Ahhh. I wrote a kernel patch like this back a
year ago for Stormix, but mine was the best of both worlds, used the framebuffer as well, but made a very cool graphical border (.xpm image) around the central
text.
They've sadly removed all trace of it from their current distro, so here it is, in case anyone could find it useful. Also, since I'm on the topic, I also made a very cool bootup sound from the PC speaker, this plays a.au file just as the previous picture is being displayed. The source for this is here. Sadly, this has also been removed from the distribution.
Don't know if either of these still work, let me know (sness@sness.net) if you have any problems with these.
This next small step is very exciting, and we *need* all you Linux hackers out there to get involved and write more code to do cool things for this project. There are not nearly enough young programmers working on this project, get out there, learn a little about DNA and start HACKING! We just had a young Linux hacker work for us at the BC Genome Sequence Centre, and he took a program (fpc) that used to take 1.5 WEEKS to run on a hot Sun box, and it now runs in about 17 hours on our distributed Linux cluster (30 processors)!!! FPC has been around for years, and this speedup has *revolutionized* map building. There's LOTS more opportunties, so get out there and get CODING
The big problem with this approach is that the freezing point of FluroInert is way above that of Nitrogen. What they need to do is immerse the whole board in liquid N2, which I'm fairly sure is an insulator as well. Then the whole board would be cooled to cryo temperatures.
The problem with this, though, is that that liquid N2 is going to boil like nobody's business, so you'll need quite a bit of it, and you'll definitely need ventilation to get rid of the extra N2 gas.
I've gone through a lot of pain a few years ago, I had shooting pains down my arms, sore wrists, sore neck and more. The solution is only partially to get better ergonomics, the real solution is to build up your body more with something like yoga. Yoga is great because you don't have to be in great shape to do it, and there are lots and lots of different exercises to get into all the different parts of your body that might be causing problems. Your arms might be hurting because of something in your back, or your neck, or any number of places. Our body is totally interconnected, just like a program, if you have a bug in one part, it can show up in a number of places, and you have to be a good debugger to find it. Likewise, look around, there are lots of different approaches to yoga, and to health in general. Take 15-30 minutes out of your programming day and debug your body! You wouldn't stand for bugs in your programs, don't stand for bugs in your body. With yoga, I'm both much more physically healthy, as well as much more mentally agile and aware. There are lots of web resources for yoga, but the best way is to find a nice yoga teacher who can show you things you might have overlooked in your own body. The best part, yoga classes are *full* of women, typically between 80-95% of the people in yoga classes are women! Toned, flexible and in touch with their bodies women. I met my current girlfriend in a yoga class, and I have never been happier. Try it out! You'll love it!
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They've sadly removed all trace of it from their current distro, so here it is, in case anyone could find it useful. Also, since I'm on the topic, I also made a very cool bootup sound from the PC speaker, this plays a .au file just as the previous picture is being displayed. The source for this is here. Sadly, this has also been removed from the distribution.
Don't know if either of these still work, let me know (sness@sness.net) if you have any problems with these.
send resumes! :) (sness@sness.net)
The problem with this, though, is that that liquid N2 is going to boil like nobody's business, so you'll need quite a bit of it, and you'll definitely need ventilation to get rid of the extra N2 gas.
I've gone through a lot of pain a few years ago, I had shooting pains down my arms, sore wrists, sore neck and more. The solution is only partially to get better ergonomics, the real solution is to build up your body more with something like yoga. Yoga is great because you don't have to be in great shape to do it, and there are lots and lots of different exercises to get into all the different parts of your body that might be causing problems. Your arms might be hurting because of something in your back, or your neck, or any number of places. Our body is totally interconnected, just like a program, if you have a bug in one part, it can show up in a number of places, and you have to be a good debugger to find it. Likewise, look around, there are lots of different approaches to yoga, and to health in general. Take 15-30 minutes out of your programming day and debug your body! You wouldn't stand for bugs in your programs, don't stand for bugs in your body. With yoga, I'm both much more physically healthy, as well as much more mentally agile and aware. There are lots of web resources for yoga, but the best way is to find a nice yoga teacher who can show you things you might have overlooked in your own body. The best part, yoga classes are *full* of women, typically between 80-95% of the people in yoga classes are women! Toned, flexible and in touch with their bodies women. I met my current girlfriend in a yoga class, and I have never been happier. Try it out! You'll love it!