That's my approach. In fact, yesterday I wrote my first invoice for fixing a problem on a recently-upgraded Surface - Win10 (apparently) broke Outlook's ability to send email - receive was OK, and test account settings was OK, but it needed sfc/scannow to fix it.
If people want to use it, I'll charge them to fix it.
At this point, though, I'm only going to run it in virtualbox as a test bed. I find it......unattractive. The minimalist, pared-back design elements supplied as defaults are difficult to read - the (sort of) consistency used in XP/Vista/7 is missing - and it's taking a lot to get used to. It shouldn't be more difficult to use than its predecessors.
I can't recall the link/s, but there was discussion at some point about running a loop of water pipes from the feed to the hot water system, along the underside of solar panels serving to both cool the panels, and pre-heat the water.
Humour (in case you didn't realise that's what I was exercising) in the face of trauma is a common human reaction, and not necessarily a bad thing.
FWIW, I have a diagnosed bee and shellfish allergy. One bee-sting in the right place, without treatment, and I'm dead. Not that it's likely, but were I to accidentally eat some seafood pate, that would also kill me - my throat would swell up to completely cut off breathing.
Hey, now THAT'S an interesting analogy - maybe systemd IS the techno-viking, bouncing and stuttering its way into the mainstream, with a series of incomprehensible yet hypnotic dance moves.
I thought it was part of the philosophy - you're free to inspect, modify, and re-distribute the code....so why is it now a bad thing for there to be lots of options for users to choose from?
You're mostly right, but JPEG2000 is the format specified for digital cinema encoding. Look inside that big MXF file, and it's a bunch of JPEG2000 stills. Been to the cinema lately? You're watching x frames per second of JPEG2000.
I did look at the warranty. Price of chinese-made el-cheapo trail bike? AUD$1000. Warranty? 30 days. The salesman not only kept a straight face, he told me "you won't need a longer warranty, these things are bulletproof".
Price of six-month-old second-hand Yamaha: ~AUD$5000. Still had 18 months of factory warranty.
My yamaha still goes - starts first time and just goes. My son's friend's el-cheapo bike? It goes, in between repairs and replacement of el-cheapo parts. He might be happy to settle for that kind of "reliability" at that price, but at least my yamaha will be worth something in 5 years.
I worked on a system like that back in '83-84. I hope it's been replaced, but based on what I knew then about government IT policies, it's possible that it's still in use.
It used Foxpro to query a DB on as AS400, and use the data to "print" a plastic licence card, using an embossed wheel - kind of like a daisy wheel printer. The printer was primitive, with very little on-board memory, so the the print jobs had to be spooled entirely on the PC. The printer's on board software was also primitive, and we had to write our own routines to query the printer.
It's a bit hard to explain, and I really don't mean that in a patronising way. I guess I meant it in the way that you can't flag a non-executable file with permissions that could make it executable.
OS400/IBM i/whatever they call it now has a very robust object model and security system. A file can only be flagged "executable" when the system is happy to call it so, e.g. it's been successfully compiled. You can't just add ".exe" onto the end of a (for example) specially crafted mixed text+binary file in the hope of causing a problem, you can't patch binaries directly, and you have zero access to the binaries of the operating system, except of course via patches and upgrades sent from IBM.
My statement was a bit simplistic, sorry 'boot that.
The hardware abstraction is a fantastic feature for a growing business - upgrade your hardware across different processor groups, and you don't have to re-compile your software.
OS400 has a compilable control language, and a command creator. Take your own utilities (equivalent to your favourite scripted/powershell jobs), compile them, then create a parameter-accepting command out of them, with optional menu-driven screens and context help.
DB/2. Not the best, but it's inbuilt, and accessible with system utilities/calls, using any language on the system, including control language.
Object-oriented - everything is an object, and you can't "accidentally" execute something that isn't a program.
Somewhat more sensible command abbreviations than *nix. For example, "display" commands always start with DSP, e.g. display system status is dspsyssts, display object is dspobj, etc.
You'd be correct if you said many operating systems have these features, but they've been present on the AS400 since 1988, and are very mature/stable. I live in hope that IBM or someone more talented than I will release OS400 for x86.
I bought my ex-employer's IBM AS/400 E35 for $10, including the following: rack processor board (now hanging on my office wall) memory boards various I/O boards, e.g. ethernet, 5250, DASD controller, etc hard drives cooling fans power supplies service processor
After taking it all apart, I used two of the cooling fans connected in series with my 24 volt refrigerator power supply. Directed the fans at the 'fridge's fins and cut the compressor run time by about 40%
Why doesn't Apple offer to pay the royalties for the 3-month trial period?
Consumers get their free trial, and many, if not most will sign up for the service.
Labels/artists will get their royalties, and maybe even see an increase in income afterwards when the service really takes off (assuming that it follows the success of iTunes music). Ditto Apple's income.
After all, who paid U2 for the free copies on everyone's iTunes?
The toshiba laptops in my supplier's catalogue nearly all come with "Windows 7 32/64bit pre-installed. Also supplied with Windows 8/8.1 media"
Now, why would Toshiba go to the extra effort to pre-install what is effectively a downgrade, unless 1. customers are demanding it and 2. it's a selling point - "you don't have to downgrade, we've already done it for you!"
If I was interviewing someone for a job, and they were able to show me examples of their work that were superior to any of the other interviewees, but executed in a different toolset, e.g. we use Adobe, but the applicant used Final Cut Pro, Vegas, or even ffmpeg, I would offer that person both the job and training.
My storage tanks are also the settling tanks - the pickup for household supply is about 5cm above the floor of the tank, all the dust and bird poop just settle to the bottom, and I have that cleared out every couple of years. No other treatment. It sounds icky, but I prefer to think of it as keeping my immune system active and healthy, plus I'm getting lots of minerals. My last blood test showed all mineral levels good, except for slightly low calcium - so I have to east more cheese, dammit.
Seriously, though - we don't tend to get sick, and we HATE the taste of treated town water when we've had to buy it in.
I understand there's different rules in different states about rainwater harvesting, but surely if you have a "dry" cabin, i.e. no piped water supply from the local mains, you'd want to catch the water falling on your roof?
If you're in a rural area, and not near any other major source of air pollution, surely the rainwater is potable?
I've been living on rainwater for almost 20 years, we only buy a truckload when the dry season lasts longer than usual. We could overcome that with another tank or two (currently have almost 50K litres of storage).
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That's my approach. In fact, yesterday I wrote my first invoice for fixing a problem on a recently-upgraded Surface - Win10 (apparently) broke Outlook's ability to send email - receive was OK, and test account settings was OK, but it needed sfc /scannow to fix it.
If people want to use it, I'll charge them to fix it.
At this point, though, I'm only going to run it in virtualbox as a test bed. I find it......unattractive. The minimalist, pared-back design elements supplied as defaults are difficult to read - the (sort of) consistency used in XP/Vista/7 is missing - and it's taking a lot to get used to. It shouldn't be more difficult to use than its predecessors.
I can't recall the link/s, but there was discussion at some point about running a loop of water pipes from the feed to the hot water system, along the underside of solar panels serving to both cool the panels, and pre-heat the water.
Were I a psychotic little cunt, I'd go for the neck. It's such a ..... vulnerable spot.
Humour (in case you didn't realise that's what I was exercising) in the face of trauma is a common human reaction, and not necessarily a bad thing.
FWIW, I have a diagnosed bee and shellfish allergy. One bee-sting in the right place, without treatment, and I'm dead. Not that it's likely, but were I to accidentally eat some seafood pate, that would also kill me - my throat would swell up to completely cut off breathing.
So, just to be clear, I WAS MAKING A FUNNY!
There's already a snowflake symbol........
Let's not forget the Techno-viking.
Hey, now THAT'S an interesting analogy - maybe systemd IS the techno-viking, bouncing and stuttering its way into the mainstream, with a series of incomprehensible yet hypnotic dance moves.
I thought it was part of the philosophy - you're free to inspect, modify, and re-distribute the code....so why is it now a bad thing for there to be lots of options for users to choose from?
You're absolutely right about the documentation.
Vizard was in some of the funniest sketch comedy in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It's aged, but some of it still works.
Whoops - "systemd" ?
You're mostly right, but JPEG2000 is the format specified for digital cinema encoding. Look inside that big MXF file, and it's a bunch of JPEG2000 stills. Been to the cinema lately? You're watching x frames per second of JPEG2000.
Widely used, just not widely known.
I did look at the warranty. Price of chinese-made el-cheapo trail bike? AUD$1000. Warranty? 30 days. The salesman not only kept a straight face, he told me "you won't need a longer warranty, these things are bulletproof".
Price of six-month-old second-hand Yamaha: ~AUD$5000. Still had 18 months of factory warranty.
My yamaha still goes - starts first time and just goes. My son's friend's el-cheapo bike? It goes, in between repairs and replacement of el-cheapo parts. He might be happy to settle for that kind of "reliability" at that price, but at least my yamaha will be worth something in 5 years.
Is he paying IBM for maintenance on that System/38?
I worked on a system like that back in '83-84. I hope it's been replaced, but based on what I knew then about government IT policies, it's possible that it's still in use.
It used Foxpro to query a DB on as AS400, and use the data to "print" a plastic licence card, using an embossed wheel - kind of like a daisy wheel printer. The printer was primitive, with very little on-board memory, so the the print jobs had to be spooled entirely on the PC. The printer's on board software was also primitive, and we had to write our own routines to query the printer.
It's a bit hard to explain, and I really don't mean that in a patronising way. I guess I meant it in the way that you can't flag a non-executable file with permissions that could make it executable.
OS400/IBM i/whatever they call it now has a very robust object model and security system. A file can only be flagged "executable" when the system is happy to call it so, e.g. it's been successfully compiled. You can't just add ".exe" onto the end of a (for example) specially crafted mixed text+binary file in the hope of causing a problem, you can't patch binaries directly, and you have zero access to the binaries of the operating system, except of course via patches and upgrades sent from IBM.
My statement was a bit simplistic, sorry 'boot that.
The hardware abstraction is a fantastic feature for a growing business - upgrade your hardware across different processor groups, and you don't have to re-compile your software.
OS400 has a compilable control language, and a command creator. Take your own utilities (equivalent to your favourite scripted/powershell jobs), compile them, then create a parameter-accepting command out of them, with optional menu-driven screens and context help.
DB/2. Not the best, but it's inbuilt, and accessible with system utilities/calls, using any language on the system, including control language.
Object-oriented - everything is an object, and you can't "accidentally" execute something that isn't a program.
Somewhat more sensible command abbreviations than *nix. For example, "display" commands always start with DSP, e.g. display system status is dspsyssts, display object is dspobj, etc.
You'd be correct if you said many operating systems have these features, but they've been present on the AS400 since 1988, and are very mature/stable. I live in hope that IBM or someone more talented than I will release OS400 for x86.
I bought my ex-employer's IBM AS/400 E35 for $10, including the following:
rack
processor board (now hanging on my office wall)
memory boards
various I/O boards, e.g. ethernet, 5250, DASD controller, etc
hard drives
cooling fans
power supplies
service processor
After taking it all apart, I used two of the cooling fans connected in series with my 24 volt refrigerator power supply. Directed the fans at the 'fridge's fins and cut the compressor run time by about 40%
$Bignum will appease the gods.
Secret technology aside, wouldn't it make a great toy?
Why doesn't Apple offer to pay the royalties for the 3-month trial period?
Consumers get their free trial, and many, if not most will sign up for the service.
Labels/artists will get their royalties, and maybe even see an increase in income afterwards when the service really takes off (assuming that it follows the success of iTunes music). Ditto Apple's income.
After all, who paid U2 for the free copies on everyone's iTunes?
The toshiba laptops in my supplier's catalogue nearly all come with "Windows 7 32/64bit pre-installed. Also supplied with Windows 8/8.1 media"
Now, why would Toshiba go to the extra effort to pre-install what is effectively a downgrade, unless 1. customers are demanding it and 2. it's a selling point - "you don't have to downgrade, we've already done it for you!"
Well, if it serves to improve the signal-to-noise ratio here, yes, it is a good thing.
If I was interviewing someone for a job, and they were able to show me examples of their work that were superior to any of the other interviewees, but executed in a different toolset, e.g. we use Adobe, but the applicant used Final Cut Pro, Vegas, or even ffmpeg, I would offer that person both the job and training.
It's not about the tools, it's about the result.
Tried soylentnews for a while, and it seemed to be a concentrated form of linux fanboys/windows haters, i.e. some of the worst from /.
My storage tanks are also the settling tanks - the pickup for household supply is about 5cm above the floor of the tank, all the dust and bird poop just settle to the bottom, and I have that cleared out every couple of years. No other treatment. It sounds icky, but I prefer to think of it as keeping my immune system active and healthy, plus I'm getting lots of minerals. My last blood test showed all mineral levels good, except for slightly low calcium - so I have to east more cheese, dammit.
Seriously, though - we don't tend to get sick, and we HATE the taste of treated town water when we've had to buy it in.
I understand there's different rules in different states about rainwater harvesting, but surely if you have a "dry" cabin, i.e. no piped water supply from the local mains, you'd want to catch the water falling on your roof?
If you're in a rural area, and not near any other major source of air pollution, surely the rainwater is potable?
I've been living on rainwater for almost 20 years, we only buy a truckload when the dry season lasts longer than usual. We could overcome that with another tank or two (currently have almost 50K litres of storage).