Yeah, it ctrl-v and then any key and you'll insert the character itself instead of interpreting it. will give the the enter char, so you can use it in regexps or whatever.
Not that I wouldn't mind never having to do the stty command again, but at least it works.
Well, actually, given the number of people generally present in movie theaters, it's probably fairly likely that there's rather a few people who are in the market for a car, or at least are thinking about it.
... er, yes, that's right. We live in a climate and culture where someone selling a product stands a better chance of earning money than someone who gives something away for free. I imagine that a similar climate and culture has been present throughout most of the history of Taker mankind. Don't get me wrong, I haven't used Windows at home for years, and I've always been a Linux advocate (well, since I found out about Linux anyway), but there's just nothing surprising about someone losing money by throwing their lives into a cause which, however cool, is severely lacking in the Revenue Streams Department.
Hell, I was always happy enough with whatever cheap $10 headphones were available at Shopko or wherever for my work headphones. It's not like I'm really *listening* to the music or anything while I work. I've found that even really low-end headphones will beat the pants off of your average computer speaker system most of the time, anyway.
Besides, what you are paying for when buying online is to have (almost) immediate gratification through electronic download (while still having it be legal).
Ah, but you're also paying for the fact that you don't have a hardcopy, so if your harddrive crashes and ID's site doesn't let you re-download, you're screwed. Or you've got to make a hardcopy yourself. When you buy the hardcopy, you're getting actual physical materials which cost money (not that bandwidth doesn't cost money, but I can't imagine they're paying much for bandwidth when they charge $20 for an >10yearold game), and you're paying some human being to pick it up and put it in a box.
Of course, I just checked their shipping charges, and their cheapest shipping option is $7.50. So I suppose that's where the difference is. It's just a deceptively-priced product. They're hoping people buy the "cheaper" version and get hammered with a s+h charge. Ah, well. Still, they're all far too expensive.
You can buy them from ID Software if you don't mind paying fucking $20 or more for it. ID's pricing really pisses me off for their older stuff. I mean, yes, Quake was a great game, but $20? And that's for them to ship you a physical CD of the thing. If you want just a little digital download of the thing, it's an extra five bucks! That makes no sense at all. Also note that Quake 3 only costs $20 as well.
Also notice how Wolfenstein 3D is $20, but for only $5 more you can get Return to Castle Wolfenstein. WTF? That's one hell of a $5 bill.
I think he was more implying that, were a company procuing closed-source software to use open-source software in their own products, there would be no way to find out about it except by behavioral analysis.
(I know I probably shouldn't feed the trolls, but...)
... so your theory is that people who don't like camera phones are uncreative, non-spontaneous, self-centered assholes? Whereas your camera phone imparts creativity, spontaneity, and a greater appreciation for your fellow man? Wonder of wonders! Maybe this new phone will come with a feature that makes you less of a jerk, too!
Er, if you're copying over applications and user data from the compromised partitions, why bother doing a reinstall at all? If just one of those applications or library files you copied over was trojaned, all you're doing is turning off the hacks until you execute the necessary code again.
Is it because you wish to learn all the deep internals of Unix systems? Try Gentoo
Heh, I'd disagree with you there. Don't get me wrong, I love Gentoo, but I actually lose skills the more I use it. Ever tried to set up printing on a unix box? Then try and set it up with Gentoo? No comparison. I have no idea how to configure any of the CUPS stuff anymore; it just happens for me. No more dicking around with getting drivers for X or anything, no more hassling around with dependencies and libraries and things like that. Seriously, I dunno, Gentoo's actually the easiest distro I've ever used ('course, you *do* kind of have to know what you're doing a little bit at least).
Anyway, if you want to learn internals, go with LFS or something. Gentoo really won't do it.
That's fairly impressive, though it'd be cooler to have a computer-controlled vibrator instead of the other way around. Fire up an instance of vibrated and let people from all around the world decide how you're going to come! Wonderful!
I suppose someone's probably already done that, though, too.
Well, *actually* from what I understand, the id3v2 tags *can* be put anywhere in the file, so you could have (for instance) an hour-long mp3 of a radio stream and have the tags change with each song. I'm not sure if anything actually supports that, though. Regardless, if you tag with id3v2, it'll be right at the beginning.
id3v2 tags are at the beginning of the file. That's one of the reasons id3v2 was developed as an alternative to the id3v1 tags which were put on the end. Stick an http:// url to an mp3 file with id3v2 tags in your xmms playlist and you'll watch the tag info populate in the playlist window right away.
Way cool! Of course, you could always, say, wait for the DJ to just tell you what the song was. Or, if they don't announce songs, they're probably on one of the bigger stations, so they've probably got "currently playing" lists on the web. Or, you know, a lot of stations have IM/email set up...
Still, fun technology. What would be more useful is a service that could listen to you hum or whistle tunelessly for a minute or two and figure out the song title from that.
Right, obviously if you're doing stuff like that you may need more bandwidth. I'm just considering here that the price of GigE NICs and switches, while not out of reach on even a moderate budget, may just not be worth it if you're not planning on doing anything like that. 100Mbit is so cheap and common nowadays that converting over later won't incur much higher cost than going with GigE initially if you find out that you need it. That's why I asked what kind of thing was going on; if he's just watching movies and stuff remotely on a computer that's only got a couple-gig drive for the OS (as I do) then personally I couldn't justify spending money on gigabit for it.
Yeah, if you're doing actual video editing, I imagine you can make pretty good use of gigabit. Watching compressed movies over a LAN wouldn't really warrant anything over 100Mbit, though.
I don't think you'd need anything more than 100Mbit for that. I don't have any experience with VOIP, but I can't imagine it sucks up bandwidth any worse than DVD-quality video, and I imagine that the security camera stuff isn't going to suck up anything major either.
Anyway, 100Mbit is cheap enough that you could always just install that first and then expand if you need more. If you just make sure that the cable you're running can handle gigabit, you can always plunk down more money later for a gigabit switch and NICs, to replace the $15 NICs and $50 switch you put in originally for 100.
What sort of distribution are you talking about here, anyway? I've got a little LAN hooked up with a simple little 100Mbit Netgear switch, and I NFS-mount my audio and video partitions over to the computer downstairs hooked into the TV (running Freevo at the moment). The 100Mbit switch is perfectly fast enough to stream even DVDs mounted in the computer upstairs, to say nothing of the smaller compressed DivX (or whatever) stuff. If you're just talking about some home theatre kind of movie sharing, there really wouldn't be a need for it.
Of course, if your needs are more extensive you may need something more...
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Not that I wouldn't mind never having to do the stty command again, but at least it works.
Well, actually, given the number of people generally present in movie theaters, it's probably fairly likely that there's rather a few people who are in the market for a car, or at least are thinking about it.
Hell, I was always happy enough with whatever cheap $10 headphones were available at Shopko or wherever for my work headphones. It's not like I'm really *listening* to the music or anything while I work. I've found that even really low-end headphones will beat the pants off of your average computer speaker system most of the time, anyway.
Okay, so let's say Quake's worth it at $20. What sort of ambience do I get with Wolf3d?
Of course, I just checked their shipping charges, and their cheapest shipping option is $7.50. So I suppose that's where the difference is. It's just a deceptively-priced product. They're hoping people buy the "cheaper" version and get hammered with a s+h charge. Ah, well. Still, they're all far too expensive.
Heh, yeah. It's pretty easy to find 'em at used places pretty cheap too. ID's online pricing scheme just continues to boggle me, is all.
Well, if you're willing to pay $20 for this, then I guess that's your business...
Also notice how Wolfenstein 3D is $20, but for only $5 more you can get Return to Castle Wolfenstein. WTF? That's one hell of a $5 bill.
I think he was more implying that, were a company procuing closed-source software to use open-source software in their own products, there would be no way to find out about it except by behavioral analysis.
are uncreative, non-spontaneous, self-centered assholes? Whereas
your camera phone imparts creativity, spontaneity, and a greater
appreciation for your fellow man? Wonder of wonders! Maybe
this new phone will come with a feature that makes you less of
a jerk, too!
Er, if you're copying over applications and user data from the compromised partitions, why bother doing a reinstall at all? If just one of those applications or library files you copied over was trojaned, all you're doing is turning off the hacks until you execute the necessary code again.
Anyway, if you want to learn internals, go with LFS or something. Gentoo really won't do it.
I suppose someone's probably already done that, though, too.
Well, *actually* from what I understand, the id3v2 tags *can* be put anywhere in the file, so you could have (for instance) an hour-long mp3 of a radio stream and have the tags change with each song. I'm not sure if anything actually supports that, though. Regardless, if you tag with id3v2, it'll be right at the beginning.
id3v2 tags are at the beginning of the file. That's one of the reasons id3v2 was developed as an alternative to the id3v1 tags which were put on the end. Stick an http:// url to an mp3 file with id3v2 tags in your xmms playlist and you'll watch the tag info populate in the playlist window right away.
"handsome and beautiful characters?" Yeah, *there's* a new concept.
... and practically every third trailer ever made uses either Carmina Burana or the Stargate theme. :)
Still, fun technology. What would be more useful is a service that could listen to you hum or whistle tunelessly for a minute or two and figure out the song title from that.
Yeah, if you're doing actual video editing, I imagine you can make pretty good use of gigabit. Watching compressed movies over a LAN wouldn't really warrant anything over 100Mbit, though.
Anyway, 100Mbit is cheap enough that you could always just install that first and then expand if you need more. If you just make sure that the cable you're running can handle gigabit, you can always plunk down more money later for a gigabit switch and NICs, to replace the $15 NICs and $50 switch you put in originally for 100.
Of course, if your needs are more extensive you may need something more...