Posts by lunatik96

1 - why not pack in your luggage instead of carry ons? Everyone that travels knows they l;ose your luggage so you keep necessities in your carry ons. I make sure my meds, tooth brush and clean under garments are in my carry on. If I had a device similar, It would stay at home or be with my carry ons.

2 - just further proof that men only serve 1 true purpose. Sperm donors. Women won't need us for anything else after these devices catch on, that and picking up the dinner check, flat rent, utilities, trips to the spa for Brazilian wax jobs, car payments and insurance, etc.

I wonder if Verizon can prove any of their "claims" to the other possibilities. While it is true that any signal must traverse several routers, etc, the last mile provider can be singled out for any policy to limit BW. If it isn't the server, it is the last mile, or the whole Internet would be down/ slow.

The big one

I invested in cheap desert property in Nevada, just waiting for the big one in CA to make me wealthy beyond my wildest dreams. Muhwahaha!

There is an alternative.

If you had an AIO- All In One (built into the screen, so no more space required) computer running windows, and connected via network (wireless if desired) to the Linux computer to run ssh in a window from the windows box. This way, you would have your Linux stack running natively and your windows machine running natively. If required, you can connect the Linux video via HDMI to your AIO monitor and use ur wiress keyboard and mouse. However, it does still seem the long way home (more expensive).

Again, the specifications seem arbitrary. If you could state specific objectives (compile whole linux distro and build into package over night or in 4 hours.

The more I read this thread the OP is hell bent on having linux run as close to bare metal as possible. This solution achieves that desire. What I would do and I agree with most posts saying run Windows (2000 - 8.1-depending on task) and then Linux in a VM such as Virtual Box. That is the easiest and most usable route. I like having an XP VM just in case. Since it doesn't get any more updates, it is very stable for private a network.

The reason so many advocate this solution is that windows graphics run best on a windows machine. The VM video interface just works better for that combination with windows as the host. Most video cards/ devices are designed to run DX* (windows API). Using DX* to emulate OpenGL is easier as more info is available. Since the GPL conflicts with IP ownership to most graphics companies, they are not real keen on supplying chip level commands/access/ documentation. Without access to the hardware documentation, Linux drivers have trouble supporting the windows DX* graphic API. Yes I heard Nvidia say they are going to play nicer. Wake me up when you see a finished combination. Yes they support Open GL, which is great.

Wolfram is a genius

Google should watch very closely. All the fears of the NSA are silly. they have been doing just that for years. As long as you aren't a threat, no need to worry - lol. Seriously they have been doing it for years, long b4 911 and the panty poopers.

prove Einstein wrong?

They been trying to do this for quite a while. In the words of Sponge Bob, Good luck with that.

ICAHN is not an idiot

Carl is actually ringing the bell for another stock collapse. Companies like Apple and others should pay dividends. That is the reason people invest in companies, for a payoff. So much is made of stock price which is totally irrational. Anyone that actually believes Apple is the most valuable company on the planet might reconsider if the electricity went out for week or more. Then water and petrol would be more valuable. You can always eat your (unfortunate) neighbor, but water is essential. energy sources are essential for civilization. While on one hand, the i(product of choice) is a fancy toy, it is very useful in civilized society.

New web game features chuck norris and Vlad the sad pooter.

I can see it now, Vlad tries a sniper shot but chuck eats the bullet and spits it back at him. Kick punch, bam crunch. It would be as cheesy as the old Batman TV show.

Political life might be saved now

Anthony Weiner (Aptly Named)just tweeted "Damn, where was that app when I needed it?"

at lest those kitten pics will self erase. Makes one think of the mission impossible theme. But can you wait to view the kitten or will it time out whether u watch or not. I mean if I was landing a 747 and I got a new kitten pic from my bestie, can I wait?

Start- virtualization errorr - Stop

we're all living in someone else's fantasy.

rampant anti-goat bantor

why are you people goat bashing? They have a right to live as they choose with whomever they choose. Besides they are cousins to cows and I like cows, especially as hamburger or T-bones. btw goats make great BBQ

Generals sat

and the lines on the map

moved from side to side

Obviously somebody else's famous words

All the OS rehash existing tech.

All the OSes borrow and steal and then claim it's new and improved. Patent trolls like MS and Apple prevent any attempt at true innovation. While Linux is close to a full featured OS, the lack of unity within the community prevents it from becoming mainstream.

The problem with all the geniuses (seriously bright folks) working in the alternative (Linux) environment is their egos exceed their IQ. Why can't we all just get along? While diversity is a strength, it is also the greatest weakness in the community. Just because someone is a good programmer doesn't make them a good project manager. While the community is maturing, there is a need for some consolidation, if we want more general acceptance.

Remember, the lesson from Intel and MS, technology doesn't win, marketing does. SO get ur selves together and get a fully functional desktop OS on the table, then work the improvements.

Patent trolls

Anyone really surprised from this barrage of patent infringement lawsuits? Especially from some of the most contentious corps. MS who sued their way into Linux, apple who like a mini MS has little original tech, but sues everyone. I remember when Apple tried to sue Palo Alto Research over the mouse (GUI) and GUI.

IBM taught the tech industry well, just sue until the cost of fighting is unsustainable.

M$ shafts partners? where's the news?

Any one NOT see this coming?

The subject was rape NOT grammar

No wonder the US gets a black eye in education and social issues.

This is referencing a sexual assault of a 14 year old and the first 10 posts argue grammar?

In other articles I read, one of the boys is a relative of the prosecutor, judge or policeman, don't remember just this minute. While the youths are juveniles, the action is very serious. Do they deserve incarceration? If guilty YES, but maybe over the summer in a wilderness program, not prison. And lots of community service, plus register as a juvy sex offender that would be expunged upon graduating High School. This will send a clear message to others that may think getting a 13 yr old drunk and taking advantage while passed out is OK. If the boys were 18, they could spend years in prison. The family of the boys should also be made to pay for any counseling the girl requires and pain and suffering.

Personally, I don't understand how anyone would WANT sex with someone that is not awake.

must be the brits

I find very little of your posts relevant in the US, except at Kroger. But the flaming hoops and platforms are not consistent from one retailer to the next.

getting unsoaked in the dark?

sounds like the pub was open late

Teaching people to pass lie detector test is illegal?

The police lie all the time, so do judges and lawyers. I guess they don't like the competition. A lie detector test is not even allowed as evidence in court, so what is the real problem? This fascist regime in which we live just can't allow anyone to even hint that they are smarter than the idiots who run everything.

I am not a lawyer, but I bet a few carefully placed words could have averted all of this legal infarction.

Surprise? NOT

So a corp that has made it their business model to abuse their monopoly suddenly wants you to pay to install software on their OS? HAHAHA. This is worse than COSTO or Sam's charging you to shop at their "WAREHOUSE". I guess M$ thinks their monopoly is so strong that they don't care.

Linux CAN do everything MS can and more. This IS the TIME to switch. I use Linux on ALL my boxes, although sometimes in VirtualBox. I even had one computer that had a legal windows license that wouldn't load windows, yet Linux installed quickly w/o any problems. MicroSucks knows the desktop is fading and their main business is enterprise environments. Normally I say Good Luck with that, but this time merely you reap what you sow.

an unlimited universe would have unlimited possibilities.

While this exo-planet may not fit into our solar system theories, it obviously does just fine elsewhere. The basic theory isn't bad, it just doesn't apply to every instance. interstellar goop is all over the place, stuff happens where it is, not where we'd like it to be to fit a certain theory. We need a theory that covers planets like these.

Hype vs performance

Intel is back up to the game it knows too well. Hype and marketing trump technology in the marketplace. Motorola and DEC (if it still existed) and even AMD can all testify.

Intel can outspend anybody in the chip biz. They can spend the most on R&D and then advertising to market it. Ever hear of itanium. I don't believe they broke even on it despite trying to shove it down everyone's throat.

Intel has reason to worry, the decline of the PC biz and the rise of the mobes. It is essential for them to play in the big pool, but they will have to change their biz model. Clouds only need so many blades and only HPC clusters need the ones that make a lot of heat and even that is debatable for the future.

MS is the new GM

I wonder how long b4 MS gets a guvmint bailout?

a pillow perhaps

I wonder if a pillow is enough to dampen the bone conduction so one may actually rest (the main impetus for resting one's head against a window) whilst on the tube. Now if they could pipe in on demand video, that is a different issue.