Technically you CAN print RGB - but only on photographic paper. Fujitsu and Durst (I think thats the company name) make machines that drop out this kind of output - "printed" with red green & blue lasers from RGB data.
Depending on your definition of "Printing" those machines will do direct RGB output - but it's hardly useful for magazines, flyers, newspapers, books, and printing on various objects like logos on appliances etc.
And to keep me vaguely on topic - I don't use windows at all. The last time I touched it for much more than showing someone else how to use their own machine was over a year ago.
I carry quite a bit in mine, but I make sure to keep it small. Ugh. Carrying anything more than a watch bothers me.
Perhaps it's some kind of hidden luddite thing, but being laden down with gadgets isn't my idea of fun. I have enough friends who constantly carry mobile phones, a PDA (and a backup dead tree address book), security-blanket-water-bottle, not to mention a digimon keyring, auto keyless entry gadgetry, twenty keys and then the array of various jewelry-like bling.
I swear if it weren't for stretchmarks I'd probably be running around as naked as the day I was born, and happy.
IMHO It's not such a bad joke to run a machine command-line-only for a while, or permanently. The greatest service you can do to your general knowledge of all things computing, is use a broad range of machines/interfaces outside your common experience. When I started with linux, I just accepted it was mostly commandline stuff (that was a year ago) - and for my uses, it mostly still is. I've run PCs, Macs, Linux from only a command line, Linux with a GUI, Amigas, Dos, Windows, Netware - a bit of everything.
Jump into the command line-only thing for a while. run something lightweight on a 486 and enjoy the learning experience:)
33Mhz, 32Mb and a 250mb HD for my debian web server. It's served about 320mb in 24 hours (across a slow-arsed outbound link unfortunately) not long ago and took things in its stride. RAM usage hovers between 8 and 15mb.
Of course, I do go and post links to it here don't I:).
Supposedly I'm partway there - but after putting a pic online - I'm told my room is just too tidy, and I have to redo Geek101: Coke cans and sticky notes.
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Case Mod Collection
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I went peeking around for interesting casemods out of curiosity just recently, and found 99.99% of them are a hole in the side, some spraypaint, and lighting. That's kinda disappointing, considering the creativity that must be out there. There's a lack of machines modded with innovation or, more importantly, individuality.
I'd like to see more extreme-hidden-wiring tricks, curves, chrome mesh, and really nice murals. Yes it's very 1970s van culture, but that didn't hurt anyone first time around:)
HDs don't seem that far behind, what with some extraordinarily high (yet expensive) drives starting to appear. What I'm curious about and could probably find online if I weren't so lazy - are we coming up to a wall of diminishing returns with cpu speeds this quick?. Especially as not everything else is keeping up at the same rates; cache speeds, bus speeds, ram, HD and networking speeds etc. A dual 200Mhz machine may not be as quick as a single 400Mhz, but would a quad 1Ghz way outperform a 4Ghz for example?
And considering the power requirements - that costs!
I was on the atkins diet during 1991/1992, and worked down to my goal weight at the time. It worked well for me when it came to the ability to lose, but the big downfall (and this is a personal preference thing) was the lack of carbs - I just love my carbs:)
Fast forward to 1997, and I weighed 376lbs (no it's not a typo), and this time did Weightwatchers. That worked just as well for me, and I hit goal weight (195lbs - right for my height) again a few years ago. It's curious about the comments on kidney stones, as I've had gallstone problems since - which my current doc puts down to the process of rather quickly losing the incredible amounts of weight from 1997-2000.
Either way, throwing the exercise thing into the mix is a major MAJOR part of losing, if you're over where you should be.
What is up with all the negative articles on MS Hardware?
Take a look at your mouse! Have you ever used an MS Joystick?
I don't so much worry about the quality of the hardware (though I don't use it myself), if switches/routers/etc are as good as the reputation of their other hard stuff then there's no problems there. I think what bothers many people is the issue of trust - how much extra power it gives MS when it comes to who-uses-what. There's not much they could do with a mouse, but would MS network gear attempt to control what network traffic you do and don't see according to MS's wishes? Maybe, maybe not, but I think if there's any company to be suspicious of in intent, it's MS.
As far as command line syntax - it's so similar you could go from linux to NetBSD for a look around the OS without blinking much - certainly less of a change than jumping from linux to say, a windows command prompt:).
It's worth taking a peek at - I think that knowing two similar but different OS's fairly well is near as important as knowing one single one inside out.
Re:may god forgive him for what he has unleashed
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The First Smiley :-)
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I agree with extreme restriction of smileys in formal writing - but not all emails are this formal - as many have said above there's the body language thing we use when saying something amusing, which is part of it - but emails/IMs/chatting online is closer to a conversation. Not only do we tell funnies, we respond to them in realtime/near realtime as well!. A smiley works extraordinarily well there - shorthand for '/me grins'
When I did helpdesk work, that was the advice that kept me sane - remember that people sometimes just don't KNOW. Sure there are morons who'll attempt to cover up the daft things they do, like screwdrivers in cdrom drives and the like... but they're an utter minority. 90% of people just don't completely click with how a computer/gui/etc works. The remaining few know what they're doing, know what needs to be done but have to get hold of situation specific info (passwords and the like)
Any kind of help/tech/admin type who deals with users has to be more than simply a box of knowledge, but able to click with people. See what they know, what they don't, and you can prevent so many problems before they happen. It's as much a skill as working in IT itself
That being said, I did feel like an idiot the few seconds after I once put an axe through my only PC...
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Technically you CAN print RGB - but only on photographic paper. Fujitsu and Durst (I think thats the company name) make machines that drop out this kind of output - "printed" with red green & blue lasers from RGB data.
Depending on your definition of "Printing" those machines will do direct RGB output - but it's hardly useful for magazines, flyers, newspapers, books, and printing on various objects like logos on appliances etc.
And to keep me vaguely on topic - I don't use windows at all. The last time I touched it for much more than showing someone else how to use their own machine was over a year ago.
I carry quite a bit in mine, but I make sure to keep it small. Ugh. Carrying anything more than a watch bothers me.
Perhaps it's some kind of hidden luddite thing, but being laden down with gadgets isn't my idea of fun. I have enough friends who constantly carry mobile phones, a PDA (and a backup dead tree address book), security-blanket-water-bottle, not to mention a digimon keyring, auto keyless entry gadgetry, twenty keys and then the array of various jewelry-like bling.
I swear if it weren't for stretchmarks I'd probably be running around as naked as the day I was born, and happy.
(no I didn't really have a point)
a grrl & her server
Wait until the new RAID striped tapes come out. The future will never be the same!
Real sys admins use a command line anyway (JOKE).
:)
IMHO It's not such a bad joke to run a machine command-line-only for a while, or permanently. The greatest service you can do to your general knowledge of all things computing, is use a broad range of machines/interfaces outside your common experience. When I started with linux, I just accepted it was mostly commandline stuff (that was a year ago) - and for my uses, it mostly still is. I've run PCs, Macs, Linux from only a command line, Linux with a GUI, Amigas, Dos, Windows, Netware - a bit of everything.
Jump into the command line-only thing for a while. run something lightweight on a 486 and enjoy the learning experience
33Mhz, 32Mb and a 250mb HD for my debian web server. It's served about 320mb in 24 hours (across a slow-arsed outbound link unfortunately) not long ago and took things in its stride. RAM usage hovers between 8 and 15mb.
:).
Of course, I do go and post links to it here don't I
pfft. 35 macs in "five or six years". I hadn't touched the things until mid 2000, and now there's 40 hanging around my apartment. They breed.
(ever seen pizzaboxes mating? it's not a pretty sight)
Supposedly I'm partway there - but after putting a pic online - I'm told my room is just too tidy, and I have to redo Geek101: Coke cans and sticky notes.
damn.
Don't get smart with me, young man. It's turtles all the way down.
I wonder how many people hold similar beliefs with regard to their operating systems.
OMG... tux is only the FIRST penguin?
That is quite awesomely unique :D - way well done.
I went peeking around for interesting casemods out of curiosity just recently, and found 99.99% of them are a hole in the side, some spraypaint, and lighting. That's kinda disappointing, considering the creativity that must be out there. There's a lack of machines modded with innovation or, more importantly, individuality.
:)
I'd like to see more extreme-hidden-wiring tricks, curves, chrome mesh, and really nice murals. Yes it's very 1970s van culture, but that didn't hurt anyone first time around
From a design point of view, the thing LOOKS more like a HD with a display tacked on, than an MP3 player with a HD inside.
Not that there's anything wrong with that
a grrl & her server
microsoft own 51% of shares in apple since 1996 i think
Was it nice crack?
a grrl & her server
For their next trick, having pissed off Microsoft and AOL, Lindows will be renaming to iLindows, just to attract attention from Apple
Lawyers - collect the set.
a grrl & her server
Simple - Light can't travel that far at 4.7Ghz
Intel went optical with the P4? tricky devils...
a grrl & her server
HDs don't seem that far behind, what with some extraordinarily high (yet expensive) drives starting to appear. What I'm curious about and could probably find online if I weren't so lazy - are we coming up to a wall of diminishing returns with cpu speeds this quick?. Especially as not everything else is keeping up at the same rates; cache speeds, bus speeds, ram, HD and networking speeds etc. A dual 200Mhz machine may not be as quick as a single 400Mhz, but would a quad 1Ghz way outperform a 4Ghz for example?
And considering the power requirements - that costs!
a grrl & her (26 watt) server
Imagine a beowulf cluster of .ogg players.
a grrl & her server
It would be nice, but perhaps we won't be that lucky. The current g4 duals are horrifically loud, compared to their predecessors.
a grrl & her server
Not quite 7 feet :) - I'm 6'5".
195 is a bit over the top of my weight range, but it's where I feel the most comfortable.
a grrl & her server
Just to add in my few cents worth...
:)
I was on the atkins diet during 1991/1992, and worked down to my goal weight at the time. It worked well for me when it came to the ability to lose, but the big downfall (and this is a personal preference thing) was the lack of carbs - I just love my carbs
Fast forward to 1997, and I weighed 376lbs (no it's not a typo), and this time did Weightwatchers. That worked just as well for me, and I hit goal weight (195lbs - right for my height) again a few years ago. It's curious about the comments on kidney stones, as I've had gallstone problems since - which my current doc puts down to the process of rather quickly losing the incredible amounts of weight from 1997-2000.
Either way, throwing the exercise thing into the mix is a major MAJOR part of losing, if you're over where you should be.
a grrl & her server
What is up with all the negative articles on MS Hardware? Take a look at your mouse! Have you ever used an MS Joystick?
I don't so much worry about the quality of the hardware (though I don't use it myself), if switches/routers/etc are as good as the reputation of their other hard stuff then there's no problems there. I think what bothers many people is the issue of trust - how much extra power it gives MS when it comes to who-uses-what. There's not much they could do with a mouse, but would MS network gear attempt to control what network traffic you do and don't see according to MS's wishes? Maybe, maybe not, but I think if there's any company to be suspicious of in intent, it's MS.
a grrl & her server
It's a far larger amount certainly, but of a fairly small number.
To recap, Australia did 2150 taps in 19million people, the US did 1490 taps on 284 million.
For Australia, that's about one in 10,000 people, compared to about one in 200,000 people for the US
a grrl & her server
As far as command line syntax - it's so similar you could go from linux to NetBSD for a look around the OS without blinking much - certainly less of a change than jumping from linux to say, a windows command prompt :).
It's worth taking a peek at - I think that knowing two similar but different OS's fairly well is near as important as knowing one single one inside out.
a grrl & her server
I agree with extreme restriction of smileys in formal writing - but not all emails are this formal - as many have said above there's the body language thing we use when saying something amusing, which is part of it - but emails/IMs/chatting online is closer to a conversation. Not only do we tell funnies, we respond to them in realtime/near realtime as well!. A smiley works extraordinarily well there - shorthand for '/me grins'
a grrl & her server
Swing hard, close your eyes... and go "fuck that was dumb" :)
Technically it was an amiga, not a 'PC' - all plastic.
a grrl & her server
When I did helpdesk work, that was the advice that kept me sane - remember that people sometimes just don't KNOW. Sure there are morons who'll attempt to cover up the daft things they do, like screwdrivers in cdrom drives and the like... but they're an utter minority. 90% of people just don't completely click with how a computer/gui/etc works. The remaining few know what they're doing, know what needs to be done but have to get hold of situation specific info (passwords and the like)
...
Any kind of help/tech/admin type who deals with users has to be more than simply a box of knowledge, but able to click with people. See what they know, what they don't, and you can prevent so many problems before they happen. It's as much a skill as working in IT itself
That being said, I did feel like an idiot the few seconds after I once put an axe through my only PC
a grrl & her server