Re: Earthquake and Tornado Forecasting Programs June 13, 2006

2006-06-13 Thread Frank Silvermann
[snip] I look forward to a day when meteorology has more to do with precise models than models, although I'm all for Russian-style delivery of such data. I forecast that a lot of people will be surprised by the weather today, as they are categorical idiots, as is the OP. frank -- http://mail.

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Frank Silvermann
Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: >> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” [snip] > Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, > which is a continuation of this philosophy, unlike the "modern" unix > clones. Is there an actual Plan 9? I'm only aware of the one fro

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-07 Thread Frank Silvermann
Xah Lee wrote: > The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > Xah Lee, 2006-05 > > In the computing industry, especially among unix community, we often > hear that there's a “Unix Philosophy”. In this essay, i dissect the > nature and characterization of such “unix philosophy”, as have been > describe