After several failing power supplies, earlier this year I decided to get a good power supply. I read their review (and assorted other reviews) last year and bought the TruePower 550.
It is pretty quiet and has run great and it is nice to see it running so well against the newer models.
Good call. I think that the original Doom, Doom II, Hexen, and Heretic games should be mentioned too. They might be old, but they are good:)
I have a simple website devoted to this subject which I created while organizing my own lanparty. It concentrates for Windows and Linux games, but many of those games are also ported to MacOS. http://bwbohh.net/~raptor/games/games.html
Infact, I'd find it likely that there are many more games that are ported to both Windows and MacOS than there are that are ported to Linux and Windows.
I think the point is that games like Quake teach you skills that are often learnt by hunters. These skills are that of remembering paths, solving puzzles, etc. I would not be surprised if playing Quake strenthened one's ability to learn and perform such tasks like programming or learning linux/unix.
Note that my references to Quake are in respect to the one, original Quake.. the versions 2 and 3 of Quake are wholy diffenent animals.
There is at least one valid question here. Many are claiming that the ownership of a CD is not a license.
Many say that you buy a CD and you simply have the right to play that cd with a cd player. Others claim it is legal to copy it under fair-use to your computer as long as you don't play both copies at the same time. Furthermore, some believe that it is legal to make a copy for the car and one for home; as long as only one is used at a time and is for your personal use.
My questions are: A) What if I bought a CD, ripped it to my computer, then destroyed the CD ? B) What if I did A and then sold the digital media online and then destroyed my copy of the media? C) What if myself and a friend both buy identical copies of a CD, but mine gets lost in a fire.. can I legally make a copy of my friend's CD?
For question A, I believe it should be certainly legal.
Question B would be legal with the possible exception that there MUST be two copies of the media to transfer it via the internet, thus it may violate copyright law, even if the second copy is deleted immediately afterward.
Question C may not be the most legal of things, but given sufficient evidence would any judge really convict one of this? If it is a license of any sort, this should be legal.
I bought a Powerbook G3 (2000 firewire, pismo). There have been only very minor problems since my purchase.
I had a problem with the backlight develop within the last month of my 1 year applecare and they offered to replace it; however, due to my own negligence, I never took them up on the offer.
My power adapter also fried a month after my 1 year applecare; unfortunately, this was was yo-yo style and was not covered under Apple's recall. I had to purchase a new one ($90) from my own pocket. I'm not sure if Apple would've replaced this under warrenty or not.
With the exception of the screen problem (which is actually quite minor) and the power adapter problem; the machines themselves are built like bricks. I'm also planning on doing an entire revamp of the powerbook with a new screen, upgrade from 400mhz to 900mhz, a new battery and a faster harddrive; I've recently upgraded the machine to 320 megabytes of memory. The machine just turned 3 years old and yet it will be nearly new and for the fraction of the cost to buy a brand-new box.
Infact, -y is not even mentioned in the GNU tar manual page; as -y was never in the official GNU tar (iirc); but there was an I:
-j, --bzip2 filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress.bz2 files. WARNING: some previous versions of tar used option -I to filter through bzip2. When writing scripts, use --bzip2 instead of -j so that both older and newer tar versions will work.
The 'y' option to tar doesn't exist and hasn't existed for quite some time (although some distributions patch tar to reinclude it for nostalgia). The proper argument is now 'j'.
I work at home, I never leave but to go grocery shopping; even that is sometimes done by my wife. I have some friends from highschool, but I see them only once every few months.
Of course, I'm terribly lonely; if it wasn't for having a wife, I'd have gone mad a long time ago.
You guys should checkout Zakopane in the southern-east of Poland. I haven't been to Yosemite, but I'd imagine that Zakopane is certainly in one of the most beautiful places on earth:)
I don't think these photos express nearly how wonderful the place is, but here are some I googled: http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~mbom/indexe.h tm http://www.plumm.freeserve.co.uk/holidays/pola nd99/s23-22-3.jpg
In Philadelphia, PA; there are some other great sites in Philadelphia, but this one is a bit more unusual.
The Museum's collections include over 20,000 objects, including fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments, anatomical and pathological models, items of memorabilia of famous scientists and physicians, and medical illustrations.
I haven't been there yet, but it appears to be really neat.
Recently I checked the educational discounts and saw that only $50-200 discount on the equipment depending on the model.
I remember getting a $300 discount on my 2000 Pismo Powerbook in 2000. The other machines also had good discounts, mine was configured with minimum specifications. It seems to me that the discounts have been decreased and only now to be slightly returned to how it was back in 2000.
I'm looking at getting an eMac for my wife; this couldn't come at a better time:)
Is is true that there are probably less than 15 developers who have access to commit access for Linux in it's various forms via BitKeeper. This includes the different stable releases, the development release, the testing branches, and the platform-specific branches. I just find it unusual that BitKeeper cannot run on all of the platforms which linux runs on. If you were working on porting Linux to a new platform, you would have to maintain an x86 or ppc linux box to checkin your code which would require keeping the code on an NFS servers so that you could easily compile it and also commit it. It seems that it would be a real pain-in-the-butt for branch maintainers of new or unusual architecture support.
I was under the assumption that checkins had to be done via BitKeeper. Regardless, only a select few have access to commit to the respository and they can always do it via an x86 or powerpc machine; regardless, it doesn't make much sense.
> I think those people that hate bitkeeper, or make > sure you GNUter Linux would be more productive if > they worked on HURD instead
I simply find BK an obsurd choice for linux development considering it doesn't even run under linux (that is, not all of the platforms which Linux supports; it only runs on a limited set of processors)
I never did understand how Linux can require the use of a proprietary application which doesn't even run on all of the platforms on which Linux will run..
I have a cable modem from comcast and a dialup account with voicenet. The Comcast is highly unreliable and I have had to use the dialup quite often; the dialup also encounters many busy signals and disconnections. There is no DSL offered in my area (Feasterville-Trevose).
I looked around for a new apartment, hoping that I could find a place with both DSL and Cable modem; to find only a SINGLE place that offered both (and allowed cats). That place was $300/mo more than what I'm paying a month now; the place was much smaller than my current housing.
The only option other than moving to that single apartment complex would be to start a small wireless ISP.. which would cost even more than moving.
You may already be aware of them, but there is a wireless ISP in Scranton; they would probably be interested in getting you a loop. Checkout Burst.net. I won't say that they are the most reliable of providers, but better than the Adelphia (now Comcast?) cable in the area.
First, DVD looks much better than VHS. Most/all cable providers now have 'digital cable'. This provides cable in Mpeg2 that is much more compressed than your average DVD. Digital cable looks like crap.
I'm fairly certain that PDF also has some features which are device dependant as well. DVI is the best/only truely completely Device Independant format for layout. Of course, Postscript and PDF are fine as long as you stay away from the programable features, which hardly anyone uses anyway:)
Then you have no clue about the purpose of LaTeX, XML, and SGML. That is ok, I can enlighten you:)
LaTeX is a set of macros for TeX. TeX compiles to DVI, TeX input file should produce the same DVI file regardless of which implementation of TeX is used to produce it. When you write something in TeX you know how it will look in the resulting DVI file. DVI is most closely related to PostScript and PDF; however, it is not a programming language like PostScript and only contains positioning and formatting information. DVI stands for "DeVice Independant".
SGML and children (XML and HTML) are structured markup langauges. These are simply designed to store information in a human readable fashion. HTML is a slightly different format which contains formatting but no positioning information. To define positioning information one must apply Cascading StyleSheets (CSS). CSS adds the ability to format and position the text in said markup languages; however, CSS is device dependant.. the result will format/position differently depending on the device/medium on which it is presented.
Thus, if you wish to have your paper look the same regardless of the device it is displayed on; such as for a book, magazine, etc.. then DVI, PDF, or a subset of PostScript (some features are device dependant) will be perfect. If you're looking to display this information across a wide range of machines and faciliting accessibility features such as those used by the blind or the deaf, XML/HTML would be preferrable.
One other mentionable is that the LaTeX macros for TeX really speed and facilitate the process of writing books and research papers by requiring the creation of chapters, sections, and paragraphs. BibTeX will aid in automatically creating a bibligraphy, and LaTeX can automatically create your Table of Contents. Additionally, LaTeX can be easily converted to HTML.
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After several failing power supplies, earlier this year I decided to get a good power supply. I read their review (and assorted other reviews) last year and bought the TruePower 550.
It is pretty quiet and has run great and it is nice to see it running so well against the newer models.
I won't buy another cheap power supply again.
Good call. I think that the original Doom, Doom II, Hexen, and Heretic games should be mentioned too. They might be old, but they are good :)
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I have a simple website devoted to this subject which I created while organizing my own lanparty. It concentrates for Windows and Linux games, but many of those games are also ported to MacOS.
http://bwbohh.net/~raptor/games/games.htm
Infact, I'd find it likely that there are many more games that are ported to both Windows and MacOS than there are that are ported to Linux and Windows.
I think the point is that games like Quake teach you skills that are often learnt by hunters. These skills are that of remembering paths, solving puzzles, etc. I would not be surprised if playing Quake strenthened one's ability to learn and perform such tasks like programming or learning linux/unix.
Note that my references to Quake are in respect to the one, original Quake.. the versions 2 and 3 of Quake are wholy diffenent animals.
There is at least one valid question here. Many are claiming that the ownership of a CD is not a license.
Many say that you buy a CD and you simply have the right to play that cd with a cd player. Others claim it is legal to copy it under fair-use to your computer as long as you don't play both copies at the same time. Furthermore, some believe that it is legal to make a copy for the car and one for home; as long as only one is used at a time and is for your personal use.
My questions are:
A) What if I bought a CD, ripped it to my computer, then destroyed the CD ?
B) What if I did A and then sold the digital media online and then destroyed my copy of the media?
C) What if myself and a friend both buy identical copies of a CD, but mine gets lost in a fire.. can I legally make a copy of my friend's CD?
For question A, I believe it should be certainly legal.
Question B would be legal with the possible exception that there MUST be two copies of the media to transfer it via the internet, thus it may violate copyright law, even if the second copy is deleted immediately afterward.
Question C may not be the most legal of things, but given sufficient evidence would any judge really convict one of this? If it is a license of any sort, this should be legal.
I bought a Powerbook G3 (2000 firewire, pismo). There have been only very minor problems since my purchase.
I had a problem with the backlight develop within the last month of my 1 year applecare and they offered to replace it; however, due to my own negligence, I never took them up on the offer.
My power adapter also fried a month after my 1 year applecare; unfortunately, this was was yo-yo style and was not covered under Apple's recall. I had to purchase a new one ($90) from my own pocket. I'm not sure if Apple would've replaced this under warrenty or not.
With the exception of the screen problem (which is actually quite minor) and the power adapter problem; the machines themselves are built like bricks. I'm also planning on doing an entire revamp of the powerbook with a new screen, upgrade from 400mhz to 900mhz, a new battery and a faster harddrive; I've recently upgraded the machine to 320 megabytes of memory. The machine just turned 3 years old and yet it will be nearly new and for the fraction of the cost to buy a brand-new box.
Infact, -y is not even mentioned in the GNU tar manual page; as -y was never in the official GNU tar (iirc); but there was an I :
.bz2 files. WARNING: some previous versions of tar used option -I to filter through bzip2. When writing scripts, use --bzip2 instead of -j so that both older and newer tar versions will work.
-j, --bzip2 filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress
The 'y' option to tar doesn't exist and hasn't existed for quite some time (although some distributions patch tar to reinclude it for nostalgia). The proper argument is now 'j'.
Roll Your Own. It will have to run as root, but it could change the userid as required.
Nothing.
I work at home, I never leave but to go grocery shopping; even that is sometimes done by my wife.
I have some friends from highschool, but I see them only once every few months.
Of course, I'm terribly lonely; if it wasn't for having a wife, I'd have gone mad a long time ago.
You forgot to mention goatse.cx like every other troll. What is wrong with Postfix? I use it without any problems.
You guys should checkout Zakopane in the southern-east of Poland. I haven't been to Yosemite, but I'd imagine that Zakopane is certainly in one of the most beautiful places on earth :)
h tma nd99 /s23-22-3.jpg
I don't think these photos express nearly how wonderful the place is, but here are some I googled:
http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~mbom/indexe.
http://www.plumm.freeserve.co.uk/holidays/pol
In Philadelphia, PA; there are some other great sites in Philadelphia, but this one is a bit more unusual.
The Museum's collections include over 20,000 objects, including fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments, anatomical and pathological models, items of memorabilia of famous scientists and physicians, and medical illustrations.
I haven't been there yet, but it appears to be really neat.
Recently I checked the educational discounts and saw that only $50-200 discount on the equipment depending on the model.
:)
I remember getting a $300 discount on my 2000 Pismo Powerbook in 2000. The other machines also had good discounts, mine was configured with minimum specifications. It seems to me that the discounts have been decreased and only now to be slightly returned to how it was back in 2000.
I'm looking at getting an eMac for my wife; this couldn't come at a better time
Is is true that there are probably less than 15 developers who have access to commit access for Linux in it's various forms via BitKeeper. This includes the different stable releases, the development release, the testing branches, and the platform-specific branches. I just find it unusual that BitKeeper cannot run on all of the platforms which linux runs on. If you were working on porting Linux to a new platform, you would have to maintain an x86 or ppc linux box to checkin your code which would require keeping the code on an NFS servers so that you could easily compile it and also commit it. It seems that it would be a real pain-in-the-butt for branch maintainers of new or unusual architecture support.
I was under the assumption that checkins had to be done via BitKeeper. Regardless, only a select few have access to commit to the respository and they can always do it via an x86 or powerpc machine; regardless, it doesn't make much sense.
> I think those people that hate bitkeeper, or make
> sure you GNUter Linux would be more productive if
> they worked on HURD instead
I simply find BK an obsurd choice for linux development considering it doesn't even run under linux (that is, not all of the platforms which Linux supports; it only runs on a limited set of processors)
I never did understand how Linux can require the use of a proprietary application which doesn't even run on all of the platforms on which Linux will run..
Note, I will not have 5mbps by 2006.
It is only 2003.5 still, there are still 2.5 years until 2006.0
I have a cable modem from comcast and a dialup account with voicenet. The Comcast is highly unreliable and I have had to use the dialup quite often; the dialup also encounters many busy signals and disconnections. There is no DSL offered in my area (Feasterville-Trevose).
I looked around for a new apartment, hoping that I could find a place with both DSL and Cable modem; to find only a SINGLE place that offered both (and allowed cats). That place was $300/mo more than what I'm paying a month now; the place was much smaller than my current housing.
The only option other than moving to that single apartment complex would be to start a small wireless ISP.. which would cost even more than moving.
You may already be aware of them, but there is a wireless ISP in Scranton; they would probably be interested in getting you a loop. Checkout Burst.net. I won't say that they are the most reliable of providers, but better than the Adelphia (now Comcast?) cable in the area.
I used to work at Burst.net, btw.
First, DVD looks much better than VHS. Most/all cable providers now have 'digital cable'. This provides cable in Mpeg2 that is much more compressed than your average DVD. Digital cable looks like crap.
WebDAV isn't the best protocol known to man, but it might be the most compatable these days.
I'm fairly certain that PDF also has some features which are device dependant as well. DVI is the best/only truely completely Device Independant format for layout. Of course, Postscript and PDF are fine as long as you stay away from the programable features, which hardly anyone uses anyway :)
Then you have no clue about the purpose of LaTeX, XML, and SGML. That is ok, I can enlighten you :)
LaTeX is a set of macros for TeX. TeX compiles to DVI, TeX input file should produce the same DVI file regardless of which implementation of TeX is used to produce it. When you write something in TeX you know how it will look in the resulting DVI file. DVI is most closely related to PostScript and PDF; however, it is not a programming language like PostScript and only contains positioning and formatting information. DVI stands for "DeVice Independant".
SGML and children (XML and HTML) are structured markup langauges. These are simply designed to store information in a human readable fashion. HTML is a slightly different format which contains formatting but no positioning information. To define positioning information one must apply Cascading StyleSheets (CSS). CSS adds the ability to format and position the text in said markup languages; however, CSS is device dependant.. the result will format/position differently depending on the device/medium on which it is presented.
Thus, if you wish to have your paper look the same regardless of the device it is displayed on; such as for a book, magazine, etc.. then DVI, PDF, or a subset of PostScript (some features are device dependant) will be perfect. If you're looking to display this information across a wide range of machines and faciliting accessibility features such as those used by the blind or the deaf, XML/HTML would be preferrable.
One other mentionable is that the LaTeX macros for TeX really speed and facilitate the process of writing books and research papers by requiring the creation of chapters, sections, and paragraphs. BibTeX will aid in automatically creating a bibligraphy, and LaTeX can automatically create your Table of Contents. Additionally, LaTeX can be easily converted to HTML.