As a fellow "I'll take a semester^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hyear^H^H^H^Hwhile off victim, I have to ask, don't you think you're just deluding yourself about freedom of thought and making yourself feel better about not getting a degree, even though it would probably have been beneficial?
Of course you're not seeking jobs where a degree would have mattered, because you don't like looking into the lifeless eyes of the person in front of you when they ask,"Why didn't you get a degree?" when you know no explanation you could give will satisfy them.
Freedom of thought is only broken when you have bad teachers who drill awful things into you. If you were at a school that was right for you, I don't think you would have lost your freedom of thought.
RedHat and Mandrake's answer to jumpstart (wonder how they came up with the name:-) ). You have 1 server dedicated to being the jumpstart server, and then boot each machine off a specially made floppy. You can do multiple machines at once. The machines can be set to boot off dhcp after that, and you ssh in and tweak things out. You can set them with a static, but then the floppy has to be customized for each static address, which is a pain, and relatively or you can set them with a static, but then the floppy has to be customized for each static address, which is a pain, and relatively pointless for a mass installation
I'm not sure if the machines can get an IP address through dhcp while loading packages, which would mean the floppies couldn't be clones of each other, but clones minorly modified. I think they can get from dhcp while loading, but I'm not certain.
I've loaded 20 machines in one day using this.
We never had them reboot automatically, because we needed to eject the floppies, but if you make CD images, you can probably figure a way to eject them and then they will load off the HD correctly on the reboot.
You can also use the same jumpstart server with floppies customized for different machines if you have clusters of machines with different baseline package sets.
Drawbacks: It works over nfs (not sure if there are other delivery methods), which you would want to firewal off at the router.
Random nice things: you can put the passwd files on the floppy, which is more secure than having `them fly across the netowrk, methinks. It does mean you need to take care with the floppies, however.
My girlfriend thinks I'm weird because I was complaining that I had to make a choice between Gilmore Girls and Buffy. It's nice to see I'm not the only one.
he number of skin-jobs, though, really is a continuity error, not a hint as the article implies. There was originally another replicant named "Mary" who they eventually decided to cut out of the film before any of her scenes were shot, but the screenwriter didn't catch the change. In the workprint version, it was actually recorded correctly as "two got fried" (instead of just one), but they botched it again on the release print. Of course, they might've noticed the error later and left it in to stir the debate.
They also tried to change it in post production dubbing, but it was apparently bad enough that they left it in with the continuity error, which says a lot when you see the dubbing job in Hassim's shop.
A more specific link to the story should be top billed. Hell, I wasn't going to read the article cuz I didn't feel liking clicking around a website looking for the story (I've got the attention span of a 2 year old, sue me), but since this was the top comment, I found it extremely useful.
I think we need a User Preference to be able to add more User Preferences for ourselves. Then, we can have a Light User Preferences option, like the light HTML.
I'm kinda disappointed that the book is gonna be delayed, although reading it on-line first does have its coolness. The audience that needs to see this won't, until its in print.
That's a very good point. I've seen pages that use more than a dozen shim/spacer images just to line things up. If I have to wade through hundreds of "spacer" alts while using Lynx, I'll stab someone. If the image is just there for spacing (I hate the practice, and I still have nightmares about working in that web-design shop), a competent HTML producer can through in ALT="", and let the normal images show up for somethings.
I hate this practice of over-using images. Text is easy to understand. Why must we go against it?
I've had good luck with the 3C905B's, but the C models have been a pain. Since the C model is out, I'm sure it'll be harder to get the B's as time goes on.
Go for the Intel NIC's. They work beautifully.
CPU/mobo/RAM: I like AMD for the dollar value, and if the performance gain by RAMBUS RAM isn't huge (which apparently some/.er's think is the case) you'll save a buttload of cash.
Soundcard: Even though a couple people disagree, a PCI sound card is probably going to be better for you than ISA even you aren't doing insane sound things with it.
You can get a box which will emit those three, whiney annoying tones that tell a dialling computer that the phone line doesn't exist whenever you pick up the phone. The systems then take you off of thier list.
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As a fellow "I'll take a semester^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hyear^H^H^H^Hwhile off victim, I have to ask, don't you think you're just deluding yourself about freedom of thought and making yourself feel better about not getting a degree, even though it would probably have been beneficial?
:-)
Of course you're not seeking jobs where a degree would have mattered, because you don't like looking into the lifeless eyes of the person in front of you when they ask,"Why didn't you get a degree?" when you know no explanation you could give will satisfy them.
Freedom of thought is only broken when you have bad teachers who drill awful things into you. If you were at a school that was right for you, I don't think you would have lost your freedom of thought.
Of course, who am I to talk.
-O
You just read _A_Week_in_the_Zone_, didn't you?
RedHat and Mandrake's answer to jumpstart (wonder how they came up with the name :-) ). You have 1 server dedicated to being the jumpstart server, and then boot each machine off a specially made floppy. You can do multiple machines at once. The machines can be set to boot off dhcp after that, and you ssh in and tweak things out. You can set them with a static, but then the floppy has to be customized for each static address, which is a pain, and relatively or you can set them with a static, but then the floppy has to be customized for each static address, which is a pain, and relatively pointless for a mass installation
I'm not sure if the machines can get an IP address through dhcp while loading packages, which would mean the floppies couldn't be clones of each other, but clones minorly modified. I think they can get from dhcp while loading, but I'm not certain.
I've loaded 20 machines in one day using this.
We never had them reboot automatically, because we needed to eject the floppies, but if you make CD images, you can probably figure a way to eject them and then they will load off the HD correctly on the reboot.
You can also use the same jumpstart server with floppies customized for different machines if you have clusters of machines with different baseline package sets.
Drawbacks: It works over nfs (not sure if there are other delivery methods), which you would want to firewal off at the router.
Random nice things: you can put the passwd files on the floppy, which is more secure than having `them fly across the netowrk, methinks. It does mean you need to take care with the floppies, however.
Rob
My girlfriend thinks I'm weird because I was complaining that I had to make a choice between Gilmore Girls and Buffy. It's nice to see I'm not the only one.
I'm up for beer. Anytime.
Rob
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he number of skin-jobs, though, really is a continuity error, not a hint as the article implies. There was originally another replicant named "Mary" who they eventually decided to cut out of the film before any of her scenes were shot, but the screenwriter didn't catch the change. In the workprint version, it was actually recorded correctly as "two got fried" (instead of just one), but they botched it again on the release print. Of course, they might've noticed the error later and left it in to stir the debate.
They also tried to change it in post production dubbing, but it was apparently bad enough that they left it in with the continuity error, which says a lot when you see the dubbing job in Hassim's shop.
OrcSlicer
OrcSlicer
I think we need a User Preference to be able to add more User Preferences for ourselves. Then, we can have a Light User Preferences option, like the light HTML.
I'm kinda disappointed that the book is gonna be delayed, although reading it on-line first does have its coolness. The audience that needs to see this won't, until its in print.
OrcSlicer
That's a very good point. I've seen pages that use more than a dozen shim/spacer images just to line things up. If I have to wade through hundreds of "spacer" alts while using Lynx, I'll stab someone. If the image is just there for spacing (I hate the practice, and I still have nightmares about working in that web-design shop), a competent HTML producer can through in ALT="", and let the normal images show up for somethings.
I hate this practice of over-using images. Text is easy to understand. Why must we go against it?
Orcslicer
I've had good luck with the 3C905B's, but the C models have been a pain. Since the C model is out, I'm sure it'll be harder to get the B's as time goes on.
Go for the Intel NIC's. They work beautifully.
CPU/mobo/RAM: I like AMD for the dollar value, and if the performance gain by RAMBUS RAM isn't huge (which apparently some /.er's think is the case) you'll save a buttload of cash.
Soundcard: Even though a couple people disagree, a PCI sound card is probably going to be better for you than ISA even you aren't doing insane sound things with it.
Orcslicer
At least one drive that I've seen will only let you change your region six times, and then it gets locked in the last region you set.
OK, so I can't read bootleg DVDs from Europe. I also can't watch legit DVDs.
change this within the software once or twice, and you can format the HDD to change it again.
Technological solutions to a social problem. Ain't gonna happen.
Cybermedia Uninstaller and/or regedit can probably take care of that.
Pretty lame protection, if you ask me, and it seems indicative of the whole entertainment industry's IQ.
Orcslicer
You can get a box which will emit those three, whiney annoying tones that tell a dialling computer that the phone line doesn't exist whenever you pick up the phone. The systems then take you off of thier list.
Orcslicer
In that case, this guy would be liable for writing the Simpsons quote in thousands of documents, but that's it.
Copyright infringement on a disgusting level. In addition to that, fraud for making it look like other people were breaking the copyright laws.
Orcslicer