Who cares about KDE 4.2 on winblows! I want to know if it is ready for Linux/BSD. When it has features == to KDE 3.5.10 and is usable, then post some sensational headline to the effect. Until then somebody needs to stay in the kitchen and keep cooking
So, M$ imports and employs H1B candidates as cheap labor to build it's products? That is the same as outsourcing your labor to over seas sweat shops, except they drive them like slaves in Redmond. I knew Bill Gates and Ballmer were douche bags, but this shit even gives douche bags a bad name.
Actually the Linux kernel is not bloated, but the desktops environments like KDE & Gnome are. This is the positive side of Linux is that it is an OS you can have your way. Lean and fast or bloated with all the whistles & bells.
On topic: M$ would have a better image with the computing public if they just took XP and upgraded it as new releases. Things such as desktop improvements, security rewrites, etc... But it seems their marketing scheme is to release the newest, greatest beta abortion every 5 years or so. And when it becomes mature, kill it and release another beta OS as the newest latest and greatest.
I've heard it said before, "M$ is not a software company, they are a marketing company." They're all about the money, not producing quality products. This is evident every day when we read about new exploits and the resulting creation of new massive botnets of unpatched windoz machines.
That said, I do have XP on my laptop, and it's the best OS that M$ has ever produced, but I never boot it as Debian Linux or FreeBSD 7.1 does everything XP can do but without the frustration of built in limits of what I can do with my desktop. I want to have my computing experience my way, not that of some bald headed chair throwing jackass that looks remarkably like the Peter Boyle's character in Young Frankenstein.
I know this post is redundant, but... I knew you were right in your parent post. Amazing how many flames you can get from idiots that don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. Alas,/. is not only for smart people. Some of Jerry's "Special" kids also know of us as well.
I was wondering what on earth is wrong with the US postal service and you just gave me the answer. They too are using a modified version of the RFC 2549 technology.
But on a lighter side, at least they still have the KKK and confederate flag to wrap themselves in. Anyone interested in a good 'ol fashioned cross burning and a lynching?
Yep
The Nazis also used Red with black
So GOP == Communists, Nazis, Red China, the colour of hate (seeing red), aggression, spilled blood of the innocents, the list goes on...
It's easy to grow, difficult to harvest, and takes a lot of it to make into fuel.
The kinks in harvesting algae will be worked out with development. Give the industry time. And of course it will take large quantities to produce large volumes of fuel, the up side is that algae is easy to grow anywhere and grows fast.
Solix (http://www.solixbiofuels.com/):
Since the whole organism converts sunlight into oil, algae can produce more oil in an area the size of a two-car garage than an entire football field of soybeans.
On a side note and off topic, what imbecile modded you down to -1? Your post is informative and includes a great link to the technology and should be modded up. I amazes me just how many morons are out there with mod points. Mr Malda, would you fix this please. Someone needs a time out.
I've been sitting on several dead hard drives for years and still pondering how to dispose of them properly. Cannot wipe them using software as they are dead. Currently doing a test disassembly to see if the platters can be removed and wiped with a magnet or heated to destroy old data such as SS numbers. Any good suggestions which is the best method to wipe the disks? Also which components should be recycled so as to avoid disposal in the local landfill.
As a Linux user, I have recently delved into FreeBSD and found the system a pleasant surprise. PC-BSD 7.1 was the actual flavor but FreeBSD none the less. I did find the KDE4.1 too unstable for production work, but a step back in time to PC-BSD 1.5 (FreeBSD 6.4) gave me a system that was somewhat better to tinker with.
Unfortunately, on several occasions I found the system would slow to a crawl and other times would ungracefully crash requiring a hard reboot. And still again for some reason the mouse curser would go berserk and lock itself to the bottom of the screen.
Personally I liked FreeBSD but had to return to my Debian Lenny system to get work done. Eventually, when I have time, I intend to give FreeBSD 7+ another go just because. Although I can see the time needed to get a production desktop system up and running, could take a week or two and I'm not sure the resulting system would be as reliable as my Lenny system.
Rob, I am a contractor. Most posts I have read here, if you follow their advise, will burn your house down or get you or someone else killed. Seek a reputable electrician and talk w/ them for advise. Most will not charge for consultation or a bid.
That said: DIY Generator power 101. 1. Size a generator for your survival needs. If your furnace is gas or oil, you need to convert it's amp draw to watts. Watts = Volts * amps. Your furnace will draw ~ 9 amps on start, and run @ ~ 4 amps or less. 9 * 120v = 1080 watts. The furnace is probably the highest energy demanding appliance you need. The fridge is easy, put your frozen stuff outside where critters won't get them. You can store perishable items in a cooler inside and make ice outside for the cooler, or use snow. 2. When shopping for a generator keep in mind that most generators are labeled by peak watts. Average run watts are usually lower. So size your new generator by run watts. 3500 run watts will do most of what you need. Shop wisely and compare models, but if your whole area is without power, I bet all the stores are already sold out. If this project is a DIY, then do not attempt to power your house wiring with the generator. You will just end up burning your house down or electrocuting someone. Just run extension cords to the furnace and other locations. If your furnace is hard wired to the house, get an electrician to change it to a cord and plug type disconnect. Then you can run it off a 14 gauge extension cord. Run your lights and laptop off another extension cord.
If you wish to power your whole house via the breaker panel, hire a licensed electrical contractor to do the installation. good luck
Although I agree with some points of your post, most of your belief is not quite accurate. LEDs now make the best flash light illumination, and the power drain on batteries is minimal. I've been using LED headlamps for years, so this is nothing new, as your post implies.
The problem with them being used in homes is that they direct their illumination to a specific spot. This is not a bad thing though. I've recently seen them configured as spot lamps. Perfect for recessed lighting.
The optics in LED technology can easily be modified to diffuse light to make a great replacement for CFL & incandescent. Give it time.
You're a low-life scumbag. Do you cheat on your taxes? I must assume so. You, "Jane Q. Public" probably cheat on your spouse or significant other. People like you disgust me. No wonder the world has turned into such a shit hole with a plethora of assholes like you and few people with real morals anymore, understanding the difference between right from wrong.
Piracy is stealing, plain and simple. Programmers that work on game projects put in long days and many hours and do this for a living. The game industry is simple economics. Invest a pile of time/money to design a product and produce it. Sell many copies at a reasonable price and if you're lucky make your wages and an ample profit. Some games bomb and the producers lose money.
Piracy is stealing, plain and simple. Game and software pirates are taking food from from someone else's mouth. Come on/. nerds. Most of you produce software for a living as well. You all know better than to debate how you have a right to steal some other nerd's work.
Stealing is wrong plain and simple. It amazes me when some low-life will risk getting shot to steal a $1 Mickey Mouse antenna ball from someone else's car in a parking lot. And yes, here in Alaska it is legal for anyone to carry a concealed weapon, no permit required. AND people have been shot for just wandering onto someone else's property uninvited. Now that is the ultimate "Get off my lawn !"
Sir, I meant no dis-respect and no insult intended (dry humor), but the reference material your conclusions are based upon do not apply to synthetic biodiesel derived from land fill material. The wikipedia tables you reference note biodiesel derived from vegetable oil and animal fat, not landfill waste such as plastics and rubber from tires.
Wikipedia is an excellent resource for many applications although must also be referenced with due caution as some content may not be truly accurate.
I reference new technology that is currently not included in wikipedia. I have done some investigation into this particular process. If the data provided by the engineers involved is accurate, the end product may provide an equal to higher fuel quality than diesel derived from organic sources and at a cost of ~ $0.50 - $1/gal US. In addition the environmental pollutant factor of synthetic diesel appears to be much lower than diesel from crude oil.
I do try to look at this technology with skepticism as well, but at some point we must commit ourselves and take a new course from the old standard of leaving our future to neanderthals and their old ideas. This requires new thinking and developing new technologies to move forward.
Considering fossil fuels are a finite resource and at the rate we are burning them up they will be depleted sooner than later. Bio-diesel from waste garbage is an alternative we have available right now to allow countries like the US to reduce dependence on foreign oil. This combined with renewable energy which can be produced locally in every region may become enough to achieve energy independence for the time being until hydrogen technology can be brought to reality.
As with any new viable technology brought forth to the populace for acceptance, there will always be skeptics. "If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with wings", "The world is flat like the pizza pie", "If you attempt to travel faster than 60 mph the air rushing past will produce a vacuum that will suck the air from your lungs and you will die", and my new favorite: "Because most liquid biofuels are of significantly lower energy density, you'd need quite a bit more to burn, thus almost completely nullifying whatever ecological benefit they might have had with regards to carbon emissions."
The biofuels of which you speak have always produced more pollution through their manufacture than they have saved through reduced car emissions, so their future is largely political, not economical.
Typical AC, you are absolutely wrong.
There are many companies existing right now that can turn landfill waste into bio-deisel. The process is completely self generating meaning they use energy from the process to run the system. Many designs are completely sealed systems meaning they do not vent anything into the environment. Google: "biodiesel from landfill" and see for yourself. Another: http://www.cleanenergyprojects.com/
Granted an extra CPU powerful enough to run vista would be an excellent gaming console. And if the games out there today spin your top, then by all means go for it.
My favorite PC games were popular years ago. The "Journeyman Project" series, "Under a Killing Moon" & the entire "Tex Murphy" series, but the game concept of SciFi RPG adventure and puzzle solving has gone away and replaced with FPS and blood, guts, & gore. Personally I find the FPS concept boring, done it, moving on now. Again, if this is your bag, go for it and enjoy.
Not interested in an OS flame war, but Microsoft really pissed me off big time years ago and I have moved on to other options. This results in that I have a serious bias against anything M$ and will never condone purchasing or using anything they make or are involved in. Now, I am a BSD-Linux fanboy and code personal projects for amusement. My OS desktop du-jour is state of the art, rock solid stable, and a joy to use. If I were to game again, I would use a PS3 or whatever is newest and view it on my 46" flat screen.
Alright AC-NutlessFuckHead, ripping blu-rays was not part of the discussion, "so that standalone CD recorders, like the Pioneer PDR-609...", was! If your fucking Pioneer PDR-609 cannot burn a music track to a data CD, you use the one in your PC.
I've used winblows to master CDs before. I much prefer to do this in Linux, fuck you very much. What part about that can't your little pointed head grasp? Do you need an adult do explain it to you??
1) Most spam email originates in the US. 2) But the major spam dispensers are the mega botnets, which are controlled from overseas. 3) The zombie units of the botnet are the actual spam dispensers. 4) Your Aunt Tillie's machine is a member of the botnet.
(I just know I'll get flamed for this) 99.9% of the zombies comprising the botnet are compromised windows boxes.
The best solution is for owners of windows boxes to unplug their Cat-5 wire from the CPU and perform a re-install today. Maybe hide their machine behind a firewall router until they can get their clean installs updated. From then on they need to be rehabilitated from the compulsive behavior of clicking on advertisements saying "click here to see Angelina Jolie naked". It's not much but it's a start.
(Score:0, Troll) WTF??? Evidently someone from MAFIAA got in here. The mod score should be (Score:5, Informative), or else my sig offended someone representing a certain "large group"...
Another M$ fanboy heard from. Don't take it personally, was just an observation and point of fact.
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The best was when he was interrogating a guy, and shot the guy's *wife* in the leg. BAD ASS!:-)
You do realize this all is just scripted garbage don't you? It's not real. They could have Kiefer pull gold bars out his ass if they wanted to. Frank Zappa was right about the green slime coming from your TV screen. Shut the damn thing off and join reality already. Watching TV is the same as giving up.
Reality is torture happening to some poor schmuck from instructions given by some twisted scumbag lurking behind a curtain. "Pull his finger nails out, heh heh heh. Good, now electrocute his balls, heh heh heh. I want to hear him scream like a girl, heh heh heh." The guy behind the curtain is Dick Cheney...
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Who cares about KDE 4.2 on winblows!
I want to know if it is ready for Linux/BSD.
When it has features == to KDE 3.5.10 and is usable, then post some sensational headline to the effect.
Until then somebody needs to stay in the kitchen and keep cooking
So, M$ imports and employs H1B candidates as cheap labor to build it's products? That is the same as outsourcing your labor to over seas sweat shops, except they drive them like slaves in Redmond.
I knew Bill Gates and Ballmer were douche bags, but this shit even gives douche bags a bad name.
Actually the Linux kernel is not bloated, but the desktops environments like KDE & Gnome are. This is the positive side of Linux is that it is an OS you can have your way. Lean and fast or bloated with all the whistles & bells.
On topic: ... But it seems their marketing scheme is to release the newest, greatest beta abortion every 5 years or so. And when it becomes mature, kill it and release another beta OS as the newest latest and greatest.
M$ would have a better image with the computing public if they just took XP and upgraded it as new releases. Things such as desktop improvements, security rewrites, etc
I've heard it said before, "M$ is not a software company, they are a marketing company." They're all about the money, not producing quality products. This is evident every day when we read about new exploits and the resulting creation of new massive botnets of unpatched windoz machines.
That said, I do have XP on my laptop, and it's the best OS that M$ has ever produced, but I never boot it as Debian Linux or FreeBSD 7.1 does everything XP can do but without the frustration of built in limits of what I can do with my desktop. I want to have my computing experience my way, not that of some bald headed chair throwing jackass that looks remarkably like the Peter Boyle's character in Young Frankenstein.
I know this post is redundant, but ... /. is not only for smart people. Some of Jerry's "Special" kids also know of us as well.
I knew you were right in your parent post.
Amazing how many flames you can get from idiots that don't know their asses from a hole in the ground.
Alas,
I was wondering what on earth is wrong with the US postal service and you just gave me the answer.
They too are using a modified version of the RFC 2549 technology.
Fuck fuck fuck shit fuck fuck fuck stupid cock sucking mother fuckers goddamit !!!
But on a lighter side, at least they still have the KKK and confederate flag to wrap themselves in.
Anyone interested in a good 'ol fashioned cross burning and a lynching?
Yep ...
The Nazis also used Red with black
So GOP == Communists, Nazis, Red China, the colour of hate (seeing red), aggression, spilled blood of the innocents, the list goes on
Damn spell check
Post correction, should have been:
"It amazes me just how many morons are out there with mod points."
The kinks in harvesting algae will be worked out with development. Give the industry time.
And of course it will take large quantities to produce large volumes of fuel, the up side is that algae is easy to grow anywhere and grows fast.
Solix (http://www.solixbiofuels.com/):
On a side note and off topic, what imbecile modded you down to -1? Your post is informative and includes a great link to the technology and should be modded up. I amazes me just how many morons are out there with mod points. Mr Malda, would you fix this please. Someone needs a time out.
I've been sitting on several dead hard drives for years and still pondering how to dispose of them properly. Cannot wipe them using software as they are dead. Currently doing a test disassembly to see if the platters can be removed and wiped with a magnet or heated to destroy old data such as SS numbers. Any good suggestions which is the best method to wipe the disks? Also which components should be recycled so as to avoid disposal in the local landfill.
As a Linux user, I have recently delved into FreeBSD and found the system a pleasant surprise. PC-BSD 7.1 was the actual flavor but FreeBSD none the less. I did find the KDE4.1 too unstable for production work, but a step back in time to PC-BSD 1.5 (FreeBSD 6.4) gave me a system that was somewhat better to tinker with.
Unfortunately, on several occasions I found the system would slow to a crawl and other times would ungracefully crash requiring a hard reboot. And still again for some reason the mouse curser would go berserk and lock itself to the bottom of the screen.
Personally I liked FreeBSD but had to return to my Debian Lenny system to get work done. Eventually, when I have time, I intend to give FreeBSD 7+ another go just because. Although I can see the time needed to get a production desktop system up and running, could take a week or two and I'm not sure the resulting system would be as reliable as my Lenny system.
I recall Bill Gates stating that if people are going to pirate an operating system, he preferred they pirated M$ Windoz.
Didn't Ballmer get the memo?
Rob, I am a contractor. Most posts I have read here, if you follow their advise, will burn your house down or get you or someone else killed. Seek a reputable electrician and talk w/ them for advise. Most will not charge for consultation or a bid.
That said: DIY Generator power 101.
1. Size a generator for your survival needs.
If your furnace is gas or oil, you need to convert it's amp draw to watts. Watts = Volts * amps. Your furnace will draw ~ 9 amps on start, and run @ ~ 4 amps or less. 9 * 120v = 1080 watts. The furnace is probably the highest energy demanding appliance you need. The fridge is easy, put your frozen stuff outside where critters won't get them. You can store perishable items in a cooler inside and make ice outside for the cooler, or use snow.
2. When shopping for a generator keep in mind that most generators are labeled by peak watts. Average run watts are usually lower. So size your new generator by run watts. 3500 run watts will do most of what you need. Shop wisely and compare models, but if your whole area is without power, I bet all the stores are already sold out.
If this project is a DIY, then do not attempt to power your house wiring with the generator. You will just end up burning your house down or electrocuting someone. Just run extension cords to the furnace and other locations. If your furnace is hard wired to the house, get an electrician to change it to a cord and plug type disconnect. Then you can run it off a 14 gauge extension cord. Run your lights and laptop off another extension cord.
If you wish to power your whole house via the breaker panel, hire a licensed electrical contractor to do the installation.
good luck
Although I agree with some points of your post, most of your belief is not quite accurate. LEDs now make the best flash light illumination, and the power drain on batteries is minimal. I've been using LED headlamps for years, so this is nothing new, as your post implies.
The problem with them being used in homes is that they direct their illumination to a specific spot. This is not a bad thing though. I've recently seen them configured as spot lamps. Perfect for recessed lighting.
The optics in LED technology can easily be modified to diffuse light to make a great replacement for CFL & incandescent. Give it time.
You're a low-life scumbag. Do you cheat on your taxes? I must assume so. You, "Jane Q. Public" probably cheat on your spouse or significant other. People like you disgust me. No wonder the world has turned into such a shit hole with a plethora of assholes like you and few people with real morals anymore, understanding the difference between right from wrong.
Piracy is stealing, plain and simple. Programmers that work on game projects put in long days and many hours and do this for a living. The game industry is simple economics. Invest a pile of time/money to design a product and produce it. Sell many copies at a reasonable price and if you're lucky make your wages and an ample profit. Some games bomb and the producers lose money.
Piracy is stealing, plain and simple. Game and software pirates are taking food from from someone else's mouth. Come on /. nerds. Most of you produce software for a living as well. You all know better than to debate how you have a right to steal some other nerd's work.
Stealing is wrong plain and simple. It amazes me when some low-life will risk getting shot to steal a $1 Mickey Mouse antenna ball from someone else's car in a parking lot. And yes, here in Alaska it is legal for anyone to carry a concealed weapon, no permit required. AND people have been shot for just wandering onto someone else's property uninvited. Now that is the ultimate "Get off my lawn !"
Sir, I meant no dis-respect and no insult intended (dry humor), but the reference material your conclusions are based upon do not apply to synthetic biodiesel derived from land fill material. The wikipedia tables you reference note biodiesel derived from vegetable oil and animal fat, not landfill waste such as plastics and rubber from tires.
Wikipedia is an excellent resource for many applications although must also be referenced with due caution as some content may not be truly accurate.
I reference new technology that is currently not included in wikipedia. I have done some investigation into this particular process. If the data provided by the engineers involved is accurate, the end product may provide an equal to higher fuel quality than diesel derived from organic sources and at a cost of ~ $0.50 - $1 /gal US. In addition the environmental pollutant factor of synthetic diesel appears to be much lower than diesel from crude oil.
I do try to look at this technology with skepticism as well, but at some point we must commit ourselves and take a new course from the old standard of leaving our future to neanderthals and their old ideas. This requires new thinking and developing new technologies to move forward.
Considering fossil fuels are a finite resource and at the rate we are burning them up they will be depleted sooner than later. Bio-diesel from waste garbage is an alternative we have available right now to allow countries like the US to reduce dependence on foreign oil. This combined with renewable energy which can be produced locally in every region may become enough to achieve energy independence for the time being until hydrogen technology can be brought to reality.
As with any new viable technology brought forth to the populace for acceptance, there will always be skeptics. "If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with wings", "The world is flat like the pizza pie", "If you attempt to travel faster than 60 mph the air rushing past will produce a vacuum that will suck the air from your lungs and you will die", and my new favorite: "Because most liquid biofuels are of significantly lower energy density, you'd need quite a bit more to burn, thus almost completely nullifying whatever ecological benefit they might have had with regards to carbon emissions."
Typical AC, you are absolutely wrong.
There are many companies existing right now that can turn landfill waste into bio-deisel. The process is completely self generating meaning they use energy from the process to run the system. Many designs are completely sealed systems meaning they do not vent anything into the environment.
Google: "biodiesel from landfill" and see for yourself. Another: http://www.cleanenergyprojects.com/
Granted an extra CPU powerful enough to run vista would be an excellent gaming console. And if the games out there today spin your top, then by all means go for it.
My favorite PC games were popular years ago. The "Journeyman Project" series, "Under a Killing Moon" & the entire "Tex Murphy" series, but the game concept of SciFi RPG adventure and puzzle solving has gone away and replaced with FPS and blood, guts, & gore. Personally I find the FPS concept boring, done it, moving on now. Again, if this is your bag, go for it and enjoy.
Not interested in an OS flame war, but Microsoft really pissed me off big time years ago and I have moved on to other options. This results in that I have a serious bias against anything M$ and will never condone purchasing or using anything they make or are involved in.
Now, I am a BSD-Linux fanboy and code personal projects for amusement. My OS desktop du-jour is state of the art, rock solid stable, and a joy to use. If I were to game again, I would use a PS3 or whatever is newest and view it on my 46" flat screen.
Alright AC-NutlessFuckHead, ripping blu-rays was not part of the discussion, "so that standalone CD recorders, like the Pioneer PDR-609 ...", was! If your fucking Pioneer PDR-609 cannot burn a music track to a data CD, you use the one in your PC.
I've used winblows to master CDs before. I much prefer to do this in Linux, fuck you very much. What part about that can't your little pointed head grasp? Do you need an adult do explain it to you??
Your suggestions, while good, will never work.
1) Most spam email originates in the US.
2) But the major spam dispensers are the mega botnets, which are controlled from overseas.
3) The zombie units of the botnet are the actual spam dispensers.
4) Your Aunt Tillie's machine is a member of the botnet.
(I just know I'll get flamed for this)
99.9% of the zombies comprising the botnet are compromised windows boxes.
The best solution is for owners of windows boxes to unplug their Cat-5 wire from the CPU and perform a re-install today. Maybe hide their machine behind a firewall router until they can get their clean installs updated. From then on they need to be rehabilitated from the compulsive behavior of clicking on advertisements saying "click here to see Angelina Jolie naked".
It's not much but it's a start.
(Score:0, Troll) WTF??? ...
Evidently someone from MAFIAA got in here. The mod score should be (Score:5, Informative), or else my sig offended someone representing a certain "large group"
Another M$ fanboy heard from.
Don't take it personally, was just an observation and point of fact.
You do realize this all is just scripted garbage don't you? It's not real. They could have Kiefer pull gold bars out his ass if they wanted to. Frank Zappa was right about the green slime coming from your TV screen. Shut the damn thing off and join reality already. Watching TV is the same as giving up.
Reality is torture happening to some poor schmuck from instructions given by some twisted scumbag lurking behind a curtain. "Pull his finger nails out, heh heh heh. Good, now electrocute his balls, heh heh heh. I want to hear him scream like a girl, heh heh heh." ...
The guy behind the curtain is Dick Cheney