Most people use Gnome / KDE, but I use XFCE / LXDE / Icewm. WHY STANDARDIZE? We already have several killer desktops. This "holy grail" of standardization of the desktop is not going to win converts. Why? Because people want Outlook and Quick(en|books). They buy the special app they need and the app (mostly) dictates the platform. The "killer app" is going to be.. the apps!
Back in the 70s, a dairy worker brought milk in a glass jug once or twice a week. We bought soda pop in glass bottles and would get a few pennies back per bottle upon returning them to the store. Back then, they washed and reused the containers. Today, automation is way better than it used to be. Why is it so insurmountable to automate cleaning glass bottles and bringing back a system that doesn't introduce so many plastic bottles to begin with?
If you buy a newer used car that has an electronic key, and you only get one key, it's ALWAYS worth the $200 something to go to the dealer and get an extra before this happens.
Google "The Hacker's Diet." In it, John Walker explains the basics of how it's all about just doing the math every day. I lost 33 lbs last year with a slightly modified version of this method. When I tell people I lost weight, the first words, almost invariably, are, "What's your secret?"
When I say "I counted calories every day" they are underwhelmed. The only other "secret" is that you have to be willing to be -a little- hungry, but not starving.
I do not like upstart or any of the other new sysv init replacements. They add levels of complexity and don't seem to add any functionality that a good shell scripter can't solve with a homebrewed script, for the one percent of boxes that need something custom. NetworkManager took years to "just work" right, especially for wireless. I -still- wind up turning off selinux for some servers due to the hassle.
Some folks appear to be confused by this article, as the headline makes it sound as though if you switch to cambered, you'll get better mileage. Bzzt. This only applies to cars whose tires -happen to be- mounted with negative camber. The tires only reduce the negative camber friction penalty in higher performance cars whose tires were already mounted with negative camber. They do NOTHING for production cars already in existence whose tires are mounted zero camber. This isn't something they're going to do to regular stock automobiles. Negative camber, even with the negative camber wheels, will always have -some- extra friction as compared to zero camber wheels. Zero camber will always get better mileage than wheels with negative camber.
It appears that some foreigners just don't learn how to deal with Americans.
About 10 years ago, my colleagues and I went to a Chinese place and sat down to order. The guy came out and said we weren't allowed to switch seats and accused me of trying to leave without paying (I had already paid.) That's the last time all ten of us went there.
I had to go into the emergency room last year. I found that there is a very strict hierarchy there, and that apparently, doing such a thing as a blood test is completely beneath a doctor. No wonder they're displeased at having to use the word, "please." God forbid a doctor condescend to his underlings.
The problem with that is that corporations are NOT held to the same standard us regular folks are. If it had been an individual that had caused the spill and not a powerful corporation, that person would be going down in flames, going to prison for life probably, and would lose everything he or she had, all because of what you call an "accident."
The corporation will get a slap on the wrist, and will find a way to get Washington off the hook. Hell, they've already gotten away with violating the first amendment by threatening to arrest CBS for trying to do their job.
Get one of the 100-in-one style kits from Rat Shack. If you actually read the book and go through each project and understand them, you'll have a pretty good grasp of the basics.
> Those things draw a bit of power, but worse they are nosy.
I once had an old IDE drive that got into my bank statements and checkbooks. It then went to the bank and withdrew some cash and headed to Mexico. It then called my mother to inform her about what I had been doing for the past few months. It even made up some stuff. Damn nosy old IDE disks!
Slap a 2nd NIC into the box and hard code the IP address to a private network and slap a loopback connector onto it so it's hot and will come up. Then if the "real" network goes down, you can jack up to the old nic and ssh in.
RAID's job is to protect from ONE and ONLY ONE type of failure, DISK failure, NOT controller failure. Any controller, regardless of type, can fail. That's why you should STILL do regular backups. RAID does not protect from viruses, spyware, operator error, fire, theft, or any other type of failure other than a single disk. It relies on the statistical probability that one and only one disk in an array will fail, and that is all.
Backups are floss. You only have to floss the data you want to keep.
If you're rewriting from scratch, make sure they don't have any patents on their product. They can't win a copyright suit unless they can prove you actually copied code. A patent suit is more squishy in that they only have to prove you stole their patented idea.
However, be cautioned, this move will cost you -a lot- as in NO INCOME until you sell product. How's that for encouragement?
Find something you enjoy doing and enjoy it, and you'll do it. As long as you think of exercise as a chore you'll never be motivated to do it. It shouldn't be like flossing your teeth or taking out the trash.
Myself, I bicycle. I rode 4,000 miles in 2007 and loved every minute of it. I ride with the local club and go on group rides. I'm 42 and this year I am the fastest I have ever been and am finally able to ride fast enough to keep up (barely) with the "fast" speed groups.
If there's no form of sport or exercise you can find that you like, then the least you can do is approach weight loss in geeky fashion and check out http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html "The Hacker's Diet."
Garbage in, Garbage out.
All that said, it really is best to find some sort of good aerobic exercise you enjoy, an hour a day, every other day at least. It helps manage weight, kills depression, clears your mind, increases self confidence. Yes, all that....and I -am- a geek.
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Most people use Gnome / KDE, but I use XFCE / LXDE / Icewm. WHY STANDARDIZE? We already have several killer desktops. This "holy grail" of standardization of the desktop is not going to win converts. Why? Because people want Outlook and Quick(en|books). They buy the special app they need and the app (mostly) dictates the platform. The "killer app" is going to be .. the apps!
Back in the 70s, a dairy worker brought milk in a glass jug once or twice a week. We bought soda pop in glass bottles and would get a few pennies back per bottle upon returning them to the store. Back then, they washed and reused the containers. Today, automation is way better than it used to be. Why is it so insurmountable to automate cleaning glass bottles and bringing back a system that doesn't introduce so many plastic bottles to begin with?
Hmm. I used to pay 160.00 a month for cable. "Cord cutting" has saved me at least $3,600 so far.
If you buy a newer used car that has an electronic key, and you only get one key, it's ALWAYS worth the $200 something to go to the dealer and get an extra before this happens.
He admitted it publicly?
... because the proposed replacement will be bug-free, right?
Yahoo lost its way a long time ago. I see more spam ads and malware from folks using Yahoo (and CNET for that matter) than from downloading torrents.
Google "The Hacker's Diet." In it, John Walker explains the basics of how it's all about just doing the math every day. I lost 33 lbs last year with a slightly modified version of this method. When I tell people I lost weight, the first words, almost invariably, are, "What's your secret?"
When I say "I counted calories every day" they are underwhelmed. The only other "secret" is that you have to be willing to be -a little- hungry, but not starving.
Web edition: https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackd...
I do not like upstart or any of the other new sysv init replacements. They add levels of complexity and don't seem to add any functionality that a good shell scripter can't solve with a homebrewed script, for the one percent of boxes that need something custom. NetworkManager took years to "just work" right, especially for wireless. I -still- wind up turning off selinux for some servers due to the hassle.
... how about raising postage just enough so it makes $0.01 a year. It'll still beat the living hell out of UPS and FedEx for mailing a letter.
Some folks appear to be confused by this article, as the headline makes it sound as though if you switch to cambered, you'll get better mileage. Bzzt. This only applies to cars whose tires -happen to be- mounted with negative camber. The tires only reduce the negative camber friction penalty in higher performance cars whose tires were already mounted with negative camber. They do NOTHING for production cars already in existence whose tires are mounted zero camber. This isn't something they're going to do to regular stock automobiles. Negative camber, even with the negative camber wheels, will always have -some- extra friction as compared to zero camber wheels. Zero camber will always get better mileage than wheels with negative camber.
It appears that some foreigners just don't learn how to deal with Americans.
About 10 years ago, my colleagues and I went to a Chinese place and sat down to order. The guy came out and said we weren't allowed to switch seats and accused me of trying to leave without paying (I had already paid.) That's the last time all ten of us went there.
I had to go into the emergency room last year. I found that there is a very strict hierarchy there, and that apparently, doing such a thing as a blood test is completely beneath a doctor. No wonder they're displeased at having to use the word, "please." God forbid a doctor condescend to his underlings.
The problem with that is that corporations are NOT held to the same standard us regular folks are. If it had been an individual that had caused the spill and not a powerful corporation, that person would be going down in flames, going to prison for life probably, and would lose everything he or she had, all because of what you call an "accident."
The corporation will get a slap on the wrist, and will find a way to get Washington off the hook. Hell, they've already gotten away with violating the first amendment by threatening to arrest CBS for trying to do their job.
Get one of the 100-in-one style kits from Rat Shack. If you actually read the book and go through each project and understand them, you'll have a pretty good grasp of the basics.
...that I have no desire to purchase an iPhone.
Oh.. and it's way overpriced.
> Those things draw a bit of power, but worse they are nosy.
I once had an old IDE drive that got into my bank statements and checkbooks. It then went to the bank and withdrew some cash and headed to Mexico. It then called my mother to inform her about what I had been doing for the past few months. It even made up some stuff. Damn nosy old IDE disks!
Slap a 2nd NIC into the box and hard code the IP address to a private network and slap a loopback connector onto it so it's hot and will come up. Then if the "real" network goes down, you can jack up to the old nic and ssh in.
RAID's job is to protect from ONE and ONLY ONE type of failure, DISK failure, NOT controller failure. Any controller, regardless of type, can fail. That's why you should STILL do regular backups. RAID does not protect from viruses, spyware, operator error, fire, theft, or any other type of failure other than a single disk. It relies on the statistical probability that one and only one disk in an array will fail, and that is all.
Backups are floss. You only have to floss the data you want to keep.
Software development would become more time consuming, expensive, and would drive up prices. Then Microsoft really WOULD be like GM.
If you're rewriting from scratch, make sure they don't have any patents on their product. They can't win a copyright suit unless they can prove you actually copied code. A patent suit is more squishy in that they only have to prove you stole their patented idea.
However, be cautioned, this move will cost you -a lot- as in NO INCOME until you sell product. How's that for encouragement?
Yeah, I hear they cancelled Stargate just to show the olympic poker team on SciFi
Find something you enjoy doing and enjoy it, and you'll do it. As long as you think of exercise as a chore you'll never be motivated to do it. It shouldn't be like flossing your teeth or taking out the trash.
Myself, I bicycle. I rode 4,000 miles in 2007 and loved every minute of it. I ride with the local club and go on group rides. I'm 42 and this year I am the fastest I have ever been and am finally able to ride fast enough to keep up (barely) with the "fast" speed groups.
If there's no form of sport or exercise you can find that you like, then the least you can do is approach weight loss in geeky fashion and check out http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html "The Hacker's Diet."
Garbage in, Garbage out.
All that said, it really is best to find some sort of good aerobic exercise you enjoy, an hour a day, every other day at least. It helps manage weight, kills depression, clears your mind, increases self confidence. Yes, all that. ...and I -am- a geek.
I know.. let's have a contest! Let's dig back through /. to find the lamest post, ever! I nominate this one.
You six digit types...