Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 9 Aug 2025 00:15:36 GMT Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <106ukm1$35g8p$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106v67a$1cgol$1@news1.tnib.de> <106vfvv$3bpmd$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106vi4r$3c9cr$2@dont-email.me> <3ihcmlx47d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <107070d$3hvho$1@dont-email.me> <1071hb2$3qqje$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <1071jbr$3ra8s$1@dont-email.me> <10721ce$3uf46$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <1072ood$52ki$1@dont-email.me> <1074h32$l12k$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <9kugmlxukb.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1074ihq$ld7s$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10755p5$ppoc$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> <1075k1f$tdvi$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net rNMVjan7a3+syyKHdCClggcQstquC970koQtgK0IppSKm7341Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:AkIU0YrqR0IPYHDcUAxQC8U4OR4= sha256:9gXLJj2G44xhasaWyBq28ODuscRQOZBd99fbwinQemc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70638 alt.comp.os.windows-11:21816 On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 20:43:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 08/08/2025 19:53, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-08-08 17:40, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: >>> On 8/8/2025 6:43 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>> Minix was unobtainable. >>>> >>>> It was in one of the courses I did at uni. The book had the source >>>> code printed, but there was no way to get it for a student here. >>> >>> No diskette nor CD-ROM? I didn't buy the book, I dunno what happened! >> >> Much later I learnt that the next edition of the book had a cd. >> >> >>> Back then there was no GitHub! >> >> A modem call across the pond would be prohibitive back then. >> > Did it for hours at a time When the movie 'Tron' one of the companies doing the CGI was in NYC. The day's work was sent to LA via a modem connection overnight and was what amounted to a few seconds of screen time. The movie was not nominated for 'best visual effects' since CGI wasn't considered to be legitimate. Today the producers are probably salivating at the thought of making the whole film using AI and not dealing with those overpaid writers and actors.