...you're a distribution house. F*ck the RIAA, encrypt, obfuscate, bounce, authenticate and pay the artists directly (if possible), buy directly from the artists (if possible) and, as a last resort, buy the occasional cd thru traditional means. I'm sure there are others tired of being bullied into authoritarian contracts (ie big business capitalism), tired of seeing artists and the public being shafted by years of corruption, and, at the same time, being slapped for participating in a better solution than that being offered by the majors. It's starting to look like the war on drugs more and more... only there's alot more Nixons. A discrace to genuite artists. Tho, i suppose, if you're deluged by the sheer number of corporate sellout whores peddled thru corporate sellout channels, while drinking your pepsi, you'll no doubt be quite oblivious to this poison. It's about time that the RIAA publically acknowledged that the current state of musicality (the current state of societal music awareness, past and present) would be much less than without internet distribution. Get off your asses.
Users, ie people that guid processed to perform operations, are quite inventive... while top-down research is good (definately better than little or no research, ie energy sector), it can often miss the subtleties or even the entire gist of processes and systems to be optimized. A close tie with those that actually do the work, with analysis of why and how it worked out that way, can do much to guide systems... especially at the early stages... then those analysed processes and problems can be optimized and solved in a top down way. The solutions then may be rolled out to others and solutions to intersecting problem domains may also be studied, but, without the bottom, there is no reason for the top. AFA services go, breaking down the barriers to getting stuff out there is always a good idea, especially if using the stuff is going to lead to more and better stuff. Definately involving the remote hands-on research team (ie the client) and increasing the general knowledge of the whole will result in better stuff vectors, yay!
More of a textbook than a light summary. Full of details, very well researched, insightful, perhaps, tho at some times over the top with adulation and, I'm sure, the author reads more into the epis than were intended. That being said, it's a perfect book for any dedicated Simpsonite. Had me laughing in recalling the funniest moments and moments I'd missed. Sure, the series may be getting old, but they've done so much. I'd like to see SouthPark (much as I like it) come up with biting originality after 350ish epis... The Simpson's Already Did It, but don't stop trying;)
Drivers license is not sufficient to enter the 'States. ID must have place of birth, therefor birth certificate or passport, and they prefer passport. That nugget would have saved me a day on the bus... the man don't bend much, man.
I'm looking at one of these for my next board. The smp and sli give a great upgrade path. From single opteron to dual to dual core to dual dual core. From single gpu to sli to single next gen to sli next gen. That's a 4-8 year lifespan for that board.
Also, it does use 2 nforce pro's... a 2200 and a 2050. Might want to check out the datasheet. Most definately a killer workstation board for years to come.
Most of the fuel is used during takeoff and ascent, correct? A new launch improvement would be to hyper-accellerate the planes before takeoff... I'm thinking that launching the planes with a maglev system at cruising speed (or faster) would save alot on gas, as the engines could take over at top of lauch parabola. Of course, the launch system would have to be built and the planes retro-fitted and the safety precautions quite numerous. MagLev would have to be a kilometer or two in order to not completely flatten the passengers with acceleration. More than half of the gas could be saved, I'd imagine. Perhaps not worth it for an individual plane, but the savings across an entire airport would be immense. Construction could be offset by launch fees, themselves lower than the fuel saved plus cost of plane retrofitting.
I've no stats on this, but I've heard burning bio-diesel results in less pollutants. Of course, one of the big advantages over petrochemical diesel is that there is no net gain of carbon in the active biosphere, as it just went from plant to air... surely a good scrubber'd remove some of the air pollution tho (perhaps at the expense of a few mpgs plus hardware cost).
As an aside, algae looks like the best option for biodiesel, with 1.5 orders of magnitude more oil that oil palms (the next best source of bio-oils). Can be grown in the desert and fed with waste CO2. Nifty.
Hmmm. Yeah. I had a good bit of Chartruese last night and was quite vocal. What I was trying to get at is that it seems to be the way to automatically punish, rather than looking for alternatives that would improve the state of affairs. I'm not exactly sure what would be that improvement, myself... I just feel it cheapens education systems to rely on punishment if the deed was an exploitation of a hole only there due to stagnation... if that makes any more sense.
discourages inventiveness and increases possiblity of writing off the punishers... prepare for soup stewing. Where's the voice that perhaps the students have surpassed the teachers? (in system security and use, most obviously) A measured and productive response would be to change policy (improve systems, increase openness) and participatory rationalization and system introspection (open discussion between educators, parents and children, with actual response to change in the environment)... as it stands, the whole point of education seems to be to funnel the innocent into lives of obedience and disjected proponency of authoritarianism. Perhaps there's not the funding . Throwing up walls between teachers and students is no good for anyone. The best way to learn is to teach, but learning requires a nurturing environment, not unquestionable dictation. As teachers, they've the most to learn.
... because the jabber allows for small community installations, as well as larger. Larger will be migrated from if there is reason and the smaller, well, you'll know an admin, or know your referrer who knows an admin. In either case you use your own discretion... hopefully starting out with a good interpretation of vector of intent.
Was looking again at jabber earlier today... it's come along way, with a solid, well defined, if perhaps slow moving, process. Many features have been fleshed out, including ssl, tls auth, db backing, multi-network bridging (msn, aol, icq, etc), server-to-server networking, group chat, legacy presentation (ie jabber to irc gateways), etc. Much more solid than other IM networks, and much more open.
When are the politicians going to be locked up? Damn 'em. Illuminate the stupidity of their stance in face of such a wonderful opportunity. Encourage thought outside of the immediate. Make them realize that tearing down their futures only insults their past. The incarceration and the judicial system in such manipulatable times does little more than adding spit to a house of cards. Farm vitality... state mandated paths lead to mono-cultures, easily marketed, easily swayed, easily moulded, easily decaying mono-cultures. An enlightened system benefits all, not just jailors, judges, politicians and those that pull their strings. Dispense with politico's that spew this shit, and work together growing the technology so that it may benefit the most. When the people are ready to lead, the leaders will follow.
Grow veggies and pass on the crap being passed off as essential. Knowledge does best when freely available. The societal damage caused by knowledge restriction will always outweigh the benefit of increased monaay. Trick, perhaps, is to cut non-essential corners (ie web publishing only) and take a distributed approach to the effort (distributed community administration). Thinner and wider and cheaper and better.
Does this mean I have to reboot N*R times when installing (where N=number of nodes, R=number of reboots required when installing/upgrading windows). That would make it 128*7=896 times for a 128 node cluster, based on my last XP install. If seperate install needed for each node, hmm, 128*6h=32 days straight for install. Yay!
$327 for wall sized, 1024x768, lower power, longer lasting, and you'll learn something in the process. Build two and attach to dual head nvidia, for opengl-accellerated 2048x768. For the price of one of those plasma monsters, you could build yourself a virtualization cube, or a stereoscopic immersive display.
If lcd panels can be found (with vga/dvi connector) that do SXGA or better in similar form factor, please reply. DVI input for the lcd panel of that form factor would be nice. Comments?
Login keys on biometric activated usb key, with variable biometric validation expiry (ie need to place thumb on usb key every once in a while, so forgotten keys would expire). Would need api tie in, but sound in theory.
Anyone know of a source of high resolution small LCD panels? I've found an 8" 8" XGA LCD, which would make a nice display for a homebrew LED projector, but it would be even better to have SXGA or higher res in that size or smaller. Anyone know of any sources?
If I had points I'd mod you up. Par2 is a great lumbering beast. Works very well, but requires some serious overhead. Hardware support for parity would be very nice, and I'm sure it could be done transparently. Par2 guys have talked of inline (in-codec) parity info also, which is interesting, but, without hardware support, would be difficult to reconstruct in real-time. Par2 in the hardware (data layer) is interesting, perhaps akin to having it built into the nntp servers themselves.
Build 500km of maglev track, encased in plexiglass air tight tunnel, bring end of track to vertical, have airlocks along track, insert maglev reusable space plane, depressurize, start maglev, reach 4000mph, open last gate and be rail-gunned to the outer atmosphere, small boosters light up for propulsion. Glide in for landing using small fixed wings. Track would cost a bit, and computer controlled airlock/maglev would be a bit tricky, but very re-usable with very low launch cost.
... or, take the money and build a social security system so that Canada doesn't have to do it for you, or encourage the mass practice of ecological sustainability or improve the lot of the majority with better, more affordable and more beneficial education system, or sit in a corner and shiver while watching the collapse. In the current climate, throwing money at a problem will tend to only help those with money, while ingraining the idea that such behaviour is actually beneficial. Seems to me that the top 5% don't give a shit about anything of benefit, mostly concerned with remaining in the top 5%. Eject the rich, justify the maglev, perhaps.
*cough* As opposed to locking yourself in a room and creating the reality of others?
Kid shouldn't be making a worm, but who is he to criticize a personal situation?
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...you're a distribution house. F*ck the RIAA, encrypt, obfuscate, bounce, authenticate and pay the artists directly (if possible), buy directly from the artists (if possible) and, as a last resort, buy the occasional cd thru traditional means. I'm sure there are others tired of being bullied into authoritarian contracts (ie big business capitalism), tired of seeing artists and the public being shafted by years of corruption, and, at the same time, being slapped for participating in a better solution than that being offered by the majors. It's starting to look like the war on drugs more and more... only there's alot more Nixons. A discrace to genuite artists. Tho, i suppose, if you're deluged by the sheer number of corporate sellout whores peddled thru corporate sellout channels, while drinking your pepsi, you'll no doubt be quite oblivious to this poison. It's about time that the RIAA publically acknowledged that the current state of musicality (the current state of societal music awareness, past and present) would be much less than without internet distribution. Get off your asses.
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Users, ie people that guid processed to perform operations, are quite inventive... while top-down research is good (definately better than little or no research, ie energy sector), it can often miss the subtleties or even the entire gist of processes and systems to be optimized. A close tie with those that actually do the work, with analysis of why and how it worked out that way, can do much to guide systems... especially at the early stages... then those analysed processes and problems can be optimized and solved in a top down way. The solutions then may be rolled out to others and solutions to intersecting problem domains may also be studied, but, without the bottom, there is no reason for the top. AFA services go, breaking down the barriers to getting stuff out there is always a good idea, especially if using the stuff is going to lead to more and better stuff. Definately involving the remote hands-on research team (ie the client) and increasing the general knowledge of the whole will result in better stuff vectors, yay!
More of a textbook than a light summary. Full of details, very well researched, insightful, perhaps, tho at some times over the top with adulation and, I'm sure, the author reads more into the epis than were intended. That being said, it's a perfect book for any dedicated Simpsonite. Had me laughing in recalling the funniest moments and moments I'd missed. Sure, the series may be getting old, but they've done so much. I'd like to see SouthPark (much as I like it) come up with biting originality after 350ish epis... The Simpson's Already Did It, but don't stop trying ;)
Hmmm, Yahk or Couttes in AB would welcome the stranded, I'm sure. There's always a bit of work to do around the farm.
Drivers license is not sufficient to enter the 'States. ID must have place of birth, therefor birth certificate or passport, and they prefer passport. That nugget would have saved me a day on the bus... the man don't bend much, man.
Also, it does use 2 nforce pro's... a 2200 and a 2050. Might want to check out the datasheet. Most definately a killer workstation board for years to come.
Most of the fuel is used during takeoff and ascent, correct? A new launch improvement would be to hyper-accellerate the planes before takeoff... I'm thinking that launching the planes with a maglev system at cruising speed (or faster) would save alot on gas, as the engines could take over at top of lauch parabola. Of course, the launch system would have to be built and the planes retro-fitted and the safety precautions quite numerous. MagLev would have to be a kilometer or two in order to not completely flatten the passengers with acceleration. More than half of the gas could be saved, I'd imagine. Perhaps not worth it for an individual plane, but the savings across an entire airport would be immense. Construction could be offset by launch fees, themselves lower than the fuel saved plus cost of plane retrofitting.
As an aside, algae looks like the best option for biodiesel, with 1.5 orders of magnitude more oil that oil palms (the next best source of bio-oils). Can be grown in the desert and fed with waste CO2. Nifty.
Hmmm. Yeah. I had a good bit of Chartruese last night and was quite vocal. What I was trying to get at is that it seems to be the way to automatically punish, rather than looking for alternatives that would improve the state of affairs. I'm not exactly sure what would be that improvement, myself... I just feel it cheapens education systems to rely on punishment if the deed was an exploitation of a hole only there due to stagnation... if that makes any more sense.
discourages inventiveness and increases possiblity of writing off the punishers... prepare for soup stewing. Where's the voice that perhaps the students have surpassed the teachers? (in system security and use, most obviously) A measured and productive response would be to change policy (improve systems, increase openness) and participatory rationalization and system introspection (open discussion between educators, parents and children, with actual response to change in the environment)... as it stands, the whole point of education seems to be to funnel the innocent into lives of obedience and disjected proponency of authoritarianism. Perhaps there's not the funding . Throwing up walls between teachers and students is no good for anyone. The best way to learn is to teach, but learning requires a nurturing environment, not unquestionable dictation. As teachers, they've the most to learn.
There's also several jabber to irc gateways, which allow bitchx, irssi, xchat, mirc, etc to be (casual) clients to jabber group services
... because the jabber allows for small community installations, as well as larger. Larger will be migrated from if there is reason and the smaller, well, you'll know an admin, or know your referrer who knows an admin. In either case you use your own discretion... hopefully starting out with a good interpretation of vector of intent.
Was looking again at jabber earlier today... it's come along way, with a solid, well defined, if perhaps slow moving, process. Many features have been fleshed out, including ssl, tls auth, db backing, multi-network bridging (msn, aol, icq, etc), server-to-server networking, group chat, legacy presentation (ie jabber to irc gateways), etc. Much more solid than other IM networks, and much more open.
When are the politicians going to be locked up? Damn 'em. Illuminate the stupidity of their stance in face of such a wonderful opportunity. Encourage thought outside of the immediate. Make them realize that tearing down their futures only insults their past. The incarceration and the judicial system in such manipulatable times does little more than adding spit to a house of cards. Farm vitality... state mandated paths lead to mono-cultures, easily marketed, easily swayed, easily moulded, easily decaying mono-cultures. An enlightened system benefits all, not just jailors, judges, politicians and those that pull their strings. Dispense with politico's that spew this shit, and work together growing the technology so that it may benefit the most. When the people are ready to lead, the leaders will follow.
Grow veggies and pass on the crap being passed off as essential. Knowledge does best when freely available. The societal damage caused by knowledge restriction will always outweigh the benefit of increased monaay. Trick, perhaps, is to cut non-essential corners (ie web publishing only) and take a distributed approach to the effort (distributed community administration). Thinner and wider and cheaper and better.
Does this mean I have to reboot N*R times when installing (where N=number of nodes, R=number of reboots required when installing/upgrading windows). That would make it 128*7=896 times for a 128 node cluster, based on my last XP install. If seperate install needed for each node, hmm, 128*6h=32 days straight for install. Yay!
128 BSOD's.
- 8" XGA lcd panel - $155
- 5 x lumina 2000 LED lights (500 lumens, 25W) - $100
- Fresnel, diffuser, lense - $62
- box, fan - $15
$327 for wall sized, 1024x768, lower power, longer lasting, and you'll learn something in the process. Build two and attach to dual head nvidia, for opengl-accellerated 2048x768. For the price of one of those plasma monsters, you could build yourself a virtualization cube, or a stereoscopic immersive display.If lcd panels can be found (with vga/dvi connector) that do SXGA or better in similar form factor, please reply. DVI input for the lcd panel of that form factor would be nice. Comments?
Login keys on biometric activated usb key, with variable biometric validation expiry (ie need to place thumb on usb key every once in a while, so forgotten keys would expire). Would need api tie in, but sound in theory.
Anyone know of a source of high resolution small LCD panels? I've found an 8" 8" XGA LCD, which would make a nice display for a homebrew LED projector, but it would be even better to have SXGA or higher res in that size or smaller. Anyone know of any sources?
If I had points I'd mod you up. Par2 is a great lumbering beast. Works very well, but requires some serious overhead. Hardware support for parity would be very nice, and I'm sure it could be done transparently. Par2 guys have talked of inline (in-codec) parity info also, which is interesting, but, without hardware support, would be difficult to reconstruct in real-time. Par2 in the hardware (data layer) is interesting, perhaps akin to having it built into the nntp servers themselves.
*cough* As opposed to locking yourself in a room and creating the reality of others?
Kid shouldn't be making a worm, but who is he to criticize a personal situation?