I'm willing to admit that I'm old enough to remember (and use) vtwm, or Virtual Tom's Window Manager. A version of the venerable twm that added virtual desktops.
This was circa 1990, even before fvwm. I think xrooms was earlier still.
What part of "it's sounds awesome" do you people fail to understand? I really don't care how "cool" Bose is or isn't. Their systems sound great. They fit in my living room.
Yes, compared to some others they're expensive. Cambridge Soundworks has better sound for the money, IMO.
But compared the these new B&O speakers Bose is practically free. Instead of two big (3' high, 135 lbs each) speakers I get a complete home theater system (5.1 Dolby Digital, amp, AM/FM, DVD, etc.) that looks and sounds great in my living room.
And with the money I saved I've got almost enough left over for a pair of those new B&O speakers I recently read about on Slashdot.
Oh, and my Bose AM-5 speakers are 15 years old and in perfect condition. More of that "crap from China"?
Check out the latest Bose Lifestyle systems with Adapti-Q(sp?).
They include special "headphones" (microphones you wear on your head). You sit in five locations where you normally listen to music/movies and play the special CD. It listens to itself and adapts the system to your living room. Yes, the change is clearly audible.
It also means your speakers don't have to be in a perfect rectangle. Place them anywhere you want and it will adapt.
I got the Lifestyle 35 (integrated DVD/AM/FM) for $3000 US. RF remote, sounds awesome and the speakers are *tiny*.
Yeah, I read the article. It's from 1996 people. 6.5 years ago. Move on.
Besides the article is horribly written. It takes him three pages to say "redirecting file descriptors is inferior to sh". Another page to say "quoting sucks". The rest is either petty or doesn't exist in tcsh.
And he can't decide if he doesn't like csh as a login shell or as a scripting language or both.
I admit to writing scripts in csh instead of bash. In reality both suck. If I need something so complex I need functions I am NOT using bash or csh.
Bash and csh as programming languages suck when compared to C, C++, Java, Perl, Python and LISP. But I'm not about to make emacs my login shell (again).
My login shell is tcsh. There are things I hate about bash/readline. YMMV. Use the right tool for the job. Not available in Tennessee.
As I understand it, all IDE specs up to ATA/100 are limited to 128GB (or 137(?) if 1GB = 1 billion bytes) by the number of address bits. When the first 160GB IDE drives (from Maxtor) came out they included an ATA/133 controller since all systems at the time only included ATA/100 or lower. ATA/133 increased the number of address bits (I don't know the new limit).
So a FireWire bridge would need to support ATA/133 devices for it to see beyond 128GB on the larger drives.
Sure enough using/bin/mv it crashed as advertised.
But/sw/bin/mv, which is the GNU version of mv from the fileutils package, just gives a "cannot overwrite directory" error.
This is (one of the many reasons) why the GNU versions of everything should be standard on all systems in the universe. So go fetch and install a copy of fink and (optionally) FinkCommander.
How is the process of blocking Ads protecting my privacy?
It's simple, yet insidious.
Those ads contain cookies. Also, those ads are present on many different web sites.
So some random third party ad agency (DoubleClick being the most infamous) is able to track you across many of the web sites you visit. Slashdot many not know that you visit porn.com, and porn.com may not know that you read Slashdot, but DoubleClick does.
Worse, most people aren't even aware that DoubleClick exists.
I think the reason most of us aren't getting this through Software Update is that this is not a new update. It looks like the AppleCare Document describing the update was changed, but iPod Software 1.2.1 Updater itself was released two months ago.
As further evidence, all of the visible changes are already on my iPod:
- Browse by album, genre, composer - Calendar - Clock - Batter charge indicator fix - FireWire feedback screen
Lots of cities have terrible traffic problems. I'm stuck halfway between Baltimore and D.C., both could use a new multi-billion dollar traffic infrastructure.
And when the Big Dig is finished, and Baltimore, D.C., Manhattan, Detroit, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc. see how cool it is, they'll know how to do it because we'll show them how.
Haven't we all been waiting for a way to archive all our movies the way we've archived our music? Just because TiVo records 1200 hours worth of programming doesn't mean you have to watch it all!
Mine has 120 hours of capacity and I've always got some Hitchcock and Woody Allen movies along with the regulary Buffy, Simpsons and West Wing stuff.
More capacity means I can keep stuff on the TiVo much longer and still use it like muggle TiVo owners do.
And no, you CAN NOT make a PC do this with ANY capture card. TiVo's software rocks. It's like Mac OS X vs. DOS. It's got Coax, RCA and S-Video inputs. It's got Coax, RCA and S-Video outputs. It's virtually silent. On-screen programming guide. Two-button recording. Wish lists. And a whole bunch of other stuff you just can't appreciate until you have one.
Ok, so they're saying "The Software" (the JVM) can download and execute software from Sun or anyone else and execute it.
This has been a standard feature of Java since Day One. An application or applet can load classes from a network as easily as from a file and then execute the class.
Maybe Sun didn't intend to imply automatic updates are part of the new scheme, but it can sure be interpreted that way.
Each country has its own patents and patent laws. Do you sue Linus in the US or Finland? Do you sue Alan in England? The actual developer who wrote the code wherever they happen to be? Do you sue all the mirrors for contributing to the infringement?
Red Hat's next distribution will probably be available in a month or two. So this is as good a time as any to ask everyone to make the ISOs available on as many file sharing networks as possible.
I had put up 7.3 on Gnutella with limitied success. A few people downloaded some chunks.
If RH 8.0 (or whatever) gets spread around, not only will we have saved the mirrors from several days of hell, but also demonstrated very clearly a legitimate use for these networks.
Emacs used to have M-x set-display (or something like that) which changed the display for that session. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it simply unmapped itself and then mapped a new window on the new display with the old documents.
So in short, the X server doesn't seem to support it but an app can do it and maybe a window manager could fake it.
As others have said, VNC can allows multiple (simultaneous) clients.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm willing to admit that I'm old enough to remember (and use) vtwm, or Virtual Tom's Window Manager. A version of the venerable twm that added virtual desktops.
This was circa 1990, even before fvwm. I think xrooms was earlier still.
But if he's only 17, doesn't that mean he can't enter into a legal contract? So his offer would mean jack in a court.
IANAL..
It's been at least 10 seconds and there's still no first post? What's wrong with you people?
I had a feeling this troll would get modded up.
What part of "it's sounds awesome" do you people fail to understand? I really don't care how "cool" Bose is or isn't. Their systems sound great. They fit in my living room.
Yes, compared to some others they're expensive. Cambridge Soundworks has better sound for the money, IMO.
But compared the these new B&O speakers Bose is practically free. Instead of two big (3' high, 135 lbs each) speakers I get a complete home theater system (5.1 Dolby Digital, amp, AM/FM, DVD, etc.) that looks and sounds great in my living room.
And with the money I saved I've got almost enough left over for a pair of those new B&O speakers I recently read about on Slashdot.
Oh, and my Bose AM-5 speakers are 15 years old and in perfect condition. More of that "crap from China"?
Check out the latest Bose Lifestyle systems with Adapti-Q(sp?).
They include special "headphones" (microphones you wear on your head). You sit in five locations where you normally listen to music/movies and play the special CD. It listens to itself and adapts the system to your living room. Yes, the change is clearly audible.
It also means your speakers don't have to be in a perfect rectangle. Place them anywhere you want and it will adapt.
I got the Lifestyle 35 (integrated DVD/AM/FM) for $3000 US. RF remote, sounds awesome and the speakers are *tiny*.
Not quite. An RHCE is good for two MAJOR releases. So your 7.2 cert is good for 8.* and 9.*. My 8.0 cert is good for 9.* and 10.*.
Still kinda sucks that the 8.* series ended so quickly though, certifcation-wise.
Yeah, I read the article. It's from 1996 people. 6.5 years ago. Move on.
Besides the article is horribly written. It takes him three pages to say "redirecting file descriptors is inferior to sh". Another page to say "quoting sucks". The rest is either petty or doesn't exist in tcsh.
And he can't decide if he doesn't like csh as a login shell or as a scripting language or both.
I admit to writing scripts in csh instead of bash. In reality both suck. If I need something so complex I need functions I am NOT using bash or csh.
Bash and csh as programming languages suck when compared to C, C++, Java, Perl, Python and LISP. But I'm not about to make emacs my login shell (again).
My login shell is tcsh. There are things I hate about bash/readline. YMMV. Use the right tool for the job. Not available in Tennessee.
One of the obvious reasons Apple chose KHTML was that it's Open. If Opera wants to GPL their engine that's fine with me.
Why oh why did I register with InstaTrace?
As I understand it, all IDE specs up to ATA/100 are limited to 128GB (or 137(?) if 1GB = 1 billion bytes) by the number of address bits. When the first 160GB IDE drives (from Maxtor) came out they included an ATA/133 controller since all systems at the time only included ATA/100 or lower. ATA/133 increased the number of address bits (I don't know the new limit).
So a FireWire bridge would need to support ATA/133 devices for it to see beyond 128GB on the larger drives.
...why Microsoft is being required to carry a competitor's product.
.NET).
Microsoft is now competing with Java (with
Microsoft has a monopoly in a different market.
Using a monopoly position in one market to influence another is illegal.
Microsoft has been distributing an incompatible version of Java.
Monopolies are required by law to play by different rules.
Sure enough using /bin/mv it crashed as advertised.
/sw/bin/mv, which is the GNU version of mv from the fileutils package, just gives a "cannot overwrite directory" error.
But
This is (one of the many reasons) why the GNU versions of everything should be standard on all systems in the universe. So go fetch and install a copy of fink and (optionally) FinkCommander.
Also, "alias mv mv -i" is a Very Good Idea(tm).
Maybe I am being naive, but...
How is the process of blocking Ads protecting my privacy?
It's simple, yet insidious.
Those ads contain cookies. Also, those ads are present on many different web sites.
So some random third party ad agency (DoubleClick being the most infamous) is able to track you across many of the web sites you visit. Slashdot many not know that you visit porn.com, and porn.com may not know that you read Slashdot, but DoubleClick does.
Worse, most people aren't even aware that DoubleClick exists.
...that Parcells went to the Jets. Doesn't matter that we won the Super Bowl.
Payback's a bitch mother*&^%er! ROFL!
I think the reason most of us aren't getting this through Software Update is that this is not a new update. It looks like the AppleCare Document describing the update was changed, but iPod Software 1.2.1 Updater itself was released two months ago.
As further evidence, all of the visible changes are already on my iPod:
- Browse by album, genre, composer
- Calendar
- Clock
- Batter charge indicator fix
- FireWire feedback screen
Lots of cities have terrible traffic problems. I'm stuck halfway between Baltimore and D.C., both could use a new multi-billion dollar traffic infrastructure.
And when the Big Dig is finished, and Baltimore, D.C., Manhattan, Detroit, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc. see how cool it is, they'll know how to do it because we'll show them how.
TCP/IP was originally designed as interim solution until OSI could be finished. When do you expect that to happen?
I was once at a Microsoft thing where they made the same claims. "With our new stuff you won't need a sys admin."
They were hyping Windows for Workgroups.
Umm, no. All you've done is reinvent the VCR using VCD instead.
And you'll need one big-ass cabinet to store 1200 disks.
The difference between a TiVo and a PC with a TV tuner card is like the difference between a 1950's B&W console and a home theater.
Haven't we all been waiting for a way to archive all our movies the way we've archived our music? Just because TiVo records 1200 hours worth of programming doesn't mean you have to watch it all!
Mine has 120 hours of capacity and I've always got some Hitchcock and Woody Allen movies along with the regulary Buffy, Simpsons and West Wing stuff.
More capacity means I can keep stuff on the TiVo much longer and still use it like muggle TiVo owners do.
And no, you CAN NOT make a PC do this with ANY capture card. TiVo's software rocks. It's like Mac OS X vs. DOS. It's got Coax, RCA and S-Video inputs. It's got Coax, RCA and S-Video outputs. It's virtually silent. On-screen programming guide. Two-button recording. Wish lists. And a whole bunch of other stuff you just can't appreciate until you have one.
Ok, so they're saying "The Software" (the JVM) can download and execute software from Sun or anyone else and execute it.
This has been a standard feature of Java since Day One. An application or applet can load classes from a network as easily as from a file and then execute the class.
Maybe Sun didn't intend to imply automatic updates are part of the new scheme, but it can sure be interpreted that way.
Each country has its own patents and patent laws. Do you sue Linus in the US or Finland? Do you sue Alan in England? The actual developer who wrote the code wherever they happen to be? Do you sue all the mirrors for contributing to the infringement?
:-)
I love OSS
Red Hat's next distribution will probably be available in a month or two. So this is as good a time as any to ask everyone to make the ISOs available on as many file sharing networks as possible.
I had put up 7.3 on Gnutella with limitied success. A few people downloaded some chunks.
If RH 8.0 (or whatever) gets spread around, not only will we have saved the mirrors from several days of hell, but also demonstrated very clearly a legitimate use for these networks.
Thank you for your support.
Some searching only turned up a commercial product from 1997. It (used to) cost $3,000 and the website no longer has any mention of it.
Emacs used to have M-x set-display (or something like that) which changed the display for that session. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it simply unmapped itself and then mapped a new window on the new display with the old documents.
So in short, the X server doesn't seem to support it but an app can do it and maybe a window manager could fake it.
As others have said, VNC can allows multiple (simultaneous) clients.