I am a ChE, but I won't enlighten you too much. I didn't do too well in thermodynamics, but if you know anything about thermodynamics, you know that:
1. Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. (You will always pay a price for convenience.)
2. [I]n all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state. (You never get out of a system what you put in.)
And my mom's favorite:
3. All systems tend to favor the lowest state of energy or entropy. (No matter how much you work at cleaning your room, it will never be perfect.)
So there. All that is wished is that the energy saved costs more or equal to the cost of implementing this liquid nitrogen system.
Current radio in Atlanta is beginning to suck hard. but I'm trying my best to change this by participating in phone surveys for radio ratings. There are some songs I like and there are many I find are sooo overplayed and I tell them so.
I don't stick to one station only, so I'll bounce around between three music stations and one NPR broadcast station.
If the major radio stations would get off their ass and play more variety and let the low power stations in the market I'd be a happier listener.
Every time I visit Toronto, ON or Springfield, IL, I'm reminded of how good radio can be.
The area of the comany in which I work does 24-hr emergency support for our customers. We've had remote admin tools available for well over five years.
Now, we're using more and more of VNC for remote admin and it's been a blessing. There are so many times I've had to explain to a dumb-ass-brick-head how to configure the same software he's there to support.
We also use the same customer's site to potential customers as an example of our remote admin and diagnostic utilities.
Removing the balancing weights from your car tires and then drive 85 mph around Atlanta on I-285.
The vibrating platform is a cool idea, I must admit, but I think that bone growth is more attibuted to proteins that act as tensile meters. If there is a spot on the bone connected to a ligament that is stressed, the protein says, "build here."
Imagine what the vibrating platform can do for the spider goat!
This is an excellent idea, but would the cpu overhead kill the server? How about not using 1024 bit keys, but instead us a smaller, say 40 bit key? It's not unbreakable, but hey, you're only doing an install.
And if you're doing a network install anyway, why not have a script which uses the updated rpms off the updates server instead of the buggy rpms? This would same an enourmous amount of download time and you get the bug-fixes during the install. Of course, isn't Debian doing this already?
that you must turn five pages of crap and turn it into a single useful page of legible code. I had to do this one time on a demand service call.
I see it like this: If you have a messy desk, what's the use of cleaning only a small part? You made a clean spot and the rest looks like shit. So be prepared to spend the time necessary to clean the rest, or don't futz with it.
See, we've got two companies merging. One is a software company with no software. The other is a hardware company with no hardware.
This is a merger made in hell! (The lawyers will be paid I'm sure.)
It seems fitting that the two companies obviously haven't done enough research to make a company, much less a businees work. They deserve all the bad press they can't afford.
Getting americium isn't that impossible, but it is dificult. The steel and metals industry uses americium to gauge the thickness of metals.
In fact the company I work for now probably has a few pellets from many years ago. I don't think they are of this isotope, but still, it can be found.
Oh, BTW, if it wasn't mentioned, the half life of Americium-242 is about 16 hours. It's relatively easy on the environment. However, Am-241 has a half life of 432 years. And to make matters worse, Am-243, the most stable isotope has a half-life of 7300 years.
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My chemical engineering degree got me a job in computer process control. I took three classes in the subject which gave me mathematical insight to (seemingly) complex problems. As much as I like chemical engineering (very cool), I've always liked computers and remember the good 'ol day's of using BBS's and Hayes modems. Maybe the ChE degree would keep me from staring into a computer screen day after day.... NOT.
I've worked for five years doing distributive process control, and have seen the product evolve from UNIXish to NTish. Work progression has led to less of a ChE base to more of a CS work philosophy. I've directly skipped mentioning the EE work involved here, too.
Differential equations get you very far and Laplace transforms will solve anything!
BTW, Chemical engineering teaches you how to solve problems based on mass and energy balances. Software works in a similar manner. GIGO.
One can only solve a problem if you understand the phenomena under which it occurs. Pick your studies (not necessarily the degree) carefully.
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Go get this book and see what the fuss is all about. The book is excellent and I highly recommend it.
It focuses on the chess game, artificial intelligence, voice, and image recognition and the computing power necessary to accomplish such tasks.
It was published in 1997, supposedly on the same date HAL 9000 was born.
I've been mucking with linux for two years now and have just gotten into FreeBSD. FreeBSD and GNU/Linux were developed under different design considerations (and I'm not talking about licenses here). System V works well and I like it, but the more I read the rc scripts in FreeBSD, the more I learn about it too. For me, it a matter of RTFS (read the F'n scripts) to make it do what I want.
The more I use linux the more I like it. The more I use FreeBSD the more I like it too. Sooner or later it will become easier to maintain one over the other. When? I don't know. But I have a feeling FreeBSD is leading.
I am not a programmer, just a user. I can barely write my own scripts to start the dnetc client, much less debug one. FreeBSD allows the user much more flexibility, IMO, to install software. The 'make install' is an excellent method of getting the latest software in the/usr/ports directories.
Choosing between GNU/Linux or *BSD is difficult in the long run, but it's still 6:1, 1/2-doz or the other to me.
* I'm biased against Windows and I like it that way.
I didn't watch the olympic$ simply because I didn't read about them on the internet. The sites I visit normally didn't carry coverage, so I never knew who was competing or what competitions were on TV.
I remember and know more names from the 1996 olympic$ than the 2000 games.
I doubt Microsoft would use Linux code under the GPL. It makes more sense to use code developed under a BSD-style license where source code need not be released.
I'd be interested if any non-MS code is being integrated for speed/stability, but I don't see Linux code as a preference. Besides, we'll never see open MS code outside of Redmond.
If this thing is ever abused to the extent that Hushmail is not secure anymore, I'm picking up and moving to Finland. Over there, your company workspace/cubicle is your private property -- and so is your email on the company laptop.
Earthlink may buy smaller ISP's, but Earthlink/Mindspring is a great ISP. They provide a connection to the internet with little content. You do what you want without all the spam.
See who's in control? This little ARPANet has been hand-delivered into the corporate world.
Welcome to the beginning of the ultimate Corporatization of the Inernet.
In a world driven by politics that masquerades as "The People's Will" I'm surprised Florida hasn't seceeded from the Union. ICANN will probably never listen to the little guy.
Slashdot Mirror
This must be the absolutely last chance Quebec has at secession.
I am a ChE, but I won't enlighten you too much. I didn't do too well in thermodynamics, but if you know anything about thermodynamics, you know that:
1. Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. (You will always pay a price for convenience.)
2. [I]n all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state. (You never get out of a system what you put in.)
And my mom's favorite:
3. All systems tend to favor the lowest state of energy or entropy. (No matter how much you work at cleaning your room, it will never be perfect.)
So there. All that is wished is that the energy saved costs more or equal to the cost of implementing this liquid nitrogen system.
Current radio in Atlanta is beginning to suck hard. but I'm trying my best to change this by participating in phone surveys for radio ratings. There are some songs I like and there are many I find are sooo overplayed and I tell them so.
I don't stick to one station only, so I'll bounce around between three music stations and one NPR broadcast station.
If the major radio stations would get off their ass and play more variety and let the low power stations in the market I'd be a happier listener.
Every time I visit Toronto, ON or Springfield, IL, I'm reminded of how good radio can be.
Suicide is the epitome of selfishness.
General Carlissimo Franco is still dead.
Iridium can't die. It's probably the only phone company service provider we *don't* want to go extinct.
It was bough for a bargain basement price, but remember, you get what you pay for, eh?
You must end each sentence with, "eh?" to use the new Iridium.
That's my guess.
smnolde at hushmail dot com
The area of the comany in which I work does 24-hr emergency support for our customers. We've had remote admin tools available for well over five years.
Now, we're using more and more of VNC for remote admin and it's been a blessing. There are so many times I've had to explain to a dumb-ass-brick-head how to configure the same software he's there to support.
We also use the same customer's site to potential customers as an example of our remote admin and diagnostic utilities.
Removing the balancing weights from your car tires and then drive 85 mph around Atlanta on I-285.
The vibrating platform is a cool idea, I must admit, but I think that bone growth is more attibuted to proteins that act as tensile meters. If there is a spot on the bone connected to a ligament that is stressed, the protein says, "build here."
Imagine what the vibrating platform can do for the spider goat!
This is an excellent idea, but would the cpu overhead kill the server? How about not using 1024 bit keys, but instead us a smaller, say 40 bit key? It's not unbreakable, but hey, you're only doing an install.
And if you're doing a network install anyway, why not have a script which uses the updated rpms off the updates server instead of the buggy rpms? This would same an enourmous amount of download time and you get the bug-fixes during the install. Of course, isn't Debian doing this already?
I'd like to have my wife cloned seven times. Then we'd have a better chance of having sex on any given night of the week!
that you must turn five pages of crap and turn it into a single useful page of legible code. I had to do this one time on a demand service call.
I see it like this: If you have a messy desk, what's the use of cleaning only a small part? You made a clean spot and the rest looks like shit. So be prepared to spend the time necessary to clean the rest, or don't futz with it.
That you reap what you sow.
It only serves the 'crackers' right to have this happen to them. They were beaten by the same game they played.
How does it feel to be 0wN3D!!
See, we've got two companies merging. One is a software company with no software. The other is a hardware company with no hardware.
This is a merger made in hell! (The lawyers will be paid I'm sure.)
It seems fitting that the two companies obviously haven't done enough research to make a company, much less a businees work. They deserve all the bad press they can't afford.
Better bad press than no press!
My first name is Scott. I'd hate to be badgered by lawyers from Kimberly-Clark Corp. And I am in the paper business. Do they have prior art?
Does this mean my dog's, Roland, will infringing on a music keyboard manufacturer's brand name?
I've already got problems with a credit card company sending my cat, Cindy, credit card applications. When will they get this shit right?The screenshots server is slashdotted at 0020 EST.
Getting americium isn't that impossible, but it is dificult. The steel and metals industry uses americium to gauge the thickness of metals.
In fact the company I work for now probably has a few pellets from many years ago. I don't think they are of this isotope, but still, it can be found.
Oh, BTW, if it wasn't mentioned, the half life of Americium-242 is about 16 hours. It's relatively easy on the environment. However, Am-241 has a half life of 432 years. And to make matters worse, Am-243, the most stable isotope has a half-life of 7300 years.
I've worked for five years doing distributive process control, and have seen the product evolve from UNIXish to NTish. Work progression has led to less of a ChE base to more of a CS work philosophy. I've directly skipped mentioning the EE work involved here, too.
Differential equations get you very far and Laplace transforms will solve anything!
BTW, Chemical engineering teaches you how to solve problems based on mass and energy balances. Software works in a similar manner. GIGO.
One can only solve a problem if you understand the phenomena under which it occurs. Pick your studies (not necessarily the degree) carefully.
It focuses on the chess game, artificial intelligence, voice, and image recognition and the computing power necessary to accomplish such tasks.
It was published in 1997, supposedly on the same date HAL 9000 was born.
I've been mucking with linux for two years now and have just gotten into FreeBSD. FreeBSD and GNU/Linux were developed under different design considerations (and I'm not talking about licenses here). System V works well and I like it, but the more I read the rc scripts in FreeBSD, the more I learn about it too. For me, it a matter of RTFS (read the F'n scripts) to make it do what I want.
/usr/ports directories.
The more I use linux the more I like it. The more I use FreeBSD the more I like it too. Sooner or later it will become easier to maintain one over the other. When? I don't know. But I have a feeling FreeBSD is leading.
I am not a programmer, just a user. I can barely write my own scripts to start the dnetc client, much less debug one. FreeBSD allows the user much more flexibility, IMO, to install software. The 'make install' is an excellent method of getting the latest software in the
Choosing between GNU/Linux or *BSD is difficult in the long run, but it's still 6:1, 1/2-doz or the other to me.
* I'm biased against Windows and I like it that way.
I didn't watch the olympic$ simply because I didn't read about them on the internet. The sites I visit normally didn't carry coverage, so I never knew who was competing or what competitions were on TV.
I remember and know more names from the 1996 olympic$ than the 2000 games.
I doubt Microsoft would use Linux code under the GPL. It makes more sense to use code developed under a BSD-style license where source code need not be released.
I'd be interested if any non-MS code is being integrated for speed/stability, but I don't see Linux code as a preference. Besides, we'll never see open MS code outside of Redmond.
If this thing is ever abused to the extent that Hushmail is not secure anymore, I'm picking up and moving to Finland. Over there, your company workspace/cubicle is your private property -- and so is your email on the company laptop.
I burned the 4.2-RC2 ISO last night and successfully upgraded my machine and ports tree without a hitch. It is by far a simple upgrade.
I'm not a programmer, but I enjoy the option of using Linux or FreeBSD for tinkering.
Earthlink may buy smaller ISP's, but Earthlink/Mindspring is a great ISP. They provide a connection to the internet with little content. You do what you want without all the spam.
See who's in control? This little ARPANet has been hand-delivered into the corporate world.
Welcome to the beginning of the ultimate Corporatization of the Inernet.
In a world driven by politics that masquerades as "The People's Will" I'm surprised Florida hasn't seceeded from the Union. ICANN will probably never listen to the little guy.