I demand to know why you posted as an anonymous coward. I have mod points, and if I were to use them on you now, that would be wasting them.
I think you're misunderstanding what mod-points are for. Their main use is not to "reward" people - that is a secondary effect. The main use of mod points is to highlight a good comment, regardless of author. This will bring the comment up into the visibility of more viewers.
For example anyone browsing at "1" and above will miss the comment you failed to moderate now, due to your failure to correctly moderate the comment up from 0 to 1. I personally only view comments rated "2" or higher, as there used to be (and I assume still is) a lot of junk at "1". There are one or two good posters who post without their karma bonus, and to avoid missing these people I try and friend them when I realise who they are, and grant friends an additional +1 to make them visible.
If there's a good comment that you think more people shouuld see, mod it up - even if it is an anonymous coward.
Even 12 turns a 100-entry table into a 144-entry one. Not nice.
I dunno about you or others, but certainly we had to learn our multiplication tables up to 12x12 in school. I did always wonder why they decided to take it to 12 and not stop at 10, now I understand that they were just planning for the secret switch from global base-10 to base-12 counting...:)
The more I think about it, the more sensible a base-12 number scheme becomes...imagine how much more sensible it would be to have 12 sub-units to a unit rather than the metric 10...
Interesting - I was exposed to Nomic via Monochrome, it can be quite fun for a while, but then I started to get bored with it as the game progressed. It's a good intellectual challenge, with more than a fair share of game theory sprinkled in for good effect - for example if someone is close to winning, then it is in the interest of other players to change the winning condition, whilst ensuring that they maintain their own position.
I think it's a game best played online with decent records available to people to ensure that the game can be followed and tracked. I can't imagine trying to play Nomic in a real life setting!
I have a CS407 from Synology, and it really is very good and very flexible with handy features including an iTunes server, printer sharing, website hosting, etc and it will run torrents as well, so you don't need to leave your PC on overnight, just the NAS box.
It does look like it's a bit out of your range though by the time you buy disks, but they proide smaller NAS boxes with the same software - I wanted RAID-5 though, so had to pay for the larger model that could take 4 disks. I haven't had any problem with it, and I strongly recommend you take a look if you're in the market for NAS boxes for the home.
Nice - well done for being honest. Reminds me of the time I ordered a colour laser printer on-line...when it arrived the driver was somewhat surprised to be at a residential address, "Where do you want me to put the pallet?".
"Pallet?!"
"Yeah - these things are heavy and as there're four of them we bundle them on a pallet."
"Four?"
"Yeah - four packages right here..."
Well, it was pretty easy in that case to just refuse delivery and return to sender. Never got so much as a bean in thanks though, and it was another week before I got my one colour laser printer...
Some men, indeed,
realizing that THE ALL is indeed ALL, and also recognizing that they,
the men, existed, have jumped to the conclusion that they and THE ALL
were identical, and they have filled the air with shouts of "I AM GOD,"
to the amusement of the multitude and the sorrow of sages. The claim of
the corpuscle that: "I am Man!" would be modest in comparison.
Most all thinkpads have user-replaceable hard drives... a flap underneath the laptop to move the drive out and put a new one in... no big deal. The i1460 was also a Thinkpad... it had the word "Thinkpad" on it, made by IBM, and was advertised as such.
You were lucky to not buy the machine, I went ahead and bought a Thinkpad X40 - don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic machine, but the hard drive started feeling cramped after the first year or so. It was just a mere 40Gb. No problem, hard drives are cheap...luckily I decided to open up the hard-drive flap and inspect the drive before replacing it...
The drive is a "mini" hard drive, it's not available in sizes above 60Gb, so my maximum gain is a mere 20Gb, and even then only if I'm willing to shell out in the region of $300 for a single 60Gb hard drive. Gah! It's one part of the specs I didn't notice, after all who checks the laptop they're purchasing takes a standard 2.5" drive...
Ever notice how if you try explaining the BBS days to someone that never experienced it, you somehow end up looking like that stereotypical "wild eyed old coot" who raves about "back in my day, we walked 100 miles to school in the snow, with one shoe! AND WE LIKED IT!"
ssh -l mono muon.mono.org
or
telnet muon.mono.org
The web site is dead at the moment, the bbs is alive and kicking...:)
This is one of my personal bugbears. I will set a time for a meeting indicating the maximum time that I expect it to possibly run for, and I am never afraid of adjourning a meeting early if the meeting requirements have been met - even if it's not me running the meeting!
I have family there. I've been there. I've never seen a single sign anywhere from Peterborough to the Isle of Wight that says anything about miles.
Fair enough - you assumed that all the numbers posted on the roads were referring to kilometers (as they don't specify miles OR kilometers on road signs in the uk).
Sorry, but that doesn't make it true - all road measurements in the UK are in miles, and have always been in miles. There is nothing explicitly saying "miles" or "mph" on the road signs because it's not needed, everyone just knows that it is so.
Thanks for clearing that up for me - I was getting quite confused for a moment, as I consider myself to be very liberal, but not so much of a socialist. Liberals here are something very different.
broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
and why in the hell doesnt slashdot support carriage returns on win2k + mozilla 1.7???
Are you writing your posts in "HTML Formatted" mode (see drop down next to the submit button)? If so, then you should include the appropriate html tags for paragraphs or line breaks to your post...
When you write on the silvery label you're actually writing on the back of the recording medium. The solvents from the sharpie leak right through the thin layer and corrupt the data. Printing out labels or using a special pen made for labeling CD's and keeping the Cd's out of the sun will help the data remain secure.
Apparently the initial reports were from eye-witnesses who had confused the police officers with the suspect. The police officers had vaulted the barrier in pursuit, and there was an undercover officer on the train who restrained the suspect.
The undercover officer was dragged onto the floor by the armed police to get him out of the way when they opened fire on Charles De Menezes. This information is part of the ongoing investigation.
I am also looking forward to the investigation, as the mistakes that were made are completely unacceptable, but I am hesitant to blame the armed police who pulled the trigger - at least until it is clear what information they were operating with.
To be fair, I think they only condone shooting commuters that ignore repeated warnings to stop, happen to be seriously overdressed for the weather, and are heading for recently-bombed commuter trains at a high rate of speed...
Okay - it's a very late reply, so you'll probably be the only one to read this, but I suggest you read some of the more recent reports of what happened, such as this one.
A choice quote is:
The documents and photographs confirm that Jean Charles was not carrying any bags, and was wearing a denim jacket, not a bulky winter coat, as had previously been claimed.
He was behaving normally, and did not vault the barriers, even stopping to pick up a free newspaper.
He started running when we saw a tube at the platform. Police had agreed they would shoot a suspect if he ran.
I can only recommend the Nokia 9300 - almost identical to the 9500 in spec, except without wi-fi and a camera. In exchange for these features it is far smaller and much more friendly to carry - it is not much bigger than the Nokia 6310, but a bit chunkier and heavier.
There is an excellent implementation of PuTTY for the phone, and I use it daily. As long as you feel that most connections will be over GRPS instead of needing wi-fi there is no reason to go for the excessive bulk of the Nokia 9500.
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I think you're misunderstanding what mod-points are for. Their main use is not to "reward" people - that is a secondary effect. The main use of mod points is to highlight a good comment, regardless of author. This will bring the comment up into the visibility of more viewers.
For example anyone browsing at "1" and above will miss the comment you failed to moderate now, due to your failure to correctly moderate the comment up from 0 to 1. I personally only view comments rated "2" or higher, as there used to be (and I assume still is) a lot of junk at "1". There are one or two good posters who post without their karma bonus, and to avoid missing these people I try and friend them when I realise who they are, and grant friends an additional +1 to make them visible.
If there's a good comment that you think more people shouuld see, mod it up - even if it is an anonymous coward.
-- Pete.
I dunno about you or others, but certainly we had to learn our multiplication tables up to 12x12 in school. I did always wonder why they decided to take it to 12 and not stop at 10, now I understand that they were just planning for the secret switch from global base-10 to base-12 counting... :)
The more I think about it, the more sensible a base-12 number scheme becomes...imagine how much more sensible it would be to have 12 sub-units to a unit rather than the metric 10...
-- Pete.
Interesting - I was exposed to Nomic via Monochrome, it can be quite fun for a while, but then I started to get bored with it as the game progressed. It's a good intellectual challenge, with more than a fair share of game theory sprinkled in for good effect - for example if someone is close to winning, then it is in the interest of other players to change the winning condition, whilst ensuring that they maintain their own position.
I think it's a game best played online with decent records available to people to ensure that the game can be followed and tracked. I can't imagine trying to play Nomic in a real life setting!
-- Pete.
I have a CS407 from Synology, and it really is very good and very flexible with handy features including an iTunes server, printer sharing, website hosting, etc and it will run torrents as well, so you don't need to leave your PC on overnight, just the NAS box.
It does look like it's a bit out of your range though by the time you buy disks, but they proide smaller NAS boxes with the same software - I wanted RAID-5 though, so had to pay for the larger model that could take 4 disks. I haven't had any problem with it, and I strongly recommend you take a look if you're in the market for NAS boxes for the home.
Cheers,
-- Pete.
You might want to check your own .sig too! ;)
-- Pete.
Nice - well done for being honest. Reminds me of the time I ordered a colour laser printer on-line...when it arrived the driver was somewhat surprised to be at a residential address, "Where do you want me to put the pallet?".
"Pallet?!"
"Yeah - these things are heavy and as there're four of them we bundle them on a pallet."
"Four?"
"Yeah - four packages right here..."
Well, it was pretty easy in that case to just refuse delivery and return to sender. Never got so much as a bean in thanks though, and it was another week before I got my one colour laser printer...
-- Pete.
ScrappyLaptop (733753) said:
From The Kybalion, Chapter V:
-- Pete.
You were lucky to not buy the machine, I went ahead and bought a Thinkpad X40 - don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic machine, but the hard drive started feeling cramped after the first year or so. It was just a mere 40Gb. No problem, hard drives are cheap...luckily I decided to open up the hard-drive flap and inspect the drive before replacing it...
The drive is a "mini" hard drive, it's not available in sizes above 60Gb, so my maximum gain is a mere 20Gb, and even then only if I'm willing to shell out in the region of $300 for a single 60Gb hard drive. Gah! It's one part of the specs I didn't notice, after all who checks the laptop they're purchasing takes a standard 2.5" drive...
-- Pete.
I'm also in Europe (Belgium to be precise) and we already enable transfer of funds via mobile phone using a system called m-banxafe.
For the sake of full disclosure I am currently contracting for Proximus, although I am not at all involved in the m-banxafe technology.
-- Pete.
And here's an interesting little intelligence hq in the UK...
Mmm, doughnut...
-- Pete.
I think you'll find that if you wait long enough, exactly 100% of the patients will die post-op.
-- Pete.
Ever notice how if you try explaining the BBS days to someone that never experienced it, you somehow end up looking like that stereotypical "wild eyed old coot" who raves about "back in my day, we walked 100 miles to school in the snow, with one shoe! AND WE LIKED IT!"
ssh -l mono muon.mono.org
or
telnet muon.mono.org
The web site is dead at the moment, the bbs is alive and kicking... :)
Cheers,
-- Pete.
If you love something, set it free!
-- Pete.
This is one of my personal bugbears. I will set a time for a meeting indicating the maximum time that I expect it to possibly run for, and I am never afraid of adjourning a meeting early if the meeting requirements have been met - even if it's not me running the meeting!
-- Pete.
Heh - you made me go and check my stats on a certain bbs that I use... :)
That's not such a high percentage of my life (7.221% since account creation), but it's still a hell of a lot of time!
-- Pete.
Fair enough - you assumed that all the numbers posted on the roads were referring to kilometers (as they don't specify miles OR kilometers on road signs in the uk).
Sorry, but that doesn't make it true - all road measurements in the UK are in miles, and have always been in miles. There is nothing explicitly saying "miles" or "mph" on the road signs because it's not needed, everyone just knows that it is so.
-- Pete.
Thanks for clearing that up for me - I was getting quite confused for a moment, as I consider myself to be very liberal, but not so much of a socialist. Liberals here are something very different.
From these definitions I would mainly choose these to define myself
-- Pete.
When I wanted my Hotmail account increased, I just asked via the support pages and it was done within a day or so.
-- Pete.
Are you writing your posts in "HTML Formatted" mode (see drop down next to the submit button)? If so, then you should include the appropriate html tags for paragraphs or line breaks to your post...
-- Pete.
Labels can be bad too.
There are also some other good tips for archiving CD/DVD type media in that article.
-- Pete.
Apparently the initial reports were from eye-witnesses who had confused the police officers with the suspect. The police officers had vaulted the barrier in pursuit, and there was an undercover officer on the train who restrained the suspect.
The undercover officer was dragged onto the floor by the armed police to get him out of the way when they opened fire on Charles De Menezes. This information is part of the ongoing investigation.
I am also looking forward to the investigation, as the mistakes that were made are completely unacceptable, but I am hesitant to blame the armed police who pulled the trigger - at least until it is clear what information they were operating with.
-- Pete.
Okay - it's a very late reply, so you'll probably be the only one to read this, but I suggest you read some of the more recent reports of what happened, such as this one.
A choice quote is:
-- Pete.
Sucks to be you - the Nokia 9300 and 9500 both have bluetooth.
-- Pete.
I can only recommend the Nokia 9300 - almost identical to the 9500 in spec, except without wi-fi and a camera. In exchange for these features it is far smaller and much more friendly to carry - it is not much bigger than the Nokia 6310, but a bit chunkier and heavier.
There is an excellent implementation of PuTTY for the phone, and I use it daily. As long as you feel that most connections will be over GRPS instead of needing wi-fi there is no reason to go for the excessive bulk of the Nokia 9500.
-- Pete.
-- Pete.