I load links and searches in tabs, and try to do other things while those are loading. Sometimes, I won't reference a search tab for several minutes after launching it.
These "other things" I do typically involve IRC, instant messenging, email, or even installing packages with apt-get. A heavy bandwidth draw over a dial-up connection has a tendency to kill a lot of these tasks. gaim connections to AIM, Yahoo and ICQ frequently drop, evolution's send/receive process hangs, and I get dropped from IRC servers for ping timeouts.
Yeah, a lot of this can probably be fixed by setting up "fair queuing" or somesuch in netfilter, but I'm a netfilter newbie, and haven't had the time to do that yet.
My browser isn't the only application that needs my internet connection, or even the application that uses it the most. And Mozilla only knows about bandwidth that it's not using, not bandwidth other applications aren't using.
See some of the other responses to my comment for confirmation.
I don't want to disable it across the board. There are some situations, such as gmail (At home, I use both the web interface and Evolution as mail clients.), where I'd prefer to have prefetching enabled.
I'm running Sarge on two Compaq 5WV270s. (BIOS date of 2000.) One of these is a brand new installation, as of a few weeks ago. (Prior to that, the primary OS on one of the boxes was XP Pro)
And, hey, I'm even updating my packages over dial-up.
I haven't used the non-free repository in years. Or even the non-US. In fact, until you'd mentioned it, I'd forgotten about non-free.
It's not that I'm a DFSG-adhearing zealot. I'm not. Until about a month ago, I was stuck without an Internet connection at home since 2002, and the jigdo cds and dvds one can order online don't have those repositories on them.
It's interesting that one can get along without any of the packages in there, if one needs to.
Don't use the godawful dselect for package selection. Use tasksel, if you can...that puts you in line with the graininess of the initial install system of most other distros.
If tasksel isn't fine-grained enough, don't select any packages. Instead, complete the base installation, and run "apt-get install aptitude"... aptitude is a much more powerful interface to apt-get than dselect is.
I've been using Debian since 1999, or maybe a little earlier. (I should power up sparky again and check his datestamps some time.) I *never* had problems with cfdisk.
The parent probably got mixed up between sector and MB counts, or some other unit conversion, and didn't ask a more experienced person for help.
Not that you need to know how to convert from one to the other with cfdisk. You just have to know there's a difference, and realize which number it's displaying.
I've used the Woody installer to install Sarge plenty of times. You just change the package source URL, for a network install. Works as well as it ever did.
Debian wasn't designed to be installed by people who both A) are unfamiliar with Linux and B) don't want to take the time to learn how to fix a problem.
For people with either trait A or trait B, it's fine. But not people with both.
It's a little easier than that. First, a college can give semesters unique identifiers like "Summer 2004" "Fall 2004" and "Winter 2005", and report which students took which classes which semesters.
But it gets even easier for the federal government...they need only dictate the format of data sent to them, and let the individual schools figure out the rest. That's part of the equipment and training costs that the artical mentions.
Socrates was sentenced to death for critizing the government of Athens. His students attempted to convince him to flee, but that would have run counter to the principles he was trying to teach.
Having gone to school and worked at the same Community College since Fall 2002, and having a parent who has gone to school, graduated, and now teaches at that same community college, I can give you a bit of perspective.
Most students go to there for skills, not so much for degrees. If you want to use a CC as a cheap jumping-off point for a four-year institution, check with your counselors to see if they have a direct-transfer or three-and-one programs with the school you want to transfer to. That way, you'll know you're taking classes that will transfer.
During a vacation period, when nobody's supposed to be around? When only that department is burglarized?
It's not easy to find that department, if you haven't been there before. It's not on the ground level, or on the same level as any of the skywalks into the building.
Late last year, GRCC had three laptops stolen from the Payroll department. To get there, you have to go to a specific hallway, on a specific floor, in a specific building.
Separate firewall behavior for the AP in the kid's bedroom (or the parent's bedroom) from the rest of the house. That is, logging certain activity to another machine on the network. syslog is such a flexible tool...
Wired ethernet exists. 802.11 version coming soon.
And a combination of the two would make a great way to clandestinely introduce outside access to the corporate LAN. Especially if you can use power-over-ethernet.
Just find a windowed office with a network hidden behind the credenza...
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I load links and searches in tabs, and try to do other things while those are loading. Sometimes, I won't reference a search tab for several minutes after launching it.
These "other things" I do typically involve IRC, instant messenging, email, or even installing packages with apt-get. A heavy bandwidth draw over a dial-up connection has a tendency to kill a lot of these tasks. gaim connections to AIM, Yahoo and ICQ frequently drop, evolution's send/receive process hangs, and I get dropped from IRC servers for ping timeouts.
Yeah, a lot of this can probably be fixed by setting up "fair queuing" or somesuch in netfilter, but I'm a netfilter newbie, and haven't had the time to do that yet.
My browser isn't the only application that needs my internet connection, or even the application that uses it the most. And Mozilla only knows about bandwidth that it's not using, not bandwidth other applications aren't using.
See some of the other responses to my comment for confirmation.
I don't want to disable it across the board. There are some situations, such as gmail (At home, I use both the web interface and Evolution as mail clients.), where I'd prefer to have prefetching enabled.
My web broser isn't my primary user of my internet connection. My mail client and instant messenger are typically used more.
The guy I was responding to said, "(I used sarge unstable)" ... So that was the basis of my reply)
Though, to be sure, sarge isn't the same as unstable; sid is.
I'm on dial-up at home, and the last thing I want is to download 500K of pages I might not actually view.
Bullshit.
I'm running Sarge on two Compaq 5WV270s. (BIOS date of 2000.) One of these is a brand new installation, as of a few weeks ago. (Prior to that, the primary OS on one of the boxes was XP Pro)
And, hey, I'm even updating my packages over dial-up.
(chants)
On this day we sacrifice these CDs
On this day we sacrifice these CDs
On this day--
(/chant)
What? Why are you guys looking at me like that?
I haven't used the non-free repository in years. Or even the non-US. In fact, until you'd mentioned it, I'd forgotten about non-free.
It's not that I'm a DFSG-adhearing zealot. I'm not. Until about a month ago, I was stuck without an Internet connection at home since 2002, and the jigdo cds and dvds one can order online don't have those repositories on them.
It's interesting that one can get along without any of the packages in there, if one needs to.
I'd love to try gentoo on one of my machines...but I'm on 56k.
:)
Actually, I might get the chance to move to channel-bonded 2x 56k, if the parents let me set up a dial-up router on the network.
Don't use the godawful dselect for package selection. Use tasksel, if you can...that puts you in line with the graininess of the initial install system of most other distros.
... aptitude is a much more powerful interface to apt-get than dselect is.
If tasksel isn't fine-grained enough, don't select any packages. Instead, complete the base installation, and run "apt-get install aptitude"
I've been using Debian since 1999, or maybe a little earlier. (I should power up sparky again and check his datestamps some time.) I *never* had problems with cfdisk.
The parent probably got mixed up between sector and MB counts, or some other unit conversion, and didn't ask a more experienced person for help.
Not that you need to know how to convert from one to the other with cfdisk. You just have to know there's a difference, and realize which number it's displaying.
I've used the Woody installer to install Sarge plenty of times. You just change the package source URL, for a network install. Works as well as it ever did.
Debian wasn't designed to be installed by people who both A) are unfamiliar with Linux and B) don't want to take the time to learn how to fix a problem.
For people with either trait A or trait B, it's fine. But not people with both.
Eh? I was required to register when I turned 18. Did it online.
And, while I applied for FAFSA aid, I never got a cent.
It's a little easier than that. First, a college can give semesters unique identifiers like "Summer 2004" "Fall 2004" and "Winter 2005", and report which students took which classes which semesters.
But it gets even easier for the federal government...they need only dictate the format of data sent to them, and let the individual schools figure out the rest. That's part of the equipment and training costs that the artical mentions.
Socrates was sentenced to death for critizing the government of Athens. His students attempted to convince him to flee, but that would have run counter to the principles he was trying to teach.
Having gone to school and worked at the same Community College since Fall 2002, and having a parent who has gone to school, graduated, and now teaches at that same community college, I can give you a bit of perspective.
Most students go to there for skills, not so much for degrees. If you want to use a CC as a cheap jumping-off point for a four-year institution, check with your counselors to see if they have a direct-transfer or three-and-one programs with the school you want to transfer to. That way, you'll know you're taking classes that will transfer.
I only expect to do Linux-only releases because I only run Linux, and I haven't yet gone looking for a Windows Perl developer who likes D&D. :)
During a vacation period, when nobody's supposed to be around? When only that department is burglarized?
It's not easy to find that department, if you haven't been there before. It's not on the ground level, or on the same level as any of the skywalks into the building.
Late last year, GRCC had three laptops stolen from the Payroll department. To get there, you have to go to a specific hallway, on a specific floor, in a specific building.
Methinks it was a targeted effort.
Christmas, MI, Gay, MI, Hell, MI, Nirvanna, MI, Paradise, MI
Gay, MI, was named at a point in time where "gay" meant "happy", and didn't have its current connotations.
And, yes, Hell does occasionally freeze over here. They televised it once...
Demosthenes?
I like it!
Separate firewall behavior for the AP in the kid's bedroom (or the parent's bedroom) from the rest of the house. That is, logging certain activity to another machine on the network. syslog is such a flexible tool...
Wired ethernet exists. 802.11 version coming soon.
And a combination of the two would make a great way to clandestinely introduce outside access to the corporate LAN. Especially if you can use power-over-ethernet.
Just find a windowed office with a network hidden behind the credenza...
But we already knew that about you...