I probably should have mentioned that there are no "Goodwill computer recycling centres" around here.
I don't think they even know what it is they are selling; the newest machine I ever saw was a 486 and they have labels all over it saying "AS IS; NO RETURNS."
What's interesting is that someone recently linked to a CNN article that seemed to suggest that just 'out of the blue' we (Canada) started blaming the Americans for the blackout.
That's not exactly the way I remember it happening..
Be VERY VERY careful.. most school administrators (principals, not computer system) are unbelievably ignorant of computers and you may find yourself suspended for 'hacking' the computer system..
For those saying "But wait! Other browsers have a kiosk mode!!", Opera's is a little different.
Using XHTML and CSS it allows you to create a webpage that, when viewed in regular mode looks like a normal webpage, but when viewed in Kiosk mode magically turns into a Powerpoint-style presentation.
This page explains it -- in fact, it is a demonstration itself -- if you put Opera into full-screen mode on that page you will get exactly what I am talking about, a set of slides for a presentation.
Excellent.. I firmly believe that the Mac OS 9 Finder is the best file manager in existance.. nothing else even comes close. The speed and ease with which you can organize files is amazing.
Nice to see this interface ("spatial whatever") being put to proper use outside of the Mac.
Unless you want to define a whole god damn system-wide keyboard with XKB (THIS IS NOT FUN!!!!), the easiest way to do this is to create an xmodmap that maps the keys to the positions you want.
I know little about Dvorak keyboards.. I'm going to assume that the function keys and arrows of a regular Dvorak keyboard match the same keycodes as a left-handed dvorak. In that case, you could set your keyboard to Dvorak layout (KDE provides an easy facility for this) and then fix the keys with xmodmap.
Now this could be an incredibly bad idea in practice, but I've always kind of had an interesting idea regarding mice.
I'd like to be able to have two mice, two pointers, on the screen at the same time. Say you're working in Photoshop. It's a pain to have to go to the left-hand side to switch tools. What if you could select tools with the left-hand mouse and paint/select with the right-hand mouse? (This is different from what they are doing in that I would like two seperate, fully functioning mice and cursors.)
It ain't possible in Windows.. is anything like this doable with X under Linux?
I don't know, it could turn out to be a terrible idea in practice (end up something like trying to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time), but I think it would be neat to try..
Overclocking your machine is pushing it beyond what is considered a 'safe' level of operation for a few extra megahertz.. you greatly increase the risk of it breaking.
If you are really interested, you can download the trial version of JAWS for Windows.
(I am not deaf-blind), but AFAIK most blind people interface with the computer via a text-to-speech interface or a braille display, using (or mostly) a keyboard. Obviously, the deaf-blind person would only be able to use the braille device). The screen-reader will read out your keypresses (or in the case of the deaf-blind person, output to braille device), but you should be able to easily memorize the positions of all the keys on the keyboard (any sighted geek can).
The screen-reader outputs the same way as it would for text-to-speech, just for braille instead.
his makes Ma and Pa America think that MSN is the internet. There is no real competition for Inet services. I have a friend who thinks that Hotmail is internet mail, he refuses to believe me when I tell him his DSL account includes mail.
Unfortunately, this is the majority of people.
How many people have you heard say "Oh, my e-mail address is im_so_great_23423_23_11132_69." You stand there and have to ask: "..at..?"
I have had people complain that e-mail to me won't go through. Meanwhile, they are trying to e-mail iantri@hotmail.com instead of iantri-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-gmx.net.
What's even worse is the ones who try "iantri-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-gmx.net-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-hotmail.com". Sad, really.
City TV (Broadcast ch 57 in Toronto) basically shows soft core porn on weekend nights (I believe).
Remember a few episodes ago on ST: Enterprise where T'Pol drops her clothes for Trip? That shot was edited on UPN (digitally zoomed), shown uncut on City TV.
At least they can't stop you from picking up broadcast signals from the States.
The reason it's like this is basically because the CCAST (organization of Canadian satellite providers) gave the Liberal Party a large amount of money.
American-style political corruption comes to Canada..
It's not needed -- all flash memory cards (CF, MMC, SD, etc.) use a FAT16 format, and all digicams have the ability to keep the time and date. When the picture is taken, the file SHOULD be timestamped appropriately, so 'sort by creation date' should work.
Not sure what their problem is.. (possibly the custom transfer app fucking up the timestamps?)
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I don't think they even know what it is they are selling; the newest machine I ever saw was a 486 and they have labels all over it saying "AS IS; NO RETURNS."
You're lucky to get 10 hours on a colour model.
This is a more accurate comparison to colour cell phones, as they are devices of a similar class.
Goodwills around here will take anything.. there are routinely XTs sitting at the Goodwill in Whitby, Ontario.
That's not exactly the way I remember it happening..
IIRC Mozilla has a quickstart thing that loads most of it into the background for Windows, which is only installed if you want it.
Or what if the site is temporarily down?
Personally, I'd prefer a good old packaging format (rpm, deb, etc)...
This is actually the message on the LaserJet III for out-of-paper, BTW.
Heh.. HPs already say "PC LOAD LETTER".. at least my LaserJet III does.
Be VERY VERY careful.. most school administrators (principals, not computer system) are unbelievably ignorant of computers and you may find yourself suspended for 'hacking' the computer system..
Using XHTML and CSS it allows you to create a webpage that, when viewed in regular mode looks like a normal webpage, but when viewed in Kiosk mode magically turns into a Powerpoint-style presentation.
This page explains it -- in fact, it is a demonstration itself -- if you put Opera into full-screen mode on that page you will get exactly what I am talking about, a set of slides for a presentation.
Neat stuff.
Nice to see this interface ("spatial whatever") being put to proper use outside of the Mac.
It's cheap and higher quality than any digitally compressed service. It's a shame many of the services are going digital now..
Unless you want to define a whole god damn system-wide keyboard with XKB (THIS IS NOT FUN!!!!), the easiest way to do this is to create an xmodmap that maps the keys to the positions you want.
I know little about Dvorak keyboards.. I'm going to assume that the function keys and arrows of a regular Dvorak keyboard match the same keycodes as a left-handed dvorak. In that case, you could set your keyboard to Dvorak layout (KDE provides an easy facility for this) and then fix the keys with xmodmap.
See here: a HOWTO on TLDP.
Also, you may find a program called XKeyCaps useful -- it shows or allows you to create visually an xmodmap file on a representation of a keyboard.
Good luck.
Generally, we learn to mouse with the right hand, as most computers are set up this way and changing it is generally not feasible except at your own.
Since our left hand is the dominant one, this has certain.. advantages....
I'd like to be able to have two mice, two pointers, on the screen at the same time. Say you're working in Photoshop. It's a pain to have to go to the left-hand side to switch tools. What if you could select tools with the left-hand mouse and paint/select with the right-hand mouse? (This is different from what they are doing in that I would like two seperate, fully functioning mice and cursors.)
It ain't possible in Windows.. is anything like this doable with X under Linux?
I don't know, it could turn out to be a terrible idea in practice (end up something like trying to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time), but I think it would be neat to try..
Just for accuracy's sake.
Overclocking your machine is pushing it beyond what is considered a 'safe' level of operation for a few extra megahertz.. you greatly increase the risk of it breaking.
(I am not deaf-blind), but AFAIK most blind people interface with the computer via a text-to-speech interface or a braille display, using (or mostly) a keyboard. Obviously, the deaf-blind person would only be able to use the braille device). The screen-reader will read out your keypresses (or in the case of the deaf-blind person, output to braille device), but you should be able to easily memorize the positions of all the keys on the keyboard (any sighted geek can).
The screen-reader outputs the same way as it would for text-to-speech, just for braille instead.
I think it would be quite the PITA, though.
Unfortunately, this is the majority of people.
How many people have you heard say "Oh, my e-mail address is im_so_great_23423_23_11132_69." You stand there and have to ask: "..at..?"
I have had people complain that e-mail to me won't go through. Meanwhile, they are trying to e-mail iantri@hotmail.com instead of iantri-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-gmx.net.
What's even worse is the ones who try "iantri-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-gmx.net-at FOAD, SPAMMERS!!-hotmail.com". Sad, really.
City TV (Broadcast ch 57 in Toronto) basically shows soft core porn on weekend nights (I believe).
Remember a few episodes ago on ST: Enterprise where T'Pol drops her clothes for Trip? That shot was edited on UPN (digitally zoomed), shown uncut on City TV.
At least they can't stop you from picking up broadcast signals from the States.
The reason it's like this is basically because the CCAST (organization of Canadian satellite providers) gave the Liberal Party a large amount of money.
American-style political corruption comes to Canada..
I don't follow. If you don't like the new FCC rules you can go shoot their heads off?
You're going to be in for a rude awakening if you ever visit some European beaches..
Not sure what their problem is.. (possibly the custom transfer app fucking up the timestamps?)