Y'know, I did this conversion in a bit easier (if inexact) a method: I remembered that my car's speedometer is marked for both MPH and KPH, and that 60MPH and 100KPH share the same node. So when the article says "approximately 62 miles or 100 kilometers," that seems to just about work out.
P.S.: Oh, yeah Candians are more polite. Last time I was in Montreal, several girls asked me if I wanted to get laid eventhough I was with my girlfriend.
Okay, I'm convinced. I'll move! Where do I sign up?
Other commands to map in and have fun with... rm -rf * killall -9 $0 cat/var/spool/mail/$0 | sed 's/Boss/ass/g' | mail -s "Found this, may be interesting" boss@work.com
There's more to watercooling than just staying cool; there's staying cool QUIETLY.
I run a pair of Athlon MP 2000+'s in a Lian-Li case. I started out with a pair of stock fans, but the thing ran WAY hot - my BIOS halted the system twice before I got the picture. So I replaced the stock fans with a pair of Antec Tornados, or Hurricanes, or Freight Trains, whatever they were, kept those processors at a decent temperature, but the noise was unbelievable.
I've since switched to Koolance's awesome Exos watercooling system. My CPU cores sit at about 35 C in this unbelievably hot non-air-conditioned room (about 32 C in here now) with the fans just a hair above minimum. I bought the system with the sole intent of minimizing noise and it's been perfect for the task.
Annoyingly loud systems are not just a new phenomenon, either; I recall many a time my parents shutting down the old P2/300 so they could watch a movie on the TV in the same room. While not obnoxious, its noise level was irritating.
As for the bragging rights, I like to brag to people that don't know me too well that I've personally extended my own lifespan, without going into detail and mentioning that my roommates would kill me if I had kept the old fans. n_n
I've been using SneakEmail for years and I get absolutely zero spam. It works, it's free at the basic level, and if you're willing to cough up a little cash (~$25/year) there's some damn decent additional services available. It makes email filtering far, far more convenient, too. Finally, as an added bonus, they (unlike MailBlocks) don't sell your address, personal information, or the likes.
Atmels rock, but just be warned that the docs for AVR-LIBC aren't terribly accurate, nor are they complete. I've had no major issues with the hardware (the STK500 is a beautiful piece of equipment for prototyping, damn the cost!), but it'd be nice if the open source AVR library folks would make sure their docs and their codebase corresponded.
Touchscreen pants: select your pocket locations, and fix wedgies at the flick of your fingertip.
Touchscreen people: Y'know how you're good at pushing people's buttons? Now they're all labelled for your convenience.
Touchscreen cellphones: because dialing, quickdialing, voice dialing, and using the address book are too difficult to understand. (Yes, I HAVE seen people tap their screens.)
Touchscreen full-length mirrors: includes copy of Kai's Power Goo for creative reshaping.
We need these just as much as we need touchscreen watches - quick, get someone on the project!
I'm perfectly satisfied with my family situation, but I know people with parents so overprotective they'd be sent to college with one of these things strapped to their wrist, and called every time they put a foot somewhere they weren't expected to. Let's leave the legal argument over legally-aged kids suing parents for invasion of privacy out of this; very few kids would have the guts to do that to their parents once it's legal, and instead rather just go along with the invasion because they're the parents.
The potential for abuse of this thing isn't just 'oh no, someone might steal a movie and then buy it later.' It's more like loss of personal freedom until you find a very, very heavy metal cutter, and then parents yelling at you for months because they're out $400. And quite possibly having said parents buy a new one anyway.
Yes, this is more a problem with parents then with technology. But why provide them with the ammunition they need for this abuse of technology if they're not already used to it? It's not that you're taking away something from parents, like you would if you stopped people from using DivX or MP3 or OggVorbis or what-have-you. You're just not showing it to them in the first place, if all goes well.
RPMs were good when they started out, because they were a convenient way to plug in new programs and such. But they were never suited to the full-distribution usage they get now. RPMs are terrible at handling dependancies (different version number? Download and install another 20 packages or it won't work...), and the source function fails to work half the time.
If you must use a package manager, PLEASE give DEB's a try. At least they handle distributions right, even with source instead of binary.
On the other hand, you do bring up one valid point, taken in context. I sure as hell am not paying for RPM support.
I just finished wiring up my house recently, myself, and found an electrician's tip to be invaluable. Basically, I was having trouble figuring out how to span floors without going wireless or destroying my floors, or going into a tremendous tearing-through-the-walls operation. What this electrician suggested - and for a very modest fee, completed - was to have the wiring go directly outside, into a pipe painted to match the color of the house, and back in at the basement level, where the ceiling's so coated with wires already that aesthetics aren't a problem. He then threaded the wire up an existing hole for a heating vent, and slapped 8-pin plates on both ends and popped them in the walls. Neat, tidy, and quick.
Okay, this keyboard is very much -not- one-handed. But there is a "keyboard," if you will, that allows control of the keyboard and mouse functions with one hand, called the "Twiddler" - check it out at hendykey.com. It's fairly cool, MIT uses 'em for their wearable computers...
Slashdot Mirror
Bitch-be-gone? (Warning: 25MB video)
Y'know, I did this conversion in a bit easier (if inexact) a method: I remembered that my car's speedometer is marked for both MPH and KPH, and that 60MPH and 100KPH share the same node. So when the article says "approximately 62 miles or 100 kilometers," that seems to just about work out.
Okay, I'm convinced. I'll move! Where do I sign up?
Right then.
IANCABF.
Buy a car.
Get one. :)
The Rio Karma has FLAC support and 20 gigs of space to play with. List price is $350, I got one for $270 at J&R Music World.
Did I mention it costs less than an iPod and (if you care) has WMA support?
Stop button: shutdown -h now Die!
/var/spool/mail/$0 | sed 's/Boss/ass/g' | mail -s "Found this, may be interesting" boss@work.com
Other commands to map in and have fun with...
rm -rf *
killall -9 $0
cat
Plenty of fun possibilities!
Sylpheed or Sylpheed-Claws.
Sylpheed has had threaded email views for quite a while.
on this page.
I find that they tend to have an interesting take on things.
....this.
VapoChill
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Combine the computer and cooling system in a large container. Sprinkle with madness. Refrigerate.
Serves 1 CPU.
There's more to watercooling than just staying cool; there's staying cool QUIETLY.
I run a pair of Athlon MP 2000+'s in a Lian-Li case. I started out with a pair of stock fans, but the thing ran WAY hot - my BIOS halted the system twice before I got the picture. So I replaced the stock fans with a pair of Antec Tornados, or Hurricanes, or Freight Trains, whatever they were, kept those processors at a decent temperature, but the noise was unbelievable.
I've since switched to Koolance's awesome Exos watercooling system. My CPU cores sit at about 35 C in this unbelievably hot non-air-conditioned room (about 32 C in here now) with the fans just a hair above minimum. I bought the system with the sole intent of minimizing noise and it's been perfect for the task.
Annoyingly loud systems are not just a new phenomenon, either; I recall many a time my parents shutting down the old P2/300 so they could watch a movie on the TV in the same room. While not obnoxious, its noise level was irritating.
As for the bragging rights, I like to brag to people that don't know me too well that I've personally extended my own lifespan, without going into detail and mentioning that my roommates would kill me if I had kept the old fans. n_n
www.sco-sucks.com is still available after all this?
:P
Someone else go spend the money for me.
I've been using SneakEmail for years and I get absolutely zero spam. It works, it's free at the basic level, and if you're willing to cough up a little cash (~$25/year) there's some damn decent additional services available. It makes email filtering far, far more convenient, too. Finally, as an added bonus, they (unlike MailBlocks) don't sell your address, personal information, or the likes.
Atmels rock, but just be warned that the docs for AVR-LIBC aren't terribly accurate, nor are they complete. I've had no major issues with the hardware (the STK500 is a beautiful piece of equipment for prototyping, damn the cost!), but it'd be nice if the open source AVR library folks would make sure their docs and their codebase corresponded.
Gee, that sounds great! All we need to do is go out and vote for the politicians that favor the citizenry over corporate cash!
So, uhh...
Who are they again?
Like make the payphones into, say, mini cell towers? Lord knows there's still plenty of places you can run into a crappy signal.
Touchscreen pants: select your pocket locations, and fix wedgies at the flick of your fingertip.
Touchscreen people: Y'know how you're good at pushing people's buttons? Now they're all labelled for your convenience.
Touchscreen cellphones: because dialing, quickdialing, voice dialing, and using the address book are too difficult to understand. (Yes, I HAVE seen people tap their screens.)
Touchscreen full-length mirrors: includes copy of Kai's Power Goo for creative reshaping.
We need these just as much as we need touchscreen watches - quick, get someone on the project!
(1) Most rapes are committed by men.
(2) All men that commit rape do so using their penises.
(3) Therefore, penises are a tool for rape.
(4) Therefore, in order to prevent rape, let's cut off everyone's penis.
Same logic being used in Congress, only they're after my fair use rights and my job.
If this bill passes - if I see my Congressperson draw a knife, point to my pants and crook his finger - I'm moving to Canada.
Some parent "might" abuse it?
I'm perfectly satisfied with my family situation, but I know people with parents so overprotective they'd be sent to college with one of these things strapped to their wrist, and called every time they put a foot somewhere they weren't expected to. Let's leave the legal argument over legally-aged kids suing parents for invasion of privacy out of this; very few kids would have the guts to do that to their parents once it's legal, and instead rather just go along with the invasion because they're the parents.
The potential for abuse of this thing isn't just 'oh no, someone might steal a movie and then buy it later.' It's more like loss of personal freedom until you find a very, very heavy metal cutter, and then parents yelling at you for months because they're out $400. And quite possibly having said parents buy a new one anyway.
Yes, this is more a problem with parents then with technology. But why provide them with the ammunition they need for this abuse of technology if they're not already used to it? It's not that you're taking away something from parents, like you would if you stopped people from using DivX or MP3 or OggVorbis or what-have-you. You're just not showing it to them in the first place, if all goes well.
That would be....what, a Grendel cluster?
Lucky one you are...Cox@Home users in Connecticut are just as fscked as all the complainers. Isn't complete lack of competition fun?
Augh! You're thanking RedHat for RPM?
RPMs were good when they started out, because they were a convenient way to plug in new programs and such. But they were never suited to the full-distribution usage they get now. RPMs are terrible at handling dependancies (different version number? Download and install another 20 packages or it won't work...), and the source function fails to work half the time.
If you must use a package manager, PLEASE give DEB's a try. At least they handle distributions right, even with source instead of binary.
On the other hand, you do bring up one valid point, taken in context. I sure as hell am not paying for RPM support.
I just finished wiring up my house recently, myself, and found an electrician's tip to be invaluable. Basically, I was having trouble figuring out how to span floors without going wireless or destroying my floors, or going into a tremendous tearing-through-the-walls operation. What this electrician suggested - and for a very modest fee, completed - was to have the wiring go directly outside, into a pipe painted to match the color of the house, and back in at the basement level, where the ceiling's so coated with wires already that aesthetics aren't a problem. He then threaded the wire up an existing hole for a heating vent, and slapped 8-pin plates on both ends and popped them in the walls. Neat, tidy, and quick.
Even worse, look at the trainslation Gist-in-Time does...this makes Zero Wing seem comprehensible.
http://translate.copernic.com:8090/?AlisUI=frames_ ex/gen_toolbar&AlisSourceLang=ja&AlisTargetLang=en &AlisUILang=en&AlisTargetURI=http%3A//www.peanuts. gr.jp/pslinux/beginnings.html
All your Linux are belong to Sony.
Oops, forgot to use preview... The true link is http://www.handykey.com - you probably figured this out by now.
Okay, this keyboard is very much -not- one-handed. But there is a "keyboard," if you will, that allows control of the keyboard and mouse functions with one hand, called the "Twiddler" - check it out at hendykey.com. It's fairly cool, MIT uses 'em for their wearable computers...