I have two questions for the XBMC Android folks:
1. Where can I donate? XBMC rocks and I'm long overdue:)
2. Where can I get fresh builds of the Android port? I can't wait to fire it up on my Google TV!
I run Ubuntu on 4 computers in my house, and on my laptop at work. I did a fresh install on my main workstation of Ubuntu Studio 9.10 x64.
I've had several serious issues, and I'm considering downgrading to 9.04. Occasionally nautilus will switch from clearlooks to what looks like a default theme, with larger fonts. It's distracting to say the least. When I reboot, my dual monitor setup reverts to single monitor mode.
While those are pretty minor problems, I'm concerned that there might be more issues under the hood.
I'm an n800 owner and this is the first I've heard of Mer... What exactly is it? Is it a replacement OS? It looks like it's somehow related to Ubuntu MID. Is it stable enough that I should install it? Is it backwards-compatible with Maemo apps?
Sorry about all the questions, but I've been anxiously awaiting some cool activity in Maemo-land!
Any word on a 64-bit version for Linux? I followed instructions from a boxee forum post to get it working on my Ubuntu Studio 64 box and never really got it to work...
Apparently you can't just compile the source because there are some closed-source components.
Just installed the RC the other day
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I just installed the RC the other day, and unfortunately I've seen several crashes and freezes - mainly when switching users and when trying to run Boxee and Sauerbraten.
I just ordered a 64-bit system from Dell and they wouldn't offer it with XP (probably because it would never recognize the full 8G of RAM that I installed on it).
But now I'm stuck - I need to get a copy of XP Pro 32bit (I'll run a 64-bit linux on the machine as well). Google Products lists XP Pro for as low as $24. Is it safe to buy a copy of XP from any vendor? Or should I just buy from Dell?
I caught a piece on NPR this morning stating that there had been a McCain in every American war. They said that McCain had a very real understanding of how war affects Americans.
I would take that a step further - I think McCain has a distorted view of the American military. He has been raised to believe that everyone should be prepared to sacrifice their lives for whatever political issue leads us to war. That's way out of step with most of my friends. I believe that the government should use military force only when absolutely necessary.
I also believe that mankind has evolved enough that we can (mostly) end war. You might think that this sounds naive, but I have faith in the goodness of humanity and the power of the human mind. I don't dispute that there are still times when force is necessary, but I aboslutely believe that an immediate and significant reduction of armed conflict can be achieved in the very near future.
A vote for Barr is a vote for McCain (or possibly even President Palin!). There is a groundswell of support for third-party candidates, but it won't happen this year. If Barack gets elected, there is a very real chance that a 3rd-party candidate can get enough votes to challenge the two parties in 2012 or 2016. But don't kid yourself - this is not the year to vote for a third party.
Disclaimer: I worked on the election full time in 2004, and have personally spoken to hundreds of voters on the issues.
This is pretty close to the one thing that my home network is missing.
I'd love to have a little wall-mountable computer that could play videos, mp3s, and interact with my network.
No need for a fast cpu - i'm not going to do any work standing there; or play any games. But with a webcam and Skype or IM, it would make a great phone replacement. Maybe a photo screensaver that pulls from a network folder or flickr account.
Basically what I'm looking for is a larger (and faster) version of the Nokia n800. I'll definitely buy one when they get the size and price right.
Burn a CD and mail it to yourself from Mexico. Burn another CD and put it in your bag. Even if your laptop gets searched, it's unlikely that anyone will notice either burned CD.
There is no solution. Intellectual Property is a fantasy. Here's a great example: giving a speech. We call it "giving" a speech, because after you've said it, it's not yours anymore. The same is true for a performance - we "give" those too. You can't give a speech and then take it back, nor can you publish a book while keeping it to yourself.
If you want to control your "intellectual property", you have to keep it to yourself.
It's simple really. "God" is a metaphor for science. God is a word intended to describe nature, mathematics, physics, biology, etc. Of course, nowadays, you're much better off using the academic words I just mentioned.
So Intelligent Design is just a metaphor for evolution - except that it pretends that there's an invisible hand behind the evolutionary process.
My boss got the email and brought it to me. She correctly identified it as SPAM, but wanted me to check it out in case she was wrong. I noticed that the URL was casd-uscourts.com, so I googled the domain and found nothing. I realized that a subpoena would probably come through the mail, but then it occurred to me that maybe these people are such imbeciles that they contracted with some commercial company to handle this thing (not unlike letting a company handle your redlight cameras).
The link didn't work on Mac/Safari or Mac/Firefox, so we went to a PC and brought up Firefox - still nothing. I finally figured out that it was bad news when we opened it up in IE and it wanted to install an ActiveX control.
Anyway, I fell for it though - and although I didn't install the malware, it was pretty convincing. And there are plenty of government officials who are stupid enough to do things like this.
Homework is a stupid concept, and I don't really understand why parents allow it. When the schoolday is over, kids should be allowed to play. That's what kids do. When I was in high school, I simply ignored the mindless homework I was given, and instead I spent my time learning computers, music, and various other subjects. Because of that I have a very respectable job in IT. If anything, homework should be elective - or maybe only required for AP/honors classes. But the majority of students need time to be kids.
Not trying to start a flamewar here - just being honest!
Ebay sucks. I have a bunch of stuff that I was going to sell online, but these fees are ridiculous. What are the alternatives? (and no, I'm not looking for Craigslist - I'm looking for legitimate, nationwide auction sites)
I just picked up a Nokia n800 for $240... Runs Linux, plays mp3s, views pdfs, plays video, has a Mozilla-based browser (with flash) - the list goes on. iPhone/iPod can only play mp3s if you load them through iTunes. It doesn't do pdfs at all, doesn't have flash, doesn't do video very well, etc.
Does anyone have accurate statistics on IE version usage right now? Unfortunately my own stats really only break down between browser vendors and it's difficult to get per-version stats...
It's probably wise to start planning to stop supporting IE6 when it's usage drops below a certain percentage - the sooner we get rid of IE6 the better. Of course, a lot of users are stuck with it - but when things start breaking, they'll get the hint to either upgrade (if that's even possible) or just switch to a better browser.
The appropriate response to criticism like this should be "Can this be true?". Criticism presents a chance for us to ask ourselves hard questions, and lets us work toward preventing problems. A knee-jerk reaction of "This is not true" gets us nowhere.
So when someone says "Your work is outdated", you should ask "is my work really outdated?". You can then follow up with questions like "How can I keep my work from becoming outdated?", and "how can I bring my work up to date?".
As a community, open-source developers should welcome criticism - it presents a great chance to improve, it improves the dialog about the overall quality of the software, and it gives non-programmers a way to help. This criticism may be baseless and wrong, but that's no excuse to ignore it!
So it sounds like the lesson here is to store your signatures on a server that's separate from your release server - that's actually good news. It means that relatively trivial security can go a long way towards detecting these kinds of attacks. In fact, if the releases are posted on a website other than sourceforge, you can probably limit any damage to a very small group of people, even if you do get compromised.
You make an excellent point, and I agree - going forward, we really want to limit the number of "public places" where a detailed record of all events is kept by the government. Unfortunately, the reality is that we are rapidly heading down that path. We will most likely have to devise ways of defending our privacy in those public places. The idea of limiting the number of places where detailed records of our actions are kept is a fantasy.
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I have two questions for the XBMC Android folks: :)
1. Where can I donate? XBMC rocks and I'm long overdue
2. Where can I get fresh builds of the Android port? I can't wait to fire it up on my Google TV!
I'll buy one. Would really appreciate it if it had an "Info" button though - that screen is such a pain to get to with most remotes.
I run Ubuntu on 4 computers in my house, and on my laptop at work. I did a fresh install on my main workstation of Ubuntu Studio 9.10 x64.
I've had several serious issues, and I'm considering downgrading to 9.04. Occasionally nautilus will switch from clearlooks to what looks like a default theme, with larger fonts. It's distracting to say the least. When I reboot, my dual monitor setup reverts to single monitor mode.
While those are pretty minor problems, I'm concerned that there might be more issues under the hood.
Anyone know where to get a torrent for Ubuntu Studio 64? The Ubuntu Studio site only links to the cdimage server.
I'm an n800 owner and this is the first I've heard of Mer... What exactly is it? Is it a replacement OS? It looks like it's somehow related to Ubuntu MID. Is it stable enough that I should install it? Is it backwards-compatible with Maemo apps? Sorry about all the questions, but I've been anxiously awaiting some cool activity in Maemo-land!
Any word on a 64-bit version for Linux? I followed instructions from a boxee forum post to get it working on my Ubuntu Studio 64 box and never really got it to work...
Apparently you can't just compile the source because there are some closed-source components.
I just installed the RC the other day, and unfortunately I've seen several crashes and freezes - mainly when switching users and when trying to run Boxee and Sauerbraten.
I just ordered a 64-bit system from Dell and they wouldn't offer it with XP (probably because it would never recognize the full 8G of RAM that I installed on it).
But now I'm stuck - I need to get a copy of XP Pro 32bit (I'll run a 64-bit linux on the machine as well). Google Products lists XP Pro for as low as $24. Is it safe to buy a copy of XP from any vendor? Or should I just buy from Dell?
I'd love to find a place to get LCD panels with dead pixels on the cheap - perfect for a server-in-the-closet...
I caught a piece on NPR this morning stating that there had been a McCain in every American war. They said that McCain had a very real understanding of how war affects Americans.
I would take that a step further - I think McCain has a distorted view of the American military. He has been raised to believe that everyone should be prepared to sacrifice their lives for whatever political issue leads us to war. That's way out of step with most of my friends. I believe that the government should use military force only when absolutely necessary.
I also believe that mankind has evolved enough that we can (mostly) end war. You might think that this sounds naive, but I have faith in the goodness of humanity and the power of the human mind. I don't dispute that there are still times when force is necessary, but I aboslutely believe that an immediate and significant reduction of armed conflict can be achieved in the very near future.
The one-click install didn't work, but the step-by-step instructions worked fine.
It seems to run pretty slow. Can't seem to enter any text into the address bar.
Disabled Javascript and now I can enter a URL - not sure if that's related.
It needs a lot of work (it is an alpha) but it's exciting that they've gotten this far.
A vote for Barr is a vote for McCain (or possibly even President Palin!). There is a groundswell of support for third-party candidates, but it won't happen this year. If Barack gets elected, there is a very real chance that a 3rd-party candidate can get enough votes to challenge the two parties in 2012 or 2016. But don't kid yourself - this is not the year to vote for a third party. Disclaimer: I worked on the election full time in 2004, and have personally spoken to hundreds of voters on the issues.
This is pretty close to the one thing that my home network is missing.
I'd love to have a little wall-mountable computer that could play videos, mp3s, and interact with my network.
No need for a fast cpu - i'm not going to do any work standing there; or play any games. But with a webcam and Skype or IM, it would make a great phone replacement. Maybe a photo screensaver that pulls from a network folder or flickr account.
Basically what I'm looking for is a larger (and faster) version of the Nokia n800. I'll definitely buy one when they get the size and price right.
Burn a CD and mail it to yourself from Mexico. Burn another CD and put it in your bag. Even if your laptop gets searched, it's unlikely that anyone will notice either burned CD.
There is no solution. Intellectual Property is a fantasy. Here's a great example: giving a speech. We call it "giving" a speech, because after you've said it, it's not yours anymore. The same is true for a performance - we "give" those too. You can't give a speech and then take it back, nor can you publish a book while keeping it to yourself.
If you want to control your "intellectual property", you have to keep it to yourself.
It's simple really. "God" is a metaphor for science. God is a word intended to describe nature, mathematics, physics, biology, etc. Of course, nowadays, you're much better off using the academic words I just mentioned.
So Intelligent Design is just a metaphor for evolution - except that it pretends that there's an invisible hand behind the evolutionary process.
My boss got the email and brought it to me. She correctly identified it as SPAM, but wanted me to check it out in case she was wrong. I noticed that the URL was casd-uscourts.com, so I googled the domain and found nothing. I realized that a subpoena would probably come through the mail, but then it occurred to me that maybe these people are such imbeciles that they contracted with some commercial company to handle this thing (not unlike letting a company handle your redlight cameras).
The link didn't work on Mac/Safari or Mac/Firefox, so we went to a PC and brought up Firefox - still nothing. I finally figured out that it was bad news when we opened it up in IE and it wanted to install an ActiveX control.
Anyway, I fell for it though - and although I didn't install the malware, it was pretty convincing. And there are plenty of government officials who are stupid enough to do things like this.
Homework is a stupid concept, and I don't really understand why parents allow it. When the schoolday is over, kids should be allowed to play. That's what kids do. When I was in high school, I simply ignored the mindless homework I was given, and instead I spent my time learning computers, music, and various other subjects. Because of that I have a very respectable job in IT. If anything, homework should be elective - or maybe only required for AP/honors classes. But the majority of students need time to be kids.
Not trying to start a flamewar here - just being honest!
Ebay sucks. I have a bunch of stuff that I was going to sell online, but these fees are ridiculous. What are the alternatives? (and no, I'm not looking for Craigslist - I'm looking for legitimate, nationwide auction sites)
I just picked up a Nokia n800 for $240... Runs Linux, plays mp3s, views pdfs, plays video, has a Mozilla-based browser (with flash) - the list goes on. iPhone/iPod can only play mp3s if you load them through iTunes. It doesn't do pdfs at all, doesn't have flash, doesn't do video very well, etc.
Does anyone have accurate statistics on IE version usage right now? Unfortunately my own stats really only break down between browser vendors and it's difficult to get per-version stats...
It's probably wise to start planning to stop supporting IE6 when it's usage drops below a certain percentage - the sooner we get rid of IE6 the better. Of course, a lot of users are stuck with it - but when things start breaking, they'll get the hint to either upgrade (if that's even possible) or just switch to a better browser.
Some stats here and a little blurb here
Does anyone know a phone number, an office, etc that we can call to complain about the TSA?
The appropriate response to criticism like this should be "Can this be true?". Criticism presents a chance for us to ask ourselves hard questions, and lets us work toward preventing problems. A knee-jerk reaction of "This is not true" gets us nowhere.
So when someone says "Your work is outdated", you should ask "is my work really outdated?". You can then follow up with questions like "How can I keep my work from becoming outdated?", and "how can I bring my work up to date?".
As a community, open-source developers should welcome criticism - it presents a great chance to improve, it improves the dialog about the overall quality of the software, and it gives non-programmers a way to help. This criticism may be baseless and wrong, but that's no excuse to ignore it!
So it sounds like the lesson here is to store your signatures on a server that's separate from your release server - that's actually good news. It means that relatively trivial security can go a long way towards detecting these kinds of attacks. In fact, if the releases are posted on a website other than sourceforge, you can probably limit any damage to a very small group of people, even if you do get compromised.
You make an excellent point, and I agree - going forward, we really want to limit the number of "public places" where a detailed record of all events is kept by the government. Unfortunately, the reality is that we are rapidly heading down that path. We will most likely have to devise ways of defending our privacy in those public places. The idea of limiting the number of places where detailed records of our actions are kept is a fantasy.