Pass the -dpi option to your X server.
The Xserver man page says:
-dpi resolution
sets the resolution of the screen, in dots per inch. To be used when the server cannot determine the screen size from the hardware.
If you're running GDM, edit the/etc/gdm.conf.
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 92,92
flexible=true
I've got an MP3 player that uses AAAs and having them rechargeable is very convenient. It saves me a weekly trip to the store and it is better for the environment.
Storing metadata in each file in a format designed by its developer certainly is not my idea of "more practical for transfer and multi-platform use". What it the format of the file doesnt' support metadata?
Separating the metadata from the file and keeping this metadata related to the file lets any file have metadata, makes the metadata extensible and easily accessible.
If you need to transfer your files and the metadata, simply tar it like OpenOffice.org does. to solve the cross platform problem.
A plugin could also be used to put the filesystem metadata into a file that supports metadata when using the cp command.
Re:Computer Lab?
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ClusterKnoppix
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· Score: 4, Informative
Well, yes, you're missing an equally important point that it is a cluster. X diskless workstations are part of this system but making those X workstations part of a Mosix cluster is what makes this setup interesting.
How about threat like comments. Are they ok? How about this comment made by Klerk
about my 4 year old son and 5 year old daughter.
klerk: I had sex with your daughter and son, jackass! You're my 300th freak!
Is this what free speech intended?
I think Klerk is a sick bastard and that society would be just fine without his comments. I'm surprised he hasn't been kicked off Slashdot yet.
Freedom of speech is about the freedom of expressing ideas with a positive intent, not about blabbing every offensive thought that pops into your head.
If the iframe has a CSS property of display:none, or visibility:hidden then Mozilla will not load the content of that iframe until the display property changes to something that is visible.
IE loads the content of the iframe not matter what the CSS properties are.
Re:Chips, Dips, Taco and the Dot
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Slashdot Turns 5
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· Score: 1
Ditto here too. It's neat to read through the comments of this thread knowing that I might have had a slashdot conversation with one of you 5 years ago. Maybe we should have a "low account number" reunion. 10,000 or less and you're invited.
Javascript is a joke. It's for annoying web page junk.
Javascript is not a joke. It is a powerful language when you stop using it like it's BASIC and start using it the way it was designed to be used. I admit that the majority of the Javascript that you see on the web today is horrid, but the language is not to blame because of the wannabe programmers.
I've got 5 devices running off of IRQ 9 and the thing is rock solid, never had a crash since early 2.4.0pre days and it probably wasn't because of an IRQ problem.
The Linux kernel has ACPI support in its future and it all started back in 1999
I've got 5 devices running off of IRQ 9 and the thing is rock solid, never had a crash since early 2.4.0pre days. </p> <p> The Linux kernel has ACPI support in its future. It all started back in <a href=http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt19991004_ 37.html#1">1999</a> </p> <p> Anyway check this out... </p> <p> <tt> [root@haemal]:/proc# cat interrupts
CPU0
0: 29750549 XT-PIC timer
1: 87289 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 2 XT-PIC serial
5: 183414591 XT-PIC EMU10K1
8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
9: 1551326 XT-PIC acpi, usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0, eth1
10: 1318690 XT-PIC ide0
12: 2323801 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 89064 XT-PIC ide2
15: 62 XT-PIC ide3 NMI: 0 LOC: 29751193 ERR: 46561 MIS: 0 </tt> </p>
Re:Is it Netsafe?? Doesn't sound like it.
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Lindows Reviewed
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· Score: 1
The single biggest issue I see here *is* that Lindows has you do everything while running as root. That is the *stupidest* thing I have ever heard of.
Sounds to me that Lindows does a tremendous job at providing all the Windows features.
PI represents an infinite string of random numbers and can be calculated using a formula which in a sense is a pattern. So if random numbers can be generated with a pattern then a pattern can be generated from random numbers.
Basically what you need to do is come up with a new formula for each random string of numbers, the same as is done with PI.
Honestly I don't care which one goes away, I just wish one of them would.
You can run KDE apps while in GNOME and run GNOME apps while in KDE! All the apps are X apps, so as long as you have the libraries, you can run them in whatever environment you want.
You are correct about the time wasting decision making. Options really are an annoyance when you're trying to get something done, like get from point A to point B.
I wish all cars were made the same. Car companies should just give up their creativity and standardize on one frame, one colour, one style, one engine, one type of tire and be done with it. That way, I would be able to get into any car and get from point A to point B and never have to learn where the controls are again.
I wish ice cream only came in one flavour so that every time I went to Dairy Queen I didn't waste my time deciding on the flavour that I want.
I wish all the girls looked the same so that I wouldn't have to decide which one I want to ask out.
I wish musicians could just settle on one type of music so that I wouldn't have to waste so much time choosing what I want to listen too.
I wish only 1 colour existed so that I would'nt waste so much time choosing the colour of my new car.
I wish life would not offer so many choices so that I could just get on with it.
Then you've probably clicked on some links that took you to sites that are very little known and that could contain rogue code that exploit this IE security hole.
I guess IE users will just have to stop using search engines then. I guess that will only affect about 80% of the Net users, so you're right, this isn't a big deal.
Nautilus on my Debian GNU/Linux system depends on magic
to determine file type and it is very reliable.
but examining the file extension to determine type is hardly an IE-only thing.
IE does however depend on the file extension to determine whether the file is executable or not. Anyone can send you a file with a.exe.com or.bat extension and it automatically becomes executable when you save it. On Linux an other UNIX systems, a file is executable when that permission is given, executability is not determined by its extension. So you would have to do a chmod +x file after downloading a file to be able to run it.
init 1, sync, hit the reset button.
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Linux 2.4.16 Released
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· Score: 2, Informative
init 1, sync then hit the reset button. Boot with your rescue floppy, (you have one right?) and force a fsck on your partitions. Note: The >/forcefsck will NOT work with reiserfsck. You must run reiserfsck manually.
Alright, I keep hearing this argument of Gnome being 2 years behind KDE and it's frightening me because if in 2 years Gnome ends up where KDE is today, I'll be very disappointed.
I've switched to KDE on occassion and found nothing spectacularly better than what Gnome offers. I find Gnome and GTK apps better than KDE ones in some areas such as Galeon, Evolution, Nautilus (needs work on speed though) OpenOffice, Sawfish and The Gimp.
If you're referring to speed and anti-aliased fonts, Gnome 2 addresses those issues and should be out by April 2002. That's only 6 months from now, not 2 years.
I agree. I use the same setup and I configured a few custom key combinations that speed things up tremendously. I've been customizing my desktop and key combinations for about 5 years now, starting with Afterstep, then WindowMaker, then Enlightenment and finaly Sawfish - easily the best window manager around in terms of customizability. (I know that's not a word, but you know what I mean...)
There are a few concepts that I've come to depend on over the years.
Using key combinations that require only my left hand which leaves my other hand on the mouse.
Stack and maximise windows
Here are some key combinations that work well for me. The [windows] keys is used to manipulate the windows which leaves the [ctrl] and [alt] to the apps.
[w]-[tab] lower window. This is great when you have a bunch of windows stacked and you simply want to lower the one on top.
[w]-[z] iconify window. This removes the window from the stack so that the W-tab can cyclye between the un-inconfied windows.
[w]-[q] close windows.
[w]-[`] maximise windows.
[w]-[up arrow] go to previous desktop
[w]-[down arrow] go to next desktop
[w]-[mouse wheel forward] go to previous desktop
[w]-[mouse wheel backward] go to next desktop
[w]-[ctrl][mouse wheel forward] move window group to previous desktop
[w]-[ctrl][mouse wheel backward] move window group to next desktop
[w]-[ctrl][up arrow] send window group to previous desktop
[w]-[ctrl][down arrow] send window group to next desktop
[menu] popup window menu
The windows are maximised and stacked. I can cycle through them by lowering the the windows that is highest on the stack to the bottom with the W-Tab combination. To removed a windows from the stack I iconify it with the W-z key combination.
Most of my apps are maximised to the edges of the panels. I have a panel at the top of my screen running the task manager applet that acts like tabs for the windows. I have no use for tabs in applications such as Galeon or Gnome Term or Mozilla because the way I've got things setup, it's like using tabs but works with all my apps and uses less screen realestate the the tabified counterpart.
Slashdot Mirror
The Enterprise travels at Warp speed, not Mach. Let's see what happens to this plastic model at Warp 5 ;)
Yes, eye candy. That's why I paid $200 for my video card, for eye candy. It's all about pleasing the senses and eye candy is just one of them.
Pass the -dpi option to your X server. The Xserver man page says: -dpi resolution sets the resolution of the screen, in dots per inch. To be used when the server cannot determine the screen size from the hardware. If you're running GDM, edit the /etc/gdm.conf.
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 92,92
flexible=true
I've got an MP3 player that uses AAAs and having them rechargeable is very convenient. It saves me a weekly trip to the store and it is better for the environment.
Storing metadata in each file in a format designed by its developer certainly is not my idea of "more practical for transfer and multi-platform use". What it the format of the file doesnt' support metadata?
Separating the metadata from the file and keeping this metadata related to the file lets any file have metadata, makes the metadata extensible and easily accessible.
If you need to transfer your files and the metadata, simply tar it like OpenOffice.org does. to solve the cross platform problem.
A plugin could also be used to put the filesystem metadata into a file that supports metadata when using the cp command.
For example,
/home/joe/music/artist/somesong /home/joe/somesong.mp3
cp
would create an mp3 with metadata.
Well, yes, you're missing an equally important point that it is a cluster. X diskless workstations are part of this system but making those X workstations part of a Mosix cluster is what makes this setup interesting.
Thank you, that was point. I just wasn't as succinct.
How about threat like comments. Are they ok? How about this comment made by Klerk about my 4 year old son and 5 year old daughter.
klerk: I had sex with your daughter and son, jackass! You're my 300th freak!
Is this what free speech intended?
I think Klerk is a sick bastard and that society would be just fine without his comments. I'm surprised he hasn't been kicked off Slashdot yet.
Freedom of speech is about the freedom of expressing ideas with a positive intent, not about blabbing every offensive thought that pops into your head.
If the iframe has a CSS property of display:none, or visibility:hidden then Mozilla will not load the content of that iframe until the display property changes to something that is visible.
IE loads the content of the iframe not matter what the CSS properties are.
Ditto here too. It's neat to read through the comments of this thread knowing that I might have had a slashdot conversation with one of you 5 years ago. Maybe we should have a "low account number" reunion. 10,000 or less and you're invited.
Javascript is not a joke. It is a powerful language when you stop using it like it's BASIC and start using it the way it was designed to be used. I admit that the majority of the Javascript that you see on the web today is horrid, but the language is not to blame because of the wannabe programmers.
Read JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition, then use the language before you make uneducated comments.
Buy when you need, not before, not after.
I've got 5 devices running off of IRQ 9 and the thing is rock solid, never had a crash since early 2.4.0pre days and it probably wasn't because of an IRQ problem.
The Linux kernel has ACPI support in its future and it all started back in 1999
Anyway check this out...
[root@haemal]:/proc# cat interrupts
CPU0
0: 29750549 XT-PIC timer
1: 87289 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 2 XT-PIC serial
5: 183414591 XT-PIC EMU10K1
8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
9: 1551326 XT-PIC acpi, usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0, eth1
10: 1318690 XT-PIC ide0
12: 2323801 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 89064 XT-PIC ide2
15: 62 XT-PIC ide3
NMI: 0
LOC: 29751193
ERR: 46561
MIS: 0
I've got 5 devices running off of IRQ 9 and the thing is rock solid, never had a crash since early 2.4.0pre days._ 37.html#1">1999</a>
</p>
<p>
The Linux kernel has ACPI support in its future. It all started back in <a href=http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt19991004
</p>
<p>
Anyway check this out...
</p>
<p>
<tt>
[root@haemal]:/proc# cat interrupts
CPU0
0: 29750549 XT-PIC timer
1: 87289 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 2 XT-PIC serial
5: 183414591 XT-PIC EMU10K1
8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
9: 1551326 XT-PIC acpi, usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0, eth1
10: 1318690 XT-PIC ide0
12: 2323801 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 89064 XT-PIC ide2
15: 62 XT-PIC ide3
NMI: 0
LOC: 29751193
ERR: 46561
MIS: 0
</tt>
</p>
The single biggest issue I see here *is* that Lindows has you do everything while running as root. That is the *stupidest* thing I have ever heard of.
Sounds to me that Lindows does a tremendous job at providing all the Windows features.
Yes, but Win2k can't run Linux apps which is one of the reasons why I run Linux.
Yes, I thought of that but what I suggest is not to use PI, but instead develop a formula in a similar way that one was developed for PI.
You're right that using PI is silly unless the number you are compressing is PI. Then you've got great compression, infinite to 1 :)
PI represents an infinite string of random numbers and can be calculated using a formula which in a sense is a pattern. So if random numbers can be generated with a pattern then a pattern can be generated from random numbers.
Basically what you need to do is come up with a new formula for each random string of numbers, the same as is done with PI.
The only problem is, it's not as easy as PI
You can run KDE apps while in GNOME and run GNOME apps while in KDE! All the apps are X apps, so as long as you have the libraries, you can run them in whatever environment you want.
You are correct about the time wasting decision making. Options really are an annoyance when you're trying to get something done, like get from point A to point B.
I wish all cars were made the same. Car companies should just give up their creativity and standardize on one frame, one colour, one style, one engine, one type of tire and be done with it. That way, I would be able to get into any car and get from point A to point B and never have to learn where the controls are again.
I wish ice cream only came in one flavour so that every time I went to Dairy Queen I didn't waste my time deciding on the flavour that I want.
I wish all the girls looked the same so that I wouldn't have to decide which one I want to ask out.
I wish musicians could just settle on one type of music so that I wouldn't have to waste so much time choosing what I want to listen too.
I wish only 1 colour existed so that I would'nt waste so much time choosing the colour of my new car.
I wish life would not offer so many choices so that I could just get on with it.
Rich
Then you've probably clicked on some links that took you to sites that are very little known and that could contain rogue code that exploit this IE security hole.
I guess IE users will just have to stop using search engines then. I guess that will only affect about 80% of the Net users, so you're right, this isn't a big deal.
Nautilus on my Debian GNU/Linux system depends on magic to determine file type and it is very reliable.
IE does however depend on the file extension to determine whether the file is executable or not. Anyone can send you a file with a .exe .com or .bat extension and it automatically becomes executable when you save it. On Linux an other UNIX systems, a file is executable when that permission is given, executability is not determined by its extension. So you would have to do a chmod +x file after downloading a file to be able to run it.
init 1, sync then hit the reset button. Boot with your rescue floppy, (you have one right?) and force a fsck on your partitions. Note: The >/forcefsck will NOT work with reiserfsck. You must run reiserfsck manually.
Rich
CTRL-U
Alright, I keep hearing this argument of Gnome being 2 years behind KDE and it's frightening me because if in 2 years Gnome ends up where KDE is today, I'll be very disappointed.
I've switched to KDE on occassion and found nothing spectacularly better than what Gnome offers. I find Gnome and GTK apps better than KDE ones in some areas such as Galeon, Evolution, Nautilus (needs work on speed though) OpenOffice, Sawfish and The Gimp.
If you're referring to speed and anti-aliased fonts, Gnome 2 addresses those issues and should be out by April 2002. That's only 6 months from now, not 2 years.
Rich
I agree. I use the same setup and I configured a few custom key combinations that speed things up tremendously. I've been customizing my desktop and key combinations for about 5 years now, starting with Afterstep, then WindowMaker, then Enlightenment and finaly Sawfish - easily the best window manager around in terms of customizability. (I know that's not a word, but you know what I mean...)
There are a few concepts that I've come to depend on over the years.
Here are some key combinations that work well for me. The [windows] keys is used to manipulate the windows which leaves the [ctrl] and [alt] to the apps.
The windows are maximised and stacked. I can cycle through them by lowering the the windows that is highest on the stack to the bottom with the W-Tab combination. To removed a windows from the stack I iconify it with the W-z key combination.
Most of my apps are maximised to the edges of the panels. I have a panel at the top of my screen running the task manager applet that acts like tabs for the windows. I have no use for tabs in applications such as Galeon or Gnome Term or Mozilla because the way I've got things setup, it's like using tabs but works with all my apps and uses less screen realestate the the tabified counterpart.
Rich