Richard Spindler’s Weblog
Doomed if you do, doomed if you don’t
So, if you compile without “-std=c99″, then I get this warning:
warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'lrint'
And if I enable that switch, M_PI is suddenly undefined.
'M_PI' undeclared
Can anybody explain me how I am expected to write software without rounding and PI?
And no, I can’t be bothered to define PI in all my sourcefiles myself!
Cheers
-Richard
SGI O2 in Lexx
Just when I was watching Episode 23 from Season 4 of “LEXX - the Darkzone”: “Lyekka vs. Japan”, two SGI O2 machines came to my attention, check it out in the following screengrab:
Cheers
-Richard
Raptor Patrol
I want one of those:
Because, …. well I obviously need one!!
Cheers
-Richard
PS.:
The Logo would need to be something like the following though:
USB-Hardrives considered harmful
Hi,
I own a 1tb WesternDigital hard-disk, that kept in an USB hard-drive enclosure to connect to my laptop. It works fine so far, but as soon as I start put a little load on it, (like rsyncing 200GB) it just “stops”. It seems as if the USB controller chip just crashes, and nothing works anymore, until I switch it off and reconnect it. I’ve tried it on different PCs and different versions of Linux.
Now that I do not trust USB any longer, and since it is slow anyways, I am thinking about getting some SATA ExpressCard, and use that for external Storage, has anyone experience with that? Any recommendations? Or should I just get another USB-Enclosure, and see if that one is not broken? Or should I build a file-server and attach to it with Gigabit Ethernet? What would you do?
Cheers
-Richard
Apple Update
Jeez, it seems as if I am not the only one to realize that there are certain disturbances in the Force.
New Homepage for the Open Movie Editor
Hi,
I’ve created a new Website for the Open Movie Editor, visit it in all its shiny bling at:
Cheers,
and have fun
-Richard
Linux Audio Conference 2008
The 6th Linux Audio Conference is taking place in Cologne (Germany) Feb 28th to March 2nd 2008.
Dear Lazyweb: Where to buy Electronics-Parts in Tirol
Hi,
do you know any small Electronics Shop in Tirol where I could buy small electronic parts and stuff, like resistors and breadboards, and whatever people would like to play with. I can’t be bothered to order stuff all the time, I just want to browse a little and get my things on the go. 
Bevorzugter Weise irgendwo zwischen Innsbruck und Wörgl.
Alternativly I would be interested to order some kind of “Basic-Electronics-Set” that has a decent selection of components included, so that I can play around without doing to much planning and stuff.
Cheers
-Richard
propirate brand: worth $257 USD
Today I recieved a generous offer, that is so hilariously comical that I just have to post it here.
Recently, propirate.com expired and went into a
domain name auction. We acquired it and, since you
own the .net version of this domain name, we
wanted to provide you with the opportunity to own the
preferred .com version.Our company specializes in recovering preferred expiring
domains and either selling them to individuals such as
yourself or building out our own web presence on those
valuable domains.
Now the next part totally cracked me up, if you know the movie Ghost World, think of the scene where Enid has this Job selling goodies at a Cinema. Think of that scene, and read the following justifications:
propirate.com is a pretty darn good domain name and,
the truth is, the .COM is a far stronger version of the
name than then .NET is.* .Com is the strongest brand on the internet.
When people think of a website, they intuitively
think “.com”. Odds are people trying to get to
your website are inadvertently going to propirate.com
because they assume that’s where they can find you.* .Com conveys Professionalism that .net & .org
cannot match.
Now remember the following quote from the movie Ghost World:
Enid: Medium? … Why Sir, do you not know that for a mere 25c more, you could purchase a large beverage. And you know, I am only telling you this because we are such good friends. Medium is really only for suckers who dont know the concept of value.
The reference is so blatantly obvious, and I like it so much, that I am almost tempted to go for the offer. But I am a hopeless cynic, therefore I wrote and sent the following reply:
From: Richard
To: Ken
Subject: Re: propirate.comSquatting Domains and selling them at a premium is unethical and makes
Baby Jesus cry, thank you, I am not interested, scumbags.
-Richard
PS.: You are full of shit. HAHA
Dear Shareware Developers on the Mac
Dear Shareware Developers on the Mac. Has it ever come to your mind/attention, that I would need to buy an over 100 $/€ upgrade from Apple, before I could run your under 100 $/€ Software?