Okay, so you've got your 640G of space, better get a DLT drive to back it up. Ooh, an 80GB drive costs 3000 pounds. And then you need eight tapes at 50 pounds a go to do one backup. Might as well get a robot arm to do tape handling. Lets get ten sets of backup tapes and budget for a quarterly archive copy...
The source code for Windows is already available outside of Redmond, or at least parts of it are. MS make it available to certain researchers under non-disclosure agreements. I know people in the Comp Sci dept here that have some of it.
So it could already be a problem, but it isn't.
I'm just hoping the source code gets posted so that we can start fixing the bugs in it.
If you do go the pdf route, you'll be in trouble if you have included PostScript graphics in your LaTeX and try pdflatex - it wont have it.
Instead, just run vanilla LaTeX and then dvips to get a PS file, and run ps2pdf.
Or render your PostScript graphics to gifs/jpegs and then pdfltex should handle them...
On the plus side of pdf, you can do some 'reveal' type effects. Let page N of your presentation be a basic header, and then N+1 be the header and the first line. N+2 is the header and the first and second lines. As you go through the presentation, the lines will reveal as you page.
The big deal is that you have paid real $$$ for a copy of Windows that you arent going to be using.
Luckily the company I deal with will sell me a machine without me having to pay for Windows. Strangely though, they normally have a copy of Windows on them anyway, its probably what they use for testing. Not that I ever boot it, the first thing I do with a new machine is stick a linux boot floppy in and then its fdisk time.
Thats my biggest fs problem at the moment. The average home user can go make a cup of coffee while the machine fscks after a crash. Even our departmental server doesnt take that long. But just about the only time I've ever had to restore stuff from backups is when people have done
rm *.tex
or similar. I do all this backup nonsense just to protect themselves against their own stupidity?
So, are any of the journalling FSs smart enough to rollback a journalled transaction to undelete a file? And provide user-level tools to do it?
I know there is the beginnings of undelete support in ext2 FSs, but its all very beta. Surely when designing a new FS you'd factor it in from the start...
Isn't this the strength of open source software? I reported a bug with a closed-source, commercial stats package that I use. I also posted a message to the unofficial users mailing list. One of the users replied saying he'd reported the bug three years and two versions earlier, and it still wasn't fixed. A couple of years and a couple more minor versions later its still not fixed, and there's no patch released to fix it.
I dont care how many bugs there are in Redhat 7, just as long as they are documented, logged, and fixed in errata or new releases. And they are. Check out bug 18023 already.
Only people who dont listen to their MP3s before burning them, surely? If they dont listen then they've probably already got CDs full of half-complete downloads and MP3s with clicks and clangs and other noise artifacts.
Wrong! Scientists have discovered that a headset acts as a long antenna. You get three times as much radiation to the brain with a hands-free.
Quote: Graeme Jacobs, editor of Which? magazine said: "If you're worried about levels of radiation from your mobile phone, you shouldn't rely on a hands-free set. The two models we tested triple the radiation to your brain, though we still don't
know for certain whether that radiation is harmful."
Simply apply the fix to the current kernel sources, and release it as the new improved better-than-linus's version 2.2.17-me of linux. Under the GPL of course. Then they'll take notice!!
Cant you just disable cookies in your browser? Then Amazon wont know who you are until you enter your credit card details, and you should get the price first then...
I've interfaced my Garmin to my Palm Vx. There's a few GPS programs for the Palm, and you can map and download data from the Garmin (or other NMEA-protocol GPS machines too).
Slight problem is that a lot of the support programs are written for windows - but luckily the developers of 'PlaceTrace' have let me know the DB format so I can develop conversion routines in Perl. Sadly probably not in time for my adventure in Morocco this summer!! Prob have to resort to paper maps instead.
Lets assume the slashdot poll is as secure as any vote for a president might be. Whats to stop me going to the office next door, pointing my Nerf Supermaxx 1500 at his head and getting him to vote for 'Hemos'?
Can I do that at a public voting station? No. Polling stations are public so that we can all see whats going on, and we have booths so that the individual has privacy. These two conditions seem essential to a fair and free vote. I dont see how they can be duplicated via the internet.
Firstly, you mention Star Office and then talk about Open Source apps. Star Office isnt open source and probably wont be. I'll assume you mean apps that will work under Linux, or perhaps even free apps in terms of cost.
Anyway, what you need to do is go to www.freshmeat.net and look at all the lovely linux apps there. You will be able to draw up your own list of windows equivalents in no time!
My worry with internet voting is that even with digital signatures, there's still no guarantee that the person voting isn't being coerced or forced into voting one way or another.
If you step into an anonymous voting booth, on your own, the process is completely secret. You could be telling your friends you are voting one way, and then vote the other. You may have an abusive spouse who tells you to vote one way, and then you can defy them and vote the other.
When it comes to click-to-vote, someone could have a gun to your head.
The same problems apply to postal voting. We need to educate people to see how important voting is so that they are glad to get out and do their bit.
I remember reading _years_ ago (when dot matrix printers weren't obsolete equipment!) about someone writing a concerto for dot-matrix printer and orchestra. Even got it performed with a real orchestra. Basically the printer starts out just making noises and attempting to get in on the musical act, and by the end of the piece it is harmonising with the rest of the orchestra. The piece finishes with a wild dot-matrix printer cadenza!
Anyone know any more about this? I've tried a couple of web searches but not found anything. We are talking about 10 years ago if I recall right.
Alcohol has already been detected in space, and now sugar. All we need to find is the yeast and the hops. Perhaps the universe is just a giant brewery....
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Okay, so you've got your 640G of space, better get a DLT drive to back it up. Ooh, an 80GB drive costs 3000 pounds. And then you need eight tapes at 50 pounds a go to do one backup. Might as well get a robot arm to do tape handling. Lets get ten sets of backup tapes and budget for a quarterly archive copy...
You do backup your hard disk dont you?
The source code for Windows is already available outside of Redmond, or at least parts of it are. MS make it available to certain researchers under non-disclosure agreements. I know people in the Comp Sci dept here that have some of it.
So it could already be a problem, but it isn't.
I'm just hoping the source code gets posted so that we can start fixing the bugs in it.
Baz
Yeah, I cant wait to get one of these, so I can do completely air-powered drive-by shootings with my Nerf Wildfire!
Baz
If you do go the pdf route, you'll be in trouble if you have included PostScript graphics in your LaTeX and try pdflatex - it wont have it.
Instead, just run vanilla LaTeX and then dvips to get a PS file, and run ps2pdf.
Or render your PostScript graphics to gifs/jpegs and then pdfltex should handle them...
On the plus side of pdf, you can do some 'reveal' type effects. Let page N of your presentation be a basic header, and then N+1 be the header and the first line. N+2 is the header and the first and second lines. As you go through the presentation, the lines will reveal as you page.
Baz
or have they banned search engines too?
Baz
You do keep your Palmtop next to your bed dont you? In grayscale and colour versions:
http://palmfun.multimania.com/en/MainFrame.html
Baz
The big deal is that you have paid real $$$ for a copy of Windows that you arent going to be using.
Luckily the company I deal with will sell me a machine without me having to pay for Windows. Strangely though, they normally have a copy of Windows on them anyway, its probably what they use for testing. Not that I ever boot it, the first thing I do with a new machine is stick a linux boot floppy in and then its fdisk time.
Baz
Thats my biggest fs problem at the moment. The average home user can go make a cup of coffee while the machine fscks after a crash. Even our departmental server doesnt take that long. But just about the only time I've ever had to restore stuff from backups is when people have done
.tex
rm *
or similar. I do all this backup nonsense just to protect themselves against their own stupidity?
So, are any of the journalling FSs smart enough to rollback a journalled transaction to undelete a file? And provide user-level tools to do it?
I know there is the beginnings of undelete support in ext2 FSs, but its all very beta. Surely when designing a new FS you'd factor it in from the start...
Baz
Isn't this the strength of open source software? I reported a bug with a closed-source, commercial stats package that I use. I also posted a message to the unofficial users mailing list. One of the users replied saying he'd reported the bug three years and two versions earlier, and it still wasn't fixed. A couple of years and a couple more minor versions later its still not fixed, and there's no patch released to fix it.
I dont care how many bugs there are in Redhat 7, just as long as they are documented, logged, and fixed in errata or new releases. And they are. Check out bug 18023 already.
Baz
That's xfs. You wouldn't say 'LS' was the command to list files would you?
Baz
Only people who dont listen to their MP3s before burning them, surely? If they dont listen then they've probably already got CDs full of half-complete downloads and MP3s with clicks and clangs and other noise artifacts.
Baz
You couldn't play it on a DVD-player that won't play DVDs from that region. (not without the well-known DVD region hackery, that is).
Baz
Its on freshmeat, it took me two minutes to find it.
http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs/
Baz
Quote: Graeme Jacobs, editor of Which? magazine said: "If you're worried about levels of radiation from your mobile phone, you shouldn't rely on a hands-free set. The two models we tested triple the radiation to your brain, though we still don't know for certain whether that radiation is harmful."
See: This article for details.
Baz
Simply apply the fix to the current kernel sources, and release it as the new improved better-than-linus's version 2.2.17-me of linux. Under the GPL of course. Then they'll take notice!!
Baz
Cant you just disable cookies in your browser? Then Amazon wont know who you are until you enter your credit card details, and you should get the price first then...
Baz
I've interfaced my Garmin to my Palm Vx. There's a few GPS programs for the Palm, and you can map and download data from the Garmin (or other NMEA-protocol GPS machines too).
Slight problem is that a lot of the support programs are written for windows - but luckily the developers of 'PlaceTrace' have let me know the DB format so I can develop conversion routines in Perl. Sadly probably not in time for my adventure in Morocco this summer!! Prob have to resort to paper maps instead.
Baz
Dont you mean:
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4.99999999876...
Houston, we have a pentium floating point problem.
Baz
I get enough of a buzz from kissing someone on the lips without getting a hit of caffeine when I do it!
Baz
Lets assume the slashdot poll is as secure as any vote for a president might be. Whats to stop me going to the office next door, pointing my Nerf Supermaxx 1500 at his head and getting him to vote for 'Hemos'?
Can I do that at a public voting station? No. Polling stations are public so that we can all see whats going on, and we have booths so that the individual has privacy. These two conditions seem essential to a fair and free vote. I dont see how they can be duplicated via the internet.
Baz
Firstly, you mention Star Office and then talk about Open Source apps. Star Office isnt open source and probably wont be. I'll assume you mean apps that will work under Linux, or perhaps even free apps in terms of cost.
Anyway, what you need to do is go to www.freshmeat.net and look at all the lovely linux apps there. You will be able to draw up your own list of windows equivalents in no time!
photoshop - gimp
explorer - gmc
wsftp - gftp
etc.
Baz
My worry with internet voting is that even with digital signatures, there's still no guarantee that the person voting isn't being coerced or forced into voting one way or another.
If you step into an anonymous voting booth, on your own, the process is completely secret. You could be telling your friends you are voting one way, and then vote the other. You may have an abusive spouse who tells you to vote one way, and then you can defy them and vote the other.
When it comes to click-to-vote, someone could have a gun to your head.
The same problems apply to postal voting. We need to educate people to see how important voting is so that they are glad to get out and do their bit.
Baz
I remember reading _years_ ago (when dot matrix printers weren't obsolete equipment!) about someone writing a concerto for dot-matrix printer and orchestra. Even got it performed with a real orchestra. Basically the printer starts out just making noises and attempting to get in on the musical act, and by the end of the piece it is harmonising with the rest of the orchestra. The piece finishes with a wild dot-matrix printer cadenza!
Anyone know any more about this? I've tried a couple of web searches but not found anything. We are talking about 10 years ago if I recall right.
Baz
I believe the writers of 'Happy Birthday' still have some rights on the tune and the lyrics - I would have thought Stallman would know this!
Of course if Happy Birthday was GPLd, Stallman would have to release his version too. Would that be a good thing?
Baz
Alcohol has already been detected in space, and now sugar. All we need to find is the yeast and the hops. Perhaps the universe is just a giant brewery....
Baz