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To Flush Or Not To Flush
gooman writes "Tired of arguing the same old issues like Linux vs Windows? Choose up sides in the fight over flushing vs non-flushing urinals. The L.A. Times reports on efforts to place the waterless urinal into the Uniform Plumbing Code. To quote: '...the ordinary-looking urinal is at the center of a national debate that has plumbers and water conservationists taking aim at one another.' Amazingly simple, the no-flush urinal uses gravity to force urine through a filter containing a floating layer of oily liquid which then acts as a sealant to prevent sewer odors from escaping. Each no-flush urinal is claimed to save over 24,000 gallons of water a year, but the opposition is concerned about the spread of disease. Although not mentioned in the article this technology is in use around the world. Does anyone have these fixtures installed at their place of employment? Are there any real drawbacks? Is this really a worthwhile debate or just an excuse for toilet humor?"
Let me guess, the person who modded me down was an offended urine drinker? Come on it was only a joke.
... but this is the only place people might understand.
I've always been a windows developer and 6 mos. ago I took a job and started learning and writing PHP on day 1. Over the past 2 mos. I've been using the command line more and more on my dedicated server. Two mos ago I asked for sudo access and ever since there's been no looking back.
I LOVE SSH. I LOVE THE COMMAND LINE.
It's just so easy to GET THINGS DONE. I love that VI doesn't choke on a 65MB SQL file. I love that it barely flinched. I love how easy Linux is to understand once you just sit there and force yourself to figure out how to navigate in the strange land of no c-prompt.
The answer, of course, is with a BASH prompt.
Anyway, I'm SURE i'll be modded offtopic, but I don't mind. It's worth it. I was going to post about Flushing the toilet but after I clicked "reply" I saw PuTTY just sitting there, idle, in the tool bar. Hanging on every word I say. Waiting patiently for the next command I send it. It made me fuzzy in my stomache and I just couldn't think about anything else.