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News, Information & Feedback / Re: HELP board set to "Reply Only"
« Last post by Knezzen on April 20, 2024, 09:19:05 AM »
All topics have been moved but the German ones. I simply don't have the time right now. I will get around to do that as well soon :)

And as always; nothing has been deleted, only moved.
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Off Topic / Re: Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by smilesdavis on April 20, 2024, 03:10:03 AM »
Coined in the check book RUR from 1920
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Video Cards, Monitors & Displays / Re: Issues with GeForce 4MX - iMac G4 - M6498 (EMC 1956)
« Last post by Greystash on April 19, 2024, 11:07:47 PM »
I managed to get my changes persisting, and narrowed down the `probe-all` issue to the Ethernet device failing to be opened in the `finish-device-tree` step. This happens on all of the G4 machines that I tested.

I've spent a lot of time on this today and unfortunately spoofing the older chipset didn't result in any success. I wasn't expecting this to work but it was worth a try.
Thanks so much for all the help joevt, I've learned a lot from this thread.
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Off Topic / Re: Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by IIO on April 19, 2024, 08:22:00 PM »
Quote from: robespierre on April 19, 2024, 01:59:51 PM

I hope you all do realize that the field called "AI" has always been underwritten by the military.

just as airplanes, cars, ships, the telegraph, the internet, graphics cards, equipped kitchens and functional food.

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Remember, "robot" is from the Czech word for slave (or corvée). An army of Lieutenant Calleys, forever.

that´s true.

most people would think it comes directly from the russian "rabota" (working), but it comes form the slavic "robath" which means "compulsory labor" (in the context of feudalism/church oppression/taxing)

of course the main issue on t his planet remains that many humans are still slaves. transmitting forced labor to the machines would normally be a good idea - i just dont believe in it.
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Off Topic / Re: Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by aBc on April 19, 2024, 08:17:40 PM »
Quote from: robespierre on April 19, 2024, 01:59:51 PM
Remember, "robot" is from the Czech word for slave (or corvée). An army of Lieutenant Calleys, forever.
Thanks!
And I suffered under the common misconception that Asimov had coined the word.
RE: The Three Laws of Robotics. / "I, Robot."

Wonder how many now know who Lieutenant Calley is?
(Yes, still living today.) ;)

And of course I always trust the US Government (and the military) to have all of our best interests in mind.
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Off Topic / Re: Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by ssp3 on April 19, 2024, 02:22:16 PM »
Quote from: robespierre on April 19, 2024, 01:59:51 PM
Sky News, or Sky Net?

 ;D ;D ;D
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Off Topic / Re: Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by robespierre on April 19, 2024, 01:59:51 PM »
Sky News, or Sky Net?

I hope you all do realize that the field called "AI" has always been underwritten by the military. The original AI Labs, at MIT and Stanford, were funded through the Navy's Office of Naval Research.

"The Machines" cannot "Rise" because they are not capable of independent thought or action, which is precisely the reason for those billions in Pentagon funding. Remember, "robot" is from the Czech word for slave (or corvée). An army of Lieutenant Calleys, forever.
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Off Topic / Rise of the Machines?
« Last post by aBc on April 19, 2024, 01:05:42 PM »
Excerpt from full story on skyNEWS here:
https://news.sky.com/story/first-known-test-dogfight-between-ai-and-human-pilot-carried-out-us-military-says-13118545

The world's first known combat between a human pilot and a fighter jet controlled by AI has been carried out in California, the US military has said.

“In a drill over Edwards Air Force Base, the pair of F-16 fighter jets flew at speeds of up to 1,200mph and got as close as 600 metres during aerial combat, also known as dogfighting.
One was manned, while the other jet was a modified version of the F-16, called the X-62A, or VISTA (variable in-flight simulator test aircraft).
While in flight, the AI algorithm relies on analysing historical data to make decisions for present and future situations, according to the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which carried out the test.” -skyNEWS
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Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware / Re: Mac OS 9 booting on: Mac mini G4 (Detailed Posts)
« Last post by zefrenchtoon on April 19, 2024, 11:34:44 AM »
Quote from: Jubadub on April 18, 2024, 12:41:56 AM
Weird question, especially at such a late hour, but...

Has anyone ever attempted to boot his/her minis under Mac OS 9.0.4, 9.1, 9.2 and/or 9.2.1 instead of 9.2.2?

Could be useful to have 9.0.4 in a separate partition to run those few problematic programs that will throw a fit at anything higher than 9.0.4.

I need to fetch myself some System (and Finder?) files from 9.2.1 and lower and try it sometime this week.

Mac mini booting System 7.5.5 ::)

This is not a direct answer to your question but more a clue to "how to try it" I think.
If you don't already know, there is this thread on 68kmla:
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/mac-os-8-6-for-some-unsupported-g3s-and-g4s.46765/
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Software / Re: smh, the future of web browsing sucks
« Last post by Knezzen on April 19, 2024, 05:20:08 AM »
I think that the WWW is more or less a lost cause. The future (and indeed the past) lays in the old protocols like Hotline, IRC, Usenet and Gopher.

And on the topic of Gopher; it's is actually gaining traction and expanding for the first time in years. If you're on Classilla or Netscape or even have a dedicated Gopher client (like TurboGopher on the Mac) installed, check out System 7 Today's little Gopher Hole and our nice Gopher links for inspiration :)

Put this in your address field: gopher://gopher.system7today.com
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