I have mine running dual 400MHz celerons @ 500mhz, rock solid. 600MHz boots but it does freeze within minutes. Dual peltier fans keep the CPUs nice and cool, while the sides of the case are kept off for improved circulation..
Definitely pick up the BP6.. for its subversive element if for anything else.
RAM shouldn't be an issue with icecasting.. I was running about 120 icecast channels off a P5/166 linux server with 64MB RAM. Hardly broke 0.2 load, and never EVER swapped. The same server ran a toy web/FTP server as well as most of my telnet sessions, over a 10mbps frac-T3 hooked to my Tulip 10/100 card.
Encoding never seemed to take up much memory on my UltraSPARC IIi using the old Frauenhofer encoder, but it did absorb all CPU..
Until memory gets down below the 'Taiwan disaster' gouge, I'd hold off on getting that much, particularly if it's in 256M DIMMs...
if this is about survival, leave the fscking guns outta this.
It's not about survival, it's about entertainment..
99% of people aren't trained and self-disciplined enough to handle a firearm without being more of a danger to themselves and their fellow marooneds than they are to their erstwhile game.
Yeah, but the point is watching untrained people try to operate firearms or heavy machinery is the entertainment value... Imagine "America's Funniest Home Videos" crossbred with "Faces of Death"..
Yah, but the last few times I've used or owned Wenger knives, they had shite build quality.. Every Victorinox I've owned has been stainless steel, sharp as the dickens, and (unless soaked in water for several weeks) had very smooth open/close action.
Their Leatherman clone (SwissTool) is also tres fab, every blade locks, and the thing just feels less flimsy than a Leatherman. At just about the same cost.
I don't work for them (they probably couldn't afford me;) but I have been a fan for years..
All I need now is one that has a helicopter, like the Swiss Industrial spies had..
... and it's quite nice! The bits come in handy and IIRC I can swap them out for other styles when necessary (there's a Victorinox shop in STamford CT last time I looked)..
I'll still wear my Swiss Army "Leatherman" (all the blades lock) but this fellow is a welcome addition to my Swiss ARmy collection..
(and the translucent sides are cooler than they sound.. Just ask the nerd who owns one..;)
If a contract programmer reads Freshmeat, without proper authorization, they are liable to be sacked at best, and face the threat of court action from the DOJ for gross misuse of Government-furnished Equiptment.
What if they can prove a job-related reason, like researching for low-cost solutions to a government problem? And doesn't the Gov't maintain strict proxy log analysis procedures for just this eventuality?;)
As a programmer and a writer, I can tell you this: writing and programming is actually quite similar. You begin with a vague outline, with a goal in mind. You research your bases. You enter the subject head-on, and hope you won't stray from the objective too much. And then, something marvelous happens: as you progress, your work takes a life of its own, and you don't feel as if you're directing it, but rather that it's directing you. There's an inherent structure that emerges, and in the end, it can just take you a step further than you imagined when you began the project.
Sounds eerily familiar to a project I'm building now.. I planned out what I wanted it to do over a period of about 4 days, and as soon as I started coding I realized how flawed some pieces of my design were. On the other hand, interesting new bits have cropped up which are easily supported because of the flexibility of the initial design. It's always nice to see a contested design decision prove itself in your favor.. ("Why implement so many foreign keys? It'll take too long!") And hopefully I can convince my boss to release it opensource.. it's a web-hosting management app which combines accounting, customer service, and backend support dynamically, via dynamic vhosts and some neat patches I wrote to AcctInfo.pm.. It's both a set of programs and libs, and an operations model, and if I'm really obsequious I might be able to release the code..
My Jeep Grand Cherokee not only has a US/metric speedo and fuel computer, when you switch the system to metric it changes your mileage computer, trip odometer, outside temperature, service reminder mileage and (get ready) the digital temperature of the climate controls.. When I went to Montreal for the Jazzfest last 4th of July weekend, we had a ceremonial 'switching-of-the-systems' at the border.. Threw me off for a little while, but once I figured out how to dial '22' into the climate control and that idle drives the efficiency computer towards an asymptote of 0 I was fine.
_And_ it can be set to display controls in Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, and Italiano..
Now all Jeep needs to do is opensource the code for all those doodads, so I can add features like tilt side mirrors when in Reverse, screensavers for the overhead console, Valet mode, etc...
Yeah. Sterling Hayden played the wacko General Jack T. Ripper.. And Slim Pickens played the Pilot, (something) 'King' Kong. Though the film's most notable performance comes from Peter Sellers (and his identical siblings Peter Sellers and Peter Sellers;), George C. Scott is fabulous as the rambunctious and irrepressible Turgidson.
"We cannot allow a Mineshaft gap!"
Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite films, as well as one of the few tolerable-quality Kubrick DVDs.
Mr Scott, I'll miss you, you magnificent bastard..
since it's clearly for drawing the/. effect and driving up impressions. I kinda like junkbuster myself.. like 8-10 regexes kill 80-90% of all ads I see now (including adfu and focalink!;)
How about publishing, via subscription, a "Systems Documentation"-style format, like that of the Digital VAXen I recall so fondly? I can find 30' of desk space _somewhere_..
;)
btw: I'm serious. Nice thing about this is since it's dynamically bound, you can pull out obsolete sections and replace them with updates, or you can insert addenda in the appropriate section..
Maybe instead of the shelf of docs, have a X-ring binder (like old PC-DOS documentation) per book or subject, where you can similarly update or insert pages (or put in handwritten ones of your own)..
Of course, the punch-holes would have to be reinforced and the paper may need to be a little heavier-weight, but I think this would rule, particularly for those of us who spend >US$200/yr on ORA books..
self-'rating' of posts, not scoring, but flagging priority, nature, etc. Say I post some funny but pointless or off-topic response (at least if I think it's funny), wouldn't it be considerate of me if I could label it 'non-sequitur' or 'riposte'?
For moderating, how about:
user 'score', where the average score of a user's posts over period X is then compared against an index whose result would be auto-moderating up or down as appropriate.
topic moderation: where an entire topic or subtopic could be moderated up or down, though you get that now by moderating a 'root' post.
moderation 'agree/disagree', where you can rate a moderator's 'taste' and then if enough people agree with the moderator their points are worth 'more' or they get more points
Even on the Internet, freedom of speech doesn't include the right to spraypaint on public buildings, even if it's valid political speech. Slashdot abusers are vandals IMAO.
... but IEE1394 will live as long as there are DV people out there who want to load video from their cams into their NLE rigs. Also, IEEE1394 is being touted as the Next Big Video Component Connector for home DTV systems. Imagine hooking your Canon XL1 (or my dinky little TRV103) right into your IEEE1394-equipped DVD-RAM or SDTV set?
Screw Apple, I hate 'em, but you can use a different connector and name and not pay the FireWire(tm) tax, just like Sony did with i.Link.. IIRC the Sony connector is 4 pins while the FireWire(tm) connector is 6, but a simple converter cable handles that.
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I have mine running dual 400MHz celerons @ 500mhz, rock solid. 600MHz boots but it does freeze within minutes. Dual peltier fans keep the CPUs nice and cool, while the sides of the case are kept off for improved circulation..
Definitely pick up the BP6.. for its subversive element if for anything else.
Well, considering the huge collection of cars which, by that time, will be highly-prized antiques..
And don't forget the huge collection of supermodel sex slaves which, by that time...
The PDA's been predicted many times.. Even by Sci-Fi authors who don't think they're sci-fi authors ;)
(My Newton 2100's name is Abulafia)
RAM shouldn't be an issue with icecasting.. I was running about 120 icecast channels off a P5/166 linux server with 64MB RAM. Hardly broke 0.2 load, and never EVER swapped. The same server ran a toy web/FTP server as well as most of my telnet sessions, over a 10mbps frac-T3 hooked to my Tulip 10/100 card.
Encoding never seemed to take up much memory on my UltraSPARC IIi using the old Frauenhofer encoder, but it did absorb all CPU..
Until memory gets down below the 'Taiwan disaster' gouge, I'd hold off on getting that much, particularly if it's in 256M DIMMs...
if this is about survival, leave the fscking guns outta this.
It's not about survival, it's about entertainment..
99% of people aren't trained and self-disciplined enough to handle a firearm without being more of a danger to themselves and their fellow marooneds than they are to their erstwhile game.
Yeah, but the point is watching untrained people try to operate firearms or heavy machinery is the entertainment value... Imagine "America's Funniest Home Videos" crossbred with "Faces of Death"..
... is the celebrity contestant and "secret" weapons cache. Ahnold anyone? Too bad Richard Dawson's no longer with us...
You'll pay us to know what you REALLY think!
MORE SLACK AND MORE SEX, NOW!
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Another key is to make sure you know where the author's coming from, and filter appropriately.
*whips it out and checks* (no freudian quips please)
Yep, opens beer bottles, corked bottles, and even has the hook to make pulling pull tabs easier.
If you can drink it, this thing can open it..
Yeah, but how else are you going to open your Sam Adams Triple Bock, Lindemans' Lambic, or Thomas Hardy's?
Nice thing about being overpaid for geeky shit is you can enjoy good beer for a change..
Yah, but the last few times I've used or owned Wenger knives, they had shite build quality.. Every Victorinox I've owned has been stainless steel, sharp as the dickens, and (unless soaked in water for several weeks) had very smooth open/close action.
;) but I have been a fan for years..
Their Leatherman clone (SwissTool) is also tres fab, every blade locks, and the thing just feels less flimsy than a Leatherman. At just about the same cost.
I don't work for them (they probably couldn't afford me
All I need now is one that has a helicopter, like the Swiss Industrial spies had..
... and it's quite nice! The bits come in handy and IIRC I can swap them out for other styles when necessary (there's a Victorinox shop in STamford CT last time I looked)..
;)
I'll still wear my Swiss Army "Leatherman" (all the blades lock) but this fellow is a welcome addition to my Swiss ARmy collection..
(and the translucent sides are cooler than they sound.. Just ask the nerd who owns one..
If a contract programmer reads Freshmeat, without proper authorization, they are liable to be sacked at best, and face the threat of court action from the DOJ for gross misuse of Government-furnished Equiptment.
;)
What if they can prove a job-related reason, like researching for low-cost solutions to a government problem? And doesn't the Gov't maintain strict proxy log analysis procedures for just this eventuality?
As a programmer and a writer, I can tell you this: writing and programming is actually quite similar. You begin with a vague outline, with a goal in mind. You research your bases. You enter the subject head-on, and hope you won't stray from the objective too much. And then, something marvelous happens: as you progress, your work takes a life of its own, and you don't feel as if you're directing it, but rather that it's directing you. There's an inherent structure that emerges, and in the end, it can just take you a step further than you imagined when you began the project.
Sounds eerily familiar to a project I'm building now.. I planned out what I wanted it to do over a period of about 4 days, and as soon as I started coding I realized how flawed some pieces of my design were. On the other hand, interesting new bits have cropped up which are easily supported because of the flexibility of the initial design. It's always nice to see a contested design decision prove itself in your favor.. ("Why implement so many foreign keys? It'll take too long!") And hopefully I can convince my boss to release it opensource.. it's a web-hosting management app which combines accounting, customer service, and backend support dynamically, via dynamic vhosts and some neat patches I wrote to AcctInfo.pm.. It's both a set of programs and libs, and an operations model, and if I'm really obsequious I might be able to release the code..
Naah, I'd prefer to get a million-candlepower spotlight that's cig-lighter powered and blind tailgaters...
Get this:
My Jeep Grand Cherokee not only has a US/metric speedo and fuel computer, when you switch the system to metric it changes your mileage computer, trip odometer, outside temperature, service reminder mileage and (get ready) the digital temperature of the climate controls.. When I went to Montreal for the Jazzfest last 4th of July weekend, we had a ceremonial 'switching-of-the-systems' at the border.. Threw me off for a little while, but once I figured out how to dial '22' into the climate control and that idle drives the efficiency computer towards an asymptote of 0 I was fine.
_And_ it can be set to display controls in Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, and Italiano..
Now all Jeep needs to do is opensource the code for all those doodads, so I can add features like tilt side mirrors when in Reverse, screensavers for the overhead console, Valet mode, etc...
Yeah. Sterling Hayden played the wacko General Jack T. Ripper.. And Slim Pickens played the Pilot, (something) 'King' Kong. Though the film's most notable performance comes from Peter Sellers (and his identical siblings Peter Sellers and Peter Sellers ;), George C. Scott is fabulous as the rambunctious and irrepressible Turgidson.
"We cannot allow a Mineshaft gap!"
Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite films, as well as one of the few tolerable-quality Kubrick DVDs.
Mr Scott, I'll miss you, you magnificent bastard..
since it's clearly for drawing the /. effect and driving up impressions. I kinda like junkbuster myself.. like 8-10 regexes kill 80-90% of all ads I see now (including adfu and focalink! ;)
DVD playback is almost reason enough to buy it. But my question is: will it support DTS DVDs?
How about publishing, via subscription, a "Systems Documentation"-style format, like that of the Digital VAXen I recall so fondly? I can find 30' of desk space _somewhere_..
;)
btw: I'm serious. Nice thing about this is since it's dynamically bound, you can pull out obsolete sections and replace them with updates, or you can insert addenda in the appropriate section..
Maybe instead of the shelf of docs, have a X-ring binder (like old PC-DOS documentation) per book or subject, where you can similarly update or insert pages (or put in handwritten ones of your own)..
Of course, the punch-holes would have to be reinforced and the paper may need to be a little heavier-weight, but I think this would rule, particularly for those of us who spend >US$200/yr on ORA books..
ps: I'm dead serious.
Well, isn't the Wassenaar restriction avoided because it's free (beer)? I _suppose_ you could do a binary implementation and give it away for free...
My 3000 is 144MB/6.4GB, built entirely without MS intervention. How?
For moderating, how about:
Even on the Internet, freedom of speech doesn't include the right to spraypaint on public buildings, even if it's valid political speech. Slashdot abusers are vandals IMAO.
... but IEE1394 will live as long as there are DV people out there who want to load video from their cams into their NLE rigs. Also, IEEE1394 is being touted as the Next Big Video Component Connector for home DTV systems. Imagine hooking your Canon XL1 (or my dinky little TRV103) right into your IEEE1394-equipped DVD-RAM or SDTV set?
Screw Apple, I hate 'em, but you can use a different connector and name and not pay the FireWire(tm) tax, just like Sony did with i.Link.. IIRC the Sony connector is 4 pins while the FireWire(tm) connector is 6, but a simple converter cable handles that.
Cheers(tm),