Jeffrey Sharp <lists(a)subatomix.com> said:
> On Friday, March 29, 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
> Suppose it *is* that bad. What are some good nations to immigrate to?
Well, I can imagine how the USA is going to end up...
- No more Linux coders from the USA - that would be a pretty big problem
given that a great deal of stuff for Linux was coded by Americans.
- No more home movies - Your Uncle Fred can't just send you his video of the
kids playing football - your VCR would refuse to play it
- No more DVDROM drives for computers (or CDROMs, or floppy drives, or RAM,
hard drives, etc) - could conceivably be used for infringement.
- Computer hoarders - people who bought loads of pre-SSSCA
Dell/Compaq/Toshiba/noname PCs and then started keeping them to themselves.
- Massive fines for nearly any computer programmer
Need I go on?
I think I'm going to stay in the UK for the time being. Otherwise, I'm
probably going to move to an island off the coast of India... Catch is my PC
would probably hate me for it...
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)bigfoot.com
http://www.philpem.btinternet.co.uk/
> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> The first part is a false conclusion. It's safe to say that L2 is needed
> for a single-chip _2K_ machine (using a 6116 or similar), which is what
> we've been saying all along. For a single-chip 1K machine (using a
> 4118), you use L1. You've not seen one of those boards, so you've not
> seen a machine with L1 fitted.
Granted. How about:
No jumper needed for dual 2114s
L2 needed for 2K boards
L1 needed for single-chip 1K boards
Okay?
Glen
0/0
According to Wired, Sen. Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, has put the kibosh on the CBDTPA for now.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51425,00.html
The article does mention that Rep. Adam Schiff (D.-California) was
drafting similiar legislation for introduction in the House.
jbdigriz
I know a lot of y'all use Yahoo Mail....
FYI to those who use Yahoo Mail.
March 29 - Tired of spam you're getting at your free Yahoo! e-mail
account? Get ready for more. Tucked inside a privacy policy change
the company made this week was notice that more Yahoo! e-mail
marketing offers were coming "even if users had formerly indicated
they were unwanted. YAHOO! GRANTED ITSELF PERMISSION to spam by
creating a new "marketing preferences" page that lets users
pick "yes or no" to specific categories of marketing pitches. The
problem is, Yahoo! set every users' option to "yes" - even if long
ago, they indicated they never wanted any Yahoo! spam.
Users who don't want marketing offers from Yahoo have 60
days to do the following: Visit the user profile preferences page at
http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile select "Edit your
marketing preferences" from within the Member Information section;
and individually change selections in a series of marketing
categories from "yes" to "no."
In e-mail marketing lingo, the process is known as "opt-out."
But even performing that slightly cumbersome operation is no
guarantee that Yahoo! marketing offers won't come, since the firm
reserves the right to add marketing categories at any time.
"I'd suggest re-checking periodically," writes another
mailing list poster.
Hi,
I have a PowerMac 7100/66av (almost 10 years old now) and i broke like
half the keys on the keyboard and the mouse, i was wondering if there is
any
way to do one of the following to get it up without them.
Make a disk of some sort which runs and sets up VNC and the network?
Get a MkLinux disk that sets up the network and sshd?
thanks,
torquil
On March 30, Torquil MacCorkle III wrote:
> I am VERY interested in doing something like this. I had been looking at
> building a PIC web server but that wouldnt be as fun as a whole computer. I
> was wondering if this book is available online, ebay doesnt seem to have it?
That book is pretty old...you might try http://www.bookfinder.com.
I don't think it's available online.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant,
St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar
On March 30, Torquil MacCorkle III wrote:
> I am interested in building a computer like this, but this seems a bit
> too much for me to tackle. Are there any other Classiccomputers one could
> build which are far simpler and don't involve 600 wires and stuff?
I have a great old book by Steve Ciarcia entitled "Build Your Own Z80
Computer". In it, he details the design and construction a very
simple, yet effective design for which most componenets are still
available. The construction of such a computer can be lots of fun,
and anyone is sure to learn a great deal about computing in general
and digital electronics in particular.
If you have any interest at all in doing this, I'd suggest pursuing
it with vigor. You'll be glad you did!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant,
St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar
From: liste(a)artware.qc.ca <liste(a)artware.qc.ca>
>> That and the digital stuff has spurs off the bandwidth in all
directions
>> with it's wideband noise. Damn near ruined parts of 6M ham bad with
>> the crud they radiate.
>
>Have you seen this as a fact? Slashdot had an article in the last while
>(can't find it) about someone who'd put a spectrum analyser next to his
>wireless card and found that next to nothing was leaking into other
bands.
Then he wasn't looking in the right places.
Intermod at the site, many transmitters, CH2,4,5,7 at the same general
site plus various other services and a pot load of UHF sources.
Besides I know it's from there as my beam when pointed that way spots
spurs every 150kHz and 60KHz. Many of the local 6m set have been
trying to spot the specific source right down to the specific
transmitter.
Makes weak signal stuff pretty difficult.
Allison
From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo(a)wincom.net>
>>
>>They are already doing a pretty good job of screwing up the broadcast
>>television industry in the US, with HDTV that no one can afford, and
>>digital tv standards that only work in a strong signal area.
>
> Regards
That and the digital stuff has spurs off the bandwidth in all directions
with it's wideband noise. Damn near ruined parts of 6M ham bad with
the crud they radiate.
Allison
On March 30, Chuck Dickman wrote:
> Another technique that I have found useful is tack soldering wire-wrap
> wire to solder pads on pad per hole perfboard. The Kynar insulation is
> heat resistant and does not shrink or burn. I usually install solder
> tail sockets and then follow with point to point wiring. Multiple wires
> per pad require some care in soldering (the wire has spring and tends to
> pull away as the solder melts). Quite reliable and efficient for someone
> skilled with a soldering iron.
I've used this technique for small stuff. It works well. I haven't
tried anything large with it mainly due to lack of opportunity, but
I'm sure I will at some point.
> For an example:
> http://www.chd.dyndns.org/sbc/68k_back_half.jpg
>
> The most dense area is about 3/4 inch thick.
Hey, that looks like a really cool SBC!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant,
St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar
