Read up on the Bugzilla link. They say that feature was not removed, just set to be disabled by default. You can still enable it with the javascript setting they provide.
This appears to be more of the complain-publicly-that-corp-is-evil-before-investi gating attitude that we see more and more often.
Well, realistically, after one or two services go down the calls will start pouring in. So target the internal ones, file server, web proxy, etc. first. The same point will get across that they cannot live without free software.
Heck yeah that would have been the right thing to do. PHB's like this don't understand things until they are smacked across the face with them.
So when they get thousands of calls, "Why can't I read my email? People love me!" (repeat for apache, samba, bind, squid, ftpd, etc), something happens in their little skulls and they come back with, "Put that back online." Then just come back with, "But sir, your memo said to remove any Open Source tools on any system. It will take weeks to restore all the functions (aka overtime reading magazines) with closed enterprise buzzword-compliant solution systems, or I can use Open Source tools and be done in an hour." If they wish to build fires, go ahead and let them burn.
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As a lawyer for the MPAA, I can explain this. You see, in our world, people should not just be allowed to view movies willy-nilly. That would severely impact the entire industry, resulting in plauges, earthquakes, and general deformities among our young. And if there are any actors out there considering making a movie themselves and putting it on the Internet, let me just say this. "You are under my control. You will wash my BMW at 11:00am tomorrow."
Now, since Linux is only used by criminals and Republicans, obviously we cannot support it. Macs, you ask? Hippies and sickos. These are not standards we can support for the sake of our children. Should our precious youth grow up in a world where these sort of people are role models? Obviously not. Finally, we chose Windows as the platform to distribute this film because of generous donations, trips, and bikini girls offered to us by Mr. Balmer. Go in peace and conform now. Thank you.
"Freedom of Speech" and the like in the US Constitution are only protected from infringement from the government, "Congress shall pass no law... prohibiting the free exercise of..." Of course, this doesn't take into account the PR side and people whining on the local news how some place is infringing their freedom of speech or whatever. Fact is McDonald's can fire you for running an "McDonald's sucks ass" web site in your free time, no matter how good an employee you are while you are there.
My dog likes newspapers, and not just to poop on. I think it's the general noise they make when she walks on them and drags them around the house. Plus they tear much easier than say, magazines. So I don't see newspapers dieing off anytime soon if the dog lobby has their way.
What you need to do is go to this web site called Slashdot, click the submit story link on the left, and cry to them. That community is known for being a shoulder to cry on.
Oh wait, maybe you already did.
Yeah! How dare they? They pay you to do work, it's not fair that they actually check up on ya! It's not like Secret Service agents are expected to keep ahold of their weapons (Chicago, female guard for Mrs. Clinton loses her purse in a bar), or your laptops (who hasn't heard this story by now?). So what if they want to improve security if it bothers you, they should stop. Better yet, they should only give these rules to people that matter. Yeah, that way lowly folks are still able to sell papers on eBay. No rules should be applied to all government employees, contractors, etc. That's just, like, so unfair. It's not like you can find a job anywhere else if the business practices bother you. The business needs to conform to your standards, not the other way around!
Of course, when they confront you for typing "I like kiddie porn" over and over then emailing yourself that for six weeks straight, just defend yourself as our fine Democrat party does of the best President in the history of the universe. 1) Ask your acusers, "What's your definition of keystroke?" 2) Tell them, "There's only eight months left in this administration, why are you bothering prosecuting me? Just let sleeping dogs lie." 3) Go in front of Congress when they bring hearings against you and tell them, "Asking me about my kiddie porn habits doesn't feed a single child, give shelter to homeless, save social security for mopes who can't save themselves, or give justice to African American or Hispanic children. You people need to do some real work, not investigate kiddie porn emails." 4) Go on the Today show, Good Morning America, Oprah, anything else you can, and talk of a "vast right-wing conspiracy" that has been trying to get you since 1992. And finally 5) Take the job as a limo driver in Washington when they offer it to you.
Tabs are evil, except maybe in Makefiles. They should fix that though. After those two (my tabstop is still set to 8), tabs are converted to three spaces. To do a real tab, when needed, ctrl-v tab.
Need we go through each and every step to debug a system?
Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Q - pause/resume the scrolling messages on bootup.
Shift-PgUp, Shift-PgDn - scroll back/forward through the messages, most useful after the messages have been paused (see #1).
less/var/log/messages - if a service fails on startup, usually it will also output the information in this fail or others in/var/log.
ps ax - after bootup, make sure needed processes are running, in case you missed a failure and the screen cleared (RH runlevel 3) or X starts (RH runlevel 5).
Qt is far too easy to program, so I can see it doesn't hold a candle to Motif. Now Gtk on the other hand, it is much closer to the nonsense knowns as Motif.
So it's a copy of Magellan for KDE? Not that that would be a bad thing. I really need a better IMAP reader than Netscape. IMAP seems to be the one protocol lacking support by most all of the free mail programs. Guess I'll have to finish that IMAP Ioslave in KDE.;)
I was going to make the lynx remark, but someone already took it.:(
But what I'm wondering, is how low a system do you have? KDE/Qt libs hardly "bog down" a system in my experience. I suppose if you have less than P200/32MB it's an issue, but come now K6's are up to 550 Mhz, and memory is back down to roughly $1US per meg (less if you look a little).
Starting up Mozilla, I show 21MB of memory in use. So that's going to be a stetch for any terribly low-end system. This argument of system resources is just pretty much futile. Even when I was in college, living off my few hundred dollars a month Army National Guard pay, I was able to save and put together a reasonable system for the time.
I've regularly used KDE2 (including KOffice) for close to a year now. Things have been usable and more than screenshots for quite a long time. They just aren't release quality, as bug exists. I can live with a crash of an app here and there, but it shouldn't exist when the general public gets it. KWord has been usable to create documents for a long time. Things like the MS filters need work before release. I just don't use Office, so those are of little use to me. But I have made documents, printed them, used various formatting features, given them to clients, etc. with little problem (save regularly).
On Windows, there are two major web browsers that you can use, Netscape and IE. This leads many people to developing two web sites, one for use with Netscape, and one with IE.
That is because they don't follow the RFCs. And when the existing stuff does this, hackers result to doing it themselves correctly. That's how kfm came about, long, long ago.
For what it's worth, Ad Zapper for squid knocked out seven images on the page. So no ad revenue from me.:) It really does make browsing much more pleasant.
Nah, he'll read the emails. Expect an article in a week or so about all the rabid Linux people with emails saying, "Hey you stinking pile of shit. You better take it back or I'll beat your fucking ass." ZD does this a couple times a year, and without fail, it works.
Considering people here refuse to by a Tivo for $400 until it has ethernet, firewire, steering wheel, rocket boosters, and an A&W Root Beer dispenser, how would someone here buy a device for so much when all it does is play MP3s?
Which, in my mind, goes to show that there is very little, if any, real difference between the Republicans and the Democrats.
Come now, either you don't look or ignore the differences. One of the most fundamental is state vs federal regulations. One said says, "What we say is absolutely the only way to do it," the other says, "Let states/local areas decide how to handle the issue." What pisses me off the most about Democrats today is how they take everything to the most extreme extent. Republicans offer a modest tax cut, Democrats scream it will kill children. Republicans give a bigger increase to the school lunch programs, Democrats scream their starving children. All the while they say they want to make a "bi-partisan" deal. It's either their way or the highway. I can certainly understand why many people equate the political left with Communism.
As for the war on drugs, I have to agree with the people who have said it is a "religous war". It is the only context in which it makes sense. Any practical view of it shows that it is an utter failure.
That depends what you consider success/failure. There exists one program that worked steadily for many years. All the numbers showed decreases in the number of kids getting started in drugs. I went through elementary school during the time. Today, everyone laughs at the thought of saying "No" to drugs. The attitude of the current administration on drugs (and many things) is "They're gonna do it anyway." What a shock drug use increases during this administration.
The key to this (and prohibition of the early part of this century) is attacking the demand side. The enforcing of the laws is a mild deterrent. Only when you convince someone they do not need drugs will the rest fall into place. Demand went down for youngsters during the 80's because Nancy Reagan set out a plan to do just that. Now we give needles to heroine addicts and the like. We are appeasing them rather than convincing them not to do it. It is no surprice, therefore, that today it is considered a failure.
As for bringing back alcohol prohibition, there is a MUCH better chance for tobacco and guns to be outlawed in the next ten years than alcohol.
I took it as that poster commenting on RMS's statement that President Bush considers the Bill of Rights something from Communism, and that is his reason for joining the ACLU. That is just such an absurd statement. Name one Communist state that allows freedom of speech, religion, etc. They way they operate for so many years is spending time scaring their people into believing the government will be your salvation, not other people or religion. So they come down incredibly hard on people who speak against it. Why was that wall put up in Germany with armed guards ready to shoot anyone who comes near it? Because people naturally dislike such oppression and will seek to get out of it.
That is something to fear and never want to spread around the globe and to improve the rights of its citizens. This Elian Gonzalez fiasco is but a piece in the puzzle. Everyone's shouting about father's rights, so we shall send the boy to a country where no one has any rights (except Castro). Ok, that makes sense.
Communism isn't just a mere value choice like say vegetarians vs normal foods. It is evil.
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Read up on the Bugzilla link. They say that feature was not removed, just set to be disabled by default. You can still enable it with the javascript setting they provide.
i gating attitude that we see more and more often.
This appears to be more of the complain-publicly-that-corp-is-evil-before-invest
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Don't forget that part. It's always nice to know your work was worth something to someone.
A credit card company?
Well, realistically, after one or two services go down the calls will start pouring in. So target the internal ones, file server, web proxy, etc. first. The same point will get across that they cannot live without free software.
Heck yeah that would have been the right thing to do. PHB's like this don't understand things until they are smacked across the face with them.
So when they get thousands of calls, "Why can't I read my email? People love me!" (repeat for apache, samba, bind, squid, ftpd, etc), something happens in their little skulls and they come back with, "Put that back online." Then just come back with, "But sir, your memo said to remove any Open Source tools on any system. It will take weeks to restore all the functions (aka overtime reading magazines) with closed enterprise buzzword-compliant solution systems, or I can use Open Source tools and be done in an hour." If they wish to build fires, go ahead and let them burn.
As a lawyer for the MPAA, I can explain this. You see, in our world, people should not just be allowed to view movies willy-nilly. That would severely impact the entire industry, resulting in plauges, earthquakes, and general deformities among our young. And if there are any actors out there considering making a movie themselves and putting it on the Internet, let me just say this. "You are under my control. You will wash my BMW at 11:00am tomorrow."
Now, since Linux is only used by criminals and Republicans, obviously we cannot support it. Macs, you ask? Hippies and sickos. These are not standards we can support for the sake of our children. Should our precious youth grow up in a world where these sort of people are role models? Obviously not. Finally, we chose Windows as the platform to distribute this film because of generous donations, trips, and bikini girls offered to us by Mr. Balmer. Go in peace and conform now. Thank you.
"Freedom of Speech" and the like in the US Constitution are only protected from infringement from the government, "Congress shall pass no law ... prohibiting the free exercise of..." Of course, this doesn't take into account the PR side and people whining on the local news how some place is infringing their freedom of speech or whatever. Fact is McDonald's can fire you for running an "McDonald's sucks ass" web site in your free time, no matter how good an employee you are while you are there.
My dog likes newspapers, and not just to poop on. I think it's the general noise they make when she walks on them and drags them around the house. Plus they tear much easier than say, magazines. So I don't see newspapers dieing off anytime soon if the dog lobby has their way.
What you need to do is go to this web site called Slashdot, click the submit story link on the left, and cry to them. That community is known for being a shoulder to cry on.
Oh wait, maybe you already did.
Yeah! How dare they? They pay you to do work, it's not fair that they actually check up on ya! It's not like Secret Service agents are expected to keep ahold of their weapons (Chicago, female guard for Mrs. Clinton loses her purse in a bar), or your laptops (who hasn't heard this story by now?). So what if they want to improve security if it bothers you, they should stop. Better yet, they should only give these rules to people that matter. Yeah, that way lowly folks are still able to sell papers on eBay. No rules should be applied to all government employees, contractors, etc. That's just, like, so unfair. It's not like you can find a job anywhere else if the business practices bother you. The business needs to conform to your standards, not the other way around!
Of course, when they confront you for typing "I like kiddie porn" over and over then emailing yourself that for six weeks straight, just defend yourself as our fine Democrat party does of the best President in the history of the universe. 1) Ask your acusers, "What's your definition of keystroke?" 2) Tell them, "There's only eight months left in this administration, why are you bothering prosecuting me? Just let sleeping dogs lie." 3) Go in front of Congress when they bring hearings against you and tell them, "Asking me about my kiddie porn habits doesn't feed a single child, give shelter to homeless, save social security for mopes who can't save themselves, or give justice to African American or Hispanic children. You people need to do some real work, not investigate kiddie porn emails." 4) Go on the Today show, Good Morning America, Oprah, anything else you can, and talk of a "vast right-wing conspiracy" that has been trying to get you since 1992. And finally 5) Take the job as a limo driver in Washington when they offer it to you.
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Tabs are evil, except maybe in Makefiles. They should fix that though. After those two (my tabstop is still set to 8), tabs are converted to three spaces. To do a real tab, when needed, ctrl-v tab.
Hands up if you have some software to filter out banner ads.
No revenue from me.
Ok?
With the recent collaboration between Troll Tech and Inprise, you can expect someday Delphi/C++ Builder for Linux using Qt.
Qt is far too easy to program, so I can see it doesn't hold a candle to Motif. Now Gtk on the other hand, it is much closer to the nonsense knowns as Motif.
I vote for Quake 3, a nonsensical rush for rockets.
So it's a copy of Magellan for KDE? Not that that would be a bad thing. I really need a better IMAP reader than Netscape. IMAP seems to be the one protocol lacking support by most all of the free mail programs. Guess I'll have to finish that IMAP Ioslave in KDE. ;)
I'll point you to my suggestion from the MP3.com article. If all these musicians want to be so bitchy, why not put your money where your mouth is?
I was going to make the lynx remark, but someone already took it. :(
But what I'm wondering, is how low a system do you have? KDE/Qt libs hardly "bog down" a system in my experience. I suppose if you have less than P200/32MB it's an issue, but come now K6's are up to 550 Mhz, and memory is back down to roughly $1US per meg (less if you look a little).
Starting up Mozilla, I show 21MB of memory in use. So that's going to be a stetch for any terribly low-end system. This argument of system resources is just pretty much futile. Even when I was in college, living off my few hundred dollars a month Army National Guard pay, I was able to save and put together a reasonable system for the time.
I've regularly used KDE2 (including KOffice) for close to a year now. Things have been usable and more than screenshots for quite a long time. They just aren't release quality, as bug exists. I can live with a crash of an app here and there, but it shouldn't exist when the general public gets it. KWord has been usable to create documents for a long time. Things like the MS filters need work before release. I just don't use Office, so those are of little use to me. But I have made documents, printed them, used various formatting features, given them to clients, etc. with little problem (save regularly).
On Windows, there are two major web browsers that you can use, Netscape and IE. This leads many people to developing two web sites, one for use with Netscape, and one with IE.
That is because they don't follow the RFCs. And when the existing stuff does this, hackers result to doing it themselves correctly. That's how kfm came about, long, long ago.
For what it's worth, Ad Zapper for squid knocked out seven images on the page. So no ad revenue from me. :) It really does make browsing much more pleasant.
Nah, he'll read the emails. Expect an article in a week or so about all the rabid Linux people with emails saying, "Hey you stinking pile of shit. You better take it back or I'll beat your fucking ass." ZD does this a couple times a year, and without fail, it works.
Heh, so the spirit of the Open Source world is to just make protocols and specifications, but no real programs?
Considering people here refuse to by a Tivo for $400 until it has ethernet, firewire, steering wheel, rocket boosters, and an A&W Root Beer dispenser, how would someone here buy a device for so much when all it does is play MP3s?
Which, in my mind, goes to show that there is very little, if any, real difference between the Republicans and the Democrats.
Come now, either you don't look or ignore the differences. One of the most fundamental is state vs federal regulations. One said says, "What we say is absolutely the only way to do it," the other says, "Let states/local areas decide how to handle the issue." What pisses me off the most about Democrats today is how they take everything to the most extreme extent. Republicans offer a modest tax cut, Democrats scream it will kill children. Republicans give a bigger increase to the school lunch programs, Democrats scream their starving children. All the while they say they want to make a "bi-partisan" deal. It's either their way or the highway. I can certainly understand why many people equate the political left with Communism.
As for the war on drugs, I have to agree with the people who have said it is a "religous war". It is the only context in which it makes sense. Any practical view of it shows that it is an utter failure.
That depends what you consider success/failure. There exists one program that worked steadily for many years. All the numbers showed decreases in the number of kids getting started in drugs. I went through elementary school during the time. Today, everyone laughs at the thought of saying "No" to drugs. The attitude of the current administration on drugs (and many things) is "They're gonna do it anyway." What a shock drug use increases during this administration.
The key to this (and prohibition of the early part of this century) is attacking the demand side. The enforcing of the laws is a mild deterrent. Only when you convince someone they do not need drugs will the rest fall into place. Demand went down for youngsters during the 80's because Nancy Reagan set out a plan to do just that. Now we give needles to heroine addicts and the like. We are appeasing them rather than convincing them not to do it. It is no surprice, therefore, that today it is considered a failure.
As for bringing back alcohol prohibition, there is a MUCH better chance for tobacco and guns to be outlawed in the next ten years than alcohol.
I took it as that poster commenting on RMS's statement that President Bush considers the Bill of Rights something from Communism, and that is his reason for joining the ACLU. That is just such an absurd statement. Name one Communist state that allows freedom of speech, religion, etc. They way they operate for so many years is spending time scaring their people into believing the government will be your salvation, not other people or religion. So they come down incredibly hard on people who speak against it. Why was that wall put up in Germany with armed guards ready to shoot anyone who comes near it? Because people naturally dislike such oppression and will seek to get out of it.
That is something to fear and never want to spread around the globe and to improve the rights of its citizens. This Elian Gonzalez fiasco is but a piece in the puzzle. Everyone's shouting about father's rights, so we shall send the boy to a country where no one has any rights (except Castro). Ok, that makes sense.
Communism isn't just a mere value choice like say vegetarians vs normal foods. It is evil.