There are a few minor adjustments you may need to make.
VirtualBox does a great job with Openstep out of the chute. To support Openstep or NeXTStep, Qemu needs to be built from source with several patches applied, including one for bus mouse access.
If I could have Solaris as an option, I would take it. There's a justifiable niche here.. Solaris is a supported alterna-UNIX with class leading development tools.
If OpenSolaris provided the second-best iPhone application development environment, it would be strong enough to justify the move.
If Sun takes the opportunity to bundle and better integrate OpenOffice with their new Enterprise Desktop, and add all sorts of security and platform robustness choices, it might have a chance.
There's enough technology present in Solaris to make a reasonable case for allowing it to compete against the much unloved Vista for Business, especially when Linux has taken the first wave of public criticism (Eee PC, Ubuntu, et al.)
If they can somehow coordinate a "Shake 'n' Bake" style maneuver with Apple (iPhone/Solaris/Dev with Apple/Sun/ZFS backend and iPhone integration) it could be a very good thing.
Apple will never take the Corporate Desktop summit, and I seriously believe they have stopped caring. Perhaps Sun recognizes this as well.
No matter what you might believe or have read, Linux is not Enterprise quality software.
We are barely there.
Speaking as an Enterprise Linux architect, the tools and stability of Linux distrubutions are not up to snuff. Sun handily beats Linuxes in this area.
ZFS, Jumpstart, FLARs, package management, patching... The list goes on.
Anyone who suggests FUSE as an option needs to get a clue. Selling NAS isn't always an option, or even viable. Kickstart/AutoYaST are OK for what they are, but the systems management tools are weak. So is their support. Call Redhat with a real stumper. They'll ask you for a sosreport, which you send. When they get it, they'll ask you to divert your energies to some troubleshooting track, and email you back sometime tomorrow, probably as you're getting ready to leave, with some copy-and-pasted errata or bug report that *MIGHT* apply to your situation. If you get a phone call, consider yourself highly fortunate.
RHEL 4, RHEL 5, RHEL 4AS RHEL 4ES, i386/x86_64...
Phooey. Solaris. SPARC? You asked for it, so you need it. You're not likely to whine about it.
Giving stuff away happens when things are "Free" as in beer.
Making things available happens when things are "Free" as in Freedom.
Java has been free like beer for ages. Coincidentally, SUNW/JAVA stock values were higher than they are today.
Free stuff attracts people. Microsoft wins developer mindshare with free or ridiculously low-cost software development tools. College students learn what they can afford to learn.
Free stuff up front with paid support to be delivered in the future is the way things seem to be going.
"Here's this thing.. Have fun with it! If you need help, it will cost you. Good luck!"
Advertisements. On your documents. Your important documents..
Do you think *anyone* would be open to this? Sun's board above all?
"Let's really screw ourselves and any chance we have to have OOo float.. How about selling ad space on people's documents! It works like the specialized coupon printers at the Grocers'!"
"If Writer detects a keyword, 'overdue', for example, it sticks an ad for Accenture in the footer!"
"Genius!"
"Brilliant!"
"Capital Idea!"
Take a breath.. Imagine a branded OpenOffice, as in the case of Novell. There's hardly a mention of "Sun".
My Nokia n810 is everything I wanted my Newton 2100 to be several years ago:
- smaller - color - built-in board - integrated wireless lan
However, it lacks much of what made the Newton lovable. Perhaps a full Ubuntu port will let me push the limits. Multi-touch X and an alternative window manager would do a lot.
We can run Android, but it's less than optimized for the n810.
We can also run Einstein (http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/07/if_iphone_is_too_closed_try_ne.html) for the full Newton experience.
What we need is the same level of hardware attention being paid to Atom, as in more specialized vendors producing high-performance ARM hardware. Someone please build an ARM device with HIGH Performance video, better clock speeds, more RAM and storage, and more expansion options (USB, Mini-PCI, etc..).
If I have to link it with a pocket-sized projector or external LCD panel, so be it.
"Practice" occurs until the arrow hits the target.
When "playing" the arrow never leaves the bowstring.
I'm saying "Do", by releasing the arrow, because now you know how.
It's all about the pathways. Once they're made, it's time to use them. Existence and development are linear.
Some people seem to be sensitive to the point where they think I am suggesting that we extinguish fancy. To the contrary, I am positing that we capitalize on our fully-developed sense of fancy, and make use of it in the world.
Let those in development keep it up. "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." You *could*, but it's akin to a septuagenarian remaining "in touch" with today's youth.
You aren't today's youth, unless you are, in which case you wouldn't be asking or answering this question.
The hash will find additional occurances of the keyword under cursor, 'n' will do the same (find 'n'ext instance), while 'N' will search in the opposing direction.
DISCLAIMER: I believe video games as a hobby or habit to be a tragic waste of time for anyone over 15.
Games, those which are purely for amusement, belong to the children.
Exploring (safe) challenges and developing the mental capacity to overcome them is the net benefit from puzzles, games, and the like.
Once the neural pathways have been created, it's time to move from 'play' to 'life'.
Children who play at occupational games, work to solve mental and logic challenges, and experience success have something meaningful and real to take into adulthood.
As an adult, the challenge should not be to create more entertaining games for older children, but to create a new generation of "games" for a new generation of children.
The maturation of subject matter should perhaps be redirected to the idea of 'playing' versus 'doing'.
Play until you know what to do, then step up to "Do." Leave the toys behind, or make new ones for the up-and-coming crew.
What would it cost to replace what you bought versus sending everything to a recovery specialist, or replacing it with stuff from Craigslist?
What would it cost (in terms of dollars or hours, whatever is more valuable to you) to:
- take everything apart
- subject the individual components to any of the treatments prescribed here
- reassemble everything (except for those extra pieces, intentionally removed for efficiency's sake!)
And is there any guarantee everything will work? Speakers without rigid cones? Not.
Television produced in the last 6 years? Nope.
Was everything relatively new? Purchased on a credit card? Some have their own protection plans.
If everything was a few generations old, you might not have lost as much as you think - especially if you post a few messages in sympathetic environments, describing your plight.
Pity and surplus electronics were made for each other.
@ $749, it would be a serious mainstream option in a world of segregated niche hardware.
The POS world is sorely missing cheap hardware of this class. There are a few vendors that will happily sell you a PC equipped for POS duty, but those systems are frequently bundled with service plans, value-add POS software, or the like.
1. Buy one of these 2. Get a cash drawer, a receipt printer, magstripe reader, keyboard, barcode scanner, and free POS platform 3. Eliminate two (three?) weak, costly links in the chain between your customer's hand and your bank 4. ??? 5. Profit!
I typically remove the plastic casing from all my little dongley peripherals and coat them with a clear, two-part, quick-setting epoxy. I've been at it for years now, and the only problems I have had have been cosmetic.
The trickiest part of the process is masking the pins, sockets, and other areas where you do *not* want to apply a clear, two-part, quick-setting epoxy. I'm sure Vaseline or some similar masking agent can be applied and removed cleanly, given the right environment.
I usually do it on my kitchen table with a plastic knife. YMMV.
Suppose I buy a nice Model-M at the thrift store. Who knows where that beast has been, let alone brushed up against on its journey from unwanted, obsolete electronic detritus to coveted technological wonder?!
Old enema bags, hot water bottles, various (read home-health and hospice) medical equipment, old nighties, etc..
Let me rephrase the Ask Slashdot article:
"I just bought a well-used, but still usable IBM Model-M keyboard at the Salvation Army. What's the best way to ensure I don't come down with $NEFARIOUS_DISEASE?"
Except that I'm posting this from my solar-powered Tandy Model 100, connected via serial to my hand-crank operated OKI-900, dialed into Suncoast Freenet...
I can whole-heartedly recommend the "The Gurus of Electronic Music" set: http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ohm/ to anyone intrigued with early computer-generated and electronically-composed music.
Some fantastic recordings of early computerized speech in there (He Destroyed Her Image) along with some terrific compositions by Brian Eno, Terry Riley, and Clara Rockmore (lady Theremin virtuoso), as well as the theme from "Forbidden Planet", and other gems..
DSL has working X, a browser, and some other utilitarian-type apps. There's still a demand for a "ready-to-run", "load it and go" CD-based distro. I have to ask, "Why start with a bunch of junky software that's there just because it's small?"
I'm totally with you on the Netinstall Debian angle. Start small, and 'apt-get' what you need. I built a demo server today in under an hour using that concept. I don't know what the installed footprint is, but I'm betting it's under 500MB. The beauty of this approach lies in apt-get's dependency resolution. You begin with the/bare/ minumum, and apt-get the far-end of what you need, e.g. epiphany.. Apt-get will bring down Xorg, the req'd gtk libs, etc. Hardly more than you really need, and if so, there's always deborphan. The one thing that kept me from posting a fanboy-esque "Netinstall FTW" comment was the 158MB total download. The Business Card install, OTOH, is somewhere around 50!
You can easily install 'live-helper' and roll your own using the same approach if it's a live-cd that you're after..
Exactly - touching one thing at a time doesn't get you much further than a keypad or similar would. *multi-touch* gets closer to "3-D" multi-dimensionality, which is something that people actually *crave*.
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"Nobody will ever need more than four categories of keyboard/mouse usage!"
* Best General Mice
* Best Gaming Mice
* Best Ergonomic Mice
* Best Notebook Mice
What about the Best Portable Mouse? The Best Bluetooth/RF Mouse? The Best Mouse for Graphics/DTP? The Best Trackball? The Best Light Pen?
Is it time for an Ask Slashdot supplemental?
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/search.php?mode=results
There are a few minor adjustments you may need to make.
VirtualBox does a great job with Openstep out of the chute. To support Openstep or NeXTStep, Qemu needs to be built from source with several patches applied, including one for bus mouse access.
Seriously:
If I could have Solaris as an option, I would take it. There's a justifiable niche here.. Solaris is a supported alterna-UNIX with class
leading development tools.
If OpenSolaris provided the second-best iPhone application development environment, it would be strong enough to justify the move.
If Sun takes the opportunity to bundle and better integrate OpenOffice with their new Enterprise Desktop, and add all sorts of security and platform robustness choices, it might have a chance.
There's enough technology present in Solaris to make a reasonable case for allowing it to compete against the much unloved Vista for Business, especially when Linux has taken the first wave of public criticism (Eee PC, Ubuntu, et al.)
If they can somehow coordinate a "Shake 'n' Bake" style maneuver with Apple (iPhone/Solaris/Dev with Apple/Sun/ZFS backend and iPhone integration) it could be a very good thing.
Apple will never take the Corporate Desktop summit, and I seriously believe they have stopped caring. Perhaps Sun recognizes this as well.
YellowDog is in the Linux Distro business, not HW.
It looks like Fixstar is selling rebranded low-end Intellistations. Not a Linux-box per se. You could likely run AIX on it if you like.
I'd like to run MacOS 8 on it, myself..
No matter what you might believe or have read, Linux is not Enterprise quality software.
We are barely there.
Speaking as an Enterprise Linux architect, the tools and stability of Linux distrubutions are not up to snuff. Sun handily beats Linuxes in this area.
ZFS, Jumpstart, FLARs, package management, patching... The list goes on.
Anyone who suggests FUSE as an option needs to get a clue. Selling NAS isn't always an option, or even viable. Kickstart/AutoYaST are OK for what they are, but the systems management tools are weak. So is their support. Call Redhat with a real stumper. They'll ask you for a sosreport, which you send. When they get it, they'll ask you to divert your energies to some troubleshooting track, and email you back sometime tomorrow, probably as you're getting ready to leave, with some copy-and-pasted errata or bug report that *MIGHT* apply to your situation. If you get a phone call, consider yourself highly fortunate.
RHEL 4, RHEL 5, RHEL 4AS RHEL 4ES, i386/x86_64...
Phooey. Solaris. SPARC? You asked for it, so you need it. You're not likely to whine about it.
pfff....
Giving stuff away happens when things are "Free" as in beer.
Making things available happens when things are "Free" as in Freedom.
Java has been free like beer for ages. Coincidentally, SUNW/JAVA stock values were higher than they are today.
Free stuff attracts people. Microsoft wins developer mindshare with free or ridiculously low-cost software development tools. College students learn what they can afford to learn.
Free stuff up front with paid support to be delivered in the future is the way things seem to be going.
"Here's this thing.. Have fun with it! If you need help, it will cost you. Good luck!"
Advertisements. On your documents. Your important documents..
Do you think *anyone* would be open to this? Sun's board above all?
"Let's really screw ourselves and any chance we have to have OOo float.. How about selling ad space on people's documents! It works like the specialized coupon printers at the Grocers'!"
"If Writer detects a keyword, 'overdue', for example, it sticks an ad for Accenture in the footer!"
"Genius!"
"Brilliant!"
"Capital Idea!"
Take a breath.. Imagine a branded OpenOffice, as in the case of Novell. There's hardly a mention of "Sun".
My Nokia n810 is everything I wanted my Newton 2100 to be several years ago:
- smaller
- color
- built-in board
- integrated wireless lan
However, it lacks much of what made the Newton lovable. Perhaps a full Ubuntu port will let me push the limits. Multi-touch X and an alternative window manager would do a lot.
We can run Android, but it's less than optimized for the n810.
We can also run Einstein (http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/07/if_iphone_is_too_closed_try_ne.html) for the full Newton experience.
What we need is the same level of hardware attention being paid to Atom, as in more specialized vendors producing high-performance ARM hardware. Someone please build an ARM device with HIGH Performance video, better clock speeds, more RAM and storage, and more expansion options (USB, Mini-PCI, etc..).
If I have to link it with a pocket-sized projector or external LCD panel, so be it.
Feedback loops aren't "real".
"Practice" occurs until the arrow hits the target.
When "playing" the arrow never leaves the bowstring.
I'm saying "Do", by releasing the arrow, because now you know how.
It's all about the pathways. Once they're made, it's time to use them. Existence and development are linear.
Some people seem to be sensitive to the point where they think I am suggesting that we extinguish fancy. To the contrary, I am positing that we capitalize on our fully-developed sense of fancy, and make use of it in the world.
Let those in development keep it up. "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." You *could*, but it's akin to a septuagenarian remaining "in touch" with today's youth.
You aren't today's youth, unless you are, in which case you wouldn't be asking or answering this question.
I knew what I was getting into.
':set ts=N' will also work, though for the tab spacing you specify.
':set et' will expand the TABs into spaces (for satisfying your crufty cow-orkers)
'>' will indent, it's lower on the keyboard, and its symbol is more indicative of its function!
#,n,N
The hash will find additional occurances of the keyword under cursor, 'n' will do the same (find 'n'ext instance), while 'N' will search in the opposing direction.
surprisingly, I haven't seen the '--interval' flag mentioned anywhere here.
Pass '--interval' followed by the desired number of seconds between updates.
My favorite use is watching large files progress or slow processes.
DISCLAIMER: I believe video games as a hobby or habit to be a tragic waste of time for anyone over 15.
Games, those which are purely for amusement, belong to the children.
Exploring (safe) challenges and developing the mental capacity to overcome them is the net benefit from puzzles, games, and the like.
Once the neural pathways have been created, it's time to move from 'play' to 'life'.
Children who play at occupational games, work to solve mental and logic challenges, and experience success have something meaningful and real to take into adulthood.
As an adult, the challenge should not be to create more entertaining games for older children, but to create a new generation of "games" for a new generation of children.
The maturation of subject matter should perhaps be redirected to the idea of 'playing' versus 'doing'.
Play until you know what to do, then step up to "Do." Leave the toys behind, or make new ones for the up-and-coming crew.
What would it cost to replace what you bought versus sending everything to a recovery specialist, or replacing it with stuff from Craigslist?
What would it cost (in terms of dollars or hours, whatever is more valuable to you) to:
- take everything apart
- subject the individual components to any of the treatments prescribed here
- reassemble everything (except for those extra pieces, intentionally removed for efficiency's sake!)
And is there any guarantee everything will work? Speakers without rigid cones? Not.
Television produced in the last 6 years? Nope.
Was everything relatively new? Purchased on a credit card? Some have their own protection plans.
If everything was a few generations old, you might not have lost as much as you think - especially if you post a few messages in sympathetic environments, describing your plight.
Pity and surplus electronics were made for each other.
Ex-act-ly.
@ $749, it would be a serious mainstream option in a world of segregated niche hardware.
The POS world is sorely missing cheap hardware of this class. There are a few vendors that will happily sell you a PC equipped for POS duty, but those systems are frequently bundled with service plans, value-add POS software, or the like.
1. Buy one of these
2. Get a cash drawer, a receipt printer, magstripe reader, keyboard, barcode scanner, and free POS platform
3. Eliminate two (three?) weak, costly links in the chain between your customer's hand and your bank
4. ???
5. Profit!
I typically remove the plastic casing from all my little dongley peripherals and coat them with a clear, two-part, quick-setting epoxy. I've been at it for years now, and the only problems I have had have been cosmetic.
The trickiest part of the process is masking the pins, sockets, and other areas where you do *not* want to apply a clear, two-part, quick-setting epoxy.
I'm sure Vaseline or some similar masking agent can be applied and removed cleanly, given the right environment.
I usually do it on my kitchen table with a plastic knife. YMMV.
- Slice off the binding (are they *really* that important? you're archiving them digitally, after all)
- Use a modern imaging/copying machine that has the capability to store images digitally, likely as PDF
- Stack the thing in the document feeder, and set it image both sides
- Repeat
I'll play devil's advocate..
Suppose I buy a nice Model-M at the thrift store. Who knows where that beast has been, let alone brushed up against on its journey from unwanted, obsolete electronic detritus to coveted technological wonder?!
Old enema bags, hot water bottles, various (read home-health and hospice) medical equipment, old nighties, etc..
Let me rephrase the Ask Slashdot article:
"I just bought a well-used, but still usable IBM Model-M keyboard at the Salvation Army. What's the best way to ensure I don't come down with $NEFARIOUS_DISEASE?"
Dash out a quickie pair of AIs to converse with each other, and decide what the best ultimate use of resources is, *then* load and run the *real* job?
Except that I'm posting this from my solar-powered Tandy Model 100, connected via serial to my hand-crank operated OKI-900, dialed into Suncoast Freenet...
How about you introduce some detached, dispassionate logic into your tired, Limbaugh-esque, canned-common-sense retort?
Truth needs fresh air.
Phenomenal!
I can whole-heartedly recommend the "The Gurus of Electronic Music" set: http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ohm/ to anyone intrigued with early computer-generated and electronically-composed music.
Some fantastic recordings of early computerized speech in there (He Destroyed Her Image) along with some terrific compositions by Brian Eno, Terry Riley, and Clara Rockmore (lady Theremin virtuoso), as well as the theme from "Forbidden Planet", and other gems..
DSL has working X, a browser, and some other utilitarian-type apps. There's still a demand for a "ready-to-run", "load it and go" CD-based distro. I have to ask, "Why start with a bunch of junky software that's there just because it's small?"
/bare/ minumum, and apt-get the far-end of what you need, e.g. epiphany.. Apt-get will bring down Xorg, the req'd gtk libs, etc. Hardly more than you really need, and if so, there's always deborphan. The one thing that kept me from posting a fanboy-esque "Netinstall FTW" comment was the 158MB total download. The Business Card install, OTOH, is somewhere around 50!
I'm totally with you on the Netinstall Debian angle. Start small, and 'apt-get' what you need. I built a demo server today in under an hour using that concept. I don't know what the installed footprint is, but I'm betting it's under 500MB. The beauty of this approach lies in apt-get's dependency resolution. You begin with the
You can easily install 'live-helper' and roll your own using the same approach if it's a live-cd that you're after..
Exactly - touching one thing at a time doesn't get you much further than a keypad or similar would. *multi-touch* gets closer to "3-D" multi-dimensionality, which is something that people actually *crave*.