The patch works agains the CVS version of metacity and will hopefully find a way into the CVS.
I'm all for visual effects, but isn't the maintainer of metacity the guy who refuses to build such useful (and MUCH less intensive) features into the WM as window-snapping and springloaded, shaded windows? Doesn't he regard such features as "crack?"
exactly how is this getting into his CVS?
That said, I can't wait to try it out. Hopefully other WMs such as kwin will be able to use some of their code.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Creative Commons, there's a cute little intro movie in Flash. Think you can do better, or just hate Flash? Good thing they're holding the Moving Images contest.
From the Rules page:
(3) Prizes: One (1) First Prize: First Prize Winner may choose either: an Apple(R) Power Mac(R) G5 Computer (Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5) (Approximate retail value ("ARV"): US$3000), or an Alienware(R) 2001DV(TM) System (ARV: US$3000). One (1) Second Prize: Sony(R) Handycam(R) Camcorder (Model DCR-PC120BT) (ARV: US$1200). One (1) Third Prize: Apple(R) iPod(TM) Digital Music Player (ARV: US$400).
I don't get why the Xouvert folks didn't just pitch in on this effort. They're almost a month and a half behind their schedule.
Oh well, I'm still getting what I want. Maybe soon they'll be able to add 3D support, as now it's just FB/VESA. Now I'm off to make some debs from the CVS.
This is so sad. I've been waiting for a Linux conference to come to Boston for a while now. The Cnet article says this conference is being held in Boston, but in reality it's 40 minutes North. I don't have a car, but I would be willing to work something out. It's being held by the Desktop Linux Consortium, who claim to be a nonprofit outfit.
Why, then, does it cost $250 to register? Is it just to keep students like me from coming? Having a boring job that has nothing to do with OSS, I can't get my company to pay for it, and I certainly don't have that kind of money to toss into the wallets of the people that should be hiring me:)
oh well, I guess I'll just keep my eyes out for the next one...:P
"We're going to force people down a path,"McBride says. "They can choose licensing or litigation. If someone says they want to see a court ruling before they pay, we'll say, Fine, you're the lucky winner. We'll take you first.' I'd be surprised if we make it to the end of the year without filing a lawsuit."
This is intense! We all know Microsoft doesn't have the best Karma on the planet, but at least they pretend to be friendly. This attitude is akin to professional wrestlers growling "I'm gonna tear off all his limbs and put them all back in the wrong sockets! He's gonna be crying for his momma when I pull out his tongue and hang him with it! GRAAAAAA"
I like the suggestions of making a movie out of this... I hope some Flash ninja will put together a comedy of this whole situation. Although it'd probably have to be based on the Moon, because it's so fucking ridiculous anyway.
well lets see... paying $60/year for up2date service vs. paying zero for "apt-get update && apt-get -u upgrade"... and now the RHL subscribers get dumped. I guess picking the noncommercial distro was a good move.
Please don't take this as a troll/flamebait, RedHat is a huge contributor upstream.
if you are really serious about losing weight, eat vegan. that means no animal products. no corpses, no dairy, no eggs. that means you eat like a human, not a vulture/calf/snake.
omnivorous mods may now commence modding me -1, Granola.
You're totally right, and the fact that they aren't doing much (anything?) definitely bothers me. Maybe you're a pessimist, maybe not. I'm not sure if I don't expect them to do anything, but I do fear that they won't...
it's basically up to them to defend the GPL, and if they don't/can't... that's a Very Bad Thing (TM).
the lady that i talked to hadn't heard yet that SCO had begun distributing GPL software under their own license, or that there are a few people filing complaints against SCO with the SEC (whoever came up with that idea, good move). maybe whoever is in charge at the FSF will react more strongly now.
I just called the FSF's GNU Press office. The woman I spoke to told me that there's nothing to worry about (duh) and that while they weren't planning any legal action yet, they do a lot more than what is publicized. She said they prefer to negotiate.
"We see [SCO] as a child who is acting out."
Damn right.
I'd suggest that the logo be used in the "real world" where nobody's gonna know what it means. Using it on the net would inevitable pollute its meaning. But if a few weirdos drew it in Sharpie on a sleeve of their T-shirts (PLEASE ThinkGeek DON'T sell them), maybe one day they'd see someone else with one when walking down the street. "hey, you contribute to anything?" "yeah, i maintain project ___!" "sweet! let's get a coffee." and maybe they end up buddies, collaborating. The net makes communication easy, but it's no substitute for REAL friends. I for one have approximately zero hacker friends in the physical world. I'd like ONE...
but then again I'm a tree-hugging idealist, too.
This sounds like it could be useful, if a bit creepy. But, aside from the obvious difficulties of actually understanding what the user is saying on a word-word level, there is the question of context.
Say I'm dictating instructions for a computer illiterate in (gasp) Word with my trusty animated Kitten helping me out. As soon as I say "Reboot the computer" am I going to be looking at my BIOS posting?
On the other hand, if I actually want to reboot the computer with a voice command, is it just going to try to insert text into whatever field has focus?
And how about navigating web sites? Say I'm on Slashdot's front page and I want to read the commends on the latest TCPA/NGSCB article. When I say "Click on Read More" how's it going to know I don't want to read up on Cowboy Neal?
Seriously though, I unfortunately don't know if grammatical and colloquial, let alone contextual speech recognition will be feasible in the anywhere-near future. Suprise surprise, us humans are useful for something.
you didn't read The Digital Imprimatur did you? do it now, but keep in mind it's a worst-case-scenario model. i really don't think restricted access is the solution. honeypots either. let's just write good code in the first place, and not keep it behind locked doors so that in the event something bad does happen, we can fix it as quickly as possible.
i switched to linux about 6 months ago and i use about 99% free software. i never liked using microsoft software before, but this was the kicker.
and i'm not the only one who noticed... microsoft has been shooting more and more holes in its foot lately. i figure it's only a matter of time before they stoop to the level of the SCO thugs.
yes, let's get all our kids even more addicted to non-interactive content so that when their "multimedia terminal" runs out of batteries and there's no one telling them what to think they can get all twitchy and nervous.
been there, done that, got the t-shirt. it's just much easier to lay things out visually when you're actually trying to make a site look good. it's worth the effort of going through and cleaning up the code after the fact.
why don't you post a link to a site you made while not posting as AC? i hate this bullshit flamebait.
there are good things about this. now pro web designers can pay a few extra dollars to be able to make sites on linux without wading through (as much) code.
there are bad things, too. this could subtract from the urgent need for an open source WYSIWYG web composer (there may be one or two but forgive me for preferring Dreamweaver).
i love Dreamweaver, but as a college student I don't really have money to be burnt on software. this is one of the many reasons i switched to linux. because of that switch i was able to stop pirating massive amounts of software.
this would tempt me to start again, but i don't have a clue where to find warez for linux, and i'm glad.
yet another windows handheld pc...
sounds fun, but there's no way you're getting me on windows - especially for 4G's... couldn't you buy around 8 Zauri for that much loot?
imagine a beowulf clust...
sorry.
there are lots of programs that remove spyware and its ilk, but few can actually block them.
the best one i've found is SpybotSD, which has a database of "bots" - things like Gator, Precision time, usage-tracking cookies, dialers, keyloggers, and several other types of evil software than no one in their right mind would want on their (nor anyone else's) computer.
every time i've used it, SpybotSD has caught things that Adaware (which i love and used for a loooong time) missed. but the coolest thing about SpybotSD is that it actually blocks malicious ActiveX controls, tracking cookies and file downloads. that means you just don't see things like "would you like to download and install 'SupaFree53x0rDialer!!!11.exe' ?" anymore.
i don't know what it does to block these things; i don't care, and i don't have to. they just don't exist anymore.
what's the difference between art and science?
science is investigating "reality" to see what we can learn about it. the laws of nature existed before us, and will exist after us.
art is investigating ourselves to discover what we are capable of.
thus art is completely dependent on humanity (a priori); science is completely independent of humanity (a posteriori)
Slashdot Mirror
.01% -> .0001; 1/.0001=10000
"I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. Shit, I always do that, I always mess up some mundane detail."exactly how is this getting into his CVS?
That said, I can't wait to try it out. Hopefully other WMs such as kwin will be able to use some of their code.From the Rules page:
Sound nice? Get working.
I don't get why the Xouvert folks didn't just pitch in on this effort. They're almost a month and a half behind their schedule.
/me thanks fdo
Oh well, I'm still getting what I want. Maybe soon they'll be able to add 3D support, as now it's just FB/VESA. Now I'm off to make some debs from the CVS.
This is so sad. I've been waiting for a Linux conference to come to Boston for a while now. The Cnet article says this conference is being held in Boston, but in reality it's 40 minutes North. I don't have a car, but I would be willing to work something out. It's being held by the Desktop Linux Consortium, who claim to be a nonprofit outfit.
:)
:P
Why, then, does it cost $250 to register? Is it just to keep students like me from coming? Having a boring job that has nothing to do with OSS, I can't get my company to pay for it, and I certainly don't have that kind of money to toss into the wallets of the people that should be hiring me
oh well, I guess I'll just keep my eyes out for the next one...
"We're going to force people down a path,"McBride says. "They can choose licensing or litigation. If someone says they want to see a court ruling before they pay, we'll say, Fine, you're the lucky winner. We'll take you first.' I'd be surprised if we make it to the end of the year without filing a lawsuit."
This is intense! We all know Microsoft doesn't have the best Karma on the planet, but at least they pretend to be friendly. This attitude is akin to professional wrestlers growling "I'm gonna tear off all his limbs and put them all back in the wrong sockets! He's gonna be crying for his momma when I pull out his tongue and hang him with it! GRAAAAAA"
I like the suggestions of making a movie out of this... I hope some Flash ninja will put together a comedy of this whole situation. Although it'd probably have to be based on the Moon, because it's so fucking ridiculous anyway.
well lets see... paying $60/year for up2date service vs. paying zero for "apt-get update && apt-get -u upgrade" ... and now the RHL subscribers get dumped. I guess picking the noncommercial distro was a good move.
Please don't take this as a troll/flamebait, RedHat is a huge contributor upstream.
...you insensitive clod!
if you are really serious about losing weight, eat vegan. that means no animal products. no corpses, no dairy, no eggs. that means you eat like a human, not a vulture/calf/snake.
omnivorous mods may now commence modding me -1, Granola.
You're totally right, and the fact that they aren't doing much (anything?) definitely bothers me. Maybe you're a pessimist, maybe not. I'm not sure if I don't expect them to do anything, but I do fear that they won't...
it's basically up to them to defend the GPL, and if they don't/can't... that's a Very Bad Thing (TM).
the lady that i talked to hadn't heard yet that SCO had begun distributing GPL software under their own license, or that there are a few people filing complaints against SCO with the SEC (whoever came up with that idea, good move). maybe whoever is in charge at the FSF will react more strongly now.
I just called the FSF's GNU Press office. The woman I spoke to told me that there's nothing to worry about (duh) and that while they weren't planning any legal action yet, they do a lot more than what is publicized. She said they prefer to negotiate. "We see [SCO] as a child who is acting out." Damn right.
this is yet another case of the USA becoming/producing exactly what it is 'trying' to eliminate. i smell another cold war...
I'd suggest that the logo be used in the "real world" where nobody's gonna know what it means. Using it on the net would inevitable pollute its meaning. But if a few weirdos drew it in Sharpie on a sleeve of their T-shirts (PLEASE ThinkGeek DON'T sell them), maybe one day they'd see someone else with one when walking down the street. "hey, you contribute to anything?" "yeah, i maintain project ___!" "sweet! let's get a coffee." and maybe they end up buddies, collaborating. The net makes communication easy, but it's no substitute for REAL friends. I for one have approximately zero hacker friends in the physical world. I'd like ONE... but then again I'm a tree-hugging idealist, too.
This sounds like it could be useful, if a bit creepy. But, aside from the obvious difficulties of actually understanding what the user is saying on a word-word level, there is the question of context.
Say I'm dictating instructions for a computer illiterate in (gasp) Word with my trusty animated Kitten helping me out. As soon as I say "Reboot the computer" am I going to be looking at my BIOS posting?
On the other hand, if I actually want to reboot the computer with a voice command, is it just going to try to insert text into whatever field has focus?
And how about navigating web sites? Say I'm on Slashdot's front page and I want to read the commends on the latest TCPA/NGSCB article. When I say "Click on Read More" how's it going to know I don't want to read up on Cowboy Neal?
Seriously though, I unfortunately don't know if grammatical and colloquial, let alone contextual speech recognition will be feasible in the anywhere-near future. Suprise surprise, us humans are useful for something.
you didn't read The Digital Imprimatur did you? do it now, but keep in mind it's a worst-case-scenario model. i really don't think restricted access is the solution. honeypots either. let's just write good code in the first place, and not keep it behind locked doors so that in the event something bad does happen, we can fix it as quickly as possible.
honey and worms... yum!
um, i hope you can back this up. in case you don't know, this is /. and we're not big fans of SCO-esque FUD.
Apples are yummy though.
i switched to linux about 6 months ago and i use about 99% free software. i never liked using microsoft software before, but this was the kicker.
and i'm not the only one who noticed... microsoft has been shooting more and more holes in its foot lately. i figure it's only a matter of time before they stoop to the level of the SCO thugs.
yes, let's get all our kids even more addicted to non-interactive content so that when their "multimedia terminal" runs out of batteries and there's no one telling them what to think they can get all twitchy and nervous.
this is the world i want to live in.
been there, done that, got the t-shirt. it's just much easier to lay things out visually when you're actually trying to make a site look good. it's worth the effort of going through and cleaning up the code after the fact.
why don't you post a link to a site you made while not posting as AC? i hate this bullshit flamebait.
there are good things about this. now pro web designers can pay a few extra dollars to be able to make sites on linux without wading through (as much) code.
there are bad things, too. this could subtract from the urgent need for an open source WYSIWYG web composer (there may be one or two but forgive me for preferring Dreamweaver).
i love Dreamweaver, but as a college student I don't really have money to be burnt on software. this is one of the many reasons i switched to linux. because of that switch i was able to stop pirating massive amounts of software.
this would tempt me to start again, but i don't have a clue where to find warez for linux, and i'm glad.
yet another windows handheld pc... sounds fun, but there's no way you're getting me on windows - especially for 4G's... couldn't you buy around 8 Zauri for that much loot? imagine a beowulf clust... sorry.
there are lots of programs that remove spyware and its ilk, but few can actually block them.
the best one i've found is SpybotSD, which has a database of "bots" - things like Gator, Precision time, usage-tracking cookies, dialers, keyloggers, and several other types of evil software than no one in their right mind would want on their (nor anyone else's) computer. every time i've used it, SpybotSD has caught things that Adaware (which i love and used for a loooong time) missed. but the coolest thing about SpybotSD is that it actually blocks malicious ActiveX controls, tracking cookies and file downloads. that means you just don't see things like "would you like to download and install 'SupaFree53x0rDialer!!!11.exe' ?" anymore.
i don't know what it does to block these things; i don't care, and i don't have to. they just don't exist anymore.
what's the difference between art and science? science is investigating "reality" to see what we can learn about it. the laws of nature existed before us, and will exist after us. art is investigating ourselves to discover what we are capable of. thus art is completely dependent on humanity (a priori); science is completely independent of humanity (a posteriori)