First, there's nothing innovative about the Intercom-puter. My girlfriend sits back-to-back with me at a PC that runs as an X terminal off my workstation. We chat, we plan, we argue--all over IRC. It would work just as well with e-mail or instant messaging.
Second, I was thinking the other day about the tremendous amount of energy wasted with stairs. What about making each stair move a half centimeter when stepped on and that movement translated into eletrical energy; perhaps by increasing the rotational speed of a fly wheel, or directly to a generator? In a private home, most stairs probably aren't climbed enough to make a difference, but what about at an instution? Or perhaps, tiles or pressure plates beneath a flexible floor (linoleum or carpet, for example) that translated the gravitational energy into electrical? Is this workable? Could it be done inexpensively enough?
NetHack. 1/3 of may life in the last 2 weeks has been devoted to NetHack. I've figure out how to cheat (by copying away my saved game files) and I'm finally going on a quest. I'm a l00ser.
It's curious that you cite judgement as being an important characteristic of police officers, while I'm told that (at least in some areas), a disqualifing factor in becoming an officer is too high an IQ.
While I'm happy there are laws against this sort of obnoxious behaviour, I'm sickened that someone will go to prison for this and that so many of you (CmdrTaco included) would take that punishment so lightly. Fines, probation, community service, etc. are all acceptable for this sort of offense. Prison should be reserved for truly dangerous criminals.
You should try living in a small town in the South, where Wal-Mart has crushed all smaller businesses and it's the only place within an hour that you can buy music--you'll not find any labelled albums there. Oh, and be too young to have a credit card and be able to order over the Internet. (Of course, you'll be hard pressed to find any much good music at Wal-Mart regardless of whether it was labelled or not.)
The '-n' for ping is pretty common. I found I had to use it on Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD, etc. I don't know what SUS has to say about it (and don't feel like checking), but "fixing" this would probably be breaking ping.
A friend of mine from high-school has written a book on "bio-diesel" and has toured around for quite some time promoting the idea of recycling used cooking oils. He was being sponsored by a major fast-food chain which provided him with free spent oils where ever he went. (According to my father, who used to own a small fast-food restaurant a couple of decades ago, this used grease is often sold to cosmetics companies, so it wasn't exactly like they were giving him something for nothing.)
Seems like an amusing way to pass a Friday afternoon to me!
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Speaking from my own experience, I think it's Net effect--people hear much more about it and so it seems like the thing to use. No one ever hears about PostgreSQL, even though Red Hat and other vendors have been shipping it for generations. I admit I think that's the reason I first started using it. FWIW, learning PostgreSQL after MySQL is quite easy.
This sounds like an application that could be better handled by LDAP instead of an SQL database.
I have a suspicion that the people who safely use MySQL would be better off using LDAP, because their applications are heavily oriented towards reads, and could benefit from replication. For things like a shopping cart, a hybrid solution using LDAP for the catalog and an RDBMS for storing orders seems best.
Is it common for stock to be given out as compensation, directly rather than options? I am under the impression that I am being awarded $X in addition to my salary, and I will not be required to actually pay for these when the time comes; rather, they are a direct form of pay. Is this at all plausible or likely, or have I just been misled?
Okay, I see the output. Now, where'd you get this? I didn't see it in the HTML, in the first letters of the sections, etc. Was this supposed to reveal the "cookie" or was this it?
I don't think I'll even ask about what this code does. It's far beyond what I'll ever understand. Okay, I see what the 'substr' does. Okay, it exec's perl. (Where the heck does 'perl' come from?) Jeez, stuff I've never seen before.
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First, there's nothing innovative about the Intercom-puter. My girlfriend sits back-to-back with me at a PC that runs as an X terminal off my workstation. We chat, we plan, we argue--all over IRC. It would work just as well with e-mail or instant messaging.
Second, I was thinking the other day about the tremendous amount of energy wasted with stairs. What about making each stair move a half centimeter when stepped on and that movement translated into eletrical energy; perhaps by increasing the rotational speed of a fly wheel, or directly to a generator? In a private home, most stairs probably aren't climbed enough to make a difference, but what about at an instution? Or perhaps, tiles or pressure plates beneath a flexible floor (linoleum or carpet, for example) that translated the gravitational energy into electrical? Is this workable? Could it be done inexpensively enough?
NetHack. 1/3 of may life in the last 2 weeks has been devoted to NetHack. I've figure out how to cheat (by copying away my saved game files) and I'm finally going on a quest. I'm a l00ser.
So is setting the SGID bit on /usr/sbin/procmail all that's required? Seems so from Bero's Bugzilla comment, and seems easy enough.
That's actually a pretty good idea, far better than putting projectile weapons in a pressurized aircraft...
Perhaps for the pilots being able to seal off the cabin and release nitrous oxide or another gas that induces sleep would be good too...
It's curious that you cite judgement as being an important characteristic of police officers, while I'm told that (at least in some areas), a disqualifing factor in becoming an officer is too high an IQ.
Wil
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My friend Josh has written a book on making and using biodiesel. Those interested in this story would no doubt also be interest in his site and book.
Wil
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Namely, StackGuard and several of the other Immunix technologies were developed under DARPA grants.
Wil
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While I'm happy there are laws against this sort of obnoxious behaviour, I'm sickened that someone will go to prison for this and that so many of you (CmdrTaco included) would take that punishment so lightly. Fines, probation, community service, etc. are all acceptable for this sort of offense. Prison should be reserved for truly dangerous criminals.
Wil
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Not me, I drink by the liter!
Wil
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Not as fun as when you're an American riding with a German on the autobahn, watching the speedometer go up to "230"!
Wil
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I know this too: I'm 40U tall.
Wil
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You should try living in a small town in the South, where Wal-Mart has crushed all smaller businesses and it's the only place within an hour that you can buy music--you'll not find any labelled albums there. Oh, and be too young to have a credit card and be able to order over the Internet. (Of course, you'll be hard pressed to find any much good music at Wal-Mart regardless of whether it was labelled or not.)
Wil
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The '-n' for ping is pretty common. I found I had to use it on Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD, etc. I don't know what SUS has to say about it (and don't feel like checking), but "fixing" this would probably be breaking ping.
Wil
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I dunno about this, but if you're looking for Linux work in Portland, check out WireX. We're hiring, and it's a pretty good place to work.
Wil
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Sure. Check out Austin Powers. "We don't want to have to bail you boys out like we did in dubba-ya dubba-ya two."
Wil
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I've heard such things as this and am curious about it. Can you provide references?
Wil
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A friend of mine from high-school has written a book on "bio-diesel" and has toured around for quite some time promoting the idea of recycling used cooking oils. He was being sponsored by a major fast-food chain which provided him with free spent oils where ever he went. (According to my father, who used to own a small fast-food restaurant a couple of decades ago, this used grease is often sold to cosmetics companies, so it wasn't exactly like they were giving him something for nothing.)
You can find more out about it by visiting his site http://veggievan.org.
Wil
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Seems like an amusing way to pass a Friday afternoon to me!
Wil
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Speaking from my own experience, I think it's Net effect--people hear much more about it and so it seems like the thing to use. No one ever hears about PostgreSQL, even though Red Hat and other vendors have been shipping it for generations. I admit I think that's the reason I first started using it. FWIW, learning PostgreSQL after MySQL is quite easy.
Wil
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This sounds like an application that could be better handled by LDAP instead of an SQL database.
I have a suspicion that the people who safely use MySQL would be better off using LDAP, because their applications are heavily oriented towards reads, and could benefit from replication. For things like a shopping cart, a hybrid solution using LDAP for the catalog and an RDBMS for storing orders seems best.
Wil
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LNXS:
Is it common for stock to be given out as compensation, directly rather than options? I am under the impression that I am being awarded $X in addition to my salary, and I will not be required to actually pay for these when the time comes; rather, they are a direct form of pay. Is this at all plausible or likely, or have I just been misled?
Wil
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Okay, I see the output. Now, where'd you get this? I didn't see it in the HTML, in the first letters of the sections, etc. Was this supposed to reveal the "cookie" or was this it?
I don't think I'll even ask about what this code does. It's far beyond what I'll ever understand. Okay, I see what the 'substr' does. Okay, it exec's perl. (Where the heck does 'perl' come from?) Jeez, stuff I've never seen before.
JAPF, Just Another Perl Flunkie
Wil
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"who" refers to people, i.e., kids. "what would refer to keyboards.
ID-10T Error: Are you sure it's plugged in?
Wil
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Nope, I'm too stupid to see it. Pointers?
Wil
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I think you mean "r474rd00d"
Wil
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