Not exactly impressive. It's much easier to find a fast ftp server that can push 2 MB/min than this bit torrent stuff. But I'll leave my connection open...
Re:What does "supporting the troops" mean, exactly
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It's an American acknowledgement and remembrance of the horrible things a section of the American public did to the soldiers of the Vietnam war - people in many cases weren't true "volunteers", but drafted into involuntary service. Many of the soldiers themselves were treated badly and unfairly for performing a duty that they didn't want to do, but were forced to.
Our military is composed of entirely volunteers, and these people agree to do the beckoning of our government, whom we put into control. Most Americans realize that the soldiers are instruments of the policies we put into power, and we don't, as a people, want to repeat the mistakes we did in Vietnam.
Another good reason to join MandrakeClub prior to 9.1 is their ftp server download script.
On the day of the release, head over to MandrakeClub and use their download script. It tells you which servers have the distro and open slots, and you just zip on over there and grab them without having to wait in long queues/redialing to get into ftp servers.
It's like a world-wide mirror load-balancer. Pretty neat, IMHO.
I just checked an old Epox EP-8KTA+ MB of mine in the "dead" stack, and lo and behold, the capacitor caps were busted. I guess that the thing could be OK after all. I'm currently running three ECS K7S5A MBs with no problems...
I often wonder how I can get a 2 disc DVD of a movie that cost several hundred million to make(which includes over 2 hours of soundtrack) for less than I can buy a current Top 20 artist.
Hell, Jimmy Eat World released a DVD EP for 6.99. CD's don't make sense at the prices they're at. I'll just keep buying music DVDs for cheaper than the CD, and have video and 5.1 included.
Sort of like how we take away the driving priveledges of mutliple DUI offenders?
Foolish, right?
Moore's Law for Medicine
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The amount of medical literature doubles every 8 years.
By the time I finish my residency,the information available when I started medical school will have doubled.
A writer of a textbook put it best when, to paraphrase, he said "If one were to read for an hour a day every day for a year, he'll be 8 years behind at the end of that year alone."
Re:Linux Software Raid
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Here are the hdparm results of the two machines I currently have that run Linux Software Raid.
The first machine (brainstem) has SCSI Raid-5 with 18 GB drives. The second machine (heschl) has IDE Raid-5 with 120 GB drives. It's used to serve music and pictures (sorry, no pr0n - just digital camera pics) to my local network.
I've got a RAID-5 machine made with 5200 RPM WD 120 GB drives. Works great. It's a light server, and I built the thing for under 700 bucks, dual procs and all.
I didn't use a RAID card, just a couple of IDE cards. And it was amazingly simple to set up.
All you MandrakeClub members who are interested in Freevo and MythTV need to head over to the RPM-voting section of the Club and vote for Freevo and MythTV.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modlo ad &name=RPM
Freevo is on the first page, and Myth TV is on the 3rd.
There was an article recently in Popular Science (IIRC) that talked about how ineffecient airline travel is. For the majority of people flying in the U.S., door-to-door speeds average around 99mph. This could be vastly improved with less security (you can't fly a train into something) wait times, fewer/quicker transfers, and closer drop-offs.
I fly from Phoenix to B'ham regularly. It is a 3.5 hour flight. Sounds good, right? Well, it's at least 1 more hour in the terminal here in Pheonix, plus 30 minutes driving, plus 30-45 minutes until I get my bags in B'Ham, and another 20 mins until I reach my destination. That's now 6 hours for a 3.5 hour flight, assuming non-stop. If there is a stop, add at least 1 hour to that.
And I'm flying from a major hub. If I lived in Flagstaff, add at least 3 hours to that approximately same distance, and you can see that trains don't have to do 500 mph to be competitive.
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All I want is a friggin shark with a blue laserbeam on its head.
Has to be Kentucky Fried Movie
"This requires total concentration."
"Aries should expect the unexpecte...urrghhh"
I showed 30 hours as well.
Not exactly impressive. It's much easier to find a fast ftp server that can push 2 MB/min than this bit torrent stuff. But I'll leave my connection open...
It's an American acknowledgement and remembrance of the horrible things a section of the American public did to the soldiers of the Vietnam war - people in many cases weren't true "volunteers", but drafted into involuntary service. Many of the soldiers themselves were treated badly and unfairly for performing a duty that they didn't want to do, but were forced to.
Our military is composed of entirely volunteers, and these people agree to do the beckoning of our government, whom we put into control. Most Americans realize that the soldiers are instruments of the policies we put into power, and we don't, as a people, want to repeat the mistakes we did in Vietnam.
Detroit is still recovering (I don't just mean the automakers either, the entire town is still recovering).
So is Kid Rock a sign of the recovery?
By Email...
Mark my words...
1995.
That's the year of the quotes attributed to Bill.
No one needs more than 640k of RAM.
Another good reason to join MandrakeClub prior to 9.1 is their ftp server download script.
On the day of the release, head over to MandrakeClub and use their download script. It tells you which servers have the distro and open slots, and you just zip on over there and grab them without having to wait in long queues/redialing to get into ftp servers.
It's like a world-wide mirror load-balancer. Pretty neat, IMHO.
I just checked an old Epox EP-8KTA+ MB of mine in the "dead" stack, and lo and behold, the capacitor caps were busted. I guess that the thing could be OK after all. I'm currently running three ECS K7S5A MBs with no problems...
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When this story becomes a repost in about 8 hours?
What I wonder is why just not put all the transistors, the chip and the ram...on the other side of the circuitboard!
But but.. That would make sense!
Remember, heat rises, so it makes perfectly good sense to make sure all of the heat-producing components are beneath the waferboard in a tower!
Exactly.
I often wonder how I can get a 2 disc DVD of a movie that cost several hundred million to make(which includes over 2 hours of soundtrack) for less than I can buy a current Top 20 artist.
Hell, Jimmy Eat World released a DVD EP for 6.99. CD's don't make sense at the prices they're at. I'll just keep buying music DVDs for cheaper than the CD, and have video and 5.1 included.
This slowdown of sales has everything to do with P2P and nothing whatsoever to do with a slowing global economy. (Should I use the "R" Word?)
forcing you to work without pay is illegal.
You've never heard of Emtala, have you?
it was stolen.
At least netrek is addictive without the monthly cash.
And the game hasn't been improved in years! (Well, unless you count the extinction of Paradise...)
Sort of like how we take away the driving priveledges of mutliple DUI offenders?
Foolish, right?
The amount of medical literature doubles every 8 years.
By the time I finish my residency,the information available when I started medical school will have doubled.
A writer of a textbook put it best when, to paraphrase, he said "If one were to read for an hour a day every day for a year, he'll be 8 years behind at the end of that year alone."
It's just a high-bandwidth high-latency server!
Blackjack for Linux.
Here are the hdparm results of the two machines I currently have that run Linux Software Raid.
/dev/md1 && hdparm -t /dev/md1 && hdparm -t /dev/md1 && hdparm -t /dev/md1 && hdparm -T /dev/md1 && hdparm -T /dev/md1 && hdparm -T /dev/md1
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/dev/md1:
/]# hdparm -g /dev/md0 && hdparm -t /dev/md0 && hdparm -t /dev/md0 && hdparm -t /dev/md0 && hdparm -T /dev/md0 && hdparm -T /dev/md0 && hdparm -T /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
/dev/md0:
The first machine (brainstem) has SCSI Raid-5 with 18 GB drives. The second machine (heschl) has IDE Raid-5 with 120 GB drives. It's used to serve music and pictures (sorry, no pr0n - just digital camera pics) to my local network.
Machine 1 (SCSI)
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brainstem:~# hdparm -g
geometry = 58240/2/4, sectors = 141499392, start = 0
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.83 seconds = 34.97 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.83 seconds = 34.97 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.83 seconds = 34.97 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.85 seconds =150.59 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.86 seconds =148.84 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.86 seconds =148.84 MB/sec
Machine 2 (IDE)
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[root@heschl
geometry = 42304/2/4, sectors = 937765376, start = 0
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.14 seconds = 20.38 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.24 seconds = 19.75 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.19 seconds = 20.06 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.09 seconds =117.43 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.09 seconds =117.43 MB/sec
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.10 seconds =116.36 MB/sec
I've got a RAID-5 machine made with 5200 RPM WD 120 GB drives. Works great. It's a light server, and I built the thing for under 700 bucks, dual procs and all.
I didn't use a RAID card, just a couple of IDE cards. And it was amazingly simple to set up.
All you MandrakeClub members who are interested in Freevo and MythTV need to head over to the RPM-voting section of the Club and vote for Freevo and MythTV.
o ad &name=RPM
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modl
Freevo is on the first page, and Myth TV is on the 3rd.
Man, there are inpatient treatment centers for people like you.
There was an article recently in Popular Science (IIRC) that talked about how ineffecient airline travel is. For the majority of people flying in the U.S., door-to-door speeds average around 99mph. This could be vastly improved with less security (you can't fly a train into something) wait times, fewer/quicker transfers, and closer drop-offs.
I fly from Phoenix to B'ham regularly. It is a 3.5 hour flight. Sounds good, right? Well, it's at least 1 more hour in the terminal here in Pheonix, plus 30 minutes driving, plus 30-45 minutes until I get my bags in B'Ham, and another 20 mins until I reach my destination. That's now 6 hours for a 3.5 hour flight, assuming non-stop. If there is a stop, add at least 1 hour to that.
And I'm flying from a major hub. If I lived in Flagstaff, add at least 3 hours to that approximately same distance, and you can see that trains don't have to do 500 mph to be competitive.
Plus, trains are roomier....