A boiling substance is a brilliant coolant. Boiling uses a lot of energy and this can result in very large temperature drops. A refrigeration system where the substance gets boiled by a pressure drop is perfect (all fridges work this way). Also it will keep your CPU at a fixed temperature which is quite desirable. On the other hand I haven't seen the P-T diagram of this fluid so I can't comment if this is suitable or not as a refrigerant coolant.
wrong wrong wrong. Update to the latest Sharp ROM, turn the screen off while playing mp3. I get over 4 hours of heavy metal daily. It just works. I have an SL-5500 with 512MB CF card and it beats any mp3 player out there. For long drives I plug it into the car's stereo and it never ran out of battery. I think it would last more than 5 hours, I never had that much of uninterrupted time at the office.
I have a 19" VDU which is more than enough for my purposes. I live alone and this screen is large enough for my purposes. Some people would buy a huge plasma/LCD but I think there is no good reason to buy these for my purposes. Obviously you have a different situation.
AFAIK (and IANAL) as long as your TV is not capable of receiving TV input you are alright. This covers RGB and composite inputs. If you don't have a tuner this means you don't have a receiver. Licensing Centre licenses receivers and these cover TV cards (I gave mine away as I did with the TV when I moved out. Previously the place I lived had a TV license and I had my share of boxes. First I gave my TV away, then I moved out and gave my TV card away as well).
I don't know how much these widescreen TVs are modifiable. If you rip the tuner stage apart, then you don't have a device which is capable of TV reception. I'm not sure you want to do that.
Compared to BSkyB and other commercial sattellite channels, TV license is pretty cheap but I just don't like watching TV anymore. It is not an objection of the policies of BBC or any other channel. I lost interest. For 25 years I watched TV, for the last two years I haven't and I realised that I haven't lost anything. I have more time for myself. I do other things and enjoy myself. For entertainment purposes I found radio channels are much better than a TV. I also own a DAB radio and the reception quality is superb. I have more time to read books and spend on my hobbies. I reccomend giving up TV to everyone.
One thing though, since I stopped watching TV, I found myself an oddity. People stare at me when they mention a TV programme and I respond saying "sorry mate, I don't own one, I haven't seen what you are talking about, what the heck is this 'get me out of here, I'm a celebrity' thing you are talking about?". I never realised TV was such an important thing in people's life. It is a mark of your status, how large your TV screen is, how good your VCR/TiVo is. I don't care about these so I'm the odd one out. Giving up TV cannot be advised for sociable people.:-)
On the other hand, I managed to miss most of the horrors, I'm a celebrity series, Most of the Big Brothers, all these cooking and makeover shows, these pop idol rubbish... The only thing I miss is Attenborough's good nature documentaries. Luckily most of these are available on DVD if I like to watch them.
Sorry, I don't have any. I've already donated everything I have to Seti@home. If I get some new PCs I might reconsider where to donate to but I run four PCs at home just for Seti@home. No space cycles yet. I have a rusty racing cycle if you are interested.:)
It's just what we enjoy: pure nonsense. It is as meaningful as gladiators fighting or watching snails race. I can make up a case for gladiators but snails or sperms?
To put it simply: don't watch TV if you don't want to pay the TV tax. What really annoys me is the letters The Licensing Centre sends me. Do I have to prove that I don't have a TV? Does everyone must have a TV? No, radio and the net is good enough for me. If I want to watch a movie, I can always buy/rent a DVD.
When I watched TV, I preferred BBC channels to the other ones, just because they didn't have the ads. I would be happy to pay the licensing fee if I want ad-free TV. What I can't convince myself is if the licensing fee gets scrapped and BBC switches to pay-to-view scheme, will it be free of ads? I don't think so. Anyway, I believe once the analog TV gets phased out, there will be no free channels. Everything will be chargeable. I'm glad that I gave up on TV. I really don't miss it. The documentaries are incredibly dumbed down and there are only a few good ones on BBC and I can get those on DVD later.
If I were to read this on an SF book, I wouldn't believe it. Now I seriously start to think that western society has decayed enough to be really really silly. First Big Brother craze, then this.
I use a wiki clone, tried Drupal with a on-line-magazine-like env., used PHPNuke in the office in the past and I have to say I pretty liked Plone 2.0 as well. I gave it a spin last week and it has more functionality than I needed but I was impressed with the quality of the software. Drupal was quite good but if I were involved with the same project now, I would push Plone forward, it is much more flexible in content mgt roles which would have fitted the project. If all OSS are as good as this one... And if someone also provides support for it, it is a good move for the PHB lot. I bet you can get support for money for Drupal, Wiki clones and any CMS under the sky. I'm no python expert so it is something new to play with: I'm satisfied.
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Arrgh.. My imagination ran aground... What's the point of this then, there isn't anything interesting in this stunt. On the other hand, all Britain were quite interested with a guy locked in a glass box suspended off meters the ground... I think we are experiencing sensory deprevation, at least in the interesting stuff department.:)
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Not only that, compression algorithm will get rid of most of the scientifically useful information. Human brain is a wonder, you can't believe how much information you can get out of a DSP'ed audio stream. I do this regularly, with a signal bandwidth of a couple of kiloHerts, you can still understand the conversation. Radio amateurs (like I) do this regularly.
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To be frank, people doing it are talking rubbish. You have to go much much higher unless it is a miserable London day with clouds hovering around your head. Cloud cover is usually higher than hundred meters. At the moment Cambridgeshire is quite cloudy (~100km away from London) and they are pretty low but they are definitely not at 60-100 meter mark.
It's one of these conceptual art bollocks and just an idiot at the helm.
One think I wondered about is how did they get these baloons which change colour according to the magnetic radiation. The gas is filled with helium so that's inert. I haven't heard of any material which changes colour with radiation.
Ahaha, don't go there mate, don't go there. If we are going to old anime, I would have said original Macross/Robotech is very good but if you watch it now, it shows its age. For some reason I was spellbound with Robotech, I liked Star Blazers (Starship Yamato) but never got really hooked.
You are correct. Initial voices were done by the guy and his girl friend. Every version I could buy or download had the re-mastered voices where proper actors reworked the original. He is a brilliant animator and I'm waiting for his project, it will be out around end of 2004.
Taking photographs.
Walking to the riverside and watching swans.
To feel the sun shining, wind blowing.
For going to the pub and having a couple of pints of warm ale.
To go and lay down on the grass in the park and read a good book.
For fun and joy.
What about anime space battles? Someone mentioned The Legend of Galactic Heroes already. I strongly reccomend Macross Zero 1&2, the battle scenes are really impressive. Macross Plus is very good but the battles are mainly one-to-one. Also Voices of a Distant Star is a very good story and has quite good graphics.
Do you want to be on the cutting edge of the software or is something labelled "stable" is good enough for you?
Basicly that's the only reason you would like to build from source. Otherwise, especially if you are dealing with a large number of packages, compiling from source becomes just a waste of time. Usually I download both binaries and source, install the binaries and compile the package for my own entertainment. Also this means if there is a bit the package builder screwed up or you want to change, it is a simple matter to patch the binaries.
If you are single user, FreeDOS makes more sense. More or less the same functionality and free as free beer. If you want text functionality and multi-tasking, Running a small linux kernel (1.2 family kernel for example) would make real sense. The development of those still go on and they fit in a floppy, unlike 2.x kernels which tend to be pretty large. I used to have 386's with 4MB ram for networking and X stuff (1MB Trident ISA is good enough for any X client). Still FreeDOS makes more sense if you want to boot a DOS shell and run some obsolete app.
Since Knoppix came along I threw all of my MS-DOS boot disks away. If it can't run Knoppix, it's no worth rescuing it. If the PC doesn't have a floppy, there's always tftp/bootp solution to revive such systems.
Wake up. Suse pulled out of it ages ago. It was a worthless publicity stunt in any case. The only reason it made sense was Suse kept on doing what they were good at (doing distros) and other guys (SCO especially) would sell the damn thing to clueless customers. No wonder it collapsed so quickly and good riddance.
No you can't. There were no downloads for United Linux, ever.
A number of "enterprise" server distros were built on UL, notably SLES 8 and SCO Linux 4 (if my memory serves me right, it was called Linux 4, not SCO United Crap).
I've worked with both distros and currently have a number of servers running SLES 8.
Fedora FC1 was useless for me, Java couldn't stay stable on it, Tomcat servers would hand w/o any reason, Ant would just freeze... Redhat 9 or Suse 9 both work fine. FC2 Bittorrent is working fine so by tomorrow morning I should have my first FC2 box up&running. We'll see how good it is this time.
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A boiling substance is a brilliant coolant. Boiling uses a lot of energy and this can result in very large temperature drops. A refrigeration system where the substance gets boiled by a pressure drop is perfect (all fridges work this way). Also it will keep your CPU at a fixed temperature which is quite desirable. On the other hand I haven't seen the P-T diagram of this fluid so I can't comment if this is suitable or not as a refrigerant coolant.
I usually work for 12 hours daily, I never ran out of battery. Turning the screen off helps greatly. Before that it barely lasted more than one hour.
wrong wrong wrong. Update to the latest Sharp ROM, turn the screen off while playing mp3. I get over 4 hours of heavy metal daily. It just works. I have an SL-5500 with 512MB CF card and it beats any mp3 player out there. For long drives I plug it into the car's stereo and it never ran out of battery. I think it would last more than 5 hours, I never had that much of uninterrupted time at the office.
AFAIK (and IANAL) as long as your TV is not capable of receiving TV input you are alright. This covers RGB and composite inputs. If you don't have a tuner this means you don't have a receiver. Licensing Centre licenses receivers and these cover TV cards (I gave mine away as I did with the TV when I moved out. Previously the place I lived had a TV license and I had my share of boxes. First I gave my TV away, then I moved out and gave my TV card away as well).
I don't know how much these widescreen TVs are modifiable. If you rip the tuner stage apart, then you don't have a device which is capable of TV reception. I'm not sure you want to do that.
Compared to BSkyB and other commercial sattellite channels, TV license is pretty cheap but I just don't like watching TV anymore. It is not an objection of the policies of BBC or any other channel. I lost interest. For 25 years I watched TV, for the last two years I haven't and I realised that I haven't lost anything. I have more time for myself. I do other things and enjoy myself. For entertainment purposes I found radio channels are much better than a TV. I also own a DAB radio and the reception quality is superb. I have more time to read books and spend on my hobbies. I reccomend giving up TV to everyone.
One thing though, since I stopped watching TV, I found myself an oddity. People stare at me when they mention a TV programme and I respond saying "sorry mate, I don't own one, I haven't seen what you are talking about, what the heck is this 'get me out of here, I'm a celebrity' thing you are talking about?". I never realised TV was such an important thing in people's life. It is a mark of your status, how large your TV screen is, how good your VCR/TiVo is. I don't care about these so I'm the odd one out. Giving up TV cannot be advised for sociable people. :-)
On the other hand, I managed to miss most of the horrors, I'm a celebrity series, Most of the Big Brothers, all these cooking and makeover shows, these pop idol rubbish... The only thing I miss is Attenborough's good nature documentaries. Luckily most of these are available on DVD if I like to watch them.
Sorry, I don't have any. I've already donated everything I have to Seti@home. If I get some new PCs I might reconsider where to donate to but I run four PCs at home just for Seti@home. No space cycles yet. I have a rusty racing cycle if you are interested. :)
It's just what we enjoy: pure nonsense. It is as meaningful as gladiators fighting or watching snails race. I can make up a case for gladiators but snails or sperms?
When I watched TV, I preferred BBC channels to the other ones, just because they didn't have the ads. I would be happy to pay the licensing fee if I want ad-free TV. What I can't convince myself is if the licensing fee gets scrapped and BBC switches to pay-to-view scheme, will it be free of ads? I don't think so. Anyway, I believe once the analog TV gets phased out, there will be no free channels. Everything will be chargeable. I'm glad that I gave up on TV. I really don't miss it. The documentaries are incredibly dumbed down and there are only a few good ones on BBC and I can get those on DVD later.
You must be kidding, of course they do. British will bet on anything.
Does this mean wanking is a sport from now on??
I use a wiki clone, tried Drupal with a on-line-magazine-like env., used PHPNuke in the office in the past and I have to say I pretty liked Plone 2.0 as well. I gave it a spin last week and it has more functionality than I needed but I was impressed with the quality of the software. Drupal was quite good but if I were involved with the same project now, I would push Plone forward, it is much more flexible in content mgt roles which would have fitted the project. If all OSS are as good as this one... And if someone also provides support for it, it is a good move for the PHB lot. I bet you can get support for money for Drupal, Wiki clones and any CMS under the sky. I'm no python expert so it is something new to play with: I'm satisfied.
Arrgh.. My imagination ran aground... What's the point of this then, there isn't anything interesting in this stunt. On the other hand, all Britain were quite interested with a guy locked in a glass box suspended off meters the ground... I think we are experiencing sensory deprevation, at least in the interesting stuff department. :)
Not only that, compression algorithm will get rid of most of the scientifically useful information. Human brain is a wonder, you can't believe how much information you can get out of a DSP'ed audio stream. I do this regularly, with a signal bandwidth of a couple of kiloHerts, you can still understand the conversation. Radio amateurs (like I) do this regularly.
It's one of these conceptual art bollocks and just an idiot at the helm.
One think I wondered about is how did they get these baloons which change colour according to the magnetic radiation. The gas is filled with helium so that's inert. I haven't heard of any material which changes colour with radiation.
If you are talking about FM broadcast radio, that is VHF.
I like listening to aurora reflections on VHF whenever I have the chance. Listen around 144.3 MHz SSB.
Ahaha, don't go there mate, don't go there. If we are going to old anime, I would have said original Macross/Robotech is very good but if you watch it now, it shows its age. For some reason I was spellbound with Robotech, I liked Star Blazers (Starship Yamato) but never got really hooked.
You are correct. Initial voices were done by the guy and his girl friend. Every version I could buy or download had the re-mastered voices where proper actors reworked the original. He is a brilliant animator and I'm waiting for his project, it will be out around end of 2004.
Taking photographs. Walking to the riverside and watching swans. To feel the sun shining, wind blowing. For going to the pub and having a couple of pints of warm ale. To go and lay down on the grass in the park and read a good book. For fun and joy.
What about anime space battles? Someone mentioned The Legend of Galactic Heroes already. I strongly reccomend Macross Zero 1&2, the battle scenes are really impressive. Macross Plus is very good but the battles are mainly one-to-one. Also Voices of a Distant Star is a very good story and has quite good graphics.
Basicly that's the only reason you would like to build from source. Otherwise, especially if you are dealing with a large number of packages, compiling from source becomes just a waste of time. Usually I download both binaries and source, install the binaries and compile the package for my own entertainment. Also this means if there is a bit the package builder screwed up or you want to change, it is a simple matter to patch the binaries.
That's a real real real cool name! :-) I better get an Intergalactic DR-DOS to go with my Pan-Intergalactic Gargle Blaster.
Since Knoppix came along I threw all of my MS-DOS boot disks away. If it can't run Knoppix, it's no worth rescuing it. If the PC doesn't have a floppy, there's always tftp/bootp solution to revive such systems.
Did you ever use time sharing multi tasking shells? Desqview used to be great. It's not a kludge, it used to work just fine.
I have two Digital laptops on my desk now... Was Digital Research same as DEC? Can't remember now. Can't care either. Both laptops work fine...
Wake up. Suse pulled out of it ages ago. It was a worthless publicity stunt in any case. The only reason it made sense was Suse kept on doing what they were good at (doing distros) and other guys (SCO especially) would sell the damn thing to clueless customers. No wonder it collapsed so quickly and good riddance.
A number of "enterprise" server distros were built on UL, notably SLES 8 and SCO Linux 4 (if my memory serves me right, it was called Linux 4, not SCO United Crap).
I've worked with both distros and currently have a number of servers running SLES 8.
Fedora FC1 was useless for me, Java couldn't stay stable on it, Tomcat servers would hand w/o any reason, Ant would just freeze... Redhat 9 or Suse 9 both work fine. FC2 Bittorrent is working fine so by tomorrow morning I should have my first FC2 box up&running. We'll see how good it is this time.