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Living Room / Re: Fast/Responsive programs: An official SuperboyAC list
« Last post by superboyac on January 07, 2011, 05:36 PM »whoa, this list is going to get big fast.
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I understand the Navy also has a copy of the real lyrics to Louie-Louie (It's in the same place where they keep the lyrics to Yellow Ledbetter. I saw it once in Warehouse 13; right next to the box with the bag and the sand.Watch it now. Watch it!)
Unfortunately, they're classified.
-40hz (January 07, 2011, 04:11 PM)
It has often been claimed that the "brass monkey" was a holder or storage rack in which cannon balls (or shot) were stacked on a ship. Supposedly when the "monkey" with its stack of cannon ball became cold, the contraction of iron cannon balls led to the balls falling through or off of the "monkey." This explanation appears to be a legend of the sea without historical justification. In actuality, ready service shot was kept on the gun or spar decks in shot racks (also known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy) which consisted of longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, into which round shot (cannon balls) were inserted for ready use by the gun crew. These shot racks or garlands are discussed in: Longridge, C. Nepean. The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981): 64. A top view of shot garlands on the upper deck of a ship-of-the-line is depicted in The Visual Dictionary of Ships and Sailing. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991): 17.
lol ...According to the wife yes (he got a bunch of his friends busted), but his last name really was Dick back then. Hollywood changed it to Allen (as they're in the habit of doing (ala Norma Jean).he got them busted for what? Drugs? Did he call the cops on them or something?-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2011, 12:05 PM)
Got a 64 GB WiFi+3G iPad few days back. It's cool.Sweet! We should make special club here at DC for Apple users. Like closet Apple users. Hey! How about a badge? Mouser? The badge could be like an apple with horns coming out or something.-sri (January 07, 2011, 05:37 AM)
one stapler is not enough. you need two minimum, a normal desktop stapler, and then at least one or two big ones for more than a dozen or two dozen pages.Ah! I think you are right. I'm writing all these manuals which are always in the 30-100 page range. How about this:-mouser (January 06, 2011, 02:25 PM)
Mary Beth ( Secretary) does it for meLucky!-ljbirns (January 06, 2011, 01:11 PM)
I plan on adding scanlation support (so you select a word balloon and then you can translate the text), so I'll add it when I start on the scanlation support.Oh snap!! No way, I didn't think you'd go for it. If you do, this will be one of my favorite fun applications ever. The scanlation sounds amazing also.
Neil-nharding (January 06, 2011, 12:28 PM)
that zoom feature might be needed on a mobile device, but for a desktop reader, it's hard to see the value in it.I beg do tiffer (politely, of course). Not entirely, but somewhat. I'll explain. I do occasionally read comics on my computer, and while it's big enough to see the text AND see the entire page fit on the screen, SOMETIMES you do want to just expand the text a little more without having to zoom the rest of it. Now, all these readers have that magnifying glass feature, but it's better just to have the text box pop out without having the surrounding magnified. Anyway, it's not essential, but I can almost guarantee that it would increase your reading pleasure greatly and people would love it. It might be more trouble than it's worth to program, but still, just a thought...-mouser (January 06, 2011, 11:06 AM)
I used my right hand almost exclusively as training (& to give my left a rest). Brushing teeth with the wrong hand is actually very challenging if you havent done it before!When I was in college and playing a lot of basketball, I wanted to work on my left hand so I started doing a lot of things with it to get used to it. Brushing teeth was one of them. Now, I'm so used to it, I feel more comfortable with it than the right. Two days ago, I tried out that P90x (don't laugh), and I got so sore, I couldn't move my left arm, so I had to brush my teeth with my right, and I was surprised by how awkward it felt. First time I can say I do something better with my left hand than the right. By the way, it's too early for me to tell, but I think that P90x is as good of a home workout system as you can hope for. I'm in relatively good shape and am very athletic, and it kicked my ass. I'm so busy now, i don't get to excercise regularly so I wanted something I can do at home for an hour that would not only be effective, but also not boring. Most home workout gimmicks will either be super boring, or not work you hard enough. I've seen people do the easy ones for like two years and not see results, and I'm thinking, man, it's just not intense enough, can't you tell after two years?? Then, the other ones may be intense, but inconvenient with equipment or just a little too weird (think of all the weird doo-dads, thighmaster, etc.). Anyway, there's nothing really that unique about P90x. It's not like it's a revolutionary machine or anything. It's all just normal stuff: pushups, pullups, things with dumbbells, stretching, etc. What's great about it is the pacing of the video, it's like having a personal instructor on video, and it seems to be effective.-tomos (January 06, 2011, 11:52 AM)
re: EccoYes, definitely. Pierre designed it after Ecco, but obviously it can do much more.
From what I've been hearing InfoQube is a very worthy replacement plus a whole lot more.
-40hz (January 05, 2011, 03:12 PM)
@SB-nice! This goes in my notebook.
A server's primary function is to provide security. It does this by controlling access to resources and data assets stored on a network. Anything else a server does after that is pure gravy.
Some suggestions in no specific order:
- If you don't need much security - and all you want to do is store and share files - a NAS solution is your best bet.
- If you want/need to do more than that (i.e. provide remote access, have user roles, offer additional services such as VMs, HTTP or SFTP) then you will want to get a 'real' server.
-For home or SOHO use, Windows Home Server is all you'll need. It's very easy to work with. And it doesn't take a pilot's license to fly it. At a street price of around $100 (so far) it's also pretty cheap for a product that has full tech support available.
-Don't even bother running print shares off a home or SOHO server. Unless you need to restrict who gets to use the printer (or account for the number of pages coming off it) just go for a printer with network capabilities. Print directly to it over your network and be done with it.
For a business with plans to grow (or just delusions of grandeur) the choices get a little more complicated.
-If you're going to maintain it yourself, it doesn't really matter what you pick. Linux or Windows - either way you've got some work and book time ahead of you.
-If you're hiring, pick whatever the most popular platform in your area is . Because that's what the talent pool you're going to hire from is likely working with - and knows best.
In my neck of the woods, it's Windows Server hands down. Out in sunny Los Angeles or Frisco Bay it's probably more likely to be an even split between BSD and Bill Gates.
-If you want to try a general Linux server solution, and it's your maiden voyage, try one of these first: Zentyal or ClearOS. They're very forgiving since they have a nice GUI to work with until earn your Techno-Wonk Beanie-copter.
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(Note: Effective 10/17/1999 - having webbed-feet is no longer a requirement in order to wear a 'B-C.')
Luck!-40hz (January 04, 2011, 07:02 PM)
