I liked the Previous/Next story links. Kind of puts this story in perspective:
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But seriously, although the WWW really stands for World Wide Waste of time, I'd rather see people addicted to something who's sole purpose is to make information available, than seeing their minds wrecked by substance addiction.
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cyperhpunk102/cypherpunk works (go figure). As for slash.dot/slash.dot, it may direct animosity towards/..
It seems to occur if you actually use the ``-l logname'' option (at least this is what triggers it for me). The problem seems to be with getopt() not seeing the ``logname'' part, returning 0 which then causes the segfault. I am at a loss at why this would be happening.
However, doing the full `make install' and running it as root with the default log file location (/usr/local/bass/bass.log) works for me.
In general this program seems a little shifty. For example, why is there the (default) ability to clear out it's argv[0] (and thus be less immediately detectable in the process table)? And why does it need a ``coward'' mode. It seems as if it was written to run on machines where it wasn't supposed to be.
I use an Omni Key 101 from Northgate (no longer around unfortunately). It is much like the old IBM's but not quite as massive. It came standard on all Fintronic systems at the time we purchased them. Should have known Fintronic would become as big as they are today, just by their great choice of keyboards.
I will have to try to find some way to smuggle this one with me when I finally graduate!
The Linux community isn't about using Linux - it's about feeling special. I know that sounds trite, but it's accurate
While I do feel a little special using Linux, this is not the reason I use it. The reason I, and a growing number of my collaborators in the physics comunity, use Linux is that it provides a robust and simple platform for all of our computing needs. Thats it. Linux is just a tool and it happens to be the best one around currently.
While it is true that much secrecy in science is in order to insure getting credit, I would say that it is more to do with not releaseing false information and making a fool of oneself. It is irresponsible for any scientist to publicize their work before it is finalized.
Publicizing unfinished science is like releasing pre-alpha software and calling it golden. That is, it is a lot like the marketting strategy of a certain wealthy software company.
Sometimes keeping the source or the science quietly closed is the Right Thing to do.
I applaud the improvement of gcc, but it is a little wrong to say this backend is ``donated'' isn't it? It is derived from GCC so must be under GPL if it is to be distributed at all.
For years, preprints of physics, math and other disciplines' papers have been available on the web at xxx.lanl.gov. Also, APS journals (eg. Phys Rev) have been available for a couple of years at aps.org.
I am reading Cryptonomicon now (which, so far is just great), and I have one question: He mentions by name, Windows, BeOS, UNIX and other real live OSes (well, excluding Windows as R.L. [grin]) but when he comes to Linux, which he praises heavily, he calls it Finux. Obviously, the name is a play on the name of Linus's home country, but, what I wonder is what is the motivation for comming up with an artificial name for Linux when actual names of all other OSes are used?
Anyone have any ideas?
-Brett.
Huh? NT cluster cheaper than Beowulf?
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Though the company could have saved at least hundreds of thousands of dollars by opting to set up Windows NT clusters, porting its Unix rendering application would have been a huge chore, Forsyth said.
How do they figure this? Do they mean that NT clusters are cheaper than their previous super computers or cheaper than Linux? Couldn't be the latter.
Have you found a place on the web to order this card which doesn't shunt you through half a dozen domains (as Hoontech's site does)? I'm okay with sending c.c. info over the web, but not when the path is so tenuous.
There is `Festival' which does turn text into pretty normal sounding voice. You can plug in different voices. And there is `say' (part of `rsynth') which turns your multi-kilo-buck PC into a Speak-and-Spell. Don't have URLs but both are Debian packages.
Browsing Debian's packages also turns up a few others so this like, all Linux solutions, begins with: ``well, first install Debian...''.
Early on some of the authors noted that at least one of the SDK downloads didn't come with the legal docs, essentially not binding them to any sort of legal red tape.
I have heard it said before that if software comes with no explicit license then the legal default is that the user has no rights to use the software.
In reality, missing license files usually mean the software's author doesn't care what happens to the code, but reality and legality are often quite divorced.
When will ``web designers'' (ie trained monkeys) learn that not everyone works on a fsckin' 600x400 monitor. Those damn fonts are totally unreadable at 1600x1200. Can't people just use relative sized fonts in their HTML and let me decide how big I want things?! If someone wants a slice of my awake time they better make it easy for me to read or else Alt-back-arrow they go.
As for Al Gore, I am not voting for him until he invents something really usefull like oxygen or water. Better get busy, Al!
I question the methods for determining what part of the OS is GNU. The claim attempting to be refuted is that GNU software makes up a large part of operating system. This does not include apps such as GS or TeX whos importance to source line count ratio is not nearly as high as it is for say, grep, bash, etc. Some large packages, such as XFree86, may arguably be considered part of the OS, but for the most part the OS is made up of very important and very small programs. (Well, plus that little kernel thingy that Linus and friends wrote).
I'm also looking forward to the GNOME front end to apt. Now if only I could locate GNOME 1.0.x.deb's, I would be a very happy person.
As seen in the latest Debian Weekly News you can get the new Gnome debs from this link, but see DWN for the link to the anouncement as this is not a stable (in Debian's conservative definition of ``stable'') set of debs nor an official release. Also, the announcement gives APT's/etc/apt/sources.list entry for even easier install.
I have installed these 1.0.1 Gnome debs with out any probs (my systems are mostly potato with a some slink left over). Unfortunately I have found a few probs running Gnome and related apps. I am afraid I must say that the Gnome project's 1.0.x designation is a bit premature. But, I also think this criticism will be outdated in a matter of a week or so.
Hey, its okay. It is a thin line between clueless questions (which deserve some level of backlash) and simple newbie questions (which deserve some level of hand holding). I certainly have blasted a few people when I (and the blastie) would have been better off if I just ignored it and moved on (or just gave an answer).
So, after 12 hours of Debian, are you a convert yet? I think it took me a whole day.
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I thought it was a Jeffries prior one should use as a LIP for a scale parameter.
Yes, my sentiments also. Does anyone have a link to a page which actually SAYS something on this topic?
Not really. The machine I have my eye on is a dual P-III 450 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB HD, G400 AGP, etc etc.
Price? about $1300 from here. Of course, this place doesn't give you snazy colored boxes.
Previous Story:
Stowaway Horror (The Daily Record)
Next Story:
Crushed To Death By Her Horse (The Daily Record)
But seriously, although the WWW really stands for World Wide Waste of time, I'd rather see people addicted to something who's sole purpose is to make information available, than seeing their minds wrecked by substance addiction.
cyperhpunk102/cypherpunk works (go figure). As for slash.dot/slash.dot, it may direct animosity towards /..
It seems to occur if you actually use the ``-l logname'' option (at least this is what triggers it for me). The problem seems to be with getopt() not seeing the ``logname'' part, returning 0 which then causes the segfault. I am at a loss at why this would be happening.
However, doing the full `make install' and running it as root with the default log file location (/usr/local/bass/bass.log) works for me.
In general this program seems a little shifty. For example, why is there the (default) ability to clear out it's argv[0] (and thus be less immediately detectable in the process table)? And why does it need a ``coward'' mode. It seems as if it was written to run on machines where it wasn't supposed to be.
I will have to try to find some way to smuggle this one with me when I finally graduate!
Oh well.
While I do feel a little special using Linux, this is not the reason I use it. The reason I, and a growing number of my collaborators in the physics comunity, use Linux is that it provides a robust and simple platform for all of our computing needs. Thats it. Linux is just a tool and it happens to be the best one around currently.
-Brett.
Publicizing unfinished science is like releasing pre-alpha software and calling it golden. That is, it is a lot like the marketting strategy of a certain wealthy software company.
Sometimes keeping the source or the science quietly closed is the Right Thing to do.
-Brett.
Or do I miss something?
For years, preprints of physics, math and other disciplines' papers have been available on the web at xxx.lanl.gov. Also, APS journals (eg. Phys Rev) have been available for a couple of years at aps.org.
Anyone have any ideas?
-Brett.
How do they figure this? Do they mean that NT clusters are cheaper than their previous super computers or cheaper than Linux? Couldn't be the latter.
-Brett.
-Brett.
Browsing Debian's packages also turns up a few others so this like, all Linux solutions, begins with: ``well, first install Debian...''.
-Brett.
Well, queso says:
So, yes, I guess it is an MS server. Tsk Tsk.
-Brett.
I have heard it said before that if software comes with no explicit license then the legal default is that the user has no rights to use the software.
In reality, missing license files usually mean the software's author doesn't care what happens to the code, but reality and legality are often quite divorced.
-Brett.
As for Al Gore, I am not voting for him until he invents something really usefull like oxygen or water. Better get busy, Al!
-Brett.
Well, part of the reason why Melissa spread so much is that people received it from people they did know.
Maybe a better question is: ``What kind of moron uses MS products?'' (The answer, of course, is ``Too many'').
-Brett.
-Brett.
Thankfully there are still things in this universe which get me to LOL. Thanks /. .
-Brett.
Just WTF is ``superbad'' about.
OW... It hurts. It hurts!!
-Brett.
PS: Yet, somehow I am strangely stimulated.
As seen in the latest Debian Weekly News you can get the new Gnome debs from this link, but see DWN for the link to the anouncement as this is not a stable (in Debian's conservative definition of ``stable'') set of debs nor an official release. Also, the announcement gives APT's /etc/apt/sources.list entry for even easier install.
I have installed these 1.0.1 Gnome debs with out any probs (my systems are mostly potato with a some slink left over). Unfortunately I have found a few probs running Gnome and related apps. I am afraid I must say that the Gnome project's 1.0.x designation is a bit premature. But, I also think this criticism will be outdated in a matter of a week or so.
-Brett
So, after 12 hours of Debian, are you a convert yet? I think it took me a whole day.
-Brett.