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    • The Bizarre Cathedral - 60 November 24, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I really hate it when people take this attitude about things. Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral. read more
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    • The Really Traditional Socratic Method November 22, 2009
      You ask people hard questions. Then they kill you. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: )
      Eugene Volokh
    • Wind Power Could be Stored as Ice November 21, 2009
      A perfect way of storing electricity generated by wind turbines has been elusive so far.  Ideas like super-sized batteries, compressed air and hydroelectric storage have all been floated.  One company though thinks the answer could be as simple as making ice. Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank that uses the energy generated at off-peak n […]
      Megan Treacy
    • Polar Bear Robots Replace Dead Bears at St. Louis Zoo November 24, 2009
      Shared by Douglas um, how about just not having Polar Bears? thanks St. Louis. Officials at the St. Louis Zoo are preparing for their holiday Wild Lights exhibit by installing electronic polar bear proxies in place of the deceased polar bears who died in their captivity. The gesture is rife with social commentary, given the fact that polar bears have become […]
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    • DRM-free top-flight horror novels November 20, 2009
      Brett from small-press horror publisher Chizine sez, "ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent publisher of weird, surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words. You've seen us mentioned recently […]
      Cory Doctorow
    • Google Chrome OS Event November 20, 2009
      Shared by Douglas Ha. Google makes Linux a Mac! Google will announce more information about Chrome OS at a press event that starts at 10:00am PST. Google will offer "an update on Google Chrome OS and provide at the work that has been done thus far, an overview of the technology, and launch plans for next year. Speakers will include Sundar Pichai, Vice P […]
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    • EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent - And We Need Your Help November 19, 2009
      Patenting podcasting? You've got to be kidding. Yet a company called Volomedia just got the Patent Office to grant them such exclusive rights. EFF and the law firm of Howrey, LLP aren’t willing to just sit by and watch. This patent could threaten the vibrant community of podcasters and millions of podcast listeners. We want to put a stop to it, but we n […]
      rebecca
    • Texas Accidentally Bans All Marriage November 19, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I like Dave, my uncle-in-law, but seriously, Texas, you are a collection of idiots. I favorited a YouTube video: Vote for TYT every day at http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=index (through 11/30/09) & http://www.mashable.com/owa/ (through 12/13/09) For more details visit www.TheYoungTurks.com and follow us on Twitter at http: […]
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    • On keeping up with modern technology November 17, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I don't find this particularly funny, except for the 2Girls1Cup reference and picture. On keeping up with modern technologyA couple of years ago, I went round the house of some relatives, to see them sitting at the dining room table with his'n'hers laptops doing their Christmas shopping.I laughed.I told some other people, the […]
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    • OVC Presentation at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Washington D.C. November 13, 2009
      One of our top programmers, Parker Abercrombie, represented OVC at the National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop on Common Data Formats, OCT 30. OVC has been pushing for Open Source and Open Standards for some years now. By all accounts, our presentation there was very well received. The slides used are available here in PDF format. You can fin […]
      Alan
    • Get two free audiobooks from Audible November 16, 2009
      No strings attached! Well, you do have to sign up for a 30-day trial membership, but you can cancel it before the billing cycle kicks in--and keep your two freebies.
      Rick Broida
    • On crap-o-vision, again November 16, 2009
      On crap-o-vision, againTypical.You go a whole year without anything truly, truly bad on television, and then two gems come along in a week.And bugger my luck - I go and miss both of them.Regular readers know that I'm a big fan of rubbish, and last year's Demons on ITV was a true turd on the otherwise white tablecloth of British television which I t […]
      Scaryduck
    • Get a 42-inch Panasonic plasma TV for $499 November 13, 2009
      Whoa, did Black Friday come early this year? Whatever the case, this is a seriously awesome deal on a 720p plasma. Just make sure to act fast, because it expires today.
      Rick Broida
    • Brazil to Allow Private Copying and Mashups November 11, 2009
      I always said Brazil was a civilised country:O MinC proporá que a cópia privada de qualquer tipo de obra digital seja permitida sem a autorização expressa ou remuneração ao titular para uso privado e desde que seja apenas um exemplar, além de permitir o uso do conteúdo original em outra mídia que não aquela que o consumidor comprou originalmente.Na prática, […]
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    • You know what else is an abomination, Maine? Lobster November 4, 2009
      Dear 53% of Maine,Today you decided that homosexuals are lesser human beings who don't deserve the same rights as heterosexuals. You have just illustrated to the nation that you, like California, believe popular vote is a valid and moral way to decide human rights. I'm really glad we didn't use this method back when legalizing interracial marr […]
      Jen
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    • Open messaging for the Open Web: Installing and configuring Mozilla Raindrop on Ubuntu 9.10 November 12, 2009
      Shared by Douglas call me when there's a repo...the ubuntu version of "pics or it didn't happen" By the time you read this Karmic Koala will have been released to a waiting world, but I couldn’t wait. A felicitous combination of a desire to do a distribution upgrade to the release candidate and a Twitter arriving on my laptop giving me a […]
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    • The Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act of 2009 November 9, 2009
      A BILL To address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ with respect to certain financial entities. 1     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4     This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Too Big to Fail, Too 5 Big to Exist Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INS […]
      James Kwak
    • GNOME roadmap updated, version 3 pushed back to late 2010 November 11, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I'm not sure how I feel about this. My hope is GNOME does it, but Ubuntu doesn't pick it up for a while. Fedora, of course, will, because of their hemorrhagic-edge nature, which has it's place. The GNOME desktop environment is undergoing a significant transformation. The developers behind the open source project are working o […]
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    • Kaplan: Civil Society Requires Perpetual War November 11, 2009
      Shared by Douglas HELL YEAH! BLACK METAL! One of the best things about not working at The Atlantic anymore is not counting Robert Kaplan among my professional colleagues. Here’s his take on modern-day Europe: Europe, having been liberated from nuclear terror at the conclusion of the Cold War, proved unable to muster the gumption to deal with Yugoslavia on it […]
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Posts Tagged ‘tablets’

window decoration issues in Linux/wireless issues in Vista

Posted by douglasawh on August 29, 2008

So, I’m finishing up my first week with the pager and so far so good!

I actually fixed my window decoration issue in Linux over night.  I wrote the title to this post and left it open over night.  Turned out the fix was just metacity –replace.  You can see the thread at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=823245.  Unfortunately, once I turn compiz back on the window decorations disappear, so the battle is won, but the war is not over.

As to the Vista wireless issues, I’ve got a Motion Computing LE1600 that will not update all the Windows Updates, namely “other hardware -Motion Computing Tablet PC Buttons” released 8/17/2008.  On top of this, I cannot find drivers for wireless (device manager calls it “Ethernet Controller”), Multimedia Audio Controller and Unknown device.  Thanks Vista, that’s helpful.  I don’t care much about any of these except the wireless.  You can read more about this issue at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlQKmN6AIe6Ex8JKm5U696rsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080828171212AAEhZKW.

So, the only other Linux person in CaTS is leaving today.  Despite him not being able to help me with my dual monitor issue, he did try to help and someone willing to try is worth their weight in gold.  However, hopefully I won’t have any other issues once I get compiz working.  However, I do have two dead/dying hdd’s, so I doubt that will be the case.  I also have a new motherboard to install at some point, so that will likely have some issues too.  I think I can find people here to help me with hardware issues though, should I need help.  An hour and 13 minutes left of pager duty!

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Linux on tablets / Open Madison Group (OMG!) / Chicago Trip

Posted by douglasawh on August 1, 2008

Any good suggestions for Linux on a tablet PC?

MIGHT be changing Madison Open Technology Group (MOTG) to Open Madison Group (OMG!).  Thanks to Paul Jones for the suggestion!  There were some other nice suggestions on the MadLUG mailing list.

I’m heading to Chicago August 15th-17th.  If you have suggestions on where to go or where to stay, let me know ASAP!

Tomorrow going to Le Chardonnay with a bunch of people from work for Madison Restaurant Week.

I tried going to bed earlier, but it clearly didn’t work.  Gonna try again.

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