Haven't things like Tivo been doing this kind of thing for years now?
TiVo has a skip back button, and a "skip forwards to next mark" (e.g. 15 minute interval) button. But there's a 'cheat code' to permanently switch the 'forwards' button to do a 30-second skip. Maybe that was done so that they could claim that they don't provide it as a standard feature.
If I understand your problem right, How about dar? It can make an empty archive of your main backup to act as a reference (just file info, no files). Then it makes archives relative to that, with just changed files. It can then apply the changes to the original dir, including deletions, if you need that.
It sounds similar to Microsoft's Photosynth, although they may be taking it further.
Photosynth generated point clouds in 3D and let you view each image from its original vantage point, but now seems to be concentrating on panorama stitching. This project seems to have taken a more interesting direction.
Agreed. I migrate my important files to whatever seems best at the time. From CD backups to portable hardrives. Now I copy to a local backup server and from there to whatever cloud service I'm using. In the future there will be different solutions.
One day, I will pass on my photo collection to my children, who will say "why are these 2D? Why don't they move? Where is the geotagging metadata?" Then, they'll delete all the embarrasing pictures of their childhood.
I once had an innocuous email bounce as spam and was curious why, since it was one sentence and a small attached file.
I took the raw message and re-mailed parts of it to myself, doing a binary search. The culprit was a block of uuencoded binary which contained the characters 1,8 and +.
The Clie was discontinued when people got sick of the non-replaceable battery problem
I don't know if that's the reason, because at least some of the Clie range had a removable battery cover. I replaced the battery on mine, I think it was a TJ35. The SJ22 I had earlier had a cover, too. Those were nice machines, with the color screens and jog dial.
Sure, these books were OCR'd and have mistakes sometimes
I'm currently reading a book from Amazon on Kindle that was obviously scanned in. There are mistakes such as "a//" instead of the word "all", missing spaces, etc. And this is a book from 2002.
I installed the client, told it to sync my existing Google Docs, and it only created some 174-byte files containing URLs of the docs. Apparently I'm meant to use Google Chrome with "work offline" for offline access. I was hoping that this would be a way to automatically back up the docs instead of manually exporting them.
Isn't 'waste' heat from electrical devices helping heat the room? So this is only a waste in places that are too hot and use fans or a/c to compensate.
My process is similar. Rsync from laptops to low-power nettop (or unison for files I like to have synced across machines). I use the -backup option so that old files get archived, not deleted.
From there, the files are copied to external drives and also to S3 using the standard ubuntu backup, dejadup (so cloud backups are encrypted at my end).
The main negatives of my system are that much of the process is still manual and it requires some setup, especially due to encryption. And I don't verify it enough.
This is interesting... Most headlights in cars have no oscillating anything that would be audible,
It's true, I can tell that I've left my lights on, too. Something near the fusebox whines. My car has a 'lights-on' warning beep if I open the door, but this sound starts the moment I turn the engine off. It must come from the alarm circuit.
I'm one of these sound-sensitive people. I'm very aware of subtle changes in noises, such as a failing PC fan, or electrical devices left on unexpectedly.
are sat nav devices reliable enough for this purpose?
Looking at the faq link someone posted, it implies that there are a bunch of extra sensors (or at least accelerometers), possibly in a separate device linked to the GPS (for time and location info). It talks of having someone come to install it in your car.
Your burger doesn't look as good as the one in the picture for a couple of reasons.....Another part of that is because some products simply can't sit under hot lights for an hour
Isn't that exactly how they're kept warm before they're bought?
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I know a retired cop who fished one too many bodies out of the water. He refuses to eat crab.
Oh, now you mention it, I think I once saw some book about a 'low crab' diet.
"Watch out! He's using 'Gamer Code'!"
Haven't things like Tivo been doing this kind of thing for years now?
TiVo has a skip back button, and a "skip forwards to next mark" (e.g. 15 minute interval) button. But there's a 'cheat code' to permanently switch the 'forwards' button to do a 30-second skip. Maybe that was done so that they could claim that they don't provide it as a standard feature.
I'm sure if it's moved, the Historical Sticklers Society will make sure that it's replaced with a replica.
If I understand your problem right, How about dar? It can make an empty archive of your main backup to act as a reference (just file info, no files). Then it makes archives relative to that, with just changed files. It can then apply the changes to the original dir, including deletions, if you need that.
If you install stellarium you can run time back and forth for your location. You can judge the time by eye that way.
It sounds similar to Microsoft's Photosynth, although they may be taking it further.
Photosynth generated point clouds in 3D and let you view each image from its original vantage point, but now seems to be concentrating on panorama stitching. This project seems to have taken a more interesting direction.
Agreed. I migrate my important files to whatever seems best at the time. From CD backups to portable hardrives. Now I copy to a local backup server and from there to whatever cloud service I'm using. In the future there will be different solutions.
One day, I will pass on my photo collection to my children, who will say "why are these 2D? Why don't they move? Where is the geotagging metadata?" Then, they'll delete all the embarrasing pictures of their childhood.
And I'll restore them from backup.
I once had an innocuous email bounce as spam and was curious why, since it was one sentence and a small attached file.
I took the raw message and re-mailed parts of it to myself, doing a binary search. The culprit was a block of uuencoded binary which contained the characters 1,8 and +.
The Clie was discontinued when people got sick of the non-replaceable battery problem
I don't know if that's the reason, because at least some of the Clie range had a removable battery cover. I replaced the battery on mine, I think it was a TJ35. The SJ22 I had earlier had a cover, too. Those were nice machines, with the color screens and jog dial.
Sure, these books were OCR'd and have mistakes sometimes
I'm currently reading a book from Amazon on Kindle that was obviously scanned in. There are mistakes such as "a//" instead of the word "all", missing spaces, etc. And this is a book from 2002.
I installed the client, told it to sync my existing Google Docs, and it only created some 174-byte files containing URLs of the docs. Apparently I'm meant to use Google Chrome with "work offline" for offline access. I was hoping that this would be a way to automatically back up the docs instead of manually exporting them.
This song sums up the nostalgia so well
The Spectrum was a big part of my youth and early career (I was writing for it into the early 90s).
"This summer, coming to a theater near you, from the creators of 'Toy Story 3' and 'Turbotax'...."
Isn't 'waste' heat from electrical devices helping heat the room? So this is only a waste in places that are too hot and use fans or a/c to compensate.
Why go through all that trouble just to watch crappy, advertising-riddled American TV
Paid streaming services don't tend to have ads.
Yet.
Most free shows from network websites do.
But if you want to argue about "mine is better", there was a great 6502 vs. Z80 and Atari vs. Amiga debate yesterday - it made me feel young again!
My process is similar. Rsync from laptops to low-power nettop (or unison for files I like to have synced across machines). I use the -backup option so that old files get archived, not deleted.
From there, the files are copied to external drives and also to S3 using the standard ubuntu backup, dejadup (so cloud backups are encrypted at my end).
The main negatives of my system are that much of the process is still manual and it requires some setup, especially due to encryption. And I don't verify it enough.
There was Minitel in France, and Prestel in the UK, that had some success.
Just...pretend...that...you..ARE..Shatner. Or speak. Like someone. Reading autocue.
Okay to save you the trouble: I have a Canon printer, it's IP address is 192.168.1.68, and it's over there on my desk.
This is interesting... Most headlights in cars have no oscillating anything that would be audible,
It's true, I can tell that I've left my lights on, too. Something near the fusebox whines. My car has a 'lights-on' warning beep if I open the door, but this sound starts the moment I turn the engine off. It must come from the alarm circuit.
I'm one of these sound-sensitive people. I'm very aware of subtle changes in noises, such as a failing PC fan, or electrical devices left on unexpectedly.
are sat nav devices reliable enough for this purpose?
Looking at the faq link someone posted, it implies that there are a bunch of extra sensors (or at least accelerometers), possibly in a separate device linked to the GPS (for time and location info). It talks of having someone come to install it in your car.
What's the geek's solution to neutralizing the Like button
Turning off third-party cookies should do it, unless they are using some other tricks to get around that.
You can search for how to do it, since it's different for each browser. There are sites that let you test if the tracking is off, too.
Didn't browsers disallow 3rd-party cookies by default a few years ago?
Your burger doesn't look as good as the one in the picture for a couple of reasons.....Another part of that is because some products simply can't sit under hot lights for an hour
Isn't that exactly how they're kept warm before they're bought?
They should talk to Groupon!