When I created my Linux filesystems with mke2fs, I didn't know there was an -m option. This option specifies how many percent of your disk Linux will "steal" so that root can use it to fix your system when the disk is full. This defaults to 5%, which for a disk used to store files is obviously 5% too many. So for all your non-system disks at least, simply correct the file system with tune2fs:
tune2fs -m 0/dev/hdX
Et voila. The disk is 5% bigger as if by magic. For a 120GB drive this gives you an extra 6GB. Hey, you never know when you might need it. Also, if you do this on your system disk, don't say I didn't warn ya.
Still, I don't think we can draw any conclusions from this. Obviously it's a good thing to make this information available to regular people. Perhaps the first site to be listed should be a site about hypochondria and/or OCD, though.;)
I sometimes have a PC running at night, and the fan bothers me.
I'd rather look into flexible keyboards or active noise cancellation, though people can't seem to agree whether the non-existant sound is louder than the original sound or not.
People playing these games are always complaining about "camping", something that's almost always synonymous with "sitting in one place, waiting for the enemy", "sniping", and, of course, "winning".
The fact that the entire gameplay depends on at least one person moving around at any one time, makes it a bit impractical to include a weapon that enables the player to sit still and shoot from a long distance.
I think the best games are those that have an original CONCEPT, though they're not necessarily better because they're simple.
The most enjoyable games I've encountered so far are Pong, bzflag and Weichi/Igo/Baduk (A Chinese board game), and all three are games with relatively simple rules, but a very original concept. Tetris wasn't bad either, and follows the same pattern. The only game of these four to actually have anything that resembles an engine is bzflag, and it's a simple one at that.
A notable thing about Igo is that with its simple rules set and 19x19 board, it's actually more complex than modern games, and even more complex than chess. So sometimes less is more.
Is how they not only pursue economic crime, but also have made it their personal goal to pursue Mullah Krekar, suspected of encouraging muslims to commit suicide bombings.
Meanwhile, the PST (Previously called POT, but they changed their name for some reason) seem to be sitting on their asses while Okokrim is stealing all the spotlights. What's up with that?
I've already learned to program in GTK+ 2, yet use KDE as my window manager/ThingTM. One problem I can see with this is that I know of know way to change the GTK theme used on my machine.
For me, the performance of a particular emulator was the key issue when I last replaced my processor. I know a lot of people running Gentoo and Slackware, though, and for them, compilation times are a key issue.
I agree. They might as well have patented cockroach flavoured ice cream. It's neither interesting nor useful to the general puclic, at least not as long as a CD will cost you only a few cents.
...how do you get the torrent file on to the DNS? Is there some magical request that you send it in order to get your torrent chunks on to a DNS server?
Also,.torrent files could be distributed via XDCCs and P2P programs.
What I find most notable is that it doesn't work with existing 3D apps and requires some kind of special 3D support.
So essentially, they bothered to make a 3D laptop, but they didn't bother to make it OpenGL or Direct3D compatible. What a waste. Who's gonna want it then.
I think it sounds like you're very caring and have really thought this through. However, you'll have to drop all the rules but the last one.
Going past people to snoop on what they're doing and actually requiring them to participate in violating their own privacy is only going to alienate you from them, and it ruins the whole point of having a home to use the Internet IN rather than going to a public library. Essentially, you're going from being a parent to being a librarian, which I can't imagine why you'd want.
Especially because they might be looking at porn. I mean, do you really want to get in and regulate your kids' sexual fantasies? Just tell them you don't want porn on your hard drive or in your bookmarks file, and they'll probably be OK. (Right/.? We're all OK aren't we?)
So rather than doing what you've been doing, talk to your kids about what they're doing in chat rooms. There'll probably be a time when they'll go out and meet people they've talked to on the Internet, and you should discuss this with them. With online friends you run the risk of thinking you know someone, and then realize you don't know the person at all.
Try chatting on IRC for yourself if you have the time, but if you don't, at least try to keep track of where your kids are going and what they're doing. By the time they're 17, you'll have no influence on them whatsoever, so hopefully by that time, you'll have instilled a sense of responsibility.
You know, I remember when Mac OS 8 included new features that were so much better than all other desktop OSes. Let's look at this from a realistic viewpoint. The only feature outlined on this page that wasn't implemented in other OSes ages ago is the database-backed filesystem.
That raises an interesting question. Will this new file system offer any improvement over other file systems, and will it or won't it be excruciatingly slow?
I give whoever wrote that site 10 points for loyalty though. In the manner of your average Windows installer, he's taken old software features and presented them as if they were something new. "Wow! A sidebar!"
But when are sound cards gonna start doing this with head sets?
It's quite probable that your generic sound blaster would be able to achieve this if you attached the right chip and used it with a head set. You have two ears, and two elements, right.
I love the idea of surround sound from one speaker, but I'd rather experience it via my headset. Are major sound cards ever gonna support it? (On Windows AND Linux...)
how they can file a subpoena against a guy in Finland. He still lives there, doesn't he? It's like that time when they sued Taliban or whoever it was. Is their no end to a court's imaginary jurisdiction?
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If you'd read my post, you'd have seen that this is exactly what it says.
From my own page:
/dev/hdX
When I created my Linux filesystems with mke2fs, I didn't know there was an -m option. This option specifies how many percent of your disk Linux will "steal" so that root can use it to fix your system when the disk is full. This defaults to 5%, which for a disk used to store files is obviously 5% too many. So for all your non-system disks at least, simply correct the file system with tune2fs:
tune2fs -m 0
Et voila. The disk is 5% bigger as if by magic. For a 120GB drive this gives you an extra 6GB. Hey, you never know when you might need it. Also, if you do this on your system disk, don't say I didn't warn ya.
To prevent ass rot, that is. Never mind living next to high-voltage power lines.
Still, I don't think we can draw any conclusions from this. Obviously it's a good thing to make this information available to regular people. Perhaps the first site to be listed should be a site about hypochondria and/or OCD, though. ;)
I sometimes have a PC running at night, and the fan bothers me.
I'd rather look into flexible keyboards or active noise cancellation, though people can't seem to agree whether the non-existant sound is louder than the original sound or not.
I just filter out the automated responses. Hopefully, I won't be getting that many important ones.
People playing these games are always complaining about "camping", something that's almost always synonymous with "sitting in one place, waiting for the enemy", "sniping", and, of course, "winning".
The fact that the entire gameplay depends on at least one person moving around at any one time, makes it a bit impractical to include a weapon that enables the player to sit still and shoot from a long distance.
I think the best games are those that have an original CONCEPT, though they're not necessarily better because they're simple.
The most enjoyable games I've encountered so far are Pong, bzflag and Weichi/Igo/Baduk (A Chinese board game), and all three are games with relatively simple rules, but a very original concept. Tetris wasn't bad either, and follows the same pattern. The only game of these four to actually have anything that resembles an engine is bzflag, and it's a simple one at that.
A notable thing about Igo is that with its simple rules set and 19x19 board, it's actually more complex than modern games, and even more complex than chess. So sometimes less is more.
Is how they not only pursue economic crime, but also have made it their personal goal to pursue Mullah Krekar, suspected of encouraging muslims to commit suicide bombings.
Meanwhile, the PST (Previously called POT, but they changed their name for some reason) seem to be sitting on their asses while Okokrim is stealing all the spotlights. What's up with that?
I agree completely.
I've already learned to program in GTK+ 2, yet use KDE as my window manager/ThingTM. One problem I can see with this is that I know of know way to change the GTK theme used on my machine.
TIME SAVED IS TIME DOUBLED!
If you're that worried, though, you could always install Gentoo or Debian.
If you're so smart, then provide a FreeDOS ISO that works with most BIOS upgrades before yuo start bitching.
For me, the performance of a particular emulator was the key issue when I last replaced my processor. I know a lot of people running Gentoo and Slackware, though, and for them, compilation times are a key issue.
I agree. They might as well have patented cockroach flavoured ice cream. It's neither interesting nor useful to the general puclic, at least not as long as a CD will cost you only a few cents.
Now, DVD burning is a different story...
Dude, that's great. Thanks.
...how do you get the torrent file on to the DNS? Is there some magical request that you send it in order to get your torrent chunks on to a DNS server?
.torrent files could be distributed via XDCCs and P2P programs.
Also,
What I find most notable is that it doesn't work with existing 3D apps and requires some kind of special 3D support.
So essentially, they bothered to make a 3D laptop, but they didn't bother to make it OpenGL or Direct3D compatible. What a waste. Who's gonna want it then.
I think it sounds like you're very caring and have really thought this through. However, you'll have to drop all the rules but the last one.
/.? We're all OK aren't we?)
Going past people to snoop on what they're doing and actually requiring them to participate in violating their own privacy is only going to alienate you from them, and it ruins the whole point of having a home to use the Internet IN rather than going to a public library. Essentially, you're going from being a parent to being a librarian, which I can't imagine why you'd want.
Especially because they might be looking at porn. I mean, do you really want to get in and regulate your kids' sexual fantasies? Just tell them you don't want porn on your hard drive or in your bookmarks file, and they'll probably be OK. (Right
So rather than doing what you've been doing, talk to your kids about what they're doing in chat rooms. There'll probably be a time when they'll go out and meet people they've talked to on the Internet, and you should discuss this with them. With online friends you run the risk of thinking you know someone, and then realize you don't know the person at all.
Try chatting on IRC for yourself if you have the time, but if you don't, at least try to keep track of where your kids are going and what they're doing. By the time they're 17, you'll have no influence on them whatsoever, so hopefully by that time, you'll have instilled a sense of responsibility.
Good luck!
You know, I remember when Mac OS 8 included new features that were so much better than all other desktop OSes. Let's look at this from a realistic viewpoint. The only feature outlined on this page that wasn't implemented in other OSes ages ago is the database-backed filesystem.
That raises an interesting question. Will this new file system offer any improvement over other file systems, and will it or won't it be excruciatingly slow?
I give whoever wrote that site 10 points for loyalty though. In the manner of your average Windows installer, he's taken old software features and presented them as if they were something new. "Wow! A sidebar!"
But when are sound cards gonna start doing this with head sets?
It's quite probable that your generic sound blaster would be able to achieve this if you attached the right chip and used it with a head set. You have two ears, and two elements, right.
I love the idea of surround sound from one speaker, but I'd rather experience it via my headset. Are major sound cards ever gonna support it? (On Windows AND Linux...)
Oh. Then that makes it even more interesting, doesn't it. Too bad we have to wait until 2004 to se... Hang on, it's november right now! Never mind eh.
how they can file a subpoena against a guy in Finland. He still lives there, doesn't he? It's like that time when they sued Taliban or whoever it was. Is their no end to a court's imaginary jurisdiction?
if Debian starts being based on Gentoo, why, then I'd happily use a Debian-based distro.
What are they, idiots?
Slashdot has no way of editing posts, does it. ...But hey, who doesn't want CD-Rs that taste nice?
Either that, or I've recently eaten some potato chips and confused phenylalanine with phtalocyanine.
I think your post really highlights our need to watch our shirt collars, though. I wouldn't wanna have my brani corroded away by a dangerous shirt.
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