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What's Wrong With This Joke was TandemSpeed Limit 2154
alt.folklore.computers (posted to afc only - my isp is objecting to sci.optics) For simple arithmetic, whatever you do, any real (irreversible) heat engine can't be more efficient than...
What's Wrong With This Joke was TandemSpeed Limit 2155
I should have said 'max' in there. Sorry.. Yeah. plantardier tried their hand at selling turbine electric in the US, at the nagging of the US DOT. Once AGAIN...
What's Wrong With This Joke was TandemSpeed Limit 2156
Peachicken wrote (with me editing for space): This is a random event that is at most able to convey information FTL than is the "writing speed" of a giant-size wide-screen...
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You still controlling it?" I asked. I was imagining microscopic tendrils sp ieling out of Joshua like the fishing line in my rod. Roland Lanois, Montreal born, Eton and Oxford...
IBM 7090 Music Clip
Philip Nasadowski Brings back memories. I still have my vinyl copy of "Music From Mathematics", Decca DL9103 (mono 33...
SHARE reflections
i still have 3-4 (360 reference) green cards (GX20-1703) as well as two 360-67 "blue" cards (229-3174) One "blue" card, I borrowed it from "M" at the science center (it still has his...
I think that French verb conjugation is as simple as, if not simpler than, that
Dear friends, This is a message which some people may consider "a spam". But this is not my original idea. My intention is to share...
IBM Experimental Schools Computer
an one frame useful Colin, I am not sure this is not "strictly" true. I attended Darlington Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College and...
Intel engineer discusses their dualcore design 2162
however, kernel smp overhead has been notorious for adding 15-30% overhead ... which can result in a wash. from 30+ years ago ... there was a project to add a second i...
Intel engineer discusses their dualcore design 2163
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:30:44 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler Wasn't the 3033 a 3168 on steriods? ...complete with dual I-streams? 3mos? Wow. I had a friend that had a...
Intel engineer discusses their dualcore design 2164
303x machines were organized to use the 303x channel director. the 370-158 had integrated channels ... i.e. the 158 engine was shared between...
Article: The True Value of Mainframe Security
there was some high integrity mainframe systems deployed in the 60s and 70s. among other things, theyy were being used for commercial timesharing services ... some number of these commercial timesharing services were selling into the...
Warming Earth Just cool it
With "fifty-year storms" becoming annual events, I have a modest proposal. Thirty years ago, global warming was almost...
Ooops ignore previous 3 posts
Couperus) wrote, in part: When I went there, my newsreader had to load in over 6,000 headers to get current with the group. Thus, I think it might be helpful to...
qle_nouveau_syst=E8me_verbal_de_la_langue_fran=E7aise_www.sixpourcent.com
Cher(e) ami(e), Je vais vous suggérer le nouveau système verbal de la langue française. Veuillez vous arrêter de lire de plus si vous n'apprenez ni...
Dancing Indian maintanence
I have it on good authority, from the guy who did the dancing (Skip Bollinger by...
qUn_syst=E8me_de_conjugaison_mieux_que_le_Bescherelle
Cher(e) ami(e), Je vais vous raconter un système de conjugaison mieux que le Bescherelle. Veuillez arrêter de lire de plus si vous n'avez rien d'intérêt...
Canon Cat for Sale
my brother was a regional apple rep ... and sometimes when he came into town there would be dinners with some of the apple people. i remember some dinners before mac was announced, having arguments about...
WW2 era computer free to a good home
Andrew Bunting Possible, but I don't think so. Out of 3,960 delivered, I think only a comparative handful were built in 1946 and I thought...
Documentation for the New Instructions for the z9 Processor
recent discussion of one of the original efforts along this line description of selection process there were...
storage key question
VSPC was originally going to be called PCO (personal computing option ... term slightly patterned after tso) ... until somebody pointed out PCO...
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Interesting to read this thread about our Win tech. Yes, our main flash website does not have much content or information whatsoever...
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Yes. This is all getting computerized. Think about it. The designers will be equivalent to today's script bunnies (that's not the correct term...
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How did that other newsgroup get put in? May I elide it? I have no idea. I'm waiting to calm down enough so I can form questions so I can learn...
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Well, doesn't this kind of depend on what "women do computers" means? Most people in this group would probably agree that if...
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And, why does the magic number have to be 50%? Enforcing this number doesn't work in racial issues; it definitely isn't going to work in...
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I'm sure there are people who will insist that there must be some sort of subtle discrimination at work if the ratio of men to women in computing...
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Has college changed so much that freshmen years no longer consist of the prerequisites for...
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snip One more point I meant to respond to: I already said that people with a really compelling interest might not care. Others, though, probably *do* care -- okay, not about fitting...
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I am telling you that they don't. Note that we were talking about those with a compelling interest. That means that these people have itch that can't be scratched and have to (mean HAVE...
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snip Was it ever like that? Most U.S. undergraduate programs have some requirement that students take courses from a variety of disciplines (a little science, a little history, a little English, a...
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Yes. Yes, this is, or was, the prerequisite for graduation, not the major and minor...
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sure do When I say "more technical schools", I mean schools that emphasize math and science, rather than, say, schools offering two-year programs with technical courses only. Think MIT, not Joe's Neighborhood Technical...
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I started to say "you're making my point for me", but I wonder .... Here's a bit of the message I was...
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Sorry, I was pooped out yesterday and only dealt with the short things. Population cycles. I keep being amazed at People Pictures who are confusing equal opportunity with 50-50 nose count. They are not the...
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I am not arguing for an exact 50-50 nose count. I am saying that a 90-10 nose count might be evidence that the...
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Context of discussion, without attribution: On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:50:30 +0000, jmfbahciv Take a step back for a moment. Point 3 was not raised as a statement of fact. It was raised as...
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Thanks, Barb. Yep, I'm fast, ` ) efficient and productive. (^ ) ) That's why I'm in such great ~-( ) demand. Hehe! '((,,,))) ,-' ` "Getting something useful ( , done" is...
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On this actual case, you are quite right, and i am quite wrong: BAH cannot...
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I have read far to little and indirectly about Boyd; he seems worthy of more reading. None of those are objective, just different mindsets. There are several strong computer dialects. Even a small...
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wrote on 10-09-2005 10:58: It's always interesting to see (beyond issues of 'style') how people tend to (try) and solve problems. My lab partner in an "Advanced...
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Yes. And it's not a f***ing belief. Yes. To waste a freshman clbutt slot for this crap is idiotic. Whoa! You have a lot of...
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Oh my, profanity. Not something I equate with logical argument. In any case, at least some people obviously...
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snip I think the decline is real, or at least it's the common perception among CS educators. It sure doesn't seem to...
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Sigh! If you are a gal and you are competing with a guy, that guy's woman...
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Now, reread my paragraph but subsbreastute the male noun for every female noun except "the guy's woman...
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Some rough work that pays well for very long hours. Some technical professional work (engineers, software, etc). The Doctors are where...
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Numbers would be good. I tried to look them up on the census site, but couldn't figure out haw to navigate the thing well enough. When I was an under grad (early '70s), female...
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Yeah. I made an attempt to get more information yesterday, and found several links to NSF-funded reports that sounded promising, but they were all broken, and I didn't have the patience...
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Ah, but you're talking about engineers, who aren't normal people. Once you cross over into the PHB realm, you find many people who see everything as a zero-sum game, i.e. you...
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There is a new "Glbutt Ceiling". Programmers can't move up into Debt Management as easily as the slightly competent tech girls who learn...
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Exceptions are those who view a programming job as nothing more than a stepping-stone to a Debt Management position. Once they've...
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Nitpick. Always. Their mind is never on the work but on identifying the next butt to kiss. I loved your tale about your brother that...
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IME, this excessive concern did not consider the contributions of the disadvantaged female at all. The opposite happened. The females got raises, promotions, glowing performance...
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I think we may be talking at cross purposes here. Your description of people being rewarded even though they did no work is what I meant by "excessive concern for...
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No. But getting everything unraveled :-). It's a complex subject and cannot be summarized in 10 words or less nor will there be a bandage fix that will solve all side effects. In my...
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snip Well, except for the theory ideas, maybe. But I'm following up again because it suddenly occurred to me that in a lot of this discussion, I've been thinking...
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