I no longer bother to submit bug ignores. I would call them bug reports, but their main purpose seems to be ignored.
I have been waiting on the same grub/boot/raid bug since redhat 7.1 (IIRC) and it is STILL in redhat 9... I haven't checked Fedora, and to be honest I can't be bothered.
Subversion is the ONLY Open Source solution I know of that will efficiently utilise the bandwidth between the client and repository. It only sends a file if it has to and uses hash comparisons to determine the status.
I can't stand CVS... and I can deal with updating a repository database every year or two. Haven't used perforce.
I guess I can pretty much rule out big red switches controlling a terrestrial nuclear fission device too...
After all - F=1/2mv^2
So assuming a finger velocity of 10ms^-1 and a combined finger/button mass of 0.05Kg we still only acheive an energy output of approx. 2.5J.
Obviously this is far short of the 1.928 x 10 E10 joules produced by 1 Kg of Uranium 235. Hence we can rule out any relationship between buttons and terrestrial fission devices...
Ok, so that is a touch inflammatory - but if I see one more "mathematically proven" piece of opinion I am going to "go critical".
After 10 seconds of thought here is my analysis:
Comets have two tails, not one. One is the "dust tail", the other the "ion tail". The ion tail (generally CO2 ionised by UV radiation) is swept away from the surface of the sun by its "solar magnetic wind" and hence will be roughly perpendicular to the suns surface (and hence it's field force lines).
An ionic tail (possibly up to an astronomical unit in length) descending into the suns EM fields is going to be like sticking a fork in a powerpoint...
To quote Nasa: "Flares appear to be associated with rapid energy releases high above the photosphere"
Hypothesis complete. Completely unproven of course, but I will not rule it "in" or "out"...
GSM and CDMA (1990-ish and 1996 respectively from memory).
I think I can say with some certainty that both of these wireless communication technologies have acheived a FAR higher volume of deployments.
As to diversity I am not so sure, but I do know of quake sensors, vending machines, heart monitors, etc. all of which use one of the above technologies.
Voting is not exactly mandatory here in australia.
Once you reach voting age (or are naturalised as an australian) you are eligible to "register to vote". Once you complete this process you will then be expected to vote in ALL future elections for your area. If you do not register to vote you will not be allowed to vote in any elections.
This is analogous to a "one-way" opt-in process. You can choose not to vote until you so desire, but once you register there is no way to de-register yourself (excluding death and insanity).
I've missed a few over the years (avoid mainstream media enough and you can miss an election or two - especially state and local elections) and it is fairly easy to avoid the fines.
State/Local elections - Plead interstate.
Federal elections - Plead incapacitating illness and no carer to provide absentee voter form.
They are getting more serious about enforcement in recent years, so your mileage may vary.
Not that I like missing out on having my say, but it is worth knowing if your memory is as shocking as mine.:)
I would love to be able to say that America can sort out it's own voting troubles, but that is not a realistic analysis of current world politics.
In australia (and the rest of the world) we are extremely sensitive to the american political decisions, especially those relating to foreign trade and policy.
The concept of a closed source system, developed by people who openly pledge to "deliver votes to the president" (you don't need references, it's all over the/. front page), can covertly apply patches and allegedly have back-doors, seems pure insanity to me.
My advice: Give them the money. If the company can afford it, it is the best investment you will make.
Staff are the true assets of companies (especially tech companies) and deserve to be treated as such. Show them how much you appreciate them.
Why am I so sure? Because my resignation has brought more than one company to the brink of bankruptcy (despite my best efforts to train replacements etc.).
The only real cultural difference between Japan/China and the "west" is the culture of privacy and shame that ensures the very large problem receives only minimal attention.
Let's not get into the whole state sanction trafficking issue...
Don't forget to copy the file into notepad or similar and look at it using the Terminal font if you are a Windows user (and don't mind the rant at the end.:)
It's a bit of a simplistic circuit, I thought a IR detector acting as a timed trigger would be a nice mod...
Not really suited to all applications (forget anything with large numbers of short lifespan threads/processes - ie. a webserver), but I have managed to completely remove a number of servers used by one client.
Instead we now have one Mosix box (basically with no additional software loaded) which dynamically takes up the slack when a particular sections server is being swamped. Very nice.
They have just started playing the original Dr Who in Australia again and I am getting a massive kick out of watching my son react the exact same way I did 25 years ago.
If you have never watched Dr Who from behind your dad's back (cowering in fear everytime the cellophane alien or plastic dinosaur lurches into view) the you just haven't watched it right.:)
No offense intended to any scouts/cubs/whatevers out there. I had friends who were scouts and never once belittled them for it. As far as I was concerned there were much worse things to do with your time than learn how to ties knots, etc. I was merely highlighting the reason I would never have even considered joining the cubs/scouts - I do not like dogma, and I especially do not like establishments trying to mold the young for cynical religio-political reasons. You are af course free to disagree.
I a lot of ways I was lucky that my father was a senior Surf Life Saver, a member of the State Emergency Service, a competitive sailor and survivalist. I had patient one-on-one tuition in the majority of the skills that people are taught in these institutions. If I had not had those opportunities, I could well have joined the cubs/scouts.
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PS. No my name is not Mr Bean, you whacko. I believe Mr. Bean would have accidently killed all involved then snuck away before anyone found him with the corpses...:)
It's going to be a bit hard to protect the rfid chips themselves in a book spine. Certainly easy enough for people to remove the old magnetic strip alarms (they even make it easy for you to find).
Forget the other crap and keep the knife. I have seen more than enough instances where a knife has saved someone/something from serious injury and/or death. If your oracular skills are up to scratch fine, but I have trouble predicting when I will require a knife.
Example 1: An old biddy got her shawl stuck in an escalator at the local shopping centre. My wife kept her upright while I hacked the end of the shawl off. Hope they get their asses sued for the faulty emergency stop button...
Example 2: My dad was first on the scene to a motorbike smash. Some nurses were also riding by and the three of them managed to keep the rider alive until hospital by cutting his leathers off him so that my dad could hold together the poor bastards main abdominal (iliac is it?) artery.
Example 3: I got bitten pretty badly while feeding the goannas at Taronga Zoo (it was my job) and had to slice up my shirt so I could get to first aid without too much blood loss. Should have seen the looks I got from the tourists - half naked, dripping blood everywhere, and cursing myself for not paying attention.
Example 4: A flatmates car caught fire in the middle of a main road. She ran across to the adjacent hospital and tried to grab a visible fire extinguisher. Unfortunately it had been cable tied (?!?) to the wall, fortunately she had a pocket knife in the car.
I could go on all day...
The only other tools I have ever saved a life with are my mobile phone and car. So how useful is your iPod again? PDA?
And fuck all your McGyver comments. I don't: whittle skeleton keys out of paddlepop sticks; build nuclear reactors from bleach, alfoil, and chewing gum; or make any crappy american TV.
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PS. No I've never been a fscking scout or cub. I believe my dad went to one cub's meeting, but he burst out laughing at the whole "Dib dib dib. I will honour my Queen. Dob dob dob." bullshit and was asked never to return.:)
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I have been waiting on the same grub/boot/raid bug since redhat 7.1 (IIRC) and it is STILL in redhat 9... I haven't checked Fedora, and to be honest I can't be bothered.
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Also just in: Oxygen deprivation may lead to death!
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I guess you just have to ask politely enough...
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I can't stand CVS... and I can deal with updating a repository database every year or two. Haven't used perforce.
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After all - F=1/2mv^2
So assuming a finger velocity of 10ms^-1 and a combined finger/button mass of 0.05Kg we still only acheive an energy output of approx. 2.5J.
Obviously this is far short of the 1.928 x 10 E10 joules produced by 1 Kg of Uranium 235. Hence we can rule out any relationship between buttons and terrestrial fission devices...
Ok, so that is a touch inflammatory - but if I see one more "mathematically proven" piece of opinion I am going to "go critical".
After 10 seconds of thought here is my analysis:
Comets have two tails, not one. One is the "dust tail", the other the "ion tail". The ion tail (generally CO2 ionised by UV radiation) is swept away from the surface of the sun by its "solar magnetic wind" and hence will be roughly perpendicular to the suns surface (and hence it's field force lines).
An ionic tail (possibly up to an astronomical unit in length) descending into the suns EM fields is going to be like sticking a fork in a powerpoint...
To quote Nasa: "Flares appear to be associated with rapid energy releases high above the photosphere"
Hypothesis complete. Completely unproven of course, but I will not rule it "in" or "out"...
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I think I can say with some certainty that both of these wireless communication technologies have acheived a FAR higher volume of deployments.
As to diversity I am not so sure, but I do know of quake sensors, vending machines, heart monitors, etc. all of which use one of the above technologies.
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Wrong.
Think of one as a "flashbulb", and the other as a flashbulb that only emits a certain wavelength of light. The cohesion is a different matter.
I think others have already poked holes in the description of FCGs.
I'm getting depressed I should stop... although the one light of hope was the mention of Tesla...
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Once you reach voting age (or are naturalised as an australian) you are eligible to "register to vote". Once you complete this process you will then be expected to vote in ALL future elections for your area. If you do not register to vote you will not be allowed to vote in any elections.
This is analogous to a "one-way" opt-in process. You can choose not to vote until you so desire, but once you register there is no way to de-register yourself (excluding death and insanity).
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State/Local elections - Plead interstate.
Federal elections - Plead incapacitating illness and no carer to provide absentee voter form.
They are getting more serious about enforcement in recent years, so your mileage may vary.
Not that I like missing out on having my say, but it is worth knowing if your memory is as shocking as mine. :)
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In australia (and the rest of the world) we are extremely sensitive to the american political decisions, especially those relating to foreign trade and policy.
The concept of a closed source system, developed by people who openly pledge to "deliver votes to the president" (you don't need references, it's all over the /. front page), can covertly apply patches and allegedly have back-doors, seems pure insanity to me.
Just my AU$0.02...
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Staff are the true assets of companies (especially tech companies) and deserve to be treated as such. Show them how much you appreciate them.
Why am I so sure? Because my resignation has brought more than one company to the brink of bankruptcy (despite my best efforts to train replacements etc.).
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The only real cultural difference between Japan/China and the "west" is the culture of privacy and shame that ensures the very large problem receives only minimal attention.
Let's not get into the whole state sanction trafficking issue...
Q.
Don't forget to copy the file into notepad or similar and look at it using the Terminal font if you are a Windows user (and don't mind the rant at the end. :)
It's a bit of a simplistic circuit, I thought a IR detector acting as a timed trigger would be a nice mod...
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Not really suited to all applications (forget anything with large numbers of short lifespan threads/processes - ie. a webserver), but I have managed to completely remove a number of servers used by one client.
Instead we now have one Mosix box (basically with no additional software loaded) which dynamically takes up the slack when a particular sections server is being swamped. Very nice.
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Bloody scientists... so unimaginative.... :)
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Well call me Catherine Cornelius and break out the psychotropic lesbian porn fiction...
Well it is true to the spirit of Moorcock. Just look at the cover art.
Ok, so it is a touch off-topic, but I was stunned to see a literary(sic) reference in a /. link
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They have just started playing the original Dr Who in Australia again and I am getting a massive kick out of watching my son react the exact same way I did 25 years ago.
If you have never watched Dr Who from behind your dad's back (cowering in fear everytime the cellophane alien or plastic dinosaur lurches into view) the you just haven't watched it right. :)
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I a lot of ways I was lucky that my father was a senior Surf Life Saver, a member of the State Emergency Service, a competitive sailor and survivalist. I had patient one-on-one tuition in the majority of the skills that people are taught in these institutions. If I had not had those opportunities, I could well have joined the cubs/scouts.
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PS. No my name is not Mr Bean, you whacko. I believe Mr. Bean would have accidently killed all involved then snuck away before anyone found him with the corpses... :)
It's going to be a bit hard to protect the rfid chips themselves in a book spine. Certainly easy enough for people to remove the old magnetic strip alarms (they even make it easy for you to find).
Q.
Example 1: An old biddy got her shawl stuck in an escalator at the local shopping centre. My wife kept her upright while I hacked the end of the shawl off. Hope they get their asses sued for the faulty emergency stop button...
Example 2: My dad was first on the scene to a motorbike smash. Some nurses were also riding by and the three of them managed to keep the rider alive until hospital by cutting his leathers off him so that my dad could hold together the poor bastards main abdominal (iliac is it?) artery.
Example 3: I got bitten pretty badly while feeding the goannas at Taronga Zoo (it was my job) and had to slice up my shirt so I could get to first aid without too much blood loss. Should have seen the looks I got from the tourists - half naked, dripping blood everywhere, and cursing myself for not paying attention.
Example 4: A flatmates car caught fire in the middle of a main road. She ran across to the adjacent hospital and tried to grab a visible fire extinguisher. Unfortunately it had been cable tied (?!?) to the wall, fortunately she had a pocket knife in the car.
I could go on all day...
The only other tools I have ever saved a life with are my mobile phone and car. So how useful is your iPod again? PDA?
And fuck all your McGyver comments. I don't: whittle skeleton keys out of paddlepop sticks; build nuclear reactors from bleach, alfoil, and chewing gum; or make any crappy american TV.
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PS. No I've never been a fscking scout or cub. I believe my dad went to one cub's meeting, but he burst out laughing at the whole "Dib dib dib. I will honour my Queen. Dob dob dob." bullshit and was asked never to return. :)