From the rich source of pictorial evidence of the LinuxWorld Expo, we
give you a new caption competition.
http://alug.sommitrealweird.co.uk/captioncomp/
sfr sunflowerinrain@gmail.com wrote:
mount /noodles
(There doesn't seem to be any way to submit captions on the site.)
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 10:16 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
sfr sunflowerinrain@gmail.com wrote:
mount /noodles
(There doesn't seem to be any way to submit captions on the site.)
Works for me. I log in, go to caption competitions, click on a picture, then a link appears inviting me to submit a caption.
Sadly I am not witty enough to come up with one.
Perhaps you forgot to log in.
/Kirsten
Kirsten Naylor wildduck@wildduck.org.uk wrote: [...]
Perhaps you forgot to log in.
Nothing suggested to me I needed to log in. I don't think I have an account and I won't bother making one for a two-word comment. Perhaps the site and/or announcements should mention the registration requirement?
Thanks,
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 11:52 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
Kirsten Naylor wildduck@wildduck.org.uk wrote: [...]
Perhaps you forgot to log in.
Nothing suggested to me I needed to log in. I don't think I have an account and I won't bother making one for a two-word comment. Perhaps the site and/or announcements should mention the registration requirement?
I would have thought that if I could figure it out then you could.
/Kirsten
On 10/11/06, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Nothing suggested to me I needed to log in. I don't think I have an account and I won't bother making one for a two-word comment.
That's a shame; I liked your suggestion.
On 11/10/06, sfr sunflowerinrain@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/11/06, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Nothing suggested to me I needed to log in. I don't think I have an account and I won't bother making one for a two-word comment.
That's a shame; I liked your suggestion.
The trouble is that with so many different accounts floating around (I'm trying to count the number of sites I've had to register with in the past few months and it's NOT a pleasant number - more fool me, yes, but there you go) I can see Mark's point. I also see the point of registration to stop people spamming/doing weird things, etc. Any chance of a compromise or something (preferably NOT Captcha - that's just evil).
M.
On 10/11/06, Martyn Drake martyn@drake.org.uk wrote:
The trouble is that with so many different accounts floating around (I'm trying to count the number of sites I've had to register with in the past few months and it's NOT a pleasant number - more fool me, yes, but there you go) I can see Mark's point. I also see the point of registration to stop people spamming/doing weird things, etc.
Me too with the registrations: it gets sillier and sillier. Log-in is a fairly easy way to stop spamming, though, and something has to be done to guard against it (look at the spamattacks on alug.org.uk and the Norwich Open Guide).
On Friday 10 November 2006 14:50, Martyn Drake wrote:
On 11/10/06, sfr sunflowerinrain@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/11/06, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Nothing suggested to me I needed to log in. I don't think I have an account and I won't bother making one for a two-word comment.
That's a shame; I liked your suggestion.
The trouble is that with so many different accounts floating around (I'm trying to count the number of sites I've had to register with in the past few months and it's NOT a pleasant number - more fool me, yes, but there you go) I can see Mark's point. I also see the point of registration to stop people spamming/doing weird things, etc. Any chance of a compromise or something (preferably NOT Captcha - that's just evil).
I have a "wallet manager" in my desktop environment and it works pretty well. The only situation where it gets confused is when sites use non-sense, unstable URLs (like Amazon and the UEA library catalogue).
Cheers, Richard
Richard Lewis richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
I have a "wallet manager" in my desktop environment and it works pretty well. The only situation where it gets confused is when sites use non-sense, unstable URLs (like Amazon and the UEA library catalogue).
What's it called and how well does it cope with synchronising between multiple desktops? Iceweasel isn't very good at it.
sfr sunflowerinrain@gmail.com wrote:
Me too with the registrations: it gets sillier and sillier. Log-in is a fairly easy way to stop spamming, though, and something has to be done to guard against it (look at the spamattacks on alug.org.uk and the Norwich Open Guide).
Log-in does nothing to *stop* spamming (as I've seen with spam attacks on co-opnet and AFFS amongst others). It just raises the cost of participation for everyone, which may deter some spammers who go looking for cheaper targets. Eventually, they will come back and the log-in-required site will still be unprotected.
Sadly, the best way to protect sites is to keep hand-moderation as the last line of decision.
Kirsten Naylor wildduck@wildduck.org.uk wrote:
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 11:52 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
[...] Perhaps the site and/or announcements should mention the registration requirement?
I would have thought that if I could figure it out then you could.
Huh? Did I post to [alug anti-social] by mistake?
Regards,
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 10:54, MJ Ray wrote:
Richard Lewis richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
I have a "wallet manager" in my desktop environment and it works pretty well. The only situation where it gets confused is when sites use non-sense, unstable URLs (like Amazon and the UEA library catalogue).
What's it called
Ah, well I'm slightly reluctant to admit which one it is. Suffice it to say that it begins with a 'K'...
and how well does it cope with synchronising between multiple desktops? Iceweasel isn't very good at it.
When you say "desktops" do you mean between different desktop environments (like GNOME, Enlightenment, ion, etc.) or between separate logical desktops within a DE session? If its the former then the answer is: I don't know, I've never tried. If its the latter, then it works well as it is well integrated into my desktop using a sort of "system tray" abstraction which allows some applications to run beneath the logical desktop division.
Cheers, Richard
Richard Lewis richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 10:54, MJ Ray wrote:
and how well does it cope with synchronising between multiple desktops? Iceweasel isn't very good at it.
When you say "desktops" do you mean between different desktop environments (like GNOME, Enlightenment, ion, etc.) or between separate logical desktops within a DE session?
I mean different desktop computers at various locations.
Thanks,
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 14:00, MJ Ray wrote:
Richard Lewis richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk wrote:
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 10:54, MJ Ray wrote:
and how well does it cope with synchronising between multiple desktops? Iceweasel isn't very good at it.
When you say "desktops" do you mean between different desktop environments (like GNOME, Enlightenment, ion, etc.) or between separate logical desktops within a DE session?
I mean different desktop computers at various locations.
Ah, I see. I've never tried that either (as I run it on my laptop!). I've just had a quick look at it doesn't seem to have an 'export' (or similar) function though it seems it only one configuration file under my home directory. I suppose I could move that between computers on a USB key. But, unless there's some standard password manager file format which it conforms to (unlikely as its a binary [probably encrypted] file), the said other computers would need to have the correct software. Is there a standard for password managers?
Cheers, Richard
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