Re:Bzzt! Ghost walker works great!!
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Ghost for Unix
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OK. I admit I haven't used Ghost Walker myself, I've only been the recipient of machines that were built with Ghost, and didn't work. I'll chalk that up to my IT people not knowing Ghost Walker as well as you do.
But, how exactly will this new tool work, if it doesn't have an equivalent of Ghost Walker?
It can't support Windows
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Ghost for Unix
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· Score: 0, Troll
Even Ghost never worked well with windows. The problem is, MS puts SIDs all over the place in the OS. You'll think it worked, but then try putting 2 clones on the same network...
Ghost supposedly had some magic tool that fixed this, but it never quite worked, and if MS found out you used it, they wouldn't answer your support questions.
Now MS has some tool that will fix SIDs for you, but you have to agree to some licensing scheme that I think involves giving them a blood sample and locks of hair from your children.
'due to NDA...' they couldn't reveal what 'J2EE Server A' and 'J2EE Server B' were. But, they gave enough information that someone should be able to figure it out.
Like 'Server A runs much better on Windows than Linux', and 'Server B wasn't compatible with JDK 1.4'.
I read their defense of the rewrite decision. I don't buy it. Rebuttal:
Configuration: "We have to recompile to change the background color". Ah, so the answer to this is, rewrite all of Yahoo, so they can easily change the background color. How hard would it really be to refactor this? (For that matter, how often do they change the background color of Yahoo?)
Maintainence: As God as my witness, their newly written PHP code will still have more bugs in it 5 years from now than your Y code does today.
Performance: Their own tests show that their technologies are capable of performing as well as PHP.
Iteroperability: Oh yes, PHP plugs into everything. You don't even have to write code. Just put a MySql machine in the same room as your PHP code, and dynamic web pages will emenate. GS[]SARCASM
Personnel: "No one has Yahoo script on their resume". When was the last time you hired someone because they knew a language? Employees are a multi-year investment. Learning a computer language is a weekend investment.
And look at how lopsided their contributions are toward democrats
I listened to the press conference when CRP announced this list. They pointed out again and again that because this was a top 100 list, large unions were very over-represtented, whereas individual contributors were very under represented (actually non-existant). So it looks like dems get a lot more money, but that's just not true.
Individual contributors are just as much of a 'special' interest as unions, really, more so.
You guys should read this: Mission Submersible. They've found an inert liquid and are submersing the whole mainboard in it, cooled with liquid nitrogen.
Did read the article dude. The guy is trying to solve this problem:
If the motors are set at full power (either direction) for more than 1 second, LegWay assumes it has fallen over and the program ends.
Think about it. Then, think some more. Then don't reply.
Re:no kickstand on segway
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Lego Segway
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A third leg, however minor, makes it a different device. Try again:)
You don't need the kickstand to make it work. You can either:
a) Go in one direction, then reverse.
or
b) Design the device such that the wheels don't have clearance when it is horizontal. Looking at the pictures of the lego device, it appears to already be made this way.
Nice reply. Try again:)
Re:And I can't get up!!!
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Lego Segway
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· Score: 5, Interesting
"Another idea is to make LegWay stand up (from a lying position) on it's own. It can't do that right now, because the center of mass is below the axle when it on it's side."
IANAPH, but I think it is possible.
It might seem that because the center of mass is below the axles, that you could not lift the chassis by taking off in one direction, then reversing.
But, if the wheels are big enough, the angular momentum built up could do it.
You could even do it without lateral movement. Imagine this:
Segway thingy is lying down: O--
Segway thingy pops up a little kickstand: Q--
Segway thingy starts whirring its wheels counter-clockwise: Q-- (imagine the whirring part)
Segway thingy reverses it's engine, causing the -- part to react and rotate counter-clockwise. | | Q
Quoth Yahoo news: The language seems to allow the recording industry to deduct the top expenses that they incur for setting up and maintaining the royalty payment regime.
They're trying to deduct their expenses for setting up the royalty payment system, not avoid paying artisis altogether.
Ah yes, an oft overlooked cousin of the 'brute force attack', this 'retarded tantrum attack' was orinially invented by monkeys attempting to reproduce Hamlet on a typewriter.
The experimenters, and the flashlight man, are not moving anything at the speed of light, just the idea of something.
Perhaps a better analogy would be, I look at Planet X and decide it's the ugliest planet I've ever seen. Then, I turn my head ant look at Planet Y, light years from Planet X, and decide that it is actually the ugliest planet I've ever seen. The location of the planet I find most ugly has moved faster than the speed of light.
"But nothing really moved from Planet X to Planet Y".
Exactly.
Slashdot invented in the same thread
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The First Smiley :-)
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Did anyone notice that the very next post after Fahlman's invented post moderation? (albeit self moderation) quoted here:
19-Sep-82 18:56 Jeff Shrager at CMU-10A 38521,03,9(6),9(9),1(5),0 Just signifying that a message is a joke is certainly not sufficient. One can develop a taxonomy of bboard message types along several different dimensions. Also, where a continuum is preferable to a taxonomy (such as where humor value is at issue) one can similarly use a scale to indicate where along that scale this message lies. Suppose that all dimensions are refered to by a ten point scale (we'll use all integers here although one can certainly imagine reals in the case of fine grain continuous scales). Some dimensions will be bitwise encoded as well. Here is a sample of a coding scheme:
COMMUNITY: (this is a binary scale with a bit position for
each department totalling about 32 bits) TOPIC: (two digits 00-99)
(00) Political, (01) Scientific, (02) Computer, (03) Meta, etc FLAME VALUE: (continuous 0.0-10.0) HUMOR VALUE: (0.0-10.0) BORDOM VALUE: (0.0-10.0) INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: (-10.0 (for queries) to 10.0 (for their answers))
Note that some of these scales are purely according to the opinion of the author. Thus, we provide, also, a confidence scale: to go along with each continuous scale (to be enclosed in parens after the value).
From their position, you'd think that all surfing stops at NPR. But, they have links themselves. Do they get permission from every site they link to? Nope:
It is important to note that npr.org contains links to other sites that may not follow the same privacy policies as npr.org.
I wonder if they actually check the privacy policy of every site they link to, and that they link to, and that they link to....
it could also give filmmakers a cheap, risk-free way to shoot aerial footage. Currently, says Gavrilets, "It costs $20,000 a day to rent a helicopter and a pilot for certain types of aerial shots."
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OK. I admit I haven't used Ghost Walker myself, I've only been the recipient of machines that were built with Ghost, and didn't work. I'll chalk that up to my IT people not knowing Ghost Walker as well as you do.
But, how exactly will this new tool work, if it doesn't have an equivalent of Ghost Walker?
Even Ghost never worked well with windows. The problem is, MS puts SIDs all over the place in the OS. You'll think it worked, but then try putting 2 clones on the same network...
Ghost supposedly had some magic tool that fixed this, but it never quite worked, and if MS found out you used it, they wouldn't answer your support questions.
Now MS has some tool that will fix SIDs for you, but you have to agree to some licensing scheme that I think involves giving them a blood sample and locks of hair from your children.
'due to NDA...' they couldn't reveal what 'J2EE Server A' and 'J2EE Server B' were. But, they gave enough information that someone should be able to figure it out.
Like 'Server A runs much better on Windows than Linux', and 'Server B wasn't compatible with JDK 1.4'.
Can anyone figure out what the app servers are?
I read their defense of the rewrite decision. I don't buy it. Rebuttal:
Configuration: "We have to recompile to change the background color". Ah, so the answer to this is, rewrite all of Yahoo, so they can easily change the background color. How hard would it really be to refactor this? (For that matter, how often do they change the background color of Yahoo?)
Maintainence: As God as my witness, their newly written PHP code will still have more bugs in it 5 years from now than your Y code does today.
Performance: Their own tests show that their technologies are capable of performing as well as PHP.
Iteroperability: Oh yes, PHP plugs into everything. You don't even have to write code. Just put a MySql machine in the same room as your PHP code, and dynamic web pages will emenate. GS[]SARCASM
Personnel: "No one has Yahoo script on their resume". When was the last time you hired someone because they knew a language? Employees are a multi-year investment. Learning a computer language is a weekend investment.
And look at how lopsided their contributions are toward democrats
I listened to the press conference when CRP announced this list. They pointed out again and again that because this was a top 100 list, large unions were very over-represtented, whereas individual contributors were very under represented (actually non-existant). So it looks like dems get a lot more money, but that's just not true.
Individual contributors are just as much of a 'special' interest as unions, really, more so.
Damin that Helms! I've released 3 albums of really killer sermons, and I haven't gotten a dime from these stations yet.
You guys should read this: Mission Submersible. They've found an inert liquid and are submersing the whole mainboard in it, cooled with liquid nitrogen.
Service unavailable due to link posted on Slashdot.
Did read the article dude. The guy is trying to solve this problem:
If the motors are set at full power (either direction) for more than 1 second, LegWay assumes it has fallen over and the program ends.
Think about it. Then, think some more. Then don't reply.
A third leg, however minor, makes it a different device. Try again :)
:)
You don't need the kickstand to make it work. You can either:
a) Go in one direction, then reverse.
or
b) Design the device such that the wheels don't have clearance when it is horizontal. Looking at the pictures of the lego device, it appears to already be made this way.
Nice reply. Try again
"Another idea is to make LegWay stand up (from a lying position) on it's own. It can't do that right now, because the center of mass is below the axle when it on it's side."
IANAPH, but I think it is possible.
It might seem that because the center of mass is below the axles, that you could not lift the chassis by taking off in one direction, then reversing.
But, if the wheels are big enough, the angular momentum built up could do it.
You could even do it without lateral movement. Imagine this:
Segway thingy is lying down:
O--
Segway thingy pops up a little kickstand:
Q--
Segway thingy starts whirring its wheels counter-clockwise:
Q-- (imagine the whirring part)
Segway thingy reverses it's engine, causing the -- part to react and rotate counter-clockwise.
|
|
Q
Drop the kickstand (quickly), and off you go..
-These are not the sig your looking for...
Se
Imagine a little
Quoth Yahoo news: The language seems to allow the recording industry to deduct the top expenses that they incur for setting up and maintaining the royalty payment regime.
They're trying to deduct their expenses for setting up the royalty payment system, not avoid paying artisis altogether.
Yeah, OK, it's still evil.
-These are not the sig your looking for.
David: You're missing the point! The problem is, we've got a new planet so small it's in danger of being trampled by midgets.
Derek: What if we put a small fence around it?
David: What for?
Derek: So that the midgets can't trample it.
From the movie K-PAX.
Jeff Bridges (Doctor) : Where I come from we have 9 planets.
Kevin Spacey (Prot): Actually it's 10, but that's not important right now.
1,3,2,7,6...?
Ah yes, an oft overlooked cousin of the 'brute force attack', this 'retarded tantrum attack' was orinially invented by monkeys attempting to reproduce Hamlet on a typewriter.
The experimenters, and the flashlight man, are not moving anything at the speed of light, just the idea of something.
Perhaps a better analogy would be, I look at Planet X and decide it's the ugliest planet I've ever seen. Then, I turn my head ant look at Planet Y, light years from Planet X, and decide that it is actually the ugliest planet I've ever seen. The location of the planet I find most ugly has moved faster than the speed of light.
"But nothing really moved from Planet X to Planet Y".
Exactly.
Did anyone notice that the very next post after Fahlman's invented post moderation? (albeit self moderation) quoted here:
19-Sep-82 18:56 Jeff Shrager at CMU-10A 38521,03,9(6),9(9),1(5),0
Just signifying that a message is a joke is certainly not sufficient.
One can develop a taxonomy of bboard message types along several different
dimensions. Also, where a continuum is preferable to a taxonomy (such as
where humor value is at issue) one can similarly use a scale to indicate
where along that scale this message lies. Suppose that all dimensions are
refered to by a ten point scale (we'll use all integers here although one
can certainly imagine reals in the case of fine grain continuous scales).
Some dimensions will be bitwise encoded as well.
Here is a sample of a coding scheme:
COMMUNITY: (this is a binary scale with a bit position for
each department totalling about 32 bits)
TOPIC: (two digits 00-99)
(00) Political, (01) Scientific, (02) Computer, (03) Meta, etc
FLAME VALUE: (continuous 0.0-10.0)
HUMOR VALUE: (0.0-10.0)
BORDOM VALUE: (0.0-10.0)
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: (-10.0 (for queries) to 10.0 (for their answers))
Note that some of these scales are purely according to the opinion
of the author. Thus, we provide, also, a confidence scale: to go along
with each continuous scale (to be enclosed in parens after the value).
even included SourceForge ads.
From their position, you'd think that all surfing stops at NPR. But, they have links themselves. Do they get permission from every site they link to? Nope:
It is important to note that npr.org contains links to other sites that may not follow the same privacy policies as npr.org.
I wonder if they actually check the privacy policy of every site they link to, and that they link to, and that they link to....
...all the spam traffic is bogging down Carnivore.
...and DoS-ing them.
/.ed.
For god's sake, when are you going to add article caching to Slashdot? Unless it's a Yahoo or CNN article, the thing is always
...if it had a laser beam attached to it's forehead.
it could also give filmmakers a cheap, risk-free way to shoot aerial footage. Currently, says Gavrilets, "It costs $20,000 a day to rent a helicopter and a pilot for certain types of aerial shots."
Grown ups in the commercial world already had this idea, and implemented it years ago:
http://www.hicam.com.au/art_bw1.htm
I'll keep this study in mind next time I think about running Linux Aggregate Server on my machine.
Yeah! Let's take single machine, split it into 4 logical machines, and then combine them into 1 logical machine! DOH!