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	<title>PB blog: IT stuff, ogame and various</title>
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		<title>Navigare col cellulare in Svizzera e in Italia: piccola comparazione fra costi e qualità</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Italiano</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Personale</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>cellulare</dc:subject><dc:subject>internet</dc:subject><dc:subject>mobile</dc:subject><dc:subject>navigare</dc:subject><dc:subject>sunrise</dc:subject><dc:subject>tim</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Riassunto: in questo articolo racconto la mia esperienza di navigazione col cellulare in Svizzera (con una carta prepagata sunrise) e in Italia (con una carta prepagata TIM).
In Svizzera navigare col cellulare costa di più, ma c’é più libertà (no proxy) e qualità. In Italia costa meno, c’é più traffico a disposizione, ma un proxy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <b>Riassunto</b>: in questo articolo racconto la mia esperienza di navigazione col cellulare in Svizzera (con una carta prepagata sunrise) e in Italia (con una carta prepagata TIM).</p>
<p>In Svizzera navigare col cellulare costa di più, ma c’é più libertà (no proxy) e qualità. In Italia costa meno, c’é più traffico a disposizione, ma un proxy rende difficile (talvolta impossibile) la navigazione su certi siti (es. GMail) e servizi (es. FTP).</p>
<p><b>[Premessa (che potete saltare)</b>: vedendo tutta quella pubblicità di Megan Gale e di Vodafone che gira intorno a te, di Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo che posano per Wind, di TIM ecc. ho sempre pensato che in Italia i cellulari e i servizi di telefonia mobile fossero all’avanguardia, e che superassero i servizi presenti in Svizzera. Non è così. Almeno, non per quel che riguarda navigare tramite cellulare o usando il cellulare come modem.<b>[/Fine premessa]</b></p>
<p>Ho visto che qualsiasi offerta presente in Italia è attivabile con un paio di € e offre a dipendenza della compagnia diversi pacchetti che variano da 20 MB a 500 MB al mese. Per chi vuol spendere di più (20-25 €/mese), anche 2 GB al mese.</p>
<p>Quel che non viene pubblicizzato e che cambia notevolmente, in senso negativo, l’esperienza dell’utente è che per navigare, in Italia (in tutte le compagnie che ho visto: TIM, Vodafone ecc.) occorre usare un PROXY. Nel caso di TIM: wap.tim.it:80.</p>
<p>Un proxy è un server che fa da intermediario tra il tuo PC e i siti/servizi che vuoi visitare. Molti siti moderni fanno uso di tecnologie (AJAX) che necessitano di una connessione diretta e quindi un proxy in mezzo alle scatole è solo d’intralcio. Un esempio: GMail. Riesco a loggarmi e a cliccare sulle mail, a leggerle, ma spesso vedo “connection lost, trying to reconnect” e devo uscire dal browser e riloggarmi. Il peggio è che mi è impossibile salvare o spedire una mail.</p>
<p>Altri servizi che non riesco a far andare: Messenger (o meglio: Pidgin) (sono riuscito a farlo funzionare un paio di volte, settando il proxy, ma ultimamente non funziona più), FTP, SSH, siti che fanno uso di cookies. Insomma l’esperienza di navigazione è pessima (oltre che lenta). Questi problemi in Svizzera non esistono, perché le compagnie faranno pagare anche più caro il traffico, ma almeno non mettono un proxy che blocca tutto e uno è libero di usare internet come meglio crede. Volendo si può anche usare eMule, bittorrent, skype… basta pagare, ma si può!</p>
<p>Parliamo di prezzi. Ho attivato per 5€ l’offerta di TIM “Alice Mese”, che comprende 100 MB di traffico, per 30 giorni. Niente male, se non fosse per 2 dettagli:</p>
<p>ogni connessione GPRS costa 0.28 €<br />
la connessione viene tagliata dopo 30 minuti! (non posso tenere la connessione GPRS attiva tutto il giorno, per intenderci)</p>
<p>Quindi in definitiva un’ora di navigazione con le limitazioni di velocità e del proxy mi costa 0.56 euro.</p>
<p>Configurare il mio vecchio Nokia 6230i acquistato in Svizzera mi è costata una serata di tentativi e di telefonate al 119 (fortuna che ’sto numero è gratuito) e sono riuscito a farlo funzionare come modem e a connetterlo via bluetooth al mio portatile di lavoro.</p>
<p>Purtroppo non riesco a navigare direttamente dal telefonino: se provo ad usare GMail client, Opera, eMSN o qualsiasi altra applicazione java che fa uso di GPRS, non funziona! Riesco ad usare solo il browser integrato nel telefonino. Credo che la colpa sia del proxy! (Ma che grande idea mettere ’sto proxy!)</p>
<p>In Svizzera, con sunrise si paga non la connessione ma i dati che si trafficano. Mi pare che 100KB costino 0.20 CHF. Il prezzo è decisamente più caro se ci si mette a guardare o a spedire foto… Per consultare l’email direi che il prezzo è giusto. Ma non ci sono limiti a causa del proxy. Volendo ci si può connettere senza problemi ad un server FTP e decisamente non si viene buttati fuori dai siti a causa dei cookies scaduti. Si paga di più ma in compenso non ci si mangia il fegato.</p>
<p>Che dire, se avessi avuto una connessione decente avrei speso volentieri di più, TIM ci avrebbe guadagnato. Ma no, con ’sto schifo di proxy mi connetto raramente e cerco di sfruttare il traffico a disposizione. Quindi TIM ci perde, perché gli intaso la rete <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Quand’é che capiranno che possono far pagare di più, offrire servizi migliori e guadagnare di più?</p>
<p>Flat? Un sogno. Navigare con il cellulare costa parecchio. Anche ADSL è salito di prezzo rispetto al suo lancio. Ora c’é anche “Free internet” di sunrise, che di “free” ha solo il nome… quand’é che internet sarà VERAMENTE gratuito per tutti?
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		<title>Di nuovo in sella</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 21:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Personale</dc:subject><dc:subject>moto</dc:subject><dc:subject>soddisfazione</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Stasera sono tornato a casa stanco morto dalla giornata di lavoro e dal restante della settimana… ma una cosa mi ha tenuto sveglio: la voglia di provare la mia moto.
Dopo essere caduto da cavallo e aver strisciato per terra per qualche settimana, rimontando e ricadendo, eccomi di nuovo in piedi, stavolta sul mio veicolo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Stasera sono tornato a casa stanco morto dalla giornata di lavoro e dal restante della settimana… ma una cosa mi ha tenuto sveglio: la voglia di provare la mia moto.</p>
<p>Dopo essere caduto da cavallo e aver strisciato per terra per qualche settimana, rimontando e ricadendo, eccomi di nuovo in piedi, stavolta sul mio veicolo meccanizzato.</p>
<p>Mai la mia moto mi tradirà, solo io potrò deluderla facendo manovre che non dovrei fare (andando in giro come un pazzo) o dimenticando di curarla come si deve.</p>
<p>Il mio giro non è stato troppo adrenalinico all’inizio, mentre andavo ad Isone. Lo è stato alla fine, percorrendo quel tratto da Camignolo verso Mezzovico <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Non dico d’essere andato come un pazzo, ma quelle piccole variazioni dalla discesa alla salita mi danno la sensazione di volare, d’essere su una giostra, sul Blue Tornado di Gardaland, per dire!</p>
<p>Mitico. Evviva la moto, spero che mi dia altre numerose soddisfazioni e spero di non incappare in un qualche radar. E’ soprattutto questo che spero, il ritiro della patente non m’ispira per niente.
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		<title>Ubuntu Network Installation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>installation</dc:subject><dc:subject>minimal</dc:subject><dc:subject>network</dc:subject><dc:subject>ubuntu</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Downloading an ISO image, burning it, installing Ubuntu Linux and then updating all the outdated packages is a waste of time. Why don&#8217;t install directly the most updated packages by downloading them from the web?
This is the idea of the network/internet installation, netinst, netinstall, netboot or network install. Call it as you prefear. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Downloading an ISO image, burning it, installing Ubuntu Linux and then updating all the outdated packages is a waste of time. Why don&#8217;t install directly the most updated packages by downloading them from the web?<br />
This is the idea of the network/internet installation, netinst, netinstall, netboot or network install. Call it as you prefear. I googled for a while but I didn&#8217;t find anything useful at first glance. I found some links about &#8220;PXE&#8221; that doesn&#8217;t say anything to me. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m writing this blog entry: to help you find what you are looking for.</p>
<p><strong>If you want to install ubuntu by using a minimal ISO image, here you are</strong>. Download <strong>mini.iso</strong> from <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/">archive.ubuntu.com (netboot)</a>.</p>
<p>Edit 15.6.2007: <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/">Feisty Fawn netboot</a></p>
<p>I won&#8217;t write a guide on how to install ubuntu using this image. If you were looking for this you are supposed to know what you want and how to proceed.</p>
<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s relatively easy: just burn the ISO, boot your PC from the CD-ROM and follow the on-screen instructions for the keymap, language, partitioning etc.<br />
At the end of the basic installation (packages are downloaded from the web) you are prompted if you want to install ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop or whatever. Just install what you need. At the end you will have your ubuntu linux box installed exactly as you wanted, but with the last versions (stable) of the packages. If you want to install directly the unstable ones, you will need to modify the download sources (urls) manually when required (I&#8217;m not sure about that, please leave a comment if you did). Good luck.
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		<title>Can&#8217;t connect to MSN, error code 81000314</title>
		<link>http://www.pbworks.net/wp/2006/09/11/cant-connect-to-msn-error-code-81000314/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>English</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>msn</dc:subject><dc:subject>sux</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;m really pissed off because I can&#8217;t connect to MSN Messenger, neither using gaim 2.0.0b31, nor using the &#8220;official&#8221; Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0792.00 patched it with A-Patch130rc1b37_WLM to remove advertisements (I invite you to do the same, why should you watch advertisements in your contact list and in your message window, when you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I&#8217;m really pissed off because I can&#8217;t connect to MSN Messenger, neither using gaim 2.0.0b31, nor using the &#8220;official&#8221; Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0792.00 patched it with <a href="http://apatch.ikhost.com/">A-Patch130rc1b37_WLM</a> to remove advertisements (I invite you to do the same, why should you watch advertisements in your contact list and in your message window, when you can easily block them with this patch?).</p>
<p>Hopefully this sort of annoyance doesn&#8217;t occur often, but when it happens it lasts for hours. MSN already ruined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette">netiquette</a> with the stupid custom smileys ant other useless features. now it ruins my afternoon, keeping lots of people disconnected.</p>
<p>I really feel that something is missing. I hope MSN will work again soon. Let&#8217;s use skype as alternative in the meanwhile.</p>
<p>18:50 edit: now it works again (thanks Bill)! I see that complaining works <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<title>upgrading ubuntu breezy to dapper</title>
		<link>http://www.pbworks.net/wp/2006/05/23/upgrading-ubuntu-breezy-to-dapper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 08:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>dapper</dc:subject><dc:subject>ubuntu</dc:subject><dc:subject>upgrade</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
If you upgrade your ubuntu breezy distribution to dapper before its official release (June 1st), you may encounter some problems, as I did. In this post you can find a guide to upgrade from breezy to dapper and some fixes for the issues that affected my distribution (and possibly yours) after the upgrade process.
Warning: if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>If you upgrade your ubuntu breezy distribution to dapper before its official release (June 1st), you may encounter some problems, as I did. In this post you can find a guide to upgrade from breezy to dapper and some fixes for the issues that affected my distribution (and possibly yours) after the upgrade process.</p>
<p>Warning: if you are using ubuntu linux in production environments (at work) and you don&#8217;t want to risk to lose an entire day to fix a possibly broken upgrade, I suggest to wait a couple of months (until dapper is mature enough and all the upgrade issues are fixed) before upgrading. If you can risk go on and have fun <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I was using kubuntu breezy with Firefox 1.5 and Thunderbird 1.5 installed following these guides:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion">FirefoxNewVersion - Ubuntu Wiki<br />
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&#038;start=1&#038;q=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThunderbirdNewVersion&#038;e=42">ThunderbirdNewVersion - Ubuntu Wiki<br />
</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I forgot to remove them before upgrading. I suggest you to get rid of them (but keep the profiles, so when you upgrade to dapper all your extensions and settings will be already there) by following the uninstall instructions (see links above), else you can do that later&#8230;</p>
<h3>Upgrading to dapper</h3>
<p>My old sources.list file was looking as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the<br />
## distribution.<br />
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the &#8216;universe&#8217;<br />
## repository.<br />
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu<br />
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to<br />
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in<br />
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security<br />
## team.<br />
# deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe<br />
# deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe</p>
<p>## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the &#8216;backports&#8217;<br />
## repository.<br />
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as<br />
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes<br />
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.<br />
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review<br />
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.<br />
# deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse<br />
# deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p># deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe<br />
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe</p>
<p>## Backports<br />
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde352 breezy main<br />
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-15 breezy main<br />
#deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest dapper main</p></blockquote>
<p>As you can notice I was using the latest KDE version (3.5.2) from the kubuntu.org repositories. The amarok repository was commented because I tried it and it didn&#8217;t work for dependencies with dapper packages that couldn&#8217;t be installed as I was using breezy.</p>
<p>If you are using kubuntu, make sure that you have installed this meta package before upgrading to dapper (else kde could be removed):</p>
<ul>
<li>sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop</li>
</ul>
<p>In order to upgrade to dapper I had to replace all the &#8220;breezy&#8221; occurrences in my sources.list file with &#8220;dapper&#8221;. With the &#8220;vi&#8221; editor you can do this as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources-breezy (backup the file just in case)</li>
<li>sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list</li>
<li>:1,$s/breezy/dapper/ (search &#8220;breezy&#8221; and replace with &#8220;dapper&#8221;)</li>
<li>:wq (to save and quit)</li>
</ul>
<p>My new sources.list file is looking as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the<br />
## distribution.<br />
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the &#8216;universe&#8217;<br />
## repository.<br />
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu<br />
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to<br />
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in<br />
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security<br />
## team.<br />
# deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe<br />
# deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe</p>
<p>## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the &#8216;backports&#8217;<br />
## repository.<br />
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as<br />
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes<br />
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.<br />
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review<br />
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.<br />
# deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse<br />
# deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse<br />
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p># deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe<br />
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe</p>
<p>## Backports<br />
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse</p>
<p>deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde352 dapper main<br />
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-15 dapper main<br />
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest dapper main</p></blockquote>
<p>When your sources.list is ready, you can proceed as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>sudo apt-get update</li>
<li>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</li>
</ul>
<p>After the upgrade I logged out, restarted the X Server and logged in. Kde was still 3.5.2 but it looked different, I guess because it took some default configuration values.</p>
<h3>Firefox and Thunderbird</h3>
<p>As dapper already contains the latest Firefox (1.5.0.3) and Thunderbird (1.5.0.2) versions I removed Firefox (1.5) and Thunderbird (1.5) that I manually installed before (see above).</p>
<h3>Openoffice</h3>
<p>I noticed that openoffice2 was no more there&#8230; I try to manually install it as follows:<br />
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org2</p>
<p>But I got the following error: &#8220;openoffice2.org: openoffice.org2: Depends: openoffice.org (> 2.0.2) but it is not going to be installed&#8221;. Thus I asked for some support in the freenode #ubuntu+1 IRC channel and someone told me to just install the &#8220;openoffice.org&#8221; package. I did that and surprise: it worked. Do as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>sudo apt-get install openoffice.org</li>
</ul>
<h3>KDE issues</h3>
<h4>Panel Menu icons not updated</h4>
<p>The problem is that the menu icons weren&#8217;t updated. Openoffice was there but not the icons, the same problem occurred for other programs. To resolve this I had to move (I never delete, just in case) the ~/.config and the ~/.local/share/applications folders:</p>
<ul>
<li>mv ~/.config ~/.config.old</li>
<li>mv ~/.local/share/applications ~/.local/share/applications.old</li>
</ul>
<p>Then I logged out and logged in in order for the kde menu to be (autopmatically) recreated correctly. It worked as expected.</p>
<h4>Konqueror opening bookmarks in new windows instead of new tabs</h4>
<p>I don&#8217;t know why but in dapper konqueror changed its behaviour. I had to reconfigure it as follows:</p>
<p>Konqueror > Menu &#8220;Settings&#8221; > Configure Konqueror > Web Behaviour > Tabbed Browsing > Advanced Options > thick &#8220;Open as tab in existing Konqueror when URL is called externally&#8221;.</p>
<h4>Quanta Plus</h4>
<p>I have the same problem as for Konqueror. Each time I edit a file it opens a new Quanta instance instead of using a new tab in the same one. I&#8217;m actually looking for a way to solve this.</p>
<p>Edit 09.06.06: to solve the issue go in the KDE menu, to the Quanta Icon > click on it with the right mouse button > Edit Item > replace &#8220;quanta %U&#8221; with &#8220;quanta &#8211;unique > /dev/null 2>&#038;1&#8243; and uncheck the option &#8220;Enable launch feedback&#8221;.</p>
<h3>Sound not working anymore</h3>
<p>I had another problem. The sound. With breezy I was using the kernel image 2.6.12-10-686 and my USB headset (I have no soundcard at work) was properly working. A friend of mine told me that it&#8217;s because the udev support was introduced only from the kernel version 2.6.13. Probably breezy was designed to create the devices at the boot time and dapper is &#8220;lazy&#8221; and it expects that the kernel does that. As I had an older kernel than 2.6.13 the device wasn&#8217;t created. To see if the problem affects also your upgraded distribution, issue this command:</p>
<ul>
<li>ls /dev/dsp</li>
</ul>
<p>If you get &#8220;No such file or directory&#8221; you may need to install a newer kernel image, as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>apt-cache search linux-image (to see which versions are available)</li>
</ul>
<p>When I wrote this post the newer linux image was the 2.6.15-23, thus, as my computer had a 686 compatible processor, I installed the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>sudo apt-get install  linux-image-2.6.15-23-686</li>
</ul>
<h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>To summarize I was using kubuntu breezy with the latest kde (3.5.2) repositories from kubuntu.org, I had Firefox 1.5 and Thunderbird 1.5 manually installed (because breezy had older versions). After upgrading to dapper Openoffice was gone, the kde menu icons where not updated and the sound was not working anymore. I fixed these issues as I described in this post. I hope it may help other people that can&#8217;t wait till the official dapper release on June 1st <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Good luck.</p>
<p>For more (official) documentation, take a look at <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Testing/UpgradePaths">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Testing/UpgradePaths</a></p>
<p>Take a look also at the <a href="http://www.krazypenguin.net/Ubuntu_Dapper_Drake_6.06_Guide">Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Guide</a> (it&#8217;s really a very well done guide to help you to satisfy all your needs).<br />
A special thanks to the people that helped me in the IRC channels #ubuntu, #ubuntu+1 and #kubuntu on freenode.
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		<title>Stai male? Piccola guida per stare meglio.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 09:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Personale</dc:subject><dc:subject>depressione</dc:subject><dc:subject>disperazione</dc:subject><dc:subject>guida</dc:subject><dc:subject>soluzioni</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come combattere la depressione e la disperazione?
Una persona (della quale ti fidi, che ami) ti ha fatto o ha preso una decisione che ti fa star male e ti ha deluso?
Stai male, malissimo, sei disperato/a a tal punto che non sai che fare?
Se qualcuno dovesse star così male da cercare in google la soluzione, spero [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Come combattere la depressione e la disperazione?</h3>
<p>Una persona (della quale ti fidi, che ami) ti ha fatto o ha preso una decisione che ti fa star male e ti ha deluso?</p>
<p>Stai male, malissimo, sei disperato/a a tal punto che non sai che fare?</p>
<p>Se qualcuno dovesse star così male da cercare in google la soluzione, spero che trovi questa pagina e spero che possa trovare qualcosa di utile in queste righe.</p>
<h3>Soluzioni possibili</h3>
<p><strong>Piangere</strong>. Piangere non è mai stato un delitto. Se ci tieni alla tua autostima piangi per i fatti tuoi. Non c&#8217;é bisogno che qualcuno ti veda. Ma se ti trovi più confortato con la presenza di un amico/amica, piangi con lui/lei. Una pacca sulla spalla, qualche abbraccio e qualche parola consolatoria non hanno mai fatto male.</p>
<p><strong>Parlare</strong>. Personalmente mi è venuta in mente la chat. IRC? Naaaa. In IRC è pieno d&#8217;avvoltoi che sanno solo dirti &#8220;hai ragione&#8221; &#8220;se fossi in te&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;sei stato trattato ingiustamente&#8221;. Personalmente credo che queste cose siano scontate. <strong>Parlane con un amico reale</strong>. E&#8217; meglio. Se non c&#8217;é nessuno disponibile dal vivo spero che ci sia almeno su Messenger. Alla peggio <strong>scrivi un SMS al tuo migliore amico</strong>, scrivi una mail, telefona&#8230; se non ci sono amici disponibili spero almeno che ci sia qualche famigliare. C&#8217;é sicuramente qualcuno col quale puoi sfogarti. Magari non hai mai parlato di problemi con un tuo genitore o parente, ma sappi che un rapporto non è mai scontato, ma si crea. Potrebbe essere il momento giusto per scoprire che un parente può anche essere un grande amico (se non addirittura meglio) nel momento del bisogno.</p>
<p><strong>Isolarsi è sbagliato</strong>. Se ti isoli non fai altro che cadere nella spirale della disperazione. <strong>Cerca il contatto</strong>, semmai esci a bere qualcosa, esci a ballare, esci a fare un po&#8217; di sport.</p>
<p><strong>Cercare un&#8217;attività di sfogo</strong>. Se non vuoi uscire prendi a pugni il tuo materasso (almeno non ti distruggi la mano). Distruggi qualcosa ma possibilmente niente che abbia troppo valore (o piatti e bicchieri, perché distruggerli, valgono poco ma poi devi andarli a ricomprare <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> . Sfogati, fa qualche flessione, fatti una corsa, fatti un giro in bici, fa quello che vuoi ma fa uscire la frustrazione o la rabbia che c&#8217;é in te.</p>
<p><strong>Ripulirsi</strong>. Probabilmente non erro se dico che stai sudando freddo. Fa un po&#8217; d&#8217;attività fisica e poi vatti a fare un bel bagno o una doccia. Consiglio: dopo una doccia calda, fatti anche una doccia fredda per riattivare la circolazione e per farti sentire più sveglio. Qui si tratta di ripulirsi interiormente, ma dato che il corpo è il guscio dell&#8217;anima e senza di esso l&#8217;anima muore o vaga Dio solo sa dove, è buona cosa curare questo guscio. Rasati, curati, non lasciarti diventare uno schifo o starai solo peggio.<br />
<strong>Scrivere</strong>. Se sei più &#8220;intellettuale&#8221; e sei in vena di scrivere, scrivi! Giusto un consiglio: il mondo è pieno d&#8217;avvoltoi, non alimentarli fornendo loro la tua carne, cioè il tuo dolore. tieni per te la tua privacy, non esporti. Se vuoi e ti fa sentir meglio, fa leggere quello che hai scritto alle persone di cui ti fidi. Ma evita di far riferimento a persone e a fatti reali sul tuo blog personale (se è lì che volevi scrivere), come già detto gli avvoltoi si nutrono di queste cose. Inventati una storia con tante metafore, persone e fatti inventati (magari ispirandoti a quel che ti è successo), potresti (ri)scoprire la tua creatività e il tuo talento narrativo <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Musica</strong>. Non ascoltare smancerie, musiche lente o sentimentali (non possono far altro che deprimerti). Ascolta qualcosa di &#8220;(c)attivo&#8221; e di potente. Ascolta che so, un po&#8217; di musica punk, techno o qualcosa che distragga la tua mente e che non ti faccia pensare al torto che hai subito o al male che provi. Ascolta qualcosa che ti dia la carica, non qualcosa che scarichi le tue batterie.</p>
<p><strong>Cantare</strong>. Canta qualcosa di (c)attivo per far uscire la rabbia e la frustrazione che c&#8217;é in te. Ogni canzone ha la sua morale. Se qualcuno canta qualcosa di simile a quel che hai visttuo significa che non sei solo. La musica ci unisce e c&#8217;é qualcuno che ti capisce.</p>
<p><strong>Il lavoro è importante. Cercare di pensare efficientemente.</strong> So che quando si sta male è veramente difficile controllare i propri sentimenti, ma se hai un lavoro da svolgere quella è la tua priorità, è qualcosa di &#8220;stabile&#8221;. Non lasciare che una delusione d&#8217;amore o il comportamento di una persona della quale ti fidi mandi all&#8217;aria una delle poche cose stabili che hai. Il lavoro dovrebbe essere ratificante. Cerca di trovare soddisfazione in quello che fai. Anche se hai un lavoro noioso questo è il momento per pensare positivo e cercare di renderlo divertente o interessante. In confronto alla delusione e al male che provi, il lavoro (anche se noioso) è il paradiso, no?</p>
<p><strong>C&#8217;è sempre qualcuno che sta peggio di te</strong>. Viviamo in una giungla, nel mondo succedono barbarie di ogni tipo che neanche riusciresti ad immaginare. Fattene una ragione, la vita va avanti. Anche se dovesse morirti la persona che più ti sta cara, devi guardare in avanti. Forse non ti aiuta pensare che c&#8217;è gente che sta peggio di te. Ma sicuramente se tu (che stai male in questo momento) dovessi parlare con qualcuno che sta peggio di te e dovessi aiutarlo a tirarsi su riusciresti in qualche modo a darti un po&#8217; di pace.</p>
<p><strong>Deprimersi non serve a niente</strong>. La depressione non aiuta. La depressione è una spirale e ti farà stare ancora peggio. Non caderci.</p>
<p><strong>Sfuggire dal problema non serve a niente</strong>. Affronta il problema, non aspettare all&#8217;infinito. Ogni problema ha la sua soluzione (anche se spesso non è la soluzione che t&#8217;aspettavi).</p>
<p><strong>Non ricadere in un vizio. </strong>L&#8217;alcool, la droga, abbuffarsi di dolchi o di altre schifezze, passare ore e ore in un videogame non serve a niente. Non parlo per esperienza, ma sono sicuro che diventare alcolizzati o drogati non sia una bella cosa. Tu cosa ne pensi? Però posso dirti che cadere nel vizio di un gioco o in quello della chat ti allontana dalla realtà. Stà coi piedi per terra. Vivere in un mondo immaginario non serve a niente. Il mondo è quello che è, ma puoi sicuramente viverci con armonia. Basta cercarla.<br />
<strong>Dormirci su</strong>. Spesso una buona dormita (oltre a tutti i punti elencati sopra) ti aiuta a chiarire le idee. Se dopo averci dormito su (anche diverse notti) ti senti ancora male, prendi i provvedimenti necessari. <strong>Comunica con l&#8217;altra parte</strong> (con chi ti ha fatto star male) <strong>oppure mettici una croce sopra</strong>. Spesso la gente è troppo immatura per affrontare le sue colpe. La cosa peggiore che uno può vivere è non rendersi conto di aver sbagliato. Se proprio uno ti ha deluso profondamente non è necessario &#8220;aiutarlo&#8221; dicendogli cosa e dove ha sbagliato. Se ami una persona però diglielo. Magari questa persona capirà l&#8217;errore e cercherà di migliorare. Altrimenti che ognuno raccolga quel che ha seminato. E&#8217; giusto che si paghi per i propri errori.</p>
<p><strong>Non fare agli altri quel che non vuoi che sia fatto a te</strong>. Qualsiasi torto tu abbia subito la vendetta è sbagliata. Hai mai sentito di gente che presa dalla disperazione ha ucciso la propria famiglia e poi si è suicidata? Ti sembra la soluzione? Hai la vita davanti. Se facessi una cosa del genere cos&#8217;avresti davanti? Il nulla. Meglio vivere con un po&#8217; di sofferenza alle spalle che non vivere del tutto. Ricordati. Si vive una volta sola, non buttare via questa chance. Ringrazia chi vuoi (Dio?) ma la vita è un privilegio che ti è concesso una volta sola. Anche se sei credente chi ti garantisce che quello in cui credi sia vero? Nel dubbio meglio non rischiare, no? E comunque se sei credente, credo che Dio voglia che tu viva una vita piena di felicità, non che tu ti lasciassi andare e buttassi all&#8217;aria tutto quello che hai costruito (e che Lui ti ha concesso).</p>
<p><strong>Tutti pagano per i propri errori</strong>. Un giorno o l&#8217;altro amo credere che tutti raccoglieranno, direttamente o indirettamente, quello che han seminato. Forse anche tu non ti sei comportato bene nel passato, pensaci. A quante persone hai fatto del male? Forse ora stai pagando per il male che hai provocato agli altri. Sfrutta questa opportunità per cercare di migliorare e di non commettere mai più del male verso il prossimo.</p>
<p><strong>Pensare positivo</strong>. Se stai malissimo puoi solo cercare di star meglio: basta provare a fare un&#8217;attività elencata sopra.</p>
<p><strong>Pensare alle proprie responsabilità</strong>. Forse il mio slogan non piacerà a tutti, ma credo che la vita sia come una lotta continua per sopravvivere, difendere i propri valori e le persone che si ama. Come un militare, ogni persona ha una missione più importante di tutto, pure della propria vita. La missione è prioritaria e la vita è piena d&#8217;imprevisti che cercheranno di farti fallire nel compierla. Ma tu non puoi lasciarti andare. Se cadi devi rialzarti e combattere fino all&#8217;ulrima goccia di sangue in corpo e fino all&#8217;ultimo respiro. Se proprio devi cadere, fallo con onore dando il massimo fino alla fine. In modo meno estremo tutti, persino tu hai indirettamente o meno delle responsabilità, delle persone che credono o che dipendono da te (ad es. famiglia, amici, conoscenti, colleghi, comunità&#8230;): se tu cadi recerai loro del dispiacere, loro ti amano, ti fa sentir meglio che loro stanno male per causa tua? Rialzati, fallo prima di tutto per te stesso ma anche per loro. Probabilmente se ti senti veramente male non te ne fregherà niente di loro, ma è sbagliato. Devi ricordarti della tua missione.<br />
<strong>Anche se tu non ci credi, Dio crede in te</strong>. Bene o male ne uscirai, basta volerlo. Basta accettare la Sua mano e ti aiuterà fuori dai guai. Ma sei tu che devi cercare questa mano invisibile.</p>
<p>E ora in piedi, basta disperarti, che ci fai ancora qui? <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  <strong>sorridi alla vita, ne hai una sola</strong>.
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		<title>The best action against Internet Explorer that I&#8217;ve ever seen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Personale</dc:subject><dc:subject>adsense</dc:subject><dc:subject>firefox</dc:subject><dc:subject>ie</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At first I thought that this site was a scum: 
I seldom receive chain mails to forward in order to receive 100$ USD from Microsoft for each e-mail sent. Common&#8230; Ridiculous.
I logged in my Google AdSense Account, checked under &#8220;Products&#8221; and found under &#8220;Referrals&#8221; (besides &#8220;Google AdSense&#8221; and &#8220;Google AdWords&#8221;) the new product &#8220;Improved [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> At first I thought that this site was a scum: <a title="Explorer Destroyer" href="http://www.explorerdestroyer.com/"><img width="100%" border="0" alt="Explorer Destroyer" src="http://www.explorerdestroyer.com/title.png%22" /></a></p>
<p>I seldom receive chain mails to forward in order to receive 100$ USD from Microsoft for each e-mail sent. Common&#8230; Ridiculous.</p>
<p>I logged in my Google AdSense Account, checked under &#8220;Products&#8221; and found under &#8220;Referrals&#8221; (besides &#8220;Google AdSense&#8221; and &#8220;Google AdWords&#8221;) the new product &#8220;Improved web browsing&#8221;.</p>
<p>Of course &#8220;Improved web browsing&#8221; is about Firefox. Google recently decided to promote Firefox in his homepage. And i guess it was not just because the open source world rules. It&#8217;s because of the revenue.<br />
Think about the typical M$ users: they use Internet Explorer and they install MSN Messenger, which installs the MSN bar, which includes MSN Search.<br />
If people search using MSN Search they see the M$ banners and adwords, not the Google ones <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> Thus, Google gives to the referrer 1$ but will earn a lot of money from the banners showed in the google searches (made with the google toolbar integrated in firefox) instead of the MSN one.<br />
The creator of Explorer Destroyer was quite smart to create such a script. He won&#8217;t earn anything from the users that already have an adsense account (like my case), but he will probably earn something from people switchng to Firefox using hi banner and because he has a referral banner to &#8220;AdSense&#8221;, which is needed to participate to the initiative. Google gives 100$ to the referrer if a subscriber to adsense will make 100$ in the first 120 days (3 months).</p>
<p>Personally, with my small website I did 100$ after one year, but with some luck the creator of explorerdestroyer.com will get some more money because of this funny and useful initiative. Easy. He is a genius.</p>
<p>I personally hate Internet Explorer. I did several websites and I always had to insert a &#8220;hack&#8221; in my code in order to make the site render as it renders using the other browsers such as Firefox, Opera, Konqueror etc.</p>
<p>Conclusion: I think that every person that hates Internet Explorer (as I do) should put the banner in his personal website or personal blog.
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		<title>wordpress-it.it defacciato</title>
		<link>http://www.pbworks.net/wp/2006/04/28/wordpress-itit-defacciato/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>defaced</dc:subject><dc:subject>wordpress</dc:subject><dc:subject>wordpress it</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ E&#8217; stato defacciato niente meno che il punto di riferimento di WordPress in Italia: wordpress-it.it. Il sito verso le 09:00 di stamattina mi è apparso così:

Che maledetta coincidenza, proprio ieri sera avevo inserito un post nei loro forum per pubblicizzare i miei 2 prototipi di blog navigabili a history creati con wordpress.
Modifica 11:10: la [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> E&#8217; stato defacciato niente meno che il punto di riferimento di WordPress in Italia: <a href="http://www.wordpress-it.it">wordpress-it.it</a>. Il sito verso le 09:00 di stamattina mi è apparso così:</p>
<div style="text-align: center"><img width="100%" alt="wordpress-it.it hacked" id="image85" src="http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/wpitahacked.png" /></div>
<p>Che maledetta coincidenza, proprio ieri sera avevo inserito un post nei loro forum per <a href="http://www.wordpress-it.it/forum/topic.php?id=1485">pubblicizzare i miei 2 prototipi di blog navigabili a history creati con wordpress</a>.</p>
<p>Modifica 11:10: la homepage di wordpress-it è tornata &#8220;normale&#8221;. Speriamo che resti così.
</p>
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		<title>Joint Ops is still actual</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Personal</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>3dshooter</dc:subject><dc:subject>game</dc:subject><dc:subject>jointops</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Joint Operations (search for &#8220;joint operations&#8221; in gamespot.com), aka Joint Ops, aka J.O., JO or JOE (Joint Ops Escalation) is still &#8220;actual&#8221;, even if it&#8217;s 2 years old. To demonstrate it, not only the huge list of servers on novaworld (ok, sometimes they are &#8220;empty&#8221;), but also the maps and mods that you can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Joint Operations (<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?type=11&#038;stype=all&#038;qs=joint+operations&#038;x=0&#038;y=0">search for &#8220;joint operations&#8221; in gamespot.com</a>), aka Joint Ops, aka J.O., JO or JOE (Joint Ops Escalation) is still &#8220;actual&#8221;, even if it&#8217;s 2 years old. To demonstrate it, not only the huge list of servers on novaworld (ok, sometimes they are &#8220;empty&#8221;), but also the maps and mods that you can download and install to make Joint Ops look different.</p>
<h3>Mods</h3>
<p>The <a href="http://mods.moddb.com/4716/joint-operations-reality/">Reality Mod</a> (<a href="http://jointoperations.filefront.com/file/Joint_Operations_Reality_Mod_Version;58225">Download Reality Mod at Filefront.com</a>) makes the game more realistic, realistic ammo counts, realistic sounds etc.</p>
<p><img align="right" title="IC banner" id="image83" alt="IC banner" src="http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/icbanner.thumbnail.jpg" /></p>
<p>The International Conflict Mod (IC mod) (see <a href="http://www.internationalconflict.com/videos/Map%20team/MODMOVIE2.wmv">IC mod movie</a>) is actually the most famous. It gives you more realism, new weapons, new (more realistic and powerful) sounds and new textures for buildings and terrains. <a href="http://jointoperations.filefront.com/files/Joint_Operations/Mods;4214">J.O. Mods at Filefront.com</a>: download the version 1.13 and the patch &#8220;113 to 121&#8243;. Take a look at <a href="http://del.icio.us/firepol/ic+joe">my list of IC maps on del.icio.us</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to see the Urban Mod. Check the <a href="http://www.dfbarracks.com/news/index.php?action=full_story&#038;articleid=2170">Delta Force Barracks: urban mod video</a>.</p>
<h3>Maps</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.dfbarracks.com/mapdb/index.php?action=lm&#038;gv=joe">Delta force Barracks: Joint Ops Escalation</a>: this is my favorite site to download maps. I prefear COOP game and almost every day you can find a couple of new maps. My favorite ones are the CQB (close quarter battle) during daytime. I hate the night and I hate bad weather. I like desert maps but I don&#8217;t have many. I also like the maps where you have your base under attack and you must defend it. Usually these maps are hard and you die lots of times, but it&#8217;s also funny to play with a big team. I can&#8217;t understand why people leave my server when a map like this is loaded <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If you want to create a map you can try with N.I.L.E. Take a look at the <a href="http://www.dfbarracks.com/forums/index.php?gid=82">Delta Force Barracks Maps and Terrain Forums</a>. Personally I don&#8217;t have a lot of time but i managed to create (with NILE) a simple arena map with 200 terrorists to kill, just to see if I was able to create something. It&#8217;s not that difficult, but you need a lot of imagination and a lot of time. If you want to recreate e.g. the town or village where you live, you&#8217;ll probably need to take a look how to create a terrain. Personally I&#8217;d like to recreate my village, or my school and create a mission on that terrain <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .<br />
f you want you can monitor the maps I download, check <a href="http://del.icio.us/firepol/joe">my list of JOE maps on del.icio.us</a>.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Even after 2 years Joint Ops is still funny and playable. The longevity is with no dubt thanks to the map makers that take the time to create new great ones, to the mod makers, that create such funny mods (the new IC mod sounds are great, the AK47 sound is my favorite and I always use it even if I don&#8217;t like terrorist weapons <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ).</p>
<p>2 years ago I paid it about 80 CHF (JO) + 40 CHF (JOE) = 120 swiss francs. Now you can find <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYDRC4/104-4611329-8319901?v=glance&#038;n=468642">Joint Ops Combined Arms (JO + JOE) on Amazon</a> for 17$ USD. If you haven&#8217;t yet bought it, what are you waiting for? <img src='http://www.pbworks.net/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Update 29.4.06: <a href="http://www.internationalconflict.com/videos/Map%20team/MODMOVIE2.wmv">IC mod movie</a>
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		<title>Thunderbird: Sending of password did not succeed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pol</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>IT stuff</dc:subject><dc:subject>bug</dc:subject><dc:subject>password</dc:subject><dc:subject>thunderbird</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;ve just changed my yahoo (mail) password. I&#8217;ve opened Thunderbird and clicked &#8220;Get Mail&#8221;. Instead of getting a warning telling me that the password is wrong, and asking me to insert a new one, I got this warning:
Sending of password did not succeed. [&#8230;]
I got this error using Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 under Windows XP (no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I&#8217;ve just changed my yahoo (mail) password. I&#8217;ve opened Thunderbird and clicked &#8220;Get Mail&#8221;. Instead of getting a warning telling me that the password is wrong, and asking me to insert a new one, I got this warning:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sending of password did not succeed. [&#8230;]</p></blockquote>
<p>I got this error using Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 under Windows XP (no SP installed).</p>
<p>I googled around and found that some people had a similar problem: see <a href="http://www.gmailforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10053">GmailForums: Can&#8217;t check/download messages with thunderbird 0.8</a>.</p>
<p>Some people say that the solution is to delete the TB profile and to reinstall TB from scratch. I think that these people are simply crazy. It&#8217;s not a solution to reinstall everything from scratch just because you changed the password and TB doesn&#8217;t prompt to insert a new one (well, of course, this problem really suck but I guess it suck more to lose a lot of time to recreate your profile etc.).</p>
<p><strong>Here the solution that worked for me</strong>:</p>
<ol>
<li>If you have more than one e-mail account and you didn&#8217;t to a backup of your passwords, go in the &#8220;Tools&#8221; Menu > Options > Passwords > View Saved Passwords > Show Passwords > Yes > take a screenshot or write them in a safe place.</li>
<li>Close TB. Enter your profile folder and move these files in a backup folder: <strong>12345678</strong>.s, cert8.db, key3.db (12345678 can be a different number for you).</li>
<li>Open TB: you will get prompted to insert the passwords for your accounts. I still got an error message &#8220;Sending of password did not succeed.&#8221; for my yahoo account, but I clicked again &#8220;Get Mail&#8221; and I received my messages. Now it works.</li>
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<p>Explanation: TB will recreate the 12345678.s, cert8.db and key3.db files. In case of problems you can restore the files that you moved in a backup folder before (1).<br />
My comment: shame on TB for such a bug that made me lose about 1 hour of work + another 30 minutes to write this guide for unlucky people that get the same issue. I was thinking that TB would be smart enough to recognize a wrong password and ask the user to insert e new one.
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