Think about this...........could be fun!!!

[fonzy]

My 5 Albums:

1 Beatles: Abey Road
2 King Crimson: The Great Deciever
3 Frank Zappa: You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.1
4 Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick
5 Yes: Relayer

Book:

Willt by Tom Sharpe

Thing:

A boat ...

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim
5 albums:

Tears For Fears - Elemental

That's a neat choice!

[Bob Lentil]

The albums:
Rush - Presto
Rush - Signals
King's X - King's X
Led Zeppelin III
Kansas - Point of Know Return

The book:
The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson

The thing:
My guitar

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
The albums:
Rush - Presto
Rush - Signals
King's X - King's X
Led Zeppelin III
Kansas - Point of Know Return

The book:
The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson

The thing:
My guitar

Now this is interesting. A Calvin and Hobbes book! The most stripped down acoustic Zep with the one of the most synthy Rush discs. And a King's X disc, although KX4 is not one of my favs. Finally, what are you gonna do when your guitar strings have had it?

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
Counting Crows - August And Everything After

I love this disc.

"Every time she sneezes I believe it's love and oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing."

Wow.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Yesspaz

KX4 is not one of my favs.

Rick on Bob! A great record.

"Black Flag for my roaches"..........................

[Yesspaz]

Yeah, it's great, but I don't think it stacks up to Faith Hope Love, Dogman, Tape Head, and Bulbous. I think it loses a little steam toward the end. Funny you should mention Black Flag, which I think is the weakest song on the album!!! I think Black Flag, Dream in My Life, and Silent Wind are just a half-step down from the first 8 on the disc.

I'm always amazed that people can love the same bands, but have totally different opinions on what the high-point of their output is.

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


I love this disc.

"Every time she sneezes I believe it's love and oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing."

Wow.

and, that song in particular has lots of personal associations for me. Very intense...

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil

The book:
The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson

a great choice - I may change my book choice!

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil

The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson

I think I'd have to go with Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" .

[JamForte(Admin)]

Keithie .. this is a wicked hard question ..

1 Gong - You
2 Caravan - Canterbury Tales
3 King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic
4 Genesis - Seconds Out
5 Yes - Yessongs

... Waaaaiiillll and that leaves me short of so much ....

The book: much though I like Calvin my choice would, ironically, be the same as Jim's : Time Enough for Love (Robert A Heinlein). If I get busted for copying: "The Sandman (graphic novel) Neil Gaiman... unless I'm allowed a bound copy of the sheet music to all the pieces in my collection ...

The Object: A Steinway Grand & tuning kit (before Yesspaz points out the obvious).... if that gets me done for having two objects.. I'll settle for my flute.

[other possibilities include a lifetime supply of tranquillisers to deal with missing the rest of my albums....]

[Bob Lentil]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Finally, what are you gonna do when your guitar strings have had it?

I was hoping I could make more from materials found in the environment.

[Methem]

Originally Posted by KeithieW

Give:

1) FIVE albums you would take.
2) A book you would HAVE to have to keep you sane. And...
3) One "Special" item you would want with you. This can be ANYTHING at all. For example, Peanut Butter or A painting by Dali or ANYTHING.

Albums:

- Ozric Tentacles: Erpland
- Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy
- Värttinä: Oi Dai
- Massive Attack: Mezzanine
- Hmm... probably something by Pelle Miljoona (a Finnish, somewhat punkish rock band/artist), the early 1980s production

(The early Santana, such as Abraxas and the Buddy Miles live stuff, would be great candidates as well. Among many others...)

Book: Recently I've been reading "Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz and Galvin. Would that one help me to keep sane? Unlikely...

Let's say I would take Kalevala, the epic. I'm occasionally interested in mythology and old folklore, and I've never read that book, and I definitely should, some day. Looks like there would be plenty of time to read it in that island...

As for the special item, cannot think of any at the moment.


-Methem

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Methem

Book: Recently I've been reading "Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz and Galvin. Would that one help me to keep sane? Unlikely...

I'll have to look this up to see if you're actually reading something worthwhile.

I googled and found a series of PDFs. The definitions in the "clustered" section are already flawed. The definition is based on the braindamaged, flawed, and jejune capabilities of Weendoze and unix systems... True clustering is MORE than just a sharing of storage. This treatise also looks at clustering as either asymmetric or symmetric. Where's the shared everything model/view which VMS has? It's the clustering model all others wish to aspire to but cannot.

The treatment of virtual memory is pretty basic too. Page table translation is limitied to a single translation buffer lookaside in the discussions I've found. There isn't a single modern processor that is structured this way. There doesn't appear to be a discussion of multi-tiered page translation, translation buffer invalidation, granularity hints, huge paging, page protection mapping and myriad other virtual memory concepts.

Maybe you should consider another book for your desert island reading.

Originally Posted by VAXman

Maybe you should consider another book for your desert island reading.

Like "VAX: Less of an IT thing, more of a hoover" by William Portals

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by VAXman

I'll have to look this up to see if you're actually reading something worthwhile.

I googled and found a series of PDFs. The definitions in the "clustered" section are already flawed. The definition is based on the braindamaged, flawed, and jejune capabilities of Weendoze and unix systems... True clustering is MORE than just a sharing of storage. This treatise also looks at clustering as either asymmetric or symmetric. Where's the shared everything model/view which VMS has? It's the clustering model all others wish to aspire to but cannot.

The treatment of virtual memory is pretty basic too. Page table translation is limitied to a single translation buffer lookaside in the discussions I've found. There isn't a single modern processor that is structured this way. There doesn't appear to be a discussion of multi-tiered page translation, translation buffer invalidation, granularity hints, huge paging, page protection mapping and myriad other virtual memory concepts.

Maybe you should consider another book for your desert island reading.

I'd be looking for some freaking food, myself

[Methem]

Originally Posted by VAXman

I'll have to look this up to see if you're actually reading something worthwhile.

I googled and found a series of PDFs. The definitions in the "clustered" section are already flawed. The definition is based on the braindamaged, flawed, and jejune capabilities of Weendoze and unix systems... True clustering is MORE than just a sharing of storage. This treatise also looks at clustering as either asymmetric or symmetric. Where's the shared everything model/view which VMS has? It's the clustering model all others wish to aspire to but cannot.

Can't say anything on that...

By the way, the book at least mentions VMS once in a while; probably more often than HP does... Be glad for that.

The treatment of virtual memory is pretty basic too. Page table translation is limitied to a single translation buffer lookaside in the discussions I've found. There isn't a single modern processor that is structured this way. There doesn't appear to be a discussion of multi-tiered page translation, translation buffer invalidation, granularity hints, huge paging, page protection mapping and myriad other virtual memory concepts.

Well, the book, AFAIK, is used in various places such as colleges for teaching, so I guess it's relatively basic because of that. But don't worry: I'm not reading it for any exams or anything like that; just for the sake of curiosity.

Maybe you should consider another book for your desert island reading.

Well, perhaps you could suggest something? Are, for example, Tanenbaum's books on the subject similar?

Thank you for these comments anyway.


-Methem

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Methem

By the way, the book at least mentions VMS once in a while; probably more often than HP does... Be glad for that.

On the other hand, the edition I've been reading is actually several years old. Perhaps that's the reason why VMS is still mentioned in it...


-Methem

[kirk]

WOW!! a 2 year thread boink! The new avatars keep threads looking
fresh if the date's missed.

Hmmmm... looks like I need to catchup on that Triumvirat cd,
w/ a x2 recommendation from Chris and the Dr.!

'Never known either to let me down, or waste my $$.

k

[teermin8r]

Kirk,

If you've never heard 'Illusions on a Double Dimple' get ready. It's a classic. I turned the dear dr dot onto it when I was shocked he knew of Triumvirat but had never heard that cd. If you want to try a second one after that go for Spartucus by Triumvirat also. The Dr will confer with that prescription.