I install the Nvidia X server once on a box and leave it. If it has trouble, then I'll update it. Translation: very rarely.
I install the Nvida drivers on my windows partition (on the same box) an average of once per month. Because I either just reinstalled windows (again) or I'm trying to fix a compatibility issue (again.)
So yeah, that ratio surprises me.. well, none at all.
We (Humans as a whole) have already messed up enough of the way bees work. This is another example of us sticking our fingers into something that we don't fully comprehend.. This is a bad idea. Feeding bees keeps them from flowers.
For another theory, it's been said that the pesticides/fertilizers we've been feeding to our fields and flower gardens are the reason our honey bees are weakened in the first place. And it's been theorized (not proven, again - we don't know enough about bees to prove much of anything about how they work) that the same pesticides/fertilizers/herbicides and other human meddling is the root cause for our current bee concerns. What, we're going to fix it by meddling more? Does anybody remember where killer bees came from? I don't think so.
For those of you who are concerned about your current lack of bees in your garden, one possible band-aid you can use is to build or purchase a "mud bee" or "mason bee" house. Build your own Mason Bee House, or you can google them to buy one. Mason Bees are generally nonagressive, and they can serve as an alternative for lack of honey bees.
I'm a light pc user when I'm working. I don't use a lot of computing power, I'm either using ssh or a lightweight text editor, maybe a web browser. I would like to be portable enough to pick it up and go sit on my back porch and do this via wifi, because it's such a nice day outside. A 10" screen is a tad small for what I'd like to do. A decent 12" screen would be just about right, for me, to work comfortably at arm's length, not to mention the more useable sized keyboards that are typically on a 12" netbook. I've tried a few of them out, in stores, and find that I can comfortably touch type on most of them. The 8-10" ones kind of defeat the purpose of doing real work with the tiny keyboards.
Sue me, I'm a hamfisted/half blind old fart, who doesn't want to pay $1000+ for a text editor/ssh terminal to go sit on his back porch and work.
I know regular 12" notebooks have been around for $1000 for a while now, but I'm picky. I saw the first netbooks and thought "that's ideal for me, now if they'd only make one a little bigger so it's more of a workspace and less of a glorified IM/email client, I can throw a simple distro on it and go.
Back in my day, we didn't have beepers. We didn't have fire alarms. The PA system was the teacher yelling across the room. Barefoot, through five miles of three foot snow, and uphill both ways, dammit!
Thanks for the flamebait -mod, whoever that was =p I was asking for it, y'know..
Seriously, it's a forum for opinions, and this one was mine. I do see (and agree) with the viewpoint of the responses my post generated. But, this is our current state of affairs, that was my point.
While it is sad that he'd have been forced to go through the humiliation and embarassment of being questioned/searched/etc.. but honestly.. who in their right mind would carry something like a terror script through airport screening? Comic book, hell.. it could've been a movie script and he would've received the same response.
In short: He was asking for it. No.. he was begging.
but I think I'll go apply to work for whoever has the city of bozeman's garbage collecting contract.. and do whatever it takes to collect the trash from the city offices.
j/k, of course.. now, where did I put those rubber 'dumpster diving' gloves?
Make it use Google Earth somehow..
I can see it now. Johnny's walking down the street staring blankly at his iphone.. *wham!* "OMG.. WTF!! That signpost wasn't in the game a second ago!"
found an upcoming USPTO meeting which perports to be publicly accessible.. does anyone know if it's possible to submit questions via the webcast?
If so.. slashdot them, next tuesday?;)
I may be wrong, but I believe the article was referring to the fact that parallel processing has been around since before Microsoft existed. Of course, Following the Links and perhaps a little research of your own will provide further insight.
This got me thinking.. The Author couldn't be the only one in the U.S. with unused flash drives, and the above poster is unlikely to be the only teacher in the U.S. who could use flash drives to hand out to the kids.
So, maybe I'm getting over my head here, but I can't help myself.. I get a wild hair up my ass on occasion and do something really stupid.
I'd like to start a project to receive donated flash drives and forward them to teachers in funding-troubled schools.
http://www.yonderfinn.com/. Yes, it's my blog, and I wondered what I was going to do with it. If this gives it a purpose, my hosting fee was money well spent. I'd like to hear your comments on it.
You have no right to waste the time of your students by getting them to produce this guy's latest Christmas Card Project.
Let's see. Fifth graders. Recieving an educational tool at no cost, and learning the value of writing "thank you" notes.. something that is all too often lost on us. It's a school. They're learning something valuable.
I don't see the waste here.
Puppy? Tinyme would probably be easier..
It comes with a PDF viewer. Write your Christmas letter, print it to a pdf, and stick it in the "startup" on the installed distro?
dunno, too much work maybe.. but it'd be cool.
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My Account ID is more non-low than yours. I must be geekier.
I install the Nvidia X server once on a box and leave it. If it has trouble, then I'll update it. Translation: very rarely. I install the Nvida drivers on my windows partition (on the same box) an average of once per month. Because I either just reinstalled windows (again) or I'm trying to fix a compatibility issue (again.) So yeah, that ratio surprises me.. well, none at all.
For the trauma caused by forcing a cat to wear that thing..?
I still have an old Sun pizzabox in the closet I can't bring myself to rename.. Sparky.
You've never received a letter from Nigeria in your postbox? There's a shock. ;)
$5.00 is a *very* cheap advertising investment to hit 500 potential customers. This won't keep spammers away, not by a long shot.
It's only protein. Eat up!
We (Humans as a whole) have already messed up enough of the way bees work. This is another example of us sticking our fingers into something that we don't fully comprehend.. This is a bad idea. Feeding bees keeps them from flowers.
For another theory, it's been said that the pesticides/fertilizers we've been feeding to our fields and flower gardens are the reason our honey bees are weakened in the first place. And it's been theorized (not proven, again - we don't know enough about bees to prove much of anything about how they work) that the same pesticides/fertilizers/herbicides and other human meddling is the root cause for our current bee concerns. What, we're going to fix it by meddling more? Does anybody remember where killer bees came from? I don't think so.
For those of you who are concerned about your current lack of bees in your garden, one possible band-aid you can use is to build or purchase a "mud bee" or "mason bee" house. Build your own Mason Bee House, or you can google them to buy one. Mason Bees are generally nonagressive, and they can serve as an alternative for lack of honey bees.
I'm a light pc user when I'm working. I don't use a lot of computing power, I'm either using ssh or a lightweight text editor, maybe a web browser. I would like to be portable enough to pick it up and go sit on my back porch and do this via wifi, because it's such a nice day outside. A 10" screen is a tad small for what I'd like to do. A decent 12" screen would be just about right, for me, to work comfortably at arm's length, not to mention the more useable sized keyboards that are typically on a 12" netbook. I've tried a few of them out, in stores, and find that I can comfortably touch type on most of them. The 8-10" ones kind of defeat the purpose of doing real work with the tiny keyboards.
Sue me, I'm a hamfisted/half blind old fart, who doesn't want to pay $1000+ for a text editor/ssh terminal to go sit on his back porch and work.
I know regular 12" notebooks have been around for $1000 for a while now, but I'm picky. I saw the first netbooks and thought "that's ideal for me, now if they'd only make one a little bigger so it's more of a workspace and less of a glorified IM/email client, I can throw a simple distro on it and go.
Am I really the only one here who remembers Beyond Naked Mages? (sorry double post)
Am I really the only one here who remembers 'beyond naked mages'?
Back in my day, we didn't have beepers. We didn't have fire alarms. The PA system was the teacher yelling across the room. Barefoot, through five miles of three foot snow, and uphill both ways, dammit!
Thanks for the flamebait -mod, whoever that was =p I was asking for it, y'know..
Seriously, it's a forum for opinions, and this one was mine. I do see (and agree) with the viewpoint of the responses my post generated. But, this is our current state of affairs, that was my point.
While it is sad that he'd have been forced to go through the humiliation and embarassment of being questioned/searched/etc.. but honestly.. who in their right mind would carry something like a terror script through airport screening? Comic book, hell.. it could've been a movie script and he would've received the same response. In short: He was asking for it. No.. he was begging.
but I think I'll go apply to work for whoever has the city of bozeman's garbage collecting contract.. and do whatever it takes to collect the trash from the city offices. j/k, of course.. now, where did I put those rubber 'dumpster diving' gloves?
Make it use Google Earth somehow.. I can see it now. Johnny's walking down the street staring blankly at his iphone.. *wham!* "OMG.. WTF!! That signpost wasn't in the game a second ago!"
found an upcoming USPTO meeting which perports to be publicly accessible.. does anyone know if it's possible to submit questions via the webcast? If so.. slashdot them, next tuesday? ;)
found an which perports to be publicly accessible.. does anyone know if it's possible to submit questions via the webcast? If so.. slashdot them, next tuesday? ;)
I may be wrong, but I believe the article was referring to the fact that parallel processing has been around since before Microsoft existed. Of course, Following the Links and perhaps a little research of your own will provide further insight.
And you'd deny them the opportunity because... why?
Hah. Never thought of Tinyme in that light. It's a pretty slick distribution though. ;)
This got me thinking.. The Author couldn't be the only one in the U.S. with unused flash drives, and the above poster is unlikely to be the only teacher in the U.S. who could use flash drives to hand out to the kids. So, maybe I'm getting over my head here, but I can't help myself.. I get a wild hair up my ass on occasion and do something really stupid. I'd like to start a project to receive donated flash drives and forward them to teachers in funding-troubled schools. http://www.yonderfinn.com/. Yes, it's my blog, and I wondered what I was going to do with it. If this gives it a purpose, my hosting fee was money well spent. I'd like to hear your comments on it.
You have no right to waste the time of your students by getting them to produce this guy's latest Christmas Card Project.
Let's see. Fifth graders. Recieving an educational tool at no cost, and learning the value of writing "thank you" notes.. something that is all too often lost on us. It's a school. They're learning something valuable. I don't see the waste here.
Now this sounds like a winner. If I got a Christmas card saying a 5th grader is using a flash drive donated in my name, I'd be damned proud.
Puppy? Tinyme would probably be easier.. It comes with a PDF viewer. Write your Christmas letter, print it to a pdf, and stick it in the "startup" on the installed distro? dunno, too much work maybe.. but it'd be cool.