Konqueror does indeed have JavaScript support now. You have to explicitly enable it in the options, similar to iCab. You can enable/disable JavaScript on a site-by-site basis, or just turn it on for all or no sites as well.
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blues skies from pain? Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
GCJ is working on this sort of thing; it compiles Java source to native code, and can also compile Java.class bytecode into native code as well. It also has some cool features, like the ability for native compiled code to call on Java bytecode, etc. It's a cool project, check it out.
Hey - how could she have the Internet on her hard drive? The AOL commercials said it was MY Internet! I know, because I have the Internet right here on my computer. Your sister is a dirty liar!
Well, Apache and php3 should be available on PPC; I don't know about mysql, but I don't see why it wouldn't be.
For the Open Firmware, grab the System Disk tool (you'll need MacOS 8 or 9). There is a mini-tutorial (with pictures:-) which should get you started. If the stuff there doesn't get you going, you can probably find tips in the mailing list archives.
Well, it was my opinion, OK:-) I haven't played with PowerPC Linux/BSD since my last Mac died a couple months ago, but at the time I installed it, I had no end of trouble trying to get LinuxPPC going, while NetBSD was still a bit of a pain, but worked after a while. The tides may have turned since then, but the same sort of people who would put Linux on a PPC box may want to try NetBSD as well. It's all about options.
Well, my Mac w/ NetBSD died a while ago, so I'm relying on memory here. But you can tweak the Open Firmware on the PowerMacs in order to boot off a NetBSD partition. This is probably possible with the Linux PPC distros, although at least LinuxPPC and Yellow Dog by default like to use yaboot or BootX in order to boot Linux from MacOS, and leave the firmware alone.
Still, if you're looking for the same sort of support you get on Linux or FreeBSD on x86, you'll find both NetBSD and Linux are a bit lacking, both in application and driver support. GCC doesn't have good PowerPC optimization (or it didn't; this may have changed recently with Apple's work on Darwin/MacOS X). A lot of programs are only tested on x86 and so have annoying portability snags. Of course, commercial applications haven't even heard of platforms beyond x86. But give it a shot; you can find old PowerMacs easy as shops try to get rid of them to make way for "more modern" Micro$oft (or Linux;-) setups, and they make much nicer small servers than junky old 486s if you get them going.
NetBSD has a much more mature PowerPC port than any of the current Linux PowerPC ports, IMHO. If you want Unix on a Mac, this is probably your best bet. Hell, NetBSD runs on almost any other platform you can dream up.
Also, for the security-conscious, OpenBSD has a PowerPC port in progress as well.
Is a boycott really the best way to handle this? I don't think that the numbers of us angry revolutionaries is enough to seriously dent the RIAA's grotesque income. Also, keep in mind that by not buying CD's because of Napster, you'll only be proving their argument that people who use Napster and other file-sharing systems buy fewer actual CD's.
Objective-C has an (arguably) annoying syntax, limited type checking, no access control and lacks exception handling.
It has been a while since I last used the OpenStep API, but IIRC, there were macros NS_DURING, NS_HANDLER, and NS_ENDHANDLER which you could use to bracket code like try { } catch() { }, and exceptions were raised by the raise message to an NSException. It's not as pretty as Java's language-level exception handling, but it's still there. And hey, Python doesn't have access control either. Remember the programmer is in charge, even in OO programming; s/he shouldn't have to directly access private object data normally, but s/he should be able to when the need arises.:-) -Joe
Well, I too am frustrated by GNUstep's poor progress; however, I do believe that the release of MacOS X might incite more interest in GNUstep development, once people are able to develop with the OpenStep (or "Cocoa", I guess) API and realize how great it is, and want to be able to use it on other platforms.
Assuming that most MacOS X apps will be written in the "Cocoa" API (which is essentially the next version of OpenStep), they could be brought over to Linux and other Unices via GNUstep, which has made significant headway towards implementing the OpenStep API on Unix. While the Interface Kit (which is the widget library porviding the NeXTSTEP widgets [or Aqua widgets on MacOS X]) is still in need of improvement, the Application Kit (which provides a TON of extremely useful classes for any sort of application development, CLI or GUI) is very nearly MacOS X-compliant. I believe distant/distributed objects are even talking between GNUstep/MacOS X already. When/If GNUstep reaches 1.0, I would recommend it to people writing Linux apps even if they weren't aiming for a MacOS X port. The well-designed and elegant Objective-C/OpenStep API blows away the C++/Qt and C/GTK+ APIs we've become latched to lately.
What the big studios need to realize is that movie/music/whatever "piracy" doesn't hurt them one bit. The kind of people who would yank that stuff of the 'Net for free wouldn't pay for it anyway!
All of us owe MSFT a measure of appreciation for creating an "operating system" which allows almost anyone with interest to become semi- literate in computer operation.
Notice the quotation marks around "operating system". Even their supporters realise that Windows clearly doesn't deserve that classification.
Don't worry about lack of tools or programs for NetBSD. Practically anything that compiles for FreeBSD or OpenBSD (assuming it doesn't use x86 assembler or other such stuff) will compile for NetBSD without changes. On some platforms (x86 at least), it has the ability to run Linux binaries too, if you have Linux libraries installed as well.
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Connected to death-robot.
Escape character is '^]'.
login: joe
Password:
$ killall -9 sendmail
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Heaven from hell? Blues skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
(pink floyd kicks ass)
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And do said boxers or briefs have the DeCSS code printed on them?
If so, where can I get a pair?
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Oh, you're talking about the moon Titan. Sorry :-)
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Wait a sec, I guess I *can* now. :-)
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But AOL is a major corporation; surely they wouldn't do anything wrong like that!
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What is the world coming to?
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For the Open Firmware, grab the System Disk tool (you'll need MacOS 8 or 9). There is a mini-tutorial (with pictures :-) which should get you started. If the stuff there doesn't get you going, you can probably find tips in the mailing list archives.
- Joe
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Still, if you're looking for the same sort of support you get on Linux or FreeBSD on x86, you'll find both NetBSD and Linux are a bit lacking, both in application and driver support. GCC doesn't have good PowerPC optimization (or it didn't; this may have changed recently with Apple's work on Darwin/MacOS X). A lot of programs are only tested on x86 and so have annoying portability snags. Of course, commercial applications haven't even heard of platforms beyond x86. But give it a shot; you can find old PowerMacs easy as shops try to get rid of them to make way for "more modern" Micro$oft (or Linux ;-) setups, and they make much nicer small servers than junky old 486s if you get them going.
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Also, for the security-conscious, OpenBSD has a PowerPC port in progress as well.
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It has been a while since I last used the OpenStep API, but IIRC, there were macros NS_DURING, NS_HANDLER, and NS_ENDHANDLER which you could use to bracket code like try { } catch() { }, and exceptions were raised by the raise message to an NSException. It's not as pretty as Java's language-level exception handling, but it's still there. And hey, Python doesn't have access control either. Remember the programmer is in charge, even in OO programming; s/he shouldn't have to directly access private object data normally, but s/he should be able to when the need arises. :-) -Joe
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Someone should tell Nabisco to make less dangerous crackers before they make
their next delivery to NASA.
Don't worry about lack of tools or programs for NetBSD. Practically anything that compiles for FreeBSD or OpenBSD (assuming it doesn't use x86 assembler or
other such stuff) will compile for NetBSD without changes. On some platforms (x86 at least), it has the ability to run Linux binaries too, if you have Linux libraries installed as well.
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