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Re: Screen Resolution Trends
by Jack 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

--- Don Erickson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > > It's important to remember though that the 800x600 > screen reaches both the > > 1024 and the 1280 user though, giving it an > overwhelming market share, > > while the 1024 and larger screens "miss" the lower > resolution market. > > Oh, I'm certainly not suggesting that pages don't > have to display properly > on 800x600 screens. I guess that I'm suggesting, > due to the wide range of > resolutions that most people are using, that > static-sized pages should be > depricated and authoring dynamically-sized pages ... Absolutely. Web pages, should resize up/down to a certain minimum width. Although, resizing a page meant for 800x600 to 3200x2400 would be nuts. The graphics and fonts might to look very ragged. > ... > the range is so wide now that dynamically-sized > pages are certainly the > way to go in the future, and the present. > > But then, I'm still waiting for the browser that > renders vector graphics. You should be able to do that with a vector graphics plugin for Mozilla/Firefox. Or even a helper app. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: UML CASE tools
by Jack 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

--- Joe Fish wrote: > I taught a class on UML / Introductory Java a few > years back, and, since it > was an intro class, fielded a lot of questions about > UML tools. > >... > > OTOH, there's also a F/OSS project to create a more > complex and > full-featured CASE tool loosely based on UML / the > Rational Process > here.<http://freshmeat.net/projects/argouml/>I > looked at, and > installed, this one as well, but found it to be > quite a bit > more work -- it's more like a UML > process-development tool than anything > (ie, very flexible, but a steep learning curve -- > and a lot of setup time, > AFAICT, even if you already are familiar with it.) Yeah, I installed argouml. Doesn't do what I need it to. THere looks like an add in for doing db schemas, but not out of the box. I wanted to find a full-fledged UMl tool, but my specific need was to build a db schema with E/R diagram. None of the tools I've looked at have an actual db graphic. The best I can hope for is to use a UML class tool. Or use something like Gimp and draw boxes and then add lines to seperate out the table names and fields. It would have been nice to have a tool to generate the SQL also. There seem to be some experimental add-ins to dia to do this, but I don't see any debian packages for it. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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UML CASE tools
by Jack 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Does anyone use any CASE tools in Linux? What are the popular choices. I've googled and found quite a few tools out there and was surprised to find a number of dual licensed and commercial CASE tools. My immediate need is for making DB relationship documents. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Free desktop Linux training
by Bill Cavalieri 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

http://www.novell.com/training/train_product/lcm/lcm.html Its aimed at using Linux on the desktop, and is a really good resource for your average user thinking of moving off windows.

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jack 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Of course, now adays the best certification for a copmpany to look for is to send the prospective employee to one of those "prove it" test sites. I don't think certificates or even job experience necessarily are proof of competency. I would give a test to any person I might hire. If a person can perform the job tasks and has the right stuff then he/she would get hired. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Dual-ISP provisioning
by Jonathan Hutchins 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Anybody seen Xincom Twin-WAN routers used to combine Cable and DSL connections for combined bandwidth? I've only seen DSL used as a backup, with automatic failover at best, but In understand that the Xincoms can load-share.

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jack 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins(a)tarcanfel.org> wrote: > I've been watching the certification saga, both > Linux and otherwise, for a > while now. > ... > > I don't think there's a certification out there, > whether it costs $300, or > $3,000, or $15,000 that will, by itself, pay back > the cost of earning it. > It won't get you a job. > ... > > Get the job first, then worry about the > certification. > Ok, then let's ask this a new way. I agree with what you say, but... What about the independent contractor. What are good certifications for someone running his own shop. What's a good certification to have for independent coders, keeping in mind the ever hopeful expansion of the company to include paid training for personnel? Brian D. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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RE: Linux Certification
by Jonathan Hutchins 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

I've been watching the certification saga, both Linux and otherwise, for a while now. There came a point where companies suddenly realised that no, the sales team couldn't just double up on engineering to handle all the PC issues, they really needed skilled professionals to handle the computer infrastructure that had moved outside of the computer room. They needed people who actually knew something about PC's, and the computer room guys were still busy with the mainframes. For a while there in the late 90's, companies were scrambling to get people who could work on PC's, and they had no clue how to tell the bluffers from the pro's. Then, for a window of maybe three to five years, certification really meant something. It meant the difference between whether or not you got the job. Novell certs were probably the first big tickets, but they were quickly replaced by Microsoft certs. After all, just about everybody knew something about Microsoft systems (or at least thought they did), but if you hired someone who was certified, you could point to that as due dillegence even if he turned out to be all paper and no knowledge. That period didn't last though. More and more candidates turned out to know the MS Tests really well, but to be totally useless in the field. The certs became a nice thing to have in addition to proven work experience. They became somethign to earn to please the beancounters, or to qualify your company for certain Microsoft perks. As far as I know, that's where they've stayed. I haven't seen a job in quite a while were a certification was the make-or-break qualification. Yes, certification is pretty much expected to go with a certain level of experience - you don't get a lot of Cisco background without grabbng a cert or two along the way. More and more though, Certification is something you do within a position, not as a qualification for a new position, not as a ticket to the next job. I think that's where it remains, and when someone asks "what's a good certification to go for?", I say "Whatever your employer will send you to". If you don't have the qualifications to get the job without the cert, if the prospective employer isn't convinced that certification is a formality, for you, and isn't willing to pay for it, I think it's a bad gamble. I don't think there's a certification out there, whether it costs $300, or $3,000, or $15,000 that will, by itself, pay back the cost of earning it. It won't get you a job. Certification ever really get you a job, you have to do that by convincing the people doing the hiring that you're the kind of guy they can work with. Get the job first, then worry about the certification.

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PCI 56K Modem
by Gene Dascher 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Does anyone have a 56K PCI modem that works with Linux that they just have lying around in their basement or computer room? I am trying to get a computer up and running with Linux for my brother in law and the Broadcom modem that he has does not have a compileable driver for the 2.6 kernel. Please contact me off list. Thanks, Gene

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Linux Don'ts
by Robert Kennedy 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Hi All, The time has come to upgrade my home system. I have a college age nephew who builds Windows systems. He can always use the extra bucks, so I'll let him get the new MB, processor, & ram. Currently my system has a SoundBlaster Live card, a Matrox duel head graphics card, plus a SCSI card for the HP ScanJet. I'd prefer to stick with AMD processors. I currently run SUSE 9.0. My wife seems to think I run "that stupid Linux" just to tee her off. Therefore I've wondered about switching to Linspire or Xandros because they are intended to make Windows refugees feel comfortable. (Don't say duel boot. She can't be bothered to log on to a separate Linux account.) So here's what I want input on. Are there any brands for the hardware that I should tell my nephew NOT to consider? What are your practical opinions on the distro? Any help appreciated, Bob Kennedy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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