Archive for July, 2006
The average person only gets 7 right.
This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see!
There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have
known about all our lives. How many can you get right?
These little simple questions are harder than you think– it just
shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace
things of life.
Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No
getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or
computer!
Can you beat 15?? It is nearly impossible for any normal person to get higher than a 15 (The average is 7). Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all t he questions.
REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk…
LET’S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If not, just
have fun!
Here we go!
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
This is why I have a dog 
1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.
…The page that I think people will start turning more often. Yea, you know the one. GNU/Linux.
Indeed, faithful readers, I have installed GNU/Linux (Ubuntu Dist) on my shiny new Dell XPS M1210 on a second partition (to dual-boot of course) and wow, I am happy with it. I am now starting to question why developers just stop supporting windows. Like, seriously. Once you go Linux, you don’t go back. Well, in my case I have to. But thats because of lots of reasons. ANYWAYS, yea… For all ye linux dudes, I understand now. For all ye, windows or mac guys, I seriously recommend dual-booting at the minimum. A fun way to start is getting a live-cd of a GNU/Linux distribution such as Ubuntu. The reason for this is that you can boot off the CD without having to install anything or do anything at all. Its actually surprisingly fast too. Then once you boot up and realize how awesome GNU/Linux is you can then click “install” right there. I do recommend Ubuntu, mainly because it has a awesome live-CD and is sorta medium difficulty, meaning a newb can use it and be ok, but it will also appeal to people like me: lots of computer experience, but minimum GNU/Linux experience. I am sure some of the crazier GNU/Linux distributions would appeal to those linux-geeks.
Update: Indeed, as I was sitting down after writing this post I realized that I forgot to mention THE ONE GREATEST THING ABOUT GNU/LINUX THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW… The package manager. What is that you say? Ill tell you. The package manager manages packages… In the sense that if you want that shiny new drawing program like Inkscape or that really awesome game thats made for linux (there are some cool ones… like that old tron game… cept its better… or a tank game… yea, those ones rock.) all you need to do is boot up the package manager program… And type search. Since everything (almost everything…) on GNU/Linux is released as opensource (free) once you have ticked everything you want in the packagemanager… The only thing left is to click install (or apply in some package manager’s cases)… Yes its just that easy. Its especially awesome if you installing a server like apache, or mysql because it automagically configures everything to work on your system right away. So 5 mins after you click install your up and running with your own website! Sweet eh? And then… GNU/Linux had to make something equally as awesome… The automatic updates. Unlike what you windows and mac users are used to… Automatic Updates for GNU/Linux doesn’t just update your operating system, or your various microsoft/apple programs (itunes, microsoft office)… It updates EVERY SINGLE FREEKING PROGRAM THAT IS REGISTERED WITH IT. I say registered because if you manually install something, sometimes it doesn’t get a auto-update to go with it. But everything in the package manager does… So always remember to check the PM before you decide to take on the compilin’.
Well… Thats the start of my linux experience… I think you should start yours. Here are some of your options:
- http://distrowatch.com/ - A good place to find GNU/Linux distrubutions
- http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ - See URL
- http://www.ubuntu.com/ - I recommend starting on this distribution
- http://www.ubuntu.com/download - Download Ubuntu
- https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ - Free Ubuntu CD (free shipping and everything)
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ - The Ubuntu Wiki (docs)
Do or Do not, there is no try…
Yoda (i think)