They don't even try to hide it. The Police get back together, and suddenly every old song of theirs from the 80s is played repeatedly in San Diego. There's so much good music out there, but they won't ever play it - probably because of payola. Radio Sucks!
thanks for saying that. I think some current slashdoters don't appreciate decent story telling, or just assume the series is *just* a children's series.
Try using modern Ubuntu and Fedora 6 test 3. Boot up time is so slow it's not even funny. Most people these days run laptops, so that is VERY IMPORTANT. And starting the Xserver is so slow, it's fscking pathetic. REALLY annoying. So when I logout, it takes 20-30 seconds to log back in. This is on a Yonah system with 512MiB RAM (macbook)
NO such problems with MacOSX. It's so much faster to boot, and display a file browser. These are really important for mainstream use.
You sound like a sys admin who is not familiar with the needs of desktop users - especially those running laptops.
LINUX really needs faster loading apps (yes, I'm running with DT_GNU_HASH). Xorg needs a major boost - so that logging out doesn't *quit* the freakin server, and then it has to be restarted?!! It is so agonizingly slow.
yes the Linux desktop is mostly feature complete. Now optimizing the thing should be a priority.
Yeah. I've used PCP&C exculsively since '98. Everytime I read one of these reviews, I'm just hoping to see how my favorite brand blew the competetion away. But I've never seen them reviewed - freaking conspiracy.
Ikaruga was the reason I bought a GC last month - I haven't played console games in about a decade, and it just looked too cool. I was pretty rusty for the first few hours of play, and I've gotten better, but still suck. My high score is a tad over 2million. Those guys competing for the trophy on the Ikaruga website must be freaking amazing to watch (over 32million points!)
I remember talking to the department head when I was declaring my major and him saying that working in a lab is "like getting paid to play"... and he does electron microscopy - hours and hours of staring at a green screen - it'll make you crazy.
But my problem is that I feel that most of my work could be done by a robot. Thus my desire to move into bioinformatics, and the reason I'm spending time learning that and not reading journals.
As a molecular biologist (with a BS) who's worked in several academic and industrial labs, I say steer very clear of doing wetlab work - it is boring and repetitive, and most of the day you are not really using your mind.
Basically, I prep DNA, ligate DNA, do PCR reactions and transform bacteria. Run the gels, digest DNA, yadayadayada. It doesn't pay well, and is not galmorous. No scientist that I know really enjoys doing that crap. After decades of work, you might be lucky do direct your own group of minions to do this crap so you can analyze results and think of new experiments all day long (the fun parts).
Go into a field that mixes computers and science. Like say bioinformatics or molecular modeling. I'm fairly ignorant on these subjects, but they seem much more interesting to do on a day to day basis. So that's where I'm trying to head.
Here, the planes are pushed beyond normal limits by test pilots who cartwheel them through the sky at high altitudes and race at supersonic speeds a few feet above the Pacific.
Man - that would make pod-racing looking like drag-racing snails... 750+mph just feet above the ocean?! Imagine the wake behind that beast.
I tried to sign up for PacBell DSL about 2 years ago, but after a series of screwups on their end, called them up and cancelled everything and mailed back their DSL modem. About 6 months later, my phone bill starts tripling and I see I've been signed up. So I deal with ~3hrs of waiting on hold to talk to the right people... AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. To make a long story short, I think the fine should be larger.
MRAM - gobs of it (>2GB) XScale small (less than 0.5 inch thick) weight (less than 5 oz) High res screen Bluetooth WiFi PalmOS (w/ability to replace w/Debian, if desired) MMC/SD High Quality Headphone jack USB2 Long Battery life
why the fuck is this question flamebait? Me saying quicktime is a fucking piece of shit and that mpg should be the only video format on the net is flaimbate.
Thanks for the reply. This has been bugging me for a while - I just thought most people were getting the 404s that I'm getting. The main page has a link for aplus.net, which is the same ISP I use. I think there must be some internal routing problems. Time to fire off an email to tech support.
I've head that aggregate.org is supposed to have info on a cluster, but over the past year, whenever I go there, it just says "Our site is under construction, please come back later"
with a banner for http://www.aggregate.org/images/anetlogo_100x50.gi f and http://www.aggregate.org/images/names4ever banner1_ logo.gif
Does the URL only work for people with certain ip addresses or something? Because people keep referring to that site when it seems to have zero content.
Yep - On XFree, screen redraws have gotten quicker, but is still *much* slower than NS4.7. I wonder if the mozilla hackers will ever be able to make screen draws fast, or if we'll all have to upgrade to 2GHz machines to make it more usable?
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They don't even try to hide it. The Police get back together, and suddenly every old song of theirs from the 80s is played repeatedly in San Diego. There's so much good music out there, but they won't ever play it - probably because of payola. Radio Sucks!
thanks for saying that. I think some current slashdoters don't appreciate decent story telling, or just assume the series is *just* a children's series.
ha.
funny to see you comment here as you're in the photo with the "reporter" on his wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Poulsen
Congrats!
Try using modern Ubuntu and Fedora 6 test 3. Boot up time is so slow it's not even funny. Most people these days run laptops, so that is VERY IMPORTANT. And starting the Xserver is so slow, it's fscking pathetic. REALLY annoying. So when I logout, it takes 20-30 seconds to log back in. This is on a Yonah system with 512MiB RAM (macbook)
NO such problems with MacOSX. It's so much faster to boot, and display a file browser. These are really important for mainstream use.
You sound like a sys admin who is not familiar with the needs of desktop users - especially those running laptops.
LINUX really needs faster loading apps (yes, I'm running with DT_GNU_HASH). Xorg needs a major boost - so that logging out doesn't *quit* the freakin server, and then it has to be restarted?!! It is so agonizingly slow.
yes the Linux desktop is mostly feature complete. Now optimizing the thing should be a priority.
I think a system like this would be useful for a Trusted Computing (TC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing ) system on Linux. TC does have some good uses, and having the OS cooperate with Intel's hardware (La Grande - http://www.intel.com/technology/security/ )would be great.
Yeah. I've used PCP&C exculsively since '98. Everytime I read one of these reviews, I'm just hoping to see how my favorite brand blew the competetion away. But I've never seen them reviewed - freaking conspiracy.
I also have a GC, but only 2 games:
1. Metroid came with it.
2. Ikaruga - the reason I have a console. Best game ever (IMNSHO).
Ikaruga was the reason I bought a GC last month - I haven't played console games in about a decade, and it just looked too cool. I was pretty rusty for the first few hours of play, and I've gotten better, but still suck. My high score is a tad over 2million. Those guys competing for the trophy on the Ikaruga website must be freaking amazing to watch (over 32million points!)
I want more games like Ikaruga!!
hah! that made me laugh in a cathartic way.
I remember talking to the department head when I was declaring my major and him saying that working in a lab is "like getting paid to play"... and he does electron microscopy - hours and hours of staring at a green screen - it'll make you crazy.
man! I would love to work in that type of environments.
My other big gripe is the HUGE lack of organization in most labs. Having robots do the boring cataloging and storing would solve *so* many problems.
You're basically correct.
But my problem is that I feel that most of my work could be done by a robot. Thus my desire to move into bioinformatics, and the reason I'm spending time learning that and not reading journals.
As a molecular biologist (with a BS) who's worked in several academic and industrial labs, I say steer very clear of doing wetlab work - it is boring and repetitive, and most of the day you are not really using your mind.
Basically, I prep DNA, ligate DNA, do PCR reactions and transform bacteria. Run the gels, digest DNA, yadayadayada. It doesn't pay well, and is not galmorous. No scientist that I know really enjoys doing that crap. After decades of work, you might be lucky do direct your own group of minions to do this crap so you can analyze results and think of new experiments all day long (the fun parts).
Go into a field that mixes computers and science. Like say bioinformatics or molecular modeling. I'm fairly ignorant on these subjects, but they seem much more interesting to do on a day to day basis. So that's where I'm trying to head.
Here, the planes are pushed beyond normal limits by test pilots who cartwheel them through the sky at high altitudes and race at supersonic speeds a few feet above the Pacific.
Man - that would make pod-racing looking like drag-racing snails... 750+mph just feet above the ocean?! Imagine the wake behind that beast.
I tried to sign up for PacBell DSL about 2 years ago, but after a series of screwups on their end, called them up and cancelled everything and mailed back their DSL modem. About 6 months later, my phone bill starts tripling and I see I've been signed up. So I deal with ~3hrs of waiting on hold to talk to the right people... AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. To make a long story short, I think the fine should be larger.
Do Gentoo packages place the contents of the compile in the correct directory even if the upstream source does not?
/usr/share/doc even though many upstream sources try to install to /usr/doc
For example, debian packages move all documentation to
A great deal of the work of debian is deciding policy of where files get installed. I'm just wondering if gentoo is following debian's lead.
MRAM - gobs of it (>2GB)
XScale
small (less than 0.5 inch thick)
weight (less than 5 oz)
High res screen
Bluetooth
WiFi
PalmOS (w/ability to replace w/Debian, if desired)
MMC/SD
High Quality Headphone jack
USB2
Long Battery life
you must be a liberterian.
i can tell because you are one of the few with actual intelligence.
yeah. russia and china are really kicking our ass with their technology...
why the fuck is this question flamebait? Me saying quicktime is a fucking piece of shit and that mpg should be the only video format on the net is flaimbate.
But the parent posted a legitimate concern.
not much to be said.
I think I'll upgrade my PII-400 / Matrox G200. Not that I play games much (obviously), but this is just amazing.
Thanks for the reply. This has been bugging me for a while - I just thought most people were getting the 404s that I'm getting. The main page has a link for aplus.net, which is the same ISP I use. I think there must be some internal routing problems. Time to fire off an email to tech support.
This is seriously disturbing!
When I go to http://www.aggregate.org/KLAT2/
I get a "404 Not Found" But you get to a real web site?
What's going on here?
I've head that aggregate.org is supposed to have info on a cluster, but over the past year, whenever I go there, it just says "Our site is under construction, please come back later"
i fr banner1_ logo.gif
with a banner for http://www.aggregate.org/images/anetlogo_100x50.g
and
http://www.aggregate.org/images/names4eve
Does the URL only work for people with certain ip addresses or something? Because people keep referring to that site when it seems to have zero content.
Yep - On XFree, screen redraws have gotten quicker, but is still *much* slower than NS4.7. I wonder if the mozilla hackers will ever be able to make screen draws fast, or if we'll all have to upgrade to 2GHz machines to make it more usable?
n/t