Re.Gnome and KDE not being mutually exclusive. Right! Anyone who has bothered to try knows that this is true. I us Gnome because I run LinuxPPC on an aging Mac clone with a teeny monitor and 640X480 screen. Gnome/enlightenment makes it possible (if irritating) to use the huge dialog boxeswhich Linux developers seem to favor--in KDE, I'm screwed. But I like a lot of KDE apps and use them. I love seeing KDE help windows on my Gnome desktop.
That said, whatever theme you've got, IT AINT LIKE A MAC! why? a)fonts (appearance, order); b) consistency of UI; c)control panels (Mac users know what I mean); d)painless addition of harware; e)zero intervention support for multiple filesystem types on removable media (say ZIP for example).
I use the GIMP because I am amazed that it exists. It holds the promise of greatness yet to come. And because it so closely follows the conventions of Photoshop, I can be "fully productive" within it's limitations. But, I am a graphic designer by trade. The GIMP is the functional equal of Photoshop 4 or 4.5. Photoshop 5.5 blows it away. This is not a put-down of the Gimp. The Gimp is great, but it could not replace Photoshop in my work today.
It is inevitable that Linux desktops will continue to mature in ease of use, features and stability (having a stable kernel does me no good if my desktop keeps crapping out). I look forward to great things from Gnome, Eazel and KDE. I hope that their efforts will soon make it possible to replace Mac OS (not because I don't like Mac, but because I love freedom). In fact I believe that this will enevitably occur over time. Ultimately, a continuously improved Linux will replace or augment most proprietary OSs. We just aren't quite there yet, and claiming we are won't make it so.
I think they probably nominated "Blame Canada" because it seemed the least offensive of all the great songs in this wonderful movie.
my personal favorite was "Mmm'kay" followed closely by "Uncle Fucka"--but really the music throught the film was excellent. Remember Satan's plaintive, emotional solos? Or Big Gay Al's big, gay musical numbers?
I was pleasantly surprised to hear Brent Spiner and Eric Idle's voices in the film, but the biggest shock was George Clooney--I thought his voice was someone doing a good Clooney impersonation till I saw the credits. Raises Spiner quite a bit in my estimation. I think Trey is dead right on this one. Whatever solution the network comoes up with, it will just add to the fun.
Gee, O Learned One, thanks for telling us how it is.
I thought the movie was about censorship, small town family values, intolerance, hypocrisy, racism, child psychology, adult psycholigy, the importance of the clitoris and why Saddam is from mars while Satan is from Venus. But now I know better!
it about making a movie that immature people (of all ages) will watch and enjoy, preferably leaving a bit of money behind in the process.
thanks for the tip, Judge. It may just show my immaturity, but the highlight of the movie for me was Kenny's ascent. Definately one of the most enticing representations of Heaven I have seen, if somewhat reminiscent of the Muslim paradise with its...attendants.
Did you ever see the Gandalf 2000? It was a "serious" CP/M machine. I have many happy memories of doing mindless little hacks (ddoouubblliinngg aallll oouuttppuutt eettcc..) on the thing. My friend Tom wrote a game based on Steve Jackson's OGRE for it, which we later ported to the spanking new Apple II+
I agree with you on many levels. The problem is that you and any moderately technically competent person can judge the absurdity of Amazon's patent. But the courts cannot. There is clearly a need for the concept of Intellectual Property and for a system to ensure that ideas can be protected. But when the ideas are beyond the comprehension of the arbiters, we have a major problem. Why do you object to using the tools of the existing system to protect us from abuses while we build a replacement?
INSIGHTFUL!?!?!!? is this moderator smoking crack?Please moderate this obnoxious AC post down! The Amazon patent is not business incvation. This guy's critique of slashdot lacks both inforamtion and insight. Some/. readers may have the childish politics ridiculed in this post - but most of us don't. Tim's comments are deeply thought through, insightful and informative. In the Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon battle Amazon is the little guy, but that doesn't make this abusive patent acceptable. Moderate this crap down and stay with the issue. My vote: boycott untill they withdraw the patents.
Any word processor that can't play embedded video or sound clips before crashing is really just a toy. Microsoft has such a lead in features that no one will ever catch up! Yay Microsoft! The feature I really want in MS Word 2001 is a Wizard called "HAL" that will ask me what kind of document I'm creating and type it for me, content and all will I watch DVDs in the integrated player...
Linux is so clearly still a TOY on the desktop...imagine a word processor that only let's you type stuff. Seriously what good is that;)
Unlike physics, applied lexicology is an inexact science. Idiosyncratic idiom abounds and denotation is arrived at through a consensual and consequently evolutionary process. Individual beliefs about language are so often in conflict that it is common practice to resort to authoritative sources called dictionaries to resolve or clarify such disputes.
Mirriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "epicenter" as: 1) the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake 2) CENTER and gives "the epicenter of world finance" as an example.
As I am currently in the epicenter of the universe, I can confidently assert that you are quite wrong about this issue.
Then again my personal definition of "certainty" is "a mistaken belief that reality is comprehensible and that such comprehension can form a rational basis for belief"
Of course, your irrational belief system may vary.
Thoroughly check out any binaries before they unleash them
And how does running an (evidently) buggy mystery binary from the FBI help here? Imagine that instead of releasing this piece of crap they released a comprehensive guide to Linux security with steps that Admins could take to secure their systems aginast this DDoS and links to useful resources to maintain security (CERT etc.)
Now, as a complete newbie with LinuxPPC running on an orphaned UMAX Mac-Clone, I have done my best to educate myself. I've read "Running Linux" from cover to cover despite some Wintelocentric parts. I've spent countless hours reading Man and Info pages and scouring LDP etc. for such info as I can get. I still switch to Mac OS to go online because I know enough to know that I don't yet know what has been installed on my Linux system or how to configure it for secure operation. I do intend to learn. but I have a gripe: I almost get the feeling that there was a secret "obfuscated documentation" contest, or that there is a movement to preserve a kind of artificial expertise by keeping docs obscure. My personal favorite is the seemingly detailed Man page (or O'Reilly book) that cannot be understood without first resorting to a long chain of other docs (doc dependencies?). This FBI bin, and the thinking behnd it, seems like a step in exactly the wrong direction, but the distros could do a lot more. I would love to read the security manual but my distro didn't come with one.
Well, It kind of turned into a rant, but I'm sure I am not alone in this.
But, assume that there are a lot of poorly informed and newbie admins out there whose networks are posted as smurf reflectors but don't know it. Instead of [ridiculing|humiliating|abusing] them, you educate them!
How about scanning for smurf reflector networks and sending their admins a mini-howto or suchlike? It might be more effective than abuse. Just a thought.
No, it's not even the server software... CERT says (edited highlights, my bolding):
Security on the Internet is a
community effort. Your security depends on the overall security of the Internet in general. Intruders often use source-address spoofing to conceal their location when executing denial-of-service attacks. Because your security is dependent on the overall security of the Internet, we urge you to consider the effects of an extended network or system outage and make appropriate contingency plans where possible. Responding to a denial-of-service attack may require the cooperation of multiple parties. We urge all sites to develop the relationships and capabilities described in the results of our recent workshop before you are a victim of a distributed denial-of-service attack. This document is available at http://www.cert.org/reports/dsit_workshop.pdf
This is not an OS specific or server application specific problem. Some server apps or OS's (NT) may have vulnerabilities that allow them to be used in such an attack. But if someone has root you have bigger problems than DoS.
There may be some mindless MS bashing here, but there is also a lot of well-founded, mindfull MS bashing.
Linux != Intel But many HowTos etc. make this assumption. As a long-time Mac user, I am used to having commercial entitities make the assumtion that PCs = wintel boxes, but I had hoped for a more heterodox outlook in the Linux community. We tout the OS as thriving on a multiplicity of hardware configurations, but most of the documentation is written as if Linux box = Wintel box Do we have to have diverging forks in the LDP? Should LinuxPPC users set up LDPppc? I see comments saying the format must be VT100 readable. How about similar standards for content?
Easy Windows-like use. Drag and drop and mouse access make LinuxMac easy to use. Copy files by simply dragging the file icon to the target folder. All functions available through the computer's mouse.
As a MAC OS/LinuxPPC user I find this langauge highly offensive. From your informative posts I knew these guys were not terribly bright, but I did not expect them to be abusive...
Still, you have to expect a little guano arround any large penguin colony...
my Palm III size box autodects and mounts my wireless:
82" apparent size monocle or goggle displays desktop or portable keyboard Internet base station (it intelligently updates only changing content) scanners, cameras, printers etc.
I expect to get it within five years It will run freeware on a free OS
Thanks for reminding me of the title of this story. A version was recently shown on Showtine as part of the "Outer Limits" series and I remebered enjoying "Inconstant Moon" years ago.
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Re.Gnome and KDE not being mutually exclusive. Right! Anyone who has bothered to try knows that this is true. I us Gnome because I run LinuxPPC on an aging Mac clone with a teeny monitor and 640X480 screen. Gnome/enlightenment makes it possible (if irritating) to use the huge dialog boxeswhich Linux developers seem to favor--in KDE, I'm screwed. But I like a lot of KDE apps and use them. I love seeing KDE help windows on my Gnome desktop.
That said, whatever theme you've got, IT AINT LIKE A MAC! why? a)fonts (appearance, order); b) consistency of UI; c)control panels (Mac users know what I mean); d)painless addition of harware; e)zero intervention support for multiple filesystem types on removable media (say ZIP for example).
I use the GIMP because I am amazed that it exists. It holds the promise of greatness yet to come. And because it so closely follows the conventions of Photoshop, I can be "fully productive" within it's limitations. But, I am a graphic designer by trade. The GIMP is the functional equal of Photoshop 4 or 4.5. Photoshop 5.5 blows it away. This is not a put-down of the Gimp. The Gimp is great, but it could not replace Photoshop in my work today.
It is inevitable that Linux desktops will continue to mature in ease of use, features and stability (having a stable kernel does me no good if my desktop keeps crapping out). I look forward to great things from Gnome, Eazel and KDE. I hope that their efforts will soon make it possible to replace Mac OS (not because I don't like Mac, but because I love freedom). In fact I believe that this will enevitably occur over time. Ultimately, a continuously improved Linux will replace or augment most proprietary OSs. We just aren't quite there yet, and claiming we are won't make it so.
I think they probably nominated "Blame Canada" because it seemed the least offensive of all the great songs in this wonderful movie.
my personal favorite was "Mmm'kay" followed closely by "Uncle Fucka"--but really the music throught the film was excellent. Remember Satan's plaintive, emotional solos? Or Big Gay Al's big, gay musical numbers?
I was pleasantly surprised to hear Brent Spiner and Eric Idle's voices in the film, but the biggest shock was George Clooney--I thought his voice was someone doing a good Clooney impersonation till I saw the credits. Raises Spiner quite a bit in my estimation. I think Trey is dead right on this one. Whatever solution the network comoes up with, it will just add to the fun.
That's Uncle Fucka I like to see a good debate on censorship but let's get the details straight (I mean "correct," no offense, Dark Lord).
I thought the movie was about censorship, small town family values, intolerance, hypocrisy, racism, child psychology, adult psycholigy, the importance of the clitoris and why Saddam is from mars while Satan is from Venus. But now I know better!thanks for the tip, Judge. It may just show my immaturity, but the highlight of the movie for me was Kenny's ascent. Definately one of the most enticing representations of Heaven I have seen, if somewhat reminiscent of the Muslim paradise with its...attendants.
Ahhh.. Exidy.
Did you ever see the Gandalf 2000? It was a "serious" CP/M machine. I have many happy memories of doing mindless little hacks (ddoouubblliinngg aallll oouuttppuutt eettcc..) on the thing. My friend Tom wrote a game based on Steve Jackson's OGRE for it, which we later ported to the spanking new Apple II+
Sweet memories. This Parsec now, it's amazing.
UCITA me? I FSCKa you up!
I agree with you on many levels. The problem is that you and any moderately technically competent person can judge the absurdity of Amazon's patent. But the courts cannot. There is clearly a need for the concept of Intellectual Property and for a system to ensure that ideas can be protected. But when the ideas are beyond the comprehension of the arbiters, we have a major problem. Why do you object to using the tools of the existing system to protect us from abuses while we build a replacement?
INSIGHTFUL!?!?!!? is this moderator smoking crack?Please moderate this obnoxious AC post down!
The Amazon patent is not business incvation. This guy's critique of slashdot lacks both inforamtion and insight. Some
Oh wise Rambone you are Sooo right!
Any word processor that can't play embedded video or sound clips before crashing is really just a toy. Microsoft has such a lead in features that no one will ever catch up! Yay Microsoft! The feature I really want in MS Word 2001 is a Wizard called "HAL" that will ask me what kind of document I'm creating and type it for me, content and all will I watch DVDs in the integrated player...
Linux is so clearly still a TOY on the desktop...imagine a word processor that only let's you type stuff. Seriously what good is that;)
Unlike physics, applied lexicology is an inexact science. Idiosyncratic idiom abounds and denotation is arrived at through a consensual and consequently evolutionary process. Individual beliefs about language are so often in conflict that it is common practice to resort to authoritative sources called dictionaries to resolve or clarify such disputes.
Mirriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "epicenter" as:
1) the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
2) CENTER
and gives "the epicenter of world finance" as an example.
As I am currently in the epicenter of the universe, I can confidently assert that you are quite wrong about this issue.
Then again my personal definition of "certainty" is "a mistaken belief that reality is comprehensible and that such comprehension can form a rational basis for belief"
Of course, your irrational belief system may vary.
Know how to secure their boxes
Know what services are running and what they do
Thoroughly check out any binaries before they unleash them
And how does running an (evidently) buggy mystery binary from the FBI help here? Imagine that instead of releasing this piece of crap they released a comprehensive guide to Linux security with steps that Admins could take to secure their systems aginast this DDoS and links to useful resources to maintain security (CERT etc.)
Now, as a complete newbie with LinuxPPC running on an orphaned UMAX Mac-Clone, I have done my best to educate myself. I've read "Running Linux" from cover to cover despite some Wintelocentric parts. I've spent countless hours reading Man and Info pages and scouring LDP etc. for such info as I can get. I still switch to Mac OS to go online because I know enough to know that I don't yet know what has been installed on my Linux system or how to configure it for secure operation. I do intend to learn. but I have a gripe: I almost get the feeling that there was a secret "obfuscated documentation" contest, or that there is a movement to preserve a kind of artificial expertise by keeping docs obscure. My personal favorite is the seemingly detailed Man page (or O'Reilly book) that cannot be understood without first resorting to a long chain of other docs (doc dependencies?). This FBI bin, and the thinking behnd it, seems like a step in exactly the wrong direction, but the distros could do a lot more. I would love to read the security manual but my distro didn't come with one.
Well, It kind of turned into a rant, but I'm sure I am not alone in this.
Cool idea, if slightly unAmerican.
But, assume that there are a lot of poorly informed and newbie admins out there whose networks are posted as smurf reflectors but don't know it. Instead of [ridiculing|humiliating|abusing] them, you educate them!
How about scanning for smurf reflector networks and sending their admins a mini-howto or suchlike? It might be more effective than abuse.
Just a thought.
There may be some mindless MS bashing here, but there is also a lot of well-founded, mindfull MS bashing.
Linux != Intel
But many HowTos etc. make this assumption. As a long-time Mac user, I am used to having commercial entitities make the assumtion that PCs = wintel boxes, but I had hoped for a more heterodox outlook in the Linux community. We tout the OS as thriving on a multiplicity of hardware configurations, but most of the documentation is written as if Linux box = Wintel box
Do we have to have diverging forks in the LDP?
Should LinuxPPC users set up LDPppc?
I see comments saying the format must be VT100 readable. How about similar standards for content?
From the LinuxOne Products page: As a MAC OS/LinuxPPC user I find this langauge highly offensive. From your informative posts I knew these guys were not terribly bright, but I did not expect them to be abusive...
Still, you have to expect a little guano arround any large penguin colony...
my Palm III size box autodects and mounts my wireless:
82" apparent size monocle or goggle displays
desktop or portable keyboard
Internet base station (it intelligently updates only changing content)
scanners, cameras, printers etc.
I expect to get it within five years
It will run freeware on a free OS
Thanks for reminding me of the title of this story. A version was recently shown on Showtine as part of the "Outer Limits" series and I remebered enjoying "Inconstant Moon" years ago.
Perihelion does not fall on the Solstice
Lots of people believe that it does, but that just doesn't make it so...