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2005/3/21-22 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:36784 Activity:kinda low Edit_by:auto |
3/20 Poll for people who have only 1 HD (laptop for example). How did YOU partition your HD and why? I'm thinking of putting all the games and media data in one partition and leave the OS and VMWare files in another partition. The rationale is that when I play games or do media stuff I don't work, and when I work (on VMWare) I don't play games and play media files. However, this has the disadvantage of parition fragmentation (which could be fixed via Partition Magic I suppose). So I'll ask again, how did YOU partition your HD and why? \_ Everything in one big partition. Works for me. \_ When you later want to install another OS to dual-boot, you're hosed. \_ But if you mis-estimated what partition sizes you need, you're still hosed. \_ True. \_ ... or run VMware like the OP. \_ Oops. But VMware costs extra. \_ I also use 1 big partition (default OS X install). If I need to run another OS I just fire up VPC. \_ This is my partition scheme for my main machine for performance and ease of re-install if windows fucks up for any reason. Readjust size based on your HD size. C: <system>, 10-20gb (windows OS only) <scratch>, mapped to c:\temp, c:\windows\temp, 20gb temp partition D: <application>, I install everything to this partition (40+gb?) <data>, mapped to c:\Home (80+ gb?) This way, C: stays relatively clean and the OS itself will not get squeezed and fragmented by all the crap that normally goes on C:. Performance in Windows does not degrade much as if everything is installed on C:. Having a separate partition for Temp also helps in keeping C: clean for fast windows performance. If you have 2 HD, put temp on the 2nd HD. When windows does fuck up, I simply format C: and re-install. My data does not get affected, I just remaps my directory after install. I install all applications to d:\program files. This partition scheme has served me well. You'll be amazed how fast your machine is when you install a fresh copy of windows. One last tip, do NOT install XP and then upgrade to SP2, integrate SP2 onto your XP install CD. This way, after you install XP, your system is already sp2 and this uses less HD space than install then apply SP2. google for how to do this. \_ http://www.maximumpc.com/how_to/reprint_2005-01-05.html Slipstream install for service pack, really optimizes!!! \_ When you format and re-install Windows on C:, don't you lose all the Registry settings? I thought many Windows apps rely on Registry settings to work properly. \_ Yes, that's the point of a fresh install. You do need to re-install most apps. It's not as bad as it seems and will fix most if not all application anomilies that typically happens after going through upgrades and install-uninstall cycles. \_ hm, interesting. I'm not an XP expert so maybe you can enlighten me. After you partition into C and D, how do you further partition and map C into <system>, <scratch> and likewise for D into <app> and <data>? \_ Administrative Tools->Computer Management, under disk management, you can map a drive to a directory. So in my above example, you have 4 partitions. 1: 10gb c: operating system only 2: 40+gb d: application 3: 10gb nameless partition, maps to c:\temp, c:\windows\temp 4: 40+gb nameless partition, maps to c:\home again you determine what size each partition goes. Minimum for OS is probably 5gb, for Temp can be as small as 1gb. I use 10gb so I can fit a DVD image on it. 20gb if you have dual layer. \_ I currently have C: drive 10 GB containing only Windows and essential applications (Office) and D: drive with 50 GB for Documents and Settings\usernames, temp files, and everything else. The idea was that C: could always be defragmented easily. When I re-install, I don't want to fuck with things too much and I'll just put it all on C: and live with the long defrags. I am using (pay) Executive Software Diskeeper, which is much faster than the Windows defragger. I use 0 GB of swap. This is my notebook. If I want to run Linux, I'll do so on a spare disk on my desktop, or swap in another hard drive on my notebook. I don't need the hassle of dual-boot, and foom, I accidentally rendered my Windows partition unbootable. |
2005/3/21-23 [Academia/Berkeley/Classes] UID:36785 Activity:moderate |
3/21 SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK (or, at least for those programming under a deadline). Thank you. That is all. - jvarga \_ ah, the all nighter. You are bringing back memories. \_ I thought it was Spring Break? \_ I don't know if it is or not, but I often had to work through breaks. \_ uh, what year are you and what class did you have to stay up for? 152? 164? 184? I HATE THOSE CLASSES. They should be 6 unit classes. \_ I remember having to work during spring break for Wawrzynek's 150 project. We're suppose to design a MIDI decoder on a then new, untested, limited Xilink FPGA with only 2000 CLB's. I stayed and slept in Cory Hall (Soda was still only 1/2 done). I remember screaming a lot because the Xilinx license server kept going down, and 1/2 of the time the Xilinx "make" failed with unreproducible routing problems. My highlight was during the end of the break when my trusty partner and his GF visited me and asked how I was doing. All that time they were in Vegas or something... they seemed pretty happy and carefree. \_ And what is he doing today? I bet he is a sales engineer, going to conventions in Vegas and raking in fat commissions, while you probably still slave away in 16 hour days. \_ you're absolutely right about that. He's making big fat $$$ while I'm still in school (grad school). What can I say The moral of the story I guess is that hard work is for suckers. Hmmmm \_ I remember working through Thanksgiving for Katz's 150 in Fa90. We were building a 4-bit computer out of 74xx parts and some EPROMs and about a hundred spaghetti wires on four breadboards with a few plastic switches and LEDs as the operator console. It was an eye-opener for me on how a general-purpose computer works. I'm glad I didn't end up taking it in later semesters where they did cool special-purpose machines like video games without the need to cut wires. \_ 152 and 164 were 5-unit classes when I took them. Didn't take 184. \_ 164 is a 5 unit class now? not fair. \_ The only 5 unit classes in EECS these days are 150 and 152. My understanding is that the department can't really make the units realistic because of something about needing to present a "typical" schedule under which students can accumulate 120 units in 8 semesters. I don't know the details. -gm \_ CS50... now that was a tough class. 15x and 16x were cake compared to that. \_ Must be before my time. What years was it offered? What's it about? What's it about, daddy? \_ CS50 was replaced with CS60ac in 1986 (and went from 1 5-unit class to 2 4-unit classes) because 50 was universally considered too difficult (I think only 1 of 4 non-eecs managed to go from 50 to 55, and more than a few eecs dropped out of the major because of the class). 60a originally covered both scheme and C, and 60c was for "advanced" C programming (since students had by then a couple semesters of C experience). I'm under the impression that they've since further reduced the class load by doing just scheme in 60a and just C in 60c. I have no idea what they teach now, but I'm pretty sure I'd be depressed if I found out. I think they now use the Computer Organization book for 152, and that used to be the text for 60b. The quantitative approach book was the 152 text, and now they reserve it for 252. |
2005/3/21-23 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:36787 Activity:low |
3/21 What corporate greed does to a city. Original title, changed to above by MOTD communist: What democrats and Unions do to cities Documentary Shows a Ruined Detroit http://detroityes.com/home.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366589/posts?page=1,50 \_ I think you can blame the decline of Detroit on the incomes of the city and residents being dependent on the auto industry, then the factories moved off shore because it's cheaper there. blaming it all on democrats and unions is stupid. \_ then why do foreign motor companies continue to build US plants? GM outsources to China in the 1970s.... hmmm \_ you know what, i don't know. i doubt it's because of those goddamn liberals though. \_ you are right, probably a magical leprauchan \_ yes, that's actually much more plausible than the previous explanation. Documentary Shows a Ruined Detroit http://detroityes.com/home.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366589/posts?page=1,50 \_ Thar she blows, it is the fabled Freeper back from the dead! Do you really think you persuade anyone by posting these fanatics? \_ no \_ Why do you do it then? \_ or more specifically, what does the freeper link add to the first one, other than the spittle emissions of the inbred? \_ San Francisco is a similarly pro-union and Democratic town, yet it is thriving. How do you explain the discrepancy? |
2005/3/21-23 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/RepublicanMedia] UID:36788 Activity:moderate |
3/21 Nurse: Terri Can Eat Normally http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/20/102601.shtml http://www.zimp.org/stuff/06%20-%20CindyShookDepo.htm \_ "'When is that bitch gonna die?'" Do you really buy this? \_ I really don't care about this case one way or the other, but, do you this the Nurse is lying? How do you know? \_ I think there's a lot of shit being piled on a guy who has gone through a horrible ordeal. As he has no political gain in the matter, and others do, I tend to give him more benefit of the doubt than newsmax. \_ You may very well be right, but it seems like there's enough evidence of douchiness that it makes sense to at least try feeding her by mouth. I mean, this sort of decision is supposed to happen with full support of all involved. \_ Ordeal? 1.5 years after she collapsed he was screwing another woman. At the same time he was telling a court that he loved Terri! And only needed $1M to take care of her. Then he got the money and hasn't stopped trying to kill her. \_ The money went directly to her care. He has declined an offer of $1M from some loony businessman to walk away. If he were trying to kill his wife for personal gain, as you seem to think, would he have done that? You suck. \_ This case is not about the husband being a jerk. And 1.5 years is not short. Most people would have pulled the tube within 6-months and move on with their lives. \_ Um, yes it is. He's the one who decides whether she lives or dies and he's fucking someone else. 1.5 years after her collapse he WAS IN COURT ASKING FOR MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF HER, WHILE FUCKING ANOTHER WOMAN. \_ You do not know this person. You would never have known about this person in a sane world. You spout anger as though Terri was your sister. Check yourself. When you can translate rage at something like this (which is truly a false rage perpetuated by selected facts and rumors) into empathy, you might learn to get your point across. \_ Her parents encouraged him to get on with his life. Look into it. \_ I have no problem with keeping her alive as long as the medical bills don't go to the taxpayers. \_ What do you think happens when an insurance company pays for medical care? They do it out of the goodness of their hearts? \_ Insurance companies have no hearts. They're out there to maximize profits. \_ which is why they pass on their costs to their policy holders; that is, taxpayers. \_ She's on Medicaid, which Bush is in the process of trying to cut. \_ The congress should be focusing on the real problems. \_ 70% of Americans think Congress is wasting time on this circus: http://csua.org/u/bg1 \_ arbiter says she had no awareness link:www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/2005/03/20/news/nation/11185214.htm link:tinyurl.com/4vnsh (mercurynews.com/noway1@nohow.com/nopassword1) \_ Terri is practically Einstein according to some of the more fundie websites. Let's see, she can talk, swallow, communicate, and her husband tried to kill her. The big questions are, why did 7 years worth of court trials and doctor examinations not uncover any of this (are they all idiots or in a conspiracy), and why did the husband not accept the multiple $1M+ offers to let his wife go? \_ Her husband can't stop it now even if he wanted to. As for medical care, you will see when you are very sick and/or old that doctors stop caring as much when they think you are not worth the effort. I watched my 86 y.o. grandfather die because of this kind of nonchalance. "Well, we *could* do xyz, but he's so old that..." I am sure the doctors think she's not worth their time at this point. My neighbor is a neurologist and one time he ordered an MRI for a boy who had severe neurological problems. He was diagnosed with a stroke, I think. Anyway, the insurance refused to pay. one time he ordered an MRI for a boy who had severe neurological problems. He was diagnosed with a stroke, I think, by the previous doctor. Anyway, the insurance refused to pay for an MRI on a 'stroke victim'. My neighbor resigned as the boy's doctor. Later on, it was discovered the boy had a brain tumor. It was removed and the boy is fine now. The MRI would have caught it. There are a lot of doctors who don't care enough to fight the bureaucracy and you can't really blame them. \_ This is obviously not the case here since she's lived for 15 years despite having little brain function. Why can't her husband stop now even if he wanted to? Take the money and run! \_ He can't stop, because it is the court's decision to make now. My point was that maybe Terri would be better now or would be improving if she had had better medical care. However, lots of doctors see 'vegetative state' and 'Medicare' and don't do anything for her. For many of those years she was in a home with no specialized therapy or care. She has had nursing, but not good physicians. Most of the doctors around her now are trying to determine if she is a vegetable, not what the best treatment might be. Frankly, they hold out little hope and project that lack of hope onto her. \_ it's in the hands of the courts. congress is trying to take the decision out of the hands of the state courts right now. at this point it's out of the husbands control. \_ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/opinion/22tue1.html?hp Republicans take a dump on the Constitution then wipe up with the Bill of Rights. \_ There is a strong possibility that the fed ct judge or the 11th cir ct of appeals will rule that article 3 does not give congress the power to authorize a new c/a wrt to a previously adjudicated state law claim. The parents seem to have hedged their bets and are claiming that the procedural errors by the judge amount to a depravation due process rights under the color of law, which is actionable in fed ct. If this claim works out, the case may be remanded to state ct to fix the procedural errors, assuming that they were prejudicial. |
2005/3/21-23 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:36789 Activity:nil |
3/21 GNOME/Mono dude visits Lebanon refugee camps: http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/archive/2005/Mar-18.html \_ In case you are not familiar with Robert Fisk, here's an (admittedly adversarial, having been written by a pro-Israel watchdog) introduction: http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/critiques/Dishonest_Reporting_-Award-_for_2001.asp#fisk |
2005/3/21-22 [Reference/Tax] UID:36790 Activity:moderate |
3/21 Does the TurboTax CD this year let you pirate it onto more than one machine? \_ I have it, althought I havn't tried it on another machine, I don't see anything that will prevent you from doing it... \_ Last year there was some protection scheme that prevented one from doing it. \_ I know, I didn't see anything this year. Things look normal. \_ Thanks for the info. \_ Completely unprotected. The CD contains both the PC and Mac versions and does not require you to have the CD after you have installed the program. \_ TurboTax may let you, but one might hope that your conscience may not. \_ Well, it does cost $15 to file electronically for federal; same for state. As someone else pointed out, you can always print out the forms and mail them in for the cost of postage. |
2005/3/21 [Health/Disease/General] UID:36791 Activity:high |
3/21 Motd poll: Have you had the flu going 'round lately? \_ No: .... \_ I get sick 1-2 times per year and almost never a flu. \_ No, all my coworkers got sick this year, but I did not. I attribute it to drinking heavily. \_ No, eventhough I was exposed. My throat was sore, and I thought I came down with it for 12 hours, but it passed. I get plenty of exercise, do yoga, eat lots of fresh organic fruits and vegetables. \_ go fuck yourself. \_ No. I don't exercise or get much sleep. The only healthy things I do is drink tea, eats little meat and lots of vegetable and fruit, and take the stairs instead of the elevator. \_ No, I've only been sick once in 7 years ever since I started exercising proper hygiene, or as sodans would say being a germ freak ... Nutty stuff like washing hands before eating. \_ go fuck yourself. \_ That's a good way to avoid acquiring STDs. \_ You've got to break eggs to make an omelet. \_ yeah I used to get sick a lot in Cal. It might have something to do with sharing common lab keyboards in Soda hall and seeing ~1/2 of the people who use tho restroom don't wash their hands, most of them smell or haven't taken a shower for a few days. Here's what you can do for fun when you're bored in the lab. Flip those lab keyboards up-side down and watch snowflakes falling!!! Ok maybe dandruff isn't exactly snowflakes but you can use your imagination. \_ Yes: .... \_ I got flu AND strep!: . Symptoms: High fever: 102.4 Coughing: (green phlegm) .. Coughing 'till you barf: . Bloodshot eyes: completely bloodshot Eye discharge: woke with eyes glued shut Ear pain/discharge: soaked my pillow with ear flow \_ . (but not as severe) Frog in the throat: I keep swallowing, but it stays Snotty nose: .. Body aches: ... Voice gone: .. \_ I started to have a sour throat on Friday, I am recovering... \_ sick for 2+ weeks, still not 100% |
2005/3/21 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:36792 Activity:high |
3/21 The way I see the Schiavo case is as follows, it is just my opinion and you're free to criticize me if you want: -Scientists claim she has no consciousness, and that the probability of her regaining consciousness is less than 0.01%, which is unlikely. Let's just move on. -Family members and religious right activists say that all lives are sacred and that despite statistics and science, miracles DO happen. Let's keep her alive. \_ Husband claims that Schiavo explicitly requested death over being kept alive artificially like she is. \_ yeah, after he smacked her so many times she ask him to just kill her off Also, ^Family members^parents (above) \_ I think you have a large number of mitigating factors. This is not a right to die case, there is no living will and testimony to her wish to die is suspect at best. Michael Schiavio's behavior is very suspicious and there alot of facts that are not publicized. \_ what the hell are you talking about? there are lots of facts. here is a list: http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html - danh \_ i suspect less than 10% of US population is aware of the full story involving her case and are basing their judgement on what they see on the alphabet networks. No need to work yourself into a frenzy. Are you aware of the conflicts of interest between Schiavos lawyer? Are you aware of affadavits from girlfriend stating Michael denied ever discussing Terri's wish to die? Are you aware he euthanized her cats so he could move in with a girlfriend 2 years after her collapse? Are you aware Michael was undergoing pyschological counseling and on prescription drugs at the time of her accident? Are you aware judge Greer is legally blind? \_ It's just a typical case of American blind justice, and there ain't a-nothin' you can do about it. Are you aware several women have restraining orders on Michael? \_ I have read stuff like "michael greer works near the hospital in question and really annoyed the staff about his vegetable wife's care, kind of like an annoying cast member of ER, so someone got a restraining order against michael". this is a lot different than random women getting restraining orders against him. \_ you mean the hospital staff does. Are you aware Michael's testimony in the malpractice suit contradicts his later testimony about her wish to die? Want more? Murderers on death row get better treatment than this. Since 1990, Theresa has lived in nursing homes with constant care. She is fe\ d and hydrated by tubes. The staff changes her diapers regularly. She has had nu\ merous health problems, but none have been life threatening. Over the span of this last decade, Theresa's brain has deteriorated because\ of the lack of oxygen it suffered at the time of the heart attack. By mid 1996,\ the CAT scans of her brain showed a severely abnormal structure. At this point,\ much of her cerebral cortex is simply gone and has been replaced by cerebral spi\ nal fluid. Medicine cannot cure this condition. Unless an act of God, a true mir\ acle, were to recreate her brain, Theresa will always remain in an unconscious,\ reflexive state, totally dependent upon others to feed her and care for her most private needs. \_ tjb? is that you? \_ These are good to know, but the most important fact is that there is no documentation of Terri's supposed request to die. Michael could be wanting to sell her organs to the highest bidder for all I care. We don't know what Terri wanted and there is still a chance for her to recover. Given that, she should be kept alive. Anything else is murder, IMO. \_ Why should the US population be aware of this case? Even if all of the above were true, should Congress intervene in this case? What about in all similar cases when a person in a vegetative state has relatives who fight over the person's right to die? Should all those people ask Congress to intervene? \_ This whole affair is just political grandstanding by the Republicans, especially certain congressional leaders that have their eyes on 2008. This is red meat for their base and everybody (including the public) knows it. \_ Exactly. Come 2008, and they'll say that Democrats are evil heartless liberals, and that Republicans are compassionate. Personally, I think the Democrats should just give in on the basis of "compassion for election" -lib \_ http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/978a1Schiavo.pdf \-If this schavio vegetable woman was say a portugese woman and this drama was playing out in lisbon instead of florida, would you "pro culture of life" people advocate congress offering to bring her into the us and continue feeding/hydratiing her? [assuming portugal and her parents would be happy to let her move to the us, it could be done safely, from a medical perspective etc]. --psb \_ No. \- why doesnt the culture of life apply here? \_ I think you are a superstitious loon. |
2005/3/21 [Politics/Domestic] UID:36793 Activity:nil |
3/21 The way I see the Schiavo case is that the facts of the case are very hard to discern, especially with all the politicking going on. |
2005/3/21 [Uncategorized] UID:36794 Activity:high |
3/12 Is that Hootie in those KFC commercials??? \_ yup. \_ Hootie was in there? I was distracted by Brooke Burke \_ Don't you mean the Burger King commerical? \_ Are Brooke's real or fake? \_ she's married to a "cosmetic" surgeon \_ before or after I denied her sex? -tjb \_ Haha! Wrong Brooke, but clever! |
2005/3/21-24 [Computer/SW/Compilers] UID:36795 Activity:nil |
3/21 Is there a "skip" command in GDB? I want to see what happens when I don't execute a certain command in a certain case. \_ I don't know of any, but you could do this: if (variable==1) { your command; }; then use the set command to change the variable at your whim. --PM \_ If by "command" you mean "instruction in the program being debugged", you can use the "jump" command -- it sets the PC to a value you specify. -gm \_ I think it is clear he means a gdb command that will allow him to skip certain lines in the program, i.e. a pretend step. \_ There are hairy ways to do this ... if to break copy protection ... but there is no simple "skip" instruction in gdb. \_ jump? |
2005/3/21 [Uncategorized] UID:36796 Activity:nil |
3/21 [Can someone recommend a motd formatter?] \_ emacs |
2005/3/21 [Uncategorized] UID:36797 Activity:nil |
3/21 Where is ilyas? I need my daily dosage of idiocy and humour. |
2005/3/21-23 [Computer/SW/Unix/WindowManager] UID:36798 Activity:kinda low |
3/21 Can anyone recommend a lightweight X-based terminal that supports UTF-8? If it can support pseudo-transparency or background colors, it'd be good. I've been very happy with aterm, but it doesn't support UTF-8. \_ gnome-terminal \_ ...lightweight? \_ xterm! xterm is the standard UTF-8 terminal \_ xterm is what I'm using now whenever I need the UTF-8 support. gnome-terminal doesn't quite meet my lightweight requirement. I'm just hoping for something that's lightweight and still let me make it pretty. -op \_ http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2005/03/everybody-get-together.html \_ I agree that konsole is much nicer than gnome-terminal. But I already use a window manager that provides tabbing. So the chance of me using konsole tabs is very small. -op |
2005/3/21-23 [Science/Biology] UID:36799 Activity:nil |
3/21 An evolutionary basis for altruism http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18524901.600 \_ see also http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/pdf_files/Nature04a.pdf |
2005/3/21 [Reference/Religion] UID:36800 Activity:nil 80%like:36802 |
3/21 Dear Mormons, what do you think about assisted suicide? Curious. \_ -5 Flamebait \_ no, seriously, I want to know how jrleek and emarkp think if they're trapped in their own body without any freedom to do what they want. Do they agree with "Give me freedom or give me death", or do they agree with "Jesus trapped me in my own body for a reason, god bless"? \_ Do what they want? Vegetable people don't "want" anything. Their primitive life functions just tick away without an active consciousness. The whole fact of people's personalities and consciousness being altered by physical brain changes isn't really compatible with religious notions of the soul, I think. One could argue the woman's soul is gone. But what if in a different case she merely became a retard? How would that be interpreted... perhaps the soul is there but the body too damaged to express the soul's desires? But some people are born retarded. Or merely become a bit thick from eating lead paint chips as a child. |
2005/3/21 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:36801 Activity:high |
3/21 http://CNN.com = liberal trash media. The front page has a poll that asks "Who would you want to make the decision about pulling the plug if you were in a vegetative state? Spouse:78%, Parents:15%, Somebody else:%7. http://CNN.com, trashy, unfair & unbalanced liberal media. Go Fox! \_ Your troll is limp and flaccid. \_ Did they cancel your Free Republic account for trolling too? \_ Who would you trust, Jesus? |
2005/3/21-22 [Reference/Religion] UID:36802 Activity:kinda low 80%like:36800 |
3/21 Dear Morons, what do you think about assisted suicide? Curious. \_ -5 Flamebait \_ no, seriously, I want to know how jrleek and emarkp think if they're trapped in their own body without any freedom to do what they want. Do they agree with "Give me freedom or give me death", or do they agree with "Jesus trapped me in my own body for a reason, god bless"? \_ I almost never agree with jrleek or emarkp, but honestly. Anonymous trolling of them, just because they are Mormons, is pure-grade 100% lame. \_ Obviously, you could just send an email. |
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