Vanessa Williams, dethroned Miss America, Playboy centerfold, singer/dancer/actress actually uses Vanessa L. Williams as her acting name now because her name conflicted with a previous Vanessa Williams [mostly unknown....everyone knows Vanessa L. Williams as THE Vanessa Williams]. Something to do with Screen Actor's Guild or something I would guess. Must...remove...ambiguity.
I was referring to the Base64 encoding [the one I'm most familiar with I guess and what everyone appears to use] which will increase the file size by 1/3 and by having a larger file, it will appear to take longer to download. Oh well, time to read up on 8-bit MIME.;)
Oh yeah, and the server I was running was on a single processor pentium II 450Mhz with >8000 users....no apparent problems with scaling on that one. Plus clustering capabilities
Its free if you don't mind the "delivered by CommuniGate Pro" message on each message.
I use it as well and must say it has excellent features for monitoring/restricting email and web pages. GUI based [some people here may not like it], but it is well laid out. It also has a CLI interface that will allow you to do ALL your maintenance from the command line or scripts you write.
The problem with sending the files through email is that the file size increase by 1/3 and it generally seems slower. A 3MB file becomes 4MB, a 30MB file becomes 40MB etc. What there should be is a system that will allow people to direct files to other people, like email, but have the speed and space advantages of FTP.
Maybe people should just email links to files/attachments on file servers, and the link will contain the information [login/password] that will allow the browser/email program to properly access the file.
Did the same thing with BeOS....downloaded the personal edition and within five minutes of booting up for the first time, I was connected to a dial-up Internet connection and could contact the other computer on my home network [the linksys card I had was immediately recognized].
I was mostly impressed by program sizes compared to Windows versions....~50K for an image viewer [maybe, can't remember the exact type of program or size] compared to >~1MB for a Windows program for the same purpose...and it wasn't just a single program, every program was like that.
Flamebait....I don't understand. Informative maybe since I now have a new word in my volcabulary. Maybe I'll take up the study of tribological systems and become a tribologist.
Its funny. When I was little we used to take these little flouride pills [that is what I think they were anyway] because they helped give us strong teeth. We used to rinse with flouride solution at school once a week as well. Looking back, I simply think we were a bunch of guinea pigs.
If it isn't natural, don't eat it. Unfortunately, I'm already addicted to all the unnatural junk food that is out there and I'm sure its killing me.
Use tardis and be true to your geeky Dr. Who roots. Works in an instant and lets you set several options such as rotating servers, frequency of synchronization, limits on time change.
Actually, 2000 sq. km is about 780 sq. miles. Don't divide by the ratio of km:miles, but the ratio of square km:square miles [1.6km = 1 mile.....2.56 sq km = 1 square mile]
Therefore, 780 square miles in a circular shape has a blast radius of 15-16 miles....not much difference, but enough.
This message is riddled with grammar and math errors.
Unfortunately, the people who post under anonymous coward appear to think that the only "hot" chicks out there appear in Maxim and that a woman who doesn't frequent raves and is older than 18 can't be beautiful.
Your comments would carry more weight if you would put your name behind them.
Correct, instinct isn't an emotion.
Instincts, I believe, are responses [to stimuli] that have been groomed through evolution. For example, blinking when a hammer hits a nail....ancestors that happened to blink at loud noises had less damage to their eyes [supposedly] and were able to reproduce and raise young more effectively and pass on the genes to the next generation....the very genes that made the individual blink.
Courtesy of www.dictionary.com.
instinct Pronunciation Key (nstngkt)
n.
1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals.
2. A powerful motivation or impulse.
3. An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy.
Anything learned is NOT instinct but instead, a type of conditioning.
Initial programming of a robot could be considered a simple form of instinct perhaps [bump wall, turn left] but that's as far as it goes
That is not what he is saying at all. He is saying that you can use whatever Operating System you want on your own computer, but if you submit information on the net, you are more than likely submitting to a Microsoft machine which IS vulnerable to these virus attacks.
90% of anonymous coward posts are done without thinking and like someone else said "75% of statistics are made up on the spot".
Better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- not me
As for the speed of Mozilla, I find it good except in one example.
When rendering a (2 column) * (x rows), where x gets large [about 1000], it renders dead slow. Every other browser renders it in a snap. I must mention that each cell in the table also contains a text box which I read somewhere on/. that the http://validator.w3.org would reject as being non-standard.
Plug-in support seems light too, but that is probably just my ignorance.
I'll continue to use it for the most part and if something doesn't work quite right, I'll use another browser.
I use Opera on tha administrative web interface of our E-mail server because of the keyboard shortcuts and that when you hit the back button, you are instantly BACK. I've tried Mozilla on this server, but it renders a large (x rows)*(2 columns) table with text boxes in each cell VERY slowly....1/2 minute or more and all other browsers I've tried [Opera, Netscape 4.x, Explorer] all seem to render it lightning quick.
I do use Mozilla for all my other browsing though, just because I really like the feel of it and tabbed browsing. Opera is good too for regular browsing, but it just doesn't feel right [crashed a few too many times when I first started trying it I guess]. Basically, I'm using Mozilla because I want it to succeed.
In the olden days [10-15 years ago] the hardware cycle was much longer. The $10000 386 you purchased didn't get trumped in 3 months so people learned how to program the hardware. Heck, that is why the Amiga [which is now unfortunately gone] could do so many impressive things compared to PC's two or three generations older. Thousands of people around the world holding their own competitions and using the same 5-10 year old hardware and seeing who could come up with the best demo.
Nobody will every program a PC to the extent those old Commodore machines were done because the hardware simply isn't around long enough for people to get a handle on it.
As much as I don't like the X-Box [simple anti microsoft bias..no other reason], the coders WILL be able to do some impressive stuff with it in a couple years, unless they come out with an Xbox-2 this year and people forget about the original X-box.
In the past year I have fallen into the LEGO trap and buy quite a bit. It seems that I've become a piece collector [most pieces are sorted to the extreme] than a set collector. The RIS is a good set but you pay for the RCX unit. A little more money could get you a killer educational resource set.
I also find myself picking up those little sets they have now just to get a few extra gears or something.
Basically, it costs as much as having a killer computer system...you're always upgrading.
That is why you always reset to a known point with robotics...there will be drift in mechanical instruments and you will have to reset to a known point. I agree with good practices being forced now as well, but you can also use the parts given to you. No part will be 100% accurate but that doesn't mean you should dismiss it.
Carpenters know that if you want to cut a 16' length of wood into 4 foot sections, you measure 4' from the end and then 8' from the end and then 12' from the end...not 4' then another 4' then another 4'. The measuring tape is extremely accurate if used correctly, just like the sensors in the robotics set.
At the gym, I can pretty much generate 200 watts on a bike for a long time. When the chips start requiring around the 300 watt range I will be totally dependant on the power company. I actually already am, but that is simply because of the wife's hair dryer.
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Vanessa Williams, dethroned Miss America, Playboy centerfold, singer/dancer/actress actually uses Vanessa L. Williams as her acting name now because her name conflicted with a previous Vanessa Williams [mostly unknown....everyone knows Vanessa L. Williams as THE Vanessa Williams]. Something to do with Screen Actor's Guild or something I would guess. Must...remove...ambiguity.
And my mod points expired yesterday...darn. Good point.
I was referring to the Base64 encoding [the one I'm most familiar with I guess and what everyone appears to use] which will increase the file size by 1/3 and by having a larger file, it will appear to take longer to download. Oh well, time to read up on 8-bit MIME. ;)
Oh yeah, and the server I was running was on a single processor pentium II 450Mhz with >8000 users....no apparent problems with scaling on that one. Plus clustering capabilities
Its free if you don't mind the "delivered by CommuniGate Pro" message on each message.
I use it as well and must say it has excellent features for monitoring/restricting email and web pages. GUI based [some people here may not like it], but it is well laid out. It also has a CLI interface that will allow you to do ALL your maintenance from the command line or scripts you write.
The problem with sending the files through email is that the file size increase by 1/3 and it generally seems slower. A 3MB file becomes 4MB, a 30MB file becomes 40MB etc. What there should be is a system that will allow people to direct files to other people, like email, but have the speed and space advantages of FTP.
Maybe people should just email links to files/attachments on file servers, and the link will contain the information [login/password] that will allow the browser/email program to properly access the file.
Did the same thing with BeOS....downloaded the personal edition and within five minutes of booting up for the first time, I was connected to a dial-up Internet connection and could contact the other computer on my home network [the linksys card I had was immediately recognized].
I was mostly impressed by program sizes compared to Windows versions....~50K for an image viewer [maybe, can't remember the exact type of program or size] compared to >~1MB for a Windows program for the same purpose...and it wasn't just a single program, every program was like that.
Flamebait....I don't understand. Informative maybe since I now have a new word in my volcabulary. Maybe I'll take up the study of tribological systems and become a tribologist.
Moderation on Slashdot has become worthless.
Its funny. When I was little we used to take these little flouride pills [that is what I think they were anyway] because they helped give us strong teeth. We used to rinse with flouride solution at school once a week as well. Looking back, I simply think we were a bunch of guinea pigs.
If it isn't natural, don't eat it. Unfortunately, I'm already addicted to all the unnatural junk food that is out there and I'm sure its killing me.
factor of 10 difference from 1B [either greater or lesser]. The original poster is correct.
Use tardis and be true to your geeky Dr. Who roots. Works in an instant and lets you set several options such as rotating servers, frequency of synchronization, limits on time change.
Its the best.
Knowing SQL like the back of your hand doesn't help you sift through videotapes from 50 cameras based in the city's downtown core.
Actually, 2000 sq. km is about 780 sq. miles. Don't divide by the ratio of km:miles, but the ratio of square km:square miles [1.6km = 1 mile.....2.56 sq km = 1 square mile]
Therefore, 780 square miles in a circular shape has a blast radius of 15-16 miles....not much difference, but enough.
This message is riddled with grammar and math errors.
Unfortunately, the people who post under anonymous coward appear to think that the only "hot" chicks out there appear in Maxim and that a woman who doesn't frequent raves and is older than 18 can't be beautiful.
Your comments would carry more weight if you would put your name behind them.
Correct, instinct isn't an emotion. Instincts, I believe, are responses [to stimuli] that have been groomed through evolution. For example, blinking when a hammer hits a nail....ancestors that happened to blink at loud noises had less damage to their eyes [supposedly] and were able to reproduce and raise young more effectively and pass on the genes to the next generation....the very genes that made the individual blink.
Courtesy of www.dictionary.com. instinct Pronunciation Key (nstngkt) n. 1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse. 3. An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy. Anything learned is NOT instinct but instead, a type of conditioning.
Initial programming of a robot could be considered a simple form of instinct perhaps [bump wall, turn left] but that's as far as it goes
That is not what he is saying at all. He is saying that you can use whatever Operating System you want on your own computer, but if you submit information on the net, you are more than likely submitting to a Microsoft machine which IS vulnerable to these virus attacks.
90% of anonymous coward posts are done without thinking and like someone else said "75% of statistics are made up on the spot".
Better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- not me
As for the speed of Mozilla, I find it good except in one example.
/. that the http://validator.w3.org would reject as being non-standard.
When rendering a (2 column) * (x rows), where x gets large [about 1000], it renders dead slow. Every other browser renders it in a snap. I must mention that each cell in the table also contains a text box which I read somewhere on
Plug-in support seems light too, but that is probably just my ignorance.
I'll continue to use it for the most part and if something doesn't work quite right, I'll use another browser.
Interesting Charlie's Angels reference, but you then run into the same problem if one of them dies.... Dead Man's bot seems like a good idea.
Off-topic, but great signature.
I use Opera on tha administrative web interface of our E-mail server because of the keyboard shortcuts and that when you hit the back button, you are instantly BACK. I've tried Mozilla on this server, but it renders a large (x rows)*(2 columns) table with text boxes in each cell VERY slowly....1/2 minute or more and all other browsers I've tried [Opera, Netscape 4.x, Explorer] all seem to render it lightning quick.
I do use Mozilla for all my other browsing though, just because I really like the feel of it and tabbed browsing. Opera is good too for regular browsing, but it just doesn't feel right [crashed a few too many times when I first started trying it I guess]. Basically, I'm using Mozilla because I want it to succeed.
In the olden days [10-15 years ago] the hardware cycle was much longer. The $10000 386 you purchased didn't get trumped in 3 months so people learned how to program the hardware. Heck, that is why the Amiga [which is now unfortunately gone] could do so many impressive things compared to PC's two or three generations older. Thousands of people around the world holding their own competitions and using the same 5-10 year old hardware and seeing who could come up with the best demo.
Nobody will every program a PC to the extent those old Commodore machines were done because the hardware simply isn't around long enough for people to get a handle on it.
As much as I don't like the X-Box [simple anti microsoft bias..no other reason], the coders WILL be able to do some impressive stuff with it in a couple years, unless they come out with an Xbox-2 this year and people forget about the original X-box.
Here is the link you were looking for.
Google is usually pretty good at finding these things as well.
In the past year I have fallen into the LEGO trap and buy quite a bit. It seems that I've become a piece collector [most pieces are sorted to the extreme] than a set collector. The RIS is a good set but you pay for the RCX unit. A little more money could get you a killer educational resource set.
I also find myself picking up those little sets they have now just to get a few extra gears or something.
Basically, it costs as much as having a killer computer system...you're always upgrading.
Click here for prices on pieces.
That is why you always reset to a known point with robotics...there will be drift in mechanical instruments and you will have to reset to a known point. I agree with good practices being forced now as well, but you can also use the parts given to you. No part will be 100% accurate but that doesn't mean you should dismiss it.
Carpenters know that if you want to cut a 16' length of wood into 4 foot sections, you measure 4' from the end and then 8' from the end and then 12' from the end...not 4' then another 4' then another 4'. The measuring tape is extremely accurate if used correctly, just like the sensors in the robotics set.
At the gym, I can pretty much generate 200 watts on a bike for a long time. When the chips start requiring around the 300 watt range I will be totally dependant on the power company. I actually already am, but that is simply because of the wife's hair dryer.