RMS is a good programmer so if he doesn't like bitkeeper maybe he should write something better.
RMS doesn't actually write any code these days; he just goes around looking for stuff to whine about. Think of him as the Jesse Jackson of the computer world.
The directory's probably not "com", since there's nothing wrong at all with that as a file or directory name. Maybe you mean "com1" or "con"? In any case, those names are reserved, since they're DOS device names--you can't name a directory that. However, you can make "com1 " (trailing space), which Explorer doesn't know how to handle.
Anyways, an easy way to get rid of directories with leading/trailing spaces in their names is to open a command prompt and do "dir/x" to show the short names, then "rd/s shortn~1"
Yeah, really... yet another Linux development kernel is out... BFD. Should I post something every time OpenBSD makes a few changes to their kernel?
I know! I'll submit an article whenever Microsoft releases a hotfix! That's certainly more important news than Linux, whose userbase pales in comparison to Windows'.
And for some more "News for people who thinks/. is Freshmeat. Stuff that nobody else cares about," NetBSD recently branched off version 1.6. Ooh, ahh.
(but the DVD forum does prevent player companies from working around this).
Screenshot is a supported feature of InterVideo WinDVD (yeah, it's not Mac, but it's still a DVD player)... just press the "P" key, I think. The DVD forum didn't prevent them from adding that feature...
Actually, Sequent made a series of popular multiprocessor computers with 80386 and 80486 CPUs. The Sequent Symmetry S81, for example, had up to 30 80386s, running at 20MHz each. And this was over a decade ago...
Landers is out in the desert and isn't a densely populated area. I don't think you can compare damage to Northridge or Loma Prieta--there probably isn't $10 billion worth of stuff out there to damage:P (and do you mean you don't know what the Loma Prieta quake is? If so, I'd say you're very uninformed yourself...)
it would be in violation of the DMCA, or circumventing a copy protection scheme.
Only if that's the primary purpose of the driver... just say that the driver is a fix for the very serious problem of not being able to eject the CDs. When users install the update, they notice that iTunes just happens to be able to rip the CDs too.
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The Japanese use Japanese characters (kanji) that resemble Chinese characters.
Resemble them? C'mon, the majority of kanji as used in Japanese look identical to the characters used in Chinese. There are a few characters with minor differences, but they're still recognizable--on the same order as using a different font. You wouldn't say that Fraktur font characters aren't Roman characters, but only resemble them, right? Well, the difference between Japanese kanji and Chinese characters are much smaller than the difference between Fraktur and Helvetica.
In fact, "kanji" () means "Han characters", i.e. "Chinese characters".
BTW, minor note to Oroborus: technically, kana aren't ideographic; they make up a phonetic alphabet.
But anyways, back to the keyboard... yeah, Japanese keyboards have mostly kana on them... they do have kanji on some of the special Japanese function keys though (halfwidth/fullwidth shift and the kana->kanji conversion key, for example...) That's what I was referring to...
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The Japanese use Chinese characters though... and all the Chinese keyboards I've seen have Chinese characters on them. See this one as an example...
Winsock isn't the TCP/IP stack... tcpip.sys (or vtcp.386) is the TCP/IP stack. Besides, running strings on the winsock DLLs doesn't show any evidence that they took any code from BSD. Winsock is an implentation of the BSD sockets API--API is not code.
I don't think he really means he has a problem with echoes off the walls... I think he means that when someone on the local side of the conference speaks and his voice is played back though the speakers at the remote side, it'll be picked up by the microphone at the remote side and sent back to the local side. Depending on how loud the speakers are, this could cause a feedback loop.
I've had the same thing happen when using one of those internet voice chat programs. If one end uses speakers rather than a headset, you'll hear an echo of yourself talking. If both ends use speakers, crank up the volume and have fun with the feedback:0
There wasn't anything special about "FINDER" as an address to jump to... the syntax of "G" is "G address"--FINDER was interpreted as address 0xF (I think). It's an odd address, so it'd cause an address error trap, which would kill your currently open app. I usually did a "G 1" instead... quicker to type and crashed the current app just as well:)
BTW, "SM" was another command you could use in Microbug... Set Memory.
I like[d] Labels, actually... handy for temporarily flagging/categorizing documents (vs. creating a folder for them, which is good for more permanent categories).
Oh, and misspelling words like "flourescent" [...] hurts your credibility.
So that white powder inside the tubes is flour? Cool; I've always wondered what that stuff was...
C'mon, it's obvious he knows how to spell it, and just made a typo--he spelled it correctly 4 of the 5 times. Whereas you misspelled it 3 of out 3 times. 3 strikes and you're out!
Why doesn't MS document this stuff in an easy-to-find place?
Have you checked Windows' online help? At least in WinXP, the list is only three clicks away once you open Help: Click "Windows basics", "Windows keyboard shortcuts overview" under "See Also", then expand the "Natural keyboard shortcuts" item.
I haven't checked the Win95 help in a long time (like since 1995:), but I seem to remember the shortcuts being pretty easy to find there too.
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Dude, use a browser that doesn't suck. Mr. AC's accents are fine. I don't know what Redmondlian crap you're talking about--"é" is ISO standard.
I was wondering the same thing about you, actually.
Registration isn't the same as licensing.
It has something to do with lesbians... to become a lesbian, my mom says all I have to do is chow on this box.
RMS doesn't actually write any code these days; he just goes around looking for stuff to whine about. Think of him as the Jesse Jackson of the computer world.
Anyways, an easy way to get rid of directories with leading/trailing spaces in their names is to open a command prompt and do "dir /x" to show the short names, then "rd /s shortn~1"
Ah, typical Slashbot moderator... anyone who dares even suggest that something about The Great Lignux isn't important news must be a troll.
I know! I'll submit an article whenever Microsoft releases a hotfix! That's certainly more important news than Linux, whose userbase pales in comparison to Windows'.
And for some more "News for people who thinks /. is Freshmeat. Stuff that nobody else cares about," NetBSD recently branched off version 1.6. Ooh, ahh.
Screenshot is a supported feature of InterVideo WinDVD (yeah, it's not Mac, but it's still a DVD player)... just press the "P" key, I think. The DVD forum didn't prevent them from adding that feature...
Actually, Sequent made a series of popular multiprocessor computers with 80386 and 80486 CPUs. The Sequent Symmetry S81, for example, had up to 30 80386s, running at 20MHz each. And this was over a decade ago...
Yup, plenty of buildings around there. A real bustling place it is.
Of course, you are the one who thought I was refering to a 1989 & 1994 quake as 'a year apart'.
Where did I do that? I think you're the one who's not doing the reading.
Landers is out in the desert and isn't a densely populated area. I don't think you can compare damage to Northridge or Loma Prieta--there probably isn't $10 billion worth of stuff out there to damage :P (and do you mean you don't know what the Loma Prieta quake is? If so, I'd say you're very uninformed yourself...)
Only if that's the primary purpose of the driver... just say that the driver is a fix for the very serious problem of not being able to eject the CDs. When users install the update, they notice that iTunes just happens to be able to rip the CDs too.
Resemble them? C'mon, the majority of kanji as used in Japanese look identical to the characters used in Chinese. There are a few characters with minor differences, but they're still recognizable--on the same order as using a different font. You wouldn't say that Fraktur font characters aren't Roman characters, but only resemble them, right? Well, the difference between Japanese kanji and Chinese characters are much smaller than the difference between Fraktur and Helvetica. In fact, "kanji" () means "Han characters", i.e. "Chinese characters".
BTW, minor note to Oroborus: technically, kana aren't ideographic; they make up a phonetic alphabet.
But anyways, back to the keyboard... yeah, Japanese keyboards have mostly kana on them... they do have kanji on some of the special Japanese function keys though (halfwidth/fullwidth shift and the kana->kanji conversion key, for example...) That's what I was referring to...
The Japanese use Chinese characters though... and all the Chinese keyboards I've seen have Chinese characters on them. See this one as an example...
Winsock isn't the TCP/IP stack... tcpip.sys (or vtcp.386) is the TCP/IP stack. Besides, running strings on the winsock DLLs doesn't show any evidence that they took any code from BSD. Winsock is an implentation of the BSD sockets API--API is not code.
I've had the same thing happen when using one of those internet voice chat programs. If one end uses speakers rather than a headset, you'll hear an echo of yourself talking. If both ends use speakers, crank up the volume and have fun with the feedback :0
FWIW, Mac Technote TN1136 has details on the ROM debugger, and an explanation of G FINDER. Turns out "FINDER" is interpreted as 0x00F27DEB
BTW, "SM" was another command you could use in Microbug... Set Memory.
I like[d] Labels, actually... handy for temporarily flagging/categorizing documents (vs. creating a folder for them, which is good for more permanent categories).
So that white powder inside the tubes is flour? Cool; I've always wondered what that stuff was...
C'mon, it's obvious he knows how to spell it, and just made a typo--he spelled it correctly 4 of the 5 times. Whereas you misspelled it 3 of out 3 times. 3 strikes and you're out!
Dell Inspiron series with UXGA display. http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/learnmore/learnmore_ screen_notebooks_popup_inspn_gen.htm
LIAR!
*stamps "TROLL!" on your forehead*
Nah, I'll pass, 'cuz it's not true. Look at the eMac--there's no handle on top.
Have you checked Windows' online help? At least in WinXP, the list is only three clicks away once you open Help: Click "Windows basics", "Windows keyboard shortcuts overview" under "See Also", then expand the "Natural keyboard shortcuts" item.
I haven't checked the Win95 help in a long time (like since 1995 :), but I seem to remember the shortcuts being pretty easy to find there too.