But it doesn't "just work" for the simple stuff. I can make it work without any problem, but that's the thing. I don't want to have to "make it work".
I agree, and that's one of the things Linux and Linux application developers must work on.
An example: the other day I wanted to copy something from from Mozilla into Star Writer. It would not let me highlight the text, CTRL C, and CTRL P. Neither would selecting "Copy" from the edit window in Mozilla and "Paste" in Star Writer work. It is this sort of basic operation (which Windows has had universally in all major applications) that should work out of the box.
I ended up using the middle mouse button to paste into a vi window and then opened the file in the word processor.
I have been a dedicated Linux user for over five years, and I'm not about to switch, but these things should be addressed by now.
Also, it would not kill you application developers to have a non-technical person spell and grammar check your user interface text. You will get a nicely polished application and an English major will get to eat a meal.
this is rather unethical and smacks of blackmail (I know, surprising coming from SCO). If SCO goes through with it it will seriously lessen their credibility in the eyes of a judge.
The legal system appreciates efforts to resolve things out of court. SCO is saying they want everything their way and is not willing to negotiate.
My guess is that IBM will seek an injunction preventing this.
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will have to deal with the fact that no one in the *nix community will ever want to do business with what is the current company.
If IBM buys SCO, and I hope they don't, they should gut SCO for their customers base, engineers, and products, and can everyone else working there.
Even if this results in a massive win for SCO, I see them getting no new business in the future due to the trouble they have caused. Linux code will be rewritten in a week or so, and SCO will be left with perpetually declining sales.
I always said that Red Hat should have bought SCO with inflated stock shortly after Red Hat's IPO several years ago. We could have had all of SCO's customers on Open Source by now and there would be no IP disputes.
We've got some really bright kids in my shop, but the problem is they're fresh out of school and they think that the VB class they took their junior year, and the Access class they took their senior year gives them this huge vast reservoir of knowledge from which to draw upon.
If that's the case I would look to hire from schools that teach something other than VB for programming and Access for database. Not trying to start a flame war, but a language with cleaner semantics and strong typing may be better for laying a strong programming foundation.
Inform them that you wish to recoup the cost of this call, and that you want them to send you a cheque for $100 USD. If they refuse, tell them you will take it up with the FCC, and the fine they will levy will be much, much more than that.
Nice idea, but in reality the FCC does not enforce these sorts of things unless there is a widespread pattern of abuse.
I have complained to the FCC about illegal telemarketing practices, including the use of automated messages by telemarketers. They don't have time to enforce everything.
The only thing it gets you is a nice form letter in the mail stating that they are "investigating".
I wish someone would offer a mobile phone package that had no messaging capability at all. Imagine how great it would be to not get bothered constantly. I would pay extra for such a service.
Walking across the parking lot, I heard a buzzing sound. Looking up, I noticed that where the metal ribs of the umbrella connected to the plastic hub in the center, that the tips of the ribs were arcing between them!
I had this happen too. Try less 'shrooms and more Kool Aid next time you see The Wall at the $1 theater.
will be distributed without binaries, which will improve security significantly and will remove the need for copy protection, service packs, and employees.
The EULA for this release is reported to read simply: "FSF Lawyers are weenies".
Apple sells Apple computers. An "Apple computer" combines Apple hardware and an Apple OS. Not only would hell have to freeze over, but it would need to be at absolute zero before Apple starts diminshing their brand presence by selling an OS X that runs on non-Apple hardware.
There is a distinction between processor and machine. Apple does not manufacture the CPUs in their current machines; IBM does. That doesn't make them any less of an "Apple Computer".
Likewise, if Apple uses Intel CPUs instead of IBM, it will still be an Apple. You probably won't be able to stick Intel MacOS on your generic PC either because the OS will probably still require the Apple ROMS as it does today. It's the ROMs and board and system architecture that make it proprietary Apple, not the CPU.
surely theres a technical reason, but i'm still curious. whats preventing me from getting any old radio (like my typical home stereo reciever), tuning to AM frequency 137.50mhz or whatever it was, and just doing line out to the soundcard so that little proggy can do its work? i imagine i'd need a big honkin antennae, but is there something different about these special recievers that they do differently than any other AM reciever?
First of all, no typical AM receiver will tune this high. 137mHz is just above the aircraft band, which is itself just above the 107.9mHz upper limit of FM radio receivers. Second, the reason given in the article for needing a special radio is that the intermediate frequency bandwidth must be tunable to around 42kHz. This is not possible on typical receivers.
Interestingly, though, there are lots of other data signals out there you can decode with a soundcard and the right radio. There are APRS and PSK31, both are modes of amateur radio digital communication. I even read about a way to hack up a MDT scanner so you can read the digital transmissions used by police to communicate with mobile vehicles.
Does anybody in Germany know the appropriate method for brewing coffee? Do I need to switch back to a percolator instead of automatic drip?
Percolation is perhaps the worst method you can use to brew coffee. Surprisingly, the simplest and cheapest methods are best: spoon the grounds into a container, add boiling water, let brew for x minutes, then filter or just pour the coffee into a cup. Very similar to a french press.
Voicestream has recently begun the dubious practice of sending you "one time informational" voice mails. However, the catch is that you must listen to the entire message, otherwise THEY CHARGE YOU FOR THE AIRTIME OF LISTENING TO THEIR SPAM, as I understand it.
I am going to terminate my Voicestream service, and I would urge anyone else not to sign up with them in the first place.
But, according to Mr. Perens, a handful of forces combined to make his exit from Hewlett-Packard inevitable. After it bought Compaq this year, the combined company became the largest single buyer of Windows for personal computers and data-serving computers, and thus more dependent on Microsoft
This goes to show you how far Microsoft is from being a true free market player. In any capitalistic market, a company's largest customer should hold incredible power, not the other way around.
Look at Wal-Mart. They have the power to tell their suppliers how, when, where, and and under what terms they will buy products. That's because Wal-Mart buys more than anyone else.
HP should wake up and realize that it holds the power in the relationship. If MS doesn't like it, then HP can install Corel Office on their PC's. Microsoft will have lost a big chunk of revenue from their largest customer, not to a mention significant user base.
It is possible, and I have seen it done. The brand I saw used was Beta Brite, and I think you could get them at Sam's. That was about 4 years ago, and you had to build a special serial interface cable because I think the signs have a cat 3 jack, or something. Then, you just send commands to the serial port, probably with some control characters to scrolling effects, etc.
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Mmm...alcohol fueled computer. One for you, one for me.
The Plano Texas Amateur Radio club is having field day this weekend at Hoblitzelle park in Plano.
There will be lots of interesting equipment and modes, including packet radio.
There will also be barbeque. Come check it out. Details available at the PARK website.
An example: the other day I wanted to copy something from from Mozilla into Star Writer. It would not let me highlight the text, CTRL C, and CTRL P. Neither would selecting "Copy" from the edit window in Mozilla and "Paste" in Star Writer work. It is this sort of basic operation (which Windows has had universally in all major applications) that should work out of the box.
I ended up using the middle mouse button to paste into a vi window and then opened the file in the word processor.
I have been a dedicated Linux user for over five years, and I'm not about to switch, but these things should be addressed by now.
Also, it would not kill you application developers to have a non-technical person spell and grammar check your user interface text. You will get a nicely polished application and an English major will get to eat a meal.
this is rather unethical and smacks of blackmail (I know, surprising coming from SCO). If SCO goes through with it it will seriously lessen their credibility in the eyes of a judge.
The legal system appreciates efforts to resolve things out of court. SCO is saying they want everything their way and is not willing to negotiate.
My guess is that IBM will seek an injunction preventing this.
that cold beer on the next hot Christmas morning.
will have to deal with the fact that no one in the *nix community will ever want to do business with what is the current company.
If IBM buys SCO, and I hope they don't, they should gut SCO for their customers base, engineers, and products, and can everyone else working there.
Even if this results in a massive win for SCO, I see them getting no new business in the future due to the trouble they have caused. Linux code will be rewritten in a week or so, and SCO will be left with perpetually declining sales.
I always said that Red Hat should have bought SCO with inflated stock shortly after Red Hat's IPO several years ago. We could have had all of SCO's customers on Open Source by now and there would be no IP disputes.
Satellite? Start up fees are kind of high, but once you get going, it's not bad:
Satellite dish: $150
Converter box: $200
NIC: $15
Launching your own community based Internet communications satellite: $1,000,000,000
You can always teach them VB if you need it.
Exactly. Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue...AAY!!
I have complained to the FCC about illegal telemarketing practices, including the use of automated messages by telemarketers. They don't have time to enforce everything.
The only thing it gets you is a nice form letter in the mail stating that they are "investigating".
I wish someone would offer a mobile phone package that had no messaging capability at all. Imagine how great it would be to not get bothered constantly. I would pay extra for such a service.
Angry Russian citizens have planned simulated protests over the need to spend more money on domestic issues.
I had this happen too. Try less 'shrooms and more Kool Aid next time you see The Wall at the $1 theater.
The EULA for this release is reported to read simply: "FSF Lawyers are weenies".
Likewise, if Apple uses Intel CPUs instead of IBM, it will still be an Apple. You probably won't be able to stick Intel MacOS on your generic PC either because the OS will probably still require the Apple ROMS as it does today. It's the ROMs and board and system architecture that make it proprietary Apple, not the CPU.
Interestingly, though, there are lots of other data signals out there you can decode with a soundcard and the right radio. There are APRS and PSK31, both are modes of amateur radio digital communication. I even read about a way to hack up a MDT scanner so you can read the digital transmissions used by police to communicate with mobile vehicles.
"You know, I never realized how boring this game is." --Homer
The garbage collector is running.
Timothy posted a story about this earlier this year. You can read it here.
How many 802.11b freqs are there? How ever many there are that's how many users one balloon is limited to supporting.
This post should be under Anime instead of Television so that slash will screen it out and I won't have to read it.
I am going to terminate my Voicestream service, and I would urge anyone else not to sign up with them in the first place.
This goes to show you how far Microsoft is from being a true free market player. In any capitalistic market, a company's largest customer should hold incredible power, not the other way around.
Look at Wal-Mart. They have the power to tell their suppliers how, when, where, and and under what terms they will buy products. That's because Wal-Mart buys more than anyone else.
HP should wake up and realize that it holds the power in the relationship. If MS doesn't like it, then HP can install Corel Office on their PC's. Microsoft will have lost a big chunk of revenue from their largest customer, not to a mention significant user base.
It is possible, and I have seen it done. The brand I saw used was Beta Brite, and I think you could get them at Sam's. That was about 4 years ago, and you had to build a special serial interface cable because I think the signs have a cat 3 jack, or something. Then, you just send commands to the serial port, probably with some control characters to scrolling effects, etc.