> Does anyone have any first-hand, practical experience with SSD? Yes. Transcendent 4GB 266x Compact Flash card, fast, silent, installed Ubuntu 7.04, currently 1.4 GB free. Price for the card + card to ide bridge was about two 80GB HDD drives.
Only problem was that I had to make my own drive mount first, because all I got was a board with a Compact Flash slot and a IDE connector.
If you are happy with a few GB of disk space, go for it. If you want to store big amount of data, wait. The price will fall.
... the plot will be changed in: 1) Romulan war ships travel in time from the 24th to the 23th century to destroy humans 2) Federation invents a time travel scanning and anti-paradox device 3) The Federation sends it's fleet to the 23th century to stop the Romulans. 4) 15 minutes fight with tons of special effects 5) Biggest Federation warship runs out of ammo after 10 torpedos 6) Another 15 minutes of fight with tons of special effects 7) Romulans hits Federation anti-paradox device, creating a paradox 8) Everything back to normal. 9) Spock dies. 10) ??? 11) Profit!
Seriously, they should let it die and make something new. There have been enough movies and series and so many (limited) plots. What should come next? Picards time travelling adventures? There have been enough and enough good time travelling episodes, that plot is over. If it's used more and more it will get boring.
> You would think that the German people would look back on their own history and say "Never again!"
You'll laugh, well maybe: I really don't think so.
I believe the majority of people wouldn't notice this until it's too late. People are beein threatened by something like terrorists (we havn't had a terrorist attack yet but according to some politicians, there is a **IMMENSE DANGER OF TERRORIST ATTACK HERE!!**), just to make an example. The problem is: Most people really believe that.
Situations like that have been written in history a lot of times. Not just in Germany, but last incident like that in Germany was not that far away.
Well I really think there is only one option to wake them up: hurt them. They must feel the pain to notice that something is wrong. And believe me, at the time they do - it will be too late.
I think the fuel burned out about 1-2 seconds after the body disintegrated. I counted the total burn time as about 5 seconds.
It seems to me that the solid fuel engines are only 4 small pipes mounted to the end of the wings, it doesn't seem they are part of the wing itself.
> The only difference might be that it landed in pieces rather than landing whole and breaking up on impact. Yes, I suppose there was too much force on the wings (which are not that aerodynamic) after the rocket rolled to the right causing the parts to break up.
"1 - IS THERE ANYTHING RAILS/RUBY CAN DO THAT PHP CAN'T DO?... (thinking)... NO."
Very weak argument. You twist Ruby and PHP with the same result. Works also well for other high level languages.
"2 - OUR ENTIRE COMPANY'S STUFF WAS IN PHP: DON'T UNDERESTIMATE INTEGRATION"
Why ditch existing programs anyway?? Why not just use it for new projects?
"3 - DON'T WANT WHAT I DON'T NEED
I admire the hell out of the Rails core gang that actually understand every line inside Rails itself. But I don't. And I'm sure I will never use 90% of it. [...]"
So in case you need a tool of the 90% you can consider happy that it already exists.
"[...] With my little self-made system, every line is only what's absolutely necessary. That makes me extremely happy and comfortable."
And if you need another feature you have to implement it yourself, rather than using the existing wheel which was implemented 10000 times before.
"4 - IT'S SMALL AND FAST
One little 2U LAMP server is serving up a ton of cdbaby.com traffic damn fast with hardly any load."
You rails application looks also very well after posted on slashdot.
"5 - IT'S BUILT TO MY TASTES
I don't need to adapt my ways to Rails.[...]"
Fine, than don't use it.
"[...] I tell PHP exactly what I want to do, the way I want to do it, and it doesn't complain. [...] "
Well, and I tell Ruby exactly what I want to do, the way I want to do it, and it doesn't complain unless I make an error.
"[...] I was having to hack-up Rails with all kinds of plugins and mods to get it to be the multi-lingual integration to our existing 95-table database."
If you are not happy with a 3rd-party plugin then why not write your own? You said before that you like to write code for yourself which is absolutely necessary for you.
"6 - I LOVE SQL
Speaking of tastes: tiny but important thing : I love SQL. I dream in queries. I think in tables.
I was always fighting against Rails and its migrations hiding my beloved SQL from me."
You can if you want. Nobody is telling you that you have to use ActiveRecord. And for migrations, you always can use the execute statement for own queries.
"7 - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDS: THE NEW ONE IS BETTER BECAUSE *YOU* ARE BETTER [...]"
I don't fully understand this headline.
"[...] Rails was an amazing teacher. [...]"
It's a framework, not a teaching software. Every good specialized framework will tell you how to do the things the frameworks' way. Almost always you can roll your own way if you want/need.
"[...] But don't forget you wrote that PHP years ago and are unfairly discriminating against it now."
So, your code has feelings? Your code has human rights? This argument is not logical. Logical would be: What's the cost of riding the old framework and what is the cost of the new framework?
Well I did on my old PHP project. The PHP code was a mess, badly designed. The "version 2" is written in Rails / Ruby-GTK GUI, with complete revisited data structures, resulting in a far more flexible application.
Before posting such a pointless article, please think about what expectations you had when switching to Rails. Don't expect somebody is coding the project for you or convert your messy PHP stuff to nice looking Ruby stuff automatically. If you don't want to re-do the project, you should better keep away from re-implementing it.
> Operating systems like Ubuntu are made with user-friendliness in mind and that comes at the price of user control. Not really. I used Gentoo for 3 years until 2006, then I switched to Ubuntu.
You can configure it the way you want it to. You want to be root? Fine, sudo passwd then. You want to use another kernel? Fine, compile it. You want to use another window/desktop manager? Fine, install it.
Yes, the package manager loads binaries by default, it doesn't compile your Gnome with all those funky -funroll-loops flags. But most probably you won't notice anyway on modern machines.
> So everyone's talking about how much pain AMD is in. Bleeding cash 24x7. So they've spent money on R&D for a 3 core processor!? I don't think so. The 3 core processor is actually a 4 core die with 1 core disabled. It's like the old Duron is a Athlon processor with some disabled, faulty L2 cache. They just don't throw away the trash, they try to fix it and sell the working part.
The main purchaser will be OEM factories, with 3 cores they have a new marketing instrument for a medium-high-end PC.
I've been using (X-)Ubuntu for a while on home and office pc now. I don't miss anything on Windows.
Sometimes I *need* to start Windows (2k/XP), mainly in the office. I hate it. - After I log in, several 3rd party programs start. Even for a mouse driver. The odd thing is, that windows has two locations where programs can be defined to autostart. Most of them are hidden somewhere, not in the easy-accessable autorun folder.
- Several popups appear, like *you don't have a firewall and a virus scanner* or *keep your windows updated*. Firewall? Our network is behind one. Virus scanner? Why? Updates? Why? Not for a few minutes of Windows a week.
- Windows interface could be better. For example, there are no virtual desktops available (except with 3rd party software)
- The default console sucks. Seriously. No auto-completion. The set of command line tools are very limited, for example I miss tail.
- Symlinks are not implemented. Very bad for software development.
- Installing and removing software is a pain. In most linux distributions, a package manager comes with the OS. In Windows there is no such thing. Installers are also not very clever. Double-click on setup.exe -> "Welcome. This installer will install #NAME. Please click on "Next" to continue" -> Step 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> installing -> finished -> "Please click on "Exit" to Exit". Ugly when installing a couple of programs.
- Sometimes we have an issue with our network or samba server. Then you get popups like "data loss when trying to write on " every 5 seconds until you restart the OS.
Haven't use Vista yet. I just saw it once on a colleagues notebook and before I could do anything on it, it showed a BSOD.
Personally, I don't like having my whole office at home. In my case it's not about children or other sources of noises but I don't feel "at work" sitting in front of my PC. I would require a separate (and quite) working room to be productive.
Continuing with noises - if some employees have a quick question they'll call each other. This may be very disturbing.
Next, consider putting in cost for connectivity. Not only phone lines and a phone server, you will need a central VPN server to share files.
Then, think about security. You don't have any control about the employees PCs anymore. I could bet that there are an easy target for malware. Think about that the computers may be used by other people, like their kids. Don't wait for a "Cool I ownz sensitive data of that company - letz put on myspace to show how coolz I am!" to happen.
Last point is, where to meet up with customers? Tell them you not have an office and meet at Starbucks?
Seriously, have a look around for a cheaper office.
Any advantages over having only one connector?
on
eSATA Connectors
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· Score: 4, Insightful
I really don't see the advantage in having 2 types of connectors doing the same thing for internal and external use.
Except they want to sell me another cable - or did I miss anything?
I've written a small app on Realbasic but didn't get into detail so much.
What I disliked most: - the syntax (never used to write basic) - no printer support for Linux in the version I used (which I seriously needed) - the installer linked ruby files to Realbasic
Screen turns on, Borg Gates says: "We are the Microsoft. Your computer will be assimilated. The piracy you were doing is over. We'll lock your computer until you pay for all your pirated software. Resistance is futile."
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> Does anyone have any first-hand, practical experience with SSD?
Yes. Transcendent 4GB 266x Compact Flash card, fast, silent, installed Ubuntu 7.04, currently 1.4 GB free.
Price for the card + card to ide bridge was about two 80GB HDD drives.
Only problem was that I had to make my own drive mount first, because all I got was a board with a Compact Flash slot and a IDE connector.
If you are happy with a few GB of disk space, go for it. If you want to store big amount of data, wait. The price will fall.
... the plot will be changed in:
1) Romulan war ships travel in time from the 24th to the 23th century to destroy humans
2) Federation invents a time travel scanning and anti-paradox device
3) The Federation sends it's fleet to the 23th century to stop the Romulans.
4) 15 minutes fight with tons of special effects
5) Biggest Federation warship runs out of ammo after 10 torpedos
6) Another 15 minutes of fight with tons of special effects
7) Romulans hits Federation anti-paradox device, creating a paradox
8) Everything back to normal.
9) Spock dies.
10) ???
11) Profit!
Seriously, they should let it die and make something new. There have been enough movies and series and so many (limited) plots. What should come next? Picards time travelling adventures? There have been enough and enough good time travelling episodes, that plot is over. If it's used more and more it will get boring.
> You would think that the German people would look back on their own history and say "Never again!"
You'll laugh, well maybe: I really don't think so.
I believe the majority of people wouldn't notice this until it's too late. People are beein threatened by something like terrorists (we havn't had a terrorist attack yet but according to some politicians, there is a **IMMENSE DANGER OF TERRORIST ATTACK HERE!!**), just to make an example. The problem is: Most people really believe that.
Situations like that have been written in history a lot of times. Not just in Germany, but last incident like that in Germany was not that far away.
Well I really think there is only one option to wake them up: hurt them. They must feel the pain to notice that something is wrong.
And believe me, at the time they do - it will be too late.
> Maybe somewhere in the Swiss Alps?
As being German: Definitely yes. Island may be an other option to consider
If the current politics remain, Germany is going to be a police and surveillance state in near future...
Next 2 steps:
3. ???
4. Profit!
... can the partitions be formated with ext2/3 or do have we stick to NTFS?
I think the fuel burned out about 1-2 seconds after the body disintegrated. I counted the total burn time as about 5 seconds.
It seems to me that the solid fuel engines are only 4 small pipes mounted to the end of the wings, it doesn't seem they are part of the wing itself.
> The only difference might be that it landed in pieces rather than landing whole and breaking up on impact.
Yes, I suppose there was too much force on the wings (which are not that aerodynamic) after the rocket rolled to the right causing the parts to break up.
"1 - IS THERE ANYTHING RAILS/RUBY CAN DO THAT PHP CAN'T DO? ... (thinking)... NO."
Very weak argument. You twist Ruby and PHP with the same result. Works also well for other high level languages.
"2 - OUR ENTIRE COMPANY'S STUFF WAS IN PHP: DON'T UNDERESTIMATE INTEGRATION"
Why ditch existing programs anyway?? Why not just use it for new projects?
"3 - DON'T WANT WHAT I DON'T NEED
I admire the hell out of the Rails core gang that actually understand every line inside Rails itself. But I don't. And I'm sure I will never use 90% of it. [...]"
So in case you need a tool of the 90% you can consider happy that it already exists.
"[...] With my little self-made system, every line is only what's absolutely necessary. That makes me extremely happy and comfortable."
And if you need another feature you have to implement it yourself, rather than using the existing wheel which was implemented 10000 times before.
"4 - IT'S SMALL AND FAST
One little 2U LAMP server is serving up a ton of cdbaby.com traffic damn fast with hardly any load."
You rails application looks also very well after posted on slashdot.
"5 - IT'S BUILT TO MY TASTES I don't need to adapt my ways to Rails.[...]"
Fine, than don't use it.
"[...] I tell PHP exactly what I want to do, the way I want to do it, and it doesn't complain. [...] "
Well, and I tell Ruby exactly what I want to do, the way I want to do it, and it doesn't complain unless I make an error.
"[...] I was having to hack-up Rails with all kinds of plugins and mods to get it to be the multi-lingual integration to our existing 95-table database."
If you are not happy with a 3rd-party plugin then why not write your own? You said before that you like to write code for yourself which is absolutely necessary for you.
"6 - I LOVE SQL
Speaking of tastes: tiny but important thing : I love SQL. I dream in queries. I think in tables. I was always fighting against Rails and its migrations hiding my beloved SQL from me."
You can if you want. Nobody is telling you that you have to use ActiveRecord. And for migrations, you always can use the execute statement for own queries.
"7 - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDS: THE NEW ONE IS BETTER BECAUSE *YOU* ARE BETTER [...]"
I don't fully understand this headline.
"[...] Rails was an amazing teacher. [...]"
It's a framework, not a teaching software. Every good specialized framework will tell you how to do the things the frameworks' way. Almost always you can roll your own way if you want/need.
"[...] But don't forget you wrote that PHP years ago and are unfairly discriminating against it now."
So, your code has feelings? Your code has human rights? This argument is not logical. Logical would be: What's the cost of riding the old framework and what is the cost of the new framework?
Well I did on my old PHP project. The PHP code was a mess, badly designed. The "version 2" is written in Rails / Ruby-GTK GUI, with complete revisited data structures, resulting in a far more flexible application.
Before posting such a pointless article, please think about what expectations you had when switching to Rails. Don't expect somebody is coding the project for you or convert your messy PHP stuff to nice looking Ruby stuff automatically.
If you don't want to re-do the project, you should better keep away from re-implementing it.
Get a series of tubes
> Operating systems like Ubuntu are made with user-friendliness in mind and that comes at the price of user control.
Not really. I used Gentoo for 3 years until 2006, then I switched to Ubuntu.
You can configure it the way you want it to. You want to be root? Fine, sudo passwd then.
You want to use another kernel? Fine, compile it. You want to use another window/desktop manager? Fine, install it.
Yes, the package manager loads binaries by default, it doesn't compile your Gnome with all those funky -funroll-loops flags. But most probably you won't notice anyway on modern machines.
> continually lame names
Yeah, they really should have named it Ghastly Goatse.
*ducks*
> So everyone's talking about how much pain AMD is in. Bleeding cash 24x7. So they've spent money on R&D for a 3 core processor!?
I don't think so. The 3 core processor is actually a 4 core die with 1 core disabled. It's like the old Duron is a Athlon processor with some disabled, faulty L2 cache. They just don't throw away the trash, they try to fix it and sell the working part.
The main purchaser will be OEM factories, with 3 cores they have a new marketing instrument for a medium-high-end PC.
Instead of a paper-cut you get a electric paper-shock?
I've been using (X-)Ubuntu for a while on home and office pc now. I don't miss anything on Windows.
Sometimes I *need* to start Windows (2k/XP), mainly in the office. I hate it.
- After I log in, several 3rd party programs start. Even for a mouse driver. The odd thing is, that windows has two locations
where programs can be defined to autostart. Most of them are hidden somewhere, not in the easy-accessable autorun folder.
- Several popups appear, like *you don't have a firewall and a virus scanner* or *keep your windows updated*. Firewall? Our network is behind one. Virus scanner? Why? Updates? Why? Not for a few minutes of Windows a week.
- Windows interface could be better. For example, there are no virtual desktops available (except with 3rd party software)
- The default console sucks. Seriously. No auto-completion. The set of command line tools are very limited, for example I miss tail.
- Symlinks are not implemented. Very bad for software development.
- Installing and removing software is a pain. In most linux distributions, a package manager comes with the OS. In Windows there is no such thing. Installers are also not very clever. Double-click on setup.exe -> "Welcome. This installer will install #NAME. Please click on "Next" to continue" -> Step 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> installing -> finished -> "Please click on "Exit" to Exit".
Ugly when installing a couple of programs.
- Sometimes we have an issue with our network or samba server. Then you get popups like "data loss when trying to write on " every 5 seconds until you restart the OS.
Haven't use Vista yet. I just saw it once on a colleagues notebook and before I could do anything on it, it showed a BSOD.
Use this line to checkout ocropus:
svn co http://ocropus.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ocropus
Posting April fools a day late deserves a rating of at least 4.2 points.
Piranhaz? That's an April fool.
t ml
Remember: You'll actually get Sharks with frickin' laser beams when you order those:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/rcbattlefish.sh
First of all, consider to rent a cheaper place.
Personally, I don't like having my whole office at home. In my case it's not about children or other sources of noises but I don't feel "at work" sitting in front of my PC. I would require a separate (and quite) working room to be productive.
Continuing with noises - if some employees have a quick question they'll call each other. This may be very disturbing.
Next, consider putting in cost for connectivity. Not only phone lines and a phone server, you will need a central VPN server to share files.
Then, think about security. You don't have any control about the employees PCs anymore. I could bet that there are an easy target for malware. Think about that the computers may be used by other people, like their kids. Don't wait for a "Cool I ownz sensitive data of that company - letz put on myspace to show how coolz I am!" to happen.
Last point is, where to meet up with customers? Tell them you not have an office and meet at Starbucks?
Seriously, have a look around for a cheaper office.
I really don't see the advantage in having 2 types of connectors doing the same thing for internal and external use.
Except they want to sell me another cable - or did I miss anything?
I've written a small app on Realbasic but didn't get into detail so much.
What I disliked most:
- the syntax (never used to write basic)
- no printer support for Linux in the version I used (which I seriously needed)
- the installer linked ruby files to Realbasic
You can.
Paint it on your house and find a way to ensure they only can make photo in a 90 angle to your house.
No, you should print on the banner:
"Your 30 day free trial of Photoshop has expired.
Please purchase the full version to remove this sign"
or
"Thank you for using a pirated version of Photoshop!"
Putting the sponge on fire killed the bacteria, viruses and parasites on the sponge, right?
So why did he complain? I mean, many items do actually smoke when they're set on fire...
What I'm more curious about is how the frak they managed to get a FSB of 1,5 GHZ on a Pentium II 333 MHZ
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=159352
Screen turns on, Borg Gates says:
"We are the Microsoft. Your computer will be assimilated. The piracy you were doing is over. We'll lock your computer until you pay for all your pirated software. Resistance is futile."