Actually, a "2x4" is actually 1.5x3.5. All dimensioned lumbers are exactly 1/2 inch less than the advertised size, with radioused edges. These measurements are universal, though wood warping can affect them. I am not sure how dimensional lumber is done in Europe.
An easy way to get around the LA Times Paywall and similar ones is to just select Private Browsing. Then you can read all you want. Assuming there is something worth reading.
I too find the gmail interface utterly baffling. However, one of the nicest things is they provide full IMAP support. So you can read it from any client you want - and keep them all in sync. Besides the web interface, I also have gmail on Evolution and my iPhone.
They did this 5 years ago. I am posting from the one I bought then. Pretty much built like a tank, but is now starting to get a little obsolete. I'll probably replace it with a system 76 next time. BTW if you are running Linux, you always want buy one with it preinstalled, even if it is little more expensive. If for no other reason then you know there will be Linux drivers for all of your shit. Much easier that way.
A few years ago, I bought the DVD for "Rocky and Bullwinkle - Fractured Fairy Tales". I popped it into my Ubuntu system and immediately began watching "Sleeping Beauty Land" and "Riding Hoods Anonymous". It was awesome!
Until I tried to watch the same DVD on a normal DVD player. It had a 15 minute, unskipable ad for some old crappy rabbit movie. As a result, I never watch movies on a regular DVD player. With Ubuntu, I get to the main menu immediately, regardless of what "unskipable" ads the DVD has. It is worth it for that reason alone.
But there is no hockey, at least not at the NHL level. That should start riots in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and Toronto at least, or perhaps staging a coup-de-tat of Gary Bettman. To make it even worse, the Stanley Cup is in possession of the LA Kings which should offend Canadians everywhere.
Oh, wait, Canadians actually have lots of good hockey that isn't NHL. Here in the states, it is either the NHL or the Frozen Four if you are lucky. Oh, well, pitchers and catchers report in February.
What if his non-answer is right? Since the Earth, by definition wasn't created, the 24 hour day is meaningless. What if he subcontracted the planet of Magrathea to construct the Earth and it go delayed an cost overruns so it wound up taking 4 billion years? What if the dinosaurs were a minor side project which got hosed when another subcontractor forgot to adjust the heading of a resupply asteroid when then slammed into the Earth?
That is cool. It is nice that you can configure firewalls to protect against layer 7 attacks. It is a great part of defence in depth. If I set up the firewalls I would do this. Of course I don't, and the bureaucracy makes the Vogons look nimble. They would feed their own grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblater Beast of Traal rather than change the rules. And of course, some other "developer" with some clout would get an exception so his craptastic application still works.
I love the idea of a Firewall protecting my app, but would rather write the 2 lines of code to ensure my app doesn't get pwned if it doesn't for whatever reason.
I'm not sure how a firewall would prevent SQL injection, as the attack pass through the normal HTTP/HTTPS traffic and their own crappy web application is the attack vector. Then again, setting up any firewall is far more complex than the few lines of code or bind variables need to stop SQL injection attacks.
The Commodore was introduced in 1982, and the graphic hardware was never updated. However, developers were making games with good graphics almost 10 years later, on the original 1982 chipset. In fact, one of the best games released for the PC in the early 1990's (Commander Keen) would have been even better had it been introduced for the C-64. Commodore made their hardware API completely open. If I were a developer now, I would avoid all of the locked in crap and probably use Open GL even if is more of a PITA. At least my shit will still work if Bill or Steve or whoever decides to change crap.
After being without power for several days last July I learned a few lessons. I picked up a car iPhone charger and will probably get the WTOP app. I will also probably get extra ice and beer, both commodies which were in short supply after the storms last summer.
Head over to your local K-Mart. You will find plent of "Comfort" models which have these features. I remember seeing one which had all of these, 21 speeds and whitewall tires.
License cost is not just important for someone messing around at home. It can have a profound impact on large corporations too. There it is not so much the cost of the license itself, but the cost of procuring and managing them. With Server 2008, you have to have install and configure "activation servers". WTF? The amount of time spent managing license keys, activation servers, and other bullshit is time you are not working on something productive. Say what you want about Oracle, one thing the get right is they don't have any activation codes or similar crap, yet the last time I checked they still make boatloads of money.
Should you happen to find a new commercial program you need, expect to wait 6 months for the trolls at procurment to either reject it or simply ignore it. On the other hand, with open source, just download and compile. It also a lot easier to get something new through security, as you can say: "I compiled this from source. I have a few minor custom settings, and all of these, along with the compile scripts are in CM. Much easier (and safer) than trusting a random binary BLOB
Kind of like in Rise of the Triad: "No animals were harmed in the making of ROTT, except for a dog that got his butt spanked for peeing on the carpet." You get to play "Loki, the Carpet Wetting Maestro" in the game.
At our work everything is documented. For every process we have at least 27 different documents, all inacurate or out of date in slightly different but important ways. And of course, they are impossible to find when you need them.
Individually, I have managed to find a way around this mess with my own scripts: I just write a detailed usage description if the script is run without arguments, along with examples if the syntax is complex. Since the documentation is actually part of the script, it is always where you can find it, and is as up to date as the script. This doesn't just help other people, it helps me too if I haven't used a script in awhile.
Ping! Boom! "What's that noise?" "Sir, it looks like there are about 500 motorboats, a few klicks away, starboard at about 95. They seem to be firing Stingers at us."
"Why? And how did they get so close? And where did they get those Stingers? Oh well, we'll figure it out later - lets take care of this ourselves: Hard starboard, come to new heading, 95, full military power!
Noises from under hull, snap, crunch, grind, etc
"That took care of most of them. Can we get a few A-10 Warthogs to clean up the rest? Tell the base commander that if he lets me keep them afterwards, I'll trade a few of my F-15's for them."
I need a new system. My 5 year old Dell (preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04, now upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04) is starting to really show its age. I am posting this from it with my original wireless card. While all of my favorite Windows games (RCT2, Battle Zone, Fallout, Death Rally) work perfecty under WINE and the rest, (ROTT, DOOMxxx, Cold War, DEFCON 1) have been natively ported to Linux, I can't run the lastest games like "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" with the best performance. It is playable but slow.
I got tired of upgrading Ubuntu every 6 months - while pretty easy compared to a Windows upgrade, you still have to download a lot of stuff and it took awhile. After LTS 8.04, I just upgraded every 2 years. Now at 12.04, the LTS cycle is 5 years, about the max life of a PC.
If you want a Linux computer, buy one with it preinstalled. That way, all of your shit works. I got mine from Dell, though I am not sure they offer them anymore. No mattter. I am drooling over one of these, but might have to settle for one of these.
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Actually, a "2x4" is actually 1.5x3.5. All dimensioned lumbers are exactly 1/2 inch less than the advertised size, with radioused edges. These measurements are universal, though wood warping can affect them. I am not sure how dimensional lumber is done in Europe.
An easy way to get around the LA Times Paywall and similar ones is to just select Private Browsing. Then you can read all you want. Assuming there is something worth reading.
Linking the military with the IRS? What could possibly go wrong?
I too find the gmail interface utterly baffling. However, one of the nicest things is they provide full IMAP support. So you can read it from any client you want - and keep them all in sync. Besides the web interface, I also have gmail on Evolution and my iPhone.
Perhaps they could use these as a blueprint.
Not full size, but you can make a replica yourself out of a magnetic globe.
They did this 5 years ago. I am posting from the one I bought then. Pretty much built like a tank, but is now starting to get a little obsolete. I'll probably replace it with a system 76 next time. BTW if you are running Linux, you always want buy one with it preinstalled, even if it is little more expensive. If for no other reason then you know there will be Linux drivers for all of your shit. Much easier that way.
We do. It is called Tivo. We can get through a 1 hour show in about 34 minutes. TV without Tivo is completely unwatchable.
A few years ago, I bought the DVD for "Rocky and Bullwinkle - Fractured Fairy Tales". I popped it into my Ubuntu system and immediately began watching "Sleeping Beauty Land" and "Riding Hoods Anonymous". It was awesome!
Until I tried to watch the same DVD on a normal DVD player. It had a 15 minute, unskipable ad for some old crappy rabbit movie. As a result, I never watch movies on a regular DVD player. With Ubuntu, I get to the main menu immediately, regardless of what "unskipable" ads the DVD has. It is worth it for that reason alone.
But there is no hockey, at least not at the NHL level. That should start riots in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and Toronto at least, or perhaps staging a coup-de-tat of Gary Bettman. To make it even worse, the Stanley Cup is in possession of the LA Kings which should offend Canadians everywhere.
Oh, wait, Canadians actually have lots of good hockey that isn't NHL. Here in the states, it is either the NHL or the Frozen Four if you are lucky. Oh, well, pitchers and catchers report in February.
What if his non-answer is right? Since the Earth, by definition wasn't created, the 24 hour day is meaningless. What if he subcontracted the planet of Magrathea to construct the Earth and it go delayed an cost overruns so it wound up taking 4 billion years? What if the dinosaurs were a minor side project which got hosed when another subcontractor forgot to adjust the heading of a resupply asteroid when then slammed into the Earth?
That is cool. It is nice that you can configure firewalls to protect against layer 7 attacks. It is a great part of defence in depth. If I set up the firewalls I would do this. Of course I don't, and the bureaucracy makes the Vogons look nimble. They would feed their own grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblater Beast of Traal rather than change the rules. And of course, some other "developer" with some clout would get an exception so his craptastic application still works.
I love the idea of a Firewall protecting my app, but would rather write the 2 lines of code to ensure my app doesn't get pwned if it doesn't for whatever reason.
I'm not sure how a firewall would prevent SQL injection, as the attack pass through the normal HTTP/HTTPS traffic and their own crappy web application is the attack vector. Then again, setting up any firewall is far more complex than the few lines of code or bind variables need to stop SQL injection attacks.
The Commodore was introduced in 1982, and the graphic hardware was never updated. However, developers were making games with good graphics almost 10 years later, on the original 1982 chipset. In fact, one of the best games released for the PC in the early 1990's (Commander Keen) would have been even better had it been introduced for the C-64. Commodore made their hardware API completely open. If I were a developer now, I would avoid all of the locked in crap and probably use Open GL even if is more of a PITA. At least my shit will still work if Bill or Steve or whoever decides to change crap.
After being without power for several days last July I learned a few lessons. I picked up a car iPhone charger and will probably get the WTOP app. I will also probably get extra ice and beer, both commodies which were in short supply after the storms last summer.
Head over to your local K-Mart. You will find plent of "Comfort" models which have these features. I remember seeing one which had all of these, 21 speeds and whitewall tires.
License cost is not just important for someone messing around at home. It can have a profound impact on large corporations too. There it is not so much the cost of the license itself, but the cost of procuring and managing them. With Server 2008, you have to have install and configure "activation servers". WTF? The amount of time spent managing license keys, activation servers, and other bullshit is time you are not working on something productive. Say what you want about Oracle, one thing the get right is they don't have any activation codes or similar crap, yet the last time I checked they still make boatloads of money.
Should you happen to find a new commercial program you need, expect to wait 6 months for the trolls at procurment to either reject it or simply ignore it. On the other hand, with open source, just download and compile. It also a lot easier to get something new through security, as you can say: "I compiled this from source. I have a few minor custom settings, and all of these, along with the compile scripts are in CM. Much easier (and safer) than trusting a random binary BLOB
Kind of like in Rise of the Triad: "No animals were harmed in the making of ROTT, except for a dog that got his butt spanked for peeing on the carpet." You get to play "Loki, the Carpet Wetting Maestro" in the game.
At least Slashdot could have a preview button for mods like regular comments...
At our work everything is documented. For every process we have at least 27 different documents, all inacurate or out of date in slightly different but important ways. And of course, they are impossible to find when you need them.
Individually, I have managed to find a way around this mess with my own scripts: I just write a detailed usage description if the script is run without arguments, along with examples if the syntax is complex. Since the documentation is actually part of the script, it is always where you can find it, and is as up to date as the script. This doesn't just help other people, it helps me too if I haven't used a script in awhile.
But dow it run Linux?
Even my plants are carnivores.
On the bridge of the USS Enterprise:
Ping! Boom! "What's that noise?" "Sir, it looks like there are about 500 motorboats, a few klicks away, starboard at about 95. They seem to be firing Stingers at us."
"Why? And how did they get so close? And where did they get those Stingers? Oh well, we'll figure it out later - lets take care of this ourselves: Hard starboard, come to new heading, 95, full military power!
Noises from under hull, snap, crunch, grind, etc
"That took care of most of them. Can we get a few A-10 Warthogs to clean up the rest? Tell the base commander that if he lets me keep them afterwards, I'll trade a few of my F-15's for them."
Didn't the Ferengi have a contract with the US military in the 20th century? It would explain a lot of things.
I need a new system. My 5 year old Dell (preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04, now upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04) is starting to really show its age. I am posting this from it with my original wireless card. While all of my favorite Windows games (RCT2, Battle Zone, Fallout, Death Rally) work perfecty under WINE and the rest, (ROTT, DOOMxxx, Cold War, DEFCON 1) have been natively ported to Linux, I can't run the lastest games like "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" with the best performance. It is playable but slow.
I got tired of upgrading Ubuntu every 6 months - while pretty easy compared to a Windows upgrade, you still have to download a lot of stuff and it took awhile. After LTS 8.04, I just upgraded every 2 years. Now at 12.04, the LTS cycle is 5 years, about the max life of a PC.
If you want a Linux computer, buy one with it preinstalled. That way, all of your shit works. I got mine from Dell, though I am not sure they offer them anymore. No mattter. I am drooling over one of these, but might have to settle for one of these.