I agree. If windows were modular, I would have far fewer qualms about it and would almost be able to recommend it to people. Dont like the web browser, slap in the mozilla extension. Want XFS support? Slap it in. Want to use SAMBA instead of the native CIFS implementation? Go right ahead. It is this sort of freedom that gives Linux its huge advantage over windows. Although I would not personally use this system, it is a step in the right direction for all software.
the name shall be Minux.
It has the same dangerously trademark-infringing characteristics we love in the OSS/FS community and has an 'x' in it. What more do you need?
>"Sit back with a cola, fire up the broadband, and start looking."
many people across the world already enjoy this pasttime. Except they dont call it "comet hunting" they call it "porn"
From the looks of it, a rather narrow cross-section of games were taken in order to ensure a victory. If you just selected pornographic movies and "Slaughterhouse", presented them before a judge and asked, "Should these be protected as free speech as guaranteed by the first amendment?" the judge would most likely respond negatively since they have very little redeeming qualities.
However, if you also placed movies like "Schindler's List" or any other movie that obviously does contain content that is easily recognized as protected speech in the sampling as well, the judge would be compelled to answer affirmatively.
This seems to be case that was decided on too narrow a sampling to be applied broadly without impeding on the usage of first amendment rights. It wont set a precedent by being upheld on appeal (as long as the defense doesn't screw the pooch).
You are completely right. It is stupid to cram that much heat-producing shit into such a small case. But I am poor (the drives were very much on sale) and cheap. I was able to make this small smelter into a very cool system indeed. The CPU actually stays below 120F even with everything running.
Yes. It is a kludge and should probably not be done; but then again, there is something beautiful about kludges. Making shit work that isn't supposed to has a certain inspiring quality in my opinion.
I agree that there are far too many frilly and silly case mods out there, but at the same time as I recently found out mods are required.
I run an athlon sytem (1.4GHz DDR FSB) and it runs very hot not so much because of the proc as the hard drives. I have 4x80GB drives crammed in a standard atx minitower. Every pci slot is filled. Space is tight. Heat can build up so fast that the entire system just dies -- very hard.
I had to apply some case mods that really increased air circulation and heat transfer efficiency. As a side effect, the case also looks cool:).
I have been using Gentoo for over a month now. The experience has been quite good. If you enjoyed slackware's DIY/simple attitude or Debian's simple apt-get system or BSD's ports then you will enjoy this distro.
Installation is pretty easy (maybe not for a complete noob) except for the lack of vi and the presence of nano (hint: developers).
I have two sets of IDE controllers on my system. Each disk I have has its own channel and controller. Because I get to use cheap IDE disks, the cost is much lower than SCSI and the performance is right on par with it. Its not the technology -- its how its applied and used in real life.
BTW, can you get stem cells to divide in the laboratory and remain stem cells? If so, it seems that the quantity extracted shouldn't matter. This really does sound like a convenient source, though.
Actually thats kind of the point. The whole test for viable stem cells is two-fold as I understand it. First the stem cells must be able to replicate themselves into more stem cells (showing that the stem cells received are not "defective") and then show that the cells can effectively be forced to grow into non-stem cell human tissue (many stem cells thus far examined have had mediocre performance in this regard).
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I agree. If windows were modular, I would have far fewer qualms about it and would almost be able to recommend it to people. Dont like the web browser, slap in the mozilla extension. Want XFS support? Slap it in. Want to use SAMBA instead of the native CIFS implementation? Go right ahead. It is this sort of freedom that gives Linux its huge advantage over windows. Although I would not personally use this system, it is a step in the right direction for all software.
Perhaps he will as soon as similar requirements are made for the passing of laws such as this one.
Fine, then let there be a compromise:
the name shall be Minux.
It has the same dangerously trademark-infringing characteristics we love in the OSS/FS community and has an 'x' in it. What more do you need?
>"Sit back with a cola, fire up the broadband, and start looking." many people across the world already enjoy this pasttime. Except they dont call it "comet hunting" they call it "porn"
a beowulf cluster of these... oh, wait, that's the tagline...
From the looks of it, a rather narrow cross-section of games were taken in order to ensure a victory. If you just selected pornographic movies and "Slaughterhouse", presented them before a judge and asked, "Should these be protected as free speech as guaranteed by the first amendment?" the judge would most likely respond negatively since they have very little redeeming qualities.
However, if you also placed movies like "Schindler's List" or any other movie that obviously does contain content that is easily recognized as protected speech in the sampling as well, the judge would be compelled to answer affirmatively.
This seems to be case that was decided on too narrow a sampling to be applied broadly without impeding on the usage of first amendment rights. It wont set a precedent by being upheld on appeal (as long as the defense doesn't screw the pooch).
You are completely right. It is stupid to cram that much heat-producing shit into such a small case. But I am poor (the drives were very much on sale) and cheap. I was able to make this small smelter into a very cool system indeed. The CPU actually stays below 120F even with everything running.
Yes. It is a kludge and should probably not be done; but then again, there is something beautiful about kludges. Making shit work that isn't supposed to has a certain inspiring quality in my opinion.
I agree that there are far too many frilly and silly case mods out there, but at the same time as I recently found out mods are required.
:).
I run an athlon sytem (1.4GHz DDR FSB) and it runs very hot not so much because of the proc as the hard drives. I have 4x80GB drives crammed in a standard atx minitower. Every pci slot is filled. Space is tight. Heat can build up so fast that the entire system just dies -- very hard. I had to apply some case mods that really increased air circulation and heat transfer efficiency. As a side effect, the case also looks cool
Actually, I think 40 billion aught to cover the value of _my_ freedom of choice.
I mean it is 40 billion
I have been using Gentoo for over a month now. The experience has been quite good. If you enjoyed slackware's DIY/simple attitude or Debian's simple apt-get system or BSD's ports then you will enjoy this distro.
Installation is pretty easy (maybe not for a complete noob) except for the lack of vi and the presence of nano (hint: developers).
Gentoo has had KDE3 support for a while (almost since sources were released, I might add).
Not even mozilla or OpenOffice? :)
I have two sets of IDE controllers on my system. Each disk I have has its own channel and controller. Because I get to use cheap IDE disks, the cost is much lower than SCSI and the performance is right on par with it. Its not the technology -- its how its applied and used in real life.
I hope this helps.