Rob, not much to add here other than to say thanks for everything. The rise of Slashdot aligns almost perfectly with my own development as a technologist, and it's probably not too much of an overstatement to say that without Slashdot I might not have learned about Linux at a time when I could use my knowledge to impact my career path in the way it has. The site your nefarious little cabal created made for some of the most productive time wasting of my life. Thanks.
The "long photo" concept is just perfect for me now that I can shoot really impressive video with my Canon G9 digital still camera. I rarely shoot video with a traditional camcorder, but now that I can do 30 fps at 640x480 with my G9 I find myself using that feature a lot. I'll bet 95% of the videos on Flickr will be recorded on mobile phones or digital still cameras.
Exactly right. I'm a school district tech director, and as far as I can tell, this rule change simply requires schools to follow the same rules for discovery of electronic materials as they already do for printed documents. If a school district is subject to a discovery process, or believes that it may be subject to discovery, no one in the school is allowed to start deleting documents. In other words, it's the same rule that applies to paper. You can't start shredding documents if you're being sued or think you may be sued. Make sure you have a record retention policy that includes electronic documents and follow it. Seems simple enough.
Of course, this hasn't stopped a steady stream of vendors from calling me to tell me how they will help me comply with this new regulation that requires us to keep all electronic communications forever. Nice scare tactics.
I've never known Eric to claim to be a graphic designer. The impressive part is not the visual design. There's no doubt that the Zen Garden contributors could whip up more beautiful visuals. The key here is the simplicity. One simple Web page source and you get a full-featured presentation, print-ready notes, and great accessibility too.
For most genealogy hobbyists very simple software is probably adequate. For the serious researcher, however, I would think that a real database backend would be a good idea. We're talking storing a lot of data, possibly including some multimedia, about thousands of individuals. Demand for such a product would probably be pretty light, but I'd certainly be interested.
FWIW, the top genealogy software for Windows is probably The Master Genealogist which is a first-rate research tool. I can't imagine using anything but a real database for this stuff.
I started working on an FTP install of 7.1 beta this afternoon. It looks great. Zope is included. And they've also added gnucash which I was never able to get running on my 7.0 system.
I found one bug in the installer, however. About halfway through the process of picking packages to install, the checkboxes to select or unselect a particular package suddenly disappeared. At that point I had to simply proceed, assuming that the default selections would work out.
Do you have one of those PS2/serial switchable mice? If so, you might have it on the wrong setting. I've observed similar behavior in that circumstance. Flicking the switch on the bottom of the mouse fixed it instantly.
Window Maker is included with RH5.2. It's just not installed by default. You'll find it in the RPMS directory. Personally, I find it much more elegant and useful than Afterstep (which does get installed by default I believe).
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Rob, not much to add here other than to say thanks for everything. The rise of Slashdot aligns almost perfectly with my own development as a technologist, and it's probably not too much of an overstatement to say that without Slashdot I might not have learned about Linux at a time when I could use my knowledge to impact my career path in the way it has. The site your nefarious little cabal created made for some of the most productive time wasting of my life. Thanks.
The "long photo" concept is just perfect for me now that I can shoot really impressive video with my Canon G9 digital still camera. I rarely shoot video with a traditional camcorder, but now that I can do 30 fps at 640x480 with my G9 I find myself using that feature a lot. I'll bet 95% of the videos on Flickr will be recorded on mobile phones or digital still cameras.
Exactly right. I'm a school district tech director, and as far as I can tell, this rule change simply requires schools to follow the same rules for discovery of electronic materials as they already do for printed documents. If a school district is subject to a discovery process, or believes that it may be subject to discovery, no one in the school is allowed to start deleting documents. In other words, it's the same rule that applies to paper. You can't start shredding documents if you're being sued or think you may be sued. Make sure you have a record retention policy that includes electronic documents and follow it. Seems simple enough.
Of course, this hasn't stopped a steady stream of vendors from calling me to tell me how they will help me comply with this new regulation that requires us to keep all electronic communications forever. Nice scare tactics.
Maybe it's nitpicking, but I wish people would get this right. Choosing to license your work with a Creative Commons license does not mean you're giving up your copyright. The contents of my blog are still mine and ©Tim Wilson. I'm simply giving permission to use the contents under the specific terms of the Creative Commons license I choose. In other words, if I select a non-commercial variant of Creative Commons and a publisher includes my content in a for-profit publication, I can still go after them for violating the license.
The widespread misconception that (Creative Commons == public domain) is holding Creative Commons back from wider adoption.
I've never known Eric to claim to be a graphic designer. The impressive part is not the visual design. There's no doubt that the Zen Garden contributors could whip up more beautiful visuals. The key here is the simplicity. One simple Web page source and you get a full-featured presentation, print-ready notes, and great accessibility too.
Try MisterHouse.
For most genealogy hobbyists very simple software is probably adequate. For the serious researcher, however, I would think that a real database backend would be a good idea. We're talking storing a lot of data, possibly including some multimedia, about thousands of individuals. Demand for such a product would probably be pretty light, but I'd certainly be interested.
FWIW, the top genealogy software for Windows is probably The Master Genealogist which is a first-rate research tool. I can't imagine using anything but a real database for this stuff.
I started working on an FTP install of 7.1 beta this afternoon. It looks great. Zope is included. And they've also added gnucash which I was never able to get running on my 7.0 system.
I found one bug in the installer, however. About halfway through the process of picking packages to install, the checkboxes to select or unselect a particular package suddenly disappeared. At that point I had to simply proceed, assuming that the default selections would work out.
Always fun to be on the bleeding edge.
-Tim
Do you have one of those PS2/serial switchable mice? If so, you might have it on the wrong setting. I've observed similar behavior in that circumstance. Flicking the switch on the bottom of the mouse fixed it instantly.
I should also remind you to install WMPrefs which is also in the RPMS directory. It's a very nice
Window Maker is included with RH5.2. It's just not installed by default. You'll find it in the RPMS directory. Personally, I find it much more elegant and useful than Afterstep (which does get installed by default I believe).