Out of curiousity, how exactly is building packages not in either LFS or BLFS different from building packages not on the Slackware CD?
It seems to me that the process would be similar. Generally requiring, at most, some diddling with configure options to ensure that parts of the package end up where you want them, that things you want are compiled in, and that things you dont want arent compiled in. Maybe a spritzing of compiler flags for flavor.
Anyone familiar with LFS who I have spoken to has done this. There are applications that are not in LFS/BLFS/LFS Hints/etc, in fact, a great many aren't in there.
I guess I just dont see how building stuff not on the Slackware CD is any different from building stuff on LFS for which there isn't documentation.
I tend to agree however with the rest of your post. There is alot of "hand holding" involved with Gentoo, and to a certain degree with LFS also. However, with LFS once you get past the basic package list you have to do just as much "cutting your teeth" as you would with Slackware, unless I am missing some new development in Slackware which makes it harder in some way.
The only thing I can think of that you could be refering to is creating packages after the initial build from source. If the packaging part is what you are refering to as "cutting your teeth" then ignore this post. Though I know quite a few people who build packages on one LFS system for dist. on other LFS systems, myself included, and there is no hand holding involved in package creation there. Granted, that may not be the norm for people using LFS.
This really isn't all that new. IBVA has been working with this for a while, and also does many other things. There are kits to use brainwave patterns to fastforward or rewind your VCR/DVD Player/CD Player, create midi compositions from your brainwaves while you sleep, and a game control system for consoles. You can also record brainwave patterns while you jog or do whatever else and aren't within range of the receiver.
Oh, and they also claim to have some Linux stuff in the pipe as well. Though, admittedly, I don't know how long it's been "coming soon"
One problem. There isn't a uniform distribution of population amongst all the states, they may have gotten data from all the most populated states. They more than likely dont have all the information on anyone, but may have enough that they have snippets of information on 90 percent of the population.
That having been said, I really doubt the 90 percent figure, but I would bet that there are snippets of data for over 50 percent.
Another thank you. You deserve it. I have been using dvdauthor to make some really nice menus for Naruto DVDs I have been putting together for friends who had no idea that it existed, and it has been a blessing.
Including creating animated menus, submenus for each episode, submenus for my own chapters in each episode.
Easy to use too, if you arent scared of a little text editing. Good job. Now I could just use a really good GUI for it to save myself from CTS.
Well, I can't say anything about 2.6.4, but I know with 2.6.3 when I boot it detects and adds my firewire primary drive as a SCSI drive, as well as removes it and automatically re-adds it when I unplug it and plug it back in. The only issue I have had with it so far is that it doesnt automagically detect my second Firewire drive. If I cycle the power on the second drive after boot up, it gets added automagically however, so it really isn't that big an issue for me. I haven't read the changelog for 2.6.4 yet, and this may have been addressed.
With the 2.4 kernels I had to manually add them by echoing an add-single-device command into/proc/scsi/scsi. My understanding was that hotplug wasnt working well with SCSI devices, so I just stuck with doing that. It may have been fixed in later 2.4 kernels and/or versions of Hotplug.
As to installing Knoppix on the drive itself, unless your BIOS will boot from IEEE1394 drives it wont do you any good, better to put it on the internal.
You could go the route of using a kernel on a boot floppy with the firewire SB2 driver built into it, and then have the boot floppy mount the drive.
As to the general level of support for IEEE1394, there are of course some things that could be fixed, there is some hardware that doesn't play nice yet, but overall I would say it's damn good.
Here is a link to help you check and see if your external drive is supported, as well as any other IEEE1394 hardware you may have. Linux1394
On another note, cue the anti-french sentiment from a post-terror american centric peanut gallery... But at least this gives hope that the USA isn't the most litigious country in the world. Maybe you aren't #1 in everything after all.;)
BAH!!! That's Anti-"Freedom" Sentiment you bast.......Oh, wait, forget I said anything.
Maybe they are truly in touch with open source projects everywhere, and when it comes to documentation simply said "screw it, someone else will write it!"
Microsoft could be compared to a race horse. It's moving very fast in the only direction it can see, while those who are open source are moving fast, but in any direction necessary.
Hmmmm, does it have a broken leg, and if so, can we shoot it?
Reasonable job satisfaction- No more adjusting the settings on something that's going to get screwed up constantly or need non-stop maintenance. Something physical. And preferably something that people don't consider vital to their life. I can't even guess how many day-traders have threatened to hold me responsible for their ISP being down...
I suppose you could derive a lot of satisfaction from it. Depending upon what you find satisfying.
Human interaction-And by human, I don't mean people that can't use their computers.
Well, they may or may not be able to use computers, depending upon your client base, but it wouldnt really matter in this line of work now would it?
Being in a job where the only people you see for months on end are 7 other guys kind of gets old. Especially if you don't get out a lot.
Number of people met would depend upon level of ability. Though based on what I have seen driving through downtown Washington DC at night in the past, there would be FAR more than seven. Just think, all that time out in an open air environment as well.
Money will/would be nice, but my expenses are low, so I'm fortunate that it won't be a primary concern.
Hey, I dont know what going rates are, but ya might make a killing. Though, again, that would depend upon level of ability.
Ignore me? But I'm only STRIVING to be a karma whore. I'm not there quite yet!
Why just be a karma whore, when you can be a REAL one?
I have often considered getting an IBVA system to play around with. May be sort of along the lines of what you saw, and if nothing else would make a damn cool set of gadgets to keep around.
Their website also mentions that a Linux version is to be announced.
If we can control the machines, can someone else come back through the machine an control me??? Could I be hacked??? Would I have to have a firewall in my head???
Maybe. Though, firewalls don't seem to work all that well against Section 9 or "The Laughing Man".
SAC really is worth the time (and money) to watch. I already have the first season as fansubs as well as the first few episodes of the second season, but the moment the DVDs start to be released I will be picking them up as quickly as possible. It really is a series worth owning in my opinion.
The second season, so far as I have seen, is looking to be just as good as the first, if not better.
I didn't see the first episode of Naruto until somewhere around the release of episode 20, and have been watching it religously since. Really well done in my opinion. Even some of the things many people seem to complain about, I have actually found enjoyable. For instance, the flashback scenes, which seem to me to aid the character development by giving some insight into the reasoning for their actions. Overall, I think it has good ongoing character development, good soundtrack, good story line, etc. I have heard people comparing it to DBZ. Personally, I dont think DBZ can compare. There are things that Naruto as a series has, that DBZ just seemed to lack to me. Though admittedly I havent watched very many of the episodes of DBZ. In terms of most popular Naruto is up there. Last night's episode had around 15K people downloading it via torrent by the time I got home from work, and that is just for ONE of the "raw" versions.
I agree about Evangelion, by the time I watched the last few episodes I found myself praying that everyone WOULD die, so they would have some sort of release from the twisted suffering in their lives. Alot of the people I know who have watched it and complained, did so because the giant robots weren't "cool" enough for them. I find that unfortunate, because I think they totally missed the point.
Among other goodies, I havent gotten a chance to see the last few episodes of.hack/SIGN, but from what I have seen of episode 1-22, though it is a tad cheesy, its still quite engaging. Admittedly though, I used to play ALOT of Everquest, so because of all my time spent in MMORPGs, I may be more likely to be drawn to it. Serial Experiments: Lain was also very very good in my opinion. Also one of my current favorites is the "Trust and Betrayal" set for Rurouni Kenshin, as well as the "Reflections" OVA. Though, the later probably wouldn't be nearly as meaningful for someone who hadn't seen the series and the first OVA. I like the series, but without "Trust and Betrayal" is isn't nearly as interesting as it would be otherwise.
Yeah, he is looking more and more like McGyver all the time.
Oddly enough, I happened to really enjoy Johnny Mnemonic. Admittedly though, I am a fan of any movie in which Dolph Lundgren's character dies.
I cant comment on the virtual desktop portion of this.
However, the last time I was looking for HMDs, a nice HMD with head tracking that would do 1024x768 in each lense was averaging about 5K USD. That having been said, this was a while ago, and prices on small high resolution LCDs may have dropped since then.
Granted this was for VR, rather than simply a single high-res display for desktop work. There are single screen versions, but I am not sure how well they actually work since I was looking for something that would enhance depth perception.
If I were to take a guess, I would say that a single screen HMD with head tracking would cost roughly 1.5-2K USD. How the head tracking would be setup to take the place of the mouse for moving through the virtual desktop space in X I can't really comment on.
Yep, I have used HMDs before, however at the time they were still stuck in the "damn this thing is heavy" stage, primarily.
That aspect of them has gotten better, and I have never had a problem with eye strain using them. However, I have never had the option of using them for gaming outside of mocked up simulations for demonstration purposes.
I haven't however tried Sony's iGlass displays. Maybe it is a flaw in how they are designed? There are a number of things to adjust with an HMD so that eye strain doesnt occur. For instance, distance between view ports in the application needs to be customized to the user so that things are as natural looking as possible, as well as distance between the displays within the glasses so that the user doesn't strain to direct their eyes in opposite directions from one another (possibly the cause of your eye strain using the HMD?).
So far as resolution goes, there are HMDs that will do 1024x768, they are just prohibitively expensive. At least for casual gaming purposes.
Well, I cant help but wonder after reading this, will there be a push again for Head Mounted Displays? I, for one, would much rather use a Head Mounted Display than shutter glasses, which dont seem to work that well.
Granted, I understand they are simply talking about doubling the resolution and either spanning the viewport, or moving some of the displayed data to the second monitor. I also understand that rendering two different scenes takes more processing power from both the CPU and GPU. However, there are a great number of games out that will render two frames and spit them out one after the other from different viewpoints, if not, the shutter glasses wouldnt work.
Why not instead toss the frames off to seperate graphics ports on the card to send to an HMD?
Are small high resolution LCDs still expensive enough to make good low cost HMDs impossible?
While 1024x768 may be low resolution by some peoples playing standards, I have a feeling the extra immersion from the HMDs would more than make up for it.
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Out of curiousity, how exactly is building packages not in either LFS or BLFS different from building packages not on the Slackware CD?
It seems to me that the process would be similar. Generally requiring, at most, some diddling with configure options to ensure that parts of the package end up where you want them, that things you want are compiled in, and that things you dont want arent compiled in. Maybe a spritzing of compiler flags for flavor.
Anyone familiar with LFS who I have spoken to has done this. There are applications that are not in LFS/BLFS/LFS Hints/etc, in fact, a great many aren't in there.
I guess I just dont see how building stuff not on the Slackware CD is any different from building stuff on LFS for which there isn't documentation.
I tend to agree however with the rest of your post. There is alot of "hand holding" involved with Gentoo, and to a certain degree with LFS also. However, with LFS once you get past the basic package list you have to do just as much "cutting your teeth" as you would with Slackware, unless I am missing some new development in Slackware which makes it harder in some way.
The only thing I can think of that you could be refering to is creating packages after the initial build from source. If the packaging part is what you are refering to as "cutting your teeth" then ignore this post. Though I know quite a few people who build packages on one LFS system for dist. on other LFS systems, myself included, and there is no hand holding involved in package creation there. Granted, that may not be the norm for people using LFS.
This really isn't all that new. IBVA has been working with this for a while, and also does many other things. There are kits to use brainwave patterns to fastforward or rewind your VCR/DVD Player/CD Player, create midi compositions from your brainwaves while you sleep, and a game control system for consoles. You can also record brainwave patterns while you jog or do whatever else and aren't within range of the receiver.
Oh, and they also claim to have some Linux stuff in the pipe as well. Though, admittedly, I don't know how long it's been "coming soon"
And don't forget Kieth Richards and Dick Clark.
One problem. There isn't a uniform distribution of population amongst all the states, they may have gotten data from all the most populated states. They more than likely dont have all the information on anyone, but may have enough that they have snippets of information on 90 percent of the population.
That having been said, I really doubt the 90 percent figure, but I would bet that there are snippets of data for over 50 percent.
Another thank you. You deserve it. I have been using dvdauthor to make some really nice menus for Naruto DVDs I have been putting together for friends who had no idea that it existed, and it has been a blessing.
Including creating animated menus, submenus for each episode, submenus for my own chapters in each episode.
Easy to use too, if you arent scared of a little text editing. Good job. Now I could just use a really good GUI for it to save myself from CTS.
Well, I can't say anything about 2.6.4, but I know with 2.6.3 when I boot it detects and adds my firewire primary drive as a SCSI drive, as well as removes it and automatically re-adds it when I unplug it and plug it back in. The only issue I have had with it so far is that it doesnt automagically detect my second Firewire drive. If I cycle the power on the second drive after boot up, it gets added automagically however, so it really isn't that big an issue for me. I haven't read the changelog for 2.6.4 yet, and this may have been addressed.
/proc/scsi/scsi. My understanding was that hotplug wasnt working well with SCSI devices, so I just stuck with doing that. It may have been fixed in later 2.4 kernels and/or versions of Hotplug.
With the 2.4 kernels I had to manually add them by echoing an add-single-device command into
As to installing Knoppix on the drive itself, unless your BIOS will boot from IEEE1394 drives it wont do you any good, better to put it on the internal.
You could go the route of using a kernel on a boot floppy with the firewire SB2 driver built into it, and then have the boot floppy mount the drive.
As to the general level of support for IEEE1394, there are of course some things that could be fixed, there is some hardware that doesn't play nice yet, but overall I would say it's damn good.
Here is a link to help you check and see if your external drive is supported, as well as any other IEEE1394 hardware you may have. Linux1394
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Maybe they are truly in touch with open source projects everywhere, and when it comes to documentation simply said "screw it, someone else will write it!"
Great, now I have that damn kid on the bike in "Better off Dead" screaming "I want my two dollars!!!" stuck in my head.
Thanks
Damn, I wish I had some mod points today.
Thanks.
I suppose you could derive a lot of satisfaction from it. Depending upon what you find satisfying.
Well, they may or may not be able to use computers, depending upon your client base, but it wouldnt really matter in this line of work now would it?
Number of people met would depend upon level of ability. Though based on what I have seen driving through downtown Washington DC at night in the past, there would be FAR more than seven. Just think, all that time out in an open air environment as well.
Hey, I dont know what going rates are, but ya might make a killing. Though, again, that would depend upon level of ability.
Why just be a karma whore, when you can be a REAL one?
I have often considered getting an IBVA system to play around with. May be sort of along the lines of what you saw, and if nothing else would make a damn cool set of gadgets to keep around.
Their website also mentions that a Linux version is to be announced.
Wait, you mean it isnt 2029 yet?
Oh........Nevermind then.
SAC really is worth the time (and money) to watch. I already have the first season as fansubs as well as the first few episodes of the second season, but the moment the DVDs start to be released I will be picking them up as quickly as possible. It really is a series worth owning in my opinion.
The second season, so far as I have seen, is looking to be just as good as the first, if not better.
I didn't see the first episode of Naruto until somewhere around the release of episode 20, and have been watching it religously since. Really well done in my opinion. Even some of the things many people seem to complain about, I have actually found enjoyable. For instance, the flashback scenes, which seem to me to aid the character development by giving some insight into the reasoning for their actions. Overall, I think it has good ongoing character development, good soundtrack, good story line, etc. I have heard people comparing it to DBZ. Personally, I dont think DBZ can compare. There are things that Naruto as a series has, that DBZ just seemed to lack to me. Though admittedly I havent watched very many of the episodes of DBZ. In terms of most popular Naruto is up there. Last night's episode had around 15K people downloading it via torrent by the time I got home from work, and that is just for ONE of the "raw" versions.
.hack/SIGN, but from what I have seen of episode 1-22, though it is a tad cheesy, its still quite engaging. Admittedly though, I used to play ALOT of Everquest, so because of all my time spent in MMORPGs, I may be more likely to be drawn to it. Serial Experiments: Lain was also very very good in my opinion. Also one of my current favorites is the "Trust and Betrayal" set for Rurouni Kenshin, as well as the "Reflections" OVA. Though, the later probably wouldn't be nearly as meaningful for someone who hadn't seen the series and the first OVA. I like the series, but without "Trust and Betrayal" is isn't nearly as interesting as it would be otherwise.
I agree about Evangelion, by the time I watched the last few episodes I found myself praying that everyone WOULD die, so they would have some sort of release from the twisted suffering in their lives. Alot of the people I know who have watched it and complained, did so because the giant robots weren't "cool" enough for them. I find that unfortunate, because I think they totally missed the point.
Among other goodies, I havent gotten a chance to see the last few episodes of
Thanks, I just got off the phone with Richard C. Hoagland, and he said he was already investigating it.
He started muttering something about 19.5 and then hung up on me.
Yeah, he is looking more and more like McGyver all the time. Oddly enough, I happened to really enjoy Johnny Mnemonic. Admittedly though, I am a fan of any movie in which Dolph Lundgren's character dies.
I cant comment on the virtual desktop portion of this.
However, the last time I was looking for HMDs, a nice HMD with head tracking that would do 1024x768 in each lense was averaging about 5K USD. That having been said, this was a while ago, and prices on small high resolution LCDs may have dropped since then.
Granted this was for VR, rather than simply a single high-res display for desktop work. There are single screen versions, but I am not sure how well they actually work since I was looking for something that would enhance depth perception.
If I were to take a guess, I would say that a single screen HMD with head tracking would cost roughly 1.5-2K USD. How the head tracking would be setup to take the place of the mouse for moving through the virtual desktop space in X I can't really comment on.
Yep, I have used HMDs before, however at the time they were still stuck in the "damn this thing is heavy" stage, primarily.
That aspect of them has gotten better, and I have never had a problem with eye strain using them. However, I have never had the option of using them for gaming outside of mocked up simulations for demonstration purposes.
I haven't however tried Sony's iGlass displays. Maybe it is a flaw in how they are designed? There are a number of things to adjust with an HMD so that eye strain doesnt occur. For instance, distance between view ports in the application needs to be customized to the user so that things are as natural looking as possible, as well as distance between the displays within the glasses so that the user doesn't strain to direct their eyes in opposite directions from one another (possibly the cause of your eye strain using the HMD?).
So far as resolution goes, there are HMDs that will do 1024x768, they are just prohibitively expensive. At least for casual gaming purposes.
Well, I cant help but wonder after reading this, will there be a push again for Head Mounted Displays? I, for one, would much rather use a Head Mounted Display than shutter glasses, which dont seem to work that well.
Granted, I understand they are simply talking about doubling the resolution and either spanning the viewport, or moving some of the displayed data to the second monitor. I also understand that rendering two different scenes takes more processing power from both the CPU and GPU. However, there are a great number of games out that will render two frames and spit them out one after the other from different viewpoints, if not, the shutter glasses wouldnt work.
Why not instead toss the frames off to seperate graphics ports on the card to send to an HMD?
Are small high resolution LCDs still expensive enough to make good low cost HMDs impossible?
While 1024x768 may be low resolution by some peoples playing standards, I have a feeling the extra immersion from the HMDs would more than make up for it.