As I recall, IE does not have anything even remotely similar to bugzilla (as FF has). So, if I find a bug in FF, I'll report it in bugzilla. If I find a bug in IE, where do I report? send an e-mail to wishes@microsoft.com?
I'm sure there are some people that know that better than me -- enlighten me. How does one submit a bug found in IE?
Although one can invent his own unique licence for every piece of code he writes, I don't see how it would be a smart move.
Licence your product under GPL or BSD licence (or a known commercial one), then at least I know (approximately) under what terms you have released the product. To be honest, I really don't want to read the whole licence before installing some program just to make sure I have the right to use it.
4 or 5 licences would be enough IMO. Well, of course there are some people/companies that think the standard licences are not the way to go.
I really would like to see full VBA support in OOffice. I'm currently developing an accounting worksheet for a spreadsheed program -- one of the demands was that (obviously) it has to work in Excel. As I'm not very fond of Microsoft's products, I fired up my OO just to find out it uses a different scripting language for macros. So here I am, locked in Windows until the end of the project.
I haven't actually sought out any information why it isn't implemented in OO but I guess VBA has MS licence on it, making sure it stays out of OSS
I find it very scary that everyone with internet connection can read what I think. I mean, if they want to read my mind, let them come with the newly-invented mind-reading gadget -- at least I can counter it with tin foil.
Based on what I write in a blog, they'd find out how my mind works, what I spend most of my time on etc. That is why I keep my blog on my hard drive safely away from the internet. Those that can access it are either trustworthy or leet haxx0rs....yeah I'm paranoid.
I use Gentoo on amd64 machine, native 64-bit software.
My friends keep asking me why I don't use MSN Messenger -- obviously they fully enjoy all the nifty features that it has. I use a messenger that is a messenger only.
At the moment, I'm looking for some program to use to connect to my Nokia 3510i on my PC. I've yet to found an open sourced program that would enable me to do that. So it looks like I'll have to go for Logomanager which is Windows only.
Yesterday I wanted to play a game of online chess with someone -- that never happened, because I couldn't get the damn website to function correctly. The site requred Flash. I haven't got flash to work with Firefox, so I fired up Opera, only to find out the site wasn't loading there either. So the person I wanted to play with suggested I reboot into Windows. Too many reboots for my liking.
I have Windows installed because I couln't get Oracle database installed under Gentoo (tried the available How-to and some other tutorials), got some mystical errors.
There's something about Windows that makes me reluctant to boot into it. I can't point out what but there is that *something*.
This summer I've been working in one of top software companies in my country as an intern. I finished a course in C programming and thought I'd give it a try, see if I really can program in C.
But they wanted a Java programmer instead - which I could not do at that time. And I told them so. Nonetheless, I got accepted as an intern.
The job that I do is programming dynamic web pages using Struts framework.
Downside of the internship is that they're not paying me -- but that was part of the agreement.
Any similar tendencies here also? Or is it like that only on America? I'd hate to find out that by the time I graduate, all the programming is done in India (or something like that). No, I've nothing against India, I just don't want to be sure the profession I am acquiring has a future.
I don't think I geeky enough just yet to watch a live stream of a flower blooming. You may call me an insensitive clod now.
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I still have an old crappy Nokia 3210. It looks like it had been run over a few times (by a small car) but I sort of like it. The battery can go for about a week, the display is big and clear enough to read messages, it has 10 ringtones -- which is exactly 9 more than I need. Plus, it cost me $2 to buy it (oh, and another 2 bucks for new battery). Clearly, it has most of things I expect from a cell phone.
So why buy new ones when you can get the simple (maybe used even, if you like) cell phones for a price of a lunch.
yes I did -- the cdrom that was included with the cdrom has only one thing on it that is meant for Linux -- the LAN card drivers, nothing more. If you can point me to the place where I can get uGuru for Linux, I'd really appreciate it.
..for not supporting Linux on K8T800Pro chipset! I've got Abit AV8 with amd64 3200+. Now, I'd sure like to see how far the CPU can go, but the damn motherboard does not show any temperatures. Gkrellm does not support that chipset, nor does lm_sensors.
Only a madman would try overclocking without seeing how hot the CPU is. Overclocking and hoping that my cooler can remove the excess heat is not very reliable way to do it, I'd say.
If you know a way to see the temperatures on AV8, let me know. I haven't found any information on that (except the pages that say it cannot be done).
thinking back when I was using Windows XP SP2 (the service pack being the only patch because I really didn't like the idea of autoupdating) I recall having maware problems maybe once or twice, during that half-a-year time, I had only one virus. (I have one virus on my Gentoo box now too, but I cant get it to work...).
Anyway, I haven't quite understood how bad hte security holes are, but I'll emerge the update "just in case".
The fact that popular browsers are being searched inside out for security holes is inevitable -- I'm just glad the existence of the breach was announced and fixed so quickly.
The other day, I was looking for reasons why a computer had crashed. I thought it might be a good idea to check the system log but at first I failed to locate it in system folders.
So I used the "search" function Windows Explorer has (yes the one with the brown hairless dog at the bottom left corner of the screen). No system log was found.
I snooped around the C:\Windows a bit more with no results and asked for guidance in a IRC chatroom. It was only then that I was able to find the darn log. And to my surprise, it did not contain any data that would have been of any use to me -- it had system boot times, shutdown times, start times of some (for me) unknown programs. No detailed information.
I'd expect a bit more from a system log -- but then again maybe I was looking from the wrong place?
Anyways, glad to see Microsoft improve their OS and I hope there will be a time when Windows will have something like/var/log/everything that Gentoo machine has.
You're correct, I've seen incompatibility issues with Linux and *BSD also - the troubles were solved by simply buying the hardware pieces that had non-M$ dirver support.
It's just that extra hardware == extra expenses. And I don't like extra expenses, I've got enough of those already.
I still think that an OS should be able to be installed out of the box without buying any hardware. But that goes for the installation part only because after the installation, there is an opportunity to install third party hardware drivers that are not actually crucial for the OS to work as it should.
I mean, as I do not own any computer that will ever reach the amount of 16 TB of hard drive space (assuming that there won't be any super-low-price 16 TB hard drives for sale during the next few years), the 16 TB limit would be enough for me as it is.
Were the cache and page file maximum size limits the only changes (besides making the OS work at 64 bit)? I hope they updated the integrated drivers list because if the installation still requires me to use floppy disk in order to use SATA drives, I'd quit the installation instantly. I don't have a floppy disk device nor do I intend to buy any extra hardware just to make an OS work on my computer.
... I mean, this is really stupid. Here, in the sane world (Europe), I haven't heard of such a lame patents being provided. Yes, there are Euro-directives that had a farm shut down because the ceiling was 2 cm too high and carrots are officially fruit, but COME ON...
Can I go to patent office to take a patent on...um, what would be a stupid thing to patent... yes, WATER?
"Hi, I'd like to patent H20, I just made it only using a match and some methane. It's really never been done before because I lit methane holding the burning match horizontally and had ice cream in teh other hand."
Of course I can't do that. I'm not Microsoft.
In Soviet USA, anything is possible if you have a few billion $ to spare on your bank account(s).
"He is connected to the computer via a cable that is screwed into his head."
Now where have I seen that before...
Anyway, I think this is really helpful for the handicapped people, it must mean the world for the mto once again move their paralyzed limbs (or those replaced with artificial ones). Paralyzed means not being able to physically move your limb, not being too lazy to move, in case you were wondering.
This is the first useful invention I've heard about since reading about the pizza knife that has a fork integrated in it.
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As I recall, IE does not have anything even remotely similar to bugzilla (as FF has).
So, if I find a bug in FF, I'll report it in bugzilla. If I find a bug in IE, where do I report? send an e-mail to wishes@microsoft.com?
I'm sure there are some people that know that better than me -- enlighten me. How does one submit a bug found in IE?
point taken
IMO, the less software licences, the better.
Although one can invent his own unique licence for every piece of code he writes, I don't see how it would be a smart move.
Licence your product under GPL or BSD licence (or a known commercial one), then at least I know (approximately) under what terms you have released the product.
To be honest, I really don't want to read the whole licence before installing some program just to make sure I have the right to use it.
4 or 5 licences would be enough IMO. Well, of course there are some people/companies that think the standard licences are not the way to go.
I really would like to see full VBA support in OOffice. I'm currently developing an accounting worksheet for a spreadsheed program -- one of the demands was that (obviously) it has to work in Excel.
As I'm not very fond of Microsoft's products, I fired up my OO just to find out it uses a different scripting language for macros. So here I am, locked in Windows until the end of the project.
I haven't actually sought out any information why it isn't implemented in OO but I guess VBA has MS licence on it, making sure it stays out of OSS
I find it very scary that everyone with internet connection can read what I think. I mean, if they want to read my mind, let them come with the newly-invented mind-reading gadget -- at least I can counter it with tin foil.
...yeah I'm paranoid.
Based on what I write in a blog, they'd find out how my mind works, what I spend most of my time on etc. That is why I keep my blog on my hard drive safely away from the internet. Those that can access it are either trustworthy or leet haxx0rs.
I use Gentoo on amd64 machine, native 64-bit software.
My friends keep asking me why I don't use MSN Messenger -- obviously they fully enjoy all the nifty features that it has. I use a messenger that is a messenger only.
At the moment, I'm looking for some program to use to connect to my Nokia 3510i on my PC. I've yet to found an open sourced program that would enable me to do that. So it looks like I'll have to go for Logomanager which is Windows only.
Yesterday I wanted to play a game of online chess with someone -- that never happened, because I couldn't get the damn website to function correctly. The site requred Flash. I haven't got flash to work with Firefox, so I fired up Opera, only to find out the site wasn't loading there either. So the person I wanted to play with suggested I reboot into Windows. Too many reboots for my liking.
I have Windows installed because I couln't get Oracle database installed under Gentoo (tried the available How-to and some other tutorials), got some mystical errors.
There's something about Windows that makes me reluctant to boot into it. I can't point out what but there is that *something*.
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This summer I've been working in one of top software companies in my country as an intern.
I finished a course in C programming and thought I'd give it a try, see if I really can program in C.
But they wanted a Java programmer instead - which I could not do at that time. And I told them so.
Nonetheless, I got accepted as an intern.
The job that I do is programming dynamic web pages using Struts framework.
Downside of the internship is that they're not paying me -- but that was part of the agreement.
there's no way I'm putting a chip in me so that THEY would always have accurate data where I am and what I do.
Well, yes, they track us all anyway but this would make it much much easier.
So, sorry buds, I'm not into that stuff.
Any similar tendencies here also? Or is it like that only on America?
I'd hate to find out that by the time I graduate, all the programming is done in India (or something like that). No, I've nothing against India, I just don't want to be sure the profession I am acquiring has a future.
I don't think I geeky enough just yet to watch a live stream of a flower blooming. You may call me an insensitive clod now.
I still have an old crappy Nokia 3210.
It looks like it had been run over a few times (by a small car) but I sort of like it.
The battery can go for about a week, the display is big and clear enough to read messages, it has 10 ringtones -- which is exactly 9 more than I need.
Plus, it cost me $2 to buy it (oh, and another 2 bucks for new battery).
Clearly, it has most of things I expect from a cell phone.
So why buy new ones when you can get the simple (maybe used even, if you like) cell phones for a price of a lunch.
thanks for the tip
yes I did -- the cdrom that was included with the cdrom has only one thing on it that is meant for Linux -- the LAN card drivers, nothing more. If you can point me to the place where I can get uGuru for Linux, I'd really appreciate it.
..for not supporting Linux on K8T800Pro chipset!
I've got Abit AV8 with amd64 3200+. Now, I'd sure like to see how far the CPU can go, but the damn motherboard does not show any temperatures. Gkrellm does not support that chipset, nor does lm_sensors.
Only a madman would try overclocking without seeing how hot the CPU is. Overclocking and hoping that my cooler can remove the excess heat is not very reliable way to do it, I'd say.
If you know a way to see the temperatures on AV8, let me know. I haven't found any information on that (except the pages that say it cannot be done).
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Well, call me addicted, if you will, but I would buy the damn thing just to play FFVII remake on it.
An emulator for such a beast is not going to happen for a while, I think.
It's a windows virus. I haven't yet heard of or met any Linux virus.
thinking back when I was using Windows XP SP2 (the service pack being the only patch because I really didn't like the idea of autoupdating) I recall having maware problems maybe once or twice, during that half-a-year time, I had only one virus. (I have one virus on my Gentoo box now too, but I cant get it to work...).
Anyway, I haven't quite understood how bad hte security holes are, but I'll emerge the update "just in case".
The fact that popular browsers are being searched inside out for security holes is inevitable -- I'm just glad the existence of the breach was announced and fixed so quickly.
The other day, I was looking for reasons why a computer had crashed. I thought it might be a good idea to check the system log but at first I failed to locate it in system folders.
/var/log/everything that Gentoo machine has.
So I used the "search" function Windows Explorer has (yes the one with the brown hairless dog at the bottom left corner of the screen). No system log was found.
I snooped around the C:\Windows a bit more with no results and asked for guidance in a IRC chatroom. It was only then that I was able to find the darn log. And to my surprise, it did not contain any data that would have been of any use to me -- it had system boot times, shutdown times, start times of some (for me) unknown programs. No detailed information.
I'd expect a bit more from a system log -- but then again maybe I was looking from the wrong place?
Anyways, glad to see Microsoft improve their OS and I hope there will be a time when Windows will have something like
You're correct, I've seen incompatibility issues with Linux and *BSD also - the troubles were solved by simply buying the hardware pieces that had non-M$ dirver support.
It's just that extra hardware == extra expenses. And I don't like extra expenses, I've got enough of those already.
I still think that an OS should be able to be installed out of the box without buying any hardware. But that goes for the installation part only because after the installation, there is an opportunity to install third party hardware drivers that are not actually crucial for the OS to work as it should.
I mean, as I do not own any computer that will ever reach the amount of 16 TB of hard drive space (assuming that there won't be any super-low-price 16 TB hard drives for sale during the next few years), the 16 TB limit would be enough for me as it is.
Were the cache and page file maximum size limits the only changes (besides making the OS work at 64 bit)?
I hope they updated the integrated drivers list because if the installation still requires me to use floppy disk in order to use SATA drives, I'd quit the installation instantly. I don't have a floppy disk device nor do I intend to buy any extra hardware just to make an OS work on my computer.
... I mean, this is really stupid.
...um, what would be a stupid thing to patent... yes, WATER?
Here, in the sane world (Europe), I haven't heard of such a lame patents being provided. Yes, there are Euro-directives that had a farm shut down because the ceiling was 2 cm too high and carrots are officially fruit, but COME ON...
Can I go to patent office to take a patent on
"Hi, I'd like to patent H20, I just made it only using a match and some methane. It's really never been done before because I lit methane holding the burning match horizontally and had ice cream in teh other hand."
Of course I can't do that. I'm not Microsoft.
In Soviet USA, anything is possible if you have a few billion $ to spare on your bank account(s).
"He is connected to the computer via a cable that is screwed into his head."
Now where have I seen that before...
Anyway, I think this is really helpful for the handicapped people, it must mean the world for the mto once again move their paralyzed limbs (or those replaced with artificial ones). Paralyzed means not being able to physically move your limb, not being too lazy to move, in case you were wondering.
This is the first useful invention I've heard about since reading about the pizza knife that has a fork integrated in it.