I know it's late and a whole heap of people have posted things, many of them excellent ideas. However, I think if you were to provide some more information about the content of the exhibit, it might help to find a solution that fits in with the problem. For example, if it was some kind of 1970s technology exhibit, the "Old Ma Bell phones" suggested above would be a nice touch. Similarly, for a newer topic, the "old macs" plan would also be entertaining if it fitted in.
Also, when we say "10 listening stations", we mean '10 sets of headphones that can play back the same material', right? I'm assuming that they need to be able to play independantly on demand though, so the really cheap solution of 1 old pc, 1 soundcard, 1 output splitter/amp (us$40 or so AFAIK) and 10 pairs cheap headphones wouldn't work.
Anyway, any replies from the original poster about the content and aims of the exhibit would be appreciated, lest the entire/. discussion be rendered pretty much academic. Actually, that would rule out most/. discussions. Oh well. Good luck with it!
True, the OEM and upgrade options do reduce the price of windows XP to an almost-reasonable level. The full versions, OTOH, are ridiculously expensive.
I think the trojan defense has significant merit. After all, RIAA lawsuits are not designed to actually win at law, they are simply a strongarm tactic aimed at scaring other filesharers out of their habits. Kinda like certain overly-litigious software companies;o)
I agree, he is funny:) All that non-nuclear radiation out there is fine. I would be happy to stand outside the Van Allen belts in the solar wind while shining laser diodes into my eyes, but keep that naughty nuclear radiation away from me!
Actually, the user does have to care about all his viewers. Without some kind of standardization, there would be no WWW. If web designers simply took the time to think about making their sites simple to render in various ways, including screen readers, braille displays and the like, the benefits would flow on to the entire web community as a result of the consistent HTML.
There are quite a few things that really get on the nerves of disabled clients who I work with, which have all been mentioned previously and I want to avoid "Redundant" modding. Flash is the main problem though, particularly when no alternative is offered. Similarly, lack of alternative text information for images and use of image-maps without alt-text can make a site more or less useless.
Very true. I find that showing windows people Firefox running on their 2K or XP box is one of the best ways to convince them that open source might be worthwhile. It's amazing what dim opinions of the web people forced to use IE on a regular basis have, like "Oh, I would use the internet, but there's too many popups" or "It gets confusing when new windows open up".
You make a very good point, there is a real lack of standardization between browsers. It gets worse when you include non-windows browsers like Konquerer and EMACS-W3 and the like. It sometimes takes me longer to check a page under various browsers than it does to hand-write the source.
> Yeah, my english sucks!
Actually, your English is pretty much perfect if that post is anything to go by! I can barely write in my second language (German)...
The whole thing seems a bit odd to me. I don't think I can explain why anyone would want to integrate WinFS into Firefox, unless it's all part of some diabolical plan to sue Mozilla under IP law... wouldn't put it past them! </standard rant>
Well, Mr Polite, the reason I do it this way is because not everyone has access to a linux-capable modem, which you in your infinite wisdom obviously have enormous numbers of. Some of us need to use windows machines to download stuff, but obviously your ivory tower is not equipped with such inconveniences. Thankyou for telling me the right way to do it, now I know! I shall consult you next time I need to do anything, your obvious expertise in telling people what they should do would me most useful!
Also, thankyou for taking a post which was intended to help other people in a similar situation to mine, and turning it into a personal insult. I hope it made you happy!
google "mp3 xmms rpm"
download resulting rpm.
as root - rpm -i xmmsmp3.rpm
honestly, even a windows convert like myself was able to work this one out in about 2 minutes!
Apologies if this site is either bloody obvious or redundant, but I find distrowatch quite handy. It provides tables showing included software packages, quick overviews of distros and other useful things. Hope that helps!
I am beginning to get very fed up with idiots with mod points marking serious posts as 'troll'. Try reading the rest of the discussion below, then tell me I'm a troll? Morons.
What halfwit mod decided that the parent was a troll? Jesus, do we give mod points to just anyone around here? Read the fucking post before you mod it, morons!
Well, I've never had a problem installing any version of RH from 6 onwards, currently at fedora core 1, which is excellent by the way. As a home user I'm not overly concerned about security patches and the like either, so I will be sticking with Fedora for the moment.
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At least that's what the manual says.
Very nice, but possibly the most expensive suggestion on the page... how much does this museum charge BTW?
I know it's late and a whole heap of people have posted things, many of them excellent ideas. However, I think if you were to provide some more information about the content of the exhibit, it might help to find a solution that fits in with the problem. For example, if it was some kind of 1970s technology exhibit, the "Old Ma Bell phones" suggested above would be a nice touch. Similarly, for a newer topic, the "old macs" plan would also be entertaining if it fitted in.
Also, when we say "10 listening stations", we mean '10 sets of headphones that can play back the same material', right? I'm assuming that they need to be able to play independantly on demand though, so the really cheap solution of 1 old pc, 1 soundcard, 1 output splitter/amp (us$40 or so AFAIK) and 10 pairs cheap headphones wouldn't work.
Anyway, any replies from the original poster about the content and aims of the exhibit would be appreciated, lest the entire /. discussion be rendered pretty much academic. Actually, that would rule out most /. discussions. Oh well. Good luck with it!
Blurfteen per cent of people know that!
True, the OEM and upgrade options do reduce the price of windows XP to an almost-reasonable level. The full versions, OTOH, are ridiculously expensive.
Mod parent up!
I think the trojan defense has significant merit. After all, RIAA lawsuits are not designed to actually win at law, they are simply a strongarm tactic aimed at scaring other filesharers out of their habits. Kinda like certain overly-litigious software companies ;o)
I agree, he is funny :) All that non-nuclear radiation out there is fine. I would be happy to stand outside the Van Allen belts in the solar wind while shining laser diodes into my eyes, but keep that naughty nuclear radiation away from me!
Actually, the user does have to care about all his viewers. Without some kind of standardization, there would be no WWW. If web designers simply took the time to think about making their sites simple to render in various ways, including screen readers, braille displays and the like, the benefits would flow on to the entire web community as a result of the consistent HTML.
There are quite a few things that really get on the nerves of disabled clients who I work with, which have all been mentioned previously and I want to avoid "Redundant" modding. Flash is the main problem though, particularly when no alternative is offered. Similarly, lack of alternative text information for images and use of image-maps without alt-text can make a site more or less useless.
Very true. I find that showing windows people Firefox running on their 2K or XP box is one of the best ways to convince them that open source might be worthwhile. It's amazing what dim opinions of the web people forced to use IE on a regular basis have, like "Oh, I would use the internet, but there's too many popups" or "It gets confusing when new windows open up".
surely you mean assimilate?
You make a very good point, there is a real lack of standardization between browsers. It gets worse when you include non-windows browsers like Konquerer and EMACS-W3 and the like. It sometimes takes me longer to check a page under various browsers than it does to hand-write the source.
> Yeah, my english sucks!
Actually, your English is pretty much perfect if that post is anything to go by! I can barely write in my second language (German)...
The whole thing seems a bit odd to me. I don't think I can explain why anyone would want to integrate WinFS into Firefox, unless it's all part of some diabolical plan to sue Mozilla under IP law... wouldn't put it past them! </standard rant>
I like the drill being used as an oil pump, but what happens if some bright spark hits the reverse direction button?
I hope those chaps have good home & contents insurance!
Well, Mr Polite, the reason I do it this way is because not everyone has access to a linux-capable modem, which you in your infinite wisdom obviously have enormous numbers of. Some of us need to use windows machines to download stuff, but obviously your ivory tower is not equipped with such inconveniences. Thankyou for telling me the right way to do it, now I know! I shall consult you next time I need to do anything, your obvious expertise in telling people what they should do would me most useful!
Also, thankyou for taking a post which was intended to help other people in a similar situation to mine, and turning it into a personal insult. I hope it made you happy!
google "mp3 xmms rpm"
download resulting rpm.
as root - rpm -i xmmsmp3.rpm
honestly, even a windows convert like myself was able to work this one out in about 2 minutes!
Apologies if this site is either bloody obvious or redundant, but I find distrowatch quite handy. It provides tables showing included software packages, quick overviews of distros and other useful things. Hope that helps!
Too right. If there's anything I can't stand it's flexibility and tolerance! :)
Personally, I don't trust myself to do the job right!
I love the Firesomething extension :)
Now I often use "Mozilla vermiciousknid" and various other things. Much more interesting.
I am beginning to get very fed up with idiots with mod points marking serious posts as 'troll'. Try reading the rest of the discussion below, then tell me I'm a troll? Morons.
What halfwit mod decided that the parent was a troll? Jesus, do we give mod points to just anyone around here? Read the fucking post before you mod it, morons!
Well, I've never had a problem installing any version of RH from 6 onwards, currently at fedora core 1, which is excellent by the way. As a home user I'm not overly concerned about security patches and the like either, so I will be sticking with Fedora for the moment.
The /. community makes their analogies like children pulling words out of the dictionary at random and stringing them together.
Agreed. It's interesting, and I happen to share many of those opinions, but unfortunately that doesn't make it any less offtopic.
Worst anonymous flame ever!