That's your choice. My old roommate didn't seem to be making it up when he told me, so I don't see why I should discard what he said because of your beliefs.
Keyboards are cheap. The last two I bought cost $5 and $10. Both were made in China.
Keyboards are trivial to replace.
Splitter cables are easy to come by and cheap.
I can't immagine that some company isn't already making a few dozen different _cheap_ keyboards for everything from Korean to Vietnamese, let alone Japaneese and M. Chineese.
If you're American, when is the last time you used a British keyboard? (If British, reverse the question.)
I roomed with someone a few years back who was born and raised in India. I asked him what languages he spoke, and he responded "English mainly, but I know French...Everyone I know in India, except for some poor or old people, use English primarily".
A little in to the conversation, he told me how he knew a couple words in an older dialect so that he could talk to his grandfather -- but not enough to be really useful.
To drive this point home: I'm an English major. His spoken English was superior to mine.
Is there a seamless way to merge Gnome 1.2+ and KDE 2.x program menus? On my older KDE 1.x system, Gnome programs are listed on a seperate menu...not as a part of the normal menu.
For example, pressing K...Multimedia shows a list of KDE-aware programs only. Pressing K...Gnome...Multimedia shows a list of the Gnome-aware programs only.
Why have two Multimedia menus? Why not just one?
With the merging of link formats in KDE 2.x, this problem should go away...but something makes me think there will still be a seperate Gnome menu tree. Anyone want to comment?
Can we easily end this sillyness, and focus on function not what the flavor of the program is?
Ah, I forgot about that one. I attempted to create a Zork-style game with it without docs, knowledge of arrays, or examples. Really fun to do. I think I spent more time on my Zork-like game then Zork itself!
Unfortunately, because I didn't know what I was doing, when I added rooms the program grew exponentially.
I don't get it...is this a real problem?
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I use a variety of desktops/wms/environments on different operating systems. Most aren't 'compatable' without quite a bit of toil and trouble.
Under X, it's different. KDE and Gnome -- let alone other wms and apps -- are very compatable, and running programs from one on the other is usually a no brainer. Sure, there are incompatable pieces, but none that prevent you from switching between different desktops/wms.
The only thing people are griping about are the last few inches of compatability; libs used, file formats, and the main language used to create the reusable parts (C vs. C++) -- *not* that you can't use any of your favorite tools if you switch between them.
With the exception of licencing, it's a bad idea to even acknowledge this as a any kind of squabble...and I'm not even convinced the licence issues that get dragged up are reasonable after Trol Tech's changes.
I'm sure there will be plenty of people who think I'm just not getting it. That the issues raised are important in a practical, moral, and cosmic sense.
Well, I don't see smoke, I see a description of smoke. There's definately no fire. You can't even warm a marshmellow with this.
When I first tried MS DOS 1.25 (1.24?), I was fiddling around with both it and Digital Research's CPM86. The only reason DOS got the nod was that the computer I bought had Perfect software bundled with it; Perfect Calc...Writer...and some other 'Perfect' programs. They weren't bad at the time, back in 1982.
Every time I see the term 'best practices' used, the project it refers to is usually suit-heavy and tech light. Because of that, I'd be surprised if it has any real meaning beyond sounding good.
SEI/CMM can be different, though. CMM is a way to categorize a project environment from no process (CMM level 0) to a cross-department consistant and complete process (CMM level 5). This covers all stages of a project, and while it is used by technical groups, it is really a project management tool.
CMM does *not* dictate how the process works, or how detailed it is, only that a process exists and that it is documented (CMM level 1 and above). The process may be audited, but it does cover all areas in a project except for customer relations -- from design through development, dba, test, and deployment as well as maintenance.
Unfortunately, CMM levels 1 and above can be achieved as goals in themselves...and not to increase actual quality. CMM is usually left as an exercise for the QA/VV&T/Test group to go through...and then usually as an after thought.
Primarily it acts as a check box on a contract -- and people don't get paid if they can't show any documentation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it can save some projects and increase quality -- but it is usually just make-work and has no real value. The only thing that can make it worth something is care and attention.
Just like ISO 9000, you can have a good process and a bad project and bisa-versa.
But the network effect of standardization on the.doc,.xls,.ppt formats are so strong that most people would rather pay for guaranteed compatibility (and upgrade every 2 years), than use an alternate free product.
I had a longer reply...but today's Mozilla died on a cut & paste operation. Here's the summary;
It's not much of a standard when upgrades cause data loss and no other programs can reliably read the format. Two years is a poor time span for having reliable documents.
That we've put up with this hostage situation for so long is a real shame. What we need is a standard format -- probably based on a DTD (XML/SGML/...) -- and apps that can read/write those formats if they follow the open specs.
If the Gnome Foundation helps bring this about, I'm all for it. If it makes another format that changes constantly, is not forward compatable, and does not work with other non-Gnome tools, then they don't have my support. I hope that I'm not alone!
To summarize: people are idiots, and the best you can hope for 99.9 percent of the time is mediocrity.
I know you're exagerating for effect. Emotionally, I agree with you but I can't from experience.
While it's true that all people are idiots at one time or another, only 1 out of 5 are idiots most of the time.
It's true that the middle group is average...that's the definition of average. Are they also disinterested? Yes. 9-5ers? Yes. Yet they do take satisfaction in what they do...even if they are not thrilled to be doing it. Forget this and they might not help you later when you need them.
The top 20% are doing an amazing job -- and are thrilled to do it -- even if you notice only a couple of them.
From talking with friends in non-tech fields, these ratios seem to be fairly consistant from company to company...regaurdless of the work involved.
They passed him on to the president? That's amazing. I usually have to go to the SEC's list of corporate filings that include the names of company executives. These are for public, stock, corporations. For private companies, I'd have to dig deeper.
I have to suggest people over technology; get the adults to supervise the kids and show some responsibility. One or two people, and a bit of old-fashoned shame, might be enough to do it.
Also, by logging the sites and using a script that you can use after the fact, you'll know when and how much someone has searched for porn. Afterwards, you can have the adults show up at that time of day to supervise.
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use a filter, but don't over do it. Just hit the known porn sites, and add a few as you encounter them in your logs.
If you need to go high tech, use a tool like SquidGuard. SquidGuard is a very fast and flexible proxy with a filter. With it, you can limit access by time of day as well as user.
SquidGuard allows you to do fancy things like redirect known porn sites to a local page that has annoying and colorful graphics and multiple Javascript pop-ups. That might also 'scare' some of the kids -- as well as adults -- away, since they won't easily be able to hide what they are doing. Hook a speaker up and play a warning if you really want to freak someone out. It'll only take one bad experience to have them be more careful.
Too late, they're already advertising on cable TV
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Mozilla M17 Is Out
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All I can do is hope to holy hell that Netscape buries this release and no one in the general public ever downloads/installs PR2, ever.
Sunday night I was stunned to see what looked like Mozilla in an add for Netscape 6. (Forgive me for not taking notes, I was giving a back rub at the time!)
I should mention that the above process took about 15 minutes. A typical Mozilla install for me is, oh, maybe 3 minutes from download to running it.
It's quick to use CVS too. On a regular modem, it takes about the same time to update from CVS and well under 5 minutes to compile on a PII-465... if you do it every day!
Note: This was posted with M17. The first attempt to post for me crashed M17 on a "Read clipboard from memory". This is unusual for the pre-M17 builds I've tried.
I haven't taken a look at Millenium yet. It'll probably sneek on to a few systems, and I'll end up removing it... if socially possible.
If anyone has it, does it still allow you to grab/modify/backup the registry with command-line regedit? We use it here as part of the boot process in AUTOEXEC.BAT along with backups to the network during login.
Anyone else out there using regedit like this with WME? Any odd changes in the registry or the tools to manage it?
These people believe these things not because they are sheep, but to the contrary. They are skeptics.
That's partially the point of Shermer's book. The chapters on the (not invoking Robert's rule here!) the Nazi atrocities in WWII are very interesting.
He shows that even if the facts you have point clearly to one conclusion, you can still learn something from the dark side that denys everything. They are right about some details. Where they are right, if you are looking for the truth, you'll have to agree with them even if you don't get the same consideration.
There are some definate parallels between the two groups.
Personally, I'd like to see someone shut down these religious hoaxsters for good. Take these fundies out of the school system and out of our government. Religion, the crutch that it is, has no place in public life, mine or anyone elses.
While I agree, it won't happen. I used to think that if anyone were given the facts, clearly and simply, they'd 'get it'. I thought that these folks were just not too bright, or just hadn't spent any time thinking about what they actually do 'believe' or better yet what they know.
For a variety of reasons, I don't think that anymore.
The book that changed my mind was Why People Believe Weird Things By Michael Shermer. He talks about his early life as a not-so-skeptical person, and how that ties into some very whacked out points of view such as the anti-evolutionists. It's not a promising read on the likelyhood that these folks will all the sudden get a clue. It is a very good and entertaining read, though.
On that note, here's a good quote, I can't remember the source;
Don't expect to reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themseves into.
If the bit depth and screen size for both X and Windows are the same, the performance is quite good -- easily 90% on my lowly PII-465. If not, you might take a hit, but it should be well over 50% native speed.
The folks at VMWare are constantly comming out with tweaked versions, so the problem you initially found might have been resolved.
How many modems can you name that use PCI but aren't 'win'modems?
Well, since you asked!
5. How about PCI modems? Are all PCI modems winmodems?
No, there are at least four controller-based PCI modems. If you are curious, these modems are the Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI, the Actiontec PCI56012 (IBM 33L4618 or GVC MD0223), the 3Com/USR 3CP5610, and the Zoom 2920 (Digitan DS550-558). The Well Communications FM-56PCI-TP (GVC MD0321) has Linux support, but I have not received a user confirmation yet.
The Actiontec even includes 6 pages of Linux directions (basically how to point/dev/modem to the right port). The down side is that they don't seem to answer email. (1 data point)
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I do the same thing as you with my books; after I get 'too many', I first sell off the ones I don't think I'll read again.
I I thin I might want to read some of the books again, I donate them to the local library.
That way, I can always borrow any book back I need, and get a tax write off.
The only exception are references that I can't get electronic versions of.
That's your choice. My old roommate didn't seem to be making it up when he told me, so I don't see why I should discard what he said because of your beliefs.
Keyboards are trivial to replace.
Splitter cables are easy to come by and cheap.
I can't immagine that some company isn't already making a few dozen different _cheap_ keyboards for everything from Korean to Vietnamese, let alone Japaneese and M. Chineese.
If you're American, when is the last time you used a British keyboard? (If British, reverse the question.)
Code is different, though.
A little in to the conversation, he told me how he knew a couple words in an older dialect so that he could talk to his grandfather -- but not enough to be really useful.
To drive this point home: I'm an English major. His spoken English was superior to mine.
How many support queries to both CDDB and FreeDB, and sending an updated entry to FreeDB if it doesn't have it?
For example, pressing K...Multimedia shows a list of KDE-aware programs only. Pressing K...Gnome...Multimedia shows a list of the Gnome-aware programs only.
Why have two Multimedia menus? Why not just one?
With the merging of link formats in KDE 2.x, this problem should go away...but something makes me think there will still be a seperate Gnome menu tree. Anyone want to comment?
Can we easily end this sillyness, and focus on function not what the flavor of the program is?
Since there are serial to PS/2 adapters, the hardware for this thing might work with a Palm Pilot by just chaining adapters together.
The harder part is creating a driver on the Palm, though with the speed that people have created filters, that shouldn't be to long!
Ah, I forgot about that one. I attempted to create a Zork-style game with it without docs, knowledge of arrays, or examples. Really fun to do. I think I spent more time on my Zork-like game then Zork itself!
Unfortunately, because I didn't know what I was doing, when I added rooms the program grew exponentially.
Under X, it's different. KDE and Gnome -- let alone other wms and apps -- are very compatable, and running programs from one on the other is usually a no brainer. Sure, there are incompatable pieces, but none that prevent you from switching between different desktops/wms.
The only thing people are griping about are the last few inches of compatability; libs used, file formats, and the main language used to create the reusable parts (C vs. C++) -- *not* that you can't use any of your favorite tools if you switch between them.
With the exception of licencing, it's a bad idea to even acknowledge this as a any kind of squabble...and I'm not even convinced the licence issues that get dragged up are reasonable after Trol Tech's changes.
I'm sure there will be plenty of people who think I'm just not getting it. That the issues raised are important in a practical, moral, and cosmic sense.
Well, I don't see smoke, I see a description of smoke. There's definately no fire. You can't even warm a marshmellow with this.
When I first tried MS DOS 1.25 (1.24?), I was fiddling around with both it and Digital Research's CPM86. The only reason DOS got the nod was that the computer I bought had Perfect software bundled with it; Perfect Calc...Writer...and some other 'Perfect' programs. They weren't bad at the time, back in 1982.
SEI/CMM can be different, though. CMM is a way to categorize a project environment from no process (CMM level 0) to a cross-department consistant and complete process (CMM level 5). This covers all stages of a project, and while it is used by technical groups, it is really a project management tool.
CMM does *not* dictate how the process works, or how detailed it is, only that a process exists and that it is documented (CMM level 1 and above). The process may be audited, but it does cover all areas in a project except for customer relations -- from design through development, dba, test, and deployment as well as maintenance.
Unfortunately, CMM levels 1 and above can be achieved as goals in themselves...and not to increase actual quality. CMM is usually left as an exercise for the QA/VV&T/Test group to go through...and then usually as an after thought.
Primarily it acts as a check box on a contract -- and people don't get paid if they can't show any documentation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it can save some projects and increase quality -- but it is usually just make-work and has no real value. The only thing that can make it worth something is care and attention.
Just like ISO 9000, you can have a good process and a bad project and bisa-versa.
Yes and on Linux servers that filter email for Windows clients they're great.
I had a longer reply...but today's Mozilla died on a cut & paste operation. Here's the summary;
That we've put up with this hostage situation for so long is a real shame. What we need is a standard format -- probably based on a DTD (XML/SGML/...) -- and apps that can read/write those formats if they follow the open specs.
If the Gnome Foundation helps bring this about, I'm all for it. If it makes another format that changes constantly, is not forward compatable, and does not work with other non-Gnome tools, then they don't have my support. I hope that I'm not alone!
Your feeling would be wrong. The first reference I have was from about two years ago, as a quick search on google shows.
I know you're exagerating for effect. Emotionally, I agree with you but I can't from experience.
While it's true that all people are idiots at one time or another, only 1 out of 5 are idiots most of the time.
It's true that the middle group is average...that's the definition of average. Are they also disinterested? Yes. 9-5ers? Yes. Yet they do take satisfaction in what they do...even if they are not thrilled to be doing it. Forget this and they might not help you later when you need them.
The top 20% are doing an amazing job -- and are thrilled to do it -- even if you notice only a couple of them.
From talking with friends in non-tech fields, these ratios seem to be fairly consistant from company to company...regaurdless of the work involved.
They passed him on to the president? That's amazing. I usually have to go to the SEC's list of corporate filings that include the names of company executives. These are for public, stock, corporations. For private companies, I'd have to dig deeper.
Also, by logging the sites and using a script that you can use after the fact, you'll know when and how much someone has searched for porn. Afterwards, you can have the adults show up at that time of day to supervise.
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use a filter, but don't over do it. Just hit the known porn sites, and add a few as you encounter them in your logs.
If you need to go high tech, use a tool like SquidGuard. SquidGuard is a very fast and flexible proxy with a filter. With it, you can limit access by time of day as well as user.
SquidGuard allows you to do fancy things like redirect known porn sites to a local page that has annoying and colorful graphics and multiple Javascript pop-ups. That might also 'scare' some of the kids -- as well as adults -- away, since they won't easily be able to hide what they are doing. Hook a speaker up and play a warning if you really want to freak someone out. It'll only take one bad experience to have them be more careful.
Sunday night I was stunned to see what looked like Mozilla in an add for Netscape 6. (Forgive me for not taking notes, I was giving a back rub at the time!)
I should mention that the above process took about 15 minutes. A typical Mozilla install for me is, oh, maybe 3 minutes from download to running it.
It's quick to use CVS too. On a regular modem, it takes about the same time to update from CVS and well under 5 minutes to compile on a PII-465 ... if you do it every day!
Note: This was posted with M17. The first attempt to post for me crashed M17 on a "Read clipboard from memory". This is unusual for the pre-M17 builds I've tried.
ftp://ftp1.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp2.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp3.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp4.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp6.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp7.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
ftp://ftp8.netscape.com/pub/netscape6
FTP sites for Netscape above ftp8 exist -- I'm using ftp13 now -- Netscape recommends ftp1 to ftp8.
If anyone has it, does it still allow you to grab/modify/backup the registry with command-line regedit? We use it here as part of the boot process in AUTOEXEC.BAT along with backups to the network during login.
Anyone else out there using regedit like this with WME? Any odd changes in the registry or the tools to manage it?
You can give money to people. They not only will refuse to take it, when you get them to agree they'll make it as difficult as possible.
That's partially the point of Shermer's book. The chapters on the (not invoking Robert's rule here!) the Nazi atrocities in WWII are very interesting.
He shows that even if the facts you have point clearly to one conclusion, you can still learn something from the dark side that denys everything. They are right about some details. Where they are right, if you are looking for the truth, you'll have to agree with them even if you don't get the same consideration.
There are some definate parallels between the two groups.
While I agree, it won't happen. I used to think that if anyone were given the facts, clearly and simply, they'd 'get it'. I thought that these folks were just not too bright, or just hadn't spent any time thinking about what they actually do 'believe' or better yet what they know.
For a variety of reasons, I don't think that anymore.
The book that changed my mind was Why People Believe Weird Things By Michael Shermer. He talks about his early life as a not-so-skeptical person, and how that ties into some very whacked out points of view such as the anti-evolutionists. It's not a promising read on the likelyhood that these folks will all the sudden get a clue. It is a very good and entertaining read, though.
On that note, here's a good quote, I can't remember the source;
Don't expect to reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themseves into.
The folks at VMWare are constantly comming out with tweaked versions, so the problem you initially found might have been resolved.
check with the vmware newsgroups for more info;
vmware.for-linux.configuration,
vmware.for-linux.installation,
vmware.guest.windows98, ...
Well, since you asked!
No, there are at least four controller-based PCI modems. If you are curious, these modems are the Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI, the Actiontec PCI56012 (IBM 33L4618 or GVC MD0223), the 3Com/USR 3CP5610, and the Zoom 2920 (Digitan DS550-558). The Well Communications FM-56PCI-TP (GVC MD0321) has Linux support, but I have not received a user confirmation yet.
Source: Winmodems are not modems
The Actiontec even includes 6 pages of Linux directions (basically how to point /dev/modem to the right port). The down side is that they don't seem to answer email. (1 data point)