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  1. Pine rules! on Pine/Pico License Misconceptions · · Score: 2
    It's usable via telnet, ssh - from any machine in the world pretty much. It has loads of features and it's fast (with reasonable mailbox sizes).

    GUI clients be damned, Pine for me, baby!

  2. Call me crazy, but... on Image Processing By Example · · Score: 2
    If you have a "before" and "after" shot (therefore implying that you have a/the effect filter), then why don't you just apply the same filter to image B that you did with A to get to that "after" shot?

    That is, why a "learning filter?"

    It would be more useful if it could discover a technique by looking at one image.

  3. Tweak, Tweak! on Jordan Hubbard (of FreeBSD Fame) Hired by Apple · · Score: 3

    MacOS X does need some tweaking, especially in the speed department... Go, dude, go!

  4. Hmmmm on Google Plans an IPO · · Score: 3

    I don't know, but I think I'd wait until the economy/market improved a little...

  5. Apples and Oranges on The Speed Demon That Is Tux 2.0 · · Score: 3
    Might I be the first to say, it's not hard to beat Apache in performance. Remember, their motto is "correct first, fast second" more or less. It's also not very efficient, Apache - hence the v2.x series. Even then, there are faster Web servers out there, like Zeus.

    You can't lump Tux in with general Web servers, since it's rather limited as to what it can do - remember, it's only for STATIC pages. You still need an additional Web server for CGI programs or any sort of dynamic site or one that relies on modules like PHP.

    Used correctly, and in conjunction with Apache (or another server) Tux is an *extremely* welcome addition to the stable. Props to the people involved on this.

  6. Whither GNOME? on Gnome Hackers Sorting Out Differences RE:2.0 · · Score: 3
    Personally, I feel that GNOME is losing it's focus and quality control. Issues that really should be fixed are not, and new features are dragging out.

    The debacle with Evolution and Nautilus (Medusa, etc.) come to mind. Slow releases of binaries, incompatibilities...

  7. One Major Problem on High Performance Network Applications · · Score: 3
    You use the platform that:

    • Supports your software best
    • Has the support you need from vendors
    • Meets your hardware requirements for redundancy, failover, high-availability and robustness, among other buzzwords

    It means nothing if "A" is fastest, if it runs on a bad OS, cheap commodity hardware or isn't supported. You go with "B" becuase it DOES.

    Fast != correct all the time.

  8. Odd - v4.1.0 Worked Perfectly! on XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 2
    So I downloaded the 4.1.0 source, untar it, do the "make World" bit... And NO ERRORS! It just worked. I had to use Solaris' "make" as the GNU version bombed with "illegal option -w" but whatever little glitch was there has been fixed!

    I can't say how stoked I am to try the render, xinerama and truetype support finally, under Solaris...

    Props to the XFree team!

  9. Solaris Port Flaky? on XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed · · Score: 2

    I'd be happy if someone got it to compile for Solaris and packaged it up. It seems that a key part, an include file if I remember correctly - prevents it from compiling the server itself. It's under the sun stuff. I don't have the information handy offhand, but I could reproduce it with differing versions of XFree86 as well as the X.org version(s). I know it's possible... I just want Xinerama and Render support for Solaris! Is that so wrong? :)

  10. Moron on 22" 9.2-Million Pixel Display · · Score: 1
    You didn't read my post, and you're not using your head. This monitor isn't supposed to hit store shelves for about five years if it's anything like the IBM model which sounds suspiciously similar. At that time, $2000-4000 is not unlikely, especially if this guy expects 27" ones for $2K by 2003.

    The current Mac 22" Cinema display is $2500, albeit with far lower resolution.

    Now, who's the idiot?

  11. Read that article? on 22" 9.2-Million Pixel Display · · Score: 2
    "The display measures 22 inches across the diagonal, has a 9.2-megapixel display and can divide its screen to run 16 DVDs (digital versatile discs) simultaneously in 720 by 480 pixel mode. There's one drawback for end users: it takes 16 of Intel's Pentium 4 processors to run it, and would cost about $200,000."

    I think they're talking about a setup that would run those 16 DVDs at once costing that much. Normal use as say, a computer monitor would only require the one PC - and the cost would be a LOT cheaper... Although they don't mention the cost of the monitor itself.

    From the wording, I'd say it'll be in the neighborhood of at least $2000-4000:

    "In two years, we want to see a 27-inch monitor able to display two pages side by side for $2,000," Leglise said. And in five years, we want to see a 10 megapixel display for $2,000."

  12. Network Solutions Sucks Ass on .Info, .Biz, .Behind The Scenes At ICANN · · Score: 2
    They've royally screwed me over on a domain I own, and trying to reach them is next to impossible. Nothing but an auto-responder or canned replies, even though a unique "person" signs each response.

    I'm at my wits end with NetSol and about to go postal.

    Scumbags.

  13. D'ohhh! on Slashback: Profits, Marks, Secsh · · Score: 1

    So close, yet so far...

  14. The Dot Bomb! on Linuxcare/Turbolinux Merger Called Off · · Score: 2
    Making Linux... History. D'ohhh!

    Hey, merge with Eazel - I hear they're goin' cheap!

  15. 1GB Microdrive? on 64MB Compaq IPAQ On Sale -- Or Not? · · Score: 2

    If I'm not mistaken, you can get one of those PC card expansion packs and add a 1GB IBM Microdrive, no? Surely, that's pretty sweet. Especially if you use it with your digital camera...

  16. Flamebait? Not! on Agenda Linux PDA Finally Out · · Score: 1

    It's a fact, you moron.

  17. Lazy? on Agenda Linux PDA Finally Out · · Score: 2
    http://www.lisa.de/ - use your imagination! "Lisa systems in Germany."

    Anyway, yes - they are delivering. It's based on the iPaq. Some snippets from the site include:

    "In december 2000 LISA mLinux 0.6 was released. Our first Linux distribution for a handheld put Compaq's iPAQ under Linux."

  18. First? I think you're wrong, Taco on Agenda Linux PDA Finally Out · · Score: 1
    You guys rejected the story I submitted a while back about the first Linux PDA.
    • 2001-03-22 06:21:17 Lisa Systems in Germany announces first Linux Handheld (articles,news) (rejected)

    Check your facts.

  19. Microsoft Association? on Ask Robert Young · · Score: 2

    What do you think about people calling Red Hat the "Microsoft of the Linux world?" Do you think this is a valid association?

  20. Red Hat Future Desktops on Ask Robert Young · · Score: 3

    Will you stick with the GNOME environment to feature "killer apps" like Nautilus and Evolution or will you ever switch to KDE now that anti-aliasing support and similar heavy-hitting apps are available, not to mention the GPL'ing of Qt? Do you feel Red Hat made the right choice to go with GNOME?

  21. SPARC Platform Edition? on Ask Robert Young · · Score: 4

    Will we ever see a SPARC platform release of Red Hat again? Red Hat implied that there just wasn't enough customer demand. As someone who has used it, I have to admit - I kind of miss it, especially now that the 2.4 kernel and many heavy advancements have been made to things like GNOME and XFree86, etc.

  22. Question on Ask Robert Young · · Score: 4

    What do you think of cnnfn.com's recent "Top Ten Tech Stocks to Avoid" article that mentions Red Hat as one of them?

  23. Whither VRML? on SGI Versus "Open*" and All Things "GL"? · · Score: 2

    Let's not forget about the new consortium efforts to create a "3D standard for the Web." Umm, what about VRML? Or did you guys hose it up so much in legal quagmire as to make it easier to start from scratch?

  24. Translation... on Eazel Tells All · · Score: 2
    "It's been a tough time around Eazel. However, we managed to keep most of the core engineering team intact, and there is a lot of energy now. I like the way Bud Tribble, our VP of Engineering, put it: "We have a lot of momentum. We've lost some mass. So that means we have to increase velocity." And it's been happening - we've been achieving things in a matter of weeks that would have taken months before."

    Since we shitcanned half our people, the rest of us have been working like dogs, pulling much overtime to keep our already underpaying jobs and we realize now that there's no way in hell we'll get this done in time.

  25. Cool! on DoD developing Linux-based "Soldier's Radio" · · Score: 2

    Now if we can just apply this to Napster queries and networking, we'd be stylin!