In Arch Linux, you build your own packages using "makepkg". You can
configure how to compress the packages: gzip, xz, ...
I suddenly realized that you can also specify NO compression. makepkg
will then create a simple tarball. On my "old" machine, this results
in a huge speed-up.
Actually, I wonder why the default is xz compression. How many people
keep their packages around? I usually delete them once they're
installed.
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Bought an RC helicopter about two weeks ago. It's a "Nine Eagles Solo
Pro V1". This is fun as hell. I'm a complete beginner, I've never
flown anything -- not an airplane, not a helicopter. Yes, I've spent
countless hours in flight simulators but I don't think that counts.
The Solo Pro is an amazing little thing. I've crashed it many times
(unfortunately -- but I'm a beginner, remember) but nothing has broken
yet. Phew!
I'm already dreaming of flying big helicopters. :-) That's a long way
to go, though, as I'm still learning the basics -- controlling the
heli when its nose is pointing towards me is very hard.
It's interesting to see how nearby objects or changes in temperature
affect flight behaviour.
Flight time ranges from 4 to 7 minutes. I thought, "hmm, that's not
much", but the funny thing is that I can't keep up my concentration
much longer. The batteries need a break and so does my brain.
Anyway, I got a new hobby. Moreover, it's a hobby that has little to
do with computers. I could have bought an AR Drone instead... That
would have been boring, though. I wanted to learn something completely
new.
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Read through old e-mails from the 90's. Funny quote:
Please go to this address:
http://www.bz-berlin.de/...
(And please pay attention to small and CAPITAL letters!)
For whatever reason, they thought a user would manually type the URL.
:-)
