Wife: "Honey, there's some kind of robot coming out of the toilet - there's a weird-looking cable in it's mouth and -- (screams) it looks like there's an Alligator right behind it!"
Man (bored, not really paying attention): "Yes dear. I'll be in to squash it in a minute, just let me log off Slashdot..."
--I tend to agree with you. Ppl have been spoiled by GUIs that take up too much memory, are slow, and more prone to have bugs. (And I'm not just talking about the installers, either.)
--SuSE 7.3's GUI installer was a PITA. I *always* opted for text mode, sometimes "Expert mode" as well - because I couldn't get a reliable install experience using the GUI.
--I switched to Knoppix because it was the best Linux experience I'd seen since Mandrake 1st edition came out to compete w/ RedHat. Plus the promise of apt-get was too good to pass up.
--My current install is b0rked tho. I can't get apt-get update / upgrade to work anymore (craps out with a memory error and can't parse some dpkg files) so I'll have to reinstall using the latest ISO and knx-hdinstall. So much for perfection...
--I also have a download of Libranet 2.0 (the free-beer version) to try out, so maybe I'll do that one 1st.
--Geez. Sounds like some ppl need to go back and look at the Wireless archives on/.
--Look, I hate gov't conspiracy as much as the next guy, but **in this case** I think they're right to hammer on ppl who are unwittingly providing unsecured wireless Inet connections.
--Think about it. Terrorist pulls up near an access point, parks the car. Attacks the Pentagon and other military targets using his laptop. Drives away.
** THEY'LL NEVER CATCH HIM ** because he used anonymous, wireless access to do the cracking!
--Actually, you should be able to if you install Linux on the plugin's 20gig HD, connect the plugin Ethernet to the larger PC, and mount the cdrom over NFS. If you get Samba working it should even be transparent.
--Betcha didn't think you'd get a serious response to yer humor, did ya?:b
--Of course they're not stable by themselves, that's why they have an ANTIMATTER mix in the engine's mag bottle... Plus they extend into subspace / hyperspace.
--Oh my God, did I actually post that on Slashdot?! I *am* a Trek geek (oh the horror...)
--I just read the book you're talking about - "The Web Between the Worlds." It's by Charles Sheffield. Awesome read. (I searched Google for "charles sheffield arthur c clarke space elevator" and got the title from the first link.)
--Yep, I had *most* of the books in that series, and lost them when I broke up with my x-girlfriend. She probably still has them!
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--Dude, when I started getting 12 to 20MB/sec on my IDE with Reiserfs and notail, I was ecstatic!!! Of course I'm only running a 900MHz AMD Duron, but still-! I was used to maybe 5MB/sec, even with 80-pin cables and hdparm optimization. But I'm not running hardware RAID, just LVM on some partitions.
--Fry's Instant Exchange taking 2 hours -- could have been worse...
--You should investigate a mainframe-tryout site, that would add some horsepower and speed to your app - especially if it's taking a while to compile. Only problem would be displaying the gfx, but if you're using XWindows or making dynamically-served pages it's cake.
--The movie version of Bicentennial Man ranks among my Worst Movies Of All Time, along with The Avengers and some others that were so bloody awful that I am no longer able to recall their titles. (Most of the Batman movies except the one with M. Pfeiffer *do* come to mind.)
--However, the original printed version of the B.M. story is a Classic. Which is why I walked out of the movie 3/4ths of the way through, demanded my money back, (and got it) went home and enjoyed the book again.
--Dude, I *loved* VM itself, and Xedit in particular. If you have the environment properly tweaked, it's really powerful. Define your own function keys, aliases, etc... Man I miss those days.
--You should definitely go to the library and check out some of his stuff. Tales of Pirx the Pilot ( http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/pirx.html ) for instance, is a must-read. (I own it.)
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Wife: "Honey, there's some kind of robot coming out of the toilet - there's a weird-looking cable in it's mouth and -- (screams) it looks like there's an Alligator right behind it!"
Man (bored, not really paying attention): "Yes dear. I'll be in to squash it in a minute, just let me log off Slashdot..."
--I tend to agree with you. Ppl have been spoiled by GUIs that take up too much memory, are slow, and more prone to have bugs. (And I'm not just talking about the installers, either.)
--SuSE 7.3's GUI installer was a PITA. I *always* opted for text mode, sometimes "Expert mode" as well - because I couldn't get a reliable install experience using the GUI.
--I switched to Knoppix because it was the best Linux experience I'd seen since Mandrake 1st edition came out to compete w/ RedHat. Plus the promise of apt-get was too good to pass up.
--My current install is b0rked tho. I can't get apt-get update / upgrade to work anymore (craps out with a memory error and can't parse some dpkg files) so I'll have to reinstall using the latest ISO and knx-hdinstall. So much for perfection...
--I also have a download of Libranet 2.0 (the free-beer version) to try out, so maybe I'll do that one 1st.
--If you want a great Debian experience, try Knoppix.
o rg/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board =knoppix-en
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/
http://knoppix.net/forum/
http://www.linuxtag.
--Geez. Sounds like some ppl need to go back and look at the Wireless archives on /.
--Look, I hate gov't conspiracy as much as the next guy, but **in this case** I think they're right to hammer on ppl who are unwittingly providing unsecured wireless Inet connections.
--Think about it. Terrorist pulls up near an access point, parks the car. Attacks the Pentagon and other military targets using his laptop. Drives away.
** THEY'LL NEVER CATCH HIM ** because he used anonymous, wireless access to do the cracking!
--God, some people are so blind sometimes...
--Actually, you should be able to if you install Linux on the plugin's 20gig HD, connect the plugin Ethernet to the larger PC, and mount the cdrom over NFS. If you get Samba working it should even be transparent.
:b
--Betcha didn't think you'd get a serious response to yer humor, did ya?
--"You and everbody else..." [[/Oscar]]
--Of course they're not stable by themselves, that's why they have an ANTIMATTER mix in the engine's mag bottle... Plus they extend into subspace / hyperspace.
--Oh my God, did I actually post that on Slashdot?! I *am* a Trek geek (oh the horror...)
--Seriously, wasn't he the inspiration for the Forward Mass Detector in (IIRC) the Niven/Pournelle universe?
--I just read the book you're talking about - "The Web Between the Worlds." It's by Charles Sheffield. Awesome read. (I searched Google for "charles sheffield arthur c clarke space elevator" and got the title from the first link.)
--Yep, I had *most* of the books in that series, and lost them when I broke up with my x-girlfriend. She probably still has them!
--Dude, when I started getting 12 to 20MB/sec on my IDE with Reiserfs and notail, I was ecstatic!!! Of course I'm only running a 900MHz AMD Duron, but still-! I was used to maybe 5MB/sec, even with 80-pin cables and hdparm optimization. But I'm not running hardware RAID, just LVM on some partitions.
--Fry's Instant Exchange taking 2 hours -- could have been worse...
--Dude -- You, my friend, are Root!!
--You should investigate a mainframe-tryout site, that would add some horsepower and speed to your app - especially if it's taking a while to compile. Only problem would be displaying the gfx, but if you're using XWindows or making dynamically-served pages it's cake.
--Interestingly enough, that brings to mind that Robbie also appeared in "Mork and Mindy" - in a funny-yet-sensitive storyline.
--Branagh actually plays his role to perfection in the current Harry Potter.
--The movie version of Bicentennial Man ranks among my Worst Movies Of All Time, along with The Avengers and some others that were so bloody awful that I am no longer able to recall their titles. (Most of the Batman movies except the one with M. Pfeiffer *do* come to mind.)
--However, the original printed version of the B.M. story is a Classic. Which is why I walked out of the movie 3/4ths of the way through, demanded my money back, (and got it) went home and enjoyed the book again.
--Dude, I *loved* VM itself, and Xedit in particular. If you have the environment properly tweaked, it's really powerful. Define your own function keys, aliases, etc... Man I miss those days.
Mike Walter, here's to ya...
--Which do you want to use, GNU tar or Joerg Schily's 's'tar?
Probably F--k Yourself And Die...
--I'll settle for the Long Awaited Shatner Responses...
--After reading the book of Genesis...
Dammit, snake-eyes again!!
--Possibly, but the odds are *drastically* against any of them being Female...
--Charles Sheffield also did a great job of storytelling; check out his works if you haven't already.
--I thoroughly enjoyed Die Another Day - maybe you should just go in with lowered expectations and try to make the best of it, eh?
--Yep, "I Spy" totally scooped this movie WRT "Switchblade" and "Stealth tech"! :)
--You should definitely go to the library and check out some of his stuff. Tales of Pirx the Pilot ( http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/pirx.html ) for instance, is a must-read. (I own it.)