• John (unregistered)

    I could use that 1Gb microdrive. We can't get them anymore but still need to support a data collection product which uses them.

  • QJo (unregistered) in reply to neminem
    neminem:
    Gabelstaplerfahrer:
    The buzzword list is incomplete! I miss the word "Leverage".
    Hey, don't insult Leverage, that's one of my favorite shows!

    And yeah, I vaguely recall having heard somewhere (possibly it was here?) that absolutely anything that has a legitimate "top secret" tag on it is by law required to be treated as though it actually was, just in case. Which means it would be an excellent prank, running around sticking it on things at random at the public section of your local CIA headquarters. Until they shoot you.

    And finally, "singing the praises of OS X", as in singing them? That does sound like a fun job. What sorts of songs did they sing?

    To the tune of "Let it be":

    When I find my code in tons of trouble Friends and colleagues counsel me Speaking words of wisdom: "Write in c."

    To the tune of "I want to hold your hand":

    Hey I've got a program That I don't understand And that's 'cos my program Is written in FORTRAN ...

    And there's always:

    "Java java java java java chameleon ..."

  • (cs)

    Frittata == Glorified scrambled eggs

    Methinks the 3oz of Bacon is going to trump the use of Eggbeaters instead of whole eggs...

  • Bavarian Chef (unregistered) in reply to Mario
    Sauerkraut isn't always a solution :-)

    It's like they say:

    Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use sauerkraut." Now they have two problems.

    • chef

    Catpcha: acsi a question, getty an answer.

  • (cs) in reply to QJo
    QJo:
    neminem:
    Gabelstaplerfahrer:
    The buzzword list is incomplete! I miss the word "Leverage".
    Hey, don't insult Leverage, that's one of my favorite shows!

    And yeah, I vaguely recall having heard somewhere (possibly it was here?) that absolutely anything that has a legitimate "top secret" tag on it is by law required to be treated as though it actually was, just in case. Which means it would be an excellent prank, running around sticking it on things at random at the public section of your local CIA headquarters. Until they shoot you.

    And finally, "singing the praises of OS X", as in singing them? That does sound like a fun job. What sorts of songs did they sing?

    To the tune of "Let it be":

    When I find my code in tons of trouble Friends and colleagues counsel me Speaking words of wisdom: "Write in c."

    To the tune of "I want to hold your hand":

    Hey I've got a program That I don't understand And that's 'cos my program Is written in FORTRAN ...

    And there's always:

    "Java java java java java chameleon ..."

    Haven't seen you around in these parts, QJo. Please visit often.

  • trtrwtf (unregistered) in reply to n00B
    n00B:
    Design Pattern:
    Java also has borrowed a lot from Smalltalk (single inheritance, VM, garbage collection).

    In what way is Scheme based on Smalltalk?

    From the diagram it appears it's closer to Smalltalk than to Lisp. In fact it is a prominent member of the Lisp-family.

    I think the location in the diagram is more chosen based on where the arrows could fit, rather than on what lingos it's closest to...

    I actually thought it (Scheme) was a direct descendant/dialect of Lisp

    All of the Lisp parts of that are pretty suspect. For one thing, as I understand the situation Common Lisp was a combination of features from the various Lispen floating around at the period, including MACLisp, Scheme, and a bunch of others. I think a notable exception is Emacs Lisp - not a forebear of Common Lisp as I recall. I don't know what parts of scheme are claimed to derive from Smalltalk, either. MACLisp->Scheme is plausible, I suppose, since both are MIT offerings and presumably Abelson and Steele would have been famliar with MACLisp. Could be, but I don't know that it's the case.

    Perl, as well as Python and I think Ruby as well, should all have Lisp among their ancestors. At least, all of the authors claim inspiration from Lisp, and I know that the first two languages, when done right, feel a lot like Lisp, even though the syntax is completely unrelated. I don't know Ruby, but I'm told that the situation is about the same there...

  • hachu (unregistered)

    Hmm, they missed the Obj-C -> Java link. http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/java-objc.html

  • (cs)
    A M/F USB/PS2 and a F/M USB/PS2 Adapter - ideal for making a 2" extension cable

    It's probably closer to 3 or 4 inches. However, that having been said, one of those adapters is for a mouse - and they only use three pins on the PS/2 side. As such, that adapter will not work for many purposes. (Or, at least, my own instance of that same 3.5" extension cable will not work for anything besides my old PS/2 mouse. (Yes, that does require another USB/PS/2 converter. I only ran that test to see if it'd work for anything. I still don't know if it'll work for PS/2 mouse movement, because only the buttons on that mouse were working when I did that test.))

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