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kingjon
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response 393 of 563:
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Mar 3 11:01 UTC 2006 |
Xpdf's code was duplicated in a lot of things haphazardly, making it hard to
apply security updates, so a library called Poppler is used dynamically by
applications instead.
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jadecat
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response 394 of 563:
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Mar 3 14:47 UTC 2006 |
IHB- it's Friday and I have Monday and Tuesday off- yay for 4 day
weekends! AND the hubby and I are going to see my stepdaughter and
grandbaby tomorrow. :)
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edina
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response 395 of 563:
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Mar 3 15:50 UTC 2006 |
IHB it's Friday and the week has been a long and draining one. Work is pretty
intense now, as I'm supporting an attorney in a 6-8 week trial, plus another
who is writing appellant brief upon appellant brief. Fortunately, my weekends
are my own, so when Friday night rolls around, at least I know I don't have
to go in for two days.
I'm also VERY happy that my husband is taking me on a date tomorrow night to
the Melting Pot.
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slynne
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response 396 of 563:
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Mar 3 16:15 UTC 2006 |
The Melting Pot? Please tell me that is a fondue place becaue the name
is about perfect if it is.
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edina
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response 397 of 563:
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Mar 3 16:43 UTC 2006 |
It is a fondue place. www.meltingpot.com
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micklpkl
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response 398 of 563:
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Mar 3 17:22 UTC 2006 |
The Melting Pot is an awesome place for a date, though I think dessert is the
best course. Oh, be sure to wear something that you don't care if it gets a
huge dribbled chocolate stain on it. :)
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edina
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response 399 of 563:
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Mar 3 17:27 UTC 2006 |
That is my place and a date is exactly what we have in mind.
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tod
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response 400 of 563:
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Mar 3 17:30 UTC 2006 |
re #398
Like a blue dress?
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edina
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response 401 of 563:
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Mar 3 17:32 UTC 2006 |
I'm wearing a black blouse - so no worries.
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slynne
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response 402 of 563:
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Mar 3 18:18 UTC 2006 |
That looks like a fun place. I hope you enjoy it.
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edina
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response 403 of 563:
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Mar 3 18:19 UTC 2006 |
We've been once and we very much did. It's nice because it's a very leisurely
meal, very relaxed. I *love* that.
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denisea
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response 404 of 563:
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Mar 3 20:17 UTC 2006 |
There's a Melting Pot in Raleigh that I've been to several times over the
years; its always been a fun evening!
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kingjon
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response 405 of 563:
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Mar 5 01:50 UTC 2006 |
I'm happy because OpenOffice, specially compiled, seems to be running more
smoothly than the binary package did. I didn't do much for this test -- opened
a short text file, removed the intra-paragraph line breaks, removed the
"preformatted" formatting, and saved it in a different file format -- but I
would have had a half a second to a second or so delay with each major
operation before, and here I didn't see any delay.
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twenex
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response 406 of 563:
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Mar 5 03:24 UTC 2006 |
IA unbelievably HB my gentoo box, which appeared to have switched
itself off this morning and wouldn't come back up, is mysteriously working
again after some clueless, desperate power plug-unplugging and re-inserting.
Very weird, but also insanely great!
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keesan
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response 407 of 563:
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Mar 5 12:48 UTC 2006 |
You probably removed some tarnish with the (un)plugging, that was lowering
the voltage. If the problem recurs, try removing something from the box that
consumes power, such as CD-ROM drive. That fixed mine.
What is the big deal, Jonathan, about a 1 second delay? Or does the delay
get a lot longer with bigger files?
You would think a grexer would be used to long delays ;=)
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kingjon
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response 408 of 563:
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Mar 5 13:12 UTC 2006 |
A delay on *every major operation*, getting bigger with more files -- and this
was with no load on the system, while I usually run several things in the
background.
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keesan
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response 409 of 563:
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Mar 5 13:38 UTC 2006 |
Can you set it to work with only 4-bit color? That would at least draw the
screen a lot faster. If not, try 8-bit. When running X add something about
--bpp (bits per pixel). startx --bpp 256 or 8 ?? I find even Abiword slow
to page around, probably because of all the colors.
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kingjon
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response 410 of 563:
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Mar 5 13:53 UTC 2006 |
It isn't the drawing the screen that's slow, it's the program itself. And I
don't think OO would work in fewer colors, though it might.
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keesan
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response 411 of 563:
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Mar 5 14:05 UTC 2006 |
Abiword needs 8-bit, as did another wordprocessor I checked out. I don't know
why they can't let them work in mono, too lazy to add that I guess. The
program would probably also work faster with a file that had 256 instead or
16 million colors.
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other
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response 412 of 563:
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Mar 5 14:22 UTC 2006 |
They don't work in mono because there is no significant demand in the
marketplace for wordprocessing interfaces which disallow anti-aliasing.
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keesan
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response 413 of 563:
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Mar 5 19:37 UTC 2006 |
What is anti-aliasing and why do you need it to write text only?
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richard
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response 414 of 563:
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Mar 7 15:58 UTC 2006 |
Can we get back to "happy" posts? This is the happy item, put the computer
drift in a separate item
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edina
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response 415 of 563:
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Mar 7 16:12 UTC 2006 |
I am happy because my grandparents are coming in tomorrow for a long weekend
visit. We are taking them up to the Grand Canyon/Flagstaff/Sedona this
weekend. I haven't seen them since the wedding, so I'm excited.
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jadecat
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response 416 of 563:
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Mar 7 17:13 UTC 2006 |
IHB- I've had a very lovely vacation, and I don't go back to work until
tomorrow. :) After that it's a three-day week and I'm off work for the
weekend.
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slynne
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response 417 of 563:
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Mar 7 18:10 UTC 2006 |
I loved Sedona when I was there. I happened to be there on the 4th of
July and got to see the town's fireworks display. What a nice place for
such a thing. As for the rest of Arizona that I saw that trip...well,
let's just say that I wouldnt recommend July as a good time to visit
Phoenix ;)
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