Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-15 Thread S . Ramaswamy
> > I prefer to create a bulleted list like this: > > > {% for item in listitems %} > item.name > {% endfor %} > > > Hmm, that looks like Django. Come to think of it, why use a high level framework like that. Why not write plain sql statements, write plain html, write your own authentication sy

Re: [Ilugc] 2nd Indian SVN Full-Committer

2008-08-26 Thread S . Ramaswamy
> > Interestingly with a distributed model, the notion of commit access may not > be that important at all. Nobody commits directly to the Linus git > repository of the kernel except himself yet we have that model scaling > incredibly well. Just a side note. > This line of reasoning is slightly bi

Re: [Ilugc] Multi part/segment downloader for linux

2008-10-02 Thread S . Ramaswamy
>> >> Firefox extension DownThemAll is awesome > > resume doesnt always work though > There are lots of sites that don't report the Content-Length HTTP header or support the Byte-Range request feature. The latter is required for downloading specific chunks. That might be one reason for the failu

Re: [Ilugc] RMS and Cloud Computing

2008-10-15 Thread S . Ramaswamy
> > Apropos some flaming^Wdiscussion that took place on this list > earier. > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/stallman-vs-clouds > > Own/control your data. Another take: "Are we so deranged here in the twenty-first century that we're going to re-enact, wide-eyed, the twin tragedies of the

Re: [Ilugc] beginner in python needing help

2008-12-26 Thread S . Ramaswamy
> > I'm not so sure. PHP is not exactly a general purpose language. It's meant > for writing web apps. And db-driven ones at that. Not true. The FreeBSD based router m0n0wall uses php for all of it's startup/init scripts. There's nothing intrinsically webbish about php although the original intent