Re: Slow loading on AMD Elan 486

1999-03-04 Thread Robert McConnell
At 12:10 AM 3/4/99 -0800, Kevin Ryan wrote: >The 1.1.7v1a JDK runs great on my AMD DX4-100 w/32Mb RAM. > >Since one can get something roughly 20x as fast as my machine for $500 >these days, I'm not sure I understand why agonizing over the JDK's >performance on a 486/33 is worthwhile. > Maybe beca

Re: Multi-Threading: Preemptive?

1999-02-24 Thread Robert McConnell
Ok, what happens if the point moves again before the sort is complete? Do you complete that one, or terminate and start over? If you terminate and start over, what happens if the sort never gets out to some points? I'm not trying to be a troublemaker, just wondering what the constraints of the pr

Re: More evil from Microsoft [Off topic]

1999-02-18 Thread Robert McConnell
The first impression I have is that it is a dumbed down version of C++ made to look like Java, but not be Java so as to avoid any further entanglements with Sun. I am waiting to see if Micro$oft is really arrogant enough to drop their J++ and replace it with this new toy. Bob McConnell N2SPP At

RE: [ATTENTION]: Mailing List Changes

1999-01-12 Thread Robert McConnell
Alex, There are several, both commercial and open source. At least two of the newsgroups I follow are gatewayed from mailing lists. It shouldn't take too long at dejanews to find the software involved and possibly find a friendly gateway server. Bob McConnell N2SPP At 01:25 PM 1/12/99 -0500, Al

Re: Yeah! Web based threaded messaging is best (WAS: Re: [ATTENTION]: Mailing List Changes

1999-01-11 Thread Robert McConnell
Web based is the worst idea. I would much rather the messages continue to fall into my mailbox or a newsgroup than I have to load up a browser and go get them. If it moves to a web site, I won't move with it. Bob McConnell N2SPP At 07:06 PM 1/11/99 -0800, blaise toad wrote: >Like paul proposes,

Re: Important: Java 1.2 licencing changes

1998-12-08 Thread Robert McConnell
Did you check your browser's cache to see if there were copies there? I did see something about this while I was looking at InfoWorld Online this afternoon. Aparently the announcement was made at some conference this afternoon and the new package will be released next week. Cheers, Bob McConnell

Re: [FYI] Java violates US patent?

1998-12-08 Thread Robert McConnell
At 10:56 AM 12/8/98 +0100, Alex Pozgaj wrote: >Java News Collector wrote: >> >> At 12:06 PM 12/7/98 -0600, Justin Lee wrote: >> >Ernst de Haan wrote: >> --- snip --- >> >Yet, surely the concept of portable code can't be contained within that >> patent. >> >Portable, interpreted code has been arou

Re: Congratulations to Blackdown!

1998-12-08 Thread Robert McConnell
Pierre, Is there any way that you can quantify "faster" and "more stable" for us? I would love to be able to show my manager some real world differences between Linux and Windows. Thanks, Bob McConnell N2SPP At 05:19 AM 12/8/98 +0100, Pierre LATECOERE wrote: >Congratulations to Blackdown! Thank

Re: [FYI] Java violates US patent?

1998-12-07 Thread Robert McConnell
At 12:06 PM 12/7/98 -0600, Justin Lee wrote: >Ernst de Haan wrote: > >> >> What is the idea of Java? Portable code. If that part of Java will be >> removed, the Java Platform idea is dead, what remains is the Java >> programming language, with a modified API (ClassLoader etc). Downward >> compatib

Re: Barcode Scanner / Cash Registers

1998-10-23 Thread Robert McConnell
There are no standards where cash registers are concerned. You either settle on one brand and learn to work with several of their models, or find ways to use a couple of models from each of several vendors. Even different models from the same manufacturer are not compatable. The bigger registers

Re: Well done

1998-09-12 Thread Robert McConnell
Does Pizza Hut sell gift certificates? Bob McConnell, N2SPP At 08:27 PM 9/12/98 -0400, James Seigel wrote: >You guys rockcan we send pizza to you anywherE? > > >Pooh Bear -- "I am just a bear of little brain" > > >On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, James Howe wrote: > >> To Everyone,, >> >> It is very ea