Wow, that's a nice looking program. I remember trying to take notes in math class recently with my laptop (because I loose things that aren't on computer), well that didn't last long. It was just too hard to do, and my Phillips Nino didn't work so well for math either. It would work well in an IBM Transnote or simalar I think...
Have you tried Biking in the city? I am thinking of getting one. Since I don't live there yet, I don't really know how one will fare with people and traffic, and how long I can use it in the year because of weather conditions.
Thank you for all your great responses. I do intend to change myself more soon. I am reusing things, I have been recycling for the past 10 years or so- which accounts for about 60% of my trash. I currently live in the south, so unfortunately these people down here have no idea what public transportation is. Busses don't go anywhere, subways are a myth, and everyone owns 1-3 cars (hell I know someone who has 9 cars to themself at the moment). But thankfully the north will be a little better to me in that respect. All of your coments have been very helpful, and I just wanted to say thanks to those who have been constructive. In case anyone else didn't think of it, another thing that can make you feel better (or disgusted with people who go to parks and rivers), is to join a river clean-up activity, or adopt a highway program. It helps keep our tributaries and roadways cleaner. Thanks again, I think I will start acting, instead of just thinking.
Thank you, I would like to do something about it, and I am working on changing myself currently for the better in these respects. I like all your ideas, and I will look more into them. For a vehicle, I am looking into a scooter actually. It's a little better suited for the city enviorment, and gets great as milage, better than most hybrids. I am toying around with ideas to make one into being powered by an alternate fuel source (hydrogen, natual gas, etc...)
This is going to sound really odd, but I sincerly feel bad some days for the fact that I tread so heavily on the earth (not weight morons, enviormentally).
I feel bad about the fact that I generate trash with everything I do. I want to go completely paperless, because I don't like the idea of killing the rainforest for paper. I know that some cutting in forests is actually good for the forest, but few loggers do that. Even if I didn't use paper, I still get things in the mail, I have packaging, etc... My computers, my music equipment, my house, my car (esp my car), generate waste. Even the food I eat, I consider waste. I want to be a vegitarian some days, just because of enviormental impact of hog farms, overfishing, etc... I would like to be in touch with the earth more- kinda of like how you think of indians (opps, native americans), of being.
You may ask, well why don't you. It's because I can't. I am in college. I live in Boston (well in 6 days I do). I can't plant myself a garden. I can't rid myself of paper. I can't use solar/wind/geothermal power in my apartment. I know that there are little things that I can do, and I do those, but it feels small in comparison. Well, at least I won't have my car in Boston, so the T should save some energy somewhere. Does anyone else feel bad about their impact on the enviorment? I am not an activist, just a concerned person. Even if something actually doesn't 'impact' something drastically, I still feel bad for that disruption.
Catch Bin Laden and we can try it out... I personally thought it would have been a good idea for Timothy McVey to have attached 288 (or however many people he killed) small bombs all over his body (ranging from firecrackers, to pretty large cherry bomb/m80's) on timers, and make them go off over three days or so at random occurances. Make a few of them stronger, so they would take off a limb or something eventually. Pretty sick, but wasn't he? Think of all the fun things you could do to Bin Laden if you caught him. Forget taking him to the authorities, kill him yourself. Would any jury convict you? NOPE, do whatever the hell you want- and people will just think that you didn't go far enough. Ok, that's sick, but really, perhaps that's what Isreal has for us next, bombs to operate GI Joe style on Bin Laden.
With all of this talk about order and Disorder, perhaps someone should attempt to define order or disorder, without being circular in their definitions.
Hey, some students have alot more money than others. I know that some students pay more than 1500/month for their share of apartments in boston. Some students drive M3's or other hot cars. Some students keep the newest video card and processor in their system. And mommy and daddy who are rich business owners, doctors, or lawyers pay for it all. Then again, some students eat ramen noodles for every meal, walk everywhere, use pencils because pens are too costly, and don't have a computer because all their money is going to tutition, and their parents won't help them a bit so they work for every dime they have.
I think he should have given a better number than "pricing that a student can afford". It's hard to tell how much money he has.
The Palm 705i and simalar are the only ones I know of that vibrate. This seems a little useless however, depending on what type of research you are doing.
Imagine: Pouring NitroGlycerine into a vessel, the scientist deciedes to measure the temperature, putting the probe, someone IMs him, or he has an appointment alarm, BUZZ, BUZZ, it hits the Pyrex glass, and disturbs the liquid, and it falls to the floor, boom!
Not too pretty, I think that should be the last thing that you want. I can see why you would want it, but I see it as being annoying in a lab. Use your science PDA for science, and your day to day PDA/phone for elsewhere, but that's just my opinion.
What's wrong with the Zaurus? It seems to fit the bill for the most part. The Ti calculators are good as well. Even the TI-83 if I remember right has scientific probes and anaylzing software that you can get. It's pretty cheap too.
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Yea, you are right. And I did use a small group of numbers, so it's a little off. But sadly enough, to my knowledge, the IQ isn't constantly reweighted to have 100 as the average, which is unfortunate. It initially was reweighted, but now it seems to be the same most of the time.
When was the last time you heard someone tell you that they had a sub 100 IQ?.... There was an IQ test thing on another board (Digidesign), and no one claimed, except jokingly, under 100. Perhaps they were lying, perhaps people who use Protools are smarter than the average Joe, but still, most seemed to get around 110-125. I bet companies would love to be able to claim that their product was the thing that made the users smarter... perhaps Microsoft will try that next (not trying to flame, just joke around).
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Actually, this isn't true.
Anyone below average scares the crap out of me and, by definition, that's 50% of everyone.
Let's look at a few IQ's-
90, 90, 90, 95, 100, 180.
With these numbers, the average IQ comes out to be 107.5. This puts 83% of the population to be "Below Average".
It can also work out the other way.
20 (vegatable), 50 (retard), 120, 130, 125, 100, 115, 180.
The average of these numbers comes out to be 105. So that putss 75% of the population above average.
Now you say, "Well isn't 100 supposed to be the average IQ? Well, yes, but as you can see, it doesn't always work out to be the median number either. Truthfully the average is probably a little higher or lower. But then you have to ask yourself who you consider... To make everyone take it you have to factor in language (which many IQ tests factor in), problem solving, etc.. which can all be somewhat screwed up. A dolphin has a pretty high IQ as things should go, but he can't tell me if Cat is to Kitten as Dog is to... yea, and then we have to factor in those with mental problems, or mental gifts. Those people throw things off pretty well. Then some people are uncaring or unwilling, which would pull the scores down more. What about people who have a huge problem speaking and dealing with people, but can spit numbers out at you (hmm, Pi...)
Anyway, 50% of people are not below average, nor are 50% above, even if it all averages out to "average" IQ...
Great idea. I think it would really help people get to use Linux out in public. The only thing is that we have to make the Howto a little redundant over others, because we shouldn't assume that they know what they are doing.. .
But you can't have 14 devices in your system then... Only 4. Primary Master, primary slave, secondary master, 2ndary slave instead of 1-14 on two SCSI chains. For the most part I understand though. But where is the 'extra' cost come into manufacturing SCSI devices? I thought it was just because they wanted them to cost more... Plus, the highest level of SCSI does something like what 320mb/s? That still beats anything IDE, and SCSI drives have cool stuff at times like Hot Swap, and Raid-5. I know that doesn't really apply to CD-Rs, but I would rather just run SCSI in general
Well, it seems that first of all you should really research Linux in general. I know that you are eager to get off of Win2K, but you should really make sure that everyone is well trained. Users too need to be trained, so that they aren't confused. You should read up on the permissions structure (and alternatives like Novell's E-Directory), and fully understand Linux before you go slapping it on everyone's boxes. The reason I bring up this, is because from your question, it seems that you are new to Linux- in the fact that you don't know how to deny permissions, the differences between KDE and GNOME, guest accounts, etc. So go get Linux, format your box, test it out!. Experienment, and try different Distros. I would sugest one without too much bloating, but that's my personaly opinion. You don't want people in the public to get a bad opinion of Linux because of messed up public Linux boxes.
Overclock your machine, and put the heating/cooling induction piping into the top surface of your case... Then, fry an egg with your Athalon 1.2@2.4...
Perhaps running the cabling in a conduit that is filled with warm oil or water would be good. You could have it in a pipe and have heaters every X distance. Either that or just a super insulated shielding. The laser itself produces a good bit of heat. I forget if the high powered lasers would heat it any to begin with. I guess they need a bungie cord/fibre solution now though eh? Those glaciers moving can be a little dangerous to little olde fibre.
Even odder are some of the "No Service Possible" field checks that we get from Business Customers in Greensboro. Hmm I wonder what the build cost is on that. (I work for a large cable ISP...)
$6/ft*5,249,344ft == $31,496,062 USD. Well that's just to drop the cable. And that assumes that the cable we have will work with the cold. So double that number and.. it's about 63 million dollars. That's a hefty field check.
I just wrote a whole journal entry on this. My idea is a little bit $$$, but it's good. http://slashdot.org/~TibbonZero/journal/11517 Check it out. Basically I am selling the experience, but alot more too.
Make sure that you have security there, they have had some problems with people before.
But why have they stayed at 12x? Those burners rock, but 12x? I love the disk to disk copying with two of them. It can get around most copy protection with bit for bit copying... not that I would ever copy anything i didn't own... just backups:)
What happened to SCSI CD-Rs? They have all seemed to die. The best ones were Plextor ones, but now plextor just seems to make IDE drives. I am a SCSI advocate, and really would rather not have IDE stuff in my system. I know that my SCSI harddrives could keep up with a SCSI CD-R, and probably still let me play quake 3 at the same time, without fear of underrun. Anyone know any SCSI CD-R manufacturers?
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Wow, that's a nice looking program. I remember trying to take notes in math class recently with my laptop (because I loose things that aren't on computer), well that didn't last long. It was just too hard to do, and my Phillips Nino didn't work so well for math either. ...
It would work well in an IBM Transnote or simalar I think
Have you tried Biking in the city? I am thinking of getting one. Since I don't live there yet, I don't really know how one will fare with people and traffic, and how long I can use it in the year because of weather conditions.
Thank you for all your great responses. I do intend to change myself more soon. I am reusing things, I have been recycling for the past 10 years or so- which accounts for about 60% of my trash.
I currently live in the south, so unfortunately these people down here have no idea what public transportation is. Busses don't go anywhere, subways are a myth, and everyone owns 1-3 cars (hell I know someone who has 9 cars to themself at the moment). But thankfully the north will be a little better to me in that respect.
All of your coments have been very helpful, and I just wanted to say thanks to those who have been constructive.
In case anyone else didn't think of it, another thing that can make you feel better (or disgusted with people who go to parks and rivers), is to join a river clean-up activity, or adopt a highway program. It helps keep our tributaries and roadways cleaner. Thanks again, I think I will start acting, instead of just thinking.
Thank you, I would like to do something about it, and I am working on changing myself currently for the better in these respects.
I like all your ideas, and I will look more into them. For a vehicle, I am looking into a scooter actually. It's a little better suited for the city enviorment, and gets great as milage, better than most hybrids. I am toying around with ideas to make one into being powered by an alternate fuel source (hydrogen, natual gas, etc...)
Yep, I gotta take it from Alston into town to go to Berklee. I wish it was on the Red Line, it's more like a 'real' subway..
This is going to sound really odd, but I sincerly feel bad some days for the fact that I tread so heavily on the earth (not weight morons, enviormentally).
I feel bad about the fact that I generate trash with everything I do. I want to go completely paperless, because I don't like the idea of killing the rainforest for paper. I know that some cutting in forests is actually good for the forest, but few loggers do that.
Even if I didn't use paper, I still get things in the mail, I have packaging, etc...
My computers, my music equipment, my house, my car (esp my car), generate waste.
Even the food I eat, I consider waste. I want to be a vegitarian some days, just because of enviormental impact of hog farms, overfishing, etc... I would like to be in touch with the earth more- kinda of like how you think of indians (opps, native americans), of being.
You may ask, well why don't you. It's because I can't. I am in college. I live in Boston (well in 6 days I do). I can't plant myself a garden. I can't rid myself of paper. I can't use solar/wind/geothermal power in my apartment. I know that there are little things that I can do, and I do those, but it feels small in comparison. Well, at least I won't have my car in Boston, so the T should save some energy somewhere. Does anyone else feel bad about their impact on the enviorment? I am not an activist, just a concerned person. Even if something actually doesn't 'impact' something drastically, I still feel bad for that disruption.
You can ./ my sig :)
Catch Bin Laden and we can try it out...
I personally thought it would have been a good idea for Timothy McVey to have attached 288 (or however many people he killed) small bombs all over his body (ranging from firecrackers, to pretty large cherry bomb/m80's) on timers, and make them go off over three days or so at random occurances. Make a few of them stronger, so they would take off a limb or something eventually. Pretty sick, but wasn't he?
Think of all the fun things you could do to Bin Laden if you caught him. Forget taking him to the authorities, kill him yourself. Would any jury convict you? NOPE, do whatever the hell you want- and people will just think that you didn't go far enough.
Ok, that's sick, but really, perhaps that's what Isreal has for us next, bombs to operate GI Joe style on Bin Laden.
With all of this talk about order and Disorder, perhaps someone should attempt to define order or disorder, without being circular in their definitions.
Hey, some students have alot more money than others. I know that some students pay more than 1500/month for their share of apartments in boston. Some students drive M3's or other hot cars. Some students keep the newest video card and processor in their system. And mommy and daddy who are rich business owners, doctors, or lawyers pay for it all.
Then again, some students eat ramen noodles for every meal, walk everywhere, use pencils because pens are too costly, and don't have a computer because all their money is going to tutition, and their parents won't help them a bit so they work for every dime they have.
I think he should have given a better number than "pricing that a student can afford". It's hard to tell how much money he has.
The Palm 705i and simalar are the only ones I know of that vibrate. This seems a little useless however, depending on what type of research you are doing.
Imagine: Pouring NitroGlycerine into a vessel, the scientist deciedes to measure the temperature, putting the probe, someone IMs him, or he has an appointment alarm, BUZZ, BUZZ, it hits the Pyrex glass, and disturbs the liquid, and it falls to the floor, boom!
Not too pretty, I think that should be the last thing that you want. I can see why you would want it, but I see it as being annoying in a lab.
Use your science PDA for science, and your day to day PDA/phone for elsewhere, but that's just my opinion.
What's wrong with the Zaurus? It seems to fit the bill for the most part.
The Ti calculators are good as well. Even the TI-83 if I remember right has scientific probes and anaylzing software that you can get. It's pretty cheap too.
Yea, you are right. And I did use a small group of numbers, so it's a little off. But sadly enough, to my knowledge, the IQ isn't constantly reweighted to have 100 as the average, which is unfortunate. It initially was reweighted, but now it seems to be the same most of the time.
When was the last time you heard someone tell you that they had a sub 100 IQ?.... There was an IQ test thing on another board (Digidesign), and no one claimed, except jokingly, under 100.
Perhaps they were lying, perhaps people who use Protools are smarter than the average Joe, but still, most seemed to get around 110-125.
I bet companies would love to be able to claim that their product was the thing that made the users smarter... perhaps Microsoft will try that next (not trying to flame, just joke around).
Actually, this isn't true.
Anyone below average scares the crap out of me and, by definition, that's 50% of everyone.
Let's look at a few IQ's- 90, 90, 90, 95, 100, 180.
With these numbers, the average IQ comes out to be 107.5. This puts 83% of the population to be "Below Average".
It can also work out the other way.
20 (vegatable), 50 (retard), 120, 130, 125, 100, 115, 180.
The average of these numbers comes out to be 105. So that putss 75% of the population above average.
Now you say, "Well isn't 100 supposed to be the average IQ? Well, yes, but as you can see, it doesn't always work out to be the median number either. Truthfully the average is probably a little higher or lower. But then you have to ask yourself who you consider...
To make everyone take it you have to factor in language (which many IQ tests factor in), problem solving, etc.. which can all be somewhat screwed up. A dolphin has a pretty high IQ as things should go, but he can't tell me if Cat is to Kitten as Dog is to...
yea, and then we have to factor in those with mental problems, or mental gifts. Those people throw things off pretty well. Then some people are uncaring or unwilling, which would pull the scores down more. What about people who have a huge problem speaking and dealing with people, but can spit numbers out at you (hmm, Pi...)
Anyway, 50% of people are not below average, nor are 50% above, even if it all averages out to "average" IQ...
She can't even play in most clubs...
lol...
21+, 18+....
Great idea. I think it would really help people get to use Linux out in public.
The only thing is that we have to make the Howto a little redundant over others, because we shouldn't assume that they know what they are doing.. .
But you can't have 14 devices in your system then... Only 4. Primary Master, primary slave, secondary master, 2ndary slave instead of 1-14 on two SCSI chains.
For the most part I understand though. But where is the 'extra' cost come into manufacturing SCSI devices? I thought it was just because they wanted them to cost more...
Plus, the highest level of SCSI does something like what 320mb/s? That still beats anything IDE, and SCSI drives have cool stuff at times like Hot Swap, and Raid-5. I know that doesn't really apply to CD-Rs, but I would rather just run SCSI in general
"What are the best tools for multi-user Linux labs?"
bash, vi, and gcc, what else does one need?
Well, it seems that first of all you should really research Linux in general. I know that you are eager to get off of Win2K, but you should really make sure that everyone is well trained. Users too need to be trained, so that they aren't confused. You should read up on the permissions structure (and alternatives like Novell's E-Directory), and fully understand Linux before you go slapping it on everyone's boxes.
The reason I bring up this, is because from your question, it seems that you are new to Linux- in the fact that you don't know how to deny permissions, the differences between KDE and GNOME, guest accounts, etc.
So go get Linux, format your box, test it out!. Experienment, and try different Distros. I would sugest one without too much bloating, but that's my personaly opinion. You don't want people in the public to get a bad opinion of Linux because of messed up public Linux boxes.
Overclock your machine, and put the heating/cooling induction piping into the top surface of your case... Then, fry an egg with your Athalon 1.2@2.4...
Perhaps running the cabling in a conduit that is filled with warm oil or water would be good. You could have it in a pipe and have heaters every X distance. Either that or just a super insulated shielding. The laser itself produces a good bit of heat. I forget if the high powered lasers would heat it any to begin with.
I guess they need a bungie cord/fibre solution now though eh? Those glaciers moving can be a little dangerous to little olde fibre.
Even odder are some of the "No Service Possible" field checks that we get from Business Customers in Greensboro. Hmm I wonder what the build cost is on that. (I work for a large cable ISP...)
$6/ft*5,249,344ft == $31,496,062 USD. Well that's just to drop the cable. And that assumes that the cable we have will work with the cold.
So double that number and.. it's about 63 million dollars. That's a hefty field check.
I just wrote a whole journal entry on this. My idea is a little bit $$$, but it's good.
http://slashdot.org/~TibbonZero/journal/11517
Check it out. Basically I am selling the experience, but alot more too.
Make sure that you have security there, they have had some problems with people before.
But why have they stayed at 12x? Those burners rock, but 12x? I love the disk to disk copying with two of them. It can get around most copy protection with bit for bit copying... not that I would ever copy anything i didn't own... just backups :)
What happened to SCSI CD-Rs?
They have all seemed to die. The best ones were Plextor ones, but now plextor just seems to make IDE drives. I am a SCSI advocate, and really would rather not have IDE stuff in my system. I know that my SCSI harddrives could keep up with a SCSI CD-R, and probably still let me play quake 3 at the same time, without fear of underrun.
Anyone know any SCSI CD-R manufacturers?