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And if you want it in Ogg, I'll have it on my website sometime soon:

http://fmp.homelinux.org/

For anyone who's interested, I've started a way of using the XML import features of the API to use the KML file that Google Earth exports. You have to unzip the KMZ file and use the 'doc.kml' file within it.

This lets you display the placemarkers saved in Google Earth on a flat Google Map. Descriptions & icons aren't in there yet... but you can see the results so far at http://twig.homelinux.org/gmap.html.

(It's broken in IE for some reason. FF works.)

Check out my project: Project: Axis (Not Evil)

It's written in Perl, and uses Gtk2. I think both of these points make it ideal for RAD database development. It's *far* easier to write your application logic in Perl than in C++. And Gtk2 is also far superior to QT ( flame away ).

I've already got the whole setup working perfectly under Linux, Windows and OS-X. It includes a form module, datasheet module, and report writing module ( exports to PDF ).

So while you're waiting ... check it out. Maybe even help out with development :)

Time to pimp my own project: Project: Axis Not Evil

Summary:
Collection of Perl modules providing the same type of solution as Access / Kexi:

- forms
- datasheets
- reports

It's based on Gtk2-Perl, and you use Glade2 to build your interface. I find Gtk2's layout to be far superior to QT.

Of course my solution isn't as integrated as Access / Kexi, but I'm working on that as well ...

I agree that most Perl code looks like shit. But I strongly disagree with Python's way of forcing everybody into the same shape.

You can write nicely geometric code in Perl though ( and I agree with you that good code should look geometric ). Have a look at some of my code on http://entropy.homelinux.org

I also prefer the theme of the suite browser. IMO, the next best thing is the FirefoxModern theme.

Yep.

I've got about half our office on it. We moved to StarOffice 5.2 after the BSA sent us letters demanding that we explain our software licensing before someone comes and inspects things for themselves. The other half of the office are using some pretty complicated spreadsheets with stacks of VB code, and it's just not feasible to port it to OOo ( even though it would be technically possible ) at the moment.

At the moment I've got all the OOo people on the 2.0 beta. It's working very nicely. The compatibility with Office is much better. Documents that used to have severe formatting issues now work either flawlessly, or damned close.

I've done some simple dialogs in OOo for our sales department. They enter a prospect's code and get a combo box showing all the locations and contacts for that company. They select from combo boxes and hit a button to copy all the info into a word processing document. Simple but effective. The scripting language isn't as easy to use as VB, but it's not too bad, and the macro recorder makes things easier.

I've also done a Perl-Gtk2 database front-end for them which is working remarkably better than MS Access. I've written a little Perl module, at http://entropy.homelinux.org/Gtk2-Ex-DBI/ ( screenshot available at that link ) that makes Gtk2-Perl apps designed with the Glade GUI builder data-aware. It handles all database querying, via DBI, 'paints' records onto your Glade-generated form, detects user-changes, updates the database, etc.

I've just started on a Perl-based report writer that outputs to PDF via PDF::API2. Obviously this is to replace Access reports. It's coming along very nicely.

OOo 2 has a database engine and front-end, but honestly I find that ( at least currently ), Access is far more powerful, easy to use, and stable. Of course the OOo 2 one is young and improving, but I think that no matter how good it gets, the Perl-Gtk2 way is always going to be much better ( and more fun ). Perl really is a nice language to be programming in, and Perl-Gtk2 is just so simple and logical, and yet powerful and fast that it really is a compelling option.

See here for example. And there are a few good arguments against threads entirely (one of them being Linux's ultra-lite fork() implementation, which is of course not portable).

That said, AFAICT the only reason I can see that (AFAIK) no portable native-thread Ruby module has yet been standardised on is that Matz doesn't like the idea.

To explain Ruby on Rails, I could say it is a highly integrated model-view-controller type web application framework. That would be like saying a Ferrari is a 4 wheeled internal combustion vehicle: true, but misses the point.

For more info, see RubyOnRails.com. An good alternative tutorial is at http://rails.homelinux.org/.

There are even better introductory materials coming. Dave Thomas (of Pragmatic Programmers) is working on a Rails book, chapters are being reviewed presently.

Rails is powerful an flexible. More importnatly, it's a lot of fun. If you are a programmer who want to enjoy web-based application development, please do take a look at Rails.

Ick. Not to mention all the required math.
Perhaps they're educating level/graphics designers and modellers.
45 weeks sounds not so bad then.

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glSokoban

galeon uses gecko, so no need for testing that.
Including dillo (and the graphical version of links) in the benchmark would be interresting though.

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Stuff

Nope.
Wine - Wine Is Not an Emulator.
(it doesn't interpret the x86 instructions , i.e. it works on x86 only)

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My stuff

While I am assured (I suppose) that the instalation process for MythTV is improving with every version, I would suspect that unless Linair has packaged it in whatever distribution format they prefer, that it will be a chore to install.

In all honesty, you can probably get MythTV working faster by using an off the shelf sub $300 pc from your local white box pc maker, a $180 (or less) Haupauge pvr-350 and a copy of KnoppMyth downloaded from http://www.mysettopbox.tv/. It would cost less, already has S-Video out, and you can find pretty much all the instructions for using the pvr-350 as the output device at http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/, or more specifically http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= HauppaugeThreeFiftyInstallation.

The only people I have heard of who have had potentially easier installs of MythTV are Gentoo users, but since I don't run Gentoo, I can not confirm, and don't deny their reports. Should you choose that route I applaud you, but from your self description I suspect that does not interest you.

-Rusty

While I am assured (I suppose) that the instalation process for MythTV is improving with every version, I would suspect that unless Linair has packaged it in whatever distribution format they prefer, that it will be a chore to install.

In all honesty, you can probably get MythTV working faster by using an off the shelf sub $300 pc from your local white box pc maker, a $180 (or less) Haupauge pvr-350 and a copy of KnoppMyth downloaded from http://www.mysettopbox.tv/. It would cost less, already has S-Video out, and you can find pretty much all the instructions for using the pvr-350 as the output device at http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/, or more specifically http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= HauppaugeThreeFiftyInstallation.

The only people I have heard of who have had potentially easier installs of MythTV are Gentoo users, but since I don't run Gentoo, I can not confirm, and don't deny their reports. Should you choose that route I applaud you, but from your self description I suspect that does not interest you.

-Rusty

Oops, kinda FUBARed the link there; it should be http://erikserver.homelinux.org/DCIM/

I have looked into this cool linux product from Hauppauge and it looks promising.

Here are some links to get you started.

http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= MediaMVP_LinuxHOWTO
http://www.byopvr.com/displayarticle191.html
http://www.shspvr.com/forum/index.php?h=0&pf=0&c=9

Well, 1 appears to be taken care of...

If you install KnoppMyth, 2 is taken care of (using the ATI Remote) by executing the command 'install_ati_remote' see http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= ATIRemote

I already use MythTV to record on a computer sitting in one room, and play video content through a much quieter computer in my entertainment center that I have set up as a front end. If you want to use a Windows box rather than a Linux box as your front end, have a look at http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= links/MythContentOnWindows or http://winmyth.sourceforge.net/

I seem to recall there being instructions as well for using an Xbox as a front end, though I have not been looking for those. From one of the Wiki links you can do a search for Xbox if that is of interest to you, or search elsewhere as well.

Have a great weekend.

-Rusty

Well, 1 appears to be taken care of...

If you install KnoppMyth, 2 is taken care of (using the ATI Remote) by executing the command 'install_ati_remote' see http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= ATIRemote

I already use MythTV to record on a computer sitting in one room, and play video content through a much quieter computer in my entertainment center that I have set up as a front end. If you want to use a Windows box rather than a Linux box as your front end, have a look at http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/index.php?page= links/MythContentOnWindows or http://winmyth.sourceforge.net/

I seem to recall there being instructions as well for using an Xbox as a front end, though I have not been looking for those. From one of the Wiki links you can do a search for Xbox if that is of interest to you, or search elsewhere as well.

Have a great weekend.

-Rusty

A terrible photoshop hack job.

Those works on electricity and coral growth are originally fromm Tom Goreau.

I have a friend who worked with Goreau and implemented the system for use in aquariums, but most importantly for his coral farm.

Once thing not mentionned: corals growing that fast that way are quite brittle, as the critaline structure of their skeletton does not have time to be strong enough. Once electricity is not used anymore, the skeletton acquires normal solidity rapidly.

Some pictures of a home setup:
http://rdo.homelinux.org/gallery/saintvulbas2000/M VC_209X
http://rdo.homelinux.org/gallery/saintvulbas2000/M VC_210X

Do not ask what the grids are made of, this is the biggest part of the initial research...

Nico

Those works on electricity and coral growth are originally fromm Tom Goreau.

I have a friend who worked with Goreau and implemented the system for use in aquariums, but most importantly for his coral farm.

Once thing not mentionned: corals growing that fast that way are quite brittle, as the critaline structure of their skeletton does not have time to be strong enough. Once electricity is not used anymore, the skeletton acquires normal solidity rapidly.

Some pictures of a home setup:
http://rdo.homelinux.org/gallery/saintvulbas2000/M VC_209X
http://rdo.homelinux.org/gallery/saintvulbas2000/M VC_210X

Do not ask what the grids are made of, this is the biggest part of the initial research...

Nico

To stay updated on the doom 3 on linux front checkout www.doom3linux.com.

Join #doom3linux on irc.enterthegame.com and discuss doom 3 linux stuff. I'll /notice the channel when the official binaries come out.

Also check out this updated guide

I bought a Canon MV600i around 9 months ago, and I'm *very* pleased with it.

I made a mini-documentary of a Stop Bush ( Dubya ) protest in Canberra when the bastard came to Australia, and used Kino to edit it. I'll be releasing it for download soon, at my site: http://enthalpy.homelinux.org. When I say 'soon', I mean 'in the next couple of weeks', so if you're interested, bookmark it and come back later...

The quality is absolutely amazing. No problems with compatibility. No problems with capture. Optical & digital zoom is also amazing.

I think the MV600i is replaced with the 700i or something now. If I were buying another one, I'd certainly buy a Canon.

packages aren't added to the stable branch until they are verified to be *stable* which can take some time. getting added to unstable branch isn't an instant process either. there are some gentoo specific bugs that might need to be worked out which takes time, and also someone needs to write the ebuild and add it. this is a pretty good guide on makeing your own ebuilds. if you get an ok one working submit it.

I've put up my own site on MySQL and Access, at: http://enthalpy.homelinux.org/MySQL/

I've got a couple of pages on setup instructions and code examples, and finally a cost comparison with a full Microsoft stack. The full Microsoft stack doesn't exactly come out on top... If anyone has any comments on the figures, feel free to respond - I want it to be at least as free of bullshit as Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign :)

I warned about this over a year ago.

Death to the bell:

no bells

The Torrent server hosting the third one seems to have the other two also.

The tracker for this file -- http://fpcat.homelinux.org:6969/ -- hosts some other .torrent's as well. The Freedom Downtime .torrent offered is even larger than the "thebroken" episode linked above.

I was just taking a look at the torrent tracker info and it looks like their are now torrents up for episode 1 and episode 2.

I was just taking a look at the torrent tracker info and it looks like their are now torrents up for episode 1 and episode 2.

I was just taking a look at the torrent tracker info and it looks like their are now torrents up for episode 1 and episode 2.

spread it

I work on the Portable.net project
http://www.dotgnu.org/.

Ive written a large chunk of the System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms namespace. We currently have two "toolkits" that means our SWF copy will work on Windows and X Windows (using Xlib directly). Mac OS is thus supported.

C++ improved on straight C, Java improved on C++, C# improved on Java. C# is becoming an important standard.

We want to reuse software. We want to take existing software that is built to only run on Windows and run it on Linux or other platforms.

We have much of the framework built to write gui applications using System.Windows.Forms. Despite peoples initial suspicions, what we have done works. We already have most controls completed, including textboxes, treeviews, comboboxes, tabcontrols etc.
See http://pnet.homelinux.org for some screenshots

You can now take a .net gui exe compiled in Windows, copy it to a Linux machine and run it and it works!
The technology is excellent and open source. We need people to help us finish it off.

I have converted his article into a few more familiar formats.

That's one damned fine simulation video they have. For those who can't get to it ( or simply to relieve the load on the CSIRO server ), I've mirrored the big one at: http://enthalpy.homelinux.org/cool_stuff/PulsarsEv olutionPAL.mpg

The proposed US / Australian Free Trade Agreement will weaken our laws regarding media monopolies, and allow Murdoch and other right-wing penises even more control over our already pathetically one-sided news services.

Oppose the Free Trade Agreement at all costs!

Anthony Albanese will be holding a meeting to discuss the FTA on the 13th of Nov. See FEC_Forum_13-11-03_Free_Trade_Globalisation.pdf for details.

Also, get in touch with your local left-wing organisers and join in the protests. We are NOT a state of the USA!

Clothes that do something conventient (like change color for coordination) are only a step away from clothes that do something inconvenient (like tell the police where you were two hours ago, no need for a search warrant). I warned about this almost a year ago.

Gaming is really my only source of income ( when the economy isn't totally fucked, I can sell MMORPG items/accounts for decent money ).

In fact, I've played so many games that, often times when I go outside and see clouds or a sunset, I think "Damn... I'm surprised my GeForce3 can do this, oh... that's right, reality doesn't run on my computer."

Heh. I'm actually not kidding, I have thought that before. At any rate, despite all those mental lapses in how I perceive reality... I have no criminal record. I am not a violent person. In fact, I am sure playing violent video games is a form of venting any violent tendencies I may have.

So, despite what all the blame shifters would like to believe, gaming doesn't make us all crazy.

I think this is appropriate: http://feinorgh.homelinux.org/pictures/funny/despa ir/despair-poster-blame.jpg

Here's a link to a mirror... http://dell.homelinux.org

We have been using Roaring Penguin's commercial Mimedefang & Spamassassin combination, called "CanIt" for around a month now. ( Interestingly enough, Roaring Penguin seems unreachable at the moment. Hmmmmmm... )

It's incredibly effective. You can set up custom rules for identifying spam ( regex supported ), and the whole thing has a nice PHP-based interface. It was pretty easy to convince management that we needed it - typically management get the most spam anyway. And it's good to support a company pushing open source software :)

Previously I was using blacklists and my own ip-address list with iptables, but it just became too much, and this has dropped our spam from ridiculous levels to basically nothing.

Well worth a look...

Get your torrent here

Actually it's been doing surprisingly well :)
I don't pay for uploads ( thank God ).
Any I'm on a 256 / 64 ADSL account, so really it's only uploads that get affected in any noticable way.
Check out what Webalizer makes of the traffic. I haven't been hit so hard since last month when I posted links to Freecraft after it was pulled :)

I've got a file with ip addresses of spammers who've pissed me off enough to blacklist them. It's available at http://enthalpy.homelinux.org/spammers.txt.

I use the following script:

for I in `cat /etc/firewall/spammers.txt`
do
echo Blacklisting Spammer: $I/23
iptables -A INPUT -s $I/23 -j REJECT
done

to blacklist them.

I personally guanantee that all the addresses in this list have spammed me. If you don't believe / trust me, fine - don't use it. I use it on a production server and have never had any complaints...

By the way, the /23 in the iptables might be too 'clumsy' for some. You can use /24 which blocks a smaller group of computers around the ip address in the list. /23 works fine for us.

The list is 98% asian dsl accounts.

Also, for an alternative solution, try this:

smbclient -L $IP_ADDRESS

where $IP_ADDRESS is the address of the computer that spammed you.

If you're in luck, you'll find yourself connecting to a Windows computer. It'll ask you for a password. Hit enter. If you're still in luck, it will list the available shares, and a list of server names. Pick a server name. If there are more than one, try each one ;)

Now, download and compile 'smbdie'. Search for it on google. Run:

smbdie -i $IP_ADDRESS -p 139 -t $SERVER_NAME

where $SERVER_NAME is the server name you just picked from smbclient's output ( above ). If you are still in luck, you will have rebooted the spammer's computer ( it blue-screens ), and maybe even caused some data loss.

Really don't like them? Add the smbdie command to a cron job. I've found most spammers have fixed ip addresses, and they become available to reboot again withing approximately 2-3 minutes.

Enjoy!

Yes it is. The radiation from DU bombs from the first invasion of Iraq, more than a decade ago, has caused massive problems for the people of Iraq. They had no equipment to clean it up (because of the sanctions) and the cancer rate in Iraq rose 70% after Desert Storm.
The problem with DU is that it vapourizes on impact and the dust goes off into the environment. It goes off and gets into everything. And the effects of DU on the people it hits are pretty atrocious; they call them "crispy critters" (a pretty terrible euphimism if you ask me).
Now the US has gone and dumped a whole lot more DU on the country. And all those reports saying DU has 'no harmful effects' were admittedly done by the US military.

What a load of bullshit!

I'm currently downloading the game engine and artwork (sound & graphics).

They will soon be available at: game engine and artwork.

This is especially fucked since Blizzard refuse to offer a Linux version of Warcraft. They don't want the market themselves, but don't want anyone else to have it either.

Anyway, go easy on my mirror. Broadband is fucking expensive here in Australia. Ask our local monopoly, Telstra, about it...

What a load of bullshit!

I'm currently downloading the game engine and artwork (sound & graphics).

They will soon be available at: game engine and artwork.

This is especially fucked since Blizzard refuse to offer a Linux version of Warcraft. They don't want the market themselves, but don't want anyone else to have it either.

Anyway, go easy on my mirror. Broadband is fucking expensive here in Australia. Ask our local monopoly, Telstra, about it...

Since when was a simple statement of the facts a joke?

Facts? What facts? Just because they shook hands, and then CIA director Bush Sr. approved biological weapons shipments, and the US and other security council countries ripped out thousands of pages of information from Iraq's report which detailed all weapons in the country; that doesn't mean the US actually *gave* Iraq any weapons. Rumsfeld himself said he believed the US didn't give any such weapons in front of a senate committee; he couldn't have been lying could he? Could he?

...and my website