Not to be a humbug, but isn't the beauty of an equation in it's proof? I mean, mathematically, the difference between 2^(3*4)=4096 and e^(pi*i)=-1 isn't a whole lot. The proof, however, for e^(pi*i)=-1 is real mind-bender that culminates in a simple, beautiful little equation. It's that culmination that makes it beautiful, not the equation itself.
On the other hand, an ugly one would be an equation that's long and complex with just as long and complex a proof.
This guy's house has been on ebaumsworld (he's the first two videos) for a while and he was on the Today show a month or so ago. Hmm, and about half an hour ago I saw it used in a Miller Light ad during the Atlanta/Tampa Bay game on FOX.
As with all Operating Systems that aren't Windows, you're going to have a rough(er) time switching back and forth OSes as you go home, go to work, and family and friends PCs. I'd stick with what is the most common, and although the OS might not be the absolute best around, it is the most common.
If these were important files on an NTFS partition, the admin should have set a security audit object on them. Then all you have to do is hit the event log to see what was accessed an by whom. But from what I can tell, no such luck there.
In that case, a reputable data recovery lab should be hired for this one. They can do some pretty extensive stuff, but don't be surprised if they come back to you with nothing. Nonetheless, I would think that's your best bet on this one.
You forget that (1) the transition is designed to take about 20 years during which IPv6 and IPv4 will run in parallel. This thins out that 75 billion per quarter quite a bit, and (2) the amount of money saved in the private sector over the years post-transition will slowly make up for the initial cost. Remember, we're dealing with business-men here -- if IPv6 is a huge money-drain, the cost-benefit analyses would show as much and no body would want to migrate to it.
Haha, I did that once. I had it open and charged up then dropped it. Instictually, I tried to catch it, and ended up with a finger stuck in there such that the capacitor dischared up my arm. It didn't hurt so much as the shock surprised the hell out of me.:-P Needless to say, I didn't do that again for a while.
A college football team is always aiming to win the league.
Okay, okay, as a University of Kentucky fan, my view of what a football team should strive for is probably skewed compared to most people. (We'd be happy with a 5-win season...):-P
So yeah, that analogy probably isn't the best. My point is people shouldn't give up striving for something good (in this case: making Debian a quality, free [as in speech] distro) just because some market analyst or statistician (neither of which have yet to be produced by the parent-poser) says you can't.
Debian IIRC has repeatedly stated they are not trying to become the OS everyone uses, just to make a good OS for the people who make it to use, and make it freely available for anyone who wants to use/improve it. So they don't need to plan to grow because growing isn't an important objective for them.
I think our definitions of growth are different. If the definition of growth is developing the distro to become a more usable, stable, and versatile OS, I think Debian's goal should be to grow. However, if the definition of growth is to snag a greater user-base, I totally agree with you -- that's not what Debian is about.
why plan for "future growth" if the markets and stastics show you aren't going to grow
I can not fathom the lack of logic in that statement.
If you don't plan to grow, you won't, regardless of markets and statistics.
Based on your logic, if a college football team is ranked at the bottom of a poll before the season starts they should forfeit every game.
I've argued with the C++ committee about this. If "operator[]" had the same syntax as "operator()", we could have support for multidimensional arrays in C++.
I'm no C++ expert, but isn't int array[row][col] a multidimensional array?
Yeah, you're right. This is a nearly-stock Blogger.com template. All he's done is add a few things in the sidebar and the fancy title-image at the top. Links like that are there on that template as well as nearly every other Blogger template.
I hardly think this sort of story needs to be broadcast up to the nanosecond. In fact, despite WW3 breaking out, a killer asteroid approaching or the next wave of killer flu pandemic, I think there isn't much news that warrants your purported speed of delivery. And then still, it won't be digg with the first story on those sorts of things. It will be a massive news organization like Reuters.
Never did I say I dislike/. for it's lack of nanosecond reporting. Nor did I say news should be reported as such. My point is, Slashdot is a good site for the discussion, not the news. People who bash/. because it's got slower stories than Digg are idiots because that's not what/. is about.
So, stop being the tragic person who needs to be different to seek attention. Just read both sites and be done with it.
If you're setting there hitting refresh on digg every 5 seconds, why aren't you doing any work! I'd fire you immediately if you were my employee - actually, you may be... time to do the rounds.
For the record, I don't read digg, and unless the discussion gets really crappy here on/., I probably never will. I guess I'll make my opposition to posts like the GP a little more blatant next time, sheesh.
I think you're right the/. motto be changed, but may I suggest, "Slashdot.org: Stories like Digg, Discussions that don't suck."?
If you want up-to-the-nanosecond news,/. isn't the place to be. But if you want spirited, intelligent discussion of news,/. is awesome. Given,/. has it's share of trolls and bigots, but no matter how much some people hate on it, the moderation system does take care of them -- much like it's taking care of you now.
I know a guy who in high school (~2 years ago) had his laptop with him nearly every day. He used Cool Edit Pro's tone generator to make this noise where the frequency occelated but occelated faster and faster, and trended higher and higher in frequency. So he'd start it way below the laptop's speakers frequency response (~5Hz) and it would take almost 15 seconds for the frequency to top out before going back down. In the next cycle, it would top out just a little higher in frequency and take just a little less time to get there. Eventually, it would get to where it was ~16KHz and changing very rapidly (very annoying) but since it took so long and was so gradual getting that way, nobody in a quiet library really notices. What's funny is it creates tension in a quiet room, while most people don't consciously notice it. So he'd let it get to it's most annoying point, and release all that unconscious tension by slamming a stack of books down on a table. There wasn't a single person in the library that didn't gasp.:-D
IANABAE (I Am Not A Bose Audio Engineer), but I suggest getting one good set of speakers, find an a/c vent in a central location in the house, and mount them to the vent grill. Turn the volume up until you can hear your music well in every room, then equalize the volumes by opening/closing the vent in each room. Quick and cheap!
What's that? Quality?
Well, I'm not sure about you, but my a/c ducts are all tuned. They sound better than the speakers by themselves!
Slashdot Mirror
Not to be a humbug, but isn't the beauty of an equation in it's proof? I mean, mathematically, the difference between 2^(3*4)=4096 and e^(pi*i)=-1 isn't a whole lot. The proof, however, for e^(pi*i)=-1 is real mind-bender that culminates in a simple, beautiful little equation. It's that culmination that makes it beautiful, not the equation itself.
On the other hand, an ugly one would be an equation that's long and complex with just as long and complex a proof.
Just my $0.02.
This guy's house has been on ebaumsworld (he's the first two videos) for a while and he was on the Today show a month or so ago. Hmm, and about half an hour ago I saw it used in a Miller Light ad during the Atlanta/Tampa Bay game on FOX.
You mean an Anonymous Idiot like you?
Anyway, I see you disregard time stamps. Good job.
If you're gonna troll, at least do so with some semblance of intelligence.
Just a thought.
If these were important files on an NTFS partition, the admin should have set a security audit object on them. Then all you have to do is hit the event log to see what was accessed an by whom. But from what I can tell, no such luck there.
In that case, a reputable data recovery lab should be hired for this one. They can do some pretty extensive stuff, but don't be surprised if they come back to you with nothing. Nonetheless, I would think that's your best bet on this one.
I agree. I may be mistaken but isn't this what Speakeasy does?
You forget that (1) the transition is designed to take about 20 years during which IPv6 and IPv4 will run in parallel. This thins out that 75 billion per quarter quite a bit, and (2) the amount of money saved in the private sector over the years post-transition will slowly make up for the initial cost. Remember, we're dealing with business-men here -- if IPv6 is a huge money-drain, the cost-benefit analyses would show as much and no body would want to migrate to it.
I disagree, I look at it as, "if this dumbass can do it without killing himself, I most certainly can."
Haha, I did that once. I had it open and charged up then dropped it. Instictually, I tried to catch it, and ended up with a finger stuck in there such that the capacitor dischared up my arm. It didn't hurt so much as the shock surprised the hell out of me. :-P Needless to say, I didn't do that again for a while.
I live in Lexington, you insensitive clod!
Exactly. If you've used MS Outlook Web Access (Exchange) vs Gmail, you'll find the same thing.
Just out of curiosity...
I've not had much experience with Apache. How easy is it to use Apache, but make the client think they're connecting to IIS?
A college football team is always aiming to win the league.
:-P
Okay, okay, as a University of Kentucky fan, my view of what a football team should strive for is probably skewed compared to most people. (We'd be happy with a 5-win season...)
So yeah, that analogy probably isn't the best. My point is people shouldn't give up striving for something good (in this case: making Debian a quality, free [as in speech] distro) just because some market analyst or statistician (neither of which have yet to be produced by the parent-poser) says you can't.
Debian IIRC has repeatedly stated they are not trying to become the OS everyone uses, just to make a good OS for the people who make it to use, and make it freely available for anyone who wants to use/improve it. So they don't need to plan to grow because growing isn't an important objective for them.
I think our definitions of growth are different. If the definition of growth is developing the distro to become a more usable, stable, and versatile OS, I think Debian's goal should be to grow. However, if the definition of growth is to snag a greater user-base, I totally agree with you -- that's not what Debian is about.
I mean, I don't wanna sound like a jerk, but where else do you put your resources other than growing and develping the distro?
why plan for "future growth" if the markets and stastics show you aren't going to grow
I can not fathom the lack of logic in that statement.
If you don't plan to grow, you won't, regardless of markets and statistics. Based on your logic, if a college football team is ranked at the bottom of a poll before the season starts they should forfeit every game.
<sarcasm>Brilliant...</sarcasm>
I've argued with the C++ committee about this. If "operator[]" had the same syntax as "operator()", we could have support for multidimensional arrays in C++.
I'm no C++ expert, but isn't int array[row][col] a multidimensional array?
You forgot: "5) Ask CowboyNeal".
:)
Yeah, you're right. This is a nearly-stock Blogger.com template. All he's done is add a few things in the sidebar and the fancy title-image at the top. Links like that are there on that template as well as nearly every other Blogger template.
I hardly think this sort of story needs to be broadcast up to the nanosecond. In fact, despite WW3 breaking out, a killer asteroid approaching or the next wave of killer flu pandemic, I think there isn't much news that warrants your purported speed of delivery. And then still, it won't be digg with the first story on those sorts of things. It will be a massive news organization like Reuters.
/. for it's lack of nanosecond reporting. Nor did I say news should be reported as such. My point is, Slashdot is a good site for the discussion, not the news. People who bash /. because it's got slower stories than Digg are idiots because that's not what /. is about.
/., I probably never will. I guess I'll make my opposition to posts like the GP a little more blatant next time, sheesh.
Never did I say I dislike
So, stop being the tragic person who needs to be different to seek attention. Just read both sites and be done with it.
If you're setting there hitting refresh on digg every 5 seconds, why aren't you doing any work! I'd fire you immediately if you were my employee - actually, you may be... time to do the rounds.
For the record, I don't read digg, and unless the discussion gets really crappy here on
I think you're right the /. motto be changed, but may I suggest, "Slashdot.org: Stories like Digg, Discussions that don't suck."?
/. isn't the place to be. But if you want spirited, intelligent discussion of news, /. is awesome. Given, /. has it's share of trolls and bigots, but no matter how much some people hate on it, the moderation system does take care of them -- much like it's taking care of you now.
If you want up-to-the-nanosecond news,
I know a guy who in high school (~2 years ago) had his laptop with him nearly every day. He used Cool Edit Pro's tone generator to make this noise where the frequency occelated but occelated faster and faster, and trended higher and higher in frequency. So he'd start it way below the laptop's speakers frequency response (~5Hz) and it would take almost 15 seconds for the frequency to top out before going back down. In the next cycle, it would top out just a little higher in frequency and take just a little less time to get there. Eventually, it would get to where it was ~16KHz and changing very rapidly (very annoying) but since it took so long and was so gradual getting that way, nobody in a quiet library really notices. What's funny is it creates tension in a quiet room, while most people don't consciously notice it. So he'd let it get to it's most annoying point, and release all that unconscious tension by slamming a stack of books down on a table. There wasn't a single person in the library that didn't gasp. :-D
IANABAE (I Am Not A Bose Audio Engineer), but I suggest getting one good set of speakers, find an a/c vent in a central location in the house, and mount them to the vent grill. Turn the volume up until you can hear your music well in every room, then equalize the volumes by opening/closing the vent in each room. Quick and cheap!
What's that? Quality?
Well, I'm not sure about you, but my a/c ducts are all tuned. They sound better than the speakers by themselves!
Sending a bunch of male programmers advertisements for breast enlargement isn't terribly useful.
You'd be surprised.
...as in beer.
Being serious now, RIS is slick if you can get it set up properly.
...and asked to rate the rating...
I belive the technical term is "meta-mod."