Remember the episode of Star Trek Next Generation where Picard hatched a scheme to subvert the Borg from within by sending Hugh back into it with his new memories of individuality? It's like that.
GnuCash had double entry accounting which i think is just much to manage for my personal finances.
That's what you think now. Then your demands change, perhaps you want to maintain a small business. Double entry accounting (which GnuCash can also do in the background) is the right way to handle things.
I'm using a K750i, and I am quite satisfies with it. I like the fact that I can transfer.jar files without trouble from my Linux box, and I like the fact the themes as well as remote control definition files are mainly tar archives with XML, PNG, JPG or SVG files in it. SE phones really go well with linux, with a Nokia phone, I would not be able to installe J2ME applications on it, since it requires a special software. I am also quite content with the user interface, and the fact that I can control it from the computer with AT commands, which is very handy if you want to use the phone as a media player remote control. OK, so you actually want to phone anyone with it and not just play around? Hm, well, that works for me as well:-)
There are some interesting implications if you think of a universe with a different number of dimensions: Take a 2-dimensional universe for example; There could be no form of life with an intestinal tract like we know, since it would cut the poor creature in two halfs.
No, "virus" is not of male gender like "dominus", but neuter like "domus". Therefore, the correct plural should be "virus", with a long "u". But I only barely survived my latin lessons, so I would not count on it.
So they filled this facility with fake fog, sent a test driver down into the fog and lo and behold he ploughed into the back of one of the other S classes.
There was more behind this, and the fault was not the radar system inside the S-Class (which I think only issues a warning, and does not brake the car itself): The system in fact was not even working inside the hall. The hall was made of metal, so the radar was knocked out by reflections. They tested the system on an old airfield, where it worked fine, but wanted to use the hall as a marketing gag - filling it with fog should demonstrate the abilities of the braking radar. But since it could not work inside the hall, they faked the whole thing, putting a pice of wood on the track: Everytime the driving reporter ran over the wood, he pushed the brakes.
This whole issue got oncovered by reporters of another magazine (SternTV), who had their microphones attached to the driver, and thus were able to hear what he was discussing with the Mercedes officials before and after the accidental crash.
Yes, FUSE rocks. But KDE was started in 1996 - FUSE was far from being "there"
So where kioslaves:-) But I think FUSE should have been there years to got. FUSE has the potential of taking "Everything is a file" to the next leven (plan9 anyone?). I'd really like to see more systems using it.
SADLY, the freedesktop people have decided to start Yet Another Specification which aims to unify KIO and gnome-vfs.
The problem with "freedesktop" is that they focus, well, only on the desktop. They do not see the whole system, and they do not recognize that even non-grafical applications have their use.
I'm not against using GUIs to achieve usability - But I strictly oppuse having basic functionality implemented in dependency of Xservers and Desktop Environments.
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I don't know about kinternet, but kppp *is* a front end to pppd, a console application.
Yes, but it does not honor the way the particular distribution launches a ppp connection. I know it is nearly impossible to support every distribution available, but that is why we need clean interfaces, on both sides.
[Drive Letters]
This I haven't seen. Can you elaborate?
I've seen KDE desktops that show physical drives next to each other, just like Windows Explorer does. Of course everything is mapped to the mountpoint, but my complain is more of didactic nature: The desktops are leading people away from Unix paradigms, like "everything is mounted into a single tree". Instead, they are trying to look more and more like Windows, to appear "easier". But that implies that Unix paradigms are more difficult then Windows paradigms, which they are not.
In the first place, assuming you have a GUI, there's nothing preventing hotplug/udev from starting a GUI app to do the synching.
Yes, without me being logged in? How does udev (running as root) get a grip on my Xserver? Yes, I now that this is possible, just like SoftwareSuspend2 is launching my xlock, but these things have "HACK" written all over it.
FUSE/kioslaves was only an example, not a really good one I have to admit. I think there should be a layer (which is not specific KDE or Gnome, but something neutral), that handles those issues: If the underlying OS does support a feature, os the native method, and if it does not, try to emulate it in software. So if I call a fish:// on my linux box, Konqueror will mount a FUSE sshfs und cd into it, while it will use his own subsystem under Solaris or other Systems.
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the ssh ioslave (fish://).. any KDE app I'm using can read and write to arbitrary SSH shells I have access to. Works anywhere.
No, it's not working everywhere, it is only working in KDE applications. It's another aspect of KDE reinventing the kernel function of abstracting the filesystems you access.The right way to do this would be on kernel level, allowing all applications to access the file system (like FUSE does). Of course it's just a question of perspective, you could argue that this is more like an FTP client. But I feel bad about adding more and more functions to KDE and leaving the rest of the system behind.
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This might sound like a flame posting, but altough I have to admit that KDE and Gnome are pretty and probably good desktop environments, I'm sad that they are killing many established Un*x philosophies that have been around for a while and proven themselves. I already noticed this 10 years ago, when KDE started to "reinvent the wheel" [tm] instead of providing proper frontends for established (console) applications, with things linke kppp or kinternet. KDE also has the ability to configure many aspects of your Xserver like keyboard ayout, resolution, fonts... - but only for KDE, if you sitch to another Window manager, those changes will not be reflected, they only affect your KDE session. KDE and Gnome both have the ability to browse different "filesystems" in Nautilus or Konqueror, like sshfs/fish, bluetooth devices etc., but again, this only works for KDE/Gnome application. This might be a nice abstraction, but we already got such thing, it's called the VFS layer inside the kernel. Why not provide a nice interface for mount and perhaps FUSE, which can do the same thing, but in a nice and consisting way that fits into the Unix way of life (Yes, I know that FUSE is not perfect yet). Why design every application with a GUI, despite the fact that people might want to use them in a script (without an X session), just like kitchenync or multisync? I'd like to get my device synced automatically upon hotplug/udev detection, but that would require a command line version, just like pilot-sync used to have.
Those DEs are also reinventing drive letters - not letters as such, but a directory structure that has the drives next to each other on the root. I know an OS who does this, and I think it has been proven a bad idea.
The fact that each job had its own tool, and that those tools could be combined in an easy way (pipes, script) is what made Unix/Linux so great - But KDE/Gnome are ignoring the facts, repeating the same mistakes Windows made. Poor Kernel, getting run over by these reinvented wheels (called KWheels and GWheels) over and over again:-(
Just like people who use their new high resolution monitor or TFT display at 800x600.
"No, don't set it higher, or everythings gets so tiny!"
That's why I always print at 300dpi, at 1200dpi, I can barely read the printout anymore!
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How are they going to solve the license issue with various drivers of the linux kernel? I was quite scared that the official Debian packages for Kernels > 2.6.8 did not contain those disputed drivers, leading into losing my network connectivity on my system. It will get pretty scary of netinstall disks do not have the network drivers required for installation:-/ I know that there are non-free-modules-packages, but I had the experience that they were not looked after enough.
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Yes, Debian has no support for WLAN at all, since there are no other chipsets then those from atheros.
No, since IPv6 fixes this issue. Routers advertise the network prefix, and hosts configure themselves according to this. Changed your provider? No problem at all, radvd broadcasts the new prefix, and you are set.
I have not tried emacs yet (in fact I did several years ago, but it sticked to vim), but I find the XML plugin for vom quite handy when editing XHTML code. It might not be as mighty as emacs, but it's not as big either:-)
So I won't even have to use a phone to get my speech intercepted, The Bad Guys [tm] now can directly wiretap my mouth. Perhaps this can be intercepted by chewing on my tinfoil hat?
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I believe you meant to say Heisenburg's page.
Looks like you were not uncertain about the spelling of his name.
Does wikipedia have to use redirects for every misspelling there is? It's "Hindenburg" and "Heisenberg"!
Remember the episode of Star Trek Next Generation where Picard hatched a scheme to subvert the Borg from within by sending Hugh back into it with his new memories of individuality? It's like that.
Just a remark: It did not work.
Any idea why they would pick 100? There doesn't seem to be any obvious reason to do this over 0 to 5.
It's called "percent".
GnuCash had double entry accounting which i think is just much to manage for my personal finances.
That's what you think now. Then your demands change, perhaps you want to maintain a small business. Double entry accounting (which GnuCash can also do in the background) is the right way to handle things.
I'm using a K750i, and I am quite satisfies with it. I like the fact that I can transfer .jar files without trouble from my Linux box, and I like the fact the themes as well as remote control definition files are mainly tar archives with XML, PNG, JPG or SVG files in it. SE phones really go well with linux, with a Nokia phone, I would not be able to installe J2ME applications on it, since it requires a special software. I am also quite content with the user interface, and the fact that I can control it from the computer with AT commands, which is very handy if you want to use the phone as a media player remote control. OK, so you actually want to phone anyone with it and not just play around? Hm, well, that works for me as well :-)
Wait untils he releases his Casetticons - More than meets the eye.
There are some interesting implications if you think of a universe with a different number of dimensions: Take a 2-dimensional universe for example; There could be no form of life with an intestinal tract like we know, since it would cut the poor creature in two halfs.
They are probably brainslugs. Watch out!
Fritz von Opel already constructed a rocket propelled motorbike in 1928: http://www.classic-motorrad.de/CM2003/Noell/opel-r ak.htm
It has never been tested, since the authorities denied the use of the rocket engines.
Should be viri if we were speaking Latin.
No, "virus" is not of male gender like "dominus", but neuter like "domus". Therefore, the correct plural should be "virus", with a long "u". But I only barely survived my latin lessons, so I would not count on it.
So they filled this facility with fake fog, sent a test driver down into the fog and lo and behold he ploughed into the back of one of the other S classes.
There was more behind this, and the fault was not the radar system inside the S-Class (which I think only issues a warning, and does not brake the car itself): The system in fact was not even working inside the hall. The hall was made of metal, so the radar was knocked out by reflections. They tested the system on an old airfield, where it worked fine, but wanted to use the hall as a marketing gag - filling it with fog should demonstrate the abilities of the braking radar. But since it could not work inside the hall, they faked the whole thing, putting a pice of wood on the track: Everytime the driving reporter ran over the wood, he pushed the brakes.
This whole issue got oncovered by reporters of another magazine (SternTV), who had their microphones attached to the driver, and thus were able to hear what he was discussing with the Mercedes officials before and after the accidental crash.
Yes, FUSE rocks. But KDE was started in 1996 - FUSE was far from being "there"
So where kioslaves :-) But I think FUSE should have been there years to got. FUSE has the potential of taking "Everything is a file" to the next leven (plan9 anyone?). I'd really like to see more systems using it.
SADLY, the freedesktop people have decided to start Yet Another Specification which aims to unify KIO and gnome-vfs.
The problem with "freedesktop" is that they focus, well, only on the desktop. They do not see the whole system, and they do not recognize that even non-grafical applications have their use.
I'm not against using GUIs to achieve usability - But I strictly oppuse having basic functionality implemented in dependency of Xservers and Desktop Environments.
I don't know about kinternet, but kppp *is* a front end to pppd, a console application.
Yes, but it does not honor the way the particular distribution launches a ppp connection. I know it is nearly impossible to support every distribution available, but that is why we need clean interfaces, on both sides.[Drive Letters]
This I haven't seen. Can you elaborate?
I've seen KDE desktops that show physical drives next to each other, just like Windows Explorer does. Of course everything is mapped to the mountpoint, but my complain is more of didactic nature: The desktops are leading people away from Unix paradigms, like "everything is mounted into a single tree". Instead, they are trying to look more and more like Windows, to appear "easier". But that implies that Unix paradigms are more difficult then Windows paradigms, which they are not.
In the first place, assuming you have a GUI, there's nothing preventing hotplug/udev from starting a GUI app to do the synching.
Yes, without me being logged in? How does udev (running as root) get a grip on my Xserver? Yes, I now that this is possible, just like SoftwareSuspend2 is launching my xlock, but these things have "HACK" written all over it.
FUSE/kioslaves was only an example, not a really good one I have to admit. I think there should be a layer (which is not specific KDE or Gnome, but something neutral), that handles those issues: If the underlying OS does support a feature, os the native method, and if it does not, try to emulate it in software. So if I call a fish:// on my linux box, Konqueror will mount a FUSE sshfs und cd into it, while it will use his own subsystem under Solaris or other Systems.
the ssh ioslave (fish://).. any KDE app I'm using can read and write to arbitrary SSH shells I have access to. Works anywhere.
No, it's not working everywhere, it is only working in KDE applications. It's another aspect of KDE reinventing the kernel function of abstracting the filesystems you access.The right way to do this would be on kernel level, allowing all applications to access the file system (like FUSE does). Of course it's just a question of perspective, you could argue that this is more like an FTP client. But I feel bad about adding more and more functions to KDE and leaving the rest of the system behind.
This might sound like a flame posting, but altough I have to admit that KDE and Gnome are pretty and probably good desktop environments, I'm sad that they are killing many established Un*x philosophies that have been around for a while and proven themselves. I already noticed this 10 years ago, when KDE started to "reinvent the wheel" [tm] instead of providing proper frontends for established (console) applications, with things linke kppp or kinternet. KDE also has the ability to configure many aspects of your Xserver like keyboard ayout, resolution, fonts... - but only for KDE, if you sitch to another Window manager, those changes will not be reflected, they only affect your KDE session. KDE and Gnome both have the ability to browse different "filesystems" in Nautilus or Konqueror, like sshfs/fish, bluetooth devices etc., but again, this only works for KDE/Gnome application. This might be a nice abstraction, but we already got such thing, it's called the VFS layer inside the kernel. Why not provide a nice interface for mount and perhaps FUSE, which can do the same thing, but in a nice and consisting way that fits into the Unix way of life (Yes, I know that FUSE is not perfect yet). Why design every application with a GUI, despite the fact that people might want to use them in a script (without an X session), just like kitchenync or multisync? I'd like to get my device synced automatically upon hotplug/udev detection, but that would require a command line version, just like pilot-sync used to have.
Those DEs are also reinventing drive letters - not letters as such, but a directory structure that has the drives next to each other on the root. I know an OS who does this, and I think it has been proven a bad idea.
The fact that each job had its own tool, and that those tools could be combined in an easy way (pipes, script) is what made Unix/Linux so great - But KDE/Gnome are ignoring the facts, repeating the same mistakes Windows made. Poor Kernel, getting run over by these reinvented wheels (called KWheels and GWheels) over and over again :-(
Just as water molecules pick up energy as they fall between the two different heights,
They are not picking up anything, they are just transforming potential into kinetic energy.
They don't like spending all that money, but they're on a treadmill that they cannot jump off.
Advertising is like a nuclear warhead: You only need it because the other has it as well.
You could use vi(gor): http://vigor.sourceforge.net/
Just like people who use their new high resolution monitor or TFT display at 800x600. "No, don't set it higher, or everythings gets so tiny!" That's why I always print at 300dpi, at 1200dpi, I can barely read the printout anymore!
How are they going to solve the license issue with various drivers of the linux kernel? I was quite scared that the official Debian packages for Kernels > 2.6.8 did not contain those disputed drivers, leading into losing my network connectivity on my system. It will get pretty scary of netinstall disks do not have the network drivers required for installation :-/ I know that there are non-free-modules-packages, but I had the experience that they were not looked after enough.
Yes, Debian has no support for WLAN at all, since there are no other chipsets then those from atheros.
No, since IPv6 fixes this issue. Routers advertise the network prefix, and hosts configure themselves according to this. Changed your provider? No problem at all, radvd broadcasts the new prefix, and you are set.
I have not tried emacs yet (in fact I did several years ago, but it sticked to vim), but I find the XML plugin for vom quite handy when editing XHTML code. It might not be as mighty as emacs, but it's not as big either :-)
So I won't even have to use a phone to get my speech intercepted, The Bad Guys [tm] now can directly wiretap my mouth. Perhaps this can be intercepted by chewing on my tinfoil hat?