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  1. Re:If Lotus Notes is an option, run it under WINE on E-Mail Clients That Support X.509 Digital IDs? · · Score: 1
    argh (just woke up)...

    Calendering might be annoying too but it some ways it would be better.

    Calendering might be annoying via the HTML interface but in some ways they could improve it over the current Notes client interface.

  2. Re:If Lotus Notes is an option, run it under WINE on E-Mail Clients That Support X.509 Digital IDs? · · Score: 1

    Oh, meant to include, Lotus is working on making the HTML interface to Notes much better. For many people a Notes client isn't needed... The only place where the HTML interface would be exceedingly annoying is for their email. But you can use POP3/IMAP to access your notes mail anyway, so why not just use that? Calendering might be annoying too but it some ways it would be better. The whole personal/group calendaring feature works well but isn't really setup optimally for the newbie. Maybe their HTML java widgets will fix that.

  3. Re:If Lotus Notes is an option, run it under WINE on E-Mail Clients That Support X.509 Digital IDs? · · Score: 1

    Should there really be a linux client for Lotus Notes? Is it not surprising that IBM/Lotus sees the linux platform as a server platform and not so much as a desktop? Personally I'm thrilled to be able to run the Lotus Notes/Domino server on Linux. I don't think they should take the resources to port the 5.x client over to *nix. Especially when wine, vmware, etc. allow the linux users to run the client just fine...

  4. Re:Same old, same old on Whistler "Anti-Piracy" Tools Tie OS To Machine · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and that is why I put the note there that you *CAN* use both at the same time. I don't because I would simply buy another CD key but I have tried it and it does work. Sometimes it kicks back with "CD key in use" but very often it simply works. won.net was VERY UNSTABLE for a long time so perhaps they have a number of server farms in different areas that sometimes cannot verify if a key is in use in another area.

  5. Re:NFN-si! STM-non! on Mozilla 0.7 Released · · Score: 1
    Hohoho... You are a funny man. Mozilla is going to be very important in the next couple years. If IE becomes the only viable browser (and to me it was for the last year or two) then Microsoft will have more control than is good for them over the implementation of outside specs.

    Even if people don't use it Mozilla is important simply for that reason. And people will use it...

  6. Re:Same old, same old on Whistler "Anti-Piracy" Tools Tie OS To Machine · · Score: 1
    Doh! I meant to say "so both cannot be playing at the same time" but including the little note that sometimes it appears to work just fine as won.net becomes overloaded somehow... Least won.net is up all the time.

    I have it installed on two computers because sometimes one or the other is tied up doing other things - if I wanted to use both at the same time I'd buy a CD key. I'm all for supporting the gaming companies with legit purchases but buying two copies simply because I want it installed on two computers when only *one* copy is used at a time strikes me as very silly.

  7. Re:Same old, same old on Whistler "Anti-Piracy" Tools Tie OS To Machine · · Score: 1
    That isn't the same thing at all. I have Half-Life installed on two computers here with the same CD key without any problems. They do authenticate the key through won.net so both can be playing Counter-Strike at the same time (least in theory, won.net in reality seems to be pretty crappy).

    The MS thing isn't exactly clear but it sounds much more like it runs an algorithm on your hardware install (say chipset + cpu + something?) and only allows an install on that. Sounds bone headed to me and I'm sure CPU isn't included in that nor video card...

  8. Quantum IDE drives and Andre's IDE patches on Ask Andre Hedrick About Hard Drive Copy Protection · · Score: 1
    Andre,

    For a long while I followed the reports on the linux kernel mailing list that detailed the problems with the Quantum IDE drives. Finally I caved in and got an IBM drive that was supported. I realize that the problem with the Quantums was that they didn't follow the IDE spec on reporting the proper drive size. Is that true? Is Quantum not working with you on this? Personally I am disgusted at Quantum and will now only buy IBM drives...

    I realize this is off topic but as you are a busy man I hoped to get a final answer to this question. Boycott Quantum?

  9. Re:Its not Gnome on Linux and Gnome Go to the Movies · · Score: 1

    OK I admit I was fooled. I just found a reference that Alan made to being the body double in his journal but I lost the URL...

  10. Re:WHAT THE **HELL**. PLEASE MOD THIS UP. on Million Dollar Reviews: Sun E10K/4500/450 Servers · · Score: 1

    I think not... I read his review some time ago... Now to find out when the topic article was published. Ah what the hell, I agree, give it to the lawyers...

  11. Re:Somewhat old news... on The Celeron Casts Aside Its Crutches · · Score: 1
    Celeron 566 overclocks very nicely to 850 MHz - it is stable too! Celeron 366 to 550 MHz was also a very nice chip...

    The Duron is great but the motherboards are just finally starting to get decent...

  12. Re:play-test one NOW!!! on Want To Playtest An Xbox? · · Score: 1

    Plus when their hardware *does* suck (optical intellimice have problems where the cord exits the mouse - wires break, mouse fails) they happily send out replacements for a $30-$50 item. Hopefully the replacement will hold up!

  13. Re:Gnome + Nautilus = Answer to M$ .NET strategy on Interview with Miguel de Icaza · · Score: 1

    Why? Why would you want to store your OS let alone your data files on remote servers? What benefit do you get? I have SDSL here and I'd still kill someone before saving anything over 150kb on a remote server on a regular basis. Time! Time! Don't waste your clock cycles...

  14. Re:I worked at a place like that... on Humorously Bad Web Hosting Policies · · Score: 1
    Warning: Failed opening '/var/www/www.adv-computer.com/modules/module.list .php' for inclusion (include_path='/var/www/adv-computer.com/include:. ') in /var/www/adv-computer.com/include/module.php on line 6 Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/adv-computer.com/include/module.php:6) in /var/www/adv-computer.com/include/shared.php on line 66

    That's great!

  15. Re:v0.6 on Mozilla Project Releases New Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Try a newer nightly build - the php.net widget renders beatifully on todays build (20001223). As someone else pointed out v0.6 is a branch off from the code right around netscape 6.0 was released. Basically some old stuff you got there (but it does run well).

  16. Re:I have been there... on Graduate CS Program For Non-CS Undergrads? · · Score: 1

    You are posting anonymously - why don't you *name* your school! I for one would be interested in what is wrong with your schools CS program (but only if I had the name of the school too!).

  17. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Yes it would. You drilled it into my thick skull :). I had downloaded the drivers before but while following the complex Nvidia FAQ I didn't happen to notice they were binary and not source (yes a glaring oversight but what can I say).

  18. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Damn them. Right you are...

  19. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 2

    So NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5.tar.gz only contains the binary object and not the source? Damn them...

  20. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1
    Hrm... Perhaps you are right. I did get the GLX driver in source though - unless that was a wrapper too?

    ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/englis h/XFree86_40/0.9-5/

  21. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Did you notice there are two source files needed - NVIDIA_GLX and NVIDIA?

  22. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    I don't think so: ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/englis h/XFree86_40/

  23. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    I downloaded the nv source at nvidia.com - is the source open now or is there something else they are holding back on? Specs? Because the source seems to be there!

  24. Re:Conspicuously absent... on XFree86 4.0.2 Released · · Score: 1

    You can download the source to the nv driver at nvidia.com.

  25. UltraEdit32 (on windooze) on Searching For A Good PHP Development Environment? · · Score: 1

    If you use windows UltraEdit 32 is a nice editor that supports syntax highlighting for almost everything (and I do mean everything) plus a whole lot more. It is a very handy editor.