Me: Gonna buy me a set of those real soon! (Disc Brakes) Bike Shop Owner: Really? Why? Me: Um, they're better... Bike Shop Owner: Really? Why? Me: Um, because they work better right? Bike Shop Owner: Let me ask you this then, what problems are, or have you, had with your v-brake system? Me: Um... Bike Shop Owner: And of those problems, which will be solved by a higher price tag, more weight, more parts and generally more complexity? Me: Since you put it like that, I guess I'm unsold thank you!
Discs are one of those rare parts on a mtb that actually does provide a better experience, and can save you money:
In Mud. Discs can handle it, rim brakes can't. Not to mention the wear you are
putting on your rims. The much more expensive part (your wheels) does not
get worn out from braking, so this saves you money in the long run.
In Ice/Snow. Discs work. Rim Brakes don't.
Installing/Adjusting discs is much easier than dealing with V's. You set
cable tension once. Then you just move the pads in as they wear.
A slightly warped rim is not going to rub your brakes (yeah, warped discs
are another story, but that occurance is much less likely)
I've found that you can adjust the modulation of discs much more than you
can with rim brakes.
Tire clearance (this is another mud thing)
Of course, nothing is perfect. For trialsin, and for weight savings,
rim brakes are the way to go (rim brakes are very good at locking a
wheel, discs are not). There is also a break-in penalty with discs
(a new disc doesn't stop so good right away). And having such a small
area for something to get wedged in makes me nervous on occasion (of
course I felt the same way about how easy V's worked when I first got
those...thought they'd engage if I brushed a tree wrong or something)
For overall riding, I love my discs...but if I were a trials rider,
I'd go back to rim brakes.
To go to discs, you'll obviously need new wheels, and a frame that is
compatible, but that is a one time expense, that has been well worth it for me.
So, if you are a general XC rider, I'd recommend upgrading to discs the
next time you need to replace a wheel. Until then, if you aren't riding
in a lot of muck, or in the winter, or prefer trials to riding fast,
there is nothing wrong with rim brakes.
Now, one of the great "innovations" that is annoying is 9 speed drivetrains. 8 was fine (and arguably 7 before that). At least SRAM gear doesn't ghost on it though. I'll never go back to shimano after losing all of my gearing at a race earlier this year.
TOUR FACT SHEET
2107 miles
23 days total: 1 prologue, 20 stages and 2 rest days
11 flat stages
6 mountain stages
3 individual time trials
1 team time trial
21 nine-rider teams
$3,687,619.22 total prize money
$491,648.51 to the winner (winning team)
Great Divide Race Fact Sheet:
2450 miles. 200,000 feet of climbing. 7 competitors. Drafting not allowed. No team cars. No mechanics. No post-stage massages. No nutritionists preparing perfectly balanced meals. No scheduled sleep in altitude tents. Last, but not least - No pavement.
Mike Curiak won in 16 days and 57 minutes, after making several wrong turns and riding for over 2500 miles. He averaged 158 miles a day. He rode through snow, two days of downpours, opressive heat, mosquito attacks and 40 mph headwinds. And he did it almost entirely alone. I'd like to see anyone on the Tour match his feat.
This is one of those things that has come about recently. Basically, our sales droids get their stuff paid for, but it has to be installed, configured, and maintained by our managed broadband provider (megapath, probably due to change soon due to megapath's incompetence). We IT geeks, however, all end up buying our own, since most of us already had it, and use it more for personal use than anything anyway.
But, I refuse to buy my own pagers, cell phones, etc. I don't want a cell phone, and if my company requires one, I sure as hell am not going to buy one. Same goes for PDA's. I have my own sony clie. If the company decrees that I must have a wince device, then they can buy the stuff. If you don't have any personal need for something, then why should you be forced to buy it? (books on topics that I have no use for at home, but need for a job are another example).
Of course I do much more than this, but linux is pretty easy to secure from a "don't run unnecessary services" point of view. From my ks.cfg file used when building custom FreeSWAN gateways:
#Service Lockdown rm -f/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/* /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 network on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 syslog on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 keytable on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 random on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 crond on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 atd on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 named on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 ntpd on /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 sshd on
While windowmaker does not use a taskbar (good!), the mini-icons serve the same purpose. For each application, you have the option to use a shared application icon. I think this is the same thing. Dunno when the feature showed up, though. Windowmaker's changes are often quite subtle.
The same guys who push the MCSE courses on the radio have, for the past year, been advertising "You can become a cyber-cop!". I think it is computer learning network. They basically guarantee that you'll learn everything you need to know to work in the security field by taking their 10 week course.
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Flashers aren't touching me or my property, as good or bad as that may be. Bad analogy.
Well, my mail server at home runs what my mail server needs, and nothing else. As do every one of my machines, including my desktop. This is really important on small-resource machines like my toshiba libretto 110. Here is my mail server:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? S 0:17 init [3] 2 ? SW 0:01 [kflushd] 3 ? SW 0:21 [kupdate] 4 ? SW 0:00 [kpiod] 5 ? SW 0:11 [kswapd] 6 ? SW< 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] 328 ? S 28:15 syslogd -m 0 338 ? SW 0:00 [klogd] 364 ? S 0:00/usr/sbin/atd 498 ? S 0:01 crond 1035 tty1 SW 0:00 [mingetty] 21845 ? SL 0:01 ntpd 28000 ? S 13:55/usr/sbin/sshd 10535 ? S 1:31 sendmail: accepting connections 21290 ? S 0:05 xinetd -reuse -pidfile/var/run/xinetd.pid 2745 ? S 2:24/usr/bin/spamd -d -a -x -u nobody 4458 ? S 0:00/usr/sbin/sshd 4459 pts/0 S 0:00 -bash 4482 pts/0 R 0:00 ps ax
My guess is that the only stuff it "breaks" is crap that is running improperly anyway. Stuff that tries to write to system directories for no good reason, instead of to each user's "Documents and Settings" directory, for example.
If windows programmers had been writing software with multiple users in mind from the beginning (ala unix), then many of the problems plaguing windows likely wouldn't exist.
As I've written before, even when linux becomes mainstream, it will not have the number of problems that windows has simply because linux developers always have and always will write their code for a multi-user system. Much of the windows software still around still thinks it is ok to modify system settings in the registry, system files, etc.
Windows just hasn't to date gotten the unique settings per program for each user thing down.
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To sniff with the orinoco card you need to use the patched drivers to enable monitor mode. This was trivial for me on Mandrake 9.x and RedHat 8.
Directions here:
http://www.tipsybottle.com/technology/wireless/R ed Hat8-Kismet-HOWTO.shtml
Once again, California is one step ahead of the rest of the country.
Huh? When I moved from carlisle, pa to elizabethtown, pa, I was able to stay with my (SMALL!) ISP, planet cable, even though I have sprint phone service, and sprint has their own DSL offering.
Regulation is the only way a small ISP can even stay in business now. My ISP is called "planetcable" because they USED to be a cable provider. Guess what? When comcast took over the local cable, they forced planetcable to become a DSL provider, because they weren't about to let a local company instead of themselves offer cable Internet access.
Even more reason to put off replacing the little guy with a newer sony sub-notebook:)
As others have stated, this version is a bit faster.
The theme is fine. Just set it to use small icons and no text.
The only annoyance is that there is display loop problem when opening up the toolbar customizer (you can get around it by simply clicking firefox's titlebar...I have other apps that do this too...gtk2 issue?)
Another thing that I haven't gotten around to submitting a bug report for is that the prefs window assumes your screen is > 480 pixels high, and comes up off of the screen. Easily remedied using windowmaker's ability to resize with the meta key, but this bug is a little annoying, as the prefs info fits perfectly fine after I resize the window to fit on my screen.
It's too bad they would even need to be forced. It's a better product. They should ditch IE and license it for use themselves. Then maybe Microsoft could focus more effort to making their core products that they actually care about better.
I understand this is mainly targeted at pda's, but you can accomplish exactly the same thing using an IRC server and xchat. If I want to give someone a file, I just drag it from ROX to the nickname in the channel we are in. The dcc launches automatically. Dunno if xchat does the same in the windows version, but I'm sure other windows clients would. Of course you can do the same thing use a public network share as well.
Slashdot Mirror
Until you bonk. Just b/c your gallon != gasoline doesn't mean you don't need fuel.
Google is good at what it does: searching and newsgroups with a few other potentially useful things.
Yahoo is good at what it does: news, yellow pages, maps, tv listings, movie listings, etc.
I use yahoo primarily for 'book' information, and google as a search engine.
Discs are one of those rare parts on a mtb that actually does provide a better experience, and can save you money:
Of course, nothing is perfect. For trialsin, and for weight savings, rim brakes are the way to go (rim brakes are very good at locking a wheel, discs are not). There is also a break-in penalty with discs (a new disc doesn't stop so good right away). And having such a small area for something to get wedged in makes me nervous on occasion (of course I felt the same way about how easy V's worked when I first got those...thought they'd engage if I brushed a tree wrong or something)
For overall riding, I love my discs...but if I were a trials rider, I'd go back to rim brakes.
To go to discs, you'll obviously need new wheels, and a frame that is compatible, but that is a one time expense, that has been well worth it for me.
So, if you are a general XC rider, I'd recommend upgrading to discs the next time you need to replace a wheel. Until then, if you aren't riding in a lot of muck, or in the winter, or prefer trials to riding fast, there is nothing wrong with rim brakes.
Now, one of the great "innovations" that is annoying is 9 speed drivetrains. 8 was fine (and arguably 7 before that). At least SRAM gear doesn't ghost on it though. I'll never go back to shimano after losing all of my gearing at a race earlier this year.
Not to knock the insane amount of pain and willpower in the tour, but a friend posted this to my lists the other day:
Subject: TDF vs. GDR
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:38:49 -0400
TOUR FACT SHEET
2107 miles
23 days total: 1 prologue, 20 stages and 2 rest days
11 flat stages
6 mountain stages
3 individual time trials
1 team time trial
21 nine-rider teams
$3,687,619.22 total prize money
$491,648.51 to the winner (winning team)
Great Divide Race Fact Sheet:
2450 miles.
200,000 feet of climbing.
7 competitors.
Drafting not allowed.
No team cars.
No mechanics.
No post-stage massages.
No nutritionists preparing perfectly balanced meals.
No scheduled sleep in altitude tents.
Last, but not least - No pavement.
Mike Curiak won in 16 days and 57 minutes, after making several wrong turns and riding for over 2500 miles. He averaged 158 miles a day. He rode through snow, two days of downpours, opressive heat, mosquito attacks and 40 mph headwinds. And he did it almost entirely alone. I'd like to see anyone on the Tour match his feat.
And stickers. Don't forget the stickers.
You should use about:config these days to change prefs.
is Inotes. It will fall back to a lame interface, but won't do anything through a proxy. Come on, IBM, this is ridiculous.
I agree. Maybe they could incorporate this as an extension for those who want it though.
But, I refuse to buy my own pagers, cell phones, etc. I don't want a cell phone, and if my company requires one, I sure as hell am not going to buy one. Same goes for PDA's. I have my own sony clie. If the company decrees that I must have a wince device, then they can buy the stuff. If you don't have any personal need for something, then why should you be forced to buy it? (books on topics that I have no use for at home, but need for a job are another example).
To the original poster, I have had issues with the .pdfs created by open office. They open fine in windoze, but many times do not print.
While windowmaker does not use a taskbar (good!), the mini-icons serve the same purpose. For each application, you have the option to use a shared application icon. I think this is the same thing. Dunno when the feature showed up, though. Windowmaker's changes are often quite subtle.
All they would need to to is smart-relay through the ISP's servers. Probably not all that hard to rewrite the zombies to do that, you know.
- xchat
- gaim
- gvim
- ethereal
all come to mind.The same guys who push the MCSE courses on the radio have, for the past year, been advertising "You can become a cyber-cop!". I think it is computer learning network. They basically guarantee that you'll learn everything you need to know to work in the security field by taking their 10 week course.
Flashers aren't touching me or my property, as good or bad as that may be. Bad analogy.
Fine, so long as the government would buy my copy of windoze and a computer to put it on.
My guess is that the only stuff it "breaks" is crap that is running improperly anyway. Stuff that tries to write to system directories for no good reason, instead of to each user's "Documents and Settings" directory, for example.
If windows programmers had been writing software with multiple users in mind from the beginning (ala unix), then many of the problems plaguing windows likely wouldn't exist.
As I've written before, even when linux becomes mainstream, it will not have the number of problems that windows has simply because linux developers always have and always will write their code for a multi-user system. Much of the windows software still around still thinks it is ok to modify system settings in the registry, system files, etc.
Windows just hasn't to date gotten the unique settings per program for each user thing down.
To sniff with the orinoco card you need to use the patched drivers to enable monitor mode. This was trivial for me on Mandrake 9.x and RedHat 8.
R ed Hat8-Kismet-HOWTO.shtml
Directions here:
http://www.tipsybottle.com/technology/wireless/
Huh? When I moved from carlisle, pa to elizabethtown, pa, I was able to stay with my (SMALL!) ISP, planet cable, even though I have sprint phone service, and sprint has their own DSL offering.
Regulation is the only way a small ISP can even stay in business now. My ISP is called "planetcable" because they USED to be a cable provider. Guess what? When comcast took over the local cable, they forced planetcable to become a DSL provider, because they weren't about to let a local company instead of themselves offer cable Internet access.
As others have stated, this version is a bit faster.
The theme is fine. Just set it to use small icons and no text.
The only annoyance is that there is display loop problem when opening up the toolbar customizer (you can get around it by simply clicking firefox's titlebar...I have other apps that do this too...gtk2 issue?)
Another thing that I haven't gotten around to submitting a bug report for is that the prefs window assumes your screen is > 480 pixels high, and comes up off of the screen. Easily remedied using windowmaker's ability to resize with the meta key, but this bug is a little annoying, as the prefs info fits perfectly fine after I resize the window to fit on my screen.
Other than that, great stuff!
It's too bad they would even need to be forced. It's a better product. They should ditch IE and license it for use themselves. Then maybe Microsoft could focus more effort to making their core products that they actually care about better.
Why would I want 0.2 bps?
I understand this is mainly targeted at pda's, but you can accomplish exactly the same thing using an IRC server and xchat. If I want to give someone a file, I just drag it from ROX to the nickname in the channel we are in. The dcc launches automatically. Dunno if xchat does the same in the windows version, but I'm sure other windows clients would. Of course you can do the same thing use a public network share as well.