Comment OpenVMS (Score 3, Interesting) 257
It's been around for almost 40 years and most trains and lots of factories are still running on it.
It runs on almost everything since the original hardware has been discontinued years ago.
It's been around for almost 40 years and most trains and lots of factories are still running on it.
It runs on almost everything since the original hardware has been discontinued years ago.
"I'd just like to be able to watch movies on a headset and don't really care all that much about the VR aspects. I get it, for gamers it'll be awesome. I'm just not sure of the utility of VR for non-gaming entertainment."
If you watch a movie and you see the victims' eyes widen in fear, you can look over your shoulder and see the killer coming at them.
It's like a hologram but you're in the middle of it instead of outside.
"The question of the day, how long till someone links imaging processing software with the guidance system so they can get the drones to hover over, and follow along, as sharks patrol off shore?"
Hopefully drones equipped with lasers to drive them sharks away. It's not fair if only sharks have lasers.
1. Pretend that you have decrypted the files.
2. Observe suspected agents to see who is fleeing.
3. Profit.
Asset tracking? Slashdot needs a dupe tracking app. This has been posted not a week ago.
Tuesday is crash-day, oops I meant patch-day.
Think of it as evolution in action.
"It's an ultra low volume product that has a very limited audience but looks cool to plebs."
Exactly! They are just used in a few television series and movies where MS pays them millions to do so.
"The time France had a king was in the 1800's
How come you guys still allow draconian bullshits in your lawbooks??"
Look who's talking.Did you ever check your own laws?
Here are a few:
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.
It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
In New York, adultery is still a crime.
Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.
In Alabama putting salt on railroad tracks may be punishable by death.
I'm waiting for the first Coca-Cola Ad transported to the moon and visible from earth.
"It will have to be Low orbit
SES has been offering internet service via geostationary satellites in Europe for over a decade.
"This is unusual, because in the case of every other critical infrastructure, there's an agency in the U.S. government that can require them to take actions for public safety. "
That's because electricity is relatively new to the US, if one judges why the power lines are still nailed to wooden posts all over the country.
In other civilized countries those have been put 6 feet underground several generations ago.
But I guess you needed that money to bring war on foreign countries with oil.
"Most students tend to study locally, so generally there are no dorms. "
Bull. There are tons of them, also fraternities, some of them even still wear swords and hit each other in the face with them.
"Here in Germany I had 9 years of English and 5 years of French in high school before I was allowed to study at a university.
And trust me, this was the minimum I could get away with."
But only because you sucked at maths and physics.
"Go to a cafe in Berlin and try ordering a latte in German - you'll get a confused look."
You obviously should have entered a starbucks in Berlin instead of a café.
Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.
