>>> How did this get a -1 rating? It should be modded informative or at least funny. <<<
I once moved my mouse a bit and gave a - rather than a +. SH. The metamoderators seem to have taken care of it both times.
Gotta be careful about that. There are metamoderators who label any negative mod as 'unfair'. I went troll bashing with my mod points a couple of times. Lost all my karma and didn't get mod points for months.
Klaus Knopper's Knoppix has encouraged many people build their own distro. Most of these have instructions for remastering the disk and creating a personal Linux disro on a bootable CD.
I'm fond of:
GeeXbox - multimedia player, plays my DVDs on a old machine.
SLAX - based on Slackware, detailed instructions for remastering. Has quite a community around it.
Austrumi - Loads into memory and then ejects the CD. Browser, word processor, Email, multimedia, games, more. It's only a 48 M download, I love it.
Puppy - Good reviews but doesn't work on my hardware.
DamnSmallLinux - Fits on a miniCD. A community is growing around this one also.
>>> Oh, and all M$ products sitting on a shelf are in their original boxes and amount to old copies of WFW and MS-DOS 3.2. >>>
Did you mean MS-DOS 3.3 or perhaps MS-DOS 6.2? 3.2 wasn't the disaster that was DOS 4 but it was a pain. Most companies quickly upgraded when 3.3 came out.
I'm not worried about any knife in the back from IBM.
I once cheered Bill as he took IBM to the woodshed, I loved Win95 *gasp*. But I've changed and so has IBM. They've proven by their actions over the last 5 years that they 'get it'. They are going to take good care of the golden goose.
>>> Uhh, how exactly is this newsworthy? Are we that starved for stories? >>>
Uhh, how exactly is this worth posting? Are you that starved to say something.
This is big news but you'll have to go to Groklaw or the SCOX board at Yahoo Finance to see why. The judge seems to be a no nonsense type and he told SCO, in nice legal terms, to put up or shut up. They don't have anything to put up and Blake Stowell has said they are not going to shut up. Lotsa very happy posters at Groklaw and The Board.
I played NIM on a Braniac about 1958. It was six rotating switches; programmed by altering the studs and jumpers. The manual had a nice section on logic and switching circuits and lots of programming projects.
SCO and AdTI are wonderful jokes. If this is the fight part then perhaps an updated version of the quote would read: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you laugh at them, then you win.
>> And last, but not least, a good Google search. Another thing that has saved my skin time and again is to input exact error messages and see what Google turns up. >>
A friend's computer refused to boot and displayed: error 1506 Google search: Your ps/2 mouse and ps/2 keyboard plugs are reversed.
Google News is reporting a CRN interview with McBride and Sontag (20 minutes ago). The interview has already been pulled! Does anyone have it in cache by chance? It might be very interesting.
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I hear you skinny.
A friend is an independent Volvo mechanic.
He has 3 very comfortable computer chairs built from Volvo seats.
That was on the QST cover during a previous peak about 40 years ago.
Me too. /.
Columbine, 9/11
Proud moments for
Not this time tho'.
Not sure why.
This is a sad time for my country.
I hang my head in despair and shame.
>>>
How did this get a -1 rating? It should be modded informative or at least funny.
<<<
I once moved my mouse a bit and gave a - rather than a +. SH. The metamoderators seem to have taken care of it both times.
Gotta be careful about that. There are metamoderators who label any negative mod as 'unfair'. I went troll bashing with my mod points a couple of times. Lost all my karma and didn't get mod points for months.
Karma bonus=off
"How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution"
Klaus Knopper's Knoppix has encouraged many people build their own distro. Most of these have instructions for remastering the disk and creating a personal Linux disro on a bootable CD.
I'm fond of:
GeeXbox - multimedia player, plays my DVDs on a old machine.
SLAX - based on Slackware, detailed instructions for remastering. Has quite a community around it.
Austrumi - Loads into memory and then ejects the CD. Browser, word processor, Email, multimedia, games, more. It's only a 48 M download, I love it.
Puppy - Good reviews but doesn't work on my hardware.
DamnSmallLinux - Fits on a miniCD. A community is growing around this one also.
www.ip-wars.net/story/2004/12/7/17438/7975n t Reforms Mustn't Undermine Traditional Patents"
;-)
"Pate
Check out the rest of ip-wars.net while you're there. It's a wide ranging discussion of IP issues as they affect Free software.
This is a new site and you can still get a 3 digit UID.
sPh,
Thanks for the header change and the clickable link. My obtuse humor and fondness for ascii sometimes precludes effective communication.
john gabrielh ing
harlan
al_petrofsky
talk_to_birds
rus
br3n
Long time readers of Groklaw will probably recognize these names.
The revolution may not be televised but it will be chronicled at ip-wars.net.
>>>
Oh, and all M$ products sitting on a shelf are in their original boxes and amount to old copies of WFW and MS-DOS 3.2.
>>>
Did you mean MS-DOS 3.3 or perhaps MS-DOS 6.2?
3.2 wasn't the disaster that was DOS 4 but it was a pain. Most companies quickly upgraded when 3.3 came out.
A wonderful little quote.
Can you tell me who said it first?
www.ip-wars.net
Be warned: it's long.
>>>
Nope. Billy-Bob's resume includes the following mascots:
Bull Terrier named "Hoya" (Georgetown University)
Viking (Oxford University - Hockey Team)
Bulldog named "Handsome Dan" (Yale University)
>>>
You're wrong.
Bill Clinton was a professor of law at the University of Arkansas (Razorback mascot) 73-76.
I'm not worried about any knife in the back from IBM.
I once cheered Bill as he took IBM to the woodshed, I loved Win95 *gasp*. But I've changed and so has IBM. They've proven by their actions over the last 5 years that they 'get it'. They are going to take good care of the golden goose.
>>>
Uhh, how exactly is this newsworthy? Are we that starved for stories?
>>>
Uhh, how exactly is this worth posting? Are you that starved to say something.
This is big news but you'll have to go to Groklaw or the SCOX board at Yahoo Finance to see why. The judge seems to be a no nonsense type and he told SCO, in nice legal terms, to put up or shut up. They don't have anything to put up and Blake Stowell has said they are not going to shut up. Lotsa very happy posters at Groklaw and The Board.
I played NIM on a Braniac about 1958. It was six rotating switches; programmed by altering the studs and jumpers. The manual had a nice section on logic and switching circuits and lots of programming projects.
They are selling so well that you can't buy one.
SCO and AdTI are wonderful jokes.
If this is the fight part then perhaps
an updated version of the quote would read:
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you laugh at them,
then you win.
Google shut down DistroWatch AdSense ads in error and then refused to listen.s ue=200404 05
http://www.distrowatch.com/weekly.php?is
There are a lot of developers who would _love_ to see the code.
Get a used case.
Take your email and other files with dates on a USB thumb drive. Install them.
Instant used machine.
>>
And last, but not least, a good Google search. Another thing that has saved my skin time and again is to input exact error messages and see what Google turns up.
>>
A friend's computer refused to boot and displayed: error 1506
Google search: Your ps/2 mouse and ps/2 keyboard plugs are reversed.
"SCO group, owner of the UNIX operating system."
Yeah, right.
Thanks, I needed that.
/. crackups, and I've had a few (UID 50696).
One of my biggest
ASAP
Google News is reporting a CRN interview with McBride and Sontag (20 minutes ago). The interview has already been pulled! Does anyone have it in cache by chance? It might be very interesting.