Several solutions: 1) Use a string trimmer or similar device to tidy up those corners. 2) Mulching & edging the corners of the lawn to eliminate such areas. 3) Letting the corners grow wild. 4) Round-up (ie, vegetation killer; yes, it's a very bad idea).
What you might consider is a dual-wan router. It can replace your regular router and provide more connectivity options. Unfortunately, for the low-end ones that I looked at, the options were limited: 1) fail-over mode. Normally use WAN-A until it dies, then use WAN-B. 2) dual-WAN mode. Client 1 goes to WAN-A, client 2 goes to WAN-B, client 3 goes to WAN-A, etc.
What you probably really want is a truly load-balanced mode, which requires either going higher-end, or rolling something yourself with a PC.
There are some hacks for dd-wrt and such to make a router dual-WAN, but that looked to be more bother than I wanted to go in for.
Ultimately, for me, I made one WAN connection pretty solid such that I didn't have to bother with all this.
Whether he's a sociopath or not depends upon what he "sees fit." If he sees fit to "right wrongs" (according to some reasonable standard), then perhaps he isn't.
If they don't exist already, someone needs to create a set of plug-ins for IMDB. A web-browser plug-in would let you go to IMDB, then add a "Play this" button for every movie/video that comes up in a search (it wouldn't really need to be limited to IMDB, in fact). A media player plug-in would add a IMDB search button that would go to IMDB and retrieve search results for you. You could have an Advanced Search button to be more precise. And of course, in addition to the "Play this" button, you could have "Rent this," "Buy this," "Add this to My NetFlix Queue," and "Find this on YouTube," buttons.
After all, why would you want to create your own database when someone has already done all the work for you?
I like how so many modern computers (in movies) make the seek sounds of a 20 MB Seagate hard drive with a stepper motor head positioner. And let's not forget the modem handshaking noise sequence. It just seems like some of those classic sounds are mandatory, no matter how obsolete they get. Any others come to mind?
You know, one of the nice things about X Windows is that "remote desktop" is essentially built right in. So if you run an X server on a Mac, you can show the X Window output of most any Unix box on the net.
No, you're looking at this completely wrong. Really, this was just an input fuzzing hack. You see, the alien computer was analyzing what the earthman was doing, and processing: "You're trying to do what? No, that doesn't make any sense at all. You must be trying something much more devious... computing... BSOD."
That's probably a result of poor editing. Perhaps a previous version merely said "Illicit drug use" (which is likely true, for the right values of "drug"), and later some editor expanded it (incorrectly inserting wrong values of "drug"), imagining that he was clearing things up.
But anything that would run on low-end PC hardware would probably run okay on today's consoles. The article was blathering about the highest-end PC graphics, which represents a market share of (insert very tiny number here).
Most PCs have graphics that suck (ie, integrated Intel GPU). I'd bet that the percentage of PCs with decent GPUs is but a small fraction of all PCs being used at home, and of course a small fraction of the number of consoles. Guess where the development will be?
Indeed, you are correct; they'd need to start "full" production about 3 months before launch in order to have sufficient inventory to ship for the expected demand. (These figures vary, of course, depending upon production rate and expected demand figures, but there needs to be a reasonable equilibrium there.)
Must be to get everyone into a courtroom, hold up a neuralizer, say "Please look into the light",... wait, what do you mean there's no such thing as a neuralizer?
Do the rest? You mean reduce costs as much as possible until what you're left with is junk? Grow the "meat" using waste by-products from other industries? Allow as much bacteria as possible as long as you can drug or irradiate it away, and add artificial colorings and flavorings to cover it up? I don't think it will be long until "garbage in, garbage out" becomes the norm, followed by a "our cultured meat is made more organically" reaction, which is then followed by major manufacturers, starting the cycle over again.
First, there was word of mouth. Then there were cave wall drawings and stone carvings. Next, we had books. Then audio recordings, then video.
These days, you could wear a GPS sensor, body position sensors, body vital sensors, and cameras, and record your entire physical life, except for your inner thoughts.
Someday, we'll probably be able to record that too.
Then, people in the future could waste a lot of time just "watching" other people's lives.
Perhaps they should replace "nigger" with "[controversial_word_1]" and "injun" with "[controversial_word_2]", etc. They could include a glossary in a sealed envelope. Think of it as parental controls for physical books. In fact, why not ship the whole book in a tyvek envelope labeled "[Controversial Book N]"?
If this seems a bit ridiculous, it's because it is: some people prefer ignorance over understanding. A better approach would probably be to include a preface to help explain the context for what follows. (Not that this would sit any better with those who prefer ignorance, though, but they should just not read this book.)
First hard drive I saw was a Corvus Systems 20 MB external unit attached to an Apple II. The box was the size of approx. 4 VCRs (2 stacks, one in front of the other), and it consisted internally of 2 10 MB drives. It needed a couple of minutes to spin up, and it was noisy as heck. However, the speed increase over the floppy drive was amazing, as always. It was possible to network multiple Apple IIs to a single Corvus drive. This was probably around 1980 or so. They also had a tape backup system to transfer the data to VHS videotapes.
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Several solutions:
1) Use a string trimmer or similar device to tidy up those corners.
2) Mulching & edging the corners of the lawn to eliminate such areas.
3) Letting the corners grow wild.
4) Round-up (ie, vegetation killer; yes, it's a very bad idea).
From the subject line, I was sure this would be an article about career advice. Ah well, back to grind.
I swear I'm just sending and receiving lots of random bits of data. Nothing encrypted here. Move along...
What you might consider is a dual-wan router. It can replace your regular router and provide more connectivity options.
Unfortunately, for the low-end ones that I looked at, the options were limited:
1) fail-over mode. Normally use WAN-A until it dies, then use WAN-B.
2) dual-WAN mode. Client 1 goes to WAN-A, client 2 goes to WAN-B, client 3 goes to WAN-A, etc.
What you probably really want is a truly load-balanced mode, which requires either going higher-end, or rolling something yourself with a PC.
There are some hacks for dd-wrt and such to make a router dual-WAN, but that looked to be more bother than I wanted to go in for.
Ultimately, for me, I made one WAN connection pretty solid such that I didn't have to bother with all this.
Whether he's a sociopath or not depends upon what he "sees fit." If he sees fit to "right wrongs" (according to some reasonable standard), then perhaps he isn't.
If they don't exist already, someone needs to create a set of plug-ins for IMDB. A web-browser plug-in would let you go to IMDB, then add a "Play this" button for every movie/video that comes up in a search (it wouldn't really need to be limited to IMDB, in fact). A media player plug-in would add a IMDB search button that would go to IMDB and retrieve search results for you. You could have an Advanced Search button to be more precise. And of course, in addition to the "Play this" button, you could have "Rent this," "Buy this," "Add this to My NetFlix Queue," and "Find this on YouTube," buttons.
After all, why would you want to create your own database when someone has already done all the work for you?
Wouldn't TVs have to sync to the incoming TV signal?
I like how so many modern computers (in movies) make the seek sounds of a 20 MB Seagate hard drive with a stepper motor head positioner. And let's not forget the modem handshaking noise sequence. It just seems like some of those classic sounds are mandatory, no matter how obsolete they get. Any others come to mind?
That is starting to become slightly more probable, seeing as how most security systems are just fancy DVRs now-a-days.
My whole LCD screen turns blue when you look at it from the right angle. His display probably had the same issue. :-)
You know, one of the nice things about X Windows is that "remote desktop" is essentially built right in. So if you run an X server on a Mac, you can show the X Window output of most any Unix box on the net.
No, you're looking at this completely wrong. Really, this was just an input fuzzing hack. You see, the alien computer was analyzing what the earthman was doing, and processing: "You're trying to do what? No, that doesn't make any sense at all. You must be trying something much more devious... computing... BSOD."
Must be something special about 4 hours. Less than or equal to is fine, but greater than is trouble!
That's probably a result of poor editing. Perhaps a previous version merely said "Illicit drug use" (which is likely true, for the right values of "drug"), and later some editor expanded it (incorrectly inserting wrong values of "drug"), imagining that he was clearing things up.
But anything that would run on low-end PC hardware would probably run okay on today's consoles. The article was blathering about the highest-end PC graphics, which represents a market share of (insert very tiny number here).
Most PCs have graphics that suck (ie, integrated Intel GPU). I'd bet that the percentage of PCs with decent GPUs is but a small fraction of all PCs being used at home, and of course a small fraction of the number of consoles. Guess where the development will be?
Scientists also report seeing a tall black monolith inside the chamber. Investigations are continuing...
Indeed, you are correct; they'd need to start "full" production about 3 months before launch in order to have sufficient inventory to ship for the expected demand. (These figures vary, of course, depending upon production rate and expected demand figures, but there needs to be a reasonable equilibrium there.)
Must be to get everyone into a courtroom, hold up a neuralizer, say "Please look into the light", ... wait, what do you mean there's no such thing as a neuralizer?
Do the rest? You mean reduce costs as much as possible until what you're left with is junk? Grow the "meat" using waste by-products from other industries? Allow as much bacteria as possible as long as you can drug or irradiate it away, and add artificial colorings and flavorings to cover it up? I don't think it will be long until "garbage in, garbage out" becomes the norm, followed by a "our cultured meat is made more organically" reaction, which is then followed by major manufacturers, starting the cycle over again.
This is software we're talking about. It can do more than one thing.
For any system that you design, please always ask the questions: What if someone tries to abuse this? How can I prevent that?
Because people will! In fact, some of them may be better problem-solvers than you are. Count on it.
First, there was word of mouth. Then there were cave wall drawings and stone carvings. Next, we had books. Then audio recordings, then video.
These days, you could wear a GPS sensor, body position sensors, body vital sensors, and cameras, and record your entire physical life, except for your inner thoughts.
Someday, we'll probably be able to record that too.
Then, people in the future could waste a lot of time just "watching" other people's lives.
Perhaps they should replace "nigger" with "[controversial_word_1]" and "injun" with "[controversial_word_2]", etc.
They could include a glossary in a sealed envelope. Think of it as parental controls for physical books.
In fact, why not ship the whole book in a tyvek envelope labeled "[Controversial Book N]"?
If this seems a bit ridiculous, it's because it is: some people prefer ignorance over understanding.
A better approach would probably be to include a preface to help explain the context for what follows.
(Not that this would sit any better with those who prefer ignorance, though, but they should just not
read this book.)
First hard drive I saw was a Corvus Systems 20 MB external unit attached to an Apple II. The box was the size of approx. 4 VCRs (2 stacks, one in front of the other), and it consisted internally of 2 10 MB drives. It needed a couple of minutes to spin up, and it was noisy as heck. However, the speed increase over the floppy drive was amazing, as always. It was possible to network multiple Apple IIs to a single Corvus drive. This was probably around 1980 or so. They also had a tape backup system to transfer the data to VHS videotapes.