My mouse didn't work. Why? Because they included an update to the Bluez stack, to support a change to the kernel, but the KDE4 Bluetooth support hadn't been updated to support that new Bluez stack. Their solution? Drop bluetooth support in Kubuntu Intrepid. WTF?
Sometimes projects have to make tough decisions in order to meet deadlines or to otherwise keep development going in the right direction.
They probably weren't happy with this either, but don't think that you could have done any better if you were in their shoes.
Why would you want people to migrate? Let them use whatever they are happy with.
Because Canonical is a business, and it's hard to make money as a software company when you don't have a userbase (regardless of whatever your particular business model is).
Actually, everytime a protocol changes or something, Aeronix releases a new firmware and the device auto-updates itself next time it sees an access point...
(People complain about Yahoo support breaking a lot....)
There's a wiki dedicated to the ZipIt located here that contains useful HOW-TOs explaining how to install Linux on the thing... Myself and several others have written up tons of instructions on how to hack this thing.
For example, I use my ZipIt as a wireless SSH client (the OpenZipIt firmware includes dropbear ssh...), and also to play streaming MP3 radio (groovesalad is nice...)
It's a really cool device, and there's a ton of hacking potential...
I'd just like to throw in that over the past few months there have been TONS of patches added to MythTV that add OSX compatibility. I'm not sure how close Myth is to working completely on OSX, but I don't doubt that once it's working on OSX, it will be a formidable entry into the world of PVR software for this operating system.
I recall reading in a book once that the size of the impact crater from an asteroid is about 20 times the size of the diameter of the asteroid.
So:
420m across * 20 = 8400 m (8.4 km) wide crater
8.4 km, seen better, seen worse....
I've noticed that even within the same city, the average number of unsecured access points isn't anywhere near constant.
In a heavily middle-class area, I've found numbers that agree with the article's 80% "unsecure rate".
However, I've found that in wealthier areas of my middle-class city that there is only about a 50% unsecure rate.
The actual reason for this still remains a mystery. I know that after several local newspapers featured articles on insecure wireless networks over a period of months, there was a noticeable increase in the number of secured wireless networks.
Whether this has anything to do with the wealthy being more informed is still guesswork at this phase.
Any word on Linux support? (GATOS gonna pick this one up as a project maybe? Probably too early to tell....)
Anyways, I read somewhere that HDTV antennas are just regular TV antennas (so don't need a "special" HDTV antenna), just thought I'd throw that out at everyone.
Just as technology is ahead of human morality, it appears technology is ahead of human politics.
DirectX in PHP - Possible?
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A while back I was looking at PHP's COM support...
Technically, shouldn't it be possible to use DirectX with PHP as well, using this COM functionality?
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You're absolutely right.
Just as a sidenote, for anyone who doesn't know the significance of the Daphnia dying, it basically means buckyballs are toxic (Daphnia are used for toxicity testing...)
Am I just stating the obvious? Well, you never know.
I've been an avid FPS gamer since The Catacomb Abyss come out (I was 6 at the time), and in the past 3 years I've started playing paintball.
I can tell you, being a FPS player gives you no advantage over any other paintball player.
In fact, it might even act as a disadvantage, because playing paintball is so drastically different both tactically and physically from playing a game, that it is nothing like one would expect it to be.
Paintball plays nothing like a FPS.
In the reverse argument (and going back on topic), I think being a good team leader in paintball has enabled me to become a better leader in team-based online FPS games. I was able to practically learn better leadership in real-life, and apply it to computer games.
Yeah, DX:IW is a great game, but I don't think it's as good as the first game (I've only played the demos of the first game... btw)
Still, I'm absolutely amazed at the ability of this game to play with my emotions.
Honest, kind characters die because of my decisions. You are forced to deal with countless situations where you do not know what the moral choice is. This is absolutely fantastic!
10 years ago, having games tug with your most inner morality and emotions wasn't even imaginable... And I'd put more than my money on the fact that Warren Spector is right. It is the future of gaming.
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My mouse didn't work. Why? Because they included an update to the Bluez stack, to support a change to the kernel, but the KDE4 Bluetooth support hadn't been updated to support that new Bluez stack. Their solution? Drop bluetooth support in Kubuntu Intrepid. WTF?
Sometimes projects have to make tough decisions in order to meet deadlines or to otherwise keep development going in the right direction. They probably weren't happy with this either, but don't think that you could have done any better if you were in their shoes.
Why would you want people to migrate? Let them use whatever they are happy with.
Because Canonical is a business, and it's hard to make money as a software company when you don't have a userbase (regardless of whatever your particular business model is).
This would be cool if the end application wasn't to kill people more effectively.
Actually, everytime a protocol changes or something, Aeronix releases a new firmware and the device auto-updates itself next time it sees an access point... (People complain about Yahoo support breaking a lot....)
There's a wiki dedicated to the ZipIt located here that contains useful HOW-TOs explaining how to install Linux on the thing... Myself and several others have written up tons of instructions on how to hack this thing. For example, I use my ZipIt as a wireless SSH client (the OpenZipIt firmware includes dropbear ssh...), and also to play streaming MP3 radio (groovesalad is nice...) It's a really cool device, and there's a ton of hacking potential...
Superkaramba isn't unncessary eye-candy?
I'd just like to throw in that over the past few months there have been TONS of patches added to MythTV that add OSX compatibility.
I'm not sure how close Myth is to working completely on OSX, but I don't doubt that once it's working on OSX, it will be a formidable entry into the world of PVR software for this operating system.
I recall reading in a book once that the size of the impact crater from an asteroid is about 20 times the size of the diameter of the asteroid. So: 420m across * 20 = 8400 m (8.4 km) wide crater 8.4 km, seen better, seen worse....
... is obviously 42.
The OpenCVS CVS repository?
lol
Take a gander at this "report" that suggests that calls made above 8000 ft. are impossible from an airplane, and that calls below that are unlikely...
So... is the conclusion drawn from this report wrong?
It looks like that antenna attached to the wireless chip can be removed, I wonder how long it'll be before we can wardrive with a PSP?
The website mentions that the LEMUR isn't a MIDI device, instead it uses something called OSC (OpenSoundControl).
How does this affect the LEMUR's ability to interface with application such as Cakewalk's SONAR?
Does OSC provide a way to interface with MIDI applications?
.... Maybe a huge chunk of Strange matter (ie. a strange-nugget) wiped them all out.
Instead of playing find the big crater, maybe we should be playing find the big tunnel in the Earth...
I wonder how much the extended warranty will set you back....
I've noticed that even within the same city, the average number of unsecured access points isn't anywhere near constant.
In a heavily middle-class area, I've found numbers that agree with the article's 80% "unsecure rate".
However, I've found that in wealthier areas of my middle-class city that there is only about a 50% unsecure rate.
The actual reason for this still remains a mystery. I know that after several local newspapers featured articles on insecure wireless networks over a period of months, there was a noticeable increase in the number of secured wireless networks.
Whether this has anything to do with the wealthy being more informed is still guesswork at this phase.
Any word on Linux support? (GATOS gonna pick this one up as a project maybe? Probably too early to tell....)
Anyways, I read somewhere that HDTV antennas are just regular TV antennas (so don't need a "special" HDTV antenna), just thought I'd throw that out at everyone.
... or the first person to get a privately funded cremation in outer space... you know, whatever floats his boat.
No, but that's the "price of freedom" I guess (if I can rip another quote off... lol)
It's kiddie pr0n vs. racist websites... I guess racist websites are the lesser of two evil.
Just as technology is ahead of human morality,
it appears technology is ahead of human politics.
A while back I was looking at PHP's COM support...
Technically, shouldn't it be possible to use DirectX with PHP as well, using this COM functionality?
You're absolutely right.
Just as a sidenote, for anyone who doesn't know the significance of the Daphnia dying,
it basically means buckyballs are toxic (Daphnia are used for toxicity testing...)
Am I just stating the obvious? Well, you never know.
I've been an avid FPS gamer since The Catacomb Abyss come out (I was 6 at the time),
and in the past 3 years I've started playing paintball.
I can tell you, being a FPS player gives you no advantage over any other paintball player.
In fact, it might even act as a disadvantage, because playing paintball is so drastically different
both tactically and physically from playing a game, that it is nothing like one would expect it to be.
Paintball plays nothing like a FPS.
In the reverse argument (and going back on topic), I think being a good team leader
in paintball has enabled me to become a better leader in team-based online FPS games.
I was able to practically learn better leadership in real-life, and apply it to computer games.
Yeah, DX:IW is a great game, but I don't think it's as good as the first game (I've only played the demos of the first game... btw)
Still, I'm absolutely amazed at the ability of this game to play with my emotions.
Honest, kind characters die because of my decisions. You are forced to deal with countless situations where you do not know what the moral choice is. This is absolutely fantastic!
10 years ago, having games tug with your most inner morality and emotions wasn't even imaginable... And I'd put more than my money on the fact that Warren Spector is right.
It is the future of gaming.
Maybe it just doesn't work with Mozilla Firebird... (I thought I tested vanilla Mozilla as well though...) Ok, thanks anyways.