Um, using VLANs to separate out traffic versus iptables...? I hope you're not doing anything that requires actual security and you're only using it as a logical separation tool. #1 rule about VLANs: they're not a security measure. #2 rule about VLANs: use routing instead whenever possible.
I've always found this to be quite odd. People getting pissed at others for talking on the phone. What if I were talking to another person standing next to me? Would that piss you off? Now take that other person and put some distance between us and give us a device to allow us to not have to shout to hear each other... Let's call that device a 'cell-phone'.
Or are you pissed that you're only hearing one half of the conversation?
There's a study out there (read about it AND heard about it on NPR) that found that hearing HALF of a conversation is worse than hearing both sides of a conversation - for some reason, our brains work it out that most of the conversation is not directed at us and we can tune it out better than if we hear only part of it. Something in the latter case tells our brains that since no one is responding, *we* must be the target of the conversation, hence we annoyingly perk up, realize it's not for us, and return to normal... now multiply this by a few times a minute, and you see why some people find this extremely annoying.
Your list is a bit off. Most likely they're going by kernel numbers. In that case 95/98/ME were all 4.x (and a different kernel), NT 3.5 was... 3.5, and NT 4.0 was... 4.0. 2000's internal kernel version is 5.0, XP is 5.1, Vista is 6.0, making the next version 7.
Uh, that's weird, as even basic nursing students are required to take o-chem. I know, because when I was an undergrad in pre-med, our class was evenly divided among chem majors, pre-meds, and nursing students.
Uh, Vine Server runs fine from the command line. If you can't figure out how to start it manually, script it out from an external server to start it over ssh... not that I think OS X is a great server environment, but even I knew this one.
Mass Effect didn't have a good storyline, it just had lots of it. Quantity != quality. The fact that every time I had a conversation with anyone it was the opposite of subtle, and it felt like they were pouring out their heart to me despite not ever having spoken to them before is a sign of BAD writing. Sure, I got the backstory and knew how the world worked intimately, but that doesn't make it interesting, just thorough.
A well written game would be able to incorporate all the aspects of the story but reveal it in interesting and natural ways. That's what makes it good.
Are you kidding? You are the IDEAL customer. They spend much less money on you than a person who uses their system heavily, while you still pay the monthly fee.
Mod parent up! I'm not sure why anyone though this show was original. If you think it is, you don't read very much, or you don't watch ANY good TV/film. Not that it had to be original to good, but this show wasn't that either - terrible writing, hackneyed plotlines, wasted potential... it's all in there.
Because it gives you options. You CAN be available when you want to, and you CAN make calls whenever. Options are good... if you have the head to control them. And it's not very complicated - want to make a call? Turn it on. Waiting for something important? Turn it on. Both of those automatically remove you from having to be slaved to the radius of availability of a landline.
God forbid you don't answer. Or don't give out your number to everyone. Or turn it off. No, apparently you're under the impression that it should control you, not the other way around. Sheesh.
Dear lord. I know this is slashdot and all, but that has got to be one of the worst written summaries I've ever laid my eyes on. Is it that hard to understand what a run-on sentence is?
...if I want a strong tough battle hardened character, I'll probably take a black guy.
Wait, what? I don't even know what that's all about as that SOUNDS like you're referring to your context of role, but I've *never* heard of the "tough black soldier."
Er, I have no idea why you think there's no good places close to Starbucks locations in the U.S. True, Starbucks pushes out the local shops, but any city (especially the big ones, like Chicago, where I live), have plenty of non-chain cafes everywhere. It's not about quality, because the other places will almost always beat out Starbucks, especially when the locals use stuff like Intelligentsia. It's about quantity - there's a Starbucks close to lots of things. Because most people want a quick coffee fix and aren't too picky, they choose the closest location, which, simply due to numbers, is probably Starbucks. Clearly it's working the same way in Melbourne.
Decent selection (on certain things) and prices that are worth considering (especially when on sale). But...
1) Why does the search suck? Why can I not easily differentiate between different versions of the same product? The worst is when you do this with books. Sometimes you'll get screens of the seemingly same item, and the differences are slight, such as publication edition, extras included, hardback, or paperback... but NONE OF THAT SHOWS UP. You have to click on each result and dig down HARD to find the difference.
2) Why is it once I enter one of the sections (such as books) by selecting the drop down menu in the search area (books) and entering a query, I can no longer search the music section the same way? Suddenly the search drop down menu changes to book subsections and a generic, whole sitewide 'amazon.com' search. I can either take my chances with the site wide search, or click on the home page button and do the search again with the correct section selected.
2) Why is there SO MUCH CRAP all over the place?
I tend to avoid amazon simply because of interface aggravation, especially when I can help out a local seller. It's a testimony to the crappiness of amazon that the balance of getting in a car/taking public trans and visiting my (albeit awesome) local booksellers beats out rolling out of bed, strugglign to find what I need at their online store, and wrestling with the checkout clicks...
Btw, I do like the minimal amazon search that is available, but it doesn't alleviate any of the above since you still have to hit the site after the results are obtained.
...which in this discussion is completely pointless. Who cares if it's 2.5D? Anything worth it's salt these days will add 3D elements to enhance a game, even if it's inherently two dimensional. This is EXACTLY the case with VJ. The action takes place in what amounts to a 2d space with some very nice eye candy made possible by using polygons as glorified sprites. This is simply an outgrowth of what scaling and rotation attempted to do back in the 16-bit days. Now, instead of spinning around a sprite in a strange fashion, you can just make a poly out of it and spin it around with no fuss.
*shrug* If the upconversion sucks, you still have all the other output options from the preamp/integrated amp, including non-converted composite, s-video, all the way back up to HDMI. The upconversion is mostly there as a convenience to rid yourself of excessive wiring; no one expects your s-video connected piece of equipment to go through a miraculous pull-down progressive image just because it's pushed through HDMI at the end.
Get a preamp or integrated amp with every connector from composite on up - for general stuff like this, Denon makes some kickass integrated amps on a good scale of power and connectivity - they have upconversion from composite and s-video to component and analog to digital hdmi, which is sweet for cutting out some monitor cables, and you can go as basic or fully frilled out along their product line, with various power steps (the AVR-887 has a good pile of connectors and is fine for video game systems). If there aren't enough connectors, get a break-out switcher box such as the Pelican System Selector Pro - everything from component on down to composite with digital audio inputs (there are a bunch of different, older versions that you can get for cheaper too).
As for actual physical layout, well, if you want it to look nice, you'll really just have to get a custom install, though you can get away with messy with a false wall, or just buy something that looks good, wire up really well in the back, and never move the systems.
I have an Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, GCN, Dreamcast, Saturn, SNES and Genesis + Sega CD (tray loading) + 32x, and it's all set up very cleanly on a generic shelving unit in the corner, next to a smoked cabinet for all the actual audio/video components... but god help me if I ever move one of the systems.
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Um, using VLANs to separate out traffic versus iptables...? I hope you're not doing anything that requires actual security and you're only using it as a logical separation tool. #1 rule about VLANs: they're not a security measure. #2 rule about VLANs: use routing instead whenever possible.
Heh. It's sad that's probably a big part of it, but I'm sure there's a big atavistic reason as well.
I've always found this to be quite odd. People getting pissed at others for talking on the phone. What if I were talking to another person standing next to me? Would that piss you off? Now take that other person and put some distance between us and give us a device to allow us to not have to shout to hear each other... Let's call that device a 'cell-phone'.
Or are you pissed that you're only hearing one half of the conversation?
There's a study out there (read about it AND heard about it on NPR) that found that hearing HALF of a conversation is worse than hearing both sides of a conversation - for some reason, our brains work it out that most of the conversation is not directed at us and we can tune it out better than if we hear only part of it. Something in the latter case tells our brains that since no one is responding, *we* must be the target of the conversation, hence we annoyingly perk up, realize it's not for us, and return to normal... now multiply this by a few times a minute, and you see why some people find this extremely annoying.
Your list is a bit off. Most likely they're going by kernel numbers. In that case 95/98/ME were all 4.x (and a different kernel), NT 3.5 was... 3.5, and NT 4.0 was... 4.0. 2000's internal kernel version is 5.0, XP is 5.1, Vista is 6.0, making the next version 7.
Uh, that's weird, as even basic nursing students are required to take o-chem. I know, because when I was an undergrad in pre-med, our class was evenly divided among chem majors, pre-meds, and nursing students.
Uh, Vine Server runs fine from the command line. If you can't figure out how to start it manually, script it out from an external server to start it over ssh... not that I think OS X is a great server environment, but even I knew this one.
Mass Effect didn't have a good storyline, it just had lots of it. Quantity != quality. The fact that every time I had a conversation with anyone it was the opposite of subtle, and it felt like they were pouring out their heart to me despite not ever having spoken to them before is a sign of BAD writing. Sure, I got the backstory and knew how the world worked intimately, but that doesn't make it interesting, just thorough. A well written game would be able to incorporate all the aspects of the story but reveal it in interesting and natural ways. That's what makes it good.
Um not to disagree or agree with what you said, but I can't help but wonder if Milwaukie is a great sarcastic jab or a bit of heavy duty irony...?
Are you kidding? You are the IDEAL customer. They spend much less money on you than a person who uses their system heavily, while you still pay the monthly fee.
Mod parent up! I'm not sure why anyone though this show was original. If you think it is, you don't read very much, or you don't watch ANY good TV/film. Not that it had to be original to good, but this show wasn't that either - terrible writing, hackneyed plotlines, wasted potential... it's all in there.
Because it gives you options. You CAN be available when you want to, and you CAN make calls whenever. Options are good... if you have the head to control them. And it's not very complicated - want to make a call? Turn it on. Waiting for something important? Turn it on. Both of those automatically remove you from having to be slaved to the radius of availability of a landline.
God forbid you don't answer. Or don't give out your number to everyone. Or turn it off. No, apparently you're under the impression that it should control you, not the other way around. Sheesh.
Dear lord. I know this is slashdot and all, but that has got to be one of the worst written summaries I've ever laid my eyes on. Is it that hard to understand what a run-on sentence is?
...if I want a strong tough battle hardened character, I'll probably take a black guy.
Wait, what? I don't even know what that's all about as that SOUNDS like you're referring to your context of role, but I've *never* heard of the "tough black soldier."
How stupid. Windows 2k fully patched to current is just as secure/insecure as XP.
Oh for mod points!!
Actually no one missed the point. It was just awkward and lame.
Er, I have no idea why you think there's no good places close to Starbucks locations in the U.S. True, Starbucks pushes out the local shops, but any city (especially the big ones, like Chicago, where I live), have plenty of non-chain cafes everywhere. It's not about quality, because the other places will almost always beat out Starbucks, especially when the locals use stuff like Intelligentsia. It's about quantity - there's a Starbucks close to lots of things. Because most people want a quick coffee fix and aren't too picky, they choose the closest location, which, simply due to numbers, is probably Starbucks. Clearly it's working the same way in Melbourne.
Uh, this summary is missing the obligatory Library of Congresses/sec.
Apparently my mouse rage caused me to bullet point in the order of 1, 2, 2. :P
Amazon.com
Decent selection (on certain things) and prices that are worth considering (especially when on sale). But...
1) Why does the search suck? Why can I not easily differentiate between different versions of the same product? The worst is when you do this with books. Sometimes you'll get screens of the seemingly same item, and the differences are slight, such as publication edition, extras included, hardback, or paperback... but NONE OF THAT SHOWS UP. You have to click on each result and dig down HARD to find the difference.
2) Why is it once I enter one of the sections (such as books) by selecting the drop down menu in the search area (books) and entering a query, I can no longer search the music section the same way? Suddenly the search drop down menu changes to book subsections and a generic, whole sitewide 'amazon.com' search. I can either take my chances with the site wide search, or click on the home page button and do the search again with the correct section selected.
2) Why is there SO MUCH CRAP all over the place?
I tend to avoid amazon simply because of interface aggravation, especially when I can help out a local seller. It's a testimony to the crappiness of amazon that the balance of getting in a car/taking public trans and visiting my (albeit awesome) local booksellers beats out rolling out of bed, strugglign to find what I need at their online store, and wrestling with the checkout clicks...
Btw, I do like the minimal amazon search that is available, but it doesn't alleviate any of the above since you still have to hit the site after the results are obtained.
...which in this discussion is completely pointless. Who cares if it's 2.5D? Anything worth it's salt these days will add 3D elements to enhance a game, even if it's inherently two dimensional. This is EXACTLY the case with VJ. The action takes place in what amounts to a 2d space with some very nice eye candy made possible by using polygons as glorified sprites. This is simply an outgrowth of what scaling and rotation attempted to do back in the 16-bit days. Now, instead of spinning around a sprite in a strange fashion, you can just make a poly out of it and spin it around with no fuss.
*shrug* If the upconversion sucks, you still have all the other output options from the preamp/integrated amp, including non-converted composite, s-video, all the way back up to HDMI. The upconversion is mostly there as a convenience to rid yourself of excessive wiring; no one expects your s-video connected piece of equipment to go through a miraculous pull-down progressive image just because it's pushed through HDMI at the end.
Get a preamp or integrated amp with every connector from composite on up - for general stuff like this, Denon makes some kickass integrated amps on a good scale of power and connectivity - they have upconversion from composite and s-video to component and analog to digital hdmi, which is sweet for cutting out some monitor cables, and you can go as basic or fully frilled out along their product line, with various power steps (the AVR-887 has a good pile of connectors and is fine for video game systems). If there aren't enough connectors, get a break-out switcher box such as the Pelican System Selector Pro - everything from component on down to composite with digital audio inputs (there are a bunch of different, older versions that you can get for cheaper too).
As for actual physical layout, well, if you want it to look nice, you'll really just have to get a custom install, though you can get away with messy with a false wall, or just buy something that looks good, wire up really well in the back, and never move the systems.
I have an Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, GCN, Dreamcast, Saturn, SNES and Genesis + Sega CD (tray loading) + 32x, and it's all set up very cleanly on a generic shelving unit in the corner, next to a smoked cabinet for all the actual audio/video components... but god help me if I ever move one of the systems.
Well, if you read TFA, they go ia bit nto what made Majestic not work.