i wrote a pair of perl scripts on a friends laptop that stores all the networks it sees, regurgitates a list on request and will connect to a given name.
the whole thing was about 2 pages of code, and only used the wireless-tools package...
read the manual for iwconfig and associated tools;)
the difference with gentoo is that stuff compiled from source is still managed by the package manager unlike (say) debian.
i'm a recent convert to gentoo from debian - i found that almost half the programs on my debian box had to be recompiled from source because the debian packages either had options that i didn't need, or didn't have the options that i wanted.
I will still use debian for situations where dirvespace is limited, or the box doesn't need any special compile time options, such as gateway/firewalls, but for servers i prefer gentoo for the reasons stated above...
given that 2) and 3) are the same thing, you've only to watch out for pump failure, and its fairly trivial to connect a flow indicator to the cpu fan header so that your motherboard's built-in fan failure routines can be employed..
you also need to watch out for galvanic/ionic transfer (easily avoided by having radiator metal = waterblock metal) and clogging (use clean water!) and make sure that the hose barbs are properly secured (zip ties behind the barbs work a treat)
watercooling has been used in cars for many years and the systews generally only leak if poorly maintained...
its a pity that intel chips are currently taking somewhere around 20% more power than athlons of the same performance, and instead of using proper cooling, cripple themselves when they think they're getting hot...
there's an athlon xp 2400+ and a p4 2400 in our house.. my athlon has a smaller heatsink, a quieter fan, and the p4 runs about 15 degrees warmer than it... (my athlon is currently ambient+8, the intel is ambient+20)
I think you've hit the nail on the head with this one.. I used to be a code monkey, and it was endlessly frustrating that I was never allowed the time nor resources to properly debug projects, and replace all the nasty kludges with proper code before they were released..
appariently fast work is vastly more important than quality:(
eventually I quit because the frustration and stress levels of this got too much...
TA was game of the year, 1997 I believe - though it might have been the Core Contingency update pack.
TA is still my favourite game, for the exact reasons you list above - an EXCELLENT interface!
most other war strategy games fail dismally to capture my attention, because they confuse micro-management with lack of automation.
I loved TA because I could set up a base in the manner you describe, and LEAVE IT and go out clubbing, knowing that it would still be intact when I came home, BUT if I wanted to press a decent attack I would have to put in a fair amount of management - not of telling units to do what they should know how to do already, but in actually telling them what I wanted them to do in my position as battle commander.
the only features I ever wanted in TA were better computer AI, path finding and a 'replace destroyed buildings' option... with all other strategy games I've played, my wish list was basically all the best parts of the TA interface.
Too many modern games do the same as the schooling system, in that they cater for the lowest common denominator and provide little to no ability for power users to power-use rather than needlessly micro-manage.
right, so the 2.2v green led that consumes 10ma (10ma*2.2v = 22mw = 0.022w) thats shining out of the front of your computer doesn't light your whole room at night? (I know mine does...)
so, assuming its as efficient as an LED (it seems to be reported as being more efficient than one), something potentially 160 times brighter over an area (as an example) 160 times bigger (approx 37mmx37mm) would output no visible light, even though its the same amount of watts (and lumens if just as efficient as an LED) per sq. mm as the green light in the front of your computer that lights your whole room at night, and is more than visible enough during any time of the day?
I'd better go and sue all the companies that produce LEDs for fraud through breaches of the third law of thermodynamics then...
this guy is missing the point... I mean, what he says is true, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the idea of open-source is flawed - perhaps its actually the monetary system? all his point says is that the one doesn't support the other, and then takes the assumption that the monetary system should prevail, merely because its been around longer.
how long did humanity believe that the earth was flat before chris showed em whats what? does the <u>age</u> of an idea make any difference as to its correctness?
sometimes an idea's age is a product of its correctness in most situations, like newtonian physics. But then there comes situations which no longer fit - (google the fact that mercury's orbit isn't described by newtonian physics, but needs the intervention of einsteinian relativity to plot it properly) - and this is where the old idea needs to be not thrown out, but de-emphasized, for a new one that does work.
open source is this, IMHO. All we need to do now is work out how to <u>effectively</u> distribute resources other than software in a manner that emulates the open source movement, and we'd be set.
try and find Abuse by crack.com - I used to love making levels for this game, and spent endless hours making the levels do more and more insane things, and pose more and more puzzling problems... its only a side-scroller, but very interesting and easy to use:)
you'll need the full version to use the level editor I believe...
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i wrote a pair of perl scripts on a friends laptop that stores all the networks it sees, regurgitates a list on request and will connect to a given name.
;)
the whole thing was about 2 pages of code, and only used the wireless-tools package...
read the manual for iwconfig and associated tools
did it with samba.
;)
mount network drive -> add a few entries in the firewall
unmount -> remove entries
works a treat when all your tables are default drop
all of them.
the difference with gentoo is that stuff compiled from source is still managed by the package manager unlike (say) debian.
i'm a recent convert to gentoo from debian - i found that almost half the programs on my debian box had to be recompiled from source because the debian packages either had options that i didn't need, or didn't have the options that i wanted.
I will still use debian for situations where dirvespace is limited, or the box doesn't need any special compile time options, such as gateway/firewalls, but for servers i prefer gentoo for the reasons stated above...
given that 2) and 3) are the same thing, you've only to watch out for pump failure, and its fairly trivial to connect a flow indicator to the cpu fan header so that your motherboard's built-in fan failure routines can be employed..
you also need to watch out for galvanic/ionic transfer (easily avoided by having radiator metal = waterblock metal) and clogging (use clean water!) and make sure that the hose barbs are properly secured (zip ties behind the barbs work a treat)
watercooling has been used in cars for many years and the systews generally only leak if poorly maintained...
its a pity that intel chips are currently taking somewhere around 20% more power than athlons of the same performance, and instead of using proper cooling, cripple themselves when they think they're getting hot...
;)
there's an athlon xp 2400+ and a p4 2400 in our house.. my athlon has a smaller heatsink, a quieter fan, and the p4 runs about 15 degrees warmer than it... (my athlon is currently ambient+8, the intel is ambient+20)
so now tell me about those monster HSFs
I think you've hit the nail on the head with this one.. I used to be a code monkey, and it was endlessly frustrating that I was never allowed the time nor resources to properly debug projects, and replace all the nasty kludges with proper code before they were released..
:(
appariently fast work is vastly more important than quality
eventually I quit because the frustration and stress levels of this got too much...
I think this is the exact marketing effect they've attempted to create...
TA was game of the year, 1997 I believe - though it might have been the Core Contingency update pack.
TA is still my favourite game, for the exact reasons you list above - an EXCELLENT interface!
most other war strategy games fail dismally to capture my attention, because they confuse micro-management with lack of automation.
I loved TA because I could set up a base in the manner you describe, and LEAVE IT and go out clubbing, knowing that it would still be intact when I came home, BUT if I wanted to press a decent attack I would have to put in a fair amount of management - not of telling units to do what they should know how to do already, but in actually telling them what I wanted them to do in my position as battle commander.
the only features I ever wanted in TA were better computer AI, path finding and a 'replace destroyed buildings' option... with all other strategy games I've played, my wish list was basically all the best parts of the TA interface.
Too many modern games do the same as the schooling system, in that they cater for the lowest common denominator and provide little to no ability for power users to power-use rather than needlessly micro-manage.
right, so the 2.2v green led that consumes 10ma (10ma*2.2v = 22mw = 0.022w) thats shining out of the front of your computer doesn't light your whole room at night? (I know mine does...)
so, assuming its as efficient as an LED (it seems to be reported as being more efficient than one), something potentially 160 times brighter over an area (as an example) 160 times bigger (approx 37mmx37mm) would output no visible light, even though its the same amount of watts (and lumens if just as efficient as an LED) per sq. mm as the green light in the front of your computer that lights your whole room at night, and is more than visible enough during any time of the day?
I'd better go and sue all the companies that produce LEDs for fraud through breaches of the third law of thermodynamics then...
this guy is missing the point... I mean, what he says is true, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the idea of open-source is flawed - perhaps its actually the monetary system? all his point says is that the one doesn't support the other, and then takes the assumption that the monetary system should prevail, merely because its been around longer.
how long did humanity believe that the earth was flat before chris showed em whats what? does the <u>age</u> of an idea make any difference as to its correctness?
sometimes an idea's age is a product of its correctness in most situations, like newtonian physics. But then there comes situations which no longer fit - (google the fact that mercury's orbit isn't described by newtonian physics, but needs the intervention of einsteinian relativity to plot it properly) - and this is where the old idea needs to be not thrown out, but de-emphasized, for a new one that does work.
open source is this, IMHO. All we need to do now is work out how to <u>effectively</u> distribute resources other than software in a manner that emulates the open source movement, and we'd be set.
try and find Abuse by crack.com - I used to love making levels for this game, and spent endless hours making the levels do more and more insane things, and pose more and more puzzling problems... its only a side-scroller, but very interesting and easy to use :)
you'll need the full version to use the level editor I believe...