* Posts by chrrris

3 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Nov 2009

Party like it's 1999: CDE Unix desktop REBORN

chrrris

Re: Fond memories!

Memories - hah! We still use Netscape on OSF/1 under CDE on a daily basis. It forms the basis of our online help system. Nothing wrong with it! Unstable - no way.

Mind you, on a closed network, we don't have to contend with modern websites.

Superhuman Chinese monk does a bunk

chrrris

Skin Effect

Jack up the frequency of the AC to keep the current in the epidermis, and I'll happily touch 30kV. Ever touched the sparks coming out of a Tesla coil? Easy.

El Reg's LHC visit - Deleted Scenes

chrrris

Pedantry no. 2

Of course there are fewer atoms inside a subset of all space, compared to all space.

"there are fewer atoms, per unit volume, inside the tubes than there are per unit volume in outer space"