Well, Gmail works with Mozilla, but it is very Javascript-heavy. Just like Hotmail and Yahoo, actually. If you open Hotmail with IE, you get an (ActiveX, DHTML?) formatting toolbar so that your email can have "cute" stuff like colours and emoticons, this toolbar isn't there with non-IE browsers --typical Microsoft Monopoly.
Actually, the latest versions of browsers can do DHTML quite nicely with similar results. I've been making a small tool using DHTML and the only problem so far has been with IE which always complain "There is a problem loading the page" despite the fact that it loads it successfully.
How the heck is this news? The article just summarised the Simson Garfinkel article for the business types. Slashdot already covered the calculations from Garfinkel, and therefore this is just a repeat! Booring.
Well, McBride (McBird?:) had a fucking weak case, but what's the case against MS? Evidence for Anti-trust suit no. 2? IBM better hope first that the Democrats win in November if they want to make that kick on MS's butt hurt.
Guess why they do that? It's intentional, to make it difficult for rippers like you to steal the music. It's a bad position to be in, if the RIAA learns about stream-rippers, they will make life for Internet Radio Stations even more difficult, so they're fighting the bad guy but they have to give in to some of the baddies' wishes as well.
The documentation on how to do it is vague, but ALSA is also able to do software mixing. I don't think any distro has this configuration built-in. So it's standard in Linux that eg. Gaim is silent while you're listening to MP3s on XMMS, which is quite a difference to Windows where you can have Winamp (too bad they don't have a Linux port, they have some neat features XMMS lacks) playing an MP3, a Quicktime video (with sound) playing in the browser and Gaim sounding bells as a friend sends you messages.
I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (aka AudioPCI or Ensoniq 5880), Winamp's DirectSound output configuration window claims it can mix 64 streams on the hardware - but I'm sceptical, it could very well be the driver doing the mixing, software-side.
Does ALSA allow more than one program to write to the sound device node when it knows the sound card is capable of hardware mixing? In my experience the program just says "cannot open/dev/(something), in use." or it waits until the device becomes free again.
No luck.. I installed 20040124, tried to start Gaim, same error message: "The procedure entry point g_completion_set_compare could not be located in the dynamic link library libglib-2.0-0.dll . I have this file, it says it's version 2.2.3.0..
Now installed GTK 2.2.4 rev C, and the libglib-2.0-0.dll also says it's version 2.2.3.0.. didn't check if the files were exactly the same.
Maybe you installed Glib separately? Or maybe the glib error is caused by some other error?
That with Xbox is because some brands of drives can read CD-Rs, while some others can't... CD-Rs are important if you want to boot the Debian/whatever ISOs..
My experience was, Gaim 0.75 worked fine with Gimp's GTK (20040124), but Gaim 0.76 wouldn't start because it couldn't find a "Procedure entry point".
I preferred the ability to chat than to use Gimp, so out goes the GTK+ 20040124 and in goes GTK 2.2.4 rev. C (the one recommended by Gaim). Besides, I'm more comfortable with Paint Shop Pro.
I think there are already more than 5 different spyware apps.
I sometimes try to help people remove this shit from their computer, but the dumb few keep installing them, so I just ignore it.
In Germany it's a lot worse, there are ActiveX controls that disconnects your modem and then silently dials a 1-900 number.. you have to click "Yes" to let the ActiveX control run, but hey, the website just says "We will now install a special access software. Click yes to continue.".
Aaah yeah, win32s, the 32 bit extension to the 16 bit Windows (yes we all now the joke, although I can never remember it).. it was like an engine upgrade, "Damn now it's 32 bits!" you feel after you install it.
I remember installing IE on Win32s on Win 3.1, damn that was a resource hog.
Seamless Information Exchange There are over 300 million users of Office worldwide who can seamlessly exchange documents without concerns for loss of data or formatting errors. Third-party studies show that competitive office suites retain only 75% accuracy (data and formatting) when receiving documents from Office users. See Summary eTesting Labs: Microsoft Windows XP/Office XP versus Red Hat Linux/StarOffice Migration Study
Hey MS, If you weren't afraid of formatting losses, why did you choose PDF? And how did you get your nice Office suite to create PDFs? Oh did you have to pay someone else for that feature? *snigger*
For the company? Maybe.. but I doubt it would be good for the US/world economy, because MS's stock will go down so fast, it will certainly take a lot of things down with it.
Well, that's what would happen if MS starts giving away all of its product and source-code for free, but that's not the case here, only Windows is in question.
Why does this make me think of Dune (sadly I can only recall the game), where they build structures in the desert to collect moisture? Perhaps computers of the future will come a desk-version of these?
What if some hot Russian girl is totally into you after seeing your picture on the internet, and sends you an email? That's what happened to me, and she's flying over tomorrow using a plane ticket which she bought with the money I transferred to her!
I wonder if someone's mentioned it, but your comment reminds me of a joke in one of the HHGTG books, wherein a gurgle which was transported through time and space ended up in a conference between 2 sides about to go to galaxy war, and the gurgle was Babelfished into an insult...
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Well, Gmail works with Mozilla, but it is very Javascript-heavy. Just like Hotmail and Yahoo, actually. If you open Hotmail with IE, you get an (ActiveX, DHTML?) formatting toolbar so that your email can have "cute" stuff like colours and emoticons, this toolbar isn't there with non-IE browsers --typical Microsoft Monopoly.
Actually, the latest versions of browsers can do DHTML quite nicely with similar results. I've been making a small tool using DHTML and the only problem so far has been with IE which always complain "There is a problem loading the page" despite the fact that it loads it successfully.
Wow, I got in too! I feel so special! :) Haha.. and I don't even blog that often.
Hmm, it doesn't work with Opera, so I told Opera to fake being IE, but it needs ActiveX enabled on IE.. oh well, better load up Mozilla.
How the heck is this news? The article just summarised the Simson Garfinkel article for the business types. Slashdot already covered the calculations from Garfinkel, and therefore this is just a repeat! Booring.
Well, McBride (McBird? :) had a fucking weak case, but what's the case against MS? Evidence for Anti-trust suit no. 2? IBM better hope first that the Democrats win in November if they want to make that kick on MS's butt hurt.
Guess why they do that? It's intentional, to make it difficult for rippers like you to steal the music. It's a bad position to be in, if the RIAA learns about stream-rippers, they will make life for Internet Radio Stations even more difficult, so they're fighting the bad guy but they have to give in to some of the baddies' wishes as well.
For me too please!
Who let the AOL boys in?
The documentation on how to do it is vague, but ALSA is also able to do software mixing. I don't think any distro has this configuration built-in. So it's standard in Linux that eg. Gaim is silent while you're listening to MP3s on XMMS, which is quite a difference to Windows where you can have Winamp (too bad they don't have a Linux port, they have some neat features XMMS lacks) playing an MP3, a Quicktime video (with sound) playing in the browser and Gaim sounding bells as a friend sends you messages.
/dev/(something), in use." or it waits until the device becomes free again.
I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (aka AudioPCI or Ensoniq 5880), Winamp's DirectSound output configuration window claims it can mix 64 streams on the hardware - but I'm sceptical, it could very well be the driver doing the mixing, software-side.
Does ALSA allow more than one program to write to the sound device node when it knows the sound card is capable of hardware mixing? In my experience the program just says "cannot open
No luck.. I installed 20040124, tried to start Gaim, same error message: "The procedure entry point g_completion_set_compare could not be located in the dynamic link library libglib-2.0-0.dll . I have this file, it says it's version 2.2.3.0 ..
.. didn't check if the files were exactly the same.
Now installed GTK 2.2.4 rev C, and the libglib-2.0-0.dll also says it's version 2.2.3.0
Maybe you installed Glib separately? Or maybe the glib error is caused by some other error?
Aah, DLL hell..
And in Soviet Russia, America has money to keep the country going well...
That with Xbox is because some brands of drives can read CD-Rs, while some others can't... CD-Rs are important if you want to boot the Debian/whatever ISOs..
My experience was, Gaim 0.75 worked fine with Gimp's GTK (20040124), but Gaim 0.76 wouldn't start because it couldn't find a "Procedure entry point".
I preferred the ability to chat than to use Gimp, so out goes the GTK+ 20040124 and in goes GTK 2.2.4 rev. C (the one recommended by Gaim). Besides, I'm more comfortable with Paint Shop Pro.
I think there are already more than 5 different spyware apps.
I sometimes try to help people remove this shit from their computer, but the dumb few keep installing them, so I just ignore it.
In Germany it's a lot worse, there are ActiveX controls that disconnects your modem and then silently dials a 1-900 number.. you have to click "Yes" to let the ActiveX control run, but hey, the website just says "We will now install a special access software. Click yes to continue.".
Try Proxomitron (Google for it), and drop IE.. try Firefox instead.
Deadline for registration: April 7th...
Aaah yeah, win32s, the 32 bit extension to the 16 bit Windows (yes we all now the joke, although I can never remember it).. it was like an engine upgrade, "Damn now it's 32 bits!" you feel after you install it.
I remember installing IE on Win32s on Win 3.1, damn that was a resource hog.
"It seems like you're trying to exploit a security hole. Would you like help?"
"Try to build an idiot-proof system, and the universe will build a better idiot."
(Can't be bothered to look up who said it)
Maybe it's a sort of tribute to another musician, Coolio? :)
Hey MS, If you weren't afraid of formatting losses, why did you choose PDF? And how did you get your nice Office suite to create PDFs? Oh did you have to pay someone else for that feature? *snigger*
Yes, even the morons don't want to be classified as the same with him. :)
Alas, I've been modded a troll, oh well, Slashdot a place where you have to explicitly mention to the readers "It's a joke, son."
You misspelled "moron".
For the company? Maybe.. but I doubt it would be good for the US/world economy, because MS's stock will go down so fast, it will certainly take a lot of things down with it.
Well, that's what would happen if MS starts giving away all of its product and source-code for free, but that's not the case here, only Windows is in question.
Why does this make me think of Dune (sadly I can only recall the game), where they build structures in the desert to collect moisture? Perhaps computers of the future will come a desk-version of these?
What if some hot Russian girl is totally into you after seeing your picture on the internet, and sends you an email? That's what happened to me, and she's flying over tomorrow using a plane ticket which she bought with the money I transferred to her!
But wait, I don't have my pic online...
I wonder if someone's mentioned it, but your comment reminds me of a joke in one of the HHGTG books, wherein a gurgle which was transported through time and space ended up in a conference between 2 sides about to go to galaxy war, and the gurgle was Babelfished into an insult...
:)
The book for those who don't know it.