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Mac OS X
Mac OS X is leaving my power mac, this time for good. Both of the last two releases 10.3.6 and 10.3.7 have toasted my install. I am putting debian on there again. his time I will not be lured back to OS X no matter what! Now I will be able to use that box without the reboots and reintalls.
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x86_64 / amd64 / i386 (fedora or debian)
I am running fedora core 3 x86_64 because it works, and it supports x86_64. I miss debian though. Debian's amd64 port is not what I am looking for though. I really like the bi-arch support the way it is implemented by fedora. I miss debian enough though, that I may go back to sid for i386.
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testing gnome-blosxom
Choice is good; it can be frustrating, having to choose--but it's good. I love debian, but I am having to use fedora on my main machine. My other 4 linux computers ar all debian; but my main computer (amd64) is fedora. I tried the debian pure64 distro first, but after trying fedora (bi-arch) x86_64. I am sticking with fedora for ease of use/maintainability. I will switch back to debian if/when the implement a bi-arch x86_64 distro. I know all about chrooting, I'd rather not have to, that's all.
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Switching to Linux picks up steam
About a third of businesses plan to migrate at least some Windows machines to Linux, according to a recent survey, but adoption will continue to be both slow and cautious, as companies evaluate a maze of economic factors....Read More at c|net
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How to play DVDs on any x86 GNU/Linux distro
From Linux.com:My folks recently bought and sent me two DVDs, but the only DVD player I have is in my Linux-based computer. Using the free software application MPlayer, I was able to watch my videos. I'll walk you through the easy steps required.
I used Slackware GNU/Linux v10.0 on an AMD Athlon, but the techniques apply to any distro on x86 hardware and even to BSD-based operating systems. I'll assume here that you are a user of GNU/Linux, that you're running the X Window System with some window manager (it doesn't matter which), that you know how to get to a command prompt and do basic directory navigation and file manipulation, and that you know what a symbolic link is....Read More
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OpenOffice.org Partnership with Mozilla
Mozilla will begin shipping a Mozilla+OOo CD from their mozilla store...Read More
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Lucas to make more Star Wars?
Star Wars creator George Lucas could be poised to make three sequels to the original space opera trilogy, according to insiders at Lucasfilm...Read More
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Meet the Peeping Tom worm
A worm that has the capability to using webcams to spy on users is circulating across the Net...Read More
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Good, fun read
An invisible hand? An unexplained effect during solar eclipses casts doubt on General Relativity...Read More at the economist
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Real Player 10 (and Helix PLayer 10) for linux released
http://www.real.com/linux/
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New SGI supercomputer to scale Linux to 1,024 CPUs
JULY 15, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Silicon Graphics Inc. is building an Altix supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) that will run a single Linux operating system image across 1,024 Intel Corp. Itanium 2 processors and 3TB of shared memory....Read More at ComputerWorld
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I'm back
I just got back from a week's "vacation" in Panama City Beach, Florida. Is it still called a vacation when you have been unemployed for 10 months? It didn't really feel like a vacation. The 32 oz T-bone steak I had tasted the same as it normally does. I still had fun doing the same old stuff I normally do on vacation. Still, it didn't really "feel" like a vacation. In one regard it did though: I have a contract job now. I start next week. I am very excited.
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Automate backups on Linux
No excuses: do-it-yourself, secure, distributed network backups made easy
The loss of critical data can prove devastating. Still, millions of professionals ignore backing up their data. While individual reasons vary, one of the most common explanations is that performing routine backups can be a real chore. Because machines excel at mundane and repetitive tasks, the key to reducing the inherent drudgery and the natural human tendency for procrastination, is to automate the backup process....Read More at IBM
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Microsoft Faces Angry IE Users' Questions
In a lively online discussion Thursday, Microsoft engineers faced off with end users who lobbed irate questions, comments and a few tirades about its Internet Explorer browser.
More than any topic, security reigned as the most pervasive theme during the online discussion, including when end users could see the next patch for vulnerabilities in IE....Read More at internetnews.com
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Take Two and Call Me in the Morning or One Bob's Search for Reliable Internet Service in a Colonial City
From i, cringely: During my five years in the California Wine Country, I struggled to overcome the limitations of rural Internet service. Dial-up was a joke since I never saw more than 26.4 kilobits-per-second. DSL was at first a bad dream since I was 36,000 feet from the telephone company central office. Cable Internet service was possible, but only if I paid the $22,000 it would cost to install the cable (no thanks). Satellite came and went. A long distance WiFi connection served me well for a couple years. Then one day, for no apparent business reason, SBC dropped an optical cable at the end of my driveway, and suddenly, I had a six megabit-per-second DSL pipe. Alas, by then we were already planning our move to South Carolina, where I hoped living in an urban environment would make simple getting a good Internet connection. Nope. Finding good broadband service here in Charleston was just as hard or harder than it was back in Santa Rosa. But now I'm finally satisfied and want to explain what I had to do to make it work....Read More
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Patched in 60 Seconds
Today it was announced that a vulnerability in the Mozilla and Firefox Web browsers allows the execution of arbitrary code in Windows NT, 2000, and XP systems. It doesn't affect GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris or anything else -- just Windows. I'd imagine that Microsoft's head honchos will be mentioning this exploit whenever they want to attack open source software security for years to come. Ironically OSS advocates might use the same story to attack Microsoft's security record. Why? Because a patch was released before the vulnerability was widely reported....Read More at NewsForge
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What I am meant to be doing
Today, the opportunity to be doing what I am meant to do was presented to me; doing what I love, what I am meant to do, created to do, and a real chance to be doing it for the only reason that matters. As a Christian, I am to do everything unto God and for His glory. If this works out, and in praying for God's will in my life, I hope that it does, I will be given a gift that few ever realize: to be allowed to do what I love while reaching others for Christ Jesus. If you are reading this and are the least bit intrigued, then please find a copy of Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and find out for yourself what you are meant to be doing.
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Internet Explorer Is Too Dangerous to Keep Using
Because Internet Explorer, like Outlook, has finally become, to my mind, a permanent security hole that masquerades as a useful application. Strong words? Have you really thought about this latest exploit? It could hit every Internet Explorer (IE) browser that merely visited any page served by an infected Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server). No anti-virus program would stop it, no firewall would slow it down and no shipping IE security patch would even notice it. Visit the page, get the infection. It was that simple....Read More at EWeek
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Linux helps make weather forecasts more accurate
Weather is a tricky thing to predict, but advances in Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) are helping climatologists and global weather modelers achieve faster, more accurate results....Read More at NewsForge
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For the as of yet uninitiated: Letting in Linux
t's out there, and it's free--or at least close to it--but you just haven't had the guts to take the plunge and try Linux. We have good news. It's not necessary to make a complete commitment to the open-source operating system. You can have your Windows and your Linux, too, by setting up a dual-boot system. We'll step you through the process of installing Linux alongside Windows XP so that you can boot either OS. ...Read More at C|Net
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Microsoft Patch Leaves Holes Open
Dangerous vulnerability still exists in IE, security expert warns....Read More at PCWorld
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CLI for noobies: Midnight Commander
With the vast power of the GNU/Linux command line comes an equal amount of complexity. Trying to remember the multitude of commands can be overwhelming at times. As you sit staring at the blackness of your monitor, you wish for an easier way to tame this thing called CLI. Relax all of you GUI addicts, it is now time to introduce you to the wonderful world of Midnight Commander...Read More at linux.com
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SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Approaching Perl
Writing an article about getting started with Perl is a bit like writing an article about getting started with neurosurgery. Sure, I could cover some basics -- but it would only leave you scratching your head the first time something comes up that you've never seen. I'd hate to see a neurosurgeon in that position! But no matter what you do, there are always times when you just don't know an answer. A much more horrible fate to suffer is to have no clue where to go to find the answer. So, this article covers one or two basics of Perl, just to show you that's it's not so scary, and a future article will tell you where to find solutions when you're on your own....Read More at linux.com
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Setting Up Subversion for One or Multiple Projects
If you're looking for a new versioning control system, Cristiano Paris explains how to set up and use Subversion....Read More at LinuxJournal
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Automatic Backups with rsync and Anacron
From Linux Gazette:The thing about backups is that they can just be a pain. Everyone knows just how important they are, but very few people actually take the time to perform proper backups. Even after they have felt the pain of losing all those important files. In this article I am going to show you how to quickly set up your computer for simple, hassle-free, and transparent backups using only rsync and cron (or Anacron). The premise is simple: every night your computer will make an automatic mirror of all the files you wish to backup, and at chosen intervals these mirrors will be archived and kept for a specified period of time....Read More
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Reduce compile time with distcc (A fast, free distributed method for C/C++ compilation)
Some people prefer the convenience of pre-compiled binaries in the form of RPMs or other such installer methods. But this can be a false economy, especially with programs that are used frequently: precompiled binaries will never run as quickly as those compiled with the right optimizations for your own machine. If you use a distributed compiler, you get the best of both worlds: fast compile and faster apps. All you need is distcc....Read More at IBM
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Printing with CUPS
Printing via Linux has always been a bit tricky, but the situation is improving in many ways. At the forefront of this change is the shift from the old Line Printer Daemon (LPD) printing system, as implemented in the BSD LPD or LPRng servers, to the newer Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). CUPS is now the default printing system of most Linux distributions, as well as with some non-Linux systems, such as Mac OS X....Read More at Linux Magazine
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Linux Multi-Head
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Linux users are spoiled
A friend got a new laptop with Windows XP pre-installed. "Does this come with an IRC program?" he asked. No, it doesn't. There are plenty of IRC programs for Windows, but you need to download and install them yourself. Word processing? Not included. Spreadsheet? Windows leaves you on your own yet again. I swear, by the time you buy or download all the software it takes to actually do something with Windows, you might as well install Linux. It would take a lot less time. I don't know about you, but my time is worth money, and if I need to do a whole bunch of software downloading and installation to make my computer usable, we're talking huge TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). Because
of antitrust concerns, Microsoft needs to be careful about what kind of application software it ships with Windows. Microsoft reps sometimes point to Linux distributions and ask why they can get away with shipping stacks and stacks of applications without getting in trouble. The answer to that one, of course, is that the Linux distributions give you a choice. You aren't locked into one particular application. Most Linux distributions include several choices for most program classifications; even single-CD distros usually include several Web browsers and email clients....Read More at NewsForge
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IE Users, Proceed with Caution--If at All
Is your enterprise safe running Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser? In many cases, no, and it's time that organizations started taking security seriously enough to consider a switch....Read More at Yahoo News
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Mississippi deal a landmark for Linux in government
Mississippi, deep in the South, sits 2,100 miles from Silicon Valley. It's an unlikely setting for a technology milestone, but history may show that Wednesday was a landmark day for Linux use in a government setting....Read More at EnterpriseLinux.com
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Installing MPlayer
MPlayer has set itself apart as a versatile movie player under Linux and other platforms. Whether you love or hate it, once you try it, you'll have to agree that it is very different, with its versatile keyboard control and alternative methods for handling video playback.....Read More at linux.com
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EFF sets its sights on 'frivolous' IT patents
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is gunning for a group of patents that it claims are frivolous and may pose a threat to freedom of expression online...Read More at ZDNetUK
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Patents and the Threat To Open Source
Have you heard of the media company Acacia? Probably not but actually quite a few web site owners have. Many of them have received FINAL NOTICES from Acacia Media Technologies Corporation...Read More at it-analysis
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Make your own Pirate Radio Station with an iPod
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Keystroke loggers must send Microsoft back to firewall drawing board
When was the last time you were scared to death by headlines about some malware that your system wasn't yet protected against, or worse, for which no reasonable defense existed?...Read More at ZDNet
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Microsoft released on Friday a work-around for an Internet Explorer vulnerability that has left Windows users open to attacks for almost nine months.
The flaw, in an ActiveX scripting component, gained notoriety last month when it became the mechanism used by a network of compromised Web sites to install a malicious program on victims' computers. Microsoft has decided to plug the hole by turning off the ability for the ActiveX component to write to the operating system. The software giant published the work-around on its Web site and directed customers to use its Windows update service to download the patch....Read More at ZDNet
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To my neighbors in the north
Happy Canada Day
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U.S. Steers Consumers Away From IE (it's about time)
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer....Read More at Yahoo news
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Customizing GNOME
Red Hat and Sun have showed us that GNOME can be both nice to look at and fun to use. However, GNOME is horribly bland in its natural state, and fixing it so that it's more palatable seems like such a daunting task. But what if you could do your own Bluecurve-like customizations and turn a boring and annoying default GNOME installation into a thing of beauty and productivity in about 20 minutes?...Read More at NewsForge.com
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A parent's guide to Linux Web filtering
Having converted quite a few people to the world of GNU/Linux, I am often asked by parents, "Can I set up parental Web filters for my children using Linux?" The answer is yes, and here's how....Read More at NewsForge.com
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From the I can't believe they gave them a patent department
Method and system for clustering and grouping taskbar buttons
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A method and system are provided for organizing, displaying, and accessing representations of one or more running tasks on a graphical user interface in a computer system. The system organizes like application files and clusters the corresponding taskbar buttons and, upon reaching a threshold limit, creates and displays a group button that contains the like application files and removes the like taskbar buttons from the taskbar. Further, upon reaching a second threshold limit, the system ungroups the application taskbar buttons, displays them on the taskbar and removes the group button from the taskbar. ....Read More
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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
arstechnica reviews Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Read More
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Inside the GNOME 2.6 Desktop & Developer Platform
arestechnica reviews the Gnome 2.6 Desktop Environment Read More
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Deep inside the K Desktop Environment 3.2
arstechnica reviews the KDE desktop environment Read More
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About the Finder...
From arstechnica: It's no secret that I don't like the Mac OS X Finder. Almost every article I've written about Mac OS X has included a litany of criticisms, from small annoyances to fundamental philosophical differences. Some readers agree with my criticisms, and some disagree, and some aren't sure exactly what the problem is.
There was even a forum thread on the topic recently. The posts in that thread represent a broad range of opinions, many of which center on network performance and threading issues that are a lot narrower than my personal concerns. But I believe the mere existence of that thread, and others like it, is indicative of a larger malaise surrounding the Mac OS X Finder.....Read More
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CLI for noobies: The keys to GnuPG
he GNU Privacy Guard (a.k.a. GnuPG, or simply gpg) is a free software implementation of Philip Zimmermann's notorious, powerful, and popular program PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). GnuPG is cooler than a secret decoder ring, so get out of that GUI recliner for a few minutes and come learn a couple of secret spy crypto command line tricks....Read More at linux.com
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'Gaping hole' lets hackers into Windows or more of the same
Computer users have been warned to avoid using Internet Explorer until a gaping hole in the browser's security is fixed by Microsoft....Read More at thisislondon.com
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Researchers warn of infectious Web sites
The researchers believe that online organized crime groups are breaking into Web servers and surreptitiously inserting code that takes advantage of two flaws in Internet Explorer that Microsoft has not yet fixed. Those flaws allow the Web server to install a program that takes control of the user's computer...Read More at ZDNet.com
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Iraqis get a taste for Linux
From BBC NEWS: A group of Iraqi computer enthusiasts are advocating the use of the operating system Linux to rebuild their country....Read More
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Go there: Ghost in the Shell 2 English movie site Coolness!
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Sun seeks redemption in software licensing
From NewsForge: In my review of Sun Java Desktop System release 2, I criticized Sun Microsystems for imposing such restrictive licensing terms on its customers. A discussion on Groklaw followed, and Sun contacted me to discuss the license and how it might modify it in the future. I had several suggestions, and overall they were happy to have the feedback and eager to make their future license agreements more user friendly. But proprietary thinking dies hard. Will Sun really reduce the restrictions in its licenses?...Read More
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Two new cool gnome sites
GnomeFiles.org and Gnome-Look.org
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Movie Ticket Prices Hit All-Time High
In the United States, the largest movie-going market, average ticket prices rose for a 10th straight year to $6.04, climbing 45 percent over the decade, Screen Digest said....Read more at Yahoo Singapore
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Here is a great indepth review of the gnome 2.6 desktop
Chris Dunphy at Nerdsyndrome.com writes: Back in January of this year, I began to use GNOME exclusively on my desktop computer. Prior to this, I have often operated a dual boot system, with Windows being there for the times when Linux couldn't get the job done. Today however, that is no longer the case. Linux has arrived for me as a powerful desktop solution. In particular, I have fallen in love with the powerful GNOME desktop platform. This article describes why I like GNOME so much. I discuss my experiences with GNOME and my particular fondness for the latest version, GNOME 2.6....Read more
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SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Programming with bash
Face it, you can't become any kind of respectable administrator without knowing a decent bit about shell scripting. You don't have to be the "Bashmeister General" or anything, but having a firm grasp on the basics will get you out of a lot of jams, and provide a foundation for furthering your experience and your skill. In this article we'll cover some programming functionality of the bash shell....Read more at linux.com
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Today I...
watched all three matrix movies, Kill Bill Vol I and parts of spiderman. I looked for a job too. Being unemployed for 9 months now, I have almost gotten this job search thing down to a science--just no results yet :-) I know though, I will be gainfully employed again one day. I just got to keep looking.
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Debian just rocks
I couldn't be happier with my move from fedora core 2 to debian. There will be no looking back this time. In the past I have occasionally suffered from distro envy. That and unhealthy love for linux are the reasons that I have tried just about every distro under the sun--even the obscure ones.I always came back to redhat though. I seriously don't see myself doing that again though. I may move down to debian testing one day, if unstable proves to problematic--but we will see.
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PLEASE READ THIS
Cory Doctorow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave a talk at Microsoft's Research Group and other interested parties from within the company at their Redmond offices on June 17, 2004. This is the absolute best agrument against DRM I have ever seen in print! If you care at all about your rights as a digital consumer, please make sure you and everyone you know read this. Read it here or here
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Antipiracy bill targets technology
rthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate would, if passed, dramatically reshape copyright law by prohibiting file-trading networks and some consumer electronics devices on the grounds that they could be used for unlawful purposes. The proposal, called the Induce Act, says "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban file-swapping networks like Kazaa and Morpheus. In the draft bill seen by CNET News.com, inducement is defined as "aids, abets, induces, counsels, or procures" and can be punished with civil fines and, in some circumstances, lengthy prison terms....Read more at C|net news.com
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Some of the best money I ever spent
Last night about 9 pm an electrical storm fried my dsl surge protector. When I first got dsl, I found a thread at dslreports about dsl surge pretection; the consensus was that there existed few options and that they were of questionable value. About the only information I could find was that radio shack made one. Long story short: I bought one; and it saved my modem.
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Debian: where it's at
I am sooo glad I ditched fedora for debian sid. My box is in the state it should have been a month ago when I moved from fedora core 1 to fedora core 2. Installed it last night in less than an hour (even used the beta installer--wouldn't you know though that the first releas cnandate installer came out today) and customized to my taste today while at the same time waching after my two daughters, adding packages for dvd and digital cam, nvidia twinview and openGL, kernel upgrade, games, etc, etc. One word: COOLNESS. I know, it's suppossed to be as cutting edge as fc2; right now though everything just works! I'm am not all that "up" on the debian development cycle; but it seems to me to be less sloppy or at least less enterprise driven (for sure) and more community centric than fedora. Me likes! I am very happy.
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Well, I did it
Fedora Core 2 is now part of my 9 year linux history now. Debian sid is going on my desktop system now. I now run a debain only shop :-) Desktop (unstable) laptop (testing) server (stable). WOOT!
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Almost ready
I am about this close (imagine you thumb and index finger about 1/4 inch apart) to switching my main computer from fedora core 2 to debian sid. I am already running debian stable on my server, and testing on my laptop. I almost did this when fedora core 2 came out, but decided to stick with redhat/fedora anyway. But now, it's been almost one month, and I still can't run openGL stuff. And on top of that the new kernel upgrade (the one from yesterday--not today's) somehow broke my up till now, perfectly running soundcard. I know that sid is liable to break stuff on occasion too. But I really think it's time to ditch fedora. I may change mt mind before morning. Thinking.......
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Samba Tutorial (FC2)
This is a tutorial for using SAMBA to connect to your Win9x/2000/XP (and whatever other vers of windows there are) shares. You will need root access...Read More at FedoraForum.org
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Informative fedora core 2 site
Mission Statement: Sharing knowledge: To let others learn from our experiences and ideas, and feel some of the personal fulfillment that comes with it...Read More
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Microsoft's FAT Patent Under Review
In a move that could ultimately deal a heavy blow to Microsoft's intellectual property rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine the patent the company holds on the FAT (file allocation table) file system, a format used for the interchange of media between computers and digital devices...Read More at eWeek.com
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A splintering Linux community
We now have two distinct classes of Linux users whose interests are not the same, and perhaps we have more than that if we want to talk about people who think of software in political rather than pragmatic terms. Can these factions work together, or will tensions between them eventually kill the free software and open source movements?...Read More at newsforge.com
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Microsoft: 'Linux is more of a threat than before'
The best way to get a great deal with Microsoft may be to say you're seriously considering Linux - which is why Microsoft spent Thursday dispelling the 'myth' of open source...Read More at zdnet.co.uk
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Microsoft: Linux threat is rising
More companies are using the threat of Linux when negotiating deals with Microsoft, one of the company's senior executives has admitted.....Read More at c|net news
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Novell Wins Remand Contest- Case Stays in Federal Court - It's Copyright Proof Time
Judge Kimball, as he promised, has issued his order* on the Novell case. The big news is that SCO lost its fight to get the case sent back to state court. SCO's entire theory of the case as a contract issue only went out the window, and they are now squarely in a pure copyright fight, which is the last thing they wanted. They will now have to prove that they own the copyright they are using to threaten end users like AutoZone. Kimball agrees with Novell that there are serious questions about whether the agreement even as amended by Amendment 2 is sufficient to be a copyright conveyance, and that means it stays in federal court. He retains jurisdiction. Remember all the experts who told us SCO might win this? They were mistaken....Read More at groklaw
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SCO Loses Motion to Bifurcate - SCO Motion to Delay Partly Denied, Partly Granted
There is no moss growing on the Honorable Dale Kimball. Now comes word that SCO's Motion to Bifurcate the patent claims has also been denied without prejudice to renew after all dispositive motions have been decided. That is what IBM said made sense to do, wait until it is clear what is actually going to trial. Personally, I am guessing that would be nothing. What a waste of time it was to even bring this motion now. Perhaps that was the purpose....Read More at groklaw
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Top 500 Supercomputers Increasingly Turning to Linux and Open Source
In summary, 3 of the top 5 use an open source OS, 5 of the top 10, and 7 of the top 20. Almost all open source OS used are Linux, with the brief exception of 1 Mac OS X. It's interesting how IBM and HP, for all their promotion of open source, prefer to sell their proprietary operating systems with the high-end hardware. Will that change? Apparently, Linux can run on the pSeries 690, which has 3 of the top 20 slots....Read More at linuxtoday.com
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Three Popular Desktop Linux Operating Systems in One Package
Eight CD Set Available Immediately in Digital Form or Boxed Version
SAN DIEGO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindows, Inc. is offering a package
containing the latest versions of three popular Linux operating systems:
Linspire, Fedora and Mandrake. For the first time, Linspire, Fedora and
Mandrake are being offered together in one package. The Linux bundle comes
with 8 CDs of the most current software in a digital format or a boxed
version, available for an introductory price of $29.95 and $39.95,
respectively. To order, please visit http://www.linuxshootout.com....Read More at www.prnewswire.com
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Sun floats open source Solaris, but is it any of SCO's concern?
Sun Microsystems' self-anointed Open Source Diva, the talkative and intelligent Danese Cooper, admitted in her Divablog the other day that her company has been "leaking" its plans to open source its Unix System V-based Solaris operating system for years. But not too many people have been paying too much attention. Until now....Read Commentary at NewsForge.com
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Internet Explorer carved up by zero-day hole
Two new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Internet Explorer which allow a complete bypass of security and provide system access to a computer, including the installation of files on someone's hard disk without their knowledge, through a single click.
Worse, the holes have been discovered from analysis of an existing link on the Internet and a fully functional demonstration of the exploit have been produced and been shown to affect even fully patched versions of Explorer. ....Read More at computerworld.com
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Microsoft checks off patent win
Better not get too fancy with your grocery list, now that Microsoft has patented a glorified form of the to-do list.
U.S. Patent No. 6,748,582, granted and assigned Tuesday to Microsoft, covers the use of a "task list" in a software development environment....Read More at c|net news
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Build your own PVR
Build Your Own PVR is a community driven discussion for building your own PVR (think Tivo without a recurring $ub$cription). Anything from mini-itx, case modding, which video card, to which software package is most advanced is fair game....byopvr.com
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Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam (filed under Microsoft intentionally)
Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers contaminated with Trojan horse infections, according to a study by network management firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms with backdoor components such as Migmaf and SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs.....Read more at the register
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Gmail
I got a gmail account. I have had it since the beta program started. I just found out that some people are actually selling there gmail invites on ebay. Weird what people will sell, even weirder what they will buy. I don't even use my gmail account. I guess I need to; I didn't realize how "valuable" a free e(g)mail account could be. If they are that sought after, I could just use it for the envy factor. :-)
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Intersting
New P2P Radio station concept site: mercora.com
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Digital Photography Composition Tips
informative site with tips for digital photography: Read more at Digital Photography blog
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Microsoft shocks sector with abandoned SAP move
Microsoft shocked the global technology industry on Monday with the revelation that it tried last year to buy SAP, the German software giant....Read More at ft.com
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Reagan on God and America
Remarks at an Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast in Dallas, Texas: August 23, 1984 Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we're mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under....Read more at reagan.utexas.edu
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Intel and Red Hat team for Linux security
Linux seller Red Hat and chipmaker Intel have released prototype Linux software to support a security technology designed to curtail the spread of viruses...Read more at silicon.com
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Microsoft's patent plans worry open source supporters
Microsoft's new policy for licensing its patents has supporters of open source software worried that the company will use a broken government system for protecting intellectual property to beat back gains Linux and other competing software have made in the marketplace....Read More at iTnews.com.au
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Open source: A sunny forecast
Weather.com's move to an all-open-source website infrastructure has enabled the company to lower costs while meeting increased capacity demands....Read More at computerworld.com
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Microsoft Offers Free Licenses for Backup Servers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) has begun offering free software licensing for "cold servers" or networking computers that are kept off until they are needed, the world's largest software maker said on Friday....Read More
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RIAA wants your fingerprints
Not content with asking for an arm and a leg from consumers and artists, the music industry now wants your fingerprints, too. The RIAA is hoping that a new breed of music player which requires biometric authentication will put an end to file sharing....Read More at theregister.co.uk
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Microsoft bars Windows pirates
Many people using pirated copies of Windows XP will get no help from Microsoft to make their PC safer....Read More at BBC news
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Mars rovers on 'brand new mission'
(CNN) -- Two interplanetary Energizer bunnies, NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers, keep going and going. The pair of robotic explorers are now well into their extended missions on the surface of Mars....Read More at cnn.com
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Sun plans an open-source Java--someday
Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology....Read More at c|net news.com
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No decision on open source Java
Contrary to published reports, Sun Microsystems Inc. has not made a decision as to whether or not to release its Java platform under an open source software license, company executives said on Friday....Read More at inforworld.com
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New virus reads keys you type
A new virus is on the prowl that can infect your Windows XP/2K system and record every key you hit on your keyboard. The keys are then sent back to the virus creator where he/she can steal your passwords and credit card information. The virus named, Korgo, started showing up in the last week of May but it now has at least six different variants....Read More at overclockersclub.com
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'Open-source' Solaris plan draws lukewarm response
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s announcement this week that it plans to make Solaris an "open-source" operating system was met with mixed reactions from users and skepticism from open-source advocates....Read More at computerworld.com
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Sun to open-source Java
Sun has backed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open source flavour by making a similar promise for its Java technology....Read More at zdnet austrailia
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New Viruses Hit 30-Month High
The number of new viruses released on the Internet in May hit a 2-1/2-year high last month, an anti-virus vendor says....Read More at informationweek.com
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Open source: Prepare for attack
By Bruce Perens COMMENTARY--Do you need open-source legal protection any more than you need meteor insurance? Don't dismiss the idea.
Most legal observers discount the legal claims by SCO as illegitimate. But there are bigger challenges to contemplate than those from SCO. In fact, users face a convergence of issues that may ultimately lead to other claims being brought against Linux and open-source software....Read More at ZDNet.com
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Building a Linux Media PC
In this article I'm going to look at a particular sort of setup of a Linux home theatre PC - one where the primary consideration is space. Suppose you have a small studio apartment, or a bedroom or study where you want to work on your computer, watch movies and TV, and play music and maybe games as well....Read More at linuxdevcenter.com
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Linux In 2004 - Usability Needs A Facelift
During the majority of my time working with computers, Windows was the operating system of choice. Reason being, it's all I've known. In 2002, I took a college course titled "Linux Administration" which entitled me to a few cd-roms of Redhat 7.x. While this course was nothing more than a few extra credits for me, I fell in love with Linux and went through the entire textbook a week into the class. It was a nice feeling to use something "different" than what I was used to.
Disclaimer: Some of this article may seem as if I am dissing Linux, quite the opposite, I love it, but I feel that it could be much better....Read More at OSNews.com
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Apple lines up for Toshiba's new 60GB drive
Toshiba Corp. is planning to launch a 60GB version of its 1.8-inch hard disk drive in the coming months and has already found a customer in Apple Computer Corp., the company said Wednesday here at the Computex 2004 exhibition in Taipei...Read More at infoworld.com
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Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow
A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle's most successful company. Why are Microsoft products so endlessly frustrating to use? Even techno-geeks like me get annoyed by Windows. I'm tired of spending the first 10 minutes of my day rebooting just so I can get to work. Microsoft Outlook 2003, the latest version of the company's e-mail and calendar software, hangs for me about once a day, requiring me to restart my PC. I also have a problem with Word 2003: Whenever I bullet a line of text, every line in the document gets a bullet. Asking Windows to shut down is more of a request than a command--it might, it might not. And recently, Internet Explorer stopped opening for me....Read More at SeatleWeekly.com
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Making An Operating System Faster
(10 Things Apple Did To Make Mac OS X Faster) The performance of computer hardware typically increases monotonically with time. Even if the same could be said of software, the rate at which software performance improves is usually very slow compared to that of hardware. In fact, many might opine that there is plenty of software whose performance has deteriorated consistently with time. Moreover, it is rather difficult to establish an objective performance metric for software as complex as an operating system: a "faster OS" is a very subjective, context dependent phrase....Read More at kernelthread.com
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Microsoft granted patent for double-click
Microsoft has been granted a patent on the double-click by the US Patents and Trademark Office. The patent, number 6,727,830, was granted on April 27......Read More at smh.com.au Sometimes things are just too stupid to believe
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SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Perl's Tie::File module
wo factors outshine all others as reasons I became a systems administrator. The first is that, well, I like computers and computing. The second is that I'm not particularly fond of writing code. If I were, I'd probably be a programmer. As it stands, if I can find tools that work, I won't write code. However, inevitably, some site-specific situation will come up for which I have no choice. In that case, I at least want to write very little code. Perl's Tie::File has helped me do that on more than one occasion....Read More at linux.com
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"Free Hardware": a Trojan Horse?
Recently, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have been pushing a vision of the future in which computing hardware is "free" actually, sold with software subscriptions. IT customers tempted to sign on should take a lesson from the recent box-office bomb Troy and beware of suits bearing gifts. Because it's very clear that this version of "free" hardware will actually be controlled hardware controlled, specifically, to effectively seize control of the customer's operation....Read More at Eric S. Raymond's Home Page
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Cool Hack
Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel Tips and Tricks: While a solid camera out of the box, the Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel user experience can be enhanced with a few simple, money-saving tricks. In fact, I roughly estimate that these tips and tricks can save you over $500.....Read More
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LA to Oregon at Mach 9
Here is a pretty cool website: This spring I went to Oregon to help out my family's softball tournament. It's normally a 10 hour drive so I decided to find a faster way. I strapped a rocket to my car and was able to make the trip in an astounding 6 minutes! Top speed was 6900 miles per hour, or over mach 9. To prove this to the world, I put a video camera on the front bumper which is about a foot off the ground....Read More
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Sun confirms plans to open source Solaris
"We will open source Solaris." So said Sun Microsystems' president and chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz at an Asia Pacific press conference in Shanghai today. "I don't want to say when that will happen. But make no mistake, we will open source Solaris," he declared....
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Labels to dampen CD burning?
The recording industry is testing technology that would prevent consumers from making copies of CD "burns," a piracy defense that could put some significant new restrictions on legally purchased music....Read More at c|net
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Sun's Java Desktop System 2 is No Improvement
Basically, very few things have changed in the client version of JDS. The desktop and installation looks very much the same as it did a few months ago. The installation has a few bugs: a) some strings haven't been converted to "Sun JDS" from "SuSE Linux", b) Evolution and gnome-user-docs packages are stalling during installation because of the misbehaving 'scrollkeeper-in' process that takes 99% of the CPU and needs killing to continue (same bug as on JDS1) and c) when trying to edit a user's groups the font representing the groups is unreadable....Read More at OSNews.com
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Microsoft slows to support customers' pace
For Microsoft's customers, the latest isn't always the greatest. The software maker's decision to extend support for many of its products reflects a new reality: Customers are increasingly reluctant to update major software components every few years just to keep up with Microsoft's shipment schedules....Read More at c|net news.com
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Novell Shows Off Linux Capacity
For years, Linux was feared to be synonymous with immature products, inadequate support, limited applications and a fragmented market, said Mohamed Cassojee, Oracle SA strategy advisor, on day two of Brainshare Africa 2004 at the Sandton Convention Centre. To combat these views, the keynote showcased Novell's Linux abilities, which include "unbreakable Linux" support from Oracle....Read More at allafrica.com
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Mozilla, Opera Join Forces For New W3C Proposal
Two of Microsoft's rivals in the browser space have joined forces on a standards proposal slated to be presented to a W3C workshop....Read More at internetnews.com
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Sun set to steal Red Hat's thunder with Linux prices
Sun Microsystems, hurt by the falling price of computer hardware, is moving to put similar pricing pressure on sellers of the popular Linux operating system....Read More at Australian Financial Review
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Maintaining Integrity with Tripwire
As several recent high profile compromises have reminded us, Linux isn't immune to security vulnerabilities. While you should always do everything you can to secure your Linux systems, you can also put measures in place to quickly detect a break-in. One useful "alarm" system is Tripwire....Read More at linux-mag.com
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The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking
Food Network superchef Alton Brown is part MacGyver, part mad scientist. Welcome to his lab. Brown, 41, is a culinary hacker, the poster boy for a movement that's coming to a boil in kitchens across America. The essence: Cooking is a science, not an art, informed by chemistry, physics, and biology. "Everything in food is science," Brown says. "The only subjective part is when you eat it." Read More at wired See also altonbrown.com It is an odd to me that a take a small amount of consolation at the likes of slashdot and wired writing about food science, as I occasionally still question my decision to major in food science in college 20 years ago.
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Sun Rolls Out New Hardware, Software, Services
Computer systems company Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday unveiled new services, software and hardware offerings as part of its plan to move to selling its wares on a bundled subscription basis rather than as discrete components.....Read More at reuters
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Microsoft boss warns of intellectual rights threat
THE managing director of Microsoft UK has warned that the European Union’s recent ruling in the antitrust case poses a threat to any company trying to guard its intellectual property rights....Read More at scotsman.com
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Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software
Sun Microsystems plans this week to release the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers, augmenting the software with new management and programming tools....Read More at ZDNet Australia
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Mad Penguin Reviews Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core 2 (FC2) is the latest offering from the Red Hat community driven Fedora Project. It has a plethora of new features including the new 2.6.5 Kernel, Gnome 2.6, KDE 3.2, an implementation of SE Linux and the X.org X11 windowing system. Fedora Core 2 is a professional distribution that focuses on functionality and ease of use, without patronising the user and keeping the clutter to a minimum....Read More at Mad Penguin
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test Now is the time for all good men....
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Smoke, Mirrors and Silence: The Browser Wars Reignite
From informIT.com by Nigel McFalane: Think the web browser wars are over? Think again. World War I was dubbed â"The Great War" and "The War To End All Wars". Alas, that was an optimistic prediction; WWII followed in short order. The browser wars are coming back, and this time the whole World Wide Web is at risk, not just a few browsers and their vendors.....Read More
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I saw "Apaptation" night before last
"Adaptation" may not be one of the top 10 movies I have ever seen. It is a good movie though; and may be Nicolas Cage's best movie yet. It also stars Meryl Streep and Best Supporting Actor Winner Chris Cooper. The movie was written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. Cage plays screenwriter Chralie Kaufman and his twin bother Donald Kaufman. Soon after completing his work on "Being John Malkovich" Charlie (Cage) is hired to write the screenplay for a movie based on a best selling book written by Streep about an obsessive orchid hunter (Cooper). As Charlie is having trouble writing the screenplay, he ends up writing himself and his twin brother into the movie. Talk about life imatating art. Kaufman writes a movie about himself writing himself into a movie. Not as confusing as "Memento", but as orginal. This is a fun movie. Also reminds me of "American Splendour" in some ways. If you like original comedy, and drama mixed then you will probably enjoy this movie.
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On being unemployed
I have been unemployed now for 8 monthes. There are things that are nice about being unemployed; being home with my daughters, working on my computer, going to bed late, and....well that might be about all that's nice about it actually. For the most part it is not fun at all. I have been through a variety of emotions (most of them succesfully supressed, as I so often do) since being layed off. The most recent emotion (anger) I started experienceing about 48 hours ago; and I was entirely unsuccessful in supressing it. I am still mad now, if I think about it. I am tired of being unemployed. I am tired of hearing about my unemployment too. I am tired of thinking about it. I am suprised actually that it has taken me this long to become angry. Knowing my personality though, this was inevitable. I usually hold things in till I explode; then I get over it. I think this has just happened to me. It's probably a good thing. Now I can get over it, and get on with my unemployment and hopefully end this chapter of my life in relative short order.
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More Blog News
Next I hope to customize this blog in a way that allows me to rotate randomly the pictures in the left hand column. By the way, those are photos that I took with my Canon S45 digital camera. When time permits I will be changing them, and working on a way to randomize them somewhat (or less imaginatively put them in some kind of gallery).
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Blog news
I have finally gotten around to adding comment/discussion functionality to this site. If anyone is actually reading this, please try it out. I also added several days ago the little search thingy at the top left hand corner of this blog. It is quite neat really; it will even use regexp in the search. You can now search the entire blog for any word you like. WOOT! (perl is very neat)
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FC2 Screenshot take 2 (getting there)
Here is another screenshot of my fedora core 2 desktop. This one is more customized than the first nearly stock desktop screenshot that I posted nearly 10 days ago. I am still patiently waiting on the non-open source drivers from NVidia for my GeForce 4 Ti4600, so I can run a dual head configuration again. This is what my finished fc1 screenshot looked like: fc1 desktop (big file).
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Apple: Fedora Core 2 Also runs on PPC
While getting a bit giddy installing Fedora Core 2 on a Sunday afternoon I found this little gem.... Fedora 2 can run on your Macintosh:....Read More at OSDir.com
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy screenwriter's interview
28 May 2004 - HHGG Interview with Myself: So we're six weeks into filming HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and the powers that be (PTB) thought it would be a good idea to kick it off with an interview with me, the screenwriter, since that is, after all, where this incarnation of the film started. So I decided to interview myself because a) I think I’ll be harder on myself and know what sort of questions an interviewer might ask and b) no one has asked to interview me....Read More
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Linux: Is Swap Necessary?
kerneltrap.org: has a very interesting discussion about linux swap space. Read More
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The Little Engine That Could
How Linux is Inadvertently Poised to Remake the Telephone and Internet Markets by Robert X. Cringely: One of the cheapest Linux computers you can buy brand new (not at a garage sale) is the Linksys WRT54G, an 802.11g wireless access point and router that includes a four-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and can be bought for as little as $69.99 according to Froogle. That's a heck of a deal for a little box that performs all those functions, but a look inside is even more amazing....Read More
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Linux and National Security
As the open source industry grows and becomes more widely accepted, the use of Linux as a secure operating system is becoming a prominent choice among corporations, educational institutions and government sectors. With national security concerns at an all time high, the question remains: Is Linux secure enough to successfully operate the government and military's most critical IT applications?...Read More at linuxsecurity.com
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Free software guru speaks on patents
The Register: Speaking in London last week, Richard Stallman, founder of GNU, argued passionately against the legalisation of what he calls "software idea patents". The core of Stallman's argument is that if companies are allowed to patent software ideas, big business will ride roughshod over the smaller players, and the free software movement will be effectively strangled....Read More
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RIAA
Single mom overwhelmed by recording industry suit
From SiliconValley.com: Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn't use it. "I don't know how," the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and adults around the world, landed Lafky in legal hot water this week that could cost her thousands of dollars.....Read More
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