Does this remind anyone of the Monty Python skit where they use mathematicians to create the world's funniest joke, and use it to get Nazis to die laughing?
Actually, there was a joke writer who came upon it by himself and died. There were some scientists later in the sketch, but that was later when they were in isolation to translate the joke.
I've had very real problems with Apache 2 processes remembering PHP settings from one virtual host it served a page from and applying them to the next virtual host. This is using the supposedly "safe" prefork version.
And I don't think obsolete is quite the word you're looking for.
My problem with bookmarks is that they're sort of messy - I have a homepage which is a HTML file on my hard drive which I edit to add/remove links. So what I'd like would be a way of selecting `Add Bookmark` as usual but have it add it to my HTML page, and where Manage Bookmarks would let me re-order my page, edit/remove links etc.
I know if you use a Mozilla-type browser (maybe Opera too, don't know) that the bookmarks are stored as an HTML file in your profile. You could just set that as your homepage and be able to use the built-in bookmark functions. I'll warn you that the HTML in this file isn't very nice, but it works.
2nd that about dpreview. I just bought a used Canon 10d, and their reviews were extremely helpful in making the decision. At 10-20 pages per review though, they are almost too thorough.
... Well, for one thing, because it'd have been nice to figure out how to hack iTunes this weekend when I had to change a whole bunch of song titles from "Artist - Album - Song title" to "Song title", and being able to do this programmatically would have saved me a bunch of time;...
I have an acquaintance who's a MacOS user and has all of his mp3s named that way. What sucks about it is that he'll say, "Check this out", and send me a file. One, I don't know who I'm listening to, and two, if I want to put it into my collection, I have to rename it myself to something sensible.
I can understand removing the album name since that's what subfolders are for, but I personally think "artist - track# title" is the best, most portable way.
Also, I don't think using iTunes would be the most efficient way to do bulk renaming. mp3rename is a good command line tool to do that.
Non-Windows users? I don't have that file laying around.
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// This one also checks the optional q value in HTTP_ACCEPT to see if they prefer HTML to XML.
/** * Sends the content type as XHTML if the agent supports it. * * @return bool $sent True if XHTML was sent, false if HTML. */ function xhtmlHeader() { global $client; Base::logMessage(__CLASS__.'::'.__FUNCTION__ , null, null, PEAR_LOG_DEBUG);
While well written, the author of the linked page completely failed to mention the/real/ date standard, ISO 8601. It is the most logical (descending order) and least confusing.
I've heard the band themselves state in an interview that file sharing has done more good than harm for them as far as publicity, exposure, etc. And the thing about real musicians is that they generally want more than anything else to have their music not so much purchased, but heard. I mean they've had Dial-a-Song going for decades now giving out free music and they always have free mp3s on their Website.
The L.A. Times article (avoid folding the long URL!): http://www.latimes.com/business/la-adfi-fr eston20j un20,1,5581013.story? coll=la-home-headlines online for now (registration required) tells the story of Tom Freston, chairman of Viacom's MTV Networks. The article suggests that Tom's style for MTV et al. might be the saving grace for Paramount and perhaps the rest of the entertainment industry.
If MTV's model is the solution, we're in for big trouble. Hear my saga and avoid the fate that almost befell yours truly -- experts and spokespeople in the IP readership, you could be next!
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a producer who identified herself as being with MTV Networks' "The Debate Project" - -- who wanted to book me onto a new debate format show in production, to be taped a few days hence. She described the show (which she never actually specifically named) as oriented toward young people about important topics, with guests who were experts in their respective fields. They wanted me to debate a known spammer (who they wouldn't identify at the time) regarding the scourge of spam. It would be fun she implied, since the audience would of course be on my side.
While MTV Net producing a show like this seemed a bit odd, it's not unheard of for them to do topical programming. She assured me the program would definitely air on an MTV Network but wasn't sure which one yet. Odd, but I've gotten stranger calls from more ordinary news-oriented programs.
They sealed the deal by promising to send a car so I wouldn't have to hassle with driving in to Hollywood from The Valley through late Friday afternoon traffic, and even said they'd throw in $200 (egads -- payment for a "news" appearance -- unheard of in my experience!)
OK, I'll bite -- sounds more interesting than typical interviews anyway. Then followed more phone calls from other staffers questioning me at length on the topic of spam, an e-mailed message with similar questions, and finally all was set to go. They were really excited about my joining them the next day they kept saying, and would call me in the morning before sending the car.
That same Thursday night, with the show scheduled for Friday, I was increasingly uncomfortable. There was a bad feeling I just couldn't shake, an almost animal instinct of something amiss that I couldn't put my finger on.
When the show had originally called, I had done some cursory googling but couldn't fine anything relevant. This didn't seem too unusual for a show in production but not yet on air. Now I started googling in depth.
At first I found nothing again. But then I started working backwards from the contact phone numbers I had for the show's production staff. This time I hit pay dirt, and while the pages unscrolled on my screen a cold chill ran down my spine.
As the recent, angry testimonials I had found recounted, with a matching of modus operandi that left no chance for error, the show on which I was about to appear was a fraud.
Not really a debate at all, the show is actually a program for Comedy Central (yes, an MTV/Viacom network) called "Crossballs" -- and its sole purpose is the embarrassment and humiliation of the expert guests who are brought on expecting a legitimate discussion program.
Crossballs is a rigged "reality" show, where real guests, who have been kept in the dark about the show's real format, are paired off against actors (playing the debate opponents) for the amusement of the live audience. The stories I read from persons recently on the show included descriptions of crude, sexually-oriented verbal attacks (and worse, like being handed various sexual "apparatus") and concerns that their reputations would be ruined once the shows aired.
As the alien commander said in "Plan 9 From Outer Space": "That was TOO close!"
Old extensions and themes are going to be broken so you're going to have to make a new profile and install new versions. Here are the extensions and themes that have been updated.
I tried to put the list in here since MozillaZine always gets/.ed, but it wouldn't make it past the filter.
You would want to use a real H1 if you were doing correct CSS formatting. Divs and spans are only there if there isn't a semantically correct existing tag.
You don't specifically mention Mozilla, but assuming you are using it, you can install Tab Browser Extensions to enable/disable features for individual tabs.
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This one was pretty bad.
Does this remind anyone of the Monty Python skit where they use mathematicians to create the world's funniest joke, and use it to get Nazis to die laughing?
Actually, there was a joke writer who came upon it by himself and died. There were some scientists later in the sketch, but that was later when they were in isolation to translate the joke.
I've had very real problems with Apache 2 processes remembering PHP settings from one virtual host it served a page from and applying them to the next virtual host. This is using the supposedly "safe" prefork version.
And I don't think obsolete is quite the word you're looking for.
The funny thing about that statement is this line on the Google Desktop Search download page:
* Requires Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP 3+
2nd that about dpreview. I just bought a used Canon 10d, and their reviews were extremely helpful in making the decision. At 10-20 pages per review though, they are almost too thorough.
Look one post up. That's it. There is no article to read, slashdotters rejoice!
Are you by chance from Korea?
I have an acquaintance who's a MacOS user and has all of his mp3s named that way. What sucks about it is that he'll say, "Check this out", and send me a file. One, I don't know who I'm listening to, and two, if I want to put it into my collection, I have to rename it myself to something sensible.
I can understand removing the album name since that's what subfolders are for, but I personally think "artist - track# title" is the best, most portable way.
Also, I don't think using iTunes would be the most efficient way to do bulk renaming. mp3rename is a good command line tool to do that.
Non-Windows users? I don't have that file laying around.
// This one also checks the optional q value in HTTP_ACCEPT to see if they prefer HTML to XML.
? /i", $accept, $xhtmlMatch);
/**
* Sends the content type as XHTML if the agent supports it.
*
* @return bool $sent True if XHTML was sent, false if HTML.
*/
function xhtmlHeader()
{
global $client;
Base::logMessage(__CLASS__.'::'.__FUNCTION__ , null, null, PEAR_LOG_DEBUG);
$qHTML = 1;
$qXHTML = 0;
$accept = PMK_Util::param($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'], '');
$uAgent = PMK_Util::param($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], '');
$xhtml = preg_match("/application\/xhtml\+xml(;q=([\d.]+))
$validate = preg_match("/W3C_Validator/", $uAgent);
$html = preg_match("/text\/html(;q=([\d.]+))?/", $accept, $htmlMatch);
if ($xhtml || $validate) {
$qXHTML = 1;
if (isset($xhtmlMatch[2])) {
$qXHTML = $xhtmlMatch[2];
}
}
if ($html) {
$qHTML = 1;
if (isset($htmlMatch[2])) {
$qHTML = $htmlMatch[2];
}
} else {
$qHTML=0;
}
if (($qXHTML > $qHTML || ($qXHTML == $qHTML && $qHTML != 0))) {
header('Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8');
return true;
} else {
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
return false;
}
}
While well written, the author of the linked page completely failed to mention the /real/ date standard, ISO 8601. It is the most logical (descending order) and least confusing.
I have 14 of their albums on mp3 right now and I paid for less than half of them ... but:
Does this even it out? I don't know. I'd be interested to know what they would think.
I've tried but it's always busy or broken. You're not helping things by contributing to /.ing their phone number either.
I've heard the band themselves state in an interview that file sharing has done more good than harm for them as far as publicity, exposure, etc. And the thing about real musicians is that they generally want more than anything else to have their music not so much purchased, but heard. I mean they've had Dial-a-Song going for decades now giving out free music and they always have free mp3s on their Website.
Dave,
The L.A. Times article (avoid folding the long URL!):
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-adfi-fr eston20j un20,1,5581013.story?
coll=la-home-headlines online for now (registration required) tells the story of
Tom Freston, chairman of Viacom's MTV Networks. The article suggests that Tom's
style for MTV et al. might be the saving grace for Paramount and perhaps the
rest of the entertainment industry.
If MTV's model is the solution, we're in for big trouble. Hear my saga and avoid
the fate that almost befell yours truly -- experts and spokespeople in the IP
readership, you could be next!
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a producer who identified herself as being
with MTV Networks' "The Debate Project" - -- who wanted to book me onto a new
debate format show in production, to be taped a few days hence. She described
the show (which she never actually specifically named) as oriented toward young
people about important topics, with guests who were experts in their respective
fields. They wanted me to debate a known spammer (who they wouldn't identify at
the time) regarding the scourge of spam. It would be fun she implied, since the
audience would of course be on my side.
While MTV Net producing a show like this seemed a bit odd, it's not unheard of
for them to do topical programming. She assured me the program would definitely
air on an MTV Network but wasn't sure which one yet. Odd, but I've gotten
stranger calls from more ordinary news-oriented programs.
They sealed the deal by promising to send a car so I wouldn't have to hassle
with driving in to Hollywood from The Valley through late Friday afternoon
traffic, and even said they'd throw in $200 (egads -- payment for a "news"
appearance -- unheard of in my experience!)
OK, I'll bite -- sounds more interesting than typical interviews anyway. Then
followed more phone calls from other staffers questioning me at length on the
topic of spam, an e-mailed message with similar questions, and finally all was
set to go. They were really excited about my joining them the next day they kept
saying, and would call me in the morning before sending the car.
That same Thursday night, with the show scheduled for Friday, I was increasingly
uncomfortable. There was a bad feeling I just couldn't shake, an almost animal
instinct of something amiss that I couldn't put my finger on.
When the show had originally called, I had done some cursory googling but
couldn't fine anything relevant. This didn't seem too unusual for a show in
production but not yet on air. Now I started googling in depth.
At first I found nothing again. But then I started working backwards from the
contact phone numbers I had for the show's production staff. This time I hit pay
dirt, and while the pages unscrolled on my screen a cold chill ran down my
spine.
As the recent, angry testimonials I had found recounted, with a matching of
modus operandi that left no chance for error, the show on which I was about to
appear was a fraud.
Not really a debate at all, the show is actually a program for Comedy Central
(yes, an MTV/Viacom network) called "Crossballs" -- and its sole purpose is the
embarrassment and humiliation of the expert guests who are brought on expecting
a legitimate discussion program.
Crossballs is a rigged "reality" show, where real guests, who have been kept in
the dark about the show's real format, are paired off against actors (playing
the debate opponents) for the amusement of the live audience. The stories I read
from persons recently on the show included descriptions of crude,
sexually-oriented verbal attacks (and worse, like being handed various sexual
"apparatus") and concerns that their reputations would be ruined once the shows
aired.
As the alien commander said in "Plan 9 From Outer Space": "That was TOO close!"
In a few hours I was scheduled t
Old extensions and themes are going to be broken so you're going to have to make a new profile and install new versions. Here are the extensions and themes that have been updated.
I tried to put the list in here since MozillaZine always gets /.ed, but it wouldn't make it past the filter.
Just for fun, I wrote a little PHP script to do it.
// replcace this
<?php
header('Content-type: text/plain');
$ipmd = 'fcdc9cbc1f36501550576ab62144ef80';
echo "MD5 is {$ipmd}\n\n";
for ($i = 0; $i <= 255; $i++) {
for ($j = 0; $j <= 255; $j++) {
for ($k = 0; $k <= 255; $k++) {
for ($l = 0; $l <= 255; $l++) {
$ipt = "{$i}.{$j}.{$k}.{$l}";
$iptmd = md5($ipt);
echo "Test IP: {$ipt}\n";
echo "Test MD5: {$iptmd}\n\n";
if ($iptmd == $ipmd) {
echo "Success!\n";
echo "IP address is {$ipt}\n";
exit;
}
}
}
}
}
?>
You would want to use a real H1 if you were doing correct CSS formatting. Divs and spans are only there if there isn't a semantically correct existing tag.
You mean /.?
I thought that was supposed to be 'P' for 'PHP'.
But they'll break in to your 'private' house with a warrant, so they should have to crack your encryption.
And how can they force you to give up the password to your private key, anyway? Could you really be imprisoned for forgetting something?
You don't specifically mention Mozilla, but assuming you are using it, you can install Tab Browser Extensions to enable/disable features for individual tabs.
Hey, that's FireFox 0.8! I wanted 0.9 with the cool new Mac Metal look! Screw this:
The main flaw in your argument is that Firefox 0.9 exists for Macintosh.
When Firefox 0.9 is out for the Mac, it will also be out for Debian.
Are you sure? It sounds like you're getting copyright law confused with trademark law.