They were in the ark for over a year. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The water still had to dry up after the rain stopped.
Keep in mind, the calendar in use at the time had 12 months of 30 days each. (There is some evidence that the earth's orbit has slowed down. Many ancient civilizations had a 360 day year.)
On the 17th day of the 2nd month, it started raining (Gen 7:11), it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. Then:
"at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible." (Gen 8:3-5)
Then:
"in the first [month,] on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark..." (Gen 8:13-15)
Okay. I was going by the press release which says:
> The graphics output requires a high-resolution
> computer display, with standard output set
> as XGA (1024 x 768 resolution); home televisions
> cannot be used as monitors. Computer displays
> supporting "sync on green" are mandatory.
The FAQ clears this up that this requirement is only for installation.
Have you ever heard of the Snowbirds? (The "Air Demonstration Squadron") They're based in Moose Jaw. In fact, Moose Jaw has _TWO_ airports. The municipal one I can fly to, and the military one I probably shouldn't fly to.
Because the rotational speed greatly contributes to the latency of the drive. i.e., if the data you need has just passed the head, on a 3600rpm drive you'll have to wait 16ms for it to come around again. On a 7200rpm, it's 8ms, on 10,000rpm it's 6ms. This probably doesn't matter much for listnening to mp3s, but if you're trying to retrieve data from a highly fragmented drive, or seeking different data all over the drive, it can slow things down.
Did you see that shock spec? This little thing can take 1500G of shock (non-operating). Is that because it has so little mass? Or is this really not as impressive as it sounds? Can someone with a physics background comment on this?
I was recently contacted by a school division interested in switching entirely to Linux servers and desktops. Their reason was that another school division nearby was hit with a Microsoft "audit" after refusing to get rid of their Linux servers.
The school division I work for has said that if they're ever hit with a Microsoft audit, all their computers will have Linux on them so fast. Microsoft is really beginning to piss people off with their tactics. They might just do themselves in in the educational market.
So far, Linux holds only a slight market share compared with Microsoft's offerings and represents a sensible deployment platform only in certain environments, such as entry-level and edge-of-network server implementations. For mission-critical functions, Linux still needs to catch up...
I guess the Beijing government gets it and Gartner doesn't.
I don't understand. Microsoft is going to pay some people to tell them when they're not in compliance?
Does this sound like it's really going to work?
Shouldn't a "Compliance Officer" be appointed by the DOJ or some other agency?
Unless the telezapper presents such a low DC load (high resistance) that the answering machine doesn't detect it. You can still insert AC (sound) onto the phone line without loading the DC.
I'm assuming that the DC load is how your answering machine detects an extension going off-hook.. If not, ignore me.
We used to have problems with these, though. If you turned off the memory check, and installed a hard-card (Hard disk mounted on a controller card) the system would boot before the hard disk would spin up, and the HD would not be detected.
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It's been done. It's been on slashdot.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/04/1413 21 1&mode=thread
If you're thinking of moving to Canada (or within) www.mls.ca is a pretty comprehensive listing. As far as I can tell, this site lists all MLS (not exclusive) listings in Canada. I'm not sure how the realestate market works in USA or elsewhere. Here, almost all listings are put in the MLS system, so a site like this works pretty well.
Slashdot doesn't really publish much of it's own content. It simply links to other news sites. How then, can you attack slashdot's integrity? Is it responsible for what it links to? (Maybe) Is it responsible for it's own comments about the story? (Quite possibly) How about the users' discussion? (I think not)
> I was wondering...just because it uses less
> electricity, does that mean it runs cooler as
> well?
Yes. The two are inherently linked. Basically all the power (watts) a chip uses gets changed into heat. So, a 15W chip is effectively a 15W heater. A 1W chip is only a 1W heater.
> Aren't we missing the real deal though - that
> the software is indeed free and not under the
> clutches of a corporate giant (or a corporate
> dwarf for that matter)
I think that HAS been the issue all along, though. In some small way, people (rightly or wrongly) have percieved that Qt, and therefore KDE is under the clutches of a corporate dwarf (trolltech).
With this latest gesture, however, I don't understand how RMS can still have a problem with it. (well, actually I can understand it, but it's unfounded IMHO.)
On the Classic Computer mailling list, we have arbitrarily defined Classic Computer as any computer over 10 years old. It's not a great definition, and is has been bent occasionally. (And, personally, I wouldn't consider my 10+ year old 386 a classic, really...)
The main reason Beta died (except for use in the video industry) was that it was proprietary. Sony wouldn't let anyone else make a Beta machine. JVC allowed (for a fee, of course) anyone to make a VHS machine. Ya, Sony did finally allow licensees, but by that time it was too late.
So, you might want to re-write that statment:
MP3 is Beta, Ogg is VHS.
The biggest difference is that Beta and VHS came out around the same time and fought it out from the start. MP3 is already established, so it might be hard for Ogg to de-throne it.
cdparanoia does a good job of ripping. To automate the process I use ripenc which uses external programs to query the cddb, rip the cd and encode the tracks.
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They were in the ark for over a year. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The water still had to dry up after the rain stopped.
Keep in mind, the calendar in use at the time had 12 months of 30 days each. (There is some evidence that the earth's orbit has slowed down. Many ancient civilizations had a 360 day year.)
On the 17th day of the 2nd month, it started raining (Gen 7:11), it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. Then:
"at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible." (Gen 8:3-5)
Then:
"in the first [month,] on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark..." (Gen 8:13-15)
Okay. I was going by the press release which says:
> The graphics output requires a high-resolution
> computer display, with standard output set
> as XGA (1024 x 768 resolution); home televisions
> cannot be used as monitors. Computer displays
> supporting "sync on green" are mandatory.
The FAQ clears this up that this requirement is only for installation.
Is this really useful? You need a monitor which supports Sync-on-green to use this. I guess we won't be able to use this as a set-top box.
> 64 octets from 212.58.226.40: icmp_seq=0 ttl=2000 time=1.283 s
:-)
This should really be a tad over 2.566s. Remember, a ping time is round-trip. Also, there's some processing time on the other end before it responds.
Still, cute, anyways.
Have you ever heard of the Snowbirds? (The "Air Demonstration Squadron") They're based in Moose Jaw. In fact, Moose Jaw has _TWO_ airports. The municipal one I can fly to, and the military one I probably shouldn't fly to.
> Why is there such an emphasis placed on RPMs?
Because the rotational speed greatly contributes to the latency of the drive. i.e., if the data you need has just passed the head, on a 3600rpm drive you'll have to wait 16ms for it to come around again. On a 7200rpm, it's 8ms, on 10,000rpm it's 6ms. This probably doesn't matter much for listnening to mp3s, but if you're trying to retrieve data from a highly fragmented drive, or seeking different data all over the drive, it can slow things down.
Did you see that shock spec? This little thing can take 1500G of shock (non-operating). Is that because it has so little mass? Or is this really not as impressive as it sounds? Can someone with a physics background comment on this?
I was recently contacted by a school division interested in switching entirely to Linux servers and desktops. Their reason was that another school division nearby was hit with a Microsoft "audit" after refusing to get rid of their Linux servers.
The school division I work for has said that if they're ever hit with a Microsoft audit, all their computers will have Linux on them so fast. Microsoft is really beginning to piss people off with their tactics. They might just do themselves in in the educational market.
The bit that got me was:
So far, Linux holds only a slight market share compared with Microsoft's offerings and represents a sensible deployment platform only in certain environments, such as entry-level and edge-of-network server implementations. For mission-critical functions, Linux still needs to catch up...
I guess the Beijing government gets it and Gartner doesn't.
> Anyone remember Geos?
Well, it's not Geos, but from the same era:
http://www.deltasoft.com/downloads.htm
the GEM desktop has been GPLed.
I don't understand. Microsoft is going to pay some people to tell them when they're not in compliance?
Does this sound like it's really going to work?
Shouldn't a "Compliance Officer" be appointed by the DOJ or some other agency?
Somehow this topic reminds me of those old generator lights for bicycles. Anyone remember those? They made it so hard to pedal.
I seem to recall a simpsons episode with one of those too. Was it 7G13? I can't confirm it.
> and stay far, far, FAR away
Yes, but how will I know when I'm far enough?
You've been programming too much PERL! In BASIC, the '$' goes after the variable name.
Unless the telezapper presents such a low DC load (high resistance) that the answering machine doesn't detect it. You can still insert AC (sound) onto the phone line without loading the DC.
I'm assuming that the DC load is how your answering machine detects an extension going off-hook.. If not, ignore me.
Also:
QUIT
Subject:
From:
DATA
RCPT TO:
MAIL FROM:
HELO
We used to have problems with these, though. If you turned off the memory check, and installed a hard-card (Hard disk mounted on a controller card) the system would boot before the hard disk would spin up, and the HD would not be detected.
It's been done. It's been on slashdot.
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/04/141
Look for "codeRedNeck"
If you're thinking of moving to Canada (or within) www.mls.ca is a pretty comprehensive listing. As far as I can tell, this site lists all MLS (not exclusive) listings in Canada. I'm not sure how the realestate market works in USA or elsewhere. Here, almost all listings are put in the MLS system, so a site like this works pretty well.
Slashdot doesn't really publish much of it's own content. It simply links to other news sites. How then, can you attack slashdot's integrity? Is it responsible for what it links to? (Maybe) Is it responsible for it's own comments about the story? (Quite possibly) How about the users' discussion? (I think not)
> I was wondering...just because it uses less
> electricity, does that mean it runs cooler as
> well?
Yes. The two are inherently linked. Basically all the power (watts) a chip uses gets changed into heat. So, a 15W chip is effectively a 15W heater. A 1W chip is only a 1W heater.
ttyl
srw
> Aren't we missing the real deal though - that
> the software is indeed free and not under the
> clutches of a corporate giant (or a corporate
> dwarf for that matter)
I think that HAS been the issue all along, though. In some small way, people (rightly or wrongly) have percieved that Qt, and therefore KDE is under the clutches of a corporate dwarf (trolltech).
With this latest gesture, however, I don't understand how RMS can still have a problem with it. (well, actually I can understand it, but it's unfounded IMHO.)
On the Classic Computer mailling list, we have arbitrarily defined Classic Computer as any computer over 10 years old. It's not a great definition, and is has been bent occasionally. (And, personally, I wouldn't consider my 10+ year old 386 a classic, really...)
The main reason Beta died (except for use in the video industry) was that it was proprietary. Sony wouldn't let anyone else make a Beta machine. JVC allowed (for a fee, of course) anyone to make a VHS machine. Ya, Sony did finally allow licensees, but by that time it was too late.
So, you might want to re-write that statment:
MP3 is Beta, Ogg is VHS.
The biggest difference is that Beta and VHS came out around the same time and fought it out from the start. MP3 is already established, so it might be hard for Ogg to de-throne it.
cdparanoia does a good job of ripping. To automate the process I use ripenc which uses external programs to query the cddb, rip the cd and encode the tracks.