Posts by Chemist

Re: I've been using Linux since mid-late 1993 (Slackware).

At least Jake lives as he wants to ( as maybe we all should )

I suspect he's a lot happier than most of the people that criticize him.

Re: Should you really be suprised?

"are using applications from this decade"

Interesting then that one of my Linux workstations managed to edit and render 1080p/50 video, whilst running two desktop users yesterday - I think that's probably of this decade as the camera is only 9 months old

Re: @ Loyal Commenter

"Humans can breathe pure O2 just fine at lower pressure"

Indeed they can and as the pressure on Mars is too low they'll need a sealed environment to live in so lower pressure oxygen is helpful.

Re: I for one

Somehow I can't believe that the huge number of upvotes for Trevor's post reflect the ratio of Linux supporters/Windows supporters - I'd guess it rather reflects the opinions of disgruntled Windows users/admins !

Re: Damned Good Stuff, Trevor.

Never mind Trevor - it's the thought that counts - well done !

Re: reading ability

"64-bit Linux, LibreOffice, a full software development system and various graphical packages takes a full 6GB."

Ditto !

Re: The optical sensor often picks up your finger proximity ...

I'm rather confused - the table of features claims capacitive touchscreen but the text mentions optical sensors - which is it ?

(The optical sensor often picks up your finger proximity without you actually having to touch the screen)

Re: Engineering and Scientific Software

Well I number crunch a lot in spite of being retired but in fact my main need for power is editing 1080p/50 video which eats enormous amounts of processor time and memory. In addition processing a few RAW DSLR images eats lots of processor and memory and although nothing like video it needs to much more responsive as it's more interactive - rendering video can run in the background or overnight. So I'm looking for ~10X increase in performance over my rather aging dual-core AMD and maybe 8G of memory.

Re: Usage FAIL

Indeed he does and also on something ( I think it was called a calcpad ) that might be a rounded rectangle.

All from the opening pages of "Foundation"

Re: Firefox auto update...

10 tabs open here and 220 MB in use. That's on a 32 bit Linux

Re: Getting sugar out

"I also have hydrochloric acid in my innards"

And it's quite strong too. It can even drop below pH 1

( Incidently one of the reasons that you don't suffer damage is that your stomach is coated with a layer of goo that has sodium bicarbonate secreted into it to provide a neutralizing barrier)

Re: @Pete : Divide and conquer

"duplicated effort by each individual who wishes to install"

Well it took me 25 mins last night - mind I was doing something else at the same time

Re: I shall-

Nice !

Re: Design goals 101...

" Rolls is, and has for some time, been owned by BMW"

Hint : There is another RR who make MUCH more powerful engines & nuclear reactor cores

I think the one you are referring to is called RR Motor Cars

Re: So..

""with the power-hungry, large and inadequate""

The one you highlight is 10cm*16cm*4cm and weighs 250g

Quotes from reviewers "Need to buy battery pack or use on mains all time." , "Lack of opportunity to use 'normal' batteries may be a drawback for some people", "Cost of battery pack if wantind a portable radio (costs more than the radio itself!)", "The only failing is the price of the battery if you want it portable"

The damn thing is £30 and then you need to buy a mains adaptor

It''ll be no substitute for the Roberts' FM radio I use walking in the hills which lasts 8 hours+ on ONE AAA rechargeable and is the size of a box of matches.

Re: I would like to point out ...

So I assume all you other OpenSUSE people are having to use root password to connect to WiFi - is that right ? Am I the only one that doesn't ?

Or are the downvoters actually the ones who know nothing.

"high-quality, focused, blur-free, still film..."

Oddly enough there was a news report recently ( sorry, can't just remember where ) about UFO societies being disbanded due to lack of evidence - one spokesman being quoted as saying something like "with everyone having cameras these days and yet no clear images..."

Re: "I expect the volumes on Windows Phone to really ramp quickly."

"He didn't say which direction he expects the ramp to slope"

I expect it will go quiet !

Re: Sad, and a huge loss of resources

"KDE is a fine piece of work."

I agree entirely - I've been using it since it first came out and indeed SUSE since v5.0 and never really had a problem, somethings I don't really like but I switch them off generally. Most people that seem to have a problem with desktops or indeed distros seem to chop and change and never actually become familiar with any one.

Re: "Expats will already have proxies for viewing BBC iPlayer"

Just to add - all that's necessary to set the proxy up from the remote computer is :

ssh -C -D 9999 -pSSHPortNumber -N Username@MyIPAddress

Password

Change Firefox proxy to 9999

Re: Any risk of contamination?

Compared with the countless millions of rats that the flooding will have disturbed - no

Re: Gaps

"a slide rule, , though portable and deserving its place in every engineers' desk or briefcase, wasn't really pocketable.

Circular ones were , at about the size of a drink mat

The rather more accurate helical ones were about the size of a mid-sized torch

I was using slide-rules well into the 70s

Re: Lovely, but dangerous

"I'd prefer my pilots to be able to see things in the last few miles"

Me too. We were standing on the beach in the south of France a few weeks ago - very dark, beautiful starry night, far from any serious light pollution and then suddenly a brilliant green beam started up from inland pointing up and out into the med. sky. It flashed all over the place for about a minute, no obvious pattern like a laser light show, and then stopped. What it might have done to a pilot or even a sailor doesn't bear thinking about.

Re: Oh FFS - patent - ideas

"The whole purpose of patents is to protect ideas"

No it's not - patents protect implementations of ideas -workable inventions

Re: News just in from 563 AD

Open ocean tsunami waves move VERY fast (100s of km/hr) . What happens in lakes I don't know - where did the figure of ~1hrs notice come from for Geneva ?

Re: So much nonsense

I'm rather inclined to agree with you about the water already in there. There *may* be some shift in the ester <-> acid equilibrium as more water is added but I drink so fast I'd never notice esp. at ice temperatures.

The 'ordered water' does sound like nonesense.

Re: This is going to be funny

" And they'll need new rigs because Linux won't support their current one"

WHAT !?

Re: Why does anyone outside the US care?

"If someone commits the same act in another country then that is a different matter UNLESS there is some treaty in place to cover this."

I suggest you learn about comprehension !

"Seen plenty of kernel panics in my time too"

Not seen any since the days of having to compile the kernel - so late 90's ? - ghost processes, or rather zombies - sometimes but that's generally other software not the OS and indeed they get reaped anyway.

You really should keep up-to-date or better still silent !

Re: Get attacks at SSH all the time...

Just to mention the ONLY port that is forwarded from the router is the unusual SSH so it shouldn't respond. All others are closed

Re: Learning from XP

Me: "I want a set of brake pads for a 2004 Astra please"

I had a related experience many years ago

"can I have a steering wheel bearing for a 1972 Viva" - " Sorry we don't stock them there's no demand, you'll need to order it, I said the same thing this morning to a guy that wanted one "