I did a proof of concept on this for myself several years ago. I used inexpensive mineral oil. Distilled water is non conductive as well, but most likely would be easier to short out with contaminates. Although I never found out the heat dissipation efficiency of the oil, It did work.
I use Gizmo. They may not use an opensource client, but they do use OPEN PROTOCOLS (skype...) Their linux support has alsa been much better for me. Oh, look at that freudian slip! Yes, ALSA actually works without glaring issues. I'm even using it with an external usb microphone! They may not be offering free callout, but for 10$ you get 1000minutes that will not expire for two years. Those same minutes can be used anywhere in the world for the standard rates.
Now, sorry that sounds like an advertisement, but a slashdot article on skype a little while back had me interested in this area, though I knew as soon as I saw skype that it wasn't for me. There is another provider that uses an open client as well, and had the same rates as Gizmo, but I cannot remember them from the top of my head.
Gizmo Project Anyone have links for other "open" providers. I really think they would compliment this article quite well.
If were getting specific, his name wasn't even patrick. Born Maewyn Succat, and not even in Ireland! His name was later romanized as Patricius, after he became christian.
I put up a torrent that will let you run this standalone without installing, as well as run on x64 versions of windows and as far as I know vista. Instructions are included to do it yourself if you don't trust my distro. (=
I once too used to carry around a gallon jug and drink out of it all day. You were probably doing manual labor though and a much higher percent is released through sweat. Now that I sit in front of the computer at home I usually drink 2 glasses of water at a time and have to go to the bathroom a lot of times in a day. I'm not sure how much I'm drinking total, but I'm going to the bathroom a lot more than once every 4 hours, and I know for sure it's not because my bladder isn't up to it. Sometimes I will go without leaving the room, fill a 1 liter moxie bottle, dump it out the window and then relieve myself some more. (There's snow out there right now so don't worry about it).
Working in Maine, in the woods, a lot of people complain about the wind chill. My boss always said the same thing when his workers tried to say it was too cold with the wind chill to work; "the equipment doesn't give a damn about the wind chill". Unfortunately, (sometimes) we have to remember that it only effects our skin and its evaporation rate. It's not really an issue when you are outside of earth's atomosphere though, as I doubt you would be subjecting your flesh to winds on pluto. (=
What somebody needs to do, is replace the light with a couple of contact points where you rest your fingers / hand to shock you when you get a message, because we all know were not screwed up enough abstaining from society, staying up all night and consuming large amounts of stimulants.
I was sent to a correctional facility when I was under the age of 18, and they took my DNA to put in the Maine database. When I questioned whether it could be used when I was an adult, they told me it could.
You must know that in reality you cannot sum things up as just plain "good" or "evil". We are getting the lesser of evils, would you rather msn had the patent? I think we are better off with google having it, after all someone would eventually.
Actually I tunneled a hole through their brick room safe with a pickaxe. News Article
Remember, don't believe everything you see in the news, No credit cards were taken and no "doors" were burned. The acetylene torch was in case the room-safe had a metal wall. lol.. acetylene torch vs wooden door.. I don't know how they came up with that one.
After reading his comment I asked my Fiancee (yes.. fiancee http://darcie.crache.org) read mine. She did say it sounded a bit odd, Though I hit my head on a monitor today (=
This guy is just someone I really look up to. I was expelled from school and had gone to jail, and this guy still saw me for more than just another loser.
I was in highschool a few years ago when I met on of the most respected men in my life. He came to the school in the form of a "nice" Bofh. Living in a small town I was the only person I knew at school that used linux, until that year when I met my two geek friends. The one I'm talking of in this story though had been a consultant, computer tech, special agent in the military for drug enforcement and a soldier. This is the type of guy that has many stories, and all so good you could sit and listen to him for hours even if you didn't know him. We hit it off and since then have kept in touch although he and the school parted ways, in a not so friendly way.
My sister had been wanting a laptop for a few years, and my dad can be cheap when he wants to be, which is most of the time. He had an employee working for his tree and lawn business who was willing to sell an imac to him for 50$. So he bought the laptop and gave it to my sister for $DEC25(christmas, yule, etc)
A few days after christmas, my sister comes to me with a check she found in the laptop bag for about 150$. "Don't you know this guy?". It was indeed signed by my tech friend, and I asked if I could have it.
I figured this was reasonable, since my fathers employee also did work for my friend on the side, and once he had him clean out a computer shop in town when they moved the business. Everything he thought was junk he left at the shop.
So next time I saw my friend I showed him the check and asks in a very serious tone where I had gotten it from. I told him about the laptop bag and how my father had boughten it off from the mutual employee.
To finish the story, the laptop was stolen!
It was a happy ending though, my sister got to keep the laptop and the guy still works for my friend.
Moral: you never know what you're gonna find in a used *bag *laptop, purse, tool, etc.
Anyone remember XOSL? I thought it was great. Unfortunately the Open Source model didn't work out so great for it: http://xosl.sourceforge.net/manifesto.html
No longer active..
Slashdot Mirror
Remember? AFAIK US Submarines use a version of windows NT.
I did a proof of concept on this for myself several years ago. I used inexpensive mineral oil. Distilled water is non conductive as well, but most likely would be easier to short out with contaminates.
Although I never found out the heat dissipation efficiency of the oil, It did work.
I use Gizmo. They may not use an opensource client, but they do use OPEN PROTOCOLS (skype...) Their linux support has alsa been much better for me. Oh, look at that freudian slip! Yes, ALSA actually works without glaring issues. I'm even using it with an external usb microphone! They may not be offering free callout, but for 10$ you get 1000minutes that will not expire for two years. Those same minutes can be used anywhere in the world for the standard rates.
Now, sorry that sounds like an advertisement, but a slashdot article on skype a little while back had me interested in this area, though I knew as soon as I saw skype that it wasn't for me. There is another provider that uses an open client as well, and had the same rates as Gizmo, but I cannot remember them from the top of my head.
Gizmo Project Anyone have links for other "open" providers. I really think they would compliment this article quite well.
RIAA number with a mailbox if you stay on the line (=...
someone make a video simulation of goatse!
(no thumnails please)
eh, do a google for "st. paddy's day" and "st. patty's day"
patty has twice as much, and his original christian name was patricius.
If were getting specific, his name wasn't even patrick. Born Maewyn Succat, and not even in Ireland! His name was later romanized as Patricius, after he became christian.
I put up a torrent that will let you run this standalone without installing, as well as run on x64 versions of windows and as far as I know vista. Instructions are included to do it yourself if you don't trust my distro. (=
Torrentspy
Mirror of Torrent
I once too used to carry around a gallon jug and drink out of it all day. You were probably doing manual labor though and a much higher percent is released through sweat. Now that I sit in front of the computer at home I usually drink 2 glasses of water at a time and have to go to the bathroom a lot of times in a day. I'm not sure how much I'm drinking total, but I'm going to the bathroom a lot more than once every 4 hours, and I know for sure it's not because my bladder isn't up to it. Sometimes I will go without leaving the room, fill a 1 liter moxie bottle, dump it out the window and then relieve myself some more. (There's snow out there right now so don't worry about it).
Working in Maine, in the woods, a lot of people complain about the wind chill. My boss always said the same thing when his workers tried to say it was too cold with the wind chill to work; "the equipment doesn't give a damn about the wind chill". Unfortunately, (sometimes) we have to remember that it only effects our skin and its evaporation rate. It's not really an issue when you are outside of earth's atomosphere though, as I doubt you would be subjecting your flesh to winds on pluto. (=
Drinking 8 cups of water a day prevents death!
What somebody needs to do, is replace the light with a couple of contact points where you rest your fingers / hand to shock you when you get a message, because we all know were not screwed up enough abstaining from society, staying up all night and consuming large amounts of stimulants.
In konqueror, if the flash plugin freezes up, you can kill it and continue browsing the page, just without flash functionality.
I was sent to a correctional facility when I was under the age of 18, and they took my DNA to put in the Maine database. When I questioned whether it could be used when I was an adult, they told me it could.
Very simple!
Don't sign up for a google account, or simply do not sign in.
You must know that in reality you cannot sum things up as just plain "good" or "evil". We are getting the lesser of evils, would you rather msn had the patent? I think we are better off with google having it, after all someone would eventually.
It may be, but it would take an act of congress to make it legal.
could attaching a counterweight to the earth in fact disturb it's orbit around the sun?
odd, your UID has the same numbers my bank account number.
"explores how anyone can contribute to argubly one of the most important Open Source projects." Your talking about linux right?
Actually I tunneled a hole through their brick room safe with a pickaxe.
News Article
Remember, don't believe everything you see in the news, No credit cards were taken and no "doors" were burned. The acetylene torch was in case the room-safe had a metal wall. lol.. acetylene torch vs wooden door.. I don't know how they came up with that one.
wow, thank you very much.
After reading his comment I asked my Fiancee (yes.. fiancee http://darcie.crache.org) read mine. She did say it sounded a bit odd, Though I hit my head on a monitor today (=
This guy is just someone I really look up to. I was expelled from school and had gone to jail, and this guy still saw me for more than just another loser.
I was in highschool a few years ago when I met on of the most respected men in my life. He came to the school in the form of a "nice" Bofh. Living in a small town I was the only person I knew at school that used linux, until that year when I met my two geek friends. The one I'm talking of in this story though had been a consultant, computer tech, special agent in the military for drug enforcement and a soldier. This is the type of guy that has many stories, and all so good you could sit and listen to him for hours even if you didn't know him. We hit it off and since then have kept in touch although he and the school parted ways, in a not so friendly way.
My sister had been wanting a laptop for a few years, and my dad can be cheap when he wants to be, which is most of the time. He had an employee working for his tree and lawn business who was willing to sell an imac to him for 50$. So he bought the laptop and gave it to my sister for $DEC25(christmas, yule, etc)
A few days after christmas, my sister comes to me with a check she found in the laptop bag for about 150$. "Don't you know this guy?". It was indeed signed by my tech friend, and I asked if I could have it.
I figured this was reasonable, since my fathers employee also did work for my friend on the side, and once he had him clean out a computer shop in town when they moved the business. Everything he thought was junk he left at the shop.
So next time I saw my friend I showed him the check and asks in a very serious tone where I had gotten it from. I told him about the laptop bag and how my father had boughten it off from the mutual employee.
To finish the story, the laptop was stolen!
It was a happy ending though, my sister got to keep the laptop and the guy still works for my friend.
Moral: you never know what you're gonna find in a used *bag
*laptop, purse, tool, etc.
Anyone remember XOSL? I thought it was great.
Unfortunately the Open Source model didn't work
out so great for it:
http://xosl.sourceforge.net/manifesto.html
No longer active..
Mirror of the Original Site:
http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/
someone mod this up, it works and i'm connected using gaim.