At work we had a small sub-domain of 10 servers, all WinNT Enterprise machines, and we've got them grouped like this:
OPSAS1 - Operations Advanced Server 1 OPSAS2 - Operations Advanced Server 2
ENGAS1 - Engineering Advanced Server 1 ENGAS2 - Engineering Advanced Server 2
Simple, but it allows for very accurate recordkeeping, plus its very funny to see how people pronounce those names:) Sometimes its Ops-A-S, or Opsas, or Ooopsies, or en-GAS, or Angus:)
With a plane like this, it was the ONLY way it could take off. Ever wonder why the SR71 was able to withstand all those pressures from the expanding skin and high speed flights? The airframe got so hot, that all the molecular bonds in the titanium frame actually re-constituted themselves, effectively renewing the frame's structure.
One interesting sidenote, is that this bird was not originally designed as a surveillance plane. Its first iterations, the YF-12A, were designed during the cold war as heavily armed mach 3 interceptors to counter the threat of supersonic Soviet bombers coming over the north pole (via the Early Warning network). It was never produced, but modified to become the SR71
Ever hear of "Dawn"? That was gibson's attempt to get into the pro audio market... touted as being the "most natural sounding PA speakers" and "most technically advanced" they were ugly, underpowered and sounded like crap. Feeble low end (an 8" subwoofer for a room with 200 people.. RIIIGHT) and harsh uppers made it a doorstop...
This ends my rant, with a subject having absolutely nothing to do with the regular slashdot banter:)
Like someone has said, every mac in the last 2 years has a firewire port. SO does Vaio. And so will everyone who buys any new sound blaster Audigy card, as they ALL have firewire ports now.
I can attest. I have one! Magnesium case, sealed keyboard, sealed screen, shock-mounted EVERYTHING... the thing even goes watertight when you close it!
I'll let everyone in on a little secret. Its a super-high-tech space-age device which allows you to watch television without paying a cent. I get all the major (read: Worth watching) stations here in the city, and I don't pay a dime.
ITS CALLED AN ANTENNA! The thing that most satellite providers need to realize is that if you transmit an open-air signal (although its laughably and easily decrypted) someone SOMEWHERE will listen in for free. Sure, they'll go after the pirates.. but like the hordes, as soon as one falls to the sword of the law, three hundred more will spring up in his place, almost invisible.
Actually in Canada (like another fellow Ontarian said in this thread somewhere..) we may have more strict copyright rules, but we are one of the most flexible in terms of legally getting around those rules. Its not free however.
I'm a professional DJ, and myself, like MANY other DJs, has made more than a few CDR copies/compilations/whatever... this could normally land us in deep s**t, but Canada has the AVLA (Audio/Video Licensing Association). Because of my membership in CODJA (Canadian Online Disc Jockey Association) there is a license I can obtain from the AVLA for $50 a year which allows me to LEGALLY copy and publicly play recorded (and copied!) music.
That money goes to the AVLA, which is then paid out to the record companies. Once you have this license, thats it. You show it when (or ever IF) you're asked at a hall (copyright acutally IS enforced, cops come around with advisors and if you're caught, the penalties are PRETTY hefty.) and you're left alone.
Apparently they're currently in negotiations with companies in the US to initiate a similar program, but its a bumpy road. But most (if not ALL) cruise lines and major production companies WANT canadian DJs solely because of our license.
If you're from the states, send me up a 12 of your Budweiser "Strong". I'll send you a 12 of what we call "strong". We'll see who gets tanked first:) And after I'm done, I'll drink the other 11 you couldn't finish:)
And answer this... why are the majority of our beer sales shipped to bars in the states?
I guess its only safe to assume that it will take just as long for OLEDs to be refined as it did with the active-matrix LCD display.. Its only been in the last couple years that the TFT has become easy enough to manufacture that it could be viably incorporated into the majority of notebooks in lieu of the god-awful DSTN (I call them "Ghost") screens.
Remember the first iteration of the "flat-panel" monitor? Those god-awful Gas/Plasma pinkish-orange beasts? That was what.. 15-20 years ago? And look where we are now...
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Yeah but it brings new meaning to the phrase "Damn! My OS just crashed!"
At work we had a small sub-domain of 10 servers, all WinNT Enterprise machines, and we've got them grouped like this:
:) Sometimes its Ops-A-S, or Opsas, or Ooopsies, or en-GAS, or Angus :)
OPSAS1 - Operations Advanced Server 1
OPSAS2 - Operations Advanced Server 2
ENGAS1 - Engineering Advanced Server 1
ENGAS2 - Engineering Advanced Server 2
Simple, but it allows for very accurate recordkeeping, plus its very funny to see how people pronounce those names
With a plane like this, it was the ONLY way it could take off. Ever wonder why the SR71 was able to withstand all those pressures from the expanding skin and high speed flights? The airframe got so hot, that all the molecular bonds in the titanium frame actually re-constituted themselves, effectively renewing the frame's structure.
One interesting sidenote, is that this bird was not originally designed as a surveillance plane. Its first iterations, the YF-12A, were designed during the cold war as heavily armed mach 3 interceptors to counter the threat of supersonic Soviet bombers coming over the north pole (via the Early Warning network). It was never produced, but modified to become the SR71
Ever hear of "Dawn"? That was gibson's attempt to get into the pro audio market... touted as being the "most natural sounding PA speakers" and "most technically advanced" they were ugly, underpowered and sounded like crap. Feeble low end (an 8" subwoofer for a room with 200 people.. RIIIGHT) and harsh uppers made it a doorstop...
:)
This ends my rant, with a subject having absolutely nothing to do with the regular slashdot banter
Like someone has said, every mac in the last 2 years has a firewire port. SO does Vaio. And so will everyone who buys any new sound blaster Audigy card, as they ALL have firewire ports now.
I can attest. I have one! Magnesium case, sealed keyboard, sealed screen, shock-mounted EVERYTHING... the thing even goes watertight when you close it!
OHhh LUXURY!! There were 150 of us in a septic tank! :)
Go watch the sequel to Rush Hour. THEN tell me its not better than the original :)
I'll let everyone in on a little secret. Its a super-high-tech space-age device which allows you to watch television without paying a cent. I get all the major (read: Worth watching) stations here in the city, and I don't pay a dime.
ITS CALLED AN ANTENNA! The thing that most satellite providers need to realize is that if you transmit an open-air signal (although its laughably and easily decrypted) someone SOMEWHERE will listen in for free. Sure, they'll go after the pirates.. but like the hordes, as soon as one falls to the sword of the law, three hundred more will spring up in his place, almost invisible.
Actually in Canada (like another fellow Ontarian said in this thread somewhere..) we may have more strict copyright rules, but we are one of the most flexible in terms of legally getting around those rules. Its not free however.
I'm a professional DJ, and myself, like MANY other DJs, has made more than a few CDR copies/compilations/whatever... this could normally land us in deep s**t, but Canada has the AVLA (Audio/Video Licensing Association). Because of my membership in CODJA (Canadian Online Disc Jockey Association) there is a license I can obtain from the AVLA for $50 a year which allows me to LEGALLY copy and publicly play recorded (and copied!) music.
That money goes to the AVLA, which is then paid out to the record companies. Once you have this license, thats it. You show it when (or ever IF) you're asked at a hall (copyright acutally IS enforced, cops come around with advisors and if you're caught, the penalties are PRETTY hefty.) and you're left alone.
Apparently they're currently in negotiations with companies in the US to initiate a similar program, but its a bumpy road. But most (if not ALL) cruise lines and major production companies WANT canadian DJs solely because of our license.
All hail the lord god Python almighty... :)
They use it to water down the good beer. :)
:)
Wha...? Ok I think I've had enough Canadian beer for today.. hehe How does one water down american beer with canadian beer?
If you're from the states, send me up a 12 of your Budweiser "Strong". I'll send you a 12 of what we call "strong". We'll see who gets tanked first :) And after I'm done, I'll drink the other 11 you couldn't finish :)
And answer this... why are the majority of our beer sales shipped to bars in the states?
I guess its only safe to assume that it will take just as long for OLEDs to be refined as it did with the active-matrix LCD display.. Its only been in the last couple years that the TFT has become easy enough to manufacture that it could be viably incorporated into the majority of notebooks in lieu of the god-awful DSTN (I call them "Ghost") screens. Remember the first iteration of the "flat-panel" monitor? Those god-awful Gas/Plasma pinkish-orange beasts? That was what.. 15-20 years ago? And look where we are now...