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  1. Xshm and Xdga by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Carmack On 3D Linux

    Xshm is the shared-memory extension and has been around for years. It allows you to pass X protocol stuff in a shared memory segment.

    Xdga allows for direct graphics access to a video card's frame buffer. This has been around
    since Xfree86 3.2 or so and is used for things like XawTV, etc. A write-up can be found
    here.

  2. Okay, I'll admit my ignorance... by Beuser · · Score: 1 · on Running To The Internet (California Chapter) Two

    check out this link luddite def

  3. Animosity towards religion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Review:Virtual Faith

    Actually, the printing press was a great threat to organized religion, being partially responsible for the success of the Protestant Reformation that caused the breakup of the Catholic Church. A quick reference on the web to some of Luther's printed propoganda can be found here at this URL: http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/luther. html

  4. Freesoft vs. Microsoft: What a software war! by Andy+Tai · · Score: 1 · on Freesoft vs. Microsoft
    As they say: This will be a glorious battle.

    Anyone get the starting music of Star Wars anywhere? That's the music to go with the story...

  5. Poverty vs CO2 by YeOldeGnurd · · Score: 1 · on Review:Year 2000 In A Nutshell
    I know that "income distribution" is a naughty word in today's high tech libertarian world.

    That said, poverty does not exist because there isn't enough stuff being produced. Poverty exists because the resources are being consumed in a monsterously inequitable manner. The wealthiest 5% or so of all nations out-consume the planet's ability in nearly all nations, and most everyone in the wealthiest nations (esp. here in the Good Ol' U S of A) overconsumes.

    Yes, in the high-tech nations things have gotten cleaner. Talk to the Ogoni people of Nigeria and ask them if things have gotten cleaner in the past two decades. Europe's population may be crashing just in time to make room for floods of 3rd world refugees. Look at India's birthrate, for example.

    For the most comprehensive look at the numbers I've found, check out the State of the World" series from the Worldwatch Institute.