Is that anything like how you're supposed to wear matching socks? Because I don't get it, at all.
I use XFCE4 on my workstation, and fluxbox on my home server. Well, when I'm running X, which is pretty rare on the server.. but, regardless, I have a mix of GTK, Motif, and a few QT apps. Most of the time, I'm too busy using the program to notice there's any difference among them. When I do stop and look, they blend in pretty well together.
d. You need to try dumping windoze and move on - that puppy is probably crapping all over your machine.
I know it's not a popular opinion around here, but honestly, what do you want them to do? They can't even secure a Windows box. They have to learn, or they're hopeless (likely even worse off) on a *NIX platform.
The big problem with the glue is when you want to rid of the machines. While you're at it, you might as well throw them up on Ebay and use any profits to fund the new machines, right?
"!! L@@K !! **Free** Pre-Secured USB ports" may not be quite as large a selling point as some might like.:)
As for the BIOS, couldn't they just pop open the case, pull the pin, and clear the CMOS? There goes your "security" fix, right down the drain.
Might I suggest a name for these things? Multifunctional Phones, or Multi-phones for short. Or, if you really want to, Mones.;-) Heck, they're started to get that size with all of the extra stuff thrown in, anyway...
On that note, I'll mention that I've had more luck with WINE then Cedega on some of my Japanese games.
Maybe it was due to an error on my part, but for the life of me, I couldn't get Cedega working with them. Even went so far as to swap the configs/symlinks so it was using the WINE's fake_windows' directory and registry settings. Managed to fail every time, when it would work properly with WINE.
I'm not sure if I should credit it to the Cedega being more concerned about English stuff, or the more general international influences around WINE in general, or if it's something in the CVS that hasn't trickled in since Cedega was forked. Either way, if you're trying to get non-English stuff going and are having no luck, give WINE a try.
It's actually designed for loading URIs from text (ie, non-hyperlinks). If it's a valid URI, it works; if not, it pulls the first Google result (I believe?). I'm also pretty sure that it works on Windows (and OS X?), but the little auto scroll indicator when you middle click intercepts your click, causing it to not activate. The mouse gestures extension lets you enable the said auto scroll features across platforms, and also disable it.
So, from your post, I can highlight somethingawful.com and middle click to go there, as it's a valid URI.;-) One click win!
Offtopic is almost right. Redunant is the mod we're really looking for here, though.
It's been how long until the IT section showed up? Dare I say, if you can't figure out how to avoid it on your own by now, you certainly deserve the color scheme.;-)
A lot of the G* items don't stand for "Gnome", but a good number for "GTK" or "GNU". Specifically, I'll point out GIMP from your list. Just what toolkit do you think Gnome uses in the first place, any why it came about to exist?;-)
I've done that plenty of times. Nothing like looking up from code every few minutes to see people hounding you over IRC, and trying to juggle the function you're writing along with their silly demands for your help at the same time.
Most of the time I have to quit one to do the other successfully, or neither gets done well.
..for hosting a little site that featured mirKx's RSS feed being processed by PHP. I'm not really up to date on IP laws, but being in the US, I took it down.
I believe that it all comes down to the way the user interacts with the desktop. If they're only used it one way-- say, they're used to the start menu, then they'll likely be at home with KDE or Gnome, clicking a central drawer to pop out their list of applications.
If they're stuff-a-bunch-of-icons-on-the-desktop folks, they'll probably be better suited towards Gnome (can you create new panels in KDE? Never used it enough to try), KDE, Xfce (?), or perhaps other WM's.
If they're command-line people, they might be better suited towards something minimalistic. Say fluxbox, Enlightenment, sawfish, etc. where there's not a whole lot going on and you right click to find your apps.
I started out with Windows 3.1 and loved Program Manager. I actually quite hated the whole start menu idea when 95 came out. I became more of a "stuff important things on desktop, forget about the rest" user and went with it until switching to linux. Now I use Gnome and fluxbox, and each has their own strong point. Flux when I'm feeling productive, and Gnome when I'm not. Xfce has caught my interest, though, so I'm going to have to give it a spin later on.
I'm just glad that I've switched to an environment where I can happily run any number of WM's. I tried this on my XP box a few weeks ago, actually. Put Litestep on it, and it's great... until you start using it. Then you realize just how difficult it is to tweak to your liking. The documentation is mostly old, and there's no good "one stop" resource online. The development is also sorely lacking, and many of the components that make up the "core" interface are several years old!
It's good to see almost all of the *NIX Window Managers are actively being developed, and all provide good alternatives to fit the unique style of individuals. To each his own, eh?:)
Maybe it's just me, but it looks more like an E-retailer to me. Every time I see section tabs like that, I think of Amazon or any number of other online retail sites.
The top navigation bar looks dark and dreary to me. I liked the upbeat, more subtle splash of brown tones from the site of old. Well, not that it really matters; if the new design helps drive in new users, it's muchly welcome.
I was going to make one, myself, out of a dead XP 1800+. Took out the Dremel, pins flew everywhere and hurt a whee bit hitting your skin, but it was finally ready to go.
..until I realized I was insane for wanting to stick that sucker in my pocket. Now, it's hanging from the ceiling instead, over my monitor. Drilled a little hole in one corner, transparent thread, thumb tack, and voila!
The air from my ceiling fan keeps it constantly spinning, so I'm happy. Might want to give it a try. Doubt it works well for whole keyboards, though.;P
I know of a guy who runs Nero under WINE and claims to have no problems with it. Would be great if they released a native linux version. I would certainly buy a copy, at least.
The inability to burn certain (most) image formats with some (all?) of the existing tools drives me crazy more times than not. I know that there are some image conversion utilities, but still..
I keep a Window box around for burning. It makes me sad....
Before you reply that you need not burn anything other than ISO, just think of when Windows users come to you wanting a CD/DVD burned of a backup image (let's presume something legal, even!;P), only to find out it's not something you can work with. Oh, how great those moments are great..!
"Sorry, I can't burn your CD of backed up data.. ask a Windows user!"
Disclaimer: Unrelated ramble about (English) Tech Support
A few months ago I changed DSL providers. I went through the trouble of getting a new modem, as the other was ISP-branded and lacked in some of the required features.
I was supposed to be sent instructions about the new modem, but never was. I download the manual (having to download things related to setting up your internet connection... funny how that works) and go through the steps.
Blink, blink, bliiink~ sync fails.
I try a few alterations to the settings, all of which fail, and call up tech support. Maybe the line isn't active yet? Well, they tell me it is, and walk me through setting up the modem.
The fun part is how I was told to do it. First, set your box to your external IP. Next, try to access the modem's internal IP..
It was then that I gave up the idea of getting anything useful out of them. The modem only allows connections from IPs on it's own subnet, by default.
As it turns out, though, for this particular modem, you have to reset it for certain changes to take effect. Most setting don't need the reset, but it turns out this one did. To make it better, I only found this out from the an obscure PDF the next day. Tech never mentioned it at all. Ah well...
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Is that anything like how you're supposed to wear matching socks? Because I don't get it, at all.
I use XFCE4 on my workstation, and fluxbox on my home server. Well, when I'm running X, which is pretty rare on the server.. but, regardless, I have a mix of GTK, Motif, and a few QT apps. Most of the time, I'm too busy using the program to notice there's any difference among them. When I do stop and look, they blend in pretty well together.
I just don't get it, I guess. *shrugs*
Why not just use Mozilla with KDE? Or does QT make it special in some way I don't comprehend?
I know it's not a popular opinion around here, but honestly, what do you want them to do? They can't even secure a Windows box. They have to learn, or they're hopeless (likely even worse off) on a *NIX platform.
The big problem with the glue is when you want to rid of the machines. While you're at it, you might as well throw them up on Ebay and use any profits to fund the new machines, right?
:)
"!! L@@K !! **Free** Pre-Secured USB ports" may not be quite as large a selling point as some might like.
As for the BIOS, couldn't they just pop open the case, pull the pin, and clear the CMOS? There goes your "security" fix, right down the drain.
Might I suggest a name for these things? Multifunctional Phones, or Multi-phones for short. Or, if you really want to, Mones. ;-) Heck, they're started to get that size with all of the extra stuff thrown in, anyway...
On that note, I'll mention that I've had more luck with WINE then Cedega on some of my Japanese games.
Maybe it was due to an error on my part, but for the life of me, I couldn't get Cedega working with them. Even went so far as to swap the configs/symlinks so it was using the WINE's fake_windows' directory and registry settings. Managed to fail every time, when it would work properly with WINE.
I'm not sure if I should credit it to the Cedega being more concerned about English stuff, or the more general international influences around WINE in general, or if it's something in the CVS that hasn't trickled in since Cedega was forked. Either way, if you're trying to get non-English stuff going and are having no luck, give WINE a try.
It's actually designed for loading URIs from text (ie, non-hyperlinks). If it's a valid URI, it works; if not, it pulls the first Google result (I believe?). I'm also pretty sure that it works on Windows (and OS X?), but the little auto scroll indicator when you middle click intercepts your click, causing it to not activate. The mouse gestures extension lets you enable the said auto scroll features across platforms, and also disable it.
;-) One click win!
So, from your post, I can highlight somethingawful.com and middle click to go there, as it's a valid URI.
Hammer. ;-)
If everyone knows of them, haven't they already won? "Hey, Sponsors, come look at us! We're a household name!"
Like it or not, a lot of these kinds of companies just work that way. Doubleclick, anyone?
I kept getting "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along." ;-)
Offtopic is almost right. Redunant is the mod we're really looking for here, though.
;-)
It's been how long until the IT section showed up? Dare I say, if you can't figure out how to avoid it on your own by now, you certainly deserve the color scheme.
A lot of the G* items don't stand for "Gnome", but a good number for "GTK" or "GNU". Specifically, I'll point out GIMP from your list. Just what toolkit do you think Gnome uses in the first place, any why it came about to exist? ;-)
I've done that plenty of times. Nothing like looking up from code every few minutes to see people hounding you over IRC, and trying to juggle the function you're writing along with their silly demands for your help at the same time.
Most of the time I have to quit one to do the other successfully, or neither gets done well.
..for hosting a little site that featured mirKx's RSS feed being processed by PHP. I'm not really up to date on IP laws, but being in the US, I took it down.
If anyone's interested, I have the letter and my reply up.
I believe that it all comes down to the way the user interacts with the desktop. If they're only used it one way-- say, they're used to the start menu, then they'll likely be at home with KDE or Gnome, clicking a central drawer to pop out their list of applications.
... until you start using it. Then you realize just how difficult it is to tweak to your liking. The documentation is mostly old, and there's no good "one stop" resource online. The development is also sorely lacking, and many of the components that make up the "core" interface are several years old!
:)
If they're stuff-a-bunch-of-icons-on-the-desktop folks, they'll probably be better suited towards Gnome (can you create new panels in KDE? Never used it enough to try), KDE, Xfce (?), or perhaps other WM's.
If they're command-line people, they might be better suited towards something minimalistic. Say fluxbox, Enlightenment, sawfish, etc. where there's not a whole lot going on and you right click to find your apps.
I started out with Windows 3.1 and loved Program Manager. I actually quite hated the whole start menu idea when 95 came out. I became more of a "stuff important things on desktop, forget about the rest" user and went with it until switching to linux. Now I use Gnome and fluxbox, and each has their own strong point. Flux when I'm feeling productive, and Gnome when I'm not. Xfce has caught my interest, though, so I'm going to have to give it a spin later on.
I'm just glad that I've switched to an environment where I can happily run any number of WM's. I tried this on my XP box a few weeks ago, actually. Put Litestep on it, and it's great
It's good to see almost all of the *NIX Window Managers are actively being developed, and all provide good alternatives to fit the unique style of individuals. To each his own, eh?
Professional organization?
Maybe it's just me, but it looks more like an E-retailer to me. Every time I see section tabs like that, I think of Amazon or any number of other online retail sites.
The top navigation bar looks dark and dreary to me. I liked the upbeat, more subtle splash of brown tones from the site of old. Well, not that it really matters; if the new design helps drive in new users, it's muchly welcome.
*sound of crickets here*
Dare I say, the more productive thing is to actually fill it with some sand to weigh it down and throw it at some birds. You might get lucky!
The air from my ceiling fan keeps it constantly spinning, so I'm happy. Might want to give it a try. Doubt it works well for whole keyboards, though. ;P
Sounds like we need a little lesson on How cookies work.
.apple.com can interact with any Apple subdomain.
/., or any other cookies.
To summarize it, though, they're set on a per-domain basis.
www.apple.com can set a cookie.
store.apple.com can set a cookie.
The two cannot interact with each other; however,
microsoft.com cannot access any of your apple.com cookies.
Thus, nyud.net cannot access your
Looks distubingly like a vibrator to me. But maybe that's just me. Back to my one handed surfing...
I'm waiting for someone to release an application like this for *NIX. I want to use PGP through Gmail.. or have I missed something?
I know of a guy who runs Nero under WINE and claims to have no problems with it. Would be great if they released a native linux version. I would certainly buy a copy, at least.
;P), only to find out it's not something you can work with. Oh, how great those moments are great..!
The inability to burn certain (most) image formats with some (all?) of the existing tools drives me crazy more times than not. I know that there are some image conversion utilities, but still..
I keep a Window box around for burning. It makes me sad....
Before you reply that you need not burn anything other than ISO, just think of when Windows users come to you wanting a CD/DVD burned of a backup image (let's presume something legal, even!
"Sorry, I can't burn your CD of backed up data.. ask a Windows user!"
..What are you talking about? If he's using Windows on his PC, that's revenge enough. ;-)
Wow! Looks like I'm not alone. I was actually thinking about telling some jokes about shears and PH, but I'll resist.
Disclaimer: Unrelated ramble about (English) Tech Support
A few months ago I changed DSL providers. I went through the trouble of getting a new modem, as the other was ISP-branded and lacked in some of the required features.
I was supposed to be sent instructions about the new modem, but never was. I download the manual (having to download things related to setting up your internet connection... funny how that works) and go through the steps.
Blink, blink, bliiink~ sync fails.
I try a few alterations to the settings, all of which fail, and call up tech support. Maybe the line isn't active yet? Well, they tell me it is, and walk me through setting up the modem.
The fun part is how I was told to do it. First, set your box to your external IP. Next, try to access the modem's internal IP..
It was then that I gave up the idea of getting anything useful out of them. The modem only allows connections from IPs on it's own subnet, by default.
As it turns out, though, for this particular modem, you have to reset it for certain changes to take effect. Most setting don't need the reset, but it turns out this one did. To make it better, I only found this out from the an obscure PDF the next day. Tech never mentioned it at all. Ah well...