Unfortunately, this picks up some ads!
$> odict simple
- 9 dictionary results
Simply
Unique European holiday properties. Great holidays off the beaten
track
www.simplytravel.co.uk
Simple Information
Find Free Reference & Encyclopedia Articles Quickly.
Reference.com/simple
etc etc
nice script, th
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM, maht wrote:
> awk ' /dictionary results/, /Cite This Source/ {print } '
>
now if somebody can create a script to lookup words in dictionary.com
preformatted without ads. :)
cat > $home/bin/rc/odict << EOF
#!/bin/rc
hget http://dictionary.com/browse/$1 | htmlfmt | awk ' /dictionary
results/, /Cite This Source/ {print } '
EOF
chmod 755 $home/bin/rc/odict
odict
I also have a dict script but this one uses tcp!dict.org!2628
; 9fs sources
post...
; /n/sources/contrib/fgb/rc/fdict -l
Usage: fdict [-lm] [-d database] word
; ; /n/sources/contrib/fgb/rc/fdict -l
connected to tcp!dict.org!2628 on /net/tcp/25
gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of E
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:08 AM, andrey
mirtchovski wrote:
> like most things, it's been done by some9fan somewhere somewhen.
> here's a simple transliterating eng-bg:bg-eng dictionary that queries
> a remote site:
>
> http://mirtchovski.com/p9/sadict/sadict
>
> i don't think it was ever submitted
like most things, it's been done by some9fan somewhere somewhen.
here's a simple transliterating eng-bg:bg-eng dictionary that queries
a remote site:
http://mirtchovski.com/p9/sadict/sadict
i don't think it was ever submitted to slashdot because it's just so
simple. on the other hand i'm contempl
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Fernan Bolando wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Richard Miller<9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>>> although it uses http, twitter has got an api that you can use outside
>>> a browser. it's much the same with several others, including aws.
>>> there are reasonab
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Richard Miller<9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>> although it uses http, twitter has got an api that you can use outside
>> a browser. it's much the same with several others, including aws.
>> there are reasonably clear descriptions of the messages, and you can
>> const
> /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/gmap -s eastleigh road, havant
>
> [credit to erik for the much needed polishing of this tool]
anyone can polish. the important bit is the gem.
- erik
> Evernote, for example, would be easier to
> render to the user and mount as a filesystem than Google maps.
You are right, google maps is much more a simple transaction
based system, I cannot see how it would fit usefully into
a file system hierarchy.
It does not require a web browser however.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 04:48, C H Forsyth wrote:
> >I hope the services I want to use (will) have a non-browser API (eg
> Twitter).
>
> in fact, since a browser must ultimately send messages, it's not clear
> what a `browser API' would look like.
Many AJAX and image-map interfaces wouldn't m
> although it uses http, twitter has got an api that you can use outside
> a browser. it's much the same with several others, including aws.
> there are reasonably clear descriptions of the messages, and you can construct
> and send them however you like, in which ever language you like.
The 'stoc
>I hope the services I want to use (will) have a non-browser API (eg Twitter).
although it uses http, twitter has got an api that you can use outside
a browser. it's much the same with several others, including aws.
there are reasonably clear descriptions of the messages, and you can construct
and
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 18:19, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> >if there is no real browser for the platform,
> >how will Plan 9 participate in the "cloud computing" (r)evolution?
>
> not using a browser.
>
Fair enough. I hope the services I want to use (will) have a non-browser
API (eg Twitter).
Jaso
> not using a browser.
> careful now.
> down with this sort of thing!
does this mean we should expect an influx of viewers due to the
negative publicity?
let´s rewrite everything in Ada.
We can use the distributed systems annex in a cloud.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Charles Forsyth wrote:
>>if there is no real browser for the platform,
>>how will Plan 9 participate in the "cloud computing" (r)evolution?
>
> not using a browser.
> careful now.
> Which brings me to repeat a question about Plan9, from another thread: if
> there is no real browser for the platform, how will Plan 9 participate in
> the "cloud computing" (r)evolution? I suppose it would be enough to have a
> Chromium port, if Chrome and the Chrome OS gain traction.
"clouds"
>if there is no real browser for the platform,
>how will Plan 9 participate in the "cloud computing" (r)evolution?
not using a browser.
careful now.
down with this sort of thing!
This passage seems to me to speak to the minimal spirit in Plan 9.
"... the best choice of software is often no software -- and barring that,
as little software as you can possibly get away with, and even then, only
from the most reputable and reliable sources."
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/
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