"I may jump on this one"
Same here. It isn't too often that a Linux/*BSD
book comes along that I will actually buy.
Usually, anything F/OSS related can be found
online, or in one of the bigass "sysadmin bible"
type books I bought when I first got into Linux.
However, wireless is one area that isn't too well
covered in my bigass books, and it might be nice
to have all this info in one place. I could
probably find a lot of this online, but it's
always good to have a starting point that doesn't
require that my network is working. Makes even
more sense if your network is wireless;)
I am maddened by the continually increasing
insanity of American Lawmakers. All of this crap
could very well be enough to cause me to change
my plans to move back to the States someday. At
least here in Canada smaller parties actually get
seats. Have fun waiting for the libertarians to
get a seat in congress . ...
I had XP on one partition of my desktop for a
long time, but when it broke last time (task mgr
doesn't work - possibly due to a virus I haven't
been able to detect), I never got around to
reinstalling. It's been several months, and I've
found that I really don't miss Windows. The task
of installing the OS (and sitting through the
commercials), finding my video drivers and
getting antivir, adaware, a real web browser, a
non-sucky text editor, and a game or two running
is more work than I want to do to play a game or
surf the web. If I'm bored w/ the games that I
have now, I'll apt-get some more instead of
installing hundreds of megs (if not gigs - how
big is windows now?) that I now know I don't
need.
"Back in '77 I once spent 3 or 4 minutes trying
to get the key to work in the door of the wrong
white '67 Mustang"
My dad once borrowed the wrong '72 Nova and drove
it several hours before realizing that he had the
wrong car! Fortunately, he got it back to the
owner without getting pulled over (the owner had
reported the vehicle stolen). It took him so
long to realize his mistake because the keys
*worked* in the ignition (but not in the door -
which is how he realized it was the wrong car).
"why should I pick up New Game Series #3 when I
can enjoy a solid title I'm sure of from days
gone by for a fraction of the price."
Because that goes totally against our wonderful
social practice of consumerism! You are supposed
to buy crap you don't need, and then replace it
with new (more expensive) cutting edge crap that
you don't need. Anything else (like buying used
games) is unamerican!
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"I may jump on this one" ;)
Same here. It isn't too often that a Linux/*BSD book comes along that I will actually buy. Usually, anything F/OSS related can be found online, or in one of the bigass "sysadmin bible" type books I bought when I first got into Linux. However, wireless is one area that isn't too well covered in my bigass books, and it might be nice to have all this info in one place. I could probably find a lot of this online, but it's always good to have a starting point that doesn't require that my network is working. Makes even more sense if your network is wireless
I am maddened by the continually increasing insanity of American Lawmakers. All of this crap could very well be enough to cause me to change my plans to move back to the States someday. At least here in Canada smaller parties actually get seats. Have fun waiting for the libertarians to get a seat in congress . . ..
looks fine to me: i read /. using lynx all the time: it's the only browser on my (yes, non-graphical) live-cd.
now, the "In Soviet Union..." jokes will start. an article about using thoughts to control games makes this just too easy.
then, some clever person will point out that Russia != Soviet Union, and will get moded funny.
you've started something bad, my friend.
I had XP on one partition of my desktop for a long time, but when it broke last time (task mgr doesn't work - possibly due to a virus I haven't been able to detect), I never got around to reinstalling. It's been several months, and I've found that I really don't miss Windows. The task of installing the OS (and sitting through the commercials), finding my video drivers and getting antivir, adaware, a real web browser, a non-sucky text editor, and a game or two running is more work than I want to do to play a game or surf the web. If I'm bored w/ the games that I have now, I'll apt-get some more instead of installing hundreds of megs (if not gigs - how big is windows now?) that I now know I don't need.
how about an award for getting past the first turn? that first left turn was too much for quite a few of the contestants in the first challenge.
My dad once borrowed the wrong '72 Nova and drove it several hours before realizing that he had the wrong car! Fortunately, he got it back to the owner without getting pulled over (the owner had reported the vehicle stolen). It took him so long to realize his mistake because the keys *worked* in the ignition (but not in the door - which is how he realized it was the wrong car).
"why should I pick up New Game Series #3 when I can enjoy a solid title I'm sure of from days gone by for a fraction of the price." Because that goes totally against our wonderful social practice of consumerism! You are supposed to buy crap you don't need, and then replace it with new (more expensive) cutting edge crap that you don't need. Anything else (like buying used games) is unamerican!
As I understand it, most residential cable/DSL services do not allow servers, and hence block any 25 tcp connection unless dest is their mail servers.