Comments for Michelle's Carpet Bag http://texasmichelle.com We all have one. Reach inside, pull something out. Sometimes it's useful, sometimes... not so much. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Wordle by Erin http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/13/wordle/#comment-33 Erin Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=89#comment-33 oooo I have about 20 wordles saved that I made from my blog with all different color combinations...I have big plans to print them on canvasses and hang in my house or put them onto a tote bag or ...something...but I haven't done any of them yet. oooo I have about 20 wordles saved that I made from my blog with all different color combinations…I have big plans to print them on canvasses and hang in my house or put them onto a tote bag or …something…but I haven’t done any of them yet.

]]> Comment on Static IP Bug in Intrepid by brody http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/25/static-ip-bug-in-intrepid/#comment-27 brody Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:10:22 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=111#comment-27 124-179-240-92 can u bug this ip please!!!!!!!! 124-179-240-92 can u bug this ip please!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on Abraca-Jaunty-Jackalope by texasmichelle http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/30/abraca-jaunty-jackalope/#comment-26 texasmichelle Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:17:56 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=113#comment-26 Yes! I can't comprehend what Vista was doing with all my resources, because I never saw any benefits. What a waste of CPU cycles! The logic of open-source just makes so much more sense. With such a broad developer base, more bright ideas are suggested & implemented. The driving force behind proprietary software wastes too many development & management resources on protecting its code base. So much more can be accomplished when the focus is on compatibility, modularity, and forward growth. Years ago, when I first started studying Computer Science, I remember thinking that open-source was more of a fun thing to do in your spare time - a geeky alternative, but one that would remain so - how wrong I was! Banks have always been hesitant to make the switchover, the risks are too high - if it's more expensive, it must be better, right? We were desperately missing all our SLAs in GFS until Raashid migrated our system to Linux. It was a revolution - we were the first Tier I application to move into a production Linux environment. It was a huge success, with good reason - we cut down our daily number crunching by 6-8 hours. Too bad none of that matters anymore ... And re: gaming - who needs PC gaming when you have a PS3??? :) Yes! I can’t comprehend what Vista was doing with all my resources, because I never saw any benefits. What a waste of CPU cycles!
The logic of open-source just makes so much more sense. With such a broad developer base, more bright ideas are suggested & implemented. The driving force behind proprietary software wastes too many development & management resources on protecting its code base. So much more can be accomplished when the focus is on compatibility, modularity, and forward growth.
Years ago, when I first started studying Computer Science, I remember thinking that open-source was more of a fun thing to do in your spare time – a geeky alternative, but one that would remain so – how wrong I was!
Banks have always been hesitant to make the switchover, the risks are too high – if it’s more expensive, it must be better, right? We were desperately missing all our SLAs in GFS until Raashid migrated our system to Linux. It was a revolution – we were the first Tier I application to move into a production Linux environment. It was a huge success, with good reason – we cut down our daily number crunching by 6-8 hours. Too bad none of that matters anymore …
And re: gaming – who needs PC gaming when you have a PS3??? :)

]]> Comment on Abraca-Jaunty-Jackalope by Chris http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/30/abraca-jaunty-jackalope/#comment-25 Chris Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:15:36 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=113#comment-25 Also, if you enable all the eye candy it looks even more impressive than anything Microsoft has produced imo. Desktop animations, reflections, virtual desktop cubes etc. Use Virtualbox and you can also have a seamless XP virtual machine running as a second desktop screen under Ubuntu to run anything that requires Windows (Apart from anything too graphically intensive) I think the only downside is still based around gaming. It's the only reason I couldn't go full time Linux as it's just not got the support at the moment. Also, if you enable all the eye candy it looks even more impressive than anything Microsoft has produced imo. Desktop animations, reflections, virtual desktop cubes etc.

Use Virtualbox and you can also have a seamless XP virtual machine running as a second desktop screen under Ubuntu to run anything that requires Windows (Apart from anything too graphically intensive)

I think the only downside is still based around gaming. It’s the only reason I couldn’t go full time Linux as it’s just not got the support at the moment.

]]> Comment on Abraca-Jaunty-Jackalope by Chris Beach http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/30/abraca-jaunty-jackalope/#comment-24 Chris Beach Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:24:03 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=113#comment-24 Installing Linux is an eye-opener isn't it. Shows how OS's like Vista place such a huge load on hardware, and for what..!? It's as if MS are in league with the hardware manufacturers to perpetuate the PC upgrade path. What a load of balls. Linux to the rescue! Glad to see you're getting into OSS. My new employer lives and breathes by open source software and I'm relishing the opportunity to use all the "right stuff". God, Lehman was awful, wasn't it!! :-) Installing Linux is an eye-opener isn’t it. Shows how OS’s like Vista place such a huge load on hardware, and for what..!? It’s as if MS are in league with the hardware manufacturers to perpetuate the PC upgrade path. What a load of balls. Linux to the rescue!

Glad to see you’re getting into OSS. My new employer lives and breathes by open source software and I’m relishing the opportunity to use all the “right stuff”. God, Lehman was awful, wasn’t it!! :-)

]]> Comment on Static IP Bug in Intrepid by Chris http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/25/static-ip-bug-in-intrepid/#comment-23 Chris Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:30:30 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=111#comment-23 I had similar problems with Gnome's network manager. Seem's very flaky... now I feel much more clever knowing I can configure network settings via the command line. Uber geeky!! I had similar problems with Gnome’s network manager. Seem’s very flaky… now I feel much more clever knowing I can configure network settings via the command line. Uber geeky!!

]]> Comment on FOWA Tour ‘09 in Cambridge by kuroney http://texasmichelle.com/2009/02/17/fowa-tour-09-is-coming-to-cambridge/#comment-17 kuroney Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:51:03 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=47#comment-17 cool~ interesting visit? cool~ interesting visit?

]]> Comment on Publishing to Multiple Sources by kuroney http://texasmichelle.com/2009/02/22/publishing-to-multiple-sources/#comment-16 kuroney Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:49:36 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=77#comment-16 in fact i'm thinking about it too, maybe oneday , i'll just implement my idea~ i'am an entry developer in Speech Industry, seems that your blog has many to digg~ in fact i’m thinking about it too, maybe oneday , i’ll just implement my idea~
i’am an entry developer in Speech Industry, seems that your blog has many to digg~

]]> Comment on Word Counts in Latex by Erin http://texasmichelle.com/2009/03/02/word-counts-in-latex/#comment-12 Erin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:18:16 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=83#comment-12 Hi Michelle! The book Bryce got for V-Day is called "Daemon" by someone with the last name Suarez. You'll have to ask him how accurate it was since I would have no clue! Hi Michelle!
The book Bryce got for V-Day is called “Daemon” by someone with the last name Suarez. You’ll have to ask him how accurate it was since I would have no clue!

]]> Comment on CC128 Setup Details by Andy Piper http://texasmichelle.com/2009/02/20/cc128-setup-details/#comment-11 Andy Piper Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:29:54 +0000 http://texasmichelle.com/?p=59#comment-11 It's possible to do the graphing yourself locally... a number of us are using rrdtool to do that. Not sure how well that would work on Windows, though. Looking at your Pachube link-up, I'm thinking that's probably a good way of aggregating a lot of this data though - I've recently added an outdoor weather station to my mix and Pachube could graph the whole lot for me. It’s possible to do the graphing yourself locally… a number of us are using rrdtool to do that. Not sure how well that would work on Windows, though.

Looking at your Pachube link-up, I’m thinking that’s probably a good way of aggregating a lot of this data though – I’ve recently added an outdoor weather station to my mix and Pachube could graph the whole lot for me.

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