I have a similar story: About 3.5 years ago, a desktop of mine (running Windows 2000) locked up. I rebooted it to a friendly BIOS message about an error on IDE-0 (main hard drive). After a good 20 minutes of frantically trying to recover the data from the drive (no backup, and I didn't really think about sticking it in the freezer or spending $600 on recovery options) I unscrewed the top of the hard drive, turned the system on, and shoved a screwdriver into it. It made one of the loudest screeching sounds I've ever heard. I then took the drive out of the case and chucked it into the middle of the street in front of my house. A friend of mine and I beat the hell out of it with 2 hammers.
Off topic, but I as well will never buy car insurance from Geico. When trying to renew insurance over the phone, I made the mistake of mentioning that there were other people in the household that could legally drive (surprise surprise). She said I was then "required" to have them covered on my insurance plan. Now, until someone can point me to the relevent Ohio Revised Code or US federal law section that states this, Geico can kiss my ass.
Is Code Red II still "alive" out there? Or has it completely died off yet?
Oh, it's still around. LogWatch complains to me nightly of many 404 Not Founds in my Apache access logs for files that Code Red [II] tries to access on IIS web servers.
Are you talking about the Lane Ave Shopping Center? I'm too young to remember any MicroCenter there but I know where its at. This thread is turning into a "I live in Columbus too!" thread.
Edit: Of course I had to fuck up posting that. Here's a properly-formatted version:
I'm a Dvorak user, so I figured I'd post my findings as well:
1) Learning Dvorak after using QWERTY for 13 years (I've been using computers since I was 5, 18 now) can be a pain in the ass. For the first few weeks I could barely type anything on either keyboard. Online conversations were not very fun while learning a new layout. After a few weeks though, I started getting used to the layout. After a few months, I was able to type in both Dvorak and QWERTY just by looking down and noting the current layout (QWERTY everywhere else, Dvorak at home). Now I am able to type on both without many problems.
2) My typing speed has not changed much... honestly, its just about the same as I could do on QWERTY. However, a friend of mine uses Dvorak as well and he can do about 80-90 WPM, less than a year after learning it. The fastest typer in the world also uses Dvorak, so that says another thing.
3) Programming was a bitch for the first few months. I've gotten used to the bracket locations and command keys (copy, paste, etc.) I refuse to program in Emacs so I've never had to re-learn the commands for that program;)
4) My fingers somewhat small, so it is hard to reach the "F" key. I always end up hitting the G key which slows me down and causes errors.
5) I occasionally have to look down. I need to re-train myself to touch-type properly on Dvorak. Then again, the friend I mentioned above uses his own typing method (a strange one, using only 3 fingers on each hand) and he can type faster than I can touch-typing.
I definitely like the Dvorak layout and wish I would have learned it years ago. It does have a few downsides however, such as the F and X key positions and having to re-train your hands for 2 layouts.
I was just about to comment on that until I saw your post... I remember way back in 2000 when I got RR service that traffic was routed pretty well. Not long after the merger, EVERYTHING started going through ATDN and my ping times rose considerably, mainly in the evening.
I live in Columbus, OH and SWACO (Solid waste authority of Central Ohio) holds several "computer drives" per year. Computer parts, cell phones, etc. are able to be dropped off for free. Working computer parts will be setup and donated to local schools and everything else is melted down or sold to some local computer recycling company.
I had a couple of old monitors to get rid of (and other old parts) so I loaded them up and drove over to a local parking lot where they had 2 giant semi-trucks waiting. If only they held them more often...
I laugh all the time when people suffer with Linux on their desktop. Its very late '90s and pictures of it are starting to show its age.
Suffer? I spend more time removing spyware from Windows computers than I do trying to get something working on Linux. Other than the occasional times when WINE acts up or I can't get a program to compile, I never "suffer" on linux. To each his own, I guess.
Resolution is approx. 310 lines. They aren't bad for projects (like the Kitecam) or for monitoring a small location, but the quality pales in comparison to a bullet cam of the same size (and about $20 more).
Take for example, the SkyCams on my weather website:
Slashdot Mirror
I have the seed running on my desktop system right now... I'll move it over to my mirror server and keep it up as long as I can. Thanks!
I posted a torrent to the helicopter flyover video of New Orleans (from a news station earlier today) in the other hurricane-related discussion:
o rrent
http://wrpn.net/~kremit/files/wgno26flyover.wmv.t
It's about 46 minutes long and in Windows Media format (I didn't create it and didn't feel like converting it).
I posted a torrent of that helicopter flyover here:
o rrent
http://wrpn.net/~kremit/files/wgno26flyover.wmv.t
I have a similar story:
About 3.5 years ago, a desktop of mine (running Windows 2000) locked up. I rebooted it to a friendly BIOS message about an error on IDE-0 (main hard drive). After a good 20 minutes of frantically trying to recover the data from the drive (no backup, and I didn't really think about sticking it in the freezer or spending $600 on recovery options) I unscrewed the top of the hard drive, turned the system on, and shoved a screwdriver into it. It made one of the loudest screeching sounds I've ever heard. I then took the drive out of the case and chucked it into the middle of the street in front of my house. A friend of mine and I beat the hell out of it with 2 hammers.
Good point, but at least PHP returns a decent error message, and not a fucking hex code from some undocumented documentation.
Off topic, but I as well will never buy car insurance from Geico. When trying to renew insurance over the phone, I made the mistake of mentioning that there were other people in the household that could legally drive (surprise surprise). She said I was then "required" to have them covered on my insurance plan. Now, until someone can point me to the relevent Ohio Revised Code or US federal law section that states this, Geico can kiss my ass.
Debugging Javascript in just about any browser just plain sucks.
- /* Slashdotted? */
+ echo "Slashdotted!";
Is Code Red II still "alive" out there? Or has it completely died off yet?
Oh, it's still around. LogWatch complains to me nightly of many 404 Not Founds in my Apache access logs for files that Code Red [II] tries to access on IIS web servers.
Wilson's is a pretty popular leather shop. Many of them here in Ohio and around the US.
Contact the district and let them know what you think. Of course, being polite and giving sources to any facts would be great for karma.
Ahh, satire on my birthday. I love it :P
Are you talking about the Lane Ave Shopping Center? I'm too young to remember any MicroCenter there but I know where its at. This thread is turning into a "I live in Columbus too!" thread.
Edit: Of course I had to fuck up posting that. Here's a properly-formatted version:
;)
I'm a Dvorak user, so I figured I'd post my findings as well:
1) Learning Dvorak after using QWERTY for 13 years (I've been using computers since I was 5, 18 now) can be a pain in the ass. For the first few weeks I could barely type anything on either keyboard. Online conversations were not very fun while learning a new layout. After a few weeks though, I started getting used to the layout. After a few months, I was able to type in both Dvorak and QWERTY just by looking down and noting the current layout (QWERTY everywhere else, Dvorak at home). Now I am able to type on both without many problems.
2) My typing speed has not changed much... honestly, its just about the same as I could do on QWERTY. However, a friend of mine uses Dvorak as well and he can do about 80-90 WPM, less than a year after learning it. The fastest typer in the world also uses Dvorak, so that says another thing.
3) Programming was a bitch for the first few months. I've gotten used to the bracket locations and command keys (copy, paste, etc.) I refuse to program in Emacs so I've never had to re-learn the commands for that program
4) My fingers somewhat small, so it is hard to reach the "F" key. I always end up hitting the G key which slows me down and causes errors.
5) I occasionally have to look down. I need to re-train myself to touch-type properly on Dvorak. Then again, the friend I mentioned above uses his own typing method (a strange one, using only 3 fingers on each hand) and he can type faster than I can touch-typing.
I definitely like the Dvorak layout and wish I would have learned it years ago. It does have a few downsides however, such as the F and X key positions and having to re-train your hands for 2 layouts.
I was just about to comment on that until I saw your post... I remember way back in 2000 when I got RR service that traffic was routed pretty well. Not long after the merger, EVERYTHING started going through ATDN and my ping times rose considerably, mainly in the evening.
Slashdot admins, you know not to link to websites with 17MB videos and TIF files, that server is probably burning alive...
I live in Columbus, OH and SWACO (Solid waste authority of Central Ohio) holds several "computer drives" per year. Computer parts, cell phones, etc. are able to be dropped off for free. Working computer parts will be setup and donated to local schools and everything else is melted down or sold to some local computer recycling company.
I had a couple of old monitors to get rid of (and other old parts) so I loaded them up and drove over to a local parking lot where they had 2 giant semi-trucks waiting. If only they held them more often...
I laugh all the time when people suffer with Linux on their desktop. Its very late '90s and pictures of it are starting to show its age.
Suffer? I spend more time removing spyware from Windows computers than I do trying to get something working on Linux. Other than the occasional times when WINE acts up or I can't get a program to compile, I never "suffer" on linux. To each his own, I guess.
I read your sig as if it was part of the original post. Nice touch.
Ahh then he means ;qjk ;)
IP? Internet protocol? I own j00 TCP/IP... ACK!
/yes, I'm joking, I know what IP is re: this article
Each time you convert someone you're bringing Firefox one step closer to being the dominant browser. Then what?
Then I can finally design sites with proper CSS and transparent PNGs, without hacks/workarounds.
Resolution is approx. 310 lines. They aren't bad for projects (like the Kitecam) or for monitoring a small location, but the quality pales in comparison to a bullet cam of the same size (and about $20 more). Take for example, the SkyCams on my weather website:
Cam 2
(X10 Cam, CMOS chip, 310 lines of res)
Cam 1
(Bullet camera, CCD chip, 420 lines of res)
So yes, I actually bought an X10 camera. But it was from eBay so it's not like they got my money directly...
I'm sure he meant the hot pocket(R) filled with meat and cheese, but there's also this type of hot pocket.
I should charge more for checking all those damn boxes by hand in Ad-Aware 6.
;)
You know you can right-click on one of the items and go to "Select All"