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  Why are my fonts broken?
 
Anyone know how to make Netscape Navigator display the font sizes correctly under Red Hat Linux 6.1 + Gnome? What looks great under Windoze 95 comes out looking like scrap under my installation of RHL... :-( Here are a couple screenshots: (URL) the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: S3 Trio3D & XFree86?
 
(...) Oh, BTW, that worked great -- thanks for the help. I put in an ATI XPERT98 card (8MB, PCI, 3D Rage Pro chipset) and it FLIES, even at 1600x1200x16bit. Very happy! --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: 100,000 page views!
 
On Friday brickshelf had another 90,000 page views and 12 Gigs of transferrs. Although by now I suspect it's mostly people downloading the whole site, it's still amazing. The funny thing is that it was slashdotted in December for the 2000 consumer (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  OpenGL
 
Does anybody out there know their way around the OpenGL API? I could use some suggestions right now for a problem I have with the interaction between the Lighting and Material functions and the Back Face Culling. It looks like I'll be spending a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Y2K bug in action
 
(...) aka "reality", as it's known outside the publishing world. (...) I doubt that that will continue for more than a few decades. There's just so much you can do with a computer - immersive VR with more objects than you can handle is probably the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Leap-seconds (was: Re: Leapyears (was Y2K problem with lugnet! (was Re: Help...)))
 
(...) Absolutely. I've seen it (or possibly a link) posted in the Sacry Devil Monastery and/or the Other Place fairly recently. The denizens all had a good laugh. (...) xntpd. Jasper (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Passed last exam - call me MCSE
 
was 3.51, yes. *sigh* _Lots_ more to do to get "back in the saddle" - if I decide to even go that way. -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Passed last exam - call me MCSE
 
(...) Hrmmm - are you 3.51 certified or something? If not, your NT4 MCSE will be perfectly valid until ... December 31, 2001 according to M$'s cert page. I'll be taking the accelerated route to the 2000 MCSE, which will involve me passing 70-240: (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Passed last exam - call me MCSE
 
Congrats (late, I know). Funnily enuf, this is about the time that mine's expiring and I'm trying to decide if I should head off & start on the Win2K track or just bag it all and (try to) become a Linux "expert" -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" "Mike (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Y2K bug in action
 
(...) Contemplated it. I give my self some small credit for realizing that there was a better fix somewhere. Part of the problem is that our DCL manuals have been lost to history, so figuring out the answer would have been rather complicated, using (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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