And also not Colossus: The Forbin Project

" ZMODEM is an inline file transfer protocol developed by Chuck Forsberg in 1986, in a project funded by Telenet in order to improve file transfers on their X.25 network. In addition to dramatically improved performance compared to older protocols, ZMODEM offered restartable transfers, auto-start by the sender, an expanded 32-bit CRC, and control character quoting supporting 8-bit clean transfers, allowing it to be used on networks that would not pass control characters." Being able to restart an interrupted 45-minute+ download ("Mom! I'm on the computer!" NO CARRIER) was absolutely brilliant.

kill -9 1 . . ...should do it.

Landru: You will be abSORBED! (Wait, the Borg said *what*? Dammit, OK) You will be assimilated!! Please, uh, look into this empty spray-painted cardboard tube.

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Sounds like a good place for the Manna story by Marshall Brain. Abstract: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Here is the Manna story .

This is code for straight-up Socialism or Chinese Style "Capitalism". Picking winners and losers by the Government.

I would instantly agree that we need to stop picking winners like we do now under Crony Capitalism, but putting that power more in the hands of Bureaucrats and Politicians is not the solution.

I, for one, welcome our self-deleting AI overlords.

Along those same lines, Windows 11 is dropping support for older Intel Processors lacking certain features. Supposedly, it's to improve virtualization, but how much would it cost to just not support that virtualization as well on older processors?

It's a boon to PC manufacturers that push Windows 11. The big PC makers say "Works best with Windows!" on their websites and don't highlight or give you any price break on units with Linux installed. Didn't I read that MS requires that they get a payment for every PC sold, whether it runs Windows or not as part of their licensing agreement with the manufacturers? I know the manufacturers get a big break on Windows copies from retail.

I thought Apple should have bought Dell when Dell went private a few years ago, made PCs with no Windows advantage, pushed Linux and maybe even Darwin on these new PCs. I'm not saying don't sell Windows too. They could keep the Dell and marketing separate to not dilute the Apple brand. They would have enjoyed massive buying power for PC parts, screens, batteries, SDs. They could have gotten Dell for a tiny fraction of their massive war chest a few years ago. Could have had most of it financed, too, just like the deal to go private did. This idea might have faced anti-trust scrutiny.

Apple should have recognized that MS wasn't going away and as long as they are there, they are a potential huge competitor in many of their markets.

It would have also been revenge for the obnoxious remarks Michael Dell made back in the 90s when Apple was experiencing hard times.

Can you inject something readily available (that isn't expensive ink, e.g. water or alcohol) into those two color low Genuine HP cartridges?

Or is it a timer that tells you the color cartridges are out no matter what and you are SOL?

Did you mean DEC previously known as Digital Equipment Corporation?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

...along with the unexpected and amusing outcomes that can occur with AI technologies.

Another global thermonuclear war? Oh, ChatGTW, you just kill me. Well, us.

You better give your Holy Hand Grenade to someone else, then.

Now, if we could only send each member of their board their own Blipvert⦠>:-) https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm...

That's like ELIZA's "I see." at the end of its decision tree.