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ow Thermaltake Toughpower W0105 700watts psu review By qiuspot.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:51:00 +0800 Due to the rising power consumption of the personal computer systems today, the consumer demands for high-wattage power supplies are increasing faster than ever. Thermaltake Technology officially releases the Toughpower 14cm fan high performance power supply series. Due to the incredible power consumption of the high-performanc e enthusiast computer systems and the strenuous torture power supplies undergo, Thermaltake has named the new series of power supplies the Toughpower. Persistent and stubborn under the harshest environments, the Toughpower series represent the highest quality power supplies that exist on the market. Since the Toughpower series are deemed as the most reliable power supplies ever, the high-efficiency, high-performance, and high-reliability nature of these units enable them to naturally have a MTBF of more than 120,000 hours. The endless energy that the Toughpower supplies are delivered to every single component within the computer system, including the latest Intel and AMD dual-core processors, nVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFire ultra high-end Dual PCI-Express video cards, and arrays of redundant hard disks. The Toughpower series supplies four independent lines of +12V (12V1, 12V2, 12V3, 12V4) rails for the purest and most stable for the most demanding hardware within your system. The strict voltage regulation of 3% variance, independent output rails, higher than 83% efficiency at all times, and a huge 14cm dual ball-bearing fan all work together to provide the user with endless energy at all times. In addition, the total maximum total current output of 48A(W0103 - 600W), 52A(W0104 - 650W), 56A(W0105/W0106 - 700W), and 60A(W0116/W0117 - 750W) on +12V rails will be able to support even the most demanding system configuration available. The features do not stop here, the Toughpower Cable Management 700W (W0106) and 750W (W0116) features modularized cable sets. Users can plug and unplug cables according to their own needs. As a result of optimizing the cables within the computer system, airflow increases, styling increasing, and the overall ambient temperature within the system drops significantly, providing a more stable computer system. Features: -Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version -SLI, Cross-Fire, and Dual Core CPU ready -Next generation four +12V rails(12V1, 12V2, 12V3, 12V4) supports high-end graphic card and PC system (combined loading of 48A) -Independent Voltage Circuit: offers unflappable current delivery under heavy load and makes voltage output more stable -Active Power Factor Correction (PF>0.99) and high efficiency (up to 85%) -Extremely good voltage regulation (±3%): provides steady voltage for system -Industrial grade components (capacitor, transformer, etc) -High reliability: MTBF>120,000 hours -Mirror effect housing and reliable 14cm ball-bearing fan -Protections: Over Current, Over Voltage, and Short-Circuit protection -Safety / EMI Approvals: CE, CB, TUV, FCC, UL, CUL, and BSMI certified Full Article
ow LXer: How to Set Up a Separate /home Partition on Linux By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 04:53:15 GMT Published at LXer: By creating a separate /home partition, Linux users can preserve personal files and settings during OS reinstallations, avoiding data loss and simplifying the migration process.... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: LibreOffice 24.8.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 85 Bug Fixes By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:40:38 GMT Published at LXer: The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.8.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 24.8 office suite series fixing... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Critical Linux CUPS Printing System Flaws Could Allow Remote Command Execution By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:10:30 GMT Published at LXer: A new set of security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) on Linux systems that could permit remote command execution under... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Early Linux 6.12 Kernel Benchmarks Showing Some Nice Gains On AMD Zen 5 By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 06:50:18 GMT Published at LXer: With the Linux 6.12 merge window wrapping up this weekend and the bulk of the new feature merges now in the tree, I've begun running some Linux 6.12 benchmarks. Here is an... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Aria2App is a Super Fast Versatile Open-Source Download Manager for Android By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:20:36 GMT Published at LXer: Using a download manager, besides the one on your web browser, is a handy trick that helps with effortless file downloads. Personally speaking, I have used quite a few over the... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: How to Install Docker Desktop on Linux Mint 22 By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:41:36 GMT Published at LXer: Learn how to install Docker Desktop on Linux Mint 22. Follow our step-by-step guide to set up and run containers effortlessly on your Mint system. Read More...... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: How to Install Lychee Photo Management System on Debian 12 By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:00:56 GMT Published at LXer: Lychee is an open-source photo-management software based on PHP and MySQL. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Lychee Photo Management on Debian 12 server. Read... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Mission Center (Linux System Monitor) Now Reports Fan Info By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:40:34 GMT Published at LXer: A major new release of Mission Center, a modern system monitor app for Linux desktops, has been released. Read More...... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: qBittorrent 5.0 BitTorrent Client Adds Support for Systemd Power Management By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:30:38 GMT Published at LXer: qBittorrent 5.0 has been released today as a major update to this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform BitTorrent client written in Qt that introduces numerous new... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Radxa E20C is a Compact Low-Cost Router with Dual Gigabit Ethernet and Up to 4GB RAM By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 04:23:29 GMT Published at LXer: The E20C Mini Network Titan from Radxa is powered by the Rockchip RK3528A System-on-Chip and features dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Its ultra-compact form factor and aluminum case... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: Introduction To PowerShell Environment Variables By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:32:40 GMT Published at LXer: Environment variables are system-defined variables that store values used by the operating system and applications. For example, on a Windows machine, information like the CPU... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
ow LXer: How to Attach an Executable File to Your Email (Works on Gmail) By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 22:02:21 GMT Published at LXer: Find out the File Smuggling technique to secretly share the executable file from an email provider, such as Gmail, without getting blocked. Read More...... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
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ow LXer: How to install Arch Linux alongside Windows 11 (Dual Boot) By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:25:17 GMT Published at LXer: Arch Linux is a robust operating system often chosen by power users and IT professionals. While there is no doubt that it is an extremely powerful OS, the need to use other... Full Article Syndicated Linux News
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ow How to connect 3 x HDMI Monitors to Raspberry PI 5 (RPI5) ? By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:35:58 GMT Hello, How to connect 3 x HDMI Monitors to Raspberry PI 5 (RPI5) ? The Machine ARM, Power Beast : PI 5: Raspberry Pi 5 B 8GB 4x2.4GHz, There are 3 monitors, that need a HDMI converter. ... Full Article Linux - Embedded & Single-board computer
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ow How Can I Set Up an Executable Script in Linux? By www.linuxquestions.org Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:49:27 GMT I try to pre-process pdf files so that they load faster, and so they won't crash kindles or tablets. In MacOS, I could use Automator to run a bash shell script. In Fedora w/ Cinnamon, I tried to... Full Article Linux - Software
ow Sarko show By hesiem.over-blog.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:36:00 +0200 Comme si il ne faisait pas assez la star en France…. voilà que notre très aimé président vient exposer ses bourrelets dans la presse chinoise . Hesiem, Pékin (Chine) Full Article
ow Howto block H.323 spam calls with fail2ban By blog.gnugk.org Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:22:00 +0000 When you run the GNU Gatekeeper, you can block spam calls from the well known bots ("MERA RU", "SimpleOPAL" etc.) eg. using a small LUA script in your config. But that alone doesn't stop the load on the server, because often these bots keep on making calls. Fail2ban to the rescue! With this filter definition in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/gnugk.conf you can check fro rejected calls: [Definition]failregex = Dropping call CRV=[0-9]+ from <HOST>:[0-9]+ due to Setup authentication failureignoreregex = And then you can add this jail definition to /etc/fail2ban/jail.local to block the IP: [gnugk]enabled = truelogpath = /var/log/gnugk.logfilter = gnugkbantime = 6000maxretry = 2action = iptables[name=GnuGk, port=1720, protocol=tcp] Voila! Full Article gnugk h.323 monitoring security spam
ow Build PlatformIO on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu) By www.robotthoughts.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:03:47 +0000 I usually prefer running platformio from command line so I can stream the build process into my backup and recovery processes. With versioning, I can roll back to a know good working build. I am most often building Marlin firmware for my 3D print farm so there is a small example of the build commands […] The post Build PlatformIO on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu) first appeared on robotthoughts. Full Article Arduino How To's Linux Technology linux platformio ubuntu windows 10
ow How Steve Jobs made me want to "Stay hungry, stay foolish". By iconoplex.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:51:36 +0100 The moment Steve Jobs’ and Apple’s work first came into my life was back in 2002. That first brush, I hated it. In time, I came to see him for the genius and pioneer that he was, and the work that Apple did - and does - as amongst the most extraordinary in the World today. First some context: In 2002, I was at the European BSD conference and Jordan Hubbard, founder of FreeBSD and then newly-employed release engineer at Apple, had secured for the “terminal room” a sponsorship from Apple which meant the room was full of the 2002 iMacs. The 2002 iMac was a little “alien” in that each machine was a dome with a flexible protruding screen. Installed on them was OS X, an operating system I had beta tested before its first release on an ancient iBook, and I had very mixed feelings about. It was pretty. But was it really a Unix? The other developers of BSD Unix in the room needed very little convincing. The command line was Unix, but the desktop and applications on there were beautiful. It was what they dreamed a Unix should be. Many of them left that conference committed to buying Apple equipment and moving to OS X within the year. I resented this “attack” on the community, but could see where they were coming from. It was - and remains - a key part of Apple’s renaissance: build great tools for developers and alpha-geeks, and in turn the developers will build an ecosystem that users crave. Instill in the developers an aesthetic and teach them a way to do the things they struggle with (human interface guidelines, for example), and they will reward you with loyalty. In short: empower your customers, and they’ll empower you. No technology firm had done this as successfully before as Apple were doing between 2002 and 2004. By 2004, I had just about had it with the drain away from the community Apple had “caused”. On one mailing list I wrote a very angry email in response to somebody else’s request for configuration advice on their latest Apple laptop: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2004-October/002684.html “Yes, of course. My advice is that you sell your over-priced fashion-victim toy with it’s Fisher Price Unix installed, and use the money instead to buy yourself a top of the range Thinkpad. It will outperform it, run FreeBSD, not look out of fashion next season, has been built by a company that is truly committed to the open source movement and whose execs don’t patronise you by assuming you travel to work on a skateboard in cargo pants or worse, pander to your girlfriend’s idea of what a computer should be.” Ashamed by my petulant anger, about six month later I decided to reconsider, step back and think about what they were doing in a wider scheme of the industry I was in. This was when I started to “get it”. It was when I could see what others lauded about Apple and its founders. Within 14 months of writing that email I had acquired a 12” iBook. It was all I could afford at the time, and even then it was subsidised by the fact that I was working in a University faculty and so got a discount. I immediately loved the fact I had a Unix machine with WiFi and Bluetooth that I didn’t need to spend a week configuring. I loved the software I could buy, and that all the open source tools I loved would work too. I loved the thought that had gone into developing that code underlying OS X. I loved the developer tools and Safari. I found myself thinking more and more about aesthetics and craftsmanship as part of what I do as a developer. Suddenly programming wasn’t just a dry science of mathematics and engineering: Steve’s ideas were getting to me through the product of his and Apple’s work. Two things then happened like thunderbolts. First, I had found a copy of Steve’s commencement speech to Stanford in 2005. Steve’s speech stuck with me. I had studied rhetoric, and was pleased by the simple construct he had used - a structure I would begin to notice he used in product announcements - but the content had hit me somewhere deep. In it he talked about three things: Follow your intuition, because in hindsight the dots will join up. You can’t plan to be great, you just have to let the intuition guide you. Do what you love, and change things if you find yourself not enjoying life Death is inevitable. It’s coming. Deal with it as an agent of change, and don’t waste your life. The second thing that happened around then, was that I discovered the Ruby programming language, a language that was designed to be beautiful and enjoyable for programmers to work with. It astonished me. I don’t think it would have done if by that point I had not started to “get” aestheticism in software, the Apple way. It’s no secret that the Ruby on Rails framework is developed almost entirely on Apple OS X machines. A Ruby conference is basically a hang-out of Apple fans. The two seem to go hand-in-hand together, just like how in 2002 it was Apple and the BSD guys. Last night as I watched the speech again on YouTube (on my iPhone, natch), I realised I was connecting dots back, and in hindsight the impact this speech and this discovery had on me was immense. Coupled with the discovery of Ruby, what happened next was perhaps inevitable, but still surprised me. I went and started my own business. I had always wanted to, but right there and then, something clicked, and I got rid of all the fear and doubt and realised that when I looked back on my life I wanted to be able to say that for a while at least I had been an “entrepreneur”. I made the decision that I would not work on projects in that business I did not enjoy. I would only work on things that brought me joy: that is to say, I would only write code in Ruby. A brave choice in early 2006 when Rails had yet to reach v1.0 and Ruby was still considered a “toy” language by many. I had no money, no client roster, and survived the first six months coding away on that tiny, slow little 12” iBook for friends who had piece work for me. I had never been happier. I ate noodles and beans on toast, drank donated Guinness and chose to love my work. Working from home I would love waking late on a Monday morning, but I could never lie-in: I always wanted to just get started. I spent the next few years helping other businesses, talking about development as a craft, not just a science. I went into schools and told kids that learning how to write beautiful software was the most powerful skill you could cheaply acquire in this generation. Like me, they could come up with an idea and with a laptop and internet connection share it with the World in a weekend. In the years since, I have helped dozens of start-ups, spoken to thousands of teenage children (and hopefully inspired a few to give programming with an artistic flair a go), and changed my life substantially. I am not the same man I was in 2005. The depression and anxiety I had suffered prior to then have more or less gone. I have a brilliant relationship with an amazing girl who I consider to be my best friend, and I do work that makes me excited almost every day. The decisions I made in those few months in 2005 and early 2006, looking back, are what made me who I am today. I had to call time on my main business in 2010 partly because I was finding myself looking in the mirror and not looking forward to the day ahead any more - just like Steve had said, I decided I needed to change something. As sales had dried up I realised I was doing something I no longer enjoyed. I then turned down one job offer for another on a quarter of the salary because it felt right, it felt like more interesting work and ultimately I knew it might lead to an exciting adventure I had dreamed about. Today I work on an amazing product with brilliant people and finding myself learning new things every day. Looking back I realise I have developed a new sense of intense curiosity. I will wander in my work, inquisitively poking whole areas I know little about. I read more, listen more and learn more. I teach where I can, I play, and I explore. I realise that my time on this little rock is limited, and I try and make sure every day I do something that makes me smile. In hindsight then, Steve’s words and work have had a substantial impact on who I am today professionally. Because that impact made my work more joyful, pleasant and fulfilling, in turn, his words and work have made my life better than it would have been without his impact. “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” It’s all the more impressive because according to “the rules” society is meant to work by, he should have been another liberal arts wash-up. As I said on Facebook earlier: “I don’t think the economically right-wing anywhere - US, UK, Eurozone, China, anywhere - would be able to deal with the idea that the largest company on the planet was founded by a Buddhist counter-culturalist of complex family origins who made decisions based on intuition, aestheticism, love and curiosity. Yet, it makes perfect sense to me.” I never met him, never got close to knowing him the way that his friends and family did, or even his colleagues, but in my own way I learned to love him. His impact will be with me for the rest of my life, and late last night as the news broke here in the UK, despite it being on the cards for a while, the news came as a shock and I had to hold back the tears. His critics’ words (and there are many!), sound very much like my own before I “got it”. Right now - today - though, it is petulant, angry, juvenile scribbling, and unworthy of any mature grown-up, given it is less than 24 hours since his dying. Some call him a fascist, others a megalomaniac. In essence all he was trying to do was produce the best - and most human-friendly - technological products humanity was capable of producing right now. He did so within the rules shareholders gave him along with their money, because after being fired once, he didn’t want to mess up and be fired again. As ever, he exceeded their expectations and produced a company larger than any other on earth in terms of market capitalisation. When you have a vision, as long as nobody gets hurt along the way, there’s no harm in following it ruthlessly. That’s what he did. Some point to the fact that he didn’t donate much to charity in his life time, but I’m quietly confident that is because he didn’t want the ego stroking whilst he was still alive, and in coming years and months his wealth will quietly reach parts of the World that need it. He felt that shareholders’ money was their, and he shouldn’t give it away. He felt the best way he could help the World was by empowering as many people as possible. There’s no real shame in that. And in that, he was immensely successful. He was also a subversive, and this is a point that his critics miss - or point to - the most. Biologically he was a half-Syrian Muslim, which when acknowledged in the last decade caused the conservative right in the US a huge problem: was the leader of the hottest thing on Wall Street one of them? They needn’t have worried - he’d discovered Buddhism many years ago. Adoptively he grew up to be a counter-culture Bay Area “hippie” and counter-culture type that worried some in the establishment even more. His critics point to the consumerist message of Apple, without realising its founding principle was to go against the grain and to help people push further than the establishment wanted them to. The fact that he was able to make a living - a good living - as reward for that vision should not be seen as a fault or flaw. Those unfamiliar with this background with questions to ask might want to start here. It might change your mind about him. He wasn’t perfect. Nobody is. But regardless, he was an inspiration to millions who right now are working at building the next generation of technology. He showed us what we were capable of when we tried, and his death some 20-30 years “before his time” shows what a great leveller pancreatic cancer can be. So, if you are a critic: please shut the hell up and let us deal with paying tribute to him in our own way. You’ll reap the benefits as we march forward, inspired by his vision, into giving you the technology you deserve to make the World a better place. I genuinely believe those who hate him haven’t given him - specifically what lay beneath his vision - a chance, in the same way I hadn’t. The moment I did though and started to use the tools he and his company produced the way they were designed, my life got better and my attitude to what I wanted to do with my life improved. I can’t think of another businessman I could say that about. I can’t think of another businessman anybody will be able to say that about when they die. As I watched that commencement speech another time, the words were as fresh and as poignant as ever. His final few words seem particularly appropriate to me today, and so I will leave you with them. You may love him, you may hate him, but you can’t disagree that his vision was sharp, and worth sharing. My thoughts and condolences today are of course with his family, his friends and colleagues, and all who were impacted by Steve from a distance the way I was. Steve was an amazing man, who inspired so many and has changed the World for the better, forever. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960’s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much. Full Article steve jobs apple stanford speech rhetoric death science art
ow How I delayed at least 25,000 people's journey to work this morning By iconoplex.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:50:41 +0100 This is not an exciting story, despite the title. But it’s true. And it happens to dozens of people every day, and is the reason why getting to work in London can sometimes take so long. First, let me explain that this is not a story of me causing a fire alarm to go off, for anti-terrorist police to close a station for half an hour, or some dramatic incident that has left TfL seeking an ASBO against me. This is a story that starts with a strap of a backpack. This strap, in fact: This morning I caught a tube from Baron’s Court on the District Line heading East. Normally I change at South Kensington for a Circle Line to Moorgate, or hop off at Mansion House and walk up to the office through the City. This morning I had decided to stay on the District line until Blackfriars, and change there for a Circle line. It’s a man’s perogative, etc. The tube this morning was very busy. During the Olympics it has on the whole been very quiet, but this morning it was the normal 8:15-8:45am peak time crush. I was stood right next to the door at the very front of the train, crushed in by about 20 other souls attempting to share the exact same square foot I was stood on. At Victoria, as is often the way for the District Line, a lot of hustling and bustling went on as people fought their way out to the platform, and others tried to struggle onto the train. After around a minute, the doors closed. Except for the one next to me. Looking down, it was jammed on my bag strap. Swearing, I attempted to free it. It was jammed solid because the hydraulic pressure of the door was pushing against it, but not with sufficient force for the door to close. The guy next to me tried to help. The guy on the platform waiting for the next train also tried to help. Neither of us could free it. Moving it simply led to the door moving along a bit, keeping the strap jammed. Then the sound of hydraulics releasing was heard, all the doors on the train went to open, and the driver climbed out of the cab. The release of pressure had allowed me to unjam the strap, and recover it into the train. The driver confirmed we were all fine, climbed back into the cab, closed the doors, and off we went. I apologised to those around me for delaying their journey, even though the total delay was perhaps 60-90 seconds. Then realised everybody else on the train was delayed, too. Then a thought about queuing theory and a little knowledge about how loaded that line is with train traffic at that time of the morning hit me: I had delayed tens of thousands of people. Let me explain how I worked this out. The District Line is composed of rather large gauge trains. I estimate that conservatively, each train is capable of shifting 2,000 people during peak times. There were certainly at least 2,000 people on my train this morning. Yes, they are only 6 carriages each, but each is certainly capable of holding nearly 350 people, and frequently does. I’m prepared to revise my numbers down if shown evidence. In addition, the District Line platforms are not just used by the District Line. They’re also used by the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Tower Hill. A glance at any “passenger information display” on a platform along this part of the network during rush hour will tell you the mean time between trains is 1 minute. There are close to 60 trains an hour going along that piece of track during rush hour. Because my train was delayed for over a minute, this must have caused the train behind it to be given a red signal. This in turn would have caused the train behind that to be given a red signal, and so on. This buffer effect would be dampened beyond Gloucester Road going West, because the Circle and District lines diverge, giving more time for the red signals to switch to green, meaning scheduled trains would not have to stop in an unscheduled manner. However, there would have been at least - I think - 5 trains affected by this delay in addition to my own. So we’re now up to 12,000 people in total delayed by my bag strap jamming a door. It gets worse. I changed at Blackfriars to a Circle line train. I got off the train I had delayed, waited 60 seconds on the platform and got on the Circle line train immediately following it, obviously now delayed. Cautiously making sure my bag was far from any doors, I boarded aware this train was now at least 2 minutes late against schedule. Satisfied at the figure I had come up with of around 12,000 delayed passengers, I had assumed I had done no more damage, until we got to Aldgate. The tube system has a tendency to expect passengers always want to be moving all of the time. Any delay of more than a minute or two at a station is always explained via an announcement. As we sat at Aldgate, the driver announced we were being “regulated” by a red signal. Looking out of the window, I could see an East-bound Metropolitan line train crossing our tracks to head across to East London. That’s when it hit me. We were “out of position”. The train was a couple of minutes late, and so the guys running the switching had decided to give priority to the Metropolitan Line train, and we were held for approximately 4-5 minutes. Whilst this part of the Circle line between Aldgate and Tower Hill was not as busy as the District/Circle line Tower Hill back West, a 4 minute delay was enough to ensure that the train behind us was going to be red signalled waiting for us to clear the platform. That would be enough for the train behind that to be stopped. And that would be enough for the train behind that to be stopped, which would probably be on the shared part of the network. That would be enough to cascade across the whole part of that line back to Gloucester Road, causing delays to perhaps 12 trains in total. By now the numbers per carriage were down a little as we were close to the end of peak, but there was probably at least 1,000 people per train out there. Rounding up for the few more probably still around the Victoria area, and we’re up to 25,000 people. There’s obviously some fudging here - people boarding trains at the “correct time” for them, did not realise the train they were getting was in fact the one after the one they had expected, and they did not suffer any delay. But I also suspect that this effect wasn’t dampened until after the peak ended at around 9:30am, and there were people who boarded their trains at 8:30am or before still out there (it can take 60 minutes easily to get from the “end” of a line into central London), whose journey had taken at least a few minutes longer than normal. I doubt many noticed. I doubt anybody cares. But it did make me think about how queueing theory applies to real world problems, and how when TfL moan about people keeping coats, bags and belongings clear of the doors, or jamming the doors to squeeze on rather than wait 6 more minutes for the next train, that they might have a point. If you cause a train to be delayed, you are not simply inconveniencing the dozen or so people glaring at you in your vicinity. Or the people on the rest of the train who would glare at you if they could. But in fact, you have a cascade effect down the rest of the network. Tens of thousands of people delayed, because you didn’t want to wait 5 minutes. Or because you didn’t keep an eye on your belongings near the door. I’ll certainly be more careful in future. The next time I’m sat waiting for a signal to clear or am told that we are “being regulated”, I’ll wonder about whose bag or foot was to blame, and how the numbers of people flowing through London make butterflies flapping their wings on the network capable of huge cascading effects on transport infrastructure. Full Article
ow Reading Less, writing more. Or "How I learned to hate Twitter and Facebook" By iconoplex.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:57:43 +0100 I love knowing what my friends and family are up to. I love finding out about the latest thoughts going on within my peer groups. I enjoy reading many blogs, newsletter and emails. I used to regularly get over 400 emails a day including group/mailing list traffic, followed over a thousand people on Twitter and was friends with more than 250 people on Facebook. I subscribed to over 200 blogs. I read all of it, all the time. Mix in LinkedIn, reddit, Hacker News and a few other corners of the web, and we’re suddenly talking about a lot of data flowing into my head. I’m led to believe that some even value the contributions I make myself from time to time. However, I’m about to start dialling all that down. I’ve made a start in some places, but over time I’m going to stop reading anywhere near as much short-form (twitter, Facebook, etc.), a little less medium-long form (blogs), and use the time to start reading longer form work again (books) and creating more. The reason is not because of burn-out, cynicism or some other excuse: I’m not arguing that it’s all pointless, and I’m not being a Luddite. I just want to create more, and there are only so many hours in the day. This was prompted by going back over my resolutions posted here in December, and realising I’ve made little progress: I need to get my weight down. I’m finally prepared to do something about it. I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on this in recent months. Worried that as I attempted to cut calories I actually gained weight, I decided to go back to the science the calorie-counting diets are based on and made a shock discovery: there is no science. There is absolutely no evidence that calorie counting works. Not one experiment has been able to show that calorie-counting is successful. Managing carbohydrates? Different story. I’d like to write about this some more, and I’d like to share my diet in detail and provide some raw data almost “live”. Consider it a series of scientific experiments on one person done in public. I need to think about the details of doing this more, but this is one resolution that I need to kick up a gear on above any other. I want to create more, so will aim to not go more than two or three consecutive days without working on something creative in 2012. It could be writing (here, for example), it could be code for a personal project, or it could be something I’ve never really tried before (music? art? Don’t know yet). I basically want to spend less time reading/consuming and more time doing stuff. David Tate provides excellent inspirationif you want to consider doing the same. I’ll try to document as much of that as possible here. I have failed at this dismally. I mean, really, really, really badly. I get to be quite creative in my work, but that wasn’t the goal here. My goal was to be somebody who contributed more online than I took, and in that respect, I’ve failed dismally. I have a lot of ideas in this regard as to how to correct this fault, but it’s going to take a few weeks of planning to commit to it. I know by reading less social network commentary, blog output and community websites, I’m going to have more time to do that planning, and also to create things. I work long days, and have just a few hours a day in which to address this, so please be patient with me. I’m going to try and shift from always being behind/late for almost everything going on in my life, to being early. I don’t know how I’m going to do this, but I suspect if I can pull it off, I’ll be calmer and happier as a result. This, I am happy to report, seems to have actually happened for the most part. Public transport not withstanding - including my own self-sabotage - I tend to be where I need to be on-time (or early), far more than I was last year. Back to the main point: by reading what’s going on out there, by trying out new apps, by listening to all these voices, I am feeling engaged and plugged in, but only as a consumer. The purpose of the Internet is not to simply consume but to create, amend, edit, destroy, vandalise and promote. Ideas, content, products, whatever. Also, am I the only one who has noticed how exhausting this hosepipe of information can be on a daily - even hourly - basis? I’m tired of consuming. It’s worse than television - at least with television an editor or commissioner has attempted to do some curation. So I’m not departing, I’m not shutting down accounts, I’m just going to read a great deal less online, to the point the relevant apps might disappear off my phone. In return, I should be able to produce a few new things to share. Watch this space! Full Article
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ow मित्रजनहरु यस्तो गर्दा कस्तो हुन्छ Windows कम्प्युटरमा By navrajsansar.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:08:00 +0000 मित्रजनहरु यस्तो गर्दा कस्तो हुन्छ कम्प्युटरमा 1.जब तपाइहरु Computer Windows Desktop मा Right Click गर्नु हुन्छ अनि Screen Resolution मा पनि click गर्नु है अनि अब एउटा Display setting आउने छ जहाँ तपाइहरुले विभिन्न option हरु देख्नुहुनेछ अब तपाइले Display, Resolution, Orientation जस्ता तिन option हरु देख्नु हुनेछ तिनीहरुमध्ये मज्जा लिनको लागि Orientation option मा landscape (flipped) वा portrait (flipped) option मध्ये एउटा option लिएर मा click गर्नु अब तपाइले apply bottom मा click गर्नुहोस र हेर्नुहोस त के हुदो रहेछ जसरी भएपनि भए पनि keep changes bottom मा click गर्नुहोस अनि थाहा पाउनुहुनेछ मज्जा तर यो कुरा अरुलाई नभनिकन आफु मात्र आफ्नै personal कम्प्युटरमा मात्र गर्नु होला है ....... Full Article
ow मित्रजनहरु यस्तो गर्दा कस्तो हुन्छ Windows कम्प्युटरमा By navrajsansar.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:08:00 +0000 मित्रजनहरु यस्तो गर्दा कस्तो हुन्छ कम्प्युटरमा 1.जब तपाइहरु Computer Windows Desktop मा Right Click गर्नु हुन्छ अनि Screen Resolution मा पनि click गर्नु है अनि अब एउटा Display setting आउने छ जहाँ तपाइहरुले विभिन्न option हरु देख्नुहुनेछ अब तपाइले Display, Resolution, Orientation जस्ता तिन option हरु देख्नु हुनेछ तिनीहरुमध्ये मज्जा लिनको लागि Orientation option मा landscape (flipped) वा portrait (flipped) option मध्ये एउटा option लिएर मा click गर्नु अब तपाइले apply bottom मा click गर्नुहोस र हेर्नुहोस त के हुदो रहेछ जसरी भएपनि भए पनि keep changes bottom मा click गर्नुहोस अनि थाहा पाउनुहुनेछ मज्जा तर यो कुरा अरुलाई नभनिकन आफु मात्र आफ्नै personal कम्प्युटरमा मात्र गर्नु होला है ....... NOTE: झुक्क्किएर पनि cyber तथा अरुको personal computer मा कहिले पनि नगर्नुहोला| Full Article
ow Zillow and Trulia Remain Irrelevant in Austin Real Estate Market By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:42:13 +0000 Both Zillow.com and Trulia.com could vanish tomorrow, completely – websites crash and stay down forever – and it would make ZERO difference, at all, in the successful sale of any home in Austin TX, or elsewhere in the U.S. Period. There is no hardship or selling disadvantage created for sellers or their listing agents if their real estate listings do not appear on these real estate entertainment and advertising websites because it is not the purpose of these consumer portal sites to sell homes, but instead to sell advertising to Real Estate Agents. These consumer sites not only fail to cause homes to sell, the websites fail to create smarter, better educated buyers and sellers. Instead, they create consumers exposed to bad data, and too much of it. Including the ridiculous Zestimate, which everyone knows is inaccurate but which nonetheless remains the “favorite” feature of Zillow.com users, according to Zillow. ... Read more Full Article Austin Real Estate
ow Leasing a Home in Austin TX – Then and Now By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 16:38:29 +0000 When Sylvia and I started leasing and managing rentals in Austin in the early 1990s, the business operation was phone-based. I had a phone, answering machine, and spiral pad on a desk in our kitchen nook. All business happened there. I also had a Windows PC, a 386 with a dot matrix printer which ran the DOS version of my property management software. If you don’t know what 386, DOS or “dot matrix printer” means, you’re probably less than 40 years old. Oh, it probably had a 2400 baud modem as well, and a 50 meg hard drive. It wasn’t until 1996 that I put up my first website and started using email for business. All rental inquiries thus originated with a phone call to that one phone. It was a “single channel” communication system. Those callers either saw a yard sign or a 3-line ad in the Rentals section ... Read more Full Article For Owners For Tenants Rental Market
ow Some Perspective on Rental Property Cash Flow Disruption By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:21:15 +0000 About a year ago, Sept 2014, during a violent Austin thunder storm, a rental property I personally own in SW Austin was struck by lightening and caught fire in the attic. As the thunderous flash of light, noise and immediate smoke jolted the tenant out of bed at 2:30AM, he quickly realized that he was standing in water. The home was flooding, and also on fire, simultaneously. Wow! Wake up!! His elderly mother was visiting and he was able to get her and his son out quickly as the house filled with smoke. Then he called 911. Then me. I showed up around 3:15AM, sloshed through about 18 inches of water at my driveway, as about 6 firetrucks were on the scene. It was an apocalyptic scene, like out of a movie. But everyone was ok, and the fire was contained to mostly the attic and three bedrooms. But the ... Read more Full Article For Owners For Property Managers For Tenants Investing Landlord-Tenant
ow New Realtor.com Agent Beta Profiles now Live in Austin By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:52:36 +0000 I attended the Presentation in Austin this week announcing the Beta rollout of Realtor.com’s new Agent Profiles. Austin is the only city in the US with this live, though it will soon also be turned on in the state of Rhode Island. Though not fully baked, I’ve set up my profile. The “Sold Listing are not yet populating, but should be on the map by mid October. There will also be a Team Profile. Here is what it will look like when viewing a map of Sold Listings in Austin. Pretty cool, right? Are Realtors happy about this? Many are not. The Realtor online forums are ablaze with ignorant complainers, moaning and griping about this, and how it’s “unfair” to populate Realtor profiles or Sold Maps with actual closed sales because it makes the Newbies and part timers look bad. Those of you agents complaining are missing some important data ... Read more Full Article Austin Real Estate Business and Technology
ow The Austin MLS Now Has a ‘Coming Soon’ Status By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:55:37 +0000 Update August 2018: The Austin Board of Realtors has Discontinued use of the Coming Soon Status. It caused more trouble that it was worth. Austin Realtors can now enter For Sale listings into the Austin Central Texas MLS before the listing is ready for showing. For up to 14 days prior to the “Active” date. And, therefore, buyer agents and buyers can get a “heads up” on listings that are (supposedly) about to come onto the market live in the MLS. What Problem Does This Solve? During Austin’s red hot seller’s market of the past 5 years, it had become increasingly frustrating for Buyer Agents and Buyers trying to operate in a low inventory market. We heard tales of buyers literally driving zig zag through neighborhoods looking for “Coming Soon” signs. Every new listing that popped up live in MLS became a Red Alert fire drill, as I wrote about ... Read more Full Article Austin Real Estate
ow The Growing Acceptance of Real Estate Value Inaccuracy By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:24:49 +0000 What is your Austin home worth, right now? When considering a sale, it’s generally worth “market value”, defined loosely as the highest price a buyer would pay, and that a seller will accept in an open, competitive market. This assumes neither buyer nor seller are under any undue stress or duress external to the transaction itself. Many homeowners want to know their home value even when not considering a sale. Such as when protesting assessed property value at Travis County. Or maybe you are just curious, or you want to update your Net Worth spreadsheet with a current value. If you don’t want the “market” to determine your home value, because you don’t want to sell, there now exists a plethora of “Automated Valuation Model” (AVM) tools that will tell you the supposed value of your home online based on mathematical algorithms and data. The most well know is perhaps ... Read more Full Article Austin Real Estate Business and Technology Investing Living in Austin Sales Market
ow How to Save for a Home Purchase In Austin TX By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 20:38:05 +0000 Historically in Texas, homes have appreciated at 4.5% annually (according to Texas A&M Real Estate Center). This is the expected appreciation we use when making real estate investment assumptions as well. For example, a $200,000 home would increase in value to $209,000 if appreciation was 4.5% for that year. If you wanted to save for 1 year a 5% downpayment for a $200,000 home in Austin, you would save 5% of the future value of the home, not the current value. You would save for a $209K purchase, $10,450, not $10,000, if saving just for 1 year. Starting in about 2012, homes in Austin have appreciated at a much greater rate, closer to 8% annually. This makes it harder to save for a down payment, like chasing a vanishing horizon. Also, there are no more $200,000 homes. The median value of a home in Austin is now about $400,000 if ... Read more Full Article Austin Real Estate Living in Austin Sales Market affordability austin real estate market
ow Austin Downtown Condo Over-Supply By crosslandteam.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:18:21 +0000 Wow, 24 months of inventory for DT Condos as of June 20, 2024. This is extraordinary. And we see an inverted price pattern on the right side of this chart telling us at a glance that listings are over-priced for demand. (Mine is one of them). In a *rising* market, Actives can be priced higher than Pendings, which are priced higher than Solds (skate to where the puck will be). In a declining market, those price relationships result in a 2 year inventory. Pricing has to catch the falling market. As I am my own seller on my Seaholm unit, I ask myself, should I cut the price by 10%, or hold tight and wait for the market to rebound in perhaps two years? FYI – ChatGPT create this chart upon my instructions. Charts like this tell stories that are easy for buyers and sellers to understand. Full Article Austin Real Estate Sales Market austin realtor Downtown Austin Condos
ow Europe Faces Negative Power Prices Amid Renewable Energy Surge By oilfiredup.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:12:55 +0000 In recent months, Europe has witnessed a surprising and significant economic event: negative power prices. This phenomenon, where electricity producers must pay consumers to take their power, has raised eyebrows across the continent. While it may seem counterintuitive, negative power prices are a direct result of the evolving energy landscape, particularly the rise of renewable energy sources. Understanding Negative Power Prices Negative power prices occur when electricity supply far exceeds demand. This situation often arises during periods of low consumption, such as weekends or holidays, combined with high levels of electricity generation. In such cases, power producers, unable to store excess energy, must pay consumers or other utilities to absorb the surplus. This is especially common in countries with a large share of renewable energy, where generation can be unpredictable. The Role of Renewable Energy Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, has played a pivotal role in driving negative power prices. Europe has been at the forefront of the transition to green energy, with substantial investments in wind farms and solar panels. However, these energy sources are inherently variable—wind patterns fluctuate, and solar power is contingent on daylight and weather conditions. On particularly windy or sunny days, renewable energy production... Full Article Environment News
ow GlobalData Report: Oil and Gas Industry Slows Energy Transition Efforts By oilfiredup.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:33:36 +0000 According to the latest GlobalData report, the oil and gas industry is experiencing a slowdown in its energy transition efforts. The report highlights that despite the growing global emphasis on sustainability and reducing carbon emissions, the pace at which the oil and gas sector is adopting renewable energy and other green technologies has decelerated. This slowdown is attributed to several factors, including economic uncertainties and fluctuating oil prices. Investment Shifts and Challenges The report points out that while there has been a significant investment in renewable energy projects, the overall commitment from major oil and gas companies has not met the expected levels. Companies are facing challenges in balancing their traditional fossil fuel operations with the need to invest in cleaner energy sources. The economic pressures and the need to maintain profitability in a volatile market have led to a cautious approach towards large-scale investments in renewable energy. Ravindra Puranik, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, commented on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on energy security. He noted that the resultant supply chain disruptions have driven countries towards readily available fossil fuels, thereby boosting oil and gas demand. Puranik also highlighted that the push for energy self-reliance and high... Full Article Industry News
ow How to Sell Digital Products Online with Google Drive and PayPal By www.labnol.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:56:15 +0000 Learn how to sell digital products like PDF ebooks, photos, music, videos and other digitally downloadable files through Google Drive and PayPal. Customers can buy your product through 1-step checkout and the files are delivered to them by email. The post How to Sell Digital Products Online with Google Drive and PayPal appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Archives How-to Guides paypal Screencast
ow How to Track your Study Time with Google Forms and Sheets By www.labnol.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:47:54 +0000 Learn how to use Google Forms as a time tracking app for studies and analyze how much time you spend on each subject. You can also analyze the study pattern with charts inside Google Sheets. The post How to Track your Study Time with Google Forms and Sheets appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Archives Google Chrome Screen Capture Screencast Twitter
ow How to Email Spreadsheets Automatically on a Recurring Schedule By www.labnol.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:05:25 +0000 Schedule and send Google Spreadsheets on a recurring schedule. Email Google Sheets as PDF, CSV or Microsoft Excel formats on daily, weekly, monthly or yearly schedules. The post How to Email Spreadsheets Automatically on a Recurring Schedule appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Software Archives Google Spreadsheet How-to Guides PDF Screencast
ow How to Copy Draft Emails in Gmail By www.labnol.org Published On :: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 11:51:19 +0000 How to create multiple copies of the same email draft in Gmail. The duplicate emails will copy the message body and attachments too from the original message. The post How to Copy Draft Emails in Gmail appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Archives GMail
ow How to Download your Google Slides Presentation as a Video File By www.labnol.org Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:55:20 +0000 With Creator Studio, you can easily convert your Google Slides presentations into a video file with audio and upload to YouTube. You can also export slides as animated GIF images. The post How to Download your Google Slides Presentation as a Video File appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Archives GIF Google Slides Screencast
ow Make Instagram Slideshows with Google Slides By www.labnol.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:37:05 +0000 Learn how to make photo slideshows for Instagram with Google Slides. You can showcase product demos, how-to guides and even use slideshows for visual storytelling. The post Make Instagram Slideshows with Google Slides appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Archives Google Slides Instagram
ow How to Use Google Sheets as an Amazon Price Tracker By www.labnol.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:01:30 +0000 Learn how to use a Google Sheet to track product prices on Amazon shopping websites and get email alerts when the prices go down or up. The post How to Use Google Sheets as an Amazon Price Tracker appeared first on Digital Inspiration. Full Article Internet Amazon Archives How-to Guides Online Shopping
ow SlideShow 2.1.1 By andrew.hedges.name Published On :: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:00:00 MST SlideShow displays a series of images along with links to related web pages.You no longer need to be a widget hacker to make your own SlideShow! Control-click on SlideShow.wdgt (located in Library/Widgets) to find instructions for adding your own photos and captions. All I ask is you retain a link back to this page on the back side of the widget. Thanks!Are you an artist or photographer wanting a custom widget like this one? Contact me about some kind of creative exchange!New in Version 2.1.1:- Clarified instructions for creating a custom SlideShow Full Article Widgets
ow PHPfr is now open-source! By code.google.com Published On :: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:10:11 MST I am excited to announce that PHP Function Reference is now open source, under the the New BSD License. The project is being hosted on Google Code and I have a discussion forum set up here for it as well. So far, three individuals have stepped forward to contribute to the project: Kelly Patrick Robinson was first in line at the opening of the Albuquerque Apple Store and adds to his list of conquests as first to join PHPfr; Nelson Darkwah Oppong, creator of the Fire ftp widget, is a programmer and graphic designer from Germany; and Barbara Napholtz, a longtime, paid user of PHPfr has agreed to do quality assurance testing on the widget. I am hopeful that with this infusion of talent we will finally be able to push PHPfr to a stable, 1.0 release. Thanks Kelly, Nelson, and Barbara for joining! Full Article News