anescient

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by anescient 18y ago
Am I missing something, because this doesn't seem to say much about architecture. It just seems like some guy got his marketeer on, and is using strange words to say, "You aren't storing enough data".
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by anescient 19y ago
A few interesting entries: Angular velocity: 10,348 RPM - 52x CD-ROM 42,980 RPM - fastest known pulsar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748-2446ad Power: 3 MW - diesel locomotive 2.5 MW - blue whale
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Orders of Magnitude(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by anescient 19y ago|1 comments
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by anescient 19y ago
Or set your HDD as the only boot device and set a BIOS password.
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by anescient 19y ago
> ... its top speed is a pokey 15 miles an hour. Hey now. That's not the hot rod the original was, but that's way faster than I thought this thing went.
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by anescient 19y ago
Set the global/outtermost background color. I've got F6F6EF only in the innermost content area; it's all framed by my default bg color.
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by anescient 19y ago
I agree strongly with your "augment" point, and I'd just like to point out that online communications mediums provide opportunities for expression not possible in other contexts. For one thing, text chat is a very different art from speakin
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by anescient 19y ago
I was shocked when I tried this how easy it is to pick up. I got fast enough to IM comfortably after two or three sentences. I may break this out now and again when I'm too tired or messed up to type properly. Apparantly you can train it on
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by anescient 19y ago
I have a few friends who've done time here: http://www.imagination-engines.com/ From what I understand, though, that's an almost totally crackpot operation.
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by anescient 19y ago
> I would now consider Quake II to be the best of the current crop. God, doesn't anybody have taste ? Not that I'm not guilty of popping wood at the arrival of OpenGL in PC gaming, but come on people. Quake II's actual content is unins
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by anescient 19y ago
I learned to program in BASIC on a Tandy 1000SX and an m100. That thing was great for long trips to grandma's. I still remember my very first attempt. I tried typing lines from a BASIC book into a DOS prompt, which obviously frustrated my t
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by anescient 19y ago
I think it could happen either way, but it's certainly best for the team to structure itself to the project.
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by anescient 19y ago
Even discounting the 'net, what about encrypted broadcasts a la DirectTV? That might be a better way to do HD content delivery in the near future anyway. I don't think media like this is going to last more than one more generation. If that.