It erupts every 600 thousand years... While things like bears are probably somewhat different over that span, they certainly could not have evolved completely in that time.. Which to me means there must be plenty of survivors when this occurs.
I interviewed a guy who worked for Schlumberger (provide a lot of tech to oil and gas industries)... Anyway, he was describing something to me in a thick accent and it finally dawned on me what he was saying... Shocked, I leaned forward and said: "You were transmitting data via mud?" and he said yes.
See, when you're drilling very deep.... radio waves can't get down to the drill head... but you can put a computer down there to detect what kind of material you are drilling in... You also have to pump this mud stuff down and out to get the material the drill breaks free out of the hole.... their solution was to vibrate a pattern into the mud and then have another computer that optically read the pattern from the mud at the surface! He then proceeded to tell me the bitrate he achieved on this "network".
Exactly. When no-one has a monopoly on the use of force, then using force to respond in kind is fair and just. It's called not letting yourself become a helpless victim.
This was all caused by the slippery sloap of nationalization we've been sliding on... Those of you who propose to solve this problem with more nationalization will get what you deserve...
In the old days, when the kernel guys were working on an odd numbered kernel they would try out all kinds of stuff... Then, when they had a big batch of cool stuff they would go after an even numbered release and spend all their time solidifying what they had just done... So they used to operate with a built in (and regular) period that allowed them to focus on bugs...
Since 2.6, they've changed all this. I believe we will see the occasional "bug fix" only release as this is really what the developers are used to... and it just works... In the old days, this would be a 2.7 release...
I just read a little about knoppmyth... And it sounds cool and all, and IF I had a few thousand bucks burning a hole in my pocket it would be a fun project...
Until then however, when I want a Linux based DVR, I'll just use TiVo... Works great, cheaper... Hackable (if I feel like it, as opposed to knoppmyth)...
For a couple hours, I scanned websites, and read the ramblings of many predicting calamity and the end of the world...
These days, Peak Oil is getting more and more attention... But I don't worry about it...
As oil from current sources becomes more and more expensive alternative sources of energy become relatively cheaper... I heard recently that the oil sands in Canada have about as much oil as those in Saudi Arabia, but that it is 6 times more expensive to extract... Let's say gas suddenly costs 12 dollars per gallon... Well, I could afford to drive OCCASIONALLY... I would probably ride a bike to work... But it need not mean "The END of the WORLD! ARGH!" Like these Peak Oil nuts believe...
We currently have Nuclear power plants. We will not run out of oil over night, and these nuclear plants will not stop functioning immediatley... We will build more of these...
At worst, we MIGHT have to cut back on some consumption... But human ingenuity will satisfy demand...
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It WILL be necessary because nothing substantive will actually be done to head off disaster.
It erupts every 600 thousand years... While things like bears are probably somewhat different over that span, they certainly could not have evolved completely in that time.. Which to me means there must be plenty of survivors when this occurs.
I interviewed a guy who worked for Schlumberger (provide a lot of tech to oil and gas industries)... Anyway, he was describing something to me in a thick accent and it finally dawned on me what he was saying... Shocked, I leaned forward and said: "You were transmitting data via mud?" and he said yes.
See, when you're drilling very deep.... radio waves can't get down to the drill head... but you can put a computer down there to detect what kind of material you are drilling in... You also have to pump this mud stuff down and out to get the material the drill breaks free out of the hole.... their solution was to vibrate a pattern into the mud and then have another computer that optically read the pattern from the mud at the surface! He then proceeded to tell me the bitrate he achieved on this "network".
Also, 640K of memory is enough for everyone!
If you think life expectancy has peaked, you're an idiot... We're just getting warmed up...
TSIA
fo schizzle my nizzle...
The nameplate for the guy at the desk is A. Waterman!
:)
Any other ex tivo employee's laughing at that?
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Mod this up. This has to be one of the cleanest, coolest comebacks I have ever seen!
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Exactly. When no-one has a monopoly on the use of force, then using force to respond in kind is fair and just. It's called not letting yourself become a helpless victim.
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Yuck.
So, how do you suppose I work on this here driver without admin rights?
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I find the idea of unionizing outright offensive. I for one will NEVER join a professional union. I just don't believe in them.
Instead I outcompete.
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You see, because he's talking about a mythical system that doesn't need any drivers...
These guys are just shifting the problem out to user space...
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Yeah, this sucks, BUT
This was all caused by the slippery sloap of nationalization we've been sliding on... Those of you who propose to solve this problem with more nationalization will get what you deserve...
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In the old days, when the kernel guys were working on an odd numbered kernel they would try out all kinds of stuff... Then, when they had a big batch of cool stuff they would go after an even numbered release and spend all their time solidifying what they had just done... So they used to operate with a built in (and regular) period that allowed them to focus on bugs...
Since 2.6, they've changed all this. I believe we will see the occasional "bug fix" only release as this is really what the developers are used to... and it just works... In the old days, this would be a 2.7 release...
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I worked as an engineer at tivo when the first boxes hit the market.
We beat replaytv to market by a matter of months.
First is first.
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You probably just made a ton of money for that guy...
In fact, you may be that guy!
so in that spirit:
http://www.agferraris.com/
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I just read a little about knoppmyth... And it sounds cool and all, and IF I had a few thousand bucks burning a hole in my pocket it would be a fun project...
Until then however, when I want a Linux based DVR, I'll just use TiVo... Works great, cheaper... Hackable (if I feel like it, as opposed to knoppmyth)...
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I say we build a new one!
I got about 65 ft of 10base I can donate!
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Fucking A!
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I can go to almost any doctor I want.
Unix Sales? So, this doesn't include any FREE operating systems right?
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binutils, gcc, glibc and the linux kernel headers (from a 2.6 kernel of course)...
At least, thats what my toddler plays with...
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I first heard about Peak Oil about 2 years ago.
For a couple hours, I scanned websites, and read the ramblings of many predicting calamity and the end of the world...
These days, Peak Oil is getting more and more attention... But I don't worry about it...
As oil from current sources becomes more and more expensive alternative sources of energy become relatively cheaper... I heard recently that the oil sands in Canada have about as much oil as those in Saudi Arabia, but that it is 6 times more expensive to extract... Let's say gas suddenly costs 12 dollars per gallon... Well, I could afford to drive OCCASIONALLY... I would probably ride a bike to work... But it need not mean "The END of the WORLD! ARGH!" Like these Peak Oil nuts believe...
We currently have Nuclear power plants. We will not run out of oil over night, and these nuclear plants will not stop functioning immediatley... We will build more of these...
At worst, we MIGHT have to cut back on some consumption... But human ingenuity will satisfy demand...
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alias more='less'
is better because scrolling will work.
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Tackle this with a bottom up approach.
Try not to use the heap. Try not to use pointers.
If you have to use the heap use a rock solid smart pointer implementation.
Do you have to use C++? Could you just use C?
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