RE: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread JStay
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 14:45 -0600, Mister E wrote: I new here, but thought I'd give this a whirl as well... I hope that means you will take my advice in the spirit that it is intended. Thank you for clearly stating that you are planning on paying almost nothing and that you realize it

RE: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread JStay
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 14:45 -0600, Mister E wrote: I new here, but thought I'd give this a whirl as well... I hope that means you will take my advice in the spirit that it is intended. Thank you for clearly stating that you are planning on paying almost nothing and that you

Re: database design

2005-06-10 Thread Stephen Smith
Their are very important business critical reasons for incorporating NULL as valid datum in a database. Take for instance an insurace company. An operator is inputting an application. As entry progresses, it is discovered that near the end of the application, information is missing or

Re: database design

2005-06-10 Thread Roberto Mello
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:57:27PM -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: The NULL debate is nearly as bad or worse than the vi vs emacs debates by the academics. IMO, those that argue for strictness to the relational model haven't written a line of production code in their life. In many cases

Re: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread Jason Hall
On Thursday 09 June 2005 18:13, Mister E wrote: Just outta curiousity, is there a better place locally to post the request that started this whole thread? Locally, this is one of the best, and can often siphon to other local groups. Josh mentioned craigslist, another option (although it would

Re: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread Jason Hall
On Thursday 09 June 2005 17:49, Stuart Jansen wrote: With time, they hopefully realize I'm not. I think we're going to need a *lot* more time -- Jayce^ pgpHiZGIKhNl3.pgp Description: PGP signature .===. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear

Re: database design

2005-06-10 Thread Nicholas Leippe
On Friday 10 June 2005 09:14 am, Roberto Mello wrote: On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:57:27PM -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: The NULL debate is nearly as bad or worse than the vi vs emacs debates by the academics. IMO, those that argue for strictness to the relational model haven't written a

Re: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 09:29:16AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think lower price is fine for an OSS project. Not necessarily. Mike .___. Michael A. Halcrow Security

Re: database design

2005-06-10 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 08:55:58AM -0600, Stephen Smith wrote: Only NULL tells the truth in the data...the datum is unknown. When bogus data is used to populate required fields, it will inevitably end up on a report that someone will misinterpret often to near catestrophic results for

Re: PERL Programmer Desired - Open Source Project

2005-06-10 Thread Mister E
Jason Hall wrote: (although it would kinda require the non-bubba version) would be jobs.perl.org. yeah, I don't think I need to be stung by that same bee a second time. but I figured out some alternatives last night to get some action going in the community we have. So hopefully that will

Re: Linux Sound

2005-06-10 Thread Hans Fugal
This is a FAQ but I haven't yet seen a nice succinct page with a nice succinct answer. It boils down to this. You have two options: hardware (better soundcard) or software (dmix, artsd, or esd). http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 at 15:55 -0600, Eric Jensen

Re: Linux Sound

2005-06-10 Thread Eric Jensen
Hans Fugal wrote: This is a FAQ but I haven't yet seen a nice succinct page with a nice succinct answer. It boils down to this. You have two options: hardware (better soundcard) or software (dmix, artsd, or esd). http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin The alsaplayer examples on

Re: Linux Sound

2005-06-10 Thread Hans Fugal
If you're still using gnome, the problem might be esd. Try killing all esd processes. On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 at 16:49 -0600, Eric Jensen wrote: Hans Fugal wrote: This is a FAQ but I haven't yet seen a nice succinct page with a nice succinct answer. It boils down to this. You have two

Re: Linux Sound

2005-06-10 Thread Eric Jensen
Hans Fugal wrote: If you're still using gnome, the problem might be esd. Try killing all esd processes. Bah, no good. This is usually the error I get, btw: [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default Maybe I

Re: Linux Sound

2005-06-10 Thread Hans Fugal
lsof /dev/dsp On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 at 17:14 -0600, Eric Jensen wrote: Hans Fugal wrote: If you're still using gnome, the problem might be esd. Try killing all esd processes. Bah, no good. This is usually the error I get, btw: [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: