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  1. My opinion on Linux Descending into DLL Hell? · · Score: 2

    First, remember that unicies can have as many versions of the same library installed at once, each having the possibility of just being a symlink, or being symlink-ed to.

    I think that if it is too complicated for you to figure out the shared libraries, then you should stick with the standard distro packages.

    I.e., wait for gnucash 1.6 rpm (or deb) comes out for your distro. That way you are leaving the problem in the hands of the distro engineers.

    Another solution is to lookup all missing libraries on rpmfind.net and install them as they are needed (yes, that's not the whole problem, but...).

    IMHO.

  2. Barron's Mastering Spanish: U.S. Diplomatic Course on Resources for Learning Foreign Languages? · · Score: 2

    Barron's Mastering spanish set is great. 11 audio cd's and a book. I took two years in high school, with this, and talking a lot with my mexican in-laws. Combining book-learning with real-human-talking is the best way to go IMHO. As far as books, I'm on the 8th cd of barrens, and I think it is GREAT. Supposedly it's the same set used to train US diplomatic personnel.

  3. OpenOffice 6.0 on Version Control for Documentation? · · Score: 2

    I know it's not stable/feature complete yet, and it doesn't quite yet compare with MS Office, but it does have it's own set of benefits (opensource, etc.). And if you could switch teh "windows users" to OpenOffice (which could probably import most of their word docs, etc.), then you could start them using the XML format -- which then could be saved in CVS! Then you have the problem of uploading/etc. via cvs, which would be best solved with an OpenOffice plugin, but in the mean time one could use WinCVS, which I feel is very easy to learn. HTH, -Dan.

  4. Interchange supports SOAP (GPL e-commerce) on Using SOAP::Lite With Perl · · Score: 2

    Interchange (developer.akopia.com) has SOAP support in it's e-commerce web application framework. (It's in the 4.7.x version as a standard [soap] tag).

    If you are building e-commerce sites, IC is the cream of the crop, and the SOAP support is a plus.

    (Not to mention database connectivity to oracle, pgsql, mysql, and nearly any other dbi driver).

  5. Ilegal to redistribute ISO's of OpenBSD? on OpenBSD: 4 Years Exploit Free · · Score: 2

    Maybe it wouldn't be politically correct, but would it be legal to re-distribute OpenBSD ISO's? For free? (I.e. one buys the disc and rips it and puts it on ftp)

    If so, why isn't anyone doing? (Political thing?)

  6. Learn by example? on Software Documentation Standards? · · Score: 1

    A fun way to learn by example: /usr/src/linux/Documentation /usr/doc/share/* :-) j/k I couldn't really give you any *actual* information, sorry. :-)

  7. Re:RedHat 7.1? on Security Flaw with Linux 2.4 Kernel and IPTables · · Score: 2

    Replying to myself: nope, this patch didn't make it into 7.1, but they just released an RPM for it. (FYI)

  8. Definately a great release on Inside Samba 2.2 · · Score: 3

    I've been following Samba since 1.x somewhere and I have waited *so* long for this release. It almost seems like the developers waffled for 2-3 years during the competing HEAD/TNG branch development. Then, about 3 months ago the developers said, "Hey, lets stop this waffling and actually define a release goal and do it". Now we have the wonderful 2.2 release. I just wish this would have happened about 2 years ago. :-) (Easy to criticize, hard to code). That aside, I highly admire Samba and the developers, and I am excited to try out the new 2.2 print and PDC code. The ACL stuff will be really valuable to me personally when RedHat makes it a priority to clean up the ACL patches and include them in their next distro.

  9. Samba on SMB Security Hole · · Score: 2

    How does samba avoid this hole? (Better design in the first place? Or saw the problem and fixed it?)

  10. Re:A centralized, unsupported package repository. on Red Hat Linux 7.1 Release Announcement · · Score: 2

    rpmfind.net?

  11. Interesting on Choosing an Alternate Root Server? · · Score: 2

    I like to setup my own dns server and put all the roots that I can find in it.

  12. RedHat 7.1? on Security Flaw with Linux 2.4 Kernel and IPTables · · Score: 2

    Did this patch make it into redhat 7.1?

  13. Re:Tabs Permit Individual Preferences on Spaces vs. Tabs? · · Score: 2

    *exactly*. An editor that can't be flexible enough to make the code look like you want from tabs isn't a good editor.

  14. Thus spake Torvalds on Spaces vs. Tabs? · · Score: 3

    from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/CodingStyle:

    Chapter 1: Indentation

    Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters.

    There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!)

    characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to

    be 3.

    Rationale: The whole idea behind indentation is to clearly define where

    a block of control starts and ends. Especially when you've been looking

    at your screen for 20 straight hours, you'll find it a lot easier to see

    how the indentation works if you have large indentations.

    Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes

    the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a

    80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need

    more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix

    your program.

    In short, 8-char indents make things easier to read, and have the added

    benefit of warning you when you're nesting your functions too deep.

    Heed that warning.

  15. Prior art:: open source minivend in 1996 on Amazon 1-Click Patent Shenanigans Continue · · Score: 2

    Minivend, an open source e-commerce app had 1-click in 1996. http://developer.akopia.com

  16. Slashdot on Summer Jobs for Comp. Sci Students? · · Score: 2

    Post your resume to slashdot. Oh wait, you already knew that. :-) I hope you got a good job.

  17. CmdrTaco could do it on Crime Scene Animations For Use w/ Forensics? · · Score: 2

    CmdrTaco's gerbil animations were great. Maybe he should move into a law inforcement career.

  18. port 54522 - port 22 on SSH Connections Thru The Firewall? · · Score: 2

    Is it really so bad to open one, teensie, weensie little port on your server for ssh?

    Have port 54522 portforward to 10.0.0.etc:22.

    (Or did I miss the point?)

  19. MRTG is great, but have you seen opennms.org on Need Help w/ MRTG & IP Accounting for Windows 2000? · · Score: 3

    Check out opennms.org. In my opionion you would be much happpier with that than MRTG alone.

    As far as SNMP on the client boxes, check out your NIC card docs. Intel nics come with some SNMP trapping/reporting software if I recall.

    -Dan

  20. The mouth of Microsoft or of Miller on Windows Marketing Executive Doug Miller · · Score: 2

    Do your answers to the questions posed in this interview represent solely your personal opionion? If not, how much are they a reflection of the opinions of your Microsoft peers, and/or official policy? Thanks.

  21. What will happen because of your actions? on Windows Marketing Executive Doug Miller · · Score: 2

    What do your peers at Microsoft think of your participation of this interview with Slashdot?

  22. No consistency: cable: 500-4000kbps on A Study on Regional DSL and Cable Speeds? · · Score: 2

    I regularly get between 500kbps and 4000kbps on our @home cable. (south west washington area).

  23. I've been a fan of laptops for years on Quiet Laptop Fan? · · Score: 3

    I guess some people don't like them, but I've been a fan of laptops for years. Really, people don't tell me that I'm hot very often, but I they do say I move a lot of "hot air"!

  24. http://orion.spaceports.com/~mfiles/main.html on Dreamland Chronicles - Can Someone Save This Game? · · Score: 2

    http://orion.spaceports.com/~mfiles/main.html has X-COM 1 and X-COM 2 (Ufo defense) for download.

  25. I miss X-COM too on Dreamland Chronicles - Can Someone Save This Game? · · Score: 1

    Who will make an abandonware proposal to Microprose? Freeware would be good if we couldn't get the source. But if we did get the source I know I would do backflips.