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  1. Re:Mini Blues on Price Drops For Mac mini Upgrades · · Score: 1

    You could use the Bluetooth mouse and/or a BT keyboard. This will leave the two USB ports unblocked...

  2. JSP type 1 applications on Phillip Greenspun: Java == SUV · · Score: 5, Informative
    What this guy describes is called a JSP "type 1" application. It (ab-)uses the JSP's ability to embed Java code directly into the JSP page (which is typical for languages like PHP). Doing this is a BAD idea.

    You will typically
    • use Java beans or some other utiliy classes to encapsulate data base or business logic access (type 2)
    • use a Java tag library like Jakarta struts to provide you with an application framework and common used tags (logic tags, bean access etc.) (type 3)


    I tend to agree with his problems with JDBC being quite cumbersome to use. This is why one will typically use data access Java beans which encapsulate data access. Also there are several object-relational mapping frameworks (e.g. CastorJDO) which will even isolate you from SQL and database details completely.

    I would even tend to agree with him on terms of how quickly one can hack some web application. One will be faster with a scripting language like PHP, but when it comes to extending/maintaining a JSP type 2/3 application will win.
  3. Re:What instability? on FreeBSD 4.9 Stability Update · · Score: 2, Informative

    From what I remember from the discussions on the mailing list the PAE import seems to have various instabilities even if not running PAE. This needs to be ironed out before a release. And seemingly this IS already fixed.

  4. Re:Native Threads Support? on Native Java JDK 1.3.1 Support For FreeBSD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Both the JDK 1.3 and 1.4 ports feature the HotSpot virtual machine which requires native threads. So the answer to your question is YES.

  5. It's Lufthansa Systems on Lufthansa Systems Chooses Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is an agreement between Suse and Lufthansa Systems, which is the IT consulting branch of Lufthansa. This does not mean that Lufthansa itself will switch to Linux. It means that Lufthansa Systems sees a higher demand of Linux by its customers...

  6. Re:*BSD Vs. Linux on FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 Now Ready · · Score: 1

    Is there a native 1.4.1 yet, or do you use the Linux version?

    There is an initial patchset for JDK 1.4 but it is said not to have production quality. I am using the Linux version.

  7. Re:*BSD Vs. Linux on FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 Now Ready · · Score: 1

    7. Java sucks on FreeBSD

    Both Sun Linux JDK 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 run very well under 5.0. I'm using JBoss, ant and a lot of JFC/Swing stuff.

    7. BSD is dead

    Shouldn't that be '8. BSD is dead' ?

  8. Re:Can I take one 2 Go? on Accelerated nVidia Drivers for FreeBSD · · Score: 5, Informative

    These drivers work perfectly with GeForce2 Go cards. I'm writing this on a Dell Inspiron 8200 with GeForce2 Go.

    From 'glxinfo':

    OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
    OpenGL renderer string: GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE2
    OpenGL version string: 1.3.1 NVIDIA 32.03

    and:

    $ uname -a
    FreeBSD tybalt 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #39: Fri Nov 8 14:42:57 CET 2002 thorsten@tybalt:/usr/src/sys/compile/TYBALT i386

  9. Qt has better documentation on GTK-- vs. QT · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have only scratched the surface of both GTK-- and QT, but I found QT to have a *very good* documentation. It has a complete class hierarchy documentation and comes with a load of example programs.

    Another observation is that GTK-- is much more low-level than QT. If you want to extend it's components you might have to delve into the depths of the gdk library (which, in my view is only a thin wrapper around the X11-libs). QT on the other hand has a very good abstraction of windowing system details. Being mostly a Java programmer, I found the QT model very easy to use.

    Of course, YMMV.

  10. Re:I don't 'sprechen' GoogleDeutsch either :-( on German State Alters DNS To Censor Web Sites [updated] · · Score: 1

    It means "the technician tried to demonstrate that there is a simple technical solution to block web sites, which can be circumvented easily."

    From what I understand the technician blocked the web sites on its own without consent by management. Another article states that several other german ISPs have also implemented blocks for web sites as requested by the local government.

    Personally (being a german citizen) I perceive these actions as bad move towards censorship.

  11. Re:Experience building these. on Building Cheap 100 Inch TVs · · Score: 1
    The electron beam certainly doesn't care about gravity. YMMV.


    It doesn't care about gravity, but it sure cares about the earth's geomagnetic field. If you turn your TV set upside down, you will most likely have to adjust for the reversed magnetic field.

  12. Re:Anyone remember dmouse? on Matt Dillon On FreeBSD 5.0 VM System And More · · Score: 1
    Matt also wrote Dice C, which was a rocking good compiler, though admitedly not quite up to par with SAS's tool suite.

    Dice was not only a C compiler, but a complete IDE. As far as I remember it had an editor (ded?), make (dmake?) and several other tools. I do not remember wether it had a debugger.

    In comparison to the SAS compiler the compiler did not have as good an optimizer, but did some local optimizations.

    I remember getting some $20 here in germany in cash and sending it to Matt in the U.S. Several weeks later I received a little pack containing DICE on 4 floppies.

    Ah, those were fun days...