OpenXLS seems to be an interesting product. Unfortunately the link is bad (unless you like Don Knotts, that is). Anyone know the correct link for OpenXLS?
I found that typically when I have a question/problem, someone else has had the same question/problem and has asked it on usenet. Therefore, about 80% of the time a quick search of the usenet archives gives me the answer I'm looking for.
By the way, here's a little gem that I found on./ some time ago: Jeremy Nixon's Deja Power Search without all of the annoying stuff and it still has the threading option.
For single user systems I agree with your suggestsions. There is no need to get into sophisticated partitioning schemes. For multi-user systems and servers, more consideration should be given to the partitions.
There is a different license for libraries that allow commercial apps to link against them. It's called the GNU Library General Public License. This is the license that the GNU C library is distributed under. Not all GNU libraries, however, are distributed under this license.
The TV is 640x480 but standard TV transmissions use less resolution (483 lines). Further, since TV's weren't designed to be monitors, resolutions less than 640x480 may be better for TVs. See:
The way that I use this terminology "alpha" and "beta" do not really indicate version numbers. I use the term "alpha" to indicate software still under active development while "beta" indicates active development on this version has stopped and testing and bug fixing has started (i.e. no new features are added to "beta" software).
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Are you trying to be funny? The X-Windows System didn't exist in the early 80's. Jobs et al. actually based their GUI on something from Xerox PARC.
Pu-238 has been used in RTG's for over 30 years and has been proved to be reliable. Despite recent protests by ill-informed green activists, the use of Pu-238 remains a safe, reliable, and effective means to power space craft (see The RTG Debate and Risks of the Casini Mission). Unfortunately, our means of producing this valuable isotope has ended with the cold war. Pu-238 was previously produced in significant quantities in the production reactors in South Carolina, which were shutdown in the late 1980's. Alas, we currently have no means to produce Pu-238.
In the interim we have managed to scrape together enough Pu-238 to meet NASA's needs by using the remaining stock from the cold war days and by purchasing it from Russia. Improvements in the efficiency of the RTG's have reduced the requirements for Pu-238. The recent Casini mission, however, required nearly 35 kg.
There are proposals on the table to produce Pu-238 in Department of Energy research and test reactors. Analysis has shown that they can produce up to 5 kg per year which NASA states is sufficient for future mission. Another alternative that is currently being considered it the restart of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) for isotope production, including Pu-238. DOE is expected to make a decision on FFTF in the near future. It's also possible to produce Pu-238 in commercial power reactors, but there is little support for this.
I sincerely hope that problems in procuring Pu-238 do not impact future NASA missions.
The RTG's are designed to withstand a such a failure. A lot of work has gone into the design and testing of the iridium container that holds the RTG. Risk analysis studies performed for the Casini mission have shown little risk to the public.
Is the implementation of compression in Ghostscript a recent enhancement? In my experience GS's pdf files are much larger than Acrobats for large images. Perhaps I should try GS again...
You may want to have a look at ReportLab. It is a very impressive package written in Python that can be used to generate PDF reports. They have several examples including a medical insurance form. It would probably take some time to set things up, but you could have a totally automated system.
I would be intested in the reasons why "Pine... doesn't cut it any more." I hear this all the time and the main reason is probably because pine does not have a sexy graphical user interface.
I've found pine to be easier to use and more powerful than the graphical user interface mail clients. With the recent rash of destructive viruses I would now add pine being more secure to this list. I can also access my mail from any where via a simple telnet or ssh connection.
No, the HOWT-TO is correct. The current limit on the filesize is 2GB (however, Large File Support is in the 2.3.x kernels). The limit on filesystems was originally 2GB but is currently 4TB.
To answer your question, YES. The 2.3.x kernels do have large file support. I really need this capability and have been waiting a long time for it. The problem, as another poster indicated, is that things need to be recompiled to take advantage of the LFS. There are also some flags that need to be set on ext2 filesystems.
I wish I could find more information on implementing LFS.
Good recommendations but who knows how long it will be before you can get a machine based on a four-way or eight-way Crusoe motherboard. My guess is that this is more than a year off.
Go with the ABIT BP6 with Celerons for now. It's clearly the best bang for the buck. When it comes time to upgrade buy a new motherboard and CPUs and reuse all of your other existing components.
The built-in modem in my inspiron is a Winmodem. The specs didn't indicate that this was a Winmodem, but I should have asked. If you look at the standard built-in modem for the I7500 it states "56K Capable V.90 Modem, Internal". I suspect that this is a winmodem too. I bought a PC-Card modem and all is fine now.
The registration is Sun's standard registration for any of their products, not specifically for StarOffice. Once you register for one of their products you can download any of them with the same registration. This is no different than for any other software you download from commercial organizations (for example, Acrobat reader, Real Player, etc).
If Intel is dropping the price of the PII 450 from $230 to $183, how come on pricewatch I can get them for $180 now? Are these guys loosing money on these sales?
I think that Microsoft has cornered the market on the wintel environment. However, their (current) plans not to support Linux leaves an opening. This is the market that Corel is trying to capture now and as Linux grows so will their market share.
It seems like the Performance catagory emphasized graphics performance over computational performance. Why does the XP1000 get such a low score? It's SpecFP rating is nearly double that of the other processors (note that the IBM is a dual processor box).
As far as documentation goes, the man pages that come with AIX are terrible while those that come with Digital Unix are excellent.
It seems to be that the IBM and HP should have been hit a little more on their prices. The points lost in the price catagory were more than made up for on the features catagory.
I don't understand the statement about linux in the IBM administration box. What's linux got to do with this machine?
Seems like the reviewer(s) prefer GUI system admin apps over the tried-and-true command line utilities.
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Noticed SciGraphica on FreshMeat today. They're aiming for something similar to Microcal Origin. I've never use it, so I can't comment on it.
OpenXLS seems to be an interesting product. Unfortunately the link is bad (unless you like Don Knotts, that is). Anyone know the correct link for OpenXLS?
By the way, here's a little gem that I found on ./ some time ago: Jeremy Nixon's Deja Power Search without all of the annoying stuff and it still has the threading option.
For single user systems I agree with your suggestsions. There is no need to get into sophisticated partitioning schemes. For multi-user systems and servers, more consideration should be given to the partitions.
See: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html
http://developer.webtv.net/design/res olution/
The way that I use this terminology "alpha" and "beta" do not really indicate version numbers. I use the term "alpha" to indicate software still under active development while "beta" indicates active development on this version has stopped and testing and bug fixing has started (i.e. no new features are added to "beta" software).
Are you trying to be funny? The X-Windows System didn't exist in the early 80's. Jobs et al. actually based their GUI on something from Xerox PARC.
Excellent advice. I upgraded from 5.10 to 6.01 and found the compression to be much improved!
In the interim we have managed to scrape together enough Pu-238 to meet NASA's needs by using the remaining stock from the cold war days and by purchasing it from Russia. Improvements in the efficiency of the RTG's have reduced the requirements for Pu-238. The recent Casini mission, however, required nearly 35 kg.
There are proposals on the table to produce Pu-238 in Department of Energy research and test reactors. Analysis has shown that they can produce up to 5 kg per year which NASA states is sufficient for future mission. Another alternative that is currently being considered it the restart of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) for isotope production, including Pu-238. DOE is expected to make a decision on FFTF in the near future. It's also possible to produce Pu-238 in commercial power reactors, but there is little support for this.
I sincerely hope that problems in procuring Pu-238 do not impact future NASA missions.
The RTG's are designed to withstand a such a failure. A lot of work has gone into the design and testing of the iridium container that holds the RTG. Risk analysis studies performed for the Casini mission have shown little risk to the public.
Is the implementation of compression in Ghostscript a recent enhancement? In my experience GS's pdf files are much larger than Acrobats for large images. Perhaps I should try GS again...
You may want to have a look at ReportLab. It is a very impressive package written in Python that can be used to generate PDF reports. They have several examples including a medical insurance form. It would probably take some time to set things up, but you could have a totally automated system.
I've found pine to be easier to use and more powerful than the graphical user interface mail clients. With the recent rash of destructive viruses I would now add pine being more secure to this list. I can also access my mail from any where via a simple telnet or ssh connection.
No, the HOWT-TO is correct. The current limit on the filesize is 2GB (however, Large File Support is in the 2.3.x kernels). The limit on filesystems was originally 2GB but is currently 4TB.
Alternatively, if you have a fast internet connection, just download all of the updates and do a "rpm -f *.rpm".
You could probably do the same in about 20 lines of perl.
I wish I could find more information on implementing LFS.
Go with the ABIT BP6 with Celerons for now. It's clearly the best bang for the buck. When it comes time to upgrade buy a new motherboard and CPUs and reuse all of your other existing components.
The built-in modem in my inspiron is a Winmodem. The specs didn't indicate that this was a Winmodem, but I should have asked. If you look at the standard built-in modem for the I7500 it states "56K Capable V.90 Modem, Internal". I suspect that this is a winmodem too. I bought a PC-Card modem and all is fine now.
The registration is Sun's standard registration for any of their products, not specifically for StarOffice. Once you register for one of their products you can download any of them with the same registration. This is no different than for any other software you download from commercial organizations (for example, Acrobat reader, Real Player, etc).
If Intel is dropping the price of the PII 450 from $230 to $183, how come on pricewatch I can get them for $180 now? Are these guys loosing money on these sales?
I think that Microsoft has cornered the market on the wintel environment. However, their (current) plans not to support Linux leaves an opening. This is the market that Corel is trying to capture now and as Linux grows so will their market share.
What "suite" do you have? So far only the wordprocessor is available.
It seems like the Performance catagory emphasized graphics performance over computational performance. Why does the XP1000 get such a low score? It's SpecFP rating is nearly double that of the other processors (note that the IBM is a dual processor box).
As far as documentation goes, the man pages that come with AIX are terrible while those that come with Digital Unix are excellent.
It seems to be that the IBM and HP should have been hit a little more on their prices. The points lost in the price catagory were more than made up for on the features catagory.
I don't understand the statement about linux in the IBM administration box. What's linux got to do with this machine?
Seems like the reviewer(s) prefer GUI system admin apps over the tried-and-true command line utilities.