Ahhh.. the snot thermometer. As a kid growing up in Idaho near Yellowstone, I found that 10F was the temperature at which you could feel the ice forming during a deep nose breath.;)
The British now have a more fair political system than the US? Hmmm... I wonder what GW would think about this? No, not that GW... the one from 225 years ago...
I've done the same thing here. Although, I've found several more hosts that do the same thing as AOL. Maybe we need to compile a blacklist-list to include in our transport table...
Here's what I've got so far:
aol.com
juno.com
excite.com
netzero.com
flash.net
cox-internet.com
geologist.com (there are several other 'personalized' type domains run by this provider that are probably also subject to the blacklist)
rr.com (maybe just becuase I'm a rr customer)
apple.com (just started blacklisting a couple weeks ago)
I have my 3 computers inside the walk-in closet in my office (bedroom #3). For several reasons (3 hot computers, small room, Texas) there is a little heat problem, but that was easily solved by installing a bathroom vent fan in the closet. This was probably one of the best things I've done with my office/computers. Now not only is my office virtually silent, but it is no longer 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house...
The wiring issue was pretty easily solved, too. I have USB for the couple things still in my office (printer, scanner, etc), I use wireless KB/mice (which could have just as easily been USB, but I love my wireless mice), and I bought high quality, shielded VGA cables for my monitors (luckily my monitors have VGA connectors, not shitty built-in cables).
NUMA doesn't exist on 99.9999999999% of the world's computers (I may be off by a decimal place or two, but if I err, it is on the side favoring SCO)
You probably are off a few decimal places there considering that most multiprocessor Opteron machines (any with memory connected to more than 1 processor) can take advantage of NUMA... But that doesn't change the fact that Darl is an asshat.;)
I think that the most popular OS, whatever it may be, will always have the most visible and damaging virii, worms, cracks... Not only will the media be more interested in problems that affect many people, but those who cause the problems are also more interested in affecting the most systems/people as possible. That doesn't mean that the other OSes are better or more secure, just less interesting to the troublemakers.
SMT crap!? What do you have against SMT.. My guess is that you have grey hair and say things like "back in my day electronics glowed in the dark and I didn't need my bifocals to see the parts...".
Personally I like it that my computer and other electronics are (relatively) small and light...
Everyone seems to be commenting something along the lines of "this is a bunch of bullshit". Or, "This guy doesn't know what he's talking about". Well maybe... or maybe not. He is just putting forward a hypothesis, and suggesting that some studies should be done. It's called science. Maybe he isn't qualified to make such a hypothesis (I couldn't find any credentials anywhere), but 99% of the slashdotters yelling "my MP3s are fine! he's full of it" are probably know even less about this stuff. I, for one, admit that I have no idea if this is total BS or not, but I'd like to at least see some data one way or the other...
You got that right... Try flying the in back seats on an MD-80 (engines about 3 ft. from your seat, blocking your view out the window). You'll be damn near deaf at the end of your trip.
This is a great idea. Texas did something like this a year or 2 ago, and I signed up. It cost a couple bucks, but it was worth it. We used to get at least half a dozen calls a day from telemarketers, and now we only get maybe 2 or 3 a week. And those are from charities, time-warner cable (since we already have a "business relationship" with them), and good ol' Gee Dubya (during election time).
I don't want call from those people either, but at least it's a hell of a lot better now than before. And definitely worth the $2.
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I'd guess that with only an 8.5bhp engine, turning on anything that uses electricity (and the alternator) would be pretty detrimental to the gas mileage.
I've tried using Linux as my desktop OS many times in the last 5 years or so.. It was fun for the first few days, then I would start hating it and eventually go back to that year's Windows release.
I think what would always cause me to want to return to windows was the difference in the amount of work required to get things to work the way I wanted. I could always get Windows or Windows apps to do what I wanted (or at least close enough) pretty quickly. Download, Install, Run, Some menu -> Preferences, Some Menu -> Options, Now it works (or if not I'd play with it for a while, and eventually go find some other similar app to try). And Windows got better with every release. There used to be a few reboots in those steps before, but its not too often anymore in 2k or xp.
With Linux I often had trouble even getting apps to run, let alone getting it to work the way I wanted. Download RPM, Install, Try to run, no workie, read Readmes FAQs HowTos for half an hour to discover I have to compile it for some reason, Download Source, try to compile, Download missing packages, Compile, Make Install, Run, go edit all the different conf files, Run again, etc.. Anyways, If I could get it working it would be great, but sometimes I couldn't get the app to work at all. And either way it took me hours of reading all kinds of different things and tweaking stuff and trying again... Which isn't very productive for a desktop computer on which you are trying all the neat new apps on, or trying to find a better app, or trying to get this OS to do what you would have had the old OS doing in minutes.
Earlier this year I decided set up my own email and web server on a computer in the closet. Going by my previous experiences, and by what a friend already had running (and could help me with if needed) I figured I'd try win2k/IIS. Well, that ended up being a big pain in the ass to deal with. It was as big a hassle to figure out and configure Windows as a server platform as Linux was for the desktop! So I figured, WTH, I might as well try Linux instead. In the end, Linux/Apache/php/mysql ended up being a much better solution and not any more difficult to set up and administer than Windows. Now my friend is even using php/mysql on Windows, but he doesn't want to switch to Linux because its his desktop computer.;)
Let me try to clarify your example. If you're using a 24dBi dish, your gain is 18dB above the 6dBi level. You must reduce your power by 1dB for every 3dB of gain above 6dBi, so for your 24dBi dish you must reduce your power 6 dB (18dB/3=6dB) to 0.25W. (1/4 of the original 1W).
So, if the article is correct (and i doubt it is, you know reporters...), then they are probably violating the law.
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That sounds suspiciously like PCI Express...
Ahhh.. the snot thermometer. As a kid growing up in Idaho near Yellowstone, I found that 10F was the temperature at which you could feel the ice forming during a deep nose breath. ;)
when they win this one who might they sue next? hmmm... Probably a good plan on their part to start with the 'little' guys first. ;)
They guy in the alley will sell you Special K (sorry this is NO shareware available from him)...
The British now have a more fair political system than the US? Hmmm... I wonder what GW would think about this? No, not that GW... the one from 225 years ago...
You can always get you britism fix when you read about fibre .
I've done the same thing here. Although, I've found several more hosts that do the same thing as AOL. Maybe we need to compile a blacklist-list to include in our transport table...
Here's what I've got so far:
aol.com
juno.com
excite.com
netzero.com
flash.net
cox-internet.com
geologist.com (there are several other 'personalized' type domains run by this provider that are probably also subject to the blacklist)
rr.com (maybe just becuase I'm a rr customer)
apple.com (just started blacklisting a couple weeks ago)
This sounds very similar to my solution...
I have my 3 computers inside the walk-in closet in my office (bedroom #3). For several reasons (3 hot computers, small room, Texas) there is a little heat problem, but that was easily solved by installing a bathroom vent fan in the closet. This was probably one of the best things I've done with my office/computers. Now not only is my office virtually silent, but it is no longer 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house...
The wiring issue was pretty easily solved, too. I have USB for the couple things still in my office (printer, scanner, etc), I use wireless KB/mice (which could have just as easily been USB, but I love my wireless mice), and I bought high quality, shielded VGA cables for my monitors (luckily my monitors have VGA connectors, not shitty built-in cables).
And what do you think they are suggesting with that sneaky looking gator peeking over the edge of the front page?
IMHO (as a cellphone hater), this is a feature. :)
Can I run multiple instances on a multiprocessor
Yes, but it's not necessary; BOINC automatically uses all the processors (unless you ask it not to).
I always wondered when seti@home would become multithreaded...
NUMA doesn't exist on 99.9999999999% of the world's computers (I may be off by a decimal place or two, but if I err, it is on the side favoring SCO)
;)
You probably are off a few decimal places there considering that most multiprocessor Opteron machines (any with memory connected to more than 1 processor) can take advantage of NUMA... But that doesn't change the fact that Darl is an asshat.
Jurassic pot plants on sale soon
Now you can get your woman so stoned you won't have to club her over the head to get her in your cave!
Who's gonna start the betting pool for the linux community?
;)
"Guess the day SCO execs get charged with some fraud indictment."
I'll take Dec. 4, 2003.
I think that the most popular OS, whatever it may be, will always have the most visible and damaging virii, worms, cracks... Not only will the media be more interested in problems that affect many people, but those who cause the problems are also more interested in affecting the most systems/people as possible. That doesn't mean that the other OSes are better or more secure, just less interesting to the troublemakers.
please do explain "double entry"... I'm afraid of what I'd come across googling for that. ;)
SMT crap!? What do you have against SMT.. My guess is that you have grey hair and say things like "back in my day electronics glowed in the dark and I didn't need my bifocals to see the parts...". Personally I like it that my computer and other electronics are (relatively) small and light...
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Everyone seems to be commenting something along the lines of "this is a bunch of bullshit". Or, "This guy doesn't know what he's talking about". Well maybe... or maybe not. He is just putting forward a hypothesis, and suggesting that some studies should be done. It's called science. Maybe he isn't qualified to make such a hypothesis (I couldn't find any credentials anywhere), but 99% of the slashdotters yelling "my MP3s are fine! he's full of it" are probably know even less about this stuff. I, for one, admit that I have no idea if this is total BS or not, but I'd like to at least see some data one way or the other...
You got that right... Try flying the in back seats on an MD-80 (engines about 3 ft. from your seat, blocking your view out the window). You'll be damn near deaf at the end of your trip.
This is a great idea. Texas did something like this a year or 2 ago, and I signed up. It cost a couple bucks, but it was worth it. We used to get at least half a dozen calls a day from telemarketers, and now we only get maybe 2 or 3 a week. And those are from charities, time-warner cable (since we already have a "business relationship" with them), and good ol' Gee Dubya (during election time).
I don't want call from those people either, but at least it's a hell of a lot better now than before. And definitely worth the $2.
I'd guess that with only an 8.5bhp engine, turning on anything that uses electricity (and the alternator) would be pretty detrimental to the gas mileage.
headlights = -15mpg
radio = -10mpg
interior lights = -5mpg
cigarette lighter = -25mpg
And the hit it'd take on it's lightning fast 40-some mph top speed...
They want to allocate 255MHz? Why? We already have 675MHz allocated for 802.11a! (5.15GHz-5.875GHz)
I think what would always cause me to want to return to windows was the difference in the amount of work required to get things to work the way I wanted. I could always get Windows or Windows apps to do what I wanted (or at least close enough) pretty quickly. Download, Install, Run, Some menu -> Preferences, Some Menu -> Options, Now it works (or if not I'd play with it for a while, and eventually go find some other similar app to try). And Windows got better with every release. There used to be a few reboots in those steps before, but its not too often anymore in 2k or xp.
With Linux I often had trouble even getting apps to run, let alone getting it to work the way I wanted. Download RPM, Install, Try to run, no workie, read Readmes FAQs HowTos for half an hour to discover I have to compile it for some reason, Download Source, try to compile, Download missing packages, Compile, Make Install, Run, go edit all the different conf files, Run again, etc.. Anyways, If I could get it working it would be great, but sometimes I couldn't get the app to work at all. And either way it took me hours of reading all kinds of different things and tweaking stuff and trying again... Which isn't very productive for a desktop computer on which you are trying all the neat new apps on, or trying to find a better app, or trying to get this OS to do what you would have had the old OS doing in minutes.
Earlier this year I decided set up my own email and web server on a computer in the closet. Going by my previous experiences, and by what a friend already had running (and could help me with if needed) I figured I'd try win2k/IIS. Well, that ended up being a big pain in the ass to deal with. It was as big a hassle to figure out and configure Windows as a server platform as Linux was for the desktop! So I figured, WTH, I might as well try Linux instead. In the end, Linux/Apache/php/mysql ended up being a much better solution and not any more difficult to set up and administer than Windows. Now my friend is even using php/mysql on Windows, but he doesn't want to switch to Linux because its his desktop computer. ;)
OK that was a little confusing ;)
Let me try to clarify your example. If you're using a 24dBi dish, your gain is 18dB above the 6dBi level. You must reduce your power by 1dB for every 3dB of gain above 6dBi, so for your 24dBi dish you must reduce your power 6 dB (18dB/3=6dB) to 0.25W. (1/4 of the original 1W).
So, if the article is correct (and i doubt it is, you know reporters...), then they are probably violating the law.