--Serious question, can anyone recommend an good AT&T MVNO in south Texas? I have a *dumb* phone, and AT&T is killing me @ ~$64/month for unlimited voice + text only, with NO data plan. They're way overcharging me @$20/mo for unlimited text. I've considered Solavei but not sure my phone would make the transition - I don't need an iPhone or Android. TIA
--Acronis (last time I checked) has a good P2V mode that will load the right drivers for your hardware if you are doing a bare-metal restore into a VM. EaseUS is reportedly pretty good as well from what I've heard, and the price seems very reasonable.
--Yeah - right into the ground. Just like she did HP. The hot dog stand would come to life and have to form its own union just to protect itself from her!
--I know what you mean about the calculator; I suck at math. However there are real-life applications for being able to do math without external aids - think middle-of-wilderness (or space) and your phone battery has died, or $enemy has set off an EMP and all your helpful electronic shit is now worthless. At that point, even knowing how to build an abacus can be handy...
--Also - making little kids learn advanced concepts: If they show an aptitude and it interests them, sure! Go for it. But there is also a part of me that says, They will have to try and be an adult for most of their lives - GIVE THEM TIME TO BE A KID and enjoy life without some of the pressure!
--Jet packs will likely be much more feasible if/when we start colonizing other planets. If you can get to 60-70% of Earth's gravity or lower, it will be much easier to fly.
+1 for MC as well. I also usually can't live without:
o GNU screen o jstar (Wordstar-clone text editor) o dd o bash o xine
Also useful:
o nmap o gparted
--On the Win side:
o Crap Cleaner o MobaXterm (99% better than putty) o WinSCP o TCC/LE ( 4dos for Windows - see jpsoft.com ) o 7-zip o Vmware (Player or better, Workstation - altho most of my Vmware runs under Linux)
--I would love to see a space elevator happen in my lifetime, but I'm also concerned about terroristic threats. All it takes is a few maniacs to decide they're willing to fly some planes into the cable, or bombing the base of it. Vidgame Halo 3 had a few scenes where the space cable had come down after a Covenant attack and debris was lying all over the landscape for miles. What kinds of safeguards do you put in place for contingencies?
--I've had to deal with Comcast in another state and they weren't that great. Now I've been a TWC customer for the last 5 years or so and this merger is DEATH for Internet connection quality and support.
--I was thinking along the same lines. But ANY company that tries to implement this technology deserves to be run out of business on a rail - preferably by their own workforce. Don't stand for it.
--I completely agree. I love 2-day free shipping and have really grown used to it, but if they raise the price I will **absolutely** cancel it. There was an analysis article a few months ago that said Amazon could basically LOWER the price of Prime, and a lot more people would sign up for it!
--Even $79 is a bit on the high side, but I can justify it for the benefits - you get streaming content as well, even if their library isn't quite as good as Netflix. But any higher than that, color me gone.
--I appreciate your responses. Just saying that there are a lot of good things that Linux is doing (and has done for years) that Freebsd would do well to incorporate. God knows how many people get to know Linux, then want to try Freebsd (like I did) for $featureset and end up getting frustrated because it seems way primitive in comparison. PCBSD gets this to a certain extent, but they still suffer from lack of testing and compatibility with various system chipsets. I get on the forums and let them know, but the last bug I posted there has been no response.
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--Always remember Whitman, Price, and Haddad, last season's "winners."
--Coincidence? This is East 'Murika, comrade - they probably scraped your cookies and found out you were checking out the competition.
--Serious question, can anyone recommend an good AT&T MVNO in south Texas? I have a *dumb* phone, and AT&T is killing me @ ~$64/month for unlimited voice + text only, with NO data plan. They're way overcharging me @$20/mo for unlimited text. I've considered Solavei but not sure my phone would make the transition - I don't need an iPhone or Android. TIA
--Acronis (last time I checked) has a good P2V mode that will load the right drivers for your hardware if you are doing a bare-metal restore into a VM. EaseUS is reportedly pretty good as well from what I've heard, and the price seems very reasonable.
--Yeah - right into the ground. Just like she did HP. The hot dog stand would come to life and have to form its own union just to protect itself from her!
--You say what, now? I'm a little annoyed since my last mod points went from 15 to 10...
--I know what you mean about the calculator; I suck at math. However there are real-life applications for being able to do math without external aids - think middle-of-wilderness (or space) and your phone battery has died, or $enemy has set off an EMP and all your helpful electronic shit is now worthless. At that point, even knowing how to build an abacus can be handy...
--Also - making little kids learn advanced concepts: If they show an aptitude and it interests them, sure! Go for it. But there is also a part of me that says, They will have to try and be an adult for most of their lives - GIVE THEM TIME TO BE A KID and enjoy life without some of the pressure!
" No more rhymes now, I mean it. "
" Anybody want a peanut? "
/ STOP that!
--Jet packs will likely be much more feasible if/when we start colonizing other planets. If you can get to 60-70% of Earth's gravity or lower, it will be much easier to fly.
+1 for MC as well. I also usually can't live without:
o GNU screen
o jstar (Wordstar-clone text editor)
o dd
o bash
o xine
Also useful:
o nmap
o gparted
--On the Win side:
o Crap Cleaner
o MobaXterm (99% better than putty)
o WinSCP
o TCC/LE ( 4dos for Windows - see jpsoft.com )
o 7-zip
o Vmware (Player or better, Workstation - altho most of my Vmware runs under Linux)
--I'm no Apple fanboi, but I'll go so far as to say Tim Cook is something approaching *heroic* for taking this kind of stand. Very refreshing.
[Puts shades on]
--So, you could say that Snow Leopard got... left out in the cold?
/ YEEEEEEAAAHH
> Now if I can just figure out why nouveau does not like my graphics card, and why X doesn't like the Nvidia driver
--Try searching/posting on the support forum for your distro; you may get results.
--If your ex still has a(ny) key to your property and you didn't change the locks - you're a dumbass.
--This ruling needs to be fought - HARD. ACLU or whoever needs to step up and say that this goes directly against the Constitution.
--I would love to see a space elevator happen in my lifetime, but I'm also concerned about terroristic threats. All it takes is a few maniacs to decide they're willing to fly some planes into the cable, or bombing the base of it. Vidgame Halo 3 had a few scenes where the space cable had come down after a Covenant attack and debris was lying all over the landscape for miles. What kinds of safeguards do you put in place for contingencies?
--I've had to deal with Comcast in another state and they weren't that great. Now I've been a TWC customer for the last 5 years or so and this merger is DEATH for Internet connection quality and support.
--HOW DO WE STOP THIS MERGER?!
> A UI replacement just isn't ready for beta testing before it has feature parity with what it's replacing.
--Please call up the Yahoo developers and shout this at them, they freaking ruined Yahoo email a few months ago. Kthxbai
--That comes under "the cost of doing business." Patches should be available to anyone who has purchased the product, support contract or no.
Thanks, Obama! :P
/ Blame Canada... :B
" To Punish and Enslave "
/ Decepticon copcar, 2007
--What site was this? You have piqued my interest...
--I was thinking along the same lines. But ANY company that tries to implement this technology deserves to be run out of business on a rail - preferably by their own workforce. Don't stand for it.
--I completely agree. I love 2-day free shipping and have really grown used to it, but if they raise the price I will **absolutely** cancel it. There was an analysis article a few months ago that said Amazon could basically LOWER the price of Prime, and a lot more people would sign up for it!
--Even $79 is a bit on the high side, but I can justify it for the benefits - you get streaming content as well, even if their library isn't quite as good as Netflix. But any higher than that, color me gone.
--I appreciate your responses. Just saying that there are a lot of good things that Linux is doing (and has done for years) that Freebsd would do well to incorporate. God knows how many people get to know Linux, then want to try Freebsd (like I did) for $featureset and end up getting frustrated because it seems way primitive in comparison. PCBSD gets this to a certain extent, but they still suffer from lack of testing and compatibility with various system chipsets. I get on the forums and let them know, but the last bug I posted there has been no response.
--Here's a little optimization tip for you - a 1TB drive takes ~8 hours or so with this, IIRC:
BEGIN /root/bin/scandisk
#!/bin/bash
# RW scan of HD
argg='/dev/'$1
hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 $argg
blockdev --setra 16384 $argg
blockdev --getra $argg
time badblocks -f -c 10240 -n -s -v $argg