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Looks like it will be a while (read: forever) before I upgrade to Karmic. It told me I needed to download 1500+mb of updates, and then gave me the slightly (Heh) off estimation of 1 hour 5 minutes for my connection. A more realistic estimate is ~150-200 hours of download time and constant lag. Bit torrent is out of the question for me, as it's even slower and more laggy than downloading from one source. I suppose I could order another CD, re-install ubuntu and try out the APTOnCD truefusion mentioned..Nevermind, shipit says I already ordered to many CD's, I only got two! Well Karmic, I guess it's going to be a while.

Well, hello there, sirl p-tech, welcome to the trap. I do hope our lame poems, do not get us in crap.It is a weird thing, that the others can not seeThat we are not spammers, but poets, we be..This website is good, to get free domain..It is therefore, quite probable, that you will remain sane.Do lots of posting, but let thy posting be prime.. Soon you will have a webpage, and it won't cost a dime!

I've been trying out different IDE's and Python shells and have found a useful feature on many. A little popup comes up when I type something like, time.Time( which describes it and the parameters and a little bit of info on it. Are these called call tips? I've been trying to get this on Geany.. the manual says to show a call tip, to use CTRL-SHIFT-SPACE. I've been CTRL SHIFT SPACING all over the place, and I can't get anything to happen. What am I missing?

The most super supercomputers are meant for calculating the meaning of life. This has been attempted before and I myself have learned the meaning of life from these calculations and you could know the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything, as well. Unfortunately, you're not going to like it.

I don't have a clear answer for this because well, now that I've been an amateur musician for a while, and exploring different styles, I realize that Green Day's songs aren't that interesting musically. But, they were also one of the first bands I ever listened to, and probably the first band I was ever a huge fan of. I remember growing up listening to Green Day and relating to the songs they had. They seemed like a bunch of poor, socially inept teenagers and their songs were catchy. They also inspired me to play guitar and for the first year of my self-learning, all I could play were Green day and Ramones songs, but this made me feel like I knew what I was doing. It was great to be able to jam with my cousin (another punk rock fan) to some catchy green day songs. I knew the entire repertoire of green day and RAmones songs from all their albums (and others punk bands, like misfits). It's really not that impressive when you realize all the songs are relatively the same though :)Green Day is getting kind of weird with their fame I think, but it'd be stupid for hating a band because they got popular and 'don't deserve it'. I think they deserve fame and money more than most of the junk they call music these days (What the hell are all these american idol singers that are being spewed out?) I don't listen to much (any) pop-punk-rock like I did when I was younger, but I think Green Day were and are at the top of that genre. Billie Joe Armstrong was also named one of the "best" guitarists in the world by rolling stone i think?..... hehe.. I know it seems like a ridiculous thing to say that, and it probably is since he isn't that talented guitar-wise, but his guitar playing did inspire a lot of young guitar-newbies..... so maybe that counts for something.

You're missing some big ones.. I won't go in depth into the options because it's a lot of work and I don't feel like it right now GREP! explain: This command will search through the directory, checking files that match the file wild card (* is all files) for the word Xisto and will print matches.usage:::: grep -i <pattern> [file]example: grep -i 'Xisto' *.txt That example will search all text files in the dictionary with case insensitivity. FIND! explain:: This will search your /home/ folder (directory) for files matching (case insensitive = -iname,case sensitive = -name) *Beethoven*.mp3usage:::: find <path> -iname 'Filename'example: find /home/ -iname '*Beethoven*.mp3 FILE explain:: Humble command gives useful information on a file. Can match wild cards for multiple files. Example below gives info n all .aviusage:::: file [filename]example: file *.avi And the all time most important in my opinion..... The Tab Key! - this autocompletes almost everything. Use it instead of typing full file names, use it to see what packages available start with certain letters. Use it to quiclky whiz through directories. Another tip is, use wildcards. The Bash shell (and probably others, though I don't know) work excellent with wildcards. Most commands work with the, though be exremely careful using them with file manipulation commands like rm, mv, cp.. (their uses should be obvious ot anyone who understands english) Of course, the commands I mentioned and some that magicccode mentioned can do much, much more. I was surprised at how every little command in linux does so much you have to study how to use it. Power house commands like grep, sed, awk take lots of reading to use to their max, though basic use is relatively simple. Commands you think would be simple such as find have incredible power. DarkHacker: Before I recently switched to linux, I thought Linux was all commands and text terminals. I had the silly preconception that it looked like some terminal from an old hacking movie. In reality, Linux (or at least, Ubuntu) had an incredible look to it, very nice, very modern and sure beats Windows in my opinion. It's a lot easier to customize Ubuntu Linux than it is to customize Windows I think, because with Windows you have to buy things. I've had a whole bunch of different looks so far and it seemed easy enough, after the initial week or two of "What the heck am I doing?" which isn't so bad because when you think of that, most of the best complex software confuse a person at first. However, I found that the commands I was scared of having to use, are in fact my _favourite_ part of linux. Almost everything you can think of (within reason) is do-able with commands. File manipulation, image processing (make every image in directory brighter, or smaller file size, or convert), audiio manipulation, video encoding, email checking, weather checking. Therefore, when you get good at it, you can automate things. You can make scripts to do complex things easily. I can load up a terminal window, and do almost everything with the keyboard. I don't need to use open up a bunch of different programs. It's just so cool! If you think you would like the geeky parts of using computers (programming languages and stuff), you will love linux. You might still love Linux even if you don't, but I find gaming isn't so great. Most of my games are incompatible or crash when run on linux. This is the _ONLY_ reason I would ever use Windows again, to run some software and games that weren't designed for linux. The good news is, a bunch of people are working on a program called Wine that can run windows programs on linux. Right now, it's hit or miss for me, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I bet it's being improved all the time though and there is a webpage you can go to to see if anyone else has something running. Check out http://www.psychocats.net/ , when I was a newbie linux user, I found it incredibly helpful.

I have a bookmark to http://forums.xisto.com/ which is what I use to visit Trap. Instead of forcing a user to see that page by default, maybe it could be encouraged in a welcome PM or something. A lot of people might not know about the view new posts feature on forums, which in my opinion is probably the most useful tool on most forums.

WinXP updates caused serious problems for me, (loss of sound, loss of modem driver) and Ubuntu updates likewise caused some minor but temporary problems (temporary uninstallation of modem driver that was fixed when I finished updating EVERYTHING). I'm developing a real aversion to updating OS's. I never notice the benefits, and often notice the problems.

How do I update to Ubuntu 9.10? Is it possible to do it without wiping out the settings/drivers/codecs/programs I have now on Jaunty? I have my Ubuntu running pretty well, I'd have to have to go through it all again so soon!

I think I'm getting close, hmm. This post will make 400, I think. Well, that will give me lots of time to think about what I'll put there. Maybe that will have to be my Christmas present.

I'm not sure really what you're tryng to do there, magiccode. Assign len(s) to two variables at the same time? This looks kind of weird, but it works.. probably not what you're doing though. i, y = [len('this is my string')]*2

I'm surprised that Windows introduced them at all. Doesn't matter to me much, though, I have my doubts I'll ever be using Windows much any more unless it's for gaming or some important windows-only software.Are they still called Symbolic links or do they have another name? Symbolic shortcuts, maybe?

This might be basic stuff and common knowledge, but I sure found it useful once I tried it. Most people know what a shortcut is, in Windows. You can have a shortcut on your Desktop and you can click on it to launch a program. It's a link to the program. Linux has an even better alternative. Links. There are hard links and symbolic links. I won't go into details about the difference because to be honest, it's more complicated than you'd think. They are pretty similar. For more detailed information, I've found these links useful: http://linuxgazette.net/105/pitcher.html https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=310834 For my basic tutorial, I'll tell you how to use symbolic links. It's as simple as typing this command. ln -s PATH.TO.FILE.OR.DIR LINKNAME Here is an example of it's usage, that I personally use. I have a LaCie external hard drive. On Linux, to access it I have to type in /media/lacie/. This can get annoying, so I made a symbolic link in the root directory, / ln -s /media/lacie /lacie You will most likely get a "Permission Denied" trying to create a symlink in your root directory. You need root access or to use sudo. I purposely left that out of the example because if you don't know what you are doing you could screw things up (you could overwrite something important if you choose your link name wrong!). Now I can simply type refer to it as /lacie instead of /media/lacie. That's the beauty of symlinks. You can even link to directories! Symlinks to files would be done the same way of course. Useful!

I'll admit that I'm guilty of resurrecting ancient threads for some credits when I first became a member here, but I don't do it anymore. I don't like checking View new posts and seeing a bunch of replies to threads of members who have been gone for years. It just seems to make a mess of what's going on and I have to sift through irrelevant things to get to the threads that are worth reading (with active posters!).Of course, I'm not the boss, so if anyone feels the need to bring derelict threads back to life, I won't stop you. Am I the only one who thinks posting in old threads with no active members is kind of a waste of time? I mean the posts where someone from years ago asks a question like, like "How can I save my relationship?" and then someone replies with an answer.. even though the original poster hasn't been on in years..

I've been playing around with Vim every once in a while over the last few weeks and now I'm torn between using Vim and using something else. On one hand, Vim has some benefits. I love the idea of using the keyboard for everything. I find it fast and surprisingly intuitive once you learn a few things. It's also customizable, and geeky (I like that). I'm sure there are other benefits, but I haven't used it long enough to really know. Plus, I'm feeling rather hostile and feel like trashing some emacs users. Just kidding.. I think I'm too young for joining that war :(On the other hand, it's hard to honestly and truthfully like the looks of something so old-school. I've added some plugins to turn Vim into more of an IDE with a Taglist and some other things, but it still seems pretty old fashioned. I like command line apps as much as the next person, but I can't help but feel other GUI editors are much more appealing to work with for longer periods of time.For my basic needs, I've found Geany an excellent and fast little IDE that does what I need and looks good doing it. Yet I'm still drawn to the idea of using Vim, it's been around a long time, people swear by it, 'wars' have been fought over it, it's hard to not get the impression it must be worth using. I'm not intimidated by the modes and commands, I realize good programs take effort to learn. I find it excellent for editing config files but it's just the programming part of it I'm not sure about. Am I just being sucked in by the aura of greatness that lives on because of devout users or is it really worth it to use Vim and it's high-speed keyboard-only(mostly) editing?Maybe I should just make it simple and use both...

I can't help but wonder why there are a bunch of adult men hanging out on railway tracks, why none of them can hear or see an incoming train, and why nobody's helping the man with his foot stuck who's probably screaming his head off. Due to the weirdness of the situation, and since you say they will all die, I'm going to assume that fate is predetermined. That is, in reality I would head for the people who AREN'T stuck, and hope they move out of the way, but in this particular situation, it seems like fate is holding these 10 people on the tracks -- they are stuck as well as the man who is stuck. I guess it only makes sense then that it would be less bad to run over a single man. Maybe it's fate that put that man there, stuck in the tracks, to be struck by your train. Maybe it's karma - of the Earl Hickey kind.If it was a child on the tracks, I would definitely avoid her (or him), because at that age they probably don't understand the danger as well as adults. Maybe it's just me, but I think any adult standing around on railway tracks (and aren't stuck) isn't that smart. Maybe it's a van full of people and it's stuck on the tracks..hmm.Here's a twist on the question, in one direction you see ten well known 'douche bags', on the other track... you see a kitten. Awww.

I've been using Ubuntu for a while now, and in the words of Don Adams: " .. And.. loving it." My only regrets about switching to Linux are that I never did it sooner. The things I like about Linux are many. Almost every negative preconception I had turned out to nothing to worry about.Linux is NOT difficult. It is DIFFERENT. It seemed difficult at first because the constant use of Windows of the years gave me a strong idea of how an OS was supposed to be. Linux was different, I was confused, and translated that to linux being difficult. With a bit of experience under my belt, I can now appreciate that Linux is definitely more intuitive in a lot of ways. Finding quality software is NOT as hard as I expected. I expected to be booting up Windows all the time because of software I thought I couldn't live without. This isn't so, and in fact I find a lot of quality cpen source software available for linux. ---- That's not to say that there is a linux replacement for every great Windows software. There are quite a few that I'm missing on linux such as IrfanView, FL Studio, etc. Opensource software like these exist, but it would be a little overly optimistic to claim they're as good. Game support is pretty bad too. Wine isn't the perfect solution to this, as it doesn't work well for a lot of stuff. A lot of my Windows programs crash for weird reasons and some don't even start. Some don't recognize that I'm registered. With a fast computer, I imagine you could run these as virtual OS's and have the best of both worlds. My computer isn't good enough to do something like that.With Linux I'm rarely stranded not knowing what to do. Support for Linux is excellent. I thought I'd be stuck with headaches, there are many forums to ask questions and people seem to be more passionate about hanging out in linux support forums than windows support forums which means more and better help. Hardware support is, well, not too bad. I haven't been able to get my printer working (despite a ton of Lexmark drivers, my el cheapo printer wasn't listed) but everything else works, and sometimes better. My wireless keyboard and mouse work better (I can use the media keys! on windows I couldn't without running HP's lame software that causes tons of problems). My mp3 player works after finding software for it, my magellan GPS doesn't seem to work but I haven't used it much lately to care enough to try. It's hit and miss, with mostly hits from my experience. That might sound like a lot of negative, but I'm trying to give honest impressions, not things that bother me personally. I think it depends on the person when deciding whether or not Ubuntu (or any Linux) is for you. To appreciate the power of Linux, you have to realize that it excels in different things than Windows and often these are areas that need to be learned about. Things like the BASH (or other) shell, command line tools, are all top notch, but they take reading and studying. If this sounds like a chore for you, you may not be able to appreciate the greatest things about Linux. If you just use a computer for internet browsing, email and word processing, Linux will do the job just as good as Windows, if not better and faster. You can run Ubuntu without understanding geeky stuff.If you use it for games, then you might not like Linux unless you run Windows under a virtual OS type of thing.If you have special software or hardware needs, there may or may not be linux replacements. Windows mostly has support for everything. If you love tinkering with a computer and programming, Linux is excellent, Windows doesn't compare.If you like being able to customize almost everything (stuff is open source) you'll like Linux.If you like reading manuals about geeky computer things, and knowing what's going on behind the scenes, Linux is for you.In short, with Windows, I feel like I'm using Windows. With Linux, I feel like I'm using a computer. Well that's a little bit of my impression of Linux, I probably missed some stuff. For me personally, I USE LINUX and keep Windows as a back up if absolutely necessary for some things (I haven't booted it yet, though)

Anyone out there learning Python or interested in learning? I just started learning it, and I find it one of the more fun and easy programming languages I've tried. I don't know why it's fun, but it must be the easy to type syntax and the not so strict rules. The only problem is, it's hard for me to get motivated to learn it and do the exercises. I think it'd make it more interesting if I talked to someone who was doing the same exercises and reading the same lessons or at least at the same learning stage. Nobody I know finds programming interesting :PI've been reading Think Python: How to think like a Computer Scientist for my learning material, which seems to be a free book, and it also looks to be quite good. Though I've been a bit lazy with the exercises..So if anyone is trying or wanting to learn python (an easy programming language) and wants someone to discuss exercises or beginner related things with.. let me know!

Interesting thread. I always thought my location (Near Fredericton, NB) had good air quality but someone was telling me how Eastern Canada has one of the worst air quality because pollution blows from the west (California,NY,Toronto, big cities) to the east. I don't know how accurate that claim is, so I'm going to go with the weather network's AQI.A city a few hours from me, Saint John, N.B, one of the biggest in my small province, has an AQHI of "1" LOW RISK". I don't know how that compares to the 500 scale, but I'll assume it's very low on it. I imagine where I live, it's mostly fresh air. I was in a city in Quebec, CA and found the air awful to breathe. The scent of car exhaust filled the air. It was awful. I bet a resident of California or some other polluted place would think it was fresh country air. It just shows how people in big cities are adapting to breathing polluted air and thinking it's normal.

I realize they are jpg files, and I've tried it on the jpg's i downloaded from your site and it works though I'm not sure if * wild cards * work in dos. It takes the jpegs, animates them, and converts them into a GIF for viewing on a webpage.

I'm from Canada and still waiting for broadband availability. I'm an unlucky bastard. By the way, I heard on the news about some laws letting canadian ISPs throttle connection speeds legally. I don't know much about it, it really doesn't concern me considering any throttled rate is about 999999 times faster than my download speed anyway.

I don't know anything about Java sorry. Here's what I made in a linux bash script, I know you're using windows, but I think MS DOS command line on Windows has similar commands to reproduce this script. I know I've uploaded something to an ftp server with a dos batch file before. The commands might not be exactly the same on windows, but this is just an example of what I would do. What's converting this into an animated image is a program called ImageMagick, which according to the website, runs in Windows. It works pretty good, it converts and uploads, but there is one problem I couldn't figure out. The final animated gif is about 2mb in size -- much too huge for web use. I couldn't figure out how to make the file size smaller, but judging but the huge amount of commands on ImageMagick's website, I'm certain there must be a way. Put it on some kind of a timer, and it will upload the updated gif automatically and you can use it on your webpage. That's about the only suggestion I have, I'm not much of a coder in any language. If it's possible to do something similar in php or something, I wouldn't know. #!/bin/bash#Animate the imageGR3DIR='/home/myusername/echoofthunder.com/GR3'convert -delay 50 kinx_br1_* -loop 0 kinx_br1_animated.gifHOST='echoofthunder.com;USER='YOURUSERNAME'PASSWD='YOURFTPPASSWORD'ftp -n -v $HOST << EOTasciiuser $USER $PASSWDpromptmkdir GR3GIFScd GR3GIFSput kinx_br1_animated.gif byeEOT

Bagpipes are a musical instrument. I don't see how any rational person could have anything against bagpipes because they were used on battlefields. Drums were frequently used and nobody thinks they are evil, then again, I haven't asked the opinion of those pastors.I think the bagpipes are a beautiful and unique sounding instrument. I don't know why so many people dislike them, though I bet it's because they are VERY loud! Bagpipes could be considered limiting, but I wouldn't think of them as such. Not every instrument has to be a church organ to be appreciated. Sure, traditional bagpipes, heavy metal bagpipes, funk bagpipes, country bagpipes might sound the same, but they still add a unique touch to songs that can't be had any other way. (Okay, synths don't count!). Do you ever play non-traditional pipe music, Piper? Like, ACDC? I can't think of any other rock songs with bag pipes.. but I'm sure I've heard some!

Hey Echo, there is a linux command line application that can put together .jpg files into one animated .gif but since GRLevel3 is a windows app, I'm assuming you're on Windows. I'm not sure if this app works on windows or if there is a windows alternative. I can't remember the name, but it's easy to find by googling for "command line image animation" or something like that. I actually used the opposite of this function with my radar images, making an already animated .gif into frames, so I could display them animated on my desktop (my desktop monitor wouldn't support animated images, but it supports changing single frame images on a loop)I bet you could make a simple script on linux to convert ___ images to animated gif, and upload via ftp to your server on a scheduled timer. I'm not sure what a Windows alternative would be. This is one reason i'm loving linux after my recent conversion, making things automated like this is easy.One for linux is called Gifsicle (i used this)One for all OS is called ImageMagick, it looks impressive and full featured, more importantly, can animate images. It seems to work from a Command line on both Win and Linux.Then, you could make a shell script (.bat in windows or .sh in linux) that uploads via ftp!

Interesting, thanks for posting that for people like myself too lazy to google it. You can tell it was edited because of the blurred part to the left of his head. I wonder how many ads are edited like this but go unnoticed.What language/country is that edited ad for, anyway?