I don't know if this will help you (I haven't yet gotten the chance to install Cygwin on my Windows network) but there is a command line app that will change resolution. I'm not sure if you can call it from a ssh shell or not. I use it in a login (batch) script for a lab to always ensure that the screen is a certain resolution when the user starts their machine.
It's called QRes, and it's BSD licensed. Maybe it can help you out: http://qres.sf.net/
There's a setup file which produces some GUI app I've never used, and then a qres32.dll and qres.exe, if I'm not mistaken.
I'd be interested in hearing more of what you're doing, as I've been beginning to work along those same lines (NIX-ifying my WinBoxen) at my work. Drop me a line at billysanders at gmail.
How 'bout better than completely-closed-and-would-like-to-be-platform-locked-codec?
I love ogg, and I hope it becomes the eventual de facto standard... but if someone chooses mp3 over wma/aac, well, I'm not going to spit on them.
ogg > mp3 > aac >= wma
In other words, the world (and moral values included therein) does not exist in a binary state. Things are not simply Good or Evil. Thanks for your troll though.
Please. Informative? If you've ever participated in (or read the fine print for) a US-based contest or the like you'll know that this isn't exactly new. Don't make it sound like "We've always been at war with Eurasia". Google is a US-based company running a contest, and is therefore subject to US Law, as you said. This isn't racism on anyone's part so lets not try to sensationalize it that way.
The link you pointed to shows Pixel is proprietary... I imagine this might be a problem for its inclusion into KOffice (which already includes the much-loved Krita)
Kexi is already the Access-like db-app, and I believe they already use Kivio for their flowcharting app. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just wanted to point out that they (the KOffice folk) aren't building their own KOffice apps when other KDE apps already exist.
I'm sure Windiz a great tool, but AutoPatcher is useful especially in cases where the net connection is "sneakernet" or dialup. Download it, burn it to a CD, and you can take it with you anywhere. We use it at my work to be able to patch systems before they go online. Also good for taking to relative who lives out in the middle of nowhere. Windiz doesn't help in those situations.
I had the exact same reaction. I have a speakeasy account with two static IP's and I love it, I run a few very small (but endlessly useful to me!) servers and I never have to worry about getting disconnected. I think I've suffered only one disconnection in my service in... 3 years. And that was only for as long as it took me to call them up and ask them what the problem was.
Maybe cuz there's over a million different fscking people that visit Slashdot? Some of them probably even *like* microsoft! I'm not a big fan of them myself, but its not exactly like its a hivemind at work here. It never ceases to amaze me how often a comment like this is made./. is made up of all sorts of different people.... gamers, coders, math nerds, admins, etc, etc, etc. I'll give you another newsflash: There are even people here who hate Linux! *gasp*
I can see a lot of people who want to get a blu-ray player going for the PS3 instead, and then you have $400 to spend on games or movies.
Thats some excellent spin... but my only question is this: Who's actually wanting a blu-ray player? Everyone I've talked to (geek and non-geek alike) is most definitely not planning on buying an HDTV *and* all new BRD movies for a marginally better picture. And even if everyone owned a HDTV and didn't mind buying new discs, it *still* has to compete with HD-DVD.
All of the cards require PCI express and consume extreme amounts of power requiring motherboards and PSU less than a year old!
This is simply not true. I built a system well over a year and a half ago that had PCIe onboard, and the motherboard was probably about $150.
And I also just saw one at Fry's for $40 last weekend.
I'm confused by all the PCIe complainers out there. PCIe has a *huge* advantage over AGP, and its pretty obvious at this point that that is where the market is headed. And it's easy to find very reasonable budget cards and motherboards.
Slightly off topic - has anyone found any PCIe sound cards yet? I have a mATX board that is using its only pci slot, and linux doesn't have drivers for the onboard sound yet, the only slot available is the PCIe 1x on the motherboard.
I know you were just being funny, but anyone who believes that anything in this (or any?) industry is "future-proof" should be forced to carry a sign that says "Looking for bridge real estate"
You kidding? We still have tired old jokes from the Simpsons that appear in nearly every story, Dilbert still makes several appearances a day. both of these are now fairly mass-market.
Except you know, it installs over IE6. Personally I dunno, I can't even install it (win2k, here) but you'd think they wouldn't overwrite the 'stable' with the Beta...
It always surprises me when something like this gets modded up on/.
This I believe is one of the key differences between programmers and computer scientists. I would simply love to see something with the complexity of sshd or sendmail written in Haskell, Lisp, Scheme, or whatever the current interpreted language is en vogue. Seriously, show me the code! Benchmark some enterprise-level (as in, used in businesses, not the buzzword) non-trivial app (like the aforementioned) written in C/C++ compared to it's interpreted counterpart. I would be incredibly surprised if Apache, Mozilla, Word, whatever would run with anywhere near the speed or responsiveness.
Your opinion (which you are of course entitled to) ignores things like Operating Systems, embedded devices, and even the runtimes/interpreters/virtual machines themselves. And then who is going to maintain this code? Haskell and friends don't have anywhere near the mindshare that C/C++/Java have. You're right.. in theory, using C is terrible, but in reality the other options are worse for different reasons.
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Absolutely.
Go read "Speaker for the Dead", by OSC.
The truth of who someone was is important, and every scrap of that truth matters and will help you better understand them.
I don't know if this will help you (I haven't yet gotten the chance to install Cygwin on my Windows network) but there is a command line app that will change resolution. I'm not sure if you can call it from a ssh shell or not. I use it in a login (batch) script for a lab to always ensure that the screen is a certain resolution when the user starts their machine.
It's called QRes, and it's BSD licensed. Maybe it can help you out: http://qres.sf.net/
There's a setup file which produces some GUI app I've never used, and then a qres32.dll and qres.exe, if I'm not mistaken.
I'd be interested in hearing more of what you're doing, as I've been beginning to work along those same lines (NIX-ifying my WinBoxen) at my work. Drop me a line at billysanders at gmail.
Bill
How 'bout better than completely-closed-and-would-like-to-be-platform-locked-codec?
I love ogg, and I hope it becomes the eventual de facto standard... but if someone chooses mp3 over wma/aac, well, I'm not going to spit on them.
ogg > mp3 > aac >= wma
In other words, the world (and moral values included therein) does not exist in a binary state. Things are not simply Good or Evil. Thanks for your troll though.
Bill
Please. Informative? If you've ever participated in (or read the fine print for) a US-based contest or the like you'll know that this isn't exactly new. Don't make it sound like "We've always been at war with Eurasia". Google is a US-based company running a contest, and is therefore subject to US Law, as you said. This isn't racism on anyone's part so lets not try to sensationalize it that way.
Bill
The link you pointed to shows Pixel is proprietary... I imagine this might be a problem for its inclusion into KOffice (which already includes the much-loved Krita)
Kexi is already the Access-like db-app, and I believe they already use Kivio for their flowcharting app. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just wanted to point out that they (the KOffice folk) aren't building their own KOffice apps when other KDE apps already exist.
Bill
I'm sure Windiz a great tool, but AutoPatcher is useful especially in cases where the net connection is "sneakernet" or dialup. Download it, burn it to a CD, and you can take it with you anywhere. We use it at my work to be able to patch systems before they go online. Also good for taking to relative who lives out in the middle of nowhere. Windiz doesn't help in those situations.
...repair a frozen refrigerator...
Duh. That one's easy.
You just put it in the microwave.
Bill
I had the exact same reaction. I have a speakeasy account with two static IP's and I love it, I run a few very small (but endlessly useful to me!) servers and I never have to worry about getting disconnected. I think I've suffered only one disconnection in my service in... 3 years. And that was only for as long as it took me to call them up and ask them what the problem was.
Sad, sad, sad.
Bill
mochas and lattes are different drinks you insensitive clod!
Maybe cuz there's over a million different fscking people that visit Slashdot? Some of them probably even *like* microsoft! I'm not a big fan of them myself, but its not exactly like its a hivemind at work here. It never ceases to amaze me how often a comment like this is made. /. is made up of all sorts of different people.... gamers, coders, math nerds, admins, etc, etc, etc. I'll give you another newsflash: There are even people here who hate Linux! *gasp*
Why was the parent modded interesting?
Bill
Because, while the Wii will probably only come down by 20-30% (a drop of around $50), the PS3 will most likely plummet to half its original cost.
What's the basis for saying the PS3 will likely drop to half its cost?
Bill
I can see a lot of people who want to get a blu-ray player going for the PS3 instead, and then you have $400 to spend on games or movies.
Thats some excellent spin... but my only question is this: Who's actually wanting a blu-ray player? Everyone I've talked to (geek and non-geek alike) is most definitely not planning on buying an HDTV *and* all new BRD movies for a marginally better picture. And even if everyone owned a HDTV and didn't mind buying new discs, it *still* has to compete with HD-DVD.
Bill
All of the cards require PCI express and consume extreme amounts of power requiring motherboards and PSU less than a year old!
This is simply not true. I built a system well over a year and a half ago that had PCIe onboard, and the motherboard was probably about $150.
And I also just saw one at Fry's for $40 last weekend.
I'm confused by all the PCIe complainers out there. PCIe has a *huge* advantage over AGP, and its pretty obvious at this point that that is where the market is headed. And it's easy to find very reasonable budget cards and motherboards.
Slightly off topic - has anyone found any PCIe sound cards yet? I have a mATX board that is using its only pci slot, and linux doesn't have drivers for the onboard sound yet, the only slot available is the PCIe 1x on the motherboard.
I know you were just being funny, but anyone who believes that anything in this (or any?) industry is "future-proof" should be forced to carry a sign that says "Looking for bridge real estate"
You kidding? We still have tired old jokes from the Simpsons that appear in nearly every story, Dilbert still makes several appearances a day. both of these are now fairly mass-market.
Compile from source??? No thanks, I'll just wait for the .rpm/.deb!
"What is pornography?"
is photographing a naked person porn? two people making love?
Did anyone else read that headline as "Google Acquires Treasure Map"?
I think I've been playing too much Pirates! lately...
Except you know, it installs over IE6. Personally I dunno, I can't even install it (win2k, here) but you'd think they wouldn't overwrite the 'stable' with the Beta...
Any astro-geek care to explain what all that means? Being in a vortex of Space-Time doesn't sound like a good thing. :o(
Though I think that happened to the Enterprise a couple times.
Bill
Perhaps it suggests that they acknowledge that most non-trivial software has bugs, and that they're willing to up front about their imperfection?
It always surprises me when something like this gets modded up on /.
This I believe is one of the key differences between programmers and computer scientists. I would simply love to see something with the complexity of sshd or sendmail written in Haskell, Lisp, Scheme, or whatever the current interpreted language is en vogue. Seriously, show me the code! Benchmark some enterprise-level (as in, used in businesses, not the buzzword) non-trivial app (like the aforementioned) written in C/C++ compared to it's interpreted counterpart. I would be incredibly surprised if Apache, Mozilla, Word, whatever would run with anywhere near the speed or responsiveness.
Your opinion (which you are of course entitled to) ignores things like Operating Systems, embedded devices, and even the runtimes/interpreters/virtual machines themselves. And then who is going to maintain this code? Haskell and friends don't have anywhere near the mindshare that C/C++/Java have. You're right.. in theory, using C is terrible, but in reality the other options are worse for different reasons.
Bill
The chair throwing will continue until morale improves.
-Ballmer
It's "It's '???', not '??', you insensitive clod". not "It's '???', not '??'."
You misspelled "Bling"