XF86Setup isn't included in some distributions, like Mandrake. Also, I recall from using it on Caldera that its interface is horrible and that it doesn't give you any clue what you're changing when you use it. (Example: I choose the 1024x768 and 24bpp buttons. I click OK. The screen doesn't change. I restart X. It's still in the same resolution. What did XF86Setup just accomplish?) --
Or, in certain cases in RedHat's Xconfigurator, make sure you choose the wrong monitor.
Seriously. I had serious problems with the video, up until I stopped telling it I had a MultiSync XV17+ (which is what I have) and told it I have a MultiSync XV15+ instead. Now the video is lovely. However, if the XV17+ driver doesn't work as well on the XV17+ as the XV15+ driver, why the heck is it there? --
Now I'm not supporting Windows here, but I hate biased poll questions, and that's exactly what they had. "Do you plan to buy Windows 2000 - an OS with 65,000 known bugs?" Come on, that sounds like the kind of question Microsoft would ask if it was about their competiton.
Though, Microsoft has spread enough FUD that maybe it's time for some Anti-FUD like this. In that case, could it maybe be a little less obvious?
"Up next: several web sites were brought down by a distributed DoS attack..." "Huh? Distribu-what? I bet channel 5 has better news. *click*"
"Up next: several web sites were hacked..." "Oh my god there's HACKERS around and they're probably STEALING IDENTITIES and SODOMIZING OUR CHILDREN right now! I'd better watch!" --
You admit you didn't read it, then you go on to complain about it. That sure made a lot of sense... --
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You skimmed it looking for something to complain about, didn't you?
He acknowledged the fact that not all geeks are computer geeks, saying that was only the "narrowest definition", and also acknowledged that everyone has a different idea of who is a geek and who isn't.
I can just see what they advertise next. "Our distribution comes with 'cat' - the most powerful and simple file-viewing software in existence. It views files in ANY FORMAT! And because it's so extensible, we'll soon be selling our proprietary 'more' Expansion Pack for 'cat' for only $39.99!" --
Wow, I decide to read at -1 for once and I'm rewarded with this. That was great. You should post it to Segfault where it has a higher probability of being seen, though. --
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Um... what the hell?
First there's that post that gets moderated up to 6... now this one's at -5. What's going on? --
I suppose you meant S1G, because an epoch is 2^31 seconds. Yes, the epoch can also mean time 0, but that would make about as much sense as calling the year 2000 problem "the Christ 2000 problem".
BTW, for all you pedants out there, I know that second 1073741824 (2^30) will be more important than second 1000000000, so there's no need to start an argument about what a gigasecond is.
There's all kinds of cool stuff in dates. For example, not only do the leap-year dates follow a pattern that repeats every 400 years, the days of the week (and what dates they correspond to) cycle in exactly the same way.
In this 400-year cycle, the 13th of any given month is most likely to fall on a Friday. Feeling unlucky?
I tried it. It should probably be more appropriately called "Bugger". Whenever I left a page that used MIDI, it popped up an error message. MPEG movies had horrendous playback quality, and whatever MPEG program it was working with apparently feels the need to spam a message onto standard output, which Plugger then decided to pass on to me with an insane number of popup windows. I didn't feel masochistic enough to try any other formats, so it got the old "rpm -e". --
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So, it's called a PlayStation [2], and abbreviated PSX or PSX2.
Where the heck does the X come from?
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The Mayan Calendar is cool. Get ready, because the world's supposed to end when it hits 13.0.0.0.0.
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XF86Setup isn't included in some distributions, like Mandrake. Also, I recall from using it on Caldera that its interface is horrible and that it doesn't give you any clue what you're changing when you use it. (Example: I choose the 1024x768 and 24bpp buttons. I click OK. The screen doesn't change. I restart X. It's still in the same resolution. What did XF86Setup just accomplish?)
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Or, in certain cases in RedHat's Xconfigurator, make sure you choose the wrong monitor.
Seriously. I had serious problems with the video, up until I stopped telling it I had a MultiSync XV17+ (which is what I have) and told it I have a MultiSync XV15+ instead. Now the video is lovely. However, if the XV17+ driver doesn't work as well on the XV17+ as the XV15+ driver, why the heck is it there?
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...in a shrink-wrap license, which doesn't mean a thing without the UCITA.
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He actually had a point. 320x240 is half of VGA in each dimension, so it has a quarter of the total number of pixels.
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I seriously doubt it. I've guessed that the amount of data on the Internet is more like the petabyte range.
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Now I'm not supporting Windows here, but I hate biased poll questions, and that's exactly what they had. "Do you plan to buy Windows 2000 - an OS with 65,000 known bugs?" Come on, that sounds like the kind of question Microsoft would ask if it was about their competiton.
Though, Microsoft has spread enough FUD that maybe it's time for some Anti-FUD like this. In that case, could it maybe be a little less obvious?
--
"Up next: several web sites were brought down by a distributed DoS attack..."
"Huh? Distribu-what? I bet channel 5 has better news. *click*"
"Up next: several web sites were hacked..."
"Oh my god there's HACKERS around and they're probably STEALING IDENTITIES and SODOMIZING OUR CHILDREN right now! I'd better watch!"
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I like it. I have Java off, so I don't have to see the banner ads anymore. The page looks so much cleaner without an ad sitting on top of it.
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Simple. It goes down on its own enough that if it were ever DoS'ed, we'd never notice.
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You admit you didn't read it, then you go on to complain about it. That sure made a lot of sense...
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You skimmed it looking for something to complain about, didn't you?
He acknowledged the fact that not all geeks are computer geeks, saying that was only the "narrowest definition", and also acknowledged that everyone has a different idea of who is a geek and who isn't.
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Actually, those would be trademarked words.
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I can just see what they advertise next.
"Our distribution comes with 'cat' - the most powerful and simple file-viewing software in existence. It views files in ANY FORMAT! And because it's so extensible, we'll soon be selling our proprietary 'more' Expansion Pack for 'cat' for only $39.99!"
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Hash include, left angle bracket
stdio dot aitch, right angle bracket
Newline!
Hash include, left angle bracket
string dot aitch, right angle bracket
Newline!
Hash include quote see-ess-ess dash
Descramble dot aitch, quote.
Newline!
Typedef unsigned char byte
semicolon static byte
csstab one left bracket
two hundred fifty-six right bracket
Equals left brace
Then it turns into a techno beat as a voice begins chanting hex numbers.
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Wow, I decide to read at -1 for once and I'm rewarded with this. That was great. You should post it to Segfault where it has a higher probability of being seen, though.
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Um... what the hell?
First there's that post that gets moderated up to 6... now this one's at -5. What's going on?
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"us" is actually the correct word in that context. Just like "him and me" instead of "he and I" is correct when used as an object.
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I suppose you meant S1G, because an epoch is 2^31 seconds. Yes, the epoch can also mean time 0, but that would make about as much sense as calling the year 2000 problem "the Christ 2000 problem".
BTW, for all you pedants out there, I know that second 1073741824 (2^30) will be more important than second 1000000000, so there's no need to start an argument about what a gigasecond is.
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- 0 is not even.
- 1 is even.
- 3 is even.
- 0 is not a number.
- Infinity is a number.
And now you're telling me that 1 is prime. Hmm, there goes the Fundamental Theory of Arithmetic...--
Uh, is anyone actually claiming that this is relevant?
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There's all kinds of cool stuff in dates. For example, not only do the leap-year dates follow a pattern that repeats every 400 years, the days of the week (and what dates they correspond to) cycle in exactly the same way.
In this 400-year cycle, the 13th of any given month is most likely to fall on a Friday. Feeling unlucky?
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I tried it. It should probably be more appropriately called "Bugger". Whenever I left a page that used MIDI, it popped up an error message. MPEG movies had horrendous playback quality, and whatever MPEG program it was working with apparently feels the need to spam a message onto standard output, which Plugger then decided to pass on to me with an insane number of popup windows. I didn't feel masochistic enough to try any other formats, so it got the old "rpm -e".
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