Dusty Chalk

Buffy's on sale, too, for those who don't have it yet -- $100

Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool, too, which is why I shared it. I like how they used depictions of the types of stars they are for the different stars, and not just a generic star for all of them. There's other good stuff at the blog, but nothing as spectacular as that, I don't think. I might click on the "Science" tag, to see if there's better stuff there, but based on initial impressions, I may just opt to stop wasting my time and get back to work.

More "sense of scale" stuff

Announcing Google Weblogs!

Angel - Seasons 1-5 30-Disc DVD Set Developing Windows NT Device Drivers: A Programmer's Handbook (my own copy) Eureka 71A Hand-Held Vacuum -- all from amazon Yes, it's payday.

Downloading the alac version at 3MBPS right now (woo-hoo!).

Ghosts, Deluxe Edition.

Damnit, that reminds me, I still need to order the Deluxe Edition.

I don't get it.

's'truth. Ultra-nerd, aye.

So does core memory. Look up "hysteresis loops". And that's why SSD counts as "both", and what I was referring to when I mentioned hybrid technology. Still doesn't count as storage, and he still meant "hard drives are cheap" when he said "memory is cheap", since he wasn't talking about core memory or SSD.

It's volatile. It has to be reconstructed every time you reboot.

storage But I really need to get back to work, so get to your point already. What is it you're trying to say? That the two are easily confused? You're reaching. The examples you've been citing have been at worst, the fringe, and at best, hybrid technology. But the point was, you meant long term non-volatile storage -- I.E. hard drives -- not memory, when you said memory. Yes, memory is cheap, but so are hard drives. I admire your fancy footsteps, but you're not exactly dancing with the stars.

Persistent memory, used as storage, so "both".

It's a file -- I.E. when it's on a disk, it's a file on a disk, and when it's in memory, it's a file in memory. It's a mechanism for accessing more memory than you have by swapping pages to disk. Next. (I'm a computer scientist by vocation and by education, so I can do these all day.) EDIT: Done in my own words this time.

Memory.

It's not a hard drive. It may be non-volatile, but that doesn't make it a hard drive, or even a hard drive platter. The difference isn't just non-volatility, it also matters how much you can store on it. I mean, we were talking Terabytes when the subject came up for inspection.

Well...he did say it was a pet peeve...and in his defense, it is wrong. My mom would always say, "could you make me a copy", instead of, "could you make me a printout" or "could you make me a hardcopy". It's kind of wrong like that. Oh, and @ "...follow the thread...". This is head-case, y'know.

Alas. (We need an alas smiley -- like a smiley with the back of his hand to his forehead.)

I haven't heard an Opera Analog, so can't say for certain, but yeah, the amp would probably be the best way to upgrade. What cables are you using?

I like your thinking. And I can do that. EDIT: I should also bring some trash can lids and some metal folding chairs and some drills and hammers and nail guns and a compressed air gun.

He makes "fuck yeah" movies, so yeah, totally, unabashedly, unashamedly, fanboy.

No, it's the one where Buffy and Angel lock themselves in a hotel room for a weekend and play Scrabble for 72 hours straight.