Re: Computer show Saturday, in Manchester
On 08/16/2012 11:44 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Ben Scott writes: >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen >> wrote: >>> http://ncshows.com/ >> >>I'm amazed they're still around. >> >>I remember buying an external 9600 BPS modem for someone from one of >> the NC Shows. (Or maybe it was KGP. They were both around back >> then.) > > I think I got my first Linux distro from one :) > > Sadly, I saw *zero* Linux showing at the last show I attended > (which, I guess, brings me back to the previous topic...) > Reminds me of the LinuxWord Expo in Boston damn I miss those, I was like a kid in a candy store :-) Too bad they stopped doing them... -- Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer show Saturday, in Manchester
Or trying to get unix in a limited way with minix or DOS and the GNUish collection. In '91, I would have been more then happy with cygwin. When I got SLS linux in 92 with TeX, emacs and Xfree86 2.x it was fantastic! By 95, linux was probably as good as my SunOS sparc 1 in 93. On Aug 21, 2012 11:26 AM, "Brian St. Pierre" wrote: > On 08/18/2012 08:49 PM, Bayard Coolidge wrote: > > Tom Buskey said: > >> I was at the same UNH with Linus too. > > > > "Me, too"... And still have the autographed CD here in my collection. > > Me too, me too! Though I didn't think to get my CD autographed. I > thought it was fall '95? (Pretty sure I was still living in what was > basically a converted broom closet in Devine Hall, but maybe I'm > counting wrong.) I think by 97 (definitely by 98) they had ripped out > the VT220s from the engineering labs and installed linux PCs. > > I remember spending most (all?) of the night following Linus' talk and > the following day defragging windows, repartitioning, installing, > rebuilding a kernel, getting drivers to work, (re-)re-partitioning so > everything fit... I was pretty psyched about actually having *unix* in > my room -- with gcc and everything! -- without having to connect to an > overburdened campus unix server, worry about the connection dropping, etc. > > -Brian > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Cold Patent War goes thermonuclear (was: Apple and lawsuits...Apple BEING sued)
Ben Scott writes: > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Bill Sconce wrote: > > "[I]t's WWIII in the patent universe. Remember how we used to say > > that no one would ever be so foolish as to start a patent war, > > because it'd be destructive to everyone in it? Guess what? Apple > > decided on going thermonuclear, and here we are. Talk about your > > infinite loop. How wasteful is this? > > Very apt. And unfortunate. :-( The mobile tech field is an > absolute warzone right now. Just about everybody is suing just about > everybody else. It's a disaster. It's not helping the industry, nor > the public, or even the companies themselves. Did you catch the `This American Life' episode: `When Patents Attack'? http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441 Nice explanation for people outside the industry, by people outside the industry. Transcript available at: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/transcript You can also get a copy of the audio, in the patent-encumbered format of your choice--from Amazon or Apple. -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr." ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Computer show Saturday, in Manchester
On 08/18/2012 08:49 PM, Bayard Coolidge wrote: > Tom Buskey said: >> I was at the same UNH with Linus too. > > "Me, too"... And still have the autographed CD here in my collection. Me too, me too! Though I didn't think to get my CD autographed. I thought it was fall '95? (Pretty sure I was still living in what was basically a converted broom closet in Devine Hall, but maybe I'm counting wrong.) I think by 97 (definitely by 98) they had ripped out the VT220s from the engineering labs and installed linux PCs. I remember spending most (all?) of the night following Linus' talk and the following day defragging windows, repartitioning, installing, rebuilding a kernel, getting drivers to work, (re-)re-partitioning so everything fit... I was pretty psyched about actually having *unix* in my room -- with gcc and everything! -- without having to connect to an overburdened campus unix server, worry about the connection dropping, etc. -Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Apple and lawsuits...Apple BEING sued
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Bill Sconce wrote: > "[I]t's WWIII in the patent universe. Remember how we used to say > that no one would ever be so foolish as to start a patent war, > because it'd be destructive to everyone in it? Guess what? Apple > decided on going thermonuclear, and here we are. Talk about your > infinite loop. How wasteful is this? Very apt. And unfortunate. :-( The mobile tech field is an absolute warzone right now. Just about everybody is suing just about everybody else. It's a disaster. It's not helping the industry, nor the public, or even the companies themselves. I seem to recall a headline on /The Onion/, "Google Accidentally Sues Themselves". -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
