What can I tell you? It's a documented part of the OpenFirmware in both the shipped and current upgrade version. I was able to install Debian by following a rather trivial set of directions on a XO without developer access. Note that some people are of the mistaken impression that dev access is required, but that is not the case: dev access is only needed to alter OpenFirmware settings or access the OF command prompt to specify arbitrary boot files. You can Google OLPC Debian and come up with the wiki page describing that install.
Actually I don't use it very much. It has ended up being much simpler (four yum packages) to just install xfce on the XO Fedora build, and run it in place of Sugar as the window environment. I don't have a profound preference for debian vs Fedora, so it's easier to just leverage the XO kernel/userspace development. It's nice to know I *can* run an alternate OS if needed, but I don't find myself needing to do it as much as I anticipated.
1) The XO isn't designed for teens (the keyboard in particular).
2) There is an SDHC slot already built into the device which supports up to 256GB cards (if they existed). This space can readily be mounted permanently (fstab) or semi-permanently (alias) into the directory structure, as I've done with my 8GB card.
Even without the developer key to unlock OpenFirmware, the XO design supports booting an alternate OS by holding down a button during startup. I have Debian installed on mine.
What happens to the heavy, fast-movile missile full of explosives after the jamming system diverts it from the airplane over the heavily-populated area?
Did you see the part in the original article where it says the watch list should be more broadly leveraged to screen applicants for employment in "sensitive areas"? (That's chemical factories, not Pentagon jobs.)
"Also, says materials scientist Boris Yakobson of Rice University in Houston, Texas, because water is so common as either liquid as rain or vapor as humidity, it will likely affect graphene sheets exposed to the environment in the long run if the material can't be protected from water's effects."
I owned a 2001 Tahoe (same as Yukon) with the 5.3L V8 for four years and over 50K miles. Overall average was 18mpg for that period, including various off-road excursions (including the Mojave Road). Ironically, exactly the same as I got driving a '93 Miata during the same period. (No, I didn't drive them the same way, but that's the mileage I got.)
This is one of my soapbox issues. More and more, investigations into your personal history (job applications, police investigations, security clearances, and the like) are questioning your *arrest* record. Being arrested (or even charged, but that's another discussion) denotes NOTHING about guilt, intent, or even behavior. You can be arrested for nothing more than being an out-of-state bystander who is witness to an (alleged) crime.
The *connotation*, however, is becoming increasingly negative, as is the inference when you refuse to reply, or respond that you have not been convicted of any crimes. (I started to type "have no convictions, but it got very confusing very fast!)
And no, I personally have neither convictions nor arrests.
I'd say his "long-time Linux sys admin role" puts him in a terrible position to assess Ubuntu vs Windows. His description of the rsync shell script/cron job/firewall config/server setup backup process as "automatic" only gives insight as to how far from mainstream his perspective is. And this is after three previous attempts to run Linux as his everyday desktop?
Yes, I actually use rsync in a similar manner on my OS X machine. But I sure don't brag about it.:)
KeS
Those all seem like odd velocities - I'm not used to seeing anything over around 1200fps out of a 9mm handgun, but carbines/rifles should be quite a bit higher. Anyone see any description or rational for the caliber/velocity combinations they used for their testing?
USAGE Believability is at the heart of both incredible and incredulous, but there is an important distinction in the respective uses of these two adjectives. Incredible means 'unbelievable' or 'not convincing' and can be applied to a situation, statement, policy, or threat to a person:: I find this testimony incredible. Incredulous means 'disinclined to believe, skeptical'--the opposite of | credulous, | gullible --and is usually applied to a person's attitude: | you shouldn't be surprised that I'm incredulous after all your lies.
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(shrug)
What can I tell you? It's a documented part of the OpenFirmware in both the shipped and current upgrade version. I was able to install Debian by following a rather trivial set of directions on a XO without developer access. Note that some people are of the mistaken impression that dev access is required, but that is not the case: dev access is only needed to alter OpenFirmware settings or access the OF command prompt to specify arbitrary boot files. You can Google OLPC Debian and come up with the wiki page describing that install.
KeS
Actually I don't use it very much. It has ended up being much simpler (four yum packages) to just install xfce on the XO Fedora build, and run it in place of Sugar as the window environment. I don't have a profound preference for debian vs Fedora, so it's easier to just leverage the XO kernel/userspace development. It's nice to know I *can* run an alternate OS if needed, but I don't find myself needing to do it as much as I anticipated.
KeS
1) The XO isn't designed for teens (the keyboard in particular).
2) There is an SDHC slot already built into the device which supports up to 256GB cards (if they existed). This space can readily be mounted permanently (fstab) or semi-permanently (alias) into the directory structure, as I've done with my 8GB card.
KeS
Even without the developer key to unlock OpenFirmware, the XO design supports booting an alternate OS by holding down a button during startup. I have Debian installed on mine.
KeS
What happens to the heavy, fast-movile missile full of explosives after the jamming system diverts it from the airplane over the heavily-populated area?
KeS
Dive knives are available in both titanium and rhodium/steel alloys, because non-magnetism is a desirable feature.
KeS
It keeps glowing and glowing and glowing and glowing...
KeS
That's not an emergency, unless you were planning on donating YOUR heart to your father...
The fact that everyone considers THEIR personal affairs of ultimate importance doesn't make them emergencies.
KeS
Did you see the part in the original article where it says the watch list should be more broadly leveraged to screen applicants for employment in "sensitive areas"? (That's chemical factories, not Pentagon jobs.)
KeS
What? Where's SCO?!? :lao
KeS
"Also, says materials scientist Boris Yakobson of Rice University in Houston, Texas, because water is so common as either liquid as rain or vapor as humidity, it will likely affect graphene sheets exposed to the environment in the long run if the material can't be protected from water's effects."
LMAO
KeS
Can any of them still reproduce?
KeS
I owned a 2001 Tahoe (same as Yukon) with the 5.3L V8 for four years and over 50K miles. Overall average was 18mpg for that period, including various off-road excursions (including the Mojave Road). Ironically, exactly the same as I got driving a '93 Miata during the same period. (No, I didn't drive them the same way, but that's the mileage I got.)
KeS
Half the body weight of the employees, per day.
That seems reasonable. (sheesh)
KeS
This is one of my soapbox issues. More and more, investigations into your personal history (job applications, police investigations, security clearances, and the like) are questioning your *arrest* record. Being arrested (or even charged, but that's another discussion) denotes NOTHING about guilt, intent, or even behavior. You can be arrested for nothing more than being an out-of-state bystander who is witness to an (alleged) crime.
The *connotation*, however, is becoming increasingly negative, as is the inference when you refuse to reply, or respond that you have not been convicted of any crimes. (I started to type "have no convictions, but it got very confusing very fast!)
And no, I personally have neither convictions nor arrests.
KeS
Well, that's just because they're making the wrong choice! :)
KeS
I'd say his "long-time Linux sys admin role" puts him in a terrible position to assess Ubuntu vs Windows. His description of the rsync shell script/cron job/firewall config/server setup backup process as "automatic" only gives insight as to how far from mainstream his perspective is. And this is after three previous attempts to run Linux as his everyday desktop? Yes, I actually use rsync in a similar manner on my OS X machine. But I sure don't brag about it. :)
KeS
Those all seem like odd velocities - I'm not used to seeing anything over around 1200fps out of a 9mm handgun, but carbines/rifles should be quite a bit higher. Anyone see any description or rational for the caliber/velocity combinations they used for their testing?
KeS
Geocaching. :)
KeS
"The less you know about home computers, the more you'll want the new IBM PS/1."
Classic.
KeS
USAGE Believability is at the heart of both incredible and incredulous, but there is an important distinction in the respective uses of these two adjectives. Incredible means 'unbelievable' or 'not convincing' and can be applied to a situation, statement, policy, or threat to a person:: I find this testimony incredible. Incredulous means 'disinclined to believe, skeptical'--the opposite of | credulous, | gullible --and is usually applied to a person's attitude: | you shouldn't be surprised that I'm incredulous after all your lies.
- OAD
Incredulously, SCO's Mark James requested that IBM tell SCO how to obtain the information.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
KeS
I want to believe that during movies with explosions and crashes, the viewers get thrown around from side to side of the bridge, er, room!
KeS
Just keep repeating it to yourself, in however many languages you speak.
KeS
"All bleeding stops eventually." :)
KeS