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To Get the Best Support from the Open Source Community...BE OBNOXIOUS
I was doing some research for a project and I somehow came across this Gurus by...
To Get the Best Support from the Open Source Community...BE OBNOXIOUS
tab There is a difference, a difference between gurus. They are the non-gurus, those that you only see in the argument threads...
AA System Requirements Linux vs. Windows
Here's something I found very telling on the The America's Army web site. The minimum system...
OT Dan Quayle 8843
Liam Slider Why a cheap shot? The VP was a prime proponent of the war, it is perfectly acceptable to look at his judgment and care in all his actions...
OT Dan Quayle 8844
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:22:09 -0500, mlw Please, I don't see what a rather simple hunting accident can...
OT Dan Quayle 8846
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:48:38 -0500, mlw I don't either. I don't live in the South. Although the region I live in is somewhat influenced by southern culture...
OT Dan Quayle 8847
Liam Slider But not the point. Actually, you are wrong. There are laws that bound speech that have been upheld by the supreme court. It is...
OT Dan Quayle 8848
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:39:12 -0500, mlw Isn't it? The second Amendment basically says that the militia is important to existance of a free state...
OT Dan Quayle 8849
Liam Slider Except that the "reasoning" for the "right" implies its purpose. Schenck v. United States (1919), a case arising out of...
OT Dan Quayle 8850
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:02:25 -0500, mlw It's "purpose" as you call it, is merely...
OT Dan Quayle 8851
Liam Slider That, is a matter of interpretation, and the fact it is interpreted, is sort of the point. That's the ruling of the supreme court, by definition, "consbreastutional." Again, I don't like it...
OT Dan Quayle 8852
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:16:21 -0500, mlw No, it's not interpreted. That's pretty damn literal. The Consbreastution is a set of rules, for how...
OT Dan Quayle 8853
Liam Slider Within the boundaries of the consbreastution as a whole. When there are items which seem to conflict, a balance must be made. Sorry, no, not wrong. The supreme court is, by definition, the...
OT Dan Quayle 8854
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:48:45 -0500, mlw There is *nothing* in the U.S. Consbreastution which conflicts with the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Actually, it is the job of...
OT Dan Quayle 8855
Liam Slider Not in the concrete terms you are trying to set as the rule, but the law is more subtle than that. They are not "rewriting" the consbreastution, but they are looking at...
OT Dan Quayle 8856
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:37:10 -0500, mlw The U.S. Consbreastution trumps the law. Yes, and coming up with a whole new "spirit" every time they make a damn ruling.... There are plenty...
OT Dan Quayle 8857
Liam Slider Absolutely, as interpreted by the Supreme Court. That is your opinion. I may or may not agree, that's not the point. I've...
OT Dan Quayle 8858
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:05:10 -0500, mlw Only if they do their jobs. It's *entirely* the point. Of course one would be wrong...one isn't needed. The Federal government should not...
I don't mind Linux. It's the fan club I can't stand
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ana Thema wrote on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:42:08 -0500 Well of course it is; everyone should just use Windows instead. The occasional hangs, glitches, and crashes are more than...
XMMS and Amarok 8860
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:44:01 -0600, JEDIDIAH What a crock of crap. And if it wasn't the latest version you would say upgrade to...
XMMS and Amarok 8861
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:45:10 -0800, pHatriNO Maybe it's time you got your head out of the sand? cheny:-home...
XMMS and Amarok 8862
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:04:40 -0600, JEDIDIAH Here you go big boy. Get your debuggers out because you dorks should have an orgasm over this...
XMMS and Amarok 8863
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:03:32 -0800, pHatriNO I do...... ************************************************************************ amaroK has crashed! We're terribly sorry about this :( But, all is...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public
My Woes started the day i thought i will install SUSE linux on my Workstation and Laptop. My workstation is...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public
Uhh, what's so hard about plugging in a drive? The next problem was running a DVD movie Complain to the MPAA about that...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public. 8866
It's rather hard to comment on any of this without having some idea of what version of Suse you're talking about, what models of laptop and...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public. 8867
Ray Ingles That is what it sounds like. But don't take the "64 pixels" too literally. It's just an estimate but I picked 64...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public. 8868
I'm fairly new to Linux myself and I'm running SuSE 10.0 on a laptop and a HP workstation. The laptop sound is fine... always has been. The desktop...
Linux needs to think afresh if it needs to be accepted by general public. 8868
M Once I (finally) got the dual-monitor setup working it's been pretty much rock solid. Once every 10-20...
I have connections up the yang, both legal and otherwise
Hi DanS, You asked about the banking games I write. teams of bankers play against each other tracking such things as Grossbuttets...
I have connections up the yang, both legal and otherwise
I know this because I live in the real world. And including MANY factors is what I said, such as programming skills, ability...
50 hours per year
Hi DanS, Speaking of my income, You told me: 5,000 U.S. dollars annualy, works out to be $2.40-hr, at 40...
50 hours per year
Dude get a life...50 hr-yr. I work my full time job 45 hr-wk and program 10-12-wk. There is no way...
What's wrong with free time 8878
There is nothing wrong with that, as long as you are happy, and you don't have to unpleasant woman and cry about your...
DanS, Where's the source Is it VC_8 code
Hi DanS, You told me: And the 'fly-by-night' programmer, as you say, has been in the biz since the 70's and started out on VAX's. He is also the first consultant...
What's wrong with free time 8880
Well, in a nutshell if you were paid more an hour then you wouldnt be working...
I actually understand what I read, and I can afford the luxury. 8881
Spoken like a 10 year old. Most adults have learned to plan ahead. You have been whining for two weeks now about...
I actually understand what I read, and I can afford the luxury. 8882
Hi TWake, You told me: You have been whining for two weeks now about how much work you have to do. If you planned and organised your life you would be better placed to tackle...
I actually understand what I read, and I can afford the luxury. 8883
Yeah...like thinking ahead to tomorrow. So how much is your rent. If you say you live on $5K-yr, break it...
I think they could use me in Beijing to clean up the code
Hi DanS, You asked me: ...how much is your rent. If you say you live on $5K-yr, break...
We're kinda tight, what can I say
Hi TWake, You force me to continually repeat: I have no interest in love any more, I'm too old for that. While...
I get paid to write code at home, not to bathe
Hi TWake, Speaking of Patinha, You asked me: why does her buttociation with bad butt gangsters mean anything to me ? I...
I get paid to write code at home, not to bathe
Oh right. So you are saying that you have carte blanche to make suggestive comments about someone because your "gangsta" friends will protect you. Really. Do...
Peter_Jensen, a real coder would've already known that. 8888
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:14:24 +0000, Jeff Relf Wrong. Understanding code comes from reading the code. Not from examining the...
Peter_Jensen, a real coder would've already known that. 8889
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff?elf You consistently ignore the Followup-To header...
It's breast for tat
Interesting and possibly the case. I suppose it depends on how you define "cared." I dont particularly care if you are living on the streets or in a...
I'm pushing Lina's buttons, that's all
Hi TWake, You asked me: if money doesn't interest you why are you trying to get the judge to award you $2000 ? I don't care about the two thouand...
I'm strategizing, not complaining
Hi TWake, You asked about my free time. I've had a lot of free time in the past... but not currently, as it turns out. I...
T_Wake, F_ck off you bastard
Now, now Jeff. Don't get your knickers in a twist. You posted the details of your...
ChrisV's crappy scoring and endless one word posts
Hi ChrisV, Re: Your crappy scoring and endless one word posts. Why don't you score as I do ? Direct and indirect replies to you should come first, flowed by posts with breastles that...
The _Good_ aesthetics of macros
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jeff?elf wrote on 17 Feb 2006 22:23:56 GMT I did say it was an older variant. At least you put a proper...
Frankenstein, thanks for getting lost
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sn!pe He has been in my killfile for a long time, simply...
Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft
George Ellison An NDA would only prohibit him from disclosing anything about the code or projects that he saw at Microsoft...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8908
mlw Whoah... not so fast. This is interesting and brings up a much larger point. In the spirit of fail disclosure I'll go...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8909
begin oeprotect.scr Actually, it's a huge improvement on having to use outlook; most of my colleagues use the web interface by choice, and only run up...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8910
Larry Qualig on Thursday 16 February 2006 15:43 I agree that there is something less intuitive about this approach (desktop within desktop), but see the comments which are yet to follow...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8911
Roy Schestowitz I just installed kssh on the laptop... by default SuSE doesn't install it. I tried it out and it's okay. The only ssh option I really use is "-X" and I'm comfortable...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8912
Larry Qualig on Friday 17 February 2006 00:48 Once you master the command-line, there's no point in using the typically-more-cumbersome front ends. I ran KSSH a few...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8913
Roy Schestowitz I'll have to ive kssh a try. To be honest... I never even knew kssh existed. I've been using ssh (command line) all...
Remote administration and GUI applications 8914
mlw on Wednesday 15 February 2006 17:06 You can occasionally use this marvellous functionality to control dozens of remote machines in...
Open Source 3D Shooter
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:35:14 +0000 Not bad, upon...
Linux OpenOffice Integration and Xgl
It looks like Xgl that Novell is promoting is only going to be in the product version. This makes sense - the drivers for ATI, NVidia, and other 'High End...
Unix is too hard
I tried Solaris 10. I tried Linux. I tried FreeBSD. Unix is too hard. Why is that? The Unix versions I listed above were installed...
Unix is too hard. 8918
Karen Hill It sounds like your friend had little or no hands-on knowledge of Linux or Unix. Perhaps you were using a...
Unix is too hard. 8919
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:53:01 -0800, rex.ballard I just poked into this thread and this bullpoo happened to catch my eye. Emacs has a "mbuttive amount of...
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