Why can't people just take a movie for what it is? These aren't documentaries, you know.
I agree that some movies push it a bit too far, but did people really go into The Hulk expecting to come out saying, "holy crap, I want to go get induced with gamma rays now!"
Personally I don't see the big whoop. Although I hope I'm still alive when the gameplay itself has graphics like that of the cinematics in these game movies. Remember the trailer at the beginning of Quake 3: Arena? I nearly shite myself a the thought of gameplay someday being that detailed and intense. Will it ever?
What's been really making my life hell at work is when our "info@..." mail alias gets used as a spoofed return address. Our CEO is on this list, and of course he panics thinking someone in our company sent out a virus. Then he wants me to show him how I know for sure it's not us. *sigh*
Luckily my direct boss, the VP, doesn't let him pull that kind of crap often, and puts him in his place.
Once someone catches on that a piece of software is sending such information to its publisher, it won't be long before someone's spoofing that information and sending it to the publisher, getting innocent people in trouble.
The closest thing I've seen to a versioning filesystem that works in Linux is Katie. Katie stores its data in postgresql and uses NFS to loop it back as a filesystem of normal looking files, hidden directories for access to old versions, and command a line program for doing all other CVS-ish functions (although not as lenghty).
There's an abandoned project called SnapFS that worked as an extension of the ext3 filesystem, but it seems long dead. There's more mention of it here as well.
Hmmm...doing some Googling, I found this page that may have a useable download, but it's in alpha form.
It also looks like you can use LVM to create snapshots as well. I'll have to look at that more myself.
I have a similar fond-less memory regarding Pac-Man for the Atari. I remember making a big stink about hoping to get it for my birthday. My proud parents watched as my wishes came true, opening my present -- that was, until I played the game. I seem to recall my face turning beet red in embarassment at the nerve Atari had to hype me up to get this game.
Thankfully I also got some money for my birthday so I could go to the arcade and play the real thing some more.
Check out the 'README.SCO' file with the latest distribution:
As all users of GCC will know, SCO has recently made claims concerning
alleged copyright infringement by recent versions of the operating
system kernel called Linux. SCO has made irresponsible public
statements about this supposed copyright infringement without
releasing any evidence of the infringement, and has demanded that
users of Linux, the kernel most often used with the GNU system, pay
for a license. This license is incompatible with the GPL, and in the
opinion of the Free Software Foundation such a demand unquestionably
violates the GNU General Public License under which the kernel is
distributed.
We have been urged to drop support for SCO Unix from this release of
GCC, as a protest against this irresponsible aggression against free
software and GNU/Linux. However, the direct effect of this action
would fall on users of GCC rather than on SCO. For the moment, we
have decided not to take that action. The Free Software Foundation's
overriding goal is to protect the freedom of the free software
community, including developers and users, but we also want to serve
users. Protecting the community from an attack sometimes requires
steps that will inconvenience some in the community. Such a step is
not yet necessary, in our view, but we cannot indefinitely continue to
ignore the aggression against our community taken by a party that has
long profited from the commercial distribution of our programs. We
urge users of SCO Unix to make clear to SCO their disapproval of the
company's aggression against the free software community. We will
have a further announcement concerning continuing support of SCO Unix
by GCC before our next release.
(Ewww...Now that I look at the subject I used, there're probably a lot of pervs reading this thread now. *shrug*.)
Anyway, just keep a paperclip nearby to shove in the CDROM's manual eject hole to get the CD out. I'm not saying this is a solution mind you -- I totally agree that it's a bitch of a problem not being able to use the normal means for ejecting the CD. Heck, some CD drives come with a nice little MEH key!
I would've liked to have seen a design with a cartoon troll (something like this) staring at a computer screen and a post on Slashdot that's moderated as "Troll". Then have a thought bubble over his head: "Hrm. Slashdot. How do they always know."
I dunno. Something like that. Not like I refined the idea or anything.
"You buy a new digital camera, and are unaware that there is currently a $100 rebate available for that camera...."
Yes, this reminds me of similar situations here. If someone buys, say, a printer or computer for the company through Dell, and Dell offers a monetary rebate (say, $100) for filling out a simple form, no way in hell is that rebate property of the person who sent it in. That's essentially stealing from the company.
Tell that to every PSX owner who has to put their systems upside-down and then pray to get their game to work. Or the countless people (myself included) who's PS2s refuse to read any discs.
Honestly, the only time I've heard this happening to people with the PS is when they put a mod chip in it and then use normal silver or gold CD's, which the PS was never intended to play (rather than the PS-specific black ones), causing the motor to weaken or burn out.
My wife has worked with ADHD kids and tells me this is the best thing she's seen to focus and motivate them to produce (other than intrisic motivation, which is of course the best motivator, but this technique does lead to intrisic motivation).
Think about what you should be able to accomplish in 15 minutes. Set an egg-timer for 15 minutes, and do that task you visualized. You can eventually work up to larger increments. You'll probably find yourself beating the timer in some cases.
I know it sounds simplistic, but knowing that pressure seems to be a large motivator for you, the motivation of knowing that bell is going to go off sounds like it might do the trick. This stuff works on adults as well as children. In my wife's experience, it's never failed her (with her students).
You say you got rid of TV, etc., and then say:
"If it is computer work, the web is always a click away, and I can always escape to my imagination."
So how about doing your computer work offline? Unplug the computer from the cable modem or switch, and do your work on that. Do you really need to be online to do that work?
4. Switch to Light beer (Ugh). Yes, I know, it sucks, but it will save you in the long run in two ways: 1. light beer has half of the calories of regular beer, and 2. usually light beers are domestics, so they tend to cost less at bars and the store than pricey (yet oh so tasty) imported beers.
I used to have a beer or three after work on Fridays with friends, then more throughout the weekend depending on what was going on. Once I cut out just those 1-3 beers on Friday, I noticed a HUGE difference in weight loss.
I've often considered getting a desk in my office that can be easily raised/lowered so I can choose to stand to work rather than sit on my arse all day. Sure it's not the same as moving around, but I have to think it helps somewhat with the ass-shaped-like-a-seat-cushion syndrome.
Then again, you don't want to stand for 10 hours a day, else you're apt to get varicose veins in your legs over time.
And as the original poster mentioned -- get up and walk. Take the long way to the meeting room. Always take the stairs to get from floor to floor. Get a stress ball and squeeze it while you read Slashdot. If you're a sysadmin, find an excuse to lug monitors around all day.
The problem I seem to always have with Color laser printers is the lack of true photo quality printing. I have a Tektronix Phaser 5400 at work, and an HP OfficeJet G ink-jet at home. The OfficeJet actually doubles as a photocopier. I once photocopied an actual photo with it on its next-to-highest setting, then cut it out to the same size as the photo I copied. I was happily suprised when I showed the photos side-by-side to people, and more people thought the copy was the true photo!
The color laser, however, just has never been able to print that quality. I've never timed it exactly, but from the time you send a one-page job to the Tektronix to the time it warms up (ooohhh...that annoying whining and whining it makes -- you know what I mean if you own one of these) and prints is about 5 full minutes or more. It's crazy. This is the 2nd Tektronix we've owned, and they're both the same.
Perhaps other color laser printers are better -- as they should be -- but the Tektronix ones that we've used bite it. If you want close to (or better than for some reason in my case) photo quality printing, you have to stick with ink-jet or pay many thousands of dollars, not to mention a hefty maintenance contract on it once warranty's up (unless you're interested in really getting in the guts of one of those suckers. Personally I absolutely HATE printer maintenance.)
Funny side story -- I once worked at a company that required all sysadmins to wear a tie to work. Although I hated it, I did as I was told, seeing it was my 1st job and all. Once day while clearing a printer jam, my tie got sucked into the workings of the printer and nearly took my head off. That was the last time I wore a tie to work as a sysadmin.
The old server rooms we protected with Halon systems required 'life support' equipment in case you were in the server room when the system discharged.
I can attest to this fact myself. At my employer's old building, there was a Halon system still in place. As far as I know, it was still useable by some sort of grandfather clause or some-such, but that's not the point.
If a fire broke out in the server room, first a very bright red light would turn on in the room, followed by rapid beeping -- this is phase one of the warning, which you had about 15 seconds to heed until the next phase.
After 15 seconds of THAT warning, a ear-piercing alarm would sound off in the room, and I mean ear-piercingly loud and high-pitched. A light would also turn on over the door to the server room with a sign reading "DO NOT ENTER -- HALON IN USE" near it. That's phase two.
At phase three, if you're still in the room, you're either now burning to death or suffocating, or both.
Sorry, but this has to be said... I realize that there are a lot of geeks/nerds reading this site who just love to play with the newest/oldest technology, either because it's cool, retro or hip, or because they want to actually learn something by doing. When I read an Ask Slashdot like this, I can only imagine the poster doesn't have their head screwed on straight and may be thinking this is the hip/cool thing they can install in their home server-room (home server room with ten systems?! WTF?!), and maybe call it a conversation piece here on Slashdot the next time someone brings up insane home setups. The fact that Halon was brought up -- something several people already pointed out as illegal and harmful to use -- just shows that this just seems like some Wahoo who did zero research into such a dangerous project.
Anyway, after that bit of Trollbaiting, I understand that a catastrophic event has happened with your original home, but please just remember that something like Halon is made to protect computer equipment. Use something that will protect people, for Godsakes.
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I agree that some movies push it a bit too far, but did people really go into The Hulk expecting to come out saying, "holy crap, I want to go get induced with gamma rays now!"
Personally I don't see the big whoop. Although I hope I'm still alive when the gameplay itself has graphics like that of the cinematics in these game movies. Remember the trailer at the beginning of Quake 3: Arena? I nearly shite myself a the thought of gameplay someday being that detailed and intense. Will it ever?
I didn't realize Chevy Chase was such a techie.
Luckily my direct boss, the VP, doesn't let him pull that kind of crap often, and puts him in his place.
Once someone catches on that a piece of software is sending such information to its publisher, it won't be long before someone's spoofing that information and sending it to the publisher, getting innocent people in trouble.
There's an abandoned project called SnapFS that worked as an extension of the ext3 filesystem, but it seems long dead. There's more mention of it here as well.
Hmmm...doing some Googling, I found this page that may have a useable download, but it's in alpha form.
It also looks like you can use LVM to create snapshots as well. I'll have to look at that more myself.
Ugh, that went bad. Feel free to mod previous (and ths) post down, since I guess posting it again corrected was being a "whore". Sigh.
Just correcting my mistake. Fuckwad.
The question is: "What did Sean Connery say when he saw the reviews for 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?"
The answer: "What did Sean Connery say when he saw the reviews for 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?"
Thankfully I also got some money for my birthday so I could go to the arcade and play the real thing some more.
Well that's not very negative of you, is it now?
Anyway, just keep a paperclip nearby to shove in the CDROM's manual eject hole to get the CD out. I'm not saying this is a solution mind you -- I totally agree that it's a bitch of a problem not being able to use the normal means for ejecting the CD. Heck, some CD drives come with a nice little MEH key!
But if you need that F'ing CD NOW...
Here's a quick hack-n-slash job of it.
I dunno. Something like that. Not like I refined the idea or anything.
Yes, this reminds me of similar situations here. If someone buys, say, a printer or computer for the company through Dell, and Dell offers a monetary rebate (say, $100) for filling out a simple form, no way in hell is that rebate property of the person who sent it in. That's essentially stealing from the company.
Honestly, the only time I've heard this happening to people with the PS is when they put a mod chip in it and then use normal silver or gold CD's, which the PS was never intended to play (rather than the PS-specific black ones), causing the motor to weaken or burn out.
My wife has worked with ADHD kids and tells me this is the best thing she's seen to focus and motivate them to produce (other than intrisic motivation, which is of course the best motivator, but this technique does lead to intrisic motivation).
Think about what you should be able to accomplish in 15 minutes. Set an egg-timer for 15 minutes, and do that task you visualized. You can eventually work up to larger increments. You'll probably find yourself beating the timer in some cases.
I know it sounds simplistic, but knowing that pressure seems to be a large motivator for you, the motivation of knowing that bell is going to go off sounds like it might do the trick. This stuff works on adults as well as children. In my wife's experience, it's never failed her (with her students).
You say you got rid of TV, etc., and then say: "If it is computer work, the web is always a click away, and I can always escape to my imagination." So how about doing your computer work offline? Unplug the computer from the cable modem or switch, and do your work on that. Do you really need to be online to do that work?
I used to have a beer or three after work on Fridays with friends, then more throughout the weekend depending on what was going on. Once I cut out just those 1-3 beers on Friday, I noticed a HUGE difference in weight loss.
Then again, you don't want to stand for 10 hours a day, else you're apt to get varicose veins in your legs over time.
And as the original poster mentioned -- get up and walk. Take the long way to the meeting room. Always take the stairs to get from floor to floor. Get a stress ball and squeeze it while you read Slashdot. If you're a sysadmin, find an excuse to lug monitors around all day.
The color laser, however, just has never been able to print that quality. I've never timed it exactly, but from the time you send a one-page job to the Tektronix to the time it warms up (ooohhh...that annoying whining and whining it makes -- you know what I mean if you own one of these) and prints is about 5 full minutes or more. It's crazy. This is the 2nd Tektronix we've owned, and they're both the same.
Perhaps other color laser printers are better -- as they should be -- but the Tektronix ones that we've used bite it. If you want close to (or better than for some reason in my case) photo quality printing, you have to stick with ink-jet or pay many thousands of dollars, not to mention a hefty maintenance contract on it once warranty's up (unless you're interested in really getting in the guts of one of those suckers. Personally I absolutely HATE printer maintenance.)
Funny side story -- I once worked at a company that required all sysadmins to wear a tie to work. Although I hated it, I did as I was told, seeing it was my 1st job and all. Once day while clearing a printer jam, my tie got sucked into the workings of the printer and nearly took my head off. That was the last time I wore a tie to work as a sysadmin.
Ahem. . . you mean ***hamed, don't you?
I can attest to this fact myself. At my employer's old building, there was a Halon system still in place. As far as I know, it was still useable by some sort of grandfather clause or some-such, but that's not the point.
If a fire broke out in the server room, first a very bright red light would turn on in the room, followed by rapid beeping -- this is phase one of the warning, which you had about 15 seconds to heed until the next phase.
After 15 seconds of THAT warning, a ear-piercing alarm would sound off in the room, and I mean ear-piercingly loud and high-pitched. A light would also turn on over the door to the server room with a sign reading "DO NOT ENTER -- HALON IN USE" near it. That's phase two.
At phase three, if you're still in the room, you're either now burning to death or suffocating, or both.
Sorry, but this has to be said... I realize that there are a lot of geeks/nerds reading this site who just love to play with the newest/oldest technology, either because it's cool, retro or hip, or because they want to actually learn something by doing. When I read an Ask Slashdot like this, I can only imagine the poster doesn't have their head screwed on straight and may be thinking this is the hip/cool thing they can install in their home server-room (home server room with ten systems?! WTF?!), and maybe call it a conversation piece here on Slashdot the next time someone brings up insane home setups. The fact that Halon was brought up -- something several people already pointed out as illegal and harmful to use -- just shows that this just seems like some Wahoo who did zero research into such a dangerous project.
Anyway, after that bit of Trollbaiting, I understand that a catastrophic event has happened with your original home, but please just remember that something like Halon is made to protect computer equipment. Use something that will protect people, for Godsakes.