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by vondur 3y ago
Yes, I built my first PC that could run OpenStep with a Matrox Millenium. Since I was new to Unix at that point I assumed that Netscape was available for OpenStep. I later found out that the Unix guru was running an X session from an SGI ma
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by vondur 3y ago
I suppose it's sad that my frame of reference is Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles...
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by vondur 3y ago
Good question about the screens. Under OpenStep on PC hardware, I think you can do multiple monitors. I believe TCP/IP was native to NextStep, but doubtful about Unicode way back then.
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by vondur 3y ago
Well, the climate doesn't really know how much pollution per/person is being emitted, it's all about the aggregate.
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by vondur 3y ago
I wonder how the face painting antics of Death Metal bands would hold up to face recognition software?
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by vondur 3y ago
No one pays for web browsers, I doubt Chrome would be a viable separate company.
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by vondur 3y ago
It looks like Portugal is having some serious issues with decriminalization. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru...
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by vondur 3y ago
There are big warnings on cigarette packaging that explicitly warns you that they cause cancer, reproductive harm and emphysema. Adding a warning about radioactivity probably won’t make a difference.
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by vondur 3y ago
I do think that the quality of the current Top 40 hits is certainly worse than in the past. However, there are good bands out there you just have to look for them on Bandcamp/Youtube or forums/sites dedicated to the genre of music
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by vondur 3y ago
I purchase it from overseas to use in the US. It really works.
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by vondur 3y ago
Shout out to the Quadra 605, my first Mac. Such a cool computer back in the day and relatively affordable at the time. Used it for many years later as a monitor stand too.
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by vondur 3y ago
Wow forgot about that, How many times did the Slashdot trolls have the "BSD Is Dying" posts over the years?
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by vondur 3y ago
As the fields have become more and more specialized over the years, and the technology has increased, it's gets more difficult to write about subjects without using jargon and more complicated visualizations. As mentioned in other comm
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by vondur 3y ago
Look at YouTube for “Tofu Dreg” to see the results of rushed Chinese construction projects.
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by vondur 3y ago
Considering that California imports around 30% of its power now, that may be a ways off.
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by vondur 3y ago
That’s also why the Crimean war was fought.
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by vondur 3y ago
Nope to all of those. The Goths under Theoderic paid lip service to the Emperor in Constantinople to keep the Roman elite on board. There were two law codes, one for Romans and one for Goths.
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by vondur 3y ago
Doesn’t make much sense at that point. Putin will have him killed at some future date, regardless of what was promised to him. He’s considered a war criminal everywhere else.
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by vondur 3y ago
Yep. I used to run NT 4 on a P3 550 with 128MB of Ram with an Adaptec 80MB/s SCSI hard disk and A Matrox Millennium video card. Adobe apps even launched almost instantly. Browsing the web with Netscape on our University LAN was super f
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by vondur 3y ago
Thomas Cromwell was active in English high politics during the 1530's to 1540's. I believe England was just beginning to become a European power at that time. Maybe you are thinking of Oliver Cromwell?
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by vondur 3y ago
At least her in California, Teachers generally have excellent benefits (health care) and for the most part are paid ok. The cost of living in these areas is the issue as for everyone else. (My wife was a teacher until a couple of years ago)
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by vondur 3y ago
I’d live to be able to favorite or organize my subscriptions.
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by vondur 3y ago
Ha. I always do when I’m towing my trailer. People like that annoy me to no end. I first helped move an old Winnebago class A up to the small mountain town of Idyllwild above Palm Springs in California. The highway is steep and switchbacks
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by vondur 3y ago
Oh I'm aware of all the Slayer records. The first show I saw them on was the Reign In Blood Tour back in 1987 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Went to their last show at the Forum here in Los Angeles back in 2019.
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by vondur 3y ago
The Ptolemiec Kings did this heavily and reclaimed lands in the Fayum area in order to dispense it to the native Macedonian soldiers to pay them.
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by vondur 3y ago
He grew up in poverty after my grandfather died; the military was a way out. He became a helicopter pilot and rose to the rank of Major before being medically discharged.
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by vondur 3y ago
Chemists used to basically bathe in Benzene back in the day. I’ve heard that they as a group tended to die in their 60’s. Most teaching Chem labs tend to work with small amounts of chemicals today and try to avoid the nasty stuff if possibl
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by vondur 3y ago
My uncle lied about his age to join the Army during the Korean War. He was 16 I believe.
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by vondur 3y ago
He did Slayer's first three records, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in The Abyss. All of them had distinctive drum sounds. Most of the early thrash metal records had pretty bad recordings, or the drums we hard to define. N
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by vondur 3y ago
I'm certain that this would work at most public Universities here in California.

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