Exactly, but it also depends on whether you're buying a pre-built spec, custom, or semi-custom. If you're buying a house that isn't built yet and they won't let you add data pre-wire you should find another builder.
And when you suggest this to your contractor they will laugh at you. You wouldn't believe how many disasters I've seen because the owner thought they could do a better job than a professional.
...yes, really, (amazing who you meet on/., isn't it?) this isn't exactly a new thing. Homes have been pre-wired with for phones for 30+ years, cable for 20, security systems & stereo since the mid-70's, and data since the mid-90's. We typically run 1-CAT3, 2-CAT5, & 1-Coax drops in each bedroom, living space, study, etc. This has been done to over 1/2 the houses we've built in the last 3 years.
I'm assuming Slashdot just e-mailed him the questions, and he responded in kind
Many people thought this, and their views of Lars were clouded by it. First,/. should have made a more prominant mention of this being a phone interview. Second, I'm not talking about reworking the interview into crystal clear prose, just editing it for readability. This can be, and frequently is, done w/out losing the qualities of a spoken conversation or deleting key points of the discussion.
It is common journalistic practice to edit out the "umm"'s, pauses, and other qualities of speach that make it difficult to read if it is transcribed verbatim. The only reason not to do this is to make your interview subject look dumb.
/.'s actions in this transcription are reprehensible, and they should be taken to task for this. It was a slimy, under-handed tactic that I have never seen before in any/. interview. You think they would have done this to Linus or Stallman?
And for the record, I don't like Metallica or their actions regarding Napster. I just think the transcription was bullshit.
The latest Ultima, "Ultima CXVII - Lord British Teleports Away", will max out just about anything available if you set the clipping planes way back and run at the highest LOD.
Most games will NOT run under... {am I about to make a fool of myself? did microsoft finally realize that some people want directx in nt?}
[checking MS site...]
Microsoft DirectX®, the programming environment that's an integral part of Windows 98, was not supported in Windows NT. By incorporating DirectX, Windows 2000 outguns its predecessor and eliminates the need for dual booting. Windows 2000 is therefore able to support considerably more games than Windows NT, without sacrificing any of the latter's signature stability.
Well I'll be damned! I actually learned about an honest-to-god feature of Windows because of Slashdot!
Either you have a multi-processor machine w/ absurd (>512M) amounts of memory or you are full of shit.
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, NOT flaming. I've been running NT4 for 5 years and it is possible to do all that at once, but not w/out some serious hardware.
Tell me that Joe Average-end-user uses CMYK more heavily than is supported by Gimp
Joe Average doesn't use Photoshop or GIMP. Joe Average uses Paintshop Pro on his PC or whatever crappy software came with his $99 scanner. And now that Fireworks and Imageready are available most web designers don't use Phtotshop or GIMP either.
So who does use Photoshop? Print designers (yes, in spite of the internet there are still a lot of them, and they do stay busy). And what do print designers need? Kick-ass CMYK. GIMP's cool, but it ain't no Photoshop yet.
I have actually received spam with a "copyright" notice on the bottom stating that replying, forwarding, redirecting, reposting, etc., anything from the message would constitute a violation and would be prosecuted. Yes, they were serious. I promptly forwarded it (just the copyright portion. no need to spread the spam) to several people.
The front page is not the ONLY page at/., just like a newpaper. See that box labeled "Sections" over there at the left? Try clicking a few. Lots more stuff.
The way I read it putting them in a vacuum is't common practice, although I may very well be wrong on that. Still, how do you get a vacuum chamber w/ magnets & a spinning disk that has enough mass into something less than an inch thick?
Um, I was kidding. That drivel is psuedo-random nonsense output by a Perl script, which has been stated in several places here already. Of all the potentially troublesome posts regarding Kerberos, I think mine rates just about dead last.
Perhaps the entire flywheel mechanism could be put in a cage that pivots on three axes (like those "human gyroscope" things at carnivals) so the moment is always perpendicular to normal?
/. has the copyrighted material up on their servers now
But it is no longer being published (it's certainly not on the front page). The servers are archives, and removing the information would be some sort of twisted historical revisionism (kinda like a catholic annulment;).
To carry the analogy further, if The New York Times did unknowingly publish a trade secret or copyrighted material in the editorials, what would be the recourse? Would they be told that they must track down every single microfiche that was distributed to every library in the country, and then destroy them? I don't think so!
Once something's been published in the press (which Slashdot absolutely is), it becomes a matter of public record. The MySQL database is no different than the library's microfiche collection, it is just more accessable.
Slashdot Mirror
Good contrators do
Exactly, but it also depends on whether you're buying a pre-built spec, custom, or semi-custom. If you're buying a house that isn't built yet and they won't let you add data pre-wire you should find another builder.
And when you suggest this to your contractor they will laugh at you. You wouldn't believe how many disasters I've seen because the owner thought they could do a better job than a professional.
...yes, really, (amazing who you meet on /., isn't it?) this isn't exactly a new thing. Homes have been pre-wired with for phones for 30+ years, cable for 20, security systems & stereo since the mid-70's, and data since the mid-90's. We typically run 1-CAT3, 2-CAT5, & 1-Coax drops in each bedroom, living space, study, etc. This has been done to over 1/2 the houses we've built in the last 3 years.
I'm assuming Slashdot just e-mailed him the questions, and he responded in kind
Many people thought this, and their views of Lars were clouded by it. First, /. should have made a more prominant mention of this being a phone interview. Second, I'm not talking about reworking the interview into crystal clear prose, just editing it for readability. This can be, and frequently is, done w/out losing the qualities of a spoken conversation or deleting key points of the discussion.
It is common journalistic practice to edit out the "umm"'s, pauses, and other qualities of speach that make it difficult to read if it is transcribed verbatim. The only reason not to do this is to make your interview subject look dumb.
/.'s actions in this transcription are reprehensible, and they should be taken to task for this. It was a slimy, under-handed tactic that I have never seen before in any /. interview. You think they would have done this to Linus or Stallman?
And for the record, I don't like Metallica or their actions regarding Napster. I just think the transcription was bullshit.
where's Dave Mustaine when you need him?
Preening in front of a mirror, running his fingers through his pretty-boy hair, and reminiscing about the good old days when he had a career, maybe?
The latest Ultima, "Ultima CXVII - Lord British Teleports Away", will max out just about anything available if you set the clipping planes way back and run at the highest LOD.
yeah, well what's the question hotshot? ;)
uh, wait... nope, still LOL
Uh... maybe it's being rendered in black because that's /.'s color for visited links? ;)
Just a thought
Most games will NOT run under...
{am I about to make a fool of myself? did microsoft finally realize that some people want directx in nt?}
[checking MS site...]
Microsoft DirectX®, the programming environment that's an integral part of Windows 98, was not supported in Windows NT. By incorporating DirectX, Windows 2000 outguns its predecessor and eliminates the need for dual booting. Windows 2000 is therefore able to support considerably more games than Windows NT, without sacrificing any of the latter's signature stability.
Well I'll be damned! I actually learned about an honest-to-god feature of Windows because of Slashdot!
Either you have a multi-processor machine w/ absurd (>512M) amounts of memory or you are full of shit.
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, NOT flaming. I've been running NT4 for 5 years and it is possible to do all that at once, but not w/out some serious hardware.
Ha! We wrote the same rebuttal, almost verbatim :)
Tell me that Joe Average-end-user uses CMYK more heavily than is supported by Gimp
Joe Average doesn't use Photoshop or GIMP. Joe Average uses Paintshop Pro on his PC or whatever crappy software came with his $99 scanner. And now that Fireworks and Imageready are available most web designers don't use Phtotshop or GIMP either.
So who does use Photoshop? Print designers (yes, in spite of the internet there are still a lot of them, and they do stay busy). And what do print designers need? Kick-ass CMYK. GIMP's cool, but it ain't no Photoshop yet.
I have actually received spam with a "copyright" notice on the bottom stating that replying, forwarding, redirecting, reposting, etc., anything from the message would constitute a violation and would be prosecuted. Yes, they were serious. I promptly forwarded it (just the copyright portion. no need to spread the spam) to several people.
The front page is not the ONLY page at /., just like a newpaper. See that box labeled "Sections" over there at the left? Try clicking a few. Lots more stuff.
You'll dance to anything
I read this and think, "nah, that can't be..." And then:
[P.S. apologies to The Dead Milkmen]
Yes. Yes it is indeed :)=)
Thanks for the retro chuckle.
The way I read it putting them in a vacuum is't common practice, although I may very well be wrong on that. Still, how do you get a vacuum chamber w/ magnets & a spinning disk that has enough mass into something less than an inch thick?
Um, I was kidding. That drivel is psuedo-random nonsense output by a Perl script, which has been stated in several places here already. Of all the potentially troublesome posts regarding Kerberos, I think mine rates just about dead last.
Perhaps the entire flywheel mechanism could be put in a cage that pivots on three axes (like those "human gyroscope" things at carnivals) so the moment is always perpendicular to normal?
...and of course the gyroscopic effects.
To increase the amount stored, you can make the wheel heavier, or spin it faster.
Seems to me that there's only three ways to power a laptop w/ a flywheel:
Even with a Crusoe chip I don't see this being practical.
It is. It has Microsoft's Kerberos specifications in it. This is what /.'s lawyer suggested as a way to avoid the lawsuit.
But it is no longer being published (it's certainly not on the front page). The servers are archives, and removing the information would be some sort of twisted historical revisionism (kinda like a catholic annulment ;).
Hell yeah, that's a damn good point!
To carry the analogy further, if The New York Times did unknowingly publish a trade secret or copyrighted material in the editorials, what would be the recourse? Would they be told that they must track down every single microfiche that was distributed to every library in the country, and then destroy them? I don't think so!
Once something's been published in the press (which Slashdot absolutely is), it becomes a matter of public record. The MySQL database is no different than the library's microfiche collection, it is just more accessable.