My experience was pretty much the same. I was going to Target to get an umbrella, and I noticed there is a game store next to it.. I walked in, asked if GTA:SA was out or not (I knew it was due out this week some time). There were only about 5 people in the whole store. I asked if they carried GTA, and they asked if I preordered. I said no, and was just about to walk out (I'm not desperate, I could have held out a few weeks), when they pulled a copy off the shelf for me. The clerk then proceeded to try to sell me the Strategy Guide (20% off!), scratch insurance ($3), and if I put in a $5 deposit for Halo 2, I could win an X-box. Needless to say, I went home with just my game and an umbrella.
I'm a long time user of Linux (since '93 or so), and I've never really had a need to use FreeBSD. This article treats FreeBSD as the second (or first, depeding on your religion) coming of Christ. The article tell us that "The new FreeBSD 5 branch offers some exciting technology, generally regarded as comparable with or superior to what is offered in Linux", but doesn't even give a hint as to what this technology is, only that it is "tantalizing".
Since "it has a bright future ahead of it", can someone name a few of these killer features? It would be interesting to see if any of them could be added to Linux, as well...
Standard Gentoo "Don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS" post.
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Don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86", use Mr. Dodd's other suggestion,/etc/portage/package.keywords instead. If you do use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, and do something like "emerge -D", it will attempt to "upgrade" all of the dependencies of that package...
Stranded in the middle of nowhere? no problemo: one pit stop at Taco Bell, wait 20 minutes, find a discreet corner behind the Taco Bell building, open the tank and presto, you're good for another 100 miles.
Why bother waiting 20 minutes? Just throw the taco/burrito/chalupa in the tank and go!
Bluetooth caller ID on your watch would be nice, but you'd still have to reach for your head/handset..
Or, depending on the caller, maybe not.:^)
If I went for a Seiko kinetic (for those not in the know - it doesn't need batteries, it recharges off the energy of your daily arm movements), I'd go for an ultra-flat model though, rather than the bling-bling.
I think most kinetic watches need to be somewhat bulky, in order to hold the weights and power generation gearing.
I like the design of this watch. I looked for a long time to find a watch that was modestly priced, and not the standard 20-something standard-issue "got my first well-paying job" watch that everyoneelse has. So I got a Seiko Arctura. I would like a watch like this Tissot, but it would be much more attractive for me if it dumped the MSN feature, and added Bluetooth, so it could sync with my calendar, automatically set alarms, display the caller-id from my cell phone, etc...
I can accomplish the same thing with binary packages if they are properly made, as in the example of postfix
I agree- Debian was my distribution of choice for years. But this level of packaging is all too rare, and it ultimately drove me away from using Debian in favor of Gentoo. For example, take gaim. The Debian package requires the ESD library. The unstable packagerequires libaspell. I don't use either. Unless I downloaded the source package, tweaked the build files, and compiled it, I would have to install these extra packages that I may not want to have on my system for one reason or another.
gentoo's strenth is its' ability to squeeze 0.0008 percent more processing power out of your 2.4ghz computer
Actually, that is not Gentoo's primary strength. Its strength is from the amount of flexibility that portage provides for package dependency. With binary-oriented distributions, you are forced to use the same configuration settings that were chosen by the package maintainer. Portage has the concept of "USES", which is basically a list of flags that the build uses to figure out what options to use during compilation. For example, many packages can be integrated with GNOME. I don't use GNOME. With other distributions, if the package was built with GNOME dependencies, I'd be forced to install GNOME. If the package was built without GNOME, some GNOME user wouldn't be able to take advantage of GNOME-specific features. With Portage, you can specify via the USES variable whether or not you want to have a dependancy on GNOME or not. As a side effect, you get the CPU-optimization "for free".
This might be EXTREMELY useful for corporate LAN/WAN's
Sun's SunRay has been doing this for years; you simply carry around your smart card, and insert it into your local terminal. All of your preferences travel with you. From their FAQ:
Sun Ray ultra-thin clients also support "Hot Desking," providing users with immediate access to their unique sessions from any Sun Ray ultra-thin client in their workgroup.
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The eye is also sensitive enough to detect individual photons under correct circumstances.
How does Cloudscape/Derby compare with the other open source Java database engine, HSQL?
My experience was pretty much the same. I was going to Target to get an umbrella, and I noticed there is a game store next to it.. I walked in, asked if GTA:SA was out or not (I knew it was due out this week some time). There were only about 5 people in the whole store. I asked if they carried GTA, and they asked if I preordered. I said no, and was just about to walk out (I'm not desperate, I could have held out a few weeks), when they pulled a copy off the shelf for me. The clerk then proceeded to try to sell me the Strategy Guide (20% off!), scratch insurance ($3), and if I put in a $5 deposit for Halo 2, I could win an X-box. Needless to say, I went home with just my game and an umbrella.
Oh, and the BMX bike rocks.
Excellent. Thanks for the link to the release notes. If only the article mentioned some of these things...
I'm a long time user of Linux (since '93 or so), and I've never really had a need to use FreeBSD. This article treats FreeBSD as the second (or first, depeding on your religion) coming of Christ. The article tell us that "The new FreeBSD 5 branch offers some exciting technology, generally regarded as comparable with or superior to what is offered in Linux", but doesn't even give a hint as to what this technology is, only that it is "tantalizing".
Since "it has a bright future ahead of it", can someone name a few of these killer features? It would be interesting to see if any of them could be added to Linux, as well...
Can Cherry OS run Virtual PC?
Bungie has had a team of 55 people working on the game for at least 16 hours a day to make sure it was ready in time.
So, I guess there won't be many bugs in the final product then, right?
This guy became the "first peacetime atom bomb" fatality by dropping a brick on a ball of plutonium.
While the desktops are updated, the updates aren't dynamic
This wouldn't be a problem if it can be modified to use the freedesktop.org X Composite Extension and X Damage Extension.
Sweet! I had this back in the day.
One resource you should check out and possibly incorporate is the Infrastructures.Org practices for reproducable configuration management.
Thinkgeek, OWNED by OSDN
That's OSTG, you insensitive clod!
Don't use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86", use Mr. Dodd's other suggestion, /etc/portage/package.keywords instead. If you do use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, and do something like "emerge -D", it will attempt to "upgrade" all of the dependencies of that package...
The hungry neighbors rush in and devour your corpse.
Just like NetHack!
k - a human corpse named Fred.--More--
Eat the human corpse named Fred [yn]?
Good to see COMMAND.COM, MORE.COM, and EDLIN.COM are all live and kicking.
Looks like these guys need to go back to school themselves so they can figure out how to write proper HTML.
>an excrement-powered scooter.
Stranded in the middle of nowhere? no problemo: one pit stop at Taco Bell, wait 20 minutes, find a discreet corner behind the Taco Bell building, open the tank and presto, you're good for another 100 miles.
Why bother waiting 20 minutes? Just throw the taco/burrito/chalupa in the tank and go!
Here's what the machine looks like with the case removed. Quite compact.
Bluetooth caller ID on your watch would be nice, but you'd still have to reach for your head/handset..
:^)
Or, depending on the caller, maybe not.
If I went for a Seiko kinetic (for those not in the know - it doesn't need batteries, it recharges off the energy of your daily arm movements), I'd go for an ultra-flat model though, rather than the bling-bling.
I think most kinetic watches need to be somewhat bulky, in order to hold the weights and power generation gearing.
I like the design of this watch. I looked for a long time to find a watch that was modestly priced, and not the standard 20-something standard-issue "got my first well-paying job" watch that everyone else has. So I got a Seiko Arctura. I would like a watch like this Tissot, but it would be much more attractive for me if it dumped the MSN feature, and added Bluetooth, so it could sync with my calendar, automatically set alarms, display the caller-id from my cell phone, etc...
I can accomplish the same thing with binary packages if they are properly made, as in the example of postfix
I agree- Debian was my distribution of choice for years. But this level of packaging is all too rare, and it ultimately drove me away from using Debian in favor of Gentoo. For example, take gaim. The Debian package requires the ESD library. The unstable package requires libaspell. I don't use either. Unless I downloaded the source package, tweaked the build files, and compiled it, I would have to install these extra packages that I may not want to have on my system for one reason or another.
Ask these guys.
gentoo's strenth is its' ability to squeeze 0.0008 percent more processing power out of your 2.4ghz computer
Actually, that is not Gentoo's primary strength. Its strength is from the amount of flexibility that portage provides for package dependency. With binary-oriented distributions, you are forced to use the same configuration settings that were chosen by the package maintainer. Portage has the concept of "USES", which is basically a list of flags that the build uses to figure out what options to use during compilation. For example, many packages can be integrated with GNOME. I don't use GNOME. With other distributions, if the package was built with GNOME dependencies, I'd be forced to install GNOME. If the package was built without GNOME, some GNOME user wouldn't be able to take advantage of GNOME-specific features. With Portage, you can specify via the USES variable whether or not you want to have a dependancy on GNOME or not. As a side effect, you get the CPU-optimization "for free".
He's not.
A DVD is 120mm in diameter, and the hole has a diameter of 15mm. And they're 1.2mm thick.
Google knows all.
This might be EXTREMELY useful for corporate LAN/WAN's
Sun's SunRay has been doing this for years; you simply carry around your smart card, and insert it into your local terminal. All of your preferences travel with you. From their FAQ:
Sun Ray ultra-thin clients also support "Hot Desking," providing users with immediate access to their unique sessions from any Sun Ray ultra-thin client in their workgroup.