Hey, that reminds me - are there any places I can still buy a desktop-style case instead of a tower? I sort of prefer the monitor-on-top configuration on a desktop (like my old IBMs), but I couldn't find one anywhere when I was putting together my other machine.
The problem with warranties on prebuilt systems is that you'll probably spend hours (if not days) on the phone with the company's tech support before they'll send you a new part (based on my experience with Dell, anyway).
Personally, I'd rather take care of it myself. Even if you have to buy a new part, most computer components will be a fraction of their original cost by the time they need to be replaced.
Besides, failure will usually occur right after your warranty expires, anyway.
If you are going to make both desktops look and act the same, then what's the point of having two desktops? Why couldn't RedHat just say Gnome is the default, if you want to run something else, that's unsupported.
In case anyone didn't know already, spellchecker binaries can be found here (Windows) and here (UNIX/Linux). Assuming that you are using standard mozilla builds from mozilla.org, these should work.
There is a spell checker available for Mozilla, it is just not in the main project yet. Binaries can be found here (Windows) and here (UNIX/Linux). Assuming that you are using standard mozilla builds from mozilla.org, these should work.
Why is the spellchecker still not in the main project? IMHO, because a spellchecker is a feature that mostly users want but it generally takes an active developer advocate for a project to get added in mozilla.
Credit Card companies and merchants have made a lot of effort into making online credit card transactions such as Visa's password program and the unique CC numbers that some provide and of course SSL but is it really that big of a problem or are these efforts really just to encourage hesitant consumers to spend more online?
We've all heard the arguments that it is actually easier for your CC number to be stolen when you use it at a restaurant but how about some cold, hard numbers?
Does any one have some actual figures (or educated guesses) as to how much money the CC companies loose do to internet fraud?
The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing is actually a pretty good book. Not sure it has anything to do with Douglas Adams, though. BTW, the title is not literal.
I don't see any way to download the new Wilco album from their website and most of the tracks are blocked on Audiogalaxy. If it stops being available for download as soon as it goes on sale, that's not really supporting the 'try before you buy' philosophy.
From the article: Martin Reynolds, a Garner fellow who researches the market for personal computers, said a modular Windows would have made sense years ago to help avert Microsoft's domination over Netscape in the market for Web browsers.
"We can't go back and fix the mistakes of the past," Reynolds said.
The courts tried to fix this problem years ago but Microsoft just ignored them and bundled IE anyway. When does Microsoft get punished for that?
But what about punishment for blatantly disobeying court orders?
A Little Dissapointed with LoTR Visual Effects
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I finally saw LoTR on Saturday and I was a little bit disappointed with the visual effects. I found the fake hobbit feet short legs to be rather unconvincing and there was some "blue screening" that was kind of distracting.
But then again, there was some pretty neat stuff as well. And I was in the second row, about 12 feet from the screen. Plus, I haven't seen the other two movies that were nominated for Visual Effects so maybe it deserved the Oscar anyway.
I've had that same problem with it trying to access the news servers when my cable modem is down. The best solution I have found is to keep it 'closed'. You know, click the little arrow thingy?
I saw this play called "Bitch Stole My Ruby Red Slippers" which was a parody of the Pop Music Industry based on the "Wizard of Oz". In it, "The Wizard" was the head of the record company. Coincidence?
It's interesting because I was just reading a very similar conversation earlier today at mozillazine.org about Mozilla's new (optional) multi-tabbed interface. Personally, I like having multiple windows within an application but obviously a lot of people don't. In general, it should probably be an optional thing but I know that I will miss the feature in StarOffice.
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Hey, that reminds me - are there any places I can still buy a desktop-style case instead of a tower? I sort of prefer the monitor-on-top configuration on a desktop (like my old IBMs), but I couldn't find one anywhere when I was putting together my other machine.
Sure plenty.
This one looks nice. Or here's a bigger one.
The problem with warranties on prebuilt systems is that you'll probably spend hours (if not days) on the phone with the company's tech support before they'll send you a new part (based on my experience with Dell, anyway).
Personally, I'd rather take care of it myself. Even if you have to buy a new part, most computer components will be a fraction of their original cost by the time they need to be replaced.
Besides, failure will usually occur right after your warranty expires, anyway.
If you are going to make both desktops look and act the same, then what's the point of having two desktops? Why couldn't RedHat just say Gnome is the default, if you want to run something else, that's unsupported.
Now they just need to add the Spellchecker.
In my experience, Verizon sucks anyway. If they start requiring a .NET Passport for my prepaid wireless service, that will defintely be the last straw.
Give me a simple language like the Template Toolkit
Three cheers for TT2!!!
In case anyone didn't know already, spellchecker binaries can be found here (Windows) and here (UNIX/Linux). Assuming that you are using standard mozilla builds from mozilla.org, these should work.
There is a spell checker available for Mozilla, it is just not in the main project yet. Binaries can be found here (Windows) and here (UNIX/Linux). Assuming that you are using standard mozilla builds from mozilla.org, these should work.
Why is the spellchecker still not in the main project? IMHO, because a spellchecker is a feature that mostly users want but it generally takes an active developer advocate for a project to get added in mozilla.
UNIX/Linux spellchecker binaries can be found here.
My old school (UTD) laughed at the idea of giving us 100mbps!
Gotta have wireless 'cause it's so cool!
Credit Card companies and merchants have made a lot of effort into making online credit card transactions such as Visa's password program and the unique CC numbers that some provide and of course SSL but is it really that big of a problem or are these efforts really just to encourage hesitant consumers to spend more online?
We've all heard the arguments that it is actually easier for your CC number to be stolen when you use it at a restaurant but how about some cold, hard numbers?
Does any one have some actual figures (or educated guesses) as to how much money the CC companies loose do to internet fraud?
The thing I've been wondering since I first heard about this movie is, which Japanese Anime did they steal this idea from? :)
Or is it possible that Disney has finally come out with it's first truly original full length motion picture?
as posted here.
It's funny how often slashdot readers ask questions that were just posted on slashdot.
Ditto - the bricks quote is a classic. What was the one about the not-quite unlike tea?
"A substance almost, but not quite entirely, unlike tea."
Yeah, I think that was it. That was always one of my favorites.
The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing is actually a pretty good book. Not sure it has anything to do with Douglas Adams, though. BTW, the title is not literal.
I don't see any way to download the new Wilco album from their website and most of the tracks are blocked on Audiogalaxy. If it stops being available for download as soon as it goes on sale, that's not really supporting the 'try before you buy' philosophy.
I was looking for a Linux version of Kazaa and I found giFT. Has anyone used this? It sounds good in theory but is it very usefull in practice?
Martin Reynolds, a Garner fellow who researches the market for personal computers, said a modular Windows would have made sense years ago to help avert Microsoft's domination over Netscape in the market for Web browsers.
"We can't go back and fix the mistakes of the past," Reynolds said.
The courts tried to fix this problem years ago but Microsoft just ignored them and bundled IE anyway. When does Microsoft get punished for that?But what about punishment for blatantly disobeying court orders?
I finally saw LoTR on Saturday and I was a little bit disappointed with the visual effects. I found the fake hobbit feet short legs to be rather unconvincing and there was some "blue screening" that was kind of distracting.
But then again, there was some pretty neat stuff as well. And I was in the second row, about 12 feet from the screen. Plus, I haven't seen the other two movies that were nominated for Visual Effects so maybe it deserved the Oscar anyway.
I've had that same problem with it trying to access the news servers when my cable modem is down. The best solution I have found is to keep it 'closed'. You know, click the little arrow thingy?
I saw this play called "Bitch Stole My Ruby Red Slippers" which was a parody of the Pop Music Industry based on the "Wizard of Oz". In it, "The Wizard" was the head of the record company. Coincidence?
It's interesting because I was just reading a very similar conversation earlier today at mozillazine.org about Mozilla's new (optional) multi-tabbed interface. Personally, I like having multiple windows within an application but obviously a lot of people don't. In general, it should probably be an optional thing but I know that I will miss the feature in StarOffice.
I don't understand it. I actually liked the "integrated desktop" feature. Oh well.
Well, Scott Bakula did play a homosexual in American Beauty, so maybe you're right.