I was waiting for a reply like this;) In all actuality, I've studied Esperanto for a total of about 5 hours several years ago. I knew I butchured it horribly. Took me a while for to even find a word that could stand for "insensitive". It's on my list of things to learn, when I have more time.
The calculation of Pi is not a parallel problem. Granted, a method exists for calculating the nth digit of Pi, but this algorithm increasing exponentially for greater n. Also, it hasn't been proven to be infinitely accurate, iirc. So really, calculating Pi using the seti@home network would be terribly inefficient and a waste of resources, which would be much better used for protein research or something with scientific value.
So why are all the browser controls at the *top* of the browser window instead of down the side?
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Just about all applications have the menu, etc., at the top, and putting primary buttons on the side would break this consistancy
When web browsers first came out, many systems had 640x480 resolution, and putting the bottons at the side would leave very little horizontal real estate. Yes, for text, this isn't a bad thing, but when viewing a large image, this will likely introduce both a horizontal and a vertical scroll bar, instead of just the vertical one (the screen is, after all, bigger horizontally, and you want to use the entire horizontal width to avoid a second scroll bar, if possible).
Actually, Google currently indexes 3,307,998,701 pages. They have about 50,000 servers for searching (I asked). 3 307 998 701 / 50 000 = 66 159.974 pages per machine. Considering that each machine holds approximately 66K pages, it would be feasible to catalogue each occurence of a word or strings of up to 10 words in those 66K pages. Using a binary search for up to ten items would happen in very little time, as with the ordering of results from 50,000 machines. So yeah, when you search Google, you really do search all 3.3 billion pages.
I suggest increasing your pizza and beer intake. This will help you develope a respectable belly, and with it, a larger pant size, which in turn requires a longer belt. That'll give you more room so you can carry more gadgets comfortably.
Seriously, dumb down your resume. Remove the things that imply you have serious computer knowledge. When you tell the truth, you don't have to tell the whole truth.
Although I don't use solar power myself, I should let you know that my grandparents used it quite successfully at 54 degrees north (that's about as far north as the bottom tip of Alaska). By being conservative with their power usage and wood for heat, a setup well under $2,000 US was more than adequate for phone, television, computers, lights, etc. Power tools, laundry washing, and vacuming required using a gasoline generator. The stove was propane. However, for basic electric needs, solar power is easily affordable.
I should point out that Sun's latest Gnome builds are not JumpStart safe! Good luck trying to install Gnome remotely. It's never been a problem on Linux, however.
Actually, web browsing will get you a couple hundred megs a week, especially if you look at any pdf, flash, or image galleries. At residence at my university, they have draconian usage policies regarding bandwidth -- people were running into their weekly cap of a couple hundred megs well before end of the week, just by browsing the web!
Forget downloading any large windows updates or 10 meg driver updates from nvidia. Or downloading the kernel source (that's 40 megs there).
With entirely legal use of the net, I use at least 15 gigs a month: mostly listening to streaming audio from di.fm or shoutcast.com, downloading updates software updates or new software for my linux boxen, and browsing the web. I never try to keep it pinned.
I hate to say it, but you are by far the funniest guy on slashdot. That, or your comments are extremely insightful. I wish I could mod all your posts +6!
I'm (note the apostrophe) not naive (note the correct speling). Of course SCO does not intend to stop with IBM. But so far, they haven't initiated a lawsuit for copyright infringement against *anybody*,which should speak worlds about their likelihood of success.
Posted by
Cliff
on Thursday September 11, @04:45PM from the prime-time-league-contenders-yet? dept.
grugruto asks: "A lot of open source solutions are available to scale web sites with clusters but what about databases? I can't afford an Oracle RAC license but can I have something more reliable and fault tolerant than my single Postgres box? I have seen this recent article that looks promising for open source solutions. Do anyone have experiences with clusters of MySQL , Postgres-R, C-JDBC or other solutions? How does it compare to commercial products?"
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I don't speak Esperanto, you insensitive clod!!
;) In all actuality, I've studied Esperanto for a total of about 5 hours several years ago. I knew I butchured it horribly. Took me a while for to even find a word that could stand for "insensitive". It's on my list of things to learn, when I have more time.
I was waiting for a reply like this
Mi paroli ne esperanto, vi malg^entila bul!
(For those that don't get it, it's a rough translation of "I don't speak esperanto, you insensitive clod!")
The calculation of Pi is not a parallel problem. Granted, a method exists for calculating the nth digit of Pi, but this algorithm increasing exponentially for greater n. Also, it hasn't been proven to be infinitely accurate, iirc. So really, calculating Pi using the seti@home network would be terribly inefficient and a waste of resources, which would be much better used for protein research or something with scientific value.
Exactly. Anything less than -100% is extremely generous! I would give -100% on the first offense, then expell on the second.
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Yeah, that would probably do me some good. I was just arm-chair karma whoring :D
Actually, Google currently indexes 3,307,998,701 pages. They have about 50,000 servers for searching (I asked). 3 307 998 701 / 50 000 = 66 159.974 pages per machine. Considering that each machine holds approximately 66K pages, it would be feasible to catalogue each occurence of a word or strings of up to 10 words in those 66K pages. Using a binary search for up to ten items would happen in very little time, as with the ordering of results from 50,000 machines. So yeah, when you search Google, you really do search all 3.3 billion pages.
SPF? I don't need any SPF. What kind of idiot put sun block on a server?!
However, in hiring for projects Cert's mean more than a degree.
Are Certs with Retsin even better then? Do they make the network minty fresh?
I suggest increasing your pizza and beer intake. This will help you develope a respectable belly, and with it, a larger pant size, which in turn requires a longer belt. That'll give you more room so you can carry more gadgets comfortably.
Your wife has de-ionized insurance? What is that?
Seriously, dumb down your resume. Remove the things that imply you have serious computer knowledge. When you tell the truth, you don't have to tell the whole truth.
Although I don't use solar power myself, I should let you know that my grandparents used it quite successfully at 54 degrees north (that's about as far north as the bottom tip of Alaska). By being conservative with their power usage and wood for heat, a setup well under $2,000 US was more than adequate for phone, television, computers, lights, etc. Power tools, laundry washing, and vacuming required using a gasoline generator. The stove was propane. However, for basic electric needs, solar power is easily affordable.
Thanks!!
Can you show me an example for that osascript and macintalk stuff? Or point me in the right direction? I would love it very much.
Yeah, we should call it the 6th planet so we talk about Saturn instead.
I should point out that Sun's latest Gnome builds are not JumpStart safe! Good luck trying to install Gnome remotely. It's never been a problem on Linux, however.
Actually, web browsing will get you a couple hundred megs a week, especially if you look at any pdf, flash, or image galleries. At residence at my university, they have draconian usage policies regarding bandwidth -- people were running into their weekly cap of a couple hundred megs well before end of the week, just by browsing the web!
Forget downloading any large windows updates or 10 meg driver updates from nvidia. Or downloading the kernel source (that's 40 megs there).
With entirely legal use of the net, I use at least 15 gigs a month: mostly listening to streaming audio from di.fm or shoutcast.com, downloading updates software updates or new software for my linux boxen, and browsing the web. I never try to keep it pinned.
You mean, If a server can't be slashdotted, it definitely will be.
However, it does find verisignsucksllamaballs.com. This is interesting.
I hate to say it, but you are by far the funniest guy on slashdot. That, or your comments are extremely insightful. I wish I could mod all your posts +6!
You don't need lower prices to get better penetration. What you need is lubricant when they send the bill!
I'm (note the apostrophe) not naive (note the correct speling). Of course SCO does not intend to stop with IBM. But so far, they haven't initiated a lawsuit for copyright infringement against *anybody* ,which should speak worlds about their likelihood of success.
(note the misplaced comma)
Posted by Cliff on Thursday September 11, @04:45PM
from the prime-time-league-contenders-yet? dept.
grugruto asks: "A lot of open source solutions are available to scale web sites with clusters but what about databases? I can't afford an Oracle RAC license but can I have something more reliable and fault tolerant than my single Postgres box? I have seen this recent article that looks promising for open source solutions. Do anyone have experiences with clusters of MySQL , Postgres-R, C-JDBC or other solutions? How does it compare to commercial products?"
Well your a loser too! In fact, I read the ones and zeros. And when I'm bored, I just read the zeros, 'cause I'm that 1337!