I remember how long it could take to get home porn through ftp-mail back in my university days... But it was worth it, dammit.
Ah, the time when we got USENET access... All those hours sitting and waiting for the 'You have new mail.' message was over and porn could be reached almost instantly at alt.pictures.celebs[*].
Anyway... do any of you torrent gurus know how to change a tracker? For example, say you have 80.torrent files and the tracker goes down. How do you easily change the tracker to a different one? Is this possible?
Viewing the plain text of the.torrent file... I might think it would be possible. Of course, if I understood the.torrent format I wouldn't be asking...
Well, why would you?
If you have the URL for the new tracker, why don't you get the torrent from that tracker instead?
When the torrent asks you where you want the new file downloaded, you point it to the old (incomplete) file, and voila, it will resume the download.
Just as long as the file is the same on the two different trackers, it's no problem. And if the files wasn't the same, you wouldn't have gained anything by editing the.torrent to begin with...
Evolution does not work that quickly, especially in populations the size of humans. The world will be different, but we will be the same. (maybe a few inches taller still due to better nourishment).
Although I slept through my bio-classes, I think I remember things like nourishment counted as part of the environment and not something that would affect your genes, thus not part of evolution.
I've always wanted a FPGA close the CPU. That way, instead of offloading a bunch of crap on the GPU, which as, you correctly point out, is good for nothing but pushing vertices to the monitor[1], you get a general purpose PU that you can do about everything on.
With an FPGA you could download some code that tells it how to encode a XviD or any other complex algorithm.
Of course, multitasking would be a bitch.;)
//H
[1] Not really true, there's some 2D acceleration too, even if everyone and their dog is thinking that 3D acceleration will make their screens update SO much faster.
Can someone tell me why I need a 3d accelerated desktop?
Would it be easier for me to navigate my windows if I could move between them as if I played Quake, instead of just clicking on the particular window I wanted?
Would I get more girls if my mailbox spun in cool 3d, instead of just opening?
Would my productivity improve if it took 5 more seconds to open a window just because it had to be animated, instead of just appearing?
Would it be easier for me to read text if all windows were transparent?
Is the human mind better trained to cope with windows if they are rotated 45 degrees along some axis?
I simply don't get the 3d desktop, but then, I prefer stuff that work, instead of stuff that looks good and doesn't work.
//H, just realized he has another flamebait post on his record. Damn that karma!
You're confusing the GPL license with the BSD license.
Not that it has anything do with your question except the phrasing of it.
To make a long story and a potential flamewar short;
GPL is about making the software free, and imposing restrictions on the user while BSD is about making the user free to whatever they want with the software, including adding restrictions.
Mod me a troll if you want, but remember that the Metamoderators will prove me right!;)
As mentioned elsewhere, most computer books gets old really fast, but with Safari I can check out a book and read it online before it even leaves the presses, and I must have a deadtree version, I can buy it directly from them.
And most overclocking gains you a couple of percent faster computer while you/will/ get gcc going segmentation fault all over your ass while compiling glibc...
Overclocking was a good idea on my 486sx/25 (going to 33), on the Celeron300A and some of the earlier Durons but nowadays when common processors are breaking 2GHz? It's not the processor that's the bottleneck in todays systems, not the memory, not the bus, not the graphics card and not the harddrive, but a combination of all these parts. Sure, you can overclock all of these things, but then the failure percentage will start to add up REAL quickly and you'll end up with a system more instable than the leaning tower of Pisa.
YMMV.;)
Great 'article' about how to get a nice console
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It's tailored for gentoo, but most stuff applies to most distributions I guess. Not that I'm using them.;)
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 Then you can get consoles which look like this: http://www.alledora.co.uk/images/fb0.jpg o r http://www.bootsplash.org/silent-mode.jpg
Files can be recived from http://www.bootsplash.org/
"Yeah, hi, I love the show, love hearing people's opinions, that's what made this country great. People. And opinions. And stuff. Most of all, guns. I've had it with people whining about 'guns kill people,' guns don't kill people, death kills people. Ask a doctor, it's a medical fact. You can't die from a bullet. You can die from a cardiac arrest or organ failure or a major hemorrhage, small piece of metal ain't the problem. Besides, I only use my machine-gun in the safety of my own home and car. I ain't hurting nobody. And countries that don't have guns ain't American."
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That way, we Chinese will rise up, set up a Moon base and throw rocks at you decadent capitalists!
If you promise to do webcasts from your gymnasiums, you've got a deal.
Do you think your money is safe there?
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_817915.htm
Although not when he appears on the SCO page.
Those who write a virus using a CAD program deserves jail...
--H
Personally, I thought about this passage:
//H
but those who have never been introduced to fisting by a friend or lover will learn quite a bit
'No, I did not have intercourse with that woman, I only fisted her'.
I remember how long it could take to get home porn through ftp-mail back in my university days... But it was worth it, dammit.
Ah, the time when we got USENET access... All those hours sitting and waiting for the 'You have new mail.' message was over and porn could be reached almost instantly at alt.pictures.celebs[*].
--H
[*] Name may not be accurate.
Christ, who knew there had to be a time when I had to post this link in a geek forum?
//H
The Moon Hoax
Sadly, yes. I used to be a developer for one of the companies that did those...
Seems like they even made it into production:
http://www.axis.com/products/cd_dvd/
Not that we were the only company that made those...
Well, why would you?
If you have the URL for the new tracker, why don't you get the torrent from that tracker instead?
When the torrent asks you where you want the new file downloaded, you point it to the old (incomplete) file, and voila, it will resume the download.
Just as long as the file is the same on the two different trackers, it's no problem. And if the files wasn't the same, you wouldn't have gained anything by editing the
Evolution does not work that quickly, especially in populations the size of humans. The world will be different, but we will be the same. (maybe a few inches taller still due to better nourishment).
Although I slept through my bio-classes, I think I remember things like nourishment counted as part of the environment and not something that would affect your genes, thus not part of evolution.
Which, IIRC, is exactly how the 'Mad Cow Disease' started to spread in the first place.
I've always wanted a FPGA close the CPU. That way, instead of offloading a bunch of crap on the GPU, which as, you correctly point out, is good for nothing but pushing vertices to the monitor[1], you get a general purpose PU that you can do about everything on.
;)
//H
With an FPGA you could download some code that tells it how to encode a XviD or any other complex algorithm.
Of course, multitasking would be a bitch.
[1] Not really true, there's some 2D acceleration too, even if everyone and their dog is thinking that 3D acceleration will make their screens update SO much faster.
Myself I like Paul Verhoevens commentaries... Mostly because he tells it like it was instead of some studio bullshit like on the Matrix commentary.
:)
Anyway, I miss a commentary on my Showgirls DVD, I'd really want to know what the FUCK he was thinking when he made that movie.
Can someone tell me why I need a 3d accelerated desktop?
//H, just realized he has another flamebait post on his record. Damn that karma!
Would it be easier for me to navigate my windows if I could move between them as if I played Quake, instead of just clicking on the particular window I wanted?
Would I get more girls if my mailbox spun in cool 3d, instead of just opening?
Would my productivity improve if it took 5 more seconds to open a window just because it had to be animated, instead of just appearing?
Would it be easier for me to read text if all windows were transparent?
Is the human mind better trained to cope with windows if they are rotated 45 degrees along some axis?
I simply don't get the 3d desktop, but then, I prefer stuff that work, instead of stuff that looks good and doesn't work.
You're confusing the GPL license with the BSD license.
;)
Not that it has anything do with your question except the phrasing of it.
To make a long story and a potential flamewar short;
GPL is about making the software free, and imposing restrictions on the user while BSD is about making the user free to whatever they want with the software, including adding restrictions.
Mod me a troll if you want, but remember that the Metamoderators will prove me right!
When O'Reilly got the Safari Bookshelf?
//H
As mentioned elsewhere, most computer books gets old really fast, but with Safari I can check out a book and read it online before it even leaves the presses, and I must have a deadtree version, I can buy it directly from them.
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Agreed.
/will/ get gcc going segmentation fault all over your ass while compiling glibc...
;)
And most overclocking gains you a couple of percent faster computer while you
Overclocking was a good idea on my 486sx/25 (going to 33), on the Celeron300A and some of the earlier Durons but nowadays when common processors are breaking 2GHz? It's not the processor that's the bottleneck in todays systems, not the memory, not the bus, not the graphics card and not the harddrive, but a combination of all these parts. Sure, you can overclock all of these things, but then the failure percentage will start to add up REAL quickly and you'll end up with a system more instable than the leaning tower of Pisa.
YMMV.
It's tailored for gentoo, but most stuff applies to most distributions I guess. Not that I'm using them. ;)
o r
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036
Then you can get consoles which look like this:
http://www.alledora.co.uk/images/fb0.jpg
http://www.bootsplash.org/silent-mode.jpg
Files can be recived from
http://www.bootsplash.org/
Well, nothing stops you from replacing the radio. The coding is there to stop other people from using your radio in their cars.
This is a common security measurement in most cars today.
ObSlashdotAntiMicrosoftComment:
Btw, I heard iDrive had lots of problems, mostly because it ran Windows CE. Hah!
Silicone.... Busts....
Must surf.
I can't do anything but agree.
//H, looking out for killer bees
I'd be camping outside my local gamestore to get one of the first copies of Vice City if I wasn't busy still playing GTA3.
"Even if it is a 'beta,' it's opera, so you know it's gonna be good."
;)
//H
Yeah, the last beta I tried from opera SIGSEGVd when I pressed a link. Kind of defeated the purpose of a web browser.
ObNotTroll:
Yeah, it was the first release they made, and yes, I think I remember it was an alpha, not beta, but hey...
"Yeah, hi, I love the show, love hearing people's opinions,
//H
that's what made this country great. People. And opinions. And
stuff. Most of all, guns. I've had it with people whining about
'guns kill people,' guns don't kill people, death kills people.
Ask a doctor, it's a medical fact. You can't die from a bullet.
You can die from a cardiac arrest or organ failure or a major
hemorrhage, small piece of metal ain't the problem. Besides, I
only use my machine-gun in the safety of my own home and car. I
ain't hurting nobody. And countries that don't have guns ain't
American."
You wrote:
/anyone/ get the Special Edition?
//H
> fans get the special edition
> new comers get the (cheaper) normal edition
No, fans won't buy it at all. Since fans already have the Matrix Original DVD and the Matrix Revisited DVD.
Ans since the Special Edition was nothing else but the Original bundled with the Revisited, why would
This is what they have realized and thus dropped the whole 'Special Edition' idea.
I'd say that probably got that figure from looking at how much water a particular plant used up in a year and divided with the number of chips.
I didn't read the article, but hey, I didn't search google either.