In addition to the OJ above, I've seen this happen. A friend of mine runs a 24/7 internet coffee shop, and almost everyone who hangs out there smokes. He has five or six PCs but he replaces parts of them all the time. The amount of smoke those PCs endure over time is absolutely insane. It might not seem possible, but consider that there's about 15 lit cigarettes within about 30 feet of the PCs 24/7/365: the fans have gotten clogged, the motherboards short out, the CD drives start to jam, and the keys on the keyboards start to get stuck.
I can confirm this. A friend of mine spilled half a can of Sprite into her keyboard. She turned it over and let it dry out, and it seemed fine, but within a couple of weeks the slash key (and a couple other keys) simply went rock solid. I had to put most of my weight on the key to get it to go down. I can't really explain it.
Wait a minute. You're on Gentoo, and 'not afraid of the command line,' and you're talking about Synaptic? Dude, Synaptic is just a frontend for other package management systems like apt. It's these actual package managers that are complex pieces of software, because they cache repository info, manage dependencies, download and install software. So your whole judgement of autopackage based on that is ridiculous, because autopackage is to create the paradigm of software installation for Linux like that which Windows has cultivated (e.g., download software from each developer's site instead of a central location). Shut up about Synaptic, it has nothing to do with this.
Well, both, but what really made everyone snap was that she began stalking Pamela Jones, taking photographs of her apartment from across the street, and dedicating her column to providing personal details of her life to the public. Here is a Google cache of the original article. It's rather sick.
I feel for you. A girl (and very good friend of mine) I know has Asberger's. I didn't take it that seriously because she seemed almost completely normal. Then one night we went to a party, and about an hour in, she sat down on the floor against the wall and started crying. About three minutes later she stopped and got up as if nothing was wrong, and kept telling me she was fine, she was fine, over and over. Over the weeks, similar actions manifested. Completely illogical environmental (temperature, lighting) preferences. Wandering around at night. Honestly, it's frightening. I've since come to terms with it all, but it took me a while. Recognising that Asberger's is simply a part of who someone is can help you accept its presence in the life of someone you love. I don't mean to be pessimistic, but in all forms of autism, it's hard. Really hard. Expect the most unpredictable and unexplainable behaviour from your son. Even has he grows older, he'll develop more intricate ways of communicating and interacting with people around him, but at the same time, develop more engrained and intricate habits that may very well be with him for life. I highly recommend group support sessions. It's easier knowing you aren't alone in this.
1. Charge a shitload for tuition 2. Force students to purchase wi-fi interface for television 3. And phone 4. ??? 5. I think you know what this step is
Wireless purely for the sake of wireless is just a stupid idea. I'm assuming they pretty much already have most of the infrastructure they need. Don't the dorms and offices and classrooms already have phone lines??? Also, the bandwidth of Wi-Fi is puny compared to gigE, which is what is required for some on-campus applications like streaming video (I'm a student at IU and we do things like that sometimes). Plus there's the whole security problem. This just seems like one big joke...
This means a 60GB iPod Photo will be hit for an additional 196 euros ($258), all of it going to the record industry's copyright collection agencies
I think SOMEONE didn't quite think this through. I don't doubt that consumers will simply revolt, either running across the border to purchase their electronics, or just not buying them, until some idiot politicians receive enough letters and this whole measure is canned.
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In addition to the OJ above, I've seen this happen. A friend of mine runs a 24/7 internet coffee shop, and almost everyone who hangs out there smokes. He has five or six PCs but he replaces parts of them all the time. The amount of smoke those PCs endure over time is absolutely insane. It might not seem possible, but consider that there's about 15 lit cigarettes within about 30 feet of the PCs 24/7/365: the fans have gotten clogged, the motherboards short out, the CD drives start to jam, and the keys on the keyboards start to get stuck.
I can confirm this. A friend of mine spilled half a can of Sprite into her keyboard. She turned it over and let it dry out, and it seemed fine, but within a couple of weeks the slash key (and a couple other keys) simply went rock solid. I had to put most of my weight on the key to get it to go down. I can't really explain it.
Wait a minute. You're on Gentoo, and 'not afraid of the command line,' and you're talking about Synaptic? Dude, Synaptic is just a frontend for other package management systems like apt. It's these actual package managers that are complex pieces of software, because they cache repository info, manage dependencies, download and install software. So your whole judgement of autopackage based on that is ridiculous, because autopackage is to create the paradigm of software installation for Linux like that which Windows has cultivated (e.g., download software from each developer's site instead of a central location). Shut up about Synaptic, it has nothing to do with this.
No, it doesn't work this way any more. For a bit more of an explanation see this table / timeline.
I heard their new slogan is, "10,000 Critical Objects, In Your Pocket."
And then, infect your car!
Isn't Magneto the EVIL one?
Well, both, but what really made everyone snap was that she began stalking Pamela Jones, taking photographs of her apartment from across the street, and dedicating her column to providing personal details of her life to the public. Here is a Google cache of the original article. It's rather sick.
I feel for you. A girl (and very good friend of mine) I know has Asberger's. I didn't take it that seriously because she seemed almost completely normal. Then one night we went to a party, and about an hour in, she sat down on the floor against the wall and started crying. About three minutes later she stopped and got up as if nothing was wrong, and kept telling me she was fine, she was fine, over and over. Over the weeks, similar actions manifested. Completely illogical environmental (temperature, lighting) preferences. Wandering around at night. Honestly, it's frightening.
I've since come to terms with it all, but it took me a while. Recognising that Asberger's is simply a part of who someone is can help you accept its presence in the life of someone you love. I don't mean to be pessimistic, but in all forms of autism, it's hard. Really hard. Expect the most unpredictable and unexplainable behaviour from your son. Even has he grows older, he'll develop more intricate ways of communicating and interacting with people around him, but at the same time, develop more engrained and intricate habits that may very well be with him for life. I highly recommend group support sessions. It's easier knowing you aren't alone in this.
there was supposed to be an Earth-shattering ka-BOOM!
More seriously now...it's a bad name. There's no such ****ing thing as a "spintron."
"The possibilities are really endless," she said.
How about...ooh, wireless line breaks.
1. Charge a shitload for tuition
2. Force students to purchase wi-fi interface for television
3. And phone
4. ???
5. I think you know what this step is
Wireless purely for the sake of wireless is just a stupid idea. I'm assuming they pretty much already have most of the infrastructure they need. Don't the dorms and offices and classrooms already have phone lines??? Also, the bandwidth of Wi-Fi is puny compared to gigE, which is what is required for some on-campus applications like streaming video (I'm a student at IU and we do things like that sometimes). Plus there's the whole security problem. This just seems like one big joke...
Really now, how does the GPL fix prices when it allows anyone to charge any amount of money for GPL software?
This reminds me a LOT of the upcoming Current TV.
This means a 60GB iPod Photo will be hit for an additional 196 euros ($258), all of it going to the record industry's copyright collection agencies
I think SOMEONE didn't quite think this through. I don't doubt that consumers will simply revolt, either running across the border to purchase their electronics, or just not buying them, until some idiot politicians receive enough letters and this whole measure is canned.
Idiocy leads to Microsoft. Microsoft leads to spyware. Spyware leads to low bandwidth. Low bandwidth leads to buffering. I sense much idiocy in you.
Check out what slashdot looked like back then!!
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration.
Well then, just employ a code comment moderation system.
Judging from your indenting, I'm sure glad I don't have to read YOUR code.
...where comments are more important than articles.
an Antonov AN-225 filled with blu-ray discs