2010/4/24-5/10 [Computer/HW/Display] UID:53798 Activity:nil | 4/22 In the old days there was VGA and life was fine. DVI was quite
tolerable. Then Mac f***ed it up and came up with mini-DVI
and I had to get new connectors. Then DVI to VGA to my
older monitor. Now I have to deal with a bunch more shit
like displayport, mini-displayport, HDMI, and mini-HDMI.
Sometimes you can't even go the other way, like from
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2010/2/8-18 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Computer/SW/Apps] UID:53695 Activity:kinda low | 2/5 I like Adobe Flash. When written correctly, it scales along
with your browser size. It looks consistent on every single
browser. It is predictable. On the other hand, I'm not a big
fan of CSS/HTML, which for the most part, look wildly different
between browsers, and don't even work consistently or
correctly at times. So why do so many people (like Steve Jobs)
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2010/1/22-30 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53655 Activity:high | 1/22 looking to buy a new development laptop
needs ssdrive, >6 hr possible batt life, and runs linux reasonably
Anyone have a recommendation? Thx.
\_ thinkpad t23 w ssdrive and battery inplace of drive bay
\_ Ever wondered what RICHARD STALLMAN uses for a laptop? Well,
wonder no more!
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2009/11/24-12/6 [Computer/HW] UID:53542 Activity:low | 11/24 What is the best 25-32" monitor out there? I am ready to upgrade
my 9 year old CRT. -ausman
\_ How much money are you willing to spend, and how good do you
really need it to be good? Are you willing to pay $900 for the
industry standard monitor used by graphics artists, or are you
so cheap that you'll only want to pay up $400 for something that
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2009/7/4-9 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA, Computer/SW/Security] UID:53109 Activity:nil | 7/4 I'm accessing soda by typing ssh -X jhcooper@csua.berkeley.edu
at a Linux prompt. At the soda prompt, I can type "xmessage hello &",
and I get a nice little greeting from myself popping up on my display.
But if I type xterm &, the process runs ok, but nothing appears on
my screen. What am I doing wrong?
\_ Works just fine for me... try turning on SSH debug with -v ?
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