Wish I could upvote you. Haven't been in a theater since 2012 and I doubt I'll ever go back.
People is the problem. They're on their phones, they get up to go get snacks, drinks, or go to the bathroom. They talk incessantly.
In addition, when I watch a movie in my home, there are no commercials. I'm forced to watch them in the theater.
I hope so..
T4 systems suck. We have problems all the time with the LDOMs spinning up and taking out the entire frame.
Also, isn't it about time Solaris died?
Got a small system here that I use for learning.. I started out with VMware workstation 8 and 9. I've since tried Xen and VirtualBox. VirtualBox works great with CENTOS as the host OS. Very stable.
Totally agree with this. ION systems can play 1080p content no sweat. They also are very low power, so the system is quiet.
Also, why in the world would you run XBMC under Windows?????? XBMC in Linux supports VDPAU, which is how low end stuff like the ION can play 1080p flawlessly.
Have someone set up a small PC in their cube that runs an IRC server on Linux or BSD of some flavor. over half of my team telecommutes, and we have used IRC as an effective communication tool for a very long time.
When you go to your astronomy club's meeting, see if they have a group that builds telescopes. Building your own telescope is a great way to save a lot of money, plus you'll learn a lot in the process.
If you're lucky enough to be in the SF bay area, the Chabot Observatory Telescope Maker's Workshop is a great place to learn about telescopes, and also how to build them. They can guide you through the process, and its really not as hard as you might think. http://chabotspace.org/vsc/observatory/telescopemakers/
If you want to hold of on astrophotograpy for a while, I recommend picking up a Dobsonian mount telescope. They're a low cost design, and you can find 10 and 12 inch reflectors for $800. Also, they're easy to build, which goes back to the building your own comment earlier.
Dobsonians are not suitable for photography though. But, they are a cheap way to break into backyard astronomy.
Apache 2 has mod_deflate for compressing data on the fly as its sent.
There are caveats with that though. Some browsers don't support it well, and like anything else compressing files that are already compressed doesn't buy you anything.
I can't tell, is the first line supposed to be funny, or do you really not understand what global climate change (AKA Global Warming) is?
Tongue in cheek sarcasm there.. Pure and simple.
When I go outside to walk my dogs in April, I shouldn't be scraping snow off my shoes. So, nice global warming. And, I'm not buying the "Global warming makes things colder" routine that Al "Gigantic Carbon Footprint" Gore and his crapola movie espouses.
That kind of mentality is almost the same as saying putting hot water in ice trays makes ice faster.
I don't believe scientists are in a conspiracy either. I just don't buy that we have enough proof that homo sapiens are the sole primary cause of our climate change. There are other planets in our solar system that are having the same climate change as us. They're so busy pointing fingers that they're not practicing due dilligence.
Also, while I do believe we *are* having a change in climate, and that humans may be *partially* to blame for it, I'm also not one of the people out there that has a gigantic carbon footprint. My family has two cars.. Both get 40 MPG, and if American car manufacturers would sell a car that gets 60mpg and seats a family of four, I'd buy one or two.. Additionally, if they made an alternative fuel car that could travel safely at highway speeds for 400+ miles, I'd buy one of them also. I telecommute for a living, so one of our cars had less than 3000 miles put on it last year. The other did less than 10000. I recycle regularly too. So, I do at least make an attempt to be responsible with the resources that I use.
But, I also see that a lot of our problems are caused by tree huggers. We should have been investing in nuclear power all this time. Look at France. They get 90% of their power from nuclear, and have very little dependence on fossil fuels. America should be where the French are now with nuclear power. Instead, the no nukes tree huggers in the 70's and 80's did their best to make sure that nuclear power was killed off. We should also be investing in wind and solar power so we can diversify our sources of power, rather than rely on one source.
And had to scrape the global warming off my shoes...
Seriously though.. We're supposed to be at least slightly above average in math and science here on Slashdot, right?
How about we look at it from a more scientific side? I'm sure theres a few people on here with a solid Physics background that can quantify through the laws of thermodynamics how much energy consumption it would take to continuously raise the mean temperature on our planet.
I'm willing to bet that the results would show that we are having far less of an impact than the great glowing ball of hydrogen in our sky.
There are articles out saying that Mars has lost its southern ice caps due to recent warming, and Jupiter is also experiencing climate change.
Now, I know the rest of the world hates America, but even blaming us for that is a stretch. After all, we haven't been able to put McDonalds and Hummer dealerships there yet.
At least, thats been my experience. I've telecommuted now for 8 years. If I want to progress to the next level in my paygrade, it requires that I take on project leadership responsibilities. That's something that requires a presence on campus and endless meetings. For now, that's not something I really want to do. So, I'll continue being the only engineer on night shift and work from home. It guarantees me job security. I've been told several times by management that if I wish to switch back to daytime, I can do so at any time.
So, it is a bit of a hindrance to advancement for me, but not a total killer.
You'll have to recompile all ports after the upgrade. I'd also be really careful with mergemaster. Much of/etc changed between 4.x and 5.x Maybe tar up/etc,/usr/local/etc and/var before doing the upgrade just in case.
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Get a Pixel or Pixel 2. Default Android has no crapware.
Wish I could upvote you. Haven't been in a theater since 2012 and I doubt I'll ever go back. People is the problem. They're on their phones, they get up to go get snacks, drinks, or go to the bathroom. They talk incessantly. In addition, when I watch a movie in my home, there are no commercials. I'm forced to watch them in the theater.
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This is Larry Ellison. I need a new island.
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Peeping while you're sleeping. The NSA.. The only part of government that really listens.
It's called FreeBSD.
I hope so.. T4 systems suck. We have problems all the time with the LDOMs spinning up and taking out the entire frame. Also, isn't it about time Solaris died?
Is this what CNET really thinks or did some exec at CBS tell them what to think?
Simply put, Chinese. In 20 years they will have the world's largest economy. Go where the money is.
Got a small system here that I use for learning.. I started out with VMware workstation 8 and 9. I've since tried Xen and VirtualBox. VirtualBox works great with CENTOS as the host OS. Very stable.
Yet another reason why I'll never buy an apple product ever again.. Last one I owned was an Apple IIe.
Totally agree with this. ION systems can play 1080p content no sweat. They also are very low power, so the system is quiet.
Also, why in the world would you run XBMC under Windows?????? XBMC in Linux supports VDPAU, which is how low end stuff like the ION can play 1080p flawlessly.
Soon as I saw this article, I thought of George and this routine. GMTA!! :)
Quicktime Alternative, FTW.. No iTunes, no iPhone, no iToilet...
http://www.komodolabs.com/
Or DMS. Commercial packages include Docs Open, and Soft Solutions.
Open Source DMS = http://mydms.sourceforge.net/
Have someone set up a small PC in their cube that runs an IRC server on Linux or BSD of some flavor.
over half of my team telecommutes, and we have used IRC as an effective communication tool for a very long time.
When you go to your astronomy club's meeting, see if they have a group that builds telescopes. Building your own telescope is a great way to save a lot of money, plus you'll learn a lot in the process.
If you're lucky enough to be in the SF bay area, the Chabot Observatory Telescope Maker's Workshop is a great place to learn about telescopes, and also how to build them. They can guide you through the process, and its really not as hard as you might think. http://chabotspace.org/vsc/observatory/telescopemakers/
If you want to hold of on astrophotograpy for a while, I recommend picking up a Dobsonian mount telescope. They're a low cost design, and you can find 10 and 12 inch reflectors for $800. Also, they're easy to build, which goes back to the building your own comment earlier.
Dobsonians are not suitable for photography though. But, they are a cheap way to break into backyard astronomy.
Apache 2 has mod_deflate for compressing data on the fly as its sent. There are caveats with that though. Some browsers don't support it well, and like anything else compressing files that are already compressed doesn't buy you anything.
When I go outside to walk my dogs in April, I shouldn't be scraping snow off my shoes. So, nice global warming. And, I'm not buying the "Global warming makes things colder" routine that Al "Gigantic Carbon Footprint" Gore and his crapola movie espouses. That kind of mentality is almost the same as saying putting hot water in ice trays makes ice faster.
I don't believe scientists are in a conspiracy either. I just don't buy that we have enough proof that homo sapiens are the sole primary cause of our climate change. There are other planets in our solar system that are having the same climate change as us. They're so busy pointing fingers that they're not practicing due dilligence.
Also, while I do believe we *are* having a change in climate, and that humans may be *partially* to blame for it, I'm also not one of the people out there that has a gigantic carbon footprint. My family has two cars.. Both get 40 MPG, and if American car manufacturers would sell a car that gets 60mpg and seats a family of four, I'd buy one or two.. Additionally, if they made an alternative fuel car that could travel safely at highway speeds for 400+ miles, I'd buy one of them also. I telecommute for a living, so one of our cars had less than 3000 miles put on it last year. The other did less than 10000. I recycle regularly too. So, I do at least make an attempt to be responsible with the resources that I use.
But, I also see that a lot of our problems are caused by tree huggers. We should have been investing in nuclear power all this time. Look at France. They get 90% of their power from nuclear, and have very little dependence on fossil fuels. America should be where the French are now with nuclear power. Instead, the no nukes tree huggers in the 70's and 80's did their best to make sure that nuclear power was killed off. We should also be investing in wind and solar power so we can diversify our sources of power, rather than rely on one source.
And had to scrape the global warming off my shoes...
Seriously though.. We're supposed to be at least slightly above average in math and science here on Slashdot, right?
How about we look at it from a more scientific side? I'm sure theres a few people on here with a solid Physics background that can quantify through the laws of thermodynamics how much energy consumption it would take to continuously raise the mean temperature on our planet.
I'm willing to bet that the results would show that we are having far less of an impact than the great glowing ball of hydrogen in our sky.
There are articles out saying that Mars has lost its southern ice caps due to recent warming, and Jupiter is also experiencing climate change.
Now, I know the rest of the world hates America, but even blaming us for that is a stretch. After all, we haven't been able to put McDonalds and Hummer dealerships there yet.
At least, thats been my experience.
I've telecommuted now for 8 years.
If I want to progress to the next level in my paygrade, it requires that I take on project leadership responsibilities. That's something that requires a presence on campus and endless meetings.
For now, that's not something I really want to do.
So, I'll continue being the only engineer on night shift and work from home. It guarantees me job security. I've been told several times by management that if I wish to switch back to daytime, I can do so at any time.
So, it is a bit of a hindrance to advancement for me, but not a total killer.
Yep.. forgot all about this switch in the kernel.. It's on by default.
options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
You'll have to recompile all ports after the upgrade. /etc changed between 4.x and 5.x /etc, /usr/local/etc and /var before doing the upgrade just in case.
I'd also be really careful with mergemaster.
Much of
Maybe tar up