Man, you really need to chill out! I was just making a suggestion, and had no idea how much effort you'd put into this endeavour.
Seems like you've had a worse time than most with firefox:)
Yerwhat?
Have you just considered that you might have an ugly theme installed?
I've yet to see a nix firefox install that looked much different to the windows version...
Oh I agree, I know this shit is day-to-day and as a result I'm mildly paranoid anyway.
I just assumed you didn't understand the "tinfoil hat" thing - apologies:)
I really, really hope that was supposed to be a joke.
Just in case it's not: The term "Tin foil hat" refers to supremely paranoid people believing they stop your mind being read by aliens, and as a result the phrase has now become synonymous with being paranoid. Hence why it was applied in this context.
Well, a simple bash script can be used to auto lock/unlock your screen based on presence.
For text messaging you'd be wanting this: http://usefulinc.com/software/phonemgr
I'm pretty damn sure that I've seen a perl module for communicating with the TXXX series of phones in the same way FMA does, so all that is needed is a quick hack there.
Slash should have a built-in link checker that checks any links in a post against previous stories, then lists any stories that have dupes - obviously you'd need a way to store links as "common" for when you link to base sites, but it would still stop this happening.
They state in the article that initially the users could chat to people on other IM networks, but the functionality was removed because these networks allowed users to send&recieve files etc.
So why the hell didn't they just disable this feature and keep the gateways in??
Do you mean those weird kangaroo leg things? People bounced along with them, and they were supposed to yeild twice the motion for the same amount of legwork.
I simply knew that at least one person would post that in response.
My point is simply that if they wish to get the GIMP out to the largest audience possible, it has to both look professional, and not be called the GIMP.
Personally, while it's still called the GIMP I shall be replacing the splash screen with a picture of a ball-gag for my own personal amusement.
As for producing my own entry - well, it would be like giving Emacs to Michelangelo - I have no idea where to start, and the final result would be horrendous.
Just for you though, I thought I'd have a go at producing the "The Electric Hamster GIMP Splash 1.0".
If I wasn't running nix I would have done it in MS Paint for comedy value.
That is bloody awful, the last splash screen was relatively stylish and looked quite professional but this looks like something you'd see on a crappy bit of windows freeware.
As well as discarding the name, they need to make it *look* professional.
Minor correction, but at the time it was actually "ARPA" (Advanced Research Projects Agency) when most of the development took place, and wasn't renamed to "DARPA" (Defense Research Porjects Agency) until 79' or so.
So the original name was "ARPAnet", and that stuck, even after the department was renamed.
That, along with the common misconception that the network was developed initially for communication in nuclear attack (it wasn't, it was for linking together universities to share resources), are two of my pet hates.
There you go kids, thats something you learned today:)
Slashdot Mirror
Apparently noone who has enough bandwidth understands the bittorrent concept either.
Compact version of your sig:
:P
10 PRINT "Balls To This Post"
20 GOTO 10
*Backs away slowly*
:)
Man, you really need to chill out! I was just making a suggestion, and had no idea how much effort you'd put into this endeavour.
Seems like you've had a worse time than most with firefox
Yerwhat?
Have you just considered that you might have an ugly theme installed?
I've yet to see a nix firefox install that looked much different to the windows version...
The first episode sucks gigantic hairy balls - the rest however, rock.
My advice to anyone who first watches the DVD's:
Watch the first three episodes (force yourself if you have to), then make your mind up.
I've not yet had one person come back to me saying they disliked it after following that advice, but most of them said they hated the first episode.
Oh I agree, I know this shit is day-to-day and as a result I'm mildly paranoid anyway. :)
I just assumed you didn't understand the "tinfoil hat" thing - apologies
I really, really hope that was supposed to be a joke.
Just in case it's not: The term "Tin foil hat" refers to supremely paranoid people believing they stop your mind being read by aliens, and as a result the phrase has now become synonymous with being paranoid. Hence why it was applied in this context.
Although I really want to have a bash at this, that video really *really* hurt my brain.
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING????
As an aside, anyone got this running in wine/cedega yet?
Erm, actually you're wrong - those are Dell X300's.
They did that about a year ago and I submitted it then, no luck mind.
I've been doing this for ages, but even cheaper!
http://www.electrichamster.net/fans.jpg
I'm fucking SICK of these shitty posts filling up slashdot; For christs sake they were funny once or twice, but quit it already.
Well, a simple bash script can be used to auto lock/unlock your screen based on presence.
For text messaging you'd be wanting this: http://usefulinc.com/software/phonemgr
I'm pretty damn sure that I've seen a perl module for communicating with the TXXX series of phones in the same way FMA does, so all that is needed is a quick hack there.
Slash should have a built-in link checker that checks any links in a post against previous stories, then lists any stories that have dupes - obviously you'd need a way to store links as "common" for when you link to base sites, but it would still stop this happening.
Try Liferea - the best gnome aggregator IMHO.
You'd be wanting Unison then: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
:)
There's Win/Lin/Mac client's, both graphical and console... lovely little app
Bahahah, that was absolutely the last thing I expected your comment to say after reading the parent. Nice :)
Difficult to aquire you say?
Choose your poison:
apt-get update
up2date
emerge sync && emerge -u world
(apologies to any I missed)
So, aggregate the content in a slashdot article and link to the original sources instead of your profiting weblog.
No hosting costs for you, and you perform the same job as everyone else that submits a slashdot article.
They state in the article that initially the users could chat to people on other IM networks, but the functionality was removed because these networks allowed users to send&recieve files etc.
So why the hell didn't they just disable this feature and keep the gateways in??
Do you mean those weird kangaroo leg things? People bounced along with them, and they were supposed to yeild twice the motion for the same amount of legwork.
I simply knew that at least one person would post that in response.
My point is simply that if they wish to get the GIMP out to the largest audience possible, it has to both look professional, and not be called the GIMP.
Personally, while it's still called the GIMP I shall be replacing the splash screen with a picture of a ball-gag for my own personal amusement.
As for producing my own entry - well, it would be like giving Emacs to Michelangelo - I have no idea where to start, and the final result would be horrendous.
Just for you though, I thought I'd have a go at producing the "The Electric Hamster GIMP Splash 1.0".
If I wasn't running nix I would have done it in MS Paint for comedy value.
That is bloody awful, the last splash screen was relatively stylish and looked quite professional but this looks like something you'd see on a crappy bit of windows freeware.
As well as discarding the name, they need to make it *look* professional.
Rappers do.
Minor correction, but at the time it was actually "ARPA" (Advanced Research Projects Agency) when most of the development took place, and wasn't renamed to "DARPA" (Defense Research Porjects Agency) until 79' or so.
:)
So the original name was "ARPAnet", and that stuck, even after the department was renamed.
That, along with the common misconception that the network was developed initially for communication in nuclear attack (it wasn't, it was for linking together universities to share resources), are two of my pet hates.
There you go kids, thats something you learned today