Comments for Random Viking http://randomviking.wordpress.com A blog about nothing Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Microsoft Will Die in the next 10 Years by Marcello http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/microsoft-will-die-in-the-next-10-years/#comment-429 Marcello Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:50:07 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/microsoft-will-die-in-the-next-10-years/#comment-429 Don't forget Google. Half their software is FOSS, more than half of it is gratis, and they're not doing too badly, are they? They own the internet, pretty much, but people still like them. Don’t forget Google. Half their software is FOSS, more than half of it is gratis, and they’re not doing too badly, are they? They own the internet, pretty much, but people still like them.

]]> Comment on Why Apple will never support ogg/flac by Justin http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/why-apple-will-never-support-oggflac/#comment-425 Justin Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27:52 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/why-apple-will-never-support-oggflac/#comment-425 Playing with yourself is fun and all but it doesn't compare to playing with others. Maybe one day they will get bored of playing with themselves and decide to play with other people ;). I don't see Apple changing their practices any time soon because monopolistic practices are very profitable and I doubt they will get in any legal trouble for them any time soon (though they should). Indeed cups is nice. :) Playing with yourself is fun and all but it doesn’t compare to playing with others. Maybe one day they will get bored of playing with themselves and decide to play with other people ;) .

I don’t see Apple changing their practices any time soon because monopolistic practices are very profitable and I doubt they will get in any legal trouble for them any time soon (though they should).

Indeed cups is nice. :)

]]> Comment on Why Apple will never support ogg/flac by Situation gets worse http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/why-apple-will-never-support-oggflac/#comment-424 Situation gets worse Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:58:54 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/why-apple-will-never-support-oggflac/#comment-424 The unfortunate thing is Apple is going deeper and deeper into their proprietary I-only-play-with-myself philosophy. Lets just take a look at how they ruined the html5 and tag specifications: they claimed the ogg format is encumbered by patent restrictions (or lack thereof) and lack of hardware acceleration which is not a difficult thing to do. If only Apple would get back in the habit of using open source standards when possible, they seem to be regressing from this idealism. The last major project that I know of that put out was Webkit which was a fork of KHTML. As much as we can hate on Apple, I still love CUPS <3 The unfortunate thing is Apple is going deeper and deeper into their proprietary I-only-play-with-myself philosophy. Lets just take a look at how they ruined the html5 and tag specifications: they claimed the ogg format is encumbered by patent restrictions (or lack thereof) and lack of hardware acceleration which is not a difficult thing to do.

If only Apple would get back in the habit of using open source standards when possible, they seem to be regressing from this idealism. The last major project that I know of that put out was Webkit which was a fork of KHTML. As much as we can hate on Apple, I still love CUPS <3

]]> Comment on Useful Commandline Tools by mercerd http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/useful-commandline-tools/#comment-423 mercerd Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:55:10 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-423 interesting material, where such topics do you find? I will often go interesting material, where such topics do you find? I will often go

]]> Comment on Archaeology is an entertainment business by sam http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/archaeology-is-an-entertainment-business/#comment-422 sam Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:12:05 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-422 hey i really enjoyed reading your blog.keep posting thanks for great share hey i really enjoyed reading your blog.keep posting thanks for great share

]]> Comment on The Viking Age Town of Birka and the Life and Death of its Inhabitants by Raithnat http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/the-viking-age-town-of-birka-and-the-life-and-death-of-its-inhabitants/#comment-417 Raithnat Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:16:48 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-417 I really enjoyed your essay. It is rather informative and had good flow to it. I really enjoyed your essay. It is rather informative and had good flow to it.

]]> Comment on Leopard sucks by Justin http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/leopard-sucks/#comment-416 Justin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:59:21 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-416 So user error made the dock look shitty? User error made settings stored in places that are not the home folder? #1 is subjective. I will also admit that I don't remember what settings I was referring to in #2 (as I don't use mac os any more and have not had to mess with these problems in a long while) . #3 could have easily been due to my old comptur (but I will still argue that leopard was slower than it should have been.) Admittedly they did seem to fix the bug mentioned in #4 at some point, but that does not make me wrong to say that spaces had problems. #5 previewing media files was far superior in tiger. I never bothered to preview documents because that is stupid. I don't care if you disagree with me. So user error made the dock look shitty? User error made settings stored in places that are not the home folder?
#1 is subjective.
I will also admit that I don’t remember what settings I was referring to in #2 (as I don’t use mac os any more and have not had to mess with these problems in a long while)
. #3 could have easily been due to my old comptur (but I will still argue that leopard was slower than it should have been.)
Admittedly they did seem to fix the bug mentioned in #4 at some point, but that does not make me wrong to say that spaces had problems.
#5 previewing media files was far superior in tiger. I never bothered to preview documents because that is stupid. I don’t care if you disagree with me.

]]> Comment on Leopard sucks by Scott http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/leopard-sucks/#comment-415 Scott Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:17:01 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-415 Completely bogus claims. It must be user error due to ignorance. Completely bogus claims. It must be user error due to ignorance.

]]> Comment on These are the things which make people not want to use linux. by WurdBendur http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/these-are-the-things-which-make-people-not-want-to-use-linux/#comment-384 WurdBendur Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:06:53 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-384 SCIM will do what you want if you have the right input methods installed, but I've never figured out how to set it up. To use an international layout, you'll need to know what your level-3 selector is. It's generally alt-gr (the right alt key) by default. The first two levels are the normal and shifted keys, and this key selects the extra characters that it's showing you. In addition to those, it also has dead keys, which work just like Mac OS, except they're mapped differently. For an acute, you type alt-gr with ', and then the letter you want it on. And there are also composite keys. You type both while holding down the alt-gr key and get a combination, like a+e for æ. But neither is working for me at the moment. As I have things set up now, the international characters are scattered stupidly all over the keyboard, and hardly any layouts have macrons. Of course it's always possible to find or make a new layout. SCIM will do what you want if you have the right input methods installed, but I’ve never figured out how to set it up.

To use an international layout, you’ll need to know what your level-3 selector is. It’s generally alt-gr (the right alt key) by default. The first two levels are the normal and shifted keys, and this key selects the extra characters that it’s showing you.

In addition to those, it also has dead keys, which work just like Mac OS, except they’re mapped differently. For an acute, you type alt-gr with ‘, and then the letter you want it on. And there are also composite keys. You type both while holding down the alt-gr key and get a combination, like a+e for æ.

But neither is working for me at the moment. As I have things set up now, the international characters are scattered stupidly all over the keyboard, and hardly any layouts have macrons. Of course it’s always possible to find or make a new layout.

]]> Comment on The Viking Age Town of Birka and the Life and Death of its Inhabitants by Another paper: an Argument for Excavation at Thingvellir in Iceland « Random Viking http://randomviking.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/the-viking-age-town-of-birka-and-the-life-and-death-of-its-inhabitants/#comment-383 Another paper: an Argument for Excavation at Thingvellir in Iceland « Random Viking Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:16:56 +0000 http://randomviking.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-383 [...] paper: an Argument for Excavation at Thingvellir in Iceland By Justin Yet Again I have written a paper for school and I am giving to you, the internet, for no charge. This one [...] [...] paper: an Argument for Excavation at Thingvellir in Iceland By Justin Yet Again I have written a paper for school and I am giving to you, the internet, for no charge. This one [...]

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