Does anyone know if he routinely let people know what type of pen he was using when he wrote that particular document? Here's one of the ones I found.
Why did he do this? For his own personal notes on which pens were good (I guess important if you are frequently writing things).
IF he did track what pen he was using, I can think of one possible reason. It was mentioned that these were photocopied and re-photocopied to several generations. During that process it won't be readily apparent what pen he used... but it might show that some pens gave text that withstood the degredation of copying better than others. If the papers that were written with, say, thick pens were the easiest to read 4 copy generations later, he could make a point to use thick pens in the future.
Just a thought.:)
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She was trying to create a tension where none really exists naturally. (A Bug? Big deal, fix it. I do that 20 times a week or more.)
Ever been assigned a bug so hard to track and understand that it took you a month or more to fix it? That also has visibility to folks in the upper managesphere? There is a lot of tension when you can't just "fix it."
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What is an 'program' doing in the linux-kernel?? What does that mean?? I remembered when I read that statement that I quit reading the rest, since it is obvious BS (to me that is).
Actually, there are a number of user-land utilities in the kernel source tree. Try doing a grep 'include.*stdlib.h' -r. in a recent source tree. (Ignoring the hits from the Documentation directory.)
I like to multi-task. I do 3D stuff and find my computer chewing up CPU cycles for minutes at a time. While it's doing that, I fool around on Slashdot or IM or whatever else is entertaining. Sometimes, though, I don't realize when it's done.
I've found I wanted similar functionality. However in my case, I'm dealing with compiles, or zealous grep's of source code. So what I've done is write a little shell script called 'alert' that boils down to:
with no explicit block delimiters in the language, you can no longer use % to jump betwen block start/endpoints in vi. that, i do miss when coding python.
Turn on indent folding, such as: :set foldcolumn=4 :set foldmethod=indent
This will create folds for each python block. Then use [z to go to the beginning of the fold, and ]z to go to the end of the fold. Yeah, it's not quite as handy as %, but you may find it helpful.
And if you are not familiar with folding, you really should look into it. Try ':help fold'
I'd say, "Here is a copy of the Wall Street Journal from each month between then and now. Now, give these to Dad and Grandpa, and get _them_ to use the information and leverage _their_ savings."
Always consider the advantages of helping others help you.;)
What if you swipe your card and paid $x for 15 minute blocks of use... and during that time anyone/everyone can use it? It might have some interesting social consequences... "Internet access is on me!" "Yay!" "Anyone else want to split the cost of some 'net time?" "I'll buy 30 minutes if you will."
Those who don't want to pay can wait for others to do so. Those who need access can buy it. Those who don't want to pay get 25% of a download and time runs out... they now have some incentive to pay that they didn't have before...
> This kind of perpetual discovery will have MS screaming...
> I like it.
Hmmm.... so do I.... Next step: Hire an M$-style lawyer to drive a truck through that little clause.... with attached trailer... and a trailer on that trailer... ad infinitum.:)
Hey MicroSoft, how long do you want us to drag this out?
Ok, somebody's been spying on my brain... The code folding feature of Kate is something I've been wishing for for a long time. Does anyone know if gvim has this feature?
I think BitKeeper had a "dead man's switch" clause that would place BitKeeper under the GPL, but I can't find it on the web site... I found some info here, but it doesn't address the "dead man's switch".
If you have Windows XP, you have agreed to let Microsoft install any "upgrade" it wants to on your computer. That's all they need to sneak one of these applications on your computer and start harvesting CPU cycles, if they haven't already.
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IF he did track what pen he was using, I can think of one possible reason. It was mentioned that these were photocopied and re-photocopied to several generations. During that process it won't be readily apparent what pen he used... but it might show that some pens gave text that withstood the degredation of copying better than others. If the papers that were written with, say, thick pens were the easiest to read 4 copy generations later, he could make a point to use thick pens in the future.
Just a thought.
Ever been assigned a bug so hard to track and understand that it took you a month or more to fix it? That also has visibility to folks in the upper managesphere? There is a lot of tension when you can't just "fix it."
Maybe mention it to Bruce Perens? He should have some connections and seems pretty approachable here; I've even seen him post a phone number...
Hand them a Knoppix CD and a book on Python.
Or let them get python for Windows, if you must.
Actually, there are a number of user-land utilities in the kernel source tree. Try doing a
grep 'include.*stdlib.h' -r
in a recent source tree. (Ignoring the hits from the Documentation directory.)
Eli
> I work in wireless at a bug company and we're sending 802.11g gear out the door now.
;P
What kind of bug is that? Audio, even at a decent bit-rate wouldn't require the bandwidth. Hmm... perhaps a covert, live HDTV feed?
Or the six-legged kind? Or the "It's a feature!" kind?
Maybe you should look here.
(It's an emulator for the ESA/390, etc.)
Eli
I've found I wanted similar functionality. However in my case, I'm dealing with compiles, or zealous grep's of source code.
So what I've done is write a little shell script called 'alert' that boils down to:
#!/bin/sh
echo -en "\007"
usleep 200000
echo -en "\007"
usleep 200000
echo -en "\007"
That gives me a 3-beep notice that something has completed. (At home, I have a bit more of a rhythm to the beeps.)
Eli
Turn on indent folding, such as:
This will create folds for each python block. Then use [z to go to the beginning of the fold, and ]z to go to the end of the fold.
Yeah, it's not quite as handy as %, but you may find it helpful.
And if you are not familiar with folding, you really should look into it.
Try ':help fold'
HTH,
Eli
Why does this make me think of a flight simulator in a spreadsheet? :)
I'd say,
;)
"Here is a copy of the Wall Street Journal from each month between then and now.
Now, give these to Dad and Grandpa, and get _them_ to use the information and leverage _their_ savings."
Always consider the advantages of helping others help you.
Nah, it's just the monkey's way of saying 'I think you've had enough for tonight.'
Ok, I've found that sometimes I discover an age-old program that I wish I'd known about for years.
In the hopes of finding another, what are the best debugging tools we have NOW?
So, is anyone going to make a website with counters for the number of dupes each /. editor posts?
It might be interesting to see the counters climb.
What if you swipe your card and paid $x for 15 minute blocks of use... and during that time anyone/everyone can use it?
It might have some interesting social consequences...
"Internet access is on me!" "Yay!"
"Anyone else want to split the cost of some 'net time?" "I'll buy 30 minutes if you will."
Those who don't want to pay can wait for others to do so. Those who need access can buy it. Those who don't want to pay get 25% of a download and time runs out... they now have some incentive to pay that they didn't have before...
Hmm...
eli
> This kind of perpetual discovery will have MS screaming...
:)
> I like it.
Hmmm.... so do I....
Next step:
Hire an M$-style lawyer to drive a truck through that little clause.... with attached trailer... and a trailer on that trailer... ad infinitum.
Hey MicroSoft, how long do you want us to drag this out?
Ok, we need a version of the 'Geek Code' for this...
Basically, define what everything correlates to and how to determine a numeric value...
That could be fun.
Oh wait, you mean it would take time?!
Excellent :)
Thank you for replying!
Eli
Ok, somebody's been spying on my brain...
The code folding feature of Kate is something I've been wishing for for a long time.
Does anyone know if gvim has this feature?
Eli
Probably a bad cook.
*grin*
Hmmmm.... would that be MAINS voltage? *grin*
*snap*, *crackle*, *smoke*
Why, wouldn't that be one of the BSDs? ;)
I think BitKeeper had a "dead man's switch" clause that would place BitKeeper under the GPL, but I can't find it on the web site...
I found some info here, but it doesn't address the "dead man's switch".
> We get them constantly- some intentional, some not. It's really a pain.
/. effect? Hmmmm???
And what about causing them?
So that's why Windows is so slow!