While five acres is small by almost any standard for a farm, a lot of a farm's productivity has to do with where it's located. Having grown up in the (very fertile) Willamette Valley in Oregon, I can tell you that a five acre "gentleman's farm" can be productive enough to generate a meager income if managed right, and certainly is large enough for sustinence living. Three acres in alfalfa (hay), an acre for small livestock (goats, chickens, sheep, pigs, etc.), half an acre in vegetable garden, and the remaining half an acre for living space and outbuidings is a good model for income (mostly on hay, eggs and vegetables). Carve another two acres out of the hay field for more garden and/or livestock area, and you've got a sustinence farm that will support two or three families quite well.
OTOH, five acres in the Eastern Oregon high desert makes for a good barrier between you and your neighbors and not much else.
These few indications will be sufficient to show that the wireless art offers greater possibilities than any invention or discovery heretofore made, and if the conditions are favorable, we can expect with certitude that in the next few years wonders will be wrought by its application." -- Nikola Tesla, 1908.
I don't know, I think the idea of happy, relaxed truckers on the road is much better than a bunch of angry, frustrated guys driving twenty-ton land missiles in unforgiving traffic.
Well, yes, that sounds like the chain of installation I tried, and you're right, it's pretty easy to install from an RPM. Indeed, I prefer the command line interface over YaST for controlability. But I ran into library version problems (I don't remember which "so" file was the troublesome one, but it was a showstopper), creating compatibility problems with other software I have installed. I basically ended up giving up on the project to wait for the next upgrade (which looks like it will be 9.3 at this point).
But thanks. Even given the fact that you lead your post with a slap in the face, I'd mod you "Informative" if I could. Oh, except that you posted AC. tsk... such promise, too...
I'm running SUSE 9.1 and know just what you mean. What really seems strange to me is that Kaffeine is included as a standard component with the system, but the default "run with" application for most media files seems to be Noatun, which, as far as I can tell doesn't play much. Almost every time I try to play something, it won't play in Noatun but plays fine in Kaffeine. [grumble, grumble...]
The biggest pain is that, without a convoluted chain of software installation that I can't seem to accomplish (I'm no luser, but I'm no l33t h4ck either), I can't play DVDs. [grrr....]
On another front, I was reading that the 9.3 release is supposed to have better capabilities where roaming from one wireless network to another is concerned. With 9.1, every time I try to use a different network, I lose the key for my primary network at home and have to re-enter it when I get home. [grumble, grumble...]
I think the GP meant "...and IF Arrested Development gets cancelled...." He just used the "if this and that" notation that's [ahem] common in programming environments.
Not having mod points at the time, I couldn't remember the specific order. My point holds, though, that the scroll wheel can really screw you up with modding if you're not careful, at least in IE (work computer).
I'd mod up your post as Informative if I could. thx.
Try this: While moderating, select Insightful, Infomative or Interesting from the pulldown for a message. Then, without clicking out of the moderation dropdown box, spin the scrollwheel on your mouse to continue reading down the page. Once you've scrolled through all the moderation selections, inadvertently selecting the highest-ordered one alphabetically, the browser starts scrolling down the page. It seems to you that the imperfect browser or mouse driver just didn't pick up on the first bit of your scroll, but it caught it eventually and you kept reading merrily along, the whole time not realizing that you've just sent a perfectly good post on its way to oblivion.
Or, it could just be someone's poor opinion of the author's comment. It's really hard to tell from my house.
How is sandblasting any more overengineering than etching? I've seen etching jobs using paint before, and if the person applying it isn't careful, it comes out streaky. Sandblasting tends to be more even. Still, if you're careful, etching solution is a good solution.
But you should realize that your local glass shop will probably sandblast one face of a sheet of glass for you (assuming you purchase the glass there) for about $5. Furthermore, if you're buying a large sheet of tempered glass (which you'd want for a tabletop), actually purchasing a sandblaster is cheaper than a second sheet of glass if you have an air compressor already (or know someone who does).
I spotted a link to your story on ENWorld. FWIW, I passed a link to only that story along to a friend of mine that hosts our gaming group. He's a bachelor with a six-figure income. We may end up with one based on your inspiration. I'll let you know if we do.:^)
How about lightly sandblasting one face of the glass? I mean, if you're going to build something like this, do it right. Using a DLP projector to throw an image on to a screen you created by scratching a sheet of plastic with steel wool to get translucense seems somewhat akin to getting a new P4 system and hooking it to a CGA monitor. But that's just me.
I've been using Cycas some on my Suse box. It's not the most intuitive interface, and the documentation translation to English isn't as good as it could be, but with very little 3D CAD experience (virtually none), I got a simple drawing of our master bedroom, bathroom, and an addition we were going to put on the house. I couldn't get stairs figured out, though there's a staircase generator (the documentation is poor here), and a few other things were a pain. Still, for general visualization it did well enough. I feel that if I spoke more German, I'd really be able to work well with it.
There are a couple of tutorials built in that more or less get you to the goals you want for basic drawing. Don't expect too much, and plan on figuring out what they mean rather than what they say in a few places. Overall, though, the self-guided tutorials are worthwhile.
In the same vein, Avalon Hill's "Republic of Rome" is a lot of fun. It is very cooperative in the early stages, then a little backstabbing starts to leak in... We've never had enough time to finish a complete game, but it's always been fun. As someone who studied Roman history, it seems like they worked very hard to make the game mechanics reflect the politics of the Roman Senate.
Very interesting. I'm glad to hear it. Now, of course, we need to see substantiation of your claims as well. Not that I doubt you. Rather, what I'm saying is that we need a clear ruling on this from some source other than we of Slashdot, who seem to be extremely incorrect or extremely correct on things, but rarely found right in the middle of that scale.
I ran across this link today. I read the License Agreement because the link to the FAQ didn't go anywhere. The "Find Out More!" link basically said you had to sign up to find out more, but the overall flavor of the thing seems to be another torrent site. I will say that the language of the License Agreement supports your premise, though they had movies and even software for download. It sounds to me like a pretty front end on a warez site, though I can't be sure. I certainly wasn't going to pay to find out.
We liked Season One because it was edgy and new. But watching Season Two was work, because his daughter was always in such an incredible amount of danger. Then, of course, she went straight from being a distraught high school student to being an analyst at a top government agency. I couldn't take it anymore, particularly because, within "one 24-hour period," the lead characters drive across L.A. several times, fly to Mexico once or twice, take trips out to the Valley, and still have time to get in major gun battles and take trips to the hospital.
Give me believable drama like Battlestar Galactica any day.
It's my understanding that, currently, using BitTorrent or some similar system to download copyrighted media was illegal because of the fact that torrents require redistribution of the content to use the system (quid pro quo). If there's some clear ruling to the contrary, I'd love to hear about it, because I would like to use such a system (even sharing my bandwidth to enhance the system), but I'm not willing to incur the risk of an RIAA/MPAA assault because I missed Ep.5 of my favorite drama.
If I were a lawyer (which I'm not) arguing the matter, I'd look at laws governing operators of broadcast TV repeaters in rural areas. If the only laws governing them are those related to FCC licenses for usage of radio spectrum (VHF, UHF), and not regarding the content or copyright on that content, then there's precedent for the same rules (or lack thereof) applying to redistribution without receipt of payment over data networks.
PVRs (at least TiVo) aren't the right answer, though. As someone above said, catching Lost is a pain if you want to record anything that borders on it. We have a 2-tuner DirecTV TiVo, and by the time my wife gets through scheduling all the America's Top Model and American Idol shows, which always seem to creep out of their time slot by a minute or so, recording Lost or The West Wing becomes a futile struggle of manually pushing "Record" after a show has started and hoping you were home in time to catch it.
When we first got the system, we thought having two tuners would be enough. Now that we see how things get stacked up, we're thinking that four might be a better option. I'd far rather be able to select shows to download and watch when I want than deal with broadcast time slots. I'd pay a small premium on top of my current sattelite bill if I had to deal with commercials, and a reasonable ($1) per show fee if I didn't.
As a side note, I just bought Season One of Deadwood, the first TV show I've ever purchased media for. I hope to get it all watched before Season Two starts this Sunday, but that's unlikely. If I could be assured that I could d/l and watch the shows of Season Two when I wanted, I'd wait to start it until I had seen all of Season One. Next year, I'll buy Season Two, even though I will have seen them all by that time. The show's that good. And HBO seems to be doing fine without inline commercials in their shows.
I was wondering whether or not you could use this technology to grow cables for a space elevator. If you could get a spiral form going, it might be able to spew out cable (okay, it would probably be too slow to be called "spew") pre-formed.
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While five acres is small by almost any standard for a farm, a lot of a farm's productivity has to do with where it's located. Having grown up in the (very fertile) Willamette Valley in Oregon, I can tell you that a five acre "gentleman's farm" can be productive enough to generate a meager income if managed right, and certainly is large enough for sustinence living. Three acres in alfalfa (hay), an acre for small livestock (goats, chickens, sheep, pigs, etc.), half an acre in vegetable garden, and the remaining half an acre for living space and outbuidings is a good model for income (mostly on hay, eggs and vegetables). Carve another two acres out of the hay field for more garden and/or livestock area, and you've got a sustinence farm that will support two or three families quite well.
OTOH, five acres in the Eastern Oregon high desert makes for a good barrier between you and your neighbors and not much else.
Have you figured out a way to get them from the 140K floppies to a more accessible format? That's the biggest trouble AFAIK.
These few indications will be sufficient to show that the wireless art offers greater possibilities than any invention or discovery heretofore made, and if the conditions are favorable, we can expect with certitude that in the next few years wonders will be wrought by its application." -- Nikola Tesla, 1908.
I don't know, I think the idea of happy, relaxed truckers on the road is much better than a bunch of angry, frustrated guys driving twenty-ton land missiles in unforgiving traffic.
Safe money bets that horse.
Well, yes, that sounds like the chain of installation I tried, and you're right, it's pretty easy to install from an RPM. Indeed, I prefer the command line interface over YaST for controlability. But I ran into library version problems (I don't remember which "so" file was the troublesome one, but it was a showstopper), creating compatibility problems with other software I have installed. I basically ended up giving up on the project to wait for the next upgrade (which looks like it will be 9.3 at this point).
But thanks. Even given the fact that you lead your post with a slap in the face, I'd mod you "Informative" if I could. Oh, except that you posted AC. tsk... such promise, too...
I'm running SUSE 9.1 and know just what you mean. What really seems strange to me is that Kaffeine is included as a standard component with the system, but the default "run with" application for most media files seems to be Noatun, which, as far as I can tell doesn't play much. Almost every time I try to play something, it won't play in Noatun but plays fine in Kaffeine. [grumble, grumble...]
The biggest pain is that, without a convoluted chain of software installation that I can't seem to accomplish (I'm no luser, but I'm no l33t h4ck either), I can't play DVDs. [grrr....]
On another front, I was reading that the 9.3 release is supposed to have better capabilities where roaming from one wireless network to another is concerned. With 9.1, every time I try to use a different network, I lose the key for my primary network at home and have to re-enter it when I get home. [grumble, grumble...]
Gezundheit.
I think the GP meant "...and IF Arrested Development gets cancelled...." He just used the "if this and that" notation that's [ahem] common in programming environments.
Thanks. I hate when the OP doesn't supply a clicky-linky thing. I just have one question: Does it run on Linux?
TLDs? What we really need is more TLAs. Heck, RTA, it says that DNS is good. Don't we need more?
Hey, waitaminute... I'm on that project too!
Not having mod points at the time, I couldn't remember the specific order. My point holds, though, that the scroll wheel can really screw you up with modding if you're not careful, at least in IE (work computer).
I'd mod up your post as Informative if I could. thx.
Try this: While moderating, select Insightful, Infomative or Interesting from the pulldown for a message. Then, without clicking out of the moderation dropdown box, spin the scrollwheel on your mouse to continue reading down the page. Once you've scrolled through all the moderation selections, inadvertently selecting the highest-ordered one alphabetically, the browser starts scrolling down the page. It seems to you that the imperfect browser or mouse driver just didn't pick up on the first bit of your scroll, but it caught it eventually and you kept reading merrily along, the whole time not realizing that you've just sent a perfectly good post on its way to oblivion.
Or, it could just be someone's poor opinion of the author's comment. It's really hard to tell from my house.
How is sandblasting any more overengineering than etching? I've seen etching jobs using paint before, and if the person applying it isn't careful, it comes out streaky. Sandblasting tends to be more even. Still, if you're careful, etching solution is a good solution.
But you should realize that your local glass shop will probably sandblast one face of a sheet of glass for you (assuming you purchase the glass there) for about $5. Furthermore, if you're buying a large sheet of tempered glass (which you'd want for a tabletop), actually purchasing a sandblaster is cheaper than a second sheet of glass if you have an air compressor already (or know someone who does).
I spotted a link to your story on ENWorld. FWIW, I passed a link to only that story along to a friend of mine that hosts our gaming group. He's a bachelor with a six-figure income. We may end up with one based on your inspiration. I'll let you know if we do. :^)
How about lightly sandblasting one face of the glass? I mean, if you're going to build something like this, do it right. Using a DLP projector to throw an image on to a screen you created by scratching a sheet of plastic with steel wool to get translucense seems somewhat akin to getting a new P4 system and hooking it to a CGA monitor. But that's just me.
I've been using Cycas some on my Suse box. It's not the most intuitive interface, and the documentation translation to English isn't as good as it could be, but with very little 3D CAD experience (virtually none), I got a simple drawing of our master bedroom, bathroom, and an addition we were going to put on the house. I couldn't get stairs figured out, though there's a staircase generator (the documentation is poor here), and a few other things were a pain. Still, for general visualization it did well enough. I feel that if I spoke more German, I'd really be able to work well with it.
There are a couple of tutorials built in that more or less get you to the goals you want for basic drawing. Don't expect too much, and plan on figuring out what they mean rather than what they say in a few places. Overall, though, the self-guided tutorials are worthwhile.
"Blue -- No, green! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
In the same vein, Avalon Hill's "Republic of Rome" is a lot of fun. It is very cooperative in the early stages, then a little backstabbing starts to leak in... We've never had enough time to finish a complete game, but it's always been fun. As someone who studied Roman history, it seems like they worked very hard to make the game mechanics reflect the politics of the Roman Senate.
I ran across this link today. I read the License Agreement because the link to the FAQ didn't go anywhere. The "Find Out More!" link basically said you had to sign up to find out more, but the overall flavor of the thing seems to be another torrent site. I will say that the language of the License Agreement supports your premise, though they had movies and even software for download. It sounds to me like a pretty front end on a warez site, though I can't be sure. I certainly wasn't going to pay to find out.
We liked Season One because it was edgy and new. But watching Season Two was work, because his daughter was always in such an incredible amount of danger. Then, of course, she went straight from being a distraught high school student to being an analyst at a top government agency. I couldn't take it anymore, particularly because, within "one 24-hour period," the lead characters drive across L.A. several times, fly to Mexico once or twice, take trips out to the Valley, and still have time to get in major gun battles and take trips to the hospital.
Give me believable drama like Battlestar Galactica any day.
It's my understanding that, currently, using BitTorrent or some similar system to download copyrighted media was illegal because of the fact that torrents require redistribution of the content to use the system (quid pro quo). If there's some clear ruling to the contrary, I'd love to hear about it, because I would like to use such a system (even sharing my bandwidth to enhance the system), but I'm not willing to incur the risk of an RIAA/MPAA assault because I missed Ep.5 of my favorite drama.
If I were a lawyer (which I'm not) arguing the matter, I'd look at laws governing operators of broadcast TV repeaters in rural areas. If the only laws governing them are those related to FCC licenses for usage of radio spectrum (VHF, UHF), and not regarding the content or copyright on that content, then there's precedent for the same rules (or lack thereof) applying to redistribution without receipt of payment over data networks.
But like I said, IANAL.
PVRs (at least TiVo) aren't the right answer, though. As someone above said, catching Lost is a pain if you want to record anything that borders on it. We have a 2-tuner DirecTV TiVo, and by the time my wife gets through scheduling all the America's Top Model and American Idol shows, which always seem to creep out of their time slot by a minute or so, recording Lost or The West Wing becomes a futile struggle of manually pushing "Record" after a show has started and hoping you were home in time to catch it.
When we first got the system, we thought having two tuners would be enough. Now that we see how things get stacked up, we're thinking that four might be a better option. I'd far rather be able to select shows to download and watch when I want than deal with broadcast time slots. I'd pay a small premium on top of my current sattelite bill if I had to deal with commercials, and a reasonable ($1) per show fee if I didn't.
As a side note, I just bought Season One of Deadwood, the first TV show I've ever purchased media for. I hope to get it all watched before Season Two starts this Sunday, but that's unlikely. If I could be assured that I could d/l and watch the shows of Season Two when I wanted, I'd wait to start it until I had seen all of Season One. Next year, I'll buy Season Two, even though I will have seen them all by that time. The show's that good. And HBO seems to be doing fine without inline commercials in their shows.
I was wondering whether or not you could use this technology to grow cables for a space elevator. If you could get a spiral form going, it might be able to spew out cable (okay, it would probably be too slow to be called "spew") pre-formed.