and it rocks. Makes things almost too easy:)
I installed my first DVD drive at the same time as I wiped the hard drive to put on Red Hat. (And was expecting to wipe it right back off, frankly. It was just curisity that led me to install.) Then I was impressed by the install, and the state of the RH desktop, and then I hit this article, and said "Eh, why not, let's see if the DVD thingie really does show moving images..."
Yes. Now everyone can become a DMCA felon in 3 easy steps. I'd heard of FreshRPMs but never used before, and apt4rpm rocks. I truly did not expect the DVD drive to work after such a simple procedure, but about 15 minutes after I started the article, I was watching LA Confidential from DVD (with Ogle).
Now, Red Hat is cool and everything, but
LA Confidential is a movie worth watching on whatever OS you care to run. Guy Pierce, David Straithairn, James Cromwell, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, even the often-annoying Danny DeVito are all excellent. (And anyone who's also a fan of Cryptonomicon may agree with me that Crowe in this movie is as close to the character of Bobby Shaftoe as we're likely to see on screen unless someone talks N. Stephenson into a script.) It's a film that's worth having on DVD and stepping through each scene slowly to savor the storytelling, cinematography, well-chosen music, pacing...
Which is to say, the combination of the new RH and this article did not have me pulling my hair out in anger, it had me watching movies.
It's slick, has tons of included applications, can access a hard drive but will not be bothered by anything actually *done* to the hard drive, can print to most normal linux-compatable printers. I find it hard to believe when using it that it's all from one CD.
I happen to like the Orbitz theme, too --- small, clean, unobtrusive... a good choice. Why does Mozilla still default to the ugly old NS look?:) (I say that as someone who like Mozilla a whole lot, but I've never heard anyone say they preferred the NS look vs. for istance "Modern," which also ships with standard Moz.)
One thing about Orbitz/Phoenix is that tabs are less distinguishable than they are with Modern (and most other themes) -- it takes some peering to figure out which tab is active, which makes it too easy to close an active tab accidentally.
Phoenix starts fast, stays fast. I've had it freeze up once or twice in the last week, but Hey, I guess that's where the 0.2 comes in. (I remember when Mozilla would freeze a lot more than that, though it hasn't in a long time, for me.)
Also, unlike regular Mozilla, it has smarter tabbed browsing default settings, but I wish they would also include smarter Scripts settings, and *not* allow pages to hijack your browser by default.
why not surgically attach yourself to them as well? Since you'll be close enough, if you can get your companion to drop his / her guard just briefly, you can assure his or her permanent attention to anything you might have to say with a quick application of superglue and instant sutures.
Haven't you ever wanted to exchange information (like telephone numbers, email address, etc) with someone for future reference?:)
This just skips a few awkward moments.
What it seems most like to me is the current (and quite cool) ability for Palm OS devices to beam information to each other -- faster, more accurate and less subject to loss than scribbling numbers on napkins.
The AC wrote: "There are plenty of good games available for Linux. He does not need *THOSE* games."
Never having been much into computer games, I tend to agree with you -- from screenshots, I judge UT to be outside my area of interest:) I am pretty content with the range of games that comes with an average Linux distro, at least as content as I am with games in general. I prefer simulations, and what I would really like to see is a good *driving* simulator, an automotive equivalent to FlightGear, where one could drive around the country, whether in any sense a game or not. With a simulation framework set up as open-ended as possible, people could just drive around and small groups of individuals could devise their own games based on the available maps.
Wouldn't it be nice to race from Boston your friend located in California (at least in the simulation) to some point equidistant to both of you? In realistic terms, this might mean a 2 or 3-day game, or broken up in chunks as you see fit...
Terry wrote: It's like the staunch Democrat, whi won't pass up an opportunity to get his picture taken with the President of the United States, even though that president is a Republican. Or the staunch Republican, who gets his picture taken with Teddy Kennedy, to put on his Christmas cards."
Terry, not every Santa Claus is portrayed by Teddy Kennedy -- only the ones with the rosiest cheeks and noses.
I'm glad they have a sense of humor; I wish rather than pulling the software that they would just release it under a legal license -- if it's better as you describe (though I've never been too unhappy with my scans from Xsane, maybe I just don't know what I'm missing), I'd like to try it.
I've never used the Epson-produced / labeled software, but XSane is one of the best, easiest scanning programs I've ever seen / used.
And since I think most software interfaces are terrible, maybe it's just that I'm a dummy with exactly umgekehrt tastes in software, but what exactly does / did the Epson software do better?
"I don't know about you, but at my school, Oregon Trail consisted of seeing how fast we could kill our parties. Let's see - 0 pounds of food ought to do it. Clothing? Nah, we'll be free of those societal constraints in Oregon. Let's use a grueling pace."
Oh, I'm not saying that kids have to play such "edutainment" games deadly seriously, be whipped if their characters die or something. On the other hand, having that as a possibility (that is, playing for real, trying to get into the Conestoga wagon mindset and get West) I think is still a good idea. Horse to water, can't make dance.
Those are why I liked "computer days" (not frequent) when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, or whatever hazy grades it was.
Logo? Squeak!:) (Or, just for fun, is there a Logo variant apt-gettable now?)
Oregon Trail? I dunno. Are there any reasonably complete, complex-scenario text simulation / adventures with a learning slant (not just nethack) like this ready for kids / teachers to apt-get?
There are a lot of other things I'd like to see of course, but those two came to mind first.
Just some spammers / scammers who sent me a bunch of silly come-on junk re: cable descramblers.
I figure that if they send out spam and list an 800 number, they would like to talk about it with you. So I called, had an interesting conversation with a very rude man. Not good salesmanship at all, and I wasn't in the mood to really string him along, tempting as in retrospect that is.
I haven't called lately, I'm not sure if they number is still valid, but have been lazy to change.sig...
it's been mentioned a couple of times already, first in March, then in the most recent Slashback (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/03/01382 16)
Interesting link re: that: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans/teach3 63/keir etsu/keiretsu.htm
It's like "Zaibatsu" (though surely someone who knows Japanese will correct me on how different the words really are; I have heard them used interchangeably, but only by Americans speaking English, and do not know Japanese). See also this game: (//www.angelfire.com/games3/errantknight/zaibats u/ )
Or (Korean) like the giant industrial combines called Chaebol, which are based on Japanese industrial practices, thanks to Japan rudely visiting longer than was polite in the late 19th, early-mid 20th century. There are still some grudges being nursed.
Really, I find it more euphonic than many software names now considered normal, roll-off-the-tongue (like "em pee thri" and "Quark Xpress") *good* examples, but which I think are at best the equal of the enigmatic-but-interesting Ogg Vorbis.
Nothing in that name is hard to say (afaik) in any languages that I know / know of, no awful fricatives or terrible dipthongs...
Add Ogg Tarkin, and it's even cooler -- a pattern emerges. Perhaps they can come up with an open-format way of describing smells, too, and call it Ogg Valenti.
AC wrote: " Those don't mail well, as they gum up the mail sorting machines at the post office. You'd just be annoying the wrong people."
You mean it's all-purpose?! I wonder when the Justice Dept. is going to get around to the enforced-monopoly USPS... maybe I'll just send them a reminder postcard.
Actually, I had an item about the recent DoubleClick privacy settlement in this Slashback. Then I noticed that Michael had run a separate submission of it (here -- http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/12 21252&mode=nested&tid=158).
I chopped the mention in Slashback, but (sorry, brain was iced with a Route 44 strawberry limeade from Sonic), I blinked past the "DoubleClick" I'd put in the headline.
Sure -- they don't really want your.75 cents, individually -- they want $0.75 from commerical makers of MP3 playing hardware, broadcasters, etc.
But be nice, and don't let the petty bickering of hardware makers etc. get in the way of rewarding the hard work of the Frauenhofers who waited just a little bit before giving you a chance to pay up. If you enjoy MP3s, send them 3 of your favorite quarters. Better yet, a roll and a half of pennies.
Sure, it will cost more in postage, but it could be worth it. Ask for a receipt.
Perhaps you could send them to Frauenhofer's USA office, care of:
Vice President: Dr. Keith F. Blurton 46025 Port St. Plymouth, MI 48170, USA
People have different aesthetics of course, but I really like the look of windowmaker / blackbox / fluxbox -- esp. when set up with nice big labeled icons, I think it would be a great way to set up an internet cafe / public access station.
Will this be a powerful enough chip to run Cinelerra?
Semi-serious question -- Cinelerra's site advises a minimum setup of dual 1.6GHz Athlons, but c'mon -- if this chip beats a 2.5GHz P4, isn't that enough to do a little movie editing?:)
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Now, Red Hat is cool and everything, but LA Confidential is a movie worth watching on whatever OS you care to run. Guy Pierce, David Straithairn, James Cromwell, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, even the often-annoying Danny DeVito are all excellent. (And anyone who's also a fan of Cryptonomicon may agree with me that Crowe in this movie is as close to the character of Bobby Shaftoe as we're likely to see on screen unless someone talks N. Stephenson into a script.) It's a film that's worth having on DVD and stepping through each scene slowly to savor the storytelling, cinematography, well-chosen music, pacing ...
Which is to say, the combination of the new RH and this article did not have me pulling my hair out in anger, it had me watching movies.
timothy
A quick good search did not reveal anything -- do you have a project page somewhere?
timothy
It's slick, has tons of included applications, can access a hard drive but will not be bothered by anything actually *done* to the hard drive, can print to most normal linux-compatable printers. I find it hard to believe when using it that it's all from one CD.
Phoenix 0.2 does not feel like a "0.2" release!
... a good choice. Why does Mozilla still default to the ugly old NS look? :) (I say that as someone who like Mozilla a whole lot, but I've never heard anyone say they preferred the NS look vs. for istance "Modern," which also ships with standard Moz.)
I happen to like the Orbitz theme, too --- small, clean, unobtrusive
One thing about Orbitz/Phoenix is that tabs are less distinguishable than they are with Modern (and most other themes) -- it takes some peering to figure out which tab is active, which makes it too easy to close an active tab accidentally.
Phoenix starts fast, stays fast. I've had it freeze up once or twice in the last week, but Hey, I guess that's where the 0.2 comes in. (I remember when Mozilla would freeze a lot more than that, though it hasn't in a long time, for me.)
Also, unlike regular Mozilla, it has smarter tabbed browsing default settings, but I wish they would also include smarter Scripts settings, and *not* allow pages to hijack your browser by default.
Tim
why not surgically attach yourself to them as well? Since you'll be close enough, if you can get your companion to drop his / her guard just briefly, you can assure his or her permanent attention to anything you might have to say with a quick application of superglue and instant sutures.
:)
Haven't you ever wanted to exchange information (like telephone numbers, email address, etc) with someone for future reference?
This just skips a few awkward moments.
What it seems most like to me is the current (and quite cool) ability for Palm OS devices to beam information to each other -- faster, more accurate and less subject to loss than scribbling numbers on napkins.
timothy
- a Fry timeline would be fun
:)
- centerfolds; one of Leela, one of Zoidberg
- Good soundbites from the show
- Digs at Fox for letting go the best thing they had going
- What else?
The AC wrote: "There are plenty of good games available for Linux. He does not need *THOSE* games."
:) I am pretty content with the range of games that comes with an average Linux distro, at least as content as I am with games in general. I prefer simulations, and what I would really like to see is a good *driving* simulator, an automotive equivalent to FlightGear, where one could drive around the country, whether in any sense a game or not. With a simulation framework set up as open-ended as possible, people could just drive around and small groups of individuals could devise their own games based on the available maps.
...
;)
Never having been much into computer games, I tend to agree with you -- from screenshots, I judge UT to be outside my area of interest
Wouldn't it be nice to race from Boston your friend located in California (at least in the simulation) to some point equidistant to both of you? In realistic terms, this might mean a 2 or 3-day game, or broken up in chunks as you see fit
Anyhow, now that's a digression
timothy
I think he's just saying that many / most of his games live on a Windows partition, and to reach them he must reboot the machine into Windows.
Tim
Terry, not every Santa Claus is portrayed by Teddy Kennedy -- only the ones with the rosiest cheeks and noses.
timothy
I'm glad they have a sense of humor; I wish rather than pulling the software that they would just release it under a legal license -- if it's better as you describe (though I've never been too unhappy with my scans from Xsane, maybe I just don't know what I'm missing), I'd like to try it.
Cheers,
timothy
I've never used the Epson-produced / labeled software, but XSane is one of the best, easiest scanning programs I've ever seen / used.
And since I think most software interfaces are terrible, maybe it's just that I'm a dummy with exactly umgekehrt tastes in software, but what exactly does / did the Epson software do better?
timothy
"I don't know about you, but at my school, Oregon Trail consisted of seeing how fast we could kill our parties. Let's see - 0 pounds of food ought to do it. Clothing? Nah, we'll be free of those societal constraints in Oregon. Let's use a grueling pace."
Oh, I'm not saying that kids have to play such "edutainment" games deadly seriously, be whipped if their characters die or something. On the other hand, having that as a possibility (that is, playing for real, trying to get into the Conestoga wagon mindset and get West) I think is still a good idea. Horse to water, can't make dance.
timothy
Those are why I liked "computer days" (not frequent) when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, or whatever hazy grades it was.
:) (Or, just for fun, is there a Logo variant apt-gettable now?)
Logo? Squeak!
Oregon Trail? I dunno. Are there any reasonably complete, complex-scenario text simulation / adventures with a learning slant (not just nethack) like this ready for kids / teachers to apt-get?
There are a lot of other things I'd like to see of course, but those two came to mind first.
timothy
Just some spammers / scammers who sent me a bunch of silly come-on junk re: cable descramblers.
.sig ...
I figure that if they send out spam and list an 800 number, they would like to talk about it with you. So I called, had an interesting conversation with a very rude man. Not good salesmanship at all, and I wasn't in the mood to really string him along, tempting as in retrospect that is.
I haven't called lately, I'm not sure if they number is still valid, but have been lazy to change
timothy
it's been mentioned a couple of times already, first in March, then in the most recent Slashback (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/03/01382 16)
timothy
Interesting link re: that:3 63/keir etsu/keiretsu.htm
s u/ )
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans/teach
It's like "Zaibatsu" (though surely someone who knows Japanese will correct me on how different the words really are; I have heard them used interchangeably, but only by Americans speaking English, and do not know Japanese). See also this game:
(//www.angelfire.com/games3/errantknight/zaibat
Or (Korean) like the giant industrial combines called Chaebol, which are based on Japanese industrial practices, thanks to Japan rudely visiting longer than was polite in the late 19th, early-mid 20th century. There are still some grudges being nursed.
timothy
Really, I find it more euphonic than many software names now considered normal, roll-off-the-tongue (like "em pee thri" and "Quark Xpress") *good* examples, but which I think are at best the equal of the enigmatic-but-interesting Ogg Vorbis.
...
Nothing in that name is hard to say (afaik) in any languages that I know / know of, no awful fricatives or terrible dipthongs
Add Ogg Tarkin, and it's even cooler -- a pattern emerges. Perhaps they can come up with an open-format way of describing smells, too, and call it Ogg Valenti.
timothy
AC wrote: " Those don't mail well, as they gum up the mail sorting machines at the post office. You'd just be annoying the wrong people."
... maybe I'll just send them a reminder postcard.
You mean it's all-purpose?! I wonder when the Justice Dept. is going to get around to the enforced-monopoly USPS
timothy
1) done by the xiph folks at their own expense
2) done by nullsoft, paid for by AOL, before Ogg could could be added to Winamp.
(this info is from memory, but gained from comments posted re: a previous mention of ogg patents in a different Slashdot post)
timothy
Actually, I had an item about the recent DoubleClick privacy settlement in this Slashback. Then I noticed that Michael had run a separate submission of it (here -- http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/12 21252&mode=nested&tid=158).
I chopped the mention in Slashback, but (sorry, brain was iced with a Route 44 strawberry limeade from Sonic), I blinked past the "DoubleClick" I'd put in the headline.
That's what happened.
timothy
At least some people may have felt a bit nervous that they'd be shot out of the air by their unexpected military escort today:
o rt ed-Landing.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Esc
timothy
Sure -- they don't really want your .75 cents, individually -- they want $0.75 from commerical makers of MP3 playing hardware, broadcasters, etc.
But be nice, and don't let the petty bickering of hardware makers etc. get in the way of rewarding the hard work of the Frauenhofers who waited just a little bit before giving you a chance to pay up. If you enjoy MP3s, send them 3 of your favorite quarters. Better yet, a roll and a half of pennies.
Sure, it will cost more in postage, but it could be worth it. Ask for a receipt.
Perhaps you could send them to Frauenhofer's USA office, care of:
Vice President: Dr. Keith F. Blurton
46025 Port St.
Plymouth, MI 48170, USA
timothy
People have different aesthetics of course, but I really like the look of windowmaker / blackbox / fluxbox -- esp. when set up with nice big labeled icons, I think it would be a great way to set up an internet cafe / public access station.
...
Clean, simple, resource-friendly
timothy
Will this be a powerful enough chip to run Cinelerra?
:)
Semi-serious question -- Cinelerra's site advises a minimum setup of dual 1.6GHz Athlons, but c'mon -- if this chip beats a 2.5GHz P4, isn't that enough to do a little movie editing?
Tim
I know this may be a tempting thought, but it simply isn't true.
It's inevitable given the nature of Slashdot that we will mention products, made by companies. This rig is one such. No special conspiracy required.
timothy