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  1. Mod Chips for cars on Hack Your Car · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Have been available for years..

    This is not news.

  2. Re:Bring on the heatpipes! on Shuttle XPC Linux Network Appliance · · Score: 3, Informative

    OK, here are your heat pipes.

    And if you want really quiet try one of these

  3. Re:MySQL Front on MySQL Administrator v1.0.1a-Alpha Released · · Score: 1
    I wish the bloke would release the code, anyone know why he chose not to?

    He would have a hard time collecting the $25 shareware fee if you could build your own ;-)
  4. Re:Alpha is right on MySQL Administrator v1.0.1a-Alpha Released · · Score: 1
    one glaring ommission though is there is no way to manage the data, or structure of databases - you can see all the structure but can't actually do anything with it, and can't even run an SQL statement against it

    Sounds like you want MySQLCC or if you are an OS X user, you want this one (warning: direct link the .dmg).
  5. Re:Not sure... on Fedora Core 2 test1 Released · · Score: 1

    If I have the time I'll give it a look... The main reason I was looking at Fedora, RHEL and Gentoo was that I want to stick close to what I know or if Gentoo gives as much performance improvement as people claim I'd accept a change and learning curve.

    PS: You have a typo in your url nineinchenrds.org

  6. Not sure... on Fedora Core 2 test1 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just finished testing Fedora Core 1, RedHat EL WS 3 and Gentoo 1.4 as I am about to build a new server and am curious where I should go now that "RedHat" is defunct for the free stuff.

    My results show that there was no significant difference between the 3 of them (No, I didn't do a stage 1, I did stage 3 and even that took longer than I wanted).

    The interesting thing was that RHEL WS burned through the RAM and started swapping a LOT sooner than Fedora or Gentoo, I was able to apply 4 times the load before Fedora and Gentoo started swapping.

    RHEL was slightly faster 1-1.5 transactions/sec. But as we know once your web server starts using the swap you might as well pull the plug.

    Dsiclaimer: I should have tested Gentoo using a Stage 1 install and I may do that before I make a final decision.

    The test consisted of a production environment as I would normally use, the load was applied using siege.

    And to avoid the flames, if someone has tuning ideas for either Fedora or Gentoo for a general purpose (apache/php/db) box I'll be more than happy to listen.

  7. Re:Just a tip... on GarageBand Roundup · · Score: 2, Informative
    hrmm, that's odd. Jaguar, Panther?

    I tested it with 10.3.2 and it worked just fine. I also just tested it on my Linux box (my PowerBook is at home) and it appears to work, granted I didn't play the files, but they are there.

    Did you get an error?

    Here is what I got:
    unzip helloopposite8pack.exe
    Archive: helloopposite8pack.exe
    inflating: Hello Opposite.acd
    inflating: Hello Opposite text.txt
    inflating: BILL LASWELL COLLECTION II hoPROMO 01.WAV
    inflating: BILL LASWELL COLLECTION II hoPROMO 02.WAV
    inflating: BILL LASWELL COLLECTION II hoPROMO 03.WAV
    inflating: BILL LASWELL COLLECTION II hoPROMO 04.WAV
    inflating: TOYZ hoPROMO 01.WAV
    inflating: TOYZ hoPROMO 02.WAV
    inflating: TOYZ hoPROMO 03.WAV
    inflating: TOYZ hoPROMO 04.WAV
    inflating: UNDERGROUND SOUNDLAB hoPROMO 01.WAV
    inflating: UNDERGROUND SOUNDLAB hoPROMO 02.WAV
  8. Just a tip... on GarageBand Roundup · · Score: 1
    But I have a very very crappy Windows box that I often unzip them on

    Save your self some hassle.

    Launch Terminal.app or iTerm or whatever:
    cd /wherever/you/downloaded/the_files
    unzip filename
    done ;-)
  9. I have some of these ties... on A Microbe's-Eye View of Beer · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can see some info here, I have had these things for years. It's cool to see more info, it looks like the Guinness Stout would make a wild tie, if they don't already have one.

    I currently have Scotch, Vodka and Light beer and since I haven't had to wear a tie on a daily basis in 5 years I probably wont be getting any more.

    As far as the ties go, the Light Beer looks cool, but if it's time for drinks it Vodka, Scotch then Light Beer (not all in the same night).

  10. Re:Foreclosure on How Google Can Make or Break A Small Business · · Score: 1

    Well, at least he knows what to do when he is about to lose his house ;-)

  11. Re:Snob on Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die · · Score: 1

    I have had one of these 13 years and counting (yeah, I'm old), nothing more than a few new batteries... Runs like a champ.

    Of course if I had one of these I could mess with my friends by changing the channel on the TV...

    Just because I'm a "nerd" doesn't mean I have to look like a dork, does it?

  12. FARK has comments?? was Re:but, FARK is useless on Tivo Tracks Superbowl Viewing Habits · · Score: 1

    And all this time I thought FARK was only there for the boobie links...

    FARK: Look for boobies, click, repeat. When no more boobies leave.

    Slashdot: See stories, click "Read More...", comment without reading articles.

    Yeah that about sums it up ;-)

    I honestly didn't know FARK had comments, but I don't really go there often either.

  13. Re:umm, price?! on What's the Point of Building a Home Theater PC? · · Score: 1

    Currently the only things keeping me from building a MythTV box are time and money, babies tend to burn a lot of both.

    Although I may need the PVR functionality now, as my wife has been re-introduced to Cowboy Bebop, there appears to be some decent stuff on Adult Swim in the middle of the night.

    I already have the 5.1 sound. I don't want to have to deal with a carousel (eventually I will outgrow it), the best case is RIP it, put it away and never touch it again.

    I have my eye on the hush box I likned to a little further up...

  14. Re:umm, price?! on What's the Point of Building a Home Theater PC? · · Score: 1

    I may do that when the price gets to the $99-125 range. Then I can play Xbox games as well.

    But it still looks like an Xbox. The hush boxes are very nice to look at, even if they are a little pricey.

  15. Re:umm, price?! on What's the Point of Building a Home Theater PC? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My major points are being able to play my music collection through the same box and MAME.

    I have a few hundred CDs sitting in boxes, I would like to keep them there and listen to the ripped versions.

    When somebody builds a box that can do both of those on top of what they do now, I'm in.

  16. Re:I Suppose it could be better than TV on What's the Point of Building a Home Theater PC? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can get a quiet PC, you can find one here

  17. Re:It's called upselling on KISS · · Score: 1

    slow response...

    but considering I am hacking out markup at 2:17am local time and wondering how many more Newcastles' are in the fridge while trying to keep an 11 day old boy happy, I should be happy ;-)

    On the upside, I have one of each and can give up, even though they are 13 years apart.

    Maybe I should stop posting to /., I don't fit the demographic any longer.

    PS: I live in So. Cal. so I would like to say I'm spoiled, but it's really more like "jaded", enjoy the rain ;-)

  18. um, err... on Best of The Perl Journal · · Score: 1
    I really like perl for it's incredible text parsing and quick hackability...

    The problem people have with perl, including myself, is that if you ask 10 perl hackers to do the same task you are going to get back 10 completely different pieces of code.

    This can be an incerdible pain in the ass to deal with, espically if you have to maintain somebody elses code when they code in a completely different manner than you do. Consider this...
    while (something) {
    ...
    }
    and
    do {
    ...
    } while (something)
    I probably screwed up the syntax on the latter because I don't think you should have to scroll to the bottom of a block to see why you are executing it.

    So even if you are very familiar with perl you may see code that doesn't make any sense to you.

    perl truly is write once, read never code ;-)
  19. Actually... on Microsoft's Mac Business Unit · · Score: 1

    I just pulled the first one with a large photo to pop up on Google (he typed from his TiBook)...

    You see I did realize that the parent to my initial post was a joke, I just wanted to add a pic to it.

  20. Like this? on Microsoft's Mac Business Unit · · Score: 2, Interesting
  21. Re:It's called upselling on KISS · · Score: 1

    Actually, I haven't bought a keg in ages, my wife wont allow me a kegerator that and there's no room for one :(

    But, just a quick look says that a keg of Guinness Stout will run you $140 in Rochester, NY of course the same place will let you have a keg of Milwaukees Best for $42 ;-)

    It was a guestimate on the high side, sorry.

  22. Re:KISS on KISS · · Score: 1

    So the guy from BigLumber.com has a link to Mini Kiss...

    Now if only it was MiniKiss WITH BigLumber, you would have scored a trifecta ;-)

    But based on the look on her face, I don't think that's the case.

  23. It's called upselling on KISS · · Score: 1

    and they do it because it works more often than not.

    "Do you want fries with that?"

    Sounds pretty simple, right? If you say yes they just made a huge increase to the profit of the sale. Same thing with "Super Sizing"

    The markup on soda and fries is insane.

    Here's one that may hit a little closer to home...

    One keg == (1920 oz. / 16) == (120 pints * ~$4.00) == $480.00. The average cost of a keg is $120.00

  24. Re:and still... on NVIDIA Drivers for 2.6 Kernel · · Score: 1
    A simple solution is to use procmail. This can be adapted to other filtering methods as well. It's easy, painless and I don't have to go setup a new alias whenever I need to signup someplace.

    I use address in the following format:
    me-website_id@example.com

    then just do something like:
    :0
    * ^TO.*me-.*@example.com
    ! my_main_address
    and if they start spamming that address
    :0
    * ^TO.*me-website_id@example.com
    /dev/null
    Or using qmail and the badrcptto patch, you can reject the mail before it gets in. Hope it helps.

    Mods: I know it's OT, that's why I posted it without a Karma bonus ;-)
  25. PPC Linux (was Re:Executive summary) on Confessions of a Mac OS X User · · Score: 1

    See here for PPC Linux info.

    Have a look at the distributions box in the left margin.