That was one of my favourite Red Dwarf episodes! Very funny indeed
TOASTER: Howdy doodly do! How's it going? I'm Talkie -- Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Anyone like any toast? LISTER: Look, _I_ don't want any toast, and _he_ (indicating KRYTEN)
doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast.
Not now, not ever. NO TOAST. TOASTER: How 'bout a muffin? LISTER: OR muffins! OR muffins! We don't LIKE muffins around here! We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and DEFINITELY no smegging flapjacks! TOASTER: Aah, so you're a waffle man! LISTER: (to KRYTEN) See? You see what he's like? He winds me up, man. There's no reasoning with him. KRYTEN: If you'll allow me, Sir, as one mechanical to another. He'll
understand me. (Addressing the TOASTER as one would address an errant
child) Now. Now, you listen here. You will not offer ANY grilled
bread products to ANY member of the crew. If you do, you will be on
the receiving end of a very large polo mallet. TOASTER: Can I ask just one question? KRYTEN: Of course. TOASTER: Would anyone like any toast? KRYTEN: Didn't you HEAR what I just said? TOASTER: Yes, but I thought you might have changed your mind in the
meantime. LISTER: You see? You see what he's like? KRYTEN: (Exasperated) We haven't changed our mind! LISTER: NO TOAST! TOASTER: But I am a toaster. It is my/raison d'etre/. I toast,
therefore I am. If you don't want any toast, why did you repair me? LISTER: Yeah, why did you repair him? KRYTEN: He's a guinea pig for a technique called "Intelligence
Compression." His AI chips were very badly damaged in the accident. TOASTER: But that was no accident! That was first-degree toastercide! LISTER: Just shut your grill!
If I haven't touched a project for 6 months it can take me a little while to get to grips with my own code if I haven't commented it properly - then again perhaps I just drink too much!
I don't think a standardized way of commenting is necessary though, as long as there is sufficient comments for a new team member (or a forgetful author like me) to understand the code in a reasonable time.
OK... where to start... (and why am I responding to an off-topic post (modd this off topic please!)
Firstly, a linux filesystem mount's remote filesystems in a folder, eg: folderA in outer mongolia might be mounted as/usr/folderA. Have you checked where this folder you're copying to is located? Other than that you might have a HDD problem, copying files is mainly dependent on the speed of the HDD, linux has mostly been faster in the past for me - but the HDD speed is usualy the major factor of copying times.
In addition, during this file transfer, Mozilla will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Emacs Lite is straining to keep up as I type this.
This definately sounds wierd! Check your logs for errors (yes, linux, unlike windows, tells you whats going on!).
Linux runs slower on a 486 than windows? Are you running Win 3.1??? Can you even run XP on a machine with 8 megs of ram??
Windows is faster? *co... virtual memory being read... ugh*
Cheaper? WTF? free vs lots???
More Stable? My linux box has crashed once in the last 3 years - that was due to a failed DIMM. Windows on the other hand, where to start...
Sorry got blue screened before finishing that last comment.
Are you a geek, who wants a productive interface? KDE is the way to go - actually, I prefer Windowmaker myself.
Glad to hear that there are still WindowMaker users out there other than myself!! Other than performance, one of the main reasons I don't use KDE/Gnome is the size of the libraries etc - I was tempted to use KPilot to sync my palm - but having to install 1-200MB of libraries to use it put me off!
Various Unix's? Are M$ trying not to mention a competitor on their website? Yes it was a 2 tier system - as mentioned, the frontend was apache on BSD, the backend was Solaris on Sun boxes, oh and they were trying to switch to NT since aquiring hotmail in '97: here's an article from '98. They only managed to move to Win 2k in 2000.
Sun always builds their systems to be balanced and avoid bottlenecks, it's the first thing you learn about on the internal training courses so needless to say the I/O is fast enough.
No! No! No! This is one of the biggest problems. It is absolutely unacceptable that one has to edit a system config file manually just to get some file association stuff to work! It should be possible by simple clicking, and NOT EDITING CONFIG FILES!
Xine is easy to compile and install: to get the extra codec support you need to install the mplayer libraries, instructions are here. Regarding audio I'm not sure what your problem is, I can play more than 1 movie in xine at a time reciving sound from all of them - getting a noise from IM shouldn't be a problem.
3. Corporate groupware
You could use Open Exchange as the server and Evolution 2 as the mail client - haven't treid them myself but ave heard good things.
4. Firefox
I haven't come across any major sites that only allow IE recently (excluding MS itself of course). I'm not going to get in to the discussion of web standards and FF vs IE here - that's been covered thousands of times before.
5. Wifi
Kismet will scan for AP's (and even try and get the wep codes if you're that way inclined). Unfortunately you will need to use ifconfig yourself to connect to the ap though. Also drivers for wireless are really easy in linux thanks to ndiswrapper.
Perhaps you should try a winow manager that isn't completely bloated like KDE? Have a try with WinowMaker or some other light window manager - you'll find things launch a lot quicker than in Windows.
For 3rd-party companies (Intuit, Adobe, Autodesk, etc etc ad nauseum) to release either Linux or Wine-friendly versions of their apps.
If you can't find an alternative application in Linux you could always run Windows through VMWare - you can also disable network support for the VM so that you always have a nice clean copy of Windows instead of one riddled with ad/spyware! Further you'd be surprised how fast this can be, I run an AMD 1600+ with 1GB and Windows runs very fast in VMWare.
For companies like Cisco to make it easy to run the VPN Client.
A perfect VT220 emulator. There are many in the Windows world.
xterm & gnome-terminal can be used to emulate VT220, for the latter it's as simple as adding a line to your xresources file.
Better wireless support, both thru more drivers from "industry", and better "management" front-ends.
I think you'll find that Wireless support in terms of drivers is just as good in Linux as it is in Windows - just install ndiswrapper and use the windows drivers!
Better looking fonts. Sure, fonts are 100x better looking than they were in 1999, but they are still better looking in Windows.
In my opinion the reason people don't migrate to Linux is because they either think it'll be too hard to use or, like the parent poster, they believe that Linux won't be able to do what Windows can - and don't bother to do any research as to whether they're correct or not.
That sites hilarious! Just tried it from my work pc and failed on the video card spec... and at the bottom it says "Want to make this game really fly? Check out the products below" - it recommends I buy a Logitech® Cordless Rumblepad(TM) 2... that'll help!
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...I've never seen one before -- no one has -- but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
It wasn't time for a diet when they got FAT... that happened when they got VFAT!
That was one of my favourite Red Dwarf episodes! Very funny indeed
/raison d'etre/. I toast,
therefore I am. If you don't want any toast, why did you repair me?
TOASTER: Howdy doodly do! How's it going? I'm Talkie -- Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Anyone like any toast?
LISTER: Look, _I_ don't want any toast, and _he_ (indicating KRYTEN) doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. NO TOAST.
TOASTER: How 'bout a muffin?
LISTER: OR muffins! OR muffins! We don't LIKE muffins around here! We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and DEFINITELY no smegging flapjacks!
TOASTER: Aah, so you're a waffle man!
LISTER: (to KRYTEN) See? You see what he's like? He winds me up, man. There's no reasoning with him.
KRYTEN: If you'll allow me, Sir, as one mechanical to another. He'll understand me. (Addressing the TOASTER as one would address an errant child) Now. Now, you listen here. You will not offer ANY grilled bread products to ANY member of the crew. If you do, you will be on the receiving end of a very large polo mallet.
TOASTER: Can I ask just one question?
KRYTEN: Of course.
TOASTER: Would anyone like any toast?
KRYTEN: Didn't you HEAR what I just said?
TOASTER: Yes, but I thought you might have changed your mind in the meantime.
LISTER: You see? You see what he's like?
KRYTEN: (Exasperated) We haven't changed our mind!
LISTER: NO TOAST!
TOASTER: But I am a toaster. It is my
LISTER: Yeah, why did you repair him?
KRYTEN: He's a guinea pig for a technique called "Intelligence Compression." His AI chips were very badly damaged in the accident.
TOASTER: But that was no accident! That was first-degree toastercide!
LISTER: Just shut your grill!
And the white hole sketch is spot on!
Haydn.
If I haven't touched a project for 6 months it can take me a little while to get to grips with my own code if I haven't commented it properly - then again perhaps I just drink too much!
I don't think a standardized way of commenting is necessary though, as long as there is sufficient comments for a new team member (or a forgetful author like me) to understand the code in a reasonable time.
Haydn.
You can get much mor interesting stats from Netcraft, check out the title and number 7!
Haydn.
IIRC: The g in Oracle 10g stands for Grid (as in grid computing).
I think you've just written the code for Google, I could be wrong though!
The EU should stay out of our business.
Trading in the EU is the EU's business! No company has the right to trade in the EU without being subject to it's laws.
OK... where to start... (and why am I responding to an off-topic post (modd this off topic please!)
/usr/folderA. Have you checked where this folder you're copying to is located? Other than that you might have a HDD problem, copying files is mainly dependent on the speed of the HDD, linux has mostly been faster in the past for me - but the HDD speed is usualy the major factor of copying times.
Firstly, a linux filesystem mount's remote filesystems in a folder, eg: folderA in outer mongolia might be mounted as
In addition, during this file transfer, Mozilla will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Emacs Lite is straining to keep up as I type this.
This definately sounds wierd! Check your logs for errors (yes, linux, unlike windows, tells you whats going on!).
Linux runs slower on a 486 than windows? Are you running Win 3.1??? Can you even run XP on a machine with 8 megs of ram??
Windows is faster? *co... virtual memory being read... ugh*
Cheaper? WTF? free vs lots???
More Stable? My linux box has crashed once in the last 3 years - that was due to a failed DIMM. Windows on the other hand, where to start...
Sorry got blue screened before finishing that last comment.
Haydn.
Try replacing the bios batteries then!
Want something you can store easily??
Phoenix BIOS
Isn't it the phoenix bios laptops that are a rpita with linux re: acpi etc?
If piracy boosts sales, why has no EASILY hackable system been successful ever?
The PC game market is very "hackable" and there's loads of piracy - correct me if I'm wrong but this market seems very successful!
Are you a geek, who wants a productive interface? KDE is the way to go - actually, I prefer Windowmaker myself.
Glad to hear that there are still WindowMaker users out there other than myself!! Other than performance, one of the main reasons I don't use KDE/Gnome is the size of the libraries etc - I was tempted to use KPilot to sync my palm - but having to install 1-200MB of libraries to use it put me off!
I see we've found out which human donated the brain cells for this study!!
Various Unix's? Are M$ trying not to mention a competitor on their website? Yes it was a 2 tier system - as mentioned, the frontend was apache on BSD, the backend was Solaris on Sun boxes, oh and they were trying to switch to NT since aquiring hotmail in '97: here's an article from '98. They only managed to move to Win 2k in 2000.
Haydn.
What kind of legitimate service needs my credit card information to "verify" the details of my registration?
errrr eBay??
Perhaps if they ran a lighter WM instead of KDE it might help ;P
Sun always builds their systems to be balanced and avoid bottlenecks, it's the first thing you learn about on the internal training courses so needless to say the I/O is fast enough.
Haydn.
...only to be twarted by some sort of sonic weapon
Did you mean thwarted?
Haydn.
Bah typical windows users
In Gnome:
In KDE:
Haydn.
This should help you out:
/etc/mailcap or /etc/mime.types file!
1. File associations
Edit your
2. Multimedia
Xine is easy to compile and install: to get the extra codec support you need to install the mplayer libraries, instructions are here. Regarding audio I'm not sure what your problem is, I can play more than 1 movie in xine at a time reciving sound from all of them - getting a noise from IM shouldn't be a problem.
3. Corporate groupware
You could use Open Exchange as the server and Evolution 2 as the mail client - haven't treid them myself but ave heard good things.
4. Firefox
I haven't come across any major sites that only allow IE recently (excluding MS itself of course). I'm not going to get in to the discussion of web standards and FF vs IE here - that's been covered thousands of times before.
5. Wifi
Kismet will scan for AP's (and even try and get the wep codes if you're that way inclined). Unfortunately you will need to use ifconfig yourself to connect to the ap though. Also drivers for wireless are really easy in linux thanks to ndiswrapper.
6. Fonts (minor)
If you miss the windows Arial font why not install it in Linux??
Haydn.
Perhaps you should try a winow manager that isn't completely bloated like KDE? Have a try with WinowMaker or some other light window manager - you'll find things launch a lot quicker than in Windows.
An Exchange-killer.
Have you tried Open Exchange? Not that exchange is appropraite to a discussion on the Desktop market.
A definitely legal method of playing encrypted DVDs.
Try xine! (btw Xine is an awesome app!)
For 3rd-party companies (Intuit, Adobe, Autodesk, etc etc ad nauseum) to release either Linux or Wine-friendly versions of their apps.
If you can't find an alternative application in Linux you could always run Windows through VMWare - you can also disable network support for the VM so that you always have a nice clean copy of Windows instead of one riddled with ad/spyware! Further you'd be surprised how fast this can be, I run an AMD 1600+ with 1GB and Windows runs very fast in VMWare.
For companies like Cisco to make it easy to run the VPN Client.
Cisco VPN client for Linux!
A perfect VT220 emulator. There are many in the Windows world.
xterm & gnome-terminal can be used to emulate VT220, for the latter it's as simple as adding a line to your xresources file.
Better wireless support, both thru more drivers from "industry", and better "management" front-ends.
I think you'll find that Wireless support in terms of drivers is just as good in Linux as it is in Windows - just install ndiswrapper and use the windows drivers!
Better looking fonts. Sure, fonts are 100x better looking than they were in 1999, but they are still better looking in Windows.
If font's are so important to you, why not just use the Windows true type fonts in linux??
In my opinion the reason people don't migrate to Linux is because they either think it'll be too hard to use or, like the parent poster, they believe that Linux won't be able to do what Windows can - and don't bother to do any research as to whether they're correct or not.
Haydn.
That sites hilarious! Just tried it from my work pc and failed on the video card spec... and at the bottom it says "Want to make this game really fly? Check out the products below" - it recommends I buy a Logitech® Cordless Rumblepad(TM) 2... that'll help!