Password protected filtering, easily configured categories... The kids occasionally see a puppy on the screen with a friendly message, and anything you want to remove from the filter can be whitelisted.
Grew up on the Amiga, they stagnated, went bust...
I loved BE, they went bust before reaching their potential...
I tried to love Linux, philosophically I'm there, and as a server or for general purpose browsing, development, office, type-activities it's great, but I got REAL frustrated trying to get low-latency audio working with my hardware and the quality of audio software was/is disappointing (with the possible exception of Ardour...), and the big industry packages (and some of the smaller ones) are not available, trying to make them work with WINE is a mixed bag and adds layers of complexity
I'm on Win7 at the moment, the audio tools that I need are there and native, drivers for high-end audio hardware exist, I get results...
Actually, what we need is for Cannabis to become legal. Legal to posses, legal to grow, legal to smoke.
It is somewhat fucking ridiculous that as a 45yo man, I cannot grow a plant and smoke it in my own home without fear of arrest and a criminal record, for which I most certainly would lose my job.
Where is the victim ? What exactly is the crime ?
And don't get me started on employee random drug tests...wtf...
Absolutely - it also got me thinking about the Bitmaps... Whatever happened to the reboot of Speedball ? Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe is crying out for a shake down !
You're correct, although this is not so much a problem for me as 90% of my friends are on MSN, ho-hum... I use GAIM when I'm in Debian, and it blows Kopete away (I am a KDE'er btw although I'm on the Windows partion atm for some HL2:)
I used Trillian for a while up to ~0.74 but it felt, well, a bit clunky (as if GTK doesn't feel that way anyway on Win32, I know...) Anyhoo, for me, GAIM feels prettly light, small, fast enough. I guess also the fact that I can use the same interface on Win and Linux is a big deal for me, and that I don't have to resize my buddy icons to 7k is a boost for a lazy fecker like myself...
Is there a point to free Trillian anymore? I'm not knocking it (much..), I did use it once upon a time and tbh it was very good, nice eye candy too, but since finding GAIM I haven't looked back.
When will I be able to install the Gecko runtime (along with all the other common components, XUL, XPCOM, etc) only ONCE, then have any/all of the Gecko based apps (Firefox, Thunderbird, Chatzilla, NVU, Sunbird, etc...) actually share all that supposedly common code ?
There was a bug in Mozilla that caused very high (~99%) cpu usage when multiple tabs simultaneously used the flash plugin. While I can't say for sure that it's the same bug, I was having a similar problem with Firefox 1.0, although it didn't show up as often as with Mozilla.
Anyhow, the problem disappeared after I installed Flashblock. You might want to give it a try.
I am still having occasional lockups with the Acrobat6 pdf plugin, though.:-(
Alternatively, if you're using any NT derivative (4 and up), you can schedule a task to use Robocopy (from the Windows Resource Kits) to mirror data to remote shares.
...when you change the default size of the window title bars, it also changes the size of the start/task bar, which also resizes any icons in the system tray making them look terrible... w2k never behaved like that.
>>The value is the ability to buy a server, install it, and have "the MCSE monkey" administer it with zero training.
Yeah right, whatever you say.... and the monkey can easily bring down your data cluster, print cluster, web cluster and leave ~700 users with no data or services, *and* you'll get the pleasure of having your boss kick your ass out the door for letting him do it. Yeah right, let the monkey look after it.
FWIW, our company has all of the above (although not the monkey:) The data cluster is attached to a SAN with Terabyte volumes. It's been rock solid with no unscheduled downtime for over a year. It's flipped nodes a couple of times due to hardware problems but that's exactly what it's supposed to do. Jeez, it's even outperforming the *nix servers for data throughput (SAN).
Ok, it's might not be a kick ass number cruncher, but as the advert goes, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
tarbos : Are the Pegasos developer boards already shipping and is the enduser board still on track for a late march release?
PEGASOS : Bplans Mainboards PEGASOS start shipping in two weeks.
AmyTek : I need to know how much will cost a pegasos mainboard with MorphOS and when it will be sold.
PEGASOS : The consumer version will be sold in march for about 650Euros for bare boards.
Logain : What kind of CPU-module will be included in the 650 EUR-package?
PEGASOS : Motorola/IBM PPC G3 CPU's with 400MHz are planed for initial release.
Psyria : Can you tell me something about the onboard SoundChips of Pegasos?
PEGASOS : AC97 Sound with sigmatel ST9766 including SPDIF out.
Univers : Which software is delivered with the Pegasos?
PEGASOS : Pegasos is always delivered with MorphOS.
Hans : When will the developer machines ship?
PEGASOS : Shipment starts within next 14 days.
Hans : When will the final version ship?
PEGASOS : End user systems are available at end of 1Q2002.
Hans : How much for the dev machine?
PEGASOS : 650 EUR.
Hans : How much for the final machine?
PEGASOS : 650 EUR.
McGreg : Will the Pegasos support also G5 and if, will it then support also DDR RAM?
PEGASOS : We still have no G5 sample here: theoretically yes.
DunkleSeele: Which operating system can I use on the Pegasos?
PEGASOS : MorphOS/LINUX/NetBSD.
AmiGR : Does the manufacturer of the chipset you're using plan to make DDR versions of the chipset? This would give your boards a HUGE boost.
PEGASOS : DDR version of our chipset are not planned for release this year.
McGreg : Will the Pegasos support also G5 and if, will it then support also DDR RAM?
PEGASOS : We still have no G5 sample here: theoretically yes.
miksuh : If Pegasos motherboard will cost about 650EUR, is there any idea of how much will cost a lowend prebuilt system with CPU, gfx card?
PEGASOS : Complete Systems are around 1000EUR incl. HD/DVD.
Slashdot Mirror
Side-stepping the 'be a better parent' comments... (yes, I have kids, no I can't supervise them all the time...)
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/blue-coat-webfilter - It's not oss, but it's free for personal use
Password protected filtering, easily configured categories... The kids occasionally see a puppy on the screen with a friendly message, and anything you want to remove from the filter can be whitelisted.
NBIAR
" Let's get this food, water and population thing sorted out first. Then we can go and explore space..."
~W.M.Hicks
IAAAE (audio engineer)...
Grew up on the Amiga, they stagnated, went bust...
I loved BE, they went bust before reaching their potential...
I tried to love Linux, philosophically I'm there, and as a server or for general purpose browsing, development, office, type-activities it's great, but I got REAL frustrated trying to get low-latency audio working with my hardware and the quality of audio software was/is disappointing (with the possible exception of Ardour...), and the big industry packages (and some of the smaller ones) are not available, trying to make them work with WINE is a mixed bag and adds layers of complexity
I'm on Win7 at the moment, the audio tools that I need are there and native, drivers for high-end audio hardware exist, I get results...
Yeah, I know I'm a fringe case, but you asked :)
Actually, what we need is for Cannabis to become legal. Legal to posses, legal to grow, legal to smoke.
It is somewhat fucking ridiculous that as a 45yo man, I cannot grow a plant and smoke it in my own home without fear of arrest and a criminal record, for which I most certainly would lose my job.
Where is the victim ? What exactly is the crime ?
And don't get me started on employee random drug tests...wtf...
Meh...
Absolutely - it also got me thinking about the Bitmaps... Whatever happened to the reboot of Speedball ? Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe is crying out for a shake down !
nbiar
Saw that contest already...
XPSP3 vs VSP1
A somewhat surprising result...
nbiar
You're correct, although this is not so much a problem for me as 90% of my friends are on MSN, ho-hum... I use GAIM when I'm in Debian, and it blows Kopete away (I am a KDE'er btw although I'm on the Windows partion atm for some HL2 :)
I used Trillian for a while up to ~0.74 but it felt, well, a bit clunky (as if GTK doesn't feel that way anyway on Win32, I know...) Anyhoo, for me, GAIM feels prettly light, small, fast enough. I guess also the fact that I can use the same interface on Win and Linux is a big deal for me, and that I don't have to resize my buddy icons to 7k is a boost for a lazy fecker like myself...
Cool link btw, works here with Win GAIM, cheers.
nbiar
Is there a point to free Trillian anymore? I'm not knocking it (much..), I did use it once upon a time and tbh it was very good, nice eye candy too, but since finding GAIM I haven't looked back.
nbiar
Still some way to go before it's thinner than an EA wage packet, then.
nbiar
When will I be able to install the Gecko runtime (along with all the other common components, XUL, XPCOM, etc) only ONCE, then have any/all of the Gecko based apps (Firefox, Thunderbird, Chatzilla, NVU, Sunbird, etc...) actually share all that supposedly common code ?
nbiar
There was a bug in Mozilla that caused very high (~99%) cpu usage when multiple tabs simultaneously used the flash plugin. While I can't say for sure that it's the same bug, I was having a similar problem with Firefox 1.0, although it didn't show up as often as with Mozilla.
Anyhow, the problem disappeared after I installed Flashblock. You might want to give it a try.
I am still having occasional lockups with the Acrobat6 pdf plugin, though. :-(
Alternatively, if you're using any NT derivative (4 and up), you can schedule a task to use Robocopy (from the Windows Resource Kits) to mirror data to remote shares.
Here: RoboCopy
Usage: RoboCopy
nbiar
set myPath="c:\security\patches\ms\sept\week_1"
c:\>%myPath%\Q827101_w2k_presp4.exe -z -m
c:\>%myPath%\Q827102_w2k_presp4.exe -z -m
c:\>%myPath%\Q827103_w2k_presp4.exe -z -m
c:\>%myPath%\Q827104_w2k_presp4.exe -z -m
c:\>%myPath%\Q827105_w2k_presp4.exe -z -m
c:\>%myPath%\qchain.exe
-------
z == no reboot
m == quiet mode
and only one reboot at the end.........*cough*
nbiar
man, i have no idea but his first name is kaiser....
nbiar.
nbiar
Death is only the beginning
nor should we forget that all of the above are closed proprietary systems...
try http://www.aros.org for an open source implementation of AOS3.1 for 680x0, x86, PPC etc..
recent builds can be downloaded from here http://www.ahsodit.com/aros/index.html
most of AOS functionality is there. a Workbench replacement is currently in development
most system friendly amiga apps only require a recompile..
NBIAR
>>The value is the ability to buy a server, install it, and have "the MCSE monkey" administer it with zero training.
:) The data cluster is attached to a SAN with Terabyte volumes. It's been rock solid with no unscheduled downtime for over a year. It's flipped nodes a couple of times due to hardware problems but that's exactly what it's supposed to do. Jeez, it's even outperforming the *nix servers for data throughput (SAN).
Yeah right, whatever you say.... and the monkey can easily bring down your data cluster, print cluster, web cluster and leave ~700 users with no data or services, *and* you'll get the pleasure of having your boss kick your ass out the door for letting him do it. Yeah right, let the monkey look after it.
FWIW, our company has all of the above (although not the monkey
Ok, it's might not be a kick ass number cruncher, but as the advert goes, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
YMMV, natch.
NBIAR.
....with this;
"Free Software on proprietary opperating systems"
Can you spell "spell checker"....
oops.
nbiar.
irc log ANN
tarbos : Are the Pegasos developer boards already shipping and is the enduser board still on track for a late march release? PEGASOS : Bplans Mainboards PEGASOS start shipping in two weeks.
AmyTek : I need to know how much will cost a pegasos mainboard with MorphOS and when it will be sold. PEGASOS : The consumer version will be sold in march for about 650Euros for bare boards.
Logain : What kind of CPU-module will be included in the 650 EUR-package? PEGASOS : Motorola/IBM PPC G3 CPU's with 400MHz are planed for initial release.
Psyria : Can you tell me something about the onboard SoundChips of Pegasos? PEGASOS : AC97 Sound with sigmatel ST9766 including SPDIF out.
Univers : Which software is delivered with the Pegasos? PEGASOS : Pegasos is always delivered with MorphOS.
Hans : When will the developer machines ship? PEGASOS : Shipment starts within next 14 days.
Hans : When will the final version ship? PEGASOS : End user systems are available at end of 1Q2002.
Hans : How much for the dev machine? PEGASOS : 650 EUR.
Hans : How much for the final machine? PEGASOS : 650 EUR.
McGreg : Will the Pegasos support also G5 and if, will it then support also DDR RAM? PEGASOS : We still have no G5 sample here: theoretically yes.
DunkleSeele: Which operating system can I use on the Pegasos? PEGASOS : MorphOS/LINUX/NetBSD.
AmiGR : Does the manufacturer of the chipset you're using plan to make DDR versions of the chipset? This would give your boards a HUGE boost. PEGASOS : DDR version of our chipset are not planned for release this year.
McGreg : Will the Pegasos support also G5 and if, will it then support also DDR RAM? PEGASOS : We still have no G5 sample here: theoretically yes.
miksuh : If Pegasos motherboard will cost about 650EUR, is there any idea of how much will cost a lowend prebuilt system with CPU, gfx card? PEGASOS : Complete Systems are around 1000EUR incl. HD/DVD.
AS.