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by treehead
Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:19 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Google Desktop for Linux
Replies: 2
Views: 3495

Google Desktop for Linux

Now available:
Google Desktop now available for Linux
Download Google Desktop for Linux

Dependencies:
Requires glibc 2.3.2+, gtk+ 2.2.0+
Just need to make a SlackBuild for this...

;treehead
by treehead
Mon May 21, 2007 5:45 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: I thought LAMP was supposed to be more scalable than IIS
Replies: 19
Views: 38332

Excuse me?

greggh wrote:The PlentyOfFish guy responds:

http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/ ... g-servers/
So help me out here, because obviously as a Windows SysAdmin and a former Web Developer, I have no clue what I'm talking about... How does this discount any criticisms we given here?

;treehead
by treehead
Mon May 14, 2007 3:00 pm
Forum: Python Study Group
Topic: Help with the wiki
Replies: 9
Views: 17043

Python Wiki To-Do ?

Is there a to-do or requested articles page?

treehead
by treehead
Mon May 14, 2007 2:56 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: I thought LAMP was supposed to be more scalable than IIS
Replies: 19
Views: 38332

Re: I thought LAMP was supposed to be more scalable than IIS

I was listening to an interview with PlentyOfFish.com (largest free dating site) founder. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=300230#300230 He uses just ONE Windows 2003 server for a dynamic site with forums that has 31 Million pageviews/day and as much as 50,000 concurrent users. I am to...
by treehead
Mon May 14, 2007 2:10 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: MS puts the number of infringed patents at 235
Replies: 12
Views: 8920

riiiight.

Snarkout wrote:Balmer versus Raymond. Cage Match. No Holds Barred.

:shock:
:roll: That would be over in less than 30 seconds.

treehead
by treehead
Mon May 14, 2007 1:31 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: MS puts the number of infringed patents at 235
Replies: 12
Views: 8920

FWIW: This is a good thing.

http://news.google.com/?ncl=1116311757&hl=en This is good. Seriously. It will A) force the Supreme Court to finally decide on the constitutionality of Software Patents altogether, and/or B) finally force Microsoft to explicitly describe in what way Linux violates its patents. Once developers know w...
by treehead
Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:33 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Python & Open Books
Replies: 2
Views: 3508

Learning Python

Nice. I had not heard about any of those (except Programming Python ). I am reading Learning Python , and I'm liking it quite a bit. In addition to studying Java at school, I've been learning about various programming languages on my own, including Perl , Python , and now Ruby . I'd be interested to...
by treehead
Fri May 05, 2006 5:38 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: How do you make the screen capture video tutorials?
Replies: 12
Views: 9737

Re: Dan was in Psychology?

jonas wrote:--Did you come up with the treehead username after you made the icon or before?
;it's a long story. the short answer is: neither.
by treehead
Thu May 04, 2006 10:15 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Saga of a Windows Laptop
Replies: 13
Views: 9328

a choice...

Laptop Showdown: Replace the Toshiba? http://www.csd.toshiba.com/images/channel/products/hero_S3.jpg vs. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/images/emea/hp-compaq-nx5000_190x170.jpg ;ok, so this topic fell by the wayside as i have had other concerns at work, but i still have to decide what i'm going to ...
by treehead
Thu May 04, 2006 9:11 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: The School of Geek
Replies: 21
Views: 15959

school of geek master plan v0.02

;for some reason, i just can't let this idea die. i've made some additions recently. ;recap: i've divided it into four "schools" which will have their own learning tracks. each track will have "courses" and each course, "modules." a module can be thought of as a single chapter in a textbook, suitabl...
by treehead
Thu May 04, 2006 7:41 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: How do you make the screen capture video tutorials?
Replies: 12
Views: 9737

dann's tutorials & vmware

;i've been wanting to do this myself for a while now, so i've looked into it a bit. dann wrote an article a while back called " Creating Animated Screenshots on Linux " for linux gazette. there's also " Flash video screen captures with vnc2swf " by rob reilly, and some show notes from episode 87 . ;...
by treehead
Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: good article
Replies: 13
Views: 8688

Re: good article

Chess wrote:Why can't these companies realize that there really are users who will pay for open hardware???
;because we're outnumbered by the sheeple, chess. we always will be.

;treehead
by treehead
Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:44 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Commandline program for ordering Pizza
Replies: 13
Views: 8763

grocery scripting

;this has actually been around a long time. i remember seeing this back when i had never even touched linux or unix at all and being very impressed. ;what someone needs to do is create hardware/write an API for your refrigerator and cupboards that monitors the levels of foods. you could then script ...
by treehead
Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:26 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: good article
Replies: 13
Views: 8688

Re: good article

Gomer_X wrote:If they're actively working against Linux adoption that sucks, but I don't see why we care about Intel. Intel doesn't decide what OS I use.
;if MS has their way, the "trusted computing" platform will do just that, as i understand it.

"in soviet russia, the PC chooses you."

;treehead
by treehead
Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:22 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Another Linux PC Retailer
Replies: 3
Views: 3623

interesting

;cool--just so long as it doesn't stick out of the PC like this:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsm2.jpg

;treehead