They're forgetting one of the fundamental problems - most smokers like smoking because it's more habitual. They're used to the act of having a cigarette in their hand and the act of blowing smoke.
This cannot provide that - maybe people will use this when they fly or in places where they cannot use normal cigarettes, but is definitely not going to be a popular substitue for cigarettes.
Besides, cigarettes have an illusion of being "cheap" and easily available. Not to mention the perceived (albeit ill-placed) "coolness factor".
Well, you can do it with _any_ computational power unit, it does not matter.
However, it is much more than just plugging together a bunch of computers and calling it a Grid -- it may constitute a cluster, but a Grid requires more.
And that PS2 thing - it's cool and nice that you can do it, but it's not even a proof of concept because as long as you can harness any kind of computational power, you can make a cluster or a grid out of it.
It's probably a whole lot cheaper and optimal to do so with a bunch of old Linux server boxen that aren't being used anymore. You may even be able to get a lot of more of computational muscle out of them.
I do think KDE is a mature desktop, and so is Gnome. But personally I've been a long-time user of Windowmaker - it's quite lightweight, fast and something I'm used to.
I have nothing against KDE, it's a really wonderful Desktop Environment that's come a long way from the QPL days, as you put it. Lighten up, it was a joke!
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They're forgetting one of the fundamental problems - most smokers like smoking because it's more habitual. They're used to the act of having a cigarette in their hand and the act of blowing smoke.
This cannot provide that - maybe people will use this when they fly or in places where they cannot use normal cigarettes, but is definitely not going to be a popular substitue for cigarettes.
Besides, cigarettes have an illusion of being "cheap" and easily available. Not to mention the perceived (albeit ill-placed) "coolness factor".
You find boobs to be unpleasant imagery?
Do you find burly men in Viking helmets attractive?
Dude, I do not know what that was, but I sure as hell do pity your friends.
Yeah, but can it provide me with other kinds of "meat" ?!
The enlarged, grow-able variety to be precise.
Probably has this big guy with loud bad breath walking around in a black dress saying, "I sense your lack of faith disturbing."
To make interesting, there's probably a version of Steve Balmer jumping around yelling, "Lawyers! Lawyers! Lawyers!"
I think it would be awesome, pure entertainment 24/7. Hell, you get paid, too.
Excellent point.
But that's why you have checksums and digital signatures.
Well, you can do it with _any_ computational power unit, it does not matter.
However, it is much more than just plugging together a bunch of computers and calling it a Grid -- it may constitute a cluster, but a Grid requires more.
And that PS2 thing - it's cool and nice that you can do it, but it's not even a proof of concept because as long as you can harness any kind of computational power, you can make a cluster or a grid out of it.
It's probably a whole lot cheaper and optimal to do so with a bunch of old Linux server boxen that aren't being used anymore. You may even be able to get a lot of more of computational muscle out of them.
I do think KDE is a mature desktop, and so is Gnome. But personally I've been a long-time user of Windowmaker - it's quite lightweight, fast and something I'm used to.
I have nothing against KDE, it's a really wonderful Desktop Environment that's come a long way from the QPL days, as you put it. Lighten up, it was a joke!
Ouch! You're cruel.
Yup.
From this Groklaw thread, one estimate put it at $176 million, while another (more realistic) at ~$612 million for Linux kernel 2.6.
And this, the redevelopment costs alone.
I'd wanted to post the actual figures, but ofcourse Slashdot's _brilliant_ lameness filter blocked it.
Heh, funny - Slashdot these days seems to block more content than it allows for.
Well, aren't they the same? :-p
He's probably looking for a new job.
;-)
Maybe a Slashdot editor?
Whatever my hand held is definitely not for the geeks, only bimbos.
You were saying?
would you like some jumbo shrimp with that? ;-)
Don't you mean Squid? Giant, to be precise.
Well, I read it as the ADD manual.
Was wondering, "Wow, there's a manual for us ADD folks out there?".
Fortunately, I'm not that far gone. Yet.
W O W
That was simply fabulous! Quite breathtaking.
Mods, please mod parent up - brilliant image, thank you.
They call it "Freudian typo".
:-(
But... I don't see your mother anywhere?
*rimshot*
No, because it's cold in outer space.
Tsk, tsk.
Dump the video into Premier, accelerate it 200x to just 37 seconds, and the resulting video is IMHO simply stunning.
:-/
Awww come on all you guys, don't break the poor guy's heart.
Who am I kidding?! That video is quite lame
Thanks :)
:-)
I host my stuff at WebSytz - they used to be kinda mediocre a while ago, until they got bought over.
Ever since, their service simply rocks
Kudos to them!!!
Hahaha!
;)
You think tech's bad for undergrad? Wait until you get to gradschool
You're older, wiser and have more work. And less life ofcourse =)
(ps - don't do gradschool here, there're no women)
And yeah, I think GT servers have some kinda referral barring -- it works internally but gives a 404 otherwise.
;)
Surprising, but maybe the sysadmins were smart enough to forsee this kinda 'abuse'
It's up on Gnutella, search for the filename "LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv" and "LunarEclipse-10-2004-2.wmv" - have put up two copies on two systems.
ARGHHHHHHHH!
0 4.wmv
Not my fucking day.
http://www.metlin.org/temp_dir/LunarEclipse-10-20
*YES I PREVIEWED IT*
I think my servers have some sense of the future, they don't want to BURNNNN.
And man, I wish Slashdot didn't have the bloody two minute posting limit.
Bzzt!
Posted it and foobarred.
:-)
;)
Hold on, here's another one -
metlin.org/temp_dir/LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv
This one *works*
Yeah, I'm glad that am not the only tech student up at 5 AM on a weekend too