All you need is one person with a VMWare license to create an empty.vmdk file and distribute it. Then player-demo users can fire that up and install an OS on it. You won't be able to save a snapshot, which negates VMWare's (IMHO) second-best feature (the primary feature being able to to run other OSes without rebooting), but it's still pretty cool considering what you paid (i.e., nothing). If you really want to be able to revert, get the OS to where you want it, shut it down, and make a copy of the.vmdk files. Then work off the copy and restore when necessary.
Agreed. I have almost no reason to print the pictures I take (with my digital camera). If I want to look at my pictures, I sit at the computer. If I want my friends and family to see them, I email them. If I want them to see a lot of photos or little video clips taken with my digital camera, I mail them a CD.
The only pictures needing printing are those hung on the wall. Those are rare and are done for a couple bucks at Wal-Mart (or on Kinko's Tektronix).
I realize some people are old fashioned dead-tree kind of people that like to hold and handle things, but I can't see a your average Joe User *need*ing to print pictures frequently.
Indeed. Not only that, if he shot the shoulder while the cat bounding towards him, any damage would be restricted to the shoulder and what's behind it. Not anything in front of it, like the head or neck.
If nobody has any kind of control, the abusers will quickly take over and render the network useless. I can't see it working in real life.
I'm not saying there should be one central controlling entity, just that each person should have control over their own little node. If Joe Neighbor is routing gigs of crap through my node, I better be able to shut him down and make him route his traffic elsewhere, or else my own node is useless to me. Might as well unplug it.
"Like I said, all it takes is one in fifty who won't play nice to ruin it for everybody else."
That's what dynamic traffic shaping is for. It's already built in to Linux. One guy using up all the bandwidth? Throttle his connection down to 56kbps for a while.
Yes! Gas/electrics make no sense, it's the diesel/electrics that are the perfect match. Diesels are well suited to running at one low rpm with high torque to charge batteries with a generator, and electric motors are well suited to providing short bursts of acceleration. There's a reason that non-nuke submarines and modern railroad locomotives are all diesel/electrics.:)
Actually, current TDIs already have catalytic converters. But you're correct in that the diesel situation will improve greatly in 2006 when sulphur is phased out of US diesel fuel:
Gasoline exhaust contains benzine (which is of course a carcinogen) and other VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). There are a lot of VOCs, some are dangerous, some less so. CO has no long-term effects that I am aware of, though of course the short-term effects can be deadly.
Considering diesels get about twice the fuel milege, which means you're burning about half the fuel, you probably pollute about half as much (no, no numbers to back that up). Yes, diesel exhaust is sooty. But it contains less greenhouse gasses than gasoline exhaust. Global warming may or may not be caused by man, but the greenhouse gasses that burning gasoline produces isn't going to help any.
There are pros and cons to gas and diesel. Fortunately for the anti-diesel camp, most people choose to drive gas cars. The.01% of us who like passenger vehicle diesels are not going to add much pollution since there are so few of us.;) It's those 18-wheeler trucks that are the ones to worry about...
Well I just have a NA diesel from 1982, so I haven't driven a TDI firsthand. I read the smoke thing on online VWs forums. I guess they're not exactly the pinnacle of accuracy I thought they were.;)
Well I'm not an automotive engineer, but VW's TDI Diesel has a fly-by-wire "throttle" control that prevents the driver from asking for more fuel than can be burned. The great clouds of black smoke you see billowing from diesel exhaust pipes is excess fuel that didn't have time to combust in the cylinder. With a computer regulating fuel flow, particulates are drastically reduced because the computer only injects the exact amount that can be cleanly burned in the cylinder.
On VW's TDI you only see a cloud when you start a cold engine, or if the computer or fuel system is malfunctioning.
Yup. "Don't you meddle with old unloaded firearms. They are the most deadly and unerring things that have ever been created by man. You don't have to take any pains at all with them. You don't have to have a rest. You don't have to have any sights on the gun. You don't have to aim, even. No, you just pick out a relative and bang away, and you are sure to get him. A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three-quarters of an hour can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time at a hundred." --Mark Twain
"It's sort of when a burglar breaks into someone's house and the police arrest the homeowner for hurting the burglar's feelings."
Funny thing, that actually happens. Well, almost. If you shoot a home invader, you can expect the scumbag (if you're a poor shot) or his estate (if you're a good shot) to sue you in civil court, depending on the state in which you live.
"is it impossible in America to go to the movies and bring your own food and drinks"
It's against the rules of most theaters and frowned upon at the rest. You can sneak it in of course, and the theater can pursue no legal action if they catch you... However they can ask you to leave and they can have you arrested for trespassing if you refuse to leave.
"So we may, as a species, be in for a bumpy ride in the next few thousand years or so."
We'll survive. Remeber Waterworld? We'll just live on atolls and eventually develop webbed feet and gills and stuff. Just watch out for those Smokers... long live Ol' Saint Joe!
What I want to know is, why don't they just use low power AM? You need *NO* license at all to do low-power AM broadcasting, and your signal should be strong enough to cover the 'Dome no sweat.
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All you need is one person with a VMWare license to create an empty .vmdk file and distribute it. Then player-demo users can fire that up and install an OS on it. You won't be able to save a snapshot, which negates VMWare's (IMHO) second-best feature (the primary feature being able to to run other OSes without rebooting), but it's still pretty cool considering what you paid (i.e., nothing). If you really want to be able to revert, get the OS to where you want it, shut it down, and make a copy of the .vmdk files. Then work off the copy and restore when necessary.
Agreed. I have almost no reason to print the pictures I take (with my digital camera). If I want to look at my pictures, I sit at the computer. If I want my friends and family to see them, I email them. If I want them to see a lot of photos or little video clips taken with my digital camera, I mail them a CD.
The only pictures needing printing are those hung on the wall. Those are rare and are done for a couple bucks at Wal-Mart (or on Kinko's Tektronix).
I realize some people are old fashioned dead-tree kind of people that like to hold and handle things, but I can't see a your average Joe User *need*ing to print pictures frequently.
Indeed. Not only that, if he shot the shoulder while the cat bounding towards him, any damage would be restricted to the shoulder and what's behind it. Not anything in front of it, like the head or neck.
If nobody has any kind of control, the abusers will quickly take over and render the network useless. I can't see it working in real life.
I'm not saying there should be one central controlling entity, just that each person should have control over their own little node. If Joe Neighbor is routing gigs of crap through my node, I better be able to shut him down and make him route his traffic elsewhere, or else my own node is useless to me. Might as well unplug it.
"Like I said, all it takes is one in fifty who won't play nice to ruin it for everybody else."
That's what dynamic traffic shaping is for. It's already built in to Linux. One guy using up all the bandwidth? Throttle his connection down to 56kbps for a while.
Say, *I'm* in an IT dept that scans for mp3. Thanks for the tip!
Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis?
Yes! Gas/electrics make no sense, it's the diesel/electrics that are the perfect match. Diesels are well suited to running at one low rpm with high torque to charge batteries with a generator, and electric motors are well suited to providing short bursts of acceleration. There's a reason that non-nuke submarines and modern railroad locomotives are all diesel/electrics. :)
Actually, current TDIs already have catalytic converters. But you're correct in that the diesel situation will improve greatly in 2006 when sulphur is phased out of US diesel fuel:
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http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_new
Gasoline exhaust contains benzine (which is of course a carcinogen) and other VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). There are a lot of VOCs, some are dangerous, some less so. CO has no long-term effects that I am aware of, though of course the short-term effects can be deadly.
.01% of us who like passenger vehicle diesels are not going to add much pollution since there are so few of us. ;) It's those 18-wheeler trucks that are the ones to worry about...
Considering diesels get about twice the fuel milege, which means you're burning about half the fuel, you probably pollute about half as much (no, no numbers to back that up). Yes, diesel exhaust is sooty. But it contains less greenhouse gasses than gasoline exhaust. Global warming may or may not be caused by man, but the greenhouse gasses that burning gasoline produces isn't going to help any.
There are pros and cons to gas and diesel. Fortunately for the anti-diesel camp, most people choose to drive gas cars. The
Well I just have a NA diesel from 1982, so I haven't driven a TDI firsthand. I read the smoke thing on online VWs forums. I guess they're not exactly the pinnacle of accuracy I thought they were. ;)
"the average short bus trip is over $10 (in Chicago) per rider"
Huh? When I was in Chicago (granted this was the late 90s), a bus ride with transfer was about $2. Who pays for the other $8?
"Is this true even for recent engines?"
Well I'm not an automotive engineer, but VW's TDI Diesel has a fly-by-wire "throttle" control that prevents the driver from asking for more fuel than can be burned. The great clouds of black smoke you see billowing from diesel exhaust pipes is excess fuel that didn't have time to combust in the cylinder. With a computer regulating fuel flow, particulates are drastically reduced because the computer only injects the exact amount that can be cleanly burned in the cylinder.
On VW's TDI you only see a cloud when you start a cold engine, or if the computer or fuel system is malfunctioning.
"Sadly, diesel's particulate emissions have recently been related to increased risks of asthma in children"
In other news, carbon monoxide and other emissions from gasoline engines have long been related to increased health problems.
Diesel's not perfect, but it's not any worse than burning any other hydrocarbon fossil fuel, like gasoline.
Just because you get DSL, doesn't mean you have to actually connect any phones to it... just the DSL modem. Which doesn't ring. :)
I didn't say *his* scanner was illegal. Just that police scanners in general were. I can see that I wasn't very clear, though.
Yup. "Don't you meddle with old unloaded firearms. They are the most deadly and unerring things that have ever been created by man. You don't have to take any pains at all with them. You don't have to have a rest. You don't have to have any sights on the gun. You don't have to aim, even. No, you just pick out a relative and bang away, and you are sure to get him. A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatling gun in three-quarters of an hour can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time at a hundred." --Mark Twain
"It's sort of when a burglar breaks into someone's house and the police arrest the homeowner for hurting the burglar's feelings."
Funny thing, that actually happens. Well, almost. If you shoot a home invader, you can expect the scumbag (if you're a poor shot) or his estate (if you're a good shot) to sue you in civil court, depending on the state in which you live.
"is it impossible in America to go to the movies and bring your own food and drinks"
It's against the rules of most theaters and frowned upon at the rest. You can sneak it in of course, and the theater can pursue no legal action if they catch you... However they can ask you to leave and they can have you arrested for trespassing if you refuse to leave.
'a "radio scanner" (used to monitor police radio?!)'
An entirely legal and popular pasttime in the US. Quite illegal in the UK though.
What has dating got to do with Chocolate Chip Starfish?
Here's a link that works:
http://www.ekstremt.net/files/TSRumble.avi
491Kbps as of 8:20pm MDT.
Interesting. So that's what drugs to do brains.
"So we may, as a species, be in for a bumpy ride in the next few thousand years or so."
We'll survive. Remeber Waterworld? We'll just live on atolls and eventually develop webbed feet and gills and stuff. Just watch out for those Smokers... long live Ol' Saint Joe!
What I want to know is, why don't they just use low power AM? You need *NO* license at all to do low-power AM broadcasting, and your signal should be strong enough to cover the 'Dome no sweat.