Until you find out that it's also 10% methanol (pure ethanol that's not taxed is typically only obtainable by serious research groups), and will kill you after a day of inhaling it. Personally, I'd use isopropanol, which is just as effective and slightly less toxic than denatured alcohol.
Why? As you say, the Mac Mini is a bargain, compared to the mini-ITX offerings. I'm guessing you either need to run Windows or have a specific TV-IN card that's not compatible with a Mac?
I was planning on buying a mini-ITX box and using it as a Linux server, but now there's no reason to when I can get a Mac Mini and run Linux or BSD.
Unless IBM donate (to ALL kernel developers) or open source ClearCase then it is way too expensive.
What's more you need the top end version of ClearCase for distributed repositories.
That's not so unlikely, if you think about it. It costs nothing for IBM to give out a few dozen licenses, and it would buy them even further goodwill and publicity from the Linux community.
Personally, I hope Linus would reject any such offer (in favor of encouraging fellow open-source developers to make something really good), having learned his lesson about using proprietary software.
Yes, but there weren't any open-source SCMs with equivalent functionality when Linus made the decision to use BK. Unfortunately, there still aren't any. Hopefully this need will lead to significantly better open-source version control systems in the near future.
OK, but the real question is: how do you keep the opposition from framing the debate?
If the trap is set and we respond in a quiet and reasoned fashion, we're going to lose the battle -- as you've pointed out.
And if we don't respond at all, the trap still springs, the opposition strategy still works. So how do you propose to keep the trap from being set in the first place?
The person who can answer this question properly can make millions as a Democratic campaign advisor. There are a couple possible strategies that might be worth trying:
1. Brutal honesty. Your opponent is talking crap, so call them on it. Speak the truth in a clear, consistent fashion. Act offended; you should be. Speak out against mudslinging in politics and maintain the moral high ground.
2. Launch your own vicious attacks. Let's face it, the Democrats really suck at doing this convincingly.
Yes, responding in a quiet, reasonable fashion simply doesn't work, especially when you too are ignorant of the facts (the Daily Howler has pointed out a number of instances where Democratic spokesmen gave laughably weak responses to attacks).
Finally, there's the long-term option of working to change society so it doesn't tolerate this kind of crap. Start teaching critical thinking in high school. Make something like The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan required reading for any teacher.
As the project progresses new deliverables are tacked onto the end. One can try and have the project plan set in stone at the beginning, but it never works because all the new stuff is "critical to the business".
This is why I like XP (Extreme Programming, the good development process with the dumb name). One of its rules is to involve the customer every step of the way. If the customer can see how the project is developing, they are less likely to expect an unreasonable deadline. If they can give you constant input, you're less likely to waste time coding stuff they don't want.
I'm ambivalent about the pair programming aspect, but the rest of XP tends to work really well.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't the format command do this already?
I'm sure this will be redundant by the time I post it, but: no. Formatting a disk simply initializes the filesystem to a null state. All your data is still happily sitting there on the disk, waiting to be overwritten. The filesystem figures it's empty space, but it can be recovered if it's not overwritten.
If people were to stop buying the products when advertised, and let them know thats the reason why you stopped, eventually you'll see adertisements go down.
Interesting. I do something similar, but only for ads that annoy/insult me. Do you have a system for keeping track of this, or just a very good memory?
And if you're going to put all that effort into it, you can start from scratch (ie, with a Mac mini or a mini-ITX box) and make a MythTV/Freevo box. TiVo is hardly the only option out there.
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Yeah. New York State licenses, at least, also have "UNDER 21" in bold red letters if you're um, under 21.
The only sane argument I've seen in favor of not using tabs is that it makes for easier viewing with tools like cat or diff. Mostly it seems like a poor excuse for not learning how to use your editor. Tabs make so much more sense, and are easily convertible to any number of spaces with sed.
Gosh, better tell physicists to stop studying physics and take up literature if they want to understand your so called "real world" then.;)
Ah, so true. If you can interpret literature, you understand human culture and psychology to some extent. Great. If you understand science, you know how the universe works -- and how to learn more about it.
There's nothing wrong with the liberal arts. But you do have to understand that much of it is bullshit. I know several artists who freely admit as much. In many cases it's nearly impossible to tell the difference because of the non-objectivity. It's very difficult to bullshit science and not have your peers laugh in your face.
Agreed. I'd say there's plenty of room in the F/OSS community for a free Unix microkernel, though Hurd may not be the answer. We need another Linus to kick-start a good microkernel, maybe:-)
Not to mention the dialog just plain SUCKS!!! Please Uncle George, retell that story.
Please tell me you're joking. After the unbelievably bad dialogue (see all Anakin/Padme interaction) in Episode 2, you want George to give RotJ the same treatment? Yeah it was cheesy, but it wasn't PAINFUL.
Yes yes, I know. I tried to find a wording that would prevent just that misinterpretation, but evidently I failed. But really, "all men are created equal"? Not for a long time after the Declaration. The Constitution is a much better reflection of both the ideals and the necessary compromises that the nation was founded on.
It's just disappointing to me that so many people, even many of those who think the Constitution is a great thing, have no clue what's actually in it. It's not a long document. Grab an annotated version (for clarity) and read it.
Oh that's right...looking at RPGDot, I did enjoy Fallout and Fallout 2, but they still don't compare. Ultima 7 and Betrayal at Krondor were great, but they're old. Thief was fun, but I wouldn't consider it an RPG. And that's about it.
I love games that make you feel like you're in a HUGE, diverse world. Any recommendations are very welcome.
Such as? Maybe I'm strange, but I absolutely hated Baldur's Gate and its ilk, including NWN. Maybe it's something about the AD&D system that just doesn't do it for me. *shrug*
Darklands and Daggerfall, and maybe the Realms of Arkania series, remain the best RPGs I've played.
Argh. No it doesn't. Why don't you try actually reading the Constitution?
"Pursuit of happiness", a reference to Locke's "pursuit of property", was a principle stated in the Declaration of Independence, a document that has no bearing on US law.
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Until you find out that it's also 10% methanol (pure ethanol that's not taxed is typically only obtainable by serious research groups), and will kill you after a day of inhaling it. Personally, I'd use isopropanol, which is just as effective and slightly less toxic than denatured alcohol.
Why? As you say, the Mac Mini is a bargain, compared to the mini-ITX offerings. I'm guessing you either need to run Windows or have a specific TV-IN card that's not compatible with a Mac?
I was planning on buying a mini-ITX box and using it as a Linux server, but now there's no reason to when I can get a Mac Mini and run Linux or BSD.
You can already get those, from Sun.
That's not so unlikely, if you think about it. It costs nothing for IBM to give out a few dozen licenses, and it would buy them even further goodwill and publicity from the Linux community.
Personally, I hope Linus would reject any such offer (in favor of encouraging fellow open-source developers to make something really good), having learned his lesson about using proprietary software.
Yes, but there weren't any open-source SCMs with equivalent functionality when Linus made the decision to use BK. Unfortunately, there still aren't any. Hopefully this need will lead to significantly better open-source version control systems in the near future.
It's got the latest versions of everything else, so why no KDE 3.4?
The person who can answer this question properly can make millions as a Democratic campaign advisor. There are a couple possible strategies that might be worth trying:
1. Brutal honesty. Your opponent is talking crap, so call them on it. Speak the truth in a clear, consistent fashion. Act offended; you should be. Speak out against mudslinging in politics and maintain the moral high ground.
2. Launch your own vicious attacks. Let's face it, the Democrats really suck at doing this convincingly.
Yes, responding in a quiet, reasonable fashion simply doesn't work, especially when you too are ignorant of the facts (the Daily Howler has pointed out a number of instances where Democratic spokesmen gave laughably weak responses to attacks).
Finally, there's the long-term option of working to change society so it doesn't tolerate this kind of crap. Start teaching critical thinking in high school. Make something like The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan required reading for any teacher.
You're misunderstanding the word exactly in this context. You have to define love or envy.
You mean Quest for Glory I (or if you're playing the old EGA version, Hero's Quest). Great games.
FireFox automatically sends it over to kpdf, no problem here.
This is why I like XP (Extreme Programming, the good development process with the dumb name). One of its rules is to involve the customer every step of the way. If the customer can see how the project is developing, they are less likely to expect an unreasonable deadline. If they can give you constant input, you're less likely to waste time coding stuff they don't want.
I'm ambivalent about the pair programming aspect, but the rest of XP tends to work really well.
I'm sure this will be redundant by the time I post it, but: no. Formatting a disk simply initializes the filesystem to a null state. All your data is still happily sitting there on the disk, waiting to be overwritten. The filesystem figures it's empty space, but it can be recovered if it's not overwritten.
This is why tools like shred exist.
Yes indeed. Without the numbers telling you where everything is, this isn't an IUPAC name at all. So what's the point of this again?
Have you tried OGRE?
Interesting. I do something similar, but only for ads that annoy/insult me. Do you have a system for keeping track of this, or just a very good memory?
And if you're going to put all that effort into it, you can start from scratch (ie, with a Mac mini or a mini-ITX box) and make a MythTV/Freevo box. TiVo is hardly the only option out there.
Yeah. New York State licenses, at least, also have "UNDER 21" in bold red letters if you're um, under 21.
The only sane argument I've seen in favor of not using tabs is that it makes for easier viewing with tools like cat or diff. Mostly it seems like a poor excuse for not learning how to use your editor. Tabs make so much more sense, and are easily convertible to any number of spaces with sed.
Ah, so true. If you can interpret literature, you understand human culture and psychology to some extent. Great. If you understand science, you know how the universe works -- and how to learn more about it.
There's nothing wrong with the liberal arts. But you do have to understand that much of it is bullshit. I know several artists who freely admit as much. In many cases it's nearly impossible to tell the difference because of the non-objectivity. It's very difficult to bullshit science and not have your peers laugh in your face.
Agreed. I'd say there's plenty of room in the F/OSS community for a free Unix microkernel, though Hurd may not be the answer. We need another Linus to kick-start a good microkernel, maybe :-)
Please tell me you're joking. After the unbelievably bad dialogue (see all Anakin/Padme interaction) in Episode 2, you want George to give RotJ the same treatment? Yeah it was cheesy, but it wasn't PAINFUL.
It's just disappointing to me that so many people, even many of those who think the Constitution is a great thing, have no clue what's actually in it. It's not a long document. Grab an annotated version (for clarity) and read it.
I love games that make you feel like you're in a HUGE, diverse world. Any recommendations are very welcome.
Darklands and Daggerfall, and maybe the Realms of Arkania series, remain the best RPGs I've played.
"Pursuit of happiness", a reference to Locke's "pursuit of property", was a principle stated in the Declaration of Independence, a document that has no bearing on US law.