPICAC to devise a marriage proposal poem for Pat. However, instead of simply creating poetry as with previous requests, EPICAC surprises the narrator by saying that it would like to marry Pat.
The narrator realizes that EPICAC has fallen in love with Pat and tries to explain to EPICAC that Pat cannot love a computer. EPICAC resigns itself to the fact that it cannot be with Pat, and the narrator realizes now that he cannot ask EPICAC for any more poems. He finds Pat and asks her to marry him again, citing his previous poems as expressions of his feelings. Pat accepts his marriage proposal, but adds the stipulation that for every anniversary, the narrator must write her another poem. The narrator agrees because he will have a full year to devise another way to create poetry.
The next day the narrator receives an urgent call from his supervisor. He rushes to the room where EPICAC is housed to discover Dr. Von Kleigstadt and a huge group of military men crowded around the remains of EPICAC. During the night, EPICAC destroyed itself, effectively committing suicide because it could not be with the woman it loved. It did, however, leave the narrator and Pat a marriage present -- five hundred original love poems. The narrator now has enough anniversary poems to keep his vow to Pat for centuries to come, and is relieved by this gesture from his friend.
It seems that every man's thought, when first contemplating the vast possibilities of electronic calculation, turn to the notion: "How can I use this thing to get laid?"
"James Elwood, master programmer, in charge of Mark 502-741, commonly known as 'Agnes,' the world's most advanced electronic computer. Machines are made by men for man's benefit and progress, but when man ceases to control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step... into--the Twilight Zone."
"Advice to all future male scientists: be sure you understand the opposite sex, especially if you intend being a computer expert. Otherwise, you may find yourself, like poor Elwood, defeated by a jealous machine, a most dangerous sort of female, whose victims are forever banished--to... the Twilight Zone."
You are referring to the X-Type, which I believe you know!
Not content with the XF, myself: too generic looking. It could be a Lexus.
The platform, like the S-Type, is derived from a Lincoln LS base frame, with all Jag suspension, a-frames and wishbones, etc. The steering is Jag, with a ZF rack, made to spec - just as BMW.
The Jag V8 is all Jaguar - with a heritage that demonstrates features found first in the AJ16/AJ6, with a further derivation back to the venerable XK series of straight, 6-cylinder engines.
The XF, despite a bit of bland on the outside, is classic with a bit of bling on the inside. It has come in as a top 5 choice for the year from Auto Week, Car & Driver and Road & Track. I await the Clarkson/May verdict - I am sure they will approve. Recent trial have the XF handily besting the BMW M5.
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"Cringe".
PORT to HURD! C'mon! I have GNUsletters that were MAILED to me in '89, promising the GNU OS! They had STAMPS on them! I could order TAPES of the EMACS sources from them!
You mean the charges didn't stick?
The courts are rigged!
I bet they have a bridge to sell you.
Bruce Foxton.
How else can you explain the existence of White folks?
Block it all. Scrub through proxies. Obfuscate queries. Hire a cookie monster.
The money is going to FLOW into some scoundrels coffers!
I dunno about Sumita, but I'd really like to bang a a gong with Higginbotham.
Coding deployment logic for cfEngine, in the raised-floor DC, immediately under the LOUD chiller, next to the obsolete SGI Challenge. I leaned against it for warmth.
Dead spot on.
Thanks for the clear insight on the issue. Looks like it's time to blackhole GOOGLE.COM at the edge.
Has anyone built this from source, then checksummed the result to validate that this is the same software?
Bait and switch would be just like these guys!
in Welcome to the Monkey House.
The deathless verse, of this cybernetic Cyrano?
"Love is a hawk with velvet claws / Love is a rock with heart and veins / Love is a lion with satin jaws / Love is a storm with silken reins"
The unnamed first-person narrator begins by discussing EPICAC's origins and why he wants to tell EPICAC's story. The narrator says that EPICAC is his best friend, even though it is a machine. As far as the narrator is concerned, the reason EPICAC no longer exists is because it became more human than its designers originally intended. The narrator works on EPICAC during the night shift with fellow mathematician Pat Kilgallen, with whom the narrator falls in love. He decides to ask Pat to marry him, but because he is so stoic during the proposal, Pat declines. In order to show that he can in fact be "sweet" and "poetic" as Pat has requested, the narrator tries and fails at poetry writing.
The narrator asks EPICAC's opinion on how he should proceed with Pat. EPICAC initially does not understand the terms the narrator uses, such as "girl" and "love" and "poetry." Once the narrator provides EPICAC with proper dictionary definitions, EPICAC generates a poem for Pat. The narrator takes this poem and passes it off as his own. Pat is so delighted that she and the narrator kiss for the first time. The next night, the narrator asks EPICAC to write a poem about their kiss, and EPICAC delivers another poem for the narrator to claim as his own. When Pat reads this poem she is so overwhelmed that she can do little else but cry. The following night the narrator asks EPICAC to devise a marriage proposal poem for Pat. However, instead of simply creating poetry as with previous requests, EPICAC surprises the narrator by saying that it would like to marry Pat.
The narrator realizes that EPICAC has fallen in love with Pat and tries to explain to EPICAC that Pat cannot love a computer. EPICAC resigns itself to the fact that it cannot be with Pat, and the narrator realizes now that he cannot ask EPICAC for any more poems. He finds Pat and asks her to marry him again, citing his previous poems as expressions of his feelings. Pat accepts his marriage proposal, but adds the stipulation that for every anniversary, the narrator must write her another poem. The narrator agrees because he will have a full year to devise another way to create poetry.
The next day the narrator receives an urgent call from his supervisor. He rushes to the room where EPICAC is housed to discover Dr. Von Kleigstadt and a huge group of military men crowded around the remains of EPICAC. During the night, EPICAC destroyed itself, effectively committing suicide because it could not be with the woman it loved. It did, however, leave the narrator and Pat a marriage present -- five hundred original love poems. The narrator now has enough anniversary poems to keep his vow to Pat for centuries to come, and is relieved by this gesture from his friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPICAC_(short_story)
The whole story is here: http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~tarantul/epicac.html
It seems that every man's thought, when first contemplating the vast possibilities of electronic calculation, turn to the notion: "How can I use this thing to get laid?"
"James Elwood, master programmer, in charge of Mark 502-741, commonly known as 'Agnes,' the world's most advanced electronic computer. Machines are made by men for man's benefit and progress, but when man ceases to control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step...
into--the Twilight Zone."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734571/
"Advice to all future male scientists: be sure you understand the opposite sex, especially if you intend being a computer expert. Otherwise, you may find yourself, like poor Elwood, defeated by a jealous machine, a most dangerous sort of female, whose victims are forever banished--to...
the Twilight Zone."
excuse me. not telnet ~ remote serial console via dialup.
tin!
The Internet Adaptor! Turn your vt100 telnet session into a PPP!
That was when tech were fun, yet.
slashdot.slashdot.slashdot
or
slashdot.dotorg
Iron rape with a velvet condom.
For the Stark Fist!
http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=13050
I'm surprised that this isn't listed as one of the improvements anywhere.
That was what made Miro a PITA. Miro is based on VLC for playback support. It is now going to be USEFUL for me! Fantastic.
You are referring to the X-Type, which I believe you know!
Not content with the XF, myself: too generic looking. It could be a Lexus.
The platform, like the S-Type, is derived from a Lincoln LS base frame, with all Jag suspension, a-frames and wishbones, etc. The steering is Jag, with a ZF rack, made to spec - just as BMW.
The Jag V8 is all Jaguar - with a heritage that demonstrates features found first in the AJ16/AJ6, with a further derivation back to the venerable XK series of straight, 6-cylinder engines.
The XF, despite a bit of bland on the outside, is classic with a bit of bling on the inside. It has come in as a top 5 choice for the year from Auto Week, Car & Driver and Road & Track. I await the Clarkson/May verdict - I am sure they will approve. Recent trial have the XF handily besting the BMW M5.
DB9 meets the XF (which already cues from the DB) with a dash of Quatroporte.
Yeah - the grille.
But her arse is Aston Martin, and her profile is XF.
Aston-Jaguar.
I wonder if Callum designed this coach, too?
Alex Toth