Yes, SSDs are great. And they become faster & have more capacity by the week. But they are still way more expensive. And if history told us one thing, it's that the cheapest solution wins. Period.
What LEDs does that thing use? How many Lumen does it put out?
I will pass and stick to my Fenix P3D. It lasts 65 hours at 12 Lumen or 6 1/2 at 210 (iirc). After that time, it will still burn for a few days (I got bored and threw away the old batteries after two days of contant burning). It has 5 output modes. It is made from aluminium, water-tight and as large as your thumb. Still, those 210 make it, quite literally, a searchligt. Oh, and the CR123A it uses have a shelf life of ten years.
DNSCURVE has been around for some time, now. DJB just does a shitty job of pointing out why it's superior. As I don't have time to sum it up, just harvest the +5 I comments for details.
Also, I would have thought that qmail has a larger impact & coverage than djbdns & daemontools, but oh well;)
DJB is hard to deal with when, not if, you disagree with him. But he _does_ churn out good stuff.
SQL, PHP? There are several mark-up languages that will spew forth nicely formatted documents. I love wikis, but don't use them when they do not make sense.
While I don't need to find new a job, I could instantly work in half a dozen places all around the world. Solely because I know people who work in the field with those people knowing that I am good. Similarly, there are several people I know which would get a job offer from where I work if they ever need one.
You need to be good at stuff, know people who are also good at stuff and then make sure they know you are good at stuff.
Places to start this process (yes, it takes time and you must not expect quick results) are your local LUGs, IRC, mailing lists and FLOSS projects. LUGs having the advantage of consisting of people who are close to where you live.
I doubt the OpenMoko is completely open as that would clash with a lot of regulations about the GSM stack. Certifying these is _hard_ and costs a lot of money.
1) we are building on top of what the FSF and Stallman achieved by "tak[ing] a noble goal to a loony extreme". FLOSS as we know it would not exist unless they had been as uncompromising as they were. By stopping now you gain in the short term, but you lose in the medium and long term.
2) The hardware vendors could do a lot of things, but plain fact is they put firmware into their devices from with the help of the driver to reduce cost and complexity. That is fine, it's a good thing. Still, this means that it would be equally trivial to load up custom firmware. Your crappy printer does not support PCL and wastes ink on purpose? Well, you can fix that, now. Of course, you might brick it as well. But that's just fair game.
While I may not agree with Lessig in all points, he will be a lot better than any of his precedessors. And it's good not to have an extremist in all cases. That is why there are people who mediate between others. Having a skilled mediatior in a position of power is a Good Thing.
Wrong. It needs to withstand the pressure, but as it is filled with liquids itself, that is pretty much a no-brainer (pun intended). There are other things to take into consideration like the reduced amount of oxygen, no light, etc. But for a creature which does not need actual air bubbles, they problem becomes a lot less complicated than it is for us.
So what? If they do a legally binding "we will not attack anyone unless you attack a subscriber" stunt, you can simply ignore those patents. Of course, a large corp might not want to use a particular piece of software as they are battling someone else, but I don't care about that. And yes, abolishing the stupid (not all!) patents would be better. But in the current system, it means that pressure is taken off the community.
Your sig prompts me to answer, though. You will have a pretty fixed opinion on gun posession and that is fine. But the questionaire for people who dare oppose this "human right" is pretty bad. A perfect example of suggestive questions. This only serves to reaffirm the people who agree with you. It will not make anybody else really appreciate the points you have, though. The mental defense against trick questions kicks in and they block everything you say.
Finally, three points:
1) Wouldn't if be better if you did not need to defend yourself at all? 2) Why do you equate self-defense with guns? Are there no other ways? 3) The USA is pretty much unique among first-world countries inasmuch most of your burglars carry guns. They need them because the chance that the owner of the house will have, and use, one is a lot higher. In Europe, the last thing you will find on a burglar is a gun. They don't need them to defend themselves and they would rather avoid the ~2 additional years that they get if caught in a crime with a gun as opposed to without one.
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..yah, I can tell how sad you are. How dare she die when you just caught up to watching one or two series?
..don't go for Crack Attack or Tetrinet.
No, he was not, provided he still has a licence.
Yes, SSDs are great. And they become faster & have more capacity by the week. But they are still way more expensive. And if history told us one thing, it's that the cheapest solution wins. Period.
What LEDs does that thing use? How many Lumen does it put out?
I will pass and stick to my Fenix P3D. It lasts 65 hours at 12 Lumen or 6 1/2 at 210 (iirc). After that time, it will still burn for a few days (I got bored and threw away the old batteries after two days of contant burning). It has 5 output modes. It is made from aluminium, water-tight and as large as your thumb. Still, those 210 make it, quite literally, a searchligt. Oh, and the CR123A it uses have a shelf life of ten years.
DNSCURVE has been around for some time, now. DJB just does a shitty job of pointing out why it's superior. As I don't have time to sum it up, just harvest the +5 I comments for details.
Also, I would have thought that qmail has a larger impact & coverage than djbdns & daemontools, but oh well ;)
DJB is hard to deal with when, not if, you disagree with him. But he _does_ churn out good stuff.
The [human] race would be in deeper trouble without females than without males.
Guess if I know them over the intarwebs or locally. Obviously, the local ones do not count.
1) Fastest USB thumb drive which is rugged and has 4 GiB or more of storage?
2) Fastest SDHC card with 4 GiB or more of storage?
Thanks!
Your opinion seems to be a popular one. Lots of Italians I know will never ever move back to Italy.
SQL, PHP? There are several mark-up languages that will spew forth nicely formatted documents. I love wikis, but don't use them when they do not make sense.
Tell that to people obsessing over a cucumber slice.
While I don't need to find new a job, I could instantly work in half a dozen places all around the world. Solely because I know people who work in the field with those people knowing that I am good. Similarly, there are several people I know which would get a job offer from where I work if they ever need one.
You need to be good at stuff, know people who are also good at stuff and then make sure they know you are good at stuff.
Places to start this process (yes, it takes time and you must not expect quick results) are your local LUGs, IRC, mailing lists and FLOSS projects. LUGs having the advantage of consisting of people who are close to where you live.
And yes, this is a long-term investment.
I doubt the OpenMoko is completely open as that would clash with a lot of regulations about the GSM stack. Certifying these is _hard_ and costs a lot of money.
Let's see you touch firmware, then :)
I agree on the pragmatic approach, but:
1) we are building on top of what the FSF and Stallman achieved by "tak[ing] a noble goal to a loony extreme". FLOSS as we know it would not exist unless they had been as uncompromising as they were. By stopping now you gain in the short term, but you lose in the medium and long term.
2) The hardware vendors could do a lot of things, but plain fact is they put firmware into their devices from with the help of the driver to reduce cost and complexity. That is fine, it's a good thing. Still, this means that it would be equally trivial to load up custom firmware. Your crappy printer does not support PCL and wastes ink on purpose? Well, you can fix that, now. Of course, you might brick it as well. But that's just fair game.
After reading your comment, I will just not write what I wanted to. You did that for me.
While I may not agree with Lessig in all points, he will be a lot better than any of his precedessors. And it's good not to have an extremist in all cases. That is why there are people who mediate between others. Having a skilled mediatior in a position of power is a Good Thing.
No, he is interested in what mommy and daddy do. It's just natural. Children learn by imitation and repetition.
Wrong. It needs to withstand the pressure, but as it is filled with liquids itself, that is pretty much a no-brainer (pun intended). There are other things to take into consideration like the reduced amount of oxygen, no light, etc. But for a creature which does not need actual air bubbles, they problem becomes a lot less complicated than it is for us.
Guess who will be on next month's death threat list.
Agreed. It is a lot better than being bashed on the head from the start, though.
So what? If they do a legally binding "we will not attack anyone unless you attack a subscriber" stunt, you can simply ignore those patents. Of course, a large corp might not want to use a particular piece of software as they are battling someone else, but I don't care about that. And yes, abolishing the stupid (not all!) patents would be better. But in the current system, it means that pressure is taken off the community.
True, a second sheet would help.
Your sig prompts me to answer, though. You will have a pretty fixed opinion on gun posession and that is fine. But the questionaire for people who dare oppose this "human right" is pretty bad. A perfect example of suggestive questions. This only serves to reaffirm the people who agree with you. It will not make anybody else really appreciate the points you have, though. The mental defense against trick questions kicks in and they block everything you say.
Finally, three points:
1) Wouldn't if be better if you did not need to defend yourself at all?
2) Why do you equate self-defense with guns? Are there no other ways?
3) The USA is pretty much unique among first-world countries inasmuch most of your burglars carry guns. They need them because the chance that the owner of the house will have, and use, one is a lot higher. In Europe, the last thing you will find on a burglar is a gun. They don't need them to defend themselves and they would rather avoid the ~2 additional years that they get if caught in a crime with a gun as opposed to without one.
I would argue that the sun is a larger factor than dhmo(.org) in gas state.