My universal remote is better than this: an HP-48gx graphing calculator. I would think that most pocket PCs could probably be used as a remote because of their IR ports without adding an iPod and an IR kit anyway. Well, I guess my UR hacks are just old-fashioned.
This is very true; every time a new version comes out, I try to use it, and every time I go back to KDE. Why? Because it seems like many things were simply thrown together and that there was not much thought put into it, many of the interfaces do not do what they are supposed to do -cough- system tray -cough-, and it seems that they are more interested in the overall design rather than usability and user-friendliness. I hope that they get it right soon, because I really want to like it, but right now, I cannot.
Re:BETTER QUESTION: Why do we even need FreeBSD?
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You know, I was going to make a similar joke, but seriously, competition is always good. My laptop runs Gentoo, my desktop runs FreeBSD and WinXP. Why? Because Linux is good for a lot of desktop stuff and programming that I would be doing for school, I need XP on my desktop for gaming, and when I am not doing that, FreeBSD is something different that is nice and fast, a great server, and something that runs familiar programs that I normally run under Linux. So, do I need FreeBSD instead of Linux? No. But it serves purposes that are often different from the ones served by Linux and it is more specific in its direction and use.
Well, all that work in High School that I did to try to get into Carnegie Mellon (I will be there in the fall) apparently was wasted, since I could have taken the courses online. And to think that I could have spent the last four years playing "nethack". Oh, well, if any of you other slashdoters will be in in Pittsburgh this August, drop me a line or send an e-mail (bohan lon @ andrew . cm u.ed u (remove spaces, duh)). $42,000 down the proverbial drain.
I do not know whether the "parent" comment is trying to be funny or insightful, but perhaps if this comment is modded "Funny", then some of it's stem cells will go up to the parent and make it funny too, and then our posts will start to look alike. Or maybe I will be modded down for thinking too hard and stupidly.
May I remind you that this is July 2, making "late last month" "three days ago". While in the computer world that may be a long time, in real life, that is less than a week. Of course, if I used Windows regularly, I would want those fixes as soon as possible anyway.
Now that everyone and his brother are using Mozilla Firefox, I guess that I will have to go back to using Opera again. At least the ads do not take up as much space as they used to.
I think it is great to have access to this stuff if I wish to be able to research something quickly, and I know that in the past when I have tried to get stuff from Journals, it has been harder without a subscription. Now that I may being publishing, however, I fear that the cost may be prohibitive to get into a respected journal. Of course, the research institute will probably pick up some of the cost, but will this cause people to be more weary of publishing in journals?
Being a Florida Tech freshman in the fall, I want to try to get involved with this project.
Being a Carnegie Mellon freshman in the fall, I hope that you lose! But, of course, I suppose that that is not nice, but they did go farthest last year. Well, good luck, but not too much.
I agree with your ipse dixit despite your ad hominem, although prima facie evidence has indicated ad infinitum (as you noted a priori) that Slashdotters are cannot post sans such phrases a fortiori, being that said phrases are the de facto lingua franca of condescending morons et cetera and it is easier to insert such phrases than to begin with tabula rasa.
You know, this was something I considered when applying to college. I'll be at Carnegie Mellon next year, and I'm trying to decide whether to to do Electrical and Computer Engineering as an undergrad, or do Discrete Mathematics and Logic and get my Masters in ECE. Either way, I should be well rounded and be able to do a lot of math and engineering, but I'll probably end up double majoring. Oh, well.
Built in Encryption, at least in the US, is nothing more than CTCSS tones, as it is illegal to encrypt communications that rely on FCC Part 15. These will cut down on necessary interference, but will not improve range or comprehension, and any background RF that is strong enough will go through whenever anyone tries to transmit anyway.
The town in which I live (Manassas, VA) is looking at offering broadband access to every resident through the power grid. In a few months, we are supposed to get the access included in our utility bills, and everyone will be able to buy these special adaptors that should allow us to plug into any electrical outlet in the city for internet access.
I will be applying to 6 Six schools this year for Electrical/Computer Engineering: MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Rose-Hulman, Illinois, Purdue, and Virginia (Which is in state). Illinois and and Purdue are both excellent schools for engineering, and even out of state they are reasonable (~$25 000/year). Scholarships should help too, but I have found that when looking at paying for college, there are many ways to cut down the price. While CMU (41 000)is my top choice, money may be the reason to go to a public school or in-state at UVa, there have already been ways popping up to get money. If you look hard enough, it is affordable, and I have 5 siblings!
I may be mistaken, but if the cause of this is a grid overload, wouldn't that make the outages "brown-outs", and not "black-outs"? When there is not enough power to be distributed properly, and consequently power shuts off in certain parts of the grid, I believe it's a brown-out.
Ham Radio is actually one of the origional forms of electronics hacking. It is a great way for geeks to get involved in the community and use some of their own expertice in a great service. All you have to do to get a license is pass a 35 question test, and you will get a callsign from the FCC. If you are not already involved, take a look!
But honestly, who cares? To have life, you need earth, fire, and sky, too. They obviously don't have earth, as we are on Earth, and that is Mars. They can't have fire, as their minimal sky doesn't have enough oxygen.
So they don't have the four elements necessary for life. I'm just going to stay here and figure out the first two digits of pi on my abacus.
Yeah, well, try writing one in RPN on your HP-48gx. That'll take at least 24 Dr. Peppers/ Mountain Dews and 3 bags of Skittles. But, in the end it is rewarding, because no one else can play it and the best you can do is a stupid guess the number game without killing yourself. So you get bored and turn on the TV in the lecture hall with your IR port. Oh, well.
Yes. I am in the process of deciding between
CalTech, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Cornell.
This little news came as a surprise to me and will probably tilt my decision away from Cornell.
I really like CMU's wireless access and of course
MIT and CalTech both have good networks. I don't
think I will use 2GB/month, but if Cornell starts charging for it, who knows what's next?
I live Manassas, VA (Manasshole) and although
I've not seen much stuff other than the computer
show and sales, there are several stores around
here where you can find some pretty old gov't
computers and old systems that nobody wants
anymore. I'm thinking of buying a bunch of old
boxes for my Beowolf cluster. Good Luck!
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My universal remote is better than this: an HP-48gx graphing calculator. I would think that most pocket PCs could probably be used as a remote because of their IR ports without adding an iPod and an IR kit anyway. Well, I guess my UR hacks are just old-fashioned.
This is very true; every time a new version comes out, I try to use it, and every time I go back to KDE. Why? Because it seems like many things were simply thrown together and that there was not much thought put into it, many of the interfaces do not do what they are supposed to do -cough- system tray -cough-, and it seems that they are more interested in the overall design rather than usability and user-friendliness. I hope that they get it right soon, because I really want to like it, but right now, I cannot.
You know, I was going to make a similar joke, but seriously, competition is always good. My laptop runs Gentoo, my desktop runs FreeBSD and WinXP. Why? Because Linux is good for a lot of desktop stuff and programming that I would be doing for school, I need XP on my desktop for gaming, and when I am not doing that, FreeBSD is something different that is nice and fast, a great server, and something that runs familiar programs that I normally run under Linux. So, do I need FreeBSD instead of Linux? No. But it serves purposes that are often different from the ones served by Linux and it is more specific in its direction and use.
Well, all that work in High School that I did to try to get into Carnegie Mellon (I will be there in the fall) apparently was wasted, since I could have taken the courses online. And to think that I could have spent the last four years playing "nethack". Oh, well, if any of you other slashdoters will be in in Pittsburgh this August, drop me a line or send an e-mail (bohan lon @ andrew . cm u.ed u (remove spaces, duh)). $42,000 down the proverbial drain.
I do not know whether the "parent" comment is trying to be funny or insightful, but perhaps if this comment is modded "Funny", then some of it's stem cells will go up to the parent and make it funny too, and then our posts will start to look alike. Or maybe I will be modded down for thinking too hard and stupidly.
Something to go with my stuffed microbes!
"Late last month"
vs.
"A week or so ago"
May I remind you that this is July 2, making "late last month" "three days ago". While in the computer world that may be a long time, in real life, that is less than a week. Of course, if I used Windows regularly, I would want those fixes as soon as possible anyway.
Now that everyone and his brother are using Mozilla Firefox, I guess that I will have to go back to using Opera again. At least the ads do not take up as much space as they used to.
I think it is great to have access to this stuff if I wish to be able to research something quickly, and I know that in the past when I have tried to get stuff from Journals, it has been harder without a subscription. Now that I may being publishing, however, I fear that the cost may be prohibitive to get into a respected journal. Of course, the research institute will probably pick up some of the cost, but will this cause people to be more weary of publishing in journals?
Being a Florida Tech freshman in the fall, I want to try to get involved with this project.
Being a Carnegie Mellon freshman in the fall, I hope that you lose! But, of course, I suppose that that is not nice, but they did go farthest last year. Well, good luck, but not too much.
Are you sure it was not
hot e.e. cummings poetry action?
but it may shed some light
Actually, dark matter does not shed light on anything. That is why it is called dark.
What!? Who let a lawyer onto Slashdot!?
You know, this was something I considered when applying to college. I'll be at Carnegie Mellon next year, and I'm trying to decide whether to to do Electrical and Computer Engineering as an undergrad, or do Discrete Mathematics and Logic and get my Masters in ECE. Either way, I should be well rounded and be able to do a lot of math and engineering, but I'll probably end up double majoring. Oh, well.
As a male, I for one, welcome our new female overlords!
Built in Encryption, at least in the US, is nothing more than CTCSS tones, as it is illegal to encrypt communications that rely on FCC Part 15. These will cut down on necessary interference, but will not improve range or comprehension, and any background RF that is strong enough will go through whenever anyone tries to transmit anyway.
The town in which I live (Manassas, VA) is looking at offering broadband access to every resident through the power grid. In a few months, we are supposed to get the access included in our utility bills, and everyone will be able to buy these special adaptors that should allow us to plug into any electrical outlet in the city for internet access.
I will be applying to 6 Six schools this year for Electrical/Computer Engineering: MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Rose-Hulman, Illinois, Purdue, and Virginia (Which is in state). Illinois and and Purdue are both excellent schools for engineering, and even out of state they are reasonable (~$25 000/year). Scholarships should help too, but I have found that when looking at paying for college, there are many ways to cut down the price. While CMU (41 000)is my top choice, money may be the reason to go to a public school or in-state at UVa, there have already been ways popping up to get money. If you look hard enough, it is affordable, and I have 5 siblings!
But, wish me luck, I hope that I get in!
I may be mistaken, but if the cause of this is a grid overload, wouldn't that make the outages "brown-outs", and not "black-outs"?
When there is not enough power to be distributed properly, and consequently power shuts off in certain parts of the grid, I believe it's a brown-out.
But I could be wrong.
Ham Radio is actually one of the origional
forms of electronics hacking. It is a great
way for geeks to get involved in the community
and use some of their own expertice in a great
service. All you have to do to get a license
is pass a 35 question test, and you will get a
callsign from the FCC. If you are not already
involved, take a look!
73, DE KG4QXK
But honestly, who cares? To have life, you
need earth, fire, and sky, too. They
obviously don't have earth, as we are on Earth,
and that is Mars. They can't have fire, as their
minimal sky doesn't have enough oxygen.
So they don't have the four elements necessary
for life. I'm just going to stay here and figure
out the first two digits of pi on my abacus.
Yeah, well, try writing one in RPN on your
HP-48gx. That'll take at least 24 Dr. Peppers/
Mountain Dews and 3 bags of Skittles. But, in
the end it is rewarding, because no one else can
play it and the best you can do is a stupid guess
the number game without killing yourself. So you
get bored and turn on the TV in the lecture hall
with your IR port. Oh, well.
This little news came as a surprise to me and will probably tilt my decision away from Cornell.
I really like CMU's wireless access and of course MIT and CalTech both have good networks. I don't
think I will use 2GB/month, but if Cornell starts charging for it, who knows what's next?
I live Manassas, VA (Manasshole) and although I've not seen much stuff other than the computer show and sales, there are several stores around here where you can find some pretty old gov't computers and old systems that nobody wants anymore. I'm thinking of buying a bunch of old boxes for my Beowolf cluster. Good Luck!