Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Like ten years ago. I tried Solaris x68 about a year after it came out, 
> and went back to Windows when I found out it *didn't support Java.* WTF?

  I'm not completely sure if you are aware or not, but that kind of
sentence sounds like you were bashing Solaris.

  (Or perhaps you are just evil and do that on purpose, and when someone
starts defending it you point out that you weren't really attacking the
current Solaris, but just a 10yo one...)

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                                                          - Warp

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Like ten years ago. I tried Solaris x68 about a year after it came out, 
>> and went back to Windows when I found out it *didn't support Java.* WTF?
> 
>   I'm not completely sure if you are aware or not, but that kind of
> sentence sounds like you were bashing Solaris.

You said "quite some time ago."  I clarified that means "at least ten 
years."  That's all.

No, it was just a WTF, since Sun created Java, but supported it on MS's 
operating system before they supported it on their own.

Had Sun not created Java specifically to get people away from Windows, 
it wouldn't have been a WTF.

>   (Or perhaps you are just evil and do that on purpose, and when someone
> starts defending it you point out that you weren't really attacking the
> current Solaris, but just a 10yo one...)

Um, no. I wasn't bashing Solaris at all. I was pointing out that (1) 
yes, it's been on Intel chips at least 10 years, (2) I tried it, and (3) 
still remember how surprised I was that Sun supported Java better on the 
competitor's OS than their own.

Had I not actually been developing Java for a living at the time, I 
probably wouldn't have cared.

I think you read way more "bashing" into most of my statements at this 
point than I intend.  It's merely conversation.

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     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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Invisible wrote:
> Doctor John wrote:
>> 2.6.25 was released exactly 10 hours ago.
> 
> ...and we care because...?
> 

You know, if you want people to read your Haskell raves, you probably 
shouldn't respond this way to other people's interests...

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...Ben Chambers
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> In fact, you know what? I challenge you to find a Google search term 
> that finds my blog. :-P

"Orphi".  You're #5 on the list.

Or, if I do "Orphi blog", then you're #1 :)

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>> In fact, here's a screen of our viewers. I'm amazed some are still on 
>> w95!!
>> Gulp!
>
> Wait, WTF? Amiga??? What are they running, IBrowse?!

     Not sure, (possibly in the unknown part), but here's a list of browsers 
used. Interesting that IE7 never took off.

       ~Steve~


>
> -- 
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"math_prof" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> How do I print an image in Wndows?  I am told in linux there is a program 
> called
> convert.  How can one do this in Windows?
> Thanks
> Vrunda

  LOL! Someone wants to print an image of mine... I knew I should have 
rendered it!  ;)

     ~Steve~

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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:51 EDT, "math_prof" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

>How do I print an image in Wndows?  I am told in linux there is a program called
>convert.  How can one do this in Windows?

There is a program called Snagit that will copy your screen as either
a bitmap or extract the text from the screen. A couple of years ago
when the evaluation period was finished you could still use it by
pressing the continue to use button.

http://www.softwarecasa.com/pprod/212401dd.htm?gclid=CJaAkcyL5JICFQVDMAodbg5C1g
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     Stephen

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>> It seems to be quite 
>> fashionable for people to suddenly release the sources for large 
>> commercial applications these days, and I'm never really sure what it is 
>> they're hoping to gain...
> 
>   Improving public image, hopefully also popularity. There are ways to
> make money with open source software too.

Those are valid reasons I guess...

>> Anyway, I would think that you wouldn't need a server to physically have 
>> graphics hardware to access it remotely and get a graphical display of 
>> some kind...
> 
>   Why install useless windowing software in a server that doesn't need it?

OK, point taken.

>> Yeah - but I doubt my blog attracts any of those.
> 
>> [OTOH, I do sometimes mention Haskell...]
> 
>   Well, there you go. Haskell *is* a pet of many unix gurus too.

Really? This is news...

[Although - now who was it? - somebody recently announced that they were 
porting all their distro tools from Python (?) to Haskell.]

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Warp wrote:

>   These are some of the coolest httpd requests I get:
> 
> xxx.xx.x.xx - - [05/Apr/2008:01:48:54 +0000] "GET /pics/th_screws.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200
1709 "http://warp.povusers.org/pics/" "Mozilla/4.0 (PSP (PlayStation Portable); 2.00)"
290 2004
> 
>   (There's a total of 1267 requests with that architecture.)

...OK, that's even more bizare than an Amiga... most impressive!

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> Doesn't MS Paint come with Windows and at least handle copy and paste of 
> images?

Yes and yes, but I prefer IrfanView personally...

[At least, that's what I'm using for Project Delta currently.]

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