I need details! My biggest problem with OSX is that running a SSH session with epic/Third Eye looks awful in the Terminal! I've searched the web for answers, to no avail. Help!
Come on folks, anyone who has seen "Hackers" and "Independence Day" knows that 1337 h4xx0rs use Macs. Hell, they can even hack into alien motherships (due to the convenient Firewire ports placed in all alien fighter ships), uploading the dreaded "Jolly Roger" code (written in AppleScript) into the system (which presumably runs Mac OSX Server).
"This is the book that helped me move from writing Hello World type of oo applications to truly far reaching, extendable, and maintainable apps." Wow, sounds like something from a glossy marketing brochure... "Want to create truly far reaching, extendable, and maintainable apps? If so, your development team needs the CodePlus system! 100% buzzword compliant! Guaranteed to shift your paradigms or your money back!"
Ok, I thought it was funny. I'm going back to work now. *sigh*
Umm, I'm an Oracle DBA, is that considered "enterprise level"? I read/. every day. Oracle is an excellent product, but I do think that it would be great if there were an open source alternative. At work, we are currently sitting around waiting for Oracle to release some bugfixes that impact our application. If it were open source, it would probably be fixed by now. Plus, imagine all the neat features you could add!!! I would definitely get involved with that project, if it ever came about.
Umm, I have an "itch" for an enterprise-level RDBMS, and I'll bet a lot of other people do, too. Currently, I am a programmer and Oracle DBA. I perform recoveries for our customers, so things like online recovery, etc., are very important to me (and to anyone else who values their data). Until an open-source product has features like that, we'll be beholden to Oracle. I think this is a great idea/opportunity for OSS.
I generally agree, but I think it is more accurate to say that it is not ready for the *average* user's desktop. Personally, I love it and use it on my workstation at home, but I know that it would not be appropriate for my Mom (not yet). However, the great thing about Linux is that it is progressing by leaps and bounds, and someday it may be ready... IF there are good tools for configuration, etc. My mom would freak if she had to edit a dotfile. Also, people have to be willing to give up Word, etc., and try out one of the alternatives. Just my $0.02.
Umm...no graphical file managers? Weird, I could have sworn I fired up kfm last night, and gmc the night before that. Rather that "typing a file name into a command-line interface", I actually clicked on a folder, and it showed me the contents. It even worked for tarballs. I guess it must have been a figment of my imagination, though.
OK, this is not a troll, just my opinion, BUT... So far, it seems like there is a lot of unwarranted hype about Eazel. Yes, they have ex-HIG members, but I have to say I'm not impresssed with the design that's in the screenshots so far. Granted, they have only begun recently, and given the pace of Linux development, and the talent involved, it may turn out to be something really cool. I hope so. For now, I think that Konqueror is looking a bit more promising. The screenshots at mosfet.org are very impressive - he's got one where he's viewing all sorts of things at once (a.dvi doc, a PostScript doc, a gopher listing, and a FTP site). I don't use the GNOME or KDE panels - I like my Blackbox root menu just fine, thank you - but sometimes I want a nice graphical file manager, and so far I like the way Konqueror is coming along. It is nice to have the competition from Nautilus; I think the reason that both projects are moving along so well is the competition.
As for a standard... I hate it when things are forced on me. The great thing about Linux is choice - your choice of window manager, desktop environment (if you want one), or just a console. Don't force GNOME, or KDE, or anything else on me - I'm perfectly capable of choosing. The need is not for a "standard", but for more innovative interfaces. When you standardize, innovation is stifled. I've yet to see much REAL innovation in desktops lately, in ANY operating system. How about a new desktop paradigm, people? I was hoping OSX might provide this, but I think not. Anyway, just my $0.02; you may feel differently.
You know, as I was reading some of these comments, one of them struck a note. At first I was thinking to myself that all the techies I know, including myself, are pretty straight-laced. Personally, I have never tried what most Americans would consider to be "drugs" - marijuana, etc. But then, I started thinking of all those nights at the bar...drinking to forget about the week's events...drinking to feel "good", enjoying the way that you suddenly start to feel affection for those around you, as though this is the way life is really supposed to be. Then Monday rolls around, and it's back to the grind of the "real" world. I think that everyone secretly yearns for those moments "under the influence". What does it mean when we look to drugs to feel good? It doesn't matter if the drug is alcohol, or Prozac, or pot. What does that say about the world? We all use, to some extent, to enter a world that is much closer to the one in our dreams, the one where everyone is friendly and loving, and everything is OK. Monday through Friday afternoon, we're just in denial.
I am concerned that creative control will remain where it has always been (since the Andover takeover)... in the not-so-capable hands of Andover.Net Editor-In-Chief, Robin "Roblimo" Miller. (Anyone for an article on "how to pick up chicks"?) VA has done a good job with Linux.Com, etc... hopefully this will "raise the bar" as far as Slashdot is concerned. I know this is almost cliche now, but I remember the *old* Slashdot... *sigh*.
Every time I try to kill the panel, it comes back!!! I don't care for it, so how can I get rid of it and keep it from starting when gnome starts up? I only use GNOME for the control center, occasionally...
Hmm, looks promising... After looking at the picture, I got the impression that the headphone jack looks like an adapter that is plugged into the USB port. I imagine this is how it works - remove the jack to download music, put it back in to listen. Personally, I think this looks awfully cool, and I for one don't think it would be too bad having your headphones hooked up to your wrist. I spend all day at the keyboard programming, and this would be just right... I could listen to MP3s whilst coding. SWEEEET... Only trouble is, no software for Linux. Of course, I'm sure it won't be long before someone writes the necessary program. I really hate it when cool products come out with support for Windows only. That's not the only OS out there, people... It seems to me that the revenue they could make by adding Linux support, etc., would far outweigh the minimal cost of porting the download software. Oh well. A bit pricy though... $249 for a 32MB model. I would prefer the 64MB model myself.
Well, I finally got through, only to be put on some sort of surreal "hold" cycle. I pressed the button for cust. service, but got a message telling me to hold for Unix support. This was followed by a very odd series of beeps, sort of like a call waiting signal, but more frequent. This was punctuated by the occasional blaring sales pitch, crowing about their 29,000 clients and Top 4 rating. (The stories I read said they had 48,000 domains... hmm.) I still sit here on hold, becoming increasingly nauseated by the marketing-speak periodically injected into my ear. What a nightmare!!!
I have been trying to get through with no luck. There's no way in hell I will fax in that form to them, in which I authorize them to take their final charges from my credit card. They make very prominent "guarantees", but the legal fine print absolves them of just about everything. Legal precedent shows that you simply can't wash your hands of everything with a disclaimer, even when the customer signed something. This is ridiculous. I hope they get what they deserve.
Their plans look pretty good... I am a disgruntled CIHost customer who will be switching. But, has anyone used these guys? Would you please share your experience? I would be curious to know if they are as good as they seem. Obviously, I misjudged CIHost, and don't want to make the same mistake twice.
I, to, have been screwed by CiHost. I am not running a business online, but of course all my email is now unretrievable. I watched in disbelief as I pinged them this morning: still "unknown host". What crap. I signed up with them because they seemed to offer the most "bang for the buck". I had gotten their name from one of those "top hosts" lists. The trouble is, where else do you look to find hosts? I tried asking on IRC, but got little help. I wish I had stayed with my old host, Burlee Networks. They just added Linux hosting. Can anyone with experience in this area please recommend a good Linux/Unix/BSD host? I plan on switching hosts ASAP. I think CiHost is going to lose a hell of a lot of business. This is ridiculous. This isn't the first time I've had trouble with them, either... Anyway, your thoughts on hosts are appreciated.
I am debating whether to 1) Get in on the LinuxOne IPO, or 2) make money by placing thousands of tiny, classified ads in newspapers across America (a la Don LaPree). The only trouble is, I'm having difficulty deciding which is the bigger scam... I pity the fool who takes advantage of the Linux community. I'm with Bruce Perens... run these guys out of town on a rail. I'd do it myself, since I'm a helluva tough guy, but I'm awfully busy these days with Pac-Man commercials and such.
Wow, CT was right. I laughed so hard my stomach hurts. The pictures really make the article, but the writing is hilarious too. I'm bookmarking this site.
Well, this is the first Mozilla build that I have been able to use to post to Slashdot. It was giving me a little trouble a minute ago, but now it seems OK. Way to go, Mozilla! M11 was unusable for me... This seems to have come a long way in terms of stability and usability. I'd say this qualifies as an "alpha" release, personally. I can't wait till it gets that final polish, and speeds up a bit. I must say that page rendering is way better than Communicator 4.7x. That's one thing that IE has over Netscape. Memory caching seems good, too... Netscape has a horrible caching engine, it seems. Anyway, I hope this becomes the fast, stable, Open Source browser I have been dreaming of! Go Mozilla!
You seem to be forgetting that Hemos was a man about the whole affair, and issued an apology. Roblimo is the doofus who wrote this article that attempts to justify the whole affair, and smacks of self-importance. (Wow, you have Bruce Peren's phone number "somewhere", you are so 31337...) Keep Hemos; he made a mistake but admitted it. Dump Roblimo, he turned the affair into YACE (Yet Another Condescending Editorial). Kudos to Hemos for admitting he goofed - he's a keeper.
The spotlight may be a harsh mistress, but it is Slashdot (in this case) who is at the controls. Slashdot is like any other news source and has a repsonsibility to check its information, and not to post news on a whim. In fact, Slashdot and other internet news sources probably have an even greater responsibilty due to the nature of the media. News (and rumors) spread like wildfire on the internet.
I don't see this as Bruce Perens' fault, but Slashdot's. And yet, Robin is quick to dismiss this, and even inform us that he "growled" at Hemos for posting an apology. First off, where does Robin get the right to growl at Hemos? Hemos was here long before Robin ever was - Robin just came on board when Andover took over. Am I the only one who detects a note of arrogance in some of Robin's many editorials? Yes, yes, I know, if I don't like it, I don't have to read Slashdot. All I can say is, if I were Hemos, I don't think I would tolerate any "growling" from Robin's direction. The way Robin's long-winded editorials keep popping up (like the one about how to get women - how sickening was that), you'd think this will soon be Roblimo.Net. I miss the old/.
Well, I tried out M11. Unfortunately, it crashed three times in a row while browsing Slashdot and changing preferences. The funny thing is, M10 ran without crashing for me... Maybe tomorrow when I am not so tired, I will pin down what is crashing it and head over to Bugzilla. When you've been coding and testing all day, you don't always feel like doing more of the same in the evening... I really would like to see Mozilla succeed. I think the interface is definitely cool, and the pages seem to render much more quickly than my Netscape 4.7x. (BTW, I'm on Linux.) Anyway, I look forward to the day when the final release comes out.
Based on some of the posts and articles read some of you are stereotyping other groups of people. You say parents are willing to believe anything that's shoved in front of them by experts and the media, and that all the fancy psychologists don't know crap. Some even go as far as saying jocks are big, dumb, and shallow. That's just a point I'd like to mention, I can't make any assumptions about it, or I'd be stereotyping. I think one factor that caused the Colorado kid's to go over the edge (from what i've seen and heard, which still isn't a clear picture on what happened accurately) is society as a whole. I mean, people just keep blaming and pointing at the media, the movies, the games, the internet, the parents, or how we should go back to Christianity, and all those things. Everyone has some blame in this. Either that or perhaps what some of what people are saying are right. Another thing, why do people always have to point out what's different between them. Rich, poor, Atheist, Christian,Muslim,Buddhist,Jewish,Hindu(sorry for any religion i haven't named; oh ya, let's not forget agnostic; my belief!), popular, geeky, tall, short, fat, thin. I mean we are all human beings. (I know this is kind of an assumption) . I used to get picked on alot, and one time I got into a fight, but now in high school i don't get picked on much. I mean sure I still get insulted because of my weight, and my uncanny ability to annoy people, but I don't do anything. Why? For one thing, I'm a pacifist. Also, sometimes I think to myself: Maybe this person's blowing off steam after a bad incident, and this is his way of venting anger. If I react in what he perceives in a negative way I might be in a worse situation that I am now. My views might not be valid, because I've never experienced the some of the bad stuff some go through. That's why I can't say I'll back these ideas, but I'll always try.
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OMG wow it's so funny! He made a MICROSOFT joke! Someone mod this up to "5,Funny" right away! LOLZ!!!111
I need details! My biggest problem with OSX is that running a SSH session with epic/Third Eye looks awful in the Terminal! I've searched the web for answers, to no avail. Help!
You used the word "paradigm"!! Death to you! You're probably one of those dot-commers, aren't you! Admit it!
Come on folks, anyone who has seen "Hackers" and "Independence Day" knows that 1337 h4xx0rs use Macs. Hell, they can even hack into alien motherships (due to the convenient Firewire ports placed in all alien fighter ships), uploading the dreaded "Jolly Roger" code (written in AppleScript) into the system (which presumably runs Mac OSX Server).
Ok, I thought it was funny. I'm going back to work now. *sigh*
Umm, I'm an Oracle DBA, is that considered "enterprise level"? I read /. every day. Oracle is an excellent product, but I do think that it would be great if there were an open source alternative. At work, we are currently sitting around waiting for Oracle to release some bugfixes that impact our application. If it were open source, it would probably be fixed by now. Plus, imagine all the neat features you could add!!! I would definitely get involved with that project, if it ever came about.
Umm, I have an "itch" for an enterprise-level RDBMS, and I'll bet a lot of other people do, too. Currently, I am a programmer and Oracle DBA. I perform recoveries for our customers, so things like online recovery, etc., are very important to me (and to anyone else who values their data). Until an open-source product has features like that, we'll be beholden to Oracle. I think this is a great idea/opportunity for OSS.
I generally agree, but I think it is more accurate to say that it is not ready for the *average* user's desktop. Personally, I love it and use it on my workstation at home, but I know that it would not be appropriate for my Mom (not yet). However, the great thing about Linux is that it is progressing by leaps and bounds, and someday it may be ready... IF there are good tools for configuration, etc. My mom would freak if she had to edit a dotfile. Also, people have to be willing to give up Word, etc., and try out one of the alternatives. Just my $0.02.
OK, this is not a troll, just my opinion, BUT... So far, it seems like there is a lot of unwarranted hype about Eazel. Yes, they have ex-HIG members, but I have to say I'm not impresssed with the design that's in the screenshots so far. Granted, they have only begun recently, and given the pace of Linux development, and the talent involved, it may turn out to be something really cool. I hope so. For now, I think that Konqueror is looking a bit more promising. The screenshots at mosfet.org are very impressive - he's got one where he's viewing all sorts of things at once (a .dvi doc, a PostScript doc, a gopher listing, and a FTP site). I don't use the GNOME or KDE panels - I like my Blackbox root menu just fine, thank you - but sometimes I want a nice graphical file manager, and so far I like the way Konqueror is coming along. It is nice to have the competition from Nautilus; I think the reason that both projects are moving along so well is the competition.
As for a standard... I hate it when things are forced on me. The great thing about Linux is choice - your choice of window manager, desktop environment (if you want one), or just a console. Don't force GNOME, or KDE, or anything else on me - I'm perfectly capable of choosing. The need is not for a "standard", but for more innovative interfaces. When you standardize, innovation is stifled. I've yet to see much REAL innovation in desktops lately, in ANY operating system. How about a new desktop paradigm, people? I was hoping OSX might provide this, but I think not. Anyway, just my $0.02; you may feel differently.
You know, as I was reading some of these comments, one of them struck a note. At first I was thinking to myself that all the techies I know, including myself, are pretty straight-laced. Personally, I have never tried what most Americans would consider to be "drugs" - marijuana, etc. But then, I started thinking of all those nights at the bar...drinking to forget about the week's events...drinking to feel "good", enjoying the way that you suddenly start to feel affection for those around you, as though this is the way life is really supposed to be. Then Monday rolls around, and it's back to the grind of the "real" world. I think that everyone secretly yearns for those moments "under the influence". What does it mean when we look to drugs to feel good? It doesn't matter if the drug is alcohol, or Prozac, or pot. What does that say about the world? We all use, to some extent, to enter a world that is much closer to the one in our dreams, the one where everyone is friendly and loving, and everything is OK. Monday through Friday afternoon, we're just in denial.
I am concerned that creative control will remain where it has always been (since the Andover takeover)... in the not-so-capable hands of Andover.Net Editor-In-Chief, Robin "Roblimo" Miller. (Anyone for an article on "how to pick up chicks"?) VA has done a good job with Linux.Com, etc... hopefully this will "raise the bar" as far as Slashdot is concerned. I know this is almost cliche now, but I remember the *old* Slashdot... *sigh*.
I'm sure congratulations are in order, but am I the only one who thinks that half of these guys look like ex-Def Leppard roadies?
Every time I try to kill the panel, it comes back!!! I don't care for it, so how can I get rid of it and keep it from starting when gnome starts up? I only use GNOME for the control center, occasionally...
Hmm, looks promising... After looking at the picture, I got the impression that the headphone jack looks like an adapter that is plugged into the USB port. I imagine this is how it works - remove the jack to download music, put it back in to listen. Personally, I think this looks awfully cool, and I for one don't think it would be too bad having your headphones hooked up to your wrist. I spend all day at the keyboard programming, and this would be just right... I could listen to MP3s whilst coding. SWEEEET... Only trouble is, no software for Linux. Of course, I'm sure it won't be long before someone writes the necessary program. I really hate it when cool products come out with support for Windows only. That's not the only OS out there, people... It seems to me that the revenue they could make by adding Linux support, etc., would far outweigh the minimal cost of porting the download software. Oh well. A bit pricy though... $249 for a 32MB model. I would prefer the 64MB model myself.
Well, I finally got through, only to be put on some sort of surreal "hold" cycle. I pressed the button for cust. service, but got a message telling me to hold for Unix support. This was followed by a very odd series of beeps, sort of like a call waiting signal, but more frequent. This was punctuated by the occasional blaring sales pitch, crowing about their 29,000 clients and Top 4 rating. (The stories I read said they had 48,000 domains... hmm.) I still sit here on hold, becoming increasingly nauseated by the marketing-speak periodically injected into my ear. What a nightmare!!!
I have been trying to get through with no luck. There's no way in hell I will fax in that form to them, in which I authorize them to take their final charges from my credit card. They make very prominent "guarantees", but the legal fine print absolves them of just about everything. Legal precedent shows that you simply can't wash your hands of everything with a disclaimer, even when the customer signed something. This is ridiculous. I hope they get what they deserve.
Their plans look pretty good... I am a disgruntled CIHost customer who will be switching. But, has anyone used these guys? Would you please share your experience? I would be curious to know if they are as good as they seem. Obviously, I misjudged CIHost, and don't want to make the same mistake twice.
I, to, have been screwed by CiHost. I am not running a business online, but of course all my email is now unretrievable. I watched in disbelief as I pinged them this morning: still "unknown host". What crap. I signed up with them because they seemed to offer the most "bang for the buck". I had gotten their name from one of those "top hosts" lists. The trouble is, where else do you look to find hosts? I tried asking on IRC, but got little help. I wish I had stayed with my old host, Burlee Networks. They just added Linux hosting. Can anyone with experience in this area please recommend a good Linux/Unix/BSD host? I plan on switching hosts ASAP. I think CiHost is going to lose a hell of a lot of business. This is ridiculous. This isn't the first time I've had trouble with them, either... Anyway, your thoughts on hosts are appreciated.
I am debating whether to 1) Get in on the LinuxOne IPO, or 2) make money by placing thousands of tiny, classified ads in newspapers across America (a la Don LaPree). The only trouble is, I'm having difficulty deciding which is the bigger scam... I pity the fool who takes advantage of the Linux community. I'm with Bruce Perens... run these guys out of town on a rail. I'd do it myself, since I'm a helluva tough guy, but I'm awfully busy these days with Pac-Man commercials and such.
Wow, CT was right. I laughed so hard my stomach hurts. The pictures really make the article, but the writing is hilarious too. I'm bookmarking this site.
Well, this is the first Mozilla build that I have been able to use to post to Slashdot. It was giving me a little trouble a minute ago, but now it seems OK. Way to go, Mozilla! M11 was unusable for me... This seems to have come a long way in terms of stability and usability. I'd say this qualifies as an "alpha" release, personally. I can't wait till it gets that final polish, and speeds up a bit. I must say that page rendering is way better than Communicator 4.7x. That's one thing that IE has over Netscape. Memory caching seems good, too... Netscape has a horrible caching engine, it seems. Anyway, I hope this becomes the fast, stable, Open Source browser I have been dreaming of! Go Mozilla!
You seem to be forgetting that Hemos was a man about the whole affair, and issued an apology. Roblimo is the doofus who wrote this article that attempts to justify the whole affair, and smacks of self-importance. (Wow, you have Bruce Peren's phone number "somewhere", you are so 31337...) Keep Hemos; he made a mistake but admitted it. Dump Roblimo, he turned the affair into YACE (Yet Another Condescending Editorial). Kudos to Hemos for admitting he goofed - he's a keeper.
I don't see this as Bruce Perens' fault, but Slashdot's. And yet, Robin is quick to dismiss this, and even inform us that he "growled" at Hemos for posting an apology. First off, where does Robin get the right to growl at Hemos? Hemos was here long before Robin ever was - Robin just came on board when Andover took over. Am I the only one who detects a note of arrogance in some of Robin's many editorials? Yes, yes, I know, if I don't like it, I don't have to read Slashdot. All I can say is, if I were Hemos, I don't think I would tolerate any "growling" from Robin's direction. The way Robin's long-winded editorials keep popping up (like the one about how to get women - how sickening was that), you'd think this will soon be Roblimo.Net. I miss the old /.
Well, I tried out M11. Unfortunately, it crashed three times in a row while browsing Slashdot and changing preferences. The funny thing is, M10 ran without crashing for me... Maybe tomorrow when I am not so tired, I will pin down what is crashing it and head over to Bugzilla. When you've been coding and testing all day, you don't always feel like doing more of the same in the evening... I really would like to see Mozilla succeed. I think the interface is definitely cool, and the pages seem to render much more quickly than my Netscape 4.7x. (BTW, I'm on Linux.) Anyway, I look forward to the day when the final release comes out.
Based on some of the posts and articles read some of you are stereotyping other groups of people. You say parents are willing to believe anything that's shoved in front of them by experts and the media, and that all the fancy psychologists don't know crap. Some even go as far as saying jocks are big, dumb, and shallow. That's just a point I'd like to mention, I can't make any assumptions about it, or I'd be stereotyping.
I think one factor that caused the Colorado kid's to go over the edge (from what i've seen and heard, which still isn't a clear picture on what happened accurately) is society as a whole. I mean, people just keep blaming and pointing at the media, the movies, the games, the internet, the parents, or how we should go back to Christianity, and all those things. Everyone has some blame in this. Either that or perhaps what some of what people are saying are right.
Another thing, why do people always have to point out what's different between them. Rich, poor, Atheist, Christian,Muslim,Buddhist,Jewish,Hindu(sorry for any religion i haven't named; oh ya, let's not forget agnostic; my belief!), popular, geeky, tall, short, fat, thin. I mean we are all human beings. (I know this is kind of an assumption) .
I used to get picked on alot, and one time I got into a fight, but now in high school i don't get picked on much. I mean sure I still get insulted because of my weight, and my uncanny ability to annoy people, but I don't do anything. Why? For one thing, I'm a pacifist. Also, sometimes I think to myself: Maybe this person's blowing off steam after a bad incident, and this is his way of venting anger. If I react in what he perceives in a negative way I might be in a worse situation that I am now.
My views might not be valid, because I've never experienced the some of the bad stuff some go through. That's why I can't say I'll back these ideas, but I'll always try.