I have poked around with jess. It's sort of based on CLIPS, and is programmable in lisp-like syntax. It also has hooks that allow you to extend it in Java or even call Java from within you Jess programs.
My experience getting DSL, while not completely smooth, was great. US West was able to confirm that my residence was DSL-capable over the phone, and I placed my order immediately and left my ISP unselected initially. I looked around at the various providers and found one that a good friend of mine had chosen to be the best. They do NOT have a "no servers" policy and their tech support is good (they even are willing to support Linux! Yay!). Also, I got a static IP address (for a few dollars a month more than dynamic IP).
The only real hitch I had was that US West moved my initial installation date (which was about 2 weeks after my order) back another 3 weeks after my local office went "temporarily out of capacity".
About a week before the scheduled "on" date, a nice big box arrived in the mail. Now I know what the setup fee pays for: a nice little Cisco 670 DSL modem and a 3com 3C900B-TP NIC, plus assorted filters, cables and manuals.
Of course the install guide didn't mention anything about Linux configuration, but I had that down on my own. Set up was simple and I was online in about 15 minutes.
For the record, US West offers only SDSL in my area, and I purchased 256K up/down.
Other than the 3-week delay, I am very satisfied and the quality is great to date. I *love* having access to my home box from work and I can serve up stuff to my friends and colleagues as I please.
Typical FUD. Out of one side of its mouth, MS puts out the rumor that it will support Linux, thus forcing its competitors to spend scare resources responding to the 'threat' of MS getting into a new market first, and keeping the sheep in its flock from considering a competitive product by 'waiting until we can get MS'. Out of the other side of its mouth, MS denies anything and continues to marginalize Linux, keeping its sheep, er, customers, from considering Linux as an alternative at all (and possibly duping some competitors into holding off on making Linux products, thus further marginalizing it).
Everything you did is Good, I like that you bolded the default slashboxes for quick reference, and the lite page is great. Nits? Of course. Is is possible to have a lite page with slashboxes? Also, automagically filling in the URL with http:// kinda looks sucky when the user doesn't enter something for that preference. I delete the http:// everytime I update my preferences but it keeps coming back.
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I have poked around with jess. It's sort of based on CLIPS, and is programmable in lisp-like syntax. It also has hooks that allow you to extend it in Java or even call Java from within you Jess programs.
My experience getting DSL, while not completely smooth, was great. US West was able to confirm that my residence was DSL-capable over the phone, and I placed my order immediately and left my ISP unselected initially. I looked around at the various providers and found one that a good friend of mine had chosen to be the best. They do NOT have a "no servers" policy and their tech support is good (they even are willing to support Linux! Yay!). Also, I got a static IP address (for a few dollars a month more than dynamic IP).
The only real hitch I had was that US West moved my initial installation date (which was about 2 weeks after my order) back another 3 weeks after my local office went "temporarily out of capacity".
About a week before the scheduled "on" date, a nice big box arrived in the mail. Now I know what the setup fee pays for: a nice little Cisco 670 DSL modem and a 3com 3C900B-TP NIC, plus assorted filters, cables and manuals.
Of course the install guide didn't mention anything about Linux configuration, but I had that down on my own. Set up was simple and I was online in about 15 minutes.
For the record, US West offers only SDSL in my area, and I purchased 256K up/down.
Other than the 3-week delay, I am very satisfied and the quality is great to date. I *love* having access to my home box from work and I can serve up stuff to my friends and colleagues as I please.
Typical FUD. Out of one side of its mouth, MS puts out the rumor that it will support Linux, thus forcing its competitors to spend scare resources responding to the 'threat' of MS getting into a new market first, and keeping the sheep in its flock from considering a competitive product by 'waiting until we can get MS'. Out of the other side of its mouth, MS denies anything and continues to marginalize Linux, keeping its sheep, er, customers, from considering Linux as an alternative at all (and possibly duping some competitors into holding off on making Linux products, thus further marginalizing it).
Clear as mud now?
Everything you did is Good, I like that you bolded the default slashboxes for quick reference, and the lite page is great. Nits? Of course. Is is possible to have a lite page with slashboxes? Also, automagically filling in the URL with http:// kinda looks sucky when the user doesn't enter something for that preference. I delete the http:// everytime I update my preferences but it keeps coming back.