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The truth wasn't intended
gr... - Cath, you do know this forum long enough …
Also, so long that some people will not remember my true name.
I'm not truly Cathode Ray. Neither am I a Tube, by occupation.
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gr... - Cath, you do know this forum long enough …
I thought it was a joke, cause I know you do have quite some knowledge; but sometimes, also in this case, I miss it was ment as a joke.The truth wasn't intended
You remember the TV scifi show where people were pulling small boxes out of their pockets and used them to talk to somebody far far away?This is absolutely okay, as long as two things are understood:
1. It's fantasy. It will never happen.
Good stuff for books, movies, TV, computer-games (I love such games), nice rubbish-talk with friends,
but of no real practical use whatsoever.
Yeah, the classic point claimed by sci-fi fans, that science-fiction may have formed the present.You remember the TV scifi
Yeah, as I said (with more words): There always is at least one catch.but you still need some energy source.
That's the crucial point of what I was saying:Better spend these resources on improving this place.
You may put up your deck chair and read "Influx" from Daniel Suarez. Just a tip.We need Technikfolgenabschätzung (we had it somewhere here) way more than any new technology.
Oh, they did. We only invented a lot more paperwork and bureaucracy to compensate. Some countries did not, Estland for example. They run much more efficient.Otherwise the 70s to 90s promises were kept, computers would reduce bureaucracy and paperwork.
Thanks for the tip. wrote quite some stuff. "American novelist, writing principally in the science fiction and techno-thiller genres" [wikipedia]. I think I'll give it a shot, even if I'm not really into scifi."Influx" from Daniel Suarez
I am fully aware of that.We only invented a lot more paperwork and bureaucracy to compensate.
Well, we actually do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steer-by-wiresteer-by-wire in cars
And this is one of the reasons why I love this forum. Troll-bait threads often become interesting or fun, or both.And yes, this thread would have been perfect flame bait. But it's much nice now, isn't it?
I'm trying to become even more precise the next time, to reduce the chance not to be misunderstood...Well, we actually do:
I see it similar. Configuring pf all the time, only, may become a bit dusty in the long term.And this is one of the reasons why I love this forum. Troll-bait threads often become interesting or fun, or both.
Don't need it.Can we have more of an Airbus versus Boeing flamewar pretty please?
I don't think the OP was trying to troll either, but I can see why you would think that. New account, with only a few posts asks a potentially contentious question... It seemed like a sincere query to me, though.Anyway this didn't felt really troll to me. To me the OP simply asked a awrkwardly formulated question, but did not behave as some kind of troll.
I agree with you.I don't think the OP
I like to think that you gave this thread a new lease of lifeLast but not least an admin and I almost hijacked this thread - which is not the first time (for both of us).
Linux would not have been possible
What comes to mind: under load (even around the 90%) "reasonable" behaviour, also when some cat pulled out a coaxial cable there would be problems.Anyone remember token ring or such?
I think you're thinking of Thinnet or Arcnet. Probably the latter since it also used a token passing media access control scheme. I never even saw a Token Ring network, but its clunky connectors were infamous.What comes to mind: under load (even around the 90%) "reasonable" behaviour, also when some cat pulled out a coaxial cable there would be problems.
There, you see, too long ago indeed 10Base5.Or 10Base5
Yes. The token falls out and the cat eat it.What comes to mind: under load (even around the 90%) "reasonable" behaviour, also when some cat pulled out a coaxial cable there would be problems.
No thank you. He's not a nice person, and his technical judgement is bad or worse.C'mon Linus, join the dark side.
Having worked at IBM for 17 years, I saw lots of the connectors, and occasionally used 327x terminals connected over it. It worked just fine. Probably better than early experiments with Ethernet.I never even saw a Token Ring network, but its clunky connectors were infamous.
In 1982 or 1984, I helped connect a VAX to a PDP 11/55 using yellow cable. The task of drilling the hole into the cable could only be done by the DEC technician; graduate students (like me) were used to actually string the cable and install software.Edit: Or 10Base5, God forbid. The infamous frozen yellow garden hose. I did work at a place where we had some, but mercifully never had to mess with its "vampire" connectors.
Could you elaborate?No thank you. He's not a nice person, and his technical judgement is bad or worse.