I helped found an independent underground paper in high school also. We had real writing about real issues, unlike the fluffy, asinine official school paper. After the first issue came out the administrators 'ordered' us to cease and desist. There wasn't anything terribly controversial in that issue - just an op-ed denouncing Jerry Falwell or something. I did some investigation, found out that court precedents were on our side, and we continued to publish until we got bored with it. Administration was constantly harassing us though - calling us into the office and threatening us with suspension, etc. He held our ground though, and were on the verge of bringing the ACLU into it.
I also wrote a libertarian column in the student section of the local (not school) newspaper. In two columns I spoke out against the war on drugs, saying it was immoral, a failure, and counterproductive. This was around 1984-85, when such talk was very unpopular. Anyway, my English teacher went ballistic over the columns, pulling me into a room and screaming at me, throwing papers at me, etc. He then called my dad and freaked out. Dad (also a libertarian) told him to stick it up his ass. He then called the local newspaper and said I wasn't allowed to write columns for them anymore. Thankfully, being the defenders of free speech that they are, they told him to stick it up his ass as well. They did start running a disclaimer at the end of all columns that said 'The views expressed in this column are the views of the writer, and not necessarily those of his/her school.' Duh.
So, school was a miserable, miserable experience for me. I hated that shithole.
Speak for yourself. I want the full-on flashing, beeping, techno-filled audio/video conferencing interactive multimedia experience. I was raised on sensory overload, and I'm damn sure not about to change now.
And yes, I also want it to be standards-compliant.
Yes, KDE2 does seem to be slightly slower than KDE1, especially on startup. It feels a lot more solid and robust though, despite a couple glitches here and there.
I'm hoping that speed will improve with KDE2.1. I don't think it's a configuration issue.
You also need a DRI-capable card, which means kernel 2.4. IIRC, 2.2 only has support for an older version of DRI, and doesn't have AGP card support.
I followed the instructions from MandrakeForum.org. It's really a bitch to get going. I got it semi-working, but managed to destabilize my machine pretty bad in the process, so I reverted back to XFree 4.01
Unless you're a masochist or X developer, you're probably best off waiting for it to show up in distros.
I second this. I have worked with quite a few Appleshare server products under Unix, VMS, NT and OS/2, and Helios kicked ass over all others. It is quite pricy though.
Incidentally, I don't know if anyone here has mentioned this but the netatalk project has recently been revived after years of stagnating at 1.4b2+asun. They're working on a 1.5 release - it's worth checking out to see if the Samba locking problem is fixed. I know that is an often-requested feature. See sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk
Some other *nix Appleshare solutions include PacerShare (forget what its called now - someone bought them i think), uShare, Syntax and CAP.
Hehe. One of my MCSE buddies is running LINE-ix 6.2. I find it difficult to have a serious conversation about it with him when he insists on pronouncing it that way.
You can download a free 'evaluation' version of RealServer that can serve up to 20 simultaneous streams of live or pre-recorded audio or video, and AFAICT is not feature-limited. I'm using it to serve record and CD clips on this site and it has worked really well.
If you grow beyond that, the next step up costs $2495, which handles up to 60 concurrent streams, IIRC.
It should be wildly amusing to watch as the party of personal responsibility tries to explain government censorship of the internet.
The Republicans are no more the party of personal responsibility than the Democrats are. Both parties want massive government control over your personal choices - they just disagree slightly over implementation. Try the Libertarian Party for a change.
I think trolls were sparse back then because access was much harder to come by.
Trolls were not sparse back then... There have always been trolls, and there will always be trolls. I will probably never fully understand what makes someone troll though.
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My bet says it's some sort of super-clean, super-cool transportation. And since it was "turned on", it has something electrical.
I think you're right. At least on the transportation part. Hopefully it does turn out to be super clean and super cool.
But what kind of transportation is it? Assembled from parts carried in two large duffel bags? Sounds like personal transportation rather than a large multiperson vehicle. Is it some sort of kickass, Internet-guided scooter?
Eh, or perhaps the downloadables serve as free publicity. Build up a big enough buzz about a book, and the number of people who buy hard copies will be greater than it would have been otherwise.
You'd be better off to give away 10 million free copies and sell 1 million than to only sell 600,000.
Just outta curiousity, how does one map mouse clicks to function keys? Or for that matter, anything to function keys? Are you using GNOME, KDE or Other? I have found no way to do it in KDE.
I ended up importing the csv files from UPS and Fedex for our shipping location into a MySQL database and writing a Java API (mmmm servlets) to compute shipping based on this. It works well for a single shipping point for shipping within the US. It breaks down when you want to ship outside the US or add another shipping location. The hard part is importing the data but once that is done, it runs really well.
If.csv means 'Comma separated values', then it shouldn't be very difficult to load the data into MySQL. Look at the documentation for the 'LOAD DATA INFILE' command, which is available in recent versions of MySQL. I found this out after I had already spent a day optimizing a CSV parser in PHP.
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five bucks says Ximian and Eazel announce a merger within 6 months.
Eazimian? Xeazel?
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I helped found an independent underground paper in high school also. We had real writing about real issues, unlike the fluffy, asinine official school paper. After the first issue came out the administrators 'ordered' us to cease and desist. There wasn't anything terribly controversial in that issue - just an op-ed denouncing Jerry Falwell or something. I did some investigation, found out that court precedents were on our side, and we continued to publish until we got bored with it. Administration was constantly harassing us though - calling us into the office and threatening us with suspension, etc. He held our ground though, and were on the verge of bringing the ACLU into it.
I also wrote a libertarian column in the student section of the local (not school) newspaper. In two columns I spoke out against the war on drugs, saying it was immoral, a failure, and counterproductive. This was around 1984-85, when such talk was very unpopular. Anyway, my English teacher went ballistic over the columns, pulling me into a room and screaming at me, throwing papers at me, etc. He then called my dad and freaked out. Dad (also a libertarian) told him to stick it up his ass. He then called the local newspaper and said I wasn't allowed to write columns for them anymore. Thankfully, being the defenders of free speech that they are, they told him to stick it up his ass as well. They did start running a disclaimer at the end of all columns that said 'The views expressed in this column are the views of the writer, and not necessarily those of his/her school.' Duh.
So, school was a miserable, miserable experience for me. I hated that shithole.
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La planète sauvage
a.k.a. The Fantastic Planet, as the English version is known.
My god, this is one of the best weird animated films ever. Definitely worth watching if you've got a Windoze box.
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Speak for yourself. I want the full-on flashing, beeping, techno-filled audio/video conferencing interactive multimedia experience. I was raised on sensory overload, and I'm damn sure not about to change now.
And yes, I also want it to be standards-compliant.
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That's an interesting model that just might work.... GPL the framework, but keep your copyright on the content of the game.
Give away the razors but charge for the blades? Or something like that...
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Yes, KDE2 does seem to be slightly slower than KDE1, especially on startup. It feels a lot more solid and robust though, despite a couple glitches here and there.
I'm hoping that speed will improve with KDE2.1. I don't think it's a configuration issue.
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You also need a DRI-capable card, which means kernel 2.4. IIRC, 2.2 only has support for an older version of DRI, and doesn't have AGP card support.
I followed the instructions from MandrakeForum.org. It's really a bitch to get going. I got it semi-working, but managed to destabilize my machine pretty bad in the process, so I reverted back to XFree 4.01
Unless you're a masochist or X developer, you're probably best off waiting for it to show up in distros.
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I second this. I have worked with quite a few Appleshare server products under Unix, VMS, NT and OS/2, and Helios kicked ass over all others. It is quite pricy though.
Incidentally, I don't know if anyone here has mentioned this but the netatalk project has recently been revived after years of stagnating at 1.4b2+asun. They're working on a 1.5 release - it's worth checking out to see if the Samba locking problem is fixed. I know that is an often-requested feature. See sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk
Some other *nix Appleshare solutions include PacerShare (forget what its called now - someone bought them i think), uShare, Syntax and CAP.
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The -preX designations represent interim test versions that were released between 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, ex: 2.4.1-pre6
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Hehe. One of my MCSE buddies is running LINE-ix 6.2. I find it difficult to have a serious conversation about it with him when he insists on pronouncing it that way.
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don't know why you're buying all these dishes, but every one I've seen can do all of these things in one smallish dish
Um, don't they all have to point at different satellites, or 'birds' as my ham radio friend calls them?
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I guess the problem is that linux will fork like unix did and that's a problem for a lot of people.
Yes, a GPL project may fork like Unix did, but it also can merge back together, which proprietary Unices generally couldn't do.
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Sorry :)
ILOTAFAW (I'll lay off the acronyms for a while)
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Real is the most cross-platform solution out there, AFAICT. Clients available for Mac/Linux/Windows, plus a few others as well I believe.
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You can download a free 'evaluation' version of RealServer that can serve up to 20 simultaneous streams of live or pre-recorded audio or video, and AFAICT is not feature-limited. I'm using it to serve record and CD clips on this site and it has worked really well.
If you grow beyond that, the next step up costs $2495, which handles up to 60 concurrent streams, IIRC.
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Goldeneye 007. Nothing like bustin' a cap in someone's ass in multiplayer mode.
Oh, I see, you're trying to make a distinction between killing and murder.
In that case, I can't think of any, but I sure do like games where the object is to kill. I can't say I've ever had that urge in real life though.
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It should be wildly amusing to watch as the party of personal responsibility tries to explain government censorship of the internet.
The Republicans are no more the party of personal responsibility than the Democrats are. Both parties want massive government control over your personal choices - they just disagree slightly over implementation. Try the Libertarian Party for a change.
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I used to bring my army men to er, life, by setting them on fire and blowing them up with firecrackers.
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Maybe the /. post should warn of language that some may find offensive contained within the Wired story. (then again, maybe not...)
Fuck that.
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Yeeks Please, turn off the bold or I'm going to file a class action suit against you, on behalf of Slashdot readers everywhere.
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I think trolls were sparse back then because access was much harder to come by.
Trolls were not sparse back then... There have always been trolls, and there will always be trolls. I will probably never fully understand what makes someone troll though.
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My bet says it's some sort of super-clean, super-cool transportation. And since it was "turned on", it has something electrical.
I think you're right. At least on the transportation part. Hopefully it does turn out to be super clean and super cool.
But what kind of transportation is it? Assembled from parts carried in two large duffel bags? Sounds like personal transportation rather than a large multiperson vehicle. Is it some sort of kickass, Internet-guided scooter?
And what does IT stand for? I---- Transport?
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Eh, or perhaps the downloadables serve as free publicity. Build up a big enough buzz about a book, and the number of people who buy hard copies will be greater than it would have been otherwise.
You'd be better off to give away 10 million free copies and sell 1 million than to only sell 600,000.
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Just outta curiousity, how does one map mouse clicks to function keys? Or for that matter, anything to function keys? Are you using GNOME, KDE or Other? I have found no way to do it in KDE.
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I ended up importing the csv files from UPS and Fedex for our shipping location into a MySQL database and writing a Java API (mmmm servlets) to compute shipping based on this. It works well for a single shipping point for shipping within the US. It breaks down when you want to ship outside the US or add another shipping location. The hard part is importing the data but once that is done, it runs really well.
.csv means 'Comma separated values', then it shouldn't be very difficult to load the data into MySQL. Look at the documentation for the 'LOAD DATA INFILE' command, which is available in recent versions of MySQL. I found this out after I had already spent a day optimizing a CSV parser in PHP.
If
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