Well, for your corners, Safari at least supports multiple backgrounds per element (I can't wait for easier css on curvy cornered divs:) ). In the meantime here's how I like it (done in 30 seconds with the web developer toolbar):
I disagree with you rather strongly here. If done well, and there are few links, sure it's fine to do like you say and link the subject to the article instead of "the article". But for more complicated summaries with 4 or 5 links, I want an obvious anchor to the primary subject that doesn't require me to read the summary or think. "The article" saves me time in trying to figure out what the point of the summary is. It lets me get to the details quickly. And there have been many times where I end up having to click on every link in an interesting summary just to find the primary article that prompted the slashdot story. I also think for non-native speakers of English, this is a fine way to make things a bit easier too.
("I don't want to have to think just to click a link" is also very catchy)
That said, the above hardly applies to Ask Slashdot, Reviews, or any of the other original content on Slashdot.
Sin City is less of a live adaptation of a comic book than it is a comic book given life. Like Robert Rodriguez said, it's a translation, not an adaptation.
But even if one leaches, any contribution is more than would have happened without BitTorrent. Therefore, if you have uploaded at all, you have helped. It's not like the old ftp sites where you had to upload a certain amount to download something, it's more like every little bit matters and its nice if people leave them open, but it's not required.
I didn't say there was no #debian channel, I said I couldn't find it (using gaim and scrolling through the room list). I know I need another irc client, but I rarely use irc.
I didn't whine about the old installer. I didn't use it either.
I'm positive I tried the default mirror and most of the others.
My issue with the partitioner was that no options appeared like the option I'm used to with Mandrake and RedHat (use existing partitions). I had manually created these a while ago.
My overall point was that while I'm neither a newbie or an expert, I managed to mess up enough to waste a very large amount of time. That's something I haven't done with a fresh Linux in a long time (years), and I've installed gentoo recently (but not enough to have used their installer).
Well, the new installer isn't exactly perfect yet either. I had to setup a Debian server (Debian was mandated) and I had a helluva time (operator error, but the installer was an enabler).
Here's the executive summary (just the parts that didn't go well):
First, I tried the Debian net-install because it's only a 123MB download and this was going to be the only machine that I installed it on. I used a machine that was Mandrake because it was already partitioned and it fit the requirements, but Debian didn't like my partitions. I checked every possibility I could think of short of choosing the manual option because I don't like messing with fdisk myself. That was ok though, I didn't really need the old partitions, so I just gave up and let it do it automatically. Next, I carelessly breezed through the GRUB install without reading carefully, so I got GRUB on my hd0 even though I had that machine set to boot hd1 instead because I was too lazy to take out an old windows drive a long time ago. That was fine, I just changed the BIOS and I planned on taking out that drive later anyways. Now, after rebooting, I set up an apt repository since most of the stuff wasn't on the CD, chose to set it up as both a desktop and a server since I really like XWindows on my servers as an option even if it doesn't run by default. I went and watched TV and came back a while later and saw that it said it was done, and to rerun, I could just use some command that I instantly forgot. Well, I got the regular old console and rebooted because I knew that XWindows would be setup to run by default since I had chosen the Desktop option. It rebooted. To the console. I was not miffed, I figured it was still just a gimpy install like it was 5 years ago when I tried it. So I logged in and ran 'startx' and promptly found out that nothing was installed. After messing with aptitude for 90 minutes, I figured out that some packages on the ftp site weren't signed (or something) and wouldn't install. It recommended 'apt-get -f install' but that did nothing. I messed around with different mirrors and other crap for another 3 hours before giving up (there's no #debian channel on irc.debian.org that I can find, they're all #deb-specific and I couldn't find #deb-n00bs or its equivalent). Not to mention that at one point aptitude was selecting software we needed for uninstall for some reason.
Since the Net-Install had failed, I downloaded the isos for CDs 1 and 2 (testing). I was pissed and I didn't understand that I didn't need to at the time, so I started the install from scratch again. Went through the same crap with the partitions (it didn't even like the partitions that it had generated before, so it auto-generated new partitions that were exactly the same). I put GRUB on the right hard drive this time (and made a mental note to get rid of the other drive later after I archived all my old mp3s). I tried to reduce my interaction by just putting CD2 in the second CD drive, but it wasn't detected so I had to check up on the machine periodically during the install. Eventually, this worked. I have a functional Debian system and I will never net-install again. I won't use systems that don't boot to hd0 already for Debian either. I won't just reinstall over an old Debian system instead of using my new CDs as apt repositories, and I won't mess with base-config after the install is done.
Now my only complaint is that it installed Postgres instead of MySQL. How about next time I get to choose which database my "Database Server" uses? Or at least change "Database Server" to "Postgresql Server".
I've been doing this for quite a while with my personal calendar. I run subversion at home and use Mozilla Calendar to update it via WebDAV wherever I am. I also subscribe to a US holiday calendar published by somebody else and I've got a family calendar for more than just me.
The only thing I'm missing is a purely web interface for those times when I'm at a library terminal.
Unfortunately, there's something screwy between Sunbird/Calendar's.ics files and what Outlook wants to import, but that's all the more reason to switch.
We've got 2.18rc3 running on Windows 2000 and it works great. The biggest problems I've had are with Active Directory integration for the passwords (still doesn't work).
That said, Linux is still a vastly superior OS for Bugzilla. Apache2 on Windows doesn't have full support for mod_perl yet, so you lose some perfomance by going the cgi route, and because mod_perl doesn't work you can't use perl for password protection in httpd.conf. Also, mod_auth_mysql doesn't work on Windows (yes there are binaries available, no they do not work; Apache on Windows creates its password hashes differently than on Linux, but mysql creates the hashes just like linux does so they don't match and won't authenticate).
All in all, I like Bugzilla, but it's a serious serious pain in the ass to integrate bugzilla user accounts with other parts of your site in a Windows only environment (Though I'm sure we probably just don't know enough about Active Directory).
I know I'm not a typical programmer, but I used to deliver newspapers in addition to having a full time job. I put the papers on people's welcome mats instead of just tossing them from a moving van. The pay was lousy (2c per 20c paper plus tips), but I enjoyed it.
As for less stable side jobs: build PVRs, build dashboard computers, small site sysadmin, 3 card monte, etcetera . . . .
At one time, the majority of American citizens were pro-slavery. That wasn't right. Bush isn't right. Different reasons, same effect.
Personally, I just can't shut up because I didn't think a Bush victory was even remotely conceivable. I have fundamental problems with any chain of reasoning, either moral or ethical, that leads to supporting Bush as the correct result. The decisions of so many other people do not affect my decisions in the least. Otherwise we'd be voting because of peer pressure, the country would be full of sheep, and there would be no differences of opinion (or new opinions on new subjects).
Libertarians are on the right. A basic spectrum goes (left to right): Socialist, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian. Of course, that really just maps their basic economic views which isn't everything.
True, but think how nifty it would be to project a photo or painting onto a corner, then copy it like the masters did with the camera obscura, and let people ooh and ahh when the walk by it. Or, distort the image to fit an outward corner, then paint it on a flat wall to give the impression of more space.
I've been playing the 3D Zeldas every two or three months for short bursts for a while now. The plot really doesn't matter too much and the bigger puzzles tend to have hints absolutely everywhere. As for changing rules, Zelda is consistent to the point that the basic rules are only affected by items which have their effects detailed in the inventory usually. I replayed Ocarina of Time this way, then Master Quest, and I'm somewhere in Majora's Mask right now and it suits my occasional bursts quite well.
If you want something with plot, action, and no developement of the rules, try Ninja Gaiden. It's very true to the original style of play, and mashers delight. Then again, I can't any RPG that I would say "got right to the action". What action?!
Seems like if he were out to help, he should have responded with a tutorial detailing what is wrong with their site, and how to fix it.
And if he were job hunting, the protocol is to create a copycat site in a password protected directory and email company bigwigs the site/password, while saying "look what your site could be!".
Why make it specific to iPod? I've been wanting/planning for a while to do a car radio interface that just uses a usb or firewire hard drive and is controlled by the regular buttons. Don't all portable media players interface just like hard drives on usb/fw anyways?
The Hauppage Remote is hardly a feature. They gave no attention to ergonomics and apparently never saw a remote for a TV or a VCR before setting out to design those pieces of junk. Not only that, the driver under Windows stinks, rendering my dual boot far less useful. My bro's ATI remote is so nice in comparison, I'm considering sacrificing the Linux support of the Hauppage for the niceness of the ATI.
From the article: Please imagine, what's the closest real-life representation of a web page?
How about a camera (or a window?!?) looking at the contents of my hard drive? I don't walk around in the world taking snapshots of what's happening. I have a viewpoint, and what's in my view changes.
I want to listen to uncensored radio over the public airwaves. Nobody's adapting to me. I also want an article from slashdot to have significant original content like a DIY-jet, or a cool program. But slashdot is now more boring and business oriented. Again, nobody adapts to me. The reason? In both cases, the feedback channels have been switched off.
On the other hand, you didn't address the content of the article at all. It's about divergence.
Personally, if the PC market split from the consumer content market, I would be very happy. This would allow me, a developer to buy the OS and hardware I want while my less technologically inclined friends can just buy a tv-box and worry about which games it will play. Would you rather content be the market, or the same content in a different wrapper (a la Win vs. Lin vs. Mac)?
What amazed me most about that segment (it all amazed me to varying degrees) was that RFID tags could probably stop those bastards cold. If a computer can track merchandise on the shelf it could say if the merchandise just disappeared from radio contact. Just put the tags in a removable part of the clothing (like the glass ink packs they use now) and they would beat they hell out of the magnetic systems.
Privacy concerns, yes. But I hate non-needy thieves, and if we can reduce the privacy worries this would be a phenomenal way to stop shoplifters.
Yeah, I wonder how this thing will affect string life. Constant retuning is a bad thing due to the stretching.
Not to mention, the site says you can only use strings of the gage that is programmed in at the factory. I'd have to pay extra for heavy gage on the bottom and light gage on the top! And then I'd have to use a different guitar for all heavy gage!
Maybe this would be good for a nylon string guitar, but the cost is simply too much for a product that is too restrictive for my wants.
Slashdot Mirror
Try searching for restaurants in a certain area. They put yelp review averages inline with the regular results.
Sounds like a virtual environment is exactly what you need.
(And I removed the
I disagree with you rather strongly here. If done well, and there are few links, sure it's fine to do like you say and link the subject to the article instead of "the article". But for more complicated summaries with 4 or 5 links, I want an obvious anchor to the primary subject that doesn't require me to read the summary or think. "The article" saves me time in trying to figure out what the point of the summary is. It lets me get to the details quickly. And there have been many times where I end up having to click on every link in an interesting summary just to find the primary article that prompted the slashdot story. I also think for non-native speakers of English, this is a fine way to make things a bit easier too.
("I don't want to have to think just to click a link" is also very catchy)
That said, the above hardly applies to Ask Slashdot, Reviews, or any of the other original content on Slashdot.
Sin City is less of a live adaptation of a comic book than it is a comic book given life. Like Robert Rodriguez said, it's a translation, not an adaptation.
But even if one leaches, any contribution is more than would have happened without BitTorrent. Therefore, if you have uploaded at all, you have helped. It's not like the old ftp sites where you had to upload a certain amount to download something, it's more like every little bit matters and its nice if people leave them open, but it's not required.
I didn't say there was no #debian channel, I said I couldn't find it (using gaim and scrolling through the room list). I know I need another irc client, but I rarely use irc.
I didn't whine about the old installer. I didn't use it either.
I'm positive I tried the default mirror and most of the others.
My issue with the partitioner was that no options appeared like the option I'm used to with Mandrake and RedHat (use existing partitions). I had manually created these a while ago.
My overall point was that while I'm neither a newbie or an expert, I managed to mess up enough to waste a very large amount of time. That's something I haven't done with a fresh Linux in a long time (years), and I've installed gentoo recently (but not enough to have used their installer).
Well, the new installer isn't exactly perfect yet either. I had to setup a Debian server (Debian was mandated) and I had a helluva time (operator error, but the installer was an enabler).
Here's the executive summary (just the parts that didn't go well):
First, I tried the Debian net-install because it's only a 123MB download and this was going to be the only machine that I installed it on.
I used a machine that was Mandrake because it was already partitioned and it fit the requirements, but Debian didn't like my partitions. I checked every possibility I could think of short of choosing the manual option because I don't like messing with fdisk myself. That was ok though, I didn't really need the old partitions, so I just gave up and let it do it automatically.
Next, I carelessly breezed through the GRUB install without reading carefully, so I got GRUB on my hd0 even though I had that machine set to boot hd1 instead because I was too lazy to take out an old windows drive a long time ago. That was fine, I just changed the BIOS and I planned on taking out that drive later anyways.
Now, after rebooting, I set up an apt repository since most of the stuff wasn't on the CD, chose to set it up as both a desktop and a server since I really like XWindows on my servers as an option even if it doesn't run by default.
I went and watched TV and came back a while later and saw that it said it was done, and to rerun, I could just use some command that I instantly forgot.
Well, I got the regular old console and rebooted because I knew that XWindows would be setup to run by default since I had chosen the Desktop option. It rebooted. To the console. I was not miffed, I figured it was still just a gimpy install like it was 5 years ago when I tried it. So I logged in and ran 'startx' and promptly found out that nothing was installed. After messing with aptitude for 90 minutes, I figured out that some packages on the ftp site weren't signed (or something) and wouldn't install. It recommended 'apt-get -f install' but that did nothing. I messed around with different mirrors and other crap for another 3 hours before giving up (there's no #debian channel on irc.debian.org that I can find, they're all #deb-specific and I couldn't find #deb-n00bs or its equivalent). Not to mention that at one point aptitude was selecting software we needed for uninstall for some reason.
Since the Net-Install had failed, I downloaded the isos for CDs 1 and 2 (testing). I was pissed and I didn't understand that I didn't need to at the time, so I started the install from scratch again.
Went through the same crap with the partitions (it didn't even like the partitions that it had generated before, so it auto-generated new partitions that were exactly the same). I put GRUB on the right hard drive this time (and made a mental note to get rid of the other drive later after I archived all my old mp3s).
I tried to reduce my interaction by just putting CD2 in the second CD drive, but it wasn't detected so I had to check up on the machine periodically during the install.
Eventually, this worked. I have a functional Debian system and I will never net-install again. I won't use systems that don't boot to hd0 already for Debian either. I won't just reinstall over an old Debian system instead of using my new CDs as apt repositories, and I won't mess with base-config after the install is done.
Now my only complaint is that it installed Postgres instead of MySQL. How about next time I get to choose which database my "Database Server" uses? Or at least change "Database Server" to "Postgresql Server".
I've been doing this for quite a while with my personal calendar. I run subversion at home and use Mozilla Calendar to update it via WebDAV wherever I am. I also subscribe to a US holiday calendar published by somebody else and I've got a family calendar for more than just me.
.ics files and what Outlook wants to import, but that's all the more reason to switch.
The only thing I'm missing is a purely web interface for those times when I'm at a library terminal.
Unfortunately, there's something screwy between Sunbird/Calendar's
We've got 2.18rc3 running on Windows 2000 and it works great. The biggest problems I've had are with Active Directory integration for the passwords (still doesn't work).
That said, Linux is still a vastly superior OS for Bugzilla.
Apache2 on Windows doesn't have full support for mod_perl yet, so you lose some perfomance by going the cgi route, and because mod_perl doesn't work you can't use perl for password protection in httpd.conf.
Also, mod_auth_mysql doesn't work on Windows (yes there are binaries available, no they do not work; Apache on Windows creates its password hashes differently than on Linux, but mysql creates the hashes just like linux does so they don't match and won't authenticate).
All in all, I like Bugzilla, but it's a serious serious pain in the ass to integrate bugzilla user accounts with other parts of your site in a Windows only environment (Though I'm sure we probably just don't know enough about Active Directory).
I know I'm not a typical programmer, but I used to deliver newspapers in addition to having a full time job. I put the papers on people's welcome mats instead of just tossing them from a moving van. The pay was lousy (2c per 20c paper plus tips), but I enjoyed it.
As for less stable side jobs: build PVRs, build dashboard computers, small site sysadmin, 3 card monte, etcetera . . . .
At one time, the majority of American citizens were pro-slavery. That wasn't right. Bush isn't right. Different reasons, same effect.
Personally, I just can't shut up because I didn't think a Bush victory was even remotely conceivable. I have fundamental problems with any chain of reasoning, either moral or ethical, that leads to supporting Bush as the correct result. The decisions of so many other people do not affect my decisions in the least. Otherwise we'd be voting because of peer pressure, the country would be full of sheep, and there would be no differences of opinion (or new opinions on new subjects).
Libertarians are on the right. A basic spectrum goes (left to right): Socialist, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian. Of course, that really just maps their basic economic views which isn't everything.
Wrong. You are a customer. No more important than any other customer. Less important than any group of customers.
True, but think how nifty it would be to project a photo or painting onto a corner, then copy it like the masters did with the camera obscura, and let people ooh and ahh when the walk by it. Or, distort the image to fit an outward corner, then paint it on a flat wall to give the impression of more space.
It would fit perfectly in any modern art museum.
I've been playing the 3D Zeldas every two or three months for short bursts for a while now. The plot really doesn't matter too much and the bigger puzzles tend to have hints absolutely everywhere. As for changing rules, Zelda is consistent to the point that the basic rules are only affected by items which have their effects detailed in the inventory usually. I replayed Ocarina of Time this way, then Master Quest, and I'm somewhere in Majora's Mask right now and it suits my occasional bursts quite well.
If you want something with plot, action, and no developement of the rules, try Ninja Gaiden. It's very true to the original style of play, and mashers delight. Then again, I can't any RPG that I would say "got right to the action". What action?!
Seems like if he were out to help, he should have responded with a tutorial detailing what is wrong with their site, and how to fix it.
And if he were job hunting, the protocol is to create a copycat site in a password protected directory and email company bigwigs the site/password, while saying "look what your site could be!".
Why make it specific to iPod? I've been wanting/planning for a while to do a car radio interface that just uses a usb or firewire hard drive and is controlled by the regular buttons. Don't all portable media players interface just like hard drives on usb/fw anyways?
The Hauppage Remote is hardly a feature. They gave no attention to ergonomics and apparently never saw a remote for a TV or a VCR before setting out to design those pieces of junk. Not only that, the driver under Windows stinks, rendering my dual boot far less useful. My bro's ATI remote is so nice in comparison, I'm considering sacrificing the Linux support of the Hauppage for the niceness of the ATI.
From the article:
Please imagine, what's the closest real-life representation of a web page?
How about a camera (or a window?!?) looking at the contents of my hard drive? I don't walk around in the world taking snapshots of what's happening. I have a viewpoint, and what's in my view changes.
I look forward to fixing all of the bugs which were ignored by the Java "Community" Developement process because I'm not a Fortune 500 company.
I want to listen to uncensored radio over the public airwaves. Nobody's adapting to me. I also want an article from slashdot to have significant original content like a DIY-jet, or a cool program. But slashdot is now more boring and business oriented. Again, nobody adapts to me. The reason? In both cases, the feedback channels have been switched off.
On the other hand, you didn't address the content of the article at all. It's about divergence.
Personally, if the PC market split from the consumer content market, I would be very happy. This would allow me, a developer to buy the OS and hardware I want while my less technologically inclined friends can just buy a tv-box and worry about which games it will play. Would you rather content be the market, or the same content in a different wrapper (a la Win vs. Lin vs. Mac)?
This Tom's HW Article talks about the MSI MiniPC that does the same thing.
Makes me wish I'd held off on buying my Shuttle.
What amazed me most about that segment (it all amazed me to varying degrees) was that RFID tags could probably stop those bastards cold. If a computer can track merchandise on the shelf it could say if the merchandise just disappeared from radio contact. Just put the tags in a removable part of the clothing (like the glass ink packs they use now) and they would beat they hell out of the magnetic systems.
Privacy concerns, yes. But I hate non-needy thieves, and if we can reduce the privacy worries this would be a phenomenal way to stop shoplifters.
Yeah, I wonder how this thing will affect string life. Constant retuning is a bad thing due to the stretching.
Not to mention, the site says you can only use strings of the gage that is programmed in at the factory. I'd have to pay extra for heavy gage on the bottom and light gage on the top! And then I'd have to use a different guitar for all heavy gage!
Maybe this would be good for a nylon string guitar, but the cost is simply too much for a product that is too restrictive for my wants.