What I thought was most interesting was his comment about search-inside-the book. When that feature debuted, I remember reading a highly-rated comment here on/. by someone who's spouse was in the book biz who thought that it would be death for cookbooks and reference works since people could get the info piecemeal instead of buying the book. And yet Bezos says they were worried a little about that, too, but relative sales in those categories increased the most!
Ha! Actually, that's the exact opposite of what I used to tell my mother-in-law: "Read the Screen". 90% of her initial problems came from not reading anything the computer was trying to tell her!
PC: Press the space bar to continue...
Mom: What happened!? What do I do now?
Me: Um, did you read the screen?
Mom: Oh.
Lather, rinse, repeat.;-)
Another way to do this is with chrome/userContent.css, where you can put these lines (thanks to another Slashdot poster a few weeks ago!) (make sure to remove extra spaces inserted by Slash):
embed[type="application/x-shockwave-fla sh"][width="468"][height="60"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } /* this hides the not so usual but very annoying 728x90 Flash banner ads */ embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][wi dth="728"][height="90"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; } /* this hides the not so usual but very annoying 300x250 Flash banner ads */ embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][wi dth="300"][height="250"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important; }
I doubt I'll ever have a better opportunity to ask a knowledgeable community...
I have a cheapo halogen desk lamp with its own little power supply brick. The lamp cord that plugs into the brick has developed some sort of internal short; it only works if held at just the right angle. What kind of connector is it? It has a vertical slot-type pin next to a narrow round pin, like this: |*
Anyone know what the name is for this kind of connector so I can then locate a replacement? Thanks!.
In your opinion, then: can something like Berlin ever succeed? Do you think it's not even worth trying to fix the mistakes of the past, with improvements to XFree86/DRI? What do you think the community should be aiming at instead?
Don't know if you'll follow this thread again, but I've been dying to ask the obvious question: given your distaste for X, plus your experience in using it, what do you think of Berlin/GGI? Is there a better approach still? In your post-Netscape/Mozilla period, have you given any thought to applying your skills to replacing X?
It's more a question of known quantities. People like Linus Torvalds? Dave Taylor? They've done amazing things in the past; most people are inclined to believe they may deliver amazing things in the future.
Just to clarify: while AMD reverse-engineered (and improved upon) the x86 generations prior to the Pentium, all of AMD's parts since then (K5, K6-x, and the upcoming K7) have been original designs. And yes, they had to survive a ton of lawsuits!;-)
And well-articulated besides. I agree that having a redhat.com or a opensource.org affiliation would help a lot; even before 'official' buy-in from one of those parties this needs some web space and CGI work. Maybe jitterbug or bugzilla could be used; don't know. Anyway, I agree with Mr. Thompson -- I would be happy to make piecemeal donations to a variety of projects if I had some assurance that my money wasn't in danger of being squandered.
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Well put. As a good friend of mine once said (Hi Joe!):
If it can't be done the night before...
it can't be done.
What I thought was most interesting was his comment about search-inside-the book. When that feature debuted, I remember reading a highly-rated comment here on /. by someone who's spouse was in the book biz who thought that it would be death for cookbooks and reference works since people could get the info piecemeal instead of buying the book. And yet Bezos says they were worried a little about that, too, but relative sales in those categories increased the most!
> Now, where's my company acronym dictionary again?
It's under your TPS report.
I chortled the same way when I wrote my slurp-pix-from-camera script: "Behold Mount Olympus!" ;-)
Sounds to me like you've patented the sphere instead! ;-)
Can anyone elaborate on what bonobogui is, esp vs the EggToolBar? (And why it sucks, how long it's sucked, etc.?) thx.
PC: Press the space bar to continue... ;-)
Mom: What happened!? What do I do now?
Me: Um, did you read the screen?
Mom: Oh.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
I'm surprised you didn't point out one of my favorites: An apostrophe does not mean: "Look out! Here comes an S!" ;-)
Another way to do this is with chrome/userContent.css, where you can put these lines (thanks to another Slashdot poster a few weeks ago!) (make sure to remove extra spaces inserted by Slash):
i dth="728"][height="90"] {i dth="300"][height="250"] {
embed[type="application/x-shockwave-fla sh"][width="468"][height="60"] {
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}
/* this hides the not so usual but very annoying 728x90 Flash banner ads */
embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][w
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}
/* this hides the not so usual but very annoying 300x250 Flash banner ads */
embed[type="application/x-shockwave-flash"][w
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}
Nope. AMD delivered the wonder that is the K5 all by itself. ;-) (ex-AMD-er)
what kernel are you running on it? I've been researching the XPCs but have heard about lockups w/kernels post 2.4.17... thx.
> from the greek "to touch."
;-)
Well, of course. As we all know, all words derive from greek. Like "kimono."
I doubt I'll ever have a better opportunity to ask a knowledgeable community...
I have a cheapo halogen desk lamp with its own little power supply brick. The lamp cord that plugs into the brick has developed some sort of internal short; it only works if held at just the right angle. What kind of connector is it? It has a vertical slot-type pin next to a narrow round pin, like this: |*
Anyone know what the name is for this kind of connector so I can then locate a replacement? Thanks!.
Not Red Hat. Too small. Think Big Blue. They should be in a van, following Microsoft around the country. ;-)
Sign me up! ;-)
Umm...
My office area is dark (to reduce glare on monitors)...
There's a maze of cubes outside my door...
I do prefer electronica/techno/rave music...
I gladly take Zyrtec, whose magical properties keep me from sneezing during the first two months of the year...
(Gulp) It's true!
In your opinion, then: can something like Berlin ever succeed? Do you think it's not even worth trying to fix the mistakes of the past, with improvements to XFree86/DRI? What do you think the community should be aiming at instead?
Don't know if you'll follow this thread again, but I've been dying to ask the obvious question: given your distaste for X, plus your experience in using it, what do you think of Berlin/GGI? Is there a better approach still? In your post-Netscape/Mozilla period, have you given any thought to applying your skills to replacing X?
It's more a question of known quantities. People like Linus Torvalds? Dave Taylor? They've done amazing things in the past; most people are inclined to believe they may deliver amazing things in the future.
Just to clarify: while AMD reverse-engineered (and improved upon) the x86 generations prior to the Pentium, all of AMD's parts since then (K5, K6-x, and the upcoming K7) have been original designs. And yes, they had to survive a ton of lawsuits! ;-)
And well-articulated besides. I agree that having a redhat.com or a opensource.org affiliation would help a lot; even before 'official' buy-in from one of those parties this needs some web space and CGI work. Maybe jitterbug or bugzilla could be used; don't know. Anyway, I agree with Mr. Thompson -- I would be happy to make piecemeal donations to a variety of projects if I had some assurance that my money wasn't in danger of being squandered.