- Those of you who track the RISKS FORUM or the OS/2 postings have likely have already come upon the musings of Steven Den Beste. FWIW: Here is his alternative...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 11, 2000 6:06 am
2879
This contrarian's point of view is quite bogus. Obviously company's are in business to make a profit, speaking as the CEO of a company that is 100% dedicated...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 11, 2000 11:16 am
2880
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Mike Radow wrote: [snip] ... This implies a false dichotomy. People sell Free Software all the time, and make lots of money doing it. ......
Andru Luvisi
luvisi@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:06 pm
2881
The really odd thing here is the naive idea that companies are releasing things in open source form without thinking about $$$, if you see a company releasing...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 11, 2000 2:14 pm
2882
- Note: Logical synthesis occurs near conclusion. - Drive in LOW and be prepared to slow, brake, and backtrack. ;-) Steven Den Beste writes...: ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 11, 2000 11:22 pm
2883
<<For all the enthusiasm about open source, the fact is that no-one has yet figured out how to make a profit out of it. No corporation which has based its...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:12 am
2884
<<However, by our commercial ( VC ) standards, they are non-exponetially growing, steady-state in product scope, and _all_ very small (less than 200...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:16 am
2885
- Wordsmyth is a useful text_tool, at...: Linkname: Wordsmyth: Welcome! URL: http://www.wordsmyth.net/ Wordsmyth is a novel "dictionary-thesaurus". It claims a...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:16 am
2886
<< Although intended for human-web use, Wordsmyth can be successfully driven from VB, VC, and VBA (e.g., in WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) ... And also...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:24 am
2887
- Robert: Hi! I can't tell from your posting if you'd read my recent note. This is because the timestamp on your text is "-0500 (CDT)" and this would have been...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:49 am
2888
<<VCs take investors' money based upon _an_intent_of_ making bricks-and-mortar-size returns. ... Actually these days, many VC's have a MUCH narrower view,...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:17 am
2889
- VBXtras sells ActiveX and COM+ 3rd-party products. These are for use with VBA, VB, VC, and Ada_95, amongst others. ;-) This firm actively adds new products,...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:53 am
2890
I also like http://www.wordsmith.org and its associated a-word-a-day service. I have been a long-time subscriber to that. (My oldest daughter, now a college...
Howard Bussey
hbussey1@...
Apr 12, 2000 4:42 am
2891
- This posting is intended _solely_ for those who are interested connecting to and _providing_ _programmatic_ / _interactive_ of "devices" on the Internet...: ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 18, 2000 8:14 pm
2892
... OK. I won't post anything about USB in response to this message :-). ... David Feustel Fort Wayne, Indiana 219-483-1857 (voice) dfeustel@... ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 18, 2000 8:39 pm
2893
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, David Feustel wrote: [Mike] ... - ... - Deal: And I won't note you're unlikely to LAN your home w/USB. B^, Mike - eot...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:11 pm
2894
... But USB 2.0 supports 480 Mbit/sec! That's certainly good enough for LAN. Intel's 820 supports 2.0 and Cyrix has announced USB 2.0-capable USB chips. AW...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:27 pm
2895
My question has something to do with connecting devices to the Internet, but nothing to do with programming languages, as far as I know. It's about...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:36 pm
2896
- On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, David Feustel wrote: [ Mike ] ... - ... - Yup. However, I think the point with HPNA, Bluetooth, etc. isn't so much speed. Rather, it's...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:52 pm
2897
... USB 1 is spec'd at 5 meters max, but I have seen ads for 'active' cables that allow that distance to be increased. usb 1.1 cables will work with usb 2.0 at...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 18, 2000 10:45 pm
2898
- On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Mark Laster wrote: ...snipped... ... - By coincidence, I recently made an "L-pad" for Mary's cassette recorder, to solve this same...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 18, 2000 11:05 pm
2899
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the ccrecorder at http://www.ccrane.com ... David Feustel Fort Wayne, Indiana 219-483-1857 (voice) ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 18, 2000 11:30 pm
2900
- ... - ... - Even at NYC prices, my tiny apartment is bigger than _that_. ... - I bought a CanoScan-FG620U, USB Flatbed scanner, for all of $30, via the ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 18, 2000 11:50 pm
2901
- Thanks David ...and... On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, David Feustel wrote: ...snipped... ... - Thanks : I'd not been to this site before; I just requested a catalog. ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 19, 2000 12:02 am
2902
... ~~~~~~ That would be "smoots." See: http://web.mit.edu/museum/fun/smoots.html -- Dave (MIT '79 :-)...
J. David Bryan
dbryan@...
Apr 19, 2000 6:39 am
2903
But ... the "bad news" is that it will not work correctly with _any_ "active_cable". The USB faq says to string hubs together to get lengths longer than 5...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 19, 2000 11:36 am
2904
- On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, J. David Bryan wrote: [Mike] ... - ~~~~~~ ... - Dave: Thanks, as your URL provides more complete information than the one which I...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 19, 2000 11:33 pm
2905
- On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, David Feustel wrote: [Mike] ... - I have not had the time to pursue why none of the four different "active" cables would work _at_all_. ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Apr 20, 2000 1:06 am
2906
Re: CCrane: Get yourself a Sangean 505 SSB shortwave radio for $130 + shipping You may wind up needing it sooner than you think. USB Pages <p><a...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Apr 20, 2000 1:22 am
2907
- The monthly "CRYPTO-GRAM" newsletter is excellent. Yes, it's free. It's well-written, informative, and always has something surprising. It is provided by...
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