[root@skylark/root]# cat/etc/issue.net
Welcome to %h
Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586
Kernel 2.2.17-21mdk on an i686
[root@skylark/root]# uname -a
Linux skylark..org 2.2.17-21mdk #1 Thu Oct 5 13:16:08 CEST 2000 i686 unknown
[root@skylark/root]# uptime
12:06pm up 2 days, 2:31, 1 user, load average: 1.26, 1.22, 1.18
[root@skylark/root]#
Why is my load average so high on a 900mhz with 512mb ram!
Well, I am using mandrake 7.2, and I have not had any problems.
I left my/boot partition as ext2 because I did not know if you could boot off of ReiserFS, but I think that was fixed in 7.2(but I am not sure.)
If I hit the power button, the fsck only takes about 0.5-1.0 sec. so that does not bother me, and there are never any errors because(as far as I know,) nothing uses/boot after booting.
I never even see ReiserFS do any fixing(I know, not the correct term...,) and it comes up ok every time.
I have been using Reiser as long as Mandrake has had it in Cooker and never had any problems.
Actually, in the US at least, the government has the right to do anything that the voting citizens permit AND that is ALSO allowed by the Constitution allows(and yes I do know that it does not always work out that way.)
It may have been "Sundiver" By David Brin.
This was the simi-prequel for his "Uplift" series.
It involved an expidetion into the sun and the POSSIBLE discovery of plasma based life there.
I tend to think that it probabally was it Baxter book though, because it seemed closer to what you described.
James
Wrong. The creator only controls the distribution rights as long as he has copyright.
If he wants to seal it in a safe and not EVER allow anybody to distribute it, then he cannot have ever had it published, or be willing to buy up every copy that was published.
It is true that copyright has been extended for a LONG time, but it is not indefinite.
Look at the purpose of copyright law. It was to allow someone to profit from their works for a LIMITED time, by preventing someone from copying a book he/she had just printed and selling the copy. There was NO intention of granting property rights to ideas, or expressions of ideas, in perpetuity. It was intended that works pass into the public domain after a short time in order to increase the common store of knowledge.
P.S. That is very sad about the negatives...I always consider it a collective loss whenever knowledge(in the general sense, eg. art, records, even bad movies) is lost.
The current length of copyright is not fulfilling the intention of the law, in that it is not only encouraging people to live off the rewards of PAST work, it is preventing the spread of knowledge.
Look at the relevant portion of the Constitution.
About magazines: Most magazines will send you reprints or actuall copies if you send them money.
I do not think you should copy them.
But if a magazine will NOT sell you a copy of an out of print issue, then I think you have the right to copy it(not a legal right though, unless it is old enough.)
Copyright law was designed to allow people to make money from their works(to promote creation,) for a LIMITED time. It was then intended that the work go into the collective mass of knowlege(public domain.)
Copyright has NEVER been an absolute right either, the concept of fair use has existed for ages.
I am a member of ASSET(Astronomical Society of South East Texas) and we were told that if a visitor showed up and tripped over a telescope and got hurt, that he/she could sue everyone in the club, and that everyone would be responsible personally! IMHO this is stupid to the Nth degree, but that seems to be the law(in Texas at least.) Having telescopes set up in the dark is an intrinsically dangerous situation(it seems.) Nobody, it seems, can be held responsible for not being carefull when walking in the dark anymore. I suppose they would like us to have lights set up so our eyes could not dark adjust, after having just driven 60 miles just to get to a dark site! SIGHHHhhhhhh,,,,....
Is Defender of the Crown the one they also had for the Amiga with the Gorgous Graphics. I remember the scene with the Knight and Lady siloweted(spelling) in front of the fireplace...for the time, some of the best computer graphics I had ever seen!
If I remember there were 2 reasons that I did not buy one(and I REALY HATE dirty mouse balls!): 1: You had to use the drivers that came with the mouse, and it was incompatible with some games because of that(at least that is what the reviews in the game mags said.) 2: Only 2 buttons.
P.S. there were older mice with wheels on the bottom, but on those the wheels were virticle(spelling) and at right angles to each other, and had sharp edges(I have actually used one of these and they worked quite well, though you would have never thought they would frome the design. The honeywell mouse has the wheels mounted horizantally to the table with just a slight tilt to the axel, the tilt being angled 90deg from each other(not from the table, only about 5 to 10 deg from that)
Read the licence agrement on some of the software you have...A lot of mine(at least)says that it can only be run on ONE cpu ever. Read the EULA on preinstalled copies of Windows, it says that it is licenced to the one machine EVER and may NEVER be used on any other machine! This is stupid but Microsoft and others ARE doing it. Personally, I like the ONE cpu AT-A-TIME licence. If it is never being used by more than one person at a time, I see no problem with having it on multiple computers. James
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[root@skylark /root]# cat /etc/issue.net
/root]# uname -a
/root]# uptime
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Welcome to %h
Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586
Kernel 2.2.17-21mdk on an i686
[root@skylark
Linux skylark..org 2.2.17-21mdk #1 Thu Oct 5 13:16:08 CEST 2000 i686 unknown
[root@skylark
12:06pm up 2 days, 2:31, 1 user, load average: 1.26, 1.22, 1.18
[root@skylark
Why is my load average so high on a 900mhz with 512mb ram!
Well, I am using mandrake 7.2, and I have not had any problems. /boot partition as ext2 because I did not know if you could boot off of ReiserFS, but I think that was fixed in 7.2(but I am not sure.)
/boot after booting.
I left my
If I hit the power button, the fsck only takes about 0.5-1.0 sec. so that does not bother me, and there are never any errors because(as far as I know,) nothing uses
I never even see ReiserFS do any fixing(I know, not the correct term...,) and it comes up ok every time.
I have been using Reiser as long as Mandrake has had it in Cooker and never had any problems.
Actually, in the US at least, the government has the right to do anything that the voting citizens permit AND that is ALSO allowed by the Constitution allows(and yes I do know that it does not always work out that way.)
Ultraviolet is already available.
Check out the new Ultraviolet photonlight and the LED musieum.
It may have been "Sundiver" By David Brin.
This was the simi-prequel for his "Uplift" series.
It involved an expidetion into the sun and the POSSIBLE discovery of plasma based life there.
I tend to think that it probabally was it Baxter book though, because it seemed closer to what you described.
James
Wrong. The creator only controls the distribution rights as long as he has copyright.
If he wants to seal it in a safe and not EVER allow anybody to distribute it, then he cannot have ever had it published, or be willing to buy up every copy that was published.
It is true that copyright has been extended for a LONG time, but it is not indefinite.
Look at the purpose of copyright law. It was to allow someone to profit from their works for a LIMITED time, by preventing someone from copying a book he/she had just printed and selling the copy. There was NO intention of granting property rights to ideas, or expressions of ideas, in perpetuity. It was intended that works pass into the public domain after a short time in order to increase the common store of knowledge.
P.S. That is very sad about the negatives...I always consider it a collective loss whenever knowledge(in the general sense, eg. art, records, even bad movies) is lost.
The current length of copyright is not fulfilling the intention of the law, in that it is not only encouraging people to live off the rewards of PAST work, it is preventing the spread of knowledge.
Look at the relevant portion of the Constitution.
About magazines: Most magazines will send you reprints or actuall copies if you send them money.
I do not think you should copy them.
But if a magazine will NOT sell you a copy of an out of print issue, then I think you have the right to copy it(not a legal right though, unless it is old enough.)
Copyright law was designed to allow people to make money from their works(to promote creation,) for a LIMITED time. It was then intended that the work go into the collective mass of knowlege(public domain.)
Copyright has NEVER been an absolute right either, the concept of fair use has existed for ages.
Sorry if someone has already said this, but I do not have time to read the posts right now, BUT
Inference find http://www.infind.com
has LONG had a time to search option right after the field where you do the search.
I am a member of ASSET(Astronomical Society of South East Texas) and we were told that if a visitor showed up and tripped over a telescope and got hurt, that he/she could sue everyone in the club, and that everyone would be responsible personally! IMHO this is stupid to the Nth degree, but that seems to be the law(in Texas at least.)
Having telescopes set up in the dark is an intrinsically dangerous situation(it seems.) Nobody, it seems, can be held responsible for not being carefull when walking in the dark anymore.
I suppose they would like us to have lights set up so our eyes could not dark adjust, after having just driven 60 miles just to get to a dark site!
SIGHHHhhhhhh,,,,....
James
sanity points???
... He whose name must not be spoken!
Do I sense a CoC player nearby
B~ll Gat~s
Now we know!!!
Is Defender of the Crown the one they also had for the Amiga with the Gorgous Graphics.
I remember the scene with the Knight and Lady siloweted(spelling) in front of the fireplace...for the time, some of the best computer graphics I had ever seen!
If I remember there were 2 reasons that I did not buy one(and I REALY HATE dirty mouse balls!):
1: You had to use the drivers that came with the mouse, and it was incompatible with some games because of that(at least that is what the reviews in the game mags said.)
2: Only 2 buttons.
P.S. there were older mice with wheels on the bottom, but on those the wheels were virticle(spelling) and at right angles to each other, and had sharp edges(I have actually used one of these and they worked quite well, though you would have never thought they would frome the design.
The honeywell mouse has the wheels mounted horizantally to the table with just a slight tilt to the axel, the tilt being angled 90deg from each other(not from the table, only about 5 to 10 deg from that)
On my mouseman plus the wheel can be clicked and functions JUST like a third button.
I would think that the trackball version would do the same.
I could really use that postscript file!!!
:-(
If you still have access to it, could you send it to:
jkenney@sat.net
I know this is the wrong place to ask this, but I cannot seem to get your e-mail address
Read the licence agrement on some of the software you have...A lot of mine(at least)says that it can only be run on ONE cpu ever.
Read the EULA on preinstalled copies of Windows, it says that it is licenced to the one machine EVER and may NEVER be used on any other machine!
This is stupid but Microsoft and others ARE doing it.
Personally, I like the ONE cpu AT-A-TIME licence.
If it is never being used by more than one person at a time, I see no problem with having it on multiple computers.
James