Three monitors is also much more comfortable to use.
The centre monitor is placed exactly where a "single monitor" setup would go: right in front of you. This is your main workspace, so everything is always aligned (keyboard, body, head, screen).
Then you have your auxillary monitors, one on each side, that you use for the extra info.
The problem with two monitors is that if you centre them on your desk, then your head is always twisted in order to view either monitor. And if you put one right in front of you, then the desk looks unbalanced.
3 is the sweet spot. But it's hard to find video cards that allow for it.
Broken how? It's worked perfectly fine for me the few times I've used it. Usually only split the screen once (horizontally or vertically), but I split it into 4 before posting.
Uhm, "quadkonsole" has been available since the first tabbed interface was added to Konsole. Just split the view horizontally, then split each of those vertically. Voila! 4 shells in one window, with only 1 menu bar and title bar. Save that as the default profile and your normal Konsole is now "quadkonsole". No fancy add-ons, extras, whatever required.
And, if you are crazy, you can keep on splitting the view to get as many mini-shells onscreen at once as you want.
Thank god you are not in charge of designing consoles!!
Neither I, nor anyone at work, nor any of my friends, nor even any of my relatives want "photorealism" in a game console. We want games! As in fun, not realistic, not simulations, but escapes from reality.
Why do you think the Wii was so successful? There's definitely no "photorealism" in the Wii games, there's no hard-core simulations on the Wii, there's no tera-pixel-pumping 3D awesomeness. No, there's just reality-escaping fun.
Consoles are not PCs. Consoles should not be upgradeable. They are appliances with a known hardware configuration that does not change over the life of the console, which makes it easy to program for.
You want a PC to game on? Then connect your PC to your TV.
What I would love to see are sports games that aren't league simulations, that don't include real-world physics, that don't include photo-realistic players, that include super-powers.
Or racing games that aren't driving simulations, that don't include perfect real-world physics, that don't include real-world damage and handling, that let you race without taking your finger off the gas.
Or flying games that aren't flight simulators, that don't include perfect, real-world physics, that don't require a pilot's license to enjoy, where you just blow shit up.
Or a space flight game without real-world physics, like the TIE series.
Consoles are not super-computers, and that's the way it should be!!
BES Express has been free for almost a year now. Almost the same featureset as BES, but no BES activation required on the phone. BB devices with standard BIS access can connect to BESx servers and get full data sync.
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It's only on blank CDs, and it only supports the music industry.
This is why a 25-pack of blank DVDs is usually less expensive than a 10-pack of blank CDs.
We can download all the music we want. But we're not covered for movies.
This is why I keep a stack of empty blank CD spools at home (collected over the years) so that if anyone comes a knockin' about downloaded music, I just point to the pile and say "It's all paid for".:)
Now, if the government actually brings in the so-called "ipod tax" on all hard-drive / flash-based devices, then I'll be downloading movies, tv shows, etc without worry.:)
In the spring, we should be moving the clocks *back* an hour. That way, it would actually be dark outside before midnight in the summer, allowing us to actually sleep in *darkness*.
Then, in the fall, we should be moving the clocks *ahead* an hour, so that it's actually light outside when we wake up, and it's *still* light outside when we are done work, giving us more "after work daylight".
The current "daylight savings rules" are completely bass-ackwards!
Rackforce, for one. Their newest data centre in Kelowna BC has some of the nicest offices, conference rooms, and bathrooms I've seen anywhere. The centre of the building is the "data centre", with the offices around the periphery. Works nicely, looks amazing, and keeps the geeks *and* the suits happy.
Yeah, it's really annoying when existing companies, with existing domains, register new domains for new products, instead of just creating sub-domains.
Do we really need a separate website for each movie that comes out? Why not just.movies.com?
Do we really need a new website each year for athletics? Why not just..?
Sure, eventually, you could end up with super-long FQDNs, but it would certainly be nicer to work with on the back-end.
Ever tried replacing a 100W porch light with a CFL? May as well not bother turning it on in the winter, light won't make it out of the housing at -10C. Even when powered on all night, you'll be lucky to see the top of your door before dawn.
Exactly. Benchmarking ZFS on a single disk is (almost) pointless. While there are those who use ZFS on laptops and desktops for access to the extra data protection and snapshotting features, that's not the target audience.
Let's see some real, enterprisey benchmarks of ZFS managing multiple disks, vs Linux MD + LVM + Ext4/XFS/JFS/Btrfs. With and without L2ARC/FSCache, with and without ZIL, with snapshots being taken in the middle of the benchmark run, with snapshots being deleted in the middle of the benchmark run, with drives being pulled in the middle of the benchmark run, etc.
There's a *lot* more to a filesystem than raw throughput. So let's test/benchmark those things.
c == controller d == disk s == slice (although you shouldn't partition drives, just use the whole thing)
Thus, c0d0 would be the first disk on the first controller. c0d1 would be the second disk on the first controller, etc.
Not sure what t stands for. But once you know the rest, it's easy to work out where things are.
It's really not that hard.
(One of the nice things about FreeBSD and the GEOM framework is all the labelling and layering you can do, which makes it a *lot* easier to manage large numbers of drives.)
Have you considered moving to FreeBSD, which already supports ZFS natively? At the very least, it would be a useful stepping-stone/stop-over to get you off Solaris, and save you some licensing fees.
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Three monitors is also much more comfortable to use.
The centre monitor is placed exactly where a "single monitor" setup would go: right in front of you. This is your main workspace, so everything is always aligned (keyboard, body, head, screen).
Then you have your auxillary monitors, one on each side, that you use for the extra info.
The problem with two monitors is that if you centre them on your desk, then your head is always twisted in order to view either monitor. And if you put one right in front of you, then the desk looks unbalanced.
3 is the sweet spot. But it's hard to find video cards that allow for it.
And there are how many different iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches? 5? Wow, just like the number of supported Android devices.
What was your point again?
Broken how? It's worked perfectly fine for me the few times I've used it. Usually only split the screen once (horizontally or vertically), but I split it into 4 before posting.
So, how exactly is it broken?
Uhm, "quadkonsole" has been available since the first tabbed interface was added to Konsole. Just split the view horizontally, then split each of those vertically. Voila! 4 shells in one window, with only 1 menu bar and title bar. Save that as the default profile and your normal Konsole is now "quadkonsole". No fancy add-ons, extras, whatever required.
And, if you are crazy, you can keep on splitting the view to get as many mini-shells onscreen at once as you want.
Install plasma-netbook. Voila! You have a small-screen optimised desktop with flashy graphics, large icons, etc.
Works quite nicely on 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions. But not so nice on 1920x1080. :)
GNOME-Shell and Unity are only just now catching up to something that's been available in KDE for a few releases now. ;)
Thank god you are not in charge of designing consoles!!
Neither I, nor anyone at work, nor any of my friends, nor even any of my relatives want "photorealism" in a game console. We want games! As in fun, not realistic, not simulations, but escapes from reality.
Why do you think the Wii was so successful? There's definitely no "photorealism" in the Wii games, there's no hard-core simulations on the Wii, there's no tera-pixel-pumping 3D awesomeness. No, there's just reality-escaping fun.
Consoles are not PCs. Consoles should not be upgradeable. They are appliances with a known hardware configuration that does not change over the life of the console, which makes it easy to program for.
You want a PC to game on? Then connect your PC to your TV.
What I would love to see are sports games that aren't league simulations, that don't include real-world physics, that don't include photo-realistic players, that include super-powers.
Or racing games that aren't driving simulations, that don't include perfect real-world physics, that don't include real-world damage and handling, that let you race without taking your finger off the gas.
Or flying games that aren't flight simulators, that don't include perfect, real-world physics, that don't require a pilot's license to enjoy, where you just blow shit up.
Or a space flight game without real-world physics, like the TIE series.
Consoles are not super-computers, and that's the way it should be!!
Android 1.5 included support for instant messaging with folks on the BBM network. My wife used it on her LG Eve. It's not perfect, but it works.
Android 1.6 or newer should have better support for it.
BES Express has been free for almost a year now. Almost the same featureset as BES, but no BES activation required on the phone. BB devices with standard BIS access can connect to BESx servers and get full data sync.
It's only on blank CDs, and it only supports the music industry.
This is why a 25-pack of blank DVDs is usually less expensive than a 10-pack of blank CDs.
We can download all the music we want. But we're not covered for movies.
This is why I keep a stack of empty blank CD spools at home (collected over the years) so that if anyone comes a knockin' about downloaded music, I just point to the pile and say "It's all paid for". :)
Now, if the government actually brings in the so-called "ipod tax" on all hard-drive / flash-based devices, then I'll be downloading movies, tv shows, etc without worry. :)
But, what do you do with all the extra, fat cats wandering the streets?
Do we start culling the weak and grinding them up into dog food?
If we Canadians reversed daylight savings time, it would make more sense.
Move the clocks back an hour in the summer. Thus, it would be dark before midnight, and we'd be able to sleep.
Move the clocks ahead an hour in the fall. Thus, it's light outside when we wake, and it's still light outside when we leave work.
If we were really concerned with "saving daylight" and "reducing power usage", we'd even move the clocks ahead 2 hours in the fall.
Except that it's all backwards.
In the spring, we should be moving the clocks *back* an hour. That way, it would actually be dark outside before midnight in the summer, allowing us to actually sleep in *darkness*.
Then, in the fall, we should be moving the clocks *ahead* an hour, so that it's actually light outside when we wake up, and it's *still* light outside when we are done work, giving us more "after work daylight".
The current "daylight savings rules" are completely bass-ackwards!
Shatner in Shit my Dad Says is great. The other actors, though, are crap. Especially the youngest son and the daughter-in-law.
If they re-cast Shit my Dad Says, it could easily replace Two and a Half Men.
Rackforce, for one. Their newest data centre in Kelowna BC has some of the nicest offices, conference rooms, and bathrooms I've seen anywhere. The centre of the building is the "data centre", with the offices around the periphery. Works nicely, looks amazing, and keeps the geeks *and* the suits happy.
Windows XP:
Start menu --> Control Panel --> Network icon
Windows 7:
Start menu --> Control Panel --> ??? there are no icons, just a bazillion text links you have to read through
How again is it an easter egg hunt on Windows XP?
Grrr, stupid slashdot removing everything between angle brackets.
The should read (moviename).movies.com.
And (year).(event).(whatever).
Yeah, it's really annoying when existing companies, with existing domains, register new domains for new products, instead of just creating sub-domains.
Do we really need a separate website for each movie that comes out? Why not just .movies.com?
Do we really need a new website each year for athletics? Why not just ..?
Sure, eventually, you could end up with super-long FQDNs, but it would certainly be nicer to work with on the back-end.
Uh, they mean the mercury *inside* the CFL itself. Not the mercury used in manufacturing it or power it.
Drop a bunch of CFLs on the floor, and you could end up with beads of mercury rolling around. Makes for a fun time cleaning it up.
Drop a bunch of incandescent bulbs on the floor, and you only have to worry about the glass.
Now, not all CFLs have mercury inside, nor do all of them have the same amounts.
But when people talk about mercury, that's what they mean.
This.
Ever tried replacing a 100W porch light with a CFL? May as well not bother turning it on in the winter, light won't make it out of the housing at -10C. Even when powered on all night, you'll be lucky to see the top of your door before dawn.
And 4.6 is just about ready to hit the FreeBSD ports tree. :)
Nettops, mounted to the back of the monitor, would be easier to configure.
And what's the problem with that?
Exactly. Benchmarking ZFS on a single disk is (almost) pointless. While there are those who use ZFS on laptops and desktops for access to the extra data protection and snapshotting features, that's not the target audience.
Let's see some real, enterprisey benchmarks of ZFS managing multiple disks, vs Linux MD + LVM + Ext4/XFS/JFS/Btrfs. With and without L2ARC/FSCache, with and without ZIL, with snapshots being taken in the middle of the benchmark run, with snapshots being deleted in the middle of the benchmark run, with drives being pulled in the middle of the benchmark run, etc.
There's a *lot* more to a filesystem than raw throughput. So let's test/benchmark those things.
c == controller
d == disk
s == slice (although you shouldn't partition drives, just use the whole thing)
Thus, c0d0 would be the first disk on the first controller. c0d1 would be the second disk on the first controller, etc.
Not sure what t stands for. But once you know the rest, it's easy to work out where things are.
It's really not that hard.
(One of the nice things about FreeBSD and the GEOM framework is all the labelling and layering you can do, which makes it a *lot* easier to manage large numbers of drives.)
Have you considered moving to FreeBSD, which already supports ZFS natively? At the very least, it would be a useful stepping-stone/stop-over to get you off Solaris, and save you some licensing fees.