IRC log started Fri Mar 12 00:00:00 1999 [msg(TUNES)] permlog 1999.0312 ωνω Fare [rideaufr@esmeralda.enst.fr] has joined #Tunes ωνω Fare has changed the topic on channel #Tunes to: Reflective Computing System - http://www.tunes.org/ ωνω _QZ [brand@p0wer.qzx.com] has joined #tunes Cuzie! 10:10am <_QZ> fairy! <_QZ> ahhhh nothing like the great taste of nyquil π _QZ/#tunes is GONE ( sleeping ) 10:20am ωνω smkl [sami@ppp97.dial-in.verkkotieto.com] has joined #tunes hi hello 10:40am ole 11:00am π Fare/#Tunes is away back home !koontz.openprojects.net!! Remote CONNECT vinge.openprojects.net 8005 from lilo >>> Tril [dem@sloth.wcug.wwu.edu] requested PING 921271938 868125 from #TUNES ωνω SignOff Tril: #TUNES (Ping timeout for Tril[sloth.wcug.wwu.edu]) ωνω Tril [dem@sloth.wcug.wwu.edu] has joined #TUNES ωνω binEng [bineng@dialup120-1-27.swipnet.se] has joined #tunes Ahh... Friday evening hello binEng hi there Busy channel as always, I see? 02:10pm Definitely. 02:20pm ωνω smkl [sami@ppp97.dial-in.verkkotieto.com] has left #tunes [] ωνω smkl [sami@ppp97.dial-in.verkkotieto.com] has joined #tunes wb :/ o O o 02:40pm ωνω ProGuy [ProGuy@p131-39.ppp.get2net.dk] has joined #tunes hello ProGuy Howdy folks have you been here before ? No hi ProGuy do you know what this channel is about? Hello binEng smkl: Nope, and the title doesn't say it either ;) ωνω smkl has changed the topic on channel #Tunes to: http://www.tunes.org/ not that that site says that much either... Hmm... Looks like I will have to check that site! Aren't there any OP's in this channel? are you a takeover hax0r? nopez! we are protected by ircops powerful friends, eh. π ProGuy/#tunes will be right back in a sec. 03:10pm π ProGuy/#tunes is back So, bineng, what is this thing you have going right now? um tunes, just a moment okey nobody is really working on tunes Why not? meta-thingie` ? we are all too lazy, and we have no idea what tunes should be like I'm working on UniOS, http://members.xoom.com/unios WE have at least a little more clue as to how it should be. Right UniOS, now I remember. That project looked good, last time I checked it! When was that? I would join UniOS too, but I simply don't have any sparetime ;( well, it looks much worse now Well, a couple of months ago <_QZ> smkl: :) smkl: you liked the magneta color scheme? binEng: Interesting docs.! yah, more or less on the other hand, BRiX will be finished 19991201, and it will sell 100000000 before year 2000 <_QZ> im curious but has any OS done by a group (other than .edu groups) gone anywhere? jolt did but then it died suddenly oh so it will, will it? Visual Development Enviroment! Interesting theory QZ: I was wondering the same... 03:20pm ProGuy: That's something I personally question. Looks a bit like medi8, _QZ: yeah, they have all gone to hell π Fare/#Tunes is back for a minute <_QZ> any of u religious? how that "gone anywhere"??? _QZ: Not me!!! completely un-religious I'm rather anti-religious That's a good word It looks like projects like ours run a high risk of a premature death. And ideas of how to prevent that? Yep Except that I do support people's right to be stupid in general Fare, I agree with you! <_QZ> cuz like religious ppl say that when u die it was yer time to go, god said so. so like if some1 kills u then they were carrying out god's work and should not be considered a crimnal. correct? :) Yes, it's fine for me as long as I don't have to see them. (you can't prevent people from being stupid and not prevent them from being intelligent at the same time) QZ, no because then it's satan, something that God obviously created anyway binEng: Well, if the project has to survieve, you have to keep up working! (there are only two things you can do: make them responsible, and show them the way) ProGuy: it might be as easy as that <_QZ> but if god didnt want u to die then u would not die? (im atheist so i dont know) If I (the high-priest) agree, it's god's work. If I don't, it's satan's work. Easy! binEng: I beleive so, and keep getting people join the project, even thou that is hard without a product! I don't care. I think no god has any physical power. I guess I'm an atheist too read alt.athiest, recently? :-> ProGuy: Then we could begin by recruiting you, maybe Fare: no? alt.atheist.moderated has a good FAQ, particularly the part about having a logical argument vs using fallacies <_QZ> Fare: ah so i just need to get a high-priest to agree and i can cap sum1. kewl :) cap? <_QZ> english slang for shoot binEng: Sure, but I don't have much sparetime to use, but I will be as active as possible! Fare: _QZ wants you ProGuy: I'll get you in contact with Beholder smkl: what for? binEng: ok, thanks! I really like those docs. Short and exact! <_QZ> ProGuy: i would wait until beholder has a basic working system before joining π Fare/#Tunes 's reading Steven Levy's "Hackers". Like the first textbook of History. ProGuy: That's the way it should be... not like Tunes <_QZ> u have to plant a seed before anything can grow. that is why tunes, unios, etc arent going anywhere. they got no seed yet Qz: no seed? you mean no ideas? QZ: and you do? 03:30pm Well, The last time I tried to do something like that, it disapperead (The Programming Place) I don't like to see that happen to other people! And UniOS might get somewhere with enoght support! <_QZ> Fare: i didnt say i have one, but i am working on one. u just expect one to magically appear and no group has yet to make that happen "Plan to throw one away, because you will anyway" (or something alike) What kind of "seed" do you expect? <_QZ> a basic working system ok have you seen pliant? binEng: Do you have any system programmers in UniOS?? <_QZ> look at linux <_QZ> linus made the system and then it grew What about you _QZ any System Programmers in your group? <_QZ> ProGuy: i have not let any1 into brix Well, indeed he did _QZ. But he had a goal! π Fare/#Tunes is away _QZ: Sounds reasonable ProGuy: well, think so. But no coding. I (we) believe in a sounds base before indulging in implementation. ProGuy: _QZ has a goal. http://www.qzx,com/ Everyone's got a goal! A goal is nothing special. Yes, but Linus' goal was simple in the beginning! not simple, well defined Right! But more simple as just saying the BEST OS!! heh What would it be good for otherwise? Aiming to be 2nd best? I think it could be a problem, if people just talk about it, without doing ANYTHING <_QZ> groups can have conflicting ideas right (won't mention any examples...) we don't even talk about tunes anymore ;) That's right If an OS ever has to be something, someone has to start it! and make a simple system, else people won't back it up! too true Why do you think so many people are working on Linux! Finally they can do OS development, without starting from scratch! Unfortuntely Linux was oldfashined before even getting somewhere Pretty much, yes! <_QZ> but it ateleast got somehwere Exactly 03:40pm That's why somebody has to start, but also has to know, that the system maybe needs MAJOR changes qz, that is an achievement, yes, mainly because it gives hope to other projects <_QZ> if tunes is to ever go anywhere then fare needs to either write a basic system or delegate specific work to others Exactly!! But since you don't even know how a simple system would look... <_QZ> it is fare's OS, he knows Then decide! When working on a OS in a group, somebody has to make the decissions, or else will nothing happen. It's pretty logic! <_QZ> binEng: if u wanted to takeover tunes all u need to do is figure out what tunes should be like and start coding and the tunes members would follow u qz, I have my own business to mind... <_QZ> ppl dont follow ideas, they follow other ppl binEng, How will Behold keep UniOS going? Right well, we've been doing ok so far It's very interresting how this discussion reminds me of school ;) more members is issue #1 how so, ProGuy Political discussions, and ideologies ;) <_QZ> "more members" is not an issue at all not for you maybe <_QZ> where will 1000, or 100000 members get u? _QZ, I believe that you have a goal, and can accomplish it yourself, right? Well, there are no 1000 or even 100 members without a working OS!! they want somebody who is able to program an OS <_QZ> it will get u nowhere since no one is telling them where to go <_QZ> ProGuy: yes freedows probably has 1000 members QZ, May I ask a little question about your system? qz, Beholder is quite skilled, IMO <_QZ> go ahead smkl, That's why freedows is a project where people can say: "Wow, free windows, cool. I know windows i like it" QZ, HD support? <_QZ> not yet QZ, which FS? <_QZ> ofs, native to brix _QZ: do you have something that works? <_QZ> smkl: large parts of it work QZ, ever tried to do fat programming? <_QZ> ProGuy: no 03:50pm QZ, Well I think it's a bit difficult. The whole disk access stuff is a very tricky and important part of a OS <_QZ> bri: requires less-functional components to make it more flexible I thought that simulating a native FS in a FAT file could be quite successful. <_QZ> s/brix:/brix binEng, Using fat would be the best thing to do! initially yes, but in the long run, performance requires a better solution. FAT is too limited to be of immediate use. Optimal compatibility! <_QZ> compatibily makes it kinda "oldfashioned" before it ever takes off :) Well, the optimal thing would be to have fat "abilities" <_QZ> no it wouldnt Why not? <_QZ> that right there is exactly why i work alone I don't like compability. It offsets the advantages from starting from scratch Hmm.... Well, I see your point <_QZ> im not making an os just to make one exactly <_QZ> im making an OS to make the best possible OS i can make <_QZ> if fat was 'good' software technology then it would have gotten into brix Hmm.... I can see that, what I said was a bit stupid ProGuy: but it's right that the end user needs to be able to test it by simple means That is actually a problem i never realized! <_QZ> the user can easily test brix by sticking in a floppy and try out a full working system "Compatibility", it is one of the things that kills windows It doesn't help to sell a 32-bit OS, if half the kernel is 16-bit, because it has to be compatible ωνω Beholder [beholder@ppp-076.m2-2.sub.ican.net] has joined #Tunes Hello all :) qz: like QNX? QZ, You might be right, my OS development stopped when I didn't have enought time to do fat programming. Maybe I should make my own greets Howdy Beholder QZ, Running Linux? 04:00pm <_QZ> binEng: even qnx is a bloated OS I found it quite sleek. Good for a POSIX, IMHO QNX? QNX isn't bloated!? test it, really easy to do It's just inflexible π ProGuy/#tunes feels soo stupid, he doens't know what QNX is!! bad design (apart from UI), but good implementation <_QZ> www.qnx.com Pro: You can go to QNX's site and download a demo disk Pro: It's awesome it boots off a disk and includes a web browser BRiX will have web browser, office programs and windows emulator on a floppy? Ok <_QZ> smkl: yes <_QZ> well cept for the windows emu :) <_QZ> it will be an x86 emu to run other OSes under brix QZ: And all written in very hard to maintain assembly? <_QZ> only the kernel is asm <_QZ> and only 6000 lines at that QZ: 6000 lines, and you have object handling? (the kind you mentioned before?) <_QZ> yes What does your multitasking scheduling? how many lines you have now? <_QZ> the kernel rumour has it the kernel is just a message passer QZ: Is it running? <_QZ> pretty much Can you demonstrate an app? Sorry that last one was for QZ 04:10pm π ProGuy/#tunes will leave soon (tired) π Beholder/#tunes is in GMT (-5:00) so it's not bedtime yet :) π ProGuy/#tunes is GMT +1, soo i'm GMT+2 i woke at 5am smkl: Get sleep before you die :) 5am??? and still awake?? Beholder, where are you from? Pro: Canada i don't want to waste my holidays smkl: Hmm.... Do you sleep all the time then, when you do not have holidays? Beholder, Kewl 04:20pm uhh. i can only sleep like 7 hours then Hmmm.... When do you then ever sleep, smkl? i'll sleep soon hehe <_QZ> sorry, got dizzy and had to lie down <_QZ> right now i only have code to test the kernel and no 'apps' yets I will be leaving now, cya later! Nice chatting with you guys! see ya :) yep! cya l8r all 04:30pm ωνω SignOff ProGuy: #TUNES (Ping timeout for ProGuy[p131-39.ppp.get2net.dk]) ωνω tcn [tcn@cci-209150250127.clarityconnect.net] has joined #tunes <_QZ> hola tcn que pasa? <_QZ> u missed the OS discussion ωνω SignOff binEng: #TUNES (Ping timeout for binEng[dialup120-1-27.swipnet.se]) ωνω binEng [bineng@dialup120-1-27.swipnet.se] has joined #tunes ωνω SignOff smkl: #TUNES (Ping timeout for smkl[ppp97.dial-in.verkkotieto.com]) hmm, i'll check it out hi tcn howdy bineng hey TCN I just finished reviewing ITS Did u know u can find 30 year old manuals on the net? Which manuals? Incompatible Timesharing System :) You know, not much has changed since 1969 <_QZ> odd 04:50pm <_QZ> Beholder: on yer project goals page u have 4 features at teh bottom sometimes the world seem very odd, qz <_QZ> the 4th has "i/o response" at the end Not much has changed since 25,000,000,000 BC... but I guess change is relative :) <_QZ> the O looks like an omega, until i highlight it. but after i scoll the page it turns back into an omega QZ: I'll check on that <_QZ> very weird qz: it's your browser QZ: Looks fine on my system. What browser you using? <_QZ> ns3.0 sounds ok for me Hmm... I made the page in Netscape 4.5? s/sounds/looks/ Why don't you write pages by hand? :) I lay them out in Netscape Composer, then update them by hand. I don't feel like learning HTML <_QZ> that is NOT a programmers attitude HTML is NOT a programming language! It's a markup language. Besides, I'm not much of a programmer ;) hehe, if you can't do a web page, how do you expect to do an OS? jk <_QZ> Beholder: u need secondary button images for yer pages. use the secondary image for the button whose page is currently displayed QZ: I can do that, mabye with a complimentry color or something 05:00pm <_QZ> or maybe add a vertical bar to the left of the buttons. and have the section infront of the current button a different color QZ: Thanks for all the input :) Did you guys see my post to the ml? Stop screwing around with this big "web site overhaul" and just make small changes <_QZ> Beholder: look at www.ros.net <_QZ> Beholder: look at www.aros.net <_QZ> tcn: eh? _QZ: They're never gonna "finish" it so they might as well stop kidding themselves <_QZ> hahaha QZ: Aros looks good, maybe I'll overhaul soon :) They haven't even overhauled a single page! They're always making up pages, putting them up for "peer review" and that's that. tcn: "always" seems a little flattering <_QZ> i have updated all the brix pages to php3. so i can do a complete site overhaul by changing a single file How is PHP3? <_QZ> its good How's the documentation? <_QZ> well, its there 05:10pm <_QZ> u can find most everything in it but some things are either hard to find or not thoroughly explained Does it link well with an SQL server? Would it be a waste of time to convert the whole Tunes site to PHP3? <_QZ> i havent done any sql stuff with it yet <_QZ> but it does have lots of support for sql servers Cool. Gotta go now, see ya all later :) ωνω Beholder [beholder@ppp-076.m2-2.sub.ican.net] has left #tunes [] <_QZ> tcn: :) From what emmanuel marty says, SQL would be great if someone in Tunes knew how to use it <_QZ> hmm, im gonna have to file a lawsuit against beholder <_QZ> he is infringing on my copyright of the word OID <_QZ> Object ID <_QZ> Every object has a unique (on that system) id, short called OID. The only thing that OIDs does <_QZ> is to identify each object. haha <_QZ> yes sql could very much benefit the tunes pages qz, well, then you'd better sue me. It's my words. <_QZ> binEng: whats yer lawyers name and number? i'll have mine get in touch with him/her uhh <_QZ> :) Name: God Address: Heaven Salary: You don't wanna know see you in court changed your mind yet? ;) 05:20pm <_QZ> hmm, we have the same lawyer <_QZ> how much u pay him my soul <_QZ> i did missionary work and gave him lots of souls :) ahh sh*t Guess I'll have to find stronger allies satan? :) Hmm... wasn't there three of em... ? <_QZ> ya im the other one :) anyone know how to use EMACS? haha Emacs? why? never really tried it before just a overworked bunck of hotkeys s/bunck/bunch/ I think it's better than vi <_QZ> binEng: did u write the mOS page? heh... one thing I like with Windows is that it has decent editors. QZ: correct Notepad sucks Word sucks <_QZ> so u can answer questions about it then <_QZ> the OH contains all the code for a particular object type right? QZ, as good as anybody yes EditPlus does not suck <_QZ> can u add functionality to OH's? And Word does not suck when doing serious stuff The same OH does not necessarily take care of the implementation of all interfaces supported by the object type. <_QZ> uhh 05:30pm <_QZ> the page says they do It does? have to check that. <_QZ> like a text object's Oh would need to handle textview, html rendering, vrml rendering, sgml rendering, etc... well ok... not that clear hey, no rendering it just supplies the text <_QZ> so how do i display a text object as an html page ok maybe you'd run the text throu a filter that generated html a text -> html filter <_QZ> thats not very object oriented not? what would you suggest? <_QZ> brix use to be like that <_QZ> and i found out it was not very flexible of course there could be a html interface for text objects from the beginning (or later, whatever) <_QZ> so i ripped out each function from the OH's and made them individual entities ωνω lar1 [larman@208.254.230.11] has joined #tunes hey <_QZ> since brix now has tons of very small code fragments it can slow down the system cuz it must load each function separately not even sorted by interface? I see no reason to break it down more than to a interface level _QZ: What things must every distro have? Like important modules and libs <_QZ> so i added package support, they are transparent containers that can be created by the user <_QZ> lar1: libc 05:40pm my solution can in theory result in an OH per interface per object type _QZ: So All I need for a watered down distro is the kernel and libc? <_QZ> lar1: why dont u go learn linux a bit more before making yer own distro _QZ: What things do I need to learn? <_QZ> slackware 1.0 Hey QZ, conclusion? other comments? anything?? What about slack 1? <_QZ> lar1: go manually install it Uhg <_QZ> binEng: do u use protected memory? That takes too many disks... and I doubt I can even find it anywhere... <_QZ> binEng: hardware protection hardware protection what? <_QZ> memory <_QZ> or is it software protected like tunes? I don't know about the details, but it's intended every object (that needs memory) has it's own protected memory. ABSOLUTELY not software protection! That is just foolish. <_QZ> ok so the object is given the memory space and the OH(s) run inside that memory space? or maybe the other way round, since it's the OH who really decides <_QZ> that is app-centric 05:50pm not at all, since a OH is not an app <_QZ> yes it is but no - the OH can't decide such things. It must by necessity use the space given to the _object_ <_QZ> u run the code, the code loads the object <_QZ> if 2 or more OH's want to work on an object they must use stuff like shared memory Shouldn't there only be 1 Object Handler? <_QZ> if an OH displaying an object crashes then the object goes away unless it's a persistant system lar1: that would decrease flexibility <_QZ> no, if the Oh crashes do u kill the OH window? hey, the OH caring for the object does not display it. we're talking pervasive multitasking here <_QZ> in brix the object is the center of everything, if maintains links to all windows that have been displayed by actions working on the object and OH's don't have windows... why should they, they're just lowlevel mechanisms <_QZ> if an action is killed off then the window persists until an action has removed it QZ, you've read the doc recently, do I mention the two-way registration of object use? I keep the object central too. <_QZ> the object is not central unless it owns the memory space Or maybe: I too keep the object central. I changed my mind! 06:00pm later ωνω SignOff tcn: #TUNES (tcn has no reason) 06:10pm anyone know of a source for linux warez? 06:20pm ωνω SignOff lar1: #TUNES (Leaving) ωνω SignOff binEng: #TUNES (Leaving) ωνω NetSplit: koontz.openprojects.net split from king.openprojects.net [07:18pm] ωνω BitchX: Press Ctrl-F to see who left Ctrl-E to change to [koontz.openprojects.net] ωνω Netjoined: koontz.openprojects.net king.openprojects.net ωνω Tril [dem@sloth.wcug.wwu.edu] has joined #Tunes ωνω abi [nef@bespin.cx] has joined #Tunes ωνω Fare [rideaufr@esmeralda.enst.fr] has joined #Tunes !koontz.openprojects.net!! 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