User: cyber_rigger

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On: What Will Be in Linux 2.7?

would be nice.

Re:human readable ? Reiser vs ext3

On: Linux File System Shootout

Reiser is nice until it crashes (power failure).

I've had one reiser file system failure.
I use ext3 now. I haven't had any problems with it at all.

Slow is infinitely faster than not at all.

Re:If you want a wing

On: NASA's New Space Wheels

Many Ram gliding wing (air parachutes)
are exceeding the reliability of "conventional" round parachutes
and far exceeding the carrying capacity per pack volume.

The bulk of ram airs is less much .

Parachutes are very compact. The payload would not be an issuse.

A release and redeploy of an additional reserve ram air would be possible.

This would square your reliability. If you had 1 malfunction/500 deployments
then carrying 2 parachute would give you 1 malfunction per 500*500 deployments

i.e. 1 failure per 250,000 deployments (less dangerous than driving a car 500 miles)

BTW ram airs are now considered to be the "normal" parachutes.

If you want a wing

On: NASA's New Space Wheels

If you want a wing to glide to the ground and land accurately

then why not just use a ram air parachute (like a sport parachute).

They are very steerable and can provide accurate landings at an airport.

Just put a big one on the returning capsule.

That would be a hell of a lot cheaper.

Damn

On: New Anti-Swap CDs Hit Shelves

I'll have to install Wine just to get my CD to not work.

Cheaper than the Simputer

On: State Of The Simputer

The Simputer is a neat idea
but who is going to buy them
if you can already get something cheaper/faster
with more storage?

Here is a 1.2 Duron with a 20 gig drive for $200 US.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product _id=2138700&cat=86796&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3 944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796

Of course if you have no place to plug it in
then you're hosed.

FWIW Here is the Federal Version

On: Microsoft-Antitrust.gov Opens for Public

Here is the Federal Version

http://thetc.org/

The Netcraft Study

On: Windows Cheaper When Studied by MSFT Analysts

Of course the Netcraft study shows that

only Microsoft can afford the more EXPENSIVE

Linux based server caching (Akamai)

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.micr osoft.com

Try out the other 4 flavors

On: Everyone Needs a Personal Server

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008RCNI.01.MZ ZZZZZZ.jpg

Seriously, this is a neat idea to have a pocket server
especially if someone asks to see your website.

You can just take it out of your pocket and show them.

He also has Superhuman Powers

On: The Most Famous Geek in IT

He can even change his Color Balance without moving his hands.

Moore's Law

On: Sony's Linux DVR Can Record Two Weeks of TV

15 years from now PVRs will hold more information than we could watch in a lifetime

Re:What's the big deal?

On: Amphibious Car Beats Urban Congestion

Where's the flying cars?

What about Renting it out

On: Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music

If I buy a song for $.99 it seems like I could rent it out for about 10 cents a week. I could start a downloaded music rental company and be a dot-com gazillionare.

Copyright law is civil not criminal

On: RIAA Prepares Legal Blitz Against Filesharers

At least the last time I checked.

The 'Tree' file system came from Unix not Windows

On: How Do You Organize Your Data?

I organize my data by remembering good keywords for Google searches.

Re:Christian Science Monitor

On: New Theory on Water Strider Propulsion

They just follow Jesus' example and walk on water.

Insert SCO joke here.

For christ's sake

On: Jesus Castillo, Supreme Court, And Free Speech

It's some paper with ink on it. I think we need a reality check here.

Re:What the heck *is* FUD anyway? (Amdahl)

On: Meet Martin Taylor Of Microsoft's Open Source Test Lab

FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) was coined by Gene Amdahl about IBM.

Re:Hmm.. it's called Terminal Velocity

On: Skydiving Across the English Channel

That's the speed you are going when you hit the Airport Terminal.

Re:Hmm.. You use your body to slow down

On: Skydiving Across the English Channel

Parachutes will explode if deployed over a certain speed. Most are recommended to open under 150 knots.

A skydivers must first use their body position to slow to a safe deployment speed. It usually only takes a few seconds.

Re:Leo Valentin FWIW

On: Skydiving Across the English Channel

Here is Leo Valentin's 1950s version

Leo Valentin FWIW

On: Skydiving Across the English Channel

The pioneer of this idea was Leo Valentin. He made several rigid wing skydives in the 1950s.

Try this startx Hack (I call it startxx)

On: Apple Tries to Patent Fast User Switching

This starts an X session on top of the current console-----> startx -- :`tty|tail -c 2` vt`tty|tail -c 2`

Re:Downloaded Music has NO copyright notice

On: Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users

IMO downloaded music doesn't fit into any of these "formats" since it doesn't have a place to stamp the copyright symbol. [--The word "phonorecord" includes cassette tapes, CDs, LPs, 45 r. p. m. disks, as well as other formats.--]

Downloaded Music has NO copyright notice

On: Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users

If I download a piece of music how am I supposed to know it is copyrighted? Video has a copyright notice at the beginning (FBI warning, etc.). Music does not....... The recording industry should be required to have a spoken copyright notice before each song. Then go after anyone who removes the notice NOT the someone who has no clue that it was copyrighted.