I noticed that when I drag a filename over to a spitbol executable in windows98, host(0) contains the full pathname of the file... sort of: ...
Kevin G. Barkes
kgb@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:18 pm
2526
- This posting is intended only as "fyi" and is unlikely to foster any further, irrelevant discussion. ;-) In an aside -- a few weeks ago -- I mentioned my...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:42 pm
2527
... MOST curious! Fully understandable, though, since at least that technique will also work with apps not expecting long filenames.... if they dropped a name...
gep2@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:53 pm
2528
... point out to us that it would employ GENERATIONS of mathematicians to develop algorithms that were suitable for use on such array processors (and clustered...
gep2@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:07 pm
2529
... language designed specifically for Illiac IV. That machine, with 64 high speed array processors, was rather trickier because it only had a single...
gep2@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:23 pm
2530
Speaking of massively parallel computing... http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20000201S0007 ... David Feustel Fort Wayne, Indiana 219-483-1857 (voice) ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:32 pm
2531
- ... - Thanks David: Pretty impressive! Here's a cartoon of the future: Doting mother --dragging along her son -- says to physician, "He needs RNA...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Feb 1, 2000 10:57 pm
2532
... pathname, without the tilde? Gordon, Thanks for all the insight. I discovered it by accident, and the customer has specified a command-line powered...
Kevin G. Barkes
kgb@...
Feb 2, 2000 12:47 am
2533
I don't recall seeing the name "Bloom" in conjunction with these ideas before, but I wonder how many others on the list (I know at least ONE does, HI JOHN!) ...
gep2@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:01 am
2534
Thought others might be interested in a reply I got from another programmer friend (heavily in the DNA/bioengineering technology area) to whom I forwarded the...
gep2@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:08 am
2535
<<Few things software-wise were patented at the time (usually people went for "trade secret" protection instead), and patents only are renewable for a ...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:43 am
2536
Here's a fairly pitiful story about one rather pathetic fellow (Ellison, the head of Oracle) who _still_ believes there's a market for brain-damaged "Network ...
gep2@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:00 am
2537
Kevin, this will do the trick, but it requires the use of the FindName family of external functions. As long as spitbol.slf is in the same directory as the...
Mark Emmer
marke@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:04 am
2538
Thanks, Mark! BTW, will this work in a compiled .exe (does the external function get included)? Regards, KGB ... Kevin G. Barkes, President <> KGB Consulting,...
Kevin G. Barkes
kgb@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:21 am
2539
Cool, Mark, except that your routine only decodes the long filename and didn't handle the (also-long) subdirectory name(s) at higher levels. Gordon Peterson ...
gep2@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:37 am
2540
<<Of course, when you actually get right down to it, such machines actually have very little (if any) inherent cost advantage over a normal PC which is far,...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Feb 2, 2000 1:39 pm
2541
... didn't ... Doesn't need to. If the intent is just to change the extension of the input file name (as Kevin first requested), the mangled long path names...
Mark Emmer
marke@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:31 pm
2542
... No. External functions are DLLs and must be explicitly loaded by the program each time. If you distribute the external function with the compiled .exe,...
Mark Emmer
marke@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:32 pm
2543
No: renewal no longer applies to copyright either. Congress could change that, however ;-) ... From: Robert Dewar <dewar@...> To: Multiple recipients of...
Frank Townsend
ftownsen@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:40 pm
2544
... have very little (if any) inherent cost advantage over a normal PC which is far, far more versatile. >> ... Tired old argument. Fact is, that has far more...
gep2@...
Feb 2, 2000 6:57 pm
2545
<<Tired old argument. Fact is, that has far more to do with the software than it does with the hardware. If you run the same software on a PC that you would...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:23 pm
2546
Two variations on "Network Computers" (1) Some Macintosh model comes standard without a floppy drive (although a floppy can be bought for it), and Apple...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:51 am
2547
... floppy can be bought for it), and Apple provides a facility for storing users' files on the Internet, so if a person had a Mac at work and one at home, and...
gep2@...
Feb 3, 2000 6:04 pm
2548
We are running Oracle's own applications on a three-tier architecture: Unix database server, two 4-processor NT applications servers, and a browser...
Gregg Ney
renais-ney.evanston@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:14 pm
2549
Could you tell me what limitations (if any) there are on hosting at home on a cable modem? THANKS! -ron...
Ron Stephens
stephens@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:29 pm
2550
Your computer is subject to hacker attacks on a 24/7 basis? :-) ... David Feustel Fort Wayne, Indiana 219-483-1857 (voice) dfeustel@... ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:48 pm
2551
David David David... I'd be running FreeBSD...something that is good enough for Yahoo, etc... -ron...
Ron Stephens
stephens@...
Feb 3, 2000 11:57 pm
2552
FreeBSD is good. OpenBSD ( http://www.openbsd.org ) might be even more secure. ... David Feustel Fort Wayne, Indiana 219-483-1857 (voice) ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Feb 4, 2000 12:30 am
2553
Well, I'm not trying to host anything at the present, and I shut down between sessions. I am running BlackIce (www.networkice.com) which is pretty good. It...
Gregg Ney
renais-ney.evanston@...
Feb 4, 2000 2:47 am
2554
===== Since I get a fixed IP address, though, I'm seriously thinking of putting up my own local site. I don't think there are any exclusions in the licensing ...
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