*) Extend the uni2asc/asc2uni => OPENSSL_uni2asc/OPENSSL_asc2uni
renaming to all platforms (within the 0.9.8 branch, this was
done conditionally on Netware platforms to avoid a name clash).
*) Support for routing luggage.
*) Add a new SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS mode flag to release unused buffer
RAM on SSL connections. This option can save about 34k per idle SSL.
it seems like thinking about letters is actually harder than typing on a keyboard.
You need a keyboard though, thinking about letters might be more convenient than typing them into something like a mobile phone.
I don't really think about what letters I'm pressing when I type, I just think of the words and the vast majority of the time, it's just muscle memory doing its thing.
I could imagine something similar happening while using this, it just cuts out the letter-to-key-translation and finger-movement neurons.
Not that I'd sign up for having my head opened up now though(I'll wait till they can integrate those electrodes into my tinfoil hat), but it sound like good news for disabled people.
I've got Adblock installed, but disabled for most sites I frequently visit: If I like a site I figure I'll give them a shot at making some money by showing me their ads. Usually it turns out their ads aren't that obtrusive, so they actually make some money from my visits, and I get to feel good for making them a little money, and the knowledge that I'm visiting a site that picks sane advertisements. Then again, sometimes it seems like people have gone and had a long thought on how to really annoy visitors with their ads (floating divs, ads disguised as articles, ads inserted before flash clips, etc), in which case too bad for them, but I don't mind risking a few seconds of my time for sites I like.
Actually the 256MB is the requirement for running the graphical installer, 64MB is listed as the bare minimum for running a desktop install(which you'd have to install using the alternate cd), while the recommended minimum for running a desktop reasonably well is listed as 384MB.
Jaunty runs fine for me with 512MB, only getting a bit sluggish when running openoffice+lotsa firefox tabs(+some more apps that don't eat much memory, but do add up).
They then brought 100 people into a lab and studied how they surf the Web.
If I'd be asked to participate in this kind of experiment I know my behaviour would be quite different from my normal behaviour:
I'm assuming they have some kind of monitoring software installed for the experiment, so no way I'd be entering any of my own personal information. Since I'm not entering any real data anyway, I probably wouldn't be bothered by any warnings, especially if you're asked to surf to a list of websites for the experiment I'd just ignore the warnings and get the list done with.
Even if the researchers asked me to treat some provided fake personal information for filling out I'd be tempted to just play dumb, fill in the forms and get the experiment done with, instead of e.g. calling the bank and asking what's wrong with their certificate.
I realize there are proximity-based USB dongles that will lock the screen when the remote adapter is beyond range, but this may be far too impractical to use. A USB security dongle sticking out the side is a quick recipe for a broken USB port...
If it has bluetooth you can use BlueProximity with your phone(or any other bluetooth device), instead of a specialised dongle.
What if someone comes up with a great invention, patents it, but isn't able/willing to mass-produce the thing personally, shouldn't it be possible to sell the idea to some company that is? Obviously ideas from people with higher life expectancies would be worth more, since you'd expect the patent to last longer as well. I don't think it would be fair for a healty 20-year old to get more money than somebody who just heard he has five years to live and intends to spend that time enjoying the money selling his invention got him.
I'm not happy with copyrights/patents lasting till the heat death of the universe plus twenty years, but I do think there should just be a fixed duration. 50 years sounds like plenty of time to me to cash in on your ideas, even if you only have one brilliant idea in your lifetime you'd be pretty much on your way to retirement by the time the protection runs out. It's just that I don't feel simply living longer somehow makes your ideas deserve longer protection than people who aren't as lucky.
It's a custom distro based on Ubuntu, Canonical doesn't want you to use the name 'Ubuntu' or similar names that sound like it's an official Ubuntu version, you're only allowed to use names like 'Ubuntu Something Remix'.
E.g. 'Minibuntu' is now called 'Ubuntu Mini Remix'.
My first experience with linux was playing around with Mandrake, and within half an hour I learned having to type 'YES' (completely, in caps) means I probably don't know what I'm doing and should stop doing it right now.
(Yes, of course I typed it anyway and had to reinstall:p)
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Might raise a few eyebrows though:
*) Extend the uni2asc/asc2uni => OPENSSL_uni2asc/OPENSSL_asc2uni
renaming to all platforms (within the 0.9.8 branch, this was
done conditionally on Netware platforms to avoid a name clash).
*) Support for routing luggage.
*) Add a new SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS mode flag to release unused buffer
RAM on SSL connections. This option can save about 34k per idle SSL.
it seems like thinking about letters is actually harder than typing on a keyboard.
You need a keyboard though, thinking about letters might be more convenient than typing them into something like a mobile phone.
I don't really think about what letters I'm pressing when I type, I just think of the words and the vast majority of the time, it's just muscle memory doing its thing.
I could imagine something similar happening while using this, it just cuts out the letter-to-key-translation and finger-movement neurons.
Not that I'd sign up for having my head opened up now though(I'll wait till they can integrate those electrodes into my tinfoil hat), but it sound like good news for disabled people.
I've got Adblock installed, but disabled for most sites I frequently visit: If I like a site I figure I'll give them a shot at making some money by showing me their ads.
Usually it turns out their ads aren't that obtrusive, so they actually make some money from my visits, and I get to feel good for making them a little money, and the knowledge that I'm visiting a site that picks sane advertisements.
Then again, sometimes it seems like people have gone and had a long thought on how to really annoy visitors with their ads (floating divs, ads disguised as articles, ads inserted before flash clips, etc), in which case too bad for them, but I don't mind risking a few seconds of my time for sites I like.
How about you click the link, get the error image, then press enter in the address bar?
Works for me (firefox 3.5)
it'd be the best encyclopedia around for quite some time yet.
citation needed
There you go.
...s.
Actually the 256MB is the requirement for running the graphical installer, 64MB is listed as the bare minimum for running a desktop install(which you'd have to install using the alternate cd), while the recommended minimum for running a desktop reasonably well is listed as 384MB.
Jaunty runs fine for me with 512MB, only getting a bit sluggish when running openoffice+lotsa firefox tabs(+some more apps that don't eat much memory, but do add up).
All I see on that page is the release candidate...
Don't worry, eventually the gorillas simply freeze to death when wintertime rolls around.
Cue obligatory xkcd link in 3.. 2.. 1... 0
There, fixed that for ya.
Ok, it doesn't crash the OS, but it won't run properly either:
$ wspace sixlines.ws
wspace: Prelude.(!!): index too large
If I'm not lost in the intertubes, where are my 'oblig. xkcd/Dilbert' karma whores?
They then brought 100 people into a lab and studied how they surf the Web.
If I'd be asked to participate in this kind of experiment I know my behaviour would be quite different from my normal behaviour:
I'm assuming they have some kind of monitoring software installed for the experiment, so no way I'd be entering any of my own personal information. Since I'm not entering any real data anyway, I probably wouldn't be bothered by any warnings, especially if you're asked to surf to a list of websites for the experiment I'd just ignore the warnings and get the list done with.
Even if the researchers asked me to treat some provided fake personal information for filling out I'd be tempted to just play dumb, fill in the forms and get the experiment done with, instead of e.g. calling the bank and asking what's wrong with their certificate.
I realize there are proximity-based USB dongles that will lock the screen when the remote adapter is beyond range, but this may be far too impractical to use. A USB security dongle sticking out the side is a quick recipe for a broken USB port...
If it has bluetooth you can use BlueProximity with your phone(or any other bluetooth device), instead of a specialised dongle.
What if someone comes up with a great invention, patents it, but isn't able/willing to mass-produce the thing personally, shouldn't it be possible to sell the idea to some company that is?
Obviously ideas from people with higher life expectancies would be worth more, since you'd expect the patent to last longer as well.
I don't think it would be fair for a healty 20-year old to get more money than somebody who just heard he has five years to live and intends to spend that time enjoying the money selling his invention got him.
I'm not happy with copyrights/patents lasting till the heat death of the universe plus twenty years, but I do think there should just be a fixed duration. 50 years sounds like plenty of time to me to cash in on your ideas, even if you only have one brilliant idea in your lifetime you'd be pretty much on your way to retirement by the time the protection runs out. It's just that I don't feel simply living longer somehow makes your ideas deserve longer protection than people who aren't as lucky.
I actually was surprised: :(
#1 'Inside Of ATM Machine'
I was expecting porn
No point in going as far as 60GHz, since that is next to useless, apparently.
I call dibs on the 790-400 terahertz band!
Are there still people denying quantum mechanics?
Oh wait, it's about the kind of Apple that doesn't fall from trees.
Damn, how did he post that AC? For the record, it wasn't me.
Not necessarily: Dihydrogen Monoxide (the main ingredient of 'Instant water - just add water') can be unhealthy for you in entirely different ways.
(DHMO is also one of the main ingredients of beer, which might explain this post to me when I sober up)
I'm sure someone will soon edit the page to reference this source.
Something like this you mean?
It's a custom distro based on Ubuntu, Canonical doesn't want you to use the name 'Ubuntu' or similar names that sound like it's an official Ubuntu version, you're only allowed to use names like 'Ubuntu Something Remix'.
E.g. 'Minibuntu' is now called 'Ubuntu Mini Remix'.
There you go
My first experience with linux was playing around with Mandrake, and within half an hour I learned having to type 'YES' (completely, in caps) means I probably don't know what I'm doing and should stop doing it right now.
(Yes, of course I typed it anyway and had to reinstall :p)