I reccomend you take a look at this book. The reasons you cannot short SCO stock will become obvious after you read it.
However, there may still be some leeway left in options - by using puts and calls you can still make money on SCO. You must first have a margin account however.
It really is amazing that more people don't know exactly how the stock market works. I was just talking to a guy who had $70,000 invested in the market, and was complaining at how he lost a large proportion of that. I explained "puts" to him, and he suddenly realized that he could have made money on the investment that he lost money on.
I don't reccomend "playing" the stock market unless you know how it works.
Many people here seem to be complaining that this reduces your PC to a console device, which it does in a way. I also see complaints that this will "return us to the days of DOS" with reboots and memory management etc.
I doubt either situation is the case. What I actually expect is that this is a great short term solution to the problem of not having a mainstream 64 bit OS on the desktop for PC's. This gives the Opteron a chance to shine as the game will be compliled for 64bit, as well as the OS that runs under it - 64bit Linux.
Microsoft has not released 64bit XP except to subscribers AFAIK - and it won't be available until 2004 anyhow.
"But wait!" I hear you cry - you could continue to use Linux on the desktop yadda yadda... That is not the target of this thing. It is a quick and dirty solution to getting a 64bit game out the door and into the players hands. Yes - you could do this with Linux alone, and no boot disc, however, most people who play America's Army don't use Linux - or even MacOS X for that matter. They use Windows.
This then, is a good win for Linux - some of the users may realize that they are using Linux, and become intrigued by it if America's Army runs much better in this form. More "joe sixpack" users may start to take notice of this strange OS. Furthermore, with the lag time that Microsoft will have in getting a 64bit OS out to the public, and with the avalibility of the Opteron right now, we may see more Linux games!
This is a good thing!
So stop whining about it, for the love of god. It is no wonder that people may not want to support Linux apps if as soon as one is released in any form, all the slashbots start complaining about it.
What it comes down to is this: Windows isn't the only thing I gave up a year ago, I also vowed to never again pirate software. I don't care how great of a game HL2 is, it's not worth the $300 or so it would cost me to get it and a legitimate copy of Windows to run it on, never mind the however many hours of patch/reboot/repeat it'll take to get it running properly.
This is the reason I don't own a console - instead I own a PC with legit software.
I don't know about you, but I'll continue doing exactly what I've been doing: buying games that support Linux, and more specifically buying them from vendors like tuxgames that make a point of letting the producers know that my copy was bought to be played on Linux.
I constantly sent back the registration cards for games with "Purchased for use with Linux" scrawled on them in bright red letters. I also own every game from Loki except "Eric's ultimate solitare" - (I don't like solitaire) even though I have only played half of them.
But, to each their own. Clearly, games being made available on Linux isn't important to you. Fine, that's your choice.
Having games run on Linux *IS* important to me. The problem simply became that I was spending more of my personal time fiddling around with an OS, than I was doing other things, such as playing the games. I work with Linux all day, and for a server, I would accept nothing less than Linux or BSD. Why?
Because, for me, it is the fastest (my time wise) solution, and less expensive than windows (both in time spent, and cash spent).
However, I have found that (for me) Linux as a gaming machine did not meet my requirements. There is often an extra layer (Wine for example) that makes the game run slower under Linux than Windows. Also, given that I do all my admin work at the command line, PUTTY allows me to access my servers, which are Linux based, just fine.
I view my computer as a tool - as a means to an end. Unfortunately, my personal time is valuable to me, and I can only support so many causes with my time. One of the things that I choose to do with my free time is computer gaming. It is unfortunate that Linux consumes more of my time in toying with it to reach that goal. Conversely, Windows eats more of my time when I try to use it as a server, therefore I choose Linux in that situation.
I guess I belive in using the right tool for the job. While it was fun using Linux as my desktop OS, and toying with various window managers, multiple desktops etc. I found it just ate too much of my time up.
When this changes, and Linux consumes less of my personal time on the desktop, I will switch back to using it on the desktop - but not until then.
On the server level, I cannot see Microsoft producing an OS that will consume less of my time than a *nix.
Nice sentiment - unfortunately it does not mean much. The lack of sales due to people using Linux won't hurt Valve in any measurable way. The problem really is that if you want to play games, you have to have Windows.
I tried this a few years ago, I switched entirely to Linux on my home PC. Guess What? I had a bunch of nice Loki Games, but other than Quake 3 I could not deathmatch with my friends in games like Half Life.
That did not do me much good. So, I started looking into different ways to get Half Life to run under Linux, wine, etc. I had to fiddle with drivers, modify stuff etc...
Then I realized I was wasting my time for an ideal. I did this same thing all day at work on Linux servers. And when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was tweak my OS just so I could play a couple games with my friends.
So, sure, your logic makes sense if you only use your PC for browsing, MP3's and email - which I mostly use mine for. However, a large number of my friends play Half Life*, and I like to play with them.
The fact is, that there are a large number of people who want to play games on their PC's, and I am one of them. It would be wonderful if I could run Linux with a MacOS X interface, and have all the software out there run on my system just fine. But we don't have that. So, while it is good that you are maintaing your ideals, and not buying Half Life 2 to support Linux software. In the long run it makes no difference either way.
What CAN we do?
Well - find some way to make games profitable for Linux. Sure, it is a chicken and the egg problem - Linux needs desktop dominance for that, and that is a LONG LONG way off for Linux (unfortunately).
*And now America's Army which does have a Linux client, but the communications software we use does not.
IIRC, the idea of porting Half Life to Linux was dropped after the Half Life crew recieved a large number of flames because there was a Linux server but no Linux client.
There was also this from Linux Half Life: In a press release on the morning of Sunday, 1st of April, 2001 Valve CEO Gabe Newell announced that they had secretly been working on a Linux port of the most popular game, Half-Life. "We have taken alot of offensive email recently, asking for a port, all the while we have been secretly porting the game, it has been alot of fun." Valve's marketing department speculate that Half-Life will be a top seller for the Linux platform, despite the fact its getting relitvly old, and that it seems to work flawlessly under WINE. "We think that most of the Linux Half-Life players will purchase the game, in order to get native support, better performance and ofcourse to support the Linux gaming industry. Sales of Half-Life will determain if we port Teams Fortress 2 to linux".
Which seems to contradict my original statement, however, that statement was made on April 1 2001*. And I still don't see a port. After the dismal sales of games for Linux such as Quake 3 and the rest of the Loki selection, I believe that Valve saw no profit in the port, and were probably tired of the flames anyways.
FYI, for those of you who are about to bitch about the volume of Linux game sales:
1) EB World stopped carrying Linux games because they did not sell.
2) I bought every Linux game Loki made, with the exception of "Eric's Ultimate Solitare."
If we want a Linux port, we need some way of making Valve *WANT* to do a port - either by making it profitable, eliminating the flames, or both.
It is unfortunate that the open source community cannot come up with a way that the people in the community could provide the porting for Valve. Maybe some of the hot OS coders out there could agree to sign a NDA for Half Life so it could be ported? I know, I am hoping too much, but it is worth a try.
* The date of that release also makes it very questionable...
2003-08-21 18:22:17 Music filesharing may be legal in Canada (articles,music) (rejected)
I am Canadian. I read Technews. I submitted this to Slashdot in August.
I guess I just go console myself with Gnucleus and legally download some more music. I would use pot, or perhaps do something in the gay community to console myself as well - but neither of those things appeal to me. Oh well, at least I still have Canadian beer!
What you seem to be espousing is some variation on the Atkins diet, sort of the reverse. The truth of the matter is the total intake of Calories in your system. Reduce your overall caloric intake (by whatever means) and you lose weight - simple as that.
How is that "B" setting any different from just lightly applying the brakes? I thought the Prius always used regenerative braking whenever possible.
According to the manual it is more efficent, however, the manual also states that the "B" setting should only be used for long descents, and that the vehicle should not be driven regularly in that setting.
I don't tow stuff with it, but I do need to traverse a number of nasty 4X4 roads that my little Hyundai just could not handle. After ripping out my entire exaust system except for the manifold on the Hyundai I realized I needed a higher clearance vehicle.
Other major advantages include the fact that I can sleep in the 4Runner instead of pitching a tent. And yes, in regards to the style I do like the fact that I can take the hard-top off and cruise with it in the summer.
I would say that I spend about 15% of the time off road in my 4Runner, and about 50% of that in 4wheel drive. So I have a need for it, but yes, part of the styling certanly does appeal to me.
However, those who justify owning a SUV for "safety" reasons are full of shit. SUV's have a much higer roll over rate, and in the winter I see more SUV's in the ditch than regular cars. Most people who drive 4WD vehicles seem to belive that they can drive "normally" in bad conditions, which is just not true.
Anyone driving a 4WD vehicle should remember this: 4X4 helps you go - it does not help you stop.
I have driven the Toyota Prius, and I like it. I plan to eventually pick up a used one in a few years as there is no way I plan to pay full sticker price for one.
One neat feature the Prius has is a "B" setting on its automatic transmission. This is like regular drive, except it is used for long downhill stretches where breaking is needed, the "B" setting forces constant regenerative braking so you store much of that descent energy.
As I understand it, Toyota plans on putting the dual in all their new vehicles after a certain point. I would certanly like on in my 1989 4Runner as the gas milage on that thing is awful.*
* FYI I am probably one of the few people you see on the road who can acutally justify owning a SUV as I need it for teaching Whitewater kayaking and Mountaneering.
Not the most complex mouse, but I love it for deathmatch. Sure, it does not have as many buttons as other mice, but I find the tracking on it to be excellent.*
You can still get these mice here. A good review can be found here.
* (Unless you get it on a surface that contains something white and glossy - then because of the dual optical cameras, the cursor can fly randomly about.)
This Company has an office in my town, and there was a similar one in the town I lived in before. Telephone services for the United States seem to be popping up all over in Canada. I belive that the above mentioned company also has offices in Indonesia and elsewhere. Given that this do not call list functions in the U.S., how can it be applied to other countries? Won't the telemarketers just start calling from outside the U.S. ??
Don't want to give DeBeers money?
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Diamonds & the RIAA
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· Score: 4, Informative
So, lets say you have to buy a ring*, but you don't want to give DeBeers money. I suggest you buy Moissanite ring. Myself, when faced with that decision, I bought a Tanzanite ring because my honey likes Tanzanite, and I hate DeBeers.
True, Diamonds won't be expensive for long, and Moissanite is cheaper now, and may eventually cost more than diamond. But, Moissanite is harder than Ruby, and has a greater luster than diamond, and it also costs about 1/10 of what diamond does today.
* One day, you will find a nice little woman who wants a ring, and generally it is best to get her one!;)
Yeah - still getting the same, even with -c flag and changing the extension to.zip Fortunately I have bit torrent, however, even that is taking some time.
Second, it's *extremely* explosive. The cost of leaking even a small part of the amount you're moving is death in a fiery inferno.
Actually, this statement is a little off. It is a common perception however. Gasoline is a far worse substance to handle or deal with than Hydrogen. Gasoline can stick to you, spill, and it can explode as well.
Ironically, the destruction of the Hindenburg, which is the famous example of the dangers of Hydrogen was not as bad as people imagine, the majority of the problem was that the skin of the ship was rocket fuel. The gas, while it was burning ferociously, can be seen to be floating up and away from the ship itself. The most interesting thing about the Hindenburg disaster is that only 35 of the 97 passengers died. If Hydrogen was a heavier than air gas, this would not have been the case.
Since Hydrogen rises very fast, if you have a leak, it immediately seeks to escape out into the air. Not so with gasoline, which will form a dangerous pool on the ground. Movies such as "Chain Reaction" (ARRRGHHH!!!) perpetuate the "risk" that hydrogen poses. Given the choice, being involved in a gasoline leak (pools on ground) or Hydrogen (rapidly floats up into sky, or celing in an enclosed environment) I would choose being around Hydrogen as I could hit the deck, and have the gas float up and away from me.
Ok, I don't have the third edition, I have the second. It was the first Unix book I got after "Running Linux", and I would give it an 11/10. For me, it filled in all the questions that Running Linux had given me, and gave me a very solid grounding in Unix. I cannot reccomend this book enough - it is one that epitomizes what O'Reilly is good at.
So, granted I have not read the most recent version, but I cannot see how it only scored 9/10 and not 10/10.
Shouldn't that be "deathly sick"?:) (just some minor nitpicking)
Yeah, I had sick in there, and a bunch of periods too. Just like nethack, but the lameness filter tripped. Strangely, when I changed "sick" to "ill" it accepted it.
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I reccomend you take a look at this book. The reasons you cannot short SCO stock will become obvious after you read it.
However, there may still be some leeway left in options - by using puts and calls you can still make money on SCO. You must first have a margin account however.
It really is amazing that more people don't know exactly how the stock market works. I was just talking to a guy who had $70,000 invested in the market, and was complaining at how he lost a large proportion of that. I explained "puts" to him, and he suddenly realized that he could have made money on the investment that he lost money on.
I don't reccomend "playing" the stock market unless you know how it works.
Many people here seem to be complaining that this reduces your PC to a console device, which it does in a way. I also see complaints that this will "return us to the days of DOS" with reboots and memory management etc.
I doubt either situation is the case. What I actually expect is that this is a great short term solution to the problem of not having a mainstream 64 bit OS on the desktop for PC's. This gives the Opteron a chance to shine as the game will be compliled for 64bit, as well as the OS that runs under it - 64bit Linux.
Microsoft has not released 64bit XP except to subscribers AFAIK - and it won't be available until 2004 anyhow.
"But wait!" I hear you cry - you could continue to use Linux on the desktop yadda yadda... That is not the target of this thing. It is a quick and dirty solution to getting a 64bit game out the door and into the players hands. Yes - you could do this with Linux alone, and no boot disc, however, most people who play America's Army don't use Linux - or even MacOS X for that matter. They use Windows.
This then, is a good win for Linux - some of the users may realize that they are using Linux, and become intrigued by it if America's Army runs much better in this form. More "joe sixpack" users may start to take notice of this strange OS. Furthermore, with the lag time that Microsoft will have in getting a 64bit OS out to the public, and with the avalibility of the Opteron right now, we may see more Linux games!
This is a good thing!
So stop whining about it, for the love of god. It is no wonder that people may not want to support Linux apps if as soon as one is released in any form, all the slashbots start complaining about it.
What it comes down to is this: Windows isn't the only thing I gave up a year ago, I also vowed to never again pirate software. I don't care how great of a game HL2 is, it's not worth the $300 or so it would cost me to get it and a legitimate copy of Windows to run it on, never mind the however many hours of patch/reboot/repeat it'll take to get it running properly.
This is the reason I don't own a console - instead I own a PC with legit software.
I don't know about you, but I'll continue doing exactly what I've been doing: buying games that support Linux, and more specifically buying them from vendors like tuxgames that make a point of letting the producers know that my copy was bought to be played on Linux.
I constantly sent back the registration cards for games with "Purchased for use with Linux" scrawled on them in bright red letters. I also own every game from Loki except "Eric's ultimate solitare" - (I don't like solitaire) even though I have only played half of them.
But, to each their own. Clearly, games being made available on Linux isn't important to you. Fine, that's your choice.
Having games run on Linux *IS* important to me. The problem simply became that I was spending more of my personal time fiddling around with an OS, than I was doing other things, such as playing the games. I work with Linux all day, and for a server, I would accept nothing less than Linux or BSD. Why?
Because, for me, it is the fastest (my time wise) solution, and less expensive than windows (both in time spent, and cash spent).
However, I have found that (for me) Linux as a gaming machine did not meet my requirements. There is often an extra layer (Wine for example) that makes the game run slower under Linux than Windows. Also, given that I do all my admin work at the command line, PUTTY allows me to access my servers, which are Linux based, just fine.
I view my computer as a tool - as a means to an end. Unfortunately, my personal time is valuable to me, and I can only support so many causes with my time. One of the things that I choose to do with my free time is computer gaming. It is unfortunate that Linux consumes more of my time in toying with it to reach that goal. Conversely, Windows eats more of my time when I try to use it as a server, therefore I choose Linux in that situation.
I guess I belive in using the right tool for the job. While it was fun using Linux as my desktop OS, and toying with various window managers, multiple desktops etc. I found it just ate too much of my time up.
When this changes, and Linux consumes less of my personal time on the desktop, I will switch back to using it on the desktop - but not until then.
On the server level, I cannot see Microsoft producing an OS that will consume less of my time than a *nix.
Nice sentiment - unfortunately it does not mean much. The lack of sales due to people using Linux won't hurt Valve in any measurable way. The problem really is that if you want to play games, you have to have Windows.
I tried this a few years ago, I switched entirely to Linux on my home PC. Guess What? I had a bunch of nice Loki Games, but other than Quake 3 I could not deathmatch with my friends in games like Half Life.
That did not do me much good. So, I started looking into different ways to get Half Life to run under Linux, wine, etc. I had to fiddle with drivers, modify stuff etc...
Then I realized I was wasting my time for an ideal. I did this same thing all day at work on Linux servers. And when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was tweak my OS just so I could play a couple games with my friends.
So, sure, your logic makes sense if you only use your PC for browsing, MP3's and email - which I mostly use mine for. However, a large number of my friends play Half Life*, and I like to play with them.
The fact is, that there are a large number of people who want to play games on their PC's, and I am one of them. It would be wonderful if I could run Linux with a MacOS X interface, and have all the software out there run on my system just fine. But we don't have that. So, while it is good that you are maintaing your ideals, and not buying Half Life 2 to support Linux software. In the long run it makes no difference either way.
What CAN we do?
Well - find some way to make games profitable for Linux. Sure, it is a chicken and the egg problem - Linux needs desktop dominance for that, and that is a LONG LONG way off for Linux (unfortunately).
*And now America's Army which does have a Linux client, but the communications software we use does not.
IIRC, the idea of porting Half Life to Linux was dropped after the Half Life crew recieved a large number of flames because there was a Linux server but no Linux client.
There was also this from Linux Half Life:
In a press release on the morning of Sunday, 1st of April, 2001 Valve CEO Gabe Newell announced that they had secretly been working on a Linux port of the most popular game, Half-Life.
"We have taken alot of offensive email recently, asking for a port, all the while we have been secretly porting the game, it has been alot of fun."
Valve's marketing department speculate that Half-Life will be a top seller for the Linux platform, despite the fact its getting relitvly old, and that it seems to work flawlessly under WINE.
"We think that most of the Linux Half-Life players will purchase the game, in order to get native support, better performance and ofcourse to support the Linux gaming industry. Sales of Half-Life will determain if we port Teams Fortress 2 to linux".
Which seems to contradict my original statement, however, that statement was made on April 1 2001*. And I still don't see a port. After the dismal sales of games for Linux such as Quake 3 and the rest of the Loki selection, I believe that Valve saw no profit in the port, and were probably tired of the flames anyways.
FYI, for those of you who are about to bitch about the volume of Linux game sales:
1) EB World stopped carrying Linux games because they did not sell.
2) I bought every Linux game Loki made, with the exception of "Eric's Ultimate Solitare."
If we want a Linux port, we need some way of making Valve *WANT* to do a port - either by making it profitable, eliminating the flames, or both.
It is unfortunate that the open source community cannot come up with a way that the people in the community could provide the porting for Valve. Maybe some of the hot OS coders out there could agree to sign a NDA for Half Life so it could be ported? I know, I am hoping too much, but it is worth a try.
* The date of that release also makes it very questionable...
Reporters: The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling!
Scientists: STFU!
Reporters: Aw, damn.
2003-08-21 18:22:17 Music filesharing may be legal in Canada (articles,music) (rejected)
I am Canadian. I read Technews. I submitted this to Slashdot in August.
I guess I just go console myself with Gnucleus and legally download some more music. I would use pot, or perhaps do something in the gay community to console myself as well - but neither of those things appeal to me. Oh well, at least I still have Canadian beer!
What you seem to be espousing is some variation on the Atkins diet, sort of the reverse. The truth of the matter is the total intake of Calories in your system. Reduce your overall caloric intake (by whatever means) and you lose weight - simple as that.
How is that "B" setting any different from just lightly applying the brakes? I thought the Prius always used regenerative braking whenever possible.
According to the manual it is more efficent, however, the manual also states that the "B" setting should only be used for long descents, and that the vehicle should not be driven regularly in that setting.
I don't tow stuff with it, but I do need to traverse a number of nasty 4X4 roads that my little Hyundai just could not handle. After ripping out my entire exaust system except for the manifold on the Hyundai I realized I needed a higher clearance vehicle.
Other major advantages include the fact that I can sleep in the 4Runner instead of pitching a tent. And yes, in regards to the style I do like the fact that I can take the hard-top off and cruise with it in the summer.
I would say that I spend about 15% of the time off road in my 4Runner, and about 50% of that in 4wheel drive. So I have a need for it, but yes, part of the styling certanly does appeal to me.
However, those who justify owning a SUV for "safety" reasons are full of shit. SUV's have a much higer roll over rate, and in the winter I see more SUV's in the ditch than regular cars. Most people who drive 4WD vehicles seem to belive that they can drive "normally" in bad conditions, which is just not true.
Anyone driving a 4WD vehicle should remember this:
4X4 helps you go - it does not help you stop.
I have driven the Toyota Prius, and I like it. I plan to eventually pick up a used one in a few years as there is no way I plan to pay full sticker price for one.
One neat feature the Prius has is a "B" setting on its automatic transmission. This is like regular drive, except it is used for long downhill stretches where breaking is needed, the "B" setting forces constant regenerative braking so you store much of that descent energy.
As I understand it, Toyota plans on putting the dual in all their new vehicles after a certain point. I would certanly like on in my 1989 4Runner as the gas milage on that thing is awful.*
* FYI I am probably one of the few people you see on the road who can acutally justify owning a SUV as I need it for teaching Whitewater kayaking and Mountaneering.
Ok, I just read my own post and realized I have no idea what I was talking about, or how that was really relevant to this thread...
Up too late...
Too much code...
Too much coffee...
Not the most complex mouse, but I love it for deathmatch. Sure, it does not have as many buttons as other mice, but I find the tracking on it to be excellent.*
You can still get these mice here. A good review can be found here.
* (Unless you get it on a surface that contains something white and glossy - then because of the dual optical cameras, the cursor can fly randomly about.)
This Company has an office in my town, and there was a similar one in the town I lived in before. Telephone services for the United States seem to be popping up all over in Canada. I belive that the above mentioned company also has offices in Indonesia and elsewhere. Given that this do not call list functions in the U.S., how can it be applied to other countries? Won't the telemarketers just start calling from outside the U.S. ??
So, lets say you have to buy a ring*, but you don't want to give DeBeers money. I suggest you buy Moissanite ring. Myself, when faced with that decision, I bought a Tanzanite ring because my honey likes Tanzanite, and I hate DeBeers.
;)
True, Diamonds won't be expensive for long, and Moissanite is cheaper now, and may eventually cost more than diamond. But, Moissanite is harder than Ruby, and has a greater luster than diamond, and it also costs about 1/10 of what diamond does today.
* One day, you will find a nice little woman who wants a ring, and generally it is best to get her one!
Yeah - still getting the same, even with -c flag and changing the extension to .zip Fortunately I have bit torrent, however, even that is taking some time.
Now Thats a slashdotted system: /thematrix/us/med/ [following] /revolutions_640_dl.mov: Unsupported scheme.
[snip]
Resolving pdl.warnerbros.com... done.
Connecting to pdl.warnerbros.com[64.12.48.48]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location:
--21:58:11-- http://pdl.warnerbros.com/thematrix/us/med/
=> `index.html.1'
Connecting to pdl.warnerbros.com[64.12.48.48]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
21:58:14 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
Neo: I know how to disable the matrix.
Morpheus: How Neo?
Neo: Post an article about the trailers on slashdot, and slashdot it!
(Neo posts to slashdot...)
Morpheus: It's working, the matrix is breaking down!
(Now, could someone actually tell me what is in the trailer? I am on cable and I can't get it.)
Second, it's *extremely* explosive. The cost of leaking even a small part of the amount you're moving is death in a fiery inferno.
Actually, this statement is a little off. It is a common perception however. Gasoline is a far worse substance to handle or deal with than Hydrogen. Gasoline can stick to you, spill, and it can explode as well.
Ironically, the destruction of the Hindenburg, which is the famous example of the dangers of Hydrogen was not as bad as people imagine, the majority of the problem was that the skin of the ship was rocket fuel. The gas, while it was burning ferociously, can be seen to be floating up and away from the ship itself. The most interesting thing about the Hindenburg disaster is that only 35 of the 97 passengers died. If Hydrogen was a heavier than air gas, this would not have been the case.
Since Hydrogen rises very fast, if you have a leak, it immediately seeks to escape out into the air. Not so with gasoline, which will form a dangerous pool on the ground. Movies such as "Chain Reaction" (ARRRGHHH!!!) perpetuate the "risk" that hydrogen poses. Given the choice, being involved in a gasoline leak (pools on ground) or Hydrogen (rapidly floats up into sky, or celing in an enclosed environment) I would choose being around Hydrogen as I could hit the deck, and have the gas float up and away from me.
Ok, I don't have the third edition, I have the second. It was the first Unix book I got after "Running Linux", and I would give it an 11/10. For me, it filled in all the questions that Running Linux had given me, and gave me a very solid grounding in Unix. I cannot reccomend this book enough - it is one that epitomizes what O'Reilly is good at.
So, granted I have not read the most recent version, but I cannot see how it only scored 9/10 and not 10/10.
Shouldn't that be "deathly sick"? :) (just some minor nitpicking)
Yeah, I had sick in there, and a bunch of periods too. Just like nethack, but the lameness filter tripped. Strangely, when I changed "sick" to "ill" it accepted it.
Go figure.
That download was slashdotted.
You feel deathly ill.
(Improperly formatted because of lameness filter)
Sci/Tech gifts are easy to think of!
Now someone come up with a list of flowery/cute/thoughtful gifts for my girlfriend!
(No, really. I post to Slashdot and have a girlfriend. Incredible but true.)
Never seen the output from dsniff eh?
It makes you want to use encryption for everything you do. You can find it here.
You will never look at your network the same way again.
Actually, no, you could adjust the size depending on target. Small asteroids do land.