Dear "Naom", ... Noam, these are deep on-thread questions! Who are we? Who are we not? Is Linguistics a science? In case the last of the above an...
Larry Pfeffer
lpfeffer@...
Jan 1, 1999 2:11 pm
1071
Perhaps I am wrong in thinking it was Chomsky, but the quote I was thinking of is "time flies furiously" [which has two possible meanings]...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 1, 1999 4:07 pm
1072
Marc McCune and Kevin Barkes discussed Macro Spitbol for the VAX. I would like to know how to obtain it. Thanks. Larry Gregg lgregg @ metrodowntown.com...
lgregg@...
Jan 1, 1999 4:13 pm
1073
Contact Ergodic Systems at ergodic@... Ergodic Systems, Inc. 22600B Lambert Street, Suite 802 Lake Forest, CA 92630 Tel: 1 714 380 9719 Tel: 1 800 829 8737...
Kevin G. Barkes
kbarkes@...
Jan 1, 1999 6:12 pm
1074
... extend it ... suggestions ... masm386.exe -- (aka version 5.1) -- an early Microsoft 32-bit assembler that run under DOS and OS/2. The directory entry...
Mark Emmer
marke@...
Jan 2, 1999 2:25 am
1075
- #1 "Both" Chomskys; #2 Robert's Chomsky quote; #3 Sentences that computer programs can't correctly deconstruct (today). - - #1. ... Guys: This was intended...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 2, 1999 4:01 am
1076
... While I do know "time flies like an arrow" -- this is ambiguous: which is the verb? --, I can't see the ambiguity in "time flies furiously". Perhaps I'm...
Ian Hutchesson
mc2499@...
Jan 2, 1999 5:06 am
1077
Suppose I ask you to time how fast flies fly. And promise give you $10,000 if you can time 100 flies in 3 minutes, well you might well feel inspired to time...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 2, 1999 5:17 am
1078
Dear Mark, Thank you for the C source (LOGIC.ZIP). ... I don't think I have the MASM 5.1 at the moment, but I think I could scrounge one from somewhere. From...
John H. Lindsay
eil@...
Jan 2, 1999 6:58 am
1079
- Topic: Suitability of [design] patterns to reusable S4 programming - - Over the past 2 or 3 years, several of our investments have had _excellent_ success...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 2, 1999 6:58 pm
1080
- Scope: Absolutely 100% off-topics; interesting, technomythology In the spirit of "ready, fire, aim": _Facts_ are requested, please. In the past few weeks I...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 5, 1999 8:27 pm
1081
This is completely familiar, and Mike's facts are pretty much correct, but it will be relatively easy to fix, I don't see any great problem here....
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 5, 1999 8:45 pm
1082
It is certainly true that the compiler I tested stores the time as a 32-bit signed integer. It would seem, therefore that we have 38 years to change all Unix...
Andrew Koenig
ark@...
Jan 5, 1999 9:04 pm
1083
Yeah, it's true, but most filesystem formats already have 32 spare bits adjacent to each time field. As the recent thread on 64-bit seek pointers proves,...
Phil Budne
phil@...
Jan 5, 1999 9:10 pm
1084
Hi Mike! Yep, not just plausible, but correct. The Y2038 problem, eh? Though my suspicion is that *long* before 2038 we'll be using 64-bit integers, as this is...
Paul Kilpatrick
paul.kilpatrick@...
Jan 5, 1999 10:14 pm
1085
- Thanks to Robert, Andy, & Phil:_Appreciated_! That was fast! ...and...: On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Phil Budne wrote: ...snipped... ... - Yes: c.2050, or so, when...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 5, 1999 10:36 pm
1086
... Uh... Mike, I could not decipher what the * means on your note. Was this intended as a joke? Normally a century year is not a leap year, but 2000 -is- a...
Radford Walker
rwalker@...
Jan 6, 1999 12:05 am
1087
One of the more interesting leap year bugs is the fact that Lotus 123 thinks that 1900 is a leap year (at least the early versions did). Its date functions...
John McHugh
mchugh@...
Jan 6, 1999 12:18 am
1088
... BTW: Here in NYC we are about to get a second area code, which will _geographically_co-exist_ with 212. For prestige reasons, this was the decision,...
Steven Kibler
skibler@...
Jan 6, 1999 12:28 am
1089
- Oy! My gaff's a 4* example why I was demoted from app programmer to VC. Numerous readers have alerted me to the *error* of my comment that...: On January 5,...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 6, 1999 12:28 am
1090
perfect example this of the danger of a little knowledge by those who would be better of knowing less!...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 6, 1999 1:00 am
1091
<<They did this for Denver and the 303 area code with a 720 code in Sep. At first it seemed that it would be a real pain but very quickly, the brain only adds...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 6, 1999 1:00 am
1092
... "fix" here is _either_ to recycle numbers that have unused for 100 years -or- or "up-the-radix", by adding (a few alphabetics). Similarly: We've seen "-X"...
gep2@...
Jan 6, 1999 2:17 am
1093
- The "UNIX Y2.038K bug" thread remined me of this unrelated arrival. - ... Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 11:51:25 EST The GPS rollover problem on 8/21/99 The world's...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 6, 1999 2:36 am
1094
... because it is a fourth century. Though literally incorrect, to emphasize this I've called it the "leap century". Tuesday February 29, 2000 will be a...
gep2@...
Jan 6, 1999 2:54 am
1095
<</* GPS Receivers have a date rollover problem. At midnight August 21-22, 1999, the GPS system clock rolls over and the date becomes January 6, 1980. Since...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Jan 6, 1999 3:53 am
1096
- On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... [Mike:] ... [Gorgon:] ... .. ... - I've worked in numerous "secure" locations, in the USA, which...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 6, 1999 4:26 am
1097
2000 *is* a leap year. It is the exception to the exception....
bernard dickman
dickman@...
Jan 6, 1999 6:13 am
1098
... Point, you do not have to dial the 1 unless you are actually going long distance, just 10 digits. I grew up in a small town where they had 4 digit ...
Steven Kibler
skibler@...
Jan 6, 1999 7:59 am
1099
... Of course, one should always avoid "all" in email... As a simple data point, we use GPS receivers to get accurate time information for our telescopes in...
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