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  1. Re:Best 10 of Millennium happen to be in 20th Cent on Lord of the Rings and Hype · · Score: 1
    I'm pretty sure this century didn't see any authors which could rival Shakespeare, Dante or Milton ...

    Aren't you?

    tom

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  2. Re:A year of Linux : Summery (OT) on A Year of Linux · · Score: 1
    I just spilled half a bottle of bear over my keyboard ... You bastard! ;)

    That was one of the funniest posts I've ever read on /. Thank you!

    tom

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  3. Precompiled Version For Mandrake 7.2 Available on Konqueror Ported To QT/Embedded · · Score: 5
    Since I'm always looking for smaller browsers, I've compiled this little thingy (took some 50 minutes, though) as a static version with SSL support on LM 7.2.

    I've put a tarball of this compile on my MandrakeUser.Org site. Just unpack and run the 'konq' binary. It's pretty good, actually, although as basic as you can get.

    tom, tom@mandrakeuser.org

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  4. The pressures of marketing in 1454 ... on Gutenberg Bibles Online · · Score: 3
    The Background page has some interesting remarks:

    While producing the Bible, Gutenberg's team learned fast about the economy of printing. This is reflected in differences between various copies of the Bible.

    Three major changes of plan can be detected :

    1.It was first envisaged that rubrics should be printed in red. This was soon abandoned, perhaps to save time.

    2.It was decided to increase the number of lines per page, presumably to save paper.

    3.It was decided to increase the print-run, but as some sheets had already been printed in the number first envisaged, these pages had to be printed again. This is the best explanation for why a number of the pages exist in two different versions.

    Times haven't changed that much, now have they?

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  5. Re:Real Player / Netscape Plugins For PDF on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 1
    Ah, thanks! Though I think now that things are a bit lighter on the encryption front, distro might begin doing that by default. I will check that.

    Regards

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  6. Some helpful links ... on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 5
    The Demo and Tutorial Center will have some graphical demos (duh ...) of LM 7.2 as soon as it will be announced officially.

    I'm currently updating my own MandrakeUser.Org for the new stuff in 7.2. Soon, there will be an article by Till on using CUPS.

    Official documentation for 7.2 will be available online, of course.

    The newsgroup is alt.os.linux.mandrake

    Mailing lists (English, French, Italian, German). Most of them are archived at mail-archive.com (links on the same page).

    Good luck ;-)

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  7. Re:Real Player / Netscape Plugins For PDF on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 1
    Not quite. You can use 'xswallow' and xpdf. Here's how to do this.
    Trouble is that some new PDFs are incompatible with xpdf (encryption issues).

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  8. Re:hilarious install option on 7.2 beta 3 on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 1
    But it's true ;-). More on MSEC.

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  9. Re:xfree questions on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 1
    I think it depends on the type of graphics cards you are using. For some brands, 3.3.6 is chosen automatically, since support in 4.0.1 for them is considered flaky or even non-existent. There's no use in being able to choose an X version which won't work ;-)

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  10. Re:Winmodems on Mandrake 7.2 Download Available · · Score: 3
    The problem is that most of these drivers are either binary-only, or come with a tainted license or both.
    M. makes a point in not including these.

    tom, MandrakeUser.Org

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  11. MS Latest Project ... on Microsoft Cracked · · Score: 1
    MS Open Networks ;-) tom

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  12. Re:GPL Qt changes nothing on RMS on the GPLing of Qt and More · · Score: 1
    To develop a commercial app, you must purchase a commercial Qt license.

    I don't think you are correct here. The QPL did forbid using QT for commercial applications. Therefore it was incompatible with the GPL, which explicitely allows that. But the GPL doesn't allow linking of GPL code to code which is issued under a more restrictive license. The QPL, though a free license, was 'less free' than the GPL. Hence the incompatibility.

    If you choose to use QT 2.2 with the GPL, you are allowed to create commercial applications with it. You are not allowed to create proprietary software (this indeed hasn't changed).

    Note that there is a distinctive difference between proprietary and commercial software.

    Boy, I hope I got this one right ;-).

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  13. Re:I should have mentioned... on Scientists Discover Interstellar ... Sugar? · · Score: 1
    "So why hasn't it happened?"

    Well, IANAX (I'm not a xenobiologist), but Drake's theory seems to be a bit odd to me in

    • a) applying geometrical growth (if that is the correct term) to biological processes. That has always lead to all kinds of funny results.

    • b) suggesting space travel is an inherent part of civilisation. I mean, not even electronics are, as every good SF book will tell you ;). Seriously, perhaps some civilisations are so advanced that they actually feel comfortable with what they got. Or maybe they communicate by other means. Or maybe they have already died out. There are too many unknown variables.
    Bottomline: Without actually having been there, we will never know. Which means we will never know.

    Regards

    tom

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  14. Oh no ... (bit OT) on The Digital Divas vs. Microsoft · · Score: 1
    And now - another 100 messages starting with "IANAL ..."
    Honestly, could you please leave that? Noone is going to sue you for anything you are going to post here. This abbreviation is so - so *anal* ;-)

    Thanks
    tom

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  15. Re:There's a nice irony in the name, IMHO on Evil Geniuses In A Nutshell · · Score: 1
    hum, I think the ORA title is better. I mean, 'Columbia Internet' is a shell of nuts ;-).

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  16. Re:Selfrighteousness on the lose? on Linux Users Unscathed By ILOVEYOU · · Score: 1
    Hi fellow Mandrakian ;-)

    Well, OTOH there is the rise of distributions like Corel Linux, which 'feature' security holes so big you could get an elephant through them...

    Regards

    tom

    P.S.: Oh, and by the way, spend my website a visit if you need help with LM ;-)

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  17. Selfrighteousness on the lose? on Linux Users Unscathed By ILOVEYOU · · Score: 2
    Skimming through the main stream reports on the ILU 'virus', I've found remarks on Linux users 'scoffing' at those affected by the worm.
    I regret to admit that this observation is true. Ever heard of 'hubris'? Security awareness isn't an OS thing. We shouldn't raise false expectations.
    Isn't someone running inetd, telnetd and sendmail 'out of the box' a bigger threat to the Internet as a user of an OS which couldn't route itself out of a paperbag?
    You *can* configure MUA's like 'mutt' to open attachments automatically ('autoview'), combine that with 'metamail', add an uneducated user and you have the same problem on Linux. Only much worse.

    Occasions like these shouldn't be abused for a quick joke, but as a reminder to have a look at our own systems' security.

    Taking a bow and stepping off the box ;-)

    tom

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  18. Re:(OT?) Linux alternatives for web mail? on Another Hole in Hotmail · · Score: 1
    Hi.
    Don't know if this is what you were asking for, but ApexMail runs on RedHat Linux. Nifty stuff: fast, featureful and gratis (no, I don't get paid by them ;-)).

    Regards

    tom

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  19. Re:More than just the preference box. on Mozilla Junkbuster-like Feature Removed · · Score: 1
    Hum, why didn't you just get the blocklist from here?
    It works excellently and gets updated every two months or so. Just dl it and copy it to /etc/junkbuster.

    Regards

    tom

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  20. and if you need help with it ... (shameless plug) on Mandrake 7.1 Beta Ready For Download · · Score: 3
    ... spend MandrakeUser.Org a visit.

    100 pages about the ins and outs of LM, a user forum, an offline edition and a news letter.

    cu
    tom, MUO-webslave

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  21. Re: Firearms & Video Games on Shooting Lawsuit Against id Software Dismissed · · Score: 2
    Arms-bearing is what seperates the free man from the slave.

    Hum, I live in Germany and don't have the right to bear arms (like my 70 million countrymen). I don't feel like a slave ...
    And I've never seen a paragraph in the charter of Human Rights which includes the right to bear arms. And IIRC there's nothing about this in the Bible, either.
    Each law is made in a certain cultural and historical environment. If the environment changes, laws become obsolete. There are no "eternal" laws or laws which fit any given society at any given time.

    Regards

    tom

  22. Re:Thank God on Shooting Lawsuit Against id Software Dismissed · · Score: 1
    In some European countries, where marijuana is legal, where heroin is legal [...]

    There are currently no European countries in which Heroin or Marijuana are legal. The Netherlands do not prosecute possessors of a small dosage of Marijuana, but that's about all.

    Regards

    tom

  23. Re:I know where it is! on Enigma Machine Stolen · · Score: 1

    Nah, just scan ebay, I say ;-)

  24. Re:And what about compability? on Interview: Lynda Weinman · · Score: 2
    The funny thing is: I do run xfs! And I use the 100dpi fonts! 90% of all web pages display ok. To have a "web designer" in the remaining ugly 10% is just ridiculous... She brags about 'platform interoperability' (sp?), so she's either clueless or a b...

    Sorry, but this really pisses me off. I've had to mug around with my CSS to circumvent the buggy IE implementation (/span/ tags...), although I'm running a site aimed at Linux users. Because I care about users who use other OSes (even if it's Windos ;-)).
    Why someone like this gets an honorable mention on /. is beyond my whatever (like so many things, sigh... ;-)).

    Regards and thanks for your tips

    tom

  25. And what about compability? on Interview: Lynda Weinman · · Score: 1
    /rant mode/
    Maybe she's an expert, but has anyone running Linux actually visited Lynda.com? Can you read anything on this page without a loupe?
    This is another case of One-Os-Design. Sorry, but I can't take advice from someone who obviously doesn't care about cross-platform compability. Not everyone is running MS Windos, you know...
    /rant mode/

    tom