sudo?

I occasionally do the single user fsck -fy but that doesn't do a surface scan
What is this sudo you speak of?

aw, you spoiled my surprise! :P

i just rode the "long way" home along the lakeshore to the humber bridge, and it is indeed freshly plowed... and salted. now we know why the bollards were taken down!

i love how cyclists acknowledge each other more in the winter. i also love how it feels to have just the right layers on to be booting along in the cold (that everyone else is hiding in steel cages from) but feel totally comfortable. *smiley face behind a mask*

ps. cupcrazy: i don't think it's you, i think it's the glasses. i thought i was being careless until i bought a replacement set for the mec frames and then realised that they scratch really easily.

pfft. I liked having a nice peaceful snowy trail all to myself to ride on. Now that the city cares about cyclists we get to ride through the same salt and black slush as the car drivers do!

edit: also, salt on lightly traveled routes just winds up making more ice.

True enough. Sudo is just a way of executing commands in UNIX when they require a higher privilege level than your user context. For example, sudo rm -rf /* will make magic happen to your computer (by magic, I mean its equivalent to telling the root user to delete everything in your filesystem). If you want to determine if the drive truly has bad sectors, then try to boot the machine in a PC with drive manufacturer tools (PowerMAX, Seatools, etc.) and perform a full scan.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, it was gnarly out today but it was so beautiful I love those big slow-falling flakes. I did have to yell at one jackass to quit coming so close to me but that was about it, which is a big surprise, usually Queen is full of nutjobs in cars.

I found some clear-shield sunglasses at MEC for about $20 and they are pretty much a necessity for me in the winter.

I have an old pair of super-insulated rubber boots that I was thinking of commuting in on bad days, does anyone use something like this? Other than looking like a dork, is there anything wrong with this idea?

I have a great pair of Ryder shades that I was using before my Nashbar ones, only now I scratched the heck out of the red lens after Jetfuels' booze-up in April. The right side, directly in my eye sight-line is all foobared on my dark lens for them too, so I retired them as I don't like the clear lens much (too much lens flare for me).

Lens / lense? *shrug*

Interesting news re: the Martin Goodman trail - I wonder if they're going to plow the on-street bike lanes as well, because I'll be damned if I'm riding on that **** if it's all caked up. It's also interesting given that I thought the city was operating on a reduced plowing budget - or was that just for last season?

Mmmm, nice gucky ride today, my rain pants and mec booties are naaaasty looking right now. Only tricky part today was Bloor viaduct this morning, still kindof frozen ruts from Sunday.

I'm really liking the winter marathons so far. I'll do up a proper review once I get some miles on them.

Tam, you rule - glasses were $3.38 after taxes!

glad to hear they worked for ya :D. I'm surprised how warm they are (if anyone is wondering, they are insoles called "Superfeet" and they work wonders to help keep your feet warm)



Ok, i have just watched quite possible the funniest cartoon movie ever "Eight Crazy Nights"... never laughed so hard at a cartoon in my life.

Same! These things are beautiful thus far.

Arrrrrh. Today is a bad day to have forgot a change of shoes and socks

Oh no's Twitcho!!! eeeew Those winter riding boots are my Gods..bone dry. Had a blast riding in, though too much slush and not enough snow. I wish I'd been able to side street all the way in.

I'm sure they last a lot longer... but 40 bucks and they don't even come with pork chops!

huh? Boot my Mac in a PC???

booties and rain pants!

mirror and air horn!

rack and panniers!

i've become a fred!

Are you using the yellow cycling insoles, or the red 'winter wear' ones? I'm going to try the pork chop variety first, but the superfeet(s..?) look pretty cool.

Yeah I'm sure glad I noticed it actually snowed/snowing before I left - I was otherwise thinking "hmm, warmer today - nice!". Glad I donned my booties/rainpants - the "showers" I got from passing cars and buses made it all the more worth while.

Was pretty sweaty when I got up to Steeles, but that's just a matter of being overdressed (I stupidly left my thermal leggings on). Had to take off my balaclava by the time I got to Davenport, and my glasses got too wet/messy once I was around Wilson, so I took those off too - thank dog for my helmet visor, which does a great job of keeping the crap out of my eyes.

Had a good ride up, some sidestreet fun as well as the main haul up Keele - which was pretty decent, folks gave me room where I needed and there was no issue.

Once I got north of Lawrence it started snowing much heavier, fairly big flakes that were immediately sticking... If nothing else, it'll be an entertaining ride home if the [supposed] rain doesn't wash it away.

I was just asked "You have snow tires on your bike? How about chains? Depends where you live I guess" so I answered "No, no and Queen & Roncesvalles" to which she replied "Oh my GOD!". So I just said "this stuff makes it fun, the cars... not so much, but the snow is lots of fun :)".

dang, today's cam footage bllllllooooows. Angle that **** up Andrew.

That reminds me, I should mount the camera again for some snow rides. Not used mine in ages.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5899/dsc8078ao1.jpg

From the Peugeot store in Paris on the Champs.
30's bike with wicker sidecar.

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php

http://www.micromat.com/index.php?It...tent&task=view

Either of these will do a surface scan, but I don't know about remapping. If either comes up with errors, try to RMA the drive if its under warranty, because bad sectors tend to propagate as time goes on. What I mentioned earlier is endemic to most diagnostic software: it only runs under windows or DOS. Hard drive manufacturers produce tools which can be used to scan and repair their drives, as well as perform low-level formats. The problem is all these bits of software run on DOS; hence, you typically have to transplant the hard drive from a mac into a PC which can boot into DOS.

Says the automotive design engineer. ^^:lol:^^ ...Geeks is the preferred term, tyvm.

Damn it's the HD for my MacBookPro, so there will be no moving it over to a PC.
Sh*t and Bother, Apple Care to the rescue.... on my second drive, speaker on the right is blown. The case is warped somewhat as well but nothing I do for that. Heck even Windows will identify bad sectors. MACs have been typically lackluster in the drive maintenance arena.

Good God DOS? That simply won't do in this day and age. We like bikes BTW!!!

former automotive design engineer.

*blushes* well, i try! actually, just rotblotts is my idea: the safety glasses is brad's. i like to support locally owned business, and the owner (andrew) is really good to deal with. plus you get 10% discount if you pay with cash.

I'm not letting you off that easy buddy. Former or not, the jist is that you got's as much if not more Nerd per turd than us comsci/prepress/design geeks. You're an ENGINEER. :lol: all in fun Brad



TOP 20 ENGINEERS' TERMINOLOGIES
1. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TRIED - We are still pissing in the wind.
2. EXTENSIVE REPORT IS BEING PREPARED ON A FRESH APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM - We just hired three kids fresh out of college.
3. CLOSE PROJECT COORDINATION - We know who to blame.
4. MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH - It works OK, but looks very hi-tech.
5. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS DELIVERED ASSURED - We are so far behind schedule the customer is happy to get it delivered.
6. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONAL TESTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE - The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
7. TEST RESULTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATIFYING - We are so surprised that the stupid thing works.
8. THE ENTIRE CONCEPT WILL HAVE TO BE ABANDONED - The only person who understood the thing quit.
9. IT IS IN THE PROCESS - It is so wrapped up in red tape that the situation is about hopeless.
10. WE WILL LOOK INTO IT - Forget it! We have enough problems for now.
11. PLEASE NOTE AND INITIAL - Let's spread the responsibility for the screw up.
12. GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF YOUR THINKING - We'll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn't interfere with what we've already done.
13. GIVE US YOUR INTERPRETATION - I can't wait to hear this bull!
14. SEE ME or LET'S DISCUSS - Come into my office, I'm lonely.
15. ALL NEW - Parts not interchangeable with the previous design.
16. RUGGED - Too damn heavy to lift!
17. LIGHTWEIGHT - Lighter than RUGGED.
18. YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT - One finally worked.
19. ENERGY SAVING - Achieved when the power switch is off.
20. LOW MAINTENANCE - Impossible to fix if broken.

Love that Pooj there TJ, I wonder what it's like to ride with a loaded sidecar - I assume it's person-sized, what's the supporting wheel? A 20" on a frame-attached axle?

You know I cant; remember what size the wheel was, gorgeous from the 1930's.
Y to frame attached.

haha. stuff like that is a big part of why it's "former"

Also, that reminded me of this classic:

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