If I say "His face was livid with anger", is his face reddish or flushed, or is it drained of color?
You don't know, because someone somewhere in the past heard that sentence and assumed from context that it meant flushed, when it meant drained. Then they used this keen new word they'd added to their vocabulary wrongly, and the misuse spread.
So now we have two antithetical definitions for a word, both of which you seem to be arguing are completely acceptable.
Seriously, how can we expect meaningful communication if we don't agree on what the words mean?
The fact that the language is changing gives me no heartburn. The fact that we have two definitions of this phrase, and you get to guess which one was meant, does.
Do it the other way around. Keep OS X as your host operating system, and then run Linux in a virtual machine. There are several virtual solutions out there, some free, some not.
I use Parallels, which can (and has, in my use) host Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and yes, even Windows.
But the credit card processing firm is in Ohio and they're for real. So as long as a Visa or MasterCard is used, you could always dispute the transaction if it turns out to be a fraud.
I did a little digging on the web. The company is in Sweden. The founder has a patent on keyboards with keys that are little displays and can change their faces.
But Medison has only existed for a couple of months, although there have been other companies owned by the same guy and named as a variation of Medison.
As best I can tell, here's the Taiwan manufacturer's page. They sell to OEMs in a "bare bones" configuration. Medison claims these go to a new factory in Brazil to be finished out (add disk, memory, load Linux, etc.). They've got a good reputation for build quality.
So, I suppose it could be a scam, or maybe something that turns out to be too ambitious for Medison to deliver on. They'd have to do tremendous volume to make it work. But for $150, and with the credit card processor between me and them, I think I'll go for it.
It's a bit pricey compared to a Silicon Image IDE-133 RAID-capable card
You don't want RAID capable controllers. That keeps ZFS from seeing the individual drives and prevents much of the magic (like self-healing). This all works best with JBOD (Just a Box Of Disks).
Sun now has a Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS). You can download the suite, and run the exaustive test on your proposed hardware. You then send the results back to Sun, do some paperwork and you are allowed to sell that hardware configuration as "Solaris Ready". I can't see a reason Dell shouldn't do that since Sun and Microsoft buried the hatchet. I'd much rather have Solaris 10 with containers, Dtrace, the ZFS, etc. than Linux on my Dell machines anyway. In fact, I do.
I can't help but point out on FreeBSD you can use CVSup to force your sources to match the master site, and then "cd/usr/src ; make world". Around an hour later (depending on your machine) you will have completely new binaries for the kernel, kernel modules, binaries, docs, etc.
Bye bye rootkits, viruses, back doors and the like.
My only complaint about the Caps Lock key is it is in the place where the control key belongs. If you don't believe me, take a look at my TeleType ASR33.
The thing you missed is at the Apple World Wide Developer's Conference they announced that OS X 10.5 (Leopard) will be 64-bit through out. So, coupled with the new processor, you really can get the 64 bit performance that Windoze won't let you get out of your 64 bit x86 processor.
"Taking full advantage of the processing power that those multicore architectures potentially make available requires operating systems and development tools that don't exist largely today," Barnett said.
The mute button still performs its said task, removing most of the annoyance factor during ads, and I can always change the channel and right back again to avoid ads.
But Phillips was just granted a patent on a method to lock your channel selector (and DVR fast forward button) during commercials.
They want us rats to buy the wheel, but they want to own it.
I disagree that downloading is the reason for high ticket prices.
Artists actually make very little profit from record sales after the record company weasles get through with the accounting. Janis Ian says on her web site that she has never recieved an accounting statement from a record company where she didn't end up owing them money.
The way the artists make money is in concert tours. For that, they get a flat fee from the promoter.
Record sales are of interest only for the publicity and the chance that it will increase the concert attendence, meaning the promoter will pay them more.
I had just installed the Slashdot Firefox extension, which among other things allows you to make the style for all pages be like any one section. It says, "takes effect after the next restart". So, I restart. Everything's pink!
It took an uninstall, and a viewing in IE before I got that Ah-Ha feeling.
There were PDP-8s and PDP-11s around that I had exclusive access to, but the very first that was =MINE= was an Altair 8800, built with my own two hands. I still have a running Altar 680b. There was a Southwest Techinical Products 6800 in there somewhere, but I don't know where it went. When I got a Teletype ASR-33 (paper tape reader and punch) connected to the 6800 I only had to key in a loader through the front pannel, and the loader would load the real program. Yea! Before that it was hours of flipping switches.
The two pass 6800 assembler was interesting when using paper tape as the intermediate storage between passes.
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My other Sig is an Astra A-80. Or maybe the Walther PPK-S. Somewhere in between?
If I say "His face was livid with anger", is his face reddish or flushed, or is it drained of color?
You don't know, because someone somewhere in the past heard that sentence and assumed from context that it meant flushed, when it meant drained. Then they used this keen new word they'd added to their vocabulary wrongly, and the misuse spread.
So now we have two antithetical definitions for a word, both of which you seem to be arguing are completely acceptable.
Seriously, how can we expect meaningful communication if we don't agree on what the words mean?
The fact that the language is changing gives me no heartburn. The fact that we have two definitions of this phrase, and you get to guess which one was meant, does.
Quick, what does "livid" mean?
I believe you meant "raises the question".
http://begthequestion.info/
Well, duh!
Do it the other way around. Keep OS X as your host operating system, and then run Linux in a virtual machine. There are several virtual solutions out there, some free, some not.
I use Parallels, which can (and has, in my use) host Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and yes, even Windows.
Sounds a bit fishy; too good to be true.
But the credit card processing firm is in Ohio and they're for real.
So as long as a Visa or MasterCard is used, you could always dispute
the transaction if it turns out to be a fraud.
https://www.2checkout.com/community/
I did a little digging on the web. The company is in Sweden. The
founder has a patent on keyboards with keys that are little displays
and can change their faces.
http://www.unitedkeys.com/index.html
But Medison has only existed for a couple of months, although there
have been other companies owned by the same guy and named as a
variation of Medison.
As best I can tell, here's the Taiwan manufacturer's page. They
sell to OEMs in a "bare bones" configuration. Medison claims these
go to a new factory in Brazil to be finished out (add disk, memory,
load Linux, etc.). They've got a good reputation for build quality.
http://www.clevo.com.tw/products/M540V.asp
So, I suppose it could be a scam, or maybe something that turns out
to be too ambitious for Medison to deliver on. They'd have to do
tremendous volume to make it work. But for $150, and with the
credit card processor between me and them, I think I'll go for it.
You don't want RAID capable controllers. That keeps ZFS from seeing the individual drives and prevents much of the magic (like self-healing). This all works best with JBOD (Just a Box Of Disks).
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/index.html
Practical. I would no more object to a properly working DRM than I do to locks on supermarket doors.
But this is a hypothetical discussion, because there isn't a DRM that "does the right thing" and I fear there will never be one.
Move to Arizona, where we don't have Daylight Savings Time.
You missed the part about syncing your source tree to the master, before rebuilding the world. Please read an entire posting before replying to it.
I can't help but point out on FreeBSD you can use CVSup to force your sources to match the master site, and then "cd /usr/src ; make world". Around an hour later (depending on your machine) you will have completely new binaries for the kernel, kernel modules, binaries, docs, etc.
Bye bye rootkits, viruses, back doors and the like.
Whatever became of the Zero Population Growth movement?
My only complaint about the Caps Lock key is it is in the place where the control key belongs. If you don't believe me, take a look at my TeleType ASR33.
Shulda loaded the AM64 FreeBSD build. I've had one running on and Athlon 64 for about two years now.
The thing you missed is at the Apple World Wide Developer's Conference they announced that OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
will be 64-bit through out. So, coupled with the new processor, you really can get the 64 bit performance that Windoze won't let you get out of your 64 bit x86 processor.
But it does have the Parallels Compressor bundled for that price.
Ummmm.... FreeBSD? Solaris? Linux? Hello?
I believe that wants to be "bated".
Now a cat which just ate cheese might have baited breath.
So the Patent Office is basically saying they can't do their job, and they want free help.
But Phillips was just granted a patent on a method to lock your channel selector (and DVR fast forward button) during commercials.
They want us rats to buy the wheel, but they want to own it.
Artists actually make very little profit from record sales after the record company weasles get through with the accounting. Janis Ian says on her web site that she has never recieved an accounting statement from a record company where she didn't end up owing them money.
The way the artists make money is in concert tours. For that, they get a flat fee from the promoter.
Record sales are of interest only for the publicity and the chance that it will increase the concert attendence, meaning the promoter will pay them more.
It took an uninstall, and a viewing in IE before I got that Ah-Ha feeling.
There were PDP-8s and PDP-11s around that I had exclusive access to, but the very first that was =MINE= was an Altair 8800, built with my own two hands. I still have a running Altar 680b. There was a Southwest Techinical Products 6800 in there somewhere, but I don't know where it went. When I got a Teletype ASR-33 (paper tape reader and punch) connected to the 6800 I only had to key in a loader through the front pannel, and the loader would load the real program. Yea! Before that it was hours of flipping switches.
The two pass 6800 assembler was interesting when using paper tape as the intermediate storage between passes.
young whipersnappers