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Author: Lars PoulsenLars Poulsen
Date: Dec 26, 2008 09:16
Quadibloc wrote:
> On Dec 21, 11:08 am, krw att.bizzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
> >> I use far more frequently and that isn't really enough to
>> justify the key, out of the way as it is.
>
> Of course, it is only needed for historical reasons, because the
> original IBM PC did not have a separate cursor keypad. But what I
> would like the caps lock key to do is, instead of giving you lowercase
> letters when you shift a letter, give you a set of mathematical
> symbols useful in programming languages.
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Author: erik magnusonerik magnuson
Date: Dec 26, 2008 07:16
Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> Walter Bushell panix.com> writes:
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> >>My father talked about megaherty when comparing the x86 vs. G4 or G5 and
>>he would razz me for days if I confused gasoline engine horsepower with
>>Diesel. Big Bucks trump good architecture.
>
>
> Strange because horsepower for Diesel and gasoline is the same ....
>
> Torque is different, but a modern turbo-charged gasoline and a
> turbo-charged diesel aren't all that different.
I would guess that Walter's father was talking about horsepower from a
diesel truck engine vs a gasolene auto engine. A 300kW (~400hp) truck
engine can produce that power for hours on end, while gasolene auto
engine with the same rating would get very unhappy if ran at full power
for very long.
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Author: QuadiblocQuadibloc
Date: Dec 26, 2008 01:40
On Dec 21, 4:00 pm, krw att.bizzzzzzzzzz> wrote:>> On Dec 21, 11:08 am, krw att.bizzzzzzzzzz> wrote:>
>>> I use far more frequently and that isn't really enough to
>>> justify the key, out of the way as it is.
>
>> Of course, it is only needed for historical reasons, because the
>> original IBM PC did not have a separate cursor keypad. But what I
>> would like the caps lock key to do is, instead of giving you lowercase
>> letters when you shift a letter, give you a set of mathematical
>> symbols useful in programming languages.
>
> Not enough geeks to justify special keycaps. The rest is easy, as
> things stand.
>
> Get an APL keyboard. ;-)
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Author: Bernd FelscheBernd Felsche
Date: Dec 26, 2008 00:51
Dave Garland wizinfo.com> wrote:>Bernd Felsche wrote:
>> Which 5%% is more important?
>Depends on what "important" means. In terms of describing
>meteorological phenomena, which is what we were doing? I wouldn't
>think it made much difference. If you're talking about how it affects
>humans, maybe whatever 5%% has the highest value contents, or the
>highest population, or is most susceptible to damage. Places like the
>island nations of Tuvalu and the Maldives, which will submerge
>completely if sea levels rise 1-2m, or Bangladesh, which seems to be
IF. But the world doesn't obey the simplistic computer models that
are flawed from the outset due to the chaotic influence of arbitrary
assumptions and parameters. Not that most climate researchers
actually seem to take the models seriously, anyway. The models
generate pretty pictures for PR; to assist in opening wallets so
that even high-resolution fictions can appear on the
main-stream-media. Models are a funding lever.
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Author: CBFalconerCBFalconer
Date: Dec 25, 2008 17:33
Roland Hutchinson wrote:
> Charles Richmond wrote:
>
... snip ...
>
>> "You can tune a filesystem, but you can't tune a fish."
>
> What's the difference between a saxophone and a filesystem (or
> a lawnmower)?
The first letter of the name, in English.
--
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year
Joyeux Noel, Bonne Annee, Frohe Weihnachten
Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
< http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
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Author: bbreynoldsbbreynolds
Date: Dec 25, 2008 14:42
On Dec 22, 7:23�pm, Mensanator aol.com> wrote:> On Dec 22, 5:24�pm, Peter Flass Yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:24:52 -0500
>>> Peter Flass Yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>>> I'd like to hear more about this Global Warming thingy. �When is it
>>>> supposed to start? �So far this is the worst winter in 30+ years.
>
>>> � �Have you not had anyone explaining to you that cold winters are an
>>> expected effect of global warming and that global warming doesn't
>>> necessarily imply that the weather is getting warmer.
>
>> Then why don't they call it "global cooling?"
>
> Ever hear of a concept called "average"?
>
> And speaking ofChicago, I think the last time it was
> colder than this year was about 25 years ago. I remember ...
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Author: Benjamin GawertBenjamin Gawert
Date: Dec 25, 2008 11:47
> When you run a program in Perl on a Windows box and call the "shell",
> what exactly do you get?
A command line interpreter (CLI).
> Backticks, case you didn't know.
In case you didn't know, this is not DOS. It is a CLI, nothing more. On
32bit Windows this CLI also provides an emulation for 16bit DOS
programs. On 64bit Windows, even this is gone.
> You get DOS
> commands.
Yes, you get DOS commands. And if I install the "Services for UNIX" I
also get UNIX commands (like "ls"). Does that make Windowsxp an UNIX?
Probably not.
> What exactly is "Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]"?
> That is what I get when I execute:
> Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt, and enter "ver"
> on the command line.
>
> What do you call the NT command line "shell"?
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Author: sigvaldesigvalde
Date: Dec 25, 2008 08:40
On Dec 23, 6:04 pm, Morten Reistad last.name> wrote:> In article news.motzarella.org>,
> Peter Flass Yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
>>>Mensanator wrote:
>>> On Dec 22, 5:24 pm, Peter Flass Yahoo.com> wrote:>>>> Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:24:52 -0500
>>>>> Peter Flass Yahoo.com> wrote:>>>>>> I'd like to hear more about this Global Warming thingy. When is it
>>>>>> supposed to start? So far this is the worst winter in 30+ years.
>>>>> Have you not had anyone explaining to you that cold winters are an
>>>>> expected effect of global warming and that global warming doesn't
>>>>> necessarily imply that the weather is getting warmer.
>>>> Then why don't they call it "global cooling?"
> ...
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Author: Gene WirchenkoGene Wirchenko
Date: Dec 25, 2008 08:01
Roland Hutchinson verizon.net> wrote:
[snip]
>Design premise: Given enough raw power, you can bludgeon bread into slices.
From my sig collection:
From RFC 1925: "(3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure
where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under
them as they fly overhead."
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.
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