Hi Guys, (Is it possible to post in HTML?) I use the latest Java for my viewing of the www.noaa.gov site in Xandros. I view the wx radar from the Fort Worth office, streamed to S'port, when the weather appears to be bad and Skywarn MIGHT be called up on the 146.67/.07 repeater. There have been recent storms in the Ft. Worth/Dallas, TX area that were so severe in lightning strikes, it took the server in Ft. Worth off-line for a period of time, leaving me, essentially, in-the-dark as I have no access to the local Wx Service radar here. Hmmm, that sounds like a ham project, LOL!
Yep, I'm getting old and turning into a Weather Channel watcher, LOL! Only their radar only comes on the 8's. By then a tornado has come through and is half way to Ruston or Magnolia, AR. Not a good thing, especially when we want to warn the other towns of impending bad weather. :-( The local TV stations radars operate on 5 ghz. The Wx Service radars operate on 10 ghz and gives MUCH greater detail. So I choose to view the radar from S'port, thru the Ft. Worth server. Make sense? Nope. Now, I've digressed just a tad. I also have Java on my WIN 2K Pro HD and it seems to run much slower in bringing up the changes I make in selecting a search...from the Base Reflectivity loop to the Composite Reflectivity loop. I don't think it's a RAM problem, as I have just over a GIG of P-133. Linux runs =faster. That's the only application I use JAVA for. There are supposed to be games and other stuff, but right now, my focus is on Fedora 6 and my ham radio. Oh, I have been getting out in the yard and trying to do some yard work and build up my stamina. But, the coming Heat & Humidity season will soon force me back inside, in the air-conditioning. :-( Well, I just thought I'd add to the discussion. Respectfully, 73, Donald J. "Buck" Saunders/K5-MKE (Hopefully to be KA5-LQJ, soon, AGAIN!) > > From: Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> > Date: 2007/05/19 Sat PM 09:21:22 EDT > To: general at brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Is OpenOffice just "good enough"? > > None of them have (if you're Microsoft) > > > > On 5/18/07, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote: > > > >> Is there any long term Microsoft partnership that has not been a dissaster? > >> If not, what you have is not an assumption, it's a reliable theory never > >> refuted by observation. > >> > >> On Thursday 17 May 2007 1:02 pm, Gary Stibbins wrote: > >> > >>> Well since we have Java+GUI = slow,can we assume that anything + Microsoft > >>> = disaster ? > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> General at brlug.net > >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
