Thursday, June 30, 2005
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Monday, June 27, 2005
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond
Looking at FreeBSD 6 and Beyond: "Yet another sickening blow has struck what's left of the Linux community, as a soon-to-be-released report by the independent Commision for Technology Management (CTM) after a year-long study has concluded: Linux is already dead. Here are some of the commission's findings:
Fact: Linux has balkanized yet again. There are now no less than 140 separate, competing Linux distros, each of which has introduced fundamental incompatibilities with the other distros, and frequently with Unix standards. Average number of developers in each project (except for Redhat and Novell/Suse): fewer than five. Average number of users per project: there are no definitive numbers, but reports show that all projects are on the decline.
Fact: The trivial issue os what to call Linux continues to hound Linux. At a recent Linux conference in San Francisco, a fight broke out between RMS (Richard M. Stallman) who says Linux should be called GNU/Linux and Linus Torvalds who created Linux and says that Linux should be called Linux. This led to a massive barroom style brawl involving at least 150 Linux geeks. The SFPD was called out to break up the melee, and arrested 150 people. It was estimated that at least 2 to 3 times that many were involved in the brawl, but there wasn't enough police on hand to arrest or count all of them. Sixty one people were hospitalized as a result of this brawl, and one person is still in a coma. Another three people had to get their jaws wired shut.
Fact: Linux is plagued by a lack of professionalism. The stereotype of Linux users being fat unwashed dateless geeks who still live in their parents' basements and refuse to shower more than once a month is all too true. The best example of this is RMS who claims to have a 'water phobia' and thus rarely bathes. RMS also looks like he has been living in a cave for the last 5 years. In fact, RMS has been arrested twice because"
Fact: Linux has balkanized yet again. There are now no less than 140 separate, competing Linux distros, each of which has introduced fundamental incompatibilities with the other distros, and frequently with Unix standards. Average number of developers in each project (except for Redhat and Novell/Suse): fewer than five. Average number of users per project: there are no definitive numbers, but reports show that all projects are on the decline.
Fact: The trivial issue os what to call Linux continues to hound Linux. At a recent Linux conference in San Francisco, a fight broke out between RMS (Richard M. Stallman) who says Linux should be called GNU/Linux and Linus Torvalds who created Linux and says that Linux should be called Linux. This led to a massive barroom style brawl involving at least 150 Linux geeks. The SFPD was called out to break up the melee, and arrested 150 people. It was estimated that at least 2 to 3 times that many were involved in the brawl, but there wasn't enough police on hand to arrest or count all of them. Sixty one people were hospitalized as a result of this brawl, and one person is still in a coma. Another three people had to get their jaws wired shut.
Fact: Linux is plagued by a lack of professionalism. The stereotype of Linux users being fat unwashed dateless geeks who still live in their parents' basements and refuse to shower more than once a month is all too true. The best example of this is RMS who claims to have a 'water phobia' and thus rarely bathes. RMS also looks like he has been living in a cave for the last 5 years. In fact, RMS has been arrested twice because"
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Digi-Key Corporation -- Part Search
Digi-Key Corporation -- Part Search: "Digi-Key Part Number Manufacturer Part Number Description Vendor Material Size / Dimension Color Features Quantity Available Unit Price
Min Qty Datasheets
Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending
377-1114-ND PN-1321 BOX NEMA4X POLY 4.53X2.56X1.57IN Bud Industries Polycarbonate 4.53' x 2.56' x 1.57' (115.06mm x 65.02mm x 39.88mm) Gray, Light UL94V-0 Flammability Rating
124
10.30000
1
Datasheets
377-1115-ND PN-1321-DG BOX NEMA4X ABS 4.53X2.56X1.57 IN Bud Industries ABS 4.53' x 2.56' x 1.57' (115.06mm x 65.02mm x 39.88mm) Gray, Dark UL94-HB Flammability Rating
0
7.20000
1
Datasheets
377-1255-ND PN-1321-C BOX NEMA4X POLY 4.53X2.56X 1.57' Bud Industries Polycarbonate 1.57' x 4.53' x 2.56' (39.88mm x 115.06mm x 65.02mm) Gray, Light UL94V-2 Flammability Rating
34
10.60000
1
Datasheets"
Min Qty Datasheets
Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending Sort Ascending Sort Descending
377-1114-ND PN-1321 BOX NEMA4X POLY 4.53X2.56X1.57IN Bud Industries Polycarbonate 4.53' x 2.56' x 1.57' (115.06mm x 65.02mm x 39.88mm) Gray, Light UL94V-0 Flammability Rating
124
10.30000
1
Datasheets
377-1115-ND PN-1321-DG BOX NEMA4X ABS 4.53X2.56X1.57 IN Bud Industries ABS 4.53' x 2.56' x 1.57' (115.06mm x 65.02mm x 39.88mm) Gray, Dark UL94-HB Flammability Rating
0
7.20000
1
Datasheets
377-1255-ND PN-1321-C BOX NEMA4X POLY 4.53X2.56X 1.57' Bud Industries Polycarbonate 1.57' x 4.53' x 2.56' (39.88mm x 115.06mm x 65.02mm) Gray, Light UL94V-2 Flammability Rating
34
10.60000
1
Datasheets"
Friday, June 24, 2005
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
IC pioneer Jack Kilby dies | The Register
IC pioneer Jack Kilby dies | The Register: "Jack Kilby, who invented the integrated circuit, has died aged 81. Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2000 for his achievement.
Kilby designed the first IC over the summer of 1958 at Texas Instruments while most of the company was on vacation, and it was first demonstrated on September 12, and unveiled to the public the following spring."
Kilby designed the first IC over the summer of 1958 at Texas Instruments while most of the company was on vacation, and it was first demonstrated on September 12, and unveiled to the public the following spring."
Grandfather kills leopard with his hands - Yahoo! News
Grandfather kills leopard with his hands - Yahoo! News: "NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.
Peasant farmer Daniel M'Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in a rural area near Mount Kenya when the leopard charged out of the long grass and leapt on him.
M'Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard's mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal's tongue, leaving it in its death-throes.
'It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping,' he told the daily Standard newspaper of how the leopard came at him and knocked him over.
The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer's wrist and mauled him with its claws. 'A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide open mouth. I obeyed,' M'Mburugu said.
As the leopard was dying, a neighbor heard the screams and arrived to finish it off with a machete.
M'Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month. He was also given free hospital treatment by astonished local authorities.
'This guy is very lucky to be alive,' Kenya Wildlife Service official Connie Maina told Reuters, confirming details of the incident."
Peasant farmer Daniel M'Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in a rural area near Mount Kenya when the leopard charged out of the long grass and leapt on him.
M'Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard's mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal's tongue, leaving it in its death-throes.
'It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping,' he told the daily Standard newspaper of how the leopard came at him and knocked him over.
The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer's wrist and mauled him with its claws. 'A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide open mouth. I obeyed,' M'Mburugu said.
As the leopard was dying, a neighbor heard the screams and arrived to finish it off with a machete.
M'Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month. He was also given free hospital treatment by astonished local authorities.
'This guy is very lucky to be alive,' Kenya Wildlife Service official Connie Maina told Reuters, confirming details of the incident."
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
SPEEDTV.com F1 Cuts by 2008
SPEEDTV.com: "FIA Unveils Radical Proposal to Cut F1 Costs by 90 Percent
Written by: Cassio Cortes Paris, France ��� 6/16/2005
FIA president Max Mosley has long argued with F1's manufacturers over the need to reduce the sport's costs. (LAT Photo)
The FIA has issued today (Thursday) a radical blueprint for Formula 1���s regulations from 2008 onwards, when the current Concorde Agreement expires.
Citing the pressing need to cut costs dramatically, in view of the sport���s loss of two teams (Arrows and Prost) and one manufacturer (Ford) in recent years, the proposition is set to stir intense controversy, as its ���retrograde��� approach on most technology-related issues is certain to displease many at Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Renault, Toyota and Honda, the sport���s largest manufacturers, which are allied under the GPWC banner and threaten to quit F1 in ���08.
According to the FIA, the sum of what all manufacturers spend in the sport could drop from 1.5 billion euros (1.8b dollars) to as little as 150 million if all items proposed are pressed forward.
���Formula 1 must not be allowed to become a money-spending competition,��� today's release stated. ���We need more emphasis on rules which allow a clever but underfunded team to defeat a less competent but richer rival. It must not be possible simply to buy success.
���This is essential for the survival of fully independent teams.���
Although the project would obviously degrade F1 from its current NASA-like technological plateau, the FIA sustained that to be a good thing: ���It is sometimes suggested that reducing the scope for expenditure in Formula 1 reduces its technical interest or ���dumbs it down.���
���The immediate question is: reduces its technical interest to whom? It may fascinate the relevant engineers that by spending millions of euros they can build a new gearbox with ratios that are 0.25mm thinner, but no-one else knows or cares. There is no additional value for the watching public who, ultimately, pay for the whole"
Written by: Cassio Cortes Paris, France ��� 6/16/2005
FIA president Max Mosley has long argued with F1's manufacturers over the need to reduce the sport's costs. (LAT Photo)
The FIA has issued today (Thursday) a radical blueprint for Formula 1���s regulations from 2008 onwards, when the current Concorde Agreement expires.
Citing the pressing need to cut costs dramatically, in view of the sport���s loss of two teams (Arrows and Prost) and one manufacturer (Ford) in recent years, the proposition is set to stir intense controversy, as its ���retrograde��� approach on most technology-related issues is certain to displease many at Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Renault, Toyota and Honda, the sport���s largest manufacturers, which are allied under the GPWC banner and threaten to quit F1 in ���08.
According to the FIA, the sum of what all manufacturers spend in the sport could drop from 1.5 billion euros (1.8b dollars) to as little as 150 million if all items proposed are pressed forward.
���Formula 1 must not be allowed to become a money-spending competition,��� today's release stated. ���We need more emphasis on rules which allow a clever but underfunded team to defeat a less competent but richer rival. It must not be possible simply to buy success.
���This is essential for the survival of fully independent teams.���
Although the project would obviously degrade F1 from its current NASA-like technological plateau, the FIA sustained that to be a good thing: ���It is sometimes suggested that reducing the scope for expenditure in Formula 1 reduces its technical interest or ���dumbs it down.���
���The immediate question is: reduces its technical interest to whom? It may fascinate the relevant engineers that by spending millions of euros they can build a new gearbox with ratios that are 0.25mm thinner, but no-one else knows or cares. There is no additional value for the watching public who, ultimately, pay for the whole"
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Friday, June 17, 2005
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Writing Well for the Web: Overcoming the Most Common Mistakes - webreference.com
Writing Well for the Web: Overcoming the Most Common Mistakes - webreference.com: "They're vs. Their vs. There. They're is a contraction for they are. Their is a possessive pronoun meaning belonging to them or of them. There is the partner of here (which is neither here nor there).
A Test: If you can replace they're/their/there with they are, then they're is correct. If you can replace they're/their/there with his or her, then their is correct. If you can replace they're/their/there with here, then there is correct."
A Test: If you can replace they're/their/there with they are, then they're is correct. If you can replace they're/their/there with his or her, then their is correct. If you can replace they're/their/there with here, then there is correct."
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Monday, June 13, 2005
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Friday, June 10, 2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Monday, June 06, 2005
Sunday, June 05, 2005
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Saturday, June 04, 2005
MSI Computer Corp. - Product
MSI Computer Corp. - Product: "Live Update; Fuzzy Logic; PC Alert; MSI CoreCell; MSI CoreCenter; DOT, DigiCell"
68HC12/68HCS12 Textbooks and Simulators
68HC12/68HCS12 Textbooks and Simulators: "The textbooks are hyperlinked for cross references and to the Freescale
documentation, and will also launch the simulator for example programs
in the text (if Internet Explorer is used). In addition the textbooks are
fully indexed, and in the 68HCS12 case a PDF file is provided for printing
part or all of the text for reading when a computer is not available."
documentation, and will also launch the simulator for example programs
in the text (if Internet Explorer is used). In addition the textbooks are
fully indexed, and in the 68HCS12 case a PDF file is provided for printing
part or all of the text for reading when a computer is not available."
Friday, June 03, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
The MASM Forum - Index
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ever had a truly crackpot theory you wanted to get off your chest ?
Here is where you do it if you can get any takers. To avoid World War
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A place to throw around non programming ideas in your leisure. Have you
ever had a truly crackpot theory you wanted to get off your chest ?
Here is where you do it if you can get any takers. To avoid World War
III we don't allow religious or political matter in here."
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