2-bit Joe - Slashdot User

Comment Just a temporary advantage? (Score 1) 69

by 2-bit Joe on Friday April 19, 2024 @03:07PM (#64408798) Attached to: US Air Force Confirms First Successful AI Dogfight

How long until China steals the AI?

My understanding is they're flying their own version of the F-15, F-16, and F-35 already, using plans bought or stolen from the US.

Comment Knowledgeware CASE tool (Score 1) 82

by 2-bit Joe on Saturday August 27, 2022 @05:00PM (#62828525) Attached to: Microsoft's Largest Piece of Software Weighed More Than 40 Pounds

Knowledgeware used to ship their Information Engineering Workbench CASE tool in a velvet-lined box.

Those velvet-lined boxes have disappeared. Even ebay doesn't seem to have them. That was back in the days of 5.25" floppies. People thought CASE tools were going to be hot stuff.

Comment Re:Ancient GAWK book cover art (Score 1) 103

by 2-bit Joe on Thursday August 25, 2022 @08:10PM (#62824115) Attached to: Unix Legend Adding Unicode Support To AWK - Once He Figures Out Git

Here's the book with the cover art:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fisbn.nu%2F1882114256
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2F...

Comment Re: Archival grade (Score 1) 385

by 2-bit Joe on Saturday August 27, 2016 @07:44PM (#52783039) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Use Optical Media?

Sounds like a mute point, if you ask me.

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