After I read the comments here, I didn't feel so bad not having much to donate. I encourage everyone to support FreeBSD by making a donation. As the other posters have pointed out, every donation is important to keeping the ratio in check so it doesn't matter if you can only give $10 or $20.
[i]Suggesting that boys and girls don't masturbate without pornography? Children masturbate before they even understand sexual attraction, let alone requiring pornography post-puberty.[/i]
Clearly, pornography and masturbation go hand in hand.
That's why you only yank out the power plug when the system is on. Then you power down and plug it back in (unless you like to live dangerously). Obviously, this is not something you do to a production system.
It's obvious why CS changed formats: they lost major amounts of ad revenue. Just look at how skinny the magazine is today.
I would also wager that you would find the old computer shopper boring today. It is obselete. The web has turned selling computer components into a very different thing than the "catalog" days when CS was in it's prime.
It's about time Alice & Bill jumped ship. Towards the end of my reading CS, their column was the only one of interest in the entire magazine.
I think everyone should know too that those little black and white signs on the sides of roads with numbers on them generally refer to a speed limit. People must 1) not drive faster than the number on the sign and 2) identify themselves. Merely placing a license plate on the vehicle is not enough. They must also identify themselves with picture ID.
I guess my first response to that has to be that for a Libertarian to be elected to the White House right now would indicate massive social upheaval already. Yes, my ideas are radical -- but my election would prove that America is ready for radical solutions.
He sounds like he knows he doesn't have a chance in hell.
It does screw up at least some BitTorrent clients. I noticed the speeds going down over about a 3-4 hour window. There were entries in the event log that detailed the half-open connection limiting taking place every once in a while. Patching the TCP/IP system fixed the problem.
I use GAIM but there are two big annoyances with it on Windows:
1) It insists on displaying your friends list on startup when you just want it to go to the system tray and leave you alone. 2) The away message always pops up a message on your desktop. WTF is up with that? I don't need to know I'm away. Tell someone else...
Hopefully I just missed some configuration options.
How does PearPC boot up MacOS X on x86? According to one of the forums for PearPC, the legal issue is no longer present with newer systems.
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
BTW, 0.4 runs MacOS X somewhat decently on my system (AMD64 3200+). Still painful but it's neat to see an operating system in action that is getting so much press.
I agree... I loaded up PearPC on my AMD 64 3200+ CPU and with v0.4-something, it can run MacOS X at 1024x768 without too much lag. PearPC is impressive but the slowdown is massive.
I actually agree that it is nonsensical to have 2 release candidates scheduled but many open source projects lament the fact that good beta testers are few and fair between. Getting people to actually try the browser isn't an easy feat. With a complex application like Firefox, the odds that there are release-critical bugs are fairly high. So scheduling two release candidates is a good idea because Firefox gets more testers of the potential release, there is a bit of extra buffer in the release schedule, and 1.0 might actually be a decent browser.
Now if the release candidates where non-sequential, maybe things would be a little more interesting? Battle of the browsers?
I'm curious if previous release have been handled in this way or if this is something special for 1.0. Whatever the case may be, I'm not one to point out the idiosyncrasies when they are giving me all their work for free.
I agree. We should move to SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, and maybe SP6 instead of RC1 and RC2. These SP releases convey a stronger message to the consumer that "their problems are our #1 goal" than such driveling things like RC1 and RC2 that they will never download and use. Why wait for a well-tested release when you can always service pack your problems away!
"You can just use the Tools->Extensions->Update feature."
I wish. It never works here. For example, Adblock with the update detected an updated version but couldn't install it. All the other extensions weren't recognized as being updated but in fact did have updates.
I recently installed SuSE Professional 9.1 and the fonts look really good. I use Firefox on both Windows and Linux and I even forgot which OS I was using the other day when only the browser was open.
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After I read the comments here, I didn't feel so bad not having much to donate. I encourage everyone to support FreeBSD by making a donation. As the other posters have pointed out, every donation is important to keeping the ratio in check so it doesn't matter if you can only give $10 or $20.
If by impossible you mean requiring significantly more effort.
[i]Suggesting that boys and girls don't masturbate without pornography? Children masturbate before they even understand sexual attraction, let alone requiring pornography post-puberty.[/i]
Clearly, pornography and masturbation go hand in hand.
That's why you only yank out the power plug when the system is on. Then you power down and plug it back in (unless you like to live dangerously). Obviously, this is not something you do to a production system.
It's obvious why CS changed formats: they lost major amounts of ad revenue. Just look at how skinny the magazine is today.
I would also wager that you would find the old computer shopper boring today. It is obselete. The web has turned selling computer components into a very different thing than the "catalog" days when CS was in it's prime.
It's about time Alice & Bill jumped ship. Towards the end of my reading CS, their column was the only one of interest in the entire magazine.
In my experience, the later Quantum Fireballs are just fine (20+ GB 7200 RPM models). The earlier ones had a bad reputation.
I think everyone should know too that those little black and white signs on the sides of roads with numbers on them generally refer to a speed limit. People must 1) not drive faster than the number on the sign and 2) identify themselves. Merely placing a license plate on the vehicle is not enough. They must also identify themselves with picture ID.
Thanks gods for lawful citizens!
I guess my first response to that has to be that for a Libertarian to be elected to the White House right now would indicate massive social upheaval already. Yes, my ideas are radical -- but my election would prove that America is ready for radical solutions.
He sounds like he knows he doesn't have a chance in hell.
Or you could just go into options and disable shadows there.
I missed that one and that laptop lock is sitting in my closet. At least I got it for free.
Quoting author below:
It's called a "typo". Fixed.
My apologies.
Corwin (Homebrew)
Gentoo AMD64 GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6 SMP
Dual Opteron 240, Tyan K8W 2885
120GB Maxtor 7200 RPM ATA-133 HD
2GB PC2700 DRAM
Radeon 9200 Pro, 128MB, HP f1903 DFP
Tycho (Homebrew)
Dual Boot: Windows XP Professional
Gentoo x86 GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6 SMP
2.8GHz Pentium 4 w/HT, Intel D850EMV2, 533MHz FSB
2x80GB Maxtor D740X 7200 RPM ATA-100 HD
512MB PC800 RDRAM
Radeon 9200 Pro, 128MB, NEC FE990
SP2 has been working without problems on my AMD 64.
It does screw up at least some BitTorrent clients. I noticed the speeds going down over about a 3-4 hour window. There were entries in the event log that detailed the half-open connection limiting taking place every once in a while. Patching the TCP/IP system fixed the problem.
I use GAIM but there are two big annoyances with it on Windows:
1) It insists on displaying your friends list on startup when you just want it to go to the system tray and leave you alone.
2) The away message always pops up a message on your desktop. WTF is up with that? I don't need to know I'm away. Tell someone else...
Hopefully I just missed some configuration options.
Is the LSB responsible for /opt?
How does PearPC boot up MacOS X on x86? According to one of the forums for PearPC, the legal issue is no longer present with newer systems.
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
BTW, 0.4 runs MacOS X somewhat decently on my system (AMD64 3200+). Still painful but it's neat to see an operating system in action that is getting so much press.
I agree... I loaded up PearPC on my AMD 64 3200+ CPU and with v0.4-something, it can run MacOS X at 1024x768 without too much lag. PearPC is impressive but the slowdown is massive.
I actually agree that it is nonsensical to have 2 release candidates scheduled but many open source projects lament the fact that good beta testers are few and fair between. Getting people to actually try the browser isn't an easy feat. With a complex application like Firefox, the odds that there are release-critical bugs are fairly high. So scheduling two release candidates is a good idea because Firefox gets more testers of the potential release, there is a bit of extra buffer in the release schedule, and 1.0 might actually be a decent browser.
Now if the release candidates where non-sequential, maybe things would be a little more interesting? Battle of the browsers?
I'm curious if previous release have been handled in this way or if this is something special for 1.0. Whatever the case may be, I'm not one to point out the idiosyncrasies when they are giving me all their work for free.
I agree. We should move to SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, and maybe SP6 instead of RC1 and RC2. These SP releases convey a stronger message to the consumer that "their problems are our #1 goal" than such driveling things like RC1 and RC2 that they will never download and use. Why wait for a well-tested release when you can always service pack your problems away!
"You can just use the Tools->Extensions->Update feature."
I wish. It never works here. For example, Adblock with the update detected an updated version but couldn't install it. All the other extensions weren't recognized as being updated but in fact did have updates.
Has it these feature *ever* worked for you?
BugMetNot 0.60 here: extensions.roachfiend.com (mozdev still has 0.50 version that is incompatible)
SessionSaver & Adblock from mozdev worked.
I managed to trigger it on the main page after 3 reloads.
Anyone find updates for disabled extensions? Going to hunt down Adblock, SessionSaver, and BugMeNot updates.
I recently installed SuSE Professional 9.1 and the fonts look really good. I use Firefox on both Windows and Linux and I even forgot which OS I was using the other day when only the browser was open.
I actually agree with you but you go try and write some story copy ;).
I don't see the number range listed on that page. Am I missing something?