However, it takes about 5 minutes to prepare, while I have 1,000s of these disks (and 10,000s of 5.25" disks).
These things are perfect for putting idle machines that are off. Someone turns the machine on, the disk spins, and the distinct odour with the smoke starts becoming apparent.
I only had about 20 floppy drives. I think I down to 2 or 3.
Don't ya think they should port it over to minux instead?
For those who do not know:
minux=1.44 mb version of linux.
Meanwhile, distributions like Mandrake are taking up 8 cds AND 1 dvd
I have always dreamed of seeing the setup of those who work on the low-level stuff in BSD and Linux, especially today. There are so many tools and configurations that the ultimate programmers could use to help them.
i saw the console of one of the people who worked on BSD in the late 70s and 80s... Surprisingly, he was running Redhat 8, (almost) default install. The default install includes such great applications like OpenOffice and Mozilla. However, he never used those applications. Also, he had X with GNOME installed. However, he never used X. I also notice vi and emacs were installed. Everyone who uses seriously uses console likes either vi or emacs (but never both). However, he never used vi or emacs.
Yes, he installed Redhat 9.0, but he didn't really use it to its full potential. All he used was csh, telnet, and ed. Yes, ed. For those who do not know ed, it is a text-only edittor that can only change the contents of one line at a time. It was mainly used back in the 60s and 70s when most computers did not have monitors, and every line had to be printed out.
However, despite his lack of creativity in the tool-selection, he is the best programmer I know, and knows the bsd kernal inside and out, as well as many of the popular device drivers. His code is beautiful too, conforming to K&R.
I've thought about this for awhile, and I am thinking: Why don't people just cut off their fingers and trade them as a commodity? Each finger is access to a different system...
For instance, if I work for a bank, but I want to get a vacation cheap, I just trade a finger with my buddy who works for some airline. He does what he wants with my bank, and I get the plane tickets I need to get away from this country.
The only problem is, if I want 10 things at once, how do I access the system without any fingers? Maybe they should sell voice-recognition software with it.
im sorta glad Mandrake and Redhat has become so "user-friendly" with all there automatic updates and plug-and-play packages.
i remember a time when if a bug infected one of my systems with apache, i was told by my co-workers: "It's your own fault. You should have found that bug in the code yourself, and fixed it." And they were serious.
Who else out there prefers to use Redhat 4 or 5.2 with an upgraded kernal, and their own web server?
yes, for novice users who are climbing up the curb, all this GUI and automatic stuff is nice, but for users and for servers like mine, it is just a horrid waste of speed. i.e. i don't use apache b/c 1. its huge 2. it forks these two combined make it very slow and cumbersome.
in other words, i would suggest to use an old version of redhat or debian. write your own video card driver if you want something stable.
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I have already tried the 3.5" floppy explosive.
However, it takes about 5 minutes to prepare, while I have 1,000s of these disks (and 10,000s of 5.25" disks).
These things are perfect for putting idle machines that are off. Someone turns the machine on, the disk spins, and the distinct odour with the smoke starts becoming apparent.
I only had about 20 floppy drives. I think I down to 2 or 3.
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Don't ya think they should port it over to minux instead? For those who do not know: minux=1.44 mb version of linux. Meanwhile, distributions like Mandrake are taking up 8 cds AND 1 dvd
I have always dreamed of seeing the setup of those who work on the low-level stuff in BSD and Linux, especially today.
There are so many tools and configurations that the ultimate programmers could use to help them.
i saw the console of one of the people who worked on BSD in the late 70s and 80s...
Surprisingly, he was running Redhat 8, (almost) default install.
The default install includes such great applications like OpenOffice and Mozilla.
However, he never used those applications.
Also, he had X with GNOME installed.
However, he never used X.
I also notice vi and emacs were installed. Everyone who uses seriously uses console likes either vi or emacs (but never both).
However, he never used vi or emacs.
Yes, he installed Redhat 9.0, but he didn't really use it to its full potential.
All he used was csh, telnet, and ed.
Yes, ed.
For those who do not know ed, it is a text-only edittor that can only change the contents of one line at a time. It was mainly used back in the 60s and 70s when most computers did not have monitors, and every line had to be printed out.
However, despite his lack of creativity in the tool-selection, he is the best programmer I know, and knows the bsd kernal inside and out, as well as many of the popular device drivers.
His code is beautiful too, conforming to K&R.
I've thought about this for awhile, and I am thinking:
Why don't people just cut off their fingers and trade them as a commodity? Each finger is access to a different system...
For instance, if I work for a bank, but I want to get a vacation cheap, I just trade a finger with my buddy who works for some airline. He does what he wants with my bank, and I get the plane tickets I need to get away from this country.
The only problem is, if I want 10 things at once, how do I access the system without any fingers?
Maybe they should sell voice-recognition software with it.
im sorta glad Mandrake and Redhat has become so "user-friendly" with all there automatic updates and plug-and-play packages.
i remember a time when if a bug infected one of my systems with apache, i was told by my co-workers: "It's your own fault. You should have found that bug in the code yourself, and fixed it."
And they were serious.
Who else out there prefers to use Redhat 4 or 5.2 with an upgraded kernal, and their own web server?
yes, for novice users who are climbing up the curb, all this GUI and automatic stuff is nice, but for users and for servers like mine, it is just a horrid waste of speed.
i.e. i don't use apache b/c
1. its huge
2. it forks
these two combined make it very slow and cumbersome.
in other words, i would suggest to use an old version of redhat or debian.
write your own video card driver if you want something stable.