Re:The REAL Bad News is...
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VW Goes USB
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Where did I write anything about doing away with all petroleum usage? I'm not suggesting that we stop "cold turkey" -- I am suggesting that getting all wet and excited about a fucking USB port is rather pathetic in the context of the larger global energy problems we're facing.
The REAL Bad News is...
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VW Goes USB
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...despite all of the techno-whizzy gadgets, they're still powered by refined petroleum products.
I hate artificial limitations like this. All this does is add unnecessary complexity to Microsoft's dev/test cycle and everyone's (MS, third-party ISVs, corporate customers, etc) testing matrices. This will mean more work for everyone when MS releases the inevitible security patches and service packs.
It's not like they develop the "low-end" product first, ship it, then start working on additional features. Of course not -- they develop the feature-complete version, then artificially limit the features installed/activated on the lower-end versions.
...is the abundance of four-digit user IDs. I feel like such a n00b.
Re:Why you shouldn't use OpenSSH
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OpenSSH 4.2 released
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As a friend of mine says, "It's OK if they call you an asshole, if they say it with awe."
Theo is certainly opinionated, and he may or may not be an asshole, but his group produces some damn fine software. You may not like his methods, but it's difficult to argue with his results.
This reminds me of a story I read once about hookworms. You can (allegedly) become infected when they step on one. The worm burrows into the skin, hunting around until it finds a blood vessel. It then rides along in the blood stream until it gets to the lungs. The cause a minor lung infection; your body reacts by generating mucus. You cough up the mucus, and (hopefully, for the worm) swallow it. It then travels through your digestive system and attaches itself to your small intesting. This is where it wants to be.
I read this, years ago, as an analogy of how Adobe Type Manager hooks into the font system of Windows 3.0. I've tried Google, but I cannot find a reference for this.
My parents bought one for my older brother for his high school graduation. I don't remember the model number, but it was a very early, very basic four-function TI. It cost about $100. Back in 1973. Ouch.
Go reread the TFA, paying particular attention to a) the first graphic, and b) the 2nd and 3rd sentences in the third paragraph. They are:
If you look at the floor plan of a modern video chip you will notice a small section labeled 2D. That's because 90% of the chip is dedicated to the 3D pipeline.
I don't think Jon or anyone else is saying 3D is easier than 2D, but 3D is becoming faster than 2D because most (if not all) design energy is being focused on the 3D pipeline. And, since it all ends up getting blitted out to a 2D screen anyway, why not utilize the bad-ass 3D hardware to accelerate the 2D desktop?
Polish 'z' sounds like English 'z' as in "zoom".
Polish 'dzi' trigraph sounds more-or-less like English 'j' as in "jam".
Polish 'a' sounds like English 'a' as in "call".
Polish 'r' sounds something like an English 'r' as in "read", but it's rolled (more like a Spanish 'r').
Polish 's' sound like English 's' as in "say".
Polish 'k' sounds like English 'k' as in "kit".
Polish 'i' sounds like English 'y' as in "fully".
"Z-dzi-a-r-s-k-i" is prounounced (very roughly) "Ze-jarrsky". At least, in theory. I'm not Polish, so he may have a different opinion.
Switched on Bach by Wendy Carlos, especially the last track (Initial Experiments). You can hear Wendy working with a prototype Moog pressure-sensitive keyboard, trying various settings and arrangements. Wendy's narration provides great background to the experiments. As a geek, it is (by far) my favorite track on the CD.
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Where did I write anything about doing away with all petroleum usage? I'm not suggesting that we stop "cold turkey" -- I am suggesting that getting all wet and excited about a fucking USB port is rather pathetic in the context of the larger global energy problems we're facing.
...despite all of the techno-whizzy gadgets, they're still powered by refined petroleum products.
Two great things that... uhh... nevermind.
Perfect for reaching into dark recesses to retrieve dropped screws/nuts/whatever.
I hate artificial limitations like this. All this does is add unnecessary complexity to Microsoft's dev/test cycle and everyone's (MS, third-party ISVs, corporate customers, etc) testing matrices. This will mean more work for everyone when MS releases the inevitible security patches and service packs.
It's not like they develop the "low-end" product first, ship it, then start working on additional features. Of course not -- they develop the feature-complete version, then artificially limit the features installed/activated on the lower-end versions.
No, just the politicians.
...is the abundance of four-digit user IDs. I feel like such a n00b.
As a friend of mine says, "It's OK if they call you an asshole, if they say it with awe."
Theo is certainly opinionated, and he may or may not be an asshole, but his group produces some damn fine software. You may not like his methods, but it's difficult to argue with his results.
It's actually much worse than that. Here in Poland, auto gas is about 4.5 Zloty/liter. This works out to about $5/gallon.
Note, however, the cost of living is much lower here. A family of four can live comfortably on the equivilent of $9,000/year.
$5/gallon here is a much higher percentage of gross annual income than $3/gallon in the U.S.
This reminds me of a story I read once about hookworms. You can (allegedly) become infected when they step on one. The worm burrows into the skin, hunting around until it finds a blood vessel. It then rides along in the blood stream until it gets to the lungs. The cause a minor lung infection; your body reacts by generating mucus. You cough up the mucus, and (hopefully, for the worm) swallow it. It then travels through your digestive system and attaches itself to your small intesting. This is where it wants to be.
I read this, years ago, as an analogy of how Adobe Type Manager hooks into the font system of Windows 3.0. I've tried Google, but I cannot find a reference for this.
That's pretty damn funny. To me, he looks like the luv child of Nikita Khrushchev and Terry Bradshaw.
My parents bought one for my older brother for his high school graduation. I don't remember the model number, but it was a very early, very basic four-function TI. It cost about $100. Back in 1973. Ouch.
Go reread the TFA, paying particular attention to a) the first graphic, and b) the 2nd and 3rd sentences in the third paragraph. They are:
I don't think Jon or anyone else is saying 3D is easier than 2D, but 3D is becoming faster than 2D because most (if not all) design energy is being focused on the 3D pipeline. And, since it all ends up getting blitted out to a 2D screen anyway, why not utilize the bad-ass 3D hardware to accelerate the 2D desktop?
Demolition Man has proved to be an oddly prophetic movie. "Schwarzenegger Presidential Library", anyone?
Maybe you can get your medical insurance to pay for it.
I can see it now. "What the co-pay for a Venti non-fat no-foam sugar-free decaf vanilla latte?"
I'm waiting for the new Bose-Einstein condensate displays to arrive. They should be really cool.
Yes, the names are just words as are "Richard Stallman". In future, I will refer to him as "Irrelevant Goat Man".
How about The Spinning Cube of Potential Doom?
The core spins faster because the bodies of the US founding fathers are spinning in their graves at such high RPM.
Polish 'z' sounds like English 'z' as in "zoom".
Polish 'dzi' trigraph sounds more-or-less like English 'j' as in "jam".
Polish 'a' sounds like English 'a' as in "call".
Polish 'r' sounds something like an English 'r' as in "read", but it's rolled (more like a Spanish 'r').
Polish 's' sound like English 's' as in "say".
Polish 'k' sounds like English 'k' as in "kit".
Polish 'i' sounds like English 'y' as in "fully".
"Z-dzi-a-r-s-k-i" is prounounced (very roughly) "Ze-jarrsky". At least, in theory. I'm not Polish, so he may have a different opinion.
Two flies mating? That's obviously Natalie Portman riding a tapir.
Switched on Bach by Wendy Carlos, especially the last track (Initial Experiments). You can hear Wendy working with a prototype Moog pressure-sensitive keyboard, trying various settings and arrangements. Wendy's narration provides great background to the experiments. As a geek, it is (by far) my favorite track on the CD.
RIP, Bob.
Yes, and like many other archiving solutions, backup works great but restore is "problematic"...
Actually, it's a 5MB ZIP archive. Expanded, it yields about 23MB, including 10MB of .c sources. Like you said, definitely not "tiny".
My Cessna 182 was built in 1978. It's wings are full of shag carpet and polyester.