No, but if I snap on x-files and see a comercial with Yoda drinking a Pepsi, I am going to bail.
I certainly expect an unprecedented amount of hype with this movie release. I don't think Lucas has "sold-out".
But I have my limits. I can handle toys, lunchboxes cans of pop and all that, but somehow the mental image of Obi-Wan eating a Big-Mac, Leia (yes I know she's not in this one, can't remember the new one's character) endorsing tampax or any such direct-character/product promotion really turns me off!
Will I not go see the movie? Heck no. Will I avoid pepsi and burger-king for the duration of the promotions? You betcha.
Since they've reset the work stats, Windows 95 is now the leading OS for completed work units.
We can't let this stand for even one minute can we?!?!? C'mon/.'ers, crank up your boxen and make sure Mickeysoft gets shoved down far on the list where they belong!
Looks like they've reset the usage statistics like I thought I remembered they said they would. The top user now has a whole 4 work units. All my previous stats are gone (my pc at home must not be running it right now as I am still at zero). Hmm, guess i'll have to run home at lunch and see what the deal is.
I guess this is an incentive for new ppl to run this on as many machines as possible so they show up in the top users as before the to 20 ppl had something like, oh, 50 ga-zillion work units processed.
No, they're stupid. Won't disagree on that, I work for one and know first hand! But that's not the reason this wont get done. The decision is not entirely in their hands. The public utilities commissions probably have as much or more to say on the subject, and are often as lacking as the phone companies in the smarts column.:-)
yes, this has been argued into submission.:-) The problem here is that this tends to 'discriminate' against one service provider vs another.
Lets say they decide to do this and say cable telephony providers have to use a different area code than the incumbent bell local carrier. They don't like this because now your service looks second-class compared to the bell and they think (maybe rightly so?) that this is an unfain competitive disadvantage.
Yep, wether you do geographic split or overlay two area codes, you are merely adding additional available nxx combos, and this does not address the eventual exhaustion of line numbers in the npa/nxx 10,000 block scheme.
Overlays are more attractive to phone customers because no one has to change their number, only new numbers are assigned the new area code. Companies that compete with the established local carriers hate this because they feel they get an unfair percentage of these numbers and they think customers hate the new area code since it is seen as second-citizen to the established code.
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Right! Its the same with NPA's (area codes) - Nxx ranges, the 3 digits after the area code, are handed out to individual carriers with the associated 10,000 line numbers (NPA-NXX-nnnn).
This was fine when you only had one Phone Company. Now you have cell, pager, competitive local carriers, cable companies, etc that all want blocks of access lines, which are handed out in 10,000 chunks because of the 'adressing scheme'.
Never mind that some of these companies never sign up more than 500 customers, that whole 10,000 block is unavailable for use by anyone else. When you run out of nxx es, you add another npa, the total saturation of access numbers in the old area code may only be 40%, but you are out of new nxx ranges to assign.
What to do?
a) make the address scheme have more/bigger nodes? How bout a 4 digit area code, a 4 digit nxx and a 5 digit line number? No thanks. Or, add a region code that corresponds to the Bell service areas that is prepended to the NPA? Yuk. Now you gotta change all the switching infrastructure and customer terminals (pagers, cellphones, kitchen phones) to handle this.
b) You break the adressing scheme to sub-divide the 10,000 ranges through a proposal called 'pooling'. You hand numbers out in, say, 1000 chunks instead of 10,000. Now, you have some changes in the network, but this is largely software. End-user terminals are still able to use the 10-digit number.
There must be a very valid technical reason why this can't be applied to the IP network or someone much smarter than me would have come up with the idea long before now!
Sure the class-A node points to its owner, you say? So does the nxx in today's phone network. The guys with the bell-shaped heads (hey, I'm one!) are working on figuring out how to break this rule. Yes, its a massive undertaking, but a lot better than some of the alternatives (sorry, you can't have a phone number for your toaster, we're all out of numbers!)
Look it up, its in the dictionary (that big thick book with all the little type and no pictures). Its called a pronoun.
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Well, I for one as a semi-newbie appreciate the warning (although at this point I've figured out I don't need to jump on every new kernel version, stable or devel).
Many ppl I've talked to who are recent Microso~1 converts (refugees, even) still have the mindset that you always need to upgrade when the newest version comes out. This has been drilled in by M$.
I don't see any harm in warning ppl. I don't agree with not posting it at all.
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its not up yet but I guess it will be here when it gets posted
Re:Is USB supported? - maybe sorta?
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Uh, that's why if you register you can filter out any category you want. Check it out sometime, it really makes it better (I filter out *BSD stories, but that's just my preference)
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Hey watch who you're callin stupid!
(excuse me, your balls are showing) -Ace Ventura
BumbleBee Tuna! I am a man of god, the female body is a temple for the procreation of the human race... got a dollar?
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>Does Yoda chug a can of Pepsi in the Movie?
No, but if I snap on x-files and see a comercial with Yoda drinking a Pepsi, I am going to bail.
I certainly expect an unprecedented amount of hype with this movie release. I don't think Lucas has "sold-out".
But I have my limits. I can handle toys, lunchboxes cans of pop and all that, but somehow the mental image of Obi-Wan eating a Big-Mac, Leia (yes I know she's not in this one, can't remember the new one's character) endorsing tampax or any such direct-character/product promotion really turns me off!
Will I not go see the movie? Heck no. Will I avoid pepsi and burger-king for the duration of the promotions? You betcha.
That was great! Made my day!
You didn't follow the link, did you?
Look at it and then re-read your pst.
Since they've reset the work stats, Windows 95 is now the leading OS for completed work units.
/.'ers, crank up your boxen and make sure Mickeysoft gets shoved down far on the list where they belong!
We can't let this stand for even one minute can we?!?!? C'mon
Looks like they've reset the usage statistics like I thought I remembered they said they would. The top user now has a whole 4 work units. All my previous stats are gone (my pc at home must not be running it right now as I am still at zero). Hmm, guess i'll have to run home at lunch and see what the deal is.
The stats page is here.
I guess this is an incentive for new ppl to run this on as many machines as possible so they show up in the top users as before the to 20 ppl had something like, oh, 50 ga-zillion work units processed.
BEER RUN! :-)
ps, Chicago Cubs suck, as do the fans (imo)
Oh excellent! This might just fix the problem we're having running Q3 servers behind masqueraded firewalls!
Hooray for Linux!
We have a quaint little custome here in Chicago when the opposing team hits a homerun into the bleachers and a Cubs fan catches it.
"throw... it... back!"
Should he take it? Should he throw it back in their faces?
"...and the law enforcement officials are definitely into the '90s on this and are very interested in making sure this kind of contact doesn't occur."
Anyone else think this is a stupid statement? Too bad the "'90s" are all but over.
"you are _so_ early 90's" -- Larry the Cucumber
No, they're stupid. :-)
Won't disagree on that, I work for one and know first hand! But that's not the reason this wont get done. The decision is not entirely in their hands. The public utilities commissions probably have as much or more to say on the subject, and are often as lacking as the phone companies in the smarts column.
yes, this has been argued into submission. :-)
The problem here is that this tends to 'discriminate' against one service provider vs another.
Lets say they decide to do this and say cable telephony providers have to use a different area code than the incumbent bell local carrier. They don't like this because now your service looks second-class compared to the bell and they think (maybe rightly so?) that this is an unfain competitive disadvantage.
Just an interesting aside, looks like they forgot to clean up some draft work.
Pretty far down in the section:
Integration of system services and applications to reduce complexity and management costs
There is a 'ding' against linux:
Open questions about internationalization, access by people with disabilities
And then it looks like they meant to put their NT4 answer, but forgot to replace their draft 'placeholder':
Why don't we address the int'l and accessibility point?
Hrmm... why *don't* you?
Just thought that was funny.
Yep, wether you do geographic split or overlay two area codes, you are merely adding additional available nxx combos, and this does not address the eventual exhaustion of line numbers in the npa/nxx 10,000 block scheme.
Overlays are more attractive to phone customers because no one has to change their number, only new numbers are assigned the new area code. Companies that compete with the established local carriers hate this because they feel they get an unfair percentage of these numbers and they think customers hate the new area code since it is seen as second-citizen to the established code.
Right! Its the same with NPA's (area codes) - Nxx ranges, the 3 digits after the area code, are handed out to individual carriers with the associated 10,000 line numbers (NPA-NXX-nnnn).
This was fine when you only had one Phone Company. Now you have cell, pager, competitive local carriers, cable companies, etc that all want blocks of access lines, which are handed out in 10,000 chunks because of the 'adressing scheme'.
Never mind that some of these companies never sign up more than 500 customers, that whole 10,000 block is unavailable for use by anyone else. When you run out of nxx es, you add another npa, the total saturation of access numbers in the old area code may only be 40%, but you are out of new nxx ranges to assign.
What to do?
a) make the address scheme have more/bigger nodes? How bout a 4 digit area code, a 4 digit nxx and a 5 digit line number? No thanks. Or, add a region code that corresponds to the Bell service areas that is prepended to the NPA? Yuk. Now you gotta change all the switching infrastructure and customer terminals (pagers, cellphones, kitchen phones) to handle this.
b) You break the adressing scheme to sub-divide the 10,000 ranges through a proposal called 'pooling'. You hand numbers out in, say, 1000 chunks instead of 10,000. Now, you have some changes in the network, but this is largely software. End-user terminals are still able to use the 10-digit number.
There must be a very valid technical reason why this can't be applied to the IP network or someone much smarter than me would have come up with the idea long before now!
Sure the class-A node points to its owner, you say? So does the nxx in today's phone network. The guys with the bell-shaped heads (hey, I'm one!) are working on figuring out how to break this rule. Yes, its a massive undertaking, but a lot better than some of the alternatives (sorry, you can't have a phone number for your toaster, we're all out of numbers!)
yuk yuk
you mean intel? they we up, running, and serving fast. Anyone bother to check yet to see what platform their servers are running?
Look it up, its in the dictionary (that big thick book with all the little type and no pictures). Its called a pronoun.
Well, I for one as a semi-newbie appreciate the warning (although at this point I've figured out I don't need to jump on every new kernel version, stable or devel).
Many ppl I've talked to who are recent Microso~1 converts (refugees, even) still have the mindset that you always need to upgrade when the newest version comes out. This has been drilled in by M$.
I don't see any harm in warning ppl. I don't agree with not posting it at all.
its not up yet but I guess it will be here when it gets posted
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cutting edge change listing
Simple USB driver added: You can't enable this option from the configuration yet. Maybe in 2.2.8.
but there is no changelog up yet for 2.2.8?
I saw a couple threads not long ago that there was a couple different USB efforts going on and that 2.2.7 had some code disabled.
I've looked (not very hard I'll admit) for a changelog or something to see whats in 2.2.8
Uh, that's why if you register you can filter out any category you want. Check it out sometime, it really makes it better (I filter out *BSD stories, but that's just my preference)
Hey watch who you're callin stupid!
(excuse me, your balls are showing) -Ace Ventura
BumbleBee Tuna!
I am a man of god, the female body is a temple for the procreation of the human race... got a dollar?
(ok, I'll stop..)
Um, read Robs post at the top
hmm, they must be reading slashdot cause they are all disappearing.
Did you try the new linux build as well? The mouse movement is MUCH smoother than in the first version.