There are lots of internal sectors that are reserved for errors. There are builtin algorithms on the disk to diagnose and correct physical errors. You just don't notice them because the disk remaps those sectors transparently.
I have found that I can't sleep without some ambient noise in the background...be it my 5 servers, typing, traffic, people talking....I have grown accustomed to noise. I find that when I go home (we live in a rural area), I have trouble sleeping just because there aren't people doing various loud things nearby.
Personally, I would much rather spend more time building something myself than going out and buying it prepackaged. You have a sense of accomplishment when you finish the job.
I have both film and digital cameras. Both have their advantages/disadvantages.
My Olympus is over 30 years old, and has yet to fail me. It also runs on 0V, 0mA. I can also shoot at temperatures that would kill the efficiency of most battery-driven cameras.
But my digital is great for point and shoot stuff. Its also small enough to fit unnoticably in a shirt pocket.
Its easy to reject your own family, but its worse when your family tells people that you'd be happy to come over and fix the 40 spyware programs, full harddrive, and bad drivers on somebody else's computer.
Oh, and of course you have to do this on your own free time.
Trashing occurs when you have to page out to virtual memory that is mapped to the hard drive. Your computer is spending more time moving data in and out of virtual memory than it is doing the actual computation.
This usually happens when a process is in a loop, and repeatedly uses the same memory blocks, but can't keep them all in physical memory. Thus, it has to replace the pages every time it accesses/modifies them.
Even if a process is at a low priority...if it comes on the CPU, it has the potential to trash memory and slow the works down.
If an application is trashing, then you might be able to get away with scheduling it to not hit the disk. If the OS is trashing, you are SOL.
I have an Olympus OM-1 that is from the 70's. It still works perfectly. There are no batteries, so I can shoot whenever/wherever. It also handles well in cold weather where other cameras lose battery efficiency.
A manual camera is best to learn on, because you'll understand things like film speed, aperture, shutter speed, manual focus....etc. I feel automatic cameras are somewhat cheating (although I do like them for fast action sports).
The picture quality from the camera is also better than any SLR I have seen. The Zuiko lenses aren't cheap, but they aren't a ripoff either. Most manufacturers of SLR's use lenses with only 1 or 2 glass elements, but the Olympus is all glass with 6+ elements for better quality.
The Olympus also feels like a solid piece of equipment. I have dropped it numerous times, with no ill effects. Automatic SLR's today feel like plastic toys.
The representative we spoke with said that someone within the County bureaucracy...
Maybe its just me, but when people refer to the government as "bureaucracy", it keeps giving me the feeling tax dollars aren't exactly going to the right places....
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Well thats what they advertise...
There are lots of internal sectors that are reserved for errors. There are builtin algorithms on the disk to diagnose and correct physical errors. You just don't notice them because the disk remaps those sectors transparently.
Hooray! I learned something in class for once!
Amen
It is so much easier to talk them through a 5 minute install of TightVNC, than to talk them through hour-long virus,spyware,installs....etc
I feel your pain...
I was using my glasses for up close stuff as well...and I started getting vertigo...
Also, I am starting to see 75Hz flicker on my monitor....so I think the time to upgrade to an LCD has come...
Even fluorescent lights bother me.....and forget about going to the movies....
I have found that I can't sleep without some ambient noise in the background...be it my 5 servers, typing, traffic, people talking....I have grown accustomed to noise. I find that when I go home (we live in a rural area), I have trouble sleeping just because there aren't people doing various loud things nearby.
point taken
:-)
Careful before you bash Plumbers and Mechanics. I know numerous blue collar workers that earn a fantastic living.
Ever tried to replace piping in your house? Install a new drain basin in between structural components? Repair the CV joint on your transmission?
A degree is just a skill set that you have. Its how you apply those skills that will earn you the big bucks.
You've gotta find something that everybody needs, but that nobody is qualified/wants to do/repair. Be the supply where there is demand.
To add to your statement...
Linux is only free if your time is worth $0/hour.
Personally, I would much rather spend more time building something myself than going out and buying it prepackaged. You have a sense of accomplishment when you finish the job.
Me too....
But I am too cheap to buy a slightly quieter fan, so I soldered resistors inline with my connectors.
Final cost: $ 1/100 plus some solder
Screw those Sharper Image white noise generators...mine runs SETI while it lulls me to sleep.
I have both film and digital cameras. Both have their advantages/disadvantages.
My Olympus is over 30 years old, and has yet to fail me. It also runs on 0V, 0mA. I can also shoot at temperatures that would kill the efficiency of most battery-driven cameras.
But my digital is great for point and shoot stuff. Its also small enough to fit unnoticably in a shirt pocket.
The market is there for both film and digital.
Set up Phynd at your University then... :-)
Neighbors are even worse at this...
Its easy to reject your own family, but its worse when your family tells people that you'd be happy to come over and fix the 40 spyware programs, full harddrive, and bad drivers on somebody else's computer.
Oh, and of course you have to do this on your own free time.
Trashing occurs when you have to page out to virtual memory that is mapped to the hard drive. Your computer is spending more time moving data in and out of virtual memory than it is doing the actual computation.
This usually happens when a process is in a loop, and repeatedly uses the same memory blocks, but can't keep them all in physical memory. Thus, it has to replace the pages every time it accesses/modifies them.
Even if a process is at a low priority...if it comes on the CPU, it has the potential to trash memory and slow the works down.
If an application is trashing, then you might be able to get away with scheduling it to not hit the disk. If the OS is trashing, you are SOL.
Why did I immediately click on the picture of Linus drinking beer naked!!!!
I think I had a freudian click.
My cable company describes the word "unlimited" as "always-on."
So basically, in their terms, unlimited means you are not limited to the time where you can be accessing the Internet.
However, our cap of about 30GB per month is pretty reasonable. And I don't think you get knocked down to slower speeds for breaking it.
strange....
:-)
emerge mythtv did the trick for me
Definitely go with a manual film camera.
I have an Olympus OM-1 that is from the 70's. It still works perfectly. There are no batteries, so I can shoot whenever/wherever. It also handles well in cold weather where other cameras lose battery efficiency.
A manual camera is best to learn on, because you'll understand things like film speed, aperture, shutter speed, manual focus....etc. I feel automatic cameras are somewhat cheating (although I do like them for fast action sports).
The picture quality from the camera is also better than any SLR I have seen. The Zuiko lenses aren't cheap, but they aren't a ripoff either. Most manufacturers of SLR's use lenses with only 1 or 2 glass elements, but the Olympus is all glass with 6+ elements for better quality.
The Olympus also feels like a solid piece of equipment. I have dropped it numerous times, with no ill effects. Automatic SLR's today feel like plastic toys.
Maybe its just me, but when people refer to the government as "bureaucracy", it keeps giving me the feeling tax dollars aren't exactly going to the right places....
I think your math is wrong on this one.
.0022
80 / 35000 ~
That looks like $.002 per sheet (2 tenths of a cent).
For my Epson Stylus, I get about $.008 per sheet.
Sadly this is not an option...
All my servers have an average load of about 1.3, and higher on busy days....
Right now I am saturating my 100MBit switch (the uplink that is).
I run 4 boxen in our common space. 3 Athlon XP's and a PIII.
Needless to say, we keep our windows open when it snows, and its still too hot...
You know my girlfriend too?
Ok....lets assume about 1 ohm of resistance for every 100 feet of wire (we'll think of them a a little thicker than normal)
Thats about 12M ohms of resistance between us and the moon.
V=IR
So to get 1A out of this thing, we would need a 12MV potential difference...
And that's ideal....how about current loss through the entire wire...
I'll see your alternative OS wager and raise you my giFT FastTrack plugin....
:-)
I would set up a phpBB forum.
Give each department its own section. Have users list the books by title, ISBN, and asking price.
Since the server is searchable, and browsable by department, people should have no trouble finding buyers/sellers.
The law absolutely dictates morality...
It shouldn't, but it does:
Abortions, marijuana (or weed as those crazy kids call it), gay marriage, even the school system.
Somebody has a sig "Once something has been approved by the government, it is no longer immoral"