I just watched a DVD for the first time in years, and it's truly amazing how many ads you get in before the main event starts. Thanks to my fast internet, this will also be the last movie I view this way.
I've used Linux for years and this has been a problem as long as I can remember. CPU usage is low (I've got six cores anyways) but the desktop on my Ubuntu 9+ nearly halts while large files transfer in the background. I transfer a few DVD-sized files daily so it's a noticeable problem. No swap in use, only Nautilus and Chromium open, and a file transfer bogs down the system until it's completely finished.
No swap used. Files are being transfered between separate physical non-RAID disks. Plenty free space on all disks. I've tried ext2/3/4 without any improvement.
Now with the latest Ubuntu I've got a disk queued up for btrfs and can't wait to test that next. In the meantime, my crappy old XP machine has no such trouble copying the exact same files.
Well I'm no expert on slaughter of innocent noncombatants or anything, but I'm pretty certain that video didn't refute any accusations that these are "cowboy soldiers willy-nilly shooting innocent civilians". Looks like they were pretty antagonistic as they murdered civilians without fear of reprisal.
a few more: hardware support it's portable - try moving Windows around to different computers, it'll complain about hardware and beg to be 'reactivated' security (again cuz it's important) performance (comparing Win7-x64 to Karmic x64/ext4 on the same hardware) less disk thrashing (better caching at the least) great for disk recovery (reads every disk format I've got incl ntfs) better virtualization support free fewer reboots necessary (run servers, don't like to reboot? check out ksplice) better command-line management (powershell is gross, dos is useless) better management tools (endless list here) even for free
OTOH Windows has good ACLs, AD and nice server GUI management tool. If you keep it away from networks it's pretty secure. Given everything *nix is probably the better tool for any job.
I'd say security is one asset Linux has which Windows has never had, and there's no sign of either changing. Security affects all of us, server and desktop user alike.
Placebos are safer than, and just as effective as, nearly all antidepressants. More doctors should prescribe placebos to prevent things like Lipitor/Prozac/Vioxx from gaining traction.
Please forget that last bit - I'm suffering from Progenitorivox withdrawal.
honest question here from a non-TI user: what makes the TI calculators better than, say, Pi Cubed (and a few other apps) for the iPhone? Is it the interface, dedicated keys? RPN?
Gnome-Do replaces the sidebar completely for me, with currency converter etc just a Super-Alt away. Just in case you wanted to try Ubuntu or similar..:)
Come on, at some point you've got to wake up and realize that you can't equate cutting people open with GPS tracking without a warrant. Prescribing drugs and warrantless surveillance aren't the same. Even your legal advice analogy falls apart. You're using the classic "piracy is theft" fallacy here.
Fact is, some things - such as the actions of our police force - should be wide open to public scrutiny. If they have nothing to hide, all's well.
Problem is, most officers have plenty to hide - I've seen innocent people punched in the face for imagined personal insults, private property unjustly confiscated (and broken, with loud laughter from complicit police officers) and a lot more. Remember the tasing incident? No, you're thinking of this fairly tame episode. I hope you never see a handcuffed person tased or tortured by our appointed officers. I pray that nobody is Rodney-Kinged. It'd be nice to imagine that cops aren't corrupt assholes and that they work within ethical and legal boundaries just like everybody else is supposed to do. But that's not the reality.
Before the law, we're all equal. Those in a position of power should be held accountable. Two wrongs don't make a right.
I've found Vorbis to be a better codec for my purposes. It's a personal collection, my MP3 players all do Ogg Vorbis, sounds great at q -6. Forget about aac @ 320k. I'd wager you can't even ABX iTunes AAC at 128k from the original WAV.
8 months in the hospital isn't normal. Losing weight during pregnancy is probably unhealthy, unless you're talking about these gigantic American Coke-swilling garbage-aholics.
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I actually found out about the Apple killswitch through my favourite app, which allows disabling this special "feature."
Today's lesson: Got an iPhone? Jailbreak and install SBSettings, kids.
I just watched a DVD for the first time in years, and it's truly amazing how many ads you get in before the main event starts. Thanks to my fast internet, this will also be the last movie I view this way.
I've used Linux for years and this has been a problem as long as I can remember. CPU usage is low (I've got six cores anyways) but the desktop on my Ubuntu 9+ nearly halts while large files transfer in the background. I transfer a few DVD-sized files daily so it's a noticeable problem. No swap in use, only Nautilus and Chromium open, and a file transfer bogs down the system until it's completely finished.
No swap used.
Files are being transfered between separate physical non-RAID disks.
Plenty free space on all disks.
I've tried ext2/3/4 without any improvement.
Now with the latest Ubuntu I've got a disk queued up for btrfs and can't wait to test that next. In the meantime, my crappy old XP machine has no such trouble copying the exact same files.
indeed, Chromium's Incognito mode circumvents this "everlasting cookie" neatly. Firefox Private mode might do the same. No telling what IE will do.
Yeah, if you're a five year old.
*rimshot/job!*
Well I'm no expert on slaughter of innocent noncombatants or anything, but I'm pretty certain that video didn't refute any accusations that these are "cowboy soldiers willy-nilly shooting innocent civilians". Looks like they were pretty antagonistic as they murdered civilians without fear of reprisal.
Solve this on your motorbike with a magnet.
we can only pray that those who have this shirt never, ever, ever take it off in public. *shudder*
a few more:
hardware support
it's portable - try moving Windows around to different computers, it'll complain about hardware and beg to be 'reactivated'
security (again cuz it's important)
performance (comparing Win7-x64 to Karmic x64/ext4 on the same hardware)
less disk thrashing (better caching at the least)
great for disk recovery (reads every disk format I've got incl ntfs)
better virtualization support
free
fewer reboots necessary (run servers, don't like to reboot? check out ksplice)
better command-line management (powershell is gross, dos is useless)
better management tools (endless list here) even for free
OTOH Windows has good ACLs, AD and nice server GUI management tool. If you keep it away from networks it's pretty secure. Given everything *nix is probably the better tool for any job.
I'd say security is one asset Linux has which Windows has never had, and there's no sign of either changing. Security affects all of us, server and desktop user alike.
Placebos are safer than, and just as effective as, nearly all antidepressants. More doctors should prescribe placebos to prevent things like Lipitor/Prozac/Vioxx from gaining traction.
Please forget that last bit - I'm suffering from Progenitorivox withdrawal.
honest question here from a non-TI user: what makes the TI calculators better than, say, Pi Cubed (and a few other apps) for the iPhone? Is it the interface, dedicated keys? RPN?
Gnome-Do replaces the sidebar completely for me, with currency converter etc just a Super-Alt away. Just in case you wanted to try Ubuntu or similar.. :)
Chromium Portable should get you started.
I put on my wizard hat, robe and gavel...
Safari rocks only if you don't mind a low-contrast, fuzzy-looking interface (thanks for the shitty antialiasing, apple) and no autoscroll.
Come on, at some point you've got to wake up and realize that you can't equate cutting people open with GPS tracking without a warrant. Prescribing drugs and warrantless surveillance aren't the same. Even your legal advice analogy falls apart. You're using the classic "piracy is theft" fallacy here.
Fact is, some things - such as the actions of our police force - should be wide open to public scrutiny. If they have nothing to hide, all's well.
Problem is, most officers have plenty to hide - I've seen innocent people punched in the face for imagined personal insults, private property unjustly confiscated (and broken, with loud laughter from complicit police officers) and a lot more. Remember the tasing incident? No, you're thinking of this fairly tame episode. I hope you never see a handcuffed person tased or tortured by our appointed officers. I pray that nobody is Rodney-Kinged. It'd be nice to imagine that cops aren't corrupt assholes and that they work within ethical and legal boundaries just like everybody else is supposed to do. But that's not the reality.
Before the law, we're all equal. Those in a position of power should be held accountable. Two wrongs don't make a right.
I've found Vorbis to be a better codec for my purposes. It's a personal collection, my MP3 players all do Ogg Vorbis, sounds great at q -6. Forget about aac @ 320k. I'd wager you can't even ABX iTunes AAC at 128k from the original WAV.
Good thing it's being pushed else we'd be SIX TIMES as swamped with unwatched DVD-rips cluttering up our drives. Greetz to SEPTiC et al.
if it's indistinguishable from the original, saving 3-6x the space, why wouldn't you use lossy compression?
you obviously haven't been keeping up to date on your audio encoders. LAME 3.97 and 3.98 are exceptional.
Whiskey is the crap left over when all the whisky is gone.
No more Laphroaig? Powers'll do ya.
8 months in the hospital isn't normal. Losing weight during pregnancy is probably unhealthy, unless you're talking about these gigantic American Coke-swilling garbage-aholics.
Interesting. Boxing falls into both categories depending on the outcome.
So we've learned that not everything fits into a nice, neat category. :-p
... unless they change the rules, say 20 rounds and no headgear? there'll be a KO. If both parties survive they should both get gold.
I never want to see a remake of Jones Jr. vs Park. Change the rules dammit.
I award you four worthless points for equating code obfuscation with Olympic sport.
Do I detect some seriously snide sarcasm secretly ridiculing these bogus Olympic events?