the idea of lots of disks always spinning is just moronic for home-users! we are NOT a data center!
I agree, and I used to have my media server under XP and the disks would sleep unless accessed. But for the last few years I'm Linux all the way (work/home/laptop/media server). And no matter what I try, the disks won't ever spin down. If I send a low-level SLEEP command with smartctl, it spins down and then right back up within 10 seconds. I've researched this problem without solution. Maybe someone here is brighter than me.
It's 300 bucks, it was produced by a committee financed by tax payer's money, it's a pdf, not even a printed book. It's an open standard and will be needed by a lot of developers who want or must write standard compliant code. This is EXACTLY the thing RMS means when he is shouting his song.
Grab the original file from here.
RMS is so often right it's not even funny anymore.
"All passengers waiting to check in speak to a polyglot agent. The agents, most of whom are female, ask a series of questions, looking for nerves or inconsistent statements. While the vast majority of travelers pass the question and answer session and have a pretty easy time going through security"
I had heard about Israel's security reputation in terms of efficiency while not being too much of a pain in the ass (well, as long as you are not a palestinian I guess). I went there recently so I paid attention and that was certainly true. First of all there was nobody else going through security at that time, so that certainly helped. The guy was friendly but asked pointed questions like: "what's your wife's name?". And I noticed he was focused and paying close attention to my hands as I spoke.
you'd be better off with a dedicated hiking/biking GPS otherwise once your smartphone slides out of your pocket (or out of the handlebar holder)
I fall often enough that a handlebar holder would break daily. And the satellite/3D view is very nice when lost^H^H exploring. The most convenient way is to use a holder with a vertical velcro that I attach to the main strap on one side of the backpack, very low and close to the body. I can't see it while riding, but the running voice commentary of the GPS software gives me an idea of the distances involved. Nice and convenient.
It's not an 'approach to systems', it's a reflection on the relevancy of software proof in the real world. And FYI, I write nuclear power plant control/command software...
My personal objective is in part to do away with the greed, corruption and incompetence that permeates the software industry.
Strange, it strikes me as one of the least corrupted industries around, certainly far below, say, oil, banking, agro, pharma... Certainly not something I'd take up a fight against besides criticizing Microsoft business practices and Apple closed garden. Care to elaborate ?
Incidents like this are why I've always considered 'software proof' to be worthless drivel. I do data acquisition and control/command software, but if your sensors give you garbage, how can you expect the software to behave properly ? Garbage in, garbage out.
Strange, I'd expect the high perf products (read: the high RPM disks) to have much lower life expectancy than the 'eco' lines which run at 5400 RPM. Or is it just a marketing gimmick to claim the opposite because of the highermargin ? So, which is which ?
For all the weird chars, I used to know all the Windows Alt codes by heart, but since moving to Linux I found out that setting the useless Caps-Lock key as a compose key is the best thing since sliced bread. It's so intuitive, it's surprising. I've never typed an Eszett in my life and I got it rith on the first try just now: Compose-s-s. Same for everything: Compose-`-e gives you an e with an accent. Compose-?-? gives you an upside down question mark. Compose-=-e gives you the Euro sign, etc... The order doesn't matter. On a Mac keyboard I can't even figure out how to type a pipe symbol in bash.
Where do you find somebody who's never used a computer nowadays ?!? Either it's a complete idiot who will NEVER be able to use a computer properly and hence we should NOT hear his opinion on the matter. Or it's something as rare as somebody who's never drunk a coke. Now that reminds me of a Coca-Cola ad campaign a decade or so ago... But they had to look.
If I give $10 they will spend that same money trying to solicit me for more. It's impossible to get them to stop. They can't spend my time.
Yeah. As a self-centered asshole, I rarely give, but the few times I gave it came back in the form of snail-mail asking for more money for a DECADE afterwards. And now they are even retorting to marketing techniques that piss me off even more: they send you something _valuable_ in the mail and ask for a donation at the same time. A large world map. A space blanket. A light-reflective emergency jacket. Etc... Just to make you feel guilty of wasting _their_ money if you don't pay it back (plus extra). If I wasn't lazy I'd send it back with some witty message, but I'm just pissed enough to keep it and never give again. Now tell me again, why are charities permitted to hire marketers ?!?
This is important because some people might not have seen an email from DynDNS for a decade or more, and will be very surprised when their things stop working after all this time.
Happened to me recently: I went on vacation for a few weeks and the home server croaked in the meanwhile. No ddclient update for a month -> end of dyndns service. Plenty of things didn't work when I got back for this very reason.
I've put the various PCs of family members on DynDNS a long time ago, so I can ssh into their boxes when they have a problem. So now that they are cutting back, I'm being forced to shell money. It's a useful service, I just hope it's not more than a $ or so a month. I'm just sad to see all the free internet of the 90s disapear little by little.
The "known challenges" aren't technological, but social (economic and political).
Right they are, but not only. For a good lead on social aspects, I recommand reading about winterover missions to Antarctica. My own site or, must better, Big Dead Place.
In other words, ask not whether religion makes "people" more ethical, ask whether religion makes me more ethical
Hmmm, are you trying to say that if you'd been educated outside of religion, you, personally, would have been unethical ? I don't see how to read your answer otherwise.
And name one wicked action committed in opposition to religion. Also easy.
OK, I;'ll grant you that one. But... if we start making lists of wicked actions I'm pretty sure which one will be the longest.
UK citizens should build their own and point them at all the cameras. Instant privacy.
Oh, that's the first interesting use for those 1 watt laser pointers I've seen. Could we even automate it so it points to lenses (hence CCDs) automatically ?
, have you ever walked up to a Christian and told them the story of Christmas, and had them completely surprised because it's the first time they'd heard it?
Yes, often. Let's see:
It took the date from all the midwinter celebration when the day start getting longer. Personally I wish they'd put it back on its proper date: dec 21st, but I don't mind.
It took many of its celebrations from roman Saturnalia.
It took some of its traditions from up north (the tree), when I don't believe Jesus has visited.
It's named after a guy who nobody (not even christians) believe was actually born on that day.
Its human symbol 'Santa' is a guy different from Christ, although he worked for him.
The costume of Santa (red and white) was invented by Coca-Cola advertisers.
What it stands for should more appropriately be called 'Giftmas'.
So what are we left with that's really Christian ? The name and that's about it. That's why as an active atheist I don't have a problem celebrating Christmas.
I'm on ADSL. My IP address changes every few hours. Meaning I've got the 'same' IP as about 20 million other people. I foresaw this kind of crap a long time ago, so much so that I have a script that logs my public IP every minute in case sometimes comes knocking at the door. At least I can have a lawyer show the log. For what it's worth.
Yes.
How to breath new life in an old laptop when you cannot find IDE SSDs but only SATA SSDs ? Get a ZIF to IDE adapter and a ZIF SSD. With some chewing gum you are all set: my 7 year old HP laptop now boots in under 10 seconds with Kubuntu.
[...] the accent in North America has changed far less, and thus remains closer to how Elizabethan English would have been spoken [...]
I've heard the same argument applied to french as spoken in Quebec vs the one in France. Namely that small groups (colonies) evolve their language slower, thus remaining closer to the root language. But I have serious doubts. If this were true, then it would apply to all colonies, hence the US, OZ and NZ would talk with accents reflecting the date of the founding and I don't think that's the case. I mean, look at the US and Canada. Founded at the same time, so they should have the same accent, right ?
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I had same issue. Disable smart in Bios and kill or tweak smartd in linux.
If you disable SMART in BIOS, can you still use SMART in the OS ?
Where are mod points when you need them...
the idea of lots of disks always spinning is just moronic for home-users! we are NOT a data center!
I agree, and I used to have my media server under XP and the disks would sleep unless accessed. But for the last few years I'm Linux all the way (work/home/laptop/media server). And no matter what I try, the disks won't ever spin down. If I send a low-level SLEEP command with smartctl, it spins down and then right back up within 10 seconds. I've researched this problem without solution. Maybe someone here is brighter than me.
It's 300 bucks, it was produced by a committee financed by tax payer's money, it's a pdf, not even a printed book. It's an open standard and will be needed by a lot of developers who want or must write standard compliant code. This is EXACTLY the thing RMS means when he is shouting his song. Grab the original file from here.
RMS is so often right it's not even funny anymore.
"All passengers waiting to check in speak to a polyglot agent. The agents, most of whom are female, ask a series of questions, looking for nerves or inconsistent statements. While the vast majority of travelers pass the question and answer session and have a pretty easy time going through security"
I had heard about Israel's security reputation in terms of efficiency while not being too much of a pain in the ass (well, as long as you are not a palestinian I guess). I went there recently so I paid attention and that was certainly true. First of all there was nobody else going through security at that time, so that certainly helped. The guy was friendly but asked pointed questions like: "what's your wife's name?". And I noticed he was focused and paying close attention to my hands as I spoke.
you'd be better off with a dedicated hiking/biking GPS otherwise once your smartphone slides out of your pocket (or out of the handlebar holder)
I fall often enough that a handlebar holder would break daily. And the satellite/3D view is very nice when lost^H^H exploring. The most convenient way is to use a holder with a vertical velcro that I attach to the main strap on one side of the backpack, very low and close to the body. I can't see it while riding, but the running voice commentary of the GPS software gives me an idea of the distances involved. Nice and convenient.
Man who does not need bells and whistles says bells and whistles not needed. Story at 11.
Yeah, it completely depends on usage. As an example, here's mine:
I need every 'smart' function except for the 'calling' ability itself. Your mileage may vary.
It's not an 'approach to systems', it's a reflection on the relevancy of software proof in the real world. And FYI, I write nuclear power plant control/command software...
My personal objective is in part to do away with the greed, corruption and incompetence that permeates the software industry.
Strange, it strikes me as one of the least corrupted industries around, certainly far below, say, oil, banking, agro, pharma... Certainly not something I'd take up a fight against besides criticizing Microsoft business practices and Apple closed garden. Care to elaborate ?
Not there on localized keyboard. Hence why I always prefer US keyboards for programming anyway, no matter what the OS.
Incidents like this are why I've always considered 'software proof' to be worthless drivel. I do data acquisition and control/command software, but if your sensors give you garbage, how can you expect the software to behave properly ? Garbage in, garbage out.
Strange, I'd expect the high perf products (read: the high RPM disks) to have much lower life expectancy than the 'eco' lines which run at 5400 RPM. Or is it just a marketing gimmick to claim the opposite because of the highermargin ? So, which is which ?
For all the weird chars, I used to know all the Windows Alt codes by heart, but since moving to Linux I found out that setting the useless Caps-Lock key as a compose key is the best thing since sliced bread. It's so intuitive, it's surprising. I've never typed an Eszett in my life and I got it rith on the first try just now: Compose-s-s. Same for everything: Compose-`-e gives you an e with an accent. Compose-?-? gives you an upside down question mark. Compose-=-e gives you the Euro sign, etc... The order doesn't matter. On a Mac keyboard I can't even figure out how to type a pipe symbol in bash.
Where do you find somebody who's never used a computer nowadays ?!? Either it's a complete idiot who will NEVER be able to use a computer properly and hence we should NOT hear his opinion on the matter. Or it's something as rare as somebody who's never drunk a coke. Now that reminds me of a Coca-Cola ad campaign a decade or so ago... But they had to look.
If I give $10 they will spend that same money trying to solicit me for more. It's impossible to get them to stop. They can't spend my time.
Yeah. As a self-centered asshole, I rarely give, but the few times I gave it came back in the form of snail-mail asking for more money for a DECADE afterwards. And now they are even retorting to marketing techniques that piss me off even more: they send you something _valuable_ in the mail and ask for a donation at the same time. A large world map. A space blanket. A light-reflective emergency jacket. Etc... Just to make you feel guilty of wasting _their_ money if you don't pay it back (plus extra). If I wasn't lazy I'd send it back with some witty message, but I'm just pissed enough to keep it and never give again. Now tell me again, why are charities permitted to hire marketers ?!?
This is important because some people might not have seen an email from DynDNS for a decade or more, and will be very surprised when their things stop working after all this time.
Happened to me recently: I went on vacation for a few weeks and the home server croaked in the meanwhile. No ddclient update for a month -> end of dyndns service. Plenty of things didn't work when I got back for this very reason.
I've put the various PCs of family members on DynDNS a long time ago, so I can ssh into their boxes when they have a problem. So now that they are cutting back, I'm being forced to shell money. It's a useful service, I just hope it's not more than a $ or so a month. I'm just sad to see all the free internet of the 90s disapear little by little.
The "known challenges" aren't technological, but social (economic and political).
Right they are, but not only. For a good lead on social aspects, I recommand reading about winterover missions to Antarctica. My own site or, must better, Big Dead Place.
In other words, ask not whether religion makes "people" more ethical, ask whether religion makes me more ethical
Hmmm, are you trying to say that if you'd been educated outside of religion, you, personally, would have been unethical ? I don't see how to read your answer otherwise.
And name one wicked action committed in opposition to religion. Also easy.
OK, I;'ll grant you that one. But... if we start making lists of wicked actions I'm pretty sure which one will be the longest.
UK citizens should build their own and point them at all the cameras. Instant privacy.
Oh, that's the first interesting use for those 1 watt laser pointers I've seen. Could we even automate it so it points to lenses (hence CCDs) automatically ?
Wouldn't it be more accurate to measure output per surface area rather than per country or per capita ? I just don't think there's a fair method.
, have you ever walked up to a Christian and told them the story of Christmas, and had them completely surprised because it's the first time they'd heard it?
Yes, often. Let's see:
So what are we left with that's really Christian ? The name and that's about it. That's why as an active atheist I don't have a problem celebrating Christmas.
I'm on ADSL. My IP address changes every few hours. Meaning I've got the 'same' IP as about 20 million other people. I foresaw this kind of crap a long time ago, so much so that I have a script that logs my public IP every minute in case sometimes comes knocking at the door. At least I can have a lawyer show the log. For what it's worth.
Yes.
How to breath new life in an old laptop when you cannot find IDE SSDs but only SATA SSDs ? Get a ZIF to IDE adapter and a ZIF SSD. With some chewing gum you are all set: my 7 year old HP laptop now boots in under 10 seconds with Kubuntu.
[...] the accent in North America has changed far less, and thus remains closer to how Elizabethan English would have been spoken [...]
I've heard the same argument applied to french as spoken in Quebec vs the one in France. Namely that small groups (colonies) evolve their language slower, thus remaining closer to the root language. But I have serious doubts. If this were true, then it would apply to all colonies, hence the US, OZ and NZ would talk with accents reflecting the date of the founding and I don't think that's the case. I mean, look at the US and Canada. Founded at the same time, so they should have the same accent, right ?