Why not rename phoenix to "Internet Explorer", just to fuck with M$.
After all "Internet Explorer" shouldn't be allowed to be a trademark in Internet industry, the same argument as Windows being a trademark ?
Plus that way they can get totally clueless joe six-packs to download thinking they are upgrading their IE,
Wow imagine the user base generated by that ?
Many have no doubt seen the Rube Goldberg-like multistep mechanical chain reaction TV advert for the Honda Accord.
Assertion and Generalization with no solid facts to back it up.
while we are at it....Who the heck is this Goldburg guy any way ? and what the heck is a TV ?
Is that the correct model ?
I am scared of putting any adware on my PC. I don't care if Opera is THE browser. I still refuse to even give it a shot.
And for those of you who will say "Why not pay the odd 40$ and buy the ad free version.". I would say "Why should i dish out 40 $ when i can do with perfectly competetive products like mozilla or phoenix or god-forbidden even IE ?"
MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead!
[clang]
Bring out your dead!
[clang]
Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!
DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
MORTICIAN: I can't take him...
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...
MORTICIAN: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?
MORTICIAN: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something
you can do?
DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right.
Just today i was looking at solutions to stream divx files on my PC to my TV.
I have a Graphics card with TV-Out and i also have a 802.11 wireless router.
Considering this I have two options
Use a wireless video TX/RX to send the entire desktop output to my receiver. But i don't want the entire output, i just want the audio/video feed of the divx
Stream the video over 802.11 router and have a receiver that can demodulate the signal and convert to preferably svideo
But i am not interested in a subscription based model, I want a one time payment only device. Does any one know how to do this ?
this may be a bit offtopic but seriously "IS there anyone who is developing web-services for critical applications ?
There could be a lot of pilot projects but do they really count ?
Isn't the very word "web-service" a marketing gimmic like B2B, B2C, Enterprize, Portal etc ?
One thing web-service promised was a homogenous set of APIs, but do you really see that happening ?
I mean every month i see some company dropping from the web-services consortium and some other joining. How then are they going to agree on standards ?
And if they do agree on standards won't that make their business model vulnerable ?
/me thinks this whole concept of web-service is going down the same path of J2EE and RDBMS, a lot of promise of standards, ease of migration from one vendor to another, BUT we will end up with lock-n proprietory solutions and getting far less than we were promised..
Yeah I guess NVIDIA is much better in Linux support than ATI.
gatose.sf.net is nothing but hardcore, hacking and reverse engg. of the cards, so its understandable that it takes a while for them to figure stuff out and support it. I can't imagine how may cards they must be buring each month:-).
Al though i hear that ATI now has native linux drivers for some of its cards, not the entire range though.
To cut the long story short Linux and LATEST graphics boards don't get along together. period
From my personal experience, I was trying to install RH6/7 about a year and half ago.
My video card is ATI All-In-Wonder Ultra Pro AGP. Its a 32 MB card, with TV-Tuner/TV-Out capabilities. It was fairly new at that time as Radon cards were just arriving.
1) RH installation was in graphics mode, but after that X wouldn't start.
2) After subscribing to about 3-4 mailing list and about 1-2 months of digging i found that the Chip ID in the card was not compatible , and all that was required was overriding the chipID with that of a previous version of the card.
3) Then after about anout 1-2 months of digging i was able to get h/w based 3D accl. I recompiled my kernel/ X atleast 20 times during those day.4) Another month to get the TV tuner working.
I am not a Video Card hacker, but i can compile and install X, Kernel modules etc. But hadn't been for the good folks at http://gatose.sf.net (not goatse:-) ) I wouldn't have beeen able to get it to work.
So it took about 6 months from the release of the card for me to get it fully working.
my words exactly
I have not used mozilla browser ever since phoenix 0.5. And I have been using the phoenix nightly builds.
I use phoenix on linux/windows/solaris, I haven't restarted phoenix on my solaris box for days/weeks.
Its fast, sleek, and has a very small memory foot print as compared to the lizzard.
Some of my concerns with phoenix though are
Can't easily set the Master Password for encrypting the stored form/passwords.
Can't change setting of any extension that i install. There is a settings button but it is disabled. Have to do it manually. In fact this was working till 0.5 but the nightly builds dont suppot it
The extensions like pref. tool bar, or quick preferences don't always work. e.g. disabling cookies from either of these, doesn't really disable cookies.
In soviet russia you fool april.
Goddamnit, its fifth post for cryst's sake, I should be legally entitled to be offtopic, redundant, troll and not get modded down.
And even if you mod me down, i'll recover my karma by posting something funny in the 6th dupe.
This is the FP after completely reading the article
Seriously a very nicely written article worth reading. This article has one thing i always look for in reviews of New distros. and this is diff. between OLD and NEW distros.
Most s/w release notes has a section called "What's new", but this is grossly inadequate to make a decission whether to upgrade or not. What is needed is the exact diff. in terms of functionality rather than a CVS code change LOG. and this article makes an effort to provide that.
Having said that, I just finished completely configuring and customising my RH8.0 so i guess
I wont be upgrading. I will wait till 2.6 comes out. (I am speaking of the kernel version for those of you who dont get it)
marriage can affect different men in different ways...
In this case it has definetely affected Taco's sense of humor and ability to form short term memories.
Taco you remind me of guy pearce in memento
Please isn't that illegal ?
I dont care if DMCA or DCMA or whatever is unethical or not, it it a law , which makes watching DVDs on linux illegal (the encrypted ones only).
And 99$ for one year of subscription, man at that price m$ looks like a cheap option. Don't tell me with 99$ you get a lot more than a bare bone OS.Coz a typical lindows user wont need MySQl, PGSQL, Apache, etc etc.
Is it just me, who feels that this whole concept of dumbed-down linux, rediculous ? The average joe doesn't care about GNU, GPL, free sheech/beer (well he does care about the beer:-). ) . So why would he bother to switch ?>
And geeks have better things to do , like build their distro from scratch than be bothered by such dumb distors
Is it worth upgrading ?
What's significantly diff. from RH 8.0.
I have a Linux distro that
works with most of my H/W including firewire,
usb, printer etc.
Sould I upgrade, apart from KDE 3.1, Gnome 2,2 and
X 4.2 whats new. ?
I already have KDE 3.1, I dont use gnome , whats
diff in X 4.2 and 4.3 that can be useful.
I have heard 4.3 allows to change resoultion on the fly, but i dont care for that.
so is it worth the efforts.
Is there any other Open Source Kernel that can be used in embeded applications instead of Linux ?
If so what advantages does linux offer over such kernel ?
Secondly how exactly is it important to use an Open Source platform in an embeded device both from manifacturer's and consumer's POV ?
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Do you phear the DMCA or the patriot act ?
how about supporting Divx :-). :-)
So that i can watch my downloaded divx. I download only non-copyrighted stuff of course
Why not rename phoenix to "Internet Explorer", just to fuck with M$.
After all "Internet Explorer" shouldn't be allowed to be a trademark in Internet industry, the same argument as Windows being a trademark ?
Plus that way they can get totally clueless joe six-packs to download thinking they are upgrading their IE,
Wow imagine the user base generated by that ?
Are they running their web server on such an Xbox ?
Already slashdotted.....
Many have no doubt seen the Rube Goldberg-like multistep mechanical chain reaction TV advert for the Honda Accord.
Assertion and Generalization with no solid facts to back it up.
while we are at it....Who the heck is this Goldburg guy any way ? and what the heck is a TV ?
Is that the correct model ?
I am scared of putting any adware on my PC. I don't care if Opera is THE browser. I still refuse to even give it a shot.
And for those of you who will say "Why not pay the odd 40$ and buy the ad free version.". I would say "Why should i dish out 40 $ when i can do with perfectly competetive products like mozilla or phoenix or god-forbidden even IE ?"
how about GNU/HURD ?
MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead!
[clang]
Bring out your dead!
[clang]
Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!
DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
MORTICIAN: I can't take him...
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...
MORTICIAN: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?
MORTICIAN: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something
you can do?
DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right.
Are you required to take as part of applying for US presidency ?
I have a Graphics card with TV-Out and i also have a 802.11 wireless router.
Considering this I have two options
There could be a lot of pilot projects but do they really count ?
Isn't the very word "web-service" a marketing gimmic like B2B, B2C, Enterprize, Portal etc ?
One thing web-service promised was a homogenous set of APIs, but do you really see that happening ?
I mean every month i see some company dropping from the web-services consortium and some other joining. How then are they going to agree on standards ?
And if they do agree on standards won't that make their business model vulnerable ?
gatose.sf.net is nothing but hardcore, hacking and reverse engg. of the cards, so its understandable that it takes a while for them to figure stuff out and support it. I can't imagine how may cards they must be buring each month
Al though i hear that ATI now has native linux drivers for some of its cards, not the entire range though.
From my personal experience, I was trying to install RH6/7 about a year and half ago. My video card is ATI All-In-Wonder Ultra Pro AGP. Its a 32 MB card, with TV-Tuner/TV-Out capabilities. It was fairly new at that time as Radon cards were just arriving.
1) RH installation was in graphics mode, but after that X wouldn't start.
2) After subscribing to about 3-4 mailing list and about 1-2 months of digging i found that the Chip ID in the card was not compatible , and all that was required was overriding the chipID with that of a previous version of the card.
3) Then after about anout 1-2 months of digging i was able to get h/w based 3D accl. I recompiled my kernel/ X atleast 20 times during those day.4) Another month to get the TV tuner working.
I am not a Video Card hacker, but i can compile and install X, Kernel modules etc. But hadn't been for the good folks at http://gatose.sf.net (not goatse :-) ) I wouldn't have beeen able to get it to work.
So it took about 6 months from the release of the card for me to get it fully working.
Now only if they were to find a way to fit the shrunken glove....
I have not used mozilla browser ever since phoenix 0.5. And I have been using the phoenix nightly builds.
I use phoenix on linux/windows/solaris, I haven't restarted phoenix on my solaris box for days/weeks. Its fast, sleek, and has a very small memory foot print as compared to the lizzard.
Some of my concerns with phoenix though are
Aw come on, I opened the article and saw GNU/HURD some where.
gotta be a April fools joke, what next Duke Nukem Forever released ?
In soviet russia you fool april.
Goddamnit, its fifth post for cryst's sake, I should be legally entitled to be offtopic, redundant, troll and not get modded down.
And even if you mod me down, i'll recover my karma by posting something funny in the 6th dupe.
RFC to add Evil Bit to TCP/IP... at eleven
This is the FP after completely reading the article
Seriously a very nicely written article worth reading. This article has one thing i always look for in reviews of New distros. and this is diff. between OLD and NEW distros.
Most s/w release notes has a section called "What's new", but this is grossly inadequate to make a decission whether to upgrade or not. What is needed is the exact diff. in terms of functionality rather than a CVS code change LOG. and this article makes an effort to provide that.
Having said that, I just finished completely configuring and customising my RH8.0 so i guess I wont be upgrading. I will wait till 2.6 comes out. (I am speaking of the kernel version for those of you who dont get it)
marriage can affect different men in different ways...
In this case it has definetely affected Taco's sense of humor and ability to form short term memories.
Taco you remind me of guy pearce in memento
Please isn't that illegal ? :-). ) . So why would he bother to switch ?>
I dont care if DMCA or DCMA or whatever is unethical or not, it it a law , which makes watching DVDs on linux illegal (the encrypted ones only).
And 99$ for one year of subscription, man at that price m$ looks like a cheap option. Don't tell me with 99$ you get a lot more than a bare bone OS.Coz a typical lindows user wont need MySQl, PGSQL, Apache, etc etc.
Is it just me, who feels that this whole concept of dumbed-down linux, rediculous ? The average joe doesn't care about GNU, GPL, free sheech/beer (well he does care about the beer
And geeks have better things to do , like build their distro from scratch than be bothered by such dumb distors
What's significantly diff. from RH 8.0.
I have a Linux distro that works with most of my H/W including firewire, usb, printer etc.
Sould I upgrade, apart from KDE 3.1, Gnome 2,2 and X 4.2 whats new. ? I already have KDE 3.1, I dont use gnome , whats diff in X 4.2 and 4.3 that can be useful. I have heard 4.3 allows to change resoultion on the fly, but i dont care for that.
so is it worth the efforts.
Is there any other Open Source Kernel that can be used in embeded applications instead of Linux ?
If so what advantages does linux offer over such kernel ? Secondly how exactly is it important to use an Open Source platform in an embeded device both from manifacturer's and consumer's POV ?
Sarcasm :- Witty language used to convery insult or scorn. :- Passing reference of indirect mention. In this case the parent is an allusion to "All my friends and family use AOL 7.0, and now, AOL is even better!. i.e the parent is trying to mimic the clueless ppl. you see on AOL ads.
Allusion
Have a nice day
and since when was this a requirement to post on /. ?