...against all expectations on my USB modem using a metal bowl I had lying around (think of a paraboloid with a flat bottom). Boosted download speeds on 3 consecutive tests by 50% (with bowl over without). Also, 3 tests in a row with no bowl showed some variation, but didn't peak at the same speed as with the bowl. Whod've thunk it.
...I don't buy the distraction argument. If you need to concentrate to code, it's fine. If you need to deal with the phone though, I'd appreciate you keeping the volume low enough to hear the ring (and yes, some people prefer to talk rather than email - mainly because it actually gets a result)
"Try looking up what happened to the paediatrician who looked a bit like a low-res photo of a suspected paedophile that was published in a British newspaper."
I don't know why some people seem so upset. So the French Right have hacked the political system and found an exploit to get their legislation passed. The Left know the rules too, they stuffed up by letting it happen.
If it was an obscure hack to calculate square roots five times faster, we would be applauding but because it's a hack about something we don't agree with, then we're upset. Hats off to them for being smart.
And I have to say neither the headline nor the linked article actually explain what this is about. For all I can tell, it is an amendment to the laws of Petanque.
I think they mean cubic centimetre. I love how TFA went to the effort and converted it to Imperial...( 1 cc = 0.06 cubic inches for those of you who may be reading from the three remaining countries that don't use metric).
As an Australian, I can only shake my head and say "we're not all like this". Originally our Prime Minister wanted the broadcaster to take the whole show off the air.
I guess this latest response is after someone pointed out that you could originally only see the offending footage live over the net at 4 in the morning (really, someone needs to get a life if this is what they are doing at 4 am).
And I am pleased to note that my skills haven't changed as I got older. Yep. I suck just as badly at Doom 3 as I did at the original Castle Wolfenstein.
Mind you, when I first started gaming, no-one had invented pixels yet. We used to play with pencil and paper and work out the trajectories using a slide rule. And then plot it on graph paper. Of course my friend and I invented graph paper. Just to play the games.
Did I mention we used slide rules? Well one day, it would have been the summer of '78 I think. Now that was a good summer! Well one day, me and my friend Hank McGee. Do you know Hank? His daughter upped and left with that slick city insurance fella oooh about '68 I think. Ended up leaving him for that Steve Ballmer guy.
But anyway, where was I? That's right! Of course we had to use slide rules in them days because no-one had invented graph paper yet. Of course, we had to call it dickety-paper because the Kaiser...no wait I saw that on the TV the other night. Any how, Steve Ballmer invented the slide rule (or was it the Internet?, I get so confused these days) right after Hank hurt his leg in the Fire of '72.
But we did use slide rules. And graph paper. Which is why Hank invented the Internet....
Speaking as a parent, the 2.5 isn't geeky exactitude, those 0.5's matter. My daughter went from 7 to 7 and a quarter to 7 and a third etc... and woe betide me if I left off the fraction.
And that extra 0.5 gives you rank in the playground like you wouldn't believe (like running a 2.4 kernel vs a 2.6 in the kind of circle that gives a shit about that stuff).
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Sense of humour....it's all in the eye of the beholder. I can't see this as anything but a very clever dig at l33t hardware hoX0rs that overclock the crap out of their hardware for that extra 1 fps in Doom 3
That's a good point....
This is just computational necrophilia to fill a gap in an otherwise slow news day.
And another thing (very OT!) why is my default firefox RSS feed bookmark suddenly being banned by slashdot? All I did was click the RSS icon at the bottom of that dang fireyfox doodad on th' interweb. Twas months ago....Now I am being told slashdot hates me and my headline reader is banned. Should have written it in Rexx?
Quand ardent Jupiter avec son regard fixe de perforation transpercera Venus juste carrément en son échine.
Alors l'un triomphe singe-fait face au-dessus de son ennemi.
Et les auteurs au Forum déploreront. Et fureur contre RIAA et SCO (comme d'habitude).
When fiery Jupiter with his piercing gaze
Shall spear fair Venus squarely in her loins
Then shall the monkey-faced one triumph over his foe
And the writers to the Forum shall lament
And rail against RIAA and SCO
I really appreciate his love for hardware. One day, just maybe, that old crappy laptop will be a collector's item. I hope he sells for for a motza on ebay in 2050 and posts a "told you so" on slashdot, for all you doubters out there (as long as he doesn't link it to a webpage running on said laptop)
Slashdot Mirror
...against all expectations on my USB modem using a metal bowl I had lying around (think of a paraboloid with a flat bottom). Boosted download speeds on 3 consecutive tests by 50% (with bowl over without). Also, 3 tests in a row with no bowl showed some variation, but didn't peak at the same speed as with the bowl. Whod've thunk it.
...I don't buy the distraction argument. If you need to concentrate to code, it's fine. If you need to deal with the phone though, I'd appreciate you keeping the volume low enough to hear the ring (and yes, some people prefer to talk rather than email - mainly because it actually gets a result)
"Try looking up what happened to the paediatrician who looked a bit like a low-res photo of a suspected paedophile that was published in a British newspaper."
I did. If this is the case to which you refer - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm -, it turns out the 'tale has grown in the telling'.
There was no angry mob. There was one piece of spray painted graffiti by (supposedly) a couple of teenagers who confused the person's job title.
I know, it's hidden in plain sight in the source code. No-one will ever look there when assessing the security of an application
I don't know why some people seem so upset. So the French Right have hacked the political system and found an exploit to get their legislation passed. The Left know the rules too, they stuffed up by letting it happen.
If it was an obscure hack to calculate square roots five times faster, we would be applauding but because it's a hack about something we don't agree with, then we're upset. Hats off to them for being smart.
And I have to say neither the headline nor the linked article actually explain what this is about. For all I can tell, it is an amendment to the laws of Petanque.
It's comments like this that make me unhappy that scores max out at +5
Not that easy - 4chan blocks any communication from a known Tor proxy.
Freenet - maybe. But does anyone use it? Really?
Well there you go, I never knew that.It's amazing what you learn on the net.
However, I am too jaded to be surprised that:
1. There are cow magnet scams
2. And there are anti-cow magnet scam websites http://www.cowmagnetscam.org/
I am not brave enough to see if Rule 34 is satisfied, but I can guess the answer.
I think they mean cubic centimetre. I love how TFA went to the effort and converted it to Imperial...( 1 cc = 0.06 cubic inches for those of you who may be reading from the three remaining countries that don't use metric).
Unless they attached a backhoe to the lander.
So theaters make money by people *not* going to theater? It's a wonder they all didn't retire after Gigli.
...as researchers are ingesting.... Which I guess, one day, won't be too far off the mark.
Yes. The day slashdot spells 'website' incorrectly is the day the terrorists have one ^H^H^H won.
...and has appeared in a certain reality television show
That's three primes unhappy at being found :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_number/
As an Australian, I can only shake my head and say "we're not all like this". Originally our Prime Minister wanted the broadcaster to take the whole show off the air. I guess this latest response is after someone pointed out that you could originally only see the offending footage live over the net at 4 in the morning (really, someone needs to get a life if this is what they are doing at 4 am).
"on all eights"
OK you owe me a new laptop since I spurted coffee out my nose on it for that remark
And I am pleased to note that my skills haven't changed as I got older. Yep. I suck just as badly at Doom 3 as I did at the original Castle Wolfenstein.
Mind you, when I first started gaming, no-one had invented pixels yet. We used to play with pencil and paper and work out the trajectories using a slide rule. And then plot it on graph paper. Of course my friend and I invented graph paper. Just to play the games.
Did I mention we used slide rules? Well one day, it would have been the summer of '78 I think. Now that was a good summer! Well one day, me and my friend Hank McGee. Do you know Hank? His daughter upped and left with that slick city insurance fella oooh about '68 I think. Ended up leaving him for that Steve Ballmer guy.
But anyway, where was I? That's right! Of course we had to use slide rules in them days because no-one had invented graph paper yet. Of course, we had to call it dickety-paper because the Kaiser...no wait I saw that on the TV the other night. Any how, Steve Ballmer invented the slide rule (or was it the Internet?, I get so confused these days) right after Hank hurt his leg in the Fire of '72.
But we did use slide rules. And graph paper. Which is why Hank invented the Internet....
Speaking as a parent, the 2.5 isn't geeky exactitude, those 0.5's matter. My daughter went from 7 to 7 and a quarter to 7 and a third etc... and woe betide me if I left off the fraction.
And that extra 0.5 gives you rank in the playground like you wouldn't believe (like running a 2.4 kernel vs a 2.6 in the kind of circle that gives a shit about that stuff).
Quick! Canon EOS 5D. Used. Often sold but never delivered! There's only one left at the CRAAAAAZY price of $2899. Call on 888 365 4300 to let us know of what you REALLY think about this great offer. Better still, email us at sales@priceritephoto.com Problems with the order? We can ignore you just as effectively if you email to customerservice@priceritephoto.com Like our motto says, "caveat emptor, suckeris'
Sense of humour....it's all in the eye of the beholder. I can't see this as anything but a very clever dig at l33t hardware hoX0rs that overclock the crap out of their hardware for that extra 1 fps in Doom 3
And another thing (very OT!) why is my default firefox RSS feed bookmark suddenly being banned by slashdot? All I did was click the RSS icon at the bottom of that dang fireyfox doodad on th' interweb. Twas months ago....Now I am being told slashdot hates me and my headline reader is banned. Should have written it in Rexx?
Quand ardent Jupiter avec son regard fixe de perforation transpercera Venus juste carrément en son échine.
Alors l'un triomphe singe-fait face au-dessus de son ennemi.
Et les auteurs au Forum déploreront. Et fureur contre RIAA et SCO (comme d'habitude).
When fiery Jupiter with his piercing gaze
Shall spear fair Venus squarely in her loins
Then shall the monkey-faced one triumph over his foe
And the writers to the Forum shall lament
And rail against RIAA and SCO
I really appreciate his love for hardware. One day, just maybe, that old crappy laptop will be a collector's item. I hope he sells for for a motza on ebay in 2050 and posts a "told you so" on slashdot, for all you doubters out there (as long as he doesn't link it to a webpage running on said laptop)
These microbes are all very well, but can you run Linux on them yet?
About as long as the life-expectancy of his server