Just curious but have you tried 2.4.19? It has accelerated ATI support. I'm using it right now on my ThinkPad (Radeon Mobility 7500) and it works fine. I even play the occasional game of tuxracer. You could also check out gatos.
in a local paper. It said that the Roomba couldn't completely replace your standard vacumm. It doesn't do stairs, and it has no attachments for things like furniture upholstery, etc. The article basically said it was good if you lived in a small place such as an apartment or didn't have kids, but if you need to do heavy duty cleaning, the 'bot wasn't gonna repalce your standard vac.
RTFA The blurb only discusses one of the 3D imaging systems in the article. The other is hologrphic and can be viewed by multiple people from multiple angles with out any eye-tracking.
Hmm sending them back... couldn't you use a Linux box and ipchains and mirror all the commands on the messenger service ports back? That would be mildly amusing.
Incidently, thanks for posting instead of just modding. If all you had done was modded me, I would have never found out about the whole shift/caps-lock key thing, and your point as regards my post.
So use slackware, or debian or gentoo, or roll your own. You certainly aren't forced to use a specefic distribution. Thats part of my point. RedHat can change the UI as much as they want to make it easier, but experienced users don't have to be crippled by it. I say if RedHat wants to emulate windows key behavior, go for it. You might not use RedHat anymore for that reason but it certainly doesn't stop you from using linux.
Its impossible for it to get so stupified that you can't use it the way you were used to. You can always get rid of GNOME and install windowmaker or hit ctrl+alt+f1 and get to a tty. You will always be able to edit config files by hand, unless RH adds some sort of binary config system only accessible tru gui tools. And if they are ever dumb enough to do that you can always switch distributions. Increasing the usability for one user demographic does not decrease the useability of another in this case.
Ok, has anyone else gotten really sick of these lame first posts? This is why I propose we create a group the UFPC or Useful First Post Coalition in order to promote on-topic and informative first posts. Who's with me?
It also seems to be that the US Postal Service would be the ideal venue for this infrastructure. As much of a pain in the ass as they are to deal with, it'd make the whole key revocation/renewal thing much easier. And it'd be a whole lot more secure than me asking my friends to sign my key via E-mail.
Right up until there I was with you. The Post Office? That's the last place I'd want with my PGP/GPG key. Because of course, as soon as a service like this was offered people would jump at the chance to use it. It could quite quickly and easily replace Passport and Project Liberty, etc. But don;t you think the government would say to themselves, oh look...we let people associate public keys with real people reliably. Let's make sure it's really reliable, and require them to give us their private key as well when they sign up. I mean they have been looking for a way to get escrow keys for a looong time, this would give them the perfect excuse.
Now who would I trust to provide this service? That's a good question. You can't really trust the government because its yet another way for them to track you. You wouldn't want to entrust it to a bank, who knows what they would do with that information. But there needs to be a place that can verify your identity and associate it with a public key. Conceivibly you could see firms whose express purpose is to provide this service. Of course this means confusion and possible incompatibilty when the person's key you want to verify and your key are under two different verification companies.
The only possible solution I can see is the classical web of trust. But again that has its own problems.
What we really need is some kind of incorruptable agency for handling this sort of thing. Of course we all know what the chance of something like that showing up is...
!@#$ing lameness filter, oh how I hate thee. Lameness filter i hope you die a slow and horrible death. Did it work yet?
No of course it didn't. Can someone temporarily turn off the lameness filter for me? Pleeease???
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Ok. I am really angry now. This could have been fun but slashdot, with your lamness filter had to go and ruin it for me. Are people really that terrified of the ascii goatse.cx? It's ridiculous. Ok I am gonna try one more time. Ok I give up, I am sure you can all imagine what I was gonna type into this.
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::shrug:: It works for me, but I guess YMMV.
BS. How is a capability system gonna help when I take a hammer to it?
I believe that is accelrated under .19. Have you tried that kernel yet? Your device section in the config file should be "ati"
Just curious but have you tried 2.4.19? It has accelerated ATI support. I'm using it right now on my ThinkPad (Radeon Mobility 7500) and it works fine. I even play the occasional game of tuxracer. You could also check out gatos.
in a local paper. It said that the Roomba couldn't completely replace your standard vacumm. It doesn't do stairs, and it has no attachments for things like furniture upholstery, etc. The article basically said it was good if you lived in a small place such as an apartment or didn't have kids, but if you need to do heavy duty cleaning, the 'bot wasn't gonna repalce your standard vac.
That would be a lot of wasted bandwidth.
RTFA The blurb only discusses one of the 3D imaging systems in the article. The other is hologrphic and can be viewed by multiple people from multiple angles with out any eye-tracking.
Hmm sending them back... couldn't you use a Linux box and ipchains and mirror all the commands on the messenger service ports back? That would be mildly amusing.
Do not try to write markup in HTML 5. That is unpossible. Instead, think of the greater unreality. There is no HTML 5.
Incidently, thanks for posting instead of just modding. If all you had done was modded me, I would have never found out about the whole shift/caps-lock key thing, and your point as regards my post.
So use slackware, or debian or gentoo, or roll your own. You certainly aren't forced to use a specefic distribution. Thats part of my point. RedHat can change the UI as much as they want to make it easier, but experienced users don't have to be crippled by it. I say if RedHat wants to emulate windows key behavior, go for it. You might not use RedHat anymore for that reason but it certainly doesn't stop you from using linux.
Its impossible for it to get so stupified that you can't use it the way you were used to. You can always get rid of GNOME and install windowmaker or hit ctrl+alt+f1 and get to a tty. You will always be able to edit config files by hand, unless RH adds some sort of binary config system only accessible tru gui tools. And if they are ever dumb enough to do that you can always switch distributions. Increasing the usability for one user demographic does not decrease the useability of another in this case.
"Water taken in moderation cannot hurt anybody."
--Mark Twain
Ok, has anyone else gotten really sick of these lame first posts? This is why I propose we create a group the UFPC or Useful First Post Coalition in order to promote on-topic and informative first posts. Who's with me?
Right up until there I was with you. The Post Office? That's the last place I'd want with my PGP/GPG key. Because of course, as soon as a service like this was offered people would jump at the chance to use it. It could quite quickly and easily replace Passport and Project Liberty, etc. But don;t you think the government would say to themselves, oh look...we let people associate public keys with real people reliably. Let's make sure it's really reliable, and require them to give us their private key as well when they sign up. I mean they have been looking for a way to get escrow keys for a looong time, this would give them the perfect excuse.
Now who would I trust to provide this service? That's a good question. You can't really trust the government because its yet another way for them to track you. You wouldn't want to entrust it to a bank, who knows what they would do with that information. But there needs to be a place that can verify your identity and associate it with a public key. Conceivibly you could see firms whose express purpose is to provide this service. Of course this means confusion and possible incompatibilty when the person's key you want to verify and your key are under two different verification companies.
The only possible solution I can see is the classical web of trust. But again that has its own problems.
What we really need is some kind of incorruptable agency for handling this sort of thing. Of course we all know what the chance of something like that showing up is...
::takes out calculator:: That is absoluetly terrifyi ng.
It's trademarked by the Roman Empire. Apple is licensing the letter "X" as the number 10 on a long term basis.
Cry havoc and let slip the ducks of war?
!@#$ing lameness filter, oh how I hate thee. Lameness filter i hope you die a slow and horrible death. Did it work yet?
No of course it didn't. Can someone temporarily turn off the lameness filter for me? Pleeease???
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.
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Ok. I am really angry now. This could have been fun but slashdot, with your lamness filter had to go and ruin it for me. Are people really that terrified of the ascii goatse.cx? It's ridiculous. Ok I am gonna try one more time. Ok I give up, I am sure you can all imagine what I was gonna type into this.
It isn't. It's life-enchancing
What's the IPO on JPL look like? ;)
yes. Here's a quote from the Simpson's to help explain,um, er well...
I think we managed to slashdot the google cache. When will the madness end???? AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Oh come on, why didn't you blow that mod point on modding the grandparent up instead of parent down? What a waste.
Oh, for mod points...