There is a nice little server/client utility called Synergy that emulates the keyboard/mouse part of a kvm. If I recall correctly, all it requires is a network connection between the two boxes, easily handled with a laptop. Set the laptop up as the server, and kick off the client on the box you plan on using and off you go.
Client and server software is available across a few platforms as well. (unix, mac, windows) A fellow I work with uses this to tie his sun keyboard and mouse to his sun box and windows pc. It generally works pretty well.
Of course this won't work terribly well if your box is not responding to network traffic, which I suppose would defeat the purpose, so take it or leave it. There might be hope for using this over a null modem connection as well, so as always ymmv.
I have often thought of this too. Except in my version it combines a recipe database, an inventory database, and a barcode database.
Besides the obvious maintenance of a database of items in your cupboard, it maintains a database of all items in your house. For those of us who have home-owners/renters insurance, this database is invaluable when it comes to loss replacement claims.
But the number one reason I want to get this implemented is that often my wife and I have no idea what to fix for dinner, even though we have a pantry full of choices. I have also seen once or twice when fresh items go bad (like potatoes, or apples) because they were behind something else.
The system I envision ties in recipes with the food inventory so that I can simply say "show me what I can fix for dinner", and it would go through the database of items on hand, and suggest recipes containing those items. They would be catagorized of course so that I could say something like "I'm in the mood for italian tonight, show me what italian dishes I can fix." and the system would oblige me.
With the inventory system, it can also tell me that I have items that need to be used sooner rather than later, and suggest items to fix containing the goods that are about to expire.
Of course right now, my wife makes up a 'two-week menu' and we shop according to what is needed on that menu, but we generally have plenty of staple items on hand. This system would allow us to reduce the number of times we buy cream-of-mushroom soup. (we must have about 20 of those cans in the cupboard now.) It would also allow us to buy "only what we need" when we go.
> I tend not to re-read books I have already read.
Ah, but you can if you so choose. Try to rewatch a movie in a theater using your used ticket stub.
Plus, you can resell your used book and recoup some of that initial investment. Try to resell your used ticket stub to someone else wanting to watch the movie.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned mplayer for windows yet. Yes, it exists! (I used to use VLC on windows until I found mplayer.) No, I will not submit the site to a/.-ing! find it on your own, or better yet, mirror it!
I like the idea of independant public transport on demand, sorta like zipcar etc. However, since these are public, you'll eventually find all kinds of unsanitary items in them I'm sure.
How many of us have found someone's used gum on a park bench, or barstool? Or found cigarette butts laying in the flowerpatch next to an ashtray?
Why stop there? what about copulating couples, or sick drunks, or carsick kids, or idiots who insist on carting their shedding animal everywhere?
No thanks, I'll keep my own private vehicle, thank you very much.
Here's an interesting thought... Was the land fertile prior to settlement? Or has it become more fertile since the development and habitation.
If you think about all the refuse and biological waste that winds up on the ground every day, wouldn't this contribute to the fertility?
I don't think that even if we could convince all the people to move to a less fertile area that the ground would produce all that much. Because with all that humans drop, we also pollute. So even if we could farm it, I seriously doubt that it could produce as much as they are saying it would.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is totally the wrong kind of thinking. I sell you a product, and now I'm liable for what you do with it?
What ever happened to having to deal with the consequences of the choices you make? The whole thing makes me sick!
That being said however, if the court does settle in this direction, I wonder if this applies in all cases or just P2P. (If in all cases, how many of us will you find in the line to sue good ol' MicroSoft for all the virus infested email their customers are responsible for sending?)
This post is not meant to be a troll. I'm just broadening the scope of how the resulting judgement of this case could affect us in the US.
>The production of H2 in a plant is much cleaner then what you would think. In a controlled large scale system, you can make it pretty efficient and as a result run relatively cleaner.
>Not saying its 100% clean, but its a net gain of 'clean', when you take into account the filth cars spew out using carbon based fuels directly..
You missed his point entirely.
He wasn't saying that the production of H2 was 'dirty' he was stating that the source of H2 currently is a non-renewable resource, a fossil fuel.
To eliminate that need for H2 production by switching to extraction from H2O requires an enourmous amount of energy. His post was an attempt to illuminate us as to where we were going to find a 'clean' way to produce that required energy.
Not trying to flame, merely point you in the direction the poster intended you to look since you missed it the first time
Of course it will. 'riders' are always looking for bills to piggy-back on. This one is so brain-dead that I'm almost certain that it would have quite a few riders trying to get passed with this one.
buffer-overflowed wrote: Hmm, but anyway, I was just curious what about Windows makes it less tedious and easier to use for you?
Artemis P. Fonswick replied: Windows seems to be able to get me around with fewer keystrokes/mouse clicks (and I don't like to use shortcut keys). I like the ability to tweak things but I shouldn't have to to be productive.
Windows lets you get more done with fewer keystrokes? by default? what version are you running? I've noticed that with XP, it's increased the number of clicking I have to do to get any thing done! MS has changed the interface enough that I have to go hunt down where things are, instead of leaving them where they used to be.
Sure I can set up a bunch of customizations, but like you said, why should I have to?
Artemis P. Fonswick also writes: And it's not like I prefer Windows simply because I've been using it longer...I was a Mac user until college (simply because that's what I learned to use first)
To me it sounds like you're just most confortable with Windows and that's why you use it. Most likely you're most confortable with it because you've been using it for a long time.
OSS projects rely partially on feedback for innovations. If you think that it's too unproductive, make a suggestion, or submit patches. We're always looking to improve ourselves. (just be aware that you're not the only one submitting so someone else may have a better justification for leaving it alone rather than modify it to fit your personal preference)
Windows 98 SE anyone? Wasn't that supposed to be a bug fix only? I'm sure they added some new features so they could sell it, but it was originally supposed to be a service pack that just grew to big from what I heard.
sigs are for those who always have to have the last word
A year ago, we had a forum in which Bruce Perins was our keynote speaker. The main part of his talk that got me thinking, was about the software patents that are so rampant today! He mentioned that he's not in favor of trying to abolish software patents, but finding a way to get the laws to state that Free Software is not held by the same rules as everything else when it comes to patents. I sorta agree with this point.
I can forsee a day when some law is used to force everyone to use certain software on their servers, and that software is patented by a large software giant. Without this exemption of which Perens speaks, Free Software would not legally be able to provide an alternative solution. (for example.Net vs Mono. or MSOffice vs Open Office, or pick-your-own-poison)
I guess what I'm asking is, what efforts are being made to protect the rights of free software to exist and to compete with proprietary solutions and methods that have been patented? (surely we can't rely on the insightful folks at the patent office)
Folks, we all learned (or should have learned) in Economics 101 that scarcity leads to value.
Are you implying that they actually value our (the little guys) letters? I firmly believe that most politicians follow their own agenda, or that of some powerfull lobbiests. If they didn't have to worry about the concerns of some "runt" they represent, do you honestly believe they would do something about a single letter? The most I've seen is a "Thank you for your input" generic response, written by some intern somewhere and signed via rubber-stamp.
Surely, one letter can't represent the view of all of this official's constituants. (nor would I want it to) So it must be that millions of the same letter would be more representative of his people's desires... right? Because surely, everyone only sends in one per person. And only those within the district would respond. </sarcasm>
For those of you who are keeping score, I'm on the side of everyone write your own letter, but a cookie cutter to start from is generally a help. In today's fast paced society, who has time to sit down and write a letter to their congressman over some little law that will be passed, and it irks you slightly? Most of the people I know don't even know about the laws until they've already been passed. (Sad, I know, but how do you combat apathy?)
A Dell precision laptop (such as the M50) will hold a gig of ram, has a UXGA display, and is essentially a desktop in a laptop form factor. The price is a paltry $2.5 k (for what you're asking for) and it'll resell next year for $2 k, so you'll be 'renting' a machine for $500 for a year.
The main problem with this is that this person may not want to deal with trying to sell his used laptop next year. I haven't seen to many retailers who are willing to accept trade-ins so there is an added cost of disposing of the old laptop to get that $500/year figure that you threw out there.
A Dell precision laptop (such as the M50) will hold a gig of ram, has a UXGA display, and is essentially a desktop in a laptop form factor. The price is a paltry $2.5 k (for what you're asking for) and it'll resell next year for $2 k, so you'll be 'renting' a machine for $500 for a year.
The main problem with this is that this person may not want to deal with trying to sell his used laptop next year. I haven't seen to many retailers who are willing to accept trade-ins so there is an added cost of disposing of the old laptop to get that $500/year figure that you threw out there.
I would actually expect it to be far more likely that MS will become more aggressive in locking out other browsers than IE wherever possible (think IIS, Frontpage and all the MS controlled sites).
MS already tried this, remember? Think MSN about 2-3 months ago
if all they're doing is adding a film that can change when exposed to air... there are ways to remove films. Even if it scratches the DVD, there are ways to remove scratches as well.
One time use by way of adding a film? I wonder if Tilex(tm) will be selling a special 'hack' for these disks. (:
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Okay, I always suspected that WTF was a Windows application, but why would anyone want to run it?
Client and server software is available across a few platforms as well. (unix, mac, windows) A fellow I work with uses this to tie his sun keyboard and mouse to his sun box and windows pc. It generally works pretty well.
Of course this won't work terribly well if your box is not responding to network traffic, which I suppose would defeat the purpose, so take it or leave it. There might be hope for using this over a null modem connection as well, so as always ymmv.
I have often thought of this too. Except in my version it combines a recipe database, an inventory database, and a barcode database.
Besides the obvious maintenance of a database of items in your cupboard, it maintains a database of all items in your house. For those of us who have home-owners/renters insurance, this database is invaluable when it comes to loss replacement claims.
But the number one reason I want to get this implemented is that often my wife and I have no idea what to fix for dinner, even though we have a pantry full of choices. I have also seen once or twice when fresh items go bad (like potatoes, or apples) because they were behind something else.
The system I envision ties in recipes with the food inventory so that I can simply say "show me what I can fix for dinner", and it would go through the database of items on hand, and suggest recipes containing those items. They would be catagorized of course so that I could say something like "I'm in the mood for italian tonight, show me what italian dishes I can fix." and the system would oblige me.
With the inventory system, it can also tell me that I have items that need to be used sooner rather than later, and suggest items to fix containing the goods that are about to expire.
Of course right now, my wife makes up a 'two-week menu' and we shop according to what is needed on that menu, but we generally have plenty of staple items on hand. This system would allow us to reduce the number of times we buy cream-of-mushroom soup. (we must have about 20 of those cans in the cupboard now.) It would also allow us to buy "only what we need" when we go.
Ah, but you can if you so choose. Try to rewatch a movie in a theater using your used ticket stub.
Plus, you can resell your used book and recoup some of that initial investment. Try to resell your used ticket stub to someone else wanting to watch the movie.
You have a point... but it's quite weak.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned mplayer for windows yet. Yes, it exists! (I used to use VLC on windows until I found mplayer.) No, I will not submit the site to a /.-ing! find it on your own, or better yet, mirror it!
I like the idea of independant public transport on demand, sorta like zipcar etc. However, since these are public, you'll eventually find all kinds of unsanitary items in them I'm sure.
How many of us have found someone's used gum on a park bench, or barstool? Or found cigarette butts laying in the flowerpatch next to an ashtray?
Why stop there? what about copulating couples, or sick drunks, or carsick kids, or idiots who insist on carting their shedding animal everywhere?
No thanks, I'll keep my own private vehicle, thank you very much.
Active perl anyone? iirc, they have certain perlisms that will only run with their versions. Or am I off base here?
If you think about all the refuse and biological waste that winds up on the ground every day, wouldn't this contribute to the fertility?
I don't think that even if we could convince all the people to move to a less fertile area that the ground would produce all that much. Because with all that humans drop, we also pollute. So even if we could farm it, I seriously doubt that it could produce as much as they are saying it would.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is totally the wrong kind of thinking. I sell you a product, and now I'm liable for what you do with it?
What ever happened to having to deal with the consequences of the choices you make? The whole thing makes me sick!
That being said however, if the court does settle in this direction, I wonder if this applies in all cases or just P2P. (If in all cases, how many of us will you find in the line to sue good ol' MicroSoft for all the virus infested email their customers are responsible for sending?)
This post is not meant to be a troll. I'm just broadening the scope of how the resulting judgement of this case could affect us in the US.
Was I the only one to read this wrong in a first glance and wonder if MS was starting to take the old 'Windows CE-Me-NT' version seriously?
I wonder how CE.Net compares to CEMeNT?
"Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot" --(who cares anyway?)
>Not saying its 100% clean, but its a net gain of 'clean', when you take into account the filth cars spew out using carbon based fuels directly..
You missed his point entirely.
He wasn't saying that the production of H2 was 'dirty' he was stating that the source of H2 currently is a non-renewable resource, a fossil fuel.
To eliminate that need for H2 production by switching to extraction from H2O requires an enourmous amount of energy. His post was an attempt to illuminate us as to where we were going to find a 'clean' way to produce that required energy.
Not trying to flame, merely point you in the direction the poster intended you to look since you missed it the first time
Of course it will. 'riders' are always looking for bills to piggy-back on. This one is so brain-dead that I'm almost certain that it would have quite a few riders trying to get passed with this one.
Couldn't the same thing be achived by simply not driving in the ruts?
-- I stole this sig off some old git
buffer-overflowed wrote: Hmm, but anyway, I was just curious what about Windows makes it less tedious and easier to use for you?
Artemis P. Fonswick replied: Windows seems to be able to get me around with fewer keystrokes/mouse clicks (and I don't like to use shortcut keys). I like the ability to tweak things but I shouldn't have to to be productive.
Windows lets you get more done with fewer keystrokes? by default? what version are you running? I've noticed that with XP, it's increased the number of clicking I have to do to get any thing done! MS has changed the interface enough that I have to go hunt down where things are, instead of leaving them where they used to be.
Sure I can set up a bunch of customizations, but like you said, why should I have to?
Artemis P. Fonswick also writes: And it's not like I prefer Windows simply because I've been using it longer...I was a Mac user until college (simply because that's what I learned to use first)
To me it sounds like you're just most confortable with Windows and that's why you use it. Most likely you're most confortable with it because you've been using it for a long time.
OSS projects rely partially on feedback for innovations. If you think that it's too unproductive, make a suggestion, or submit patches. We're always looking to improve ourselves. (just be aware that you're not the only one submitting so someone else may have a better justification for leaving it alone rather than modify it to fit your personal preference)
This obviously cannot hold true for spam you've "opted in" to recieve. (:
Windows 98 SE anyone? Wasn't that supposed to be a bug fix only? I'm sure they added some new features so they could sell it, but it was originally supposed to be a service pack that just grew to big from what I heard.
sigs are for those who always have to have the last word
A year ago, we had a forum in which Bruce Perins was our keynote speaker. The main part of his talk that got me thinking, was about the software patents that are so rampant today! He mentioned that he's not in favor of trying to abolish software patents, but finding a way to get the laws to state that Free Software is not held by the same rules as everything else when it comes to patents. I sorta agree with this point.
.Net vs Mono. or MSOffice vs Open Office, or pick-your-own-poison)
I can forsee a day when some law is used to force everyone to use certain software on their servers, and that software is patented by a large software giant. Without this exemption of which Perens speaks, Free Software would not legally be able to provide an alternative solution. (for example
I guess what I'm asking is, what efforts are being made to protect the rights of free software to exist and to compete with proprietary solutions and methods that have been patented? (surely we can't rely on the insightful folks at the patent office)
Are you implying that they actually value our (the little guys) letters? I firmly believe that most politicians follow their own agenda, or that of some powerfull lobbiests. If they didn't have to worry about the concerns of some "runt" they represent, do you honestly believe they would do something about a single letter? The most I've seen is a "Thank you for your input" generic response, written by some intern somewhere and signed via rubber-stamp.
Surely, one letter can't represent the view of all of this official's constituants. (nor would I want it to) So it must be that millions of the same letter would be more representative of his people's desires... right? Because surely, everyone only sends in one per person. And only those within the district would respond. </sarcasm>
For those of you who are keeping score, I'm on the side of everyone write your own letter, but a cookie cutter to start from is generally a help. In today's fast paced society, who has time to sit down and write a letter to their congressman over some little law that will be passed, and it irks you slightly? Most of the people I know don't even know about the laws until they've already been passed. (Sad, I know, but how do you combat apathy?)
sounds like a goose and gander scenario to me
A Dell precision laptop (such as the M50) will hold a gig of ram, has a UXGA display, and is essentially a desktop in a laptop form factor. The price is a paltry $2.5 k (for what you're asking for) and it'll resell next year for $2 k, so you'll be 'renting' a machine for $500 for a year.
The main problem with this is that this person may not want to deal with trying to sell his used laptop next year. I haven't seen to many retailers who are willing to accept trade-ins so there is an added cost of disposing of the old laptop to get that $500/year figure that you threw out there.
A Dell precision laptop (such as the M50) will hold a gig of ram, has a UXGA display, and is essentially a desktop in a laptop form factor. The price is a paltry $2.5 k (for what you're asking for) and it'll resell next year for $2 k, so you'll be 'renting' a machine for $500 for a year.
The main problem with this is that this person may not want to deal with trying to sell his used laptop next year. I haven't seen to many retailers who are willing to accept trade-ins so there is an added cost of disposing of the old laptop to get that $500/year figure that you threw out there.
MS already tried this, remember? Think MSN about 2-3 months ago
if all they're doing is adding a film that can change when exposed to air... there are ways to remove films. Even if it scratches the DVD, there are ways to remove scratches as well.
One time use by way of adding a film? I wonder if Tilex(tm) will be selling a special 'hack' for these disks. (: