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BitTorrent is popular peer-to-peer sharing communication protocol used for transferring all kind of files over the Internet. Two of the most popular BitTorrent clients for Linux are Azureus and KTorrent. If you're looking for a robust, fast, simple, and powerful BitTorrent client, you will probably go with KTorrent. If you want a Java-based client that runs on every platform and allows you to configure every detail for BitTorrent transfer, consider Azureus.
Both Azureus and KTorrent are feature-rich and powerful BitTorrent clients with powerful file transfer management GUIs, statistics, and highly configurable settings menus. Azureus is written in Java and therefore can be run on practically all platforms, while KTorrent is written in C/C++ using Trolltech's Qt toolkit, and can be run only on Linux and Unix-like systems (including Mac OS X).
Both clients are available for installation from software repositories in all modern distributions. If they're not there, you can install Azureus by downloading it, extracting it from the tarball, and running the binary:
tar xvjf Azureus_x.x.x.x_linux...tar.bz2
cd azureus
You will also need to have Sun's Java Runtime Environment installed.
KTorrent's installation and compilation uses the standard ./configure, make, make install process.
Now that we know how to install them, let's have a look at some of the features that Azureus and KTorrent provide.
When you choose to download specific BitTorrent file, both programs let you choose only the files you want from a specific torrent archive. For example, if you're downloading an openSUSE10.torrent file that contains all five ISO images of openSUSE Linux, but you need only the first one, you can uncheck the other four files in the download dialog and download only the desired one.
Both clients can generate statistics for you, including average transfer rates, share ratio, what peers are you connected to, file availability (also per-host), and file chunks. You can also view how many peers are connected, what their IP address and port number, on which BitTorrent they're running, their BitTorrent client, where are they from (this is a extra feature with Country Locator plugin), what is the transfer speed between you and a peer, and what file chunks are available from them.
Both Azureus and BitTorrent allow you to download and upload as many files as you like simultaneously. You can configure desired maximum and minimum file transfer speed for both upload and download globally, and limit transfer speed per-file as well.
Both client supports IP address blocking via plugins. If you feel that some host is not welcome on your torrent ride, you can list its IP address in the IP blocking menu to prevent it from connecting to you.
Both clients support BitTorrent protocol encryption, which makes BitTorrent traffic harder to identify by third party. For example, you would use this if you were worried that your ISP was sniffing network traffic for peer-to-peer connections and possibly blocking it. With this feature, an ISP probably wouldn't even know that you're using any peer-to-peer programs. Protocol encryption doesn't provide anonymity, however; it only makes peer-to-peer traffic harder to identify.
You can expand both programs' functionality via plugins. For example, Azureus can send you SMS for every finished torrent with its SMS notifications plugin, or alter you to torrent status changes using Google Talk (Jabber protocol) with it Instant Messaging Notifications plugin. You can see a full plugin list for Azureus and for KTorrent online.
You can control Azureus remotely via a Web interface with the help of the Swing Web plugin. KTorrent provides the same feature with the WebGUI plugin, which is included in the program by default. You need to specify a username and password in the plugin's settings before you can use this service.
Both clients support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), which allow devices to connect seamlessly, meaning zero network configuration for user. BitTorrent clients need this for peer-to-peer transfers. The other option is to turn on and configure port forwarding on your router, but this requires some network knowledge, so it's not the best choice for all users.
Both clients let you create your own torrents. However, KTorrent requires you to upload your torrent content to a torrent tracker before you can start seeding. By contrast, Azureus is capable of serving as its own tracker, allowing you to start seeding to users right away.
A full list of differences between the torrent clients is available on wikipedia.
The glitch
I had a lot of problems with the Azureus client and my Linksys WRT54GS v2 wireless router. When I was using Azureus for a few hours at a time, my network connection would drop consistently, and before that, it was so slow it took my Web browser five minutes to open any Web page. I reconfigured Azureus to use UPnP and directly mapped ports on the router, but still saw the same problem. I limited the number of connections -- still the same problem. Upgrading the router's firmware didn't help. It took me quite some time to figure out that it's the router's problem; read this short FAQ about Linksys WRT54G/GS routers and the BitTorrent protocol.
I liked the look and feel on Azureus client, but because of my router at home, I was forced to make a switch. Although I'm not using KDE at home, I found KTorrent to be a great piece of software. Both clients are feature-rich and extensible via plugins. The choice is yours, but if you're a Linksys router owner, you might just go with KTorrent.


text: DETROIT – The 8,000 employees who work at the General Motors Renaissance Center (RenCen) in Detroit will soon have a new place to work out without leaving their office building. The YMCA is opening a 12,000-square-foot health and fitness center on the ground floor of the RenCen, which houses 6,500 General Motors employees and 1,500 other employees. The center, which will feature cardio and strength-training equipment, two group exercise studios, group cycling, personal training programs and lifestyle improvement programs, will open early next year.

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Story highlights
- Residents of Kandahar province stage an anti-Pakistan protest, Afghan provincial official says
- Violence breaks out when an armed group starts insulting the Afghan government, he says
- Eight members of the armed group and three civilian drivers are killed in the fighting, he says
Eleven people were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday when an anti-Pakistan demonstration turned violent, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Kandahar said.
Hundreds of residents of Maiwand District in Kandahar province staged the rally, spokesman Javid Faisal said.
Most of the protesters were chanting against Pakistan, he said.
The demonstration turned violent when an armed group began protesting against the Afghan government and foreign and Afghan forces, Faisal said.
Gunfire broke out between police and the armed group, leaving eight of its members dead as well as three civilian motorists.
Ten people were injured and 30 suspects were arrested, Faisal said. Police also seized a vest made for a suicide bomber and a motorcycle primed with explosives, he said.
Initial investigations show the armed group came from the Pakistani side of the border, he said.
The clash comes against a backdrop of renewed tensions on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Afghan and Pakistani troops have clashed in recent weeks, prompting anti-Pakistan protests by some Afghan residents.


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
So Now They're Acting?
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that Metro install a back up system to its automatic train control and urged Metro to respond within 30 days.
Metro wasted no time and issued an ingratiating press release saying they "appreciate" the NTSB recommendations and that they're "pleased that NTSB has now agreed to allow us to move forward with our plan to initiate an independent panel of experts in signal systems through the American Public Transportation Association before the NTSB investigation has been completed."
They had a plan? So it was the NTSB that was in the way this whole time? Not sure we understand, Metro.
Metro went on to say "we will be developing a new system that will be specifically tailored to Metro. Metro is in the process of contacting vendors who have the expertise needed to help us develop this service, and we are preparing cost estimates on this application."
Of course, the crux here is that Metro really doesn't have to do anything the NTSB says--they passed on replacing the 1000-series cars, for example.
The only thing we're sure Metro will do is continue to regurgitate pablum like "The safety of our customers and our employees continues to be our prime concern."
Even in the press release, Metro appears to cling to the remote idea that somehow fault for the accident will fall elsewhere.
"In spite of the issuance of this recommendation, the NTSB still has not determined the root cause of the accident."
We're glad Metro is at least saying they're going to take safety steps it should have back when disco ruled, but as we asked before, does it take an accident of this magnitude to get Metro to move? BART nipped this problem in the bud in the '70s!
It appears it takes embarrassing videos to make Metro change a stupid policy that previously slapped an offender on the wrist for texting while operating a train.
Any organization that is merely reacting to problems is poorly managed, and eventually all the poor decisions and indecision will come home to roost. They already are.
Metro has now demonstrated twice within a week that the only impetus for change is egg on its face or blood on its hands.
You haven't unsucked yourself a bit, Metro.
Other items:
Post story on NTSB recs
WTOP's take
Catoe heading to Hill (WTOP)
Looks like someone's been reading this blog (Examiner)
Local pols eye standards (Examiner)
House subcommittee approves $150 million for Metro (WMATA)
11 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Don't forget the third reaction Metro has made, bellying the 1000 series cars. Nothing stopped them from doing this before nine people died.
- July 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- Malnurtured Snay said...
Y'know, you keep saying that Metro failed to replace the 1000 series car like the NTSB said, but you make it sound like Metro had either the cars or the money to replace them, which they didn't. If Metro had pulled those cars, you'd be complaining about the lack of trains during rush hour.
- July 14, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Let's get Metro Fixed said...
They didn't even come up with a plan to replace them and worse still, they didn't belly them until after the accident. Bellying wouldn't have cost very much.
- July 14, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
I cannot believe it. You guys actually think bellying does anything to make the trains safer? I'm disappointed. Usually this blog is better about recognizing totally meaningless PR stunts.
If you have a stronger railcar collide with a weaker railcar, the weaker one gets smushed (as happened on 6/22.) If a stronger train hits another strong train that's got a weaker car in its belly, the force is TRANSFERRED to the weaker car. Weaker car still gets smushed. This is high school physics, guys. It affords no protection whatsoever and is 100% a PR move.
Also, maybe you guys should tune in today.
- July 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Let's get Metro Fixed said...
The point was more about being stirred (spurred to action. We also believe the move is largely a PR stunt.
We'll definitely be tuning in.
- July 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Sorry, you still havn't answered my question from last week.
Who is "we"?
"*WE* also believe..."
"*WE'll* definitely be..."
This is seriously starting to bug me...
- July 14, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Let's get Metro Fixed said...
Don't read if you're bugged.
- July 14, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
I've been a reader of this blog since before the accident, and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed... before it was dedicated to Metro's negative points, yes, but since then its taken on a very nasty tone. Every article seems to be an attack on Metro more than anything else.
Metro's sytem isn't perfect- hell, lets be honest, its pretty terrible in a lot of respects. But to read this lately, you'd think they were a bunch of moustache-twirling villains out to destroy us all as part of some wicked plot.
Its pretty disappointing to see what was previously a very interesting site turn into something like this.
- July 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- RmichaelDBorg said...
what blog are you reading anonymous? i find the same mix of criticism, information and humor as was always here.
- July 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Paul said...
I am a daily Metro rider and yes, I would support pulling the 1000 series cars and perhaps even closing down the Metro until they fix the signaling system. I'm sure Metro will magically receive the funding it needs in no time. Sometimes, it will take extreme events before our government starts to act.
- July 14, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
@3:57 anon. if only metro was capable of a plot--of any kind. you give them too much credit.
- July 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM


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GORHAM, Maine—Despite strong play from their two youngest players, the UMass Boston women's tennis team (1-4, 0-2 LEC) dropped a Little East Conference matchup 6-3 to the University of Southern Maine Huskies (5-2, 2-1) Tuesday afternoon at the Costello Courts.
Freshman Stephony Reeves (Dorchester, Mass.) and Solveig Castelli (Precojo, France) combined for all three Beacon points on the day. Reeves earned her first ever doubles victory by pairing up with Castelli at number three doubles. The freshman duo defeated Monique Giroux and Alex Lewis 8-4.
In singles play, Reeves earned her second career individual victory with a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 win over Giroux. Castelli kept the Beacons alive in the match at number six singles with her first career singles win, a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Lewis.
Southern Maine earned the LEC win behind strong play at the top of the lineup. After taking two of the three doubles matches, the Huskies took wins at number one and number two singles to put UMB at the brink of defeat. Castelli kept the Huskies at bay to make it 4-2, but Southern Maine earned wins at number three and four singles to secure the win.
UMass Boston will look to break their three-match slide Thursday when they return to host Eastern Nazarene College at 3 p.m.


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Erika Sanada's imaginary creatures toe the line between the grotesque and the adorable; inspired by her childhood trauma and memories of bullying, the artist delves into her deepest anxieties, plucking out tiny hairless ceramic beasts, each of whom appears strangely misshapen by a nervous sort of womb. As a girl, Sanada imagined transforming her tormenters into hideous monsters, presented here as birds and rats with twin heads or dogs that display infinite rows of glinting teeth.
As if stolen from a perverse Eden, Sanada's endearing beasts are as innocent as they are frightful. "Newborns" introduces a trinity of puppy-rat hybrids, who, despite their sharp claws and thick, bald tails, elicit our sympathies; their soft, tender eyes have yet to open, and the tiniest of baby tongues pokes out of a toothless mouth. Similarly, a hairless beast crawls across a platform, leaving a trail of sticky epoxy that resembles amniotic fluid. He has two tails, each fleshy and naked, and yet he is so poignantly small and delicate that we yearn to comfort and protect him as he makes a perilous journey into the adult world.
As if possessed, Sanada's cast of characters, whom she charmingly refers to as "Odd Things," reveal black marble-white eyes, absent of pupils or irises, the effect of which is wonderfully unsettling. As we confront these magical manifestations of our most secret fears, they stare back invisibly, tracking us not with sight but with an intractable knowledge of our own vulnerabilities. Take a look. (via KoiKoiKoi)


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – In their tightest battle since the start of Big West play, UC Santa Barbara fell just three points short to Hawai'i in the 63-60 final at the Thunderdome on Thursday night.
The Gauchos conclude the first round of the conference schedule with a 1-7 mark and are 6-15 overall. With the win, the Rainbow Wahine improve to 5-3 in Big West play and are now 11-9 on the season.
Melissa Zornig took charge of the UCSB offense to start the game, as she made the Gauchos' first four field goals.
The senior also drained the first seven points for her team capped off by a three-pointer to put UCSB up 7-4 with 16:22 left in the half.
Zornig completed the night with a floor-leading 16 points off a 7-14 shooting performance.
Hawai'i climbed out of the early hole, though, and gained a 17-8 advantage at the 9:42 mark.
The Gauchos were quick to respond with a 13-4 run through the following eight minutes to tie the game at 21. Again, it was Zornig who took the lead in the scoring spree as she opened the run with a layup and added another triple.
Nicole Nesbit also contributed four points, including the game-tying jumper from the left wing. The senior finished with 13 points and four assists.
The Rainbow Wahine closed the first half with the narrow 24-23 edge, as Ashleigh Karaitiana made a tiebreaking free throw with 20 seconds left.
To start the second, the Gauchos kept the score close, though Hawai'i extended its lead to five points through the first three minutes.
UCSB would make its move and recapture the lead with a 15-6 run starting with Zornig knocking down a jumper from the charity stripe.
Later in the run, Destini Mason put up back-to-back baskets. First, she made a baseline layup and followed that up with a downtown shot to push the Gauchos ahead 36-34.
The senior's triple would be the first of three in a row for UCSB, as Kristine Brance and Jasmine Ware both knocked down long-range looks to put UCSB on top 42-36 with 12:56 remaining.
UCSB would hold on to the lead until the 2:31 mark when Kamilah Jackson made consecutive layups to give Hawai'i a one-point lead at 57-56.
Onome Jemerigbe showed poise in the final minute of the game, as she made layups on two occasions to keep the Gauchos within one.
The freshman finished with 10 points, going 4-5 from the field.
The Rainbow Wahine, though, were able to keep ahead with their free throw shooting, as they garnered a three-point lead with seven seconds left.
After a timeout called by Carlene Mitchell, Destini Mason ran the ball up the floor and was looking for Nicole Nesbit for the game tying shot, but was fouled with 0.8 seconds left. She approached the free throw line to shoot a 1-and-1, but missed the first shot which landed in the hands of Destiny King who made the game-clinching rebound.
UCSB next play on Thursday Feb. 13 when they host Long Beach State in the Thunderdome at 7 p.m. For tickets, visit the Ticketing Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building, call 805.893.UCSB (8272), or click here.


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ABI BARIK, Afghanistan — Three days after the earth swept through his village, burying entire houses and hundreds of people, Hashmat Khan is still digging in search of his family.
Standing in a hole he'd dug out that reached over his head, Khan said six members of his family were buried in the horrific landslide that swept over the village of Abi Barik in Badakhshan province.
"We have rescued two injured and taken out two dead bodies, and now we're trying to find two more," he said.
The landslide Friday killed hundreds of people — still no one has an exact number — and destroyed 300 homes and displaced hundreds more families.
Stranded and with no homes, many of the families have struggled to get aid. Some have gone to nearby villages to stay with relatives or friends, while others have slept in tents provided by aid groups. The unlucky ones have slept outside.
One of the school teachers, Abdul Fatah Zafari, said the villagers have surveyed all the families and believe that around 50 students between ages of six to 15 died in the landslide.
The school building survived. But with what's left of Abi Barik under threat of further landslides and flooding, the surviving children haven't been able to attend school.
Zafari said he understood that helping needy people was the immediate priority but appealed to the government to also think about the school and health clinic.
The landslide was likely triggered by heavy rains that have fallen across northern Afghanistan in recent weeks. It broke off such a massive chunk of earth, burying hundreds of homes, that officials have said it will be impossible to bring up all the bodies. Still, many villagers have continued digging on their own.
Azizullah, who goes by one name as do many Afghans, said he was working on a construction site when he heard about the landslide and hurried home. His house was covered with mud but eventually he was able to find his wife and children alive. But his father and one of his brothers are still missing.
"Probably they have died, but still we are looking for them," he said. "Over the past three days we have been digging in the area where we think they might be to find their bodies, but we couldn't find any of them."
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This article touches upon handling the Socratic Method. It's entitled, "Law School First Year Tips"http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1165160/law_school_first_year_tips.html?cat=9
Thanks for the comments, but how is it a terrible description of the Socratic Method? What about it was unrealistic or incorrect? Preparation is important for this form of class room instruction. If it's something different than that, what is it, in your opinion? Also, outlining is one of the most important things you can do. Ask anyone whether he/she didn't do one.


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The 49ers won't be at full strength for offseason OTAs, but at least in the case of All-Pro guard Mike Iupati, it doesn't seem to be an extended absence.
According to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee, Iupati had a procedure on his shoulder this offseason and isn't expected to participate in upcoming OTAs, though he's expected to be ready for training camp.
He was listed on the injury report late in the season and in the playoffs with a shoulder injury, but started every game and played 98 percent of the team's offensive snaps.
Recent addition Adam Snyder should be able to fill in for him in the short-term.
Iupati's the latest in a growing line of 49ers regulars having surgery this offseason, including defensive end Justin Smith (triceps) and outside linebackers Aldon Smith (shoulder) and Clark Haggans (shoulder).


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Page, Ariz. -- From Glen Canyon Bridge on U.S. Highway 89, you can see both sides of an argument. To the north is placid Lake Powell, a big, blue tropical cocktail in the arid no man's land of southeastern Utah. It's Exhibit A in the case for letting 42-year-old Glen Canyon Dam stand. To the south is the Colorado River, testily emerging from impoundment, cutting through sheer rock walls on its way to the Grand Canyon, wild and free, the way nature made it.
I stood there with my brother, John, in early February, thinking about Seldom Seen Smith, the fictional mastermind of a plot to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam in Edward Abbey's 1975 novel, "The Monkey Wrench Gang."
Smith, Abbey wrote, "remembered the golden river flowing to the sea ... canyons called Hidden Passage and Salvation and Last Chance ... strange great amphitheaters called Music Temple and Cathedral in the Desert. All these things now lay beneath the dead water of the reservoir, slowly disappearing under layers of descending silt."
The book has achieved cult status among lovers of Utah's slick-rock plateau and canyon country. But Abbey's book never expected that nature, in the form of a blistering six-year drought, would toy with the fate of Lake Powell.
The last time the reservoir was full -- at 3,700 feet above sea level -- was in July 1999. Since then the drought has lowered the water level 144 feet, leaving the reservoir at about 33% capacity, shrinking the length of the lake from 186 miles to 145 miles and gradually re-exposing something remarkable underneath: the arches and spires of Glen Canyon. People travel halfway around the world to see the canyon of China's Yangtze River, doomed by construction of Three Gorges Dam. So was it any wonder that John and I felt compelled to go backpacking in little side canyons on the fringes of Lake Powell, where the water is rapidly receding? It was a chance in a lifetime to see something that couldn't be seen five years ago and may not be seen five years from now.
Boat trip to Davis Gulch
February isn't prime time on Lake Powell, and just getting to the place where we planned to start backpacking required us to take a motorboat 90 miles up the reservoir to its confluence with the Escalante River. Then, among a maze of unmarked tributaries, we had to find Davis Gulch -- a stream that enters the Escalante on the west side -- take the boat as far into the channel as possible, tie up and make our way across the quicksand that tends to accumulate at the mouths of such creeks.
There, we were supposed to meet Bill Wolverton, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area's backcountry ranger, who would hike in from the west to show us around for two days.
He had responded to a request from John for information about backpacking in Davis Gulch and Fiftymile Canyon, two deeply embedded Escalante River tributaries where a red Navajo sandstone sculpture gallery similar to the one that once lined the whole of Glen Canyon is gradually being re-exposed.
Wolverton has spent the last 17 springs and autumns prowling around the Lower 48 for the National Park Service and can scale sheer canyon walls without working up a sweat. He almost single-handedly launched an effort to eradicate invasive, nonnative plants from the Escalante River canyons he loves.
Just don't call the big body of water at his doorstep Lake Powell. "It's not a lake," he insists. "Lakes are natural features."
Before I could formulate reservations -- How cold would it be in southeastern Utah in February? What if it snowed? How far would we have to hike and how many nights would we camp? -- Wolverton and John had started planning the trip.
After taking in the view from the bridge, John and I stopped at the nearby recreation area's Carl Hayden Visitor Center. To enter, we had to pass through a security system tighter than any I've seen at airports, instituted a few years ago to deter terrorist attacks on the dam. We apprehensively noted the posted weather forecast -- temperatures between 35 and 49 degrees, with rain or snow in the offing. We studied a 1990 topographical model of Lake Powell, now hopelessly anachronistic because of shrinking water levels, and took a short tour of the 710-foot-high dam, completed in 1963.
It was led by a sandy-haired young man who told us the concrete of Glen Canyon Dam was good for two millenniums but sediment buildup could render the dam inoperable in 700 years.
Environmentalists are less conservative. They say silt coming in from the reservoir's tributaries could clog it up in a few centuries, never mind that the dam has already damaged habitats and geology at the Grand Canyon 100 miles downstream.
Partly for this reason, environmentalists with cooler heads than Seldom Seen Smith have advocated decommissioning the dam and draining the reservoir -- a drastic measure that, nevertheless, has been carried out in the last few decades at about 100 dams across America.
For the thirsty dwellers of the dry Southwest, the specter of losing a water and energy source may be upsetting. The dam's power plant produces $90 million of electricity a year, and Lake Powell serves as a holding tank for Lake Mead downriver, a big water supplier to Southern California. Beyond that, the reservoir has undeniable recreational value. But since the onset of the drought, visitation to million-acre Glen Canyon National Recreation Area has decreased from 2.6 million in 1999 to 1.8 million in 2004.
Meanwhile, the National Park Service, which manages the recreation area, is extolling the virtues of newly reclaimed sights while busily extending boat launch ramps at northerly marinas, such as Bullfrog.
"Visitors can still enjoy and participate in the same activities that they did when the lake was full -- boating, fishing, hiking, camping and exploring," says Kitty L. Roberts, recreation area superintendent.
But it all depends on the weather.
In February, the water level stood at 3,561 feet, just 71 feet above the lowest point at which the dam can generate electricity. "If it drops below that, we're out of business until the lake comes back up," said Tom Ryan, a hydrologist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which built and operates the dam.
Despite heavy winter snowfall in southwest Utah, Ryan said, it looked like an average year for runoff, which routinely plumps the level of Lake Powell in July. He expects the reservoir to rise about 40 to 45 feet by then, though at that rate it still would take years for the lake to refill.
"And if we have a hot, dry spring, that estimate will be eroded. There's still a lot of uncertainty," he said.
From the dam, John and I drove five miles north to Wahweap Marina, the winter nesting place of huge, luxurious houseboats, some with DVDs, staterooms and fireplaces. There we claimed the far more modest 18-foot powerboat I had reserved for the trip up the reservoir.
Opponents of the man-made reservoir call it "Lac Latrine" and "Lake Foul," but I can't agree with their aesthetic evaluation. It's majestic, with tucked-away coves and beaches backed by surrealistically shaped mesas and buttes.
On the way north we saw Lake Powell's bathtub ring, a white calcium carbonate deposit left by the receding water, distinct in some places but already wearing away in others.
At Dangling Rope Marina, we stopped for a $100 fill-up. The attendant, who hadn't seen any visitors in days, told us about a good place to camp in Oak Canyon, a few miles up on the east side of the lake.
While tying up the boat there, I got caught in some Lake Powell quicksand, which has the consistency of cellulite and is sticky enough to suck a short person, like me, in to the thighs.
John and I pitched our tents, cooked up one of those wretched, dehydrated backpackers' dinners and went to bed. Unfortunately, it snowed that night and my rented tent leaked, leaving me with stiff joints, a sour mood and a wet sleeping bag. I was ready to abort the trip in the morning, but John thought we should at least try to make our scheduled rendezvous with Wolverton at noon in Davis Gulch.
So I went on to Lake Powell's confluence with the Escalante. Along the way, we passed Hole-in-the-Rock Arch, where Mormon pioneers cut a treacherously steep wagon trail from the plateau above to the river in 1880, and the mouth of the San Juan River on the east side.
We went astray a few times but finally found the Escalante and turned into it. Between periods of drizzle, the sun came out, revealing bright blue skies and scudding clouds. But the river's meeting at Davis Gulch was an ugly scene, choked with flood-strangled cottonwood trees.
Then I saw what I assumed to be a hallucination: a man in a blue shirt, picking his way across the quicksand.
It was Wolverton. He had kindled a campfire up the gulch, where I warmed my feet and hands, dried out my sleeping bag and decided that, having come this far, it would be folly not to continue.
Exploring the depths
As the only backcountry ranger in the Escalante River region of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Wolverton has been keeping a close watch on sinking water levels in area tributaries. But the last time he climbed down into Davis Gulch and Fiftymile Canyon was last summer. Like us, he was eager to see what new glories the drought had revealed.
La Gorce Arch came first, a triangular window on the sky framed in lustrous sandstone, 100 feet wide and 75 feet high. Just a few years ago when Davis Gulch was fuller, it could be reached only by kayak. Now, as nature intended, you have to crane your neck to see it from the creek bed.
Hiking up the gulch was sloppy, so we exchanged our boots for rubber sandals and neoprene socks. Sometimes the walls of the canyon narrowed, forcing us to wade in the cold water. Then they'd open back up, flooding the chasm with warming sunlight from the plateau hundreds of feet above.
"This place is like a big Christmas present gradually being unwrapped," said Wolverton, stopping short once and opening his arms wide.
On formerly inundated rock ledges, spring-green vegetation had taken root and the bathtub ring had faded. Underfoot, we crunched "canyon popcorn," perfectly proportioned balls of pebbles fused together with mud on their roiling way downstream.
Farther up the gulch we saw mounds of silt the size of tanker trucks, trapped and then left behind by the retreating water of Lake Powell, which has more silt-bearing tributaries than Lake Mead, another reservoir on the Colorado River impounded by Hoover Dam.
"Sediment is the reservoir's fate," Wolverton said. "It doesn't matter how much boaters want [the lake] or how much water people need. It's going to silt up and the whole thing will be gone."
Wolverton led us out of Davis Gulch on a steep, old slick-rock stock trail. The world seemed different -- more horizontal -- when we reached the top of the plateau. I could see places I'd known before only on a map: the long rise of Waterpocket Fold to the north and the tiered flanks of the Kaiparowits Plateau to the south, looking in the snow like a Mexican petticoat.
It was flat and easy going for about two miles north across the plateau, but then we came to the edge of Fiftymile Canyon and started down. No old stock trail here, just sure-footed Wolverton to follow.
He had our campsite for the next two nights already chosen, a wide, narrow shelf high above the stream, sheltered by a lip of rock. Delicious, cold, drinkable water was available from a seep in a nearby cliff, and there were plenty of secluded spots on the bank for a camping-style sponge bath. Fire rings and graffiti -- including a well-rendered Donald Duck -- testified that others had been there before us, mostly boaters, Wolverton said.
So we settled into a place that even the most widely traveled soul could never forget. Protected by the overhang, we did without tents, though in my down bag I slept in three layers of shirts, two pairs of pants, gloves and a hood. When I occasionally woke up in the middle of the night, I saw a star-spangled crescent of black sky at my bedside.
We spent the next day exploring Fiftymile Canyon, which is even more beautiful than Davis Gulch -- much narrower in places, like the Subway, a stretch where three people can't walk abreast. The stream undercuts both sides of the creek there, and the canyon is wider at the base than at the top, allowing light to filter in and bounce eerily between the walls.
Occasionally, I thought with dread about the prospect of climbing out of Fiftymile, recrossing the plateau, descending into Davis Gulch by the stock trail and then retrieving the boat for the trip back down the reservoir. But there was the carrot of a steak dinner and clean sheets at a motel in Page. More compelling was the here and now in one of the loveliest places on Earth.
I've seen the Sahara Desert and Denali in Alaska. But none of that tops Fiftymile.
I can't wholly agree with houseboaters who think Lake Powell is paradise or with canyon rats like Wolverton who would be glad to see it shrivel up like a strip of fried bacon.
For now, Mother Nature seems to have decided against the reservoir. And somehow, I take great consolation in knowing there's no gainsaying her.


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NBA rules won't allow it, so for the second time in three days, this proposed deal is dead.
Both sides were reportedly informed days ago that the league would not sanction such a deal, per Ken Berger of CBSSports.com, and NBA Commissioner David Stern has weighed in as well:
In a radio tour in the hours before Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday, commissioner Stern appeared on several programs and put this saga out of its misery. His strongest comments came on ESPN Radio in New York, where Stern said, "The teams are aware that the collective bargaining agreement doesn't authorize trades involving coaches' contracts."
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Stern's words make it clear that it's time to throw dirt on this deal and bury it under fantasy basketball trade scenarios that will never see the light of day.
And the league's concerns are valid. Since when can coaches, whose salaries and true value cannot be adequately gauged or accounted for under the collective bargaining agreement, become a part of a negotiated trade?
It remains unclear whether Rivers and Celtics boss Danny Ainge have come to an understanding about a mutual parting of the ways. Reports out of Boston had them meeting Wednesday evening and possibly today to discuss the future of the franchise and the rebuilding process that could be on the horizon and what role Rivers would play, if any, in that reboot.
Meanwhile, the Clippers have kept their coaching search going (reportedly narrowing things down to Pacers assistant Brian Shaw and former Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins in recent days) through all of the rumors about Rivers joining them to coach not only Garnett but prized free agent Chris Paul.
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With revenues up more than 17 percent over the first nine months of 2012, Lafourche Parish is proposing raises for its employees and spending 9.4 percent more in the new budget year.
With revenues up more than 17 percent over the first nine months of 2012, Lafourche Parish is proposing raises for its employees and spending 9.4 percent more in the new budget year.
The $68 million operations and maintenance budget also includes $9.3 million for construction projects.
The budget has already come under fire from the Parish Council, which will vote to approve it next month. Some members are upset about the pay raises and elimination of the legislative audit office.
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But the budget proposes about a 25 percent raise in the information technology manager's salary, a more than 14 percent increase in the community service director's paycheck and more than 9 percent pay for the human resources director.
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Parish President Charlotte Randolph deleted the auditor's office because of her hostility toward Lasseigne, who ran twice against her for parish president, some councilmen said.
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Lasseigne's opponents claim the former councilman helps divide the council and administration, while others said he hasn't lived up to expectations.
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The proposed $6.6 million for wages makes up more than two-thirds of the $9.1 million general fund budget and would be up more than 30 percent from 2011.
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Including prior earmarked projects, the multi-year construction budget that includes future projects is $47.4 million.
Council members have already expressed the desire to make amendments to the construction budget. Councilman Daniel Lorraine said he plans to set aside money to renovate the Old Galliano Annex.
"It's a historical building in the parish, and we can find a use for it," Lorraine said.
Last year the council passed 26 amendments to the budget.
Lafourche Parish is being helped by a disaster as its revenue is up 16.6 percent through the third quarter from its major revenue sources compared to 2012. Parish Finance Director Dennis Muckelroy credits the increase to the growth of the parish and Hurricane Isaac.
"We've benefitted financially from the storm because of the work that it's brought to the roads," Muckelroy said.
The construction has increased higher sales tax in both road districts.
"This is good for the parish," Muckelroy said. "It may be a temporary increase from the storm, but we've gotten more work done on the parish."
Through Oct. 22, the parish has received a 29 percent increase in Road Sales Tax District 2 revenue, a 21 percent increase in solid waste revenue, a 17 percent increase in transportation revenue, 11 percent increase in Road Sales Tax District A revenue and a 10 percent increase in state allocated royalties from such things as mineral rights.
The parish also receives revenue from property tax, sales tax, grants from the state, investment income and charges for services. Revenue from those sources are on par with last year, Muckelroy said.
"It looks like sales in the parish are up, and that's a positive for the parish, and I'm excited about that," Councilman Jerry Lafont said.
In 2012 the parish brought in $62.5 million, while spending only $56.6 million.
Muckelroy also gave an updated report on the money the parish received from the BP oil spill.
After receiving $1.06 million from BP, the parish has spent $874,901.
The money has to be used specifically for the areas affected by the spill.
"BP caused the damage, but because of that we're able to get things fixed in those areas," Muckelroy said.
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Erika deserved to win. Mike is a louse, a no good piece of garbage. For all of the disgusting predatory moves that Chilltown made, she was the one responsible for breaking Chilltown up in the end, finally, and getting rid of the Puppetmaster. That was masterful indeed, and deserved the prize in the end. I believe Danielle was right, Erika was penalized for being a woman. She played as skillfully as Boogie, however was judged for the very actions that Mike partook in himself.
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I came across this quote recently and couldn't help but take notice.
"When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. Its like spring cleaning for your heart."
-Marco Schimoff
I sorta dismissed it because I generally disagree with the concept of "healing thyself". But dismissing it right away wasnt right. Because dont we need to let God in so He can do the work He needs to? Dont we need to make the choice to forgive before forgiveness can begin its healing properties?
Recently the value of this quote shed some light.
I have been struggling with rejection. Worldly rejection. Familial rejection. Just… rejection. And I just happen to be that person that lets things fester.
The other day I woke up and it was wonderful. I worked out, had great devotional time, started the kids homeschooling… everything was going well.
Quite by accident, I found out that some friends had decided to exclude me from a new project.
Now, I have no idea why they made this choice. It could have been because they had too many people with the same name as me. Or because it was Wednesday. Or because they needed a change. Or because they truly didnt think about me and knowingly reject me.
But in my mind, it was completely intentional rejection. How could they do this and not include me? It had to be intentional. They made a conscious choice to exclude me.
I was devastated and it proceeded to ruin my entire day. I just couldnt let it go.
In bed that night, the situation kept running through my head. Since there was no logical way to reason out the situation, I decided that my only option was to reject them back. Without them knowing why, I was no longer going to support them and their choices. If they didnt want me as a part of their project, then that choice was going to ultimately remove me from their lives.
I could almost feel the bitterness growing. My choice to react and reject based on a situation that I had no clear facts on had planted a seed of resentment in my heart. It grew when I fed it. It grew when I didnt. It was quickly growing beyond my control.
The only remedy to this kind of bitterness is forgiveness. The absolutely only way that I would be able to get my heart back would be to forgive them.
To forgive them. To make the choice to let go of any hurt I had perceived they caused me.
I had to pray, "Lord, you know my heartache in this. But I trust you. I know that sometimes you put people in my life to teach me just like you remove them to teach me. Lord, help me to truly forgive these precious ladies and to simply love them. Remove my judgement. Remove my bitterness. No matter what they may say or do, help me to love them as You love them."
In all honestly, prayers such as that are not life long in their healing. Since I still do not know the reasoning behind my friends actions, I still have occasional doubt and insecurity when I interact with them. But now, instead of feeding into bitterness, I know where to direct those un-godly feelings. And remember to look to Him for my value. To trust Him that when I am in His will, He has me exactly where I need to be.
Funny things is that they will never know the heart struggle that their actions inspired.
But I am thankful for their actions non the less, because through them, I am learning to lean more on God.


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Fans who want to follow the Golden Eagles but cannot attend, have a couple of options, including live TV coverage by CSS, which is showing every game at the tournament.
Tech captured the 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, going 4-0 in its visit to Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Ky., last weekend.
With the tourney title, coach Matt Bragga's Golden Eagles also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, and will play this weekend in the Clemson Regional. Tech faces Clemson Friday at 6 p.m. CDT. Alabama and Oklahoma State are the other teams in the four-team Regional, with the winner advancing to Arizona next week for a Super Regional.
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To show support of the team, the University Bookstore will begin selling a specially designed OVC Tournament Championship tee shirt. The shirts will be available both in the store and online on the store's website (www.tenn-tech.bncollege.com) beginning Monday.
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Questions and answers – shark action plan
Why is the Commission launching an Action Plan for Sharks?
Shark fisheries have been growing rapidly since the mid-1980s, mainly driven by rapidly expanding demand from Asian markets. Between 1984 and 2004, world catches of sharks grew from 600,000 to over 810,000 metric tons. The EU fleet now take around 100,000 tonnes of sharks and related species each year.
These fisheries are only lightly regulated, if at all. Yet these species are among the most vulnerable to over fishing, due to their biological characteristics, which mean they have a very slow recovery rate once depleted. It therefore seemed timely to present a coherent and systematic approach, to ensure both stronger regulation of these fisheries, and better scientific understanding of their impact on fish stocks and ecosystems.
Where are sharks fished in EU waters?
Sharks and rays are fished in EU waters in the North Sea and the North East Atlantic, as well as in Norwegian and Faroes waters under bilateral agreements. They are also caught in deeper water fisheries in the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) area. Taken together, these catches make up more than half the total shark catches by the EU fleet. Stricter and more precautionary regulation of shark fishing in these waters will therefore have a significant effect on the EU fleet's impact on these vulnerable stocks.
While there are some targeted fisheries – e.g. for porbeagle (L. nasus) using longline and tangle nets in the Celtic Sea– many fish are caught as part of mixed demersal fisheries, making the problem of reducing fishing mortality much harder. Fleets from France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Belgium fish for shallow-water skates and rays, while UK and German operators are involved in fishing on deep water sharks, and vessels from Italy, Greece, Spain, and France catch small sharks, skates and rays in the Mediterranean. Altogether, EU vessels catch around 56,000 tonnes of elasmobranchs in these waters. Catches of large pelagic sharks do occur, but remain relatively low[1].
Where do EU operators fish for sharks outside EU waters?
EU vessels catching sharks are active throughout the world.
In the Central Atlantic they are involved in the pelagic shark fisheries managed by the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Here, sharks are taken mainly as bycatch in the surface longline fisheries for tuna and swordfish, where the shark catch rate can run as high as 68% of the total catch. EU vessels catch around 31,000 tonnes of sharks per year in this region, mostly consisting of blue shark (Prionace glauca) and shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), with blue shark alone representing 75% of all shark catches. In addition to tuna fisheries in this part of the Atlantic, there are several coastal fisheries in waters under jurisdiction of third countries where EU vessels are active. Reported catches are relatively modest, amounting to approximately 2,300 tonnes per year over the last five years.
In the Indian Ocean, the two main groups of species found in EU catches are swordfish (45%, or around 7,000 tonnes per year) and sharks (40%, or around 6,100 tonnes per year). The shark component is dominated by blue shark (Prionace glauca), which represents up to 88% of total shark catches. The other species of importance is the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), making up approximately 9% of total shark catches.
Tuna fisheries in the Pacific Ocean are managed by two RFMOs: the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in the Eastern part, and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in the Central and Western parts. While the EU is a member of the WCPFC, it has only observer status in the IATTC. From 2001 to 2005, shark landings by EU vessels in these areas increased steadily from about 400 tonnes to 6,100 tonnes. The fishery has been expanding westwards since 2004. As in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, blue shark (Prionace glauca) and shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) are the most prevalent pelagic sharks in the catches and landings of surface longliners operating in the Pacific ocean.
Is there a large market for shark products in the EU?
In Europe, commercial consumption of shark meat gained widespread acceptance with the advent of commercial refrigeration in the 1950s. The most expensive shark meat is spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Other species that produce valuable meat are shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), the common thresher (Alopias vulpinus) and the porbeagle (Lamna nasus). These and other shark, ray and skate species are used for human consumption in Europe and are favoured as food in France, Spain, Italy, the UK and Germany. Fins are exported to the Asian markets.
The primary non-food markets for shark products are liver oil and cartilage, although neither market now appears capable of supporting a fishery on its own.
How is shark fishing regulated at the moment in EU waters?
Catch limits are set for certain species as part of the TACs and quotas set by the EU for EU waters, and in the case of deep sea species, for international waters in the NEAFC area. In particular, the EU has adopted catch limits for spurdog and porbeagle throughout EU waters, and for many skates and rays. The EU has also committed itself to reducing the TAC for deep-sea sharks to zero by 2010.
The practice of shark finning is illegal in EU waters, and for EU vessels wherever they may fish, having been banned by Council Regulation (EC) No1185/2003. "Finning" is the practice of removing the fins from sharks with the remainder of the shark being discarded at sea. Under the EU regulation, it is legal to remove the fins from sharks which have been caught while still at sea, but the carcasses must be retained onboard. The weight of the fins is therefore not allowed to exceed the theoretical weight of the fins that would correspond to the remaining parts of sharks retained on board, transhipped or landed. For the purpose of enforcing this obligation, the Regulation provides that in no case shall the theoretical weight of the fins exceed 5 % of the live weight of the shark catch.
Strengthening control of the shark finning ban is a key proposal of the new Action Plan.
What specific actions is the Commission proposing to ensure that directed shark fisheries are sustainable, and that by-catch of sharks is properly regulated?
The Action Plan lists a number of specific measures to make EU and international shark fisheries sustainable.
At EU level:
Through collaboration between the EU and relevant RFMOs:
What does the Commission propose doing to put an end to shark finning?
The Action Plan contains a number of measures to strengthen control of the EU ban on shark finning, and to see that this ban becomes the norm throughout the world. In particular, the Commission proposes to:
How does the Commission propose strengthening scientific understanding of shark populations and shark fisheries?
The Action Plan contains a number of measures designed to improve our knowledge of shark stocks and shark fisheries, as a basis for better targeted regulations. In particular, the Commission proposes a number of actions at both EU and RFMO level:
at EU level:
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What happens next?
The Communication and the Plan of Action will now be sent to both the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. In parallel, the Commission will also discuss their contents with the Member States. We hope that it will be possible for the Council to issue conclusions on the Plan of Action during the first half of 2009. The Commission will then start to prepare the legislative proposals to translate the actions it has outlined into concrete measures. This procedure is necessary to establish a global vision of the subject shared by the EU institutions and the Member States, and to identify an order of priority for action. However, it does not prevent the Commission from continuing in the meantime to propose specific measures to strengthen the protection of sharks, both within the EU and in international fora.
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So after a crazy divorce, a struggle to stay financially afloat, and a period of recovery, I am happy to say I seek to be back up to date with the works!
I noticed that the build chains emerging FROM woof cross builds aren't very large. Has there been any particular reason? Barry, I've looked over T2's new material. It looks good. I'm going to restart my work on a new OS concept. A fully amorphous and looped FS...a skeleton key or survival OS of sorts. After review of every distro I've ever found, I did some hard thinking about the whole deal.
I feel that Puppy itself, Slitaz, and 2 others can be combined with puppy barebones to chain step through to a top level system with each stage being user/dev friendly. Combining this concept with a new decentralized package system i'm ready to begin work on, I intend on forging a new OS. The one that gobbles up all the rest. The one that has the flexibility and durability to truly be an amorphous OS.
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Would this be in some ways like Saluki's ability to build a version with only the apps one wanted?
Also, while on that subject, I think any build should initially have ALL WIFI drivers included.
The main reason for this is to not have a cache-22 condition where the driver needed is available for download, but cannot be downloaded for lack of a WIFI driver to gain internet access.
I have ran into this very thing with a laptop that needed a driver that was not included with text to the effect that one could download the needed driver.
So what platform are you shooting for?
And how old of a PC is it to be made for initially?
Are you thinking of also trying to branch to the touch screen devices with their variety of processors?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Oh, and although I voted, you are not very clear as to what one is voting on. Is it our thoughts on this new project you are thinking of taking on?
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Any chance of a fork to Arm?
What would be useful to me, and no idea if do-able, is kernel tweaking on the fly.....driver/lib/settings/language/etc not included?, ....no problem...run this script, then re-start...sorted....kind of idea...?
I'd love to see an OS that was just that....a small fast OS for ANY hardware.....
software is after...heck, why is it even running if I'm not using it...?
If I need it load, use, unload
n'est-ce pas?
btw...good to see you recovered....
I would have voted for the 3rd option...but - it may all change
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Yeah guys! I noticed that a few versions of linux using aufs Layer the kernels! SOOOoo...if instead of our curent simple init scheme with just a few options, I'm thinking of a chipset and hardware step where puppy rolls through at boot. I need to get the PM system built. Im pretty sure THAT alone is going to change how linux is looked at. Its the core of the OS really.
Yes, ARM, x86, x64, SPARC. Ideally, we should be able to litterally boot on device A, instal OR migrate TO device B LIVE...then boot device B and run through either as new, or as the original. Is this making sense?
Iif you have it on a PC and want to embed the lowest level running version of the base on a device you do it; with that same lowest level, it should be able to aquire a connection on the new device and pull in the rest of the system again unaided. This is definitely doable.
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Can it be net-bootable/net-transferable, i.e X86 PC with base goes through boot/hardware recognition, then loads 'an OS image'....at the same time an Arm PC connects to a server to find the same image but for Arm base.... or is that what you meant or too big a leap??
I'm very interested in this concept, which has percolated a few times
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Exactly! Its AMORPHOUS in that way. Barry proved loop mounting with Puppy. Scripts and the bare CL interface will be the low content. Im thinking one superscript that is retained always. and executes with a universal purpose of migration.
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Posted: Thu 12 Apr 2012, 17:59
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new decentralized package system
Don't want to sound trollish but it sounds like "reinventing the wheel" ?
or where you thinking about taking the best parts of each OS and putting it together?
sounds neat
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The later. I'm combining many unique characteristics from distros and software.
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But if you combine a single user OS with several multi user OS
then the end result will be a multi user OS that maybe can chose
to be single if one want to or will it always be multi user
Some OS makes it impossible to be root.
What ideas do you have on that issue?
Edit Sorry, my poor grasp of English stumble over the interpretation
of you using the word amorphous.
You mean Modular or easy to change on the fly maybe?
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
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good question, nooby....amorphous is a slippy-slidey interpretative word
On the fly is good, IMHO....- personally I've never needed a 2nd user account/log-in...I just rename savefiles for friends...
That way it doesn't matter what they do....except reboot into my setup, which I ask them not to, or explain why I might kill them...
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Can someone explain to me what mysticmarks is thinking, only in plain (American) English? I'm afraid I never learned enough software stuff (programming, etc.) to understand this... and my education was not the best that my country could do (which would still be pretty lousy IMO).
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In simple terms, its a "one size fits all" loopfs which I think allows layering of different filesystems together, depending on the distro apps there..
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In simple terms, its a "one size fits all" loopfs which I think allows layering of different filesystems together, depending on the distro apps there..
Am I close???
yes - an fine
Like full kde and gnome on an lite puppy linux -
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...okay, one more important question...
What the *#&$ is a "loop filesystem"? I looked it up on wiki and got a whole buncha jargon gobbledygook that I couldn't understand because I'm not a hardcore Linux programmer... so if someone can explain in Simple English, I'd be rather appreciative.
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just want to test if we get a joke? Some guys love to have fun?
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