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02-28-11, 09:56 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

My last phone (from 2006!) could play Quake 3 at...

My last phone (from 2006!) could play Quake 3 at 30FPS, I think you'll manage to play CS just fine on just about anything made this millennium ;)
02-27-11, 01:59 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Onboard sound has come a long, long way,...

Onboard sound has come a long, long way, integrated/on-die graphics are another story. You can probably pick up a Radeon 4850 for something like $90 nowadays and have last generations second best...
02-08-11, 03:59 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Bottom-left looks decidedly more 80s with the...

Bottom-left looks decidedly more 80s with the cyan tint left in.
01-11-11, 01:25 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

A manufacturer known for writing terrible drivers...

A manufacturer known for writing terrible drivers for consumer equipment released terrible drivers for consumer equipment? Alert the presses! Next thing we know Creative will have released something...
01-11-11, 01:18 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

You clearly never used OS X if you think that one...

You clearly never used OS X if you think that one of the largest corporations putting out an operating system is any measure of quality. Vista was a huge step forward over XP, that any better?
01-11-11, 01:12 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Vista wasn't that bad, seriously people. It's...

Vista wasn't that bad, seriously people. It's been four years, if you had proper hardware it ran perfectly well.

You'll also need a TV tuner if you don't have one, likely easiest to find a USB...
12-28-10, 05:08 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

You're as likely to get a solid answer from a...

You're as likely to get a solid answer from a crystal ball as you are asking here.
12-25-10, 12:30 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Writing a Sinatra app to scrape DSB (Denmark's...

Writing a Sinatra app to scrape DSB (Denmark's Amtrak) page to get train arrival data, starting to enjoy some of the Ruby constructs. Still not convinced of it being better than Python, but Heroku is...
12-24-10, 09:54 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

There's nothing stopping it, it's just highly...

There's nothing stopping it, it's just highly unlikely. If you have to ask, your router probably isn't a large enough target to be worthy of one.
12-21-10, 03:28 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

One of my clients has the crontab for their VPS...

One of my clients has the crontab for their VPS set to mail me all of the error logs. They have one job that tries to start Apache every 20 minutes in case it crashes, and I'm now receiving 72...
12-14-10, 02:30 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

You sure you're using the Boot Camp partition as...

You sure you're using the Boot Camp partition as your Parallels boot target?
12-08-10, 09:42 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I'm likely missing something, but if you're not...

I'm likely missing something, but if you're not parsing some preexisting source why go through all the hassle of writing a schema and dealing with the verboseness of XML (that you're going to have to...
12-08-10, 09:04 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

What's the input?

What's the input?
12-07-10, 03:13 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

This new forum skin is heinous, breaks the...

This new forum skin is heinous, breaks the favicon, and makes the forum have horizontal scrollbars at anything less than 1280px wide. This is an example of how *not* to do a redesign
11-22-10, 03:52 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Except they are without major hackery. The Drive...

Except they are without major hackery. The Drive Extender system that's WHS' main selling point is most similar to RAID1, but this brief...
11-22-10, 03:46 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Good RAID cards aren't cheap either, and last I'd...

Good RAID cards aren't cheap either, and last I'd checked OEM copies of WHS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116855&cm_re=windows_home_server-_-32-116-855-_-Product)were...
11-22-10, 03:38 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I'm aware of the differences between RAID and...

I'm aware of the differences between RAID and WHS/Drobo with their pseudo-RAID solutions. For a home file server, and even small office (5-10) people, the overhead of managing it, dealing with array...
11-22-10, 03:28 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Or go with WHS or Drobo and just slam whatever...

Or go with WHS or Drobo and just slam whatever drives you want in in whatever enclosure you can find drivers for. Much simpler than mucking around with RAID
11-22-10, 03:04 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Unfortunately our syllabus has nothing about...

Unfortunately our syllabus has nothing about security in it, and it's so out of date that I'm having to go back and hack in poorer versions of language-included features to make it meet the...
11-22-10, 02:39 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Was reviewing another student's code today... ...

Was reviewing another student's code today...

He trusted user's input.
11-21-10, 11:33 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Reminds me I need to get a book on PowerShell...

Reminds me I need to get a book on PowerShell (and start riding again, applying to schools has been killing my riding time)
11-19-10, 11:02 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Does the compiler or your IDE not catch that for...

Does the compiler or your IDE not catch that for you?
11-19-10, 10:49 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

You'd need to rewrite the UI bits for sure, and...

You'd need to rewrite the UI bits for sure, and libraries you're using might very well be missing if it's anything like SL on the Desktop v. Silverlight on WP7. Other than telling you that, I can't...
11-17-10, 01:20 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I completely agree. When it comes to enjoying...

I completely agree. When it comes to enjoying what you're doing however, it makes a big difference.
11-17-10, 12:40 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

correct incorrect. If you're going to...

correct

incorrect.

If you're going to stick with the JVM, at least choose a language with better support for FP and less abuse of the ; key. Scala and Clojure are both fairly popular, and...
11-17-10, 07:34 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Are you kidding me? Discussing K&R takes far more...

Are you kidding me? Discussing K&R takes far more than 140 characters. Discussing pointers alone takes at least .8cdr
11-17-10, 04:56 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

and my latest project was only figuring out how...

and my latest project was only figuring out how to optimize caching infrastructure. I need to grab a book on R or F# and start working on something more interesting than Web App #1238021.
11-16-10, 04:17 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

This reminds me that I need to start working on...

This reminds me that I need to start working on that Golden Cheetah project. Need to find an ANT+ USB stick somewhere in this technology-forsaken country first through.
11-16-10, 04:16 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I like it a lot for aiding in my maths course,...

I like it a lot for aiding in my maths course, but for day to day stuff I default to Python or C#. Partly due to the majority of my non schoolwork related programming being in web development, partly...
11-16-10, 04:10 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

The book is nearly twice as old as me and even I...

The book is nearly twice as old as me and even I call it K&R. Takes me a second to think of what it stands for.

Since we're on the topic of what we're reading, here's what's currently on my desk...
11-16-10, 12:52 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Even with three monitors, having a reference book...

Even with three monitors, having a reference book in front of you is handy. Many of the ones listed are also more thought provoking and essay-like than text book style things and would be horrible to...
11-16-10, 12:25 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

The Adeptus Mechanicus wish it knew ;)

The Adeptus Mechanicus wish it knew ;)
11-09-10, 01:17 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Everyone knows a blog engine is the new "Hello...

Everyone knows a blog engine is the new "Hello World!", and a forum is basically a blog with a few more display options...

In all seriousness though, scotch's is as good a suggestion as any.
11-07-10, 04:13 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Started learning Ruby/Rails today. As a student I...

Started learning Ruby/Rails today. As a student I don't have the time to deal with configuring varnish, Apache, mod_wsgi, PostgresSQL and making sure that I have all the proper patches and everything...
11-05-10, 01:16 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I hope by lab you mean one server running a...

I hope by lab you mean one server running a Hypervisor virtualizing everything. So much easier than massive KVMs, and more geek factor as well.
10-31-10, 02:29 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Clearly not cut out to be a cyclist however

Clearly not cut out to be a cyclist however
10-26-10, 02:22 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Heretic. emacs++

Heretic. emacs++
10-26-10, 01:53 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Just finished a huge code review for a pet...

Just finished a huge code review for a pet project of mine, another few rounds of testing and then I'll launch it to the public. If it gains half the traction elsewhere that it has at my school I'm...
10-25-10, 12:38 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

C++0x is on my list of languages to learn, but my...

C++0x is on my list of languages to learn, but my heart and paycheck lies with dynamic languages for the time being.

Could definitely be an interesting project. My reasons for wanting to do the...
10-25-10, 08:51 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

That it does, but not for Python and Java ;). ...

That it does, but not for Python and Java ;).

As a winter project I'm actually planning on writing a Golden Cheetah plugin to do virtual courses, CompuTrainer/TacX style, and possibly have racing....
10-25-10, 08:40 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Eclipse-***** here. It may be bloaty, but it lets...

Eclipse-***** here. It may be bloaty, but it lets me easily work on multi-language projects at the same time, and there's a plugin for everything except for Tetris
10-25-10, 07:52 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

That's understandable and increasingly common...

That's understandable and increasingly common these days


I don't work for them personally and can't comment extensively, but I do know engineers there that opt to use vim over VS (although I...
10-25-10, 12:08 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

Actually, Microsoft's rules are incredibly...

Actually, Microsoft's rules are incredibly liberal relative to its size.
10-23-10, 01:46 PM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

I didn't even get that far... I did manage...

I didn't even get that far...

I did manage to refactor a giant chunk of code on the flight from Nice, however. Some cron magic and DB tweaking and one table shouldn't be getting slammed with...
10-23-10, 11:31 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

What's the seminar on?

What's the seminar on?
10-23-10, 09:48 AM
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Posted By Urthwhyte

It depends on what OSs you run at home and your...

It depends on what OSs you run at home and your level of technical sophistication. If you largely use Windows boxes, then Windows Home Server can't be beat, although I'd wait for Vail to come out...
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