Shut up! Stop making me feel old! You'll be celebrating the anniversary
of MCC's (that's MCC as in Manchester (university) Computer Centre,
not Middlesex Cricket Club) mini-distribution next -- or SLS...
Linux newbie's log, stardate Thursday 9th June 1994:
"Installation of SLS Linux system [sic]: disks a2-4, b1-8, c1-2, c3
(partial), d1-, t1-3. Disk s1 was corrupt."
And I never looked back...
However, looking over that old notebook now, I see it did take me until
December of that year to get my head round sendmail enough to have
working mail!
> If you think of each file and directory and associated metadata as a > record, with directories being pointer records to other records that > show relationships.
Sorry to be snippy, but what you're describing is an *hierarchical* database. But you're right in your main point: an FS like ext2 is an example of an hierarchical database.
Lynx does something like what you want, though not quite. Hitting "V" shows you every single link you've followed since you started the browser. So if you're running a real OS and want to keep all this state, just never quit lynx! Leave it in a screen window or in the background until you need it.
And these would be useful how? The USA already has the
capacity to project massive physical force anywhere in the world
within a matter of tens of hours (or minutes, if you include the
Minutemen). How much more do they need? In any case, B-52s are more
than good enough for the kind of wars they've been fighting lately.
If you want a really minimal window manager for X, check out lwm.
It's very small (23,508 bytes here), but does everything a window
manager should do, and nothing that it shouldn't. More info. at http://www.boognish.org.uk/enh/lwm/.
Check out some of his other X utilities too, some of them are
very handy.
No. This is a common mistake. The rule states that if an identical
position, with the same player to move, has occured three times
in the game, then the game is a draw by "repetition of position".
It isn't a draw by virtue of repetition of moves, but by
repetition of position.
"White farmers"? Someone who owns 20,000+ acres is a landlord,
not a farmer. Looks like this court case isn't the only thing with
a political agenda...
Disinterested readers might like to consider the reasons for Mr
Mugabe's "anti-British" sentiments. Zimbabwe, formerly known as
Rhodesia, was a British colony. You know, one of those places where
the Imperial masters stole everything that wasn't nailed down?
And how do you imagnine the "white farmers" got their land in
the first place? They stole it from Mr Mugabe grandfathers, did
they not?
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MS-DOS was not a direct descendent of CP/M. It started life as a quick
hack based on ideas from CP/M; not quite the same thing.
You're posting to a weblog asking, "what's the point of weblogs"? Hmm ...
Whatever. This book is no substitute for a close reading of The Unix Programming Environment -- if anyone knows what is, I'd love to hear about it.
Uh-huh. Who paid you to say that, Gartner?
From an unabashed Linux user -- feel free to sue me, SCO.
> today's economic climate, or should they be avoided?"
Ask ESR, he should know.
Linux newbie's log, stardate Thursday 9th June 1994:
"Installation of SLS Linux system [sic]: disks a2-4, b1-8, c1-2, c3 (partial), d1-, t1-3. Disk s1 was corrupt."
And I never looked back...
However, looking over that old notebook now, I see it did take me until December of that year to get my head round sendmail enough to have working mail!
> If you think of each file and directory and associated metadata as a
> record, with directories being pointer records to other records that
> show relationships.
Sorry to be snippy, but what you're describing is an *hierarchical*
database. But you're right in your main point: an FS like ext2 is an
example of an hierarchical database.
What a load of old rubbish Harry Potter is anyway! Harry Potter and the Childish Adult by A. S. Byatt
Lynx does something like what you want, though not quite. Hitting
"V" shows you every single link you've followed since you started
the browser. So if you're running a real OS and want to keep all
this state, just never quit lynx! Leave it in a screen window or
in the background until you need it.
> said countries begin to obtain the ability to make nukes.
Uh-huh... So, remind me, just how far had Afghanistan's A-bomb program got?
And these would be useful how? The USA already has the capacity to project massive physical force anywhere in the world within a matter of tens of hours (or minutes, if you include the Minutemen). How much more do they need? In any case, B-52s are more than good enough for the kind of wars they've been fighting lately.
If you want a really minimal window manager for X, check out lwm. It's very small (23,508 bytes here), but does everything a window manager should do, and nothing that it shouldn't. More info. at http://www.boognish.org.uk/enh/lwm/. Check out some of his other X utilities too, some of them are very handy.
Now, I wonder by whom?
> locked into a cold-war culture and mindset and staffed by demoralised
> alcoholics.
You say that like it's a bad thing! If we must have spooks, isn't it preferable that they be ineffective?
It happens fairly often -- Ministry of Defence blocks TV show is from back in April, for example. The prefatory remarks to another crytome file, Enquiry: The Killing Years in Ireland, show the efforts they make to stop this kind of thing becoming known.
Absolutely. .config
$ vi
$ make oldconfig
and away you go. Just make sure you get all the dependencies right.
We need a new acronym. RTFA: Read The Fine Article
But how will that help the guy get his money back? I mean, is there much of a market for balls?
No. This is a common mistake. The rule states that if an identical position, with the same player to move, has occured three times in the game, then the game is a draw by "repetition of position". It isn't a draw by virtue of repetition of moves, but by repetition of position.
Er, you were maybe talking to Ian, not me? In which case, apologies for what I just posted!
You attribute an opinion to me that I did not express, nor do I hold. Learn to read, wanker.
Disinterested readers might like to consider the reasons for Mr Mugabe's "anti-British" sentiments. Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, was a British colony. You know, one of those places where the Imperial masters stole everything that wasn't nailed down? And how do you imagnine the "white farmers" got their land in the first place? They stole it from Mr Mugabe grandfathers, did they not?
> Explain how Motif can have copied windows when it has a button and
> scrollbar appearance that is totally different from every version of
> Windows.
I suggest (re)taking Logic 101.
And you are prevented from checking the website or even (gasp!) reading the book by what, exactly?