Excellent. An AC pointed me to some documentation. I hadn't noticed that Moz had this feature, since I usually use konq.
I use moz mostly for debugging, as it has some excellent built-in tools, like the DOM and javascript debuggers. The fact that it throws up an error immediately when it hits some bad XHTML is also very helpful.
There's a feature in konqueror that I like even more than this: Web Shortcuts.
Basically, it lets you enter something like this into the location box:
"gg: example" "ggg: example" "php: example"
The first line will search Google for "example", the second line will search Google Groups, the last one will search the PHP documentation. Of course, you can define custom shortcuts, which I've done for sites like Everything, Wikipedia, RPMFind, all sorts of things. That way you don't even need to go to the site, you can search it right away. Very useful.
J
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Actually, I believe they do. The iPod is just a hard drive with a bit of extra circitry, a database and some software. When a song is shoved onto the iPod or removed from it, the machine it's connected to calls the shots, copying or removing the mp3 itself and then updating the iTunes database on the iPod. The iPod really just acts as a removable hard drive via FireWire. (And now USB, apparently.)
In the case of Mac iPods versus Windows iPods, the Mac version is formatted in HFS+ and the Windows version is in FAT32. AFAIK, Windows can't read HFS+ natively.
This was part of the reason it took a while to get iPods working with other OSes. (In my case, Linux.) At the time, Linux couldn't write to HFS+, although I think HFS worked. (Note: HFS, not HFS-plus.) It can certainly read and write to FAT32, which is why it was generally recommended that you get a Windows iPod when using it with Linux, otherwise you would have needed to reformat it. (Note that this info might be slightly out of date, I haven't kept up on HFS status in Linux or Windows ever since I got my iPod to work on Linux thanks to gnupod. I know there a working HFS+ driver for Linux, although I don't think it's in the official kernel yet... someone else can clear that up...)
Krusty/SCO: All right, here's the deal. Every time you use Linux, you must send us... [holds up a check] 199 dollars! Announcer's Voice/Linux Users [fine print]: Checks will not be honored.
B3.2. High Risk. Unless QSS has provided its express written consent for each Runtime Component in the Runtime Configuration, the Software may not be, and OEM will ensure that it is not, used in any application in which the failure of the Software could lead to death, personal injury or severe physical or property damage (collectively, ?High-Risk Applications?), including but not limited to the operation of nuclear facilities, mass transit systems, aircraft navigation or aircraft communication systems, air traffic control, weapon systems and direct life support machines. QSS expressly disclaims any express or implied warranty or condition of fitness for High-Risk Applications.
So if you fork out the cash, you can get a license that says, "yes, you can use this software to run a nuclear power plant."
A bold statement, but apparently it's well founded. I've heard nothing but good things about the reliability of QNX.
There's a shell script on one of the CDs that you run and that's pretty much it. There is a slight flaw in the script that you should take note of, though -- when it says to put in CD 1, it's actually refering to Play CD 1 and not the installation CD. Or something to that effect. There are probably some BBS threads out there or some FAQs that explain it better. It's been a while since I installed it.
Loki seems to have been at least partially responsible for the port, as it uses the Loki update utility to install updates and such. It was the first game I installed on my new laptop and it runs great. I'm using gentoo on a Dell Inspiron 8200, which uses a GeForce 4 mobile. I'd recommend getting the Nvidia binary-only drivers for OpenGL if you're running the game on a linux box versus the XFree86 OpenGL drivers, as they seem to run better and the difference in framerate is noticible.
I've compared the game running on identical hardware in linux and WinXP, and you can barely notice a difference. The framerate is pretty close on both, although my linux laptop seems to run slightly smoother, probably because I shut down pretty much every running process and play the game out of twm.
The only issue I had on linux was getting the sound to not suck. I ended up using OSS that worked well. ALSA made things pretty choppy.
Unreal Tournament 2003 runs on linux right out of the box, but it doesn't mention linux at all on the box as I recall. No need for Wine, either, as it uses SDL, I believe.
All email that doesn't pass the filter goes into a folder called "pending", which is basically a temporary folder. Email that sits in it for more than a few days are deleted. So if you're expecting an email from a service that you signed up for, you just look in your Pending folder. From there you can unblock the domain or address and move the email to your Inbox.
I still receive tons of spam on my account, but it all goes into Pending where I can ignore it. If I'm expecting something, like an "I forgot my password" email, I just check to see if it's burried amongst the spam in Pending and add the domain to my unfiltered list.
For this sort of system to work, it relies not only on the sender, but the owner of the account as well.
It's not the perfect email filter, but I haven't received a single spam in my inbox since I turned it on. My Pending folder is getting pretty ridiculous, though.
It might seem arrogant, but I'd like to think my time and bandwidth is more valuable than the spam I receive, which makes up probably 90% of the mail that account receives. The people I want to receive email from aren't affected, and new people who aren't on my unfiltered list just need to make a one-time click to get by for future emails.
When someone (or something) sends you an email, it gets stuffed into a "pending" folder rather than your inbox.
Whoever sent you the email gets an automated reply from hushmail that requires them to click on a picture of a keyhole that's placed randomly on the screen in a java app, or something to that effect.
After clicking on the keyhole once, they'll automatically get past your spam filter from then on. You can also set up lists of addresses or domains that bypass the filter all together.
This system basically assumes that there's a human on the other end of that email to click through the filter. I haven't seen a single spam in my inbox since I enabled it.
It's not impossible to defeat, but for the moment, it works great.
Section 5 of the GPL: "5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License."
So, yeah, you can use linux or any GPL'd software without accepting the terms of the GPL. You just can't modify or redistribute it in binary or source unless you follow the terms of the GPL.
There's a bit of a difference between the GPL and the standard Microsoft EULA, though. You don't have to agree to the terms of the GPL in order to use GPL'd software or even source code for that matter, as the GPL only comes into play when you actually redistribute the binaries and/or source. With a Microsoft EULA, you're forced into agreeing with the terms of the license before you can even use the software.
Don't know what kind of difference that would make. I guess it comes down to whether or not clicking 'next' on an EULA dialong to agree is binding. It's not like you've signed anything.
... those 32K games will likely be made up of 6000 different versions of Super Mario Bros. 1, 3000 versions of Tetris, 2000 versions of Contra and 3400 versions of Kid Icarus, all with minor sprite changes throughout. The games list will also include a handful of throwaways like Section Z, Lunar Pool and Mappy Land.
For those who missed it, "JUSTIN BAILEY" was part of a password for the original NES Metroid. It started you off with full missiles and an armourless Samus.
As I recall, the ColecoVision was made with completely off-the-shelf parts. Wouldn't be too difficult to re-build one of those things. It was probably one of the few video game consoles that you could actually rebuild from scratch.
I think. My memory is pretty hazy and I haven't openned mine up in years.
One thing that would be useful would be for the author to either GPG/PGP sign the file with the MD5 sums with a trusted signiture or sign the actual source/binary tarballs themselves. A lot of linux vendors seem to be doing this recently.
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Excellent. An AC pointed me to some documentation. I hadn't noticed that Moz had this feature, since I usually use konq.
I use moz mostly for debugging, as it has some excellent built-in tools, like the DOM and javascript debuggers. The fact that it throws up an error immediately when it hits some bad XHTML is also very helpful.
J
There's a feature in konqueror that I like even more than this: Web Shortcuts.
Basically, it lets you enter something like this into the location box:
"gg: example"
"ggg: example"
"php: example"
The first line will search Google for "example", the second line will search Google Groups, the last one will search the PHP documentation. Of course, you can define custom shortcuts, which I've done for sites like Everything, Wikipedia, RPMFind, all sorts of things. That way you don't even need to go to the site, you can search it right away. Very useful.
J
I'd suggest taking a look at this page:
http://www.php.net/mirroring.php
I've set up a mirror for internal use at work. Just run rsync in a cron job every week or month or whatever to keep things up to date.
J
er, Family Guy reference. I even previewed thrice.
J
Scene: Community cable access TV show. Portly 30-something, probably single, hosts:
"That's all for this week on KISS Forum. Stay tuned for Battlestar Galactica Forum."
Quickly puts on Cylon helmet
"WELCOME TO BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FORUM."
J
Actually, I believe they do. The iPod is just a hard drive with a bit of extra circitry, a database and some software. When a song is shoved onto the iPod or removed from it, the machine it's connected to calls the shots, copying or removing the mp3 itself and then updating the iTunes database on the iPod. The iPod really just acts as a removable hard drive via FireWire. (And now USB, apparently.)
In the case of Mac iPods versus Windows iPods, the Mac version is formatted in HFS+ and the Windows version is in FAT32. AFAIK, Windows can't read HFS+ natively.
This was part of the reason it took a while to get iPods working with other OSes. (In my case, Linux.) At the time, Linux couldn't write to HFS+, although I think HFS worked. (Note: HFS, not HFS-plus.) It can certainly read and write to FAT32, which is why it was generally recommended that you get a Windows iPod when using it with Linux, otherwise you would have needed to reformat it. (Note that this info might be slightly out of date, I haven't kept up on HFS status in Linux or Windows ever since I got my iPod to work on Linux thanks to gnupod. I know there a working HFS+ driver for Linux, although I don't think it's in the official kernel yet... someone else can clear that up...)
J
Addendum to that opinion
J
... someone could spring and buy a copy for our hosts?
Granted, some parts of the W3 standards are worth breaking (wrap attributes in textrea inputs, for instance), but c'mon.
J
More from Krusty:
Krusty/SCO: All right, here's the deal. Every time you use Linux, you must send us... [holds up a check] 199 dollars!
Announcer's Voice/Linux Users [fine print]: Checks will not be honored.
- from Krusty Gets Kancelled
J
Somebody has already mentioned QNX, but here's a quote from their 'licensing agreement:
B3.2. High Risk. Unless QSS has provided its express written consent for each Runtime Component in the Runtime Configuration, the Software may not be, and OEM will ensure that it is not, used in any application in which the failure of the Software could lead to death, personal injury or severe physical or property damage (collectively, ?High-Risk Applications?), including but not limited to the operation of nuclear facilities, mass transit systems, aircraft navigation or aircraft communication systems, air traffic control, weapon systems and direct life support machines. QSS expressly disclaims any express or implied warranty or condition of fitness for High-Risk Applications.
So if you fork out the cash, you can get a license that says, "yes, you can use this software to run a nuclear power plant."
A bold statement, but apparently it's well founded. I've heard nothing but good things about the reliability of QNX.
J
There's a shell script on one of the CDs that you run and that's pretty much it. There is a slight flaw in the script that you should take note of, though -- when it says to put in CD 1, it's actually refering to Play CD 1 and not the installation CD. Or something to that effect. There are probably some BBS threads out there or some FAQs that explain it better. It's been a while since I installed it.
Loki seems to have been at least partially responsible for the port, as it uses the Loki update utility to install updates and such. It was the first game I installed on my new laptop and it runs great. I'm using gentoo on a Dell Inspiron 8200, which uses a GeForce 4 mobile. I'd recommend getting the Nvidia binary-only drivers for OpenGL if you're running the game on a linux box versus the XFree86 OpenGL drivers, as they seem to run better and the difference in framerate is noticible.
I've compared the game running on identical hardware in linux and WinXP, and you can barely notice a difference. The framerate is pretty close on both, although my linux laptop seems to run slightly smoother, probably because I shut down pretty much every running process and play the game out of twm.
The only issue I had on linux was getting the sound to not suck. I ended up using OSS that worked well. ALSA made things pretty choppy.
J
Unreal Tournament 2003 runs on linux right out of the box, but it doesn't mention linux at all on the box as I recall. No need for Wine, either, as it uses SDL, I believe.
J
All email that doesn't pass the filter goes into a folder called "pending", which is basically a temporary folder. Email that sits in it for more than a few days are deleted. So if you're expecting an email from a service that you signed up for, you just look in your Pending folder. From there you can unblock the domain or address and move the email to your Inbox.
I still receive tons of spam on my account, but it all goes into Pending where I can ignore it. If I'm expecting something, like an "I forgot my password" email, I just check to see if it's burried amongst the spam in Pending and add the domain to my unfiltered list.
For this sort of system to work, it relies not only on the sender, but the owner of the account as well.
It's not the perfect email filter, but I haven't received a single spam in my inbox since I turned it on. My Pending folder is getting pretty ridiculous, though.
J
It might seem arrogant, but I'd like to think my time and bandwidth is more valuable than the spam I receive, which makes up probably 90% of the mail that account receives. The people I want to receive email from aren't affected, and new people who aren't on my unfiltered list just need to make a one-time click to get by for future emails.
J
- When someone (or something) sends you an email, it gets stuffed into a "pending" folder rather than your inbox.
- Whoever sent you the email gets an automated reply from hushmail that requires them to click on a picture of a keyhole that's placed randomly on the screen in a java app, or something to that effect.
- After clicking on the keyhole once, they'll automatically get past your spam filter from then on. You can also set up lists of addresses or domains that bypass the filter all together.
This system basically assumes that there's a human on the other end of that email to click through the filter. I haven't seen a single spam in my inbox since I enabled it.It's not impossible to defeat, but for the moment, it works great.
J
I'd also be curious to know what the first web page Google indexed was.
J
Section 5 of the GPL: "5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License."
So, yeah, you can use linux or any GPL'd software without accepting the terms of the GPL. You just can't modify or redistribute it in binary or source unless you follow the terms of the GPL.
J
There's a bit of a difference between the GPL and the standard Microsoft EULA, though. You don't have to agree to the terms of the GPL in order to use GPL'd software or even source code for that matter, as the GPL only comes into play when you actually redistribute the binaries and/or source. With a Microsoft EULA, you're forced into agreeing with the terms of the license before you can even use the software.
Don't know what kind of difference that would make. I guess it comes down to whether or not clicking 'next' on an EULA dialong to agree is binding. It's not like you've signed anything.
J
The (configurable) throbber will quit no matter what happens after 30 seconds.
Is it just me, or does that sound dirty? Not to mention rather pathetic.
J
... those 32K games will likely be made up of 6000 different versions of Super Mario Bros. 1, 3000 versions of Tetris, 2000 versions of Contra and 3400 versions of Kid Icarus, all with minor sprite changes throughout. The games list will also include a handful of throwaways like Section Z, Lunar Pool and Mappy Land.
J
For those who missed it, "JUSTIN BAILEY" was part of a password for the original NES Metroid. It started you off with full missiles and an armourless Samus.
J
As I recall, the ColecoVision was made with completely off-the-shelf parts. Wouldn't be too difficult to re-build one of those things. It was probably one of the few video game consoles that you could actually rebuild from scratch.
I think. My memory is pretty hazy and I haven't openned mine up in years.
J
I take it you're not a fan of that Keifer Sutherland show "24".
J
For those who don't get the joke, Heisenberg may or may not have been responsible for the Uncertainty Principle.
J
One thing that would be useful would be for the author to either GPG/PGP sign the file with the MD5 sums with a trusted signiture or sign the actual source/binary tarballs themselves. A lot of linux vendors seem to be doing this recently.
J