Uhh yeah that link would help if the student worked for IT and was implimenting the WiFi setup.
Well, if you are connecting two computers, you are a network administrator. The big difference between you and the IT guy is that the IT guy maintains a bigger network.
Great! When I want to copy your notes, I won't need to look over your shoulder any more. I'll just eavesdrop on your wireless connection, and slurp up your Documents folder.
And if it's a really competitive class, I might just wipe your harddrive when I'm done.
So, if you're going to use wireless, don't forget to use some decent Wi-Fi security.
Even the most rudimentary of PDA's, (such as the Palm Zire) manage to do a better job.
Maybe we're witnessing a generational gap (But I'm only 30), but PDA's are wayyyy less efficient then my quill, papyrus and brain. I can scribble notes, diagrams, arrows on a notepad at close to the speed of thought, and am probably 10-20X faster then with a PDA or computer, especially when switching from writing to diagrams to arrows back and forth)
Granted, my notes are generally pretty lightweight and used for reminders after the class. I find that if I take too many notes during class, then I don't pay attention to what the instructor is saying, and miss many subtle points. This is particularly true during heavy lectures.
My PDA is fine as an addressbook and calendar (especially for repeating items). But it is way too slow to use for taking notes?
It often takes me about 5 seconds to search 5 pages of notes for a keyword.
On a Palm, I am so distracted with typos and unavailable characters with the graphiti system, that I don't pay attention to the lecture. It takes me 10 seconds to find out how to make a character like '@' or an epsilon. With a pen and paper, I can just write it out.
Laptops are ok for taking notes (I can type pretty fast), but are horrible when switching between with diagrams and text. I've tried a couple of the tablet computers, but they are so laggy compared to paper & pen, and really expensive!
Plus, I can buy paper for $3/ream and a decent pen for $3. A PDA starts about $70. Those fancy
It's GNOME, so it won't be a low user or resources. Then again, that doesn't matter to many people who have oodles of RAM to spare for their window manager.
Hrm. What are you complaining about specificially?
Show me an advanced DE that isn't resource intensive. KDE runs at about the same speed as Gnome. Both Gnome and KDE have made incredible improvements in their speed.
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All the system-config utilities he mentions are available in redhat packages ( in fact I wonder if this author isn't just confused as to what parts of his desktop came from whom )
Are you sure that he isn't talking about the GNOME System Tools? RedHat doesn't include the GST, but Ximian Desktop does. The GST programs are readily available from the Control Center and My Computer, so this quote suggests he was using the GST:
"Clicking on "My Computer" brings up icons for various types of configuration chores, from printers to Samba to fonts"
GST and redhat-config tools both have similar functionality, but GST runs on a variety of platforms, and is much more mature then Redhat's tools: Better GUI, and the redhat-config tools have some major bugs like corrupting/etc/shadow.
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either one deals with dependencies automatically for you.
Not always. You're assuming that apt can find the package, and that the package has been packaged correctly.
The advantage to using Ximain's Redcarpet over apt-get (to install Gnome2), is that a Ximian staffperson verifies the package integrity.
I tried to install Gnome2 for Debian a few weeks back, but kept running into dependancy hell.
I ran 'apt-get install gnome foo bar', go to sleep, and expected all gnome packages to be installed next morning.
Apt-get would search for a dependancy like 'libfoo.3.so', but the only thing available on the channel was a package that contained 'libfoo.4.so'.
So I would search for a fix, install the fix (usually by installing from source), and run the command again, only to run into the next dependancy problem. Find the fix, install the fix, run command again, and it failed on the next dependancy problem.
Considering the unoriginality of many video games out there, not really:)
I have a great idea for a video game: The $GOVERNMENT makes a $HUGE_MISTAKE and releases hordes of $CREATURES on our fine planet. Your job is to shoot almost every critter that moves, and escape to the $ESCAPE. Oh, and it's a third person shooter with some really cool weapons and a multiplayer deathmatch feature!
Never trust a computer proffesional that doesnt list computer as a hobby.
As long as you have other hobbies, that's fine. But to say 'I work with computers for 8 hours a day at work, and then I get home and work with computers even more' makes you seem one-dimensional and very limited. The people who impress me the most are the ones who have hobbies in things that I don't do: Acting, painters, rock climbers, etc.
Why? Because they are the ones who will think outside the box. Diversity is good.
Remember, few people are hired purely on their technical skills. Most people are hired because they made a personal connection to the hiring team. Technical skills are easy to pick up, personal skills are not.
Great, so you're a computer genius, but the computer is only 50% of your job, the other 50% is spent dealing with people. Can you do that? Does your personality fit in with the team? Can you relate to your coworkers and bond with them? Chances are, most people aren't going to want to sit around talking about the latest kernel patch, but they will talk about gardening, art, vacations, etc.
After working on computers for 10 hours a day, the last thing I want to do when I get home is mess around with more computers. I'd much rather go bicyling, to the climbing gym, read a book, or create something in the garden or workshop.
It's probably possible build a wind tunnel to simulate a 12,500 MPH wind and simulate the atmosphere at 207,000 feet for an object as big as the orbiter, but it will be very expensive and difficult to build in our political climate.
I took my sabersaw onto the train the other day, and people looked at me funny and called me mean names. I think they were offended by the nude power tool...
So then I dressed my sabersaw in a sundress, and now none of the other riders bothers me any more. In fact, I have a whole train car to myself...
My take is that at the end of the third picture Neo will wake up with his head on the keyboard in his original apartment, going "Whew, what a bad dream."
"In other news, Larry and Andy Wachowski fled the country after hordes of movie-going rioters broken into the Wachowski mansion and set it ablaze, screaming 'Bad plot device!', 'I saw that same friggen story in the original Twilght zone', 'Booooring'.
As one partipant stated, "The second movie introduced a dozen new storylines and then ended suddenly in a cliffhanger 3 minutes later. I was forced to wait for 6 months to see the "Conclusion", but the 3rd movie didn't meet my high expectations, and now Wachowski Brothers are going to pay! I want my $9.50 + $4.00 for a soda and $3.00 for milkduds back!"
What they didn't disclose is that the Happy Face was purposely built over 20,000 years ago by 13-year old Martian OMIMers (Olympus Mons Online Instant Messenger), and that about 50 miles southwest of the giant happy face are 2-kilometer high pyramids arranged in a pattern that spells "LOL , BRB!"
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I bet Timothy was responsible for the "Barrel of Attack Elephants" code at the top of the homepage.
...
I mean "Team of Stealth Rabbits".
Er, I mean "Barrel of Orange Midgets"
Or wait, maybe I mean "Group of Albino Chickens"...
Shit, I'm lost.
Uhh yeah that link would help if the student worked for IT and was implimenting the WiFi setup.
Well, if you are connecting two computers, you are a network administrator. The big difference between you and the IT guy is that the IT guy maintains a bigger network.
And with a few pieces of wood, you can carry your desktop around with you like this guy.
But lighter then my chemistry book!
Wi-Fi capable laptop
Great! When I want to copy your notes, I won't need to look over your shoulder any more. I'll just eavesdrop on your wireless connection, and slurp up your Documents folder.
And if it's a really competitive class, I might just wipe your harddrive when I'm done.
So, if you're going to use wireless, don't forget to use some decent Wi-Fi security.
Even the most rudimentary of PDA's, (such as the Palm Zire) manage to do a better job.
Maybe we're witnessing a generational gap (But I'm only 30), but PDA's are wayyyy less efficient then my quill, papyrus and brain. I can scribble notes, diagrams, arrows on a notepad at close to the speed of thought, and am probably 10-20X faster then with a PDA or computer, especially when switching from writing to diagrams to arrows back and forth)
Granted, my notes are generally pretty lightweight and used for reminders after the class. I find that if I take too many notes during class, then I don't pay attention to what the instructor is saying, and miss many subtle points. This is particularly true during heavy lectures.
My PDA is fine as an addressbook and calendar (especially for repeating items). But it is way too slow to use for taking notes?
It often takes me about 5 seconds to search 5 pages of notes for a keyword.
On a Palm, I am so distracted with typos and unavailable characters with the graphiti system, that I don't pay attention to the lecture. It takes me 10 seconds to find out how to make a character like '@' or an epsilon. With a pen and paper, I can just write it out.
Laptops are ok for taking notes (I can type pretty fast), but are horrible when switching between with diagrams and text. I've tried a couple of the tablet computers, but they are so laggy compared to paper & pen, and really expensive!
Plus, I can buy paper for $3/ream and a decent pen for $3. A PDA starts about $70. Those fancy
Ok, maybe I misread your intent. So many negative posts in this article, I just got confused :)
Sorry...
It's GNOME, so it won't be a low user or resources. Then again, that doesn't matter to many people who have oodles of RAM to spare for their window manager.
Hrm. What are you complaining about specificially?
Gnome, KDE = Desktop Environment
Metacity, Sawfish, KWM, Blackbox, EvilWM = Window Manager
Metacity, Sawfish, KWM = resource intensive Window Managers
Show me an advanced DE that isn't resource intensive. KDE runs at about the same speed as Gnome. Both Gnome and KDE have made incredible improvements in their speed.
All the system-config utilities he mentions are available in redhat packages ( in fact I wonder if this author isn't just confused as to what parts of his desktop came from whom )
/etc/shadow.
Are you sure that he isn't talking about the GNOME System Tools? RedHat doesn't include the GST, but Ximian Desktop does. The GST programs are readily available from the Control Center and My Computer, so this quote suggests he was using the GST:
"Clicking on "My Computer" brings up icons for various types of configuration chores, from printers to Samba to fonts"
GST and redhat-config tools both have similar functionality, but GST runs on a variety of platforms, and is much more mature then Redhat's tools: Better GUI, and the redhat-config tools have some major bugs like
corrupting
either one deals with dependencies automatically for you.
Not always. You're assuming that apt can find the package, and that the package has been packaged correctly.
The advantage to using Ximain's Redcarpet over apt-get (to install Gnome2), is that a Ximian staffperson verifies the package integrity.
I tried to install Gnome2 for Debian a few weeks back, but kept running into dependancy hell.
I ran 'apt-get install gnome foo bar', go to sleep, and expected all gnome packages to be installed next morning.
Apt-get would search for a dependancy like 'libfoo.3.so', but the only thing available on the channel was a package that contained 'libfoo.4.so'.
So I would search for a fix, install the fix (usually by installing from source), and run the command again, only to run into the next dependancy problem. Find the fix, install the fix, run command again, and it failed on the next dependancy problem.
Or does that even happen?
:)
Considering the unoriginality of many video games out there, not really
I have a great idea for a video game: The $GOVERNMENT makes a $HUGE_MISTAKE and releases hordes of $CREATURES on our fine planet. Your job is to shoot almost every critter that moves, and escape to the $ESCAPE. Oh, and it's a third person shooter with some really cool weapons and a multiplayer deathmatch feature!
The Star Destroyer would definately destroy the Enterprise...
Never trust a computer proffesional that doesnt list computer as a hobby.
As long as you have other hobbies, that's fine.
But to say 'I work with computers for 8 hours a day at work, and then I get home and work with computers even more' makes you seem one-dimensional and very limited. The people who impress me the most are the ones who have hobbies in things that I don't do: Acting, painters, rock climbers, etc.
Why? Because they are the ones who will think outside the box. Diversity is good.
Remember, few people are hired purely on their technical skills. Most people are hired because they made a personal connection to the hiring team. Technical skills are easy to pick up, personal skills are not.
Great, so you're a computer genius, but the computer is only 50% of your job, the other 50% is spent dealing with people. Can you do that? Does your personality fit in with the team? Can you relate to your coworkers and bond with them? Chances are, most people aren't going to want to sit around talking about the latest kernel patch, but they will talk about gardening, art, vacations, etc.
After working on computers for 10 hours a day, the last thing I want to do when I get home is mess around with more computers. I'd much rather go bicyling, to the climbing gym, read a book, or create something in the garden or workshop.
Well hell, if you had pixie dust the astonauts could just think of a wonderful thought and fly to the moon themselves!
Are those air tunnels not capable of producing the amount of friction / heat necessary to simulate re-entry?
No. When the Columbia broke up, it was travelling at "12,500 mph (Mach 18.3) at an altitude of 207,135ft".
It's probably possible build a wind tunnel to simulate a 12,500 MPH wind and simulate the atmosphere at 207,000 feet for an object as big as the orbiter, but it will be very expensive and difficult to build in our political climate.
"is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" -- Mae West
I'd rather carry a floppy in my pocket
Hottie: Is that a floppy in your pocket or are you just happy... hey wait. That is a floppy in your pocket. Like, you're such a nerd! Forget it!
I took my sabersaw onto the train the other day, and people looked at me funny and called me mean names. I think they were offended by the nude power tool...
So then I dressed my sabersaw in a sundress, and now none of the other riders bothers me any more. In fact, I have a whole train car to myself...
That is why I like the roll-your-own-kernel of linux. Don't compile the stuff you don't need and fewer things can break.
Of course, that's assuming that you know for certain that you don't need the stuff.
Some of the kernel options are pretty darn arcane, and there are few people in the world who understand which kernel options are absolutely necesary.
Crash? What crash?
:)
up 582 days
Reboot? What reboot?
Now, when was the last time you tested those init scripts?
-= Stefan
This time, he switched Win2k with Linux and it didn't work out so well.
In a few years, he'll switch his parent's vodka with water. Hope that deal goes over better.
My take is that at the end of the third picture Neo will wake up with his head on the keyboard in his original apartment, going "Whew, what a bad dream."
"In other news, Larry and Andy Wachowski fled the country after hordes of movie-going rioters broken into the Wachowski mansion and set it ablaze, screaming 'Bad plot device!', 'I saw that same friggen story in the original Twilght zone', 'Booooring'.
As one partipant stated, "The second movie introduced a dozen new storylines and then ended suddenly in a cliffhanger 3 minutes later.
I was forced to wait for 6 months to see the "Conclusion", but the 3rd movie didn't meet my high expectations, and now Wachowski Brothers are going to pay! I want my $9.50 + $4.00 for a soda and $3.00 for milkduds back!"
sounds like fun to me!
Fun? Fun?!? My god man, would you like to sleep with Carmack?
My power strip has 8 plugs, which means I get 8 times the energy compared to a standard wall socket!
What they didn't disclose is that the Happy Face was purposely built over 20,000 years ago by 13-year old Martian OMIMers (Olympus Mons Online Instant Messenger), and that about 50 miles southwest of the giant happy face are 2-kilometer high pyramids arranged in a pattern that spells "LOL , BRB!"