Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:45:01 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <0cabca8e-52bc-bd20-04b3-b77282e575bc@example.net> <8e38b627-a937-cfde-ddad-070f49d4fc94@example.net> <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <3Nqcncx9-a5sKsL6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <305d5af9-8a24-b375-323e-c250bdc27e94@example.net> <308f34aa-6ce1-f0d0-a31d-7ff5d389237a@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3758120"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62777 On Fri, 20 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 12/19/24 4:30 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> Charlie Gibbs wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >> >>> On 2024-12-19, D wrote: >>> >>>> I have contemplated ditching planes for trains, but I don't think the >>>> result would be much better. Perhaps less security theater? >>> >>> Some people like to travel by train because it combines >>> the slowness of a car with the cramped public exposure >>> of an airplane. -- Dennis Miller >> >> My dad took us (I and my sister) on train trips. I remember in the >> dining car being asked if I wanted a Continental Breakfast. My kid's >> mind imagined a breakfast feast, with eggs and sausage or bacon. >> >> Bleh, it was a pastry. :-( > > > Obviously not a 'luxury' train :-) > > The old Orient Express was reputed to offer better, > but it catered mostly to wealthier clients. Sigh... the world was just better in those days. We get to see the collapsing remains of a once great civilization. =( > There IS a certain niceness to train travel - seems > more 'organic' than planes, the rhythm of the tracks. > > Alas, in the USA, the tracks tend to be poorly maintained. > Derailment is always possible. Euro rail is likely much > more reliable. Europe is bad. Europe is on the other hand, a lot of separate countries, so from personal experience I can tell you that sweden is horrible, and so is germany. Switzerland was great! I also had a good experience in the UK, but I later learned that I was extremely lucky, and that apparently it isn't that great. But it was an italian company who ran the line from London to Manchester I took. At that time, worked alright. > >> Similar with my mother. She asked if I wanted a "pine float". I >> imagined a nice soda with ice cream and whipped cream.... It >> was a toothpick floating on a glass of water. She cackled. >> >> ObLinux: >> >> Grepping for FLT_MAX, partial list: >> >> /usr/include/values.h:#define MAXFLOAT FLT_MAX >> /usr/include/values.h:#define FMAXEXP FLT_MAX_EXP >> >> Now look for defines of FLT_MAX. >> > >