The same goes with digital cameras: plug it in, and mount_msdosfs/dev/da0s1/mnt/camera and there you go.
Yes, that looks so much easier than
mount -t vfat/dev/sda1/mnt/camera
Both examples seem to assume that the camera appears to the kernel as a SCSI hard drive, which is not true for any camera I've seen. Maybe if the camera supports the USB mass storage protocol, BSD might turn that into SCSI (Linux uses different device names rather than shoehorning them into the SCSI namespace IIRC), but a large proportion of cameras still use proprietary protocols, in which case GPhoto or similar is needed (though Nautilus and the KDE file manager are still able to make it appear as part of the filesystem).
If you're using Clearcase, you need a specialized admin for it. This puts it in the large organization category. Maybe you could get away with installing it without knowing much about it, and just using its basic check-in/check-out features, but then you might as well save the money and use RCS. CVS is a lot easier for the average developer to just pick up and run with, and learn about as they go. 90% of projects do not use what CVS has to offer (scripting to check commits and log messages, vendor branches etc), so all the posts complaining about CVS lacking features compared with other newer version control systems are moot.
Automated testing - Having a test suite that automatically runs on every proposed commit is next to impossible to do accurately in CVS (as there's no good way to figure out which changes need to be grouped together into a test run), and CVS has no way to prevent a commit from happening until some external test has been run.
Look up commitinfo in the CVS manual. It does both of these things.
I'm not sure that I've ever seen the longer version on TV, but I'm sure it has been shown. I have seen it several times at the cinema though, which is where long commercials tend to get more airing. Isn't this the case in US as well?
Comparative advertising is legal in the UK. But ads almost never stick to verifiable facts (as required), so we end up with "Brand X" or "Other Leading Brands" to avoid encouraging a competitor to make a complaint.
Available as a seperate product apparently. It's not very well publicised, and this sort of functionality has more of a place as a standard part of the OS than Media players and Web browsers. The fact that Windows 2000/XP require a reboot to change the system locale makes me sceptical about your commect about third party software being at fault. If this MUI pack can change the Windows UI language without a reboot, then it is probably using undocumented APIs that do not rely on the system locale. Third party software has to do the latter.
Windows 98 requires dual boot for different languages, as different languages require a different install of Windows. Windows 2000 and XP can have different locales per user, which works for most third party software, but you are still stuck with one interface language for Windows itself unless you dual boot it.
Most X based systems will allow you to set the interface language from the login screen.
If I were a Starbucks VP, I'd be bitching about how our business is selling great coffee, not internet access.
Starbucks' business is not that either. Their business is selling fear of the unknown. There are small independant coffee shops everywhere that sell better coffee cheaper than Starbucks, but kids these days prefer "known brands", however mediocre their product might be.
A universal remote doesn't really make things that much simpler
I remember in the early 90's seeing a programmable remote, which could send multiple signals on a single button press. A single button to switch the receiver to DVD, turn on surround, turn the volume up, skip the copyright disclaimer and start the movie playing. Most TVs in Europe already switch channels so that signal is optional.
I have difficulty imagining the usefulness of this
The example of controlling the heating from a cellphone seems geniuinely useful (but not via bluetooth, as you want the house warm before you get within bluetooth or even WiFi range), but all the crap about fridges and ovens that is the usual poster child for these systems is nothing more than gimmicky really.
For comparisson's sake, it's the exact same color as in the U.S., or Europe.
Green lights in Japan are more cyan. Certainly not the same green as anywhere I've been in Europe, I don't remember what color they were in US, but I'm pretty sure it was more green than in Japan. The Japanese word for green (midori) just covers a narrower range of green than the English word in my expreience.
It does have a SCART connector, so I thought I'd out-smart the designers and get a SCART -> S-Video adapter. It works, but the signal is black and white. I assume this is because there's no seperate chrominance line hooked into the jack.
Sounds like the colour information is still in PAL format, and your TV can't decode it. Or the Video dumps the colour information instead of converting it (some of the cheaper NTSC playback on PAL TV models do that).
Director of Financial Reporting and SEC/GAAP Compliance AKA Controller
The Controller?!! He's one of the guys whose been cashing his shares in over the last 6 months. Obviously this rat saw the ship sinking long ago, but wanted to take a bit of cash out before he jumped.
No, that's the Audit Committee Chairman position that's been empty since mid Nov. I find it highly suspicious that both the Audit Committee Chair and the Director of Financial Reporting have resigned within a few weeks of each other. I think its highly likely that they saw some information, or were asked to do something that might be detrimental to their career, or their freedom.
I wonder WHY they quit. Did they see something in the course of their work that made them scared to be associated with SCO? Director of Financial Reporting AND Internal Auditor, both leaving within a couple of weeks of each other? I wonder if they'll pass whatever they found out on to the SEC?
This is the sort of situation that drove countries like Chile to elect socialist governments in the 1950's. I wonder if the CIA would try to engineer a coup in the USA when the workers get fed up with the corporations?
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Yes, that looks so much easier than mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera
Both examples seem to assume that the camera appears to the kernel as a SCSI hard drive, which is not true for any camera I've seen. Maybe if the camera supports the USB mass storage protocol, BSD might turn that into SCSI (Linux uses different device names rather than shoehorning them into the SCSI namespace IIRC), but a large proportion of cameras still use proprietary protocols, in which case GPhoto or similar is needed (though Nautilus and the KDE file manager are still able to make it appear as part of the filesystem).
Learn to use PAM.
If you're using Clearcase, you need a specialized admin for it. This puts it in the large organization category. Maybe you could get away with installing it without knowing much about it, and just using its basic check-in/check-out features, but then you might as well save the money and use RCS. CVS is a lot easier for the average developer to just pick up and run with, and learn about as they go. 90% of projects do not use what CVS has to offer (scripting to check commits and log messages, vendor branches etc), so all the posts complaining about CVS lacking features compared with other newer version control systems are moot.
Look up commitinfo in the CVS manual. It does both of these things.
Today its almanacs, tommorrow maps. I'd hate to think what the FBI think of people with GPS naviagation systems in their cars.
Nice thought, but to do that, they'd need a repeatable scientific study showing fecal matter was present in Pepsi.
I'm not sure that I've ever seen the longer version on TV, but I'm sure it has been shown. I have seen it several times at the cinema though, which is where long commercials tend to get more airing. Isn't this the case in US as well?
Comparative advertising is legal in the UK. But ads almost never stick to verifiable facts (as required), so we end up with "Brand X" or "Other Leading Brands" to avoid encouraging a competitor to make a complaint.
I'm sure I've seen a shorter version in the UK too, so the length will not be the reason for not showing it in the US.
Don't try to bring sense into politics.
Available as a seperate product apparently. It's not very well publicised, and this sort of functionality has more of a place as a standard part of the OS than Media players and Web browsers. The fact that Windows 2000/XP require a reboot to change the system locale makes me sceptical about your commect about third party software being at fault. If this MUI pack can change the Windows UI language without a reboot, then it is probably using undocumented APIs that do not rely on the system locale. Third party software has to do the latter.
Windows 98 requires dual boot for different languages, as different languages require a different install of Windows. Windows 2000 and XP can have different locales per user, which works for most third party software, but you are still stuck with one interface language for Windows itself unless you dual boot it.
Most X based systems will allow you to set the interface language from the login screen.
Starbucks' business is not that either. Their business is selling fear of the unknown. There are small independant coffee shops everywhere that sell better coffee cheaper than Starbucks, but kids these days prefer "known brands", however mediocre their product might be.
The usual MS fanboy response to Java articles. Go look up kaffe and gcj sometime. Or go look up the original JRE's Sun Community Source License even.
I remember in the early 90's seeing a programmable remote, which could send multiple signals on a single button press. A single button to switch the receiver to DVD, turn on surround, turn the volume up, skip the copyright disclaimer and start the movie playing. Most TVs in Europe already switch channels so that signal is optional.
The example of controlling the heating from a cellphone seems geniuinely useful (but not via bluetooth, as you want the house warm before you get within bluetooth or even WiFi range), but all the crap about fridges and ovens that is the usual poster child for these systems is nothing more than gimmicky really.
Green lights in Japan are more cyan. Certainly not the same green as anywhere I've been in Europe, I don't remember what color they were in US, but I'm pretty sure it was more green than in Japan. The Japanese word for green (midori) just covers a narrower range of green than the English word in my expreience.
Sounds like the colour information is still in PAL format, and your TV can't decode it. Or the Video dumps the colour information instead of converting it (some of the cheaper NTSC playback on PAL TV models do that).
The Controller?!! He's one of the guys whose been cashing his shares in over the last 6 months. Obviously this rat saw the ship sinking long ago, but wanted to take a bit of cash out before he jumped.
No, that's the Audit Committee Chairman position that's been empty since mid Nov. I find it highly suspicious that both the Audit Committee Chair and the Director of Financial Reporting have resigned within a few weeks of each other. I think its highly likely that they saw some information, or were asked to do something that might be detrimental to their career, or their freedom.
Certification: Argentina:16 / Australia:R / Canada:R / Finland:K-15 / France:-12 / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:III / Italy:VM18 / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 / Peru:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) / UK:18 / USA:NC-17 (uncut version) / USA:R (cut version)
Quite a few countries rate the movie as R or 18 (the equivalent of R in most cases).
English is one of its official languages. That said, only a handful of Bollywood films are in English.
I wonder WHY they quit. Did they see something in the course of their work that made them scared to be associated with SCO? Director of Financial Reporting AND Internal Auditor, both leaving within a couple of weeks of each other? I wonder if they'll pass whatever they found out on to the SEC?
This is the sort of situation that drove countries like Chile to elect socialist governments in the 1950's. I wonder if the CIA would try to engineer a coup in the USA when the workers get fed up with the corporations?
Not only errno.h, they are also claiming ownership of bsderrno.h!