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http://blog.mikeasoft.com/2006/11/24/playing-youtube-videos-without-flash/

I just saw this link on debian-user and thought it might interest some of you. This replaces the youtube default flash-bas

Every once in a while there comes a situation where a file is too big for a CD, or you want to store a file larger than 2GB on a FAT partition, or you want to make a backup of data with UNIX-style permissions (almost a 100% necessity if backing up a $HOME folder with settings) and all you have is a FAT volume somewhere. Here the multi-volume feature of GNU tar comes to play. The ZIP and RAR formats have a similar feature, probably originally for floppy disks, but they don't store UNIX-style permissions. Also, the feature is in GNU tar for a partly historical reason (partly because it is probably still widely used for the original purpose):

by default, firefox buttons and input fields are ugly Windows-95-style - this does not look good at all in a modern GNU/Linux environment IMHO; so I did a wee bit about it; the google.com index page looks like this for me now:

Dive into Python - Submerge yourself in a new list of titles

Cash'n'CarrionDive Into Python is a hands-on guide to the Python language. Each chapter starts with a real complete code sample, proceeds to pick it apart and explain the pieces, and then puts it all back together again in a summary at the end.…

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good book. definately recommeded to programmers who want to learn python, the most beautiful language in existance. Although you can download it for free, I have it in print. Apress books are usually good, and having it in print is really nice. And a printed, high quality book under the GFDL is an uncommon sight. Long live Apress for daring to sell such a thing