Any specific evidence from anyone on the wear and tear on flash drives, that thousands of read/write cycles can inflict? Anytime I've read elsewhere about people running applications off USB drives, someone has mentioned r/w cycles. Anyone have a drive fail from this?
All sites that are linked to by/. should be hosted here...
Here's why not. One of the more frequent user arguments for mirroring on slashdot itself, is the issue of depriving advertisers on quoted sites from eyeballs, but there's plenty of other mirror sites so/. doesn't need to get involved.
But my UPS driver, if he can't read the sig, will ask "last name please?", then type that in to the pad. At least then UPS has something to tell the sender for POD if they do a track on it, even if you made that name up. They can say "Yes sir, it looks like someone signed for it, a 'Mr. Bin Laden'."
Consider that I have 10 fingers, split across two hands. If I have something in one hand that completely fills the hand (a "handfull"), that's 5/10ths of my fingers. 5/10 is 1/2. 1/2 is less than 2/3.
Ergo, I believe 2/3 is at least a "handfull".
No comment on the Americans as Christian argument, just the math.
But in this case, "some people thought it was blasphemous" could mean as few as two. Saying there were 137 participants in the survey, but not providing the number that objected, is IMHO a psychological trick meant to imply the number that objected was significant. If they weren't willing to disclose the number of objectors, then they shouldn't have stated the number of participants, either.
(of course the same argument could be used to say that "some thought it was well done" could mean as few as two also. I'm just saying that Murray's spin on the numbers feels smarmy and manipulative to me).
So if the IT department can't reset the password of their own employees, what the hell good are they? If you can't remember your password, you're forever locked out of your account? In a company with a "food chain" large enough to include a CEO, CTO, CFO, and "all the way down", they weren't using SMS or some other central software distribution system that doesn't require individual visits to client desktops? I don't doubt your story, I laugh at the clearly deficient system design that required someone to personally visit every desktop for some "upgrade". Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm sure moderation will let me know.
Allowing the books to be packed denser on the shelves? You mean they're not already stacked side by side? Or, do you mean that they're getting rid of those pesky wide aisles that humans need to navigate among the stacks?
But if they giveth the edit button, then they must taketh moderation on edited posts. You would have to revert to your base score again if you edit after moderation. Therefore the chap that moderated your post initially would magically get that mod point back, with a convenient pointer to the revised post to take another crack at it. Or something like that.
The other replies to parent are a bit harsh, but essentially there are options for getting and sharing broadband. Broadband does not mean just ADSL or Cable. There's T1/DS1 ($ not that bad through Speakeasy and others), 144Kbps IDSL (longer distance than SDSL or ADSL), and 128Kbps ISDN (which I easily got at 30k feet from switch - should go much further). You can recoup circuit costs by WiFi sharing in your neighborhood if your ISP allows it (Speakeasy does). See my posting history for another comment on this story about Speakeasy T1.
Disclaimer: I don't work for Speakeasy. I am not a paid mouthpiece. I simply like their service and their sensible sharing policies.
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It better not prevent local sharing. I maintain a Speakeasy T1 line for my home office, and recently have begun sharing out bandwidth via WiFi in my neighborhood, using Speakeasy's Netshare program. I have essentially become a mini 'WISP'. No other broadband is available to my area (too far for DSL; no cable internet; DirecPC/Starband just ain't all that great; etc), so I am providing a valuable service to those that can't afford their own ISDN or T1. They love me for it. My state better not be bullied by Big Broadband to prevent me from doing this.
And/. has already gone down that long road arguing the pros/cons of sharing bandwidth with your neighbors, I know all the arguments, I've done all the precautions, we're not going there for this discussion.
Sorry, I meant about the current GlobalFlyer flight, you were speaking of the newsworthiness of the balloon flight, but more or less the same applies regarding my comments on GlobalFlyer and CNN. Sheesh - not having a good day reading today.
but the general reaction I got from most everybody was that it really wasn't that newsworthy
Indeed for CNN, at least at the outset. The takeoff (or any of the pre-takeoff prep) was not broadcast live on mainstream CNN because they were debating BTK, missing nine year old girls, and Michael Jackson the entire day.
And I would have to say, the live commentary during the landing by CNN anchors was just short of nauseating. The constant blathering by the completely uninformed hosts was annoying... they couldn't find it in themselves to shut up and let the mission audio play by itself a-la NASA-TV. Had to turn the sound down.
To the lady anchor on this afternoon during the landing (don't remember her name): that "big red thing" above Steve's head was not the fuel tank - it was the engine.
And I see your point now, about "flying" all the way around the world, not simply taxiing past the start point. But having taken off on 35 (heading N) and landing on 17 (heading south) it sounds like they did their howework to go east of the exact longitude they started from, or at least flew over that same point.
He took off on RWY 35, then landed on RWY 17 (watched the live Realvideo feed at takeoff, and CNN on landing). To me that says he passed over the same point in both directions, meeting your criteria. Notice that he taxied almost completely down to the far end of the runway after landing, before turning off to the taxiway. He used all but 4000 feet of the 13,500 runway on takeoff, so it seems to me he crossed the same point on takeoff and landing.
They're not dead yet? Didn't D&M buy them and agree to simply remove the program-sharing function? Sure looks like I can buy new units at my local CompUSA or through www.replaytv.com.
I'm not trying to be a (overused phrase here) "fanboy", just trying to check your argument.
Does no one like ReplayTV anymore? I see only one other mention of Replay in the currently posted comments. My old Panasonic HS2000 (many many years old) is still going strong on ReplayTV.
I like MyReplayTV on the web, and I like the skip forward button.
Is Replay the Beta to Tivo's VHS? (figuratively speaking - where the alleged better technology doesn't always win). I admit that I've never owned a Tivo, but in the few times I did side-by-side them, I greatly preferred the Replay.
From the looks of the various footage, probably over Steve's right shoulder. Mostly the view has been looking down onto the instrument panel from above and to the right of the pilot position. It changes occasionally so it must be some sort of flexible arm mounting that Steve can repoint the camera as needed (desired). "Loss of Data" might be when there are satellite transponder troubles, or maybe he's taking a pee in private;-)
Let me make it perfectly clear, it's not my site or feed, it's from the official Global Flyer site. It's the image above the "Mixed Feed" text. See my posting history for previous posts on this topic.
Ummm... did you click the link above? This will open it in your browser. Click refresh to manually refresh. Or use something like Webcam Watcher to automatically grab the image URL every xx seconds.
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Any specific evidence from anyone on the wear and tear on flash drives, that thousands of read/write cycles can inflict? Anytime I've read elsewhere about people running applications off USB drives, someone has mentioned r/w cycles. Anyone have a drive fail from this?
Here's why not. One of the more frequent user arguments for mirroring on slashdot itself, is the issue of depriving advertisers on quoted sites from eyeballs, but there's plenty of other mirror sites so /. doesn't need to get involved.
Any discussion of the Theremin is incomplete without a reference to Pamelia Kurstin, most recently using it on tour with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
Because it seems folks in the US like to spend more than they have.
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My 100th Post. Whoopee. Apparently I've spent more Karma than I have.
But my UPS driver, if he can't read the sig, will ask "last name please?", then type that in to the pad. At least then UPS has something to tell the sender for POD if they do a track on it, even if you made that name up. They can say "Yes sir, it looks like someone signed for it, a 'Mr. Bin Laden'."
Ergo, I believe 2/3 is at least a "handfull".
No comment on the Americans as Christian argument, just the math.
(of course the same argument could be used to say that "some thought it was well done" could mean as few as two also. I'm just saying that Murray's spin on the numbers feels smarmy and manipulative to me).
So what can we infer from you being 5 degrees of separation away from Taco in the Kevin Bacon game?
So if the IT department can't reset the password of their own employees, what the hell good are they? If you can't remember your password, you're forever locked out of your account? In a company with a "food chain" large enough to include a CEO, CTO, CFO, and "all the way down", they weren't using SMS or some other central software distribution system that doesn't require individual visits to client desktops? I don't doubt your story, I laugh at the clearly deficient system design that required someone to personally visit every desktop for some "upgrade". Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm sure moderation will let me know.
Allowing the books to be packed denser on the shelves? You mean they're not already stacked side by side? Or, do you mean that they're getting rid of those pesky wide aisles that humans need to navigate among the stacks?
Sorry, Che, but a "novice" doesn't have a /. uid of 85906. Surely after having been around that long, you know a few things?
But if they giveth the edit button, then they must taketh moderation on edited posts. You would have to revert to your base score again if you edit after moderation. Therefore the chap that moderated your post initially would magically get that mod point back, with a convenient pointer to the revised post to take another crack at it. Or something like that.
Disclaimer: I don't work for Speakeasy. I am not a paid mouthpiece. I simply like their service and their sensible sharing policies.
And /. has already gone down that long road arguing the pros/cons of sharing bandwidth with your neighbors, I know all the arguments, I've done all the precautions, we're not going there for this discussion.
Sorry, I meant about the current GlobalFlyer flight, you were speaking of the newsworthiness of the balloon flight, but more or less the same applies regarding my comments on GlobalFlyer and CNN. Sheesh - not having a good day reading today.
Indeed for CNN, at least at the outset. The takeoff (or any of the pre-takeoff prep) was not broadcast live on mainstream CNN because they were debating BTK, missing nine year old girls, and Michael Jackson the entire day.
And I would have to say, the live commentary during the landing by CNN anchors was just short of nauseating. The constant blathering by the completely uninformed hosts was annoying... they couldn't find it in themselves to shut up and let the mission audio play by itself a-la NASA-TV. Had to turn the sound down.
To the lady anchor on this afternoon during the landing (don't remember her name): that "big red thing" above Steve's head was not the fuel tank - it was the engine.
And I see your point now, about "flying" all the way around the world, not simply taxiing past the start point. But having taken off on 35 (heading N) and landing on 17 (heading south) it sounds like they did their howework to go east of the exact longitude they started from, or at least flew over that same point.
He took off on RWY 35, then landed on RWY 17 (watched the live Realvideo feed at takeoff, and CNN on landing). To me that says he passed over the same point in both directions, meeting your criteria. Notice that he taxied almost completely down to the far end of the runway after landing, before turning off to the taxiway. He used all but 4000 feet of the 13,500 runway on takeoff, so it seems to me he crossed the same point on takeoff and landing.
I'm not trying to be a (overused phrase here) "fanboy", just trying to check your argument.
I like MyReplayTV on the web, and I like the skip forward button.
Is Replay the Beta to Tivo's VHS? (figuratively speaking - where the alleged better technology doesn't always win). I admit that I've never owned a Tivo, but in the few times I did side-by-side them, I greatly preferred the Replay.
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Isn't it simply doing this by geolocation of your IP address?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1 here, no problems reading, posting, modding, etc.
From the looks of the various footage, probably over Steve's right shoulder. Mostly the view has been looking down onto the instrument panel from above and to the right of the pilot position. It changes occasionally so it must be some sort of flexible arm mounting that Steve can repoint the camera as needed (desired). "Loss of Data" might be when there are satellite transponder troubles, or maybe he's taking a pee in private ;-)
Let me make it perfectly clear, it's not my site or feed, it's from the official Global Flyer site. It's the image above the "Mixed Feed" text. See my posting history for previous posts on this topic.
Ummm... did you click the link above? This will open it in your browser. Click refresh to manually refresh. Or use something like Webcam Watcher to automatically grab the image URL every xx seconds.