hrm. i remember something here./ that i of course can't find. but it was something about how the differences in cultures makes for different instruction manuals. i think the most "naked women"-esque example was either an italian or spanish manual for a color printer featured examples of nude photos.
this was very helpful (from the fedora-test-list):
To upgrade via yum the short version goes like this:
1. backup all your data 2. upgrade yum to yum from fc3 3. upgrade fedora-release to fedora-release from fc3 4. make sure all your repositories point where you think they should point. 5. run yum list updates - just to make sure things seem sane and working 6. make sure you are NOT in X and X is not loaded 6. from a terminal prompt run: yum upgrade 7. wait wait wait 8. you must reboot before using your system again 9. reboot the system and make sure you select the new kernel, not the old one(s) 10. once your system is fully booted you may want to install some additional items. Recommended:
yum groupupdate "GNOME Desktop Environment"
heh, completely off-topic, but i was listening to a police scanner late one night and heard two officers talking about a database -
Officer 1: "no, its just an Access Database, you should be able to get to it." Officer 2: "what's the name?" Officer 1: "something like [city] prostitution database. the password is 'hooker'"
i think there was a case recently where a girl got arrested for sending child porn. she had in fact been sending nude pics of herself to someone..can't remember the details and i'm too lazy to look it up, but happy to give an uncorroborated example.:)
but the rules also make mention (vaguely of course) that you can't count it as being installed in an exclusive area if it hangs over a non-exclusive area. so i think if the dish were mounted on your balcony or window, that would be ok unless it hangs over a common area (the dish, not the window, although that makes me wonder about those window seats where the window is actually jutting out from the building). then if the landlord is a prick he can say, "well, it hangs over the common bushes underneath your window. take it down."
*shrug* my last landlord was very nice about it. you could attach the dishes to the building if necessary, you just had to pay an extra deposit. and several people went the bucket-o-concrete route.
so, unless permission is granted from landlord or homeowners associations you can't install there. the nice people at dish network have a landlord permission form and a diagram of exclusive areas.
last time i watched broadcast TV was the other night when a storm ruined satellite reception and i needed to see the news to know how much closer the storm was gonna get.
i woulda listened to the radio instead, but the #$%# baseball game was on and they didn't interupt for timely weather reports. *shrug* i get what i pay for..
i always create batch files for ls, mv, cp, and some others (i had vi and emacs in there once, had them both go to edit) so if i don't even worry about it anymore.
sorry, i was trying to make a reference but no one recognized it..
something to the effect of
I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills. I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!
hmm. maybe that should be someone else's job. this other person could take the specifications from the customer to the engineers, and then from the engineers to the customer.
what's really weird, is when you decode what they're saying it works out to "i-d-10-t", which is the same as an error code i got from the tech support desk..
i was working with my uncle one summer when i was about 12 or so, helping him with odd jobs he was hired to do. one of them involved a guy who wanted us to haul a bunch of stuff to a storage locker for him. well, i was busy pulling these big black trash bags that were really heavy, must've been hundreds of magazines in them. then one of the bags ripped, and i saw it was full of hard core porn. not playboy, not penthouse, not even as tame as hustler. hard core stuff. and not just one bag either, he had several, as well as some old travel trunks full of them too. imagine having to clean out the locker for your dad/uncle/whatever after he died and finding that stuff, *shudder*.
of course i spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how i could sneak at least one home without getting caught...
I maintain a seperate computer consulting business which breaks even each year (no real profit or loss - but there are other benefits).
i'm curious, what benefits? do you mean that the business itself makes no profit even though you as an employee are still paid or that since you are the business, you end up spending about as much as you charge?
hm. so what if they took the idea of tollroads further? what if they build some roads where you're required to give over control while you're on those roads so they can keep the traffic flowing?
if you look at most daycare centers, after a certain cutoff time they will be happy to charge you an additional dollar a minute after closing hours if you're late picking your kid up.
i've never seen the doubling per minute, but i know that daycare center workers probably want to get home to their families too.
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hrm. i remember something here ./ that i of course can't find. but it was something about how the differences in cultures makes for different instruction manuals. i think the most "naked women"-esque example was either an italian or spanish manual for a color printer featured examples of nude photos.
not sure though.
this was very helpful (from the fedora-test-list):
To upgrade via yum the short version goes like this:
1. backup all your data
2. upgrade yum to yum from fc3
3. upgrade fedora-release to fedora-release from fc3
4. make sure all your repositories point where you think they should
point.
5. run yum list updates - just to make sure things seem sane and working
6. make sure you are NOT in X and X is not loaded
6. from a terminal prompt run: yum upgrade
7. wait wait wait
8. you must reboot before using your system again
9. reboot the system and make sure you select the new kernel, not the
old one(s)
10. once your system is fully booted you may want to install some
additional items. Recommended:
yum groupupdate "GNOME Desktop Environment"
(thx to seth vidal)
heh, completely off-topic, but i was listening to a police scanner late one night and heard two officers talking about a database -
Officer 1: "no, its just an Access Database, you should be able to get to it."
Officer 2: "what's the name?"
Officer 1: "something like [city] prostitution database. the password is 'hooker'"
i'd rather start an argument on which is the better spelling, "color" or "colour" :)
at least you could climb. in my day we still believed evolution had topped out with stumps instead of these new-fangled "legs".
to save time reading all those articles, i'd like just one article about a neurotic instant bicycle messanger.
ok, not that lazy...
here
i think there was a case recently where a girl got arrested for sending child porn. she had in fact been sending nude pics of herself to someone..can't remember the details and i'm too lazy to look it up, but happy to give an uncorroborated example. :)
how'd you know my password?
but the rules also make mention (vaguely of course) that you can't count it as being installed in an exclusive area if it hangs over a non-exclusive area. so i think if the dish were mounted on your balcony or window, that would be ok unless it hangs over a common area (the dish, not the window, although that makes me wonder about those window seats where the window is actually jutting out from the building). then if the landlord is a prick he can say, "well, it hangs over the common bushes underneath your window. take it down."
*shrug* my last landlord was very nice about it. you could attach the dishes to the building if necessary, you just had to pay an extra deposit. and several people went the bucket-o-concrete route.
Landlords and HOAs can prohibit installation in:
common areas
rooftops
outside walls
window sills
so, unless permission is granted from landlord or homeowners associations you can't install there. the nice people at dish network have a landlord permission form and a diagram of exclusive areas.
free space low on the dial (89.3 or so)
:)
damnit, i already have trouble hearing 89.3 that station as it is.
last time i watched broadcast TV was the other night when a storm ruined satellite reception and i needed to see the news to know how much closer the storm was gonna get.
i woulda listened to the radio instead, but the #$%# baseball game was on and they didn't interupt for timely weather reports. *shrug* i get what i pay for..
i always create batch files for ls, mv, cp, and some others (i had vi and emacs in there once, had them both go to edit) so if i don't even worry about it anymore.
sorry, i was trying to make a reference but no one recognized it..
something to the effect of
I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills. I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!
hmm. maybe that should be someone else's job. this other person could take the specifications from the customer to the engineers, and then from the engineers to the customer.
wouldn't that make everything easier?
what's really weird, is when you decode what they're saying it works out to "i-d-10-t", which is the same as an error code i got from the tech support desk..
how many of these does a website have to have to be considered fishy? i found this site that:
- spelling/grammar is screwed up in a few places.
- There are many links to suspicious websites
I'll be ready, cause I saw the movie in school, 'splaining that we'd be all metric by 1976
weird thing is, i saw that same movie in 1987
i was working with my uncle one summer when i was about 12 or so, helping him with odd jobs he was hired to do. one of them involved a guy who wanted us to haul a bunch of stuff to a storage locker for him. well, i was busy pulling these big black trash bags that were really heavy, must've been hundreds of magazines in them. then one of the bags ripped, and i saw it was full of hard core porn. not playboy, not penthouse, not even as tame as hustler. hard core stuff. and not just one bag either, he had several, as well as some old travel trunks full of them too. imagine having to clean out the locker for your dad/uncle/whatever after he died and finding that stuff, *shudder*.
of course i spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how i could sneak at least one home without getting caught...
I maintain a seperate computer consulting business which breaks even each year (no real profit or loss - but there are other benefits).
i'm curious, what benefits? do you mean that the business itself makes no profit even though you as an employee are still paid or that since you are the business, you end up spending about as much as you charge?
hm. so what if they took the idea of tollroads further? what if they build some roads where you're required to give over control while you're on those roads so they can keep the traffic flowing?
that'd be interesting..
if you look at most daycare centers, after a certain cutoff time they will be happy to charge you an additional dollar a minute after closing hours if you're late picking your kid up.
i've never seen the doubling per minute, but i know that daycare center workers probably want to get home to their families too.
you mean clippy isn't enough of a reason?
unless you're rich, you're not gonna get them anyway. throw in the fact that you're "studying computers" and you're 0 for 2.
trust me, i've known enough of them..