For your Mac Mini Server running as a Desktop, try using iStat Menus with the (sensors) fan profile set to Max. Mine runs nicely around 42 degrees, a little higher under load.
I suggest you take a look at Unison File Synchronizer, which can be configured as a one way rather than two-way sync.
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
I've found it to be very good under poor & interrupted communication conditions.
If you want to develop for the iPhone/iOS, then learn Objective C. Just figure out what you want to do, keep your focus narrow for now, and work backward from the requirements.
You trust eating food given to you by other people employed at your company?
The IT staff at places where I've worked don't even leave their lunches in the company fridge. Perhaps they were overcautious, but all it takes is one vengeful person.
I loved that "coffee" machine. And all the interactive exhibits that are no longer there, everything from the huge logic gates to the parabolic microphones. At some point I think society switched from learning how to build things to just using them, and a lot of these kinds of changes reflect themselves in our "science" centres as well.
Why not use http://www.alcohol-soft.com/ (or similar) and create an exact duplicate of the CD? Unless you're making one big wav file you may run into issues with cutting contiguous tracks (think crossfade with a track sep) that have silences removed for long-play albums (or is music so bad these days everyone only aggregates singles into an album?)
Well, here we go. I visit Megatokyo daily, and I both cringed and laughed when I saw a full story here on Slashdot about the rant.
From what I understand, Piro (et al.) have refused to put a donations button on their site, instead trying to "make it commercially" on their own. At the moment, that takes the form of getting people to buy their art in the form of t-shirts and the like.
But Piro (et al.), from my understanding, are also gearing up for a printed work; Taking the archival strips and trying to find a publisher.
While more power to them, it's interesting that they will be charging for what they have given away for free.:)
Notably, they've reduced the resolution of the archival artwork online. Ostensibly to reduce bandwidth fees. (I do believe that, somewhat, but it also has the effect of rendering the archival images somewhat pixelated and not very printable.) In response, a number of the Megatokyo community members have mirrored the original strips in their original resolution, however that won't help with the new strips coming online.
While they are trying to be more commercial (by their own insistance), there has been a fair amount of "drama" in some rants and IRC talk from Piro's camp, which at times appears, in my opinion, to be less than professional (which is fine if you're not trying to be a commercial entity).
Inclusive in this angst is talk about their rising monthly costs. I can only imagine what a good Slashdotting will do for Piro's blood pressure. Plus the influx of new members on the site and message board will surely grind their server to a halt and keep their bandwidth peaked.
By not accepting donations, (and by modifying his site so it incidentally supports his move toward being a commercial entity) he may be biting the hand that wants to feed him (but can't afford $20 t-shirts). I hope he makes it commercially in the next few days before the bandwidth fees hit him.:)
I love the art, style and story at Megatokyo. I wish them well, whether they choose to be commercial or not. And yes, I would buy a softcover printed Megatokyo book/anthology.
A way: Perhaps something akin to at least a nominal testing process akin to what's at www.smarterwork.com. (Note: I'm not advocating smarterwork.com per se, it just comes to mind because they at least try to set up some kind of qualification testing procedure)
Best way: As echoed (and thought) by others, genuine, qualified, informed candidates are found (and use) other methods; The phrase "if you have to ask the price..." comes to mind.
In related news, Starbucks's coffee card, one likely gift to be in your stocking, comes with an interesting caveat... if you want any value-add to your card, you have to tie it to a Microsoft.NET Passport account.
Does anyone have any insight into whether some of the issues surrounding different hemispheres affect LCDs the same way as CRTs? Or do they retain 100% functionality when the same unit is used in either hemisphere? Do they have their own unique issues when used in another hemisphere?
I came across this tidbit (scroll waaay down to B3.5.2 TV Info) which I shall excerpt:
In the Southern Hemisphere, the locally-vertical component of the field is
in the opposite direction to where it would be an equivalent distance north
of the equator.
This affects the colour convergence of video monitors. It's not a *huge*
difference, and it took computer companies until the late 1980s' to wake up
to the difference and ship different monitor versions to New Zealand, South
America, and Australia. Northern hemisphere monitors *work* but the
colours won't be as crisp as you'd expect.
So that's what that humming was... I'll just reach over to ground them while I stand in this pool of spilled water...
Actually, my building tends to weed out all but the strongest of signals, and what collateral interference does occur from various pieces of equipment takes care of the rest.
Be thankful this was a low-tech attack, and that the planes weren't delivery mechanisms for biological warfare. At least we have witnesses / survivors / first-person accounts.
Psychologically, the target choices are quite devastating (not only because of loss of life) but also due to patriotism and symbols / symbolism. I can think of targets of lower public profile that could have caused much more ultimate devastation.
Not a very comprehensive graphic, I must admit. There is a lot more to it than that, and the graphic fails to show it. For example, there are "equivalencies" for people without the requisite degrees but with the work experience, and so on. I'd still say that most Canadians would probably fit the TN profile with some background work into their credentials.
I've gotten a lot of mileage from that site and phone conversations with their staff, but YMMV.:)
I don't work there; I was planning on using them; I didn't end up using them for reasons stated previously; You can roll-your-own if you follow their direction (or use information they link to) as well. In any event, "applied knowledge is power," but first you need the knowledge. I personally think their site is a good starting point.
Lots of talk about the H1-B, but let's not forget our trusty TN-1, the "gift" from NAFTA. Any Canadian sweating their way through an H1-B is probably barking up the wrong tree. Unfortunately U.S. employers' legal beagles are so used to working with H1-Bs that they aren't familiar with the trusty TN-1*. Why wait months when 20 minutes at the border will do ya?
I've always liked this quote from Grasmick's site: "If you're Canadian and have an H-1, you're probably on the wrong visa."
_________
* Yes, I've been through this and fought it. I had to educate the U.S. lawyers, but they finally saw the light. In the end, though, I got fed up with trying to educate both the employer and his legal team and decided to spend my time elsewhere. Any employer (and their legal team) too thick-skulled to understand simple details like the difference between an H-1B and a TN-1 are probably not the kind of people you want to work for.
Weren't there a few cheesy science-fiction movies that pre-dated Star Wars that used light sabers? I can't quite recall which, but I recall light saber duels where they were more pencil thin... something along the lines of Stella Star Crash?
I believe Star Wars was 1977 and Star Crash was 1979, but I have a nagging memory I can't bring out into the open about one or more films predating Star Wars that used light sabers. (Parenthetically, I wonder when the script/story Copyright dates on both were, and if Star Crash had a light saber in the initial story or was it total rip off of Star Wars [which would make sense if you saw Star Crash]).
Can anyone old enough to qualify as Bantha fodder refresh my memory? Thanks.
p.s. I miss those Ray Harryhausen movies I saw when I was growing up. You were probably looking at Caroline Munro and forgot the rest of the movie.
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For your Mac Mini Server running as a Desktop, try using iStat Menus with the (sensors) fan profile set to Max. Mine runs nicely around 42 degrees, a little higher under load.
http://bjango.com (iStat Menus)
I suggest you take a look at Unison File Synchronizer, which can be configured as a one way rather than two-way sync. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ I've found it to be very good under poor & interrupted communication conditions.
Thanks, your mention of Star Fleet Battles was enough to get me to go look at that app.
If you want to develop for the iPhone/iOS, then learn Objective C. Just figure out what you want to do, keep your focus narrow for now, and work backward from the requirements.
You trust eating food given to you by other people employed at your company? The IT staff at places where I've worked don't even leave their lunches in the company fridge. Perhaps they were overcautious, but all it takes is one vengeful person.
I loved that "coffee" machine. And all the interactive exhibits that are no longer there, everything from the huge logic gates to the parabolic microphones. At some point I think society switched from learning how to build things to just using them, and a lot of these kinds of changes reflect themselves in our "science" centres as well.
Why not use http://www.alcohol-soft.com/ (or similar) and create an exact duplicate of the CD? Unless you're making one big wav file you may run into issues with cutting contiguous tracks (think crossfade with a track sep) that have silences removed for long-play albums (or is music so bad these days everyone only aggregates singles into an album?)
Ah, the beauty of it. All that statistical data, tying the serial number of your xbox to a physical location.
Now those who don't even have xbox live can enjoy data association and aggregation.
That will teach me to click on the links to read the story before replying. Pop up, under, everywhere! Weeeeeeeee
Perhaps The Browser Wars really should be about the fight to close and defeat browser ads.
The universe is a big beige box. Phreaky.
Well, here we go. I visit Megatokyo daily, and I both cringed and laughed when I saw a full story here on Slashdot about the rant.
From what I understand, Piro (et al.) have refused to put a donations button on their site, instead trying to "make it commercially" on their own. At the moment, that takes the form of getting people to buy their art in the form of t-shirts and the like.
But Piro (et al.), from my understanding, are also gearing up for a printed work; Taking the archival strips and trying to find a publisher.
While more power to them, it's interesting that they will be charging for what they have given away for free. :)
Notably, they've reduced the resolution of the archival artwork online. Ostensibly to reduce bandwidth fees. (I do believe that, somewhat, but it also has the effect of rendering the archival images somewhat pixelated and not very printable.) In response, a number of the Megatokyo community members have mirrored the original strips in their original resolution, however that won't help with the new strips coming online.
While they are trying to be more commercial (by their own insistance), there has been a fair amount of "drama" in some rants and IRC talk from Piro's camp, which at times appears, in my opinion, to be less than professional (which is fine if you're not trying to be a commercial entity).
Inclusive in this angst is talk about their rising monthly costs. I can only imagine what a good Slashdotting will do for Piro's blood pressure. Plus the influx of new members on the site and message board will surely grind their server to a halt and keep their bandwidth peaked.
By not accepting donations, (and by modifying his site so it incidentally supports his move toward being a commercial entity) he may be biting the hand that wants to feed him (but can't afford $20 t-shirts). I hope he makes it commercially in the next few days before the bandwidth fees hit him. :)
I love the art, style and story at Megatokyo. I wish them well, whether they choose to be commercial or not. And yes, I would buy a softcover printed Megatokyo book/anthology.
02:50 EST, reading Slashdot. Story about sleeping. Or not sleeping. Not sleeping. Good thing I'm awake to read this.
Gnutella network? Maybe you should consider using Nutella jars then!
A way: Perhaps something akin to at least a nominal testing process akin to what's at www.smarterwork.com. (Note: I'm not advocating smarterwork.com per se, it just comes to mind because they at least try to set up some kind of qualification testing procedure)
Best way: As echoed (and thought) by others, genuine, qualified, informed candidates are found (and use) other methods; The phrase "if you have to ask the price..." comes to mind.
In related news, Starbucks's coffee card, one likely gift to be in your stocking, comes with an interesting caveat... if you want any value-add to your card, you have to tie it to a Microsoft .NET Passport account.
All your coffee are belong to us.
Does anyone have any insight into whether some of the issues surrounding different hemispheres affect LCDs the same way as CRTs? Or do they retain 100% functionality when the same unit is used in either hemisphere? Do they have their own unique issues when used in another hemisphere?
I came across this tidbit (scroll waaay down to B3.5.2 TV Info) which I shall excerpt:
So that's what that humming was... I'll just reach over to ground them while I stand in this pool of spilled water...
Actually, my building tends to weed out all but the strongest of signals, and what collateral interference does occur from various pieces of equipment takes care of the rest.
Be thankful this was a low-tech attack, and that the planes weren't delivery mechanisms for biological warfare. At least we have witnesses / survivors / first-person accounts.
Psychologically, the target choices are quite devastating (not only because of loss of life) but also due to patriotism and symbols / symbolism. I can think of targets of lower public profile that could have caused much more ultimate devastation.
Which makes one pause, does it not.
Wow. Here amidst the racks, with servers humming, it's easy to forget that radio exists when all you can get is static.
No TV, no Radio; Many sites sluggish, but Slashdot is holding up and being informative.
I think I'll go high-tech, thanks all the same.
Ah... so that was what happened when I tried to check some stories from the past from the Search function (while logged in).
Not enough people commenting on the not-front-page story, so we can never see it again because of this? Hmm.....
And here I was thinking it was just a generic script error message.
> maybe hidden behind some drywall
Ooooh... The Black Cat of computing...
Okay, bring it on. I can take it. More DMCA.
Shouldn't we have a Code Red IV, The Voyage Home, where Skylarov travels back in time before the DMCA and can go home? A whale of a good tail.
Not a very comprehensive graphic, I must admit. There is a lot more to it than that, and the graphic fails to show it. For example, there are "equivalencies" for people without the requisite degrees but with the work experience, and so on. I'd still say that most Canadians would probably fit the TN profile with some background work into their credentials.
I've gotten a lot of mileage from that site and phone conversations with their staff, but YMMV. :)
I don't work there; I was planning on using them; I didn't end up using them for reasons stated previously; You can roll-your-own if you follow their direction (or use information they link to) as well. In any event, "applied knowledge is power," but first you need the knowledge. I personally think their site is a good starting point.
Lots of talk about the H1-B, but let's not forget our trusty TN-1, the "gift" from NAFTA. Any Canadian sweating their way through an H1-B is probably barking up the wrong tree. Unfortunately U.S. employers' legal beagles are so used to working with H1-Bs that they aren't familiar with the trusty TN-1*. Why wait months when 20 minutes at the border will do ya?
I've always liked this quote from Grasmick's site: "If you're Canadian and have an H-1, you're probably on the wrong visa."
_________
* Yes, I've been through this and fought it. I had to educate the U.S. lawyers, but they finally saw the light. In the end, though, I got fed up with trying to educate both the employer and his legal team and decided to spend my time elsewhere. Any employer (and their legal team) too thick-skulled to understand simple details like the difference between an H-1B and a TN-1 are probably not the kind of people you want to work for.
I've got some of Walter's earlier music on CD, such as Beauty in the Beast, and somewhere packed away a vinyl (!) of TRON.
I'd love to have a remastered CD of TRON, particularly that which wasn't included in the first go-round.
Weren't there a few cheesy science-fiction movies that pre-dated Star Wars that used light sabers? I can't quite recall which, but I recall light saber duels where they were more pencil thin... something along the lines of Stella Star Crash?
I believe Star Wars was 1977 and Star Crash was 1979, but I have a nagging memory I can't bring out into the open about one or more films predating Star Wars that used light sabers. (Parenthetically, I wonder when the script/story Copyright dates on both were, and if Star Crash had a light saber in the initial story or was it total rip off of Star Wars [which would make sense if you saw Star Crash]).
Can anyone old enough to qualify as Bantha fodder refresh my memory? Thanks.
p.s. I miss those Ray Harryhausen movies I saw when I was growing up. You were probably looking at Caroline Munro and forgot the rest of the movie.