Have you tried this? I've heard that it doesn't work for everyone. I'm about to buy a Powerbook and a new phone for college, and I want one that can use Vision over Bluetooth. The LG PM325 is the only non-Palm from Sprint with Bluetooth, and OBEX isn't as important to me, so this seems like a good option if it works.
From the Bricolage "About" page in the application itself:
The name Bricolage was not drawn directly from the common usage
of the term in French, but rather from the first chapter of The Savage
Mind, by the famed French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. In
that famous discussion of scientific thought vs. mythical thought--of
science vs. the science of the concrete--Lévi-Strauss
declares, Mythical thought is therefore a kind of intellectual
bricolage.
Bricolage is the product of a bricoleur, a kind of handyman who assembles
the fruits of his labors from the tools he has at hand. Similarly, mythical
thought uses the extant concepts available to the cultural bricoleur to shape
the world of cultural understanding. In other words, one's understanding and
interpretation of the world and its events derives from assembling new
interpretations based on existing cultural (Lévi-Strauss would say
structural) symbols. Signs allow and even require the
interposing and incorporation of a certain amount of human culture into
reality, Lévi-Strauss writes. Thus signs (or symbols, as modern
anthropologists are more likely to call them) are the building blocks of
cultural comprehension.
Similarly, content is assembled in the Bricolage content management system
by drawing on extant elements to create a new end product. Element
administrators function as Lévi-Straussian scientists, in
that they create new symbols (elements) that document editorsas new
media bricoleursdraw upon to assemble and manage new structures of
meaning (content).
For those who may find this explanation too much a stretch, we fall back on
the meaning of the term bricolage as it is commonly used in English,
rather than French. For our French users, who might see the name and
immediately think big hack, note that typical English definition,
according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition, is simply, something made or put together using
whatever materials happen to be available. This definition nicely
describes how Bricolage documents are built from the elements defined for
them.
The IE/Mac team at Microsoft was disbanded. There will be no new versions of IE/Mac. Security and standards support is decent in IE/Mac, but it'll never support CSS3 or XHTML 2.0... it would be dumb on any geek's part to recommend switching to IE/Mac now.
The summary lists a bunch of Siemens handsets that this adapter is compatible with. Siemens' website doesn't mention any compatible phones. Does anyone know whether it would be compatible with my Gigaset 8800? It's part of an expandable phone system, so maybe not.
If not, where could I find a RJ-11-to-VoIP converter for my base station? The system has 2 lines, so I could convert one to VoIP and use the other as a normal land-line. Cool!
There appears to be a broken link on the front page... curious.
Just a thought, but I'm sure Macs seem to work better because Apple knows exactly what hardware you're running. Linux has to run on *everything* and can be touchy about hardware. Windows is better about hardware detection because it's just for x86, but OS X is by far the best.
If Apple kept the same level of quality on x86 that they have on PowerPC, I would most definitely switch!
You're better off getting a data cable for the Vision phone you probably already have. The cable for my Sanyo 8100 was $20 (plus mandatory $20 for the shitty SnapSync software). When I plugged the phone into my iBook, it detected it and Internet Connect asked for all of the authorization info and I was up and running at 250 kbps in less than 5 minutes. I'd like to see Windows do that!
This would never happen. Many professors don't allow tape recorders or video cameras during lectures because they're afraid people will redistribute them. Those lectures are often original, possibly based on the professor's own research, and the only way they keep their jobs is if they have to keep presenting them year after year. Or perhaps you've never heard of intellectual property?
It seems like the negative press could be more costly than just buying the fixed layout off of him, or even hiring him to replace their (incompetent) web design staff...
In my opinion, if CD sales are in fact down (hard to tell), it's due to the lack of good music rather than file sharing. I don't buy CDs anymore, but that's not because I can download everything. It's because everything out now sucks. Like the post said, maybe we have all the good music already... If the record companies spent their money making really good music like they used to, rather than their new tactic of suing their customers, I'm sure CD sales would go back up.
I called Microsoft for help with Windows 2000 Pro once (paid support, mind you), and the wait time was around 2 hours. Their floor manager got on the line and took down my phone number, saying that I would stay in the queue, but they'd call me back rather than making me sit at the phone. I went and got lunch while I waited.
It was also good that they do that because 800 numbers charge the recipient (Microsoft) exorbitant rates (as high as $0.75/min), and their calling me back probably saved quite a bit of money, which could help lower the cost just a little next time they force me to upgrade...
The descriptive path thing sounds a lot like what OS X does, except that it goes all the way where OS X still has/usr,/etc, etc. although hidden. I wonder if Apple can patent or has patented that?
I also forgot to mention that Gentoo is just like Debian in the idea that you install once and use Portage forever after that, so a slightly "harder" install isn't a big deal. In fact, because you upgrade software packages individually as they're released, you are not running a specific version of Gentoo at any one time. When Gentoo releases "new versions" quarterly, they are basically just updating the default packages for new installation CDs. You never do one big "upgrade" to get the newest release.
I've seen it mentioned a few times, but not nearly as much as RedHat/Fedora and Mandrake -- Gentoo.
I started out with Mandrake, but hated the lack of applications. Everything seemed to be packaged for Red Hat, which is true. So I switched to Red Hat, and experienced "dependency hell." That's when the program you want depends on other programs that conflict with the programs you already have installed. YUCK!
Finally, I swiched to Gentoo. Gentoo is unique for a Linux distro in that it compiles everything from the source code. While that makes it slower to install software, it saves considerable time by keeping you from having to resolve broken dependencies.
Also, every open-source project releases the source, but they don't all create RPMs/packages for every distribution. You can easily add just about any application you need to Portage yourself, if it isn't already there, and take advantage of Portage's package management features (upgrades, dependencies, the ability to save a list of installed software in order to rebuild the system later).
Finally, Gentoo has less hand-holding GUI widgets to do everything for you. Sometimes you do have to open a terminal, sometimes you do have to go read documentation or ask questions (try forums.gentoo.org, they're great). You'll learn the ins-and-outs of Linux almost as if by osmosis -- you won't realize it.
Oh, and about their forums... I've found the Gentoo forums to be one of the best. Since Gentoo makes you learn about Linux, the people on the forum actually know Linux, not how to click a bunch of buttons and claim their experts. The help you'll get from the Gentoo forums is magnitudes more helpful than you'll get from Mandrake, for example.
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Have you tried this? I've heard that it doesn't work for everyone. I'm about to buy a Powerbook and a new phone for college, and I want one that can use Vision over Bluetooth. The LG PM325 is the only non-Palm from Sprint with Bluetooth, and OBEX isn't as important to me, so this seems like a good option if it works.
It's Ctrl+U in Firefox on PC. I imagine it's Com-Opt-U on Mac, too.
These are now fixed.
http://www.bricolage.cc/docs/screenshots/
The IE/Mac team at Microsoft was disbanded. There will be no new versions of IE/Mac. Security and standards support is decent in IE/Mac, but it'll never support CSS3 or XHTML 2.0... it would be dumb on any geek's part to recommend switching to IE/Mac now.
The summary lists a bunch of Siemens handsets that this adapter is compatible with. Siemens' website doesn't mention any compatible phones. Does anyone know whether it would be compatible with my Gigaset 8800? It's part of an expandable phone system, so maybe not.
If not, where could I find a RJ-11-to-VoIP converter for my base station? The system has 2 lines, so I could convert one to VoIP and use the other as a normal land-line. Cool!
I was referring to the "Read more..." link to the rest of this story. I'm well aware of the /. effect, thank you.
There appears to be a broken link on the front page... curious.
Just a thought, but I'm sure Macs seem to work better because Apple knows exactly what hardware you're running. Linux has to run on *everything* and can be touchy about hardware. Windows is better about hardware detection because it's just for x86, but OS X is by far the best.
If Apple kept the same level of quality on x86 that they have on PowerPC, I would most definitely switch!
You're better off getting a data cable for the Vision phone you probably already have. The cable for my Sanyo 8100 was $20 (plus mandatory $20 for the shitty SnapSync software). When I plugged the phone into my iBook, it detected it and Internet Connect asked for all of the authorization info and I was up and running at 250 kbps in less than 5 minutes. I'd like to see Windows do that!
What did they say about the ebuild? It seems to be working for me with the one from 0.9.1.
ought to do it... (It's compiling now for me)
Not on Gentoo, you insensitive clod!
This would never happen. Many professors don't allow tape recorders or video cameras during lectures because they're afraid people will redistribute them. Those lectures are often original, possibly based on the professor's own research, and the only way they keep their jobs is if they have to keep presenting them year after year. Or perhaps you've never heard of intellectual property?
now you can't look at porn and blame it on popups...
oh wait, it's impossible to remove IE. Maybe monopolies are good for something...
It seems like the negative press could be more costly than just buying the fixed layout off of him, or even hiring him to replace their (incompetent) web design staff...
In my opinion, if CD sales are in fact down (hard to tell), it's due to the lack of good music rather than file sharing. I don't buy CDs anymore, but that's not because I can download everything. It's because everything out now sucks. Like the post said, maybe we have all the good music already... If the record companies spent their money making really good music like they used to, rather than their new tactic of suing their customers, I'm sure CD sales would go back up.
I called Microsoft for help with Windows 2000 Pro once (paid support, mind you), and the wait time was around 2 hours. Their floor manager got on the line and took down my phone number, saying that I would stay in the queue, but they'd call me back rather than making me sit at the phone. I went and got lunch while I waited.
It was also good that they do that because 800 numbers charge the recipient (Microsoft) exorbitant rates (as high as $0.75/min), and their calling me back probably saved quite a bit of money, which could help lower the cost just a little next time they force me to upgrade...
That's what it would take to reattach a severed digit and still have it movable. Go figure... nerves are part of the nervous system, too!
The descriptive path thing sounds a lot like what OS X does, except that it goes all the way where OS X still has /usr, /etc, etc. although hidden. I wonder if Apple can patent or has patented that?
This is not the way I see things. A small business is more likely to reflect the personality -- the values -- of its owners.
What if their owners are greedy and desperate to save their floundering company at any cost, as SCO's execs are?
Agreed 100%.
I also forgot to mention that Gentoo is just like Debian in the idea that you install once and use Portage forever after that, so a slightly "harder" install isn't a big deal. In fact, because you upgrade software packages individually as they're released, you are not running a specific version of Gentoo at any one time. When Gentoo releases "new versions" quarterly, they are basically just updating the default packages for new installation CDs. You never do one big "upgrade" to get the newest release.
I've seen it mentioned a few times, but not nearly as much as RedHat/Fedora and Mandrake -- Gentoo.
I started out with Mandrake, but hated the lack of applications. Everything seemed to be packaged for Red Hat, which is true. So I switched to Red Hat, and experienced "dependency hell." That's when the program you want depends on other programs that conflict with the programs you already have installed. YUCK!
Finally, I swiched to Gentoo. Gentoo is unique for a Linux distro in that it compiles everything from the source code. While that makes it slower to install software, it saves considerable time by keeping you from having to resolve broken dependencies.
Also, every open-source project releases the source, but they don't all create RPMs/packages for every distribution. You can easily add just about any application you need to Portage yourself, if it isn't already there, and take advantage of Portage's package management features (upgrades, dependencies, the ability to save a list of installed software in order to rebuild the system later).
Finally, Gentoo has less hand-holding GUI widgets to do everything for you. Sometimes you do have to open a terminal, sometimes you do have to go read documentation or ask questions (try forums.gentoo.org, they're great). You'll learn the ins-and-outs of Linux almost as if by osmosis -- you won't realize it.
Oh, and about their forums... I've found the Gentoo forums to be one of the best. Since Gentoo makes you learn about Linux, the people on the forum actually know Linux, not how to click a bunch of buttons and claim their experts. The help you'll get from the Gentoo forums is magnitudes more helpful than you'll get from Mandrake, for example.