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msg-033ee964bb357e33aa7329e76428d9a0
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 17:22:54 +0200
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Re: Booleans compared to strings
Jerry Stuckle wrote: The reason for this is type juggling, not “string comparison”. What you might have meant is how a string value in a type-converting conditional expression is evaluated (like that of “if ($string)” or “($string) ? … : …”), where type juggling is performed as well. PointedEars -- ...
msg-034867b426eedefc8db9cb968cc37440
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 13:24:32 -0700 (PDT)
Doug Cassidy
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On Monday, May 13, 2013 6:13:11 AM UTC-7, Jerry Stuckle wrote: got it, thanks
msg-cac4babfeead30a6c8da058765496685
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 13:23:42 -0700 (PDT)
Doug Cassidy
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On Monday, May 13, 2013 6:57:10 AM UTC-7, Robert Heller wrote: Dealing with mistakenly written legacy code.
msg-f799cffe83d695dd2b2874149f33aa3d
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 23:21:48 +0100
The Natural Philosopher
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 13/05/13 16:18, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: even when spelt* correctly * that is a valid and in many ways more correct version of 'spelled' Thats the trouble with a loosely typed language that trys to second guess what you mean. You cant second guess total iditiots. And ometimes you may fail to cor...
msg-15da8b688366112a74f4ef3680fc4160
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 23:22:13 +0200
M. Strobel
Re: Booleans compared to strings
Am 13.05.2013 22:24, schrieb Doug Cassidy: My favourite link to comparison in PHP is http://www.php.net/manual/en/types.comparisons.php where you have also the "if ($x)" results. Highly recommended. /Str.
msg-486700ad94a767507f5aefb2e9d03906
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 23:46:35 +0200
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Re: Booleans compared to strings
M. Strobel wrote: Slighty off, though, because “if” is _not_ a function. PointedEars -- Sometimes, what you learn is wrong. If those wrong ideas are close to the root of the knowledge tree you build on a particular subject, pruning the bad branches can sometimes cause the whole tree to collapse. -- ...
msg-2164fbdfa84d5349ae388506f610b9ff
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 23:26:26 +0100
The Natural Philosopher
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 13/05/13 22:22, M. Strobel wrote: Yuk I do not like "0" being a representation of FALSE at all. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves...
msg-a432d901020e6c23c413aa7f8a856be6
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 23:28:55 +0100
The Natural Philosopher
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 13/05/13 22:46, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: Semantics. It behaves like one, takes two variables and returns a value. In FORTH its like any other function IIRC, But then everything is a function , in forth :-) -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to l...
msg-d780c30ab18793af43ec9804e66e45db
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 18:57:43 -0400
Jerry Stuckle
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 5/13/2013 6:26 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Then create your own language. Or live with what the language defines. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle JDS Computer Training Corp. [email] ==================
msg-c17701a811b4cc4742f3f5818d338dad
comp.lang.php
Tue, 14 May 2013 00:41:31 +0200
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Re: Booleans compared to strings
The Natural Philosopher wrote: I am not usually reading your postings because of your notorious address munging and anonymous posting, but really … What the *heck* are you talking about? An “if” *statement* does not return anything (in neither programming language where it is a statement), and it does no...
msg-a9d6051875c8b43e9f2033a432067c08
comp.lang.php
Mon, 13 May 2013 18:56:27 -0400
Jerry Stuckle
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 5/13/2013 6:28 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Who cares about forth? This is a PHP newsgroup. But then you don't know the difference. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle JDS Computer Training Corp. [email] ==================
msg-47f94d59ccfc5372801d4fc24d5828ac
comp.lang.php
Tue, 14 May 2013 21:36:17 +0200
M. Strobel
Re: Booleans compared to strings
Am 14.05.2013 00:28, schrieb The Natural Philosopher: Hmm, in Forth you do 0= or something, then "if" takes a flag off the stack and does a branch/jump to the else address if the flag is false. Not easy to see it as a function. /Str.
msg-c69dbdc62c8caf4c61404656bd50d699
comp.lang.php
Tue, 14 May 2013 21:17:32 +0100
The Natural Philosopher
Re: Booleans compared to strings
On 14/05/13 20:36, M. Strobel wrote: try writing the FORTH interpreter... -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with...
msg-de3a418b059d5b408f7576777248099f
comp.sys.mac.portables
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:44:25 GMT
Joe Mugnai
G3 wallstreet memory info needed
I am getting a little confused about the several different memory types available. Currently, I have a PB G3 Wallstreet (300mhz, 14.1" screen). I have 128MB Ram now (64 original +64 upgrade) and have just ordered a 128MB Low profile Ram upgrade. No problem so far. I also have a 333mhz iMac (Grape) that my kids us...
msg-e4084092b2a1c335eaba212cf3ac70b4
comp.sys.mac.portables
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:57:37 GMT
Bill Evans
Re: G3 wallstreet memory info needed
In article <[email]>, Joe Mugnai <[email]> wrote: Same memory for iMacs < 350 MHz and G3 PowerBooks. Go to the memory page of www.smalldog.com and see for yourself. -Bill (not)
msg-da33b606ef733c402c73c6bf03653f24
comp.sys.mac.portables
Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:11:56 GMT
Joe Mugnai
Re: G3 wallstreet memory info needed
In article <[email]>, Bill Evans <[email]> wrote: Thanks for the confirmation.
msg-bbe18bea3a8c45f3cc44ea83def0ccda
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
30 Jun 92 21:40:24 GMT
Edward Swatschek
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
That 1640 cps figure is due to error correction, not compression (v42bis should automatically disable when transfering a compressed file) - error correction allows ~24% increase in throughput (~1780cps for a 14400 connection).
msg-52bad3402736c2feb0d5a07f927badd3
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
1 Jul 92 03:51:14 GMT
Randy Schnedler
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
In <[email]>, [email] (Edward Swatschek) writes: Huh?? Am I missing something here? How can you say that error correction increases throughput?? By definition, it only ensures error-free transfer, not higher throughput. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Randy Schnedl...
msg-da41481ac44d9d24f095d165167814c6
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
2 Jul 92 15:51:49 EST
Kenneth Yarnall
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
In article <[email]> [email] (Edward Swatschek) writes: Sorry, I don't believe you. I see no way error correction could speed up a transfer to past the "theoretical limit." I can make transfers faster on a noisy line as the hardware is faster at detecting bad blocks and requesting a resend, but this isn't going to g...
msg-99c8fe6e923f83a404b2818a1324655c
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Thu, 9 Jul 1992 09:42:48 GMT
Philipp Knirsch
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
In <[email]> [email] (Randy Schnedler) writes: OK, this is one of those FAQ`s in the comp.sys.dcom.modems, but i`ll answer it anyway: With "normal" modems, and sugesstig you use 8N1, what is nowadays nearly a standard, your modem sends in reality 10 bits per byte over the line: 1 startbit 8 databits 1 stopbit When y...
msg-2aa4a8888262c56d96856283f9f74bfa
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
3 Jul 92 17:43:46 GMT
Kenneth Yarnall
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
In article <[email]> I snapped: Well, now -- that is the second time I've done that. I went and re-read things a bit more carefully, and would like to apologize to Edward -- he is quite right. Error correction protocols strip of the (now unnecessary) start and stop bits, instead sending an occasional checksum, which...
msg-5d541930fbbbb11868b688707a466c88
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Fri, 3 Jul 1992 01:29:37 -0500
Stefan Berg
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
[email] (Kenneth Yarnall) writes: You`ll love this one! :-) Error correction really does speed up your transmission, which is due to the fact, that error correction gets rid of the start and stop bit. There might be other things involved, but I`m not an expert. Here is a part of my Supra manual (page 13): "Error Cor...
msg-b3aaec86410d07b2aee2b38f3d2abaa9
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
4 Jul 92 16:38:06 EST
Kenneth Yarnall
Re: SupraFaxModem V.32bis - bogus commands?
In article <[email]> Stefan Berg <[email]> writes: Yeah, the sad thing is, it is in my manual, too. I'm even bright enough to have figured it out for myself, had I stopped to try. I spent the whole week popping off without thinking. I'm usually a better net.citizen than this...
msg-6b004e02ee592e70976b2d9527b6b575
comp.sys.mac.graphics
1997/05/27
John Kheit
Re: Why PostScript Sucks (was Re: GX game graphics...)
"Lawson English" <[email]> wrote: This is such a silly thing. GX doesn't let you edit it AS it's being passed. All it let's you do is edit something after the print menu has been selected, but before it is sent a dialog can be accessed that let's you twiddle with some options. Big deal. It's not as if you are modif...
msg-38b6c49381b5800750982f3ed841048f
comp.sys.newton.programmer
10 Mar 1994 20:42:36 -0800
Steve Klingsporn
Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
I went and bought a Newton MessagePad 110 this morning. I'm not going to say where I bought it because the place I bought it treats customers poorly, and they don't deserve a free reference. I'm not going to give any more of an overview than I have in a previous post because I hate this Duo keyboard of mine, and some...
msg-97d8222ee517501091aade755cbc83cf
comp.sys.newton.misc
Sat, 12 Mar 1994 01:52:56 GMT
Jesse Devine
Re: Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
In article <2losrs$[email]> Steve Klingsporn, [email] writes: Not to mention that the place you are referring to has a policy in place whereby all clerks must have an IQ under 75 in order to work there.... --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jesse Devine | email: [emai...
msg-480b807b78bc41ca555f3f41492e8b3d
comp.sys.newton.programmer
Fri, 11 Mar 1994 01:45:55 -0800
Kevin Fox
Re: Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
In article <2losrs$[email]>, [email] (Steve Klingsporn) wrote: <major snippage> Just make sure it's someone with good handwriting or a lot of patience! Kevin Fox <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< << Kevin Fox >> << Paladin Sys. >> << [email] >> My ideas! Mine! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
msg-e3aeb757c93249d4d8cccd15869c77ef
comp.sys.newton.misc
17 Mar 1994 20:10:02 GMT
Sean O. Luke
Re: Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
Jesse Devine ([email]) wrote: : In article <2losrs$[email]> Steve Klingsporn, [email] : writes: : >I went and bought a Newton MessagePad 110 this morning. I'm not going to : >say where I bought it because the place I bought it treats customers : >poorly, and they don't deserve a free reference. : Not to mention that ...
msg-49f742b64763dde4fc8c98e575af2902
comp.sys.newton.misc
17 Mar 1994 15:37:03 -0500
Heywood Fl
Re: Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
How about letting us know, so we can avoid it in our search for Newts ? (or just stop by and poke fun at the salespeople). Heywood
msg-6619648913b9883d3b0f7c61f5d1d363
comp.sys.newton.programmer
24 Mar 1994 02:51:49 GMT
William Chang
Re: Review: Newton MessagePad 110 [brief]
[email] (Sean O. Luke) writes: I'd beg to differ. I have a very high opinion of MS's sales and marketing staff. I mean... how else would any company sell 20 year old software for full retail prices??? ;-) ---wc
msg-382921b31b04fbbc291d1b7e2f42e84d
comp.periphs.scanners
29 Aug 2002 14:30:14 -0400
John Eyles
scanning color negatives as slides ?
I downloaded a tutorial from www.computer-darkroom.com, that describes a "better" way to scan negatives. Basically you scan as a postive, with no corrections applied (e.g. in Vuescan you'd just save a raw file). Then, in Photoshop, you invert (creating a cyan masked image) and then use "Levels" to remove the color ca...
msg-c8bdc15586aca9f404f6b2191d37a518
comp.periphs.scanners
Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:08:37 +0100
Kennedy McEwen
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
In article <[email]>, karmadon <[email]> writes Well, that is an example that pretty much fits the bill. The scanner takes 2-3 times as long to scan in negative mode as it does in positive mode. At the very least, this means that there is 2-3 times less signal in the CCD when scanning in positive mode. Yes - see...
msg-15334590cc1afd714366f86b3366a766
comp.periphs.scanners
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:09:59 -0700
J. A. Mc.
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
Since that's basically the process that vuescan uses <G>, it should look the same. One addition to the 'photoshop' way, is that after scanning and inverting, you can use the levels eyedroppers to set the white and black points exactly for thet neg. One operation balances -and- removes the cast. On 29 Aug 2002 14:30:...
msg-ed9c3d90b65a9c0d410138e7f6f8dfc7
comp.periphs.scanners
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:46:34 GMT
Leonard Evens
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
John Eyles wrote: For the reasons others have given, I can't imagine this method can do as good a job as Ed does in Vuescan.
msg-b9fe02a10a3a6252fce4e7be6c0e2cb8
comp.periphs.scanners
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:17:27 +0100
Kennedy McEwen
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
In article <aklp7m$119$[email]>, John Eyles <[email]> writes This red herring appears on this news group regularly and one thing you can be absolutely certain of, the approach certainly isn't "better" than scanning as a negative in the first place, either in Vuescan or the scanner's native driver for negative film....
msg-6a07ac5f3ce4d1882342a8e6f41e9046
comp.periphs.scanners
4 Sep 2002 13:21:08 -0700
karmadon
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
Kennedy, Thank you for an excellent explanation. It makes perfect sense... and shame on me for not taking the very basic signal-to-noise ratio considerations into my line of thinking... I still have a question about orange mask removal. When the scanner determines the amount of exposure increase for blue and red chan...
msg-d0b9feb2b2bc99fe4d8c1d5fdafeda6f
comp.periphs.scanners
29 Aug 02 17:32:15 MDT
Joe Doupnik
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
In article <[email]>, J. A. Mc. <[email]> writes: Yes, the cast, but leaves the rest of the image out of balance. The various dye layers have slightly different characteristics which need tending to so that colors match over wide ranges of exposure. That means the film's characteristics count, and indeed it is obviou...
msg-012ac08c0648db0eb57f162e9fa7dd84
comp.periphs.scanners
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 03:24:05 GMT
Wayne Fulton
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
In article <[email]>, [email] says... No, it is not the same process. Vuescan (and most all color negative scanning software) instead increases the CCD exposure time of the blue and green channels, around 2x and 3x more exposure than normal, more than the red channel. This simulates a color filter, like on a came...
msg-4538eddfe059199b806d7d8e7c1ed37b
comp.periphs.scanners
30 Aug 2002 09:18:40 -0700
karmadon
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
Kennedy McEwen <[email]> wrote in message news:<[email]>... Could you elaborate with this specific example? Minolta Elite II. At 2880dpi with ICE enabled, at 16 bits it takes about 5-6 minutes for a finished scan when filn type is set to colour negative. It takes about 2 minutes when film type is set for colour posit...
msg-b5187ef7463f14c7fc46a49d52cd8684
comp.periphs.scanners
Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:27:07 -0700
Ed Hamrick
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
"karmadon" <[email]> wrote: VueScan uses a fixed multipler for the green and blue channels, but this is scanner dependant. It's 1.0, 2.5, 3.5 for red, green and blue CCD exposure time on most scanners. Using fixed multipliers instead of making the multipliers image dependant makes color correction of saved raw scan ...
msg-8b7e99af47aa55b297067f8c821aeda0
comp.periphs.scanners
30 Aug 2002 13:54:07 -0400
John Eyles
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
Good explanation, Wayne. I wonder where Ian Lyons is coming from when he says the other method works better ? Have you read hisd turorial at www.computer-darkroom.co.uk, click on "Alternative Scanning Method for Colour Negative Film" ? I guess he's talking in the context of SOME very crappy scanner- supplied softwar...
msg-6af47c2166889b2a46b68bc605d0a906
comp.periphs.scanners
30 Aug 2002 14:00:11 -0400
John Eyles
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
I'm consfused. If you're scanning, what difference does it make if you use negative or reversal in terms of producing prints easily ? Or is it just easier to have your proof prints made by a lab ? Even given that, if they have something like a Fuji Frontier it doesn't make any difference. John
msg-eba76b77b55bc259483ba8f6db79a6a0
comp.periphs.scanners
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 19:09:15 GMT
Wayne Fulton
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
In article <akobfv$e0o$[email]>, [email] says... I think you're right. There is the one sentence about "even the most expensive scanner applications", but otherwise I dont read Ian as exactly proposing that method to be generally superior. The emphasis seems to be where he says "However, not all scanner software i...
msg-a4e1d6d07d2a39d7fab233d1abb425f8
comp.periphs.scanners
30 Aug 2002 21:47:51 -0700
karmadon
Re: scanning color negatives as slides ?
[email] (John Eyles) wrote in message news:<akobrb$e1t$[email]>... It is simply unpractical to, say, scan ten rolls of 36 frames after a wedding. Of course I use lab for proofs, as well as for enlargements, digitised or not. But you are right, for Frontiers, at least in theory, it matters not, trannies or negs.
msg-7e6490a9499343a141a76e4e2e3bc702
comp.periphs.printers
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:56:42 GMT
K&C Hayward
HP 932 vs 952
Is the photo paper tray the only difference between these two printers? Does anyone have a 952? Is the tray worthwhile? Thanks.
msg-e57109a54279ecc6e3743f281c4031e3
comp.periphs.printers
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:34:30 -0400
BF
Re: HP 932 vs 952
I think the 952 is a little faster, but other than that print quality is supposed to be the same. "K&C Hayward" <[email]> wrote in message news:[email]...
msg-7ea2ddf567ae757e9e0399e8c4e4058f
comp.periphs.printers
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:09:31 -0400
Ron Marshall
Re: HP 932 vs 952
I just decided to buy the HP 950 over the HP 930. As someone already stated the 950 is faster. The reason that I got the 950 was that the printer case and the paper trays for the 950 were of better quality (IMHO). The picture quality on the two is said to be the same. I know the print quality on the 950 is GREAT. B...
msg-fcddddee9c616191817274b00c531f8c
comp.periphs.printers
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:50:46 -0600
[redacted]
Re: HP 932 vs 952
K&C Hayward <[email]> wrote: I have the 952. It's marginally faster than a 93X, but the tray is significantly better - and not just for photos.
msg-4a57917c4e641ea589da469204cad750
comp.os.linux.hardware
6 Feb 2002 10:17:35 -0800
John Williams
Windows XP vs Linux
Windows XP vs Linux I have been a Linux user for about ten months. My distribution of choice is Mandrake 8, which has good hardware detection and is the most accessible one for newbies. However, I recently upgraded my WinMe PC to Windows XP Home Edition, and this is how I think it compares to Mandrake for the average...
msg-1b938f4a22d403408e8939cb2348e2bc
comp.os.linux.hardware
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:06:28 +0000 (UTC)
Jacek Popławski
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
John Williams wrote: Windows users can't read. It's newsgroup about hardware.
msg-92371612b56718d8017d635693f56650
comp.os.linux.hardware
Fri, 08 Feb 2002 00:28:09 GMT
Jim Haynes
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
In article <[email]>, John Williams <[email]> wrote: I don't see any reason for this posting, unless it is simply a troll. If you like Windows and don't like Linux we don't care. Whatever floats your boat... I doubt you will ever be forced to buy a computer with Linux pre-installed and have to install Windows on it...
msg-2317e0a388c9ab5514aea619e0dd27a1
comp.os.linux.hardware
Fri, 08 Feb 2002 08:58:35 +0000
eric the brave
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
On 6 Feb 2002 10:17:35 -0800, [email] (John Williams) wrote: You are 3 years old and I claim my thre tellytubies... I had to go back to WinME. some of my games don't work on XP. Oh and...... ___________________ /| /| | | ...
msg-a86455698655ca7a128133a8bc4f9198
comp.os.linux.hardware
Thu, 07 Feb 2002 02:38:49 GMT
Robert M. Taylor, Jr.
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
John Williams wrote: ==========================Crap Deleted============================= Who is this pecker-wood?
msg-1f41869337cd90e62fe19c8a9716d559
comp.os.linux.hardware
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:05:02 -0600
Chris Barnes
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
"John Williams" <[email]> wrote Each to his own. I reverted my WinXP theme to "classic". Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. Since Linux isn't marketed for the home-user, do you have a point here, or are you just frothing? ROTFL. Hear this well - I am NOT a "Windows guy" and I am NOT a "Linux guy". I u...
msg-011240632cbce94e720758f80ca4c591
comp.os.linux.hardware
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:23:21 +0100
Michael Heiming
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
John Williams([email] - <[email]>) wrote at Wednesday 06 February 2002 19:17: [crap] Read this somewhere else, face it, we like Linux, if you don't, your problem. For proper ng usage, these URL should be helpfull: http://tgos.org/newbie/index2.html http://livinginternet.com/u/ua.htm "ESR's Howto ask smart ques...
msg-de7e1012aecfe2b9b3bce268cd3b1266
comp.os.linux.hardware
6 Feb 2002 13:30:15 -0800
Stef
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
My advice keep forking $$$ every 6 months or so for your Windows and don't forget to keep your anti-virus up to date. [email] (John Williams) wrote in message news:<[email]>...
msg-0c257594e578f607909481af0938d21c
comp.os.linux.hardware
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 22:31:38 +0100
Axel Skrodzki
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
John Williams wrote: Yes, you got it =) Really good operating systems require really good specalists. That's why we like it 8) cheers, Axel
msg-1c8250d6d1aa3863c5f50298946501b1
comp.os.linux.hardware
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 20:09:37 -0500
Yan Seiner
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
Chuckles turning to guffaws..... I run an OLD version of RedHat that's known to be buggy on my home system. It stays up for weeks at a time. Try that in Windows (any Windows). It runs 3 (yes three) GUI sessions. Try that in windows. Now set one up in English, one in Japanese, and one in Czech. Last time I look...
msg-2e46bf925aa9d9685d9db866addf1dc0
comp.os.linux.hardware
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 22:22:49 -0500
Steve Martin
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
I suspect that he's actually a Microsoft employee, since he has a (volatile) Hotmail account. He's the same guy who put out almost exactly the same diatribe back on 9-3-2001 claiming that Win98 was soooooo much better than Linux, even a lot of the comments are phrased the same. He's a troll... ignore him.
msg-e872046aec320e5ec8cddd2cde6215bb
comp.os.linux.hardware
Thu, 07 Feb 2002 01:29:56 +0100
Ralf Bader
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
Sergei Rodionov wrote: Yes, and this person did so in the "WinMe vs Linux" thread mentioned in his posting. The present pile of crap is largely a regurgitated elaboration of the previous one. It isn't worth any further comment. --Ralf
msg-2cd40eeb86f7d14b9b0703ab0260713f
comp.os.linux.hardware
Thu, 07 Feb 2002 01:43:00 GMT
Sergei Rodionov
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
Bevan Coleman wrote: Hmm.. I missed what they done with project it in past few months :) Except its kind of workaround for xp.. :) I could even use my old Chroma to make WinXP to be pretty but thats not the point :) Eh? I have Platinum edition of desktop version for Summit2.0 and its been around 90$ as i recall it...
msg-1e27c4c609c06c09f2e3d80f6728e369
comp.os.linux.hardware
08 Feb 2002 12:28:36 +0100
Moritz Franosch
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
"Bevan Coleman" <[email]> writes: I don't quite understand this "X is stable or not" debate. Any X program can grab the mouse and keyboard totally (and this is intended and documented behaviour, is this correct?), so a local user isn't able to kill any program with the help of his window manager (Ctrl-Alt-Esc in KDE...
msg-53c97b485842d0cb42135f661447acd3
comp.os.linux.hardware
Fri, 08 Feb 2002 18:29:34 +0100
Ralf Bader
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
Moritz Franosch wrote: it is explicitly discouraged behaviour. It may be found useful to keep users from anything but logging in on the display manager screen, but normally server grabbing should be avoided. The SysRq key is reacted upon by the kernel himself. It is available if /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq contains the...
msg-9fd4c6ed835d09d72281da3322f513bc
comp.os.linux.hardware
11 Feb 2002 13:36:05 +0100
Moritz Franosch
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
Ralf Bader <[email]> writes: Yes. But should CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ be really enabled for a kernel intended to be used by a normal user? Probably not, as even rebooting is disallowed for normal users by default on most Linux/Unix systems. Moreover, SysRq is no solution that can compete with Windows NT/2000/XP Ctrl-Alt-Ent...
msg-46e6dfdf5262ad6d873fe743d5b5a476
comp.os.linux.hardware
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:41:45 GMT
John Thompson
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
In article <[email]>, Moritz Franosch wrote: If it's just a single app wedging the GUI, what's wrong with CNTRL-ALT-Fn to a different virtual console and killing the app from there? If you really need the GUI pointy-clicky stuff I suppose you could "startx -- :1" run gtop from the GUI and kill the app that way, bu...
msg-a8015dbe808ce9edf78996f3449a64ff
comp.os.linux.hardware
12 Feb 2002 14:20:24 +0100
Måns Rullgård
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
John Thompson <[email]> writes: The problem is if some program has grabbed the keyboard so Ctrl-Alt-Fn doesn't work. AFAIK in that case Alt-SysRq-R will set the keyboard to normal (not raw) mode making vt switching possible. Then the offending process can be killed, Ctrl-Alt-Fn back to X which will set keyboard raw li...
msg-650f1cf33e1bba33fa42ab6b26c294d3
comp.os.linux.hardware
13 Feb 2002 14:57:23 +0100
Moritz Franosch
Re: Windows XP vs Linux
[email] (Måns Rullgård) writes: So the desired functionality already exists. It only has to be adjusted so that it is usable by a normal "desktop" user. E.g. there could be a kernel compile option such that Alt-SysRq does nothing but switch to a configurable virtual console. Then distributors could possibly make up so...
msg-8b3f5656551aa92d62b8b5e571d8a8b4
comp.sys.mac.databases
Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:03:57 +1300
Julian Melville
FMPro - copying single to repeating fields
Hi all. I've got a question relating to a database I've inherited and am upgrading. It's a requisition file, containing info about orders, vendors and such like. The existing file has a form with seven lines, each of which is a separate field. As you can imagine, this makes things like finds very difficult. The new ve...
msg-57fbb28fdf274a8e6127950390767ef9
comp.sys.mac.databases
16 Nov 1994 12:03:12 GMT
Robin A. Poirier
Re: FMPro - copying single to repeating fields
In article <[email]>, [email] wrote: There is a product available through Elkhorn Press ($40 I think) called Make Repeats that I beleive does what you're looking for. If you need more info, please let me know.
msg-74fc8f733aaf8d373b7d7396f91c27ec
comp.sys.mac.databases
Thu, 17 Nov 1994 15:38:51 +0100
Martin Trautmann
Re: FMPro - copying single to repeating fields
In article <[email]>, [email] wrote: My hack is doing this by a standard text processor, replacing some special characters (e.g. " Carriage Return ;") by the line feed that you find in the repeating fields of exported texts
msg-38e794c1ed7874de5dc9dc6367e33985
comp.sys.mac.databases
Tue, 22 Nov 1994 15:27:43 +1300
Julian Melville
Re: FMPro - copying single to repeating fields
In article <[email]>, [email] (Martin Trautmann) wrote: Well, now I've solved the problem myself over the weekend with a Python script to automate exactly what Martin suggested. It'll save me heaps of time... You give it a text file exported from FMPro, with the fields you want to become repeated grouped together in ...
msg-d45f801375ee52b92520f954b896fc21
comp.os.linux.hardware
19 Feb 2003 03:23:29 -0800
Mark
Linux as a television video server?
A client has a need for a video server to select clips and quickly put them on air. They don't have the budget for a "professional" system, and I know a PC-based approach would work in this case. Which video cards support: -TV-OUT in which video would play through ONLY the TV-OUT. The standard linux text screen would...
msg-7b827070887bc68428cb4bd172b4d9d5
comp.os.linux.hardware
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:31:41 +0100
Thomas Gies
Re: Linux as a television video server?
"Mark" <[email]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[email]... I'm using a nvidia card to view movies on television. There is a tool at sourceforge that controls the TV-Out (nvtv I think). For me this solution works, but for semiprofessional use, this is not appropriate. There is a lack of stability (when using the wrong sett...
msg-ecd8d473d415ae0ad3d9705750d0f5b8
comp.os.linux.hardware
19 Feb 2003 19:07:13 -0800
Mark
Re: Linux as a television video server?
"Thomas Gies" <[email]> wrote in message news:<[email]>... I thought of this as well. However, the card would have to be dual-display (or dual-cards). One display would run the usual Linux console (not X), the other display would have the video routed through it. This possible? I know this is possible under windows b...
msg-c1b9446276db148441340497539e6f25
comp.os.linux.hardware
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:23:04 -0500
Duke Robillard
Re: Linux as a television video server?
Mark wrote: Why don't you want to run X on the other screen? (I think "screen" is the right X buzzword for what you have two of when you use a dual-head video card with X.) I know you can set up dual-head card under X and display different things on the two screens...I've done that with a Matrox G450 dual-head. I'v...
msg-fdb9fcfd09ab90c459397860e6b0fca7
comp.os.linux.hardware
20 Feb 2003 18:02:34 -0800
Mark
Re: Linux as a television video server?
Duke Robillard <[email]> wrote in message news:<[email]>... Why make things more complicated than they need to be? The text screen only needs to display what's cued to play, and the time-to-end of the current clip. All video-clip selection is done through a web-interface on another system. This system just receives re...
msg-6ba8c93a227210e3575707c7a6bcaadd
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
1999/04/13
Neill
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
In the past we have used the names of pop/rock groups in the past - e.g. Aerosmith, Offspring etc. We also called one "Spice Girls" but it kept going down on us...?
msg-79c40f48e540957942bd7f6f71679c3c
comp.periphs.scanners
18 Nov 2003 17:28:22 -0800
Dave Palmer
blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
Hi, Not sure how to describe my issue. I've a Nikon LS-2000. I am using Vuescan. I've scanned over 700 slides of 35mm or 126 format The slides are 30 years old. They have been stored in slide trays and in dark, comfortable temperatures. A very few of the scanned images, less than 25, show blotches, or blobs of colo...
msg-d2998bc2f0f46fef3422055c6f5ee487
comp.periphs.scanners
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:30:54 -0700
Ed Hamrick
Re: blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
"Dave Palmer" <[email]> wrote: Make sure you aren't using "Input|Long exposure pass". This can result in strange artifacts sometimes. Otherwise, it might be mould. Try experimenting with "Filter|Infrared clean" to see if this causes it to go away. Regards, Ed Hamrick
msg-07ae2f1819bb5a6ce2062bd8afcc0e91
comp.periphs.scanners
19 Nov 2003 14:09:38 -0800
Dave Palmer
Re: blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
"Ed Hamrick" <[email]> wrote in message news:<bpfk97$4a6$[email]>... Ed, Thanks for the tips. I'm not using 'long exposure pass' I am using infrared clean. I posted a couple of samples. Maybe these will help? They are at: www.theblackriver.net/s1.jpg www.theblackriver.net/s2.jpg Again any help will be appreciated.....
msg-df642a4ae5db855753cdcb7b2bd8d42f
comp.periphs.scanners
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:34:22 -0500
Mac McDougald
Re: blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
In article <[email]>, [email] says... Are they Kodachrome? If so,turn off IR Clean. Mac
msg-69bbc08b474e345928659531ab650101
comp.periphs.scanners
21 Nov 2003 20:25:39 -0800
Dave Palmer
Re: blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
Mac McDougald <[email]> wrote in message news:<[email]>... Mac, They are Kodachrome. I turned off IR Clean (light was the setting) The results are fantastic. You can see the difference at: www.theblackriver.net/irfilt.jpg and www.theblackriver.net/noirfilt.jpg Sorry about the file size... Mac, is it a rule to not ...
msg-ed5811b3513fd9eb94c855ad080c8c49
comp.periphs.scanners
Sun, 23 Nov 2003 06:54:42 -0500
Mac McDougald
Re: blob? blotches? fuzzy? slide scanning
In article <[email]>, [email] says... In general, yes. Right here, and you just did, eh? :-) (works even less well on b/w silver-based film). My pleasure.
msg-9d774c317c07f492c937c44a22318e2c
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:10:02 +0200
Martin Johansen
New-line characters and windows
Does the windows API have any functions to handle/convert between different newline characters?? e.g. Unix: '\n' Windows: '\r\n' Mac: '\r' I am programming in C.
msg-f137c23238aba4dfd5aba28355360517
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:36:32 +0200
navi
Re: New-line characters and windows
"Martin Johansen" <[email]> wrote in message news:ZgRbc.4750$[email]... | Does the windows API have any functions to handle/convert between different | newline characters?? | | e.g. | | Unix: '\n' | Windows: '\r\n' | Mac: '\r' | | I am programming in C. | if you are working on windows: when working with files in text ...
msg-30f8b2f86ffb01d781cacda65ca52f82
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:10:37 GMT
Sten Westerback
Re: New-line characters and windows
"Martin Johansen" <[email]> wrote in message news:ZgRbc.4750$[email]... different You could try MultiByteToWideChar() + WideCharToMultiByte() with suitable code pages but i'm not sure if they do care about the line end issue. Opening file in text mode might be able to collapse these to \n but the easiest way is to do...
msg-824b136e7b90416397610c7fe95d4473
comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
3 Dec 2001 11:33:37 -0800
[redacted]
Groups as e-mail addresses
I just installed my first Lotus Domino system, using 5.0.8. It is being used to replace our aging e-mail system. On the old system, when we need another address such as support or sales we setup a user called support or sales. When trying to setup a similar scenario on Domino I did see the field for forwarding e-mai...
msg-9297e4cb53b8bb03e73c3935ca90381c
comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:47:14 +0100
Mathias Bierl
Re: Groups as e-mail addresses
It is not the best way to do it, because if you need many of such addresses you have to differ normal users from such only mail addresses. The better way is to create mail-in database documents for that. There you can set any notes database as recipient for this mails and there is no id needed for it. Ciao Mathias <...
msg-fb28684031f170a2aa470ad2b148c097
comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
Mon, 03 Dec 2001 19:53:51 +0000
Tony Evans
Re: Groups as e-mail addresses
In comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin, [email] ([email]) wrote: Nope, that's one way of doing it. The main issue is that people need to talk to each other to make sure stuff they get is processed. The other option is to use mail-in databases, where you have a mail file, but no associated ID file, and people can go in ...
msg-be53c7a5d9b26e11a2d4902172dc2b11
comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 07:57:04 +0100
goose
Re: Groups as e-mail addresses
Nope this is correct, This is helpfull to have a static name on the outside and you can change te receipient on the inside. grtz Peter <[email]> schreef in bericht news:[email]...
msg-0b8fb8b5c86df9d3cd94b80617f6165e
comp.sys.mac.programmer.help
1998/04/17
David Zwiefelhofer
Re: No One Knows How to Tell if Monitor is Sleeping?
In article <[email]>, Peter S Lau <[email]> wrote: Hey, DMGetAVPowerState looks promising. I'll check it out. Thanks, Dave __________________________________________________________________ DavidZ "put an at here" mailbag "and a dot here" com
msg-8dbbd206fba44b1eb18e8d17b6ad5c3b
comp.mail.sendmail
Wed, 09 Jan 2002 16:18:39 GMT
vkd
/var/spool/mail and NFS
What are the issues in storing mail onto an NFS partition? Is that something that works in a production environment? Example: Two smtp servers accepting mail and using /nfs/mailspool dir. Third server mounting /nfs/mailspool and running IMAPD and POPD. Would there be any problems associated with having NFS as the ma...
msg-aa3226a26bd27c1c07267309205b5852
comp.mail.sendmail
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:11:00 GMT
Jon
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
Yes it workls. I am not going to go in to security, 'cos others already did. The upshot is 'BE VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY CAREFUL!' That's the way it's done in most scalable arena's now. Whether or not the FS is used over NFS is another matter. To share the directory/nam...
msg-f560c9af1d6350ab3729b4fa953033d3
comp.mail.sendmail
Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:21:52 GMT
Rich Teer
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, it was written: I don't know about "much better"; it all depends on the implementation. again, it depends on how it's set up. IF the NFS traffic is behind a firewall, the risks are a lot smaller. And if you use secure NFS, they're even smaller. Using a dedicated staorage network will minimise t...
msg-e40d834ccfa439cbf5e9c50546413b3c
comp.mail.sendmail
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:25:39 +0800
Suresh Ramasubramanian
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
vkd [comp.mail.sendmail] <Wed, 09 Jan 2002 16:18:39 GMT>: Locking issues - these go away quite well if you use maildirs Maxtor, Netapp or other fileserver boxes if you can afford them. Preferably netapp. Oh, and remember to have something firewalling your nfs from the world - let only your surrounding IPs (your MTA...
msg-edcfceca1c9685172b9697c2ad23a0b5
comp.mail.sendmail
Wed, 09 Jan 2002 18:29:04 GMT
hal
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 16:18:39 GMT, wrote: That would work, but you would have much better performance if you used an external dual channel SCSI RAID array. OK Security and performance. Security because NFS ain't. Performance because you add latency to the transaction to go out over the network. Hal
msg-5e7d73bdafd7f5b33b9ca50cb2eddb04
comp.mail.sendmail
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 02:50:16 GMT
vkd
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
<Jon> wrote in message news:3c3d9e53.533327834@212.35.34.213... something /var/spool/MAILDIRS/[0-9][0-9]/[0-9][0-9]/groupidentifier/username/Maildir/ Thanks. I am actually curious about the maildrop util. I am planning on trying it out and seeing how it works. Having virtual users would be very convenient instead of u...
msg-801ba695b24446dd34e5cc93a713195d
comp.mail.sendmail
09 Jan 2002 19:47:17 -0500
David Magda
Re: /var/spool/mail and NFS
Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email]> writes: [...] You could also have these hosts be dual-homed. Since they are servers you set them up so no one would be able to log into them (except admin. staff through ssh (on the internal interface only)).
msg-54e7c3c58198b30d0907984d949f84bf
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 12:32:47 -0000
Stef Pritchard
CIX Scripting
I need some advise on where to find this software CIX32 and where I can get some documentation to learn it. Can anyone help? Stef
msg-9dcf279a549a0129e43986121a34cf6d
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:22:48 -0000
Stef Pritchard
Re: CIX Scripting
Sorry guys it's called Cixtart, get it on resourse kit. "Stef Pritchard" <[email]> wrote in message news:8th992$6rm$[email]... get