Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 i do remember being told as a kid that my computer was an ibm compatible but i'm not sure what that meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 It means you can use it to bomb different continents, I think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Annhog It means you can use it to bomb different continents, I think.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible ICBM != IBM C We can still dream, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm pretty sure WOPR is IBM compatible. —Alorael, who doubts it would run another OS. Linux is suspiciously foreign and possibly communist. Unix might be okay, but now it's now worryingly linked to Apple, whose aesthetic doesn't invoke the kind of chunky, can-do Americanism that a war machine should have. And Windows has the story of rags-to-riches capitalism that America needs behind it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Annhog It means you can use it to bomb different continents, I think.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible ICBM != IBM C We can still dream, though. My dreams were all but shattered until you told me I didn't have to give them up. And hey, you got the full joke, so that's something. In the OS war though, who is going to play [that one country that always does this] and switch sides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Slouching Towards Blosk I'm pretty sure WOPR is IBM compatible. "The only winning solution is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" Originally Posted By: Slouching Towards Blosk —Alorael, who doubts it would run another OS. Linux is suspiciously foreign and possibly communist. Unix might be okay, but now it's now worryingly linked to Apple, whose aesthetic doesn't invoke the kind of chunky, can-do Americanism that a war machine should have. And Windows has the story of rags-to-riches capitalism that America needs behind it! On the database server side, I prefer Unix. It allows me to set up different environments for each user, as opposed to all users sharing a common registry. But on the desktop I am a strongly adherent to Windows. The open architecture of first IBM PC did open the doors wide open for entrepreneurs to build additional hardware and software to rapidly improve its functionality. The resulting machines of today are the result of capitalist competition. Interesting perspective on Linux though. I'll have to percolate that through my neural net to know how to respond. I am ambivalent because it is open architecture, like the first PCs, and its resemblance to my DB servers is comfortable. But then you point out that it is communist. Well, it is the result of a community effort, so I guess the word applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Harehunter "The only winning solution is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" Man, if any of my algorithms ever gained sentience and told me it didn't want to solve a game, I'd tell it to get back to work before I SIGKILL it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Man, if any of my algorithms ever gained sentience and told me it didn't want to solve a game, I'd tell it to get back to work before I SIGKILL it. You have a lethal signature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Harehunter But on the desktop I am a strongly adherent to Windows. The open architecture of first IBM PC did open the doors wide open for entrepreneurs to build additional hardware and software to rapidly improve its functionality. The resulting machines of today are the result of capitalist competition. Windows also still hasn't caught up to Mac OS. There are good arguments for using Windows—price of hardware, arguably, and definitely availability of software—but quality of OS is generally not conceded to be one of them. There's a substantial case to be made for Windows being the result of a near-monopoly wrecking the free market. The IBM compatible hardware, on the other hand, has improved, but having non-compatible hardware would have driven competition just fine. Yes, I've just started another platform war. Quote: Interesting perspective on Linux though. I'll have to percolate that through my neural net to know how to respond. I am ambivalent because it is open architecture, like the first PCs, and its resemblance to my DB servers is comfortable. But then you point out that it is communist. Well, it is the result of a community effort, so I guess the word applies. More like democratic in the Athenian sense, really. —Alorael, who notes that he left out the Windows in his post. No, IBM-compatible does not mean Windows box. For one thing, it predates Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Man, if any of my algorithms ever gained sentience and told me it didn't want to solve a game, I'd tell it to get back to work before I SIGKILL it. You have a lethal signature? Just so you know, SIGKILL (as in kill signal) refers to the signal that in POSIX systems (like Linux) causes a process to terminate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Arancaytrus Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dintiradan I'd tell it to get back to work before I SIGKILL it. You have a lethal signature? Just so you know, SIGKILL (as in kill signal) refers to the signal that in POSIX systems (like Linux) causes a process to terminate. i would still give that question partial credit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 The only one with a lethal signature, though, is Alorael. In a manner of speaking. —Arancaytar, who shall now demonstrKABOOMHEADSHOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Oh.My.God. he got sniped! Wait, how come I never got shot when I copied his for a while >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 You mean he no longer does that? Maybe he's mellowed with age. (Okay, now I'm done for. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Maybe, but at least you can replace yourself with a bot. Or has that already happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Sullust Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I thought we established long ago that we are all the same person posting from separate accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Well then that person must be a very fast typer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Slouching Towards Blosk Windows also still hasn't caught up to Mac OS. There are good arguments for using Windows—price of hardware, arguably, and definitely availability of software—but quality of OS is generally not conceded to be one of them. There's a substantial case to be made for Windows being the result of a near-monopoly wrecking the free market. The IBM compatible hardware, on the other hand, has improved, but having non-compatible hardware would have driven competition just fine. Yes, I've just started another platform war. I always thought that the stability of the MAC OS was due to the closed architecture of the system. By keeping the core hardware proprietary, Apple had a finite set of components to write its OS to. The IBM model invited the invention of various, competing hardware, over which it had no control, thus resulting in an anarchic melange of semi compatible hardware and software. Even as stable as the current MS OS's and applications, in my final analysis, Windows is a pane in the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Flame Fiend Well then that person must be a very fast typer. No, he just has superior implants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 We're all using the wrong pronoun. We have superior implants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 There is no we; there is only Imban. Edit: Dammit, we're entering a recursive cycle of in-jokes again. *whacks implant* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Why must we post to each other like this? Surely there can be another way? It's not like we all don't know what we are going to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Harehunter MAC OS Sorry, but this is a big pet peeve of mine. Mac= An abbreviated form of Macintosh, a computer made by Apple. It is not an acronym, therefore only the first letter is capitalized. MAC= Media Access Control, an identification system for network interfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Harehunter MAC OS Sorry, but this is a big pet peeve of mine. Mac= An abbreviated form of Macintosh, a computer made by Apple. It is not an acronym, therefore only the first letter is capitalized. MAC= Media Access Control, an identification system for network interfaces. If it's an abbreviation, shouldn't it be Mac. OS? That looks even worse than MAC OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Think of it as a nickname. Or British. —Alorael, who could even call it the non-abbreviated official name. Apple dropped the -intoshes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Mac is an abbreviated form of Macintosh, it's true. But "Mac OS" is actually the name of the OS. Not Macintosh OS, and not MAC OS either. Mac OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I bet I'd cause a ruckus if I said mac os. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Mac is an abbreviated form of Macintosh, it's true. But "Mac OS" is actually the name of the OS. Not Macintosh OS, and not MAC OS either. Mac OS. Actually starting with Lion, Apple has removed Mac from the name altogether. It's officially just OS X now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I don't get it. We're on a series of tubes, not a big truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 iOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Darth Ernie iOS iOS is something separate, at least so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Sullust Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Darth Ernie iOS iOS is something separate, at least so far. Somewhat related, but mostly off topic. Is there a 'message board' app that would allow me to view posts without having to go through the browser on my iPod? If not could one of you with a Mac get the dev kit and start working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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