Not quite a novel, but meaty enough to give you loads of info, or technical enough to send you to sleep (depending on your mood at the time)... or if you still need sleep, you could try hitting your head with the books, I know how the engine noise and people can just keep you completely wired during a flight.
More like shame on me for buying the damn card, what a piece of crap that is... my friend in the DV industry told me his department tested the card and the conclusion was (apart from being crap) that they had really skimped on the hardware acceleration/decoder processor (just so it could do the bare minimum)... looks like they skimped on the 'development' (read. stolen) of the DivX (cough, XVid) implementation and the complete joke they called a 'player'.
The other thing was I had to look when buying it, 'cos NewEgg didn't sell it... only Sigma themselves and CDW sold it (the latter where I got it from). Hmm, NewEgg rules... I must learn to trust my instincts now and think twice to the thought 'Why aren't NewEgg selling it?'. DOH, DOH and thrice DOH! (Shame on me).
Now this is looking to be a nice upgrade.. as a bit of an art junky I'm pleased at the nice amount of eye candy they're including.
Roll on the release date, I just hope this nicer front-end will appeal to those non-Linux users... we might have to start doing 'interviews' with people who have switched to Linux, redress the balance a bit!
I'll never forget a BBC TV news report from a couple of years ago, about a really harsh winter which was killing off (or freezing to death) a lot of the avid vodka drinkers, especially the homeless... while the reporter was talking from Moscow, a tramp was crossing the road very very slowly... and stopped near the middle, and didn't move for the rest of the report.
Now I know it isn't funny to laugh about people dying because of this, but just the thought of someone succumbing to the very same thing they were reporting about, live... is just plain freaky.
Visa processing time are notoriously long, I've been back in the UK for about 7 weeks trying to get a visitors visa.. both applications were refused under section 221(g) - or providing inadequate proof that you are to return to your native country (even though I have proof of a full time job that I have to return to). No I'm going back again next week under the waiver program, but you can't do diddly on that program (i.e. extending your stay, etc).
I also doubt that Russia would be on the Visa Waiver scheme (I haven't checked the list)... maybe when they filled out their forms, did they tick (YES) to one of the silliest questions on the US Visa form (silly because I'd assume you wouldn't admit to it!)->
Do you seek to enter the United States to engage in export control violations, subversive or terrorist activities, or any other unlawful
purpose?
Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization as currently designated by the U.S. Secretary of State?
Have you
ever participated in persecutions directed by the Nazi government of Germany; or have you ever participated in genocide?
(YES) (NO)
Anyhow, lets hope they can get something sorted quickly... the US doesn't want to look like it is deliberately denying them entry into the US so that they lose the 'charges will be dropped if you testify', but the case pretty much requires them to be there.
And if you've been extra naughty, they'll have modified the masts to make you extra crispy for when the Police arrive to get you... especially with all those masts being inside petrol station price towers.
Funny thing about why you're not meant to use a mobile when at a petrol station, not because you might blow something up (compared with a cigarette) but because the signals interfere with the pump pricing system, although putting masts up on petrol stations does seem a bit wierd if those reasons hold true?
So the IBM version still stuffs itself with pizzas, whereas the Apple version is on Slim-Fast shakes wearing a lycra outfit and eating mostly fruit (well eating Apples would be cannabalistic, unless they bring out the PowerHannibal chip variant)...;)
The little problem is when you get more storage or more bandwidth, you tend to find ways to use it to the max...
I set up a file server for my brothers' MP3 archive (he is a DJ and a few use mp3's on an external drive and laptop for gigs, just because you don't have to lug hundreds of CD's around), and it has 240GB of RAIDed storage, that lasted 6 weeks... it's been teetering around the 10GB mark for a while)... plus a 5Mb broadband doesn't help in keeping the HDD free! We're just saving up for another storage upgrade.
I agree, I used to program on the NeXTStep platform (my placement/internship company were typesetters, the native PostScript came in handy) and it is virtually (I may be completely wrong here, I havent touched OS X, let alone Macs;) ) the same thing, just a tad older
With our NeXT systems, you could program in Objective C (being the staple diet), but you could also use C/C++ code as well if you wanted. It won't take to long to get used to (I've heard some peeps say that Objective C is more of a proper OO than C++, but I'm not taking any sides here!)... plus as a programmer, once you know the basics it is just a case of getting used to the semantics, syntax style and quirks of the different language you're learning. Good Luck!
A friend of mine works in the Digital Video business, and I was telling him about the shuttle systems. A couple of days later he told me that his workplace were very interested in one (esp. when I updated him with the integrated monitor).
The reason they were so interested is that they have to take a laptop and docking bay with PCI adaptors so they can show customers any demos, yet with the Shuttle they're able to completely package the system and it works a charm. The bean counters were even more surprised at the cost of the system, they thought $2500, but it only cost £330 for the shuttle and the rest of the bits were already on site (although they are still sorting the Xenarc version).
Although with the size of the Jadetec, I doubt they'd be able to fit in the custom PCI cards, pity!
Ahh, will the students still have the opportunity to watch an autopsy? I remember a Quincy episode when he was due to teach a class of med students, but needed to do some investigating and couldn't get out of the class... and then made the entire class all pass out/throw up within minutes!
I have a friend doing a Medical related degree at Edinburgh (not sure precisely which kind), and she said their compulsory module on autopsies wasn't initially fun (half the class didn't stay conscious long enough). But they are taught hands on experience from the very beginning.
Given the state of the British NHS (overworked, underfunded yadda yadda), I'm not sure how much it will affect the 'brain drain' in that they still could end up going overseas anyway.
And that little top-up of food generates 1.21Gigawatts, phew! I wouldn't like the idea of Mr. Fusion digesting all the leftovers of Sunday lunch from a large family!:)
My brother & family moved into a nice new house last year... and as soon as the phone was set up, BANG! Telemarketers left right and bloody center.
He ended up installing this system (I'm not there so I couldn't tell you what it is) that will reroute all calls without Caller ID to an automated system so calls can be screened, callers have to give their name or business name and then the system literally calls the house itself to say "person or company x" is calling.
The number of telemarketing calls went through the floor, mainly because most didn't want to go through the screening check. They get the odd call now and then, but mostly by those who do persevere with the screening system or those that have valid Caller ID tags.
Originally he did have the system completely rejecting calls without ID, but since the rest of the family live in England, there isn't any ID transmitted - so we couldn't get through for a while, until we got a call from him wondering why WE hadn't called!! DOH!
Toms Hardware did a review a couple of months ago... a good read, I was thinking about getting it, but now I'm redoing my music in OGG so we'll just have to wait until more hardware players get in on the act and support OGG.
Man they must have seen us coming (have they been/.'ed before?), that is a nice list of mirrors on the linked page... that is until the linked page gets killed;)
burning individual human's entire DNA sequences onto shiny compact discs
I can do that for less than $500k:
Ingredients:
One CD (make use of an AOL one for a change).
A skin or blood sample.
Preperation:
Put all the ingredients into a casserole dish, preheat oven to gas mark 9. When ready place casserole dish into oven and leave until black acrid smoke comes out of the oven. Et Voila, your DNA 'burned' onto a CD.
A nice keep sake for years to come! And as Nigella Lawson would say, "Absolutely Scrumptious"!
...aiming for the draw; whereas the computer would foolishly (if it wins) try to win each successive...
Kind of reminds me of an ep of TNG, where Data lost a game against a Grand Master (when his strategy was to win), but won when he went for a draw (and the Grand Master gave up out of frustration).
I used to work for a typesetting company on my industrial placement (internship in US terms), and we also produced SGML documents for another company who created audio versions of the files we supplied.
The previous placement student came in handy when the audio book company lost the master password to a whole archive of audio books, he cracked the files and unlocked the affected files. The other company was run by friends of the management of our company, so there weren't any 'confidentiality agreements' or anything... but I dread to think how the current laws (which weren't implemented then) would have affected us there.
They'd better hurry up on the said 'push' before they sell any more patents off to 'other' companies.
Isn't it more a case of gfx/animator studios are buying loads of Intel boxen and slapping Linux on them rather than buying SGI kit (expensive kit I might add), and is working out to be cheaper for the studios?
Not quite on the subject of computers, but my parents bought a German Trabant car 10 years ago (one of the last production ones)... and the body is made out of a compressed paper, and you can get this special chemical which dissolves it completely!
Although with a 2 stroke engine (almost like a lawnmower) and for gasoline you have to a 1/4 oil per refill, it ain't that great on the emissions front, but slipstreaming behind HGV's works a treat!.
Slashdot Mirror
With the Ad-slogan:
Can't reach the parts that other beers can reach.
I have my dark days as well (I do have every Nine Inch Nails album!), but the new Theme manager does look interesting to say the least.
I suppose the artists (me included, if I had the time) should get their bottoms into gear and get the dark and brooding (but stylish) themes started!.
How about the 3 volume 'Art Of Computer Programming' by Knuth.
Not quite a novel, but meaty enough to give you loads of info, or technical enough to send you to sleep (depending on your mood at the time)... or if you still need sleep, you could try hitting your head with the books, I know how the engine noise and people can just keep you completely wired during a flight.
Enjoy your flight.
Shame on Sigma
More like shame on me for buying the damn card, what a piece of crap that is... my friend in the DV industry told me his department tested the card and the conclusion was (apart from being crap) that they had really skimped on the hardware acceleration/decoder processor (just so it could do the bare minimum)... looks like they skimped on the 'development' (read. stolen) of the DivX (cough, XVid) implementation and the complete joke they called a 'player'.
The other thing was I had to look when buying it, 'cos NewEgg didn't sell it... only Sigma themselves and CDW sold it (the latter where I got it from). Hmm, NewEgg rules... I must learn to trust my instincts now and think twice to the thought 'Why aren't NewEgg selling it?'. DOH, DOH and thrice DOH! (Shame on me).
Now this is looking to be a nice upgrade.. as a bit of an art junky I'm pleased at the nice amount of eye candy they're including.
Roll on the release date, I just hope this nicer front-end will appeal to those non-Linux users... we might have to start doing 'interviews' with people who have switched to Linux, redress the balance a bit!
I'll never forget a BBC TV news report from a couple of years ago, about a really harsh winter which was killing off (or freezing to death) a lot of the avid vodka drinkers, especially the homeless... while the reporter was talking from Moscow, a tramp was crossing the road very very slowly... and stopped near the middle, and didn't move for the rest of the report.
Now I know it isn't funny to laugh about people dying because of this, but just the thought of someone succumbing to the very same thing they were reporting about, live... is just plain freaky.
Visa processing time are notoriously long, I've been back in the UK for about 7 weeks trying to get a visitors visa.. both applications were refused under section 221(g) - or providing inadequate proof that you are to return to your native country (even though I have proof of a full time job that I have to return to). No I'm going back again next week under the waiver program, but you can't do diddly on that program (i.e. extending your stay, etc).
I also doubt that Russia would be on the Visa Waiver scheme (I haven't checked the list)... maybe when they filled out their forms, did they tick (YES) to one of the silliest questions on the US Visa form (silly because I'd assume you wouldn't admit to it!)->
Do you seek to enter the United States to engage in export control violations, subversive or terrorist activities, or any other unlawful purpose?
Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization as currently designated by the U.S. Secretary of State?
Have you ever participated in persecutions directed by the Nazi government of Germany; or have you ever participated in genocide?
(YES) (NO)
Anyhow, lets hope they can get something sorted quickly... the US doesn't want to look like it is deliberately denying them entry into the US so that they lose the 'charges will be dropped if you testify', but the case pretty much requires them to be there.
OK, change of topic slightly...
What is the current progress on Light Emitting Polymer display tech? Now that will be a big kick up the visual ass when it finally comes out.
your brain is going to get quite a zap
And if you've been extra naughty, they'll have modified the masts to make you extra crispy for when the Police arrive to get you... especially with all those masts being inside petrol station price towers.
Funny thing about why you're not meant to use a mobile when at a petrol station, not because you might blow something up (compared with a cigarette) but because the signals interfere with the pump pricing system, although putting masts up on petrol stations does seem a bit wierd if those reasons hold true?
IBM server chip seen slimmed down for Apple Macs
So the IBM version still stuffs itself with pizzas, whereas the Apple version is on Slim-Fast shakes wearing a lycra outfit and eating mostly fruit (well eating Apples would be cannabalistic, unless they bring out the PowerHannibal chip variant)... ;)
The little problem is when you get more storage or more bandwidth, you tend to find ways to use it to the max...
I set up a file server for my brothers' MP3 archive (he is a DJ and a few use mp3's on an external drive and laptop for gigs, just because you don't have to lug hundreds of CD's around), and it has 240GB of RAIDed storage, that lasted 6 weeks... it's been teetering around the 10GB mark for a while)... plus a 5Mb broadband doesn't help in keeping the HDD free! We're just saving up for another storage upgrade.
I agree, I used to program on the NeXTStep platform (my placement/internship company were typesetters, the native PostScript came in handy) and it is virtually (I may be completely wrong here, I havent touched OS X, let alone Macs ;) ) the same thing, just a tad older
With our NeXT systems, you could program in Objective C (being the staple diet), but you could also use C/C++ code as well if you wanted. It won't take to long to get used to (I've heard some peeps say that Objective C is more of a proper OO than C++, but I'm not taking any sides here!)... plus as a programmer, once you know the basics it is just a case of getting used to the semantics, syntax style and quirks of the different language you're learning. Good Luck!
A friend of mine works in the Digital Video business, and I was telling him about the shuttle systems. A couple of days later he told me that his workplace were very interested in one (esp. when I updated him with the integrated monitor).
The reason they were so interested is that they have to take a laptop and docking bay with PCI adaptors so they can show customers any demos, yet with the Shuttle they're able to completely package the system and it works a charm. The bean counters were even more surprised at the cost of the system, they thought $2500, but it only cost £330 for the shuttle and the rest of the bits were already on site (although they are still sorting the Xenarc version).
Although with the size of the Jadetec, I doubt they'd be able to fit in the custom PCI cards, pity!
Ahh, will the students still have the opportunity to watch an autopsy? I remember a Quincy episode when he was due to teach a class of med students, but needed to do some investigating and couldn't get out of the class... and then made the entire class all pass out/throw up within minutes!
I have a friend doing a Medical related degree at Edinburgh (not sure precisely which kind), and she said their compulsory module on autopsies wasn't initially fun (half the class didn't stay conscious long enough). But they are taught hands on experience from the very beginning.
Given the state of the British NHS (overworked, underfunded yadda yadda), I'm not sure how much it will affect the 'brain drain' in that they still could end up going overseas anyway.
And that little top-up of food generates 1.21Gigawatts, phew! I wouldn't like the idea of Mr. Fusion digesting all the leftovers of Sunday lunch from a large family! :)
My brother & family moved into a nice new house last year... and as soon as the phone was set up, BANG! Telemarketers left right and bloody center.
He ended up installing this system (I'm not there so I couldn't tell you what it is) that will reroute all calls without Caller ID to an automated system so calls can be screened, callers have to give their name or business name and then the system literally calls the house itself to say "person or company x" is calling.
The number of telemarketing calls went through the floor, mainly because most didn't want to go through the screening check. They get the odd call now and then, but mostly by those who do persevere with the screening system or those that have valid Caller ID tags.
Originally he did have the system completely rejecting calls without ID, but since the rest of the family live in England, there isn't any ID transmitted - so we couldn't get through for a while, until we got a call from him wondering why WE hadn't called!! DOH!
Here is a link to The Register article concerning the Zire, and covers the m105 (which can also sell for $99).
Toms Hardware did a review a couple of months ago... a good read, I was thinking about getting it, but now I'm redoing my music in OGG so we'll just have to wait until more hardware players get in on the act and support OGG.
Man they must have seen us coming (have they been /.'ed before?), that is a nice list of mirrors on the linked page... that is until the linked page gets killed ;)
burning individual human's entire DNA sequences onto shiny compact discs
I can do that for less than $500k:
Ingredients:
One CD (make use of an AOL one for a change).
A skin or blood sample.
Preperation:
Put all the ingredients into a casserole dish, preheat oven to gas mark 9. When ready place casserole dish into oven and leave until black acrid smoke comes out of the oven. Et Voila, your DNA 'burned' onto a CD.
A nice keep sake for years to come! And as Nigella Lawson would say, "Absolutely Scrumptious"!
Kind of reminds me of an ep of TNG, where Data lost a game against a Grand Master (when his strategy was to win), but won when he went for a draw (and the Grand Master gave up out of frustration).
I used to work for a typesetting company on my industrial placement (internship in US terms), and we also produced SGML documents for another company who created audio versions of the files we supplied.
The previous placement student came in handy when the audio book company lost the master password to a whole archive of audio books, he cracked the files and unlocked the affected files. The other company was run by friends of the management of our company, so there weren't any 'confidentiality agreements' or anything... but I dread to think how the current laws (which weren't implemented then) would have affected us there.
Like many of us out there, Tux has probably been overdosing on Pizza and 'forgets' to do any excercise.
Now I suppose I ought to go the the gym now... no I don't think so, I have more ./ reading and programming to do :)
They'd better hurry up on the said 'push' before they sell any more patents off to 'other' companies.
Isn't it more a case of gfx/animator studios are buying loads of Intel boxen and slapping Linux on them rather than buying SGI kit (expensive kit I might add), and is working out to be cheaper for the studios?
Not quite on the subject of computers, but my parents bought a German Trabant car 10 years ago (one of the last production ones)... and the body is made out of a compressed paper, and you can get this special chemical which dissolves it completely!
Although with a 2 stroke engine (almost like a lawnmower) and for gasoline you have to a 1/4 oil per refill, it ain't that great on the emissions front, but slipstreaming behind HGV's works a treat!.