Get a laptop or 3. Portable - check UPS - check Able to handle no climate control - check 4 cores & 8GB - check 4TB of storage - Get an external drive bay. (Do you really need that much storage? really?)
Some of the XPS line from Dell or other 'Gaming' laptops should do the trick.
Education is not a substitute for experience. Remember ISA cards, IRQ settings and COM 1,3 vs 2,4 problems, and how to work around it? Kids today don't. They depend on PnP to magically make it work. A lot of hiring monkeys don't get this but it is true. Show me any snort-nosed kid that can build a network using printer cables or old-school DOS hacks to get something to work in WindowsXP. You will not find it, because experience teaches us 'old farts' how to work around a problem. If you have no previous experience and are starting from scratch then it might be tricky, but if you have the skills don't worry about it. Social networking is your foot in the door.
Canada has always been stuck between a rock and a hard place (US & UK). We are kind of like the retarded step-brother, very polite but not taken seriously on our own (we have a nasty habit of tagging along to our 'Big Brothers'.)
I often wondered how long it would take the insanity of US & UK to reach us. I wonder if there are any jobs in the Netherlands for an english-speaking computer-geek Canuck. They look like the only safe haven from insanity that is infecting this planet.
It might not be ready for his desktop be it has been on my desktop for 7+ years. His main problem is that he doesn't know how to make money off of Desktop Linux.
Any form of communication might be used for nefarious purposes. touch, sight, taste, smell. These could all be used to transfer information. Unless you plug into our brains directly you might miss something. Just give up.
Western society has forgotten what it means to stand up to oppressive leadership. We would rather stay comfortable and placated with our modern opiate.
Break the chains that bind you. Turn off your TV's, read books they don't want you to read, think for yourself.
One of the users on this board has a sig that is very significant: There are 4 boxes to be used in the defence of liberty: Soap, Jury, Ballot, and Ammo. Use in that order.
I am a non-violent person (as are most of us). I believe more can be resolved with intelligent, logical discussion then could ever be resolved with violence, but I also believe that when the system is broken you cannot work within it.
Start building clusters (great practice and fun). You can use the cluster many ways like a distcc 'box' (now you can compile Gentoo in less then a month!), or build a 'faster then real-time' video encoder/decoder.
For the Business guy:
Sell pre-made servers to local businesses. Using virtualization, create one image for 'basic domain/workgroup' that allows file & print sharing + email, and then it's simple to tweak the few config files per site.
How does a society that historically repressed individuality (aka "thinking for yourself") overcome these traditions and start to innovate (aka "thinking of NEW things")?
I understand it's a nurture vs nature argument, HUMAN nature demands creative thinking. Eastern culture/nurture expects more a more 'repressed' behaviour.
How many generations of Chinese have been born into that way of thinking? Isn't it possible that those 'creative-thinkers' might have been "bred-out" of the population?
While many people may exclaim that this information is 'dangerous' to be released in the public domain let me remind you of a few small details.
1) ANY high-school/college student should be able to tell you what the critical mass of U235/238 is. 2) Most handymen should be able to make atleast ONE method of creating a critical mass pile. 3) It takes a GOVERNMENT to build multiple copies and revisions and tests to make it bigger/better.
This information does not mean "the terrorists can now make a bomb!" This changes NOTHING that hasn't been known for 50+ years. I would rather live in a society that does not suffer a knee-jerk reaction everytime something unusual is expressed. If anybody knows if this place exists, let me know; I'll start packing.
The whole point is so that you don't have to tell everybody when your phone number changes and/or when you add new phone numbers to your collection (i.e. cell phone, pager, office, home, summer home, etc..) How does it handle if you travel a lot?
e.g. If I setup a Michigan phone number (as my Grand Central number), and add a Florida cell phone; will I be charged long-distance fees to have my calls forwarded?
Does it forward calls at all? or is it just a 'voice mail' system? How does the "call Contact" system work if you are sitting at your desk reading your email? Can you listen to your voice-mails via you PC (is it a.wav attachment?)
According to Faierson, one-square inch of the brick could withstand the gradual application of 2,450 pounds.
This strength would enable it to withstand an environment where gravity is a fraction of the pull on Earth.
What does compression strength have to do with minimal gravity? (Other then you can build a structure 3x as heavy on the moon without worrying about the bricks breaking)
Kudos to the team for making the connection from armour plating tanks to building structures.
I am 35. I got my first computer a Commodore64 around 1984. 1986 I first started connecting to BBS's and then to run my own BBS. I _was_ a hard-core gamer.
Now I play flash-games, or classics in a Dosbox window. Sorry but Linux gaming missed it's mark by being 15 years too late to the table. Don't get me wrong, I still occasionally play Enemy Territory, Padman, and other 'popular' games, but the kids today don't care. Not like we used to care. I am likely to hear BOOM-HEADSHOT! yelled across the LAN party these days as we would yell "I'M IN!!!" when 'searching' for a virgin ftp server to use as dump sites back in the day.
Some nice possibilities with a larger screen is landscape-mode movies. The PSP works/looks great as a movie player because the screen size is almost perfect for mobile movie/TV watching. I imagine the auto-orientation feature of the iPhone would make a nice "auto-launch" macro for starting the movie viewing application.
One nit I would like to pick or suggest is to include an on/off switch and an external speaker for alarm and/or schedule notifications. I played with an iTouch for 5 minutes and could not figure out how to turn it off. I pinched. poked, prodded, pulled, tossed, and left it alone in the hope that it would shut-off. It's not likely that I will ever buy one (I hate touch-screen and need buttons for operating the device while not looking at it.)
Is there something 'better' about BSDs' ipchains then I can do with Linux and iptables?
Should I switch my firewall? (I've been itching to test BSD cause it's so darned geeky and I am getting annoyed with all these Ubuntu "somebody help me!!" converts plugging the IRC tubes.)
Slashdot Mirror
Get a laptop or 3.
Portable - check
UPS - check
Able to handle no climate control - check
4 cores & 8GB - check
4TB of storage - Get an external drive bay. (Do you really need that much storage? really?)
Some of the XPS line from Dell or other 'Gaming' laptops should do the trick.
I will second the vote for Handbrake.
It's the best tool for the job.
Education is not a substitute for experience. Remember ISA cards, IRQ settings and COM 1,3 vs 2,4 problems, and how to work around it? Kids today don't. They depend on PnP to magically make it work. A lot of hiring monkeys don't get this but it is true. Show me any snort-nosed kid that can build a network using printer cables or old-school DOS hacks to get something to work in WindowsXP.
You will not find it, because experience teaches us 'old farts' how to work around a problem. If you have no previous experience and are starting from scratch then it might be tricky, but if you have the skills don't worry about it. Social networking is your foot in the door.
Canada has always been stuck between a rock and a hard place (US & UK). We are kind of like the retarded step-brother, very polite but not taken seriously on our own (we have a nasty habit of tagging along to our 'Big Brothers'.)
I often wondered how long it would take the insanity of US & UK to reach us. I wonder if there are any jobs in the Netherlands for an english-speaking computer-geek Canuck. They look like the only safe haven from insanity that is infecting this planet.
It might not be ready for his desktop be it has been on my desktop for 7+ years.
His main problem is that he doesn't know how to make money off of Desktop Linux.
hehe, I did say _we_.
Any form of communication might be used for nefarious purposes.
touch, sight, taste, smell. These could all be used to transfer information. Unless you plug into our brains directly you might miss something. Just give up.
Western society has forgotten what it means to stand up to oppressive leadership. We would rather stay comfortable and placated with our modern opiate.
Break the chains that bind you. Turn off your TV's, read books they don't want you to read, think for yourself.
One of the users on this board has a sig that is very significant:
There are 4 boxes to be used in the defence of liberty: Soap, Jury, Ballot, and Ammo. Use in that order.
I am a non-violent person (as are most of us). I believe more can be resolved with intelligent, logical discussion then could ever be resolved with violence, but I also believe that when the system is broken you cannot work within it.
This sounds cool, but what they are not telling you is that it will stop working if you bring it south of the equator. :)
E-Copy.
It is not free, but it is an excellent work-flow tool (that uses PDF as the framework).
Simple'ish solution that always works for me.
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the resolutions with the TOTAL # of pixels.
i.e. two 1024x768 monitors would be: 2048x768
There is a little more to it then that but I have always been able to get both screen to work with that.
American Pie.
Buddy Holly is the real King.
I realize that you are only 19 years old and new to this Internet thing. Posting link spam like you have been doing is considered bad etiquette.
Please stop, we do not like it here.
For the IT guy:
Start building clusters (great practice and fun). You can use the cluster many ways like a distcc 'box' (now you can compile Gentoo in less then a month!), or build a 'faster then real-time' video encoder/decoder.
For the Business guy:
Sell pre-made servers to local businesses. Using virtualization, create one image for 'basic domain/workgroup' that allows file & print sharing + email, and then it's simple to tweak the few config files per site.
Here is the truth about the naming scheme.
http://www.smoogespace.com/documents/behind_the_names.html
My memory might be a bit vague, but I am sure that there were other names that indicated a "Tribes" background like Spinfuser.
Does Red Hat still name the releases after items in the game Tribes? I haven't used RH since v5.2 (shrike) If I remember correctly.
How does a society that historically repressed individuality (aka "thinking for yourself") overcome these traditions and start to innovate (aka "thinking of NEW things")?
I understand it's a nurture vs nature argument, HUMAN nature demands creative thinking. Eastern culture/nurture expects more a more 'repressed' behaviour.
How many generations of Chinese have been born into that way of thinking? Isn't it possible that those 'creative-thinkers' might have been "bred-out" of the population?
And this is how Linux will win. Not with a bang but a whimper. Embedded appliances, dedicated purpose applications, and multi-platform compatibility.
Firefox, Thunderbird, and (hopefully) soon KDE.
MS users who don't know any better, will win this for us.
Geeks like us have already dominated the server-side of the Linux equation, now fools will win the desktop for us.
While many people may exclaim that this information is 'dangerous' to be released in the public domain let me remind you of a few small details.
1) ANY high-school/college student should be able to tell you what the critical mass of U235/238 is.
2) Most handymen should be able to make atleast ONE method of creating a critical mass pile.
3) It takes a GOVERNMENT to build multiple copies and revisions and tests to make it bigger/better.
This information does not mean "the terrorists can now make a bomb!" This changes NOTHING that hasn't been known for 50+ years. I would rather live in a society that does not suffer a knee-jerk reaction everytime something unusual is expressed. If anybody knows if this place exists, let me know; I'll start packing.
I have a couple of questions about Grand Central.
The whole point is so that you don't have to tell everybody when your phone number changes and/or when you add new phone numbers to your collection (i.e. cell phone, pager, office, home, summer home, etc..) How does it handle if you travel a lot?
e.g. If I setup a Michigan phone number (as my Grand Central number), and add a Florida cell phone; will I be charged long-distance fees to have my calls forwarded?
Does it forward calls at all? or is it just a 'voice mail' system? How does the "call Contact" system work if you are sitting at your desk reading your email? Can you listen to your voice-mails via you PC (is it a .wav attachment?)
Do you have an invites available? =)
According to Faierson, one-square inch of the brick could withstand the gradual application of 2,450 pounds.
This strength would enable it to withstand an environment where gravity is a fraction of the pull on Earth.
What does compression strength have to do with minimal gravity? (Other then you can build a structure 3x as heavy on the moon without worrying about the bricks breaking)
Kudos to the team for making the connection from armour plating tanks to building structures.
I am 35. I got my first computer a Commodore64 around 1984. 1986 I first started connecting to BBS's and then to run my own BBS. I _was_ a hard-core gamer.
Now I play flash-games, or classics in a Dosbox window. Sorry but Linux gaming missed it's mark by being 15 years too late to the table. Don't get me wrong, I still occasionally play Enemy Territory, Padman, and other 'popular' games, but the kids today don't care. Not like we used to care. I am likely to hear BOOM-HEADSHOT! yelled across the LAN party these days as we would yell "I'M IN!!!" when 'searching' for a virgin ftp server to use as dump sites back in the day.
Disclaimer: I have used an iTouch for 5 minutes.
Some nice possibilities with a larger screen is landscape-mode movies. The PSP works/looks great as a movie player because the screen size is almost perfect for mobile movie/TV watching. I imagine the auto-orientation feature of the iPhone would make a nice "auto-launch" macro for starting the movie viewing application.
One nit I would like to pick or suggest is to include an on/off switch and an external speaker for alarm and/or schedule notifications. I played with an iTouch for 5 minutes and could not figure out how to turn it off. I pinched. poked, prodded, pulled, tossed, and left it alone in the hope that it would shut-off. It's not likely that I will ever buy one (I hate touch-screen and need buttons for operating the device while not looking at it.)
I bought a ViK 3-4 years ago. I have always been gentle with it but noticed about 4 months ago several of the 'keys' stopped working.
Is there something 'better' about BSDs' ipchains then I can do with Linux and iptables?
Should I switch my firewall? (I've been itching to test BSD cause it's so darned geeky and I am getting annoyed with all these Ubuntu "somebody help me!!" converts plugging the IRC tubes.)
A locked-down firewall is locked-down isn't it?