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Yup, it works over the network. It's similar to a KVM, but different. A KVM physically switches a keyboard, mouse, and monitor from one computer to another. Like unplugging the stuff and plugging it into another machine. Synergy is software that watches your mouse movements and detects when you mouse off of one of your computer's screen. You tell synergy where each monitor is in relation to the other. So, if you have the following: [A] [C] A, B, and C are all monitors/computers (assuming one display per machine). B is where your keyboard and mouse is plugged in. You would run synergy on all three computers, Computer B would know that A is above and C is to the right. A would know that B is below. C would know that B is to the left. (it's part of the synergy config) When you move your mouse from monitor B, to monitor C (which is on a different computer remember) synergy will transfer control of the pointer, and keyboard from B to C. i.e. you can drive computer C from the mouse and keyboard on computer A. It's like using dual displays but it works across computers not just monitors. It doesn't really take the place of a KVM (at least not in the computer room environment), but for having multiple computers on your desk, it's really fantastic. I run this at home. It works fine with all of the games I've tried it with. I had to turn off an option that dealt with bringing synergy to the foreground on monitor shifts. (so games wouldn't minimize when I moved from display to display) You can also lock the mouse/keyboard to the current display by turning on scroll lock.

That should most likely be... int main(int argc, char **argv) { ... } or int main(void) { ... } depending on compiler. Just remember, unbounded buffer manipulation is the root of all evil. gets, puts, etc should be banned. Call me crazy, but I'd guess you learned your C on *nix. Yup. The prototypes (at least the first one) are right out of the K&R book though, not really *nix specific.

I have two computers (one linux, one windows) sitting on my desk. I really didn't want to have to switch keyboard and mouse to switch machines. Enter synergy (url below). Synergy lets you move your mouse from one computer's display to another computer's display and the keyboard is now focused on the other computer. i.e. I can drag my mouse to my linux box (running X) and work on that computer with the mouse and keyboard that is attached to my windows box. (I keep the linux box's mouse and keyboard sitting behind my monitors in case I ever do need them. http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ This works between windows, linux, and OSX. Best of all, it's free!

That should most likely be... int main(int argc, char **argv) { ... } or int main(void) { ... } depending on compiler. Just remember, unbounded buffer manipulation is the root of all evil. gets, puts, etc should be banned.

I don't think I've ever done windows development. (unless you count stuff under cygwin) Some of the stuff I've read about seems really interesting though. I'd have to get my C/C++ chops back though, I haven't touched either language in years.

The easy way out is a little of everything (yes, even some country, just Johnny Cash really) I spent my highschool years listening to mostly punk (Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, etc.) with a little rap and what would be called alternative on the side. Recently I've been listening to some old electronica/industrial (orbital, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Juno Reactor, etc) Some bands I've found I like to listen to over the years... in no particular order Pink Floyd (yes, a ton of floyd actually) The Beatles Sonic Youth The Dismemberment Plan Hepcat The Pietasters The Skatalites Green Day (yes, I'm a little ashamed of this one, but I'm a sucker for a good pop hook) Eminem 50Cent Snoop Charlie Hunter Miles Davis Ella Fitzgerald Lady Day Firehose (really any mike watt project) Rev. Horton Heat X Stubborn All-Stars That's what comes to mind. . .

There is an ikea 5 minutes from our house. It couldn't be helped.

Is there anyone out there who writes software? I've been doing development for a bunch of years now (writing the UI for a network security appliance) and am just curious. I'm currently working on a perl based image gallery generator (in my spare time). Anyone else working on anything interesting?

You know Aaron? awsome! I have used a bunch of his JS code over the years. Even submitted some WCH patches to transmenu. . . anyway, tell him his work is appreciated. Oh yeah, and greasemonkey kicks rear. . . . sorry for the OT post, just had to give props where props are due.

i really like the colour of the walls in that room. Two colors of blue paint. One lighter than the other. Paint the darker one on the wall. Let it dry. (few hours dry, doesn't have to be overnight dry) Cut the lighter color with water (I used latex paint) and apply with cheesecloth. Sorta blot/smear. Play with it, figure out what works. We have good color on most of our walls. Orange kitchen, yellow bathroom, dark purple in the living room (on two walls anyway)

I just picked this up off of audible. Started listening to it on my drive to work. Interesting so far, thanks for the recommendation.

Figured I'd post a pic of my rig. The two monitors that are on are my primary system. The third monitor sitting up top is attached to my linux box under my desk. I use synergy to share my main computers mouse and keyboard with the third monitor. If you have two machines synergy is a fantastic little program. I have a Sparc5 in the closet (no monitor) that I keep running, but almost never use. (specs on my main machine are the same as I posted earlier) I just built the monitor stand for the third display, so I wanted to show it off.

26th

Having the hour or so to turn my brain off at the end of the night has been fantastic. My wife actually encouraged me to go home, get some sleep, and "Play that gun thing you like". Baby and mom come home tommorrow! And for whudats. . . . Her name is Elizabeth Michelle (her two grandmothers' middle names) Let the lack of sleep begin. Huge congratulations to you both and hope that she's settling well in at home. Now begins the ongoing debate my wife and I have with our littlest, is she a Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Elizabeth, Libby etc. etc. so more often than not we just call her Grace (her middle name). My wife has been using libby and liz. I've been using lizardbreath. My wife will probably win. Everything is going great. I may even make customs tonight (because my wife rocks). - andrew

Having the hour or so to turn my brain off at the end of the night has been fantastic. My wife actually encouraged me to go home, get some sleep, and "Play that gun thing you like". Baby and mom come home tommorrow! And for whudats. . . . Her name is Elizabeth Michelle (her two grandmothers' middle names) Let the lack of sleep begin.

We had a baby girl!!! Mom and baby are doing great. Thanks for all your prayers.

I just picked up Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth. . . . WOW! the album is fantastic. Reminds me of Daydream Nation. I have been fairly lukewarm on some of their more recent stuff (like goo and dirty, I haven't listened to sonic nurse yet) However, I really REALLY dig this album. Dunno if anyone listens to Sonic Youth, but if you do it's worth checking this out.

Yup.

Hopefully not. I work an hour away from home, but her parents live near us, and they are on call. I'm not too nervous, the waiting is what is driving me a little bonkers.

Nope. Gonna be a surprise. Thanks

We're expecting our first kid in a few days. We're both pretty nervous and the waiting is driving me crazy. My phone rings at work and I jump about 10 feet out of my chair. Anyway, any positive chi/karma/prayers/death metal tunes you can send our way would be appreciated. (I go for the prayers, but I like to make sure no one feels left out)

We could use admin presence on mayhem. TKs langauge etc. specifcally playernamed Jigaboo Don't know how to pull the steamid.

I don't know if these have been covered already but I recently picked up the Medsua 5.1 home edition headset. The build quality is VERY good. Things feel solid, the plastic doesn't bend and is joined well. The sound is quite good. The channel seperation is not quite what I'd like, but I definately get better positioning hints than I do with a regular headset. (They don't help my awful play at all, but I still blame that on my headphones) They connect via the seperate jacks on your sound card (i.e. no built in 5.1 decoder) I got these for about 150 or so including shipping. Medusa USA There was a good writeup of them on Toms Hardware (I think) which is what prompted me to get them. All in all I'm very happy w/ the purchase.

I recently (last 6 mos or so) picked up a pair of SCEPTER 20G NagaIIIs from costco for about 320 each. They're not the best LCD's I've used, but for the price point they are really good. Link to product info I only have a few complaints with them 1) There is a fairly obnoxious big blue light on the front of them (the scepter logo is backlit in blue when active, and blinks red when asleep) 2) I have one dvi and one vga output on my video card. The display I have connected on the VGA side occasionally (2 or 3 times a week) seems to lose focus. It's easliy fixed by putting an image of a small checkboard pattern on the display and hitting the re-calibrate button. 3) There is no height adjustment on the mount. (though they are VESA 100 compatible so I can by a different mount, but those things are $$)

My last several boxes were AMDs, and I just wanted a change. When I got this thing the price of the core 2 stuff was through the roof (it was only a few months old) so I opted for this chip. My mobo is the aa8xe from gigabyte (not the fatility model) I'm pretty happy with it. I had a pair of CRT's when I bought the box, so I didn't go for the dual DVI option. It's really not that big of a deal for me now anyway. I keep temp graphs/fanspeed/status stuff on my secondary most of the time. It's not _quite_ as clear as the dvi, but it's not too bad.