Answer: Write all documents to CD. Buy new computer with new Windows. Reinstall all documents from CD.
That is great. The best answer to my sig I have seen yet. The one problem is: I still have to go and download each seperate package I want for windows: Gaim, Mozilla, Gimp, OO, Tex, Emacs, Vi, SSH, VNC. That doesn't include other packages that I need to install from CD: Solidworks, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio.
(That is the list of software I have installed on the only windows computer I use)
I would assume that some of the gain you saw is from the fact that the OS doesn't have to deal with the audio any more. It doesn't have to mix multiple voices, adjust volumes, or anything. I would assume that this would be a significant amount of processing power.
Do you think the nature of IM encourages people to send more numerous and less informational messages, as opposed to batching all their thoughts up into only a few larger messages?
Yeah, I guess that is exactly what I was getting at. Usually, IM messages aren't more than a few sentences. AIM limits messages to a very small size, to maybe 300-500 characters. Since me and my friends use GAIM, we can send more than this.
Usually emails are at least a paragraph in length, and usually more.
ICQ did that, and maybe still does. The problem is that if you have a person sending you occasional messages when you are off line, when you log in, you get a ton of messages.
If the pack of screws includes hard drive mounting screws, motherboard mounting screws, and power supply mounting screws, then yes, I would consider screws essential to any system running in a case.
Imagine if the motherboard was just sitting inside the case, and the hard drive and power supply with it.
It's not portable, but OTOH it's not that much code to re-write.
Furthermore, they should have the original unoptimized code as well, so they should be able to quickly get a version back and running on a different architecture.
There is also the "No publicity is worse than bad publicity" thing. If someone has at least herd of "Linux", they will be more willing to try it, as compared to something like the distro de-jour, which they haven't herd of.
If the coffee cup starts out fairly warm (like 80 degrees F), then it gets too hot to drink after 5-6 min, and then I have to wait up to 10 min for it to cool down enough to be drinkable.
Both me and my friends have experienced this, where it starts out cold, gets nice and warm, then gets very hot, then gets nice and warm again.
Sometimes I have so many tabs open in Mozilla that I need to open new windows for more tabs. I open a new window when all of the tabs are just the icon without any text, which is 20-30 tabs on my computer at work running at 1600x1200. It is kind of amazing that I can keep track of anything when I have 40-60 tabs open at one time on a single computer, with many other programs running at the same time.
Right now, I only have 8 tabs open in one window, and I think that is too few, in that I can see more of the title for each page than I normally do.
Keeping track of 60+ windows on a task bar? I would need a separate monitor just for the task bar.
Dang, the parent post should be put in a post hall of fame. In one simple post, he covers: Windows vs Unix, the fight against hackers, D&D, and workplace politics.
What I am refering to there is that I don't have a single place to UPDATE my software manually.
emerge -au world
I can see what is going to get installed.
On windows, either a program handles updates itself, doesn't update, or is part of windows and gets updates through windowsupdate.
So, if I want to update gaim, ssh, openoffice, and a few other programs, on windows I have to download those update seperatly.
I HATE programs in windows (like JAVA) that run the "do you want to update now" when I start using it, because that breaks my workflow. Adobe is terrible for this, because that window gets lost, and acrobat freezes.
Instead, when I am done for the day, if I can run emerge sync;emerge -au world, then the compiling/installing will occur when I am gone.
Yes, but the gp didn't say 100fps, he said 100Hz. That means that something gets flashed 100 times a second, even if that is just 1/2 the image twice per frame, doubling the 50Hz of Pal to the 100Hz that the gp said.
For web searching, I would be happy for quotes to make punctuation a part of the search string in google, instead of the bizzare way they handle puncuation now.
My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 100, which my parents gave me 10 years after they had bought it. They also gave me some "Programs for the TRS-80 Model 100" BOOKS, which quite literally contained the code for games and other programs.
If I wanted to play games on that computer, I had to program them in Basic, either from a book, or make my own.
Of course, I am now studying computer science in college, so if you want your kids to become adept at programming, just give them a computer that they can easily make a program on, in basic/shell scripting/blender or some other simple interpreted language.
Having a big head is quite annoying because things that don't have sizes, like hard hats, don't fit me, and unless I want to get a custom molded hard hat, I can't really wear one. Seriously, I have made sales clercks swear when I try on the largest helmet they have and it doesn't fit.
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That is great. The best answer to my sig I have seen yet.
The one problem is: I still have to go and download each seperate package I want for windows: Gaim, Mozilla, Gimp, OO, Tex, Emacs, Vi, SSH, VNC.
That doesn't include other packages that I need to install from CD: Solidworks, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio.
(That is the list of software I have installed on the only windows computer I use)
Can I add Tex support to that request?
Just as long as the default package isn't binary.
(points to sig)
I would assume that some of the gain you saw is from the fact that the OS doesn't have to deal with the audio any more. It doesn't have to mix multiple voices, adjust volumes, or anything. I would assume that this would be a significant amount of processing power.
Do you think the nature of IM encourages people to send more numerous and less informational messages, as opposed to batching all their thoughts up into only a few larger messages?
Yeah, I guess that is exactly what I was getting at.
Usually, IM messages aren't more than a few sentences. AIM limits messages to a very small size, to maybe 300-500 characters. Since me and my friends use GAIM, we can send more than this.
Usually emails are at least a paragraph in length, and usually more.
ICQ did that, and maybe still does. The problem is that if you have a person sending you occasional messages when you are off line, when you log in, you get a ton of messages.
If the pack of screws includes hard drive mounting screws, motherboard mounting screws, and power supply mounting screws, then yes, I would consider screws essential to any system running in a case.
Imagine if the motherboard was just sitting inside the case, and the hard drive and power supply with it.
Furthermore, they should have the original unoptimized code as well, so they should be able to quickly get a version back and running on a different architecture.
There is also the "No publicity is worse than bad publicity" thing. If someone has at least herd of "Linux", they will be more willing to try it, as compared to something like the distro de-jour, which they haven't herd of.
They are very much single-use. Also, the lid where you drink is glued down, so you can't buy 4, take out the liquid easily, and put your own in.
The glue melts when the beverage is hot, releasing the lid. The point of the lid is to make sure that it doesn't explode while it is heating up.
If the coffee cup starts out fairly warm (like 80 degrees F), then it gets too hot to drink after 5-6 min, and then I have to wait up to 10 min for it to cool down enough to be drinkable.
Both me and my friends have experienced this, where it starts out cold, gets nice and warm, then gets very hot, then gets nice and warm again.
Yes, that computer has 1 GB of ram. And yet, I still get the "you are low on memory" message when I am testing my programs.
Sometimes I have so many tabs open in Mozilla that I need to open new windows for more tabs. I open a new window when all of the tabs are just the icon without any text, which is 20-30 tabs on my computer at work running at 1600x1200. It is kind of amazing that I can keep track of anything when I have 40-60 tabs open at one time on a single computer, with many other programs running at the same time.
Right now, I only have 8 tabs open in one window, and I think that is too few, in that I can see more of the title for each page than I normally do.
Keeping track of 60+ windows on a task bar? I would need a separate monitor just for the task bar.
This would either be great or terrible to make into actual certs.
PHB: "Do you have a MCSE or RHEL?"
Job Applicant: "No, but I am a level 7 HP/UX White Mage."
PHB: "... I am not talking about a game here."
Dang, the parent post should be put in a post hall of fame. In one simple post, he covers: Windows vs Unix, the fight against hackers, D&D, and workplace politics.
Step 2 in the OSS business plan isn't "2. Sell"
It is more "get people to use and then sell support."
What I am refering to there is that I don't have a single place to UPDATE my software manually.
emerge -au world
I can see what is going to get installed.
On windows, either a program handles updates itself, doesn't update, or is part of windows and gets updates through windowsupdate.
So, if I want to update gaim, ssh, openoffice, and a few other programs, on windows I have to download those update seperatly.
I HATE programs in windows (like JAVA) that run the "do you want to update now" when I start using it, because that breaks my workflow. Adobe is terrible for this, because that window gets lost, and acrobat freezes.
Instead, when I am done for the day, if I can run emerge sync;emerge -au world, then the compiling/installing will occur when I am gone.
Heh, that was my first though when I read the brief.
The problem is, Microsoft's business plan is:
1. Steal/Copy Idea
2. Sell
3. Profit
Yes, but the gp didn't say 100fps, he said 100Hz. That means that something gets flashed 100 times a second, even if that is just 1/2 the image twice per frame, doubling the 50Hz of Pal to the 100Hz that the gp said.
For web searching, I would be happy for quotes to make punctuation a part of the search string in google, instead of the bizzare way they handle puncuation now.
I couldn't agree more.
My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 100, which my parents gave me 10 years after they had bought it. They also gave me some "Programs for the TRS-80 Model 100" BOOKS, which quite literally contained the code for games and other programs.
If I wanted to play games on that computer, I had to program them in Basic, either from a book, or make my own.
Of course, I am now studying computer science in college, so if you want your kids to become adept at programming, just give them a computer that they can easily make a program on, in basic/shell scripting/blender or some other simple interpreted language.
All of my hats that fit came from http://www.bigheadcaps.com/.
Having a big head is quite annoying because things that don't have sizes, like hard hats, don't fit me, and unless I want to get a custom molded hard hat, I can't really wear one. Seriously, I have made sales clercks swear when I try on the largest helmet they have and it doesn't fit.
That, or they are half full. I think that HP does this.
No, that would be the Google(tm) Cell Phone, with free service, but you get ads about what you are talking about.
Heh, if you were talking about going somewhere to eat, you would hear a voice suggesting a place to go.
I am joking now, but it is not outside the posbility for google.