In that case, CmdrTaco's karma would be rather puny. But it would be fair: CmdrTaco has been the number one dpe poster on Slashdot, and I think that should be visible: stories posted by unrepentant dupe posters should start with a lower visibility, and it would be a feedback to those dupe posters that they ought to change something in their work.
After all, this is their job, who more than they should have some feedback on -how- they perform their job?
I like "kiddie-games". I have a lot of fun playing them even though I'm 34. Furthermore, these are games for the whole family, and for those of you who do have a family, you'll be very appreciative of this. To have the whole family together, having fun with some witty and innocent videogame, it's the best thing after playing together outside, or campling or other such stuff.
I don't believe those shoot-n-kill games (for one example) are really for mature audiences. They are rahter for young teenagers who think that this is the world of the adults, towards which they haplessly rush. Me, I admit I have never been like that, and that kind of game didn't attract me, but nowadays it simply repulses me.
That's why most of the X-box games are totally uninteresting to me. The Playstation has a few funny ones (like Spyro), but the Gamecube (as the NES earlier) is my choice.
..Lance Bass guy not paying up? I understand he's a member of this boy band n'sync or what the foot. Now, I also know that he took part in training at the cosmodrome in Russia. Did he not even pay for the training, or did he pay for it, but pulled out from the actual flight?
I would be surprised, because I saw him boasting on the TV, how this has been always his dream, since his childhood (which was last year).
As much as I respect Disraeli (beyond this very famous phrase), I think these are not even statistics. The RIAA just looks like a bunch of fucking morons.
I imagine the poor bastard who's email you posted is just some guy that you have some gripes with. Most readers will, I believe, ignore you, but if only 20% get in the trap, this guy's e-mail is toast.
If he's really a spammer, post some proof of it, non-anonymously.
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Excellent analysis. Actually, in an ideal world, this should be a normal interpretation, but seeing as how many empty heads have judged the movie, your writeup is outstanding.
Interesting how on Slashdot most people feel compelled to parrot what they perceive as the "common wisdom", without investing a second of their time in forming their own (supposedly intelligent) opinion.
This definitely reminds me of the ornithopter..
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from Dune. Again, reality imitates (science) fiction. Nice!
We do Java: anyone can use whatever the heck they like, but the software must be within a certain budget bracket. People seem to have naturally standardized on VisualCafe. Many just use an editor with syntax highlighting. Then they check in their code into Clearcase and the build manager makes the build.
Natalie Portman is completely unrelated to the "hot grits poured on my pants" line, but they all belong to the rich history of Slashdot subculture, together with the "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of.." and AYB.
That is quality It surely is, and by the way, if it works, it's a collectible item of high value!
If you are toying with the idea of using it still, know that the lifespan of lightbulbs is very strongly determined by the voltage at which they operate. I'm not sure about the fiugres anymore (was long ago when I did my EE studies), but it's something like 100 times longer if the lightbulb operates at 20% under the nominal voltage. Ant the other thing is the switching: you better not switch it on and off too often, or do it through a low-resistant NTC element, which will basically slow down the slope of the current, effectively protecting the bulb from surges. The NTC component, as you probably know, will decrease resistance with the increase of temperature. Connected in series with the bulb if will have a hgher resistance when you turn the switch on, while gradually becoming less resistive as time passes, because it heats up.
Just some tips so you can hold on to that gem you got.
I came to this conclusion when in my parent's cottage house I discovered that all the switches that never needed fixing/replacing were Siemens-made during the 1930's. I noticed that the quality of electrical products has been steadily declining since then. Note, for another example, that today you just can't find lighbulb sockets made of ceramics, only plastic.
I also noticed a visible decline in the quality of fans. Nowadays, you can't trust a fan to last longer than 2 years, while almost all the fans in the power supplies in the IBM AT computers I used to service, were all working 3 years ago, after 7 or 8 years of horrible conditions (lots of dust, movings, etc.).
It's the little things like these that convinced me to try to keep some of my older HI-FI equipment, like my old Philips CD player, or my (relatively) very old Philips DVD player DVD730 - the first DVD player Philips made. All my older equiplemnt still works perfectly, except for scratches and some unsupported formats (like MP3 or VCD 2.0), but I can put up with those.
OK, so let's say a high-profile case is brought against Microsoft because -their- EULA says you can get refund if you don't accept it (the EULA). Now, if I was a MS alwyer, I would argue that EULAs can't be enforced and don't have the power of an agreement, that they are, in effect not an institution.
If the MS lawyer wins the case on this ground, they have just shot themselves in the feet with a bazooka. If they lose, they get to pay up, and there could be some huge punitive damages. Plus from now on they got to satisfy every request for OS refund, even those chaps that will continue using the OS on that computer.
If I was that famous MS lawyer, I would, infact, play with the card that the EULA is a non-institution, that it's void and worthless. Why? Because I believe that the EULA will be hallenged sooner or later, and it will be found void. So it's better for MS to cut their losses at the expense of the EULA, which will eventually become garbage anyway.
Yeah. If my reality sucks because I'm poor, do I want my virtual experience to suck exactly like that? I don't think so:o) I have the distinct impression that the game is going to succeed with those with a lot of money to throw away - and I am not saying there isn't a viable market, there. It's just that I don't feel I'm part of that market.
I bet his rich daddy is worth more than your real job.
Sorry, I saw too many snobs sons-of-daddy running Mercedes like maniacs (most lethal car accidents in Croatia are caused by these kind of young people, under the effect of alcohol).
I see. I think "Veritas" as a company name is a bit overloaded. In Finland we got Trans Veritas oy and Det Norsek Veritas oy (oy is something like inc.). I just discovered that there is another US based Veritas, "Veritas DGC inc.". People seem to suffer of lack of fantasy, I guess. Not to diss your former employer;o)
I don't think you should spread that kind of information on these boards. I know for a fact that disclosing data about our customers is illegal as per the agreement I signed when I started working for my company.
Said that... do you work for Veritas as in VxVM? I didn't know they were into services of this type.
In one post, you mentioned my two preferite office applications: GoBe and Applix. Both lean, very usable and stable products without unnecessary cruft.
I think Applix is more or less dead, unfortunately, and GoBe might be headed the same way. But if anyone knows differently, please correct me. Applix deserves to exist!
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Let me clarify: in the SCSI world, and in all those situations where a SCSI name space is used (like with fibrechannel and also in this case), the drives are discriminated based on the SCSI target (or SCSI ID) and the LUN. In most cases, which I believe are the ones you have seen, the drives have LUN 0. But that doesn't have to be necessarily the case, you can have two drives with the same target number but different LUNs. That's exactly how it works withing the T3, where each volume that you create inside the array shows up with the same target but different LUN.
Just thought this might be an interesting FYI.
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Thanks for the info. Incidently, would you happen to know if the arrays appear as SCSI targets or SCSI LUNs?
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In that case, CmdrTaco's karma would be rather puny. But it would be fair: CmdrTaco has been the number one dpe poster on Slashdot, and I think that should be visible: stories posted by unrepentant dupe posters should start with a lower visibility, and it would be a feedback to those dupe posters that they ought to change something in their work.
After all, this is their job, who more than they should have some feedback on -how- they perform their job?
in a world that even Dali on an LSD trip would be hard pressed to come up with
;o)
Heh... I wonder how you would characterize "Mario sunshine"
I like "kiddie-games". I have a lot of fun playing them even though I'm 34. Furthermore, these are games for the whole family, and for those of you who do have a family, you'll be very appreciative of this. To have the whole family together, having fun with some witty and innocent videogame, it's the best thing after playing together outside, or campling or other such stuff.
I don't believe those shoot-n-kill games (for one example) are really for mature audiences. They are rahter for young teenagers who think that this is the world of the adults, towards which they haplessly rush. Me, I admit I have never been like that, and that kind of game didn't attract me, but nowadays it simply repulses me.
That's why most of the X-box games are totally uninteresting to me. The Playstation has a few funny ones (like Spyro), but the Gamecube (as the NES earlier) is my choice.
..Lance Bass guy not paying up? I understand he's a member of this boy band n'sync or what the foot. Now, I also know that he took part in training at the cosmodrome in Russia. Did he not even pay for the training, or did he pay for it, but pulled out from the actual flight?
I would be surprised, because I saw him boasting on the TV, how this has been always his dream, since his childhood (which was last year).
So what's the straight story here?
As much as I respect Disraeli (beyond this very famous phrase), I think these are not even statistics. The RIAA just looks like a bunch of fucking morons.
Sorry for the language.
Yes, this is definitely stalking, and if you can collect enough evidence, do take legal action. I hope your boss is aware of the situation.
Good luck!
I imagine the poor bastard who's email you posted is just some guy that you have some gripes with. Most readers will, I believe, ignore you, but if only 20% get in the trap, this guy's e-mail is toast.
If he's really a spammer, post some proof of it, non-anonymously.
Excellent analysis. Actually, in an ideal world, this should be a normal interpretation, but seeing as how many empty heads have judged the movie, your writeup is outstanding.
Interesting how on Slashdot most people feel compelled to parrot what they perceive as the "common wisdom", without investing a second of their time in forming their own (supposedly intelligent) opinion.
from Dune.
Again, reality imitates (science) fiction. Nice!
It was a patch for Linux. So, as you see, Linux is gaining momentum, after all (according to your logic)?!
Uh... somehow my Latin knowledge seems to tell me that Veritas means "truth", as it's chief meaning :o)
As for the three guesses, gee, I give up already. Blame it on my headache. Or my flu. So, which one?
We do Java: anyone can use whatever the heck they like, but the software must be within a certain budget bracket. People seem to have naturally standardized on VisualCafe. Many just use an editor with syntax highlighting. Then they check in their code into Clearcase and the build manager makes the build.
Out of genuine curiosity: what do you use nowadays, then?
I second your opinion about Turbo C/Borland C++ (and I would add Turbo Pascal, too); they were really outstanding, back then.
Natalie Portman is completely unrelated to the "hot grits poured on my pants" line, but they all belong to the rich history of Slashdot subculture, together with the "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of.." and AYB.
That is quality It surely is, and by the way, if it works, it's a collectible item of high value!
If you are toying with the idea of using it still, know that the lifespan of lightbulbs is very strongly determined by the voltage at which they operate. I'm not sure about the fiugres anymore (was long ago when I did my EE studies), but it's something like 100 times longer if the lightbulb operates at 20% under the nominal voltage. Ant the other thing is the switching: you better not switch it on and off too often, or do it through a low-resistant NTC element, which will basically slow down the slope of the current, effectively protecting the bulb from surges. The NTC component, as you probably know, will decrease resistance with the increase of temperature. Connected in series with the bulb if will have a hgher resistance when you turn the switch on, while gradually becoming less resistive as time passes, because it heats up.
Just some tips so you can hold on to that gem you got.
I came to this conclusion when in my parent's cottage house I discovered that all the switches that never needed fixing/replacing were Siemens-made during the 1930's. I noticed that the quality of electrical products has been steadily declining since then. Note, for another example, that today you just can't find lighbulb sockets made of ceramics, only plastic.
I also noticed a visible decline in the quality of fans. Nowadays, you can't trust a fan to last longer than 2 years, while almost all the fans in the power supplies in the IBM AT computers I used to service, were all working 3 years ago, after 7 or 8 years of horrible conditions (lots of dust, movings, etc.).
It's the little things like these that convinced me to try to keep some of my older HI-FI equipment, like my old Philips CD player, or my (relatively) very old Philips DVD player DVD730 - the first DVD player Philips made. All my older equiplemnt still works perfectly, except for scratches and some unsupported formats (like MP3 or VCD 2.0), but I can put up with those.
(however, this is just a layman's view of law)
OK, so let's say a high-profile case is brought against Microsoft because -their- EULA says you can get refund if you don't accept it (the EULA). Now, if I was a MS alwyer, I would argue that EULAs can't be enforced and don't have the power of an agreement, that they are, in effect not an institution.
If the MS lawyer wins the case on this ground, they have just shot themselves in the feet with a bazooka. If they lose, they get to pay up, and there could be some huge punitive damages. Plus from now on they got to satisfy every request for OS refund, even those chaps that will continue using the OS on that computer.
If I was that famous MS lawyer, I would, infact, play with the card that the EULA is a non-institution, that it's void and worthless. Why? Because I believe that the EULA will be hallenged sooner or later, and it will be found void. So it's better for MS to cut their losses at the expense of the EULA, which will eventually become garbage anyway.
But as I said IAAL (I am a layman).
Yeah. If my reality sucks because I'm poor, do I want my virtual experience to suck exactly like that? I don't think so :o) I have the distinct impression that the game is going to succeed with those with a lot of money to throw away - and I am not saying there isn't a viable market, there. It's just that I don't feel I'm part of that market.
I bet his rich daddy is worth more than your real job.
Sorry, I saw too many snobs sons-of-daddy running Mercedes like maniacs (most lethal car accidents in Croatia are caused by these kind of young people, under the effect of alcohol).
I see. I think "Veritas" as a company name is a bit overloaded. In Finland we got Trans Veritas oy and Det Norsek Veritas oy (oy is something like inc.). I just discovered that there is another US based Veritas, "Veritas DGC inc.". People seem to suffer of lack of fantasy, I guess. Not to diss your former employer ;o)
I don't think you should spread that kind of information on these boards. I know for a fact that disclosing data about our customers is illegal as per the agreement I signed when I started working for my company.
Said that... do you work for Veritas as in VxVM? I didn't know they were into services of this type.
In one post, you mentioned my two preferite office applications: GoBe and Applix. Both lean, very usable and stable products without unnecessary cruft.
I think Applix is more or less dead, unfortunately, and GoBe might be headed the same way. But if anyone knows differently, please correct me. Applix deserves to exist!
Question(s): what is a CDA, and why OpenBSD can't accept it?
Let me clarify: in the SCSI world, and in all those situations where a SCSI name space is used (like with fibrechannel and also in this case), the drives are discriminated based on the SCSI target (or SCSI ID) and the LUN. In most cases, which I believe are the ones you have seen, the drives have LUN 0. But that doesn't have to be necessarily the case, you can have two drives with the same target number but different LUNs. That's exactly how it works withing the T3, where each volume that you create inside the array shows up with the same target but different LUN.
Just thought this might be an interesting FYI.
Thanks for the info. Incidently, would you happen to know if the arrays appear as SCSI targets or SCSI LUNs?