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Living Room / They drew first blood, sir!
« Last post by Edvard on February 27, 2009, 11:58 AM »
I have a feeling this is going to get ugly...

Has Microsoft fired its first shot in the patent war against Linux?
While Microsoft will vehemently deny it, a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Microsoft against in-car GPS maker TomTom represents the first shot fired  in the Microsoft vs. free software war.

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General Software Discussion / Re: First looks at OpenOffice 3.1
« Last post by Edvard on February 27, 2009, 10:21 AM »
  :o
wat?

My 3.0 installation didn't do that... they must have changed it.
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General Software Discussion / Why Windows must go open source
« Last post by Edvard on February 26, 2009, 03:28 PM »
InformationWeek's Charlie Babcock says what many others have wanted and tried and some never dared to say over the years, but then again, they're not IW editors...

To maintain its developer ecosystem and protect its apps business, Microsoft has no choice but to loosen its grip on the Windows source code and drive down costs...
...
But people are wrong when they assume that Microsoft will never move Windows down the open source path. To neutralize the advantages of Linux and other open source competitors, Microsoft will have to make Windows more like them. If it doesn't, it risks losing the 6-million-plus developer base that's made the Windows platform great. Microsoft may not want to open up Windows to the world, but it will. Indeed, it must.


Me, I'm not convinced. Sure, there would be nice things about such developments (and there have been...) but for the bulk of Microsoft to become just another SourceForge project?
Never. Ever.
from another place I kinda forgot...
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General Software Discussion / First looks at OpenOffice 3.1
« Last post by Edvard on February 26, 2009, 03:15 PM »
The folks at OOoNinja have posted a round-up of all the shiny new bits of OpenOfffice 3.1
Looks quite cool

OpenOffice.org 3.1 is 65 days away, and developers are finishing up more than 1000 issues targeted for this Microsoft Office killer packing an army of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.


from someplace I forget now...
1880
General Software Discussion / Re: $100 Linux computer that looks like a wall wart
« Last post by Edvard on February 26, 2009, 11:22 AM »
What's wrong with clunky?

When it comes to Linux, some people walk the walk - others waddle the waddle. ;)
-40hz (February 25, 2009, 09:24 AM)

And still others have frickin' lasers strapped to their backs!
laserpenguin.png

 ;D
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General Software Discussion / Re: Open File Security Warning (Firefox)
« Last post by Edvard on February 26, 2009, 11:17 AM »
Hehe. Looks like they REALLY don't want you to do this:
void.jpg

(firefox pop-up when I typed "about:config" in the address bar)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Lazyweb: Your recommendation for a FOSS trouble ticket system, please.
« Last post by Edvard on February 23, 2009, 05:45 PM »
Here's a few to keep you busy:

Request Tracker
http://bestpractical.com/rt/
RT is an enterprise-grade ticketing system which enables a group of people to intelligently and efficiently manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users.

The RT platform has been under development since 1996, and is used by systems administrators, customer support staffs, IT managers, developers and marketing departments at thousands of sites around the world.
...
RT manages key tasks such as the identification, prioritization, assignment, resolution and notification required by enterprise-critical applications including project management, help desk, NOC ticketing, CRM and software development.

RT is used by Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and development organizations worldwide.

SimpleTicket
http://www.simpleticket.net/
SimpleTicket, the first Ruby on Rails based trouble ticket system released as an open source project. Built as an alternative to expensive and complicated ticking systems like Remedy and Heat, SimpleTicket is perfect for:

    * Internal IT Support Teams (up-to 10,000 end users)
    * Small IT Support Companies (1-40 technicians)

Looking for RSS feeds for users and techncians? SimpleTicket offers RSS. How about tagging for tickets? SimpleTicket uses Tags. How about TAPI integration for VoIP? SimpleTicket offers TAPI. Want to offer users transparency into the ticket resolution process? SimpleTicket offers complete transparency!

Trouble Ticket Express
http://www.troubleticketexpress.com/
Use this CGI script on your web site for everything from bug tracking and customer support to project management and to-do lists. Creating a trouble ticket is now as easy as submitting a web form, while the help desk software assigns unique number to each service request and saves it in the database to review at any time. Truly scalable solution: start with a plain text database, upgrade to the industry-strength MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server engine as your needs grow.

OpenTT
http://opentt.source...rge.net/en/index.php
   
OpenTT provides small and medium-sized enterprises with a solution to the problem of managing request through the integration of:

    * A powerful request management engine
    * A simple and intuitive container for structured information in the form of question/answer or title/content (FAQ - Frequently Asked Question)
    * A sophisticated graphical reporting tool to keep the situation under control

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Living Room / What if Google ate it's own dog food?
« Last post by Edvard on February 19, 2009, 02:07 PM »
Clever.

"Web developers increasingly grow weary of having to put so much effort into designing their sites according to the whims of the Google search engine. When the most important thing is 'getting indexed' it is increasingly difficult for web site designers to offer the simple, uncluttered user experience they'd like to. Reminiscent of the famed what if Microsoft designed the iPod box here is a humorous look at what would happen to that famed, clean, uncluttered look if Google had to design for the Google Search Engine."


from Slashdot via somewhere else I can't remember
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General Software Discussion / Re: Command-line-fu is a brilliant idea (Linux)
« Last post by Edvard on February 19, 2009, 01:45 PM »
Hey, that one actually works!  ;D

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General Software Discussion / Re: Command-line-fu is a brilliant idea (Linux)
« Last post by Edvard on February 19, 2009, 12:02 PM »
Yes, people have been getting permabanned from Ubuntuforums for posting this and similar directives as "solutions".

http://ubuntuforums....nouncement.php?f=331

forkbomb.jpg


@zaine: Cool, another one for my collection! (Shell-fu is the other)
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Living Room / Re: 10 coolest alarm clocks
« Last post by Edvard on February 19, 2009, 11:55 AM »
I had to resurrect this old thread because of this:
Looking to put a little excitement into your morning routine? Rather than simply slapping your alarm clock to turn it off, do you want to up the stakes a little bit? Say hello to this crazy new alarm clock from Bandai in Japan.

The "Gun O'Clock" comes with an infrared gun. When the alarm goes off, a target will pop up from the top. In order to turn the shrill, beeping alarm off (which is coupled with a voice saying "Come on!"), you need to hit the bullseye. It's the perfect excuse to start sleeping with a gun under your pillow that has no chance of accidentally killing you in your sleep. It'll be available in Japan starting at the end of October for $34.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by Edvard on February 19, 2009, 11:45 AM »
Oh goody, weird videos.
How about Basement Jaxx "Where's your head at?"
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=8md51JnCNFQ

basementjaxx.jpg

*shudders*

I have no excuse for this one, I couldn't watch the whole thing...  :'(
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=iVcG8bJBkKk

mas.jpg

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Living Room / Re: The Agreeable Cat - Never be Bound By Online Legal Agreements Again
« Last post by Edvard on February 18, 2009, 03:13 PM »
Team him up with the sheep and you'd be virtually untouchable!

sheep250.jpg


"Sheep, do you approve of this?"
[crank]
"Ah, I see.
Cat, proceed."
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Image Manager Shootout / Re: Xnview vs. Irfan View
« Last post by Edvard on February 18, 2009, 11:50 AM »
I've switched to XnView entirely.
The background color for the 'cut' function is now settable, which was a bit of a pain before, and the print dialog is WAY beefed up from the version I was using.
It's still a little slow generating thumbnails of pdf files when you're viewing the contents of a folder and there are pdf's in there, but it's gotten faster as of a version or two back.

On the downside, the Linux version is a horrible-looking feature-less pile of mess that makes me wonder if it's even the same program.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Phoronix benchmarking suite is now included in Ubuntu 9.04 repositories
« Last post by Edvard on February 18, 2009, 11:27 AM »
Aw man, this is going to open some floodgates...
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Edvard on February 17, 2009, 04:39 PM »
@zaine:

tanks.jpg
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General Software Discussion / Re: Two in-depth articles for developers and open source enthusiasts
« Last post by Edvard on February 17, 2009, 03:29 PM »
Where I work almost everybody sees Perl as a "dead" project.

Not when I keep seeing almost 30-to-1 ratio in Perl vs. Python jobs in the classifieds and IIRC, it's almost neck-and-neck with C++ and PHP coder jobs.
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General Software Discussion / Re: WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)
« Last post by Edvard on February 17, 2009, 01:41 PM »
Ok, now they are just going ahead and shooting themselves right square in the foot.
Sure, software makers and music labels have rights to soak you for whatever you're willing to pay, but this is really going farther than is really necessary. If anything kills DRM, things like this will.
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General Software Discussion / Re: The ultimate piece of retro-computing
« Last post by Edvard on February 16, 2009, 07:16 PM »
Hey 40hz, check out these babies.
Good to know my soft spot for old tech is not alone...  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: What are you getting for your Special Other for Valentines Day?
« Last post by Edvard on February 16, 2009, 07:03 PM »
Money being tight, my Wife and I didn't do anything too special.
I did download some vintage valentine cards and printed them on nice cardstock.
She really liked that.
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General Software Discussion / Re: File Names : what should be avoided
« Last post by Edvard on February 16, 2009, 02:20 PM »
Yes, I have an application i use many times a day that doesn't sanitize :wallbash:

Maybe I should file a bug report...
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General Software Discussion / Re: File Names : what should be avoided
« Last post by Edvard on February 13, 2009, 02:39 PM »
And do absolutely everything you can to avoid a trailing space in the file name. :wallbash:

I don't know if it's a Windows-only thing or if Linux has the same problems, but I have accidentally done this twice and hilarity ensued...
 :mad: :mad:
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Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by Edvard on February 12, 2009, 05:27 PM »

LOL!!

Is that counting the costs of getting stitches at the emergency room?
-CWuestefeld (February 12, 2009, 11:08 AM)
I admit, some mornings were, um, redder than others, especially when I first started out.
The only bad cut I got was on my thumb, not my face, and it was because I wasn't paying attention. As I said earlier, once you learn how to use it properly, it's a very nice shave.
If you're game, look up a few videos on the subject. You may be surprised.  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips
« Last post by Edvard on February 12, 2009, 10:55 AM »
Nice implement, Tomos...
This was my baby until it broke:

dovosolingen.jpg

It was a birthday present, (as was a pewter mug and brush set from my dear lovely wife  :-* ) so I didn't spend any on it, although you can find them new for $60-$100 USD. Over the course of a year, you'd break about even, and you get to shave in style!
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General Software Discussion / Re: PDF creation command line tool -- Does one exist?
« Last post by Edvard on February 12, 2009, 10:25 AM »
Lanux128 has the answer. ^^
The Windows version is here: http://gnuwin32.sour...et/packages/tiff.htm

I've used it on occasion and it works well.
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