I can definitely vouch for TortoiseSVN's usefulness - I have used it on some of my own projects, and it's really easy enough for anyone. A great example of a well executed piece of software.
It's good to see more sites adding APIs to their web services (Amazon already has other web services, as does Yahoo and Google of course). It's becoming even easier for "mere mortals" to link together new technologies to make innovative new systems, but I wonder if this reliance on third-party systems comes at a cost, perhaps to reliability or security?
Red Hat and Xen - World leader in virtualization as long as you only want to run Linux or BSD.
According to Wikipedia's Xen article, Xen will work with any OS if you're using a recent AMD or Intel chip with virtualization extensions, so that's not strictly speaking true.
2) A dollar goes a lot farther in Indonesia, so $1 for them means a lot more than it does for a US citizen.
Isn't this what currency exchange rates are for? I never really understood how money can be worth more in one place than another - I thought exchange rates between forms of currency were supposed to fix that.
Do you find that blocking machines with lots of simultaneous connections causes problems with bittorrent clients? (Or is that an intended side effect?:) )
Just FYI, P4-M is a shorthand way of writing Pentium 4 Mobile. The low-power but fairly high performance notebook chips we're discussing are the Pentium M, or P-M, and don't have a 4 in their name at all.
Then you still make no sense. Go back and read the original comment, he didn't say it couldn't be done due to lack of phosphors, he said it would flicker annoyingly due to lack of phosphors. You said "Har har, LCDs don't have phosphors", but LCDs don't have to scan a beam like a laser display does.
Both lasers and CRTs scan a beam across a screen. In the CRT's case, phosphors continue to glow for a short time after the beam continues on. In a laser display, however, each spot will only glow as long as the laser remains there. This would indicate that a scanning laser display will appear to flicker more than a CRT display, if they are running at the same frequency. The solution would seem to be to use higher scanning rates for the laser display.
LCDs don't scan a beam at all, and have no flicker, so I don't know why you brought them up.
Perhaps you might have an answer to something that's been happening to me..
Recently, what I presume is a collection agency has started calling my cell phone asking for someone I've never heard of. I presume he gave a false number, or the number was incorrectly entered or something. Anyway, I tell them they have the wrong number, and they call back. Eventually I got bitchy with the lady and asked for as much information as I could possibly think of, clearly explained the situation and asked her to make sure I was not called back. So far, it seems to have worked.
I understand that they may not believe me, given that I could actually be the person they're looking for and just trying to get rid of them, but I'd really like them to stop calling. Is there anything in specific that I can do?
I've been using RealRhapsody for awhile, and am fairly pleased with it.
#1: It's not P2P, but their servers and connections are fast enough to provide a good experience; #2: There is a unique key/identifier, and you can connect with it from any computer, so you can use the same account at work and at home (but not simultaneoulsy); #3: You get unlimited streaming access to whatever they have, and you pay $0.80/track if you want to buy a track (which is great if you're like me, and only listen to music while sitting near a computer - unlimited streaming is included in the monthly fee); #4: Client doesn't contain any banners or advertisements (other than recommending different artists, which actually works fairly well if you narrow it down to a genre that you're interested in); #5: The monthly fee is reasonable (about $10), and there are no caps to what you can stream.
I'm quite pleased with it. The variety of artists is more than broad enough for my tastes, and the "radio stations" are quite good (and you can skip tracks! it's more like an infinite playlist in that respect.) The player is fairly well designed, although there are a few changes I'd make to the interface. The streaming is 128kbps WMA, which isn't perfect but it's far better than 128kbps MP3, I notice few artifacts. Tracks that you buy are 192kbps AAC, and they're cheaper than iTunes (since you're paying monthly for the service). It's not the best for everyone, but I like it.
That's comparing the entire system's loads, though, and not just the video cards themselves. That means that adding another video card and changing nothing else raised their entire computer's power usage by 35%. That's a fair amount.
I'd be surprised to find a library or internet cafe that allowed booting off of user-provided media (floppy/CD/USB). It's a huge security risk. Such booting is easily disabled in the BIOS, and the BIOS can have a password set, although that can be cleared by opening the case and messing with a jumper.
BitTorrent doesn't just use a "line". You download from multiple people simultaneously, and those peope change over time, so you're not just downloading from a single person. Also, the more you upload to others, the more you'll be favored when clients are choosing who to upload to.
That reminds me of MP3 players and other audio devices claiming to have "Digital-quality audio!", which really means nothing. An 8-bit 11khz WAV is "digital quality", but I doubt anyone would consider it very high quality..
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I can definitely vouch for TortoiseSVN's usefulness - I have used it on some of my own projects, and it's really easy enough for anyone. A great example of a well executed piece of software.
It's good to see more sites adding APIs to their web services (Amazon already has other web services, as does Yahoo and Google of course). It's becoming even easier for "mere mortals" to link together new technologies to make innovative new systems, but I wonder if this reliance on third-party systems comes at a cost, perhaps to reliability or security?
According to Wikipedia's Xen article, Xen will work with any OS if you're using a recent AMD or Intel chip with virtualization extensions, so that's not strictly speaking true.
I've never noticed any of the problems you claim to have. Perhaps your Tiger install is hosed? Bad memory maybe?
Seriously. Your problems are atypical of a normal Tiger installation.
2) A dollar goes a lot farther in Indonesia, so $1 for them means a lot more than it does for a US citizen.
Isn't this what currency exchange rates are for? I never really understood how money can be worth more in one place than another - I thought exchange rates between forms of currency were supposed to fix that.
Do you find that blocking machines with lots of simultaneous connections causes problems with bittorrent clients? (Or is that an intended side effect? :) )
OP said:
up to 1500 m high...
New ridges nearly a mile high?!? [emph. added]
You said:
1500 m. Meters. Not Miles.
Google says:
1 500 meters = 0.932056788 miles
Reading comprehension. It's a Good Thing(tm).
Just FYI, P4-M is a shorthand way of writing Pentium 4 Mobile. The low-power but fairly high performance notebook chips we're discussing are the Pentium M, or P-M, and don't have a 4 in their name at all.
Then you still make no sense. Go back and read the original comment, he didn't say it couldn't be done due to lack of phosphors, he said it would flicker annoyingly due to lack of phosphors. You said "Har har, LCDs don't have phosphors", but LCDs don't have to scan a beam like a laser display does.
The original point still stands.
He made a perfectly legitimate comparison.
Both lasers and CRTs scan a beam across a screen. In the CRT's case, phosphors continue to glow for a short time after the beam continues on. In a laser display, however, each spot will only glow as long as the laser remains there. This would indicate that a scanning laser display will appear to flicker more than a CRT display, if they are running at the same frequency. The solution would seem to be to use higher scanning rates for the laser display.
LCDs don't scan a beam at all, and have no flicker, so I don't know why you brought them up.
Perhaps you might have an answer to something that's been happening to me..
Recently, what I presume is a collection agency has started calling my cell phone asking for someone I've never heard of. I presume he gave a false number, or the number was incorrectly entered or something. Anyway, I tell them they have the wrong number, and they call back. Eventually I got bitchy with the lady and asked for as much information as I could possibly think of, clearly explained the situation and asked her to make sure I was not called back. So far, it seems to have worked.
I understand that they may not believe me, given that I could actually be the person they're looking for and just trying to get rid of them, but I'd really like them to stop calling. Is there anything in specific that I can do?
I've been using RealRhapsody for awhile, and am fairly pleased with it.
#1: It's not P2P, but their servers and connections are fast enough to provide a good experience;
#2: There is a unique key/identifier, and you can connect with it from any computer, so you can use the same account at work and at home (but not simultaneoulsy);
#3: You get unlimited streaming access to whatever they have, and you pay $0.80/track if you want to buy a track (which is great if you're like me, and only listen to music while sitting near a computer - unlimited streaming is included in the monthly fee);
#4: Client doesn't contain any banners or advertisements (other than recommending different artists, which actually works fairly well if you narrow it down to a genre that you're interested in);
#5: The monthly fee is reasonable (about $10), and there are no caps to what you can stream.
I'm quite pleased with it. The variety of artists is more than broad enough for my tastes, and the "radio stations" are quite good (and you can skip tracks! it's more like an infinite playlist in that respect.) The player is fairly well designed, although there are a few changes I'd make to the interface. The streaming is 128kbps WMA, which isn't perfect but it's far better than 128kbps MP3, I notice few artifacts. Tracks that you buy are 192kbps AAC, and they're cheaper than iTunes (since you're paying monthly for the service). It's not the best for everyone, but I like it.
That's comparing the entire system's loads, though, and not just the video cards themselves. That means that adding another video card and changing nothing else raised their entire computer's power usage by 35%. That's a fair amount.
Got a link for that?
That assumes that the machines are configured to boot off a CD. I'd be surprised if they were, given the state of his workplace.
I've heard Klipsch's computer models, and I find them too heavy on treble and bass, and lacking in midrange. They just sound annoying to me.
I'd be surprised to find a library or internet cafe that allowed booting off of user-provided media (floppy/CD/USB). It's a huge security risk. Such booting is easily disabled in the BIOS, and the BIOS can have a password set, although that can be cleared by opening the case and messing with a jumper.
How is this any different than booting off a Gentoo LiveCD, mounting the filesystem and modifying /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow directly?
Why do you spell it with a big O?
Shareaza tries to do this, but it kinda sucks.
BitTorrent doesn't just use a "line". You download from multiple people simultaneously, and those peope change over time, so you're not just downloading from a single person. Also, the more you upload to others, the more you'll be favored when clients are choosing who to upload to.
I live near downtown Seattle, and I'm seeing a lot of 2004 Priuses too. Makes me happy.
That reminds me of MP3 players and other audio devices claiming to have "Digital-quality audio!", which really means nothing. An 8-bit 11khz WAV is "digital quality", but I doubt anyone would consider it very high quality..