If I had seen yours, I would have modded you up;-)
There has been an ongoing discussuin lately on the shoptalkforums.com type4um about "green" fuels, how to optimize an engine for that, etc . (all air cooled VWs, all the time. Waterboxers are family, so are allowed.)
I will be posting that link for the MYT motor, very slick. (I'll have to look at the patent so visualize how it actually works)
Actually, all that is needed is a background script that can (for example) parse the output of an attempt to run a program, detect "liblablabla not found, or prefererably "_somecall.o", hit the repos database, and prompt the user with:
"This application requires XXX to work, which is available on "repository Y" Would you like to install it and try to run the application again? (PGP keys match)
With yum/apt/urpmi existing capabilities (the latter 2 have almost always worked better for me BTW) this shouldn't be a huge project.
Re:Can't say i wouldn't agree (Score:3, Insightful) by quanticle (843097) Alter Relationship on Sunday April 09, @08:31PM (#15096858) (Last Journal: Sunday December 04, @01:42PM)/*Thats why I like Arch Linux. You start with essentially nothing, and are in complete control of everything as you build up to what you want.*/
Your response highlights the problem. The only distros that allow meaningful choice are the ones geared towards advanced users (Arch, Gentoo, Debain, etc.). The distros for regular users go ahead and install much more than is necessary (in the name of choice).
How about a distro that installs a set of sensible defaults. Example: either Gnome or KDE (but not both) for the desktop, OpenOffice (or AbiWord) for productivity, VLC for video and, of course, the standard gcc packages for development and compilation of 3rd party software. Note that I left out almost all dev-tools and libraries, and lots of other command line utilities. There's no reason that we should be installing this stuff unless its a dependency for something we *do* want. GCC, in this case, is the exception that proves the rule. Then, if I want something else, I can pull it off the CDs (or the internet where available).
Actually, I must disagree with as to 128M being totally insufficient for KDE, at least.
I ran with only a 128M stick for a few weeks, MDK 10.2 at the time, running mythTV on the box, and used it my main workstation.(_why_ I cannot clearly recall, but I had some reason... I think I was just seeing if it would work cool/quiet underclocked etc)
It did not suck. It didn't rock as when having 1G @5-2-2-2 timings, but definately didn't suck.
Sure, it swapped some, but at least on an Athlon 2100+/NF2 chipset +GF4-400 video, it was TOTALLY usable. IIRC I also still only had 2 SW encoding TV cards.. These days, hardware at ~ those performance levels is probably in the $100 range.
One does have to be careful not to have 50+ services running, but that's a feature unto itself.
Exactly what did Negroponte try to install ? SUSE?
Next you'll tell me Microsoft is going to start running Linux to test interoperation.
After that, I expect to hear they're abandoning ntkernel and moving everything over to NetBSD. They expect to ship sooner, and with fewer bugs that way.
Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG...(Score:2) by gad_zuki! (70830) on Saturday April 01, @06:33PM (#15043402) (http://everythingisnt.com/) >The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
Okay, I give up. What BS RPG are you talking about?
The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe.. Change some graphics, change the music...
The Horror.
I know it's April 1, but some things SHOULD NOT even be spoken of jokingly.
The next step will likely be a variable geometry version that can operate as a ramjet from Mach ~2>5, then gradually change its setup and keep chugging thru mach (wherever it melts).
(In principle at least) the difference between a ramjet and a scramjet is only the position of things in the airstream.
If _every_ home had a decently set up south facing solar collector setup (thermal wall/hot water/photovoltaics pick one or several) it would put at least SOME measurable dent in your energy bills.
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From a second generation Irish/American who spent a few years in Portland, Oregon...
Try Fat Tire, and DEFINATELY get to a McMennamins and try Terminator Stout. (They frequently have a "special" version (can't recall what it was called) that would rip yer head off.)
Go to Portland if you get a chance, I'tll be sorta like home, only with more guys wearing leather walking their boyfreinds downtown on dog chains.
Only wetter.
And I personally suspect Mad Cow, rather than any pork issues.
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You must be management.
If I had seen yours, I would have modded you up ;-)
There has been an ongoing discussuin lately on the shoptalkforums.com type4um about "green" fuels, how to optimize an engine for that, etc .
(all air cooled VWs, all the time. Waterboxers are family, so are allowed.)
I will be posting that link for the MYT motor, very slick.
(I'll have to look at the patent so visualize how it actually works)
Very Slick.
Give me an Ariel Atom with a propane tank feeding a VW TDI motor.
It would still be virtually zero emission, and go like hell.
I don'y know about your mother, but my 6 year old Granddaughter can run the remote on my X-Box Myth Frontend just fine...
Actually, all that is needed is a background script that can (for example) parse the output of an attempt to run a program, detect "liblablabla not found, or prefererably "_somecall.o", hit the repos database, and prompt the user with:
"This application requires XXX to work, which is available on "repository Y"
Would you like to install it and try to run the application again?
(PGP keys match)
With yum/apt/urpmi existing capabilities (the latter 2 have almost always worked better for me BTW) this shouldn't be a huge project.
Why do I visualize "Young Kirk" as "Baby Stewie..." ?
I'd watch that animated series.
Why do I see these guys as "Dubyas SS"...
Just like the old SS, only incompetent.
Why do I see these guys ad Dubyas SS...
;-)
Just like the old SS, just incompetent.
(This is intended to be "insightful"
Re:Can't say i wouldn't agree
(Score:3, Insightful)
by quanticle (843097) Alter Relationship on Sunday April 09, @08:31PM (#15096858)
(Last Journal: Sunday December 04, @01:42PM)
Your response highlights the problem. The only distros that allow meaningful choice are the ones geared towards advanced users (Arch, Gentoo, Debain, etc.). The distros for regular users go ahead and install much more than is necessary (in the name of choice).
How about a distro that installs a set of sensible defaults. Example: either Gnome or KDE (but not both) for the desktop, OpenOffice (or AbiWord) for productivity, VLC for video and, of course, the standard gcc packages for development and compilation of 3rd party software. Note that I left out almost all dev-tools and libraries, and lots of other command line utilities. There's no reason that we should be installing this stuff unless its a dependency for something we *do* want. GCC, in this case, is the exception that proves the rule. Then, if I want something else, I can pull it off the CDs (or the internet where available).
You mean Mandriva...
Actually, I must disagree with as to 128M being totally insufficient for KDE, at least.
I ran with only a 128M stick for a few weeks, MDK 10.2 at the time, running mythTV on the box, and used it my main workstation.(_why_ I cannot clearly recall, but I had some reason... I think I was just seeing if it would work cool/quiet underclocked etc)
It did not suck. It didn't rock as when having 1G @5-2-2-2 timings, but definately didn't suck.
Sure, it swapped some, but at least on an Athlon 2100+/NF2 chipset +GF4-400 video, it was TOTALLY usable.
IIRC I also still only had 2 SW encoding TV cards..
These days, hardware at ~ those performance levels is probably in the $100 range.
One does have to be careful not to have 50+ services running, but that's a feature unto itself.
Exactly what did Negroponte try to install ?
SUSE?
You must have been away--- They already did that.
It was called the CAN-SPAM act.
So let me get this straight: MS helps Google out?
Next you'll tell me Microsoft is going to start running Linux to test interoperation.
After that, I expect to hear they're abandoning ntkernel and moving everything over to NetBSD. They expect to ship sooner, and with fewer bugs that way.
Reality is a hair different then you assume.
I haven't tried it lately, but quite frequently those "ancient documents" open fine in OO.org, and DON'T in recent versions of Word. Not supported.
I think I still have an ancient mac with system 6 and Word on floppy, probably v2x-v4x, V5 was too big for floppy based usage IIRC.
I'll have to give it a go.
You actually provided the PERFECT example of the reason for the law.
All this will accomplish is MS opening it's wallet, encouraging large "contributions" to varois politicians it never hear of before.
;-)
OTOH, might be a way to eventually bleed MS dry, eh?
(Might take 1000 years...must take the long view)
"Hey, there is Hello Kitty Online. And why not? No reason little girls shouldn't have some online entertainment, too."
;-)
I have mixed feelings about that...
Teenage girls should be playing something that will help them develop useful skills for the upcoming decades.
I was thinking of something more like.. Counterstrike:Source
Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG...(Score:2)
by gad_zuki! (70830) on Saturday April 01, @06:33PM (#15043402)
(http://everythingisnt.com/)
>The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
Okay, I give up. What BS RPG are you talking about?
Runescape. All the Java spyware you can eat,
Is that it would probably be VERY popular.
The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
Change some graphics, change the music...
The Horror.
I know it's April 1, but some things SHOULD NOT even be spoken of jokingly.
So Battlestar Galactica hasn't aired in England or France yet?
;-)
Figured that would have put them off all that automation stuff?
The next step will likely be a variable geometry version that can operate as a ramjet from Mach ~2>5, then gradually change its setup and keep chugging thru mach (wherever it melts).
(In principle at least) the difference between a ramjet and a scramjet is only the position of things in the airstream.
Kids, that's not funny that's...
+5 insightful
If _every_ home had a decently set up south facing solar collector setup
(thermal wall/hot water/photovoltaics pick one or several) it would put at least SOME measurable dent in your energy bills.
And this is a bad thing HOW?
i know my first name is colleen's Blurbs .. width="425" height="350">
About me:
From a second generation Irish/American who spent a few years in Portland, Oregon...
Try Fat Tire, and DEFINATELY get to a McMennamins and try Terminator Stout.
(They frequently have a "special" version (can't recall what it was called) that would rip yer head off.)
Go to Portland if you get a chance, I'tll be sorta like home, only with more guys wearing leather walking their boyfreinds downtown on dog chains.
Only wetter.
And I personally suspect Mad Cow, rather than any pork issues.
And me with no mod points...