On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:52:21PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
[1] Bicycle with cargo trailers can move anything. I've moved a sofa
and a fridge with them myself, though had to rent larger trailers.
I've moved a fridge by strapping it on the carrier. This made the bike
possible to ride, but
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar
careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing
and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has
gone on for so
long that you have advanced your knowledge of
Linux/Debian to these
levels that all of you
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 23:31, Pigeon wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:52:21PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
[1] Bicycle with cargo trailers can move anything. I've moved a sofa
and a fridge with them myself, though had to rent larger trailers.
I've moved a fridge by strapping it on the
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:31:32PM +, Pigeon wrote:
How does your trailer cope with the bike leaning over on corners?
Hitch is on a swivel joint and clamps to the bicycle. Trailer doesn't
torque.
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In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your knowledge of Linux/Debian
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:40, Cam Ellison wrote:
* Lloyd Zusman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[ ... ]
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 06:32:23PM -0600, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 15:30, Sam Varghese wrote:
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:53:02AM -0800, Osamu Aoki spake thus:
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I work as a journalist for the Tech
Actually, I know several journos who use Debian. It makes testing and
evaluating SW packages trivial.
Further to that, in the non-tech press I know many political journo's with a
love affair with abiword under windows.
mostly because it doesn't play silly games with them.
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:46:34PM -0500, Mike Dresser wrote:
But anyways, started out on Slackware in... Hmm. I remember 1.2.x kernels
more than the actual version. Something like version 3.0, which puts
it in 1996?
I started getting interested in Linux when my buddy Tabor was going on
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers
Doubt it - I'm a Presbyterian minister!
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff.
To some extent it goes with the OS. Maybe a liking for
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:50:09AM +, Glyn Millington wrote:
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers
Doubt it - I'm a Presbyterian minister!
And I was a Dutch Reformed minister for 22 years using Linux on my
desktop for
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have
andrej
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On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 04:14, Johann Spies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:50:09AM +, Glyn Millington wrote:
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers
Doubt it - I'm a Presbyterian minister!
And I was a Dutch
On 16/01/03 Lloyd Zusman did speaketh:
So to me, the differences between Windows and Linux fall into three
categories:
1. Quality -- Unix and its descendants such as Linux are robust,
2. Religion -- Many people in the Linux world (me included) are
3. Fun -- For a programmer,
Reading the posted messages to this list, all these replies, you come closer
to an understanding of the beauty of life. This mailing list is a poem.
I am a Cuban-Russian-Ukrainian-Canadian-American Mathematics College
professor. I have had technical education, I suppose, since this is what I
do
Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new...
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar
* Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030117 02:00]:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
Good choice, the packaging system is amazing.
this list is a little out of my
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have
* Lloyd Zusman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[ ... ]
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has
| I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
| why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
| all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
| long that you have advanced your knowledge of Linux/Debian to these
| levels that all of
Thus spake Lloyd Zusman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
...
Linux is a version of Unix that first came out in the mid-1990's.
So by now, it's part of the nearly 30-year evolution of the original
Unix.
I think it's worth pointing out that the original unix was very
seriously based on (concepts of) the
Hi,
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you
Brooks R. Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
| I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
| why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
| all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
| long that you have advanced your
Scott --sidewalking--, 2003-Jan-16 16:30 -0700:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still taking general ed
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
Well, yes and no. I have sort of a round about computer history. I got my
first computer when I was 10, a TI-99/4A -- that should date me properly,
I spent many hours of playing Tunnels of Doom a few months ago under MESS.
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:53:02AM -0800, Osamu Aoki spake thus:
If you want instant-Linux with passive attitudes and expectations that
evrything is configured by GUI, Debian may not be ready to address needs
of you yet. Debian does not require
Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still taking general ed classes in college, and
| That doesn't sound at all like the Brooks Robinson I'm familiar with
| /baseball joke...
Well the story goes like this
Circa 1968/1969 my (then 10 year old) brother was watching a marvelous third
baseman. He turns to my mother and asks that if she has another child,
could they name it
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 15:30, Sam Varghese wrote:
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:53:02AM -0800, Osamu Aoki spake thus:
[snip]
I work as a journalist for the Tech sub-sections of the Web sites of two
Australian broadsheet newspapers - The Age
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 14:09, Jeff wrote:
Scott --sidewalking--, 2003-Jan-16 16:30 -0700:
[snip]
You'll find that the biggest commonality among Linux users is their
love for Linux. Reasons and backgrounds vary widely. This should
Or the desire to have a real workstation/server-class OS for a
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:50:09AM +, Glyn Millington wrote:
To some extent it goes with the OS. Maybe a liking for the
Under-the-bonnet approach goes with a certain kind of personality?
Certainly in the bad onld days of Winders 95, it was _easier_ to use
Linux than to be constantly
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 07:12:34AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
environment full time, I finally decided to put RedHat 5.1 on my PC. After
ignoring the moron at Future Shop who told me that you couldn't dual boot a
PC, I dual booted it just fine between Linux and '95. It didn't take long
A
Thus spake Scott --sidewalking-- ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my
winning horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities.
The talk on this list is a little out of my comprehension now,
as I am so new, but I am still taking
I've been mucking about with computers for over 20 years, starting
with the Commodore Pet. I refuse to categorise it as a hobby or a
career. I have been paid for doing it, though not very often at the
moment. I do it because I enjoy it - same reason for most things I do,
like electronics design
Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your knowledge of Linux/Debian to
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still taking general ed classes in college, and am hoping I
can survive the
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
[snip]
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you
Im still in my junior year of highschool
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From: Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:30 PM
Subject: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related careers/schooling?
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still
At 2003-01-16T23:30:54Z, Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers...
I am. I got a degree in Comp. Sci., but was working in system
administration before that (I went to school as a non-traditional
student).
...and that is why
Scott writes:
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is why
you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking all of this
stuff.
I board and train horses and grow hay for a living.
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still
Scott --sidewalking-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[ ... ]
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your
Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still taking general ed classes in college, and
This one time, at band camp, Scott --sidewalking-- said:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still taking
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
All,
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 04:30:54PM -0700, Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new,
but I am still
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:08:56PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
I board and train horses and grow hay for a living.
Security officer workin the third watch at a research hospital
gaurding an enterance.
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I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your knowledge of Linux/Debian to these
levels that all of you
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 10:23:45PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
Linux is a version of Unix that first came out in the mid-1990's.
So by now, it's part of the nearly 30-year evolution of the original
Unix.
Since when is 1991 the mid-90's? 8:o)
In other words, MS Windows is a Johnny-come-lately,
Okay, I'll weigh in.
I'm finishing up my master's degree in electrical engineering. My lab
is solely Linux and Solaris machines, but used Linux exclusively for a
couple of years during my undergrad, too. Everybody used to wonder why
my reports looked so much better than everybody else and I
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