If you take into acount what I already have "stolen from the monopoly", I must say I'm in compliance, too (if not: sorry, bought a Dell with Windows pre-installed). Hint: df says I have 400 meg free diskspace on a 20GB HD.
On a sidenote, is it still possible to return the Windows CD's (unopened) to get your money back, or did microsoft change their policy?
Not true (except for the mouse, but I carry an external one in my bag). I've been using my Inspiron I8K with Geforce2Go for more than a year now, and the screen (15" 1400x1050) is great. In fact, without my portable I wouldn't be a Return To Castle Wolfenstein-addict.
I am also planning to stop buying CD's. I've just put all my CD's on my central fileserver (it's very handy and my dog can't eat my CD's lying around). If they prevent me from ripping, I'll be forced to look for other ways to do it.. No way I'm going back to swapping CD's.
Holy wars are fun. You can start one by mentioning vi to an emacs user or vice versa. You can start armageddon by mentioning Pico to an emacs user discussing with a vi user. These occasions will keep your life as a sysadmin cheerful and diverse.
If you ever get stuck in a text editor and you can't quit, type [ESC]:q[Enter] After this first encounter, you'll hate that editor. But you will change... slowly...
I installed it too, it took me three days but I learned a lot, and it's really nice to have it boot for the first time (I didn't get an ograsm though:)). I don't use it on my desktop, just on the router - not doing anything else. But it's too much a hassle for me to manage/upgrade packages - I like Debian better. Does anyone care to share some hints on that? e.g., I would like something like this:
On the mailing list there are some people who want to use it for RC airplanes, so I wouldn't say it's impossible (what is?). They're developing a cheap IMU (inertial measurement unit) you can use in your own project.
Of course, but launching Estes rockets isn't allowed everywhere either. I know I cannot launch those at the fields near my house because airplaines fly over at less than 300 meters. It's pretty logical.
From the article: "Researchers said they suspect that the jet-spawned clouds are lowering temperatures during the day and boosting nighttime readings, but more research is needed".
What they do have is an indication. If you are sceptical about this, you've never noticed that under certain weather conditions, the jet stripes do not easily disapear and form a sort of mist.
A dutch scientific magazine(Natuur&Techniek) had an article about that some months ago. It described a DIY experiment where you could determine the temperature at high altitudes from the type of aircraft and the width of the stripe. There were some nice pictures of a jet-stripe filled skie. I don't have it at hand, though. Did anyone else read it?
If not then it ought to be. Same goes for regular small model rockets available at hobby shops and other places. It's dangerous and should be outlawed.
Are you serious? When did 'dangerous' become 'illegal'? And when did you get to decide what's dangerous and what not? Is crossing the road illegal? It can be quite dangerous you know!
Anyway, I've visited some amateur rocket launches and I can tell you safety measures are strict. When you know what can go wrong, you have the key to make it safe, wheither it's about crossing the road or handling explosives. (I've still got all my fingers!)
If you put warnings on gnutella's website not to use XoloX and the like, it might reduce the usage of these apps. Nobody is interested in bringing gunella down! (Well, except 'they', but 'they' are bastards). I wonder what the authors of these apps have to say.
How do you reference a paper that is available online only? Ok, there exist some solutions but this should be dealt with in an open and official way (I've heard of a commercial system, but that is dangerous for government funded research, IMHO). Actually, to sollution is quite simple: a commitment from an official entity to keep papers available, logically ordered, and have a lot of mirrors for redundancy.
Why shouldn't it? And if you don't think so, why should Windows? I've always kept using Windows together with linux, but when I had some HD shortage a month ago, I realized I hadn't booted Windows for the last year!!! So I made a quick decision: rm -r/mnt/win/*; mv *avi/mnt/win. This solved my problem, And I have never regretted I did it.
Slashdot Mirror
If you take into acount what I already have "stolen from the monopoly", I must say I'm in compliance, too (if not: sorry, bought a Dell with Windows pre-installed). Hint: df says I have 400 meg free diskspace on a 20GB HD.
On a sidenote, is it still possible to return the Windows CD's (unopened) to get your money back, or did microsoft change their policy?
Not true (except for the mouse, but I carry an external one in my bag).
I've been using my Inspiron I8K with Geforce2Go for more than a year now, and the screen (15" 1400x1050) is great. In fact, without my portable I wouldn't be a Return To Castle Wolfenstein-addict.
I am also planning to stop buying CD's. I've just put all my CD's on my central fileserver (it's very handy and my dog can't eat my CD's lying around). If they prevent me from ripping, I'll be forced to look for other ways to do it.. No way I'm going back to swapping CD's.
Holy wars are fun. You can start one by mentioning vi to an emacs user or vice versa. You can start armageddon by mentioning Pico to an emacs user discussing with a vi user. These occasions will keep your life as a sysadmin cheerful and diverse.
Does it have "Don't Panic!" written on it, in large, friendly letters?
If you ever get stuck in a text editor and you can't quit, type [ESC]:q[Enter]
After this first encounter, you'll hate that editor. But you will change... slowly...
right?
I installed it too, it took me three days but I learned a lot, and it's really nice to have it boot for the first time (I didn't get an ograsm though :)). I don't use it on my desktop, just on the router - not doing anything else. But it's too much a hassle for me to manage/upgrade packages - I like Debian better. Does anyone care to share some hints on that? e.g., I would like something like this:
[program] -l logfile make install
that dumps all files created by make install.
Another thing they have in common: a rocket launcher!
.. I would definitely go for porn. Unfortunately, I mostly get screwed by the spam.
On the mailing list there are some people who want to use it for RC airplanes, so I wouldn't say it's impossible (what is?). They're developing a cheap IMU (inertial measurement unit) you can use in your own project.
I have a fish in my ear.
Or maybe they are there to answer questions from Wine and Samba (etc) developers? They are such nice people!
Of course, but launching Estes rockets isn't allowed everywhere either. I know I cannot launch those at the fields near my house because airplaines fly over at less than 300 meters. It's pretty logical.
From the article: "Researchers said they suspect that the jet-spawned clouds are lowering temperatures during the day and boosting nighttime readings, but more research is needed".
What they do have is an indication. If you are sceptical about this, you've never noticed that under certain weather conditions, the jet stripes do not easily disapear and form a sort of mist.
A dutch scientific magazine(Natuur&Techniek) had an article about that some months ago. It described a DIY experiment where you could determine the temperature at high altitudes from the type of aircraft and the width of the stripe. There were some nice pictures of a jet-stripe filled skie. I don't have it at hand, though. Did anyone else read it?
If not then it ought to be. Same goes for regular small model rockets available at hobby shops and other places. It's dangerous and should be outlawed.
Are you serious? When did 'dangerous' become 'illegal'? And when did you get to decide what's dangerous and what not? Is crossing the road illegal? It can be quite dangerous you know!
Anyway, I've visited some amateur rocket launches and I can tell you safety measures are strict. When you know what can go wrong, you have the key to make it safe, wheither it's about crossing the road or handling explosives. (I've still got all my fingers!)
Would you care to elaborate a bit on this? Was it no fun for you? Is it badly designed?
Here's a project on sourceforge (GPL'ed):
autopilot
Will we see "first flight" posts?
... stuff that matters.
If you put warnings on gnutella's website not to use XoloX and the like, it might reduce the usage of these apps. Nobody is interested in bringing gunella down! (Well, except 'they', but 'they' are bastards).
I wonder what the authors of these apps have to say.
If you don't have a stapler and don't have "order" as one of your main qualities, you can add another con:
:).
- difficult to remain sorted
remember, sorting is at least O(n log n), but I can't seem to get that performance
How do you reference a paper that is available online only? Ok, there exist some solutions but this should be dealt with in an open and official way (I've heard of a commercial system, but that is dangerous for government funded research, IMHO). Actually, to sollution is quite simple: a commitment from an official entity to keep papers available, logically ordered, and have a lot of mirrors for redundancy.
I think this article is written by The Boss.
Why shouldn't it? And if you don't think so, why should Windows? I've always kept using Windows together with linux, but when I had some HD shortage a month ago, I realized I hadn't booted Windows for the last year!!! So I made a quick decision: rm -r /mnt/win/*; mv *avi /mnt/win. This solved my problem, And I have never regretted I did it.