It was the start of the second semester of my Freshman year at UIUC. After using the student unix machines for half a semester and getting a basic understanding of this unix thing thanks to playing and some friends on IRC, I wanted to learn more, so I figured putting it on my own machine was the way to go. (Also, too many of my dormmates kept taking over my computer to play Dune II, so it was side benefit.)
I had a 486DX 66MHz with 4 MB of RAM and a 120MB drive, and borrowed about 20 floppies from a warez friend of mine to copy slackware down to. I can't remember which version, but I do remember a.98pl kernel. Luckily, we had a net connected computer lab in our dorm, so downloading the floppies was fairly quick and painless. Well, as painless as loading up 20 floppies is. Seemed painless then, now I'd hang myself. A friend who had already been running linux for awhile helped me with some n00b questions like "What the hell does this partition stuff mean?" After a few months and getting my feet under me, I quickly upgraded to 8 MB RAM so I could run X without swapping when the mouse moved.
As others have stated in my thread, my career and computing life would have been radically different without the deeper understanding of how computers work, how to debug, how to read logs, etc that Linux helped me develop. Of course, there was a price to this knowledge, I did not get laid nearly enough at college.:)
Now I have a quad core 2.4Ghz machine with 4 GB of RAM and a 1TB harddrive. Now get off my lawn!
Yellow light stops brain activity? No brain activity, no will power. No will power, useless Green Lantern ring...
So, even though the rings no longer have the "yellow impurity" Sinestro found a way to use yellow to stop the Green Lanterns. Someone call Hal, Jon, and Guy!
Not that he was a major character, but Tim Choate also passed away a few years ago. Luckily he's survived by his brothers Zathras, Zathras, Zathras, and Zathras.
Our fine IL Gov. Rod is just trying to get his name well-known across the nation. Its so obvious that he has political ambitions larger than being the IL gov. He constantly flails at supposed BIG NATIONAL ISSUES hoping to strike a nerve with people. There's this issue, the importating of drugs from Canada, etc.
Its just one pathetic attempt after another so that when he tries to run for president, the country is already familiar with his name and his being on the "correct side" of these issues.
Yes, I voted for him. I thought he'd be slightly better than this, but he was the best choice at the time. Oh well, hopefully next time around we'll have some good choices.
My wife and I got married on the 10th anniversary of linux as well. I tell everyone that its just a coincidence, but most people know better.
Of course, 3 years later what we named our daugther was inspired by a character in a comic book and her middle name was inspired by a character in Farscape.
8:14 read slashdot 8:15 restate my assumptions:
1./. is the language of nerds.
2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through discussion threads and trolls.
3. If you graph these numbers, karma emerges.
Therefore: There are karma whores everywhere in nature.
"Here's the only thing I know that makes any sense when it comes to money: find what you enjoy doing, find what moves you to passion, find what you can't *not* do, and the miraculous thing about it is, if you're half decent at it, and dedicate yourself to getting better, and keep at it, after a while, sonuvagun, you can almost always find a way to make a living off it.
I was really disappointed when I read the article. I thought it was going to be about fans of Star Treg TNG. I guess I'll have to put the vulcan ears back in the closet. *sigh*
That was my first thought as well. I just finished reading it two weeks ago. Very spooky.
Favorite saying related to "new versions"
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I've got to give credit to this fully to my old boss Mike Lewis. He used the phrase "Pavlov's upgrade" to describe the rush to update a new piece of software when the software maker rings the bell by releasing it. In this case, I think he was refering to MS Office2k.
But there it is: Pavlov's Upgrade
I've used it in talks and meetings and the point always gets across.
I just got a mouse and keyboard with my Linux for PS2 kit and they were boxed just like any other PS2 peripheral. So, realistically, yes, you can get a mouse for our precious console.
Incidentally, the DUL is currently stopping CmdrTaco from directly emailing one of the Slash coders.
No, its not DUL preventing our fearless leader from sending e-mail, its the admin of the box using DUL.
This is why I hate things like DUL and MAPS that block everything and are prone to false positives that keep you from even seeing the mail. Stuff like spamassassin can take MAPS and DUL into account and add "spam" score based on that, but at least with spamassasin the mail isn't completely toss away, you at least have the filter it to a "spambox" you look at like once a week for the false positives and/or you can put CmdrTaco on your white list, so he doesn't ever register as spam.
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I forgot to add what I first did...run IRC under screen. Huh, I still do that...
It was the start of the second semester of my Freshman year at UIUC. After using the student unix machines for half a semester and getting a basic understanding of this unix thing thanks to playing and some friends on IRC, I wanted to learn more, so I figured putting it on my own machine was the way to go. (Also, too many of my dormmates kept taking over my computer to play Dune II, so it was side benefit.)
I had a 486DX 66MHz with 4 MB of RAM and a 120MB drive, and borrowed about 20 floppies from a warez friend of mine to copy slackware down to. I can't remember which version, but I do remember a .98pl kernel. Luckily, we had a net connected computer lab in our dorm, so downloading the floppies was fairly quick and painless. Well, as painless as loading up 20 floppies is. Seemed painless then, now I'd hang myself. A friend who had already been running linux for awhile helped me with some n00b questions like "What the hell does this partition stuff mean?" After a few months and getting my feet under me, I quickly upgraded to 8 MB RAM so I could run X without swapping when the mouse moved.
As others have stated in my thread, my career and computing life would have been radically different without the deeper understanding of how computers work, how to debug, how to read logs, etc that Linux helped me develop. Of course, there was a price to this knowledge, I did not get laid nearly enough at college. :)
Now I have a quad core 2.4Ghz machine with 4 GB of RAM and a 1TB harddrive. Now get off my lawn!
svn checkout http://my.dotfiles.home/dotfiles dotfiles
cd dotfiles
make
Yellow light stops brain activity? No brain activity, no will power. No will power, useless Green Lantern ring...
So, even though the rings no longer have the "yellow impurity" Sinestro found a way to use yellow to stop the Green Lanterns. Someone call Hal, Jon, and Guy!
Finally my dream of making a house full of popcorn while listening to Tears for Fears will be realized!
Not that he was a major character, but Tim Choate also passed away a few years ago. Luckily he's survived by his brothers Zathras, Zathras, Zathras, and Zathras.
So all our raster screens would look like all the paper and viewscreens on Battlestar Galactica? Cool.
Tim Skirvin: Now 500% happier!
Our fine IL Gov. Rod is just trying to get his name well-known across the nation. Its so obvious that he has political ambitions larger than being the IL gov. He constantly flails at supposed BIG NATIONAL ISSUES hoping to strike a nerve with people. There's this issue, the importating of drugs from Canada, etc.
Its just one pathetic attempt after another so that when he tries to run for president, the country is already familiar with his name and his being on the "correct side" of these issues.
Yes, I voted for him. I thought he'd be slightly better than this, but he was the best choice at the time. Oh well, hopefully next time around we'll have some good choices.
Anyone who's read The Dark Tower can tell you that Ka is always the answer.
Or "Ka-ka" as Eddie Dean would say.
Long days and pleasent nights to you all.
My wife and I got married on the 10th anniversary of linux as well. I tell everyone that its just a coincidence, but most people know better.
Of course, 3 years later what we named our daugther was inspired by a character in a comic book and her middle name was inspired by a character in Farscape.
Truly, there's no hope for us.
8:14 read slashdot /. is the language of nerds.
8:15 restate my assumptions:
1.
2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through discussion threads and trolls.
3. If you graph these numbers, karma emerges.
Therefore: There are karma whores everywhere in nature.
8:17 Press Submit
You forgot the part about putting the little girl in charge. Hell, it'd be an improvement for them.
Before MS goes and pulls a Halliburton on the country.
The parent post reminded me of this:
"Here's the only thing I know that makes any sense when it comes to money: find what you enjoy doing, find what moves you to passion, find what you can't *not* do, and the miraculous thing about it is, if you're half decent at it, and dedicate yourself to getting better, and keep at it, after a while, sonuvagun, you can almost always find a way to make a living off it.
Well, before taxes, anyway."
-- J. Michael Straczynski, 7/13/2002
SCO promises to push your grandmother down stairs tomorrow
Silly sco, they should really be shoving your grandmother down the stairs. Shoving will protect you from the terrible secret from linux.
For some reason, this point by point rebuttal made me think the following:
1) SCO are mammals
2) SCO sues all the time
3) The purpose of SCO is to totally flip out and sue people.
Although, I doubt that SCO once sprung an 8 foot boner for charity.
Keith
"Must see TV now enforced by law."
Why can't people just believe The Onion.
I was really disappointed when I read the article. I thought it was going to be about fans of Star Treg TNG. I guess I'll have to put the vulcan ears back in the closet. *sigh*
That was my first thought as well. I just finished reading it two weeks ago. Very spooky.
I've got to give credit to this fully to my old boss Mike Lewis. He used the phrase "Pavlov's upgrade" to describe the rush to update a new piece of software when the software maker rings the bell by releasing it. In this case, I think he was refering to MS Office2k.
But there it is: Pavlov's Upgrade
I've used it in talks and meetings and the point always gets across.
Actually, I thought E:FC's first season was the best. The show jumped the shark when they let Boone die.
I just got a mouse and keyboard with my Linux for PS2 kit and they were boxed just like any other PS2 peripheral. So, realistically, yes, you can get a mouse for our precious console.
Now I just need to find time to play with it....
No, its not DUL preventing our fearless leader from sending e-mail, its the admin of the box using DUL.
This is why I hate things like DUL and MAPS that block everything and are prone to false positives that keep you from even seeing the mail. Stuff like spamassassin can take MAPS and DUL into account and add "spam" score based on that, but at least with spamassasin the mail isn't completely toss away, you at least have the filter it to a "spambox" you look at like once a week for the false positives and/or you can put CmdrTaco on your white list, so he doesn't ever register as spam.
Spamassasin is a much better solution, IMHO.