I had to use Windows NT at work, and really missed the virtual desktop functionality I got from pretty much all the X window managers, and searched until I found AltDesk. I've used it on Windows 98, NT and 2000, and it works great. I assume it also works on XP, though I've never tried (I don't use XP).
The only downside is it's shareware, and costs $15 to register, but it works great and I've never had it crash my computer.
BTW, it gives you up to 256 virtual deskops, can be activated by the mouse or a key combination, allows you to make applications "sticky", meaning they appear on all desktops, and is skinnable.
Besides, I got a real nice good-by present from Uncle Sam when I got out, and if I had gone into the reserves and retired, I would have had to pay it back before I could draw a penny of retirement pay.
I've already been there once. I spent 15 years in the Navy, working on the electronics of F-14 Fighters. After I got out, I spent the next 7 years working for a Government contractor in Norfolk, VA and Jacksonville, FL.
I thought I had finally managed to get out of that line of work, but like the man said, it's about the only way to guarantee yourself a job.
I wonder if my old contracting company would take me back?
Where I work, they are doing some.Net development, mainly using VB.Net, but also some C#. I don't personally do any of it (and I'm thankful for that), but the guy sitting in the cube to my right is swamped with.Net projects.
Perhaps, but it's awful difficult to stick that laptop in your back pocket, which is where my trusty Handspring Visor resides every work day. And has been since I bought it in August of 2000.
Gee, I really don't know what you're talking about. I've been using Mail.app since the beginning of last November, and I haven't had a single problem. Not one.
I have used Outlook on Windows (still do, at work) for many years (I first started using it in 1997, when it shipped with Office 97), and have always found it to be a bloated piece of crap. I couldn't imagine forcing myself to use Entourage, considering it was created by the same company that created Outlook.
Nope, I think Mail.app has just about the right blend of usefulness and minimalism.
Well, I think some folks might argue with you on case styles. Yes, some of the older Handsprings (like the Visor Pro in my back pocket) look gastly, but the Treo and Edge look pretty sweet.
Personally, since I've owned a Visor Pro for almost three years now, and have found very few faults (except for the lack of OS upgradability), I would probably buy a...
Sharp Zarus SL-5600! Heheheh. I've lusted after one of those since I first picked one up at BestBuy (who no longer carries them!!!). There's something to really love about opening a terminal window on your hand-held and ssh'ing into your main Linux box!
I think he's trying to imply that Linux is not a derivative of UNIX, but is a separately developed, Unix-like operating system. The other *nix versions have lines joining them together because they are derivatives of UNIX.
God, what a nightmare! I mean, assume for a minute the RIAA and/or MPA actually DID file a lawsuit against Microsoft for those very reasons. Whom would we root for? Man, what a quandry!
1. I hate Microsoft, so they should lose, because it would benefit us all!.
2. I hate the [MP|RI]A[A], therefore they should lose, because it would benefit us all!
I totally agree. I gave up trying to decipher the graphical config, and just went back to basics: xf86config. Once you figure that one out (which isn't hard, if you know what your hardware is), setting up X is pretty simple. I can finger-trip through the setup now in Debian Linux and FreeBSD. I don't think OpenBSD would be any different.
I just left an email on their site, asking if it would be able to run Linux. I'll bet that if enough of us (politely!) asked this question, they might consider it.
I don't own an X-Box, I don't own a PS-2. I have serveral mediocre PC's, the most powerful of them being a 1.7GHz Celeron with an ATI Radon 7500. I do own an original Play Station though.
I don't have the time or money to keep chasing the never ending hardware requirements of modern games. If you do, great, my hat's off to you. Me? I'll stick with NetHack!:-)
I've been a contractor with Merrill Lynch in Jacksonville, FL for about two years now. We "consultants", as we're called, wear a badge with red and white verticle stripes behind us, to specifically identify us as contractors (regular employees have a blue background behind their picture). In addition, our badges state we're consultants. We don't get invited to company parties and we don't get the goods that the regular employees get. I'm not bitter over that and I don't see why the Microsoft contractors should be. A company party is for the company employees. If you want to go to company parties, get hired-on as a regular employee. After seeing what the regular employees have to put up with, I think I'll stay a contractor!
I think the real gripe here isn't the fact that you can insert those lines in the user.js file. How the hell do you expect your grandmother to do that? How about you Mozilla developers actually giving us a choice in the preferences dialog? Would it be that hard to do?
I've been watching Farscape since the very first episode, and I will truly miss it. There are too few truly ground-breaking television shows on these days.
Yep, pretty much all that's left is Star Gate SG-1.
Since 99.99% of all virus/trojan/worm attacks are the result of Microsoft's piss-poor security, I say charge the extra bandwith spikes due to something like this back to Microsoft!
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I had to use Windows NT at work, and really missed the virtual desktop functionality I got from pretty much all the X window managers, and searched until I found AltDesk. I've used it on Windows 98, NT and 2000, and it works great. I assume it also works on XP, though I've never tried (I don't use XP).
The only downside is it's shareware, and costs $15 to register, but it works great and I've never had it crash my computer.
BTW, it gives you up to 256 virtual deskops, can be activated by the mouse or a key combination, allows you to make applications "sticky", meaning they appear on all desktops, and is skinnable.
With all the computers I have running at my house, I could use one of those to power my systems. Oh, and the air conditioning too :-)
(Does anyone remember the days of "Windows isn't done until [fill in the blank] won't run?")
Hell yes! I still remember reading the PC Magazine article where John C. Dvorak uttered the immortal: "DOS ain't done 'till Lotus won't run" quote!
Man, I'm getting old!
I'm too old. I turn 44 next month.
Besides, I got a real nice good-by present from Uncle Sam when I got out, and if I had gone into the reserves and retired, I would have had to pay it back before I could draw a penny of retirement pay.
We're talking $46,000 to pay back.
I've already been there once. I spent 15 years in the Navy, working on the electronics of F-14 Fighters. After I got out, I spent the next 7 years working for a Government contractor in Norfolk, VA and Jacksonville, FL.
I thought I had finally managed to get out of that line of work, but like the man said, it's about the only way to guarantee yourself a job.
I wonder if my old contracting company would take me back?
Where I work, they are doing some .Net development, mainly using VB.Net, but also some C#. I don't personally do any of it (and I'm thankful for that), but the guy sitting in the cube to my right is swamped with .Net projects.
Sorry, oh great master linguist in the sky, I forgot to run the patented Slashdot spell checker prior to posting. Can you ever forgive me?
Please, please, please...?
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Perhaps, but it's awful difficult to stick that laptop in your back pocket, which is where my trusty Handspring Visor resides every work day. And has been since I bought it in August of 2000.
Ah, would you believe a trolling imbecile?
Gee, I really don't know what you're talking about. I've been using Mail.app since the beginning of last November, and I haven't had a single problem. Not one.
I have used Outlook on Windows (still do, at work) for many years (I first started using it in 1997, when it shipped with Office 97), and have always found it to be a bloated piece of crap. I couldn't imagine forcing myself to use Entourage, considering it was created by the same company that created Outlook.
Nope, I think Mail.app has just about the right blend of usefulness and minimalism.
Well, I think some folks might argue with you on case styles. Yes, some of the older Handsprings (like the Visor Pro in my back pocket) look gastly, but the Treo and Edge look pretty sweet.
...
Personally, since I've owned a Visor Pro for almost three years now, and have found very few faults (except for the lack of OS upgradability), I would probably buy a
Sharp Zarus SL-5600! Heheheh. I've lusted after one of those since I first picked one up at BestBuy (who no longer carries them!!!). There's something to really love about opening a terminal window on your hand-held and ssh'ing into your main Linux box!
Q: What do you say to a SCO board member in 2005?
A: Bend over...
I think he's trying to imply that Linux is not a derivative of UNIX, but is a separately developed, Unix-like operating system. The other *nix versions have lines joining them together because they are derivatives of UNIX.
God, what a nightmare! I mean, assume for a minute the RIAA and/or MPA actually DID file a lawsuit against Microsoft for those very reasons. Whom would we root for? Man, what a quandry!
. .
1. I hate Microsoft, so they should lose, because it would benefit us all!.
2. I hate the [MP|RI]A[A], therefore they should lose, because it would benefit us all!
Can't...handle...the...logic...inconsistancies.
I totally agree. I gave up trying to decipher the graphical config, and just went back to basics: xf86config. Once you figure that one out (which isn't hard, if you know what your hardware is), setting up X is pretty simple. I can finger-trip through the setup now in Debian Linux and FreeBSD. I don't think OpenBSD would be any different.
I just left an email on their site, asking if it would be able to run Linux. I'll bet that if enough of us (politely!) asked this question, they might consider it.
Shit, on a Harley block it could power ALL of our microwaves!
I don't own an X-Box, I don't own a PS-2. I have serveral mediocre PC's, the most powerful of them being a 1.7GHz Celeron with an ATI Radon 7500. I do own an original Play Station though.
:-)
I don't have the time or money to keep chasing the never ending hardware requirements of modern games. If you do, great, my hat's off to you. Me? I'll stick with NetHack!
I've been a contractor with Merrill Lynch in Jacksonville, FL for about two years now. We "consultants", as we're called, wear a badge with red and white verticle stripes behind us, to specifically identify us as contractors (regular employees have a blue background behind their picture). In addition, our badges state we're consultants. We don't get invited to company parties and we don't get the goods that the regular employees get. I'm not bitter over that and I don't see why the Microsoft contractors should be. A company party is for the company employees. If you want to go to company parties, get hired-on as a regular employee. After seeing what the regular employees have to put up with, I think I'll stay a contractor!
I think the real gripe here isn't the fact that you can insert those lines in the user.js file. How the hell do you expect your grandmother to do that? How about you Mozilla developers actually giving us a choice in the preferences dialog? Would it be that hard to do?
I've been watching Farscape since the very first episode, and I will truly miss it. There are too few truly ground-breaking television shows on these days.
Yep, pretty much all that's left is Star Gate SG-1.
Since 99.99% of all virus/trojan/worm attacks are the result of Microsoft's piss-poor security, I say charge the extra bandwith spikes due to something like this back to Microsoft!
Mod this guy up!
I laughed so hard I damn near pissed my pants!
Well here's a clue, dumbass, don't break into someone else's network! It's just that simple.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.