I've been using the Coral P2P Cache service from time to time, especially when I've encountered Slashdotted web pages. They only require you to add "nyud.net:8090" to a hostname, and thus it seems like a simple solution in this case.
There are other - and similar - services out there as well (which I haven't tried as much as the Coral thing);
Instead of bitching about it why don't you help translate some of the apps into Norwegian? I'm sure the KDE and GNOME projects could use a good translator.
First of all, I don't think I'm a good translator.:) Secondly, I'm quite occupied with other things, but have just recently looked into translating the Mozilla Suite (at least the browser, Firefox), or getting involved with anyone already translating it.
I use Linux most of the time. The only reason I sometimes (too often) boot to Windows, is when I want to either play a game or do some genealogy. There aren't many games for Linux - not very popular, at least - and there are certainly no genealogy software which can compete with the genealogy software developed for Windows. I guess I can live with that.
What concerns me most is the situation for the rest of the family; We are Norwegians, and my father does some accounting for a few locale companies. I've yet to see a decent accounting application for Linux which works according to Norwegian rules. We're actually talking about one application which separates my father from using Linux instead of Windows.
My brother took over my father's farm a year ago. He needs Windows for some special software related to running a farm. Once again - it's only one piece of software.
My other brother doesn't have this problem, but he's not so good in English. I would have loved to install Linux on his laptop so that I didn't have to help him out every time Windows f*cked up. But most of the Linux software lacks in the localization field. Not many applications are being translated to Norwegian.
Conclusion: Some special software which still looks a few years from now, and the lack of localizing the most popular software. I guess both of these problems will be solved over time, but I would've given my lef...right foot for having it solved now.:)
...is the only thing Google is missing. At least that I know of. I know it won't happen anytime soon, though, as it would kneel the Google servers in no time.
But how about enabling regular expressions on your search results, ie. you do a normal search first, and then do a regular expression search to refine the results from your first search? That would've been something, and I guess it wouldn't have required that much CPU power (as compared to allowing regular expressions in the first place).
I'm doing quite a bit genealogical research, and regular expressions would have been nice when search for people and dates (ie. years) related to those people.
"guys definately don't want their women to know [...] where they've been surfing
Woman: - "Aha! I can see you've been visiting www.victoriassecret.com lately. What do you have to say to your defense?"
Man: - "You definitely need new underwear, bitch! At least that wrap ugly stuff into something nice, will you!?"
Looking at the server address for this "research project" (research.microsoft.com), I think this must qualify to be the best research done by any Microsoft-related. Ever. Keep it coming, Microsoft. You might be the first one to figure out who wrote Micro$oft.
If you turn off adult content filtering, you get more than 50,000,000 hits on AllTheWeb. It's still less than Google, but at least AllTheWeb returns more hits in the image part of the search engine. So - what do you prefer? Erotic fiction or the real stuff for your eyes?:-)
No, mod_perl 2.0 isn't done yet. It's still under development, and there have been users who's been able to compile it under Win32 and UNIX platforms.
More information can be found at http://perl.apache.org/, which includes links to mailinglist archives with some interesting info.
As for./, they seem to be running Apache 2.0 on some of the support servers (ie. servers that don't server dynamic content). Me, on the other hand, still prefer TUX to do this static content job.
-- We're dealing with a real maniac here. Let's go buy some donuts.
And while you're at it, you should really uncheck the following items;
Move or resize existing windows; I want to have multiple windows open on my desktop all the time. If I want my browser to go to fullscreen or move it around, then it's my decision, not the developer of the visiting web page.
Raise or lower windows; What is this? I really can't imagine that it is what it says, 'cause I don't see any purpose. Anyway - as with the previous point - I appreciate your effort in helping me, but I would rather do this myself. This time and forever.
Change status bar text; Doh! All those porn sites change the status bar text so that it seems like you're about to visit an image gallery site when you hover the link. However, after you click it, you seem to end up in a never-ending popup browser nightmare.
I don't mind about those cookies etc. If anyone want to surveillance my surfing habits, go ahead. I guess they'll get pretty bored after a few weeks anyway.
I have used Opera a lot, and I like the browser, but you can't turn off only unrequested popups there. That's a shame. Instead, you can turn off all the popups. I don't want to do that. There are in fact popus out there I want to pop up. Really!
So - in the end; I'm sitting here with Mozzilla 0.9.8, and I'm very satisfied. The Linux version seems a bit more stable than the Windows version, but I don't care. This is 0.9.8 after all.
I'm really looking forward to the Mozilla 1.0 release, so keep ut the good work!
Might be, but what good is a lot of drooling women as long as you are standing on top of something that obviously moves by no appearant reason and can fit only ony person?
I didn't say he takes showers, I just wanted to point out that having a picture of Bin Laden taking a shower is much more unusual than finding signs of extraterrestrial life in outer space.
... to find Osama Bin Laden? I mean - it can't be much of a job pointing Hubble towards the earth instead of the faint stars? It would have been great to see some of the boring pictures of stars light years away been swapped with Bin Laden taking a shower.
I found some related (and maybe some not so related) information on this by using Google and searching for "soviet union computers technology". Here's a handful of links for ya;
Anyone who thinks this will be a first person shooter of some sort? Maybe not as "shooty" as Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault, but with some more puzzles and adventure bits put in?
Maybe it's time to calm down the first person games a little bit? Neither RtCW or MOHAA were specially difficult to finish if you forget about the "try to stay alive" factor. How about a first person game with the tense adventure Sierra had to offer in the 80's and 90's?
Slashdot Mirror
What would a chip have to include for VIA to codename it God or Satan?
...of trillions of aliens can be heard approx. 7500 lightyears away. In all directions. Aaaaw.
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So be it!
- Freecache
- MirrorDot is for web pages mentioned in Slashdot articles only.
Good luck!What's the matter with people these days? It's a tractor beam, of course!
Even I know that, and I'm not even interested in science.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war...
Instead of bitching about it why don't you help translate some of the apps into Norwegian? I'm sure the KDE and GNOME projects could use a good translator.
:) Secondly, I'm quite occupied with other things, but have just recently looked into translating the Mozilla Suite (at least the browser, Firefox), or getting involved with anyone already translating it.
First of all, I don't think I'm a good translator.
I use Linux most of the time. The only reason I sometimes (too often) boot to Windows, is when I want to either play a game or do some genealogy. There aren't many games for Linux - not very popular, at least - and there are certainly no genealogy software which can compete with the genealogy software developed for Windows. I guess I can live with that.
:)
What concerns me most is the situation for the rest of the family; We are Norwegians, and my father does some accounting for a few locale companies. I've yet to see a decent accounting application for Linux which works according to Norwegian rules. We're actually talking about one application which separates my father from using Linux instead of Windows.
My brother took over my father's farm a year ago. He needs Windows for some special software related to running a farm. Once again - it's only one piece of software.
My other brother doesn't have this problem, but he's not so good in English. I would have loved to install Linux on his laptop so that I didn't have to help him out every time Windows f*cked up. But most of the Linux software lacks in the localization field. Not many applications are being translated to Norwegian.
Conclusion: Some special software which still looks a few years from now, and the lack of localizing the most popular software. I guess both of these problems will be solved over time, but I would've given my lef...right foot for having it solved now.
"I have dreams of writing a toy operating system, as I know some people have already done in college."
Who!?
When did we get so bloated?
Who are you to call me fat?
Soccer! Honey! Get me some beer!
They don't want money?
...is the only thing Google is missing. At least that I know of. I know it won't happen anytime soon, though, as it would kneel the Google servers in no time.
But how about enabling regular expressions on your search results, ie. you do a normal search first, and then do a regular expression search to refine the results from your first search? That would've been something, and I guess it wouldn't have required that much CPU power (as compared to allowing regular expressions in the first place).
I'm doing quite a bit genealogical research, and regular expressions would have been nice when search for people and dates (ie. years) related to those people.
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Evil Attraction
Woman: - "Aha! I can see you've been visiting www.victoriassecret.com lately. What do you have to say to your defense?"
Man: - "You definitely need new underwear, bitch! At least that wrap ugly stuff into something nice, will you!?"
For some of us those ten seconds would actually multiply our productivity!
Looking at the server address for this "research project" (research.microsoft.com), I think this must qualify to be the best research done by any Microsoft-related. Ever. Keep it coming, Microsoft. You might be the first one to figure out who wrote Micro$oft.
> Most free hosting services are plauged with crappy obtrusive ads
> and pop up/under windows that annoy me to no end.
Why don't you do something about it? Download Mozilla to get rid of everything that annoys you when performing your daily surfing.
Start with Learning Perl, proceed with Programming Perl and finish off with Mastering Regular Expressions. Your parsing needs will be filled forever.
I actually wrote "real stuff for my eyes".
If you turn off adult content filtering, you get more than 50,000,000 hits on AllTheWeb. It's still less than Google, but at least AllTheWeb returns more hits in the image part of the search engine. So - what do you prefer? Erotic fiction or the real stuff for your eyes? :-)
No, mod_perl 2.0 isn't done yet. It's still under development, and there have been users who's been able to compile it under Win32 and UNIX platforms.
./, they seem to be running Apache 2.0 on some of the support servers (ie. servers that don't server dynamic content). Me, on the other hand, still prefer TUX to do this static content job.
More information can be found at http://perl.apache.org/, which includes links to mailinglist archives with some interesting info.
As for
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We're dealing with a real maniac here. Let's go buy some donuts.
- Move or resize existing windows; I want to have multiple windows open on my desktop all the time. If I want my browser to go to fullscreen or move it around, then it's my decision, not the developer of the visiting web page.
- Raise or lower windows; What is this? I really can't imagine that it is what it says, 'cause I don't see any purpose. Anyway - as with the previous point - I appreciate your effort in helping me, but I would rather do this myself. This time and forever.
- Change status bar text; Doh! All those porn sites change the status bar text so that it seems like you're about to visit an image gallery site when you hover the link. However, after you click it, you seem to end up in a never-ending popup browser nightmare.
I don't mind about those cookies etc. If anyone want to surveillance my surfing habits, go ahead. I guess they'll get pretty bored after a few weeks anyway.I have used Opera a lot, and I like the browser, but you can't turn off only unrequested popups there. That's a shame. Instead, you can turn off all the popups. I don't want to do that. There are in fact popus out there I want to pop up. Really!
So - in the end; I'm sitting here with Mozzilla 0.9.8, and I'm very satisfied. The Linux version seems a bit more stable than the Windows version, but I don't care. This is 0.9.8 after all.
I'm really looking forward to the Mozilla 1.0 release, so keep ut the good work!
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Evil Attraction
Women drool over a man on a Segway.
Might be, but what good is a lot of drooling women as long as you are standing on top of something that obviously moves by no appearant reason and can fit only ony person?
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Evil Attraction
I didn't say he takes showers, I just wanted to point out that having a picture of Bin Laden taking a shower is much more unusual than finding signs of extraterrestrial life in outer space.
:-)
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Evil Attraction
... to find Osama Bin Laden? I mean - it can't be much of a job pointing Hubble towards the earth instead of the faint stars? It would have been great to see some of the boring pictures of stars light years away been swapped with Bin Laden taking a shower.
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Evil Attraction
- "Computing in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"
- "Where did Soviet scientists go?"
- "Creator of the first stored program computer in continental Europe"
Not much, but you might find more for yourself by refining your search a little.--
Evil Attraction
Anyone who thinks this will be a first person shooter of some sort? Maybe not as "shooty" as Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault, but with some more puzzles and adventure bits put in?
Maybe it's time to calm down the first person games a little bit? Neither RtCW or MOHAA were specially difficult to finish if you forget about the "try to stay alive" factor. How about a first person game with the tense adventure Sierra had to offer in the 80's and 90's?
Just my 5 cents...