Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
Sorry. Team Glenda was out putting things on other things. There is Bondi senior woman who is very happy with her new TV. I have no idea why it has 2 usb connectors and a 100Base connection - but Cinap can fix a coax without a crimper. Life goes on. brucee On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:22 AM, erik

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread erik quanstrom
> key matches? Do they do a reverse lookup on the IP address, or do > they use something in the http transaction? since it's assumed this is embedded on your website somewhere, they can't do either, since it's the client doing the requesting. referrer url (or whatever it's called — it's been a lo

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread J.R. Mauro
Just to let you know, the current version as of a few minutes ago works for me. Thanks! On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Steve Simon wrote: > Pick up the new code, it reads the key from /lib/gmapkey > and gets the longditude and latitude the correct way round > (as several people have told me. >

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread blstuart
> Pick up the new code, it reads the key from /lib/gmapkey > and gets the longditude and latitude the correct way round > (as several people have told me. That got it. Thanks much. This looks like it'll be fun. BLS

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread blstuart
> did you stick your key in /lib/gmapkey? does /lib/sky/here have a > sensible value? Yep. In fact I tried a couple different domains to get a key and tried them both there, and I looked up my lat/long to put in /lib/sky/here. How do they determine where you're coming from to see if your key matc

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Steve Simon
Pick up the new code, it reads the key from /lib/gmapkey and gets the longditude and latitude the correct way round (as several people have told me. then try gmap -s and wave your arm out fo the window. -Steve

[9fans] GSoC 2009 application in

2009-03-13 Thread Anthony Sorace
Our application for Google Summer of Code 2009 has been submitted. Over the next week, Google will be selecting about 150 projects from the 395 that applied, and will announce the list on March 18th.

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Anthony Sorace
did you stick your key in /lib/gmapkey? does /lib/sky/here have a sensible value?

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread blstuart
> You will need to sign up for a google maps key, though this is free and no > significant demographics are required. > > I find it useful, YMMV > > /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/gmap It appears I'm failing to put the right things on top of the other right things. All I ever get back is a black i

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread J.R. Mauro
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: > More fish! You've got a pet halibut? > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, LiteStar numnums wrote: >> The project will still go down as one of bitter in fighting, name calling, >> ego stroking, chaos wrapped up in a book you need to purchase

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
More fish! On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, LiteStar numnums wrote: > The project will still go down as one of bitter in fighting, name calling, > ego stroking, chaos wrapped up in a book you need to purchase for $250 USD > (plus tax & shipping) in order to put things... > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 20

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread LiteStar numnums
The project will still go down as one of bitter in fighting, name calling, ego stroking, chaos wrapped up in a book you need to purchase for $250 USD (plus tax & shipping) in order to put things... On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:17 PM, J.R. Mauro wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, David Leimb

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
IWP2009-Bondi delegates have taken up fish slapping. It involves dangerous rock fishing. But nothing as bracing as being slapped by a fresh sea-bass. brucee On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:17 AM, J.R. Mauro wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, David Leimbach wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread J.R. Mauro
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, David Leimbach wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, J.R. Mauro wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Bruce Ellis >> wrote: >> > That seems to be endemic. People putting things on top of other >> > things. Which reminds me that people aren't weari

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread David Leimbach
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM, LiteStar numnums wrote: > The committee is forming a subcommittee to finalize committee membership, > which will then create a standard with which you can put things on top of > other things. The committee will be made up of thing-putters who each have > their own

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread David Leimbach
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, J.R. Mauro wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Bruce Ellis > wrote: > > That seems to be endemic. People putting things on top of other > > things. Which reminds me that people aren't wearing enough hats! > > There's a committee for putting things on top of

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
I'm ignoring the issue. I already have enough things on top of things. I'm gonna wear more hats! brucee On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, David Leimbach wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM, LiteStar numnums > wrote: >> >> The committee is forming a subcommittee to finalize committee m

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread LiteStar numnums
The committee is forming a subcommittee to finalize committee membership, which will then create a standard with which you can put things on top of other things. The committee will be made up of thing-putters who each have their own implementation, and we'll leave a good portion of the details "imp

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread J.R. Mauro
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: > That seems to be endemic. People putting things on top of other > things. Which reminds me that people aren't wearing enough hats! There's a committee for putting things on top of other things, isn't there? > > brucee > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Bruce Ellis
That seems to be endemic. People putting things on top of other things. Which reminds me that people aren't wearing enough hats! brucee On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Akshat Kumar wrote: > I just wanted to see it in a box with blue borders amidst other multi-colored > boxes with blue borders,

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Akshat Kumar
I just wanted to see it in a box with blue borders amidst other multi-colored boxes with blue borders, atop the sea of grey. 2009/3/13 Steve Simon : > It just generates a gmap map or satellite image of the place you name, > try http://maps.google.com to see a demo. ak

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Steve Simon
A new version of gmap on will be on sources shortly, thanks to erik. > Screenshots, s’il te plaît? It just generates a gmap map or satellite image of the place you name, try http://maps.google.com to see a demo. The difference is you cannot zoom and pan the image once its loaded, on the plus sid

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread hiro
> It should really have a GUI that lets you zoom and pan and select road, aerial > or hybrid maps but that will wait for another day. Does the api allow loading contiguous areas seamlessly? I couldn't find anything to use for for panning...

Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap

2009-03-13 Thread Akshat Kumar
Screenshots, s’il te plaît? ありがとう ak

Re: [9fans] Toshiba Tecra 700CT cannot install

2009-03-13 Thread erik quanstrom
> Ok, here's the deal. > > I've made a floppy boot, as the BIOS doesn't have a cd boot option, > it's either floppy or hard drive. > When I boot from floppy it detects it as fd0 which is expected, but > that's the only thing it sees. > I tried every combination of xx! that I could and nothing work

[9fans] Toshiba Tecra 700CT cannot install

2009-03-13 Thread rapidan
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