Perhaps this is obvious, but its the very first thing that popped into my head. You might not need to install a lot of cabling to run what you have, relatively speaking, but you WILL need to install more later and you WILL wish you had installed bigger conduit. So, plan your current needs as being 1/3 to 1/2 capacity and leave plenty of room for more. It doesn't cost much more to install bigger/more conduit now, but it will cost TONS more to install it later. Your successors will praise you.
I did this with my son. He was 10 at the time, and a lot of it was lost on him but it introduced him to how computers work. He built the computer himself with my guidance, so really we worked together on it. When the computer had trouble, we worked on it together to fix it. Now, he fixes his grandpa's computer when its broken, he helps his friends with theirs and is overall a decent young tech at 16 years old.
If your son has the natural curiosity for it, just answer his questions, and guide him. He'll learn what he wants to WHEN he wants to. Its your job to introduce him to all the different possibilities. Let HIM pick what he wants to learn- then you won't be just teaching him, he'll be *learning* it.
You didn't used to own a 1987 Mitsubishi Montero, did you? Because there aren't too many people in the world who would use a hammer to attach a battery terminal...
While I applaud your willingness to use technology where you see a need for it, the consumer grade routers just aren't up to the task. I've seen routers die simply being moved from one side of the desk to the other. All it takes is a cold solder or a flaky chip and *poof* that router is history. You'll be troubleshooting weird problems constantly and will be replacing routers just as often. If your solution depends solely on these routers, then I think its not much of a solution at all.
Evolution: One species evolves into another Natural selection: members of a species with a successful trait thrive over others, becoming dominant within the species. Species itself does not change.
As if their gonad piercings aren't chained directly to MS? Please. Give me a break. What are they going to do, install Linux? License OSX from Apple? That'll last as long as the first grandma trying to open a forwarded power point file.
I went in there, in desperation, looking for a SATA controller. They kid they had on the floor says "oh all the controllers are over here" and took me to the joysticks and game pads.
That was the last time I went into Best Buy for *anything*. I refuse to walk into that store.
Should Valve advance Linux gaming by creating a distro optimized for it? sure, why not. The world needs more distros. Besides, I hear that UbuFedorIanWare is getting behind on their latest release.
I have a hard time disagreeing with you, except there are a few factors. Yeah, for a while I was a sysadmin at a small internet company, with several dozen servers in my charge. I also worked way too hard for way to many hours and got absolutely zip for it except a swift kick in the ass when the new owners decided that I made too much money. On top of that, I made a couple of bad decisions along the way, and also had a meltdown a couple of years ago. Its been rough, this life. So, I'm back to doing what I know how to do and don't mind doing it most of the time. Plus, this is better than the last job which was completely dead-end, and the current one has room for advancement if I can make the computerized bean counters happy with my statistics. But, my career has seen better days, and there are even better ones ahead.
I need to preface this by saying that I am a 20 year IT veteran who does phone support for one job, and onsite support for another.
Phone support: Takes a guy 5 minutes to finally get to the point: Internet Explorer is crashing and he thinks its because his cable internet is going down, and he is calling to complain. I have to really listen to this guy and let him get through 5 minutes of bullshit before he gets to the point "Internet Explorer has stopped responding" etc. The rest of the conversation was full of more bullshit, but that isn't relevant.
Chat support: I'm on site migrating a dead computers data into a new computer, and there's this industry specific software that needs to be reinstalled and have the data restored. The website is a fuster cluck of documentation, so I hit the live chat option. The person on the other end was quick, had correct answers, and I had the info I needed to do the migration in short order, and lo and behold, it *worked* the first time.
Now, in both cases you have a very experienced technical person on one end of the line, and in the second case apparently, two. Had my customer been on chat in the second scenario, they'd probably STILL be trying to figure it out. So, it has its places, such as when both parties are literate enough (both computer and English) to have a normal conversation. But for "normal" people who type in "my internet is broke" even though they have to BE online to type that... yeah... welcome to my hell.
Amateur radio is good, IF he is someone who is really social. I'm not, and I found it quite boring after a while. I think people forget that aspect of it. The whole idea of ham radio is to talk to other people, and quite frankly, I don't WANT to talk to other people for a hobby. I want to build things, modify things, break and fix things, etc. I do think that there are many aspects of the hobby that ARE enjoyable, but unless I NEED to communicate with *other amateur radio operators* then its useless to me.
If you aren't in fact a troll, then please stop. Get help. Go to your nearest hospital, tell them your plan, and be honest.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
I have been *this* close to stepping in front of a fast moving train. I went to my psychologist, and I spent a week in a mental hospital. It saved my life. I was on very strong anti-depressants for over 10 years, and am now (prescription and otherwise) drug free. If anyone's ever been completely whacked in the head, and ready to kill myself, I have.
Two things changed me. 1) Two of my relatives killed themselves. My stepdad, via alcoholism ("if you drink more, it'll kill you" glug glug glug) and one via a pill cocktail. What I went through, and what my family went through, were not something I ever want to put another person through.
The second thing: Learning to actually cope with my problems instead of being buried by them, and in turn burying my feelings. That killed me emotionally and almost killed my physically.
I know it seems like there is no way out. But to actually kill yourself will NOT give you relief. It will end your suffering, but that same suffering, and worse will be transferred to others. Additionally, you won't be around to ENJOY the relief!
One more thing: If you STOP, GET HELP, and ACT on the help you're given, in 10, 5, even 2 years from now, this will all be a DISTANT MEMORY and you'll be SO GLAD you did not act foolishly and selfishly.
Something on the PCB was cracked. The freezing caused everything to pull back together, and heat separated it. So, bringing it to a lower temperature kept it together longer. Simple enough. Is it a repair? No. Its a workaround. A temporary one.
Does it have some serious design flaws that have been worked around over the years? yes. Does it have new parts available from newer generations of the same vehicle to support it when the older ones wear out? yes. Does it have people with more degrees than a thermostat looking over it and contemplating its future and making absolutely sure its safe to run and a whole government looking over it and regulating it to death? NO.
The analogy isn't perfect, but the fact remains: properly engineered devices can last just fine, when properly maintained and even upgraded. At some point, upgrading and repairing doesn't become cost effective (ie, the space shuttle retirement) but sometimes when the whole rest of the world is too scared to build new nuclear reactors, its quite feasible and probably safe. IANANS (Nuclear Scientist) but if a whole bunch of them say its safe, I have to admit that I'll probably believe them. If a politician tells me its safe, I'm running for cover.
I was a Linux guy for many years, ran RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian... all on servers and all on the desktop. I am more satisfied with Windows 7 than I was any of those OS's. They were good, and when I was in the Linux server business, they were vital for remaining integrated with my servers. But anymore, Windows 7 has better apps available (OMG you have to PAY for them?! OMG!! yes who cares they're good) and is plenty stable. I no longer have to reboot every day. I reboot when its needed for an update or something else, but not because "windows is acting weird, I had better reboot."
The truth of the matter is that I am impressed with MS's bounce back from Vista, moving forward with a nice stable OS that is easy to use and easy to work on, too. I look forward to Windows 8, although I'm nervous about the huge paradigm shift and what it'll do for computing at large. I've had the start menu for almost 20 years, I'm kind of used to it. But, times change and we've got to change with them, like it or not. The hardware acceleration is about time, IMHO. They've apparently streamlined it enough that they can start optimizing for every day tasks. I wish them the best, because frankly, like it or not, the Desktop OS's run throughout the world, are Windows based. Anyone who is still waiting for the "year of the Linux Desktop" will be waiting for a long time.
I personally drive a 25 year old SUV with 340K miles on it. Its mostly original. I don't believe the engine has been replaced, nor have any of the other major components. It has seen regular maintenance, and it is a good, reliable old truck. It was built to be stout (its siblings raced in the Paris-Dakar rally, and won!) and it was built to last a long time.
So, if an 80 year old reactor was engineered to last that long, and was properly maintained during its lifetime, why not?
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just long enough to be eaten by Pavlov's Dog
Perhaps this is obvious, but its the very first thing that popped into my head. You might not need to install a lot of cabling to run what you have, relatively speaking, but you WILL need to install more later and you WILL wish you had installed bigger conduit. So, plan your current needs as being 1/3 to 1/2 capacity and leave plenty of room for more. It doesn't cost much more to install bigger/more conduit now, but it will cost TONS more to install it later. Your successors will praise you.
No but they got an end user to remember their password
I did this with my son. He was 10 at the time, and a lot of it was lost on him but it introduced him to how computers work. He built the computer himself with my guidance, so really we worked together on it. When the computer had trouble, we worked on it together to fix it. Now, he fixes his grandpa's computer when its broken, he helps his friends with theirs and is overall a decent young tech at 16 years old.
If your son has the natural curiosity for it, just answer his questions, and guide him. He'll learn what he wants to WHEN he wants to. Its your job to introduce him to all the different possibilities. Let HIM pick what he wants to learn- then you won't be just teaching him, he'll be *learning* it.
You didn't used to own a 1987 Mitsubishi Montero, did you? Because there aren't too many people in the world who would use a hammer to attach a battery terminal...
While I applaud your willingness to use technology where you see a need for it, the consumer grade routers just aren't up to the task. I've seen routers die simply being moved from one side of the desk to the other. All it takes is a cold solder or a flaky chip and *poof* that router is history. You'll be troubleshooting weird problems constantly and will be replacing routers just as often. If your solution depends solely on these routers, then I think its not much of a solution at all.
Evolution: One species evolves into another
Natural selection: members of a species with a successful trait thrive over others, becoming dominant within the species. Species itself does not change.
That's not evolution, thats natural selection. Huge difference.
Its used to earthquakes.
Oh is that all?
As if their gonad piercings aren't chained directly to MS? Please. Give me a break. What are they going to do, install Linux? License OSX from Apple? That'll last as long as the first grandma trying to open a forwarded power point file.
I went in there, in desperation, looking for a SATA controller. They kid they had on the floor says "oh all the controllers are over here" and took me to the joysticks and game pads.
That was the last time I went into Best Buy for *anything*. I refuse to walk into that store.
Its the law
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Should Valve advance Linux gaming by creating a distro optimized for it? sure, why not. The world needs more distros. Besides, I hear that UbuFedorIanWare is getting behind on their latest release.
I have a hard time disagreeing with you, except there are a few factors. Yeah, for a while I was a sysadmin at a small internet company, with several dozen servers in my charge. I also worked way too hard for way to many hours and got absolutely zip for it except a swift kick in the ass when the new owners decided that I made too much money. On top of that, I made a couple of bad decisions along the way, and also had a meltdown a couple of years ago. Its been rough, this life. So, I'm back to doing what I know how to do and don't mind doing it most of the time. Plus, this is better than the last job which was completely dead-end, and the current one has room for advancement if I can make the computerized bean counters happy with my statistics. But, my career has seen better days, and there are even better ones ahead.
I need to preface this by saying that I am a 20 year IT veteran who does phone support for one job, and onsite support for another.
Phone support: Takes a guy 5 minutes to finally get to the point: Internet Explorer is crashing and he thinks its because his cable internet is going down, and he is calling to complain. I have to really listen to this guy and let him get through 5 minutes of bullshit before he gets to the point "Internet Explorer has stopped responding" etc. The rest of the conversation was full of more bullshit, but that isn't relevant.
Chat support: I'm on site migrating a dead computers data into a new computer, and there's this industry specific software that needs to be reinstalled and have the data restored. The website is a fuster cluck of documentation, so I hit the live chat option. The person on the other end was quick, had correct answers, and I had the info I needed to do the migration in short order, and lo and behold, it *worked* the first time.
Now, in both cases you have a very experienced technical person on one end of the line, and in the second case apparently, two. Had my customer been on chat in the second scenario, they'd probably STILL be trying to figure it out. So, it has its places, such as when both parties are literate enough (both computer and English) to have a normal conversation. But for "normal" people who type in "my internet is broke" even though they have to BE online to type that... yeah... welcome to my hell.
Amateur radio is good, IF he is someone who is really social. I'm not, and I found it quite boring after a while. I think people forget that aspect of it. The whole idea of ham radio is to talk to other people, and quite frankly, I don't WANT to talk to other people for a hobby. I want to build things, modify things, break and fix things, etc. I do think that there are many aspects of the hobby that ARE enjoyable, but unless I NEED to communicate with *other amateur radio operators* then its useless to me.
If you aren't in fact a troll, then please stop. Get help. Go to your nearest hospital, tell them your plan, and be honest.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
I have been *this* close to stepping in front of a fast moving train. I went to my psychologist, and I spent a week in a mental hospital. It saved my life. I was on very strong anti-depressants for over 10 years, and am now (prescription and otherwise) drug free. If anyone's ever been completely whacked in the head, and ready to kill myself, I have.
Two things changed me. 1) Two of my relatives killed themselves. My stepdad, via alcoholism ("if you drink more, it'll kill you" glug glug glug) and one via a pill cocktail. What I went through, and what my family went through, were not something I ever want to put another person through.
The second thing: Learning to actually cope with my problems instead of being buried by them, and in turn burying my feelings. That killed me emotionally and almost killed my physically.
I know it seems like there is no way out. But to actually kill yourself will NOT give you relief. It will end your suffering, but that same suffering, and worse will be transferred to others. Additionally, you won't be around to ENJOY the relief!
One more thing: If you STOP, GET HELP, and ACT on the help you're given, in 10, 5, even 2 years from now, this will all be a DISTANT MEMORY and you'll be SO GLAD you did not act foolishly and selfishly.
Make sure you use a 3d printer based on an arduino running linux!
Something on the PCB was cracked. The freezing caused everything to pull back together, and heat separated it. So, bringing it to a lower temperature kept it together longer. Simple enough. Is it a repair? No. Its a workaround. A temporary one.
Dude, McDonalds has Cordon Bleu Burgers now? Imma go get me some!!!
Does it have some serious design flaws that have been worked around over the years? yes. Does it have new parts available from newer generations of the same vehicle to support it when the older ones wear out? yes. Does it have people with more degrees than a thermostat looking over it and contemplating its future and making absolutely sure its safe to run and a whole government looking over it and regulating it to death? NO.
The analogy isn't perfect, but the fact remains: properly engineered devices can last just fine, when properly maintained and even upgraded. At some point, upgrading and repairing doesn't become cost effective (ie, the space shuttle retirement) but sometimes when the whole rest of the world is too scared to build new nuclear reactors, its quite feasible and probably safe. IANANS (Nuclear Scientist) but if a whole bunch of them say its safe, I have to admit that I'll probably believe them. If a politician tells me its safe, I'm running for cover.
I was a Linux guy for many years, ran RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian... all on servers and all on the desktop. I am more satisfied with Windows 7 than I was any of those OS's. They were good, and when I was in the Linux server business, they were vital for remaining integrated with my servers. But anymore, Windows 7 has better apps available (OMG you have to PAY for them?! OMG!! yes who cares they're good) and is plenty stable. I no longer have to reboot every day. I reboot when its needed for an update or something else, but not because "windows is acting weird, I had better reboot."
The truth of the matter is that I am impressed with MS's bounce back from Vista, moving forward with a nice stable OS that is easy to use and easy to work on, too. I look forward to Windows 8, although I'm nervous about the huge paradigm shift and what it'll do for computing at large. I've had the start menu for almost 20 years, I'm kind of used to it. But, times change and we've got to change with them, like it or not. The hardware acceleration is about time, IMHO. They've apparently streamlined it enough that they can start optimizing for every day tasks. I wish them the best, because frankly, like it or not, the Desktop OS's run throughout the world, are Windows based. Anyone who is still waiting for the "year of the Linux Desktop" will be waiting for a long time.
I personally drive a 25 year old SUV with 340K miles on it. Its mostly original. I don't believe the engine has been replaced, nor have any of the other major components. It has seen regular maintenance, and it is a good, reliable old truck. It was built to be stout (its siblings raced in the Paris-Dakar rally, and won!) and it was built to last a long time.
So, if an 80 year old reactor was engineered to last that long, and was properly maintained during its lifetime, why not?
So I'm not interested.