When was that? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > When was that? > http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html -- nuts
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> When was that? > > http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't even load Firefox directly. Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> When was that? >> >> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html > > I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a > moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't > even load Firefox directly. > > Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. Adobe's stuff is more bloated than Microsoft's. I'll keep using Teh GIMP. -- Tim Weaver I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:24:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >When was that? its part of the demon backed move im making in the image field -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.>
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:56:54 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> When was that? >> >> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html > >I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >even load Firefox directly. > >Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. linux user. -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.>
mimus wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>>When was that? >> >>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html > > I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a > moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't > even load Firefox directly. > > Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. > That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package of surveillors. With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have to log out or become the superuser! LOL. -- nuts PS: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>>mimus wrote: >>> >>>>When was that? >>> >>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >> >> I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >> moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >> even load Firefox directly. >> >> Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >> > That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your > symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! > > If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall > windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed > and then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your > package of surveillors. > > With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose > the correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try > different plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until > firefox restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't > even have to log out or become the superuser! > > LOL. I was thinking of trying a Linux system. But, two questions: 1) Which package is the best for a first time installer? 2) I assume I can boot it with Vista, yes? -- Tim Weaver I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>>mimus wrote: >>> >>>>When was that? >>> >>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >> >> I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >> moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >> even load Firefox directly. >> >> Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. > > That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your > symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . .. . ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) > If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall > windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and > then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package > of surveillors. Probably doin' that anyway. They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. > With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the > correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different > plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox > restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have > to log out or become the superuser! > > LOL. There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. <sigh> -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 When a system is set up to accomplish some goal, a new entity has come into being--the system itself. No matter what the "goal" of the system, it immediately begins to exhibit system behavior; that is, to act according to the general laws that govern the operation of all systems. Now the system itself has to be dealt with. < _Systemantics_
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:29:56 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:24:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>When was that? > > its part of the demon backed move im making in the image field You're responsible for the streaming used for copyright protection, too, aren't you? Damn you and your pale-green henchmen. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:30:46 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:56:54 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> When was that? >>> >>> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >> >>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>even load Firefox directly. >> >>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. > > linux user. No one considers "Breezy Badger" to be Linux. Apparently. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:31:36 -0600, Tim Weaver wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> When was that? >>> >>> http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >> >> I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >> moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >> even load Firefox directly. >> >> Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. > > Adobe's stuff is more bloated than Microsoft's. Microsoft should buy Adobe now and create the Bloated Empire. > I'll keep using Teh GIMP. I don't even understand 99% of the functions that gives you. Dear Lord. And I've never understood "layers"-- I mean, I understand the concept, I've just never been able to use 'em, either on Photoshop or Gimp. I'd settle for getting Gimp's "intelligent scissors" to work-- I got the cutout part, but could never get it to cut. Although the axial rotation functions look neat, too. (Not a priority, and so I let the mysteries ride.) -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 When a system is set up to accomplish some goal, a new entity has come into being--the system itself. No matter what the "goal" of the system, it immediately begins to exhibit system behavior; that is, to act according to the general laws that govern the operation of all systems. Now the system itself has to be dealt with. < _Systemantics_
Tim Weaver wrote: > mixed nuts wrote: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>When was that? >>>> >>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>> >>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I > > can't > >>>even load Firefox directly. >>> >>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>> >>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >> >>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed >>and then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your >>package of surveillors. >> >>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose >>the correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try >>different plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until >>firefox restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't >>even have to log out or become the superuser! >> >>LOL. > > I was thinking of trying a Linux system. But, two questions: > > 1) Which package is the best for a first time installer? > 2) I assume I can boot it with Vista, yes? 1) a. I use Fedora partly because the IT geeks here support a lot of Redhat enterprise machines and Fedora is the same thing. The installer generally figures out the hardware perfectly with only a couple of exceptions - one time an on-board 100BaseT interface wouldn't initialize so I disabled it and plugged in a board, another time a fancy high-end graphics card was too gamey and wasn't supported well (funny rendering) so I sent it back and plugged in a Fire-GL. b. Open Suse seems to be similarly painless but I have only a little direct experience. c. Ubuntu is well loved by many - it smells a lot like windows which makes a lot of people happy. A few months ago I had to kick 2 machines off the network and cram a Fedora distrib. down the offender's throats because normal login was with root privilege - we have a shared server which (because we trust 'intelligent' people not to piss in their own boots) allows anyone logged into root to make maintenance-level changes. All you need is klutz with root permission to make a dumn mistake... d. I know happy slackware people. And Mandrake people. And BSD people. And happy other distrib. people - it's just that the center of mass for easy to install-debugged-tested stuff seems to favor a, b and c. 2) GRUB (GRand Unified Boot thinger or the equivalent) will handle however many O/S you care to install. You can edit the config file after install to set defaults and preferences as you wish. It is wise, if you are not an experienced user of partition editing software and don't want to bruise your windows installation, to invest in something like 'Partition Magic' to make space on the disk for the Linux. Or you could add a separate drive and not have to touch windows space at all. -- nuts
mimus wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>When was that? >>>> >>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>> >>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>>even load Firefox directly. >>> >>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >> >>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! > > It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . > .. . > > ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, > author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) > >>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and >>then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package >>of surveillors. > > Probably doin' that anyway. > > They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the > contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash > technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. > > Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, not readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what knows the name of the file and how to decode it. I disable flash except when I want to view something specific. > >>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the >>correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different >>plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox >>restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have >>to log out or become the superuser! >> >>LOL. > > There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you > know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. > > Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my > own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. > > <sigh> > The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have been discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux problem and I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work for sure - and the file doesn't even exist on their system. Shrug. -- nuts
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:32 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>>mimus wrote: >>> >>>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>> >>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>When was that? >>>>> >>>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>>> >>>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>>>even load Firefox directly. >>>> >>>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>> >>>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >> >> It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . >> .. . >> >> ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, >> author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) >> >>>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and >>>then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package >>>of surveillors. >> >> Probably doin' that anyway. >> >> They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the >> contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash >> technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. >> >> Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. > > Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded > information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, not > readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what knows the name > of the file and how to decode it. I disable flash except when I want > to view something specific. Wonderful. >>>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the >>>correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different >>>plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox >>>restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have >>>to log out or become the superuser! >>> >>>LOL. >> >> There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you >> know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. >> >> Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my >> own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. >> >> <sigh> > > The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have been > discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... > > Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux problem and > I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work for sure - and the > file doesn't even exist on their system. Shrug. In my case Firefox apparently abended during the Flash upgrade and left my profile locked. So I just had to create a temporary profile, look around on the Web, spy the lock business, verify that was my problem, scrag the lock symlink in my profile directory, and voila. Unusually easy for a Linux snafu. (I still haven't figured out after about eighteen months how to get my CDRW to work-- the CDR is fine-- though I think I'm getting closer, ie I've decided I need a cdrecord reinstall, and there may be a permissions problem as well, cdrecord apparently needing root privilege . . . .) -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:23 -0500, mimus wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:32 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>When was that? >>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>>>> >>>>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>>>>even load Firefox directly. >>>>> >>>>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>>> >>>>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>>>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >>> >>> It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . >>> .. . >>> >>> ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, >>> author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) >>> >>>>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>>>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and >>>>then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package >>>>of surveillors. >>> >>> Probably doin' that anyway. >>> >>> They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the >>> contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash >>> technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. >>> >>> Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. >> >> Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded >> information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, not >> readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what knows the name >> of the file and how to decode it. I disable flash except when I want >> to view something specific. > > Wonderful. > >>>>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the >>>>correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different >>>>plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox >>>>restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have >>>>to log out or become the superuser! >>>> >>>>LOL. >>> >>> There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you >>> know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. >>> >>> Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my >>> own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. >>> >>> <sigh> >> >> The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have been >> discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... >> >> Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux problem and >> I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work for sure - and the >> file doesn't even exist on their system. Shrug. > > In my case Firefox apparently abended during the Flash upgrade and left my > profile locked. > > So I just had to create a temporary profile, look around on the Web, > spy the lock business, verify that was my problem, scrag the lock symlink > in my profile directory, and voila. > > Unusually easy for a Linux snafu. > > (I still haven't figured out after about eighteen months how to get my > CDRW to work-- the CDR is fine-- though I think I'm getting closer, ie > I've decided I need a cdrecord reinstall, and there may be a permissions > problem as well, cdrecord apparently needing root privilege . . . .) <groan> Spoke too soon. It's still leaving the profile locked on exit. Oh, well, at least I know how to unlock it, while in the meantime trying to work out what's happening. Gotta love it. But as little as possible. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:12 -0500, mimus wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:23 -0500, mimus wrote: > >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:32 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>> >>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>When was that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>>>>> >>>>>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>>>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>>>>>even load Firefox directly. >>>>>> >>>>>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>>>> >>>>>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>>>>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >>>> >>>> It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . >>>> .. . >>>> >>>> ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, >>>> author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) >>>> >>>>>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>>>>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and >>>>>then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package >>>>>of surveillors. >>>> >>>> Probably doin' that anyway. >>>> >>>> They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the >>>> contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash >>>> technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. >>>> >>>> Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. >>> >>> Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded >>> information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, not >>> readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what knows the name >>> of the file and how to decode it. I disable flash except when I want >>> to view something specific. >> >> Wonderful. >> >>>>>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the >>>>>correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different >>>>>plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox >>>>>restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have >>>>>to log out or become the superuser! >>>>> >>>>>LOL. >>>> >>>> There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you >>>> know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. >>>> >>>> Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my >>>> own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. >>>> >>>> <sigh> >>> >>> The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have been >>> discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... >>> >>> Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux problem and >>> I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work for sure - and the >>> file doesn't even exist on their system. Shrug. >> >> In my case Firefox apparently abended during the Flash upgrade and left my >> profile locked. >> >> So I just had to create a temporary profile, look around on the Web, >> spy the lock business, verify that was my problem, scrag the lock symlink >> in my profile directory, and voila. >> >> Unusually easy for a Linux snafu. >> >> (I still haven't figured out after about eighteen months how to get my >> CDRW to work-- the CDR is fine-- though I think I'm getting closer, ie >> I've decided I need a cdrecord reinstall, and there may be a permissions >> problem as well, cdrecord apparently needing root privilege . . . .) > > <groan> > > Spoke too soon. It's still leaving the profile locked on exit. Oh, well, > at least I know how to unlock it, while in the meantime trying to work out > what's happening. > > Gotta love it. But as little as possible. OK, for some beezarre reason the installer installed the .so file but not the .xpt file in my home .mozilla directory, although it seems to've installed both in the usr directory, so I killed the .so file in my ..mozilla directory forcing Firefox to look in usr and _now_ voila (tested repeatedly) . . . . Grrr. It's still not showing in my Firefox Plugins window, but it works, so, hey. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:16:22 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:29:56 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:24:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>When was that? >> >> its part of the demon backed move im making in the image field > >You're responsible for the streaming used for copyright protection, too, >aren't you? > >Damn you and your pale-green henchmen. next stop, corel. -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.>
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:23 -0500, mimus wrote: > >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:32 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>> >>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>When was that? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>>>>> >>>>>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>>>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I can't >>>>>>even load Firefox directly. >>>>>> >>>>>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>>>> >>>>>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>>>>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >>>> >>>> It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . version . . >>>> .. . >>>> >>>> ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg Schilling, >>>> author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from it.) >>>> >>>>>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>>>>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed and >>>>>then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your package >>>>>of surveillors. >>>> >>>> Probably doin' that anyway. >>>> >>>> They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers locking the >>>> contents of their sites inside Macromedia's _proprietary_ Flash >>>> technology, so their morals are right up there with Microsoft's. >>>> >>>> Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any sense. >>> >>> Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded >>> information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, not >>> readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what knows the name >>> of the file and how to decode it. I disable flash except when I want >>> to view something specific. >> >> Wonderful. >> >>>>>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose the >>>>>correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try different >>>>>plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until firefox >>>>>restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't even have >>>>>to log out or become the superuser! >>>>> >>>>>LOL. >>>> >>>> There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you >>>> know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily cross-compatible. >>>> >>>> Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration problem, with my >>>> own suspicion falling at present on xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. >>>> >>>> <sigh> >>> >>> The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have been >>> discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... >>> >>> Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux problem and >>> I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work for sure - and the >>> file doesn't even exist on their system. Shrug. >> >> In my case Firefox apparently abended during the Flash upgrade and left my >> profile locked. >> >> So I just had to create a temporary profile, look around on the Web, >> spy the lock business, verify that was my problem, scrag the lock symlink >> in my profile directory, and voila. >> >> Unusually easy for a Linux snafu. >> >> (I still haven't figured out after about eighteen months how to get my >> CDRW to work-- the CDR is fine-- though I think I'm getting closer, ie >> I've decided I need a cdrecord reinstall, and there may be a permissions >> problem as well, cdrecord apparently needing root privilege . . . .) > ><groan> > >Spoke too soon. It's still leaving the profile locked on exit. Oh, well, >at least I know how to unlock it, while in the meantime trying to work out >what's happening. > >Gotta love it. But as little as possible. ~I~ think that you should scrape your hardrive clean, install winXP Pro, and spend more time doing things than fixing your boxen. you have no idea of the ~power~ of the darkside, mimus. -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.>
Once upon a time in a magickal land far far away the being called dave hillstrom stirred from its deep slumber and pronounced to usenet: : On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> : wrote: : : : On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:23 -0500, mimus wrote: : : : : : On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:02:32 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: : : : : : : : mimus wrote: : : : : : : : : : On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:30:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: : : : : : : : : : : : mimus wrote: : : : : : : : : : : : : : On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : mimus wrote: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : When was that? : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that : : : : : : : POS Flash in a moment of aberration and now not only do : : : : : : : active links not work but I can't even load Firefox : : : : : : : directly. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. : : : : : : : : : : : : That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to : : : : : : make your symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! : : : : : : : : : : It . . . said . . . it . . . was . . . the . . . Linux . . . : : : : : version . . .. . : : : : : : : : : : ("Linux is the most self-incompatible OS I know." < Joerg : : : : : Schilling, author of cdrecord, who has suffered greatly from : : : : : it.) : : : : : : : : : : : If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk : : : : : : and reinstall windows and wait 3 days while all the : : : : : : security patches got installed and then reboot 3 or 2 times : : : : : : whilst macromedia added itself to your package of : : : : : : surveillors. : : : : : : : : : : Probably doin' that anyway. : : : : : : : : : : They apparently do not entirely deprecate web-designers : : : : : locking the contents of their sites inside Macromedia's : : : : : _proprietary_ Flash technology, so their morals are right up : : : : : there with Microsoft's. : : : : : : : : : : Any such site gets an automatic "F" from anyone with any : : : : : sense. : : : : : : : : Mysterious flash files have appeared that contain encoded : : : : information. Sorta like cookies but with no limit on content, : : : : not readable by mere mortals but readable by _any_ site what : : : : knows the name of the file and how to decode it. I disable : : : : flash except when I want to view something specific. : : : : : : Wonderful. : : : : : : : : : With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions : : : : : : and choose the correct plug-in for the version of firefox : : : : : : you have, OR try different plug-ins (systematically or : : : : : : randomly as you prefer) until firefox restarts properly. No : : : : : : need to start from scratch. You don't even have to log out : : : : : : or become the superuser! : : : : : : : : : : : : LOL. : : : : : : : : : : There're some internal Linux OS differences involved, too, you : : : : : know; eg, and in particular, binaries aren't necessarily : : : : : cross-compatible. : : : : : : : : : : Although I suspect this is just the usual configuration : : : : : problem, with my own suspicion falling at present on : : : : : xpti.dat, which is probably wrong. : : : : : : : : : : <sigh> : : : : : : : : The shakers and movers at the top of the Linux hierarchy have : : : : been discussing a no-binaries allowed policy... : : : : : : : : Every so often somebody will ask me for help with a Linux : : : : problem and I'll suggest the obvious solution that would work : : : : for sure - and the file doesn't even exist on their system. : : : : Shrug. : : : : : : In my case Firefox apparently abended during the Flash upgrade : : : and left my profile locked. : : : : : : So I just had to create a temporary profile, look around on the : : : Web, : : : spy the lock business, verify that was my problem, scrag the lock : : : symlink in my profile directory, and voila. : : : : : : Unusually easy for a Linux snafu. : : : : : : (I still haven't figured out after about eighteen months how to : : : get my CDRW to work-- the CDR is fine-- though I think I'm : : : getting closer, ie I've decided I need a cdrecord reinstall, and : : : there may be a permissions problem as well, cdrecord apparently : : : needing root privilege . . . .) : : : : <groan> : : : : Spoke too soon. It's still leaving the profile locked on exit. : : Oh, well, at least I know how to unlock it, while in the meantime : : trying to work out what's happening. : : : : Gotta love it. But as little as possible. : : ~I~ think that you should scrape your hardrive clean, install winXP : Pro, and spend more time doing things than fixing your boxen. : : you have no idea of the ~power~ of the darkside, mimus. I've been dabbling recently with debian. did an update it told me was needed and it magickally changed my resolution to 640*480 without even consulting me. oh the deep joys of trying to reconfigure Xorg.conf in a root console - XP would be two mouse clicks and move a slider. still, it is certainly entertainment. not so much a learning curve as a mountain. -- Steve Leyland mhm32x16 Smeeter#24 WSD#41 Most Hated Usenetizen Of All Time#1 Top Asshole on the Net#4 Usenet Ruiner#11 Lits Slut#1 alt.hackers.malicious awards 2007 Pedo-Baiter Alcatroll Labs Inc (bongwater maintenance dept) http://mar.exilenet.org:9042/listen.pls =^MEOW MEOW ARMY^= The cheese slid off her cracker. ====================================================================== "Oh, and by the by ... although it is not my particular responsibility to do so, I do nevertheless apologize for Mr. Leyland, who seems convinced that anyone who might pass by this doorway to our little gallery is a child rapist. In a sense, he is much like the ratty kitty he claims to be in his interminable signature line ... he wanders about and stops occassionally at the stoop here to spray and defecate, then moves on and is gone for a few days or so ... no doubt spraying, defecating and retching up hairballs elsewhere ... then returns to mark his "territory" again. I realise he is little more than a malodorous nusiance, but a nuisance nevertheless." HMS Victor Victorian, pedophile, alt.fan.utb.naughty-boy ====================================================================== "Warning to all: Steve Leyland is a trolling twat of the highest order. Killfile the muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past UseNet posts will reveal the truth. 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