The article goes on to skewer the year of Linux thing that seems to show up on pretty much every tech news site throughout December and January as lazy editors round out their year with softball trolling stories and "Year End Lists." We should compile a year-end list about this:)
Taco whinging about lazy editors... there's a hypocrite for you. Is the difference between Slashdot and all those "other" tech news sites the fact that Slasdot editors are lazy year-round? How about getting your own house in order pal!
How is this news while the Mac Blue Screen problem upon upgrade thing isn't mentioned anywhere on the front page? (It was news on other sites yesterday.)
It will be on Slashdot - you're just a few months early.
Instead of formatting every hard drive (would have taken weeks performing a DoD level wipe) and disposing them all together with the servers, I decided to disassemble the hard drives and recycle them into something neat... The Xmas tree is made with parts from hard drives only except for one nut which I had to purchase for $0.39.
Sounds like you already had a nut - the one building the tree. I'm guessing you either:
grossly exaggerated the business requirement for a DoD-level wipe; or
have BOFH-style job security; or
better polish up your CV once your boss realises what you've done
Do what they do for gasoline pumps - put it up high on one side, and get a long enough cord to connect it. If you want maximum flexibility, why not connect it to the ceiling above the center of the car (maybe with a small boom to assist with cable management)? That will keep it out of your way while walking around the vehicle, yet still make it visually obvious whenever it is plugged in.
I second the vote for WolfET too... It's free pricetag made it very popular. There were plenty of servers back in the day, so it should still be pretty easy to find somewhere with a decent ping for an online rumble.
Ask Richard Buckland. If you're able to get through to him I think he'd have some great ideas for you, because this very subject is one of his greatest passions.
No thread on teaching programming to kids would be complete without a shout out to him. He has a freakish ability to make the most dry, technical, theoretical computer science topics highly entertaining, engaging and educational. I've been fortunate enough to see him in action a few times, the guy is a brilliantly talented teacher. There's a reason he's been given award after award for the quality of his teaching - he cares, and he's unbelievably good at it.
The herpes family of viruses is certainly one of the most "successful." It's everywhere.
To emphasise the point (same article, second paragraph):
"Epstein-Barr virus occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as 95% of adults between 35 and 40 years of age have been infected."
Back in the 80s, I remember LN pricing (in commercial/industrial quantities) being around $0.05 per liter (roughly $0.20 per US gallon). This FAQ suggests that the price is now around $0.50 per gallon in quantity.
...which makes it significantly cheaper than gasoline. Here's a thought: I wonder how much energy is released as it boils, and how that compares to a gasoline combustion engine. Sure, maybe we'd need more liquid volume, but it's cheaper per unit volume... and its not a Greenhouse gas either - it's 79% of the atmosphere already!
What about wave / tidal power? There's plenty of that to go around, just as long as you don't plant the generators in the middle of Waimea Bay or Pipeline...
Okay, just to note, chaps are normally "assless" - they're extra shields for the legs, basically. Wearing chaps and nothing underneath would be odd, sure, but I'm just saying the "assless" qualifier is not really applicable to chaps - if they had an ass ("seat"), they'd be peculiar toughened trousers, not chaps.
Try "chaps and no pants" or "nothing but chaps, a hat, and a big smile".
Gee, pedantic much? An assless chap Nazi... only on Slashdot!
Is there any guarantee that Berlusconi will still be Prime Minister in January? Historically they've changed governments more frequently than Cowboy Neal changes his pants...;-)
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The article goes on to skewer the year of Linux thing that seems to show up on pretty much every tech news site throughout December and January as lazy editors round out their year with softball trolling stories and "Year End Lists." We should compile a year-end list about this :)
Taco whinging about lazy editors... there's a hypocrite for you. Is the difference between Slashdot and all those "other" tech news sites the fact that Slasdot editors are lazy year-round? How about getting your own house in order pal!
I see you are a Dell customer...
To paraphrase the back of one of my favorite T-shirts:
"I'm a volcanologist. If you see me running, try to keep up."
How is this news while the Mac Blue Screen problem upon upgrade thing isn't mentioned anywhere on the front page? (It was news on other sites yesterday.)
It will be on Slashdot - you're just a few months early.
Instead of formatting every hard drive (would have taken weeks performing a DoD level wipe) and disposing them all together with the servers, I decided to disassemble the hard drives and recycle them into something neat... The Xmas tree is made with parts from hard drives only except for one nut which I had to purchase for $0.39.
Sounds like you already had a nut - the one building the tree. I'm guessing you either:
Rolls Royce plc maybe?
Yeah, because they completely suck at making cars... ;-)
It was a typo on his part, the result of an "ID-ten-T" error...
What you experienced is generally known to others as something called a "hallucination."
The part where he thought he had a girlfriend? Or the part where he thought a female would voluntarily be in his vicinity with her eyes open?
Not quite. Pick a powertrain vendor instead of a tire vendor and you've got an appropriate analogy.
Do what they do for gasoline pumps - put it up high on one side, and get a long enough cord to connect it. If you want maximum flexibility, why not connect it to the ceiling above the center of the car (maybe with a small boom to assist with cable management)? That will keep it out of your way while walking around the vehicle, yet still make it visually obvious whenever it is plugged in.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (great role-based strategic shooter, inexplicably free)
I second the vote for WolfET too... It's free pricetag made it very popular. There were plenty of servers back in the day, so it should still be pretty easy to find somewhere with a decent ping for an online rumble.
FreeCiv is a freeware version of Civilization that I still play. They have linux and windows releases.
http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Download#Windows_Packages
I second that. Great version of a classic game, and highly addictive. I've lost more hours than I care to count playing this one...
The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no.
You know that talk is cheap, and those rumors ain't nice.
And when I fall asleep I don't think I'll survive the night, the night.
cause they're waiting for me.
They're looking for me.
Every single night they're driving me insane.
Those men inside my brain.
The dream police, they live inside of my head.
(live inside of my head.)
etc...
Can we "keep images in our heads" at all? ...I'm free-balling here, mind.
Dear Lord, now I'm wishing I could get that image out of my head...
Ask Richard Buckland. If you're able to get through to him I think he'd have some great ideas for you, because this very subject is one of his greatest passions.
No thread on teaching programming to kids would be complete without a shout out to him. He has a freakish ability to make the most dry, technical, theoretical computer science topics highly entertaining, engaging and educational. I've been fortunate enough to see him in action a few times, the guy is a brilliantly talented teacher. There's a reason he's been given award after award for the quality of his teaching - he cares, and he's unbelievably good at it.
Let's tax birds singing too.
If they come anywhere near me, the penalty for "tax avoidance" will be administered by 12-gauge...
The herpes family of viruses is certainly one of the most "successful." It's everywhere.
To emphasise the point (same article, second paragraph):
"Epstein-Barr virus occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as 95% of adults between 35 and 40 years of age have been infected."
Just answered my own question...
Back in the 80s, I remember LN pricing (in commercial/industrial quantities) being around $0.05 per liter (roughly $0.20 per US gallon). This FAQ suggests that the price is now around $0.50 per gallon in quantity.
...which makes it significantly cheaper than gasoline. Here's a thought: I wonder how much energy is released as it boils, and how that compares to a gasoline combustion engine. Sure, maybe we'd need more liquid volume, but it's cheaper per unit volume... and its not a Greenhouse gas either - it's 79% of the atmosphere already!
Whoosh!
What about wave / tidal power? There's plenty of that to go around, just as long as you don't plant the generators in the middle of Waimea Bay or Pipeline...
The 18 bit display was the first hint.
You're giving the display 16 bits too much credit.
A Slashdot summary that is still technically correct, despite the usual omission of key facts?
I think your discovery is perhaps even more notable than the algorithm!
Okay, just to note, chaps are normally "assless" - they're extra shields for the legs, basically. Wearing chaps and nothing underneath would be odd, sure, but I'm just saying the "assless" qualifier is not really applicable to chaps - if they had an ass ("seat"), they'd be peculiar toughened trousers, not chaps.
Try "chaps and no pants" or "nothing but chaps, a hat, and a big smile".
Gee, pedantic much? An assless chap Nazi... only on Slashdot!
Is there any guarantee that Berlusconi will still be Prime Minister in January? Historically they've changed governments more frequently than Cowboy Neal changes his pants... ;-)
How often does one need to change assless chaps?