There are update software like that. For example teh Mandrake manreakeUpdate and its rpm manager rpmdrake both fetch the dpendancies needed. It's very automatic, very easy. Just what you're looking for.
Copenhagen has a similar scheme, and it's been working very well for over 5 years now. There are still bikes, and they're in good condition.
THe bikes themselves are very robust, and I belive they have puncture-proof tires.
The only drawback is tha the bikes tend to migrate during the day. SO, towards the evening most of th ebokes will be on the outskirts of the city centre, and vice versa in teh mornings.
By using the Visual Error Corrector (VEC) on the screen - it senses its position in relation to the desktop - and allows you to remove the offending text or graphic.
By moving the device from side to side on the screen a wide area can be neitralised and readied for more input.
By mimicking a regular erasor, the desktop metaphore or modern computer gui's can be used to enable the VEC to work in a natural and intuitive manner.
One could provide feedback to the VEC based on the contrasts on screen, so that one can feel that things have been erased by a vibration. When an area is empty - moving over it will feel smooth.
Edges that cannot be erased will always give feedback, and thus form sensory feedback delimiter to the end of windows and input areas.
it's only natural for the erasor to exist to complement the existance of graphic tablets and styli
Framemaker for Linux. Absolutely fantastic, I use it all the time. I started with framemaker on SOlaris, but now that it exists for linux - well, I'm not going back anytime soon.
You should check out FSV. It uses openGL to represent part of (or all) your filesystem. It uses volume to represent file/directory sizes. It's great for seeing where all that HD space goes.
I own one too, and love it.
There's a great bunch of gifts for the person that already owns one:
Universal remote springboard $60 Digital Camera springboard, takes colour images. Perhaps not a fully-fledged digital camera, but very cool. $150 Vibrating springboard module to remind you of appointments without disturbing everyone in the room. (really). The price isnt' all too bad either: $50 Springboard modem. If you don't have a laptop while travelling. $120 WIreless modem for those with really deep pockets. This is how to keep up with/. in style. $430
And of course, as mentioned on/. before, an mp3 player springboard module (64Mb of ram. A littel overpriced at $270
Greffiti can be a little slow. I've been told a foldable keyboard is really nifty to own. Not cheap for a keyboard though, at $100.
Netmeeting is a H.323 client. There is a pproject to create an opensourced version here:
http://www.openh323.org/
AFAIK it only does voice for now, but since a lot of people use Netmeeting, it may be something to look into. There's also a link section there to a lot of software using it. There might be something tehre.
This sounds a lot like the relatable feature recently added to freeamp.
It creates a signature for each song, which it can then use to determine what kind of song it is. Once it knows what you listen to, it compares that to what others like - and can thus suggest more music that you might like.
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Well, the electricity can _potentially_ come from hydroelectric plants, solar power, wind power and renewable energy sources. Granted, most electricity does not fit into the above categories, but it could.
Using firewire for networking would most likely involve tcp/IP over Firewire, so you woudl still have to set up IP addresses. Much like Ethernet MAC addresses are used for routing, I would imagine that firewire node addresses would be.
Even winning a case like this can be very expensive. Lost workdays and travel can quickly amount to a lot of money, and a lot of problems. The media attention could be very uncomfortable for these individuals. Their reasons not to expose themselves have probably been carefully considered.
The dadadodo program by jwz (found it via a link from the gniall website) is very entertaining, and in the same genre. Check it out at http://www.jwz.org/dadadodo/
I see these suggestions given by the majority of posters here, and I agree that most of them are great to read, but I think some great authors have been missed. Some of these may appeal more to you than your niece.
Jonathan Lethem - several of his novels are often mistakenly placed in the fiction section rather than sci-fi. I can't recommend these enough. It's my personal opinion that he's one of the brightest American fiction authors today, and very underrated. Girl in Landscape, Gun with Occational music As she climbed across the table (Motherless Brooklyn, Amnesia Moon fiction, not sci-fi)
Jeff Noon, Vurt Automated Alice (I recommend reading the Alice in WOnderland books first though) (Nymphomation and Pollen)
Iain M Banks - has written a lot of books, not all sci-fi (but then without the M in his name). Mostly his early culture books have been mentioned, but I think the series hgas improved as it has continued. It;s a good idea to read some of the first books just to get acquainted with the setting. Once you've read a few, I recommend Inversions, the latest in the series. Excession Against a dark background Feersum enjin (could be tough to read, it is written phonetically in parts) The state of the art (short stories)
Michael Marshall Smith - My favorite author, period. While I think Spares is a masterpiece, some of its content may not be appropriate. Only Forward One of Us Spares What you make it (short stories, amazing. some are quite disturbing though)
I must second your recommendation of Vurt. Jeff noon is one of the brightest sci-fi writers today, and I can heartily recommend all his books (especially automated alice, but you really should have read alice in wonderland before). I'm quite surprised that I haven't seen Jeff noon mentioned until now.
Well, corel has included a network, and an X configuration tool in the KDE Control Center that are very good. Mandrake has Lother, which is similar to the windows device manager, and looks very nice in the screenshots. Hmmm, then there's indeed another project, but I can't find a bookmark, or a name. I remember hearing about it 6 or 7 months ago, but it seems to have fizzled. Apart from these (still external to KDE) projects, I don't think there's any such tools vbeing worked on. Riakrd
Actually you can get that functionality by running vnc server, and connecting to it with the java vnc client. WOrks like a charm. Brings up your desktop snappy es ever.
It looks like Everything2 has succombed to the slashdot effect. If anyone should be prepared - I would have thought it'd be these guys. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that I'm part of the first community driven DOS attack.
There was an announcement on freshmeat about a 0.7 final. The webpage doesn't mention it. OF course, it's also broken, but it's been like that since I can remember. Clicking on any of the clients brings up an error...
I think most articles writtedn by the slashdot staff fill voids left by the publishings usually pointed to by./'s stories. It also gives the site personality, and a way to connect with the people who run this place.
Slashdot Mirror
There are update software like that. For example teh Mandrake manreakeUpdate and its rpm manager rpmdrake both fetch the dpendancies needed. It's very automatic, very easy. Just what you're looking for.
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Copenhagen has a similar scheme, and it's been working very well for over 5 years now. There are still bikes, and they're in good condition. THe bikes themselves are very robust, and I belive they have puncture-proof tires. The only drawback is tha the bikes tend to migrate during the day. SO, towards the evening most of th ebokes will be on the outskirts of the city centre, and vice versa in teh mornings.
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By using the Visual Error Corrector (VEC) on the screen - it senses its position in relation to the desktop - and allows you to remove the offending text or graphic.
By moving the device from side to side on the screen a wide area can be neitralised and readied for more input.
By mimicking a regular erasor, the desktop metaphore or modern computer gui's can be used to enable the VEC to work in a natural and intuitive manner.
One could provide feedback to the VEC based on the contrasts on screen, so that one can feel that things have been erased by a vibration. When an area is empty - moving over it will feel smooth.
Edges that cannot be erased will always give feedback, and thus form sensory feedback delimiter to the end of windows and input areas. it's only natural for the erasor to exist to complement the existance of graphic tablets and styli
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Framemaker for Linux. Absolutely fantastic, I use it all the time. I started with framemaker on SOlaris, but now that it exists for linux - well, I'm not going back anytime soon.
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You should check out FSV. It uses openGL to represent part of (or all) your filesystem. It uses volume to represent file/directory sizes. It's great for seeing where all that HD space goes.
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There's a great bunch of gifts for the person that already owns one:
Universal remote springboard $60 /. in style. $430 /. before, an mp3 player springboard module (64Mb of ram. A littel overpriced at $270
Greffiti can be a little slow. I've been told a foldable keyboard is really nifty to own. Not cheap for a keyboard though, at $100.Digital Camera springboard, takes colour images. Perhaps not a fully-fledged digital camera, but very cool. $150
Vibrating springboard module to remind you of appointments without disturbing everyone in the room. (really). The price isnt' all too bad either: $50
Springboard modem. If you don't have a laptop while travelling. $120
WIreless modem for those with really deep pockets. This is how to keep up with
And of course, as mentioned on
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One can get a foldable keyboard for one's visor. Highly recommended!
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Netmeeting is a H.323 client. There is a pproject to create an opensourced version here: http://www.openh323.org/ AFAIK it only does voice for now, but since a lot of people use Netmeeting, it may be something to look into. There's also a link section there to a lot of software using it. There might be something tehre.
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It creates a signature for each song, which it can then use to determine what kind of song it is. Once it knows what you listen to, it compares that to what others like - and can thus suggest more music that you might like.
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Check it out at http://www.jwz.org/dadadodo/
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Some of these may appeal more to you than your niece.
Jonathan Lethem - several of his novels are often mistakenly placed in the fiction section rather than sci-fi. I can't recommend these enough. It's my personal opinion that he's one of the brightest American fiction authors today, and very underrated.
Girl in Landscape,
Gun with Occational music
As she climbed across the table
(Motherless Brooklyn, Amnesia Moon
fiction, not sci-fi)
Jeff Noon,
Vurt
Automated Alice (I recommend reading the
Alice in WOnderland books first though)
(Nymphomation and Pollen)
Iain M Banks - has written a lot of books, not all sci-fi (but then without the M in his name). Mostly his early culture books have been mentioned, but I think the series hgas improved as it has continued. It;s a good idea to read some of the first books just to get acquainted with the setting. Once you've read a few, I recommend Inversions, the latest in the series.
Excession
Against a dark background
Feersum enjin (could be tough to read, it
is written phonetically in parts)
The state of the art (short stories)
Michael Marshall Smith - My favorite author, period. While I think Spares is a masterpiece, some of its content may not be appropriate.
Only Forward
One of Us
Spares
What you make it (short stories, amazing. some are quite disturbing though)
Rikard
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I'm quite surprised that I haven't seen Jeff noon mentioned until now.
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These things are what usually brings me to slashdot.
Rikard
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