You skipped one of the handiest features of PNG, and the feature MS doesn't support: Alpha Transparency. This let's you do impressive visual effects that are difficult to do any other way.
Does it? The shelf space reserved for Linux hardware and software at Computer City doesn't seem to be growing any.
Uh, if there's PC's and Macs there then they have shelf space for Linux hardware, in fact anywhere you find both then the shelf space for Linux hardware exceeds the Windows hardware shelf space as well as the Max
CSS is the way to go. It makes it much easier to maintain pages, it means the document authors don't have to be the style managers, and it means less to download. With care CSS can be used to make pages that look very nice in a graphical browser and still function well in lynx.
Another advantage is the ability to have styles based on media. Display ads (if necessary) on the viewed pages but hide them on the printed (saves paper and ink/toner).
I use CSS so that I don't have a lot of formatting to get around when I want to update my web pages, or to make the programming easier.
<p align="center"><font size="4">My big centered paragraph</font></p> is amuch messier than <p class="parcent">My big centered paragraph</p>
But if you're locked into a Windows workstation (no SolidWorks for Linux) then you don't get to run Evolution. I've tried, the best I came up with was to run VMWare and CygwinX, but the overhead was just way too much.
Install RedHat 8+ or Fedora using the default canned installation (after all you can't do anything but that with Windows). It will install faster than WinXP on the same hardware and when you are done you will have an operating system, office suite. In windows you still have to install OO or MSO. So the Linux installer will be done and using the computer long before the Windows installer.
In the case of scanners I've found that they generally work better in Linux than in Windows. I have an Epson which works great in Linux, something related to scanning seems to only be able to crash in Windows, so now I don't even install the driver in Windows.
Actually in this particular case of nmap they wouldn't be. The clauses that Fydor would claim they are violating are clauses he added to the license (as is his right). These clauses have no bearing on GPL.
The problem is by changing the license Fydor's code is no longer GPL'd. Instead it is similar to GPL.
The best bet is in section 4 based on SCO's attempt to receive funds for a Linux license. They have attempted to sub license GPL'd code.
Fydor has every right to license the software as he sees fit. However by adding the "except SCO" clause he can no longer claim the software is licensed under the GPL. And any claim by him that SCO is violating his license based on the new clauses would have no bearing on GPL'd software
I think the issue is that in requiring and recieving the $699 "Linux license" SCO has re-licensed the GPL'd code. Only that action violates the GPL.
I also thing that Fydor's response is incorrect. I don't think he is justified in amending the GPL (or rather that in doing so his code is no longer GPL'd). He and every other owner of GPL'd code re-licensed by SCO does have the right to seek legal remedies for their violation of the license.
Let me reiterate: Fydor does have the right to license his code as he sees fit (as does SCO), however it is my opinion that by amending the GPL he has caused it to no longer be the "true" GPL.
Actually they can disagree with GPL and still distribute and use GPL'd software...as long as they comply with the license. In requiring and recieving the $699 for "Linux licenses" they have re/sub-licensed GPL'd software which directly violates the license.
From reading it Fyoder (sp?) can't amend the GPL to read that SCO can't use it (if he does it's no longer GPL), however he can require that they stop distributing nmap as they are in violation of the GPL.
No it's because they are changing the license for GPL code. GPL is not dependant on what you believe. However they are sub-licensing GPL'd software which is expressley forbidden by the GPL.
100Mbps will require 200MHz of bandwidth at best. Ignoring channel separation, you only get 5 channels in each 1GHz range. Usable frequencies are about 1GHz - 10GHz. That's 45 channels. In a rural setting that won't be too bad, in the city you'll need towers every hundred feet connecting to a fiber backbone.
The energy from those towers at those frequencies would make the city a very dangerous place to be.
Well here my ISP has pushed their 6000/768 to U$60 (static ip, friendly TOS), just $10 more than the 1500/128. Now if I could only convince my wife that we need the extra bandwidth.
You'll run into a bandwidth problem with universal 100Mb wireless even if it is cell based. Fiber can carry much higher bandwidth than RF as you can always string another bundle of fiber. Eventually RF can get saturated in the usable frequencies.
I've been introducing people to Firefox and Thunderbird for and almost everyone switches from IE/Outlook. Heck Thunderbird will probably replace Evolution for my wife.
I've had Vonage for five months now, it was the best switch I've ever done. If I had cable instead of DSL I'd drop the phone line entirely, but instead just pulled all the services off the line and set it to metered access. I rewired the phones in the house to all work off the Vonage box.
If you know someone who already uses Vonage have them refer you to it. You get a month free of whichever level of service you choose and they get a credit toward their account for the same amount.
About the only change I did from their default settings was to go to "standard" quality on the voice. I didn't notice a difference and it drops the bandwidth usage down to about 36Kb instead of 90. (Can't let the phone interfere with the real purpose of DSL: CounterStrike)
Next month one of my machines will hit 500 days of uptime. Mind you this is a FreeBSD machine not Linux. The last time it went down was when the office was having power problems and we were told they weren't sure when power would be back on.
I had another FreeBSD firewall that continued to filter packets after the hard drive stopped spinning.
Let's see, one of the biggest names in Open Source and in Linux, the only one I'm aware of that allows free downloads of their ISOs has just setup a fund for defending attacks on Open Source developers. And this is only a ploy to make more money?!!!!
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You skipped one of the handiest features of PNG, and the feature MS doesn't support: Alpha Transparency. This let's you do impressive visual effects that are difficult to do any other way.
Does it? The shelf space reserved for Linux hardware and software at Computer City doesn't seem to be growing any.
Uh, if there's PC's and Macs there then they have shelf space for Linux hardware, in fact anywhere you find both then the shelf space for Linux hardware exceeds the Windows hardware shelf space as well as the Max
CSS is the way to go. It makes it much easier to maintain pages, it means the document authors don't have to be the style managers, and it means less to download. With care CSS can be used to make pages that look very nice in a graphical browser and still function well in lynx.
Another advantage is the ability to have styles based on media. Display ads (if necessary) on the viewed pages but hide them on the printed (saves paper and ink/toner).
I use CSS so that I don't have a lot of formatting to get around when I want to update my web pages, or to make the programming easier.
<p align="center"><font size="4">My big centered paragraph</font></p> is amuch messier than <p class="parcent">My big centered paragraph</p>
But if you're locked into a Windows workstation (no SolidWorks for Linux) then you don't get to run Evolution. I've tried, the best I came up with was to run VMWare and CygwinX, but the overhead was just way too much.
Install RedHat 8+ or Fedora using the default canned installation (after all you can't do anything but that with Windows). It will install faster than WinXP on the same hardware and when you are done you will have an operating system, office suite. In windows you still have to install OO or MSO. So the Linux installer will be done and using the computer long before the Windows installer.
The tinkering comes because Linux encourages it.
In the case of scanners I've found that they generally work better in Linux than in Windows. I have an Epson which works great in Linux, something related to scanning seems to only be able to crash in Windows, so now I don't even install the driver in Windows.
They're running nice and fast for me. OTOH SCO seems to be down.
Why doesn't SCO just get it over with and jointly sue both the CIA and the NSA (both use Linux) then Daryl can just quietly "disappear".
Actually in this particular case of nmap they wouldn't be. The clauses that Fydor would claim they are violating are clauses he added to the license (as is his right). These clauses have no bearing on GPL.
The problem is by changing the license Fydor's code is no longer GPL'd. Instead it is similar to GPL.
The best bet is in section 4 based on SCO's attempt to receive funds for a Linux license. They have attempted to sub license GPL'd code.
Fydor has every right to license the software as he sees fit. However by adding the "except SCO" clause he can no longer claim the software is licensed under the GPL. And any claim by him that SCO is violating his license based on the new clauses would have no bearing on GPL'd software
I think the issue is that in requiring and recieving the $699 "Linux license" SCO has re-licensed the GPL'd code. Only that action violates the GPL.
I also thing that Fydor's response is incorrect. I don't think he is justified in amending the GPL (or rather that in doing so his code is no longer GPL'd). He and every other owner of GPL'd code re-licensed by SCO does have the right to seek legal remedies for their violation of the license.
Let me reiterate: Fydor does have the right to license his code as he sees fit (as does SCO), however it is my opinion that by amending the GPL he has caused it to no longer be the "true" GPL.
Actually they can disagree with GPL and still distribute and use GPL'd software...as long as they comply with the license. In requiring and recieving the $699 for "Linux licenses" they have re/sub-licensed GPL'd software which directly violates the license.
From reading it Fyoder (sp?) can't amend the GPL to read that SCO can't use it (if he does it's no longer GPL), however he can require that they stop distributing nmap as they are in violation of the GPL.
No it's because they are changing the license for GPL code. GPL is not dependant on what you believe. However they are sub-licensing GPL'd software which is expressley forbidden by the GPL.
100Mbps will require 200MHz of bandwidth at best. Ignoring channel separation, you only get 5 channels in each 1GHz range. Usable frequencies are about 1GHz - 10GHz. That's 45 channels. In a rural setting that won't be too bad, in the city you'll need towers every hundred feet connecting to a fiber backbone.
The energy from those towers at those frequencies would make the city a very dangerous place to be.
Well here my ISP has pushed their 6000/768 to U$60 (static ip, friendly TOS), just $10 more than the 1500/128. Now if I could only convince my wife that we need the extra bandwidth.
You'll run into a bandwidth problem with universal 100Mb wireless even if it is cell based. Fiber can carry much higher bandwidth than RF as you can always string another bundle of fiber. Eventually RF can get saturated in the usable frequencies.
Try Firefox it's very good.
I've been introducing people to Firefox and Thunderbird for and almost everyone switches from IE/Outlook. Heck Thunderbird will probably replace Evolution for my wife.
I've had Vonage for five months now, it was the best switch I've ever done. If I had cable instead of DSL I'd drop the phone line entirely, but instead just pulled all the services off the line and set it to metered access. I rewired the phones in the house to all work off the Vonage box.
If you know someone who already uses Vonage have them refer you to it. You get a month free of whichever level of service you choose and they get a credit toward their account for the same amount.
About the only change I did from their default settings was to go to "standard" quality on the voice. I didn't notice a difference and it drops the bandwidth usage down to about 36Kb instead of 90. (Can't let the phone interfere with the real purpose of DSL: CounterStrike)
Well a quick google search shows they still call Gator spyware.
Maybe he means man hours, not time since the issue was discovered.
Most SQL indexes start at 1.
Yes you can.
Next month one of my machines will hit 500 days of uptime. Mind you this is a FreeBSD machine not Linux. The last time it went down was when the office was having power problems and we were told they weren't sure when power would be back on.
I had another FreeBSD firewall that continued to filter packets after the hard drive stopped spinning.
Yep that was a horrible mouse, shaped like a tuna can it was RSI just waiting to happen.
Let's see, one of the biggest names in Open Source and in Linux, the only one I'm aware of that allows free downloads of their ISOs has just setup a fund for defending attacks on Open Source developers. And this is only a ploy to make more money?!!!!
Linux has the advantage of a large number of high quality native apps. That is something OS/2 did not have.