The Lounge

Masaaki Onishi wrote: >is it possible to install Linux on the second harddrive and leave my first one alone? No. Sorry, you're wrong. Win2k on first hard drive and Linux on second works just fine, no boot partitions on first drive are necessary. You can even use Win2k boot manager to start Linux.

Quote: "We must oppose embryo cloning because eventually it will lead to a world of full-grown human clones, a vastly different place where the inhabitants behave like sheep," said Francis Curmud, chairman of the bioethics department at the University of California. For instance, Curmud explained, a company might open a fast-food restaurant in California, then open thousands of other restaurants exactly like it around the world, "and even if the food were horrible, the clone people would go there without giving it much thought." :D SatireWire always cough up the really good stories! As to your question, I presume it was a joke, but if not: "no". ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg

Chris Losinger wrote: (it's be perfect if there was more noOdit33) Well said. There needs to be more pr0n on CP. Chris? Simon Hey, it looks like you're writing a letter! Sonork ID 100.10024

"Isn't that cute! You ran out of licenses. You're a good little product, yes you are. Everyone likes you. Uh huh. Yes they do, yes they do. Baa baa boo boo gaa gaa. Now smile for the news photographer." This is just an ploy to get free advertising.

Chris Maunder wrote: I then rechecked Don's rumor list and dancing naked llamas were not denied. I think we can all put 2 and 2 together here folks. You mean... no you can't be serious... how is it so? Don is John? :-D ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg

WMP 8 is great and is, IMHO much better than qt5 - I hate the whole thing. The way the carriage buttons always look disabled, the volume control, the stupid menu system etc. In fact, QuickTIme is in the UI hall of shame on some webstie. One thing I do prefer is that they always have the latest trailer etc. (see Star Wars EpII etc). -- Andrew.

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I have both Partition Commander and Partition Magic at home. My first experience was with PM4 (sucked big time), but PM6 seems very stable and works with Win2K. Do any of them work with WinXP yet? (That is, actually load onto a XP parition?) If you are starting with an empty drive, then I can recommend either (I think PC has a better UI), but if you are installing on existing data, then PM has less limitations. PC requires a Win9x/DOS readable partition as the first one on the drive you are partitioning, which is a big problem if you have WinNT/2k installed there already. CodeGuy The WTL newsgroup: now over 1050 members! Be a part of it. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtl

Here in Alabama if it snows even an inch people panic and buy out the stores of bread and milk. When I was in high school, they once closed the schools because there were snow flurries early in the morning, by noon the temperate was around 70F and clear skies, we had a great 'snow' day. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

****Christian Graus wrote: Gotta love Dilbert - do you have the books ? Yeah, I've got a couple of them, can't remember which titles though. ****Christian Graus wrote: Nice to see you here again, BTW. How is the job hunting going ? Having fun with the resume bit, thought my reply to Nish may have elicited some helpful hints, but no such luck. Michael Martin Australia mmartin@netspace.net.au "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

Chris Losinger wrote: 5,379,129 Thanks. I took a look at it, and I think Apple would have a VERY difficult time defending this one. It really doesn't claim much more than the equation result = ((1-mask)*source)+(mask*destination) which is so painfully obvious to anyone with a background in image processing (or mathematics in general) that it isn't even worth thinking about. I'm sure this patent could be fought on three grounds: (1) obviousness, (2) prior art, and (3) flaws in the patent itself. (For example, the above equation is repeatedly referred to as a "boolean expression", and a figure which shows the use of the algorithm to draw patterned text couldn't possibly result from an application of the algorithm.) For the record, I am not opposed to software patents in principle, but I think we need far stricter standards for what is and isn't patentable. Part (most?) of the problem also lies with the fact that the patent office simply isn't equipped to properly evaluate software patents. - Rich I don't know about ignorance, and I don't care about apathy, but I simply will NOT put with intolerance!

I've used multiple checkouts for years with VSS. There are some caveats though, and you need to understand a few things. Lost changes will only occur in a few situations: 1) You are changing files locally without checking it out first, then you checkout the file without getting the most recent version and check it in. 2) You're trying to multiply check out a file that doesn't work well with multiple checkouts (such as the resource.h file) 3) Someone rolls back to a previous version. Those are the only cases where changes can get lost (and this is from nearly 8 years of using VSS (and SS back before MS bought it). All of this boils down to knowing how to use it, ie: user error. Now, there are potential problems with database corruptions. These occur in basically one of three situations: 1) VSS crashes in the middle of a check-in (i've never seen this happen though) 2) You are using a flaky network connection that can drop packets. This is common when dialing in and your connection drops, or when your network has lots of collisions and other problems. 3) Your disk becomes corrupted. If you make sure you are always using a reliable network, and you work on a reliable OS (such as NT/Win2k/XP) then you should never have any real corruption problems. It also helps to run the repair tool at least once a week to clean up minor inconsistencies that can occur from time to time when files are deleted or links changed. So, the rule to having a good VSS experience (for the most part) is: 1) Always use reliable networking 2) Always use a reliable OS 3) Use the multiple checkout feature the way it is supposed to be used, and don't try to work around it. 4) Never try to multiply check out either the .dsp or resource.h file. -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

Depends on the kind of books you like to read. The definitive books are by the three amigos (Rumbaugh, Booch, and Jacobson) The UML User Guide The UML Reference Manual And, to see how it's used: The Rational Unified Process Other books are UML Distilled and Fundamentals of Object Oriented Design in UML -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

MFC isn't as bad as everyone makes out. MFC is actually very customizeable. The problem is that most people accept the wizard generated code as being what MFC is. No, you don't need all that crud. You can make some very lean MFC based apps if you understand how it all works, and since the source code is provided (unlike the Win32 API) you can see exactly what it's doing. You should also check out the book "Undocumented MFC" by Scot Wingo and George Shepherd. It's great place to learn tricks and tips about MFC. For simple applications, Win32 is fine. But using it to create complex ones will take a LONG time. For instance, try providing split edit windows and docking toolbars without a framework like MFC and see how much work it is. -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

Why not just put a front end on the command line tools to do what you want. You just have your app call the command line tools to do whatever. -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?

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Thanks for the reply, but I got it fixed now. No wait, that sounds American doesn't it... let me reprase: Thank you for the reply, Colin, but I have managed to solve my problem. Heck that won't do - it sounds like I've been in rehab... All I needed to do was leave the print head's glass bit "wot the ink come out from" on a damp dish cloth on a radiator overnight. The heat drew the water up the glass bit "wot the ink come out from" and cleared it along the way. (Note, it is probably best not to try this unless you are sure the print head is dead, or you have a spare ;)) ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "The best way to accelerate a Win9x machine is at 9.81m/s2" - Annon

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I Love Math. :-D :-D Seriously .. i wasn't a big fan of mathematics. Then i took up an undergrad. course in mathematics and for the first yr i really hated it..then slowly i began to ralize the "Beauty of mathematics"..if someone were to look beyond the rules of mathematics ie. ask Why? instead of How? i think they'll certainly learn a lot more... On another note have u ever wondered what really do we do in mathematics??..Well if you look at it is just a collection of abstract ideas that find implementations in every field..it's only when you realize the motivations for those abstractions and that u'll truly see the wonders of mathematics.. I know i am taking it too far..but i couldn't resist responding. :) :) Warning: Do not execute #include "stdio.h" int main(void) { printf("12\t\b\b"); printf("12\t\b\b"); return 0; } Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph

Paul Watson wrote: You have been listening to, and believing, too much MS marketing then... Naaa, I heard it from Win2000mag.com's IIS Administrator Update Newsletter. The guy that write that really likes MSCMS... - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"