I once emailed Linus and asked if we should kill the albino penguin that had been born in Bristol zoo. He replied, and said no, diversity is good. So - patches, architectural discussions, and advice about killing rare animals.
I once had a password with a # (what we call a hash) in it. On a UK keyboard, it's on the same key as the ~ key, next to the Enter. On a US keyboard, it's Shift 3 - where our £ (what we call a pound) is.
I once locked out password, after password, after password trying to put it in. It was a UK keyboard too, and I couldn't work out why. Eventually I twigged - someone hadn't changed the default keymap from US at install time.
Am I falling for something here by pointing out that there aren't any passwords in/etc/passwd - even the ones in/etc/shadow are crypted, and the file is 400.
each rover produce about 700 watt-hours of electricity per day -- enough to light a 100-watt bulb for seven hours, according to NASA.
I don't think you need NASA to say that - I think I can confirm that 700 watt-hours will power a 100-watt bulb (or device) for 7 hours. furthermore, improving on NASA, I can also say that it will power 7 100-watt bulbs for 1 hour, or 1 700-watt bulb for an hour.
I hope someone else can adequately express my incredulity and disgust with this. Words are failing me right now. Hopefully Shami from Liberty and any decent MPs will have a few things to say about this.
I'd be interested in the community's opinion about this. I started with Netbeans, and have since moved to Eclipse, but can't find any compelling argument as to why I should use one over the other. NB 5.5 v Eclipse whatever-the-latest-is.
Like I've been doing for a while now.
I'm not going to go anywhere tonight, so if you want to see it in action (it's quite cool:) ) put your email in the notify box, and hit "Let me know!" to get a one-off email when I start moving.
Symbian doesn't allow squat to get installed without a series of confirmation dialogs
Unless it's signed by the network operator, or, gasp, the phone manufacturer.
You're telling me that you don't think it likely that Nokia (for example) wouldn't sign an app that installed, and ran without any prompts at the behest of a national security agency? You're crazy. It's probably written into contracts for legal intercept.
Wow. Have you ever tried seeding a torrent to yourself?
Yeah, did it once. Amazing speeds. Downloaded a full movie in about the time it would take to copy it. Fantastic. Unfortunately, most of what was there I already had. Good taste in films, that tracker.
When I started my current job, I had a probation period (4 months) - for which they gave me a contract of employment. It said that they would pay me £xx,000 per HOUR. I figure, 4 months of that, I'm due quite a few millions.
Anyone want to take it on, no win, no fee?:)
Absolutely. I've started to get into Java (initially because then I could write J2ME apps for my phone, and not have to learn Symbian (blearg) ), and I like it now. I can't see the point of using jsp and servlets - it takes me about 4 times as long as it would take me to use vi, and knock it up in PHP. (Perhaps I'm just not at the level at which the benefits make themselves apparent.)
But even some of the technical people I work with don't know if they want the JDK, or the JRE - and the popup (on Windows) nagging you to upgrade is annoying too.
It seems quite a fast language now - but people that tried it 5 years ago generally won't touch it any more. They (Sun) almost shot their foot completely off.
As an aside, are there any JNI (Java+C) experts here? (Ignore the mention of Jpcap)
I, a Briton, always assumed it was "Hear, hear", but as I've never seen it written down, I'm not sure. I see it written as "here here" more on here, but then again, I see "alot" of people "loosing" things on here too, so maybe I'm right.
I'm a conservative and typically voted Republican, and even *I* wanted the Dems to come into power to repair the damage of Bush's administration.
In Britain, and possibly other countries, we vote for who we want in power - not vote against them, but hope they'll rescue you. Apologies if I'm not getting something obvious here.
Nope. I dislike it so much, that I'm willing to sacrifice my enjoyment of it so that hopefully, if other people do the same, it will make a small impact in their viewing figures - and they might get the message. It's awful.
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I once emailed Linus and asked if we should kill the albino penguin that had been born in Bristol zoo. He replied, and said no, diversity is good. So - patches, architectural discussions, and advice about killing rare animals.
I once had a password with a # (what we call a hash) in it. On a UK keyboard, it's on the same key as the ~ key, next to the Enter. On a US keyboard, it's Shift 3 - where our £ (what we call a pound) is.
I once locked out password, after password, after password trying to put it in. It was a UK keyboard too, and I couldn't work out why. Eventually I twigged - someone hadn't changed the default keymap from US at install time.
Am I falling for something here by pointing out that there aren't any passwords in /etc/passwd - even the ones in /etc/shadow are crypted, and the file is 400.
I only have one eyeball, you insensitive clod!
Actually, I was a member a long time ago , but can't remember what username I used. Help meeeeeeee, Tacoooooooooooo :)
I don't think you need NASA to say that - I think I can confirm that 700 watt-hours will power a 100-watt bulb (or device) for 7 hours. furthermore, improving on NASA, I can also say that it will power 7 100-watt bulbs for 1 hour, or 1 700-watt bulb for an hour.
I hope someone else can adequately express my incredulity and disgust with this. Words are failing me right now. Hopefully Shami from Liberty and any decent MPs will have a few things to say about this.
Absolutely. I spit blood every time I end up at a command prompt with no tab completion, and up-arrow history. It's 2007. It should be in by default.
that communities were more important that forums
Define community for me?
I'd be interested in the community's opinion about this. I started with Netbeans, and have since moved to Eclipse, but can't find any compelling argument as to why I should use one over the other. NB 5.5 v Eclipse whatever-the-latest-is.
netstat -planet is what I remember.
Please don't mod this funny, I am 100% serious.
Please don't mod this funny, as it doesn't count towards karma. There, fixed that for you.
Like I've been doing for a while now. :) ) put your email in the notify box, and hit "Let me know!" to get a one-off email when I start moving.
I'm not going to go anywhere tonight, so if you want to see it in action (it's quite cool
masoginists - wow, it's so wrong it hurts. Did you hear a new word yesterday? It's from Miso- hatred/dislike of, gyno- relating to women. Misogynist.
Aaah, it's those pesky DPCs in the MMCSS. It's so obvious really.
Symbian doesn't allow squat to get installed without a series of confirmation dialogs
Unless it's signed by the network operator, or, gasp, the phone manufacturer.
You're telling me that you don't think it likely that Nokia (for example) wouldn't sign an app that installed, and ran without any prompts at the behest of a national security agency? You're crazy. It's probably written into contracts for legal intercept.
Wow. Have you ever tried seeding a torrent to yourself?
Yeah, did it once. Amazing speeds. Downloaded a full movie in about the time it would take to copy it. Fantastic. Unfortunately, most of what was there I already had. Good taste in films, that tracker.
When I started my current job, I had a probation period (4 months) - for which they gave me a contract of employment. It said that they would pay me £xx,000 per HOUR. I figure, 4 months of that, I'm due quite a few millions. :)
Anyone want to take it on, no win, no fee?
Download Cygwin and try and compile it under that. Windows -> Cygwin -> Wine -> ..... VMWare? :)
Last time I checked, Postfix didn't support it "out of the box". Wish they would.
Absolutely. I've started to get into Java (initially because then I could write J2ME apps for my phone, and not have to learn Symbian (blearg) ), and I like it now. I can't see the point of using jsp and servlets - it takes me about 4 times as long as it would take me to use vi, and knock it up in PHP. (Perhaps I'm just not at the level at which the benefits make themselves apparent.)
But even some of the technical people I work with don't know if they want the JDK, or the JRE - and the popup (on Windows) nagging you to upgrade is annoying too.
It seems quite a fast language now - but people that tried it 5 years ago generally won't touch it any more. They (Sun) almost shot their foot completely off.
As an aside, are there any JNI (Java+C) experts here? (Ignore the mention of Jpcap)
I, a Briton, always assumed it was "Hear, hear", but as I've never seen it written down, I'm not sure. I see it written as "here here" more on here, but then again, I see "alot" of people "loosing" things on here too, so maybe I'm right.
Anyone know what's it's meant to be?
I'm a conservative and typically voted Republican, and even *I* wanted the Dems to come into power to repair the damage of Bush's administration.
In Britain, and possibly other countries, we vote for who we want in power - not vote against them, but hope they'll rescue you. Apologies if I'm not getting something obvious here.
I know true anonymity is impossible Or is it...?.
Nope. I dislike it so much, that I'm willing to sacrifice my enjoyment of it so that hopefully, if other people do the same, it will make a small impact in their viewing figures - and they might get the message. It's awful.