Well, since terminal velocity is only the maximum speed it will achieve in freefall, you could exceed it. If you built something of rail gun magnitude that fired a penny, it would certainly break skin near the barrel (of course, given the speeds involved "near the barrel" could be quite a ways away, depending on friction with the air). It would eventually slow down to terminal velocity by friction with the air, but even a penny fired at the velocity of a bullet would do some damage. The episode of MythBusters used a staple gun that fired them at about 64 mph which is about the max terminal velocity of a penny.
I would agree with you that they don't necessarily *trust* Microsoft, but they're too lazy/up-front-cost-focused/fearful to research/implement anything different. In my experience, getting PHBs to change is like pulling teeth. If they're even aware of an alternative, they don't take the time to research it, because it's easier to stay with the status quo. Then, if they decide they like what they hear about "this Linux thing", they realize they have to come up with an implementation plan. Even if you stay with the same hardware, it will definitely cost you in man-hours as you try to move things over with a minimum interruption of service. The old saying, "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is still true, but substitute MS for IBM. Techies in the know have to convince the PHB, but then the PHB has to convince his PHB or the board of directors. They will look to use someone as a scapegoat if the implementation doesn't go smoothly, and no one wants to be the guy with his head on the block. As such, they stick with what basically works, because "everyone else is using it".
Well, I'm thinking they didn't mean atomic *weapons* so much as they did the use of nuclear radiation in other things. Like glow-in-the-dark dyes, dinnerware, x-ray machines in shoe stores (you know, so you can see how your feet fit in the shoes), and other "nifty" applications of nuclear decay where the risks were *not* understood.
Weapons were easy to see. They blow things up good. Cancer 20-40 years later is a lot harder.
You've got to be kidding me. Let's see, I'm the president, and I have a certain agenda. I get to appoint someone to the SCOTUS *for life*. Do I
A) Truly pick a moderate judge who will examine the letter *and* intent of the law, and make a decision accordingly, or do I
B) Pick a judge who has a history of interpreting the law in a direction that favors my personal agenda (BTW, a SCOTUS appointment is quite the plum, and is a favor that will not be soon forgotten).
While they do not officially have any party affiliation, they *do* have definite political leanings. Because they're human.
What version of Notepad do you use? Notepad 5 (with Win2K) performs properly. So did every other version of Notepad I've ever seen. Unless it's a new "feature" in a newer version of Notepad, I call BS. For my money, Notepad is one of the best things they ever wrote. It does what it needs to do, quickly. Loads a hell of a lot faster than gedit, I'll tell you that much.
That's right. Depending on what you do to me, I can have you prosecuted for any criminal acts (kidnapping, etc.) you commit, or I can bring a civil case against you (emotional pain, etc.). It's *NOT* a First Amendment issue.
Well, my Tourette's-afflicted friend, the issue is that as you add drives to an array, the odds of one failing goes up. If you have an array of disks with a 100-day MTBF (just for example) with 3 drives, the odds are now three times greater that a single drive will fail. That's the issue. Also, recovering data from a single dead drive isn't so hard, since it's not chopped up all over several disks.
Now, if you don't mind rebuilding the system everytime a drive fails, that's your prerogative. However, if I was making the investment in a RAID controller and extra drives, I'd actually like to use the "Redundant" part of that acronym.
So, here's a thought. Howzaboot *you* shut the fuck up and come back when you understand what mommy and daddy are talking about, cupcake?
Well, I would have thought that any performance benefit they might have gotten from RAID 0 would have been offset by the threat of a single disk failure trashing everything.
If, for some reason, you're offended by my looking you in the eye and calling you a 'Paki', then it is your solemn duty to look me in the eye and call me a 'stinking kangaroo f*cker'.
Goddamn, I love Australians! Is there a way I can get more Australians without getting the forty hojillion poisonous animals that come with Australia itself? I just love that Aussies are perhaps the only people on earth more obnoxious than Americans, but they pull it off in a delightfully charming way. Even if they are stinking kangaroo f*ckers.:)
A fairy dies, and another pointy haired idiot buys some SCOX shares at an inflated price, using the psuedo-logic that if there's nothing there to refute, why do we keep refuting it?
Ah, yes, but when Big Blue et al. crush them (never thought I'd root for IBM vs a small company), those pointy-haired idiots will be out that money.
they almost certainly would have no antivirus software
Oh, for the miniscule number of Linux viruses?
no agents for our desktop license management
Since *most* software that requires license management is either Windows-only or hard for Joe User to come by, I don't see this as a huge problem either.
and almost certainly wouldn't be keeping up with security updates.
Ah, now this is a real concern. I would hope that your company has firewalls, but I can certainly understand not wanting them to be your *only* line of defense.
the users don't own their machines - the company does. if they want to piss around with _any_ os, let them do it on their own time, on their own network, and on their own equipment.
I can certainly understand this. When you're responsible for eleventy jillion desktops, you can't have people going rogue on you. At least not without knowing that if you have to come fix their PC, it's getting reimaged.
Now, I personally happen to run a stealth RH install, dual-booting to Win2K for when I just have to do something in Windows. My workstation, however, is well-secured, and has updates applied regularly. I have *never* had to bug the IT department, and my workstation is exceedingly well-behaved on the network. If the IT department decide to be real hard-asses about it and reimage me, I'll understand. Doesn't mean I won't be cranky, though.:)
Well, *traditional* density measurements indicate that muscle weighs more than fat. You are right, however, that it can be hard to tell, so to get accurate results, you need hydrostatic or caliper fat content tests.
And yes, there are traditional trouble spots for both sexes. Women tend to gain weight in the thighs and rear, whereas men tend to get the "keg on stilts" look. Overall, I merely refer to *general* fat loss, not targeting any particular areas.
How long before these commercials show up on Morpheus/KaZaA/whatever? Either the commercials themselves will be pirated, or (delightfully devilish, Seymour) the studios themselves will be seeding these out there under movie titles!
Either way, ranks right up there with the annoying PSA blitz against drunk driving. Not that I don't agree, but beating it into my skull isn't the way to go.
Oh, I'm well aware (I have that muscle-under-fat build myself). There are two points to my advocacy of bodyweight exercises: 1) The muscle burns more calories than the fat, so if you keep your food intake the same, you will drop. 2) You *are* getting aerobic exercise when you do most bodyweight exercises, especially when you combine them with proper breathing. Besides, even if you still have 10lbs of excess fat, isn't that better than the 20, 30, 40lbs or more that some people (myself included) need to lose?
Matt Furey is a personal trainer and champion wrestler/grappler. Try to ignore the old snake-oil salesman style of the pitch. The point is that the book has a bunch of exercises using only your bodyweight as resistance. They build muscle mass (which helps burn off that pesky fat while providing definition), you can do them every day, and when you start out, you probably won't be able to work any longer than 10-15 minutes. I've been using them, and the energy/strength increase is amazing.
Of course, there aren't too many exercises in there that the Marines haven't used. Either ship your ass off to Parris Island, or find some local former jarhead to work out with you. That's what I do, and they can *motivate* you.
Well, Hawk is, but I'm pretty sure we can't afford his consultative fees. Heck, I haven't even seen a post from him in the past 9 months. Too bad, it was nice to have someone around who actually knew what they were talking about from a legal standpoint.
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Well, since terminal velocity is only the maximum speed it will achieve in freefall, you could exceed it. If you built something of rail gun magnitude that fired a penny, it would certainly break skin near the barrel (of course, given the speeds involved "near the barrel" could be quite a ways away, depending on friction with the air). It would eventually slow down to terminal velocity by friction with the air, but even a penny fired at the velocity of a bullet would do some damage. The episode of MythBusters used a staple gun that fired them at about 64 mph which is about the max terminal velocity of a penny.
I would agree with you that they don't necessarily *trust* Microsoft, but they're too lazy/up-front-cost-focused/fearful to research/implement anything different. In my experience, getting PHBs to change is like pulling teeth. If they're even aware of an alternative, they don't take the time to research it, because it's easier to stay with the status quo. Then, if they decide they like what they hear about "this Linux thing", they realize they have to come up with an implementation plan. Even if you stay with the same hardware, it will definitely cost you in man-hours as you try to move things over with a minimum interruption of service. The old saying, "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is still true, but substitute MS for IBM. Techies in the know have to convince the PHB, but then the PHB has to convince his PHB or the board of directors. They will look to use someone as a scapegoat if the implementation doesn't go smoothly, and no one wants to be the guy with his head on the block. As such, they stick with what basically works, because "everyone else is using it".
Well, I'm thinking they didn't mean atomic *weapons* so much as they did the use of nuclear radiation in other things. Like glow-in-the-dark dyes, dinnerware, x-ray machines in shoe stores (you know, so you can see how your feet fit in the shoes), and other "nifty" applications of nuclear decay where the risks were *not* understood.
Weapons were easy to see. They blow things up good. Cancer 20-40 years later is a lot harder.
Hell, why not go all the way? Just buy Snoop away from AOL.
"Lindizzle keeps it cracka-lackin' for shizzle. B. Gates can sizzle my dizzle."
God, I love my home state.
"Virginia: We've got a corpse and a boob in our seal. Eat that, Maryland!"
You've got to be kidding me. Let's see, I'm the president, and I have a certain agenda. I get to appoint someone to the SCOTUS *for life*. Do I
A) Truly pick a moderate judge who will examine the letter *and* intent of the law, and make a decision accordingly, or do I
B) Pick a judge who has a history of interpreting the law in a direction that favors my personal agenda (BTW, a SCOTUS appointment is quite the plum, and is a favor that will not be soon forgotten).
While they do not officially have any party affiliation, they *do* have definite political leanings. Because they're human.
Man, I want a job at the Gartner group. It seems their methods go something like:
1) Something happens
2) Side with big business and release a paper
3) Wait until popular tide changes
4) Release new paper contradicting old one.
Shit, I could do that all day. Sign me up!
So give it to her right after sex, then, when she wants to "cuddle"?
Slow down there, professor. First, we've got to get to the sex part. Then we can figure out what to do after.
What version of Notepad do you use? Notepad 5 (with Win2K) performs properly. So did every other version of Notepad I've ever seen. Unless it's a new "feature" in a newer version of Notepad, I call BS. For my money, Notepad is one of the best things they ever wrote. It does what it needs to do, quickly. Loads a hell of a lot faster than gedit, I'll tell you that much.
That's right. Depending on what you do to me, I can have you prosecuted for any criminal acts (kidnapping, etc.) you commit, or I can bring a civil case against you (emotional pain, etc.). It's *NOT* a First Amendment issue.
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Whatever, amateur.
Well, my Tourette's-afflicted friend, the issue is that as you add drives to an array, the odds of one failing goes up. If you have an array of disks with a 100-day MTBF (just for example) with 3 drives, the odds are now three times greater that a single drive will fail. That's the issue. Also, recovering data from a single dead drive isn't so hard, since it's not chopped up all over several disks.
Now, if you don't mind rebuilding the system everytime a drive fails, that's your prerogative. However, if I was making the investment in a RAID controller and extra drives, I'd actually like to use the "Redundant" part of that acronym.
So, here's a thought. Howzaboot *you* shut the fuck up and come back when you understand what mommy and daddy are talking about, cupcake?
Well, I would have thought that any performance benefit they might have gotten from RAID 0 would have been offset by the threat of a single disk failure trashing everything.
Obligatory Penny Arcade response to the Afterburner.
If, for some reason, you're offended by my looking you in the eye and calling you a 'Paki', then it is your solemn duty to look me in the eye and call me a 'stinking kangaroo f*cker'.
:)
Goddamn, I love Australians! Is there a way I can get more Australians without getting the forty hojillion poisonous animals that come with Australia itself? I just love that Aussies are perhaps the only people on earth more obnoxious than Americans, but they pull it off in a delightfully charming way. Even if they are stinking kangaroo f*ckers.
A fairy dies, and another pointy haired idiot buys some SCOX shares at an inflated price, using the psuedo-logic that if there's nothing there to refute, why do we keep refuting it?
Ah, yes, but when Big Blue et al. crush them (never thought I'd root for IBM vs a small company), those pointy-haired idiots will be out that money.
And I will laugh.
they almost certainly would have no antivirus software
:)
Oh, for the miniscule number of Linux viruses?
no agents for our desktop license management
Since *most* software that requires license management is either Windows-only or hard for Joe User to come by, I don't see this as a huge problem either.
and almost certainly wouldn't be keeping up with security updates.
Ah, now this is a real concern. I would hope that your company has firewalls, but I can certainly understand not wanting them to be your *only* line of defense.
the users don't own their machines - the company does. if they want to piss around with _any_ os, let them do it on their own time, on their own network, and on their own equipment.
I can certainly understand this. When you're responsible for eleventy jillion desktops, you can't have people going rogue on you. At least not without knowing that if you have to come fix their PC, it's getting reimaged.
Now, I personally happen to run a stealth RH install, dual-booting to Win2K for when I just have to do something in Windows. My workstation, however, is well-secured, and has updates applied regularly. I have *never* had to bug the IT department, and my workstation is exceedingly well-behaved on the network. If the IT department decide to be real hard-asses about it and reimage me, I'll understand. Doesn't mean I won't be cranky, though.
One word: Laptops.
Well, *traditional* density measurements indicate that muscle weighs more than fat. You are right, however, that it can be hard to tell, so to get accurate results, you need hydrostatic or caliper fat content tests.
And yes, there are traditional trouble spots for both sexes. Women tend to gain weight in the thighs and rear, whereas men tend to get the "keg on stilts" look. Overall, I merely refer to *general* fat loss, not targeting any particular areas.
How long before these commercials show up on Morpheus/KaZaA/whatever? Either the commercials themselves will be pirated, or (delightfully devilish, Seymour) the studios themselves will be seeding these out there under movie titles!
Either way, ranks right up there with the annoying PSA blitz against drunk driving. Not that I don't agree, but beating it into my skull isn't the way to go.
It's not as appropriate but still funny.
s/Kid Rock/movie star of your choice.
Kid Rock Starves to Death
Oh, I'm well aware (I have that muscle-under-fat build myself). There are two points to my advocacy of bodyweight exercises: 1) The muscle burns more calories than the fat, so if you keep your food intake the same, you will drop. 2) You *are* getting aerobic exercise when you do most bodyweight exercises, especially when you combine them with proper breathing. Besides, even if you still have 10lbs of excess fat, isn't that better than the 20, 30, 40lbs or more that some people (myself included) need to lose?
Okay, first issue is what several other people have said: If you don't like getting looks in the office, work out somewhere else.
On an actually helpful note, check this: Combat Conditioning
Matt Furey is a personal trainer and champion wrestler/grappler. Try to ignore the old snake-oil salesman style of the pitch. The point is that the book has a bunch of exercises using only your bodyweight as resistance. They build muscle mass (which helps burn off that pesky fat while providing definition), you can do them every day, and when you start out, you probably won't be able to work any longer than 10-15 minutes. I've been using them, and the energy/strength increase is amazing.
Of course, there aren't too many exercises in there that the Marines haven't used. Either ship your ass off to Parris Island, or find some local former jarhead to work out with you. That's what I do, and they can *motivate* you.
Load up the slashdot homepage in another browser tab. Now go over the homepage word by word.
Not fair! The front page currently has a story about .Net, and I don't think anyone knows exactly what the hell MS means at this point.
Well, Hawk is, but I'm pretty sure we can't afford his consultative fees. Heck, I haven't even seen a post from him in the past 9 months. Too bad, it was nice to have someone around who actually knew what they were talking about from a legal standpoint.