Seriously... use a pen and paper if you want to make travel notes. If you want to get away from the world, also get away from anything technology rated.
I skimmed through the article, which didn't have many technical details. Here's what we do at work:
You can integrate the service pack into the setup (which will be especially useful when SP2 arrives) so that it's installed at the same time. This works with Windows 2000 and up.
You can then use Sysprep (brief introduction) to automatically deploy the latest patches the first time the machine boots.
Here's a nice article on how to burn the result to a bootable CD.
It's a bit of work, and requires constant maintenance but it saves a lot of headaches in the long run.
An easier method, if you have a lot of machines with identical specs. Build a template machine with the OS installed, adding all the service packs, patches, etc. Use software like Ghost to make an image for deploying to multiple machines.
Who says the stuff you learn on an MCSE isn't useful?:-)
Let's look at this logically. Jesus and his disciples where basically living in poverty, relying on the kindness of others for food and shelter. It's likely that the Grail Jesus drank from didn't even belong to them. It's also likely that it was a simple wooden cup.
Now let's also look at what happened shortly after the Last Supper. Jesus was crucified and all of the disciples either fled, where captured or in one case, committed suicide.
At the time, they didn't know what the significance of the Last Supper was (they found out 3 days later of course). Do you honestly think in all the confusion that occured on the first Easter they took the time to save a cup?
The grail was either lost, or simply rotted long ago.
Let me see, the last time I tried to work from home...
8am-9am: Watch daytime TV in a useless attempt to avoid starting to do some real work 9am: Baby wakes up 9am-9:30am: Change, Dress and Feed baby 9:31am: Dog decides he needs the bathroom 9:31am: Dog #2 decides he needs to go as well 9:32am: Dog #2 has an "accident". Clean accident up. 9:45am-11:45am: Chase baby around the house, saving his life several times as he tries to connect himself to the mains electrical supply. He doesn't see why this isn't funny. 12pm: Decide, what the heck, it's lunchtime. We both eat. 12:05pm: Just as I'm settling down to eat, both dogs need the bathroom again. 12:06pm: Clean Dog #2's second "accident" of the day up 12:06pm: Baby dumps food over himself. Chaos ensues as both dogs try to get all the food that fell on the floor. 12:30pm: Give up and call the babysitter.
I do agree with teaching Assembler to kids in school, but teaching someone C first is a bad way to go because it's so easy to write sloppy (but functional) code.
Pascal is a better language to learn on as it is more strict about syntax. I'm not saying it's a better language in general, but it is a good learning language. So is Modula-2 but it is a horrible language for anyone who's been programming for a while and anyone with any programming experience will hate you for making them use it.
10MODE2 20PRINT"My first experience with BASIC was on a" 30PRINT"BBC B many many moons ago" 40PRINT`"BBC BASIC was and is the best BASIC" 50GOTO1000 1000PRINT"So there" 1010END
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I can just see it now... a bunch of highly intoxicated students riding around on these and getting themsleves arrested. Sounds like fun!
"Sir, is that your bollard?" "Um... no shir" "Are you a student?" "Yesh shir" "*sigh* Put it back will you?" "OK shir, thanksh you"
(I had carried the thing for 3 miles by this point)
Honestly? Why are people getting upset about this. So the local town council records my license plate as you drive through, so what? I live in FL, so there's always the possibility I'll end up there one day).
Am I pointing out the obvious when I remind Slashdotters that
1. Law enforcement really don't care where you are if you're not actively committing a crime. They'll surely care if you do commit a crime, and as the poster pointed out, that's mainly what the system is for.
2. CCTV cameras exist in all metropolitan areas. They film your car driving by and, bingo! your license plate is on camera.
3. The Government is not out to get you, they just want your taxes! Stop being so paranoid!
On the one hand, we have people such as the Kidd of Speed lady who travel there merely to take pictures, tell the story of what happened but above all leave everything alone.
On the other hand, I'm sure there's unscrupulous types who are going there simply to pick up souveniers and sell them to the highest bidder. This to me is no better than the people who where trying to sell steel from the WTC.
I hope the Russian government is controlling these tourist trips to make sure no one is profiting from the ongoing suffering of thousands of people.
(Patches, I consider a part of the OS - I have XP slipstreamed with SP1 then I runs Windows update which I think at last count was a further 60Mb of downloads).
1. Anti-Virus client (usually Symantec, but it depends on requirements) 2. WinZip 3. Firefox (+ Java, Shockware and Flash) 4. GnuPG for Windows 5. Thunderbird 6. PuTTY 7. Ad-Aware 8. Adobe Reader 9. FileZilla 10. Some Office Suite (Either OO.org or Microsoft, depending on requirements)
When I tell the average person I meet that I have a DVR (one of the Scientific Atlanta 8000's from my Cable Company) I'm usually met with a blank expressions followed by a lengthy explanation. Pretty much everyone understands what a Tivo is and what it does.
I've never tried 2K with anything that has 16-bit PCMCIA slots. 98SE in 48Mb is quite slow, 2K would be just evil I imagine!
Linux wireless support is, sadly, not very complete yet. The main reason for this is the fact that most of the chipset manufacturers are either unwilling to make Linux drivers, or unwilling to release their hardware specs. Have a look at this website though, the software here provides a wrapper for NDIS2 drivers:
This is not always the case, I use a 48X burner and if I burn at 48X then nine times out of ten the CD has full of errors. I also tend to get a lot of underruns this way because an IDE CD-RW wizzing away at 48X is torture for the computer.
In my experience burning at speeds 16X and lower makes very reliable CD's.
The Saturn also had equal horsepower. It could do 120mph without a problem (so I hear.... cough cough), and Saturns don't have gull wing doors, or a flux capacitor.
They are completely unkillable, however. My SIL has one (a 1992 SL1 I think) that has gone well over 250,000 miles with very, very poor maintanence. For example, she never gets the oil changed, it's had a coolant leak for as long as I can remember and regularly runs out of coolant for days at a time before she refills it with tap water!
The car still runs pretty good, however. We keep expecting the poor thing to just give up and die but it's still running.
I'm living proof of this. I was waiting for a train at Liverpoot St Station in London, and took part in the survey once I realised there was a freebie involved. Every single question they asked I made up a false reply to, partly to get the free chocolate but mostly because I hate intrusive market researchers and people trying to profile me.
There's a local market research company that would actually pay $5 a shot if you where willing to sit through one of there 15 minute demonstrations (usually it involved watching a movie trailer and answering questions). That's a free meal right there (not a very *good* free meal, but hey...), and I got to see what the latest upcoming movies where.
It depends if you're talking about headlights or crash protection. If I were on his jury, I'd acquit anyone arrested for stealing those goddamn headlights (what kind of safety feature is it to blind oncoming traffic?).
What you're probably being blinded by is either a) idiots who've adjusted the calibration of the lights or b) idiots driving with their high-beams on all the time. Properly calibrated lights should never blind oncoming traffic.
Both kinds of drivers should be slowly tortured and then executed. That's just my unbiased opinion.:)
As I've said before, I used to spend summer vacations with my Aunt and Uncle who didn't own a TV and look upon the experience as very worthwile (it's partly thanks to them I've got such a love of literature and music). I lived for over a year without cable or satellite after we cancelled DirecTV and didn't miss it.
Right now, I do have cable again but really, the only things I watch are maybe an hour of one of the "edutainment" channels every day and the occasional movie at the weekends. 99% of shows on TV aren't worth my time anyway! (OK, I admit it, I do watch "The Wiggles" with my 18-month old son every morning as well, but he loves it and it's part of our breakfast ritual:-))
I don't think I could be without TV permanently, but taking breaks from it is definitely a worthwhile and recommended experience.
Otherwise it is really, really disturbing that people actually want to watch this.
Ah yes, tell that to the moron in the Honda Civic that almost slammed into me last week. The reason? He was so obsessed with looking at the accident that had happened in the other lane he almost missed his turn.
Humans are unfortunately obsessed with seeing other human's suffering. That's why show's like Cops and Trauma: Life in the ER are so popular. It does not surprise me in the least that people would want to see it. Sad, but true.
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Seriously... use a pen and paper if you want to make travel notes. If you want to get away from the world, also get away from anything technology rated.
All right fine, buy a Nokia Communicator!
I skimmed through the article, which didn't have many technical details. Here's what we do at work:
:-)
You can integrate the service pack into the setup (which will be especially useful when SP2 arrives) so that it's installed at the same time. This works with Windows 2000 and up.
You can then use Sysprep (brief introduction) to automatically deploy the latest patches the first time the machine boots.
Here's a nice article on how to burn the result to a bootable CD.
It's a bit of work, and requires constant maintenance but it saves a lot of headaches in the long run.
An easier method, if you have a lot of machines with identical specs. Build a template machine with the OS installed, adding all the service packs, patches, etc. Use software like Ghost to make an image for deploying to multiple machines.
Who says the stuff you learn on an MCSE isn't useful?
Somehow I can't envisage this with a 747, and how many 747 sized airstrips do you find near forestry areas?
What does that matter? 747's can fly thousands of miles. So to answer your question, all of them.
At least, it doesn't anymore in my opinion.
Let's look at this logically. Jesus and his disciples where basically living in poverty, relying on the kindness of others for food and shelter. It's likely that the Grail Jesus drank from didn't even belong to them. It's also likely that it was a simple wooden cup.
Now let's also look at what happened shortly after the Last Supper. Jesus was crucified and all of the disciples either fled, where captured or in one case, committed suicide.
At the time, they didn't know what the significance of the Last Supper was (they found out 3 days later of course). Do you honestly think in all the confusion that occured on the first Easter they took the time to save a cup?
The grail was either lost, or simply rotted long ago.
And to finish, I'll be putting a ton of sand in my bathtub, filming it go down the plug and then watching the tape backwards!
Let me see, the last time I tried to work from home...
:)
8am-9am: Watch daytime TV in a useless attempt to avoid starting to do some real work
9am: Baby wakes up
9am-9:30am: Change, Dress and Feed baby
9:31am: Dog decides he needs the bathroom
9:31am: Dog #2 decides he needs to go as well
9:32am: Dog #2 has an "accident". Clean accident up.
9:45am-11:45am: Chase baby around the house, saving his life several times as he tries to connect himself to the mains electrical supply. He doesn't see why this isn't funny.
12pm: Decide, what the heck, it's lunchtime. We both eat.
12:05pm: Just as I'm settling down to eat, both dogs need the bathroom again.
12:06pm: Clean Dog #2's second "accident" of the day up
12:06pm: Baby dumps food over himself. Chaos ensues as both dogs try to get all the food that fell on the floor.
12:30pm: Give up and call the babysitter.
That's one of my quieter days...
Solution: Put the CD's where your 2-year old can't get to them, eg on a higher shelf.
Works for me.
I do agree with teaching Assembler to kids in school, but teaching someone C first is a bad way to go because it's so easy to write sloppy (but functional) code.
Pascal is a better language to learn on as it is more strict about syntax. I'm not saying it's a better language in general, but it is a good learning language. So is Modula-2 but it is a horrible language for anyone who's been programming for a while and anyone with any programming experience will hate you for making them use it.
What do you think you cable bill is for? Part of that goes towards licensing fees to the BBC for being able to show their stuff on US TV.
Oh, and contribute to your local PBS station once in a while. Very worthwhile, and tax deductable!
10MODE2
20PRINT"My first experience with BASIC was on a"
30PRINT"BBC B many many moons ago"
40PRINT`"BBC BASIC was and is the best BASIC"
50GOTO1000
1000PRINT"So there"
1010END
I can just see it now... a bunch of highly intoxicated students riding around on these and getting themsleves arrested. Sounds like fun!
"Sir, is that your bollard?"
"Um... no shir"
"Are you a student?"
"Yesh shir"
"*sigh* Put it back will you?"
"OK shir, thanksh you"
(I had carried the thing for 3 miles by this point)
Honestly? Why are people getting upset about this. So the local town council records my license plate as you drive through, so what? I live in FL, so there's always the possibility I'll end up there one day).
Am I pointing out the obvious when I remind Slashdotters that
1. Law enforcement really don't care where you are if you're not actively committing a crime. They'll surely care if you do commit a crime, and as the poster pointed out, that's mainly what the system is for.
2. CCTV cameras exist in all metropolitan areas. They film your car driving by and, bingo! your license plate is on camera.
3. The Government is not out to get you, they just want your taxes! Stop being so paranoid!
On the one hand, we have people such as the Kidd of Speed lady who travel there merely to take pictures, tell the story of what happened but above all leave everything alone.
On the other hand, I'm sure there's unscrupulous types who are going there simply to pick up souveniers and sell them to the highest bidder. This to me is no better than the people who where trying to sell steel from the WTC.
I hope the Russian government is controlling these tourist trips to make sure no one is profiting from the ongoing suffering of thousands of people.
What do other Slashdotters think?
(Patches, I consider a part of the OS - I have XP slipstreamed with SP1 then I runs Windows update which I think at last count was a further 60Mb of downloads).
1. Anti-Virus client (usually Symantec, but it depends on requirements)
2. WinZip
3. Firefox (+ Java, Shockware and Flash)
4. GnuPG for Windows
5. Thunderbird
6. PuTTY
7. Ad-Aware
8. Adobe Reader
9. FileZilla
10. Some Office Suite (Either OO.org or Microsoft, depending on requirements)
Which prooves my point!
When I tell the average person I meet that I have a DVR (one of the Scientific Atlanta 8000's from my Cable Company) I'm usually met with a blank expressions followed by a lengthy explanation. Pretty much everyone understands what a Tivo is and what it does.
I've never tried 2K with anything that has 16-bit PCMCIA slots. 98SE in 48Mb is quite slow, 2K would be just evil I imagine!
Linux wireless support is, sadly, not very complete yet. The main reason for this is the fact that most of the chipset manufacturers are either unwilling to make Linux drivers, or unwilling to release their hardware specs. Have a look at this website though, the software here provides a wrapper for NDIS2 drivers:
I can't upgrade my laptop beyond 98SE
Why not? I'm curious. Linux advocacy aside (Linux will run on just about anything) if it can run 98SE it should be capable of Windows 2000 or even XP.
I've run XP on a P200 with 128Mb of RAM, it was slow but it worked.
This is not always the case, I use a 48X burner and if I burn at 48X then nine times out of ten the CD has full of errors. I also tend to get a lot of underruns this way because an IDE CD-RW wizzing away at 48X is torture for the computer.
In my experience burning at speeds 16X and lower makes very reliable CD's.
The Saturn also had equal horsepower. It could do 120mph without a problem (so I hear.... cough cough), and Saturns don't have gull wing doors, or a flux capacitor.
They are completely unkillable, however. My SIL has one (a 1992 SL1 I think) that has gone well over 250,000 miles with very, very poor maintanence. For example, she never gets the oil changed, it's had a coolant leak for as long as I can remember and regularly runs out of coolant for days at a time before she refills it with tap water!
The car still runs pretty good, however. We keep expecting the poor thing to just give up and die but it's still running.
Definitely a testimate to its designers.
I'm living proof of this. I was waiting for a train at Liverpoot St Station in London, and took part in the survey once I realised there was a freebie involved. Every single question they asked I made up a false reply to, partly to get the free chocolate but mostly because I hate intrusive market researchers and people trying to profile me.
There's a local market research company that would actually pay $5 a shot if you where willing to sit through one of there 15 minute demonstrations (usually it involved watching a movie trailer and answering questions). That's a free meal right there (not a very *good* free meal, but hey...), and I got to see what the latest upcoming movies where.
It depends if you're talking about headlights or crash protection. If I were on his jury, I'd acquit anyone arrested for stealing those goddamn headlights (what kind of safety feature is it to blind oncoming traffic?).
:)
What you're probably being blinded by is either a) idiots who've adjusted the calibration of the lights or b) idiots driving with their high-beams on all the time. Properly calibrated lights should never blind oncoming traffic.
Both kinds of drivers should be slowly tortured and then executed. That's just my unbiased opinion.
As I've said before, I used to spend summer vacations with my Aunt and Uncle who didn't own a TV and look upon the experience as very worthwile (it's partly thanks to them I've got such a love of literature and music). I lived for over a year without cable or satellite after we cancelled DirecTV and didn't miss it.
:-))
Right now, I do have cable again but really, the only things I watch are maybe an hour of one of the "edutainment" channels every day and the occasional movie at the weekends. 99% of shows on TV aren't worth my time anyway! (OK, I admit it, I do watch "The Wiggles" with my 18-month old son every morning as well, but he loves it and it's part of our breakfast ritual
I don't think I could be without TV permanently, but taking breaks from it is definitely a worthwhile and recommended experience.
Crashes in XP Professional (SP2-RC1) as well.
Otherwise it is really, really disturbing that people actually want to watch this.
Ah yes, tell that to the moron in the Honda Civic that almost slammed into me last week. The reason? He was so obsessed with looking at the accident that had happened in the other lane he almost missed his turn.
Humans are unfortunately obsessed with seeing other human's suffering. That's why show's like Cops and Trauma: Life in the ER are so popular. It does not surprise me in the least that people would want to see it. Sad, but true.