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  1. try dvd shrink on A DVD Jukebox Without the DVDs? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Compress movies with http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

  2. Re:use the check-in numbers on Converting from CVS to Subversion? · · Score: 1

    yeah, fortunately spelling isn't a donut offence - provided its within a comment block :-)

    btw to the other posters, I happen to like Krispy Kremes, but they are $1.80AUD each down here.

  3. Re:use the check-in numbers on Converting from CVS to Subversion? · · Score: 1

    "First, each checkin should ideally be a legitimate build.. You shouldn't check in to the main branch things that are knowingly broken."

    Yep it should at least compile without error. Doesn't need to be fuctional though. At our company it is a 'donut offence' to check in code that doesn't compile.

    donut offense - means you gotta but the whole office floor donuts.

    btw, if you buy Krispy Kremes then that is also a 'donut offence' as they are not allowed.

  4. Re:Adelaide on Adelaide Gets a Taste of Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    yep your ranking are the same as mine.

    Brisbane is north eastern Australia (above sydney) a has tropical weather, Adelaide is down south and colder (in winter).

    Adelaide has a smaller job market and thats probably what drives people away.

    Brisbane, while small, seems to be growing and is more diverse

    Adelaide IT jobs are mainly defense related.
    I've included a link to a IT job page which I subscribe to, and i guess influences my opinions.

    Adelaide and Brisbane are very afforadble for housing. 4/5 bedroom and pool for 300-400k or less.

    Some links for you that may interest you...

    local Brisbane newspaper
    http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/

    IT jobs in australia
    http://it.seek.com.au/JobSearch/index.ascx

    and local comuter rail maps
    http://www.railmaps.com.au/brisbane.htm

    I should also disclaim, that I/my wife have no relatives in Adelaide but we do have relatives in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, so I am probably biased towards Brisbane.

    anyway happy browsing
    Nick

  5. Re:Adelaide on Adelaide Gets a Taste of Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    Try Brisbane. I'm in Sydney at the moment but I am looking to move for a better lifestyle for my young family. From what i observe, everyone moves away from Adelaide to either Sydeny or Melbourne for better paying jobs and better careers. Nobody seems to move from Brisbane to Sydney/Melbourne. I t must say something about Brisbane I guess.

    I've personally have had enough of career (eg 8am til 6pm at work etc..) and now want my family to have a better lifestyle.

    Another problem with Sydney is can take upto 1hr to get to the beach cause the road are clogged with traffic. Its pretty over crowed now.

    Also not sure what you do for a job, but mid/hgh level c++ programming roles in Adelaide/Brisbane range from 50-80k, Sydney/Melbourne from 80-120k, but houses in Sydney/Melbourne are basically unafordable on anything under 100k. You'll need 2 incomes, but forget getting your kids into child minding or preschool..

    (btw, I'm not tring for flamebait or piss anyone of here. These are my personal opinions. I do love living in Sydney but I think there is a better lifestyle elsewhere)

  6. my linux box runs on x86 on Is the x86 Architecture Less Secure? · · Score: 1

    no viruses here though. Maybe I'm running the wrong x86 machine. I'll have a look on my windows x86 machine to see if it has any viruses..... .... ....
    Opps, found some. I wonder what the difference is between my Linux/x86 and Windows/x86 ? Whys has my windows one got viruses ?

    Anyone care to help me out here ?

  7. ban all WiFi laptops on Bluetooth on an Airplane? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mayby all WiFi enabled laptops should be banned.
    Only older laptops should be allowed.

  8. Re:Yes on Do Programmers Actually Use Assertions? · · Score: 1

    void assert() { return; }

  9. Re:Someone please tell me... on Australian Police Given Power To Use Spyware · · Score: 1

    Please keep in mind that these are the police.

    yeah, they probably don't know what a computer is. Unless they have online donut stores in the area.

  10. Re:oooooookay..... on Kazaa Betamax Defense, Reports From The Courtroom · · Score: 1

    I think that was the intention. No coding error here, just some tricky code to fool the lawyers if the code were to come up in court.
    Plaintif: Look, we 'do' filter out copyrighted material, see.
    Lawyer: Oh, yes i see that.
    Judge: Case dismissed.
    Plaintif (outside court): No comment (smug grin)

  11. Re:Out of sight... on How To Manage Your Home Directory? · · Score: 1

    "/apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir"

    Thanks :-)

  12. Broken edit:proferences ? on Mozilla 1.8 Alpha 5 Out And About · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This has happened to me before. When I upgrade the Edit:Preferences window is totally blank. Everything else works fine. All my profiles are intact, themes remain installed (pinball), extensions are there (prefbar). I can still get to my pregerences via about:config.

    Anyone else have their preferences dialog box broken with this release ? I haven't seen a bug report for this version. Older versions bug reports have 'apparently' been fixed.

    FYI, for those who do install the tar files. I wrote a little shell script that I called mozbak, that I always run before installing any theme or extension or upgrade. So I can always roll back :-)

    [07:58] [nri@sammy:bin] $ cat mozbak

    date=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`

    cd /usr/local
    echo tar cvhfz mozilla_$date.tgz /usr/local/mozilla
    tar cvhfz mozilla_`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`.tgz mozilla
    use
    cd /home/nri
    echo tar cvfz mozilla_$date.tgz .mozilla
    tar cvfz mozilla_$date.tgz .mozilla

  13. how remote is the pc on Which VNC Software Is Best? · · Score: 1

    i got linux on my laptop and a windows pc next to me
    (with its own monitor). I use x2vnc so i can use the lappy pc and mouse on both machines. connects to the sindows vncserver. you can do the reverse at the same time running win2vnc of the window box connecting to you linux vnc server. At home, i use grdestop to connect to work pc. much faster than any vnc connections

  14. Re:The horns of a dilemma... on Google Launches Desktop Search Tool · · Score: 1

    yes it does. using it with firefox right now.

  15. Re:claims ? on Patent Concerns Unlikely To Nix Munich Linux Plan · · Score: 1

    US patents. This is Europe, who cares about US patents

  16. Crossover Office on Formats for Electronic Forms? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure theres a older warez version out there somewhere (given that uni student have a tight beer budget).

  17. Re:I don't get it on Is the 80 Columns Limit Dead? · · Score: 1

    make this fit nicely in 80 char width. (Its c, so don't suggest a c++ templates). It looks VERY nice in a wide screen. Reads well very well.

    FixTypeTable FixTypeTab[] = {
    {"char", FixEncodeChar, FixDecodeChar, FixPrintChar, FixDupChar, FixSizeChar, FixInitChar},
    {"int", FixEncodeInt, FixDecodeInt, FixPrintInt, FixDupInt, FixSizeInt, FixInitInt},
    {"float", FixEncodeFloat, FixDecodeFloat, FixPrintFloat, FixDupFloat, FixSizeFloat, FixInitFloat},
    {"time", FixEncodeTime, FixDecodeTime, FixPrintTime, FixDupTime, FixSizeTime, FixInitTime},
    {"date", FixEncodeDate, FixDecodeDate, FixPrintDate, FixDupDate, FixSizeDate, FixInitDate},
    {"monthyear", FixEncodeMonthYear, FixDecodeMonthYear, FixPrintMonthYear, FixDupMonthYear, FixSizeMonthYear, FixInitMonthYear},
    {"dayofmonth", FixEncodeDayOfMonth, FixDecodeDayOfMonth, FixPrintDayOfMonth, FixDupDayOfMonth, FixSizeDayOfMonth, FixInitDayOfMonth},
    {"asxtime", FixEncodeAsxTime, FixDecodeAsxTime, FixPrintAsxTime, FixDupAsxTime, FixSizeAsxTime, FixInitAsxTime},
    {"asxdatetime", FixEncodeAsxDateTime, FixDecodeAsxDateTime, FixPrintAsxDateTime, FixDupAsxDateTime, FixSizeAsxDateTime, FixInitAsxDateTime},
    {"simpletime", FixEncodeSimpleTime, FixDecodeSimpleTime, FixPrintSimpleTime, FixDupSimpleTime, FixSizeSimpleTime, FixInitSimpleTime},
    {"datlen", FixEncodeDataLen, FixDecodeDataLen, FixPrintDataLen, FixDupDataLen, FixSizeDataLen, FixInitDataLen},
    {"data", FixEncodeData, FixDecodeData, FixPrintData, FixDupData, FixSizeData, FixInitData},
    {"price", FixEncodePrice, FixDecodePrice, FixPrintPrice, FixDupPrice, FixSizePrice, FixInitPrice},
    {"cobolprice", FixEncodeCobolPrice, FixDecodeCobolPrice, FixPrintCobolPrice, FixDupCobolPrice, FixSizeCobolPrice, FixInitCobolPrice}
    };

    If you still have an issue, then try
    map :set wrap
    map [29~ :set nowrap "

    I personally have windows set at 100 chars, and use the key mapping above F6/Shift F6 to set/unset word wrapping.

  18. Re:Just got married on Pro Photographers that Will Sell the Copyright? · · Score: 1

    generally the same situation here is Australia. The photographer keeps the negatives for 5years (for reprints etc), then they give you the negatives for free. Depends on the photographer though. Same goes for the video footage.

  19. Re:Actionscript editor. on Linux Distros for a Windows Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    vim, it has folding. you can write your own syntax highlighter ;-)

  20. Re:Simpsons jokes follow on Las Vegas Monorail Finally Ready To Open · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    funny, we had the monrail episode on channel ten last night (sydney australia). No sh#t. I'd provide a link to prove it, but can't find an online tv guide that shows yesterdays programs. Anyone else in sydney want to verify it for me. Otherwise you can take my word for it.

    got fp the other day first time ever. now gotta get a story submit accepted and then my lifes ambitions have been met.

    http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04 /0 6/29/2223204&mode=nested&tid=106&tid=137&tid=185&t id=190

  21. Re:Use Opera on Encrypted Volumes for Linux and Windows? · · Score: 1

    http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions .html.en

  22. fp ? on CE Linux -- 1 Year Old And Growing Fast · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp ?

  23. Re:The untold truth about text editors on Why this? Yet Another vi-based Editor? · · Score: 1

    "I don't think these guys are targetting the Word Processor market."

    They should. I got :wq all the way through my doco and emails ;-)

  24. only has a BA on Microsoft and 'An Open and Honest Discussion'? · · Score: 1

    in Australia a BA is a bachelor of Art. Its a bullshit degree. Whats a BA mean in the US ?

  25. Re:Really? Because all this time I thought that... on Projected 'Average' Longhorn System Is A Whopper · · Score: 1

    how do you get the titlebar/menu fonts to be small. gaim and all my other gtk2 apps have samme fonts and have their themes change when i run /usr/local/src/gtk-theme-switch-2.0.0rc2/switch2.
    For some reason firefox and thunderbird always have big fonts. If I could change that then I'd switch