Plus I now realise my uuencoding is broke. There were some '>' signs in the output that didn't get through! Never mind. MS will probably use the same format as tnef attachments:)
Oh by the way, it was an uuencoding of part of the GPL...
There are lots of reports that DVDs burnt on one box aren't readable/playable in another. Check out articles on www.vcdhelp.com for examples (mainly video-related).
I burnt some video CDs on different CD-R and CD-RW media and found that some friends' DVD players played some and not others, and some played none, and few played them all. I think there are similar problems with DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Its put me off buying a DVD burner for video just yet.
So, do you want to trust your backups to media that might not be readable on a different model device should your one blow up?
Baz
Re:Memory reports in Linux are NEVER accurate!
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Phoenix 0.3 Is Out
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So is there no way of finding out how much is shared? Its useful, because my concern is a web browser for a multi-user machine, and I dont want the memory to run out if 10 people are running mozilla..
Its a very important question. Recently another of our multi-user systems died horribly because a class was running matlab 25 times - and the new version of matlab uses 10 times the memory as before.... Crunch. Thats the matlab java front-end for you. Good job its off-switchable.
Here we see the flexcar hiding behind a small bulding, waiting for a zipcar to appear. Here comes one now. It has drifted away from its pack and is vulnerable. The zipcar pounces...
Or other sticky blobby stuff. Very useful when you dont have a magnetized screwdriver and need to stick a tiny screw in a near-inaccessible hole. Small blob on the screwdriver, stick the screw on, place in hole, turn.
Does everyone do this? Will I get down-moderated 'obvious'?:)
This is a protocol for storing application configurations centrally. All you need to do is get your cellphone and PDA companies to support it. Hmm yeah. Not sure what the status of the project is at the moment though. Google for it, or read this white paper.
You don't want to keep blowing new fuses, so make sure you fix whatever was causing it to blow in the first place! It might be harder to find a replacement for the broken component (if that's what it was) than the fuse...
On the X-box? You can only run signed programs. Modifying the X-box is a circumvention of a device that's illegal under the DMCA. All Microsoft has to do is port Office and IE to the X-box and voila. Dump Windows and get the masses using X-boxen for their secure and safe computing needs....
And the reason John Cage's piece is 4'33" is because that is 273 seconds, and absolute zero is -273C (near as makes no odds). It all makes sense now...
Oh yeah, didn't the Bloudhound Gang do a track called "The Ten Best Things About New Jersey" which was 10 seconds of silence?
Yes, we've redesigned Microsoft Office! The product that we said would do all your things for you now, won't. Oh dear. You'll have to buy it again. Oh tough, we don't support Windows XP anymore you'll have to upgrade to Win 2010.
To both the PHBs who read slashdot - DONT DO IT!!!!
Clearly "Too many" patents are bad, as are "Too few". Thats what "Too many" and "Too few" mean. Its like when someone says "Too much of that is bad for you". Of course "Too much" is bad for you. That's what "Too much" means - that quantity that is bad for you.
Baz
Confusing 'Journal' with 'Journalism'?
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Blogging for Dummies?
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'Blog'. From 'Web-log'. The 'log' of which derives from shipping navigation. Sailors would throw a lump of wood - the 'log' - into the water and watch it float past to measure the ship's speed. This was written in a book every day, which became called 'the log'.
'Journal'. From the latin 'Diurnalis', meaning daily. A record kept daily, like a diary, which probably evolves from the same root - latin 'dies', meaning 'day'.
'Journalism': The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
It seems that somehow people putting their journals on the web via a web-log got all up themselves and decided they were 'journalists'. Errr no. Writing a journal does not make you a journalist these days.
The UCB course mentioned in the article looks more like it will teach on-line journalism, but they've buzzworded it with 'blogging' as a PR exercise. These guys know PR, you see.
Slashdot Mirror
101. Giant lizards are cool
Much more exciting than a blue e.
I know plenty of ravers who would deny that - some have probably even seen giant lizards after a few too many blue e's....
Baz
Plus I now realise my uuencoding is broke. There were some '>' signs in the output that didn't get through! Never mind. MS will probably use the same format as tnef attachments :)
Oh by the way, it was an uuencoding of part of the GPL...
Baz
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M("`@(%9E7)I9VAT("A#*2`Q.3DQ
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</uueWord2kDocument>
There are lots of reports that DVDs burnt on one box aren't readable/playable in another. Check out articles on www.vcdhelp.com for examples (mainly video-related).
I burnt some video CDs on different CD-R and CD-RW media and found that some friends' DVD players played some and not others, and some played none, and few played them all. I think there are similar problems with DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Its put me off buying a DVD burner for video just yet.
So, do you want to trust your backups to media that might not be readable on a different model device should your one blow up?
Baz
Is
Its a very important question. Recently another of our multi-user systems died horribly because a class was running matlab 25 times - and the new version of matlab uses 10 times the memory as before.... Crunch. Thats the matlab java front-end for you. Good job its off-switchable.
Baz
Clue me please.
Bazman
(actually I see about six of each of those but I assume thats threads-as-processes for you)
google
Verbizing nouns is pretty common.
Baz
Here we see the flexcar hiding behind a small bulding, waiting for a zipcar to appear. Here comes one now. It has drifted away from its pack and is vulnerable. The zipcar pounces...
:)
Oh, pre-dates....
Baz
Or other sticky blobby stuff. Very useful when you dont have a magnetized screwdriver and need to stick a tiny screw in a near-inaccessible hole. Small blob on the screwdriver, stick the screw on, place in hole, turn.
:)
Does everyone do this? Will I get down-moderated 'obvious'?
Baz
says...
"Never use a programming language that is older than you are".
So I'm just about okay with Fortran 66....
Baz
This is a protocol for storing application configurations centrally. All you need to do is get your cellphone and PDA companies to support it. Hmm yeah. Not sure what the status of the project is at the moment though. Google for it, or read this white paper.
You don't want to keep blowing new fuses, so make sure you fix whatever was causing it to blow in the first place! It might be harder to find a replacement for the broken component (if that's what it was) than the fuse...
Or call them up and say 'Hey, do you guys forge NT networks? Could you set up a fake NT network for me? Please? Pretty please?'...
Baz
Nobody has registered burnalljpgs.com or burnalljpegs.com yet! Quick, snap it up!
What would you use for pictures on that web site though? burnallgifs.com uses jpegs....
Baz
Learnt these many years ago:
Volume:
A litre of water's a pint and three-quarter.
Length:
A meter measures three-foot three, its longer than a yard, you see.
Weight:
Two and a quarter pounds of jam, weighs about a kilogram.
- Now somebody write one for metric seconds and hours!
Baz
On the X-box? You can only run signed programs. Modifying the X-box is a circumvention of a device that's illegal under the DMCA. All Microsoft has to do is port Office and IE to the X-box and voila. Dump Windows and get the masses using X-boxen for their secure and safe computing needs....
Baz
Stick "Search Engine Optimization" into google and neither these boys nor 24/7 Real Media are in the top 50. Hmmmm....
Baz
And the reason John Cage's piece is 4'33" is because that is 273 seconds, and absolute zero is -273C (near as makes no odds). It all makes sense now...
Oh yeah, didn't the Bloudhound Gang do a track called "The Ten Best Things About New Jersey" which was 10 seconds of silence?
Baz
Yes, we've redesigned Microsoft Office! The product that we said would do all your things for you now, won't. Oh dear. You'll have to buy it again. Oh tough, we don't support Windows XP anymore you'll have to upgrade to Win 2010.
To both the PHBs who read slashdot - DONT DO IT!!!!
Baz
...note that MS loses even *more* money when you *dont* by a unit!
I just wish I could afford to not buy 1,000 Xboxes...
Baz
Get the Bill Bryson books on his travels around the USA. Just don't read them before you leave, or you might not want to go.
In fact, just get all his books! [insert amazon.com link here].
Clearly "Too many" patents are bad, as are "Too few". Thats what "Too many" and "Too few" mean. Its like when someone says "Too much of that is bad for you". Of course "Too much" is bad for you. That's what "Too much" means - that quantity that is bad for you.
Baz
'Blog'. From 'Web-log'. The 'log' of which derives from shipping navigation. Sailors would throw a lump of wood - the 'log' - into the water and watch it float past to measure the ship's speed. This was written in a book every day, which became called 'the log'.
'Journal'. From the latin 'Diurnalis', meaning daily. A record kept daily, like a diary, which probably evolves from the same root - latin 'dies', meaning 'day'.
'Journalism': The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
It seems that somehow people putting their journals on the web via a web-log got all up themselves and decided they were 'journalists'. Errr no. Writing a journal does not make you a journalist these days.
The UCB course mentioned in the article looks more like it will teach on-line journalism, but they've buzzworded it with 'blogging' as a PR exercise. These guys know PR, you see.
Baz
Break a machine, slap it in front of them, ask them to fix it.
Pop the graphics card slightly out, or put some duff RAM chips in, or a blank hard disk. See how they fix it. If they do.
"640k of Write-Only Memory ought to be enough for anybody".
Baz