To be fair, an awful lot of folks had the Commodore Amiga 1200, which utilized the lower cost 68EC020 processor with a 24-bit address bus. Your point still absolutely stands.

Personal use: MS-DOS -> Windows 3.X -> OS/2 -> Linux (Red Hat 5.0 in 1998, Scientific Linux 6.4 today with some digressions to other distros but always came back to Red Hat).

Professional use: OS/370 -> CDC NOS -> DEC VMS -> HP-UX -> attempting to evade having Windows forced on me -> Linux Router Project,Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise -> Red Hat Enterprise, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX

My last two jobs were in Linux and/or Unix shops. Even managed to run Linux on my work desktop. Job hunting now and hoping I can continue to evade Microsoft products but I feel like the Borg is pursuing me (You will be assimiliated. Resistance is futile...). Loved OS/2: very stable and full featured; everything Microsoft's personal OSes were supposed to be but weren't.

Cheers,
Dave

You must be the ex wife.

HEAR HEAR!

I usually take whatever estimate I'm given and change it to the next largest unit and double it. Thus, an estimate of two hours become four days. This is still usually less than the actual time required. And don't even get me started on projecting when some task will be completed as opposed to how much effort will be required. The above alogorithm does a reasonable job at estimating effort actually requied but determining the calendar completion date is a whole different animal.

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Dave

He could try calling Zuckerburg directly but, as a guess, FB doesn't want to set a precedent for anyone of policing their content. OTOH, making Nelson get a court order means that FB doesn't have to judge (and be put in the position of having to judge) the veracity of anyone's page. It's a slippery slope and, if they're not careful, they could be held responsible for ensuring that no one is cyber-bullying, harassing someone, spreading hate or engaging in who knows what kind of politically incorrect behavior.

Cheers,
Dave

I wonder if the cybersquatting laws are written (or interpreted) so narrowly that he couldn't hit the imposter that way. It may not be a domain name; it's his name and identity.

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Dave

I'm sure they'll just have some other entities operate various things for them if that comes to pass. If various guys can manage regional organized crime and gang business from prison, surely they fellows can arrange to have strings pulled on their behalf as free men.

I suspect any movements in share price have little to nothing to do with Klein's departure.

So, what does this mean for the future of fully functional, general purpose, standalone computers? 'Offline computer use frustrates the march of progress,' says Winestock. 'If offline use becomes uncommon, then the great and the good will ask: "What are [you] hiding? Are you making kiddie porn? Laundering money? Spreading hate? Do you want the terrorists to win?"'

Almost all of his examples are a complete non-sequitor. How does one launder money, spread hate, help the terrorists, etc. with a computer that is NOT connected? Likewise, does this mean that all of the people who owned computers in the pre-Internet era only owned them to do these things? And none of this follows from comparing mainframes and server farms or even has anything to do with mainframes and server farms.

Sounds more like he has a guilty conscience about doing these same things from his not connected computer and should be hauled before some secret tribunal to answer for his crimes (Oh, and just denying that this is how he came to his conclusions is just further proof that he is a lying to conceal his guilt).

How's that for a little non-sequitor inuendo?

Cheers,
Dave

Yes. Panama was under United States control at the time of his birth, and he is a born United States citizen. Both his father and grandfather were admirals in the United States Navy, and he rose to the rank of Captain in a military career that included over five years as a prisoner of war. He was tortured repeatedly by the NVA during that time. Where exactly the fuck are you from, and what the fuck have you done with your life?

I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters. My wife and I understood one another when we married, meaning she understood the fact that I am willing to give my life for for both my family and my principles. There's a certain relationship between those factors when you have children, and if you already have one or more but still don't understand what I'm talking about, I probably can't help you. I also served in the US Navy. Have you served in either a military or civil capacity? I may work as a systems engineer now, but my principles have not changed. Are you a coward?

It appears the defendant isn't completely without hope; there may be potential for defense via the fair comment provision of relevant UK law. However, I am not a lawyer, this is certainly not legal advice, and I have no special insight into the particulars of this case.

It's very easy to hold the view that others are more intelligent when they happen to agree with your view. Five minutes of research for even mildly controversial views in many fields will yield lists of people who hold advanced degrees from prestigious institutions and have impeccable post-graduate/doctoral professional credentials, but somehow many of these people frequently disagree with one another. Perhaps you should take your blinders off and recognize the fact that blanket statements applied to highly complex topic don't tend to hold much water.

Fair enough. I suppose I've just become so accustomed to the presence of those words (since about 2000 I guess) that I missed their absence. I'll continue to lower my expectations accordingly.