When I'm not dunking on people, I am also a medical student.
My anatomy book (Clinically Oriented Anatomy - 4th Ed., 1999) describes carpal tunnel as any lesion (eg: inflammation of the synovial sheaths, swelling of the tendons, etc.) that significantly reduces the size of the carpal tunnel, causing compression of the median nerve. This can be caused by fluid retention, infection, and excessive exercise of the fingers. Carpal tunnel syndrome is NOT a degenerative disorder, per se. Long term, it can become an arthritic condition.
Short term, you should use ergonomic equipment, as Alik suggested above. There are also surgical procedures such as "carpal tunnel release", which involes a partial or complete division of the flexor retinaculum (fibrous band that holds the tendons of your hand/finger muscles together).
As far as taking these mineral supplements to alleviate arthritic symptoms, it is true that chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine are components of cartilage. However, there remains to be seen how little, if any, of these compounds are absorbed by the body when taken as a supplement. While they did not cite any studies, I have had Biochem profs and Human Phys profs scoff at these oral supplements.
Just as Alik pointed out above, this is not medical advice.
Sure, any method to block songs could be circumvented, but at least Napster would be making a good faith effort to exclude artists who object to being listed, like Metallica and Dr. Dre. That's would be far more than Napster Inc. is doing now.
Also, you've gotta figure that the majority of Metallica songs listed on Napster aren't there by fans who are actively offering Metallica songs. They're listed by default when Napster scoured their mp3 directory. If Metallica became an excluded keyword by the Napster programmers, the vast majority of these people are NOT going to resort to such renaming tactics just to have Metallica songs up for offer. These people aren't in the same mentality as IRC offer bots, after all.
From reading this Lars interview and listening to the rhetoric coming from the Dr. Dre camp, I believe that's all it would take to get the heat off Napster's back - just a good faith effort by Napster to block "Metallica" and "Dr Dre"
Whatever happened to the Edgar Allan Poe encryption challenge posted here on Slashdot about two months ago? Were any Slashdot readers still working on it? While both are interesting cryptographic challenges, I think the Poe challenge has more historical significance due to Poe's stature as one of the greatest literary minds of the 19th century and should be worked on by some talented/. readers.
Cheaters will always be around, whether a project is open or closed-source. Look at all the cheats that have been around for Quake 1 and Quake 2. Quake2 is closed source, yet it has had numerous aimbots (ZBot, Zorbot, RATBOT), transparent walls (an ill-advised revision of Metabyte's WickedGL driver), radar scanners (ZBot), illegal power-up timers and graphics hacks (VSE Timer, Nitro/Xania proxies), etc. While I don't play Unreal Tournament, it would be naive to believe that someone somewhere with time on their hands hasn't already hacked up a cheat for it, as well.
Quake2's license info/does/ allow people to set up multiplayer servers and play the client with only 1 license. Here's the relevant excerpt from \quake2\docs\licinfo.txt:
CAN DO: -- Play & enjoy the single player game; -- Setup a full version based server on a not-for-profit basis
I agree that it's nice to use this data to show other companies about the value of Linux gamers, but I don't want to be a martyr for the cause (I just don't want to wait a month or longer to download Linux binaries, especially when I feel that I am doing the q2/q3 community a service by running a server.)
As a linux q2-server operator and a Win32-gamer, I really feel left out in the cold over this decision not to release downloadable binaries. My server machine runs Linux, while my home PC is Win32-based. What am I supposed to do? I can't afford to buy both the Win32 version and the Linux version (and no, piracy isn't an option). Surely, I'm not the only one who's getting shafted in this deal.
Why can't id software just track how many people download the respective alternate OS binaries if they really need to log that data? Heck, I'd even fill out a goofy info form just to get the download, a la Real Player.
Check out George Woltman's links to distributed computing projects. This is not a comprehensive list, but includes most of the famous math/science related projects out there.
They've updated their website with news on the prize disposition. Here's the quote:
We'd be happy to win you over as a participant and give you the chance to win the full prize money of 10,000 Euros (roughly $10,500) for finding the correct key!
I don't mean to sound like a money grubber, but what is the prize distribution going to be like (ie: how much goes to the lucky keyfinder and how much to dcypher.net)? Also, how much in US greenbacks are 10,000 Euros? I couldn't find any mention of either on the dcypher.net website.
OMG, I feel so clueless. I never knew DJ Delorie made anything other than a solitaire/freecell clone for Linux/Xwindows called Ace of Penguins! For my girlfriend, this has been one of the "killer apps" for Linux.
When I first installed Linux on my home PC, my girlfriend was so mad because she couldn't play Solitaire and Freecell anymore (I didn't know about WINE at the time). So we made a deal - if I could find a way for her to play those games, then she wouldn't fuss about me keeping Linux on the PC. DJ Delorie's "Ace of Penguins" came through for me, and the rest is history.
So I guess both the techies (DJGPP) and the home users (like my gf and myself) have DJ Delorie to thank for some great pieces of free software. He is definitely a worthy selection.
In the past, I and many others such as L-Fire in the Quake2 multiplayer community have felt that id has not done enough to stop people from creating autoaim bots. Are you doing anything in Quake3 to prevent people from writing autoaim bots (ie: packet encryption, packet checksums, etc.)?
The.ISO image is in the directory above the link posted in the article, so before people post asking where it is, the.ISO is in here. Only disk 1 of 4 is available as an.ISO from the main FreeBSD FTP site (Walnut Creek), as the README.TXT states:
This directory contains FreeBSD installation ISO images (the 1st CD out of every 4 CD set from Walnut Creek CDROM). This should be enough to install the full operating system, though if you're looking for the full experience or wish to support the project through your CD purchase, please see http://www.freebsdmall.com. Thanks!
If you must have the entire 4 CD set for free, I'm sure that the usual suspects will have.ISO images of all 4 CDs soon. However, if you use it, you should support good software with your purchase.
As always, please buy the CDROM and support good software if you like it and use it.
It's good to see these various distribution makers put out.ISO images. With IDE CD-burners plummeting in price down to $100-150, many casual computer users have the capability to use them. Also, when.ISOs are available, people are more likely to take a chance on a new OS/distro due to the convenience of having it all on CD and free of charge. (Got 2 Win98-using friends to try out RedHat 6.0 last month with my bootable CD.). The task of downloading 600 Mb worth of files is just too daunting for many newbies or casual users...
Great idea about the in-store demo machine, man! I know that many of my friends were always curious about Linux and had heard a lot of good things about it, but had no idea what the heck it was/did/looked like. A demo machine would allow people to peek and prod and just basically see that Linux isn't just for geeks and would sell a lot of copies of Linux...
Hopefully, everyone's remembered the day of release and asked for May 19 off well in advance. With all the media hype surrounding the movie and the impending "sick-out", I wouldn't dare to call in sick that day!
If any of you are AMD 3Dnow users, you'll remember how Nvidia promised 3Dnow-optimized driver support for the TNT "out of the box". Now, over 12 months later, 3Dnow support has still not materialized (Don't even get me started about their "Detonator" drivers which did, and then Nvidia admitted didn't have 3Dnow opts).
The moral of the story is to adopt a wait and see attitude. If they make good on their promises, then by all means go out and support those companies and show them our buying power. But, wait and have them "put up" before going out and spending dollars and feeling swindled...
hehe, not to sounds chauvanist, but I don't think there's any decent OS out there that can pass the "Mom" test. Mine can browse the internet, email, and use Office apps, but I couldn't imagine her being able to install any OS.
Hopefully, this will be user-friendly enough to attract people from the Windows world. The more user-friendly the install process becomes, the greater the mainstream acceptance for Linux...(and that's what we need for support from hardware manufacturers and software companies!
Check out Altavista's own words from their URL submission page:
"AltaVista is an index, not a storing place for pages of low or misleading information value. Attempts to fill it with misleading or promotional pages lowers the value of the index for everyone. Left unchecked, this behavior would make Web indexes and our search experience worthless."
Waste of time that it maybe, at least it's just idle time that would otherwise be wasted on most people's computers. Personally, even if the project doesn't find signals from intelligent life, perhaps some new cosmic elements could be identified, such as a new pulsar. They said that more radio telescope data is being collected than can be processed by the astronomers. Why not use the power of all those wasted idle cycles to help process that data (or factor mersenne primes or work on rc5, etc.)..
OK, I should revise my statement and say that he loves "artsy" sci-fi.
(After I posted, I did recall that he did give Dark City 4/4 stars, so I will concede that there is a certain type of sci-fi film that he likes). However, is 2001, a film from the 60s, an accurate representation of contemporary sci-fi? I still fall asleep during it...(might just be the classical music!)
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Voyeurweb (porn), one of the most heavily used sites (in visitors and bandwidth usage) on the 'Net, has been using thttpd v2.20x for a long time...
Netcraft search results for Voyeurweb
When I'm not dunking on people, I am also a medical student.
My anatomy book (Clinically Oriented Anatomy - 4th Ed., 1999) describes carpal tunnel as any lesion (eg: inflammation of the synovial sheaths, swelling of the tendons, etc.) that significantly reduces the size of the carpal tunnel, causing compression of the median nerve. This can be caused by fluid retention, infection, and excessive exercise of the fingers. Carpal tunnel syndrome is NOT a degenerative disorder, per se. Long term, it can become an arthritic condition.
Short term, you should use ergonomic equipment, as Alik suggested above. There are also surgical procedures such as "carpal tunnel release", which involes a partial or complete division of the flexor retinaculum (fibrous band that holds the tendons of your hand/finger muscles together).
As far as taking these mineral supplements to alleviate arthritic symptoms, it is true that chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine are components of cartilage. However, there remains to be seen how little, if any, of these compounds are absorbed by the body when taken as a supplement. While they did not cite any studies, I have had Biochem profs and Human Phys profs scoff at these oral supplements.
Just as Alik pointed out above, this is not medical advice.
Sure, any method to block songs could be circumvented, but at least Napster would be making a good faith effort to exclude artists who object to being listed, like Metallica and Dr. Dre. That's would be far more than Napster Inc. is doing now.
Also, you've gotta figure that the majority of Metallica songs listed on Napster aren't there by fans who are actively offering Metallica songs. They're listed by default when Napster scoured their mp3 directory. If Metallica became an excluded keyword by the Napster programmers, the vast majority of these people are NOT going to resort to such renaming tactics just to have Metallica songs up for offer. These people aren't in the same mentality as IRC offer bots, after all.
From reading this Lars interview and listening to the rhetoric coming from the Dr. Dre camp, I believe that's all it would take to get the heat off Napster's back - just a good faith effort by Napster to block "Metallica" and "Dr Dre"
Whatever happened to the Edgar Allan Poe encryption challenge posted here on Slashdot about two months ago? Were any Slashdot readers still working on it? While both are interesting cryptographic challenges, I think the Poe challenge has more historical significance due to Poe's stature as one of the greatest literary minds of the 19th century and should be worked on by some talented /. readers.
Cheaters will always be around, whether a project is open or closed-source. Look at all the cheats that have been around for Quake 1 and Quake 2. Quake2 is closed source, yet it has had numerous aimbots (ZBot, Zorbot, RATBOT), transparent walls (an ill-advised revision of Metabyte's WickedGL driver), radar scanners (ZBot), illegal power-up timers and graphics hacks (VSE Timer, Nitro/Xania proxies), etc. While I don't play Unreal Tournament, it would be naive to believe that someone somewhere with time on their hands hasn't already hacked up a cheat for it, as well.
You must have been looking at the download links for the Linux UT /demo/ and not the executables for the full game. Here are download links:
download UT400 executables
Quake2's license info /does/ allow people to set up multiplayer servers and play the client with only 1 license. Here's the relevant excerpt from \quake2\docs\licinfo.txt:
CAN DO:
-- Play & enjoy the single player game;
-- Setup a full version based server on a not-for-profit basis
I agree that it's nice to use this data to show other companies about the value of Linux gamers, but I don't want to be a martyr for the cause (I just don't want to wait a month or longer to download Linux binaries, especially when I feel that I am doing the q2/q3 community a service by running a server.)
As a linux q2-server operator and a Win32-gamer, I really feel left out in the cold over this decision not to release downloadable binaries. My server machine runs Linux, while my home PC is Win32-based. What am I supposed to do? I can't afford to buy both the Win32 version and the Linux version (and no, piracy isn't an option). Surely, I'm not the only one who's getting shafted in this deal.
Why can't id software just track how many people download the respective alternate OS binaries if they really need to log that data? Heck, I'd even fill out a goofy info form just to get the download, a la Real Player.
Check out George Woltman's links to distributed computing projects. This is not a comprehensive list, but includes most of the famous math/science related projects out there.
They've updated their website with news on the prize disposition. Here's the quote:
We'd be happy to win you over as a participant and give you the chance to win the full prize money of 10,000 Euros (roughly $10,500) for finding the correct key!
I don't mean to sound like a money grubber, but what is the prize distribution going to be like (ie: how much goes to the lucky keyfinder and how much to dcypher.net)? Also, how much in US greenbacks are 10,000 Euros? I couldn't find any mention of either on the dcypher.net website.
OMG, I feel so clueless. I never knew DJ Delorie made anything other than a solitaire/freecell clone for Linux/Xwindows called Ace of Penguins! For my girlfriend, this has been one of the "killer apps" for Linux.
When I first installed Linux on my home PC, my girlfriend was so mad because she couldn't play Solitaire and Freecell anymore (I didn't know about WINE at the time). So we made a deal - if I could find a way for her to play those games, then she wouldn't fuss about me keeping Linux on the PC. DJ Delorie's "Ace of Penguins" came through for me, and the rest is history.
So I guess both the techies (DJGPP) and the home users (like my gf and myself) have DJ Delorie to thank for some great pieces of free software. He is definitely a worthy selection.
In the past, I and many others such as L-Fire in the Quake2 multiplayer community have felt that id has not done enough to stop people from creating autoaim bots. Are you doing anything in Quake3 to prevent people from writing autoaim bots (ie: packet encryption, packet checksums, etc.)?
The .ISO image is in the directory above the link posted in the article, so before people post asking where it is, the .ISO is in here. Only disk 1 of 4 is available as an .ISO from the main FreeBSD FTP site (Walnut Creek), as the README.TXT states:
.ISO images of all 4 CDs soon. However, if you use it, you should support good software with your purchase.
This directory contains FreeBSD installation ISO images (the 1st CD out of every 4 CD set from Walnut Creek CDROM). This should be enough to install the full operating system, though if you're looking for the full experience or wish to support the project through your CD purchase, please see http://www.freebsdmall.com. Thanks!
If you must have the entire 4 CD set for free, I'm sure that the usual suspects will have
When I went to checkout just now at ThinkGeek, it sent me to a secure server page.
"This is a secure document that uses a high-grade encryption key for U.S. domestic use only (RC4, 128-bit)."
I don't know if there was one when you visited earlier, but there definitely is a https secure server right now.
Try this FreeBSD mirror for a FreeBSD .ISO image.
.ISO images. With IDE CD-burners plummeting in price down to $100-150, many casual computer users have the capability to use them. Also, when .ISOs are available, people are more likely to take a chance on a new OS/distro due to the convenience of having it all on CD and free of charge. (Got 2 Win98-using friends to try out RedHat 6.0 last month with my bootable CD.). The task of downloading 600 Mb worth of files is just too daunting for many newbies or casual users...
As always, please buy the CDROM and support good software if you like it and use it.
It's good to see these various distribution makers put out
Great idea about the in-store demo machine, man! I know that many of my friends were always curious about Linux and had heard a lot of good things about it, but had no idea what the heck it was/did/looked like. A demo machine would allow people to peek and prod and just basically see that Linux isn't just for geeks and would sell a lot of copies of Linux...
Hopefully, everyone's remembered the day of release and asked for May 19 off well in advance. With all the media hype surrounding the movie and the impending "sick-out", I wouldn't dare to call in sick that day!
Here's a listing of places that you can download an ISO of the RedHat 6.0 CD, courtesy of Ars Technica.
w ig.i386.iso9660.gz
. iso9660.gz
ftp://o su-linux.capital.ous.edu/pub/linux/redhat/iso/hed
ftp://pricie.ccl.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/rh 60.iso
ftp://ftp.s ervers.cx/pub/mirrors/linux/hedwig-27apr1999.i386
According to John Carmack's .plan update of 4/29, q3atest does not support demo recording and playback.
If any of you are AMD 3Dnow users, you'll remember how Nvidia promised 3Dnow-optimized driver support for the TNT "out of the box". Now, over 12 months later, 3Dnow support has still not materialized (Don't even get me started about their "Detonator" drivers which did, and then Nvidia admitted didn't have 3Dnow opts).
The moral of the story is to adopt a wait and see attitude. If they make good on their promises, then by all means go out and support those companies and show them our buying power. But, wait and have them "put up" before going out and spending dollars and feeling swindled...
hehe, not to sounds chauvanist, but I don't think there's any decent OS out there that can pass the "Mom" test. Mine can browse the internet, email, and use Office apps, but I couldn't imagine her being able to install any OS.
Hopefully, this will be user-friendly enough to attract people from the Windows world. The more user-friendly the install process becomes, the greater the mainstream acceptance for Linux...(and that's what we need for support from hardware manufacturers and software companies!
Check out Altavista's own words from their URL submission page:
."
"AltaVista is an index, not a storing place for pages of low or misleading information value. Attempts to fill it with misleading or promotional pages lowers the value of the index for everyone. Left unchecked, this behavior would make Web indexes and our search experience worthless
Their words are so true...
Waste of time that it maybe, at least it's just idle time that would otherwise be wasted on most people's computers. Personally, even if the project doesn't find signals from intelligent life, perhaps some new cosmic elements could be identified, such as a new pulsar. They said that more radio telescope data is being collected than can be processed by the astronomers. Why not use the power of all those wasted idle cycles to help process that data (or factor mersenne primes or work on rc5, etc.)..
OK, I should revise my statement and say that he loves "artsy" sci-fi.
(After I posted, I did recall that he did give Dark City 4/4 stars, so I will concede that there is a certain type of sci-fi film that he likes). However, is 2001, a film from the 60s, an accurate representation of contemporary sci-fi? I still fall asleep during it...(might just be the classical music!)