This would make a great shell script project. You could use file to detect the type and then filter and grep it appropriately. This sounds useful enough that I'll probably write this script this weekend. Thanks for the idea.
I've used Batteries Plus to replace the batteries in my UPSs. They have the correct batteries for different types of UPSs and have been pretty reasonable on prices. They're a franchise so they're all over the US.
You know, it'd really be great if slashdot would move to a story moderation system. That way registered users with excellent karma could vote on the stories in the queue that they want posted. Give out enough story mod points per day to get stories posted just like mod points are handed out to various people to moderate comments.
Will this be worth watching for someone who's never seen Farscape? I've heard good things about Farscape but never bothered to watch it as I knew the story wouldn't be completed due to the cancellation of the series. Does any hardcore Farscape fan know if this mini-series will stand on its own or expect me to have watched Farscape before to understand what's happening?
I'm just guessing, but Google would probably offer the ability to connect to the other four major services through their client, ala Kopete|Gaim|Trillian. I think the Jabber protocol supports this.
Jabber does support that but on the server side. That means if AOL, MSN, etc want to block Google IM clients from using their networks, they just have to block Google's Jabber servers rather than try and change their protocols.
I have a serious question then. What's a good, easy to use Linux distribution for first time computer users that also will have security updates for many (3+) years to come? I know there are a lot of different Linux distros out there but few of them state how long they'll be supported before an upgrade is needed. I use Debian for my computer needs but I wouldn't consider it to be an easy to use and administer system for someone who's new to computers. It definitely requires some experience to set up. Fedora is nice but between Red Hat's support and Fedora Legacy, updates will only last about a year and a half to two years before one has to upgrade.
Does anyone here play and buy sports games? I'm wondering what the appeal is in creating yet another football or basketball game. Do the newer ones deviate from the rules to create a new type of game, or is it just better graphics and sound? Or are game studios working on games based on other sports? It seems to me that one could only create so many football games before covering the same ground, yet there seems to be a new "Madden" game every year.
Not being a sports game player I'm wondering how the game developers are keeping sports games new and different.
If Microsoft wins this I'd really like to see them sue the USPTO to recover their legal fees. Until the USPTO is held accountable for granting patents on work that is either obvious or has prior art, they won't make any changes.
Yes, and the fact that Windows needs about a dozen applications running at any time to even be usable is interesting. I assume by application we now exclusively mean only those processes that show up in the task bar.
It won't take long to exceed that limit. An average student: Winamp, a word processor, a web browser. If the student needs to use his email for a moment, he'll have to close something. This will only encourage users to get a copy of the full Windows version so that they won't be limited in what they can do.
and the Starter Edition allows only three applications to be run concurrently. According to Microsoft, this limitation 'helps [users] stay organized and reduces confusion.
And what happens when the system is infested with spyware? Will the user not be able to run anything because spyware apps are running in the background?
Some of us have large hands. Will someone please build a keyboard for us!
You can try a BigKeys keyboard but it might be larger than what you are looking for. A keyboard with just slightly larger keys would be great for people that have large hands.
Firewalls will help. It won't solve the problem but it will help. The people here advocating firewalls aren't talking about firewalling the office. They're talking about installing a firewall between the machine in question and the rest of the network. You can easily remove the CDROM and floppy if you're worried about people wanting to view their family photos on the medical imaging machine. If you need to move data somewhere for archival, the machine behind the firewall can still access the rest of the network.
This is truly frightening. I don't know what scares me more, the installation of the patches without testing or the delay in getting the patches installed. I recently had a kidney stone and had to get a CT scan (CAT scan) at the hospital. For those of you that don't know what that is, it's where you lay down on a table and that lifts into a cylindrical machine. The machine then uses x-rays to get an image of the inside of your body. The whole time I was in that thing I couldn't help but think about the Therac 25 accidents.
The fact that people are installing patches on these machines against recommendations to do so scares the living shit out of me. I know that these people have good intentions but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. They don't know all of the variables. Some patch might introduce a new feature (something that does happen from time to time with MS patches) that causes the software to malfunction. This could cost lives. I really think a $50 firewall box would be a much better idea.
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Oh you could. I just wanted to illustrate using the pipe and other commands with grep to achieve what the poster wanted.
This would make a great shell script project. You could use file to detect the type and then filter and grep it appropriately. This sounds useful enough that I'll probably write this script this weekend. Thanks for the idea.
I've used Batteries Plus to replace the batteries in my UPSs. They have the correct batteries for different types of UPSs and have been pretty reasonable on prices. They're a franchise so they're all over the US.
Here's a link to Wil's speech: http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001678.php#0 01678
Google's translation is much better. http://translate.google.com/translate_t
I know, I know. Submit a patch.
But this doesn't retarget the display. So it's not a KVM solution like the poster was looking for.
I mean, how hard is it to add, subtract, and print a total? It's isn't rocket science.
Will this be worth watching for someone who's never seen Farscape? I've heard good things about Farscape but never bothered to watch it as I knew the story wouldn't be completed due to the cancellation of the series. Does any hardcore Farscape fan know if this mini-series will stand on its own or expect me to have watched Farscape before to understand what's happening?
Any recommendations?
Not being a sports game player I'm wondering how the game developers are keeping sports games new and different.
Now that's dedication to one's job.
Can you back that statement up? Please provide a link.
If Microsoft wins this I'd really like to see them sue the USPTO to recover their legal fees. Until the USPTO is held accountable for granting patents on work that is either obvious or has prior art, they won't make any changes.
The fact that people are installing patches on these machines against recommendations to do so scares the living shit out of me. I know that these people have good intentions but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. They don't know all of the variables. Some patch might introduce a new feature (something that does happen from time to time with MS patches) that causes the software to malfunction. This could cost lives. I really think a $50 firewall box would be a much better idea.
Oops. I stand corrected. It hadn't occured to me that someone might be using VMware.