wa2flq's comments

On: Internal NeXT video by Steve Jobs (1991)

[wa2flq]

This was very much spot on. As a middle level manager I tried to bring these in our Healthcare business, but got very little traction. The senior executives could not or would not appreciate the benefits. A portion of the development team were more interested in skills for their next job. I cannot understate the amount of time, money and people we burned through by taking another path.

I am glad this technology survived in MacOS and its hardware.

On: The forgotten war on beepers

[wa2flq]

There were two way pagers (receive and send). The receive only ones rarely interfered with medical equipment. But occasionally the local oscillators on receive only pagers would interfere with medical or sensitive research equipment.

[wkat4242 → wa2flq]

> But occasionally the local oscillators on receive only pagers would interfere with medical or sensitive research equipment.

Hmm yeah but then it was really really poorly designed equipment.

If they were that senstive that they'd even pick up a LO they'd be screwed by a police car mobile radio driving by, an FM station in the area etc.

On: FAA Aviation Maps

[wa2flq]

Carter, I can see my house /s

On: What does a research grant pay for?

[wa2flq]

I would be curious to know what proportion of PI time is spent preparing and getting approval for research grants for the various disciplines. Is it normal to have several different proposals submitted to the same or different agencies?

On: Imaging a Hard Drive with Non-ECC Memory – What Co...

[wa2flq]

The Mac Pro has ECC and is still sold.

My iMac Pro has it as well.

[muro → wa2flq]

Ah, I see, I never considered one of them, thanks. One is discontinued, the other is expected to be replaced soon, but good to know.

On: Recovery at California's most beleaguered reservoi...

[wa2flq]

Also https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/rescond.pdf

On: Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vin...

[wa2flq]

Legal specifics or requirements aside for the moment, I for one would not feel obligated to contact anyone who stole my car to deal with these records. There are risks here that I would not be comfortable with in this scenario. I would not initiate or consent to any meeting with this person or their representatives.

[mlyle → wa2flq]

Presumably the person who owned the car was not the lawful owner of these records, either.

On: NYC Slice

[wa2flq]

The deep-dish is really a cheese pie and has nothing to do with pizza. The thin crust has the texture of the local newspapers. Square cut is only found in taverns and has been cooking all day in such.

The good NYC pizzas are heaven compared to anything Chicago offers.

On: Rehex – Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor

[wa2flq]

Do any of these hex editors handle RADIX50 (RAD50) ?

On: The Internet That Wasn’t: Review of “The Friendly ...

[wa2flq]

PLATO was the Concorde of its time. It showed how technology and social interaction would create new tools and cultures.

Since ubiquitous computing and communication were far in the future, it never had the breakthrough it deserved.