--One of the best pieces of advice I've seen for dealing with lawyers:
"NEVER lie to your lawyer." Paraphrased for the rest: ' Tell them the 100% up-front, honest-to-God truth about what *really* happened - because if you don't, they won't have enough ammo to handle your case the right way. '
--Oddly enough, taken from a biography about a former Mobster that was put in the WP program for testifying (and his life is prolly still in danger to this day.)
--Which reminds me of this Weird Al Yankovic song:
[[ Dad would whoop us every night till a quarter after twelve Then he'd get too tired and he'd make us whoop ourselves Then he'd chop me into pieces and play frisbee with my brain And let me tell ya, Junior, you never heard me complain
--I know there's some kind of law on the books for "assaulting an officer." Next up, the police-advocacy groups will come forward with a law against "insulting an officer."
--If it comes down to it - they could conceivably change their name to MDK Linux. That's the abbreviation I've always used for them, anyway. Kind of like Kentucky Fried Chicken changing to KFC.
--No HD because it breaks the "console" model? What are you, on crack? There's a huge vote-in going on at (gamespy?) over MS's pending decision to possibly leave the HD out of X-Box2.
--Guess what: The Overwhelming Majority WANT THE HARD DRIVE to stay included!!
--Mepis will *run* in 64MB, albeit with a "press-any-key" warning at bootup. However:
1. Make sure you have at least 256MB of swap partition 2. DON'T run KDE. It's a resource-hog. Use alt.lightweight WM like IceWM or something. You can do this by passing a kernel parm at boot: prompt.
3. UPGRADE YOUR RAM. Unless it's physically impossible, like hardwired laptop chips or something, it's long overdue!
--This guy talks about creating an ISO9660 filesystem on a *raw partition* instead of loopback: http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/20 01-1a/0325. html http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/2001-1a /0324. html
--Search for "DVD image creation" - use ext2 instead: http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:ltr 4wBjagkQJ: expressivefreedom.org/Projects/PVR/Firewire-Method ology.html+iso9660+filesize+limit&hl=en&ie=UTF -8
--I'd also use ' mke2fs -m0 empty_file ' so it doesn't reserve any space for root. However, this method isn't really Windoze-compatible.
1. DVD*R standards for burning aren't "finalized" yet - nobody knows whether to go + or - 1a. Dual-format DVD burners are only now becoming "affordable" at ~$100 ( Side note - in my experience, +R / +RW format is better for computer / data-storage usage. )
2. Bandwidth costs for the ISO provider (yeah I know, BitTorrent...)
3. Lots of ppl are still on 56K dialup
4. Downloading ~4400MB, even over 1540Kb DSL, still takes *hours*
5. With compression, 700MB live-cd ISO's are already providing over 2GB of data. (Not source code.)
6. More people still have CD-burners than DVD-burners ATM.
--Conclusion: DVD downloads still aren't quite "there" yet, but wait a few months for the burner prices to come down a bit more.
--That said, I was asking myself the same question last summer, when Knoppix did their limited-edition DVD rev.;-) Didn't have a DVD burner then, but it ran fine under Vmware 3.x.
--I agree, you don't want to whup them so bad that they don't wanna play no more. If it's 3 rounds and I'm playing against someone I don't know, I'll usually let them beat me 1 or 2 rounds -- or even it up till the "last round" -- and then rally back. That way they don't feel like it's a rout.
--Actually it's not all that surprising to me. If all they ever do is play each other, you can get to know another person's "standard, preferred" moves over time and develop blocking techniques and attack patterns to counter their style of play.
--Go up to a master swordsman/swordswoman and ask them who the most potentially dangerous opponent is. Odds are they'll say something like "someone who doesn't really know how to handle a sword" or "someone with a brand new style of attack."
--Swordfighters go thru intense training and learn how to expect and counter certain very specific moves, which (over thousands of years) have been determined to be the most common (and effective) "forms" of attack. A complete newbie doesn't know any of these "forms", and may actually get past the swordsman's guard by doing something completely random that they've never had to deal with before.
--Think of the devastating effects that American guerrilla warfare must have had on the morale of the "civilized" fighting British during the Rev. War -- it's like someone bringing a tommygun to a very stylized knife fight.
--MHO, this is also a big reason why Bruce Lee was so dangerous - he went completely beyond the traditional "form-based" style of fighting, and morphed martial arts to the Next Level.
--Anyone out there: Feel free to respond if you know more about any of this (see my sig.)
--I really frelling *hate* it when they pull crap like that. What do they think we are, mindreaders??
--Another little tip for the females: (yeah right, all 3 of you who read Slashdot!)
Ladies, BE BLUNT. Men do not take well to subtlety, and we DO RESENT IT when you apparently expected us to read your mind. Tell us in plain language what you're looking for, and kindly DON'T give us a steaming pile of shit if we end up getting you something that wasn't exactly what you wanted.
--Try to appreciate the gift anyhow - at least we TRIED!
--A sincere tip for anyone who's involved with (but not yet married to) a completely bozotic, neurotic, insane, abusive, incomprehensibly irrational and unrelenting BITCH:
Get the Hell away from her. Get out of the relationship. Now. Leave town if you need to. Move to another *state* if you need to. But by all means, extricate yourself before it's too late!!
--Spoken from experience. Get AWAY before she ruins your life!
--cdrw's are good to have around when you're testing something that you haven't done before and isn't considered "finalized" yet. That way you don't waste WORM CDR's - the bad burns get re-used.
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--One of the best pieces of advice I've seen for dealing with lawyers:
"NEVER lie to your lawyer." Paraphrased for the rest: ' Tell them the 100% up-front, honest-to-God truth about what *really* happened - because if you don't, they won't have enough ammo to handle your case the right way. '
--Oddly enough, taken from a biography about a former Mobster that was put in the WP program for testifying (and his life is prolly still in danger to this day.)
--Which reminds me of this Weird Al Yankovic song:
[[ Dad would whoop us every night till a quarter after twelve
Then he'd get too tired and he'd make us whoop ourselves
Then he'd chop me into pieces and play frisbee with my brain
And let me tell ya, Junior, you never heard me complain
When I was your age.
]]
clicky
Teh funniest:
Sol 31: I Wanna Be Sedated, by the Ramones. (Very low activity sol to get the rover rested and ready for surgery on the following sol.)
Sol 32: Wipe Out, by The Surfaris, and We're Not Gonna Take It,
by Twisted Sister. (File system reformat.)
--I LMAO when I saw that - those guys have a great sense of humor.
--He's not FRENCH, you goovbol:
[[ Born Mirfield, Yorkshire, England.
Is a fan of Beavis and Butthead.
Is a fan of "Red Dwarf" (1988)
http://imdb.com/name/nm0001772/
]]
--I know there's some kind of law on the books for "assaulting an officer." Next up, the police-advocacy groups will come forward with a law against "insulting an officer."
--When you get your phone call, get a hold of your family (or someone you know in the area) - and tell them to SEND A LAWYER!
--If it comes down to it - they could conceivably change their name to MDK Linux. That's the abbreviation I've always used for them, anyway. Kind of like Kentucky Fried Chicken changing to KFC.
--Hmm... "Murder Death Kill" Linux. Catchay.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/
--Thanks for the links.
--My rule for HD's:
o If it's over 40GB
o Or it's 7200+ RPM
= Put a HD fan under it. Haven't had a failure yet. (knocks on head)
--No HD because it breaks the "console" model? What are you, on crack? There's a huge vote-in going on at (gamespy?) over MS's pending decision to possibly leave the HD out of X-Box2.
--Guess what: The Overwhelming Majority WANT THE HARD DRIVE to stay included!!
--Mepis will *run* in 64MB, albeit with a "press-any-key" warning at bootup. However:
1. Make sure you have at least 256MB of swap partition
2. DON'T run KDE. It's a resource-hog. Use alt.lightweight WM like IceWM or something. You can do this by passing a kernel parm at boot: prompt.
3. UPGRADE YOUR RAM. Unless it's physically impossible, like hardwired laptop chips or something, it's long overdue!
--Get yer Mepis here:o ns/mepi s/mepis-2003.10.02.cd1.iso/ pub/linux/distributions/mepi s/mepis-2003.10.02.cd2.iso
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributi
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org
--There *was* a Torrent at one time, but It's dead ATM.
--Also see:
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462
--Check out these googles:
g nu .org/msg00251.html
0 01-1a/0325. htmla /0324. html
r 4wBjagkQJ: expressivefreedom.org/Projects/PVR/Firewire-Method ology.html+iso9660+filesize+limit&hl=en&ie=UTF -8
http://www.mail-archive.com/dvdrtools-users@non
--This guy talks about creating an ISO9660 filesystem on a *raw partition* instead of loopback:
http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/2
http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/2001-1
--Search for "DVD image creation" - use ext2 instead:
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:lt
--I'd also use ' mke2fs -m0 empty_file ' so it doesn't reserve any space for root. However, this method isn't really Windoze-compatible.
--My 900MHz Duron (mobo unknown, sorry) boots from DVD no prob.
--BTW, thanks for the links.
--Actually, Knoppix can be installed in only 2300MB, using Reiserfs. (At least last time I checked.)
1. DVD*R standards for burning aren't "finalized" yet - nobody knows whether to go + or -
;-) Didn't have a DVD burner then, but it ran fine under Vmware 3.x.
1a. Dual-format DVD burners are only now becoming "affordable" at ~$100
( Side note - in my experience, +R / +RW format is better for computer / data-storage usage. )
2. Bandwidth costs for the ISO provider (yeah I know, BitTorrent...)
3. Lots of ppl are still on 56K dialup
4. Downloading ~4400MB, even over 1540Kb DSL, still takes *hours*
5. With compression, 700MB live-cd ISO's are already providing over 2GB of data. (Not source code.)
6. More people still have CD-burners than DVD-burners ATM.
--Conclusion: DVD downloads still aren't quite "there" yet, but wait a few months for the burner prices to come down a bit more.
--That said, I was asking myself the same question last summer, when Knoppix did their limited-edition DVD rev.
--I agree, you don't want to whup them so bad that they don't wanna play no more. If it's 3 rounds and I'm playing against someone I don't know, I'll usually let them beat me 1 or 2 rounds -- or even it up till the "last round" -- and then rally back. That way they don't feel like it's a rout.
: //hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=66& reviewer=38
--Recommended viewing: Rounders.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0128442/
http
--Actually it's not all that surprising to me. If all they ever do is play each other, you can get to know another person's "standard, preferred" moves over time and develop blocking techniques and attack patterns to counter their style of play.
--Go up to a master swordsman/swordswoman and ask them who the most potentially dangerous opponent is. Odds are they'll say something like "someone who doesn't really know how to handle a sword" or "someone with a brand new style of attack."
--Swordfighters go thru intense training and learn how to expect and counter certain very specific moves, which (over thousands of years) have been determined to be the most common (and effective) "forms" of attack. A complete newbie doesn't know any of these "forms", and may actually get past the swordsman's guard by doing something completely random that they've never had to deal with before.
--Think of the devastating effects that American guerrilla warfare must have had on the morale of the "civilized" fighting British during the Rev. War -- it's like someone bringing a tommygun to a very stylized knife fight.
--MHO, this is also a big reason why Bruce Lee was so dangerous - he went completely beyond the traditional "form-based" style of fighting, and morphed martial arts to the Next Level.
--Anyone out there: Feel free to respond if you know more about any of this (see my sig.)
--I really frelling *hate* it when they pull crap like that. What do they think we are, mindreaders??
--Another little tip for the females: (yeah right, all 3 of you who read Slashdot!)
Ladies, BE BLUNT. Men do not take well to subtlety, and we DO RESENT IT when you apparently expected us to read your mind. Tell us in plain language what you're looking for, and kindly DON'T give us a steaming pile of shit if we end up getting you something that wasn't exactly what you wanted.
--Try to appreciate the gift anyhow - at least we TRIED!
--A sincere tip for anyone who's involved with (but not yet married to) a completely bozotic, neurotic, insane, abusive, incomprehensibly irrational and unrelenting BITCH:
Get the Hell away from her. Get out of the relationship. Now. Leave town if you need to. Move to another *state* if you need to. But by all means, extricate yourself before it's too late!!
--Spoken from experience. Get AWAY before she ruins your life!
--cdrw's are good to have around when you're testing something that you haven't done before and isn't considered "finalized" yet. That way you don't waste WORM CDR's - the bad burns get re-used.
--The 185MB - 210MB 3-inch mini CDR's are good for smaller burns. That way you don't have to "waste" the rest of the space on the CDR.
--I've even seen mini-DVD-R media, but it's kinda expensive ATM.
--Please do tell, I for one would be interested in hearing your (long) story...
--Cue "Street Fighter II" sonic-boom sound effect...
--Actually I recall reading an article a few months ago where they were working to minimize the sonic-boom effect by re-streamlining the aircraft.