That funny looking "gramophone" is actually a phonograph.
ObOgg It would also be cool if this led to Ogg (the encapsulation format) being used for more formats than just the ones created by Xiph. This would probably also give Vorbis etc a boost (if you already use Ogg why not just throw in Vorbis while you're at it?)
OK, well anyway, you can left click anywhere in the URL field, press Ctrl-U, middle click. Alternatively, left click in the beginning of the URL field, press Ctrl-K, middle click.
Paint is usually used to protect the surface it covers. Not to cover up defects.
salt, pepper, and spices added to food
There are reasons why we think seasoned food tastes better. It's not fooling our senses, it's giving our bodies stuff it needs, like salt.
A better comparison would be anesthetics. We bypass our natural warning system in order to perform live saving surgery. However, used in the wrong situation and without proper supervision it can be extremely dangerous.
Wrong. There are very few, if any, high quality screen fonts that are free, as in freely distributable and modifiable. Most of the "free" fonts can't be modified, e.g. in order to add more glyphs (for more languages etc), changing the font encoding etc. Also, they usually don't have very good hinting, which makes the fonts look good in all sizes, and kerning, which adjusts the spacing between glyphs so that any combination of glyphs looks good.
This is great news. From the looks of the screenshot posted in a previous thread, the fonts are very nice.
Of course each software project has its own web pages and mailing lists. In addition to that there's linux-sound.org, which is basically a directory of all sound and music related software for Linux (both free and non-free). Then there's Linux Audio Developers Mailing List. I'm sure there's more, but that's a start.
PGI isn't as flexible or powerful as boot-floppies (the current Debian installer). PGI is great for a certain group of users on certain hardware. Debian-installer is supposed to be everything for everyone, basically. It has a modular design in order to be able accomodate for everyone's needs.
Perhaps it was rejected because it's already been reported on/.: Ogg/Vorbis on Palm OS. It's a good idea to search through recent posts before submitting stuff.
You could use Jigdo. That's what Debian uses. Instead of having to actually store huge CD or DVD images on you ftp site, Jigdo downloads all each file that supposed to be on the CD/DVD and then assembles them into an image file on the users system. One of the many advantages of this is that it's easy to update your images -- just upload the new files and change the.jigdo file that specifies which files are included in the image.
PNG och GIF images aren't scalable, searchable, can't be copied and pasted into an equation editor, can't be edited (except pixel by pixel), they're comparatively large etc. If you want to save a web page with lots of equations, you have to make sure to save every single image as well, or the equations won't show up.
Raster images is probably the worst way to represent equations. The only advantage is that they'll display in any (graphical) web browser.
It doesn't just use a regular grid like the old optical mice did. It uses a special grid which to pen uses to actually localize itself. So, you can lift your from the surface and continue writing where you were, or finish something you started on before.
I agree. In no way, shape, or form, is the "vi" interface a good one.
Huh? It's fast, it's efficient and it's easy on your fingers. How is that a bad thing? Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everyone has to agree.
"Steep learning curve" does not make the UI fast. It makes it slow.
It means the interface takes some time to learn. Of course, if you haven't learned it yet and have to check the docs everytime you want to do something it will be slow. If you use the program often enough that you don't forget everything between every usage, spending some time to learn the interface properly is a great investment.
If you only edit text files once or twice a week, MS notepad is all you need. If you spend hours every day editing text, you'll want something more powerful and won't mind spending some time to use it properly. Of course, it would be great if the interface was "intuitive" enough so you wouldn't need to learn it. But as we all know, the only intuitive interface is the nipple; after that it's all learned.
So, vi and Blender suck for the casual user but are perfect for anyone who uses them a lot.
Actually, they already use alcohol to fuel cars in Brazil, they have been since the oil crisis in the 70's. However, then there was an alcohol crisis in 1989, so gasoline has been taking over again.
The reason why the use alcohol as a fuel in Brazil is of course the large sugar cane production in the country.
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I addition to not being ported to all archetectures, PGI (the Progeny installer) isn't as flexible and powerful as the current Debian installer. However, you can get cd images with PGI if you want to.
With all likelihood the next Debian release (Sarge) will come with a new installer that's currently in progress. Hopefully, that will solve most of the problems that people have with the current installer, e.g. lack of hardware detection.
TeXmacs uses Metafont for everything (including menu text etc). The problem is that the bitmap versions of the fonts need to be generated the first time you use a particular font in a particular size. We would need a bit more processing power in our boxes to make it practical. After all, Metafont is a Turing-complete programming language.
[...] but what gives anyone the idea that Microsoft is the heavyweight in THIS field?
Two words: Matthew Carter. He's the guy who designed Verdana and Georgia for MicroSoft (plus a bunch of other fonts before that). He was also one of the founders of Bitstream. IMO Verdana, Georgia and Andale are superior as screen fonts to anything else. Although my favourite sans font is Franklin Gothic.
XFree86 can display pretty much any font. The problem is getting the font -- there aren't many free high quality fonts around. Most fonts are pretty expensive (few normal people will pay $20+ for a font); MicroSoft's webfonts were gratis.
That's true in the US at least. I think copyright law in some other countries differ slightly.
Sure, there's nothing stopping you from, say printing the glyphs from Verdana really big, scanning in those print outs and then using autotrace
to get the curves, and then using pfaedit to create you own font and calling it Veronica. The problem is, they will probably look like shit. You can't just rename the original font file, since the actual implementation of a font is copyrightable (if that's a word).
And that's the problem. Creating the design of the glyphs requires a lot of talent and an eye for aesthetics, but there's already plenty of beautiful fonts, some of them hundreds of years old, so not copyrighted. Creating a computer font that looks good on screen in any resolution is the real problem -- it requires lots of hard work tweaking the kerning and hinting.
If you look closely you should be able to notice the difference between a high quality font and a cheap rip-off. Just compare them side by side at different sizes on screen.
But please, if you feel you have any kind of artistic talent, start fooling around with pfaedit and see what you can create.
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ObOgg It would also be cool if this led to Ogg (the encapsulation format) being used for more formats than just the ones created by Xiph. This would probably also give Vorbis etc a boost (if you already use Ogg why not just throw in Vorbis while you're at it?)
But the recording industry doesn't have anything to do with concerts. Record companies make money from selling recordings, not from live shows.
Heh, if you're using xpdf, right click and select "rotate clockwise". If you're using gv, switch from "portrait" to "landscape".
OK, well anyway, you can left click anywhere in the URL field, press Ctrl-U, middle click. Alternatively, left click in the beginning of the URL field, press Ctrl-K, middle click.
A better comparison would be anesthetics. We bypass our natural warning system in order to perform live saving surgery. However, used in the wrong situation and without proper supervision it can be extremely dangerous.
This is great news. From the looks of the screenshot posted in a previous thread, the fonts are very nice.
Of course each software project has its own web pages and mailing lists. In addition to that there's linux-sound.org, which is basically a directory of all sound and music related software for Linux (both free and non-free). Then there's Linux Audio Developers Mailing List. I'm sure there's more, but that's a start.
PGI isn't as flexible or powerful as boot-floppies (the current Debian installer). PGI is great for a certain group of users on certain hardware. Debian-installer is supposed to be everything for everyone, basically. It has a modular design in order to be able accomodate for everyone's needs.
The same people who go to Wal-Mart to by a PC?
Perhaps it was rejected because it's already been reported on /.: Ogg/Vorbis on Palm OS . It's a good idea to search through recent posts before submitting stuff.
That's why Debian can distribute uptodate CD and DVD images of "testing" and "unstable".
You'll see this: Moderation Totals: Redundant=1, Underrated=1, Total=2. (Since the parent was posted someone moderated it as Reduntant).
Raster images is probably the worst way to represent equations. The only advantage is that they'll display in any (graphical) web browser.
It doesn't just use a regular grid like the old optical mice did. It uses a special grid which to pen uses to actually localize itself. So, you can lift your from the surface and continue writing where you were, or finish something you started on before.
Huh? It's fast, it's efficient and it's easy on your fingers. How is that a bad thing? Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everyone has to agree.
"Steep learning curve" does not make the UI fast. It makes it slow.
It means the interface takes some time to learn. Of course, if you haven't learned it yet and have to check the docs everytime you want to do something it will be slow. If you use the program often enough that you don't forget everything between every usage, spending some time to learn the interface properly is a great investment.
If you only edit text files once or twice a week, MS notepad is all you need. If you spend hours every day editing text, you'll want something more powerful and won't mind spending some time to use it properly. Of course, it would be great if the interface was "intuitive" enough so you wouldn't need to learn it. But as we all know, the only intuitive interface is the nipple; after that it's all learned.
So, vi and Blender suck for the casual user but are perfect for anyone who uses them a lot.
The reason why the use alcohol as a fuel in Brazil is of course the large sugar cane production in the country.
Use Google.
The OpenSSL license contains the obnoxious advertising clause, which makes it incompatible with the GPL. That's why GNU TLS is needed.
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB is Swedish.
With all likelihood the next Debian release (Sarge) will come with a new installer that's currently in progress. Hopefully, that will solve most of the problems that people have with the current installer, e.g. lack of hardware detection.
Perhaps this is more relevant/informative.
TeXmacs uses Metafont for everything (including menu text etc). The problem is that the bitmap versions of the fonts need to be generated the first time you use a particular font in a particular size. We would need a bit more processing power in our boxes to make it practical. After all, Metafont is a Turing-complete programming language.
Two words: Matthew Carter. He's the guy who designed Verdana and Georgia for MicroSoft (plus a bunch of other fonts before that). He was also one of the founders of Bitstream. IMO Verdana, Georgia and Andale are superior as screen fonts to anything else. Although my favourite sans font is Franklin Gothic.
XFree86 can display pretty much any font. The problem is getting the font -- there aren't many free high quality fonts around. Most fonts are pretty expensive (few normal people will pay $20+ for a font); MicroSoft's webfonts were gratis.
Sure, there's nothing stopping you from, say printing the glyphs from Verdana really big, scanning in those print outs and then using autotrace to get the curves, and then using pfaedit to create you own font and calling it Veronica. The problem is, they will probably look like shit. You can't just rename the original font file, since the actual implementation of a font is copyrightable (if that's a word).
And that's the problem. Creating the design of the glyphs requires a lot of talent and an eye for aesthetics, but there's already plenty of beautiful fonts, some of them hundreds of years old, so not copyrighted. Creating a computer font that looks good on screen in any resolution is the real problem -- it requires lots of hard work tweaking the kerning and hinting.
If you look closely you should be able to notice the difference between a high quality font and a cheap rip-off. Just compare them side by side at different sizes on screen.
But please, if you feel you have any kind of artistic talent, start fooling around with pfaedit and see what you can create.