Along these same lines I have been hoping to see that some Java wizard will create an applet for Azureus/Vuze that will run an MD5 checksum against the completed data and leave an MD5 file in the directory. That way I don't have to manually run MD5s manually since I include them with *everything*.
Another idea is a workable MD5 (+SHA1/*) checksum generator for X that supports drag and drop, queueing, etc. along the lines of the Win32 app hkSFV or md5summer. md5summer is not bad, but it needs drag and drop and context menus.
I'm just saying DIY. You can bitch about it all you want but until you're ready to clean it up when need be then you're at the mercy of the person perpetrating your bad times or whoever's willing to actually do something about it. The cops aren't going to clean it up...
Besides, there's got to be a more gratifying way to spend your time than waiting to snap a picture of a dog in the act.
Will you be shooting them in the day, or waiting to catch some night deposits? What camera lens will you choose? Whatever's built into the point n' shoot?
Care to explain how you've found tickets to work so exceptionally well? In what situations?
Yay, great! Let's just sit around waiting for someone's dog to shit where's it's not supposed to with a camera at hand. Then, get all full of ersatz civic pride by ratting them out to the cops.
If you want to make it better, do it yourself - bring a pooper scooper and do what really needs to be done. Tickets *might* make it eventually go away, but your hand will do it instantly.
The problem with the death of the PC is that once that happens, people will be relegated to basically using glorified game consoles for their 'computing'.
DRM and content restrictions will be at the beck and call of the manufacturers and their cohorts/sponsors (RIAA, MPAA, etc.) and our essential freedom of the press will be limited.
I don't see any solid technical reason for thin clients to take precedence. Sun never got anywhere far with them. Power consumption is becoming less and less of an issue with low power CPUs and flash drives consume less than traditional hard drives.
In addition to the benefits of not having your window resized, obnoxious or undesired ads, etc. blocking ads helps pages render that much faster because you're not loading the undesirable bits in the first place.
Now some may say ads are small and don't take much bandwidth, the servers are not as fast as my connection may be, and I hate having to wait around for some ads.xxyyuuuxxx.com to get around to sending their data in the first place.
Incidentally, the Firefox security plugin NoScript does wonders for getting rid of Flash ads and the like.
If you line of thinking were to be followed, it would hasten the death of the general purpose computer. If the non-technical masses were to be using these 'terminals', then the general purpose machines would be mostly relegated to hobbyists and business use.
This reminds me of those numbers you could call years ago (Winter Park Public Library, anyone?) and hear a tape recorder playing childrens' stories. Long gone.
What a weak apology for Chinese brutality. Generations? You're full of shit.
Why don't you just say it'll take generations for the Chinese to keep lead out of toys, and generations for them to not put diethylene glycol into toothpaste? There's no ineffable mandate which precludes freedoms from being available in less than 20-40 years.
The communist Chinese are waging an economic war of attrition with us on one front, and arming enemies of US forces on the other. They're trying to be sneaky, and as long as they're paying off both sides of the US government, they'll continue to succeed in doing so.
Your argument is mostly off, except the part about not caring how great others think one is... I mean, having kids? That hardly seems like the sort of thing you're 'living life' for. Unless you are not very imaginative in a broad sense. Settling down with a wife and kids seems like taking your own independent research down a few notches because you have other priorities. It would get in the way of adventuring, in tech or otherwise.
I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with not funding a repressive totalitarian regime or anything... I'm as suspicious for corporate conspiracies as the next guy, but we should not send our capital to Fidel and his minions for any reason.
Sounds to me like Rockstar is looking to save a few bucks. I mean, they could easily pay people a little something ($250? $500?)for giving them some material for their upcoming mega-blockbuster.
It sounds cool and fun to take part in this, but then on the other hand if they gave people any notice for their contribution, it could give them perhaps a small start in voiceovers (if they were really, really good). Perhaps an edge for their creativity to help it thrive in such woefully uninspired times.
This just seems like a move to gain a bunch of filler soundtrack material for free and not give the work to their existing voice actors.
Tell me, oh wannabe tough-guy lady killer, how long do they stick around after you break their phone?
Or are they just so starved for attention that any you give them is just never enough, so they keep coming back? I forsee you filing restraining orders in your future...
If you're serious, she should be throwing you right out the door. If she's pissing you off, then just leave her to do whatever it is she does. Breaking her phone is weak, not to mention lame.
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I can't take anyone who has a Netflix ad in their signature seriously. Or most any other blatant billboard bs.
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Along these same lines I have been hoping to see that some Java wizard will create an applet for Azureus/Vuze that will run an MD5 checksum against the completed data and leave an MD5 file in the directory. That way I don't have to manually run MD5s manually since I include them with *everything*.
Something like this:
Torrent DL ==> Check Pieces ==> Completed ==> Run MD5 ==> Leave MD5 File
Another idea is a workable MD5 (+SHA1/*) checksum generator for X that supports drag and drop, queueing, etc. along the lines of the Win32 app hkSFV or md5summer. md5summer is not bad, but it needs drag and drop and context menus.
If you are looking to do A/V, you might consider the dyne:bolic distribution which is tailored for this use.
Vim - the elflord color scheme.
I'm just saying DIY. You can bitch about it all you want but until you're ready to clean it up when need be then you're at the mercy of the person perpetrating your bad times or whoever's willing to actually do something about it. The cops aren't going to clean it up...
Besides, there's got to be a more gratifying way to spend your time than waiting to snap a picture of a dog in the act.
Will you be shooting them in the day, or waiting to catch some night deposits? What camera lens will you choose? Whatever's built into the point n' shoot?
Care to explain how you've found tickets to work so exceptionally well? In what situations?
Yay, great! Let's just sit around waiting for someone's dog to shit where's it's not supposed to with a camera at hand. Then, get all full of ersatz civic pride by ratting them out to the cops.
If you want to make it better, do it yourself - bring a pooper scooper and do what really needs to be done. Tickets *might* make it eventually go away, but your hand will do it instantly.
I agree. The DIY bit was misleading.
It would be great to get some schematics and other data on this.
Apparently some mod thought you shouldn't have spoken poorly of the Holy Article!
There are big problems with that scenario.
The problem with the death of the PC is that once that happens, people will be relegated to basically using glorified game consoles for their 'computing'.
DRM and content restrictions will be at the beck and call of the manufacturers and their cohorts/sponsors (RIAA, MPAA, etc.) and our essential freedom of the press will be limited.
I don't see any solid technical reason for thin clients to take precedence. Sun never got anywhere far with them. Power consumption is becoming less and less of an issue with low power CPUs and flash drives consume less than traditional hard drives.
Where's the advantage?
In addition to the benefits of not having your window resized, obnoxious or undesired ads, etc. blocking ads helps pages render that much faster because you're not loading the undesirable bits in the first place.
Now some may say ads are small and don't take much bandwidth, the servers are not as fast as my connection may be, and I hate having to wait around for some ads.xxyyuuuxxx.com to get around to sending their data in the first place.
Incidentally, the Firefox security plugin NoScript does wonders for getting rid of Flash ads and the like.
So what's next, banning the use of hosts files?
If you line of thinking were to be followed, it would hasten the death of the general purpose computer. If the non-technical masses were to be using these 'terminals', then the general purpose machines would be mostly relegated to hobbyists and business use.
Curious. Among the multitudes of sometimes-shady, closed source Windows shareware out there, I wonder how much more is hidden in ADS?
Such numbers give me great satisfaction. You're a heroine!
If only 407.425.1111 was in its former glory.
Official US Government time :
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407.646.31xx
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This reminds me of those numbers you could call years ago (Winter Park Public Library, anyone?) and hear a tape recorder playing childrens' stories. Long gone.
What a weak apology for Chinese brutality. Generations? You're full of shit.
Why don't you just say it'll take generations for the Chinese to keep lead out of toys, and generations for them to not put diethylene glycol into toothpaste? There's no ineffable mandate which precludes freedoms from being available in less than 20-40 years.
The communist Chinese are waging an economic war of attrition with us on one front, and arming enemies of US forces on the other. They're trying to be sneaky, and as long as they're paying off both sides of the US government, they'll continue to succeed in doing so.
I unfortunately must agree the that US has supported dictators in the past and currently, but that doesn't mean we should take on any more!
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Your argument is mostly off, except the part about not caring how great others think one is... I mean, having kids? That hardly seems like the sort of thing you're 'living life' for. Unless you are not very imaginative in a broad sense. Settling down with a wife and kids seems like taking your own independent research down a few notches because you have other priorities. It would get in the way of adventuring, in tech or otherwise.
boo! this comment is FUD.
I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with not funding a repressive totalitarian regime or anything... I'm as suspicious for corporate conspiracies as the next guy, but we should not send our capital to Fidel and his minions for any reason.
Sounds to me like Rockstar is looking to save a few bucks. I mean, they could easily pay people a little something ($250? $500?)for giving them some material for their upcoming mega-blockbuster.
It sounds cool and fun to take part in this, but then on the other hand if they gave people any notice for their contribution, it could give them perhaps a small start in voiceovers (if they were really, really good). Perhaps an edge for their creativity to help it thrive in such woefully uninspired times.
This just seems like a move to gain a bunch of filler soundtrack material for free and not give the work to their existing voice actors.
Tell me, oh wannabe tough-guy lady killer, how long do they stick around after you break their phone?
Or are they just so starved for attention that any you give them is just never enough, so they keep coming back? I forsee you filing restraining orders in your future...
If you're serious, she should be throwing you right out the door. If she's pissing you off, then just leave her to do whatever it is she does. Breaking her phone is weak, not to mention lame.
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Charles Darwin's research took place in 1978?