But if there is anything I want to take with me I will have arranged for it ahead of giving notice.
Of course in germany most office workers have 6 week notice, in switzerland 4 week are common. And if they escort you off - which happens in europe too - they still have to pay;-).
Martin
PS: It's all in the contract of cource - if they damand 4 weeks in the contract and then they don't want it after all then it's there loss.
In Vim the Spell Checking is handled by the Syntax-Highlight Plugin which can switch spelling on an of depending on which highlight is used.
But then: All the programming language plug ins I have seen so far do what xemacs does: strings definitions and comments. But HTML and Wiki plug ins tend to use more complex rules.
Yes it works in Vim 7.0 - It is job if the plug-in handeling Syntax Highlight. The Plugin should should switch the spell checker on and off depending on which language construct was detected.
For your first suggestiong: I belive that was what/opt was about. Only distros move away from/opt again. A few releases about SuSE hat/opt/gnome for gnome - now it is gone angain and gnome move to/usr. Currently KDE 3 installes in/opt/kde3 - but the KDE 4 beta installes to/usr.
Personaly I think it is a big mistake./opt/application is a much cleaner system then cluttered down/usr
You know, I consider that worth then goto. Unlike BASIC modern goto always comes with a label. When reading the code that doubles the changes to notice the jump. See:
So what you want is not Absolute Priorities but Priority Inheritance [1]. Otherwise TakingOutTrash might block the the very same CrossRoad object which PuttingOutFires desperately needs and in the meanwhile all the CPU goes to MakingDinner as MakingDinner has a higher priority then TakingOutTrash.
That is what I thought until I heared of Priority-Inversion. And indeed Priority-Inversion is the main problem I currently have with my backup processes.
... yet another reason not to buy an iPhone. Yes the competition need update software as well. But that is dedicated updated software. The competition won't force me to install an 50MB music player software I don't like to update my phone.
Everytime I stand ion front of an Apple Mac I have great respect for the technology. But those buisiness and marketing descisions make me shake my head.
While I don't know of any company that makes its revenue mostly from selling free software, there are plenty of successful companies that have free software as a large and vital part of their business model. Well there is AdaCore (http://www.adacore.com/home). All there software is GPL (get your free copy from https://libre.adacore.com/ and they still sell a five seat GNAT/Pro for 15'000 (last I heard).
And what a funny coincidence: Ada does not need a theading library - tasking as it's called is build right into the language itself;-) .
If you make a mistake in any configuration file on Linux, things aren't going to work properly. That's the way of things, and there's no simple fix. But just using the standart gui (gnome-control-center) I should not be able to mess up my configuration - If I am then gnome-control-center has not sufficently protected me. Messing up should only be possible with an text editor or gconf which I did not use.
It doesn't include Cairo, since that's a separate project. Which is what I critisise: To many separate projects.
You sir, have no idea of what you're talking about. Quoting an error message with no context means nothing. It was not meant to be a bug report - it was meant as an example for a bug which appeart on my system and won't go away. Actulay it also appeared once on my solaris system. Solution: delete all setup directories.
Bottom Line: The setup system of GNOME is not stable. Smallest mistake in your files and BANG!
Do you even know what GTK, Pango, Cairo and Bonobo are? What's a "common line"? A single download side with a single directory per version would be a good start. And yes I know them: From time to time I need compile Gtk+ from scratch and it is hell you get a set of fitting version together from all the different sites. And this is just Gtk - I don't even want to know what trouble one is in when one wants to create a hole GNOME.
On the other hand: If KDE anounces a new release I go to kde.org and everthing is there. Sourcecode or binaries and a unified subversion archive. KDE is just one project with a common line and not a humble jumble of dozend half independent projects.
Got another one: I a desktop evironment you can's just declare plugin "incompatible" from one version to the next - the way firefox does not. A desktop evironment just jsut have to keep compatible with your past.
Ohh - please no. We had this allready. No, not Active Desktop. I mean GNOME. Got a tookkit for a graphic processor (GIMP) and then think: Why not make hole desktop from it. Stupid idea - just because it works for a graphic processor or bowser it does not mean it will scale up to desktop environemnt. Even after years GNOME is not as stable as KDE. Don't believe me? How about:
Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.
There is a damm lot more to a desktop environment then pretty looks. It look easy at the beginning and sounds like a great idea but becomes quite complex over time. And in the end you have a mess like GNOME. And it is a mess: gtk, cairo, pango, bonobo and no common line.
SET Process/Privilege=ReadAll backup Old_Data SET Process/Privilege=ByPass deltree Old_Data SET Process/Privilege=(NoByPass,NoReadAll)
sudo backup Old_Data sudo rm -rf Old_Data
Ok, Unix is - as always - a lot less typing. But the real difference is that backup does not run with full root privileges on vms. Neither does deltree - it only is allowed to bypass ACL's - it could not mount a new i.E. a file system.
Martin
PS: if you have not got deltree for your VMS system I feel sorry for you.
Of course almost all Windows software is written that way. After all Windows has a very similar system of privileges. Only on Window - for your convenience - if you join the administrator group you get an implicit "set proc/priv=all" - no actually "SET JOB/Privilege=All" which is even worse.
I don't have a Samsung printer/scanner. My point is that I can almost understand Samsung because of all the trouble I had in the past 8 years or so that I use a scanner (epson btw) with Linux.
There where always to problem zones with sane:
1) Kernel module (scsi/usb/sane) not loaded - solution: reboot/reconfigure. 2) Access right not set - solution "su -l".
Yes, it got better over time - and it almost works now (at least for the user logged on to tty7).
Sometimes I which I could attach one answer to two parents - but that does not work on/.
You can see with the XServer how to do it: the server is run as root, the direct hardware DRI access is set to "root:video" and any user who is part of the "Video" group and run DRI calls. Yes and printer usually work the same way. Only the sane guys did it different. Ok there is now saned but saned did not replace sane and is not installed by default.
Maybe you should turn off the hotplug manager, or reconfigure it so it doesn't manage your scanner device? If only I know how to. I am with Linux for a very long time and I can configure/tune almost everything but hot-plug, auto-mount and and all the other plug-and-pray stuff are beyond me. With the scanner being only a minor nuisance. More upsetting is are FAT32 USB drives getting mounted with the wrong options.
I tried to read myself into it but is is so complicated. So somehow I understand Samsung in using the suid sledge hammer to get it working.
Why not set the scanner device to be owned by a group consisting of yourself and your wife? Then you could both use it, and neither of you would need to be root, and you wouldn't need any setuid binaries. Indeed - that's the way I did it before plug-and-play arrived on Linux. However - the old system had a problem as well: With each system update and sometimes in between the access right in/dev where "secured". Also, one thing plug-and-play does do is loading the proper kernel modules for you. In those times I often had to reboot with the scanner switched on in order to get things working.
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But if there is anything I want to take with me I will have arranged for it ahead of giving notice.
;-).
Of course in germany most office workers have 6 week notice, in switzerland 4 week are common. And if they escort you off - which happens in europe too - they still have to pay
Martin
PS: It's all in the contract of cource - if they damand 4 weeks in the contract and then they don't want it after all then it's there loss.
Indeed. Nothing to hide /= nothing illegal.
Martin
How can a single C compiler replace a compiler collection which supports Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Java, Objective-C and Objective-C++?
Answer: It can't.
Martin
In Vim the Spell Checking is handled by the Syntax-Highlight Plugin which can switch spelling on an of depending on which highlight is used.
But then: All the programming language plug ins I have seen so far do what xemacs does: strings definitions and comments. But HTML and Wiki plug ins tend to use more complex rules.
Martin
Yes it works in Vim 7.0 - It is job if the plug-in handeling Syntax Highlight. The Plugin should should switch the spell checker on and off depending on which language construct was detected.
Martin
For your first suggestiong: I belive that was what /opt was about. Only distros move away from /opt again. A few releases about SuSE hat /opt/gnome for gnome - now it is gone angain and gnome move to /usr. Currently KDE 3 installes in /opt/kde3 - but the KDE 4 beta installes to /usr.
/opt/application is a much cleaner system then cluttered down /usr
Personaly I think it is a big mistake.
Martin
Did I miss something? I allways thoght that StarOffice is a commertial product - One you actualy pay for - $69.95 U.S to be precise.
So how does google do it then?
Martin
You know, I consider that worth then goto. Unlike BASIC modern goto always comes with a label. When reading the code that doubles the changes to notice the jump. See:
r ol#Isn.27t_goto_evil.3F
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Cont
Martin
But you only need a goto because your programmig language can not break out of inner loop. See:
r ol#loop_with_condition_in_the_middle
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Cont
As you can see in Ada loops have (optional) names and with that name the exit statement can break from any lool no matter how deeply nested they are.
But if I where to use a lesser language like C or C++ I would do it the very same way - just use a goto.
Martin
http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?previe w=1&id=8692&file1=8692-1.jpg&file2=&file3=&name=Ba ghira&PHPSESSID=190e13d46625270a07281973752ad665
Both KDE and GNOME are fully theame-able so looks should be no problem at all.
Martin
PS: I like Mac style themes as they are available for KDE, GNOME, Firefox, Opera etc. pp creating an almost unified look.
Nice was mentioned here: http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=258139&c id=20065199 and my answer on why nice won't help is here http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=258139&c id=20065199 and here http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=258139&c id=20097997.
Martin
That's not enough. Read me other posting: http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=258139&c id=20097943 and be shure to follow the Wikipedia link as well. It was a real eye opener for me and made me rethink everything I knew about priorities.
So what you want is not Absolute Priorities but Priority Inheritance [1]. Otherwise TakingOutTrash might block the the very same CrossRoad object which PuttingOutFires desperately needs and in the meanwhile all the CPU goes to MakingDinner as MakingDinner has a higher priority then TakingOutTrash.
Martin
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_inheritance
That is what I thought until I heared of Priority-Inversion. And indeed Priority-Inversion is the main problem I currently have with my backup processes.
Martin
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_inversion
... yet another reason not to buy an iPhone. Yes the competition need update software as well. But that is dedicated updated software. The competition won't force me to install an 50MB music player software I don't like to update my phone.
Everytime I stand ion front of an Apple Mac I have great respect for the technology. But those buisiness and marketing descisions make me shake my head.
Martin
And what a funny coincidence: Ada does not need a theading library - tasking as it's called is build right into the language itself
Martin
Martin
Bottom Line: The setup system of GNOME is not stable. Smallest mistake in your files and BANG! Do you even know what GTK, Pango, Cairo and Bonobo are? What's a "common line"? A single download side with a single directory per version would be a good start. And yes I know them: From time to time I need compile Gtk+ from scratch and it is hell you get a set of fitting version together from all the different sites. And this is just Gtk - I don't even want to know what trouble one is in when one wants to create a hole GNOME.
On the other hand: If KDE anounces a new release I go to kde.org and everthing is there. Sourcecode or binaries and a unified subversion archive. KDE is just one project with a common line and not a humble jumble of dozend half independent projects.
Martin
Got another one: I a desktop evironment you can's just declare plugin "incompatible" from one version to the next - the way firefox does not. A desktop evironment just jsut have to keep compatible with your past.
This is the most stupid idea I heart this year!
Martin
There is a damm lot more to a desktop environment then pretty looks. It look easy at the beginning and sounds like a great idea but becomes quite complex over time. And in the end you have a mess like GNOME. And it is a mess: gtk, cairo, pango, bonobo and no common line.
Martin
Yes and no. Spot the difference:
/Privilege=ReadAll /Privilege=ByPass /Privilege=(NoByPass,NoReadAll)
SET Process
backup Old_Data
SET Process
deltree Old_Data
SET Process
sudo backup Old_Data
sudo rm -rf Old_Data
Ok, Unix is - as always - a lot less typing. But the real difference is that backup does not run with full root privileges on vms. Neither does deltree - it only is allowed to bypass ACL's - it could not mount a new i.E. a file system.
Martin
PS: if you have not got deltree for your VMS system I feel sorry for you.
:-)
/Privilege=All" which is even worse.
Of course almost all Windows software is written that way. After all Windows has a very similar system of privileges. Only on Window - for your convenience - if you join the administrator group you get an implicit "set proc/priv=all" - no actually "SET JOB
Martin
I don't have a Samsung printer/scanner. My point is that I can almost understand Samsung because of all the trouble I had in the past 8 years or so that I use a scanner (epson btw) with Linux.
There where always to problem zones with sane:
1) Kernel module (scsi/usb/sane) not loaded - solution: reboot/reconfigure.
2) Access right not set - solution "su -l".
Yes, it got better over time - and it almost works now (at least for the user logged on to tty7).
Martin
Martin
There is a fix for this flaw. It's called 'groups.' No the fix is called:
SET Process
Only that is a VMS command and not available on unix.
Apart from that: I am using SuSE which changes user id's in
Martin
I tried to read myself into it but is is so complicated. So somehow I understand Samsung in using the suid sledge hammer to get it working. Why not set the scanner device to be owned by a group consisting of yourself and your wife? Then you could both use it, and neither of you would need to be root, and you wouldn't need any setuid binaries. Indeed - that's the way I did it before plug-and-play arrived on Linux. However - the old system had a problem as well: With each system update and sometimes in between the access right in
Martin