Or maybe a program that would burn a CD of your DRM songs, and then let you make a lossless copy of them?
You could even call it iTunes.
Um, or you could just use something like a pseudo-soundcard driver to capture the audio without wasting the time burning a CD (ie, Total Recorder for Windows). And encoding in a lossless format is just going to make things 5x as big. Not a great deal.
Not everyone needs a wireless print server. But if you do, you can get adapters for either parallel or USB printers for about $40. That's still less than the Apple product.
And if the WRT54G happens to have USB pinouts (I'm not sure about this), it probably wouldn't be too difficult to hack it into a print server.
Well if you're setting a "session value", you're either using cookies or rewriting the links. So all that the script has to do is handle cookies properly or follow your "post a comment" links, neither of which is very hard.
Well, except for the fact that configuring your own Linux router is a pain in the ass if you don't know exactly what you're doing. Plus, it'll probably come out being more expensive than your average consumer router since you have to buy multi port NICs and a wireless card.
It's also a waste of electricity. For the geek, you're better off buying either a mini-ITX system or a hackable router (ie, WRT54G).
He shouldn't. That's up to the peoplewhopackage and/or sell the OS. Using "Linux" to refer to a UNIX-style system built with the Linux kernel, GNU tools, etc. has caught on. It may not be "proper", but it's certainly not illegal. In other words: who cares?
Wow, another person who likes Dutch pop:) Unfortunately, I'm in the USA, so I'm still waiting for the new Sarah Bettens solo EP to arrive from proxis.be!
I also find Anouk strangely enjoyable, even though I would hate the American equivalent of her style. *shrug*
Even if that's the case, it is extreemly annoying for those of us that do not have broadband.
Like minkwe said, get out of the Dark Ages;-)
Seriously though, you're right. It's one of the problems that Gentoo solves - you can build a package with whatever options you want. One of my biggest frustrations was getting aspell and all sorts of other crap just to upgrade Gaim on Mandrake or SuSE. With Gentoo
USE="-spell -crypt -nls" emerge gaim
will get you a nice stripped-down version of Gaim. Once Gentoo matures and someone builds a nice GUI on top of it, it'll be great:)
I've randomly decided that application installation should be handled by the distro!
Me? No, the distros decided that themselves. Y'know, each of them has their own different package manager. It's one of those things that makes a distro unique.
Let me get this straight... you want GNOME to invent their own packaging format.
Yeah...calling for a standardized package format is one thing. Calling for the Desktop Environments to create something new is...bizarre. Once again, it is the responsibility of the distro to modify their DE to make it compatible with their packaging system. Until their is one Grand Unified Package Format (mandatory Gentoo zealotism: ebuilds!!), it's simply unreasonable to expect GNOME or KDE to work perfectly with your distro of choice by default.
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No argument here. Write the libraries that are meant to be reused in C, write the core system in C++. Actually, the libraries can probably be written in C++ internally, as long as their parameters and return types are C-compatible. I'm not 100% certain on that though:)
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Of course, the reality of the situation is that it's a crapshoot as to whether or not a package will work with whichever one of the 10,000 Linux distributions you happen to be running (chances are it won't), but hey.
Exactly. Package management is a distro issue, *not* a desktop problem. Of course, it's nice if you can just click an ebuild/RPM/DEB/whatever and it's installed automatically.
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They use C, according to the article. I don't see why they're not considering C++. Unlike Java and C#, it's meant to be natively compiled, and it's a lot easier to write "clean" code with C++ rather than C, IMO. If nothing else, the STL is a beautiful thing when implemented properly.
Okay then, a more practical example: convert a bunch of FLACs to WAV, then into MP3, preserving the tags. On Windows, you'll have to hunt around for shareware to do a half-assed job of it; on *nix, you think for a minute, then write a quick script that does exactly what you want.
Anyone know of research that's currently being done in this area?
No, but I've thought about designing a "Wireless Internet" as a research project, though I'm just a lowly undergrad. I'm sure it could be done; the biggest problem is signal strength/range.
I was going to respond with "Frogger" by Bad Religion, but then I realized that people who have watched and liked MTV in the past oh, ten years, probably wouldn't be familiar with them or any other decent punk band.
I still have more fun with Darklands than many modern RPGs.
It really bothers me when arcade junk like Pac-Man is held up as an example of "classic" gaming.
Well yes, seeing as 44kHz is the standard for CDs (ie, redbook audio). Do your recording and mixing at 24-bit/96kHz, but if you want to sell a CD, you have little choice.
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Or without consuming large amounts of electricity...
Um, or you could just use something like a pseudo-soundcard driver to capture the audio without wasting the time burning a CD (ie, Total Recorder for Windows). And encoding in a lossless format is just going to make things 5x as big. Not a great deal.
And if the WRT54G happens to have USB pinouts (I'm not sure about this), it probably wouldn't be too difficult to hack it into a print server.
Ah, but how long will it take for someone to write a worm with a Google-abusing payload? We've already got spammers using hacked PCs to send mail.
Well if you're setting a "session value", you're either using cookies or rewriting the links. So all that the script has to do is handle cookies properly or follow your "post a comment" links, neither of which is very hard.
Nice, you just managed to enrage the two biggest groups of Linux zealots in one go. :-)
It's also a waste of electricity. For the geek, you're better off buying either a mini-ITX system or a hackable router (ie, WRT54G).
He shouldn't. That's up to the people who package and/or sell the OS. Using "Linux" to refer to a UNIX-style system built with the Linux kernel, GNU tools, etc. has caught on. It may not be "proper", but it's certainly not illegal. In other words: who cares?
Unfortunately, I'm in the USA, so I'm still waiting for the new Sarah Bettens solo EP to arrive from proxis.be!
I also find Anouk strangely enjoyable, even though I would hate the American equivalent of her style. *shrug*
Like minkwe said, get out of the Dark Ages ;-)
Seriously though, you're right. It's one of the problems that Gentoo solves - you can build a package with whatever options you want. One of my biggest frustrations was getting aspell and all sorts of other crap just to upgrade Gaim on Mandrake or SuSE. With Gentoo
will get you a nice stripped-down version of Gaim. Once Gentoo matures and someone builds a nice GUI on top of it, it'll be greatMe? No, the distros decided that themselves. Y'know, each of them has their own different package manager. It's one of those things that makes a distro unique.
Yeah...calling for a standardized package format is one thing. Calling for the Desktop Environments to create something new is...bizarre. Once again, it is the responsibility of the distro to modify their DE to make it compatible with their packaging system. Until their is one Grand Unified Package Format (mandatory Gentoo zealotism: ebuilds!!), it's simply unreasonable to expect GNOME or KDE to work perfectly with your distro of choice by default.
No argument here. Write the libraries that are meant to be reused in C, write the core system in C++. Actually, the libraries can probably be written in C++ internally, as long as their parameters and return types are C-compatible. I'm not 100% certain on that though :)
Exactly. Package management is a distro issue, *not* a desktop problem. Of course, it's nice if you can just click an ebuild/RPM/DEB/whatever and it's installed automatically.
They use C, according to the article. I don't see why they're not considering C++. Unlike Java and C#, it's meant to be natively compiled, and it's a lot easier to write "clean" code with C++ rather than C, IMO. If nothing else, the STL is a beautiful thing when implemented properly.
And which government would that be? The US does not own the Internet.
That's where whitelists come in handy :)
Okay then, a more practical example: convert a bunch of FLACs to WAV, then into MP3, preserving the tags. On Windows, you'll have to hunt around for shareware to do a half-assed job of it; on *nix, you think for a minute, then write a quick script that does exactly what you want.
Doom, Diablo 2 (included with the Collector's Edition), and Civilization, just offhand.
No, but I've thought about designing a "Wireless Internet" as a research project, though I'm just a lowly undergrad. I'm sure it could be done; the biggest problem is signal strength/range.
I was going to respond with "Frogger" by Bad Religion, but then I realized that people who have watched and liked MTV in the past oh, ten years, probably wouldn't be familiar with them or any other decent punk band.
I still have more fun with Darklands than many modern RPGs.
It really bothers me when arcade junk like Pac-Man is held up as an example of "classic" gaming.
1) Recording in a noisy environment.
2) Playing with a loud drummer.
But yeah, if you set a 100W Marshall half-stack to 10 indoors, you're just asking to go deaf.
Well yes, seeing as 44kHz is the standard for CDs (ie, redbook audio). Do your recording and mixing at 24-bit/96kHz, but if you want to sell a CD, you have little choice.
XP makes it easy. So do a lot of Linux distros, though.