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Rishabh Mishra (p248)
A Linux-loving computer programmer. Email: possible248@gmail.com Blog: http://codingexperiments.com
Let's say you're a geeky guy living in an area where there are few ISPs to choose from. Should he go with VPS hosting, or run his own server in his basement?
Given that a T1 line can cost $100 USD/month, I'm already strongly leaning towards the VPS hosting.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I don't care what you say, the cake is NOT a lie!
i80and, Haggis (Sean Loyless) and Alex Scoble liked this
Yes, it is.
- Ha3rvey
Don't say that!
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
How dare you laugh at me! The cake is not a lie! I'll figure out how to prove it somehow.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
am lost.. whats with a cake and a lie =/
- gtp19
"The game's popularity has led to official merchandise from Valve including plush Companion Cubes, Internet memes including the phrase 'the cake is a lie', and fan creations such as recreations of the cake and replicas of the 'portal gun.'" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
PHP: How to Get the Current Page URL - http://www.webcheatsheet.com/PHP...
How much would you pay for an app that you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need?
Assume that there are no free alternatives, and you will endure a lot of suffering without the app.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
IE8 Net History - Internet Explorer 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Ahmed Mubbashir Khan liked this
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Why is this little FriendFeed widget-thingy in the corner of some of the pages that I visit?
Mohomed Abdullahi, Jannifer Stoddard, (jeff)isageek and 7 other people liked this
Feedly? Seems to be when it appeared for me.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Tells you what people are saying about that page on FriendFeed, I think.
- Rahsheen ™
Yes. this is the feedly mini toolbar. Gives you metadata from friendfeed, google reader, digg and allows you to share the content of the page on Google Reader, tweet it or gmail it. If you find it too intrusive, you can turn it off see preferences for more information http://www.feedly.com/home#pr... Please let me know if you have other questions
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Feedly for sure.
- Ahmed Mubbashir Khan
By the way, Edwin above codes Feedly. It's a great app, does far more than just this bar.
- Rich
Oh, yesterday, I decided to try out Feedly, but didn't get around to it.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
@Edwin. feedly is really good. thanks for the good work!
- Julian Seery Gude
via BuddyFeed
Thank you. If you run into any technical issues, you can open a bug on http://www.getsatisfaction.com/feedly
- Edwin Khodabakchian
I wish Feedly were available for Safari!
- Rick Cogley
Oh cool, never realized Feedly sported Friendfeed integration *runs to go download*
- Mike Chelen
I agree, Mike. This little feature is enough for any FriendFeed user to download Feedly.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
via Android
live-android - Google Code - http://code.google.com/p...
"Welcome to LiveAndroid, a LiveCD for Android running on x86 platforms."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Do you think that a 90 kilobyte background image is too large?
It depends on the context, but on a desktop - no, not "too large," about average I'd say.
- ianf ⌘
Oh, I was talking about for a webpage. On dialup, it would take at least sixteen seconds for the 90 kilobyte image to load. The image is probably far too large.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
How would you motivate a nerd to exercise?
Jannifer Stoddard, Steven Perez, LPH™ and his dog P™ and 5 other people liked this
An Eclipse-Wii plugin?
- Kevin Johnson
by switching the power off to his computer.
- gtp19
By telling him about RSI and How to cope with it.
- Ahmed Mubbashir Khan
By giving him a stiff keyboard so he has to press the keys harder and taking away his old one. This is best done under cover fire, of course.
- i80and
Introduce him/her to Dance Dance Revolution
- Aden
Promise him sex if he exercises.
- joshua m. neff
I like how i80and's answer clashes with Ahmed's answer.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Dangle women in spandex in front of him.
- CW™
Turn it into a project. Track exercises, calories eaten, weight...
- John Meagher
Mount their laptop on a treadmill
- Rodfather
Motivation comes from within. Usually things like a friend or family member dying young can serve as a "come to jesus" moment.
- Wirehead
Track stats on everything, and compare the stats to global stats. Give achievements for specific things. So...make it a video game.
- Jandy
Rodfather: I actually attempted that with an eleven-year-old Compaq desktop. Nearly damaged the hardware--not as if the loss of the Compaq would be very big or anything.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Can somebody explain to me how Facebook got popular?
Jannifer Stoddard, RAPatton, John E. Bredehoft and 4 other people liked this
Publicity. On the web, the more people you can get to say your product or service is popular, the more it will be. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy of a sort.
- Jack Carlson
same way how MySpace and Twitter became popular. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising.
- Mike VanLare (slayerboy)
No, I mean, why anybody likes Facebook.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
coz of its features and privacy and also coz of lack of innovation on the part of myspace. but at the end of the day, its about viral marketing.
- gtp19
i think people like it because there are a lot of people on it :) i know for my non tech family members being able to find old classmates and friends is a big plus. I think us geeks and those who use friendfeed have to realize there is a whole world out there that doesnt like the same things we do :)
- (jeff)isageek
Back when it was college only, we had to demand they open the service to our school. It became exclusive, other people wanted in, and it spread from there. Today it's the only "complete" social network in that you could replace your website with a Facebook page.
- Brandon Mendelson
Ah, all these explanations make sense. I just don't understand why any of the Facebook users put up with the user interface.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I think I screwed up my Android phone again. That's what I get for attempting to install all sorts of different Android spinoffs.
Brian Daniel Eisenberg and i80and liked this
Specifically, I came into a problem when installing a new SPL.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Uh oh, were you trying to test Hero?
- DMKrow
Yeah, DMKrow. I installed the SPL before the radio. That's what I get for not reading the instructions.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I guess they have figured out how to restore the G1 through JTAG http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr... but I am sure it requires a fair amount of effort/equipment. Let us know if you resolve it in any way short of buying new.
- DMKrow
Wait, hold on. They figured it out? I thought the JTAG work was still under development.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I can't seem to find more info than that post ------ "I can now confirm that we are fully able to jtag G1 and Diamond (read/write/erase) now. Also it seems that we can flash Diamond images without bigger problems into G1 *big thanks to dream_kill for helping me testing*, but cannot flash G1 into Diamond. The reason for it is simple : Diamond checks hardcoded crc for qcsbl in pbl,...
more...
- DMKrow
Odd. I think I'll have to ask around in the Android IRC channel.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I'm rockin' the Helvetica.
I love how the colors match with my avatar.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
How To Roll Your Own Linux Distro -- InformationWeek - http://www.informationweek.com/news...
"Whether you want to customize Knoppix, respin an existing distribution of the open-source operating system, like Puppy Linux, or are intent on creating your own package from scratch, we'll walk you through the process."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Dreamlinux - http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/index...
"Dreamlinux is a free, modern and modular GNU/Linux system. It can be run directly from a CD/DVD/USBStick and optionally be installed to a HDD, including IDE, SCSI, SATA, PATA and USB drives."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Linux Live for CD & USB - http://www.linux-live.org/
"Linux Live is a set of shell scripts which allows you to create your own Live Linux from an already installed Linux distribution. The Live system you create will be bootable from CD-ROM or a disk device, for example USB Flash Drive, USB Pen Drive, Camera connected to USB port, and so on. People use Linux Live scripts to boot Linux from iPod as well."
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Are there any 50 MB Linux distributions that have a 2.6 kernel?
i80and, Ryo, Morton Fox and Michael McKean liked this
Corel's Sugar. Maybe.
- Oguzcana
Have you checked Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org) or Puppy Linux(http://www.puppylinux.org)?
- imabonehead
PuppyLinux is not 50 MB, and DSL is a 2.4 kernel.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I'm thinking about creating my own distro, based on DreamLinux, that has a 2.6 kernel, X.org, busybox, and so forth. Anybody think it's a good idea?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Aloofix
- Kevin Johnson
Oh, hey. Aloofix looks like a great distribution, but I'm hoping for something that has X11.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
It has the very beginnings of X11 support, but definitely not enough for most folks.
- Kevin Johnson
What sources would you point a non-programmer to get started with Python (2.x)?
Arvind, Greg GuitarBuster, Frank and i80and liked this
http://www.swaroopch.com/notes... should be another addition to standard doc tutorial
- Pavan
Dive Into Python is also good. http://diveintopython-cached.m...
- Edward Zwart
What the flip?! I formatted my new 16 GB flash drive, and U3 is still there!
Alex Scoble, i80and and Ian May liked this
Does it reside on separate partition?
- Jack Carlson
I think it does
- Ian May
So GParted can't detect the secret U3 partition?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I tried running the official U3 Uninstaller in Linux/Wine; didn't detect the drive. I tried running it on an old Windows XP computer; detected the drive but refused to uninstall. Now going to try on a Windows Vista installation.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Reporting live from Windows Vista. Vista didn't detect the U3 drive. Now going back to Linux to see if I can scrape together better luck there.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
U3 is completely evil; I cannot imagine what possessed Sandisk to think that it was a good idea. Even if you do have Windows, it's annoying, sluggish, and has been known to cause BSODs. Fortunately, the uninstaller did work OK for me. Dunno why it's not for you... *shrugs*
- i80and
U3 has a built in uninstaller...I can't remember the process, but in the options (once it's loaded) there is an option to remove/uninstall permanently.
- cmiper
Here you go... http://www.kombitz.com/2009...
- cmiper
cmiper: Those steps worked perfectly. Thank you so much. :)
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
You're welcome. ;-)
- cmiper
What is the most interesting thing that you have done with a flash drive?
Alex Scoble liked this
Purely through the wonders of cheap plastic, the flash card inside one became emancipated from the case. And I still used it, just plugging the circuit board into computers. Yeah, neither interesting nor really something intentionally done, but there you have it.
- i80and
I attach flash drives to my wristwatch or a wristwatch band, simply to show everybody that I'm very nerdy.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Combo: attach a flash drive circuit board to your wristwatch, even if just for aesthetic value :P
- i80and
How water resistant is the flash drive circuit board?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
In theory, so long as it's not being used when it's getting wet, it should go through a soaking more or less OK so long as you give it a chance to dry out thoroughly afterwords. My old flash drives went through the washing machine fairly often before I fully developed a rigmarole for electronics care and pre-wash pocket-checking. I'd be more worried about short-circuiting or static shocks.
- i80and
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