--while I hesitate to reply to a thread that mentions (shudder) goatse...
--There are Things that Man was Never Meant to Know - let alone Accomplish.
--Playing God is one of them, and might provoke a Tower-of-Babel response. This new life-form could conceivably (sorry, pun) turn out to be a virulent and unstoppable disease.
--I hope they're doing this in a strictly controlled environment, and are able to destroy the thing instantly if it starts getting out of hand.
--For me, it wouldn't be so much about the PAY, it would be the excitement of working with really intelligent people (for a change) and doing things that were COOL.
--I really caught the excitement you felt while reading it... And you left out a lot of really good juicy bits that make me want to check the book out.
--Yep, this explains the problems I was having yesterday with apt-get update / upgrade. However, today things are working fine, so they must have brought 'security' back up somewhere else and either propogated the DNS or kept the same address.
--I'm really getting to love Debian. This from a longtime SuSE 7.3 user (even bought the DVD).
Seriously, can somebody tell me what the BFD is? McD's gotta make money, Sims developers gotta make money, and it sounds like the McD's mod helps your Sim. Why is this Bad? Granted MCD's sells plastic-like food, but their Fish and 99c menu is still pretty good, and they run a lot of charity stuff... .
Thanks for that link!! I'll probably hafta go out and buy one today now, ya big so-and-so... (/me grumbles about not having a job and no income)
--As for getting it to work with Linux, since it's USB 2.0 try:
# For USB 2.0: modprobe ehci-hcd # For USB 1.1: modprobe usb-ohci modprobe usb-storage
--You can also try ' modprobe ' for: sr_mod, usb-storage, usb-ohci, ehci-hcd, sg, sd_mod, scsi_mod
--I dunno tho, you might have to use a SCSI Generic device with cdrecord. Pop a disk in one of the drives and see if you can mount it on/dev/sgX or/dev/sdX.
--I honestly do hope they get Jerry Pournelle to replace Richard Harris.
--Imagine Jerry's office at Hogwarts - full of blinking, flashing, not-quite-right computers that are always doing unexpected things, to the point where he has to cast a sanity spell on them to keep them in check.
--And he can "alas" with the best of them. Seriously.
If you want speed, you have to go 68-pin. You're lucky to get 4MB/sec out of a 50-pin.
And the full-height 8gig 50-pin SCSI drive I bought for $20 or so was so SLOOOOW that it was unusable. Seriously, that thing had about as much speed as my floppy drive. I ended up giving it away. .
>Don't get me wrong, I like being nice to people. I have given friends, unable to afford a computer, one that I built with some old parts I had laying around. I have given money to people on the street that looked like they needed it (though they probably did not, or used it for alcohol). I like to help people, but I don't like to be asked to help people.
--I'm the same way, but I don't mind being asked to help ppl. HOWEVER, this b---h pretty much DEMANDED that he help her, and evidently decided not to pay him afterward for his time and trouble. If it was me answering the phone, I would have told her where to go upfront!
[SouthPark] You go to hell! You go to Hell and you die!! [/SouthPark]
--He should make his case by taking it to HER boss, get paid, and not let it happen again. .
To the rest of the world, he was a fool and got played.
I still think he could make a case for being paid for his time and expertise, but he should learn a lesson from this and NOT do that again without some money or at least telling the b---h off for her attitude and slamming down the phone. .
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--If you want to understand our origins and the meaning of the Universe, you could always try reading the Bible...
--No, I'm still not kidding.
--while I hesitate to reply to a thread that mentions (shudder) goatse...
--There are Things that Man was Never Meant to Know - let alone Accomplish.
--Playing God is one of them, and might provoke a Tower-of-Babel response. This new life-form could conceivably (sorry, pun) turn out to be a virulent and unstoppable disease.
--I hope they're doing this in a strictly controlled environment, and are able to destroy the thing instantly if it starts getting out of hand.
--No, I am not kidding.
/me thinks Snark is a cool name for a missile, and waits for the new Boojum to rev up and launch...
--For me, it wouldn't be so much about the PAY, it would be the excitement of working with really intelligent people (for a change) and doing things that were COOL.
--Space, & Technology related to it, is Cool.
--I really caught the excitement you felt while reading it... And you left out a lot of really good juicy bits that make me want to check the book out.
--Darn you, sir! Darn you like a sock!!
--You're an idiot. He said he was dragging STAFF out - that means PEOPLE. Read the friggen text carefully before you post like a numbnuts.
--Dumbass.
--Yep, this explains the problems I was having yesterday with apt-get update / upgrade. However, today things are working fine, so they must have brought 'security' back up somewhere else and either propogated the DNS or kept the same address.
--I'm really getting to love Debian. This from a longtime SuSE 7.3 user (even bought the DVD).
--Now THAT deserves a mod Insightful!
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Seriously, can somebody tell me what the BFD is? McD's gotta make money, Sims developers gotta make money, and it sounds like the McD's mod helps your Sim. Why is this Bad? Granted MCD's sells plastic-like food, but their Fish and 99c menu is still pretty good, and they run a lot of charity stuff...
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--What are some "Dream Goals" that you haven't reached yet or might never reach? Would you really like to take a ride into space?
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Actually I don't think he did - or he'd probably be in jail right now...
--Well done...
:b
Dork.
--It's "whilst" to YOU, you insensitive clod!!
Thanks for that link!! I'll probably hafta go out and buy one today now, ya big so-and-so... (/me grumbles about not having a job and no income)
/dev/sgX or /dev/sdX.
--As for getting it to work with Linux, since it's USB 2.0 try:
# For USB 2.0:
modprobe ehci-hcd
# For USB 1.1:
modprobe usb-ohci
modprobe usb-storage
--You can also try ' modprobe ' for: sr_mod, usb-storage, usb-ohci, ehci-hcd, sg, sd_mod, scsi_mod
--I dunno tho, you might have to use a SCSI Generic device with cdrecord. Pop a disk in one of the drives and see if you can mount it on
--I honestly do hope they get Jerry Pournelle to replace Richard Harris.
--Imagine Jerry's office at Hogwarts - full of blinking, flashing, not-quite-right computers that are always doing unexpected things, to the point where he has to cast a sanity spell on them to keep them in check.
--And he can "alas" with the best of them. Seriously.
--Um, then you're an idiot. Go away.
:P
--I use Knoppix on an almost daily basis, AND I'm constantly helping ppl out on the support board.
--So there.
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"I will gladly repay you Tuesday, for a Hamburger today." == Wimpy from Popeye
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Yep, I have six as well. Hope they don't change it - but if they do, I'll just have to delete or forward some of the archives in my Inbox. :)
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...Virtually thanking you for your fine virtual coffee... Now can I have a donut?
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If you want speed, you have to go 68-pin. You're lucky to get 4MB/sec out of a 50-pin.
And the full-height 8gig 50-pin SCSI drive I bought for $20 or so was so SLOOOOW that it was unusable. Seriously, that thing had about as much speed as my floppy drive. I ended up giving it away.
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--Word. And I'm grateful and thankful Forever for that sacrifice, too.
--Jesus Rules!
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>Don't get me wrong, I like being nice to people. I have given friends, unable to afford a computer, one that I built with some old parts I had laying around. I have given money to people on the street that looked like they needed it (though they probably did not, or used it for alcohol). I like to help people, but I don't like to be asked to help people.
--I'm the same way, but I don't mind being asked to help ppl. HOWEVER, this b---h pretty much DEMANDED that he help her, and evidently decided not to pay him afterward for his time and trouble. If it was me answering the phone, I would have told her where to go upfront!
[SouthPark] You go to hell! You go to Hell and you die!!
[/SouthPark]
--He should make his case by taking it to HER boss, get paid, and not let it happen again.
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If you're a religious person (and I am), yes.
To the rest of the world, he was a fool and got played.
I still think he could make a case for being paid for his time and expertise, but he should learn a lesson from this and NOT do that again without some money or at least telling the b---h off for her attitude and slamming down the phone.
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You should try Knoppix - it's based on Debian.
p per.net
Doesn't get any easier than apt-get.
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/
www.kno
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> Windows 2000 is vanilla, stable, boring, and runs on anything...
--What kinda friggin' fantasy world are YOU livin' in??
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