This is what Away Messages are for! Anyone who's been to college recently surely has a stable of witty auto-responders telling people they're in class or eating or away or what have you.
If you don't want to be disturbed, set yourself away with a "please leave me alone" message. You can also set AIM to only accept IMs from people you specify. I screen my IM's all the time.
--Josh
<plug>For the anal-retentive, check out my comprehensive AIM Logger!</plug>
Towards that end, one program that has both web and NNTP interfaces is Web Crossing. Non-free (free as in beer for under 1000 pageviews/day), but it satisfies the requirements. WCTL is okay as a templating language; it also supports server-side JavaScript. Runs on Linux and NT. Are there any OSS packages that offer this functionality?
Actually there have been several cases against major gun manufacturers by families of murder victims... tatctics have been to attack gun marketing and safety shortcomings (not unlike tobacco suits?). Don't know the results of such cases, though.
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What's the point of building wired (ok woven) networking into clothing when all of the above devices will be Bluetooth-enabled within the next 18 months? All they need now is a Bluetooth enabled jacket with remote control buttons on the sleeve to run the devices.
To be fair to Suck, their piece was humor. Its a shame to see Slashdot report this like everything they said was well-grounded factual reporting. Even Suck didn't pretend that.
The last few betas of AIM for Windows, while they don't support buddy pounce, do support customizable alerts for each buddy.
If you use windows and want to customize your own version of AIM, there is a VB client floating around.... here.
You can also use the TiK tcl client on windows (it's relatively stable). Since it's written in Tcl, that either means you can do whatever the heck you want with it, or it means you will never understand it.
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While you're at it, check out my AIM Auto-Logging project, AIMLog!
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I wonder what the people studying machine learning have to say about this subject... What if the computer learned from having its operator intervene in certain circumstances? Beyond manually tweaking the defaults every once in a while, what if every time the operator made a change the computer could recognize those factors as needing a particular action and could take it automatically the next time? The other thought that springs to mind is genetic programming... constructing large-scale complex simulations and breeding programs to find the best solution to a chaotic situation... Any experts in these fields care to chime in as to their respective applications?
I have a pair of the Diamond 10mbps cards that I use (unfortunately) only with my Windows boxen. They've been nothing but reliable and fast. Installation was painless.
The best part about this system is the fact that you don't have to rip up your house to install wires... it was the only way I could get my family to put in a network at all. Now they're hooked and all want PCMCIA cards so they can browse from their bedrooms!
I *wish* I could set up a Linux firewall/router for my network, but since there is no driver support I'm stuck using a Windows box and a poor software router (winroute). Since the box now has 3 NICs (one more to connect to my linux boxes via 10baseT), Win98 TCP/IP likes to crap out all the time when the drivers step all over each other... it's pretty frustrating when I have to reboot twice a day just to keep my internet connection up!
I'd buy a hardware firewall, but there are no products that support HPNA. What I'm going to end up doing is buying a Linksys bridge (which only runs at 1mbps) and a Linksys firewall. Suboptimal.
Diamond doesn't support Linux at all, and Broadcom hasn't responded to any of my emails.
This could be a really successful product if the manufacturers harnessed the word-of-mouth marketing power of the Linux world... I guarantee that if Phoneline drivers were available under Linux, phoneline devices would become VERY popular. Or at least in my household:)
I've already got an investment in the phoneline stuff--the 10mpbs works great for Home Networking (obviously not suitable for offices or really high-traffic networks), gaming, filesharing, etc.
Except...
There's still no driver support for HomePNA under linux. Not 1.0 (1mpbs) or 2.0 (10mpbs). So I'm stuck using a Win98 box as a mixed-media router! I looove having a firewall that crashes once a week and needs nightly reboots!
Can someone point me towards a driver (ANY driver, beta, alpha, I don't care) so I can use my HomePNA 2.0 cards under Linux?
(and no, I can't rip up my house to install cat5; we're about to sell it)
OK, but what about smaller companies who can't afford the time/cost of rolling their own DMS? The commercial solutions have all the caveats you mentioned above, including price, but they do have the robustness that a quicky-job won't have (redundancy, backup, version control, permissions, interfacing with billing software, etc.) Notice I say robustness, not reliability.;) A an OSS solution would be ideal (reliability-wise), but the points raised in the discussion of OSS RDBMS unfortunately are true here also: it's not enough of an itch. The interest (and the features) just won't be there.
You must have used an older generation Newton (OMP, MP120/130). In the final version (MP2000/2100) with OS 2.1, they finally got the HWR right. Once the Newton gets used to your handwriting (that's right, the software accommodates you, not the other way around), you can easily get 90-95% accuracy, and fast, too. Unfortunately, the form factor sucked, so I sold my 2100 and I'll probably be getting a Vx in a month or so, with quikwriting installed until Calligrapher (the same engine used in the Newt, IIRC) is ported to Palm. You just can't beat the Vx in terms of functionality for the size.
Possibly the best part would be the availability of information off the network from your house. There is a teacher at my school who posts not only homework assignments and class notes online, but grades from his class. It's good for the students, and the parents get to keep one eye on their kids grades if they wish. What more can you ask for?
...I ran into this the other day. Coolest educational software I ever saw. Anybody have experience with such software (and its usefulness in the RealWorld(tm))?
Servers do crash... but now you can afford to make sure that doesn't happen. Since you won't have script toddlers setting screen saver passwords, and a no-maintenance client instead of 300 win95 boxen that BSOD daily, with all the money saved you can afford to hire a really spot-on geek to make sure you get 99.9% availability.
Man, if I could just get the PHBs at work to go the NC route, I could sit back and get some real work done instead of being a BOFH all day.
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can't someone please mirror this somewhere? flyingbuttmonkeys.com is slashdotted from here to next week! Thanks!
This is what Away Messages are for! Anyone who's been to college recently surely has a stable of witty auto-responders telling people they're in class or eating or away or what have you.
If you don't want to be disturbed, set yourself away with a "please leave me alone" message. You can also set AIM to only accept IMs from people you specify. I screen my IM's all the time.
--Josh
<plug>For the anal-retentive, check out my comprehensive AIM Logger!</plug>
Towards that end, one program that has both web and NNTP interfaces is Web Crossing. Non-free (free as in beer for under 1000 pageviews/day), but it satisfies the requirements. WCTL is okay as a templating language; it also supports server-side JavaScript. Runs on Linux and NT. Are there any OSS packages that offer this functionality?
Actually there have been several cases against major gun manufacturers by families of murder victims... tatctics have been to attack gun marketing and safety shortcomings (not unlike tobacco suits?). Don't know the results of such cases, though.
Am I the only one that read that as "VMS 2K?" Now there's a scary thought...
Counter-Strike: Half a million active players can't be wrong!
What's the point of building wired (ok woven) networking into clothing when all of the above devices will be Bluetooth-enabled within the next 18 months? All they need now is a Bluetooth enabled jacket with remote control buttons on the sleeve to run the devices.
All I can think of are Wallace's Techno-Trousers .... :)
To be fair to Suck, their piece was humor. Its a shame to see Slashdot report this like everything they said was well-grounded factual reporting. Even Suck didn't pretend that.
...note the "It's Funny" foot icon.
Oops. There is a Linux AIM project called LAIM. Careful! :)
The last few betas of AIM for Windows, while they don't support buddy pounce, do support customizable alerts for each buddy.
If you use windows and want to customize your own version of AIM, there is a VB client floating around.... here.
You can also use the TiK tcl client on windows (it's relatively stable). Since it's written in Tcl, that either means you can do whatever the heck you want with it, or it means you will never understand it.
<plug>
While you're at it, check out my AIM Auto-Logging project, AIMLog!
</plug>
Now that's a good idea... instead of making machines look more modern, go retro!
Now I think maybe I'll build my next box into the case of a PC-XT, or (even better) and Apple IIc!
I can see it now:
Yeah, here's my new computer, isn't it kewl?? I overclocked an Apple IIc to 800Mhz!! And it runs Linux!!
Any other cool old computers we should stick an Athlon Mobo in?
ummm... wireless connectivity? How much does THAT cost on a Handspring?
You want playability? Replayability? Play Counter-Strike. 465,271active players can't be wrong.
I wonder what the people studying machine learning have to say about this subject... What if the computer learned from having its operator intervene in certain circumstances? Beyond manually tweaking the defaults every once in a while, what if every time the operator made a change the computer could recognize those factors as needing a particular action and could take it automatically the next time? The other thought that springs to mind is genetic programming... constructing large-scale complex simulations and breeding programs to find the best solution to a chaotic situation... Any experts in these fields care to chime in as to their respective applications?
I have a pair of the Diamond 10mbps cards that I use (unfortunately) only with my Windows boxen. They've been nothing but reliable and fast. Installation was painless.
The best part about this system is the fact that you don't have to rip up your house to install wires... it was the only way I could get my family to put in a network at all. Now they're hooked and all want PCMCIA cards so they can browse from their bedrooms!
I *wish* I could set up a Linux firewall/router for my network, but since there is no driver support I'm stuck using a Windows box and a poor software router (winroute). Since the box now has 3 NICs (one more to connect to my linux boxes via 10baseT), Win98 TCP/IP likes to crap out all the time when the drivers step all over each other... it's pretty frustrating when I have to reboot twice a day just to keep my internet connection up!
I'd buy a hardware firewall, but there are no products that support HPNA. What I'm going to end up doing is buying a Linksys bridge (which only runs at 1mbps) and a Linksys firewall. Suboptimal.
Diamond doesn't support Linux at all, and Broadcom hasn't responded to any of my emails.
This could be a really successful product if the manufacturers harnessed the word-of-mouth marketing power of the Linux world... I guarantee that if Phoneline drivers were available under Linux, phoneline devices would become VERY popular. Or at least in my household :)
There already is one.
Is this the link you're looking for?
I've already got an investment in the phoneline stuff--the 10mpbs works great for Home Networking (obviously not suitable for offices or really high-traffic networks), gaming, filesharing, etc.
Except...
There's still no driver support for HomePNA under linux. Not 1.0 (1mpbs) or 2.0 (10mpbs). So I'm stuck using a Win98 box as a mixed-media router! I looove having a firewall that crashes once a week and needs nightly reboots!
Can someone point me towards a driver (ANY driver, beta, alpha, I don't care) so I can use my HomePNA 2.0 cards under Linux?
(and no, I can't rip up my house to install cat5; we're about to sell it)
Only the searches and results are passed host to host--the actual file transfers are via a direct HTTP connection, which could certainly be encrypted.
OK, but what about smaller companies who can't afford the time/cost of rolling their own DMS? The commercial solutions have all the caveats you mentioned above, including price, but they do have the robustness that a quicky-job won't have (redundancy, backup, version control, permissions, interfacing with billing software, etc.) Notice I say robustness, not reliability. ;) A an OSS solution would be ideal (reliability-wise), but the points raised in the discussion of OSS RDBMS unfortunately are true here also: it's not enough of an itch. The interest (and the features) just won't be there.
You must have used an older generation Newton (OMP, MP120/130). In the final version (MP2000/2100) with OS 2.1, they finally got the HWR right. Once the Newton gets used to your handwriting (that's right, the software accommodates you, not the other way around), you can easily get 90-95% accuracy, and fast, too. Unfortunately, the form factor sucked, so I sold my 2100 and I'll probably be getting a Vx in a month or so, with quikwriting installed until Calligrapher (the same engine used in the Newt, IIRC) is ported to Palm. You just can't beat the Vx in terms of functionality for the size.
...has anyone noticed Google this evening?
Possibly the best part would be the availability of information off the network from your house. There is a teacher at my school who posts not only homework assignments and class notes online, but grades from his class. It's good for the students, and the parents get to keep one eye on their kids grades if they wish. What more can you ask for?
...I ran into this the other day. Coolest educational software I ever saw. Anybody have experience with such software (and its usefulness in the RealWorld(tm))?
Servers do crash... but now you can afford to make sure that doesn't happen. Since you won't have script toddlers setting screen saver passwords, and a no-maintenance client instead of 300 win95 boxen that BSOD daily, with all the money saved you can afford to hire a really spot-on geek to make sure you get 99.9% availability.
Man, if I could just get the PHBs at work to go the NC route, I could sit back and get some real work done instead of being a BOFH all day.