I've got Adelphia Powerlink here in South Florida. I run an infinite ping and a looped traceroute process from my home machine to my counter-strike server at the office. The mid-day 80ms xport times jump to a whopping 400-1200ms at 6:30pm on the nose every weeknight and stay there until well after midnight.
You click on download, the viewer launches, and the status bar reads "Buffering..." for eight hours, then the full-screen video plays in full detail. It's amazing!
I'm the proud owner of a brand new system that sports a 1GHz processor and a GeForce2 vid card. However, I'm getting a disappointing 60fps in my favorite time-killer counterstrike. What's up with that?:-)
Where can I find the latest and greatest tricks and techniques for tweaking your cards? Thanks.
I tried to register a domain one night early last year. Near the end of the process, my browser crashed. It was late, so I decided to go home and finish the job in the morning. Guess what! By the time I got back, the domain had been registered by somebody else, and a few minutes of research turned up that they were an NSI employee! Argh.
Just last week, I ported our multi-tier web-based application server from Windows NT to Windows 2000;-)
But seriously, I did copy the [Java classes] files over to my Linux laptop and was able to get the system up and running just fine. The only porting problems were file paths in config files (unrelated to Java, which doesn't care about forward-vs-backward slashes) and the registration of servlets (which was a major pain).
a cool little java proxy that uses all the more common tricks for filtering ads, disabling pop-up windows, etc. i've been using it for a year now and it keeps getting better. it is payware, but it's worth it.
As a matter of fact, don't rely on it for much at all, besides having fun. Internships are a great start, but you also need to find some mentors (network for future job opportunities) and hit the books. I'm not talking about textbooks (ugh), I'm talking about the "Bibles of Our Industry" the title of my article in JavaWorld next month. Head over to Amazon and search for Design Patterns, Refactoring, Extreme Programming, Code Complete, Antipatterns, Designing Web Usability, etc. Also, poke around the Wiki/Portaland Pattern Repository and read anything and everything that interests you.
FYI, I'm the CTO of my second successful internet start-up and I majored in Music:-)
I think the problem is more a matter of "who needs it?" We don't have an immediate need for our refridgerator to talk to our printer to talk to our garage door opener. Sure it's cool to plug a network cable into the back up a printer and have everybody suddenly be able to print to it... but do we need that level of convenience? Nope. It's simple to set up network printers on your typical windows or mac network. Microsoft's "plug and play" is plenty adequate for the current consumer needs.
CTO, mostly bullshit so some techie with a lot of stock feels important
Ouch! Somebody's a little bitter about being passed-over.
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i don't. i've got a list a mile long of technology books that i want to read. everytime i pick up a sci-fi book, i ask myself why i should bother reading it when i could be reading something else that is going to improve my knowledge of my career industry (thus making more marketable and opening the doors to better jobs). i'll have time to read sci-fi after i retire:-)
i was struck hard with CT about five years back. not only was i spending all day at a keyboard, but i was spending all night behind a drum set. my wrists were taking a beating.
the first thing i did was to quit drumming, cold turkey.
the second thing (and i think the most helpful) was to move all of my mice to the LEFT side of my keyboard (or vice versa depending on your case). not only did this take a major load off of my right wrist, but it also made me ambidextrous in regards to mice (i just love beating somebody's ass at quake and then hearing them say, "why don't you switch mouse hands and give me a chance?").
third was to keep my wrists OFF of the desk. don't rest them on the desk, or even a cushy pad. keep them airborne using your forarms and elbows. this will seem awkward at first, but its very important. to help in the transition, raise the height of your chair.
I've been using a Tecra (730CDT) for almost three years now. It's a phenomenal machine. I've dropped it numerous times (early on in its lifetime) and never had a problem. Only recently have I had some issues with the keyboard and hard drive, but since its still under warranty, Toshiba replaced both parts. I couldn't have dreamed up a better portable. If only I could get X to display in 16-bit color (which the machine supports). Now I'm looking to get one of those Tecra 8000s!
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I've got Adelphia Powerlink here in South Florida. I run an infinite ping and a looped traceroute process from my home machine to my counter-strike server at the office. The mid-day 80ms xport times jump to a whopping 400-1200ms at 6:30pm on the nose every weeknight and stay there until well after midnight.
You click on download, the viewer launches, and the status bar reads "Buffering..." for eight hours, then the full-screen video plays in full detail. It's amazing!
Now that's a winning slogan.
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This weblog is devoted solely to brain teasers (under the guise of tech interview questions) and started just a few weeks ago.
what's up with the mangled years?
i don't see it. either it's gone or i'm missing it.
it's an ultra
I'm the proud owner of a brand new system that sports a 1GHz processor and a GeForce2 vid card. However, I'm getting a disappointing 60fps in my favorite time-killer counterstrike. What's up with that? :-)
Where can I find the latest and greatest tricks and techniques for tweaking your cards? Thanks.
I tried to register a domain one night early last year. Near the end of the process, my browser crashed. It was late, so I decided to go home and finish the job in the morning. Guess what! By the time I got back, the domain had been registered by somebody else, and a few minutes of research turned up that they were an NSI employee! Argh.
Just last week, I ported our multi-tier web-based application server from Windows NT to Windows 2000 ;-)
But seriously, I did copy the [Java classes] files over to my Linux laptop and was able to get the system up and running just fine. The only porting problems were file paths in config files (unrelated to Java, which doesn't care about forward-vs-backward slashes) and the registration of servlets (which was a major pain).
there's nothing so frustrating as trying to read a 12K word manifesto in a font so large.
Designing Web Usability (Nielsen)
a cool little java proxy that uses all the more common tricks for filtering ads, disabling pop-up windows, etc. i've been using it for a year now and it keeps getting better. it is payware, but it's worth it.
FYI, I'm the CTO of my second successful internet start-up and I majored in Music :-)
I think the problem is more a matter of "who needs it?" We don't have an immediate need for our refridgerator to talk to our printer to talk to our garage door opener. Sure it's cool to plug a network cable into the back up a printer and have everybody suddenly be able to print to it... but do we need that level of convenience? Nope. It's simple to set up network printers on your typical windows or mac network. Microsoft's "plug and play" is plenty adequate for the current consumer needs.
Ouch! Somebody's a little bitter about being passed-over.
i don't. i've got a list a mile long of technology books that i want to read. everytime i pick up a sci-fi book, i ask myself why i should bother reading it when i could be reading something else that is going to improve my knowledge of my career industry (thus making more marketable and opening the doors to better jobs). i'll have time to read sci-fi after i retire :-)
i was struck hard with CT about five years back. not only was i spending all day at a keyboard, but i was spending all night behind a drum set. my wrists were taking a beating.
the first thing i did was to quit drumming, cold turkey.
the second thing (and i think the most helpful) was to move all of my mice to the LEFT side of my keyboard (or vice versa depending on your case). not only did this take a major load off of my right wrist, but it also made me ambidextrous in regards to mice (i just love beating somebody's ass at quake and then hearing them say, "why don't you switch mouse hands and give me a chance?").
third was to keep my wrists OFF of the desk. don't rest them on the desk, or even a cushy pad. keep them airborne using your forarms and elbows. this will seem awkward at first, but its very important. to help in the transition, raise the height of your chair.
fourth was to take breaks and do some stretches.
I believe he is referring to Aliens 3 where all of the prisoners had barcode tatoos.
I've been using a Tecra (730CDT) for almost three years now. It's a phenomenal machine. I've dropped it numerous times (early on in its lifetime) and never had a problem. Only recently have I had some issues with the keyboard and hard drive, but since its still under warranty, Toshiba replaced both parts. I couldn't have dreamed up a better portable. If only I could get X to display in 16-bit color (which the machine supports). Now I'm looking to get one of those Tecra 8000s!
bahaha! much more entertaining than the mae ling mak posts ;-)
where are the pics of these "booth babes"?
put some explosives in these puppies and release a school of them into a major harbor... yikes.
i've never heard of the movie and the website is a disaster of confusion. what's the movie about? why should i [or anybody] see it? thanks.