For me, the trouble with X lies in the many different X toolkits out there. When running X, it is easy to end up with a window manager built against one toolkit running along with applications built against another. It can be unslightly, to say the least.
I try to prevent this on my NetBSD box by sticking with a small core of GTK applications:
1. Sawfish (Window Manager) 2. Mozilla 3. The Gimp
Everything else I do in XTerms or ATerms. This looks pretty good and I get to keep the bloat of Gnome and KDE off my system.
is nothing new here but I think that, in the end, free/open source software will be killed by IP because every idea will eventually be patented. This really bothers me but I don't see how this can be avoided.
Perhaps the W3C should stipulate that for a patented technology to become accepted a standard that no-cost licensing must be available for free (or non-commercial) projects?
For those who remember the awesome but now defunct uptimes.net will be pleased to know that a new server is now up and running. It uses the old uptimes protocols and clients.
The URL is http://uptimes.wonko.com/
A GNU/Linux box was number one the last time I looked, with a NetBSD box coming in second.
> The thing that demonstrably has > a beneficial effect is EXERCISE
I think that there are too many people who want to lose weight but don't want to do the work required to lose it. Also, exercise has a lot of benefits aside from weight loss.
You're right. Too many people will reach their target weight and slide back into the habits that got them fat in the first place. There are two habits that are hard for me:
1. I have to fight the desire to "clean my plate". I understand why my parents wanted me to do so while young but I'm 35 now and I have problems with eating portions that are too big.
2. Comfort foods. I can't guess how often I would snack while watching TV, feeling depressed, or simply being bored.
but I am doing it the old fashioned way. I've been dieting since the 10th of January. I limit myself to 1600 calories per day and I walk/jog 3 miles per day, five days a week.
Since then, I have lost 51 pounds (from 209 to 158) and my cholesterol went from 240 to 188. I had to buy new jeans because I went from a size 38 (streching the seams) to a size 34. I have done all this with a high fiber, low cholestorol diet. I also take a multi-vitamin.
I was in such bad shape that when I started, I could barely walk those 3 miles. I have now made it to the point where I can:
-Walk a half a mile (warm-up) -Jog 2 miles -Walk a half a mile (cool-down)
I'm a real slacker and if I can do it, anyone can; you just have to want to. I also think that you have to look at this as a lifestyle change, or you will surely regain all you have lost.
I know Scot Hacker used to use Glimpse to do searches on www.betips.net. From the brief research I have done on Glimpse, it would work well if you mainly have text files.
to Cliff for asking this question and those who are seriously answering. I am starting to learn to program in C in my spare time and if it is one thing I could use, it is a better understanding of math.
Of course, I am worse off then Cliff is, as I never even reached Algebra in High School.
It seems to me that Christians in the US want religious freedom but only for themselves. Do you really think that their defense of the Pledge would be so strong if it was changed to "In Allah we trust"?
It's just like prayer at high-school graduations. They whine if they are not able to do it but what if the person leading the prayer was Buddist, Islamic, or even a Wicca, for example? I bet that their demand of tolerance would quickly fade.
And it probably isn't just chance that the peoples the US is most known in history for screwing over (blacks and indians) just happened to be non-christian groups. (Well, until we were done with them, anyway!)
I whole new bunch of people using Linux who can't even figure out to plug in their mouse. And why some of you feel the need to recreate Windows on Linux is beyond me.
>As mentioned earlier, open source code >is not guaranteed nor does it come with >a warranty
Neither does Microsoft's software, really. Oh sure, they will replace the media, if your willing to pay $20 to $30 dollars, but if you read the Microsoft End User License Agreements, they take responsibility for nothing. At least with free software, you know what your getting.
I don't understand why they didn't make UnitedLinux an indepenent organization that would, from time to time, create a reference version that everyone could modify to their liking. Then Caldera would be free to add the pieces that are license per-seat without worring.
How do you really plan to accomplish "Per Seat Licensing"? From what I have read, even binaries of GPLed software are covered by the GPL, so only the non-GPLed binaries can be covered by such a restriction. Wouldn't the restrictions basically just cover the installation and configuration software?
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For me, the trouble with X lies in the many different X toolkits out there. When running X, it is easy to end up with a window manager built against one toolkit running along with applications built against another. It can be unslightly, to say the least.
I try to prevent this on my NetBSD box by sticking with a small core of GTK applications:
1. Sawfish (Window Manager)
2. Mozilla
3. The Gimp
Everything else I do in XTerms or ATerms. This looks pretty good and I get to keep the bloat of Gnome and KDE off my system.
is nothing new here but I think that, in the end, free/open source software will be killed by IP because every idea will eventually be patented. This really bothers me but I don't see how this can be avoided.
Perhaps the W3C should stipulate that for a patented technology to become accepted a standard that no-cost licensing must be available for free (or non-commercial) projects?
There are clients for Windows, Unix (BSD, MacOS X, and GNU/Linux) and BeOS.
For those who remember the awesome but now defunct uptimes.net will be pleased to know that a new server is now up and running. It uses the old uptimes protocols and clients.
The URL is http://uptimes.wonko.com/
A GNU/Linux box was number one the last time I looked, with a NetBSD box coming in second.
> The thing that demonstrably has
> a beneficial effect is EXERCISE
I think that there are too many people who want to lose weight but don't want to do the work required to lose it. Also, exercise has a lot of benefits aside from weight loss.
> making gradual lifestyle changes you can live
You're right. Too many people will reach their target weight and slide back into the habits that got them fat in the first place. There are two habits that are hard for me:
1. I have to fight the desire to "clean my plate". I understand why my parents wanted me to do so while young but I'm 35 now and I have problems with eating portions that are too big.
2. Comfort foods. I can't guess how often I would snack while watching TV, feeling depressed, or simply being bored.
but I am doing it the old fashioned way. I've been dieting since the 10th of January. I limit myself to 1600 calories per day and I walk/jog 3 miles per day, five days a week.
Since then, I have lost 51 pounds (from 209 to 158) and my cholesterol went from 240 to 188. I had to buy new jeans because I went from a size 38 (streching the seams) to a size 34. I have done all this with a high fiber, low cholestorol diet. I also take a multi-vitamin.
I was in such bad shape that when I started, I could barely walk those 3 miles. I have now made it to the point where I can:
-Walk a half a mile (warm-up)
-Jog 2 miles
-Walk a half a mile (cool-down)
I'm a real slacker and if I can do it, anyone can; you just have to want to. I also think that you have to look at this as a lifestyle change, or you will surely regain all you have lost.
Jeff
> I HATE NT4.0
Personally, I liked NT4. It was fairly small and was fast on my 1.5Ghz P4. I finally had to stop using it because of driver issues.
I know Scot Hacker used to use Glimpse to do searches on www.betips.net. From the brief research I have done on Glimpse, it would work well if you mainly have text files.
Damn Linus believers, always trying to force their OS on us. I say that there is no Linus, that he is a figment of your imagination. ;)
Thanks!
>obvious geek-fun of rolling their own distro
Aren't they just a Redhat distro with some a few mods? If Mandrake is more than that, please explain.
>Ah. So democrats are the opposite of christians....
They would be smarter then I give them credit for if they were.
to Cliff for asking this question and those who are seriously answering. I am starting to learn to program in C in my spare time and if it is one thing I could use, it is a better understanding of math.
Of course, I am worse off then Cliff is, as I never even reached Algebra in High School.
Didn't I read where they were "asking" people to remove copies of PGP for download, even though they didn't offer or support PGP anymore?
Doesn't bode well, if you ask me.
It seems to me that Christians in the US want religious freedom but only for themselves. Do you really think that their defense of the Pledge would be so strong if it was changed to "In Allah we trust"?
It's just like prayer at high-school graduations. They whine if they are not able to do it but what if the person leading the prayer was Buddist, Islamic, or even a Wicca, for example? I bet that their demand of tolerance would quickly fade.
And it probably isn't just chance that the peoples the US is most known in history for screwing over (blacks and indians) just happened to be non-christian groups. (Well, until we were done with them, anyway!)
I really enjoyed reading this article.
I think that it points out something that we all know: If there is one good thing about free/open source software, it's peer review of the source.
If the RIAA was indeed ripped off, so were the artists. So will the artists receive any money from this?
I whole new bunch of people using Linux who can't even figure out to plug in their mouse. And why some of you feel the need to recreate Windows on Linux is beyond me.
>As mentioned earlier, open source code
>is not guaranteed nor does it come with
>a warranty
Neither does Microsoft's software, really. Oh sure, they will replace the media, if your willing to pay $20 to $30 dollars, but if you read the Microsoft End User License Agreements, they take responsibility for nothing. At least with free software, you know what your getting.
Thanks, that is what I thought.
I don't understand why they didn't make
UnitedLinux an indepenent organization that would,
from time to time, create a reference version
that everyone could modify to their liking. Then
Caldera would be free to add the pieces that are
license per-seat without worring.
I don't expect this to be submitted to Love but
can anyone tell me if binaries based on GPL
licensed software are in and of themselved GPLed?
For example, I don't see how I could compile
Mutt and stop you from sharing that binary.
Thanks.
How do you really plan to accomplish "Per Seat Licensing"? From what I have read, even binaries of GPLed software are covered by the GPL, so only the non-GPLed binaries can be covered by such a restriction. Wouldn't the restrictions basically just cover the installation and configuration software?
I have found many things that I couldn't easily find before the Internet. Examples:
1. Older hardcover books by Robert E. Howard
2. Comics
3. Graphic Novels
4. Metamorphosis Odyssey Portfolio by Jim Starlin
5. Operating systems.
:)