My only complaint with Oo2.0 is the slow load times (which I would attribute to that junk inside called java). It wouldn't hurt if they added some curve-fitting routines to the spreadsheet sw, which is the only application, which feature for feature, fails to compete with the MS counterpart. I don't know if many people know that it can convert to pdf just about any document. That's something that's underrated, as it would require me to spend $200+ to get the same capability in MS word (not counting the price of office of course).
I would connect a webcam with motion detecting software to an AI system that tracked the face of the introduder and triggered an ak-47 upon target lock - no injuries that way, just instant death!
OC'ing a P4 to 4 ghz isn't likely to result in any noticable difference... If you're a gamer (like me), a 2 ghz+ machine works just fine, slow-downs are generally caused by graphics card/memory issues... If you do a lot of multi-tasking you're better off spending the money on a dual processor system that has 15k rpm scsis, I assure you if you do this you will see a very noticable difference. I also noticed that alienware is using a raid 0 SATA configuration -- that's just downright stupid considering the data corruption potential.
My guess is that such reactors will use a pebble bed core, which allows active refueling of the core. BTW, a reactor is the core, not the entire electrical generation system, i.e. this doesn't include the turbines, heat exchangers, misc auxilliary components... IF the core is a pebble bed, it is virtually impossible to be turned into a weapon... The pebbles are about 6cm in diameter, and contain approximately 10000 microparticles of fuel, which are individually encased in layers of pyrolytic carbon and graphite, and all of these particles are contained in a random array inside the otherwise graphite-filled pebble... You chemists out there can figure out how difficult it would be to separate any significant mass of fuel from one pebble (which will probably be low enriched U235), and mix that with 10^5 pebbles in one core, it seems unlikely that this material could be stolen and used for a bomb... As far as melting points, I remember from my design project the failure temp is around 1600 C, which is extraordinarily high... I would post a link that shows what happens in the event of a loss-of-coolant accident, but I would prefer my website not be slashdotted today (verizon wouln't like it either).
just for those that still use itunes in windows, and wanna convert the encryted acc files so you can play them on xmms/whatever on linux... there's a project at http://www.hymn-project.org/ that allows you to decrypt your acc files, you can then download dbpowerAMP to convert the unencryted acc's to mp3's... There's also a batch script if you google for it that will automate the process if you've got a lot of files you want to convert...
This is definitetly a positive step - openoffice sometimes inexplicably crashes on some spreadsheets, and at least last time I used OO, some of the excel charts were just treated as images and were not editable. The one thing though I wish someone would fix is the need for a really good equation editor in the word processor - I'm a grad student in engr and the only reason I haven't migrated completely to linux is because I have to use word, in conjunction with mathtype to write up reports,etc. I know OO has included some sort of support for equations, but it's still a long way from attaining the robustness I need.
This is what I've suspected all along - delay halo 2's release another 3 months (which considering it's already 3.5 months behind schedule already wouldn't be a surprise), and expedite release date of the xbox 2. That way they can force everyone that wants halo 2 to upgrade (and who didn't buy the xbox at least partially because of the existence of halo?).
good point, with vmware your total cost still exceeds that of windows alone, vmware and win4lin aren't really solutions, they're crutches (and quite expensive ones i might add) until a native linux app is developed, in my opinion if you can't run critical software using wine(http://www.winehq.org, you're better of sticking with windows.
uninstalling is easy: emerge --unmerge pkgname
binaries are easily accesible: emerge --usepkg pkgname
if you're talking about the dependencies in (1), there are scripts out there now that take care of it (that i haven't used personally). I'm careful so i don't have any problems in the first place
The bottom line is that gentoo is not idiot-proof(none of the other linux distros are either,for that matter). If you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't use gentoo - on the other hand if you break kde by removing qt(if you try to remove glibc,gcc,etc you shouldn't be using linux) it's not going to break your installation-and if i were stupid enough to do it i would be able to connect the dots between removing qt and kde not working, and simply emerge qt again.
political correctness has met the IT sector once again. For gosh sakes, what's the problem? I don't plan to eat my motherboard - you might argue "it's thrown away one day", but some miniscule trace of lead found in the solder isn't going to hurt anything - more goes into the environment when i lose a sinker fishing than when I throw away a dozen motherboards.
I was disgusted but not surprised to find that A&M didn't even make the list. It seems that there is no priority to improve connectivity, from problems finding free network plugs in grad offices to pentium IIs in engineering computer labs (yes, there are fights over the one p4 in my major's computer lab, and our sys admin has two 19in flat panels to boot). It's really a tragedy that A&M is one of the largest universities in the world and yet cannot seem to even keep up with schools like Baylor.
just when I thought I'd be able to dl the kernel, the release is announced on/.
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Yeah, Real is pathetic in general - especially all the spy-ware/advertising crap they bundle with it. Admittedly they have a great compression algorithm - they should pattern themseleves after Adobe - Adobe provides a free reader and charges for the editor - real could do the same - if consumers like their media-player interface content creators will purchase the media-creation tools.
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My only complaint with Oo2.0 is the slow load times (which I would attribute to that junk inside called java). It wouldn't hurt if they added some curve-fitting routines to the spreadsheet sw, which is the only application, which feature for feature, fails to compete with the MS counterpart. I don't know if many people know that it can convert to pdf just about any document. That's something that's underrated, as it would require me to spend $200+ to get the same capability in MS word (not counting the price of office of course).
Those viagra spams were the few bright spots in my mundane life... And those XXX spams... nevermind, I won't go there...
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I would connect a webcam with motion detecting software to an AI system that tracked the face of the introduder and triggered an ak-47 upon target lock - no injuries that way, just instant death!
OC'ing a P4 to 4 ghz isn't likely to result in any noticable difference... If you're a gamer (like me), a 2 ghz+ machine works just fine, slow-downs are generally caused by graphics card/memory issues... If you do a lot of multi-tasking you're better off spending the money on a dual processor system that has 15k rpm scsis, I assure you if you do this you will see a very noticable difference. I also noticed that alienware is using a raid 0 SATA configuration -- that's just downright stupid considering the data corruption potential.
My guess is that such reactors will use a pebble bed core, which allows active refueling of the core. BTW, a reactor is the core, not the entire electrical generation system, i.e. this doesn't include the turbines, heat exchangers, misc auxilliary components... IF the core is a pebble bed, it is virtually impossible to be turned into a weapon... The pebbles are about 6cm in diameter, and contain approximately 10000 microparticles of fuel, which are individually encased in layers of pyrolytic carbon and graphite, and all of these particles are contained in a random array inside the otherwise graphite-filled pebble... You chemists out there can figure out how difficult it would be to separate any significant mass of fuel from one pebble (which will probably be low enriched U235), and mix that with 10^5 pebbles in one core, it seems unlikely that this material could be stolen and used for a bomb... As far as melting points, I remember from my design project the failure temp is around 1600 C, which is extraordinarily high... I would post a link that shows what happens in the event of a loss-of-coolant accident, but I would prefer my website not be slashdotted today (verizon wouln't like it either).
just for those that still use itunes in windows, and wanna convert the encryted acc files so you can play them on xmms/whatever on linux... there's a project at http://www.hymn-project.org/ that allows you to decrypt your acc files, you can then download dbpowerAMP to convert the unencryted acc's to mp3's... There's also a batch script if you google for it that will automate the process if you've got a lot of files you want to convert...
no, what he's really worried about is being put in an israeli prison....
I've often wondered why a similar manual isn't written for windows with answers to questions like "where is my shell terminal?"
This is definitetly a positive step - openoffice sometimes inexplicably crashes on some spreadsheets, and at least last time I used OO, some of the excel charts were just treated as images and were not editable. The one thing though I wish someone would fix is the need for a really good equation editor in the word processor - I'm a grad student in engr and the only reason I haven't migrated completely to linux is because I have to use word, in conjunction with mathtype to write up reports,etc. I know OO has included some sort of support for equations, but it's still a long way from attaining the robustness I need.
This is what I've suspected all along - delay halo 2's release another 3 months (which considering it's already 3.5 months behind schedule already wouldn't be a surprise), and expedite release date of the xbox 2. That way they can force everyone that wants halo 2 to upgrade (and who didn't buy the xbox at least partially because of the existence of halo?).
good point, with vmware your total cost still exceeds that of windows alone, vmware and win4lin aren't really solutions, they're crutches (and quite expensive ones i might add) until a native linux app is developed, in my opinion if you can't run critical software using wine(http://www.winehq.org, you're better of sticking with windows.
I want one... donations anyone?
uninstalling is easy: emerge --unmerge pkgname binaries are easily accesible: emerge --usepkg pkgname if you're talking about the dependencies in (1), there are scripts out there now that take care of it (that i haven't used personally). I'm careful so i don't have any problems in the first place
The bottom line is that gentoo is not idiot-proof(none of the other linux distros are either,for that matter). If you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't use gentoo - on the other hand if you break kde by removing qt(if you try to remove glibc,gcc,etc you shouldn't be using linux) it's not going to break your installation-and if i were stupid enough to do it i would be able to connect the dots between removing qt and kde not working, and simply emerge qt again.
I have 2 phds from MIT and i now clean restrooms for a living - i'm so much happier now!
political correctness has met the IT sector once again. For gosh sakes, what's the problem? I don't plan to eat my motherboard - you might argue "it's thrown away one day", but some miniscule trace of lead found in the solder isn't going to hurt anything - more goes into the environment when i lose a sinker fishing than when I throw away a dozen motherboards.
lucky dog! I can't remember the last time I received a legitimate email.
Hell, the guy should've just installed win4lin under linux with win95/98 - and who said linux couldn't use 10 year old software?
I was disgusted but not surprised to find that A&M didn't even make the list. It seems that there is no priority to improve connectivity, from problems finding free network plugs in grad offices to pentium IIs in engineering computer labs (yes, there are fights over the one p4 in my major's computer lab, and our sys admin has two 19in flat panels to boot). It's really a tragedy that A&M is one of the largest universities in the world and yet cannot seem to even keep up with schools like Baylor.
just when I thought I'd be able to dl the kernel, the release is announced on /.
Yeah, Real is pathetic in general - especially all the spy-ware/advertising crap they bundle with it. Admittedly they have a great compression algorithm - they should pattern themseleves after Adobe - Adobe provides a free reader and charges for the editor - real could do the same - if consumers like their media-player interface content creators will purchase the media-creation tools.
That's what scientists been saying about commercial fusion reactors since the 70s.
Sleep during the day!
Are you surprised - Arnold just couldn't understand the whole article.