"Ya know, I can't think of a single person that I know that runs Turbolinux. Maybe that has something to do with their problems."
Isn't that what this Linux business is all about? Where anyone can build their own flavor of the OS, modify it, etc? Star-power shouldn't be a measure of a distribution's signifigance. Plus, I can think of several companies that have/have had "big names" and still tanked.
I just moved out for summer, but here's a list of items I find I can't go without:
1. Leatherman - Other posters have mentioned them, but it's worth it's weight in gold. Pliers, philips/flat screwdriver, sharp knife blade, scissors...all in one place, it's great. I couldn't live without mine.
2. Multi-head screwdriver - you know, the kind with both philips/flat that each reverse with a large and small head. It's great for when the screws too big for the leatherman.
3. A book called "Help, my Apartment has a kitchen!" My copy isn't on hand (it's still in a box), but it has ~50 meals that can be made in around 30 mins, with minimal ingrediants. I use it constantly. Much better than Ramen all the time.
4. If her dorm has a kitchen, get 1 medium sized pot, a skillet, a cheap cutting board, and a pasta strainer, and a sharp kitchen utiliy knife. For use with #3. This was first on my list from WalMart when I started this past fall. It saves sooo much money cooking your own food.
5. WalMart Gift Card - 25$,50$,etc. It's whatever she needs it to be. Food, dishware, whatever. I used mine for food all the time. It's the BEST gift I ever got for school.
...that you could replace a couple of keywords with other words (such as "Replay" with "VCR") and you get the same argument that was put forth when VHS came out.
Really, there's not a mention of a ring, but I don't think we should really count that out. Taco's geekness isn't so much that he's THAT disconneted from reality.
We had a similar problem to this when my friend was rendering a project for one of his classes. It took 4 hours to render, but immediately crashed upon completion. Damn.
What we decided to do (upon suggestion by another friend who is a pov-ray master) was to write distributed render farm for pov-ray. Since the pov engine can be told to run only one part of a scene, writing a little app that auto-discovered clients on the network and then gave the scene and told them what to render wasn't all that hard.
A pov scene that once took and hour or so on a Athlon 1.1 was cut a LOT shorter on multiple machines (BP6/2x533, P2/450, 2xP2/333, K7/800, Athlon/1.1). Granted, these aren't the fastest machines, but it worked nicely.
Maybe a haus machine isn't the answer, but several smaller machines. The ones above were in a college dorm, maybe office setting might provide the same type of environment?
I got a cable modem from Charter in Eastern Tennessee almost 2 years ago now. I came from an 128k ISDN line, and once being on a cable that clocked 3mbit, I can't there's anything I'd except now.
The cool thing about Charter was that I called them up and asked for service, and told them I didn't want the installation of a NIC or anything. I simply went by their office and got the modem, and hooked everything up. (I even requested the type of modem I wanted! GI, not the RCA crud.)
I'm extremely happy with them. They've had some growing pains, but I've never had any signifigant down time and speeds have almost always been above 2 mbits.
I grew up with Legos, and I thank my parents for it.
But, I had a habit of getting all but one piece when I cleaned up collections before bed...have you ever seen what a Lego block does to a vacuum cleaner?
I realized just how durable Legos are when a 1x4 got sucked into the brush of a canister vacuum. The brush was pretty much ruined, and the Lego was -completely- unmarked.
And I'm sure my parents also stepped on a few of them...
It's Lover's Arrival, again with a Shakespearian styled comment that is whacked.
I don't think you could classify the Internet housing market as "immoral". We recently sold our house online, and guess who bought it? Someone from 3 counties over. They looked online, but only for houses that where near them. And, I bet, if you look at the logs on the webserver; you wouldn't find all that many out-of-state (or even out-of-country) people looking at my listing. People have a tendency to start looking in their local area if they need a smaller/bigger home.
Even without Intenet listings, if you have to move to a location for a reason (job, etc); you'll find a house in that area through the "normal" channels.
Granted, I haven't played it networked yet, but the free fly mode was pretty cool. The controls were slighty complex, using both hands for basic control. As for the graphics, it's seem like a 3D Escape Velocity/Overide. The lighting cannon seemed somewhat dated graphics wise, no transparency or anything. All the graphics feel somewhat dated. I do like the support of ANY acceleration (GL, Glide); max kudos there! Just my opinion, I've been known to ramble....
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"Ya know, I can't think of a single person that I know that runs Turbolinux. Maybe that has something to do with their problems."
Isn't that what this Linux business is all about? Where anyone can build their own flavor of the OS, modify it, etc? Star-power shouldn't be a measure of a distribution's signifigance. Plus, I can think of several companies that have/have had "big names" and still tanked.
I just moved out for summer, but here's a list of items I find I can't go without:
1. Leatherman - Other posters have mentioned them, but it's worth it's weight in gold. Pliers, philips/flat screwdriver, sharp knife blade, scissors...all in one place, it's great. I couldn't live without mine.
2. Multi-head screwdriver - you know, the kind with both philips/flat that each reverse with a large and small head. It's great for when the screws too big for the leatherman.
3. A book called "Help, my Apartment has a kitchen!" My copy isn't on hand (it's still in a box), but it has ~50 meals that can be made in around 30 mins, with minimal ingrediants. I use it constantly. Much better than Ramen all the time.
4. If her dorm has a kitchen, get 1 medium sized pot, a skillet, a cheap cutting board, and a pasta strainer, and a sharp kitchen utiliy knife. For use with #3. This was first on my list from WalMart when I started this past fall. It saves sooo much money cooking your own food.
5. WalMart Gift Card - 25$,50$,etc. It's whatever she needs it to be. Food, dishware, whatever. I used mine for food all the time. It's the BEST gift I ever got for school.
6. Calling Card - As others have said.
Hope this helps.
Hotline, bud. The client/server system seemingly designed for piracy. Transfers (up and down)/chat/threaded news posting.
Too bad it wasn't any good after 1.2.3, when Hinks got ousted. The ads and spy-code started showing up then.
Why do lots of people type "Mac" in all CAPS?!? IIRC, MAC is a type of address used on a network card. Just wondering...
Well, NASA has 3 choices Re-entry, Retrieve and Relauch, or Repair.
Abort, Retry, Ignore?
I know that last one doesn't line up, but it's early and I thought I would try.
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...that you could replace a couple of keywords with other words (such as "Replay" with "VCR") and you get the same argument that was put forth when VHS came out.
...did he get her a token ring?
Really, there's not a mention of a ring, but I don't think we should really count that out. Taco's geekness isn't so much that he's THAT disconneted from reality.
OH, I thought he meant Counter-Strike cheaters...I eagerly clicked and read the post before I realized what was meant.
I amazes me at the amount of coding that's done just to cheat at that game. It's not even worth playing anymore.
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Tilden has created an army of lifelike robotic bugs that use transistors, rather than computers, to control their actions."
Transistors, and than computers...anyone else find something oddly funny there.
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We had a similar problem to this when my friend was rendering a project for one of his classes. It took 4 hours to render, but immediately crashed upon completion. Damn.
What we decided to do (upon suggestion by another friend who is a pov-ray master) was to write distributed render farm for pov-ray. Since the pov engine can be told to run only one part of a scene, writing a little app that auto-discovered clients on the network and then gave the scene and told them what to render wasn't all that hard.
A pov scene that once took and hour or so on a Athlon 1.1 was cut a LOT shorter on multiple machines (BP6/2x533, P2/450, 2xP2/333, K7/800, Athlon/1.1). Granted, these aren't the fastest machines, but it worked nicely.
Maybe a haus machine isn't the answer, but several smaller machines. The ones above were in a college dorm, maybe office setting might provide the same type of environment?
They'd need that many machines to survive the current /. effect..
This story may have "star-reaching-implications", but their website has the same old banner ads...
I got a cable modem from Charter in Eastern Tennessee almost 2 years ago now. I came from an 128k ISDN line, and once being on a cable that clocked 3mbit, I can't there's anything I'd except now.
The cool thing about Charter was that I called them up and asked for service, and told them I didn't want the installation of a NIC or anything. I simply went by their office and got the modem, and hooked everything up. (I even requested the type of modem I wanted! GI, not the RCA crud.)
I'm extremely happy with them. They've had some growing pains, but I've never had any signifigant down time and speeds have almost always been above 2 mbits.
Actually, I think schmucks would be more appropriate ;-)
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Oh damned damned damned villian!
(from McBeth?)
I grew up with Legos, and I thank my parents for it.
But, I had a habit of getting all but one piece when I cleaned up collections before bed...have you ever seen what a Lego block does to a vacuum cleaner?
I realized just how durable Legos are when a 1x4 got sucked into the brush of a canister vacuum. The brush was pretty much ruined, and the Lego was -completely- unmarked.
And I'm sure my parents also stepped on a few of them...
I've heard of accounts being hosed, but this puts a whole new spin on it...
(drum crash)
I always wear my black shirt that says in large white letters:
No, I will not fix your computer.
That way, they know I'm helping them out of the kindness of my heart.
Plus it's good for a few laughs from other geeks as you proceed thru the halls.
Billions of Rubles?
3 American Dollars...
How do you want to fall out of space today?
It's Lover's Arrival, again with a Shakespearian styled comment that is whacked.
I don't think you could classify the Internet housing market as "immoral". We recently sold our house online, and guess who bought it? Someone from 3 counties over. They looked online, but only for houses that where near them. And, I bet, if you look at the logs on the webserver; you wouldn't find all that many out-of-state (or even out-of-country) people looking at my listing. People have a tendency to start looking in their local area if they need a smaller/bigger home.
Even without Intenet listings, if you have to move to a location for a reason (job, etc); you'll find a house in that area through the "normal" channels.
You know, you could do this...but then the bacteria would only replicate in the region you released them in....
Granted, I haven't played it networked yet, but the free fly mode was pretty cool. The controls were slighty complex, using both hands for basic control. As for the graphics, it's seem like a 3D Escape Velocity/Overide. The lighting cannon seemed somewhat dated graphics wise, no transparency or anything. All the graphics feel somewhat dated. I do like the support of ANY acceleration (GL, Glide); max kudos there! Just my opinion, I've been known to ramble....