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Geek Speak / Re: How do I open a new figure window in Python?

« on: 30/10/2021 11:36:55 »

That's a whole math framework, try stackoverflow.com , in the while, this does its math apparently according the narrator.

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Geek Speak / Re: What's the verdict on Windows 11?

« on: 10/07/2021 05:09:56 »

New OS are about multi core concurrency threading now.
I just put in Slackwsre Beta 15 Kernel 5.4.84 on dual core laptop 4gb RAM

Found Win 10 copies faster and more reliable than previous Windows versions.

Slackwsre 15  beta gives a good burst at copying too, Krusader is far better than Dolphin to do work from in that context of shifting files.

One point many people don't realise is a "server" is exactly THAT.
And get a Server Kernel X64  that will manage the number of threads and cores in the following.
So in your home get a Server high CPU core carrier board and 3 GHz  (128 cores per socket)with two CPU sockets 512 GB of RAM 8 6Gb/s RAID flash ports , various high rate BUS peripheral ports and whether you use it directly or across wires or with the entertainment streaming somewhere while you work it will all get the jobs done.

You give "work" to the server, a common point with cloud computing, but the backbone of most if not all business intranets.

NB you assign cores to programme executables(or services executable - daemon in the server).
Too many apps have RMI systems for servers to co-work between machines with stations.

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Geek Speak / Re: Is a software shutdown needed with solid-state (SSD) drives?

« on: 01/01/2016 23:01:18 »

GRUB is a boot-loader of the chosen/default OS to load on startup supplied by Linux.
It is put in at setup.
If you were putting in a second OS either the Linux or the windows (presumably the Linux this time) to have a dual OS on the drive, sometimes it is undefined where to put the MBR, maybe more so on an SSD because there is no LANZ CYLINDERS or HEADS.
Cylinders and heads and their track physical locations determine the needle that has the disk start marker location physically(SSD is a wopping great lump of RAM like system).
I will presume its an OS new enough to install with an SSD , probably safe because SSD have been around half a decade now.
LILO is the more common successful boot-loader, GRUB i have only seen install properly if it were onto a new disk or it was there before for an upgrade.
With an SSD it may be better to make a very small 100Mb(mega byte) partition of type "/boot"(may be a good strategy with an SSD because of the before mentioned difference between traditional and SSD physical construction) with CFDISK format it then choose it to install the boot-loader to when you are asked at the end of setup.
Choose LILO to overwrite the previous system if it failed, or if the install had GRUB and grub did not seem to work when you did the first install !
You can often use your install disk to jump over a successful install to the end where you asked for the boot-loader to install.

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Geek Speak / Re: Is a software shutdown needed with solid-state (SSD) drives?

« on: 30/12/2015 02:06:45 »

No, but i had a quick look at some posts in other forums, AND
i presume the disk has been "added" onto the hardware BUS belt "while a primary drive exists"(not necessarily),
So the MBR sector(Master Boot Record) on the original disk is the registered track to store the jump to the OS to use whether choices or not so the original disk has to be listed as the primary drive for the BIOS to search for OS instruction starter point markers.
Also too "a note" sometimes when conventional disks are linked to the BIOS information, they are hand written into the BIOS (very rare now-days).
So hence too it is possible to require to remove the old previous primary disk record in the BIOS and then auto-detect or write into records(in BIOS-mode) the M.2 SSD and assign primary to it. to prevent ambiguous records.

And just after the fourth edit , i remembered, there are "jumpers" at the back of most disks that determine the mode by hardware , so those would need to be changed on both disks to assist reflecting the disks status.
Note the hardware jumpers and BIOS assignments must be done if both disks run together but Linux will give a choice of where to put the MBR on the disk and whether to erase the old MBR(sector).

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Geek Speak / Re: Is a software shutdown needed with solid-state (SSD) drives?

« on: 29/12/2015 06:40:07 »

Presuming your in Windows

CHKDSK /R/F C:
You should get a message telling you it cannot dismount the volume and a question Y or N answer for "do you want to do a disk check on next startup?"

Whether Linux or Windows , if the disk file-system has to be checked it usually requires between 1/2 an hour to and hour(T.byte disk with many files) , but is a very good idea to do once per month if not once a week if possible.

Linux uses fsck command and in various formats because it often runs many different partitions that are formatted in a file-system generic to some other commercial OS such as POSIX , Solaris , IBM Unix ...etc.
It is simply best to dismount the filesystem without the root-filesystem on the command line or order a disk check on startup a bit alike the above CHKDSK request.
Normally Linux in X32 kernel uses wither Ext2 or Ext3 filesystem and with some ext2 is compulsory for the root file-system.
X64 kernel uses ext4, though you may be given a choice dependent the distribution.
Because a full integrity check should occur some-time assigned by the user, Linux does often show startup customisations in the customising "system settings utility menu" as having a full disk integrity check on booting as automatic if you want !
good idea , because to check a file-system partition the disk partition should be in a dismounted state !!
Just remember it can take around an hour to complete.
Basic info for various Linux.
 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/08/fsck-command-examples/

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Geek Speak / Re: How do you track down the host of a webpage?

« on: 26/12/2015 04:29:05 »

tracert the  traceroute command can also help
http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/troubleshooter/traceroute.html

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Re: What causes mass extinctions?

« on: 26/10/2015 04:20:02 »

Of below, most 8 million - 2 million year previous hominid finds do not appear to show serious signs of people gathered e.g. alike they think of villages, settlements, stone henge, small groups.
[/size]Many appear to be a lone human with undertones of truly losing the fight for survival with all that can be picked of where they probably were for the ancient geology.
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[/size]Oceans, have so much to offer the discerning investor and developer and perhaps simply the Australopithecine family![/size]

Note: On the thought tsunami and ocean destroying toward inland, [/size]i have often thought Hominids evolved beside the ocean on shorelines[/size], this is because of washing - "hygiene" and physical security from large land dwelling creatures that could get vulnerable in sand. Some of this idea relies on encephalisation and IQ development in the human, with the oddity of Hominids perhaps developing the ability to psycho analyse and recognise other creatures learning behavior, such as it understanding whether it is becoming vulnerable during its fossicking e,g, on sand with a weight on its feet of tonnes.[/size]I could not find reason to believe prehistoric - to fore-runner humans would ever survive well (inclusive using engineering ability) "inland" !!!If you look at a demographic of the instances of Ergasta and Erectus of 2 million years it shows clearly that hominids are found inland, but the subtlety is any specimens of hominids of any era are rare, so much so they rank far less against extinct species fossils that have less ability to reproduce or traverse(a bit guessed) in quantity and demographics of finds.

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Pictures of Wildlife...the Birds and the Bees etc etc

« on: 17/10/2015 04:13:50 »

Some Feral bees 2015 Sydney NSW Australia (various "macro" full size pics)

(Macro HD 720p) Transplanted hive hand feeding on honey supplement (also has to be fed pollen in the hive)
*note if you need/compulsory/unshakable-belief/require "cheap" and "effective" : This camera (Nikon Coolpix L340) did well at depth of field in Macro and it's cheap, the video here is at basically max depth.
Only this video and the 21MP picture are from this camera. It's difficult to find a camera that does well at macro and on Auto functions!

3 weeks later, Transplanted/grafted to hive is now starting to build full length "brood cells" (can't quite be seen - covered in bees) (server filename change to correct the problem, the server machine throws a tantrum about some filenames - filename woes twice now!)
(3000 x 2259 changed for size on server)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/transplantedlFeralBeesCloseUp.jpg


(3000 x 2259 changed for size on server)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/brood-comb3000.jpg


The above two photos are around medium tele-macro , the next two are an "avarice" and "greedy" to gather such a small quantity.
A large part of the technique is holding still with 2 or 3 hundred stingers ready and at a distance of around 2 inches from the lens.
Movement shake is the biggest problem and getting the field depth for tele right.
I have used many cameras and the 8MP was better than a top brand but essentially useless because of battery complications, so i got this one and its delivered the pics.

(3000 x 2259 changed for size on server)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/bees-feeding-position-MAX-AVERICE-telemacro3000.jpg


(3000 x 2259 changed for size on server)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/bees-MAX-AVERICE-2inchfieldepth-telemacro3000.jpg




Drones everywhere on the origin wild hive entrance.
(21MP)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/dronesevertwherefirsthotweatherofspring.jpg


Wild hive entrance - these wild hive pics were taken after a week of cold weather, it had been the second day since the cold it had reached near 30 degrees Celsius and there had been swarm behavior. It has been well over 16 days (swarm cell gestation period) since the last swarming occurred(when i scraped them into a box off the wall and put them in the Langstroth 10) on the first hot day of spring that was over 30C, it was actually 37.4C degrees Celsius around October the 5th when they were boxed.
(21MP)  http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/hiveentranceboltholes.jpg



Feral-bees in a swarm trap hive and forage can be seen under the frame top by translucency through the frame wax foundation sheet.
(8MP)   http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/Feral-bees-in-swarm-trap-hive-and-forage-translucency-through-wax-foundation.jpg


(8MP)   http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/IMG_0057-Feral-Bees-Being-Fed-inSwarm-trap-hive.jpg
Feral Bees Being Fed on the landing board of the Swarm trap hive (1).


(8MP)   Feral Bees Being Fed on the landing board of the Swarm trap hive (2).
http://www.windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/IMG_0057-Feral-Bees-Being-Fed-inSwarm-trap-hive-2.jpg


(8MP)   Sydney Industrial Feral Bee Lineup for honey to feed on on their new hive landing board Day13 October 2015
http://windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/IMG_0067Feral-Bee-Lineup-to-feed-on-landing-board-Day13.JPG


(8MP)   Sydney Industrial Feral Bees - Origin wild hive in building wall (middle right of picture - four bolt holes)
http://windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/Industrial-building-feral-behive.jpg


(8MP)   Sydney Industrial Feral Bees - Standard vertical feeding position
http://windsolarhybridaustralia.x10.mx/standard-eating-position-Sydney-feral-industrial-bees.jpg

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Where do all the bees go in winter?

« on: 16/09/2015 11:23:42 »

---- UPDATE MONTHS AFTER THIS POST HERE BELOW WITH A SHORT STORY mid October 2015 ----
Many years in Sydney NSW Australia, in a suburb called mascot industrial district, i found some feral bees, but had never got around to catching and keeping them.
Around a year and a half back i decided i would catch them and bought the pieces for a 10-full-deep Langstrough hive system, built it and set it, but had the difficulty they were in a wall, too again i found an underground wild beehive(Feral European honeybees) around 500 meters away.
So i tried in vain to tempt them into the wooden hive by leaving it beside their entrance. The problem, A. I wasn't generous enough on substances for them to feed internally, but also B. The single 10-full-deep section is under 40 Liters in size. 40 liters is a size scientists have determined is the basic minimum for Feral bees to move into (a full deep "section" is only around 22 liters).
This year 2015, i decided to use a chopped method of catching the bees in the wall while they were swarming by scraping them into a box and taping it shut until i opened it and poured them into the ready hive open top with four frames out of the way, and basically with only 10 stings and running away each time the patrol near the dropped box was sitting for an hour or two, i eventually got it to the hive and poured them in with their queen.
They were absolutely hopping mad for hours until the sun went down, i could see them in the twilight whirling around up to 10 meters above the hive and they attacked people 100 yards from the hive on the footpath as they past bye.
The Monday of the Queens birthday long weekend in October i scraped them from the wall, it's now twelve days since and they are settling in well.

This is the industrial building wall they came from and the four bolt holes is their entrance.

This is twelve days later, i'm handling them without protective clothing.

...reply to OP post
They hibernate in their hive i presume, well if they are European or Asian honey bees. I've seen European keepers encase them(domesticated ones) with insulation around the hive.
Feral European and Asian bees i presume simply regulate the hive temperature by blocking the entrance hole alike European wasps, and uncork the hive from inside when the temperature warms up in Spring.
Cambodian giant bees i don't know? they don't have a winter.
Australian micro NATIVE honey bees(...do produce honey) , i don't know much of those (see video list below), but Australia for most "has a winter" until you get into the tropics toward the equator (However at points on days can be similar to North European summer).

Choice Videos (most 720p)!!!

Italian & Australian native bee hives in the same tree

Microchips trail dwindling Australian bees

Stingless Australian native bees
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Part 1: Design of an Australian Native Beehive

Part 4: Extracting Honey from an Australian Native Beehive

Australian Native Bee Hive

Australian Native Bee Hive in Fallen Tree Branch

Native Stingless Bees

Australian stingless bee nests

Bee Off Topic
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Honeybee Queen Grafting from Larvae into DIY Queen Cups

Grafting Queen Honey Bees (Queen Rearing)

How we make and sale our package bees

One thing, Brood disorder foul-brood, It may be caused by re-queening from the same hives alike splitting. It's a continual practice to use the same bees to split into new "Nucs" and alike the opposite effect of "Africanisation" domesticated bee hive are smaller and in some terms by "wild creature" psychology health check are superior by aggressive characteristics.
http://beeaware.org.au/archive-pest/africanised-honey-bee/#ad-image-0   ...."The Africanised honey bees have a much greater aggressive and defensive behaviour than European honey bees and because of this rapid hybridisation, they were quickly able to out-compete the European honey bee. "....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

In terms of survival, alike wolves and Canis Familiaris, What's the point of instinctive aggression loss for survival, it makes them in requirement of prosthesis of care!
Moreover, inbreeds are typified usually by size as much condition by being runts(smaller than normal).

The final underlying point of whether a species is a psychopath or sane is whether the aggression has any sensible meaning and it's fears can be allayed such being with "Africanised" bees being able to be kept, they're just a little extra nervous and bitey.
If i were to grab some little bleeder and talk to them with Asperger, they would bleed to death(inbred response), if i did that with someone healthy it would be minutes before the kicked the stink out of me(healthy response)!
It simply shows there is nothing wrong about the Africanised bees in their "wolf template".

So, in effect, to graft bees to queens from your own hives (rather than swapping queens with other keepers 50 - 100Km away that obtained from different bee farms around the country) is a serious mistake in terms of inbreeding genetics[/b].
What is probably needed in each country is a free open forum site with a name such as beelineregistry.org to allow the users profile to show where the bees were acquired and which hives, and help them trade grafted queens in a healthy pattern across the country.
Wild bees do group up in numbers when small breakaway bees leave a colony. The smallest breakaway(European bees) i saw, was in Sydney NSW Australia a few years back contained only 100 or less on a branch in the city, busy making a hive and queen on it.

Any breeder can tell you it's one thing to hold a genetic line but its another to inbreed it!

Another probable bee killer is thermal shock from use of hive heaters. A hive heater should simply be used in massive cold climates to prevent critical levels of temperature drop being reached, not as device to manipulate seasonal climate.
If i remember , during winter in natural European hives, the bees block the hole to a tiny size.
"Beekeeping: How To Wrap Your Bee Hive For Winter" (entrance reducer)

Almost forgot...
One of the biggest killers of species that have aggression are governments!!!
In Australia Africanised bees (simply for point cross bred) are not allowed to be kept.
Many breeds of dog are not allowed to be kept.
All this because they cannot understand aggression in it's correct context for a kept species.
It's also a smart arse about people keeping them, they then totally ban them so they never need face them!!!

You can understand from this following video how endemic by governments , the idea of destroying survival instinct in a species is, "because of the species aggression" !!! Really it cannot be done because it "defies" gravity metaphorically.
(time:   7:06)
"Selection of honey bees for yield and behaviour"

[/b]

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Re: Why is chocolate bad for dogs?

« on: 11/02/2014 21:22:51 »

Before I heard the chocolate thing, I'm sure I gave my dog lots of chocolate, or at least cookies or brownies. It didn't seem to effect him. I stopped doing it just in case, but I'm still a bit skeptical.

National Geographic

Chocolate Chart
..."If your chocolate Lab loves to eat chocolates, don't give in! Learn how much of each kind of chocolate can harm your best friend."...
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/pets/chocolate-chart-interactive

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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Why is chocolate bad for dogs (& cats &...)?

« on: 10/02/2014 21:47:05 »

Thread split off from "Dog greetings" - Moderator.

WARNING! chocolate kills dogs and it does not require much!!!
It is an unpleasant death and even if they do survive it, it is not dissimilar to surviving "distemper", severely brain damaged alike a stroke victim!!!

If you own a dog, beware of your children if they have any chocolate, don't have any if you don't have children !!!

Note: White chocolate kills too it simply takes more of it.

This guy was around 80cm tall to the hip at 5 1/2 months, he was around the size and weight of a full grown heeler when i got him at 3 months.
In the video i require to get all his over-energy out of his system for a few minutes when i get back from being away or he'd simply flatten me full stop!!!
Greeting:

"Avi" may he rest in piece , whom died from a mishap of me not getting sleep for around 3 days and had nothing could be done for him because he was simply too big and unhandleable(basically too dangerous) by anyone else, a sort of freak mishap.

Another note: keeping a dog in Australia is immensely difficult because the laws now are immensely strict and costly, recently these idiots (such as the RSPCA whom care for dogs feelings but do not credibly understand animals as in a context more like animal keeping law not even veterinary) have now started on work dog breeds regardless of them being herding or hunting(is a professional pest control action on farms).
The method by which animals are impounded and the obligatory result from it is killing off grand champion and pure breeds inclusively.

"Brunhilda" at 4 1/2 months:
Greeting: