Google Has Jumped AOL. It was so neat to watch Google don its white jump suit and crash helmet. And somwhow I guess it was kind of exciting when it did the actual jump, but somehow it's different now. It's not the same Google as before.
Hey Slashdotters, I want you to come check out a really cool website that my blind and retarded five-year-old cousin from Canada just made. He wants to grow up and be a cool web designer like me!
Is there "wear and tear" associated with running a computer at 100% CPU cycles all the time via one of these distributed computing programs like Folding@Home?
Will running these programs make my computer less reliable later? Shorten it's productive life (2-3 years)?
I have a Dual 2.0 Mac that I leave running all the time because it's also acts as my personal web server, and because it's just easier to leave the computer on (not asleep) all the time. I run Folding@home because I believe in the science and research and know that my contributions actually help good science. But the idea of wear and tear of the machine has crossed my mind and want to know what the negatives are to doing this to the machine (besides having to pay for the electricity).
Doesn't work like that. When I am hired by a magazine, ad agency, or corporation to shoot images, they are paying for my services (talent, skills, etc.).
Yes, they contract me to photograph someone or something. I sell them "reproduction rights" to the images. Just because they hire me to photograph, doesn't mean they own the work. I own the work according to copyright law. I am the author.
When your friend takes a picture of you, he is considered the author of the work. Unless he's got a signed contract specifying transfering the ownership to you. Again, I'm just telling you how the law is written and how our business works.
If we do not maintain control of our product, we got nothing to sell, and we're all out of a job.
You mean what has traditionally been referred to as God? Looks like the marketing department has gotten their hands on that too and turned it into: "Intelligent Design is a scalable, multi-platform metaphysical groupware solution."
I don't think this guy is paranoid per se, all his actions are closer to someone who is obsessive compulsive. You know the type, they can't leave the bathroom without washing their hands 17 times.
"Password Day"...come guy, get some help! Better yet, get a hobby or a mistress for crying out loud.
Here is my security: If it's important it doesn't go digital. Paper and ink baby! The more I practice it, the more I like it.
If you plan on doing your own soldering, but a quality iron! Don't be cheap and buy something at the hardware store. You're wasting your money and you won't get good results (i.e. damaging more than you're fixing). I recommend Hakko irons, they provide the best results. If you don't do a lot of soldering you can still get one of their econo-models which will be a hundred times better than what you will buy from your local store.
If you take care of it, it will last you many years of trouble free service.
The most important part of the soldering iron is the tip, so buy quality tips, and most importantly the right shaped tip for the job. I get my Hakko tips from ElectroWiseHSV which carries the best selection. Some of their specialty stuff is pricey, but you can't find it anywhere else.
The other thing that's nice about Hakko is that you can use them with the newer lead-free solder. The newer Hakko irons are designed for the new tin-based solder (ok to use lead-based solder as well) which melts at considerably higher temperatures.
Cheap solder irons and guns can't melt this stuff, because they were designed to melt lead-based solder.
Lastly, if you want to get good results always keep the tip CLEAN. I cannot stress this enough. This will also help extend the life of your tips. Some of the specialty tips can be quite expensive, like over a hundred bucks!
Every guy should know how to solder properly. It's right up there with knowing how start a campfire or jump-starting a car.
Could it be possible to build a Mac from off the shelf parts? What keeps people from building Macs anyway? Is it having available chips and motherboards? I've always wondered.
Personally, I prefer Safari in OS X, but on my work computer I can't use Safari because of some f'up Proxy reason. So I have to use non-Safari browsers to get through the proxy and firewall.
I was using Firefox, but recently switched to Camino after seeing a post on Slash. I think Camino uses a lot / most of the stuff developed for Firefox. Not really sure what the difference is, but if anybody knows the finer points between Camino and Firefox, please educate me.
Camino is REALLY fast, and uses a lot less system resources on OS X than Firefox. But the best way I can describe Camino is that it's Firefox optimized for OS X. Camino has a better look and feel in OS X than Firefox. Don't be put of by 0.8 release, it's solid. I encourage all OS X people using Firefox to try Camino.
One thing I don't like is the name....I can't get the ugly station wagon with the rally wheels out of my head.
A couple of years ago I found a leaked copy of 10.2 on Limewire or something simliar.
Sure I downloaded For I was curious about it. Never got it to boot or anything, but I forgot about the copy left on the Limewire shared folder. Didn't think much of it since I never got the software to run properly, so I figured it was broken.
Couple of weeks go by and I get a very angry call from my ISP telling me to delete the file immediately. Apparently, Apple called them and told them I had an illegal copy of their software on my machine. Needless to say, it scared the crap out of them and they in turn scared the crap out of me for they were fearing a lawsuit, etc. etc.
The point of this little story is that this is nothing new on Apple's part. They're always protecting their R&D investment. And while the young and restless will snicker, it really taught me a lesson about respecting other people's hard work. This is something you don't learn until you start getting older apparently, for I would never have felt that way about it when I was a younger.
Do I feel sorry for the guy that got sued, well, not really. He violated a contract, an agreement, and when that happens you have to suffer the consequences. Besides, I think there is more to the story than we are privy to. It's a waste of money for Apple to send their legal bird of prey after a 22 year old unless he really did some damage. These days with things like BitTorrent, the damage grows exponentially...and unfortunately, so does the punishment as a result.
Yeah, I'm with you. This is the worst "mod" I've seen in a long time. First you ruin the elegance and compactness of the Shuffle by using those dorky looking headphones. The ipod controls and completely inaccessible. Did I mention this makes you look like a dork? Ok. Just wanted to make sure.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I really don't see why people are raving about how "clever" this is. It's not! It sucks and it's stupid. Move along people, nothing to see here.
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Google Has Jumped AOL. It was so neat to watch Google don its white jump suit and crash helmet. And somwhow I guess it was kind of exciting when it did the actual jump, but somehow it's different now. It's not the same Google as before.
In other news....Steve Jobs was the second gunman who shot JFK.
Can anyone explain to me in plain English how the protection works?
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Just go ahead and admit it, they both suck for different reasons. We need a third player.
Check it out: www.flock.com
I was fine until I hit "goatze man"... what a riot! The best part is he's serious and it makes perfect sense to use goatse for the example!
Will running these programs make my computer less reliable later? Shorten it's productive life (2-3 years)?
I have a Dual 2.0 Mac that I leave running all the time because it's also acts as my personal web server, and because it's just easier to leave the computer on (not asleep) all the time. I run Folding@home because I believe in the science and research and know that my contributions actually help good science. But the idea of wear and tear of the machine has crossed my mind and want to know what the negatives are to doing this to the machine (besides having to pay for the electricity).
Yes, they contract me to photograph someone or something. I sell them "reproduction rights" to the images. Just because they hire me to photograph, doesn't mean they own the work. I own the work according to copyright law. I am the author.
When your friend takes a picture of you, he is considered the author of the work. Unless he's got a signed contract specifying transfering the ownership to you. Again, I'm just telling you how the law is written and how our business works.
If we do not maintain control of our product, we got nothing to sell, and we're all out of a job.
Yeah right! Feynman was notorious for taking drugs out on the desert while he was working on the Manhattan Project.
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You mean what has traditionally been referred to as God? Looks like the marketing department has gotten their hands on that too and turned it into: "Intelligent Design is a scalable, multi-platform metaphysical groupware solution."
"Password Day"...come guy, get some help! Better yet, get a hobby or a mistress for crying out loud.
Here is my security: If it's important it doesn't go digital. Paper and ink baby! The more I practice it, the more I like it.
My bad, I was looking for the mp3 of Steve Jobs, instead of Woz. That's why.
Can you provide a link? I can't seem to find it.
If you take care of it, it will last you many years of trouble free service.
The most important part of the soldering iron is the tip, so buy quality tips, and most importantly the right shaped tip for the job. I get my Hakko tips from ElectroWiseHSV which carries the best selection. Some of their specialty stuff is pricey, but you can't find it anywhere else.
The other thing that's nice about Hakko is that you can use them with the newer lead-free solder. The newer Hakko irons are designed for the new tin-based solder (ok to use lead-based solder as well) which melts at considerably higher temperatures.
Cheap solder irons and guns can't melt this stuff, because they were designed to melt lead-based solder.
Lastly, if you want to get good results always keep the tip CLEAN. I cannot stress this enough. This will also help extend the life of your tips. Some of the specialty tips can be quite expensive, like over a hundred bucks!
Every guy should know how to solder properly. It's right up there with knowing how start a campfire or jump-starting a car.
Could it be possible to build a Mac from off the shelf parts? What keeps people from building Macs anyway? Is it having available chips and motherboards? I've always wondered.
So many brain, so little creativity.
Updated permissions, everything seems ok.
Yes, it did.
I was using Firefox, but recently switched to Camino after seeing a post on Slash. I think Camino uses a lot / most of the stuff developed for Firefox. Not really sure what the difference is, but if anybody knows the finer points between Camino and Firefox, please educate me.
Camino is REALLY fast, and uses a lot less system resources on OS X than Firefox. But the best way I can describe Camino is that it's Firefox optimized for OS X. Camino has a better look and feel in OS X than Firefox. Don't be put of by 0.8 release, it's solid. I encourage all OS X people using Firefox to try Camino.
One thing I don't like is the name....I can't get the ugly station wagon with the rally wheels out of my head.
Sure I downloaded For I was curious about it. Never got it to boot or anything, but I forgot about the copy left on the Limewire shared folder. Didn't think much of it since I never got the software to run properly, so I figured it was broken.
Couple of weeks go by and I get a very angry call from my ISP telling me to delete the file immediately. Apparently, Apple called them and told them I had an illegal copy of their software on my machine. Needless to say, it scared the crap out of them and they in turn scared the crap out of me for they were fearing a lawsuit, etc. etc.
The point of this little story is that this is nothing new on Apple's part. They're always protecting their R&D investment. And while the young and restless will snicker, it really taught me a lesson about respecting other people's hard work. This is something you don't learn until you start getting older apparently, for I would never have felt that way about it when I was a younger.
Do I feel sorry for the guy that got sued, well, not really. He violated a contract, an agreement, and when that happens you have to suffer the consequences. Besides, I think there is more to the story than we are privy to. It's a waste of money for Apple to send their legal bird of prey after a 22 year old unless he really did some damage. These days with things like BitTorrent, the damage grows exponentially...and unfortunately, so does the punishment as a result.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I really don't see why people are raving about how "clever" this is. It's not! It sucks and it's stupid. Move along people, nothing to see here.
Don't know...I can't do my contextual spell checking in Hotmail like I can in FF. If anybody can help turn this on, let me know.
It's ok, I bought at $22 and I'm as happy as a pig in shit.