My first thought is that there's something wrong with the way you work, and that you you haven't figured out how to organize your Start menu. Assuming that's not the case though...:)
I've had some fun reconfiguring my Windows desktop using using Samurize. It won't give you a 3D interface or a voice commands or any of that, but it does allow you to provide links to your important applications in a different way. For the true geek, it also allows the embedding of various graphs and system monitors.
Numerous screenshots are available on the site, but they may not all be work-appropriate, so browse wisely (the main page is perfectly safe).
FolderShare.com offers a small application that allows for various ways of sharing files between windows system. While it may not be sufficiently robust for your needs, it does a wonderful job of syncing my home and office files.
For your situation, I would imagine that the server machines would run the FolderShare app, simply mirroring in more-or-less real time the lab2 data at lab1.
Your idea is outstanding! The only problem I see is that most people would take the oppurtunity to vote "none of the above". Consider the last US presidential election, for example...
There are several things that can stop apache children from growing out of control, and yes, they are documented in the book.
It's one thing when computer lingo results in sentences that are unfathomable by the non-tech types. This is an example of a sentence that's even worse...:)
Actually, I think the other guy was correct. The BTX board as shown in the "Expandable Tower (Side View)" diagram is 'reversed' from an ATX board. To view the system as shown in the figure, you'd have to remove the ~right~ side-cover of the tower. For ATX towers, you remove the left side-cover in order to access the system (left and right if you're looking at the front of the tower... and you and the tower agree which way "up" is, of course).
Curiously, I believe this is "sidedness" the beige Macintosh towers used.
Your information seems a little out of date -- current Subarus don't 'shift' into 4WD, they are AWD (all the time). I have a couple of friends who own modern Subarus and while they're not the most reliable cars ever built (partially because AWD is more complicated than 2WD), they are certainly not the nightmares you describe.
The moral of the story seems to be that hybrids are ugly (except, arguably, the toyota prius)
I think the exception is the Honda Civic Hybrid, which looks like a Honda Civic. As for being slow, the new 2004 Prius should be significantly more spry than the current version. It still looks... odd... though.
Publish in the most visibile place in the dorm buildings weekly compilations with the names of the "Most inept computer users in this dorm". Maybe you can spice it up with an introductory text that gives the impression that when you're saying "most inept" you actually mean "dumb as a door-knob"
I don't think that's going to have the effect you're looking for. The board is going to filled with a weird combination of the wholly computer illiterate (who could care less about their picture being up on some wall) and the computer-literate, attention-starved miscreants (who would be actively trying to turn _one_ of their computers into the 'typhoid Mary' of the dorm).
Having a credit card and paying it off monthly gives you a history of dealing with a line of credit and provides evidence that you can pay a bill in a timely manner. That will do far more for your credit than a) not having a card or b) opening a card account and never using it.
Your credit card rating will improve or be maintained as long as "they" think you don't yet have enough rope to hang yourself.
The only way to have good credit is to be in DEBT!!! Nevermind that you made it through college, and several years after with no debt, and no credit cards, since you shouldn't really need them.
I have a minor quibble with this statement -- having/using credit cards is not the same as being "in debt". It is pefectly easy to help your credit by using a credit card in an intelligent manner: simply pay it off at the end of the month. It mystifies me that many people are afraid of going into debt if they use credit cards.
Of course using a credit card in this manner won't help nearly as much as buying a car and paying it off, but it'll certainly do more than paying in cash everywhere and complaining about the system:)
Looks like we're both screwed -- I have a workstation with a Tyan MB and dual 1800MPs running off some generic 350W PS. I only have two HDs, though. My uptime's only 12 days due to a kernel update. The last crash was, oh, who knows...
Sure, because it takes no time to sort your documents into shred and no-shred, shred them, then empty the shredder into the trash, rather than just lobbing everything in there.
Sorting would take too much time -- just drop all your documents into the shredder. With a reasonable shredder, you don't even have to open credit card offers: just drop in the whole envelope. Don't even bother using a trash can for the mail: University Alumni letter? Shredder. Weekly grocery store ad? Shredder. And since you're recycling all your paper (right?) you don't have to sort the used kleenexes from the junk mail when you go to throw everything away, or at least you don't have to consider that the used kleenex might end up as part of your next milk carton.
There's no service fee because there's no service.
The unit does not appear to have the ability to download TV schedules like a Tivo or ReplayTV. You'd use it the same way you'd use a VCR to time shift programs: by manually programming the recording times into it. Interesting new toy, though.
Your response got lost in the others, otherwise I would've replied sooner. I hope I didn't blow your comment too far out of proportion -- since you mentioned that you'd likely be blasted I figured you wouldn't mind a little tweak. I agree that it's nice to see Europe taking even a step in the right direction -- I just really wish they'd do more.
You might find it amusing that my reply to your original comment has so far received +2 interesting, +1 underrated, -2 overrated and +1 funny. I'd like to think the +1 funny is for the Information Autobahn comment you mentioned, but it's more likely for the Rumsfeld thing.
You just skimmed my post, didn't you. Try reading it again, though you might want to look up the term 'sarcasm' when you get the chance. I think the second paragraph (and the vast majority of responses) make it pretty clear what my intended meaning was. Given that you agree with it, I may have to consider switching sides.
1) That would probably be the least of the world's problems, and
2) Galileo could very well go off-line as well.
The project's nifty and all, but I don't think it is the sign of EU independece that others seem to think it is. Let me know when the Eurofighter will reach full deployment or when the first Franco-German aircraft carrier coming close to the capabilities of a Nimitz class vessel is launched (UK's actually getting close to this, but then it's the UK, not the EU).
On the military issue, my argument is simply that access to a military-grade targetting system does little good if you do not have an expeditionary force that can project power. The UK barely has this capability (in comparison to the US) and the other countries are far less capable than the UK. Until Europe decides to devote a bit more of their GDP to the military (or at least combines their investments towards a reasonable force), it is going to have a hard time playing hard ball with the US. And yes, I realize that there are proposals in the EU to do just this.
Too bad the europeans are not smart enough to take the most important step of all and that is to STOP BUYING AMERICAN PRODUCTS. If they stop buying american products, stop watching american movies, stop listening to american music then they will impact the economy which will weaken the US.
Out of curiousity, what do you think America's response to that would be? Don't you think an American boycott of European goods would be a tad harmful to Europe as well? That said, I'd be happy if Americans stopped buying American music. Not that European music is anyting great these days...
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My first thought is that there's something wrong with the way you work, and that you you haven't figured out how to organize your Start menu. Assuming that's not the case though... :)
I've had some fun reconfiguring my Windows desktop using using Samurize. It won't give you a 3D interface or a voice commands or any of that, but it does allow you to provide links to your important applications in a different way. For the true geek, it also allows the embedding of various graphs and system monitors.
Numerous screenshots are available on the site, but they may not all be work-appropriate, so browse wisely (the main page is perfectly safe).
I was hoping someone respond to the orignal post as you did. I'm only sorry I have no mod points.
Cheers!
Assuming you have the first version of the Archos Jukebox Recorder, it's dimensions are:
4.5"x3.2"x1.3"
and weighs 12.3oz
The 3rd Gen 20GB iPod is:
4.1"x2.4"x0.62"
and weighs 5.6oz
In addition to the size/weight difference, I think most would agree the iPod looks a heck of a lot nicer too. Plus there's always iTunes.
I imagine those are some of the main reasons one would buy an iPod instead of the Archos.
FolderShare.com offers a small application that allows for various ways of sharing files between windows system. While it may not be sufficiently robust for your needs, it does a wonderful job of syncing my home and office files.
For your situation, I would imagine that the server machines would run the FolderShare app, simply mirroring in more-or-less real time the lab2 data at lab1.
RC
Your idea is outstanding! The only problem I see is that most people would take the oppurtunity to vote "none of the above". Consider the last US presidential election, for example...
Don't let the fact that you've been modded up fool you -- you're still losing karma in the cosmic sense.
Cheers!
It's one thing when computer lingo results in sentences that are unfathomable by the non-tech types. This is an example of a sentence that's even worse...
Oh, so it's *that* kind of OS... Now I understand why taking it to dinner and a movie didn't get me anywhere.
Actually, I think the other guy was correct. The BTX board as shown in the "Expandable Tower (Side View)" diagram is 'reversed' from an ATX board. To view the system as shown in the figure, you'd have to remove the ~right~ side-cover of the tower. For ATX towers, you remove the left side-cover in order to access the system (left and right if you're looking at the front of the tower... and you and the tower agree which way "up" is, of course).
Curiously, I believe this is "sidedness" the beige Macintosh towers used.
You probably should've looked at the Forrester -- it would have given you at least a few extra inches of headroom.
Your information seems a little out of date -- current Subarus don't 'shift' into 4WD, they are AWD (all the time). I have a couple of friends who own modern Subarus and while they're not the most reliable cars ever built (partially because AWD is more complicated than 2WD), they are certainly not the nightmares you describe.
I think the exception is the Honda Civic Hybrid, which looks like a Honda Civic. As for being slow, the new 2004 Prius should be significantly more spry than the current version. It still looks... odd... though.
I don't think that's going to have the effect you're looking for. The board is going to filled with a weird combination of the wholly computer illiterate (who could care less about their picture being up on some wall) and the computer-literate, attention-starved miscreants (who would be actively trying to turn _one_ of their computers into the 'typhoid Mary' of the dorm).
Having a credit card and paying it off monthly gives you a history of dealing with a line of credit and provides evidence that you can pay a bill in a timely manner. That will do far more for your credit than a) not having a card or b) opening a card account and never using it.
Your credit card rating will improve or be maintained as long as "they" think you don't yet have enough rope to hang yourself.
I have a minor quibble with this statement -- having/using credit cards is not the same as being "in debt". It is pefectly easy to help your credit by using a credit card in an intelligent manner: simply pay it off at the end of the month. It mystifies me that many people are afraid of going into debt if they use credit cards.
Of course using a credit card in this manner won't help nearly as much as buying a car and paying it off, but it'll certainly do more than paying in cash everywhere and complaining about the system
Don't worry, Microsoft should be releasing a patch for WinMe later today.
Looks like we're both screwed -- I have a workstation with a Tyan MB and dual 1800MPs running off some generic 350W PS. I only have two HDs, though. My uptime's only 12 days due to a kernel update. The last crash was, oh, who knows...
RC
Sorting would take too much time -- just drop all your documents into the shredder. With a reasonable shredder, you don't even have to open credit card offers: just drop in the whole envelope. Don't even bother using a trash can for the mail: University Alumni letter? Shredder. Weekly grocery store ad? Shredder. And since you're recycling all your paper (right?) you don't have to sort the used kleenexes from the junk mail when you go to throw everything away, or at least you don't have to consider that the used kleenex might end up as part of your next milk carton.
Yes, but now it takes the new golden dollars.
There's no service fee because there's no service.
The unit does not appear to have the ability to download TV schedules like a Tivo or ReplayTV. You'd use it the same way you'd use a VCR to time shift programs: by manually programming the recording times into it. Interesting new toy, though.
Your response got lost in the others, otherwise I would've replied sooner. I hope I didn't blow your comment too far out of proportion -- since you mentioned that you'd likely be blasted I figured you wouldn't mind a little tweak. I agree that it's nice to see Europe taking even a step in the right direction -- I just really wish they'd do more.
You might find it amusing that my reply to your original comment has so far received +2 interesting, +1 underrated, -2 overrated and +1 funny. I'd like to think the +1 funny is for the Information Autobahn comment you mentioned, but it's more likely for the Rumsfeld thing.
Cheers!
RC
To quote your post:
If the US had reason to block GPS:
1) That would probably be the least of the world's problems, and
2) Galileo could very well go off-line as well.
The project's nifty and all, but I don't think it is the sign of EU independece that others seem to think it is. Let me know when the Eurofighter will reach full deployment or when the first Franco-German aircraft carrier coming close to the capabilities of a Nimitz class vessel is launched (UK's actually getting close to this, but then it's the UK, not the EU).
On the military issue, my argument is simply that access to a military-grade targetting system does little good if you do not have an expeditionary force that can project power. The UK barely has this capability (in comparison to the US) and the other countries are far less capable than the UK. Until Europe decides to devote a bit more of their GDP to the military (or at least combines their investments towards a reasonable force), it is going to have a hard time playing hard ball with the US. And yes, I realize that there are proposals in the EU to do just this.
Oh, and thanks for your response!