They plan to sell a revolutionary hybrid two-seater car that they say can get up to 330 miles per gallon, and will sell for under $20,000.
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330 MPG Uber Hybrid?
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Monthly Archives: January 2006
Graham was dead on
As usual, the discussions were almost as good as the essay:
Comments at reddit.com on Graham’s “How to Do What You Love” Essay:
Paul: But, curiously, the two-job approach could be translated into the converse: “get the money, doing what you love will follow.”
That is very true, and it’s exactly what I have been trying to accomplish. It’s the second best, next to the 1-job approach. 😉
new sudo and VIM problem
[SECURITY] [DSA 946-1] New sudo packages fix privilege escalation
I got this security update with aptitude on my own Debian GNU/Linux server and now when I use VIM with sudo (I think) sudo no longer passes the $HOME variable over to VIM, and VIM looks for $HOME/.viminfo by default. I guess $HOME is set to NULL inside sudo, so whenever I exit VIM it bitches about not being able to write to my viminfo file. (for more info about viminfo errors go here and search for the string viminfo-errors)
To fix this I have to do `sudo vi -i ~/.viminfo`, or `sudo -H vim`… for now I will alias “sudo” to “sudo -H”…
Update: after looking at the manpages more, if I set the “always_set_home” flag in my sudoers it will imply “-H” all the time, very nice.
Yahoo finally defaults to SSL login, LOL!
Now we no longer have to click “secure login” to switch to SSL login… I guess Yahoo got a tiny bit smarter…
What does “Submits over SSL” mean?
When you sign in to Yahoo!, you’re now protected via industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption. This means that your password is more secure in transit when you sign in.
nice, go Blue Ray
Pornographer plumps for Blu-ray
Digital Playground says it will use Blu Ray disks to pump out its future output, adding a touch of spice to the format battle between Blu ray and HD DVD.
rumors: No Intel-based OS X version of CS until CS3?
No Intel-based OS X version of CS until CS3? – The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog
It was the opinion of the Photoshop TV guys that Adobe might not offer any kind of update/upgrade of CS or CS2 until Adobe releases a truly new version – CS3 – for which there is no present ETA. I honestly hope this is not the case, and that they take some sort of route like Apple has with their pro apps in offering a $50 Intel-based upgrade, as long as you turn in your discs.
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4.75% APY for new deposit at ING Orange
I just opened one of these Orange accounts with the TiVo promotion, now for new deposits from Jan 19 til April 15 of this year you ca nget 4.75% APY, that’s pretty damn awesome! 🙂 Good that I didn’t put a big opening deposit when I opened the account! 😉
If you’re gonna open a new account, email me so I can send you a referral link… 😉
Deposits eligible for the Winter Save Up Sale
Only New Funds are eligible for the 4.75% APY. New Funds must:* Be from an external source
* Be deposited into an Orange Savings Account
* Be deposited any time between January 19, 2006 to April 15, 2006 ? the Sale Period
* Increase your total balances with ING DIRECT compared to your balances in all deposit accounts at the beginning of the Sale Period
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portmanager was removed from FreeBSD -CURRENT ports tree
I cvsup’ed the ports tree on my client’s new server and did a ‘portmanager -u’, :lol:, it deleted itself! I’ve used portupgrade for years but the latest FreeBSD Handbook mentioned portmanager. I tried and liked it. Oh well…
Google Groups : mailing.freebsd.cvs
Remove portmanager. Author has withdrawn permission to distribute it.
iMac’s still Broadcom-inside
From this teardown of the Intel-inside iMac, it contains a Broadcom PCIX wifi chipset. And according to this press release, the BCM4311 supports 802.11a/g. So I guess these rumors were not exactly true, at least not for the iMac, we will have to wait for somebody to take apart a MacBook Pro to find out what’s in those… well, the time will come… 🙂
Don’t get a MacBook Pro (just yet) if you’re gonna use it for Photoshop
Check out these benchmarks. As expected, running (or rather, emulating) Photoshop with Rosetta is slow as shit. Like I told my friend Ming when he told me he was getting a MacBook Pro, if you are getting one to do Photoshop primarily, you should wait until Adobe releases a native version of PS CS2 for the Intel-based Macs, only until then we would be able to see benchmarks and decide if it makes more sense to get a Mac or a PC.
If you want a MacBook Pro because of OS X, the iApps, or anything other than for Adobe apps, then go ahead. 🙂
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