Do we really need to announce beta releases of desktop environments on Slashdot? Is that all this site is becoming?
Is a large portion of slashdot, being geeks/techies/OSS-types, and probably users of [KDE|GNOME], not interested in hearing about realeases of [KDE|GNOME]?
But...... I....... I mean.... umm..... why isn't this kuro5hin?
I personally think all the insecure nerds who bought an Xbox just need vindication for choosing a gameless system. So, whenever something good happens, they go: "Look, we can have fun too!"
On an unrelated note, I eagerly await GTA:Vice City with barely-restrained glee.........
Exchange in particular is not mentioned in this article, however KOrganizer now supports it via this plugin, which is also in KDE CVS. Therefore, the integrated suite Kaplan (not Kroupware, the other suite the article discusses) will automatically support Exchange as well. This is because Kaplan essentially uses KParts from the other applications instead of re-writing everything.
Anyway, Exchange support is needed, as has been pointed out by many others, because the only way to (easily) get companies to switch to a linux desktop is to be able to say "Look, you can browse the Internet, check email, open word documents, and use Exchange". That's why Ximian has gotten some corporate contracts. Once KDE can compete for those contracts as well, the more the merrier:).
Hate to feed trolls, but a simple google search of KDE Exchange will tell you what I've known for quite a while. There already is a KOrganizer Exchange plugin, already in KDE CVS, also available here.
The disc troubles you are having sound like problems my system goes through leading up to its eventual all-out I-won't-read-a-damn-thing behaviour:).
My advice: If you have a chance to get a new one, do it. I have a friend who has a later PS2 version than mine, and he's never encountered any problems with it. So go for a new one if possible, and avoid the problems I'm having. On the other hand, I won't say for sure that your problems will lead into the kind I'm having, so if it will cost you a lot of money to get a different system, you might want to wait until it actually starts failing completely before you get a new one.
Though it is annoying, as it recurs. I have a PS2 that gradually builds up dust until it can't do anything anymore. All you need to do is open it up and take out four smaller screws on the DVD drive, and take a cutip and rubbing alcohol to the lens:) Reassemble, and voila! It works! The xbox problem might have a similar solution. Of course, it voids your (useless ?) warantee.
This propaganda machine works only against itself.
In unrelated news, the CIA recently admitted to spying on FBI agents who were thought to be terrorists. The CIA agents realized their mistake after noticed a bright-yellow acronym written across the back of one of their targets.
Meanwhile, FBI agents were embarrassed to admit they had been investigating two cases win which the crimes were actually a result of NSA and CIA missions, though none of the organizations were able to agree that there had been a miscommunication. It is believed that at least one of them might have blamed Homeland Securities.
In an unprecidented incident, the NSA has also become the first governemnt organization anywhere in the world to sit on its own ass.
Oh, and George W. Bush was swallowed by a fifty-foot whale, later revealed to be Saddam Hussein.
Heh. I read a story about that three days ago (28th) on LinuxSecurity (the article is here).
A copy of the site, in all its hacked-up glory, is also available here.
I'm kind of surprised, though. You'd think that three days would be enough time for RIAA's 1337 h4x0r5 to both (a) find the perpetrators and retaliate, and (b) fix their site!
Heh, with konqueror, its click/swipe, because the initial click doesn't highlight everything (this also makes on-the-fly editing without deleting quite easy). "But what if you want to change everything?" you ask? Easy: a handy button to the left of the address bar deletes the address bar contents and gives it focus all in one click (or you can double-click to highlight everything, then type: but who needs an extra click?). IMHO, Konqueror has maximized click usage, the "longest" action you will ever need to do is a click-swipe.
Actually, from my understanding (though IANAMD) the parent to your post isn't quite correct in calling AIDS a disease. It's actually a syndrome (Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), thus it is different than the "influenza virus causes influenza". AIDS is the state of having such a poor immune system, caused by the contraction of HIV, that other diseases (like influenza) cannot be fought off. You don't have AIDS until HIV has been in you long enough to batter down your immune system. Thus, having HIV does not infer that you have AIDS, in contrast to having the influenza virus which "immediately" gives you influenza. Or at least, such is my understanding.
That is also not the bug (what your talking about sounds like FSF just self-signs their certificates). It is someone "signing" (or rather, spoofing the signing) of a certificate by a certificate authority the browser does trust, but the browser not checking with the authority to see if they actually issued the certificate (or at elast, such is my interpretation). Thus, if FSF had spoofed the signing of their certificate as being signed by, say, VeriSign, and Mozilla didn't give a warning, then it would be vulnerable.
Actually, the fact that it is in the CVS makes it accessable to anyone who wants it. Granted not many end users will connect to the CVS and get the latest dev version of KDE, but at least it's there.
On top of this, I believe there has been mention of them backporting the fix as far back as KDE2.2.2 so users who don't want to get the fix from CVS can fix their systems.
Needless to say, finding evidence of evolution that is convincing enough for this nutcase would be next to impossible.
This fact is made even funnier by the fact that the guy doesn't even seem to know what evolution is. After reading his "contest", it is obvious that he is using "evolution" as a blanket-word for any "major" theories (evolution, Big Bang, or whatever other scientific theory of the creation of our universe you may aspire to) that contradict his beliefs (like many other uninformed people do). So the question begs: What did this crackpot get a doctorate in? Iridology?
Plus, no more problems trying to plug 2 wall warts into adjacent spots on a power strip!
Personally, I like HP's solution to this problem (it is something so simple you'd think other people would do it!): They put the "wall wort" on the cord after the actual plug. That way, it doesn't take up extra plug space, it just sits on the floor! (or desk, or whatever). At least, it was that way on any of their printers I've ever seen.
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Let's face it: they just wanted to access their pr0n while on the road.
As has already been mentionnned numerous times, PNG uses lossless compression, whereas JPEG uses lossy (eg, is much smaller but has worse quality)...... thus PNG is not a suitable replacement for JPEG
Uhh, I believe that KDE is already availble for cygwin. get it here. Has been for awhile (in terms of KDE development speed:), though the port is only of KDE 2.x (no 3 yet...... not quite that fast). Qt 3 seems to be available, though, so its only a matter of time.....
oops, I meant "chose the question himself" (not "questions", silly!). And by question I obviously mean the "offending" get-Google-exec-in-your-pants question:)
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There's two :)
Before it even starts:
Do we really need to announce beta releases of desktop environments on Slashdot? Is that all this site is becoming?
Is a large portion of slashdot, being geeks/techies/OSS-types, and probably users of [KDE|GNOME], not interested in hearing about realeases of [KDE|GNOME]?
But...... I....... I mean.... umm..... why isn't this kuro5hin?
You poor confused bastard.
I personally think all the insecure nerds who bought an Xbox just need vindication for choosing a gameless system. So, whenever something good happens, they go: "Look, we can have fun too!"
On an unrelated note, I eagerly await GTA:Vice City with barely-restrained glee.........
No, its:
LiGNUx 95
LiGNUx 98
LiNTGNUx
LiGNUx 2000
LiGNUXP
and....... drum roll please.......
Li.GNUT
Exchange in particular is not mentioned in this article, however KOrganizer now supports it via this plugin, which is also in KDE CVS. Therefore, the integrated suite Kaplan (not Kroupware, the other suite the article discusses) will automatically support Exchange as well. This is because Kaplan essentially uses KParts from the other applications instead of re-writing everything.
:).
Anyway, Exchange support is needed, as has been pointed out by many others, because the only way to (easily) get companies to switch to a linux desktop is to be able to say "Look, you can browse the Internet, check email, open word documents, and use Exchange". That's why Ximian has gotten some corporate contracts. Once KDE can compete for those contracts as well, the more the merrier
Hate to feed trolls, but a simple google search of KDE Exchange will tell you what I've known for quite a while. There already is a KOrganizer Exchange plugin, already in KDE CVS, also available here.
That's the point. I believe they were pointing out that evolution's Exchange support costs money, whereas the KDE equivalents won't.
The disc troubles you are having sound like problems my system goes through leading up to its eventual all-out I-won't-read-a-damn-thing behaviour :).
My advice: If you have a chance to get a new one, do it. I have a friend who has a later PS2 version than mine, and he's never encountered any problems with it. So go for a new one if possible, and avoid the problems I'm having. On the other hand, I won't say for sure that your problems will lead into the kind I'm having, so if it will cost you a lot of money to get a different system, you might want to wait until it actually starts failing completely before you get a new one.
Though it is annoying, as it recurs. I have a PS2 that gradually builds up dust until it can't do anything anymore. All you need to do is open it up and take out four smaller screws on the DVD drive, and take a cutip and rubbing alcohol to the lens :) Reassemble, and voila! It works! The xbox problem might have a similar solution. Of course, it voids your (useless ?) warantee.
In unrelated news, the CIA recently admitted to spying on FBI agents who were thought to be terrorists. The CIA agents realized their mistake after noticed a bright-yellow acronym written across the back of one of their targets.
Meanwhile, FBI agents were embarrassed to admit they had been investigating two cases win which the crimes were actually a result of NSA and CIA missions, though none of the organizations were able to agree that there had been a miscommunication. It is believed that at least one of them might have blamed Homeland Securities.
In an unprecidented incident, the NSA has also become the first governemnt organization anywhere in the world to sit on its own ass.
Oh, and George W. Bush was swallowed by a fifty-foot whale, later revealed to be Saddam Hussein.
Any questions?
Heh. I read a story about that three days ago (28th) on LinuxSecurity (the article is here). A copy of the site, in all its hacked-up glory, is also available here.
I'm kind of surprised, though. You'd think that three days would be enough time for RIAA's 1337 h4x0r5 to both (a) find the perpetrators and retaliate, and (b) fix their site!
Heh, with konqueror, its click/swipe, because the initial click doesn't highlight everything (this also makes on-the-fly editing without deleting quite easy). "But what if you want to change everything?" you ask? Easy: a handy button to the left of the address bar deletes the address bar contents and gives it focus all in one click (or you can double-click to highlight everything, then type: but who needs an extra click?). IMHO, Konqueror has maximized click usage, the "longest" action you will ever need to do is a click-swipe.
Actually, from my understanding (though IANAMD) the parent to your post isn't quite correct in calling AIDS a disease. It's actually a syndrome (Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), thus it is different than the "influenza virus causes influenza". AIDS is the state of having such a poor immune system, caused by the contraction of HIV, that other diseases (like influenza) cannot be fought off. You don't have AIDS until HIV has been in you long enough to batter down your immune system. Thus, having HIV does not infer that you have AIDS, in contrast to having the influenza virus which "immediately" gives you influenza. Or at least, such is my understanding.
That is also not the bug (what your talking about sounds like FSF just self-signs their certificates). It is someone "signing" (or rather, spoofing the signing) of a certificate by a certificate authority the browser does trust, but the browser not checking with the authority to see if they actually issued the certificate (or at elast, such is my interpretation). Thus, if FSF had spoofed the signing of their certificate as being signed by, say, VeriSign, and Mozilla didn't give a warning, then it would be vulnerable.
On top of this, I believe there has been mention of them backporting the fix as far back as KDE2.2.2 so users who don't want to get the fix from CVS can fix their systems.
This fact is made even funnier by the fact that the guy doesn't even seem to know what evolution is. After reading his "contest", it is obvious that he is using "evolution" as a blanket-word for any "major" theories (evolution, Big Bang, or whatever other scientific theory of the creation of our universe you may aspire to) that contradict his beliefs (like many other uninformed people do). So the question begs: What did this crackpot get a doctorate in? Iridology?
Well, one can only assume New York was named after York, England. Thus, the original plans for York are in....... York, England.
These repeating comments are almost as bad as those blasted X10 camera ads.
It's a real crying shame I can't block the comments like I block the ads...
at 9600 bps?
Come on, Captian Janeway......
Maybe a "Download images but do not display" option would work? Heh heh heh............
As has already been mentionnned numerous times, PNG uses lossless compression, whereas JPEG uses lossy (eg, is much smaller but has worse quality)...... thus PNG is not a suitable replacement for JPEG
I can only guess at da reson y ur msg di'nt go live.
I'm sure it was da shiznit!
Has been for awhile (in terms of KDE development speed
oops, I meant "chose the question himself" (not "questions", silly!). And by question I obviously mean the "offending" get-Google-exec-in-your-pants question :)