Well, 3E improved things, and that's from Wizards of the Coast. In some countries (France, Sweden) D&D wasn't the dominant RPG anymore before 3E (Good settings, and pretty rulebooks had room to develop).
3.5 (point release for books?!?) and 4E are from a Wizards of the Coast owned and directed by Hasbro, a completely different beast.
/me wondering how comes I can watch TV without cable/satellite/Hertz waves Ah, yes I live in Europe and I have TV through IP, and a hard-drive recorder from my ISP...
Debian has a non-free repository Suse has a NON-GPL kernel
The phrase at the bottom is confusing:
"All of the application software installed by default is Free Software. In addition, we install some hardware drivers that are available only in binary format, but such packages are clearly marked in the restricted component."
"The restricted component is reserved for software that is very commonly used, and which is supported by the Ubuntu team even though it is not available under a completely free licence. Please note that it may not be possible to provide complete support for this software since we are unable to fix the software ourselves, but can only forward problem reports to the actual authors.
Some software from restricted will be installed on Ubuntu CDs but is clearly separated to ensure that it is easy to remove. We include this software because it is essential in order for Ubuntu to run on certain machines - typical examples are the binary drivers that some video card vendors publish, which are the only way for Ubuntu to run on those machines. By default, we will only use open source software unless there is simply no other way to install Ubuntu. The Ubuntu team works with such vendors to accelerate the open-sourcing of their software to ensure that as much software as possible is available under a Free licence. "
(the bolding is mine) That the same procedure used by pretty much all distrib, requiring user intervention to install those, and allowing users to install those.
I was, though I was in Europe, and I never received those two messages. The precedent message from lilo was a problem with some server and the connection between Europe and the U.S. I guess that it was part of the "fun"
(00:30:43) lilo: (notice) [Global Notice] Hi all. As you are aware, we experienced an episode some hours ago in which a staff password was sniffed or cracked. It would be prudent for you to change your nickserv and chanserv passwords at this point. We're continuing to investigate what happened. Thanks for your patience.
Grand total of recorded crimes for the year 1999 Switzerland: 4,355.74 per 100,000 inhabitants United States of America: 8,517.19 per 100,000 inhabitants
Though, those are official number, the International Crime Victim Survey (http://ruljis.leidenuniv.nl/group/jfcr/www/icvs/I ndex.htm) shows interesting results (sometimes different from the official result), but you have to remember that it is just a survey on roughly a thousand people per country (not every people responding), meaning that the number are potentialy off by 1 or 2% (and when the number or classification show result in the 1 per 1000, those are meaningless).
Just to say that it is hard to mesure the quality of a society:)
Well, there is Aethera, based on KDE Kontact:
http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/
Works on Windows, KDE (Linux, BSD, etc..), and Mac OS X
I do not like its look, but it has Outlook/Evolution features (not sure about the Exchange functionality, though it works with Kolab which is some kind of Exchange replacement).
Nice article, though I have a hard time believing that the author wasn't a linux user before his ten days test:)
Learning to use a new environment, up to setting mythTV, and using slax to repair environment, isn't something that you learn easily in ten days. (The same thing holds true for similar applications in Windows or Mac OS X.)
For those interested in binaries download through usenet (pr0n, and whatever), which the author wasn't able to do apparently, you can use Pan, it is undocumented, doesn't support secure nntp, but it is features full when you use standard nntp.
N.B. For me, I can't get rid of either Windows or Linux: I need Scribus on Linux to do documents, and Windows for games that I have been too lazy to set up on linux;)
Wasn't Manbo Open Source a GPL version of an old version of Miro's Manbo proprietary CMS?
And when the Open version got so much plug-in Miro attempted to get the Mambo Open Source CMS API to match their last Mambo proprietary CMS API? Without results? (IIRC, one or two years ago, when I used Mambo open source for a website).
As an user of this CMS, it feels like Miro mades some strange moves (they probably did not expect the sources of their old CMS to become something that could overshadow their own new CMS).
I have used gallica, and I know how importants some of those books are. But scanning books whose text is available in image, or with such a low quality, prevent casual use or futur OCR if the techniques becomes reliable enough to be used on those books.
Because France (and the rest of Europe) is in a position of weakness when it comes to ebook.
The BNF http://www.bnf.fr/ has attempted too early to scan lots of books, without the right plan.
The result? a bunch of low res image in locked PDF (can't select and copy) of some two hundred years books.
What google has done, is making a few people think in France: hey! We have completly fucked up our electronic library! Given that it has costed several millions to citizen without any results, maybe we should try to not suck so that the docile citizen do not notice the millions of euros which have been stupidly spent for a totaly useless project!
Giving credits to folks at Puppy or DSL?
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/usb.html
Both can be booted from an USB key
Puppy comes also in a version for multi session CD, allowing you to write on it while using it as a Live CDhttp://www.goosee.com/puppy/multi-puppy.htm
A few other liveCD do this as well.
More seriously, the new is that what IBM developped doesn't mess with the stuff you already have on your cellphone or MP3 player.
I was able to use gnome 2.8 on a Celeron 433 with 64Mo of RAM. Though you either need to tweak your configurationhttp://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guid e/2.6/ch09.html/
or to use a dedicated distribution like Beatrix http://www.watsky.net// which include gnome and use dirty trick with the kernel to improve performance.
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I'm sorry for the awful picture you will get in your mind if you continue reading.
But it occured to me that you could use a penis instead of a finger (giving it another use beside: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/21 )
(Why, oh why this thought came to me...)
Well, 3E improved things, and that's from Wizards of the Coast. In some countries (France, Sweden) D&D wasn't the dominant RPG anymore before 3E (Good settings, and pretty rulebooks had room to develop).
3.5 (point release for books?!?) and 4E are from a Wizards of the Coast owned and directed by Hasbro, a completely different beast.
/me wondering how comes I can watch TV without cable/satellite/Hertz waves
Ah, yes I live in Europe and I have TV through IP, and a hard-drive recorder from my ISP...
On the shipping, yes,they are on the CD.
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Debian has a non-free repository
Suse has a NON-GPL kernel
The phrase at the bottom is confusing:
"All of the application software installed by default is Free Software. In addition, we install some hardware drivers that are available only in binary format, but such packages are clearly marked in the restricted component."
From this link:
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components
"The restricted component is reserved for software that is very commonly used, and which is supported by the Ubuntu team even though it is not available under a completely free licence. Please note that it may not be possible to provide complete support for this software since we are unable to fix the software ourselves, but can only forward problem reports to the actual authors.
Some software from restricted will be installed on Ubuntu CDs but is clearly separated to ensure that it is easy to remove. We include this software because it is essential in order for Ubuntu to run on certain machines - typical examples are the binary drivers that some video card vendors publish, which are the only way for Ubuntu to run on those machines. By default, we will only use open source software unless there is simply no other way to install Ubuntu. The Ubuntu team works with such vendors to accelerate the open-sourcing of their software to ensure that as much software as possible is available under a Free licence. "
(the bolding is mine) That the same procedure used by pretty much all distrib, requiring user intervention to install those, and allowing users to install those.
RMS doesn't recommand any major distro for this reason: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/08/msg02
Not in the default install, you need to take the decision to do so (much like debian or other distro).
No need to promote some flash of 3D when the stadard already exist:
X3D (the newly born vrml) seems quite good for 3D: http://www.web3d.org/
Many tools around it, reader for pretty much all browser and all platform, authoring tools with different scope in mind, etc...
Now for SVG (and X3D/VRML?) authoring, you do have some tools: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
The market isn't there yet, that's why they aren't widespread IMHO
I was, though I was in Europe, and I never received those two messages. The precedent message from lilo was a problem with some server and the connection between Europe and the U.S.
I guess that it was part of the "fun"
> I'm with that other individual: Is there any extension that does this with an ftp/webdav/... server of *my* choice?
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https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1989/
or
http://extensions.geckozone.org/BookmarksSynchron
though only https, no sftp or ftps
err, the data doesn't back it up at all:
I ndex.htm) shows interesting results (sometimes different from the official result), but you have to remember that it is just a survey on roughly a thousand people per country (not every people responding), meaning that the number are potentialy off by 1 or 2% (and when the number or classification show result in the 1 per 1000, those are meaningless).
:)
Grand total of recorded crimes for the year 1999
Switzerland: 4,355.74 per 100,000 inhabitants
United States of America: 8,517.19 per 100,000 inhabitants
Though, those are official number, the International Crime Victim Survey (http://ruljis.leidenuniv.nl/group/jfcr/www/icvs/
Just to say that it is hard to mesure the quality of a society
Well, there is Aethera, based on KDE Kontact: http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/ Works on Windows, KDE (Linux, BSD, etc..), and Mac OS X I do not like its look, but it has Outlook/Evolution features (not sure about the Exchange functionality, though it works with Kolab which is some kind of Exchange replacement).
Nice article, though I have a hard time believing that the author wasn't a linux user before his ten days test :)
;)
Learning to use a new environment, up to setting mythTV, and using slax to repair environment, isn't something that you learn easily in ten days. (The same thing holds true for similar applications in Windows or Mac OS X.)
For those interested in binaries download through usenet (pr0n, and whatever), which the author wasn't able to do apparently, you can use Pan, it is undocumented, doesn't support secure nntp, but it is features full when you use standard nntp.
N.B. For me, I can't get rid of either Windows or Linux: I need Scribus on Linux to do documents, and Windows for games that I have been too lazy to set up on linux
Well, just to add fuel on the fire:
Wasn't Manbo Open Source a GPL version of an old version of Miro's Manbo proprietary CMS?
And when the Open version got so much plug-in Miro attempted to get the Mambo Open Source CMS API to match their last Mambo proprietary CMS API? Without results? (IIRC, one or two years ago, when I used Mambo open source for a website).
As an user of this CMS, it feels like Miro mades some strange moves (they probably did not expect the sources of their old CMS to become something that could overshadow their own new CMS).
I stand corrected on the ability to select images, this wasn't the case some 4 years ago (yes there was be copy protection)
= Gallica&O=NUMM-44457
But please, look at this document on "Marine Militaire de France: abus et réforme 1790" http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination
and now tell me that money hasn't been stupidly spent.
I have used gallica, and I know how importants some of those books are. But scanning books whose text is available in image, or with such a low quality, prevent casual use or futur OCR if the techniques becomes reliable enough to be used on those books.
Because France (and the rest of Europe) is in a position of weakness when it comes to ebook.
The BNF http://www.bnf.fr/ has attempted too early to scan lots of books, without the right plan.
The result? a bunch of low res image in locked PDF (can't select and copy) of some two hundred years books.
What google has done, is making a few people think in France: hey! We have completly fucked up our electronic library!
Given that it has costed several millions to citizen without any results,
maybe we should try to not suck so that the docile citizen do not notice the millions of euros which have been stupidly spent for a totaly useless project!
Giving credits to folks at Puppy or DSL? http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/usb.html
Both can be booted from an USB key Puppy comes also in a version for multi session CD, allowing you to write on it while using it as a Live CDhttp://www.goosee.com/puppy/multi-puppy.htm
A few other liveCD do this as well.
More seriously, the new is that what IBM developped doesn't mess with the stuff you already have on your cellphone or MP3 player.
Well, if you use a debian based linux distro, you can build linspire internet suite http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.p hp?package_name=mozilla&pg=specs/and expect that maybe it will be updated to the new gecko engine.
I was able to use gnome 2.8 on a Celeron 433 with 64Mo of RAM. Though you either need to tweak your configurationhttp://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guid e/2.6/ch09.html/
or to use a dedicated distribution like Beatrix http://www.watsky.net//
which include gnome and use dirty trick with the kernel to improve performance.