Generic HID drivers have been in the 2.4.x tree for quite a while.
I am currently typing this with a USB keyboard, and will click the 'submit' button with a USB mouse, both of which are plugged into a USB hub on my monitor. If you plug more than one mouse into the computer each gets its own/dev/input/mouseX device.
As for installing font packs, yes it can be that easy. On my system I'd just have to type 'apt-get install kde-i18n-ja', but if you really must have a point and click interface to it, you can install RedCarpet which will make things similarly easy.
Who cares about stupid extra symbols? Just because the yanks have their S with strikes, is a special symbol needed? Why not just use plain old 'e'?
Personally I quite like the € symbol (works fine for me in Konqueror..:)), although as I live in that back-water known as the UK I don't get to see it much or use the currency for a while yet.
As for a stupid name for the currency, it's the only name they could come up with that everyone in Europe can pronounce. Alternative suggestions were Florins and Duckets, both of which I think sound quite kool in a Shakesperean kind of way..:)
Which meant I had to transfer EVERYTHING over to a spare Windows 98 machine while I sorted out the whole mess. You know what I would have had to do in FreeBSD? I would have had to just turn on Soft Updates. No screaming and pulling hair, just messing with a config file or two.
In FreeBSD, if the file system was dead you would have had to do exactly the same thing.
In Linux, to convert an ext2 partition to ext3 you only have to do tune2fs -j. If you're running a kernel that doesn't support ext3 you need to upgrade to a new one of course, but that's really nothing too major, an apt-get install will sort that out for you.
As a monolingual English speaker (I don't think the ability to buy a loaf of bread in French really counts:)) I find that sentence perfectly understandable. Whilst some additional punctuation may have helped, I don't think there were really any major issues..
I live in the UK, and my Cable Modem is provided by BlueYonder.
I have to say that on the whole I've been very impressed with the service. Although there were a few throughput issues when I initially joined, I've been on the whole very impressed with the service. They even allow servers (with suitable resitrctions, max 10 connections per cable modem and it must be private, password protected), and the only limits they place on normal traffic is a transparent proxy for all port 80 traffic (which I am sure actually speeds up the service rather than slowing it down). I get a constant 64kb/sec transfer rate downloading where possible (and thanks to the transparent caches this is relativly often). The only thing I can say against them is that their mail server often (once a month or so) gets backed up and takes three or four hours to send emails - but they're running some Microsoft SMTP solution at the moment, so perhaps that's to be expected;) Oh, that and they're part owned by Microsoft. But they don't mind that I only have linux boxen connected to their CM..
So basically, to all those who have replied 'well what do you expect, the economic model isn't viable!', I beg to differ.
All the thousands of hours that have been poured into this product are now wasted.
If only Be had released the source under the GPL prior to going under, BeOS could have continued and evovled. As it is it's something of a Neanderthal - an evolutionary dead end.
Here 1/8th is a standard measure, it's ~ 10 gbp for 1/8th of hash, 15-20 for weed and 20-25 for skunk. (Although if you're paying 25 quid for an eigth it had better be damn good shit and usually is..:))
Of course, here in the UK we smoke it mixed with tobacco so it lasts longer too..:)
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Those EULAs aren't worth anything (at least here in the UK where the Neo4 and Messiah are made). 'Licensed for use only with products bearing the PlayStation logo and [NTSC|U/C] designation.' has no legal meaning at all. You can't violate a patent by using something in a way not intended by the patent..
I'll agree that everyone says miles, but no-one I speak to refers to pounds or ounces (of weight).
Unless discussing ganja of course, where the imperial system is still in widespread use..
Coke-heads have adopted the metric system quite successfully tho..:)
Myself and pretty much all my friends are under 25 though, so maybe that's why..
Huh? A) It was out a year before, and B) it's never been about what your console CAN do (performance specs), but about what it DOES do (quality of games).
If only that were true I wouldn't be mourning the loss of the Dreamcast..
From what I've read in various industry magazines, the GameCube is *supposed* to be the easiest of the other three (GC, XBox, PS2) to program for. Of course, one of the major problems anyone wanting to start a homebrew GC project will be how to get the thing to run - they use a proprietary format.
It might be able to get something going with the Panasonic Q! and DVD-Rs, but development would be a damn expensive process..
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In the Muslim concept of heaven you can have as much sex as you want, drink as much alcahol and take as many drugs as you want, even eat bacon. At least if you're a man - there's no heaven for women.
This was explained by me by an atheist friend (whose parents were from Pakistan) - he did provide examples in the Koran..
As well as being the cheapest to purchase, the Dreamcast is the best next-gen console to program for. There's plenty of programming info out there, here's a few links.
$50 for an s-video cable? I'll sell you an s-video cable for $40!!
When you just make up figures like this it really makes you look rather stupid.
If you really want to make an economic argument for the X-Box, how about factoring in the fact it also plays DVDs?
Of course, gaming shouldn't be about economic arguments anyway; do you want to play games designed by Shiguru Miyamoto? If so - buy a Gamecube. If you don't really care about games but would like a little distraction, get yourself a PS One, or maybe Mandrake Gaming Edition..:)
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Whilst Antigone is the more prevalent spelling, as the original was in ancient Greek either spelling is acceptable.
Instead of using powerchute with the APC UPS, you could try apcupsd - it's Free and works perfectly for me. I must have installed it on close to 50 boxen, and it's never given me any troubles yet.. unlike the closed-source stuff you get with it..
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I am currently typing this with a USB keyboard, and will click the 'submit' button with a USB mouse, both of which are plugged into a USB hub on my monitor. If you plug more than one mouse into the computer each gets its own /dev/input/mouseX device.
As for installing font packs, yes it can be that easy. On my system I'd just have to type 'apt-get install kde-i18n-ja', but if you really must have a point and click interface to it, you can install RedCarpet which will make things similarly easy.
Personally I quite like the € symbol (works fine for me in Konqueror.. :)), although as I live in that back-water known as the UK I don't get to see it much or use the currency for a while yet.
As for a stupid name for the currency, it's the only name they could come up with that everyone in Europe can pronounce. Alternative suggestions were Florins and Duckets, both of which I think sound quite kool in a Shakesperean kind of way.. :)
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In FreeBSD, if the file system was dead you would have had to do exactly the same thing.
In Linux, to convert an ext2 partition to ext3 you only have to do tune2fs -j. If you're running a kernel that doesn't support ext3 you need to upgrade to a new one of course, but that's really nothing too major, an apt-get install will sort that out for you.
As a monolingual English speaker (I don't think the ability to buy a loaf of bread in French really counts :)) I find that sentence perfectly understandable. Whilst some additional punctuation may have helped, I don't think there were really any major issues..
Which is why https should be used for secure transactions.. :)
I have to say that on the whole I've been very impressed with the service. Although there were a few throughput issues when I initially joined, I've been on the whole very impressed with the service. They even allow servers (with suitable resitrctions, max 10 connections per cable modem and it must be private, password protected), and the only limits they place on normal traffic is a transparent proxy for all port 80 traffic (which I am sure actually speeds up the service rather than slowing it down). I get a constant 64kb/sec transfer rate downloading where possible (and thanks to the transparent caches this is relativly often). The only thing I can say against them is that their mail server often (once a month or so) gets backed up and takes three or four hours to send emails - but they're running some Microsoft SMTP solution at the moment, so perhaps that's to be expected ;) Oh, that and they're part owned by Microsoft. But they don't mind that I only have linux boxen connected to their CM..
So basically, to all those who have replied 'well what do you expect, the economic model isn't viable!', I beg to differ.
If only Be had released the source under the GPL prior to going under, BeOS could have continued and evovled. As it is it's something of a Neanderthal - an evolutionary dead end.
I for one wouldn't object to having /configuration that was a symlink to /etc and even having /etc non-visible by default in graphical browsers.
Of course, here in the UK we smoke it mixed with tobacco so it lasts longer too.. :)
Those EULAs aren't worth anything (at least here in the UK where the Neo4 and Messiah are made). 'Licensed for use only with products bearing the PlayStation logo and [NTSC|U/C] designation.' has no legal meaning at all. You can't violate a patent by using something in a way not intended by the patent..
Unless discussing ganja of course, where the imperial system is still in widespread use.. Coke-heads have adopted the metric system quite successfully tho.. :)
Myself and pretty much all my friends are under 25 though, so maybe that's why..
The fact of the matter is that what gets used for warez wins.. MP3 for example was orignally the preserve of 'warez d00dz', as was divx ;)
This article is nothing but marketing from Sharp..
If only that were true I wouldn't be mourning the loss of the Dreamcast..
Odd minor version numbers are unstable (so 2.1, 2.3 and 2.5 are all unstable kernel branches).
It might be able to get something going with the Panasonic Q! and DVD-Rs, but development would be a damn expensive process..
This was explained by me by an atheist friend (whose parents were from Pakistan) - he did provide examples in the Koran..
http://mc.pp.se/dc/
http://dcdev.allusion.net/
http://www.boob.co.uk
The GameBoy Advance is also rather lovely to code for, although it does require special hardware to get started..
When you just make up figures like this it really makes you look rather stupid.
If you really want to make an economic argument for the X-Box, how about factoring in the fact it also plays DVDs?
Of course, gaming shouldn't be about economic arguments anyway; do you want to play games designed by Shiguru Miyamoto? If so - buy a Gamecube. If you don't really care about games but would like a little distraction, get yourself a PS One, or maybe Mandrake Gaming Edition.. :)
Whilst Antigone is the more prevalent spelling, as the original was in ancient Greek either spelling is acceptable.
Of course, the real solution is to use a graphics card from a vendor that doesn't treat Free Software with such contempt..
I'm pretty sure I saw one in a local import shop..
The Gamecube has a DVI port, so you can plug a normal DVI monitor into it.
Hey, he said Linux, not GNU/Linux!
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Instead of using powerchute with the APC UPS, you could try apcupsd - it's Free and works perfectly for me. I must have installed it on close to 50 boxen, and it's never given me any troubles yet.. unlike the closed-source stuff you get with it..