. . . and the alternative to Bush, John Kerry, would have been better? The man who doesn't own SUVs but daily drives any one of seven owned by his wife? The same John Kerry who ((allegedly)) cheated his way into multiple purple hearts in his quest for an early discharge? The same John Kerry who was putting down those who did their duty and served our country? I live here in Taxachusetts and I can't stand John Kerry. In fact, I can't think of a single politician at higher state or Federal levels that I do not abhor. I vote against incumbants whenever there is a reasonable alternative, but in the last election I voted not for Bush, but against John Kerry. Granted, I checked the Bush box on the ballot, but that was because it was the only way to keep an even worse scumbag out of office. Both candidates suck, and I just fear that John Kerry would have done far, FAR more damage.
Oh, for the days of our parents when Republicans were really for smaller government, and Democrats really for the people. Now it's a matter of social engineering, controlling every facet of our personal lives, and profiteering without getting caught like Delay did.
Vote against incumbants, always, unless the alternative is far worse.
Actually we recently switched banks and were dismayed to discover that the online banking didn't work with firefox due to using Microsoft's "extended" javascript features. We emailed them detailed info on the bugs and suggested a fix (emailed them code snippits in a ZIP file and explained the differences, etc.), and within a couple of weeks they implemented it - a quick response for a large lumbering company where submitting a req for paper clips probably takes weeks, let alone approving enterprise-wide code.
I quite agree. The idea that there should be an administrative account where one can configure machine settings and services, and edit user accounts, is just stupid. Instead, we should revert to something like Windows in combination with SecurID cards, where passwords won't get lost, you just need to have your SecurID (or similar) card available when you would like to log in, and by the way, the ability to change system settings should be only up to Microsoft, so why not limit Administrator's privileges and create an account that has higher privileges, collects data on what you install and when you installed it and how often you've run it, and send all of that info back to Microsoft? Oh, and that system should phone home every night to not only report that information. but also to "ensure" that you are not violating any licensing agreements - even by accident - and that you are not violating any of the EULA clauses that you may or may not be aware of since Microsoft reserves the right to change it at any time, not to mention a lot of any CDs, DVDs, and MP3 files you may have listened to, and if you've made more than one backup of a CD or more than two CDs with the same track, that info will be forwarded on to the RIAA and/or MPAA (in the event of a movie soundtrack). Oh, by the way: don't lose your SecurID card, because a password won't let you in. How would that work for you? Oops, I just described Longhorn's supposed successor. Yeah, that whole "root" thing where you have control over your system is a really stupid idea. That responsibility is better left up to a "trusted" outside organization who is looking out for your own well being.
It's a wiki. There was probably a clear text password that got "hacked" via a dictionary attack. Not really a hack, but defacement resulting from weak password polices, and not any flaw in the web server nor the software (wiki) itself. That's my theory anyhow, and it's true what others have already stated: the only ones who know are the vandals and the kind folks at Novell (SuSE).
Text reflowing requires that the publisher create a "tagged" document with the accessibility option enabled in Acrobat Distiller/Pro. Without both of those features, the document will not reflow on a small screen.
If you have Acrobat Pro, you can open the PDF file and actually make it tagged after the fact, and save the changes - now when you open the document in Acrobat Reader on your PocketPC, it will flow properly. PDF file is locked? Google for a solutions. There are programs for unlocking PDF passwords.
I consider "RAID Array" to be a unique phrase and actually okay to say.
Why? Because RAID is all about redundancy (ignoring RAID-0 of course) and to say "RAID Array" you are making a redundant statement - ironic by definition, therefore if you're educated and you happen to know what a RAID is you'll find it funny.
I refuse to say "PUN Number" or "PDF Format" or "NIC Card" because of the extremely annoying redundancy, but I do say "RAID Array" on occasion BECAUSE I find it funny.
I'm sure that Microsoft will be fair and equitable in their dealings with WinZip and not use loopholes to manipulate the marketplace and screw the kind folks at WinZip like thet did with MSIE.
It's also worth noting that when you start Acrobat/Acrobat Reader, by default it phones home to check for application and plugin updates. You can block the application from getting 'net access, but in comparison to the plugin issue, this delay is so minor, why bother worrying about it?
. ..Which still will not meet their needs because while PDF can be manipulated after the fact in Acrobat Pro or opening it up page by page in Illustrator, you lose the docu-centric features. e.g., it's a multipage text document intended to be edited by a word processing application, not a document element editor - to go back from PDF to a word processing document you'd have to run the document through an OCR app like OmniPage Pro, and as good as that application is, you still lose some formatting. This does not really fit the intent of the proposed law here in Massachusetts, although it may fit the letter. Here's why:
PDF, while being publicly available, is technically still IP of Adobe and not completely open
Manipulating a PDF once generated is a PITA, requiring proprietary applications
In general, reading PDF (for Windows users) required proprietary software: Acrobat Reader
The source (.doc) documents must be editable using (at the time) current software 100 years from now in the event that Microsoft should cease to exist (Godwilling)
So, Microsoft is squirming a bit right now but has yet to blink.
This is the howto I followed to get accelerated video.
Once I had DRI enabled, I created one Xorg.conf for single head, and one Xorg.conf for dual head operation. Then I wrote some very simple shell scripts to switch between modes:
However, because I need to use the open source driver for the Radeon 7500 support (I'm not about to go through the pain of getting ATI's open source driver to run only to have to write a more PITA shell script to get acceleration for video work) AND because ATI's driver won't do dual-head between two cards, I'm stuck with the open-source driver. I can live with it until the next-generation Nvidia cards come out, or until I decide to buy a PCHDTV card, at which point I'll buy a current NVidia card. Also FYI: the Quake and Wolfenstein engines do not seem to agree with the open-source driver very well, hence my need to boot Windows.
Oh, and obviously I intended to post my previous reply as anon, too late to worry about that now. D'oh.
Not yet, there is a project (moto4lin) in the works that supports my phone, but it's very, very alpha and is not to the point where it can actually transfer files yet. The phone does not get recognized as a USB mass storage device - by Linux nor Windows. in Windows I need to use Motorola's phone suite to pull files off.
Regarding Wolfenstein: I run a dual-head machine with one ATI Radeon 8500 card, and one Radeon 7500 card. I'll evetually ditch the ATI crap and upgrade to an Nvidia card, but right now I am stuck with the open-source driver if I want to run a dual-head configuration in Xinerama mode.
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. . . and the alternative to Bush, John Kerry, would have been better? The man who doesn't own SUVs but daily drives any one of seven owned by his wife? The same John Kerry who ((allegedly)) cheated his way into multiple purple hearts in his quest for an early discharge? The same John Kerry who was putting down those who did their duty and served our country? I live here in Taxachusetts and I can't stand John Kerry. In fact, I can't think of a single politician at higher state or Federal levels that I do not abhor. I vote against incumbants whenever there is a reasonable alternative, but in the last election I voted not for Bush, but against John Kerry. Granted, I checked the Bush box on the ballot, but that was because it was the only way to keep an even worse scumbag out of office. Both candidates suck, and I just fear that John Kerry would have done far, FAR more damage.
Oh, for the days of our parents when Republicans were really for smaller government, and Democrats really for the people. Now it's a matter of social engineering, controlling every facet of our personal lives, and profiteering without getting caught like Delay did.
Vote against incumbants, always, unless the alternative is far worse.
Firefox does not include the revenue-generating Adware nor the components AOL pays OEMs to bundle.
Actually we recently switched banks and were dismayed to discover that the online banking didn't work with firefox due to using Microsoft's "extended" javascript features. We emailed them detailed info on the bugs and suggested a fix (emailed them code snippits in a ZIP file and explained the differences, etc.), and within a couple of weeks they implemented it - a quick response for a large lumbering company where submitting a req for paper clips probably takes weeks, let alone approving enterprise-wide code.
I quite agree. The idea that there should be an administrative account where one can configure machine settings and services, and edit user accounts, is just stupid. Instead, we should revert to something like Windows in combination with SecurID cards, where passwords won't get lost, you just need to have your SecurID (or similar) card available when you would like to log in, and by the way, the ability to change system settings should be only up to Microsoft, so why not limit Administrator's privileges and create an account that has higher privileges, collects data on what you install and when you installed it and how often you've run it, and send all of that info back to Microsoft? Oh, and that system should phone home every night to not only report that information. but also to "ensure" that you are not violating any licensing agreements - even by accident - and that you are not violating any of the EULA clauses that you may or may not be aware of since Microsoft reserves the right to change it at any time, not to mention a lot of any CDs, DVDs, and MP3 files you may have listened to, and if you've made more than one backup of a CD or more than two CDs with the same track, that info will be forwarded on to the RIAA and/or MPAA (in the event of a movie soundtrack). Oh, by the way: don't lose your SecurID card, because a password won't let you in. How would that work for you? Oops, I just described Longhorn's supposed successor. Yeah, that whole "root" thing where you have control over your system is a really stupid idea. That responsibility is better left up to a "trusted" outside organization who is looking out for your own well being.
It's a wiki. There was probably a clear text password that got "hacked" via a dictionary attack. Not really a hack, but defacement resulting from weak password polices, and not any flaw in the web server nor the software (wiki) itself. That's my theory anyhow, and it's true what others have already stated: the only ones who know are the vandals and the kind folks at Novell (SuSE).
Text reflowing requires that the publisher create a "tagged" document with the accessibility option enabled in Acrobat Distiller/Pro. Without both of those features, the document will not reflow on a small screen.
If you have Acrobat Pro, you can open the PDF file and actually make it tagged after the fact, and save the changes - now when you open the document in Acrobat Reader on your PocketPC, it will flow properly. PDF file is locked? Google for a solutions. There are programs for unlocking PDF passwords.
I consider "RAID Array" to be a unique phrase and actually okay to say. Why? Because RAID is all about redundancy (ignoring RAID-0 of course) and to say "RAID Array" you are making a redundant statement - ironic by definition, therefore if you're educated and you happen to know what a RAID is you'll find it funny. I refuse to say "PUN Number" or "PDF Format" or "NIC Card" because of the extremely annoying redundancy, but I do say "RAID Array" on occasion BECAUSE I find it funny.
I'm sure that Microsoft will be fair and equitable in their dealings with WinZip and not use loopholes to manipulate the marketplace and screw the kind folks at WinZip like thet did with MSIE.
Speeding up Acrobat 6 by disabling (unneeded) plugins:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=2005 5
http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/2347
It's also worth noting that when you start Acrobat/Acrobat Reader, by default it phones home to check for application and plugin updates. You can block the application from getting 'net access, but in comparison to the plugin issue, this delay is so minor, why bother worrying about it?
. . .Which still will not meet their needs because while PDF can be manipulated after the fact in Acrobat Pro or opening it up page by page in Illustrator, you lose the docu-centric features. e.g., it's a multipage text document intended to be edited by a word processing application, not a document element editor - to go back from PDF to a word processing document you'd have to run the document through an OCR app like OmniPage Pro, and as good as that application is, you still lose some formatting. This does not really fit the intent of the proposed law here in Massachusetts, although it may fit the letter. Here's why:
So, Microsoft is squirming a bit right now but has yet to blink.
Check this out:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
This is the howto I followed to get accelerated video.
Once I had DRI enabled, I created one Xorg.conf for single head, and one Xorg.conf for dual head operation. Then I wrote some very simple shell scripts to switch between modes :
#singlehead !/bin/sh rcxdm stop cpHowever, because I need to use the open source driver for the Radeon 7500 support (I'm not about to go through the pain of getting ATI's open source driver to run only to have to write a more PITA shell script to get acceleration for video work) AND because ATI's driver won't do dual-head between two cards, I'm stuck with the open-source driver. I can live with it until the next-generation Nvidia cards come out, or until I decide to buy a PCHDTV card, at which point I'll buy a current NVidia card. Also FYI: the Quake and Wolfenstein engines do not seem to agree with the open-source driver very well, hence my need to boot Windows.
Oh, and obviously I intended to post my previous reply as anon, too late to worry about that now. D'oh.
Not yet, there is a project (moto4lin) in the works that supports my phone, but it's very, very alpha and is not to the point where it can actually transfer files yet. The phone does not get recognized as a USB mass storage device - by Linux nor Windows. in Windows I need to use Motorola's phone suite to pull files off. Regarding Wolfenstein: I run a dual-head machine with one ATI Radeon 8500 card, and one Radeon 7500 card. I'll evetually ditch the ATI crap and upgrade to an Nvidia card, but right now I am stuck with the open-source driver if I want to run a dual-head configuration in Xinerama mode.