Ooooh that's sneaky... making your idea reality by providing an easy clickable link. I'm sure the hits at that site skyrocketed right after your post. Isn't that called a self-fulfilling prophecy?:-)
Allright, I'll just use my +1 to say that Trillian is windows-only. All you linux dudes: move along, nothing to see here...
Ok, still here?:-) Trillian is nice! The darkbevel skin is cute... Anyway, I can recommend this program, however it does have some strange quirks. My sounds suddenly stopped working, and it doesn't remember some settings. But that hasn't stopped me from using it. Well worth a look, especially if you use more than one type of IM client now.
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The Pound doesn't need its own symbol. The brits should use EUR (or ) too.:P
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Bah. You must be a manager type:-)
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Hmm... overnight? That hurt, you flaming [fill in the blank]!:-)
I really, really hope for you that your country never switches currencies. These past 2 years, and especially the last couple of months have been hell, putting a lot of effort in adapting some real old software packages to a different currency, converting millions of records to the new values, dealing with rounding errors, and trying to find out where critical errors may come up.
The economy will not be affected very much imho, but for us IT people it has not been fun.
Humans? Hmm... that's a bit much. "They" (notice I choose my words carefully:-) ) can talk to, or at least communicate with, fellow geeks. It's talking to, doing things with, and actually touching, the opposite sex where the real problem lies. Talking to a dolphin without blushing and stuttering should not be that much of a challenge. However, understanding the replies is equally difficult in both cases:-)
Has anyone read James Bliss' "Cities in Flight"? Great sf, if you remember what year it was written. The story is based on the discovery of some weird things you supposedly could do to electron spin, enabling complete cities to enter interstellar space, using a machine called a spindizzy. Oh well, off topic probably. It's just that the article reminded me of the book.
I really don't understand how anyone can take this seriously. All these plans must be imaginary, since SGI has cancelled reality. It was a big story here some months ago.
The software I remember best from that time is the stuff I used to communicate with bbs's, in my days as a point. Software like Frontdoor, fmail, gecho, GoldED, and the like.
But maybe that would be more appropriate for a documentary on the history of fidonet, even though most bbs's in the Netherlands were(are?) a part of Fidonet, and all its clones. In those days there was a new network every month, because there was yet another person who had a fight with the fidonet "officials".
I also remember that Quarterdeck Desqview/386 was very important for many bbs's. Real multitasking waaay before windows nt:-)
Yeah, right. TheRegister might think Mandrake is easier than Windows XP to install, but actually running even this the most simplified of Linuxes is still beyond the average joe sixpack user.
But so is running Windows! You don't want to know how many questions about windows I have to answer from friends, familie and neighbours, how many machines need reinstalls that they cannot do themselves, how many windows machines are crashing all the time because the owners don't know how to find and install all the latest drivers and patches, and how many virii, trojans and spyware I have removed from those pc's! And let's not forget all the unsecured windows boxes on broadband, happily serving DDoS attacks...
There may be a common perception that Windows is easy to run, but it sure as hell ain't easy to run right.
I understand what you mean. But for several open source projects I don't want to be seen as the umpteenth whiner who comes in screaming "I WANT THIS". Also, I don't want to be the umpteenth reporter of a certain bug, and often lack the time to find out if a certain behaviour had already been reported as a bug.
I do support the mozilla talkback feature, which allows you to report crash-data to the development team without any effort. This seems a good model to me to collect bug information.
And there is one more reason that keeps me from submitting bug info: the general acceptance that open source software is almost always in development, and you have come to accept the fact that there are bugs.
Don't flame me, i realise that I could do better then this, I only post this in the hope that it gives a bit of insight in the reasons that some people have for not submitting bugs, patches or kudos.
Well, there is one thing I can do right now: Thank you, every Open Source software developer, for giving us an alternative to very scary closed source companies!
No dice. During that time the hand is off the mouse, but only for frantically typing stuff like '0wn3d!'... 'you are the weakest link... GOODBYE!' and other insults:-)
Respawns? You mean you spawn more then once per map?:-P
Anyway, as someone else already mentioned, the worst part of this mouse-mod is stuff falling through the holes, and possibly smudging up the optical parts.
Did you breathe while typing this? I can just about imagine you gasping near the end of your post.:-)
Still, I think (softly) trying to move people away from Windows is a good thing. One word: monopoly. However: be realistic and honest when you try to interest friends in Linux or *BSD. Make sure they realise the limitations as well as the obvious advantages. Try to interest them, do not try to 'win them over'. And be prepared to offer them lots of help. Find the time for that by cutting down on helping windows-dudes:-)
Ofcourse it helps a lot if they have a second machine on which to try an OS OS. Maybe you even have some old box you really have no use for anymore, maybe you might think about donating it to a newbie. It will get them interested in networking, at least.
I have Solaris (the book, not the os:-) on my bookshelf, in english. I've read it three times now, and I still think it's one of the strangest novels i've ever read. Earlier someone wrote here about cultural differences creating different SF. I think this novel is a great example of that. It focuses deeply on the state of mind of the main character. Strange, but I enjoy it.
btw, after writing the word Solaris I consistently make the typo of writing novel with 2 l's:-/
we Americans may simply not have the cultural background to understand it.
You can even make that we non-Russians:-)
But seriously, that would imho actually be a reason to read Russian novels. It might expand our view in a sense that it shows us how other cultures look at issues that come up in SF. Or in any kind of literature. What do they put emphasis on? In what ways does it feel different to good old western SF? Maybe certain references that you encounter can give you a handle to look further into Russian history and culture.
btw, I'm really not promoting communism or anything, Russia has a very rich history before Lenin, Marx, and all those other folks arrived. I'm sure you know that, but others may not.
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Ooooh that's sneaky... making your idea reality by providing an easy clickable link. I'm sure the hits at that site skyrocketed right after your post. Isn't that called a self-fulfilling prophecy? :-)
Well, the are right. This is about data that is not shared rwxr----- but rwxrwxrwx :-)
if you see the msn message pop up, wait 2 minutes and then switch to away. It'll just look like a standard timeout }:->
But yes, Trillian does support different online status for different networks
Allright, I'll just use my +1 to say that Trillian is windows-only. All you linux dudes: move along, nothing to see here...
:-) Trillian is nice! The darkbevel skin is cute... Anyway, I can recommend this program, however it does have some strange quirks. My sounds suddenly stopped working, and it doesn't remember some settings. But that hasn't stopped me from using it. Well worth a look, especially if you use more than one type of IM client now.
Ok, still here?
Bruce Willis.
The Pound doesn't need its own symbol. The brits should use EUR (or ) too. :P
<duck>
Bah. You must be a manager type :-)
Hmm... overnight? That hurt, you flaming [fill in the blank]! :-)
:-)
I really, really hope for you that your country never switches currencies. These past 2 years, and especially the last couple of months have been hell, putting a lot of effort in adapting some real old software packages to a different currency, converting millions of records to the new values, dealing with rounding errors, and trying to find out where critical errors may come up.
The economy will not be affected very much imho, but for us IT people it has not been fun.
btw, you were right. That did it indeed
The one day I don't have mod points. Mod the parent up alot. ( :-) )
So... go work on Gnome or KDE or something...
Humans? Hmm... that's a bit much. "They" (notice I choose my words carefully :-) ) can talk to, or at least communicate with, fellow geeks. It's talking to, doing things with, and actually touching, the opposite sex where the real problem lies. Talking to a dolphin without blushing and stuttering should not be that much of a challenge. However, understanding the replies is equally difficult in both cases :-)
Has anyone read James Bliss' "Cities in Flight"? Great sf, if you remember what year it was written. The story is based on the discovery of some weird things you supposedly could do to electron spin, enabling complete cities to enter interstellar space, using a machine called a spindizzy. Oh well, off topic probably. It's just that the article reminded me of the book.
I really don't understand how anyone can take this seriously. All these plans must be imaginary, since SGI has cancelled reality. It was a big story here some months ago.
The software I remember best from that time is the stuff I used to communicate with bbs's, in my days as a point. Software like Frontdoor, fmail, gecho, GoldED, and the like.
:-)
But maybe that would be more appropriate for a documentary on the history of fidonet, even though most bbs's in the Netherlands were(are?) a part of Fidonet, and all its clones. In those days there was a new network every month, because there was yet another person who had a fight with the fidonet "officials".
I also remember that Quarterdeck Desqview/386 was very important for many bbs's. Real multitasking waaay before windows nt
Hmm... got me there :-) Don't do it for gg, but I do have a nice q2txt-created bind for that weakest link thing :)
But so is running Windows! You don't want to know how many questions about windows I have to answer from friends, familie and neighbours, how many machines need reinstalls that they cannot do themselves, how many windows machines are crashing all the time because the owners don't know how to find and install all the latest drivers and patches, and how many virii, trojans and spyware I have removed from those pc's! And let's not forget all the unsecured windows boxes on broadband, happily serving DDoS attacks...
There may be a common perception that Windows is easy to run, but it sure as hell ain't easy to run right.
I understand what you mean. But for several open source projects I don't want to be seen as the umpteenth whiner who comes in screaming "I WANT THIS". Also, I don't want to be the umpteenth reporter of a certain bug, and often lack the time to find out if a certain behaviour had already been reported as a bug.
I do support the mozilla talkback feature, which allows you to report crash-data to the development team without any effort. This seems a good model to me to collect bug information.
And there is one more reason that keeps me from submitting bug info: the general acceptance that open source software is almost always in development, and you have come to accept the fact that there are bugs.
Don't flame me, i realise that I could do better then this, I only post this in the hope that it gives a bit of insight in the reasons that some people have for not submitting bugs, patches or kudos.
Well, there is one thing I can do right now: Thank you, every Open Source software developer, for giving us an alternative to very scary closed source companies!
No dice. During that time the hand is off the mouse, but only for frantically typing stuff like '0wn3d!' ... 'you are the weakest link... GOODBYE!' and other insults :-)
Slashdotting does not count as a defacement, I think.
So, is that package hacked yet? :)
Respawns? You mean you spawn more then once per map? :-P
Anyway, as someone else already mentioned, the worst part of this mouse-mod is stuff falling through the holes, and possibly smudging up the optical parts.
And get fragged??? I think not... :-)
Did you breathe while typing this? I can just about imagine you gasping near the end of your post. :-)
:-)
Still, I think (softly) trying to move people away from Windows is a good thing. One word: monopoly. However: be realistic and honest when you try to interest friends in Linux or *BSD. Make sure they realise the limitations as well as the obvious advantages. Try to interest them, do not try to 'win them over'. And be prepared to offer them lots of help. Find the time for that by cutting down on helping windows-dudes
Ofcourse it helps a lot if they have a second machine on which to try an OS OS. Maybe you even have some old box you really have no use for anymore, maybe you might think about donating it to a newbie. It will get them interested in networking, at least.
I have Solaris (the book, not the os :-) on my bookshelf, in english. I've read it three times now, and I still think it's one of the strangest novels i've ever read. Earlier someone wrote here about cultural differences creating different SF. I think this novel is a great example of that. It focuses deeply on the state of mind of the main character. Strange, but I enjoy it.
:-/
btw, after writing the word Solaris I consistently make the typo of writing novel with 2 l's
You can even make that we non-Russians :-)
But seriously, that would imho actually be a reason to read Russian novels. It might expand our view in a sense that it shows us how other cultures look at issues that come up in SF. Or in any kind of literature. What do they put emphasis on? In what ways does it feel different to good old western SF? Maybe certain references that you encounter can give you a handle to look further into Russian history and culture.
btw, I'm really not promoting communism or anything, Russia has a very rich history before Lenin, Marx, and all those other folks arrived. I'm sure you know that, but others may not.