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genneekay has posted 3 links and 22 comments on Alkaline Earth since May 29, 2005.
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2005 Dec 20 02:58 (#2292): My heroes have always been bike messengers.
2005 Dec 18 03:14 (#2280): AE iron ons.
2005 Nov 01 01:44 (#2118):
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2008 Mar 29 03:13 (#3788.11074):Hi!
I am currently running Windows as guest and Red Hat Linux via VMWare on my office desktop. Note that it is a pretty good machine: quad core processor with 4GB Ram. I never think it is slow. In fact, it seems pretty damn fast when I run simulations. I did mount a whole extra hard drive on the Windows partition, but to get the virtual machine up and running you will need to allocate some of your Linux space to it. The extra drive I mounted was a new one, so there weren't any files on it so I don't know if you can run a previously installed executable in a new virtual machine. However, in my opinion, the easiest thing to do with a computer is install software for windows so I imagine reinstalling everything would be a minor hassel. I also have Matlab on it and once again, I don't notice any slow down. I definitely run more than 7-10 apps on it just fine. I rarely if ever notice that the windows machine is virtual; the only exception to that would be using USB devices. If you are using a USB drive in Linux and want to access it in Windows you have to unmount it and physically unplug and replug it in. I would totally recommend trying to run a virtual machine, especially since you can download VMWare's "Server" software for free which will do all that you want.The minus is that VMWare's customer service SUCKS MONKEY BALLS. Originally I purchased their "Workstation" and tried to get some information about how to use all four of my cores since the software allows a maximum of 2 per virtual machine. I also wanted to get some information about how the software allocates processor time, etc. I tried calling several times, emailing, filling out web forms, etc. and never got a single response even though I was supposed to get support with my software. I therefore suggest getting the free version since paying anything for support is a total waste of time.
One other thing to be aware of is apparently VMWare is no good with great graphics cards; so if you want to play Spurting Blood of GLory VIXI on your nVidia 10000 GTX5000XXZ card, you should have windows as your host OS and Linux as the guest.
Anyways, for the most part I have had a great experience with the software, but poor experience with VMWare. I am now working on installing the free version on three other computers which will have Windows as the host and Linux as the guest. Austin has successfully installed VMWare with a Windows host and Linux guest on his laptop (Intel Core Duo and 2GB RAM) and it runs pretty good. No noticable slow down. With VMWare, you can always change the amount of RAM available to a virtual machine to prevent it hogging up your whole system. If you install it and it doesn't work, you can always remove it. It's free. Plus the installation took me a total of one afternoon, including the Windows software installation. Networking was a bit tricky, I ended up having to assign an IP to both the Linux and Windows machines but this was due more to being at a University. Also if you want to install a 64-bit OS in VMWare you have to change some settings in your host OS's bios. But these are nothing very technical or demanding or tricky. It all seemed pretty self explanatory.
Good Luck with it! If you have questions, you can email me. Don't bother contacting VMWare.
2007 Jun 24 03:07 (#3415.9979):You know, I wished we would have learned his boob classification scheme in biology....
Boobius maximus (finnish boobs)
Boobius keepius (laplander boobs)
Boobius plasticus (Pam Anderson's boobs)...
2007 Apr 02 09:46 (#3280.9499):As someone who has recently done a good bit of research into housing costs, I think it is important to keep in mind this article was written about the Bay area where owning a piece of property is unaffordable for average people. In many places, houses still cost around $200,000 as opposed to the 700,000 quoted in the article. This is at least a three fold difference while your rent may only decrease by two fold. Plus, you probably should look at the market you would be buying into. Are property taxes as high as in California? Did the bubble grow as big, if at all, where you will be bying? Looking at statistics on average home prices for a certain region over time will give you a good idea of the size of the bubble for the area and a better idea of the long term potential of a house as an investment. Sure, maybe now is not the time to invest in Bay area property, but will you really loose money buying a house everywhere? I doubt it since housing markets vary considerably across the country.
2007 Feb 14 12:04 (#3218.9262):I am totally flying in from Taiwan just for this. I am completely in love with Obama. Maybe it's because he's tall, dark and handsome; maybe it's because he's so damned smart; maybe both. Regardless, I will be there with panties ready to toss. Email me if you want to grab lunch first.
2006 Jun 14 07:50 (#2772.7988):Also, Frontline Assembly is playing at Elysium on Thursday.
2006 May 11 04:14 (#2704.7829):My father's family is from Gdansk, except that it should be Danzig. Really. I mean, how much cooler is it to be from Danzig than Gdansk? Plus, it's the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship.
2006 Apr 24 09:35 (#2656.7687):Any one up for a bike ride on the 360 Loop?
I'll buy you an ice cream.
2006 Apr 21 02:35 (#2652.7666):I think your list is totally bogus. Sure, Breakfast at Tiffany's was a decent movie and Audrey Hepburn was totally hot in it.
BUT THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE WAS NOTHING AT ALL LIKE THAT OF THE BOOK!
In fact, in the book, you know ON THE FIRST PAGE the two main characters don't hook up in the end.
Somehow they do in the movie. Which leads me to question why this adaptation would put on a 50 best of all time. Maybe on the 50 movies least like the book they are supposed to be based on.
I mean, the point of the book is that Holly is exactly the kind of woman who never gets married or falls in love. And that's okay. It's her nature. Why they turned it into a sappy hollywood romance is beyond me.
Anyways, this movie, although technically good, somehow is my least favorite of all time. So I had to rant.
2006 Mar 03 11:08 (#2497.7105):Is this some sort of brain teaser? Or are you just trying to fool us afficianados of white shirts with orange dots into posting random links to alkaline earth?
2006 Mar 03 05:39 (#2495.7103):Maybe because I am currently in Taiwan where the food smells like ass , but I fail to see the big deal. It's just a rat. I let one climb all over me in the office.
PS: There's still no "Food" </b>category. :(
