Please help me in getting both sound and in-game VoIP running in the Linux-native ETQW. I have spent hours and hours on this and had it working once, 3 years ago.
I've messed with Pulse Audio, ALSA, OSS-emulation, Arts, Esound and a couple of others all to no avail. I can get sound fine, but VoIP either doesn't work or causes a segfault.
The fact that all those different audio subsystems exist at all is the issue.
Space stations and moon bases would provide wonderful opportunities for high-purity industrial development. Or maybe build a microwave station and beam down collected solar power. Or computer-controlled telescopes on the far side of the moon. Or a ton of other things you lack the vision for.
Is that the U.S. or European company that manufactures the products? Oh, no. They don't sell to customers in embargoed countries! Hold on a sec. I see a large order of "corporate internet filtering" products for shipment to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain that needs attention. Amazing how much tech stuff those guys use!
Where was I? Oh, yes. Those nasty gray-market distributors. You know, the shell companies incorporated a couple of months ago? Yeah. Those guys are ruining it for everyone!
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a large order of CALEA equipment for delivery to U.S. telecom firms to ship out. Between that and the systems on order by the U.K. and China the bonuses should be fat again this quarter!
Uh, they're fracturing the rock layer down a few Km where the gas is, not the Km of rock on top of it. You still have layers upon layers of rock on top that is just as it was, except with a bore hole through one point.
I find both of your examples to fall into the realm of technical certificates, not University level study.
I've always thought of CS vs IT as Engineer vs Technician. One designs the other implements and operates.
For example a CS student should understand compiler theory including things like language tokenization, code generation, parse trees and the like.
An IT student needs to know "./config && make && make install" and have a working knowledge of an IDE like Visual Studio or Eclipse along with be fairly proficient in a language or two.
While I agree we've gone overboard, you have to look at it from both a historical and political perspective.
The United States is treaty-bound to defends many of those nations. We are enforcing peace by our presence, as there isn't anyone crazy enough to launch a military assault against the only remaining military superpower.
Japan, for example, has agreed not to develop nuclear weapons because they are covered by the United States nuclear umbrella. That is, we'll defend them against a nuclear attack if necessary.
They are also not allowed by their Constitution to have any real military, other than a minor "home defense force". Again, because of treaty obligations with the U.S.
People may make jokes about enforcing peace, especially with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But compared to the squabbles of Europe pre-WW1 and the chaos that reigned in WW2, this is nothing.
Our treaty obligations with Kuwait are what led us to liberate them after the initial Iraq invasion and to ensure their continued safety by dealing with the Iraqi military.
If countries insist, the U.S. will withdraw and close bases. For an example look to the Philippines.
Many of these smaller nations want guarantees they won't be constantly invaded by their neighbors. While developing their own military is one answer, it has never really worked. The problem is the contest is too even, so the others think "if we hit 'em first, we can win this".
But under the protection of a superpower is a different answer. "If we hit 'em first, we're toast".
And honestly if we don't do it the Russians would be glad to. And I'm sure the Chinese could probably be convinced. And I'd really, really rather have the U.S. do it than the Russians.
So would Hungary, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, etc. Their memories of Soviet "protection" haven't gone away, yet.
It isn't meant to. In fact, one of its functions is digital signatures that can provide non-repudiation. That is, you can't say "that wasn't me".
Of course, it all depends on the definition of "me" you're using. "Me" can be anonymous, if you do it right. Non-repudiation allows for recipients to be certain the messages claiming to be from "me" are the same "me" they expect and not an impostor.
GPG/PGP solves an entirely different problem from anonymity.
(we might sill be there a hundred years from now--John McCain)
We're still in Germany, Japan and Italy and it has been almost 70 years. We're still in Korea and that has been about 50 years.
What McCain was referring to was not combat operations, but the possibility of long-term joint military bases. To imply he was talking about combat operations or hostilities is dishonest and/or naive.
And the car gets a little damaged? That's a funny one right there. Obviously you've never seen deer/car collisions at highway speeds.
The average weight of a adult, male, white-tailed deer is around 200 pounds. Feel free to do the math regarding kinetic energy and force. Then contemplate the phrases "5 mph bumper" and "crumple zone".
Feel free to Google for images on the subject, if your imagination isn't graphic enough.
As long as that theocracy provides for a way to it to be later changed or removed if that is the will of the people. Otherwise it is just another form of autocratic oppression.
For example, see Iran, Cuba, China and many other regimes where they fervently defend "the Revolution". Specifically THEIR revolution, not the next one people are trying to bring about because the last one wasn't as great as promised.
"Viva la revolucion" really should be "Viva mi revolucion".
Considering my experience with non-name knockoff CFL and LED bulbs not living up to spec -- actually not even coming close -- I'll pay the extra for the tested and quality controlled GE bulb.
Between CFLs that melt unless actively cooled and LEDs that don't come close to color temperature or have a decent dispersion angle, it has been a disappointment.
If you put "the answer to life, the universe and everything" in Google, their little calculator is the top answer and it says "the answer to life the universe and everything = 42"
Why? Because what the Nazi's failed at doing the Soviet's would have been able to finish -- and France wouldn't have been able to save your asses.
Compare and contrast the actions of the U.S. in Europe after WW2 to the actions of the Soviet Union. Which side of the Iron Curtain was better off in the aftermath?
There is a reason Poland and the Czech Republic are not only willing, but eager to host American missile defense bases. For them the war ended decades after it did for Britain and France and the memories haven't yet faded.
The DC metro area is like this as well. I currently drive 64-67 miles each way for work, depending on the route which depends on traffic. So about 130 miles round-trip.
I am constantly -- about ever 2 weeks -- re-evaluating the cost of moving closer versus the cost of the commute. The problem is, there is a BIG difference in housing cost for moving closer. And, thanks to supply-and-demand, anything close to a train/subway stop is even more expensive.
Right now, the costs balance out. If I move closer, the dollar costs saved on commute would be offset by the higher housing costs almost exactly.
Yes, the "time" cost is a big factor that weighs in. Right now I use the commute time for listening to podcasts and audio books. Not a total waste.
The REAL issue is I'm in an expensive-for-my-area big home. With the real estate crash, I could downsize 10% locally -- keeping the same 130 mile round-trip commute -- and save 30% on housing costs.
That is what I'm looking hard at right now. That, and I'm saving my pennies towards a VW Jetta TDI for a commute car. I've been trying to figure out how to get a decent, modern turbo-diesel but they are rare as hen's teeth in the U.S.
That our intelligence agencies have caught, red-handed, people with working nuclear weapons on U.S. soil just before they were about to set them off.
That would be a big one for me.
Yes, Mr President, if we didn't have this program we wouldn't have Tampa right now. We actually stopped a terrorist who had smuggled a 10 megaton fission weapon in on a cargo freighter to the Port of Tampa. Did you know there are 8 million people living in a 100 mile radius of Tampa? We jammed the cell phone he was using to try and remotely detonate it, then picked him up.
No, this did NOT make the newspapers. We still have the bomb, though. Would you like to see it? It's a favorite down at the Agency. We've even got a cowboy hat you can wear and get your picture taken riding it like Slim Pickens!
(We're in the same area, it seems. I moved to NoVA about 2 years ago for work.)
Have you seen the Bullshit episode on recycling? It might interest you. It seems that only aluminum and possibly steel are worth recycling from a net-energy/resources savings standpoint.
Plastic I recycle just to avoid the whole plastic forest issue. And, of course, all the damn bags that end up in the rivers around DC. My wife takes all the paper, shreds it and uses it in her compost pile.
But as for friends, don't waste your time. Lead by example is all that will work -- and it'll only work with some. I have several older friends who swear absolutely that we have enough oil in the U.S. to run this country for the next two centuries at least, with gas prices never rising about about $2.50 / gallon. If only the gov't would get out of the way...
Eventually they will die, and a new generation who has grown up having to deal with reality will take over. And develop denial issues of their own, in their own time. It is just human nature.
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Ummm...so why are new copies of this book priced at $146? I'm guessing it is out of print.
Herring. Thank you Android auto-correct.
What percentage of infected machines had pirated copies of Windows XP and couldn't get patches because of âGenuine Advantageâ validation?
If Microsoft really wants to help the security situation, when XP is officially EOLed remove the restriction on herring all the updates.
Next up, audio.
Please help me in getting both sound and in-game VoIP running in the Linux-native ETQW. I have spent hours and hours on this and had it working once, 3 years ago.
I've messed with Pulse Audio, ALSA, OSS-emulation, Arts, Esound and a couple of others all to no avail. I can get sound fine, but VoIP either doesn't work or causes a segfault.
The fact that all those different audio subsystems exist at all is the issue.
Just because you lack imagination...
Space stations and moon bases would provide wonderful opportunities for high-purity industrial development. Or maybe build a microwave station and beam down collected solar power. Or computer-controlled telescopes on the far side of the moon. Or a ton of other things you lack the vision for.
Is that the U.S. or European company that manufactures the products? Oh, no. They don't sell to customers in embargoed countries! Hold on a sec. I see a large order of "corporate internet filtering" products for shipment to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain that needs attention. Amazing how much tech stuff those guys use!
Where was I? Oh, yes. Those nasty gray-market distributors. You know, the shell companies incorporated a couple of months ago? Yeah. Those guys are ruining it for everyone!
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a large order of CALEA equipment for delivery to U.S. telecom firms to ship out. Between that and the systems on order by the U.K. and China the bonuses should be fat again this quarter!
Impressive, a +4 Insightful post that is nothing more than a quick troll. Not a very good one, either.
Bravo, sir! Bravo!
Uh, they're fracturing the rock layer down a few Km where the gas is, not the Km of rock on top of it. You still have layers upon layers of rock on top that is just as it was, except with a bore hole through one point.
That isn't a degree, it's a certificate.
I find both of your examples to fall into the realm of technical certificates, not University level study.
I've always thought of CS vs IT as Engineer vs Technician. One designs the other implements and operates.
For example a CS student should understand compiler theory including things like language tokenization, code generation, parse trees and the like.
An IT student needs to know "./config && make && make install" and have a working knowledge of an IDE like Visual Studio or Eclipse along with be fairly proficient in a language or two.
Sigh...
Long reply deleted after I read the entire page you linked to. Saved myself some embarrassment there.
Thanks for that link. :-)
While I agree we've gone overboard, you have to look at it from both a historical and political perspective.
The United States is treaty-bound to defends many of those nations. We are enforcing peace by our presence, as there isn't anyone crazy enough to launch a military assault against the only remaining military superpower.
Japan, for example, has agreed not to develop nuclear weapons because they are covered by the United States nuclear umbrella. That is, we'll defend them against a nuclear attack if necessary.
They are also not allowed by their Constitution to have any real military, other than a minor "home defense force". Again, because of treaty obligations with the U.S.
People may make jokes about enforcing peace, especially with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But compared to the squabbles of Europe pre-WW1 and the chaos that reigned in WW2, this is nothing.
Our treaty obligations with Kuwait are what led us to liberate them after the initial Iraq invasion and to ensure their continued safety by dealing with the Iraqi military.
If countries insist, the U.S. will withdraw and close bases. For an example look to the Philippines.
Many of these smaller nations want guarantees they won't be constantly invaded by their neighbors. While developing their own military is one answer, it has never really worked. The problem is the contest is too even, so the others think "if we hit 'em first, we can win this".
But under the protection of a superpower is a different answer. "If we hit 'em first, we're toast".
And honestly if we don't do it the Russians would be glad to. And I'm sure the Chinese could probably be convinced. And I'd really, really rather have the U.S. do it than the Russians.
So would Hungary, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, etc. Their memories of Soviet "protection" haven't gone away, yet.
It isn't meant to. In fact, one of its functions is digital signatures that can provide non-repudiation. That is, you can't say "that wasn't me".
Of course, it all depends on the definition of "me" you're using. "Me" can be anonymous, if you do it right. Non-repudiation allows for recipients to be certain the messages claiming to be from "me" are the same "me" they expect and not an impostor.
GPG/PGP solves an entirely different problem from anonymity.
(we might sill be there a hundred years from now--John McCain)
We're still in Germany, Japan and Italy and it has been almost 70 years. We're still in Korea and that has been about 50 years.
What McCain was referring to was not combat operations, but the possibility of long-term joint military bases. To imply he was talking about combat operations or hostilities is dishonest and/or naive.
And the car gets a little damaged? That's a funny one right there. Obviously you've never seen deer/car collisions at highway speeds.
The average weight of a adult, male, white-tailed deer is around 200 pounds. Feel free to do the math regarding kinetic energy and force. Then contemplate the phrases "5 mph bumper" and "crumple zone".
Feel free to Google for images on the subject, if your imagination isn't graphic enough.
As long as that theocracy provides for a way to it to be later changed or removed if that is the will of the people. Otherwise it is just another form of autocratic oppression.
For example, see Iran, Cuba, China and many other regimes where they fervently defend "the Revolution". Specifically THEIR revolution, not the next one people are trying to bring about because the last one wasn't as great as promised.
"Viva la revolucion" really should be "Viva mi revolucion".
Considering my experience with non-name knockoff CFL and LED bulbs not living up to spec -- actually not even coming close -- I'll pay the extra for the tested and quality controlled GE bulb.
Between CFLs that melt unless actively cooled and LEDs that don't come close to color temperature or have a decent dispersion angle, it has been a disappointment.
This thread seems to have rapidly degenerated into allusions to Japanese tentacle porn. Congratulations!
Uh, yes it does.
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=1&tok=9818gF2xF65k-vnvgI8gRg&pq=42&cp=7&gs_id=1d&xhr=t&q=The+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=The+ans&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=87c6230bd8e448f1&biw=1920&bih=989
If you put "the answer to life, the universe and everything" in Google, their little calculator is the top answer and it says "the answer to life the universe and everything = 42"
Why? Because what the Nazi's failed at doing the Soviet's would have been able to finish -- and France wouldn't have been able to save your asses.
Compare and contrast the actions of the U.S. in Europe after WW2 to the actions of the Soviet Union. Which side of the Iron Curtain was better off in the aftermath?
There is a reason Poland and the Czech Republic are not only willing, but eager to host American missile defense bases. For them the war ended decades after it did for Britain and France and the memories haven't yet faded.
The DC metro area is like this as well. I currently drive 64-67 miles each way for work, depending on the route which depends on traffic. So about 130 miles round-trip.
I am constantly -- about ever 2 weeks -- re-evaluating the cost of moving closer versus the cost of the commute. The problem is, there is a BIG difference in housing cost for moving closer. And, thanks to supply-and-demand, anything close to a train/subway stop is even more expensive.
Right now, the costs balance out. If I move closer, the dollar costs saved on commute would be offset by the higher housing costs almost exactly.
Yes, the "time" cost is a big factor that weighs in. Right now I use the commute time for listening to podcasts and audio books. Not a total waste.
The REAL issue is I'm in an expensive-for-my-area big home. With the real estate crash, I could downsize 10% locally -- keeping the same 130 mile round-trip commute -- and save 30% on housing costs.
That is what I'm looking hard at right now. That, and I'm saving my pennies towards a VW Jetta TDI for a commute car. I've been trying to figure out how to get a decent, modern turbo-diesel but they are rare as hen's teeth in the U.S.
By combining sounds and light, the technology can penetrate the body's tissues to visualize tumors at depths never before possible.
Proof positive of what many have known all along -- disco causes cancer.
LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!
Heh. I commuted to work for a couple months with a guy who works in the NRO office down by the Navy Yard in DC.
What they do is well known now. They oversee and manage our spy satellite program and are part of the Dept. of Defense -- like the NSA.
That our intelligence agencies have caught, red-handed, people with working nuclear weapons on U.S. soil just before they were about to set them off.
That would be a big one for me.
That would do it for me.
(We're in the same area, it seems. I moved to NoVA about 2 years ago for work.)
Have you seen the Bullshit episode on recycling? It might interest you. It seems that only aluminum and possibly steel are worth recycling from a net-energy/resources savings standpoint.
Plastic I recycle just to avoid the whole plastic forest issue. And, of course, all the damn bags that end up in the rivers around DC. My wife takes all the paper, shreds it and uses it in her compost pile.
But as for friends, don't waste your time. Lead by example is all that will work -- and it'll only work with some. I have several older friends who swear absolutely that we have enough oil in the U.S. to run this country for the next two centuries at least, with gas prices never rising about about $2.50 / gallon. If only the gov't would get out of the way...
Eventually they will die, and a new generation who has grown up having to deal with reality will take over. And develop denial issues of their own, in their own time. It is just human nature.