Actually, Asterix would be unable to communicate with a GSM tranceiver in any way. This is because Asterix is a fictional character in a series of graphic novels set in the first century B.C.
It looks like there are RSS feeds for alerts and current conditions, but not for forecasts. Instead, the forecasts use an NWS-developed XML format. You'd need to write your own parser for this, or find somebody else's.
"This site looks ugly in Firefox because the layout is b0rked"
"This site won't work in Firefox because of browser detection scripts that disable it on purpose"
"This site won't work in Firefox because it uses IE-only JavaScript objects"
"This site won't work in Firefox because it depends on an ActiveX object"
So I wonder which it is... I can accept #1 with some grumbling about shoddy design, since it's really not that hard to lay out a site in a compatible way, but I can deal with it. The others are less excusable, IMO. I guess one would expect 508 compliance, since it's a government website... so my guess is it'll be usable, but ugly.
When my cousin was away at college, he melted somebody's PDA in a microwave. He was suspended. So it's clearly a bad idea to have a PDA at college.
If you're like I was, it'll be all you can do to stop playing Quake before the sun comes up so you at least have a chance of making it to your third class without hallucinating little blue dots everywhere you look. You don't want to have to keep track of a PDA.
Which reminds me that MS can also write the most worthless, awful, and generally abhorrent software you've ever seen. Say what you want about OSS... but if it sucks, it dies.
Yeah, it's true that Linux has yet to pass the Grandma test. But I can think of many things that Linux is terribly good at. Even things that are incredibly easy.
The thing is that I want to do more than just use my computer. I want to love using my computer. And I never quite have that with Windows as a whole. But I love using Linux.
I also don't dismiss Microsoft products out of hand... I like using Windows XP although it would not work for me exclusively. Two MS products in particular I consider to be very well put together: Active Directory, and.NET. They are proof that Microsoft can still write good software.
But I do have to say that I consider many of their business practices to be unethical. That means that I will avoid MS products if I can help it, just as I would avoid being a customer of any company that I considered unethical. It means that if someone asks my opinion about software options, I will nearly always advocate for the non-MS alternative. I'm just glad that there are alternatives available, and that I've learned enough about them to make use of them.
I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!
This is the greatest sentence ever written in the history of man. Thank you for your penetrating insight.
Thank you both for your offers. I think it would be best for my neighborhood if I did not contact you directly. It is, however, nice to know that you can be the world's most menacing supervillain while using only renewable resources in the process. That way, you can feel free to destroy communications satellites and government offices without contributing to the pollution of our skies and waters. Thank you for providing a valuable public service.
Drupal is a pretty slick CMS that I've been using for a while. It's the only one I've used whose code I haven't immediately wanted to heavily modify.
Here's what you might like about it:
It's modular, so the base install is pretty lightweight, but you can add a lot of features. Activating a module is usually as simple as untar'ing it into a directory and switching it on, and maybe running a SQL script.
Granular user controls. Permissions and interface can be configured at a pretty fine level, so they only see what they need to see. It's easy to have multiple authors on the same site. Also easy to limit content for anonymous users.
Supports all the stuff you mentioned, either natively, or through native-looking modules. (i.e. you don't need to integrate Gallery).
Great admin interface. Lots of options are exposed, more than I've ever seen.
Active and large community... 'nuff said.
A lot of CMSs offer these, but I've been happiest with Drupal's feel and overall ease of use.
I don't really get much from this article. Just that LDAP is out there, and that there are online manuals to help you get started. I figured that much out already. I'm not seeing much of a comparison between LDAP and AD/etc here. Anyone got some in-depth experience to share?
I agree, but the submitter seems like he is looking for something with more enterprise clout. Personally, I wouldn't have qualms with running Ubuntu or many other desktop distros in the enterprise, but he's going to need to sell his Windows guys on this. They are going to feel better with an IT heavyweight attached to their distro.
If this is what it takes to get a reluctant IT department to join the mothership, so be it.
Thank you very much. It was the "11-Nation" thing that started it, but it's surprising how little you have to change the lyrics to make it relevant to film piracy.
I'm gonna fight 'em all Eleven-nation army couldn't hold me back I'm gonna rip it off Taking their films right behind their back... And if I catch 'em coming back my way I'm gonna serve 'em to you And that aint what they want to hear But thats what I'll do...
For anyone who's interested, I've started a way of using the XML import features of the API to use the KML file that Google Earth exports. You have to unzip the KMZ file and use the 'doc.kml' file within it.
This lets you display the placemarkers saved in Google Earth on a flat Google Map. Descriptions & icons aren't in there yet... but you can see the results so far at http://twig.homelinux.org/gmap.html.
I'm all for pushing the boundaries, collaborating, finding new paradigms, whatever you want to call it. But most people I've met shouldn't be let anywhere near an editor's desk.
That said, it's good to give them a shot. An online community of sufficient size is clearly capable of producing quality content and dealing with constant vandalism. Slashdot and Wikipedia are examples of this. There are just too many people watching to let bad content stay around for long. It's too bad they got hit so early; if there had been a chance for more people to get involved, it probably would be self-regulating.
REALbasic 2005 runs on an creates software for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP, Mac OS X and Linux, all from a single set of source code. REALbasic incorporates platform-specific intelligence, like user interface widgets, so software created with REALbasic looks and feels native, regardless of the development platform you created it on.
And from the FAQ:
Why is REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition free?
We pick the price for each product based upon many factors, including the price of competing products. Much of the software for Linux is available for free, including other development tools. Because of this, we have decided to make REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition for free. REALbasic 2005 for Linux Professional Edition is priced at $399.95, as are the Windows and Macintosh versions.
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Actually, Asterix would be unable to communicate with a GSM tranceiver in any way. This is because Asterix is a fictional character in a series of graphic novels set in the first century B.C.
:P
It looks like there are RSS feeds for alerts and current conditions, but not for forecasts. Instead, the forecasts use an NWS-developed XML format. You'd need to write your own parser for this, or find somebody else's.
"This site looks ugly in Firefox because the layout is b0rked"
"This site won't work in Firefox because of browser detection scripts that disable it on purpose"
"This site won't work in Firefox because it uses IE-only JavaScript objects"
"This site won't work in Firefox because it depends on an ActiveX object"
So I wonder which it is... I can accept #1 with some grumbling about shoddy design, since it's really not that hard to lay out a site in a compatible way, but I can deal with it. The others are less excusable, IMO. I guess one would expect 508 compliance, since it's a government website... so my guess is it'll be usable, but ugly.
Lynx time.
When my cousin was away at college, he melted somebody's PDA in a microwave. He was suspended.
So it's clearly a bad idea to have a PDA at college.
If you're like I was, it'll be all you can do to stop playing Quake before the sun comes up so you at least have a chance of making it to your third class without hallucinating little blue dots everywhere you look.
You don't want to have to keep track of a PDA.
FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
Which reminds me that MS can also write the most worthless, awful, and generally abhorrent software you've ever seen. Say what you want about OSS... but if it sucks, it dies.
Yeah, it's true that Linux has yet to pass the Grandma test. But I can think of many things that Linux is terribly good at. Even things that are incredibly easy.
.NET. They are proof that Microsoft can still write good software.
The thing is that I want to do more than just use my computer. I want to love using my computer. And I never quite have that with Windows as a whole. But I love using Linux.
I also don't dismiss Microsoft products out of hand... I like using Windows XP although it would not work for me exclusively. Two MS products in particular I consider to be very well put together: Active Directory, and
But I do have to say that I consider many of their business practices to be unethical. That means that I will avoid MS products if I can help it, just as I would avoid being a customer of any company that I considered unethical. It means that if someone asks my opinion about software options, I will nearly always advocate for the non-MS alternative. I'm just glad that there are alternatives available, and that I've learned enough about them to make use of them.
My $0.02
I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!
This is the greatest sentence ever written in the history of man. Thank you for your penetrating insight.
I'd give anything to hear a full orchestra performing the Super Mario Bros. theme song.
Thank you both for your offers. I think it would be best for my neighborhood if I did not contact you directly. It is, however, nice to know that you can be the world's most menacing supervillain while using only renewable resources in the process. That way, you can feel free to destroy communications satellites and government offices without contributing to the pollution of our skies and waters. Thank you for providing a valuable public service.
I've been looking for something like this. Now I just need a death ray to use on my homeowner's association and I'll be good to go.
heh, that was better than T entire FA. thanks :)
Here's what you might like about it:
- It's modular, so the base install is pretty lightweight, but you can add a lot of features. Activating a module is usually as simple as untar'ing it into a directory and switching it on, and maybe running a SQL script.
- Granular user controls. Permissions and interface can be configured at a pretty fine level, so they only see what they need to see. It's easy to have multiple authors on the same site. Also easy to limit content for anonymous users.
- Supports all the stuff you mentioned, either natively, or through native-looking modules. (i.e. you don't need to integrate Gallery).
- Great admin interface. Lots of options are exposed, more than I've ever seen.
- Active and large community... 'nuff said.
A lot of CMSs offer these, but I've been happiest with Drupal's feel and overall ease of use.It's true... http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/launch/launch-v lcc.html
I don't really get much from this article. Just that LDAP is out there, and that there are online manuals to help you get started. I figured that much out already. I'm not seeing much of a comparison between LDAP and AD/etc here. Anyone got some in-depth experience to share?
I agree, but the submitter seems like he is looking for something with more enterprise clout. Personally, I wouldn't have qualms with running Ubuntu or many other desktop distros in the enterprise, but he's going to need to sell his Windows guys on this. They are going to feel better with an IT heavyweight attached to their distro.
If this is what it takes to get a reluctant IT department to join the mothership, so be it.
Thank you very much. It was the "11-Nation" thing that started it, but it's surprising how little you have to change the lyrics to make it relevant to film piracy.
I'm gonna fight 'em all ... ...
Eleven-nation army couldn't hold me back
I'm gonna rip it off
Taking their films right behind their back
And if I catch 'em coming back my way
I'm gonna serve 'em to you
And that aint what they want to hear
But thats what I'll do
I hadn't noticed that. Probably the same. Duh.
It does. You have to do
map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
For anyone who's interested, I've started a way of using the XML import features of the API to use the KML file that Google Earth exports. You have to unzip the KMZ file and use the 'doc.kml' file within it.
This lets you display the placemarkers saved in Google Earth on a flat Google Map. Descriptions & icons aren't in there yet... but you can see the results so far at http://twig.homelinux.org/gmap.html.
(It's broken in IE for some reason. FF works.)
I'm all for pushing the boundaries, collaborating, finding new paradigms, whatever you want to call it. But most people I've met shouldn't be let anywhere near an editor's desk.
That said, it's good to give them a shot. An online community of sufficient size is clearly capable of producing quality content and dealing with constant vandalism. Slashdot and Wikipedia are examples of this. There are just too many people watching to let bad content stay around for long. It's too bad they got hit so early; if there had been a chance for more people to get involved, it probably would be self-regulating.
There's also a Greasemonkey script to kill them off entirely.
In order to find the Standing Stones, you have to develop a series of Java applications.
heh... bet that gets taken out right quick. http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/usr/src/cmd /volmgt/vold/dev_rmscsi.c
thanks for the tip.
It's cross-platform.
Create native cross-platform software
REALbasic 2005 runs on an creates software for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP, Mac OS X and Linux, all from a single set of source code. REALbasic incorporates platform-specific intelligence, like user interface widgets, so software created with REALbasic looks and feels native, regardless of the development platform you created it on.
And from the FAQ:
Why is REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition free?
We pick the price for each product based upon many factors, including the price of competing products. Much of the software for Linux is available for free, including other development tools. Because of this, we have decided to make REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition for free. REALbasic 2005 for Linux Professional Edition is priced at $399.95, as are the Windows and Macintosh versions.