True, but the other architectures except maybe Loongson, which is primarily irrelevant outside of China, are not used in Ubuntu's main target, which is desktops. Remember -- Ubuntu is primarily a desktop distro. M68Ks, for instance, while still widely used in embedded applications, are not present in any current production personal computer. MIPS, SuperH and DEC Alpha are all in the same boat, and that last one was EOL'd by Hewlett ComPaqard (for the second time) in 2007. ARM has, to my knowledge, only been used in embedded systems. S390 and S390X are no longer produced by IBM and are unlikely to find use in desktops anytime soon.
but to say that is not a Christian concept is ignoring all the Christian denominations that do not allow dancing.
Hey, just because a few wackos corrupted the religion and turned it into something that it is not and then turned around and call their brand of religion Christianity -- well, that doesn't mean it is.
You should pay particular attention to your classes that talked about early Christianity, because that is what Christianity is and where it came from. The Christian denominations that don't allow dancing are all modern-era inventions.
Not that I'm much for defending Apple, as anyone who follows my posts regularly can attest to, but Apple has a long history of providing educational institutions with deep discounts. Long ago, when Steve Jobs still had all of his own hair, Apple sought to establish long-term relationships with various educational institutions, both at the K-12 level and at institutions of higher learning, in order to 1) help those institutions and support learning, and 2) get their machines into the hands of young people.
Over the years, little has changed in this regard at Apple. It should surprise no one that a university has a deal with Apple for any product Apple sells, iPhone included.
Pssst. There nothing in Christianity that would prevent someone from going dancing, unless by 'Christianity' you mean something other than living your life according to the principles espoused by the figure known as 'Christ' in the Gospels and accepting that same person as your 'personal Lord and Savior' (whatever that may mean for you).
Full disclosure: I was once but am no longer Christian; however, I understand more about Christianity than most people who would call themselves 'Christian'.
I still use debian on this old laptop that won't support fast new flashy distros like ubuntu (memory too low), which I use on newer computers when I can.
I run Xubuntu on an old AMD K6-2 Compaq Presario with 192 MB of RAM. Works great. I've even got support for my D-Link USB wireless adapter installed.
If you think Ubuntu has the latest and greatest packages, maybe you should try it once. Most of the packages are outdated and I don't rely on the package manager if I want the latest version anymore.
To be fair, Debian does do quite a bit more testing than Ubuntu. OTOH, Ubuntu does a lot more spit-and-polish integration than Debian and is unafraid to take controversial stances on things like binary drivers or distributing Firefox with Firefox branding (as opposed to Ice Weasel or whatever) or distributing some codecs that may be violating patents or using code from other distros (like system-config-printer).
Debian is more about stability and reliability, while Ubuntu is more about the end-user experience.
When you make a Linux distro, you have to make a few tradeoffs. The differences between Ubuntu and Debian are mostly about differences in decision-making regarding these tradeoffs.
Does your previous comment mean that you don't like the implicit casting in Python? If so, why? Again, I'm not trolling -- I'm honestly interested in your views.
Cheers,
Well, yes and no. It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can be very powerful -- grab a number from a string and start using it with no need to convert it. OTOH, it can cause subtle problems which you may not notice at first. My first programming languages were C and Pascal, so the implicit casting in Python is kind of weird, but kind of cool in a way.
I think a good programmer can spot such problems. But should we expect spreadsheet designers to be good programmers?
Ah, ok, found it in Google's cache. This must be you:
In the business world, spreadsheets are designed in Excel. They are tested in Excel. Then they are distributed to the sales force, who fills them out - in Excel. The spreadsheet designers put strings into formulas - it's rarely the end user who accidentally adds quotes when entering values.
And any idiot spreadsheet designer who's putting a string value into a formula designed to take a number is doing it wrong. Just because Excel silently accepts the string and then turns it into a number value -- it's like I said in my above post ^^^^, Excel is treating a string as a number. That's more wrong than treating the string as a 0 value.
Um, when? In OOo 2.x, when you input a string like "'1" into a cell or "a1", it's clearly a string (shows a character in the cell other than a number) and it will treat it as 0. Even if you hit F2 to edit the cell and replace it with just a '1' it will automatically convert that cell value to a number.
IMHO, this is superior to the behavior in Excel 200x, for instance, where it will let you put in "'1", which will enter a string value of "1" as a string, and then ends up treating the result as a number! Oh, sure, it gives you that little 'warning sign' that says that the cell is a string, not a number, but treating a string as a number like that is just... wrong.
Seriously, we knew more laptops were coming [cnet.com], but it's just one day away to get the actual announcement.
Yeah, but the Mac fans are all on the edge of their seats! Gotta know in advance of the announcement! Of course, true Mac fans will all be watching the actual announcement live on podcast tomorrow because The Great and Mighty Steve may actually say something important!
The true Mac fan will, of course, be meditating on all The Great Steve has to say....ooooohhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm......must achieve enlightenment.....oooooohhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm......
Ohhhhh...ok. Someone else said the spigot bearing is the pilot bearing. Different bearing, you're right.
And I agree with that poster -- the throwout bearing is more likely to be stressed in most cars by riding the clutch than the pilot bearing, though, I do know that the pilot bearing can get stressed by riding the clutch as well -- 'specially in car with high-revving engine.
interesting. I got a '95 ranger splash and get around 23 to 24mpg as well, but according to fuel.gov we should be getting much lower than that. I thought maybe there was an issue with my engine that would cause it to use less fuel (a little more frightening to me than running rich). Good to know I'm not the only one with this mileage.
It's not at all unusual -- especially if you have a manual. This is the second Ranger I've owned and both got similar gas mileage. The first was an automatic that got about 22 MPG in similar driving conditions, this one gets a little better.
With a manual it's all in how you drive it and when you shift. Shift too late (or even too early!) and you'll get worse mileage, especially in city conditions. The Ford Motor Co. recommends that for a manual 5-speed 2.3L I-4 engine, you shift at 8 MPH for 1st-to-2nd, 22 MPH for 2nd-to-3rd, 33 MPH for 3rd-to-4th and 41 MPH for 4th-to-5th to get the optimal mileage. Don't downshift while approaching a light (like some others have suggested) -- it actually hurts your mileage according to Ford.
Also, a few other things that affect miles in your Ranger -- don't put premium or even mid-grade in your Ranger -- you should be putting in regular unleaded, with an octane rating of 87. That gets the best mileage. Go to reputable gas stations that you know are not going to put water or other crap in their gas. Using gasoline with 'detergents' in them may actually hurt your mileage as well.
No one knows the vehicle like the manufacturer. Always follow the manufacturer's recommendations -- they engineered and built the damn thing, they should know how to get the best performance out of it.
He means you need to travel at a constant speed as much as possible. The car's engine computer works best in predicting the amount of fuel needed if you aren't slowing down and speeding up all the time. Remember -- cars are all using electronic fuel injection these days, and that injection is controlled by your engine computer. Use your cruise control as much as possible to assist you in this. Programmer, hack thy car!
Actually, most cars nowadays with manual transmissions will actually no longer consume fuel.
Wow! That's wierd. There must be something wrong with my 5-speed Ranger then, because it's constantly consuming fuel. About 24 MPG worth in combined city+hightway.
And if you don't believe him, take it from me. I wore out my spigot bearing -- which is more commonly called the "throw-out bearing" -- doing just that.
Here's some more information about how a clutch works. The article has some good information, in particular, about how the clutch, pressure plate and throw-out bearing work together.
So don't take the mechanics word for it. Read it for yourself.;) This is called 'riding the clutch' and it's considered bad.
Since when did Slashdot become either liberal or media? Maybe they can start calling themselves "the media" when they learn to spellcheck article submissions.
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True, but the other architectures except maybe Loongson, which is primarily irrelevant outside of China, are not used in Ubuntu's main target, which is desktops. Remember -- Ubuntu is primarily a desktop distro. M68Ks, for instance, while still widely used in embedded applications, are not present in any current production personal computer. MIPS, SuperH and DEC Alpha are all in the same boat, and that last one was EOL'd by Hewlett ComPaqard (for the second time) in 2007. ARM has, to my knowledge, only been used in embedded systems. S390 and S390X are no longer produced by IBM and are unlikely to find use in desktops anytime soon.
but to say that is not a Christian concept is ignoring all the Christian denominations that do not allow dancing.
Hey, just because a few wackos corrupted the religion and turned it into something that it is not and then turned around and call their brand of religion Christianity -- well, that doesn't mean it is.
You should pay particular attention to your classes that talked about early Christianity, because that is what Christianity is and where it came from. The Christian denominations that don't allow dancing are all modern-era inventions.
*sigh*
Not that I'm much for defending Apple, as anyone who follows my posts regularly can attest to, but Apple has a long history of providing educational institutions with deep discounts. Long ago, when Steve Jobs still had all of his own hair, Apple sought to establish long-term relationships with various educational institutions, both at the K-12 level and at institutions of higher learning, in order to 1) help those institutions and support learning, and 2) get their machines into the hands of young people.
Over the years, little has changed in this regard at Apple. It should surprise no one that a university has a deal with Apple for any product Apple sells, iPhone included.
Pssst. There nothing in Christianity that would prevent someone from going dancing, unless by 'Christianity' you mean something other than living your life according to the principles espoused by the figure known as 'Christ' in the Gospels and accepting that same person as your 'personal Lord and Savior' (whatever that may mean for you).
Full disclosure: I was once but am no longer Christian; however, I understand more about Christianity than most people who would call themselves 'Christian'.
The students these days still have beer....
The more things change ...
Hello? El Lobo? Is that you and your Linuzzz-hating ass?
Be careful. I hear Mark Shuttleworth has a patent on that.
Not Lenny!
Denny!
I still use debian on this old laptop that won't support fast new flashy distros like ubuntu (memory too low), which I use on newer computers when I can.
I run Xubuntu on an old AMD K6-2 Compaq Presario with 192 MB of RAM. Works great. I've even got support for my D-Link USB wireless adapter installed.
If you think Ubuntu has the latest and greatest packages, maybe you should try it once. Most of the packages are outdated and I don't rely on the package manager if I want the latest version anymore.
To be fair, Debian does do quite a bit more testing than Ubuntu. OTOH, Ubuntu does a lot more spit-and-polish integration than Debian and is unafraid to take controversial stances on things like binary drivers or distributing Firefox with Firefox branding (as opposed to Ice Weasel or whatever) or distributing some codecs that may be violating patents or using code from other distros (like system-config-printer).
Debian is more about stability and reliability, while Ubuntu is more about the end-user experience.
When you make a Linux distro, you have to make a few tradeoffs. The differences between Ubuntu and Debian are mostly about differences in decision-making regarding these tradeoffs.
Does your previous comment mean that you don't like the implicit casting in Python? If so, why? Again, I'm not trolling -- I'm honestly interested in your views.
Cheers,
Well, yes and no. It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can be very powerful -- grab a number from a string and start using it with no need to convert it. OTOH, it can cause subtle problems which you may not notice at first. My first programming languages were C and Pascal, so the implicit casting in Python is kind of weird, but kind of cool in a way.
I think a good programmer can spot such problems. But should we expect spreadsheet designers to be good programmers?
Hi! You must be a Python programmer! ;)
(Full disclosure: I have two open source Python projects that I'm currently working on.)
whooooosh.
Ah, ok, found it in Google's cache. This must be you:
And any idiot spreadsheet designer who's putting a string value into a formula designed to take a number is doing it wrong. Just because Excel silently accepts the string and then turns it into a number value -- it's like I said in my above post ^^^^, Excel is treating a string as a number. That's more wrong than treating the string as a 0 value.
Sometimes OO treats a number as a string
Um, when? In OOo 2.x, when you input a string like "'1" into a cell or "a1", it's clearly a string (shows a character in the cell other than a number) and it will treat it as 0. Even if you hit F2 to edit the cell and replace it with just a '1' it will automatically convert that cell value to a number.
IMHO, this is superior to the behavior in Excel 200x, for instance, where it will let you put in "'1", which will enter a string value of "1" as a string, and then ends up treating the result as a number! Oh, sure, it gives you that little 'warning sign' that says that the cell is a string, not a number, but treating a string as a number like that is just ... wrong.
Seriously, we knew more laptops were coming [cnet.com], but it's just one day away to get the actual announcement.
Yeah, but the Mac fans are all on the edge of their seats! Gotta know in advance of the announcement! Of course, true Mac fans will all be watching the actual announcement live on podcast tomorrow because The Great and Mighty Steve may actually say something important!
The true Mac fan will, of course, be meditating on all The Great Steve has to say....ooooohhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm......must achieve enlightenment.....oooooohhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm......
Ohhhhh...ok. Someone else said the spigot bearing is the pilot bearing. Different bearing, you're right.
And I agree with that poster -- the throwout bearing is more likely to be stressed in most cars by riding the clutch than the pilot bearing, though, I do know that the pilot bearing can get stressed by riding the clutch as well -- 'specially in car with high-revving engine.
As an aside, most cars look pretty cool compared to my little old Renault.
Which kind? One cool tidbit: A 1981 Renault Le Car got/gets (if there are still any around) 38 MPG in the city and 49 MPG on the highway.
Toyota can put that in the Prius' tailpipe and shove it.
interesting. I got a '95 ranger splash and get around 23 to 24mpg as well, but according to fuel.gov we should be getting much lower than that. I thought maybe there was an issue with my engine that would cause it to use less fuel (a little more frightening to me than running rich). Good to know I'm not the only one with this mileage.
It's not at all unusual -- especially if you have a manual. This is the second Ranger I've owned and both got similar gas mileage. The first was an automatic that got about 22 MPG in similar driving conditions, this one gets a little better.
With a manual it's all in how you drive it and when you shift. Shift too late (or even too early!) and you'll get worse mileage, especially in city conditions. The Ford Motor Co. recommends that for a manual 5-speed 2.3L I-4 engine, you shift at 8 MPH for 1st-to-2nd, 22 MPH for 2nd-to-3rd, 33 MPH for 3rd-to-4th and 41 MPH for 4th-to-5th to get the optimal mileage. Don't downshift while approaching a light (like some others have suggested) -- it actually hurts your mileage according to Ford.
Also, a few other things that affect miles in your Ranger -- don't put premium or even mid-grade in your Ranger -- you should be putting in regular unleaded, with an octane rating of 87. That gets the best mileage. Go to reputable gas stations that you know are not going to put water or other crap in their gas. Using gasoline with 'detergents' in them may actually hurt your mileage as well.
No one knows the vehicle like the manufacturer. Always follow the manufacturer's recommendations -- they engineered and built the damn thing, they should know how to get the best performance out of it.
He means you need to travel at a constant speed as much as possible. The car's engine computer works best in predicting the amount of fuel needed if you aren't slowing down and speeding up all the time. Remember -- cars are all using electronic fuel injection these days, and that injection is controlled by your engine computer. Use your cruise control as much as possible to assist you in this. Programmer, hack thy car!
Actually, most cars nowadays with manual transmissions will actually no longer consume fuel.
Wow! That's wierd. There must be something wrong with my 5-speed Ranger then, because it's constantly consuming fuel. About 24 MPG worth in combined city+hightway.
And if you don't believe him, take it from me. I wore out my spigot bearing -- which is more commonly called the "throw-out bearing" -- doing just that.
Here's some more information about how a clutch works. The article has some good information, in particular, about how the clutch, pressure plate and throw-out bearing work together.
So don't take the mechanics word for it. Read it for yourself. ;) This is called 'riding the clutch' and it's considered bad.
Since when did Slashdot become either liberal or media? Maybe they can start calling themselves "the media" when they learn to spellcheck article submissions.
Apparently writing a parser and an event loop with some event handlers taps a part of my brain unhindered by all the alcohol, etc.
Posting on Slashdot again, huh? Well, you are SO FIRED! *throws chair* I'm gonna fscking KILL coolgeek!!!
Now where am I going to get another developer for Windows 7? Developers, developers, developers!
Thanks,
Steve Ballmer
We found Sarah Palin's Slashdot account too!
Nope. Everyone knows that there are no girls on Slashdot.