[off topic] legislation

2002-04-02 Thread Derek D. Martin
Amendments of 2001, how can I find out if this bill has been passed into law? Please reply off-list to minimize off-topic posting. :) Thanks - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID

Re: [off topic] legislation

2002-04-02 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Derek D. Martin hath spake thusly: how can I find out if this bill has been passed into law? Thanks to everyone who replied. I found what I was looking for. :) - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [off topic] legislation

2002-04-02 Thread Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas
out if this bill has been passed into law? Please reply off-list to minimize off-topic posting. :) Thanks - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key

[OFF-TOPIC] MS Outlook line wrap (was: Atime)

2002-03-26 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, at 1:08pm, Mansur, Warren wrote: Unfortunately I'm using Outlook (long story on why) here at work to send my mail. Outlook or Outlook Express? Version? POP3/IMAP/SMTP or MAPI (MS Exchange Server)? If Outlook proper, and it is prior to 2002 version, are you running

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-19 Thread mailportal
At http://news.gnhlug.org/article.php?sid=218 is: Yes. I remember it. I believe it was part of something called the Writers Workbench. p Used to be one could purchase a copy of it from Bell Labs/ATT/, but I haven''t heard about it for a long time. Google turned up a a

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-19 Thread Karl J. Runge
THANKS! (I assume that's you Bruce...) style and diction, I couldn't remember the latter one. I'll install them and write a perl script to download and filter all of Ben's posts right away :-) On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. I remember it. I believe it was part of

[OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-18 Thread Benjamin Scott
Hello list, This is rather off-topic, but can anyone here recommend a good web hosting provider? We are often in the position of recommending web providers to our clients. We have some existing companies we have dealt with, to varying degrees of success. Since there are a lot

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-18 Thread Michael O'Donnell
Things we (or rather, our customers) would be interested include longevity (will they still be around in a year or so) and customer service (people with a clue and can peak English). Well, we can certainly see why you'd want to outsource... ;- ;-

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-18 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Michael O'Donnell wrote: ... and can peak English ... Well, we can certainly see why you'd want to outsource... ;- ;- LOL! I guess my spell chqeue dew knot work write. :-) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Web hosting recommendations?

2001-12-18 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Michael O'Donnell wrote: ... and can peak English ... Well, we can certainly see why you'd want to outsource... ;- ;- LOL! I guess my spell chqeue dew knot

Re: MS Product Activation [OFF-TOPIC] (was: SWANH Conference 2001 )

2001-11-06 Thread Bob Bell
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 07:48:48PM -0500, Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have also heard it said that the EULA for the latest release of MS FrontPage forbids you from using FP to create or publish a web page criticizing Microsoft or its products. I have not substantiated that

RE: MS Product Activation [OFF-TOPIC] (was: SWANH Conference 2001)

2001-11-05 Thread Tilly, Lawrence
, devoted, Win advocates...) -Larry -Original Message- On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Tilly, Lawrence wrote: Especially if people bring up the privacy issues I've heard about concerning XP (ie forcing you to let M$ know when you change your hardware, etc). My apologies for a long, off-topic post

RE: MS Product Activation [OFF-TOPIC] (was: SWANH Conference 2001)

2001-11-05 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Tilly, Lawrence wrote: I was not attempting to imply that the evil corporation is actually collecting significant information from your machine. They may be, or they may not. Because it is closed source, we have little way of knowing. We will have to wait until (note:

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-17 Thread Derek Doucette
How about the opera windows port, I have been running it pretty effectively with only a few formatting errors here and there, overall very happy, and it is fast. I think you can get an e-mail client for this, but I haven't used nor heard anything about it. I use Eudora, and the only problem

Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Greg Kettmann
As much as I love Linux as a Server I've problems with it as a desktop (missing applications). Not a complaint, I suppose it's more of an apology :-) . My primary work platform is still winblows. I refuse to use M$ Internet Explorer and Outlook. Netscape (4.77) has become more problematic

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Michael O'Donnell
http://browserwatch.internet.com/ http://www.webstandards.org/upgrade/index_n4.html http://www.browserlist.browser.org/browser_list.shtml ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:12:40AM -0400, Greg Kettmann wrote: As much as I love Linux as a Server I've problems with it as a desktop (missing applications). Not a complaint, I suppose it's more of an apology :-) . My primary work platform is

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Greg Kettmann wrote: Netscape (4.77) has become more problematic lately though. It keeps crashing saying it can't write to a memory location. Turn off Java. Netscape 4.x's Java Virtual Machine sucks rocks, to put it mildly. Regardless, any suggestions for a new

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 02:05:00PM -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: Pine is available for MS-Windows. What more do you need? ;-) Oh, I forgot to mention that, and there's also a port of Mutt. And both are character based so you can telnet in and

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Derek D. Martin wrote: Oh, I forgot to mention that, and there's also a port of Mutt. And both are character based so you can telnet in and -- oh, right, windows. LOL! Hmmm, I wonder if Pine/Mutt/whatever would work under the Telnet server included with Windows 2000

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Thomas M. Albright
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Greg Kettmann wrote: Regardless, any suggestions for a new browser / mail client? I Have you tried Netscape 6.1? It's basically the closed-source version of mozilla. -- Thomas M. Albright (Linux user number 234357) Amendment IV The right of the people to be

Re: Off Topic - Windows Browsers.

2001-10-16 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:15:52 EDT Benjamin Scott said: (I find it ironic that Microsoft is finally including a Telnet server, just as the Unix community is moving away from Telnet in favor of SSH.) Why? they've consistently been about 10 years behind everyone else! We tried

Way off topic

2001-10-01 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
Has anybody seen an Outlook virus whose subject is I therefore offer ? It seems to hit Win machines (hey that's novel) and has the usual let's email everybody in the address book behavior. Unforunately, this one can infect through non Outlook clients. It seems to hit Eudora. TIA TomR

Re: Way off topic

2001-10-01 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Tom Rauschenbach wrote: Has anybody seen an Outlook virus... Outlook *is* a virus. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Please, continue. ... whose subject is I therefore offer? The Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center (SARC, http://www.sarc.com) doesn't have

Re: Way off topic

2001-10-01 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Monday 01 October 2001 21:45, Benjamin Scott wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Tom Rauschenbach wrote: Has anybody seen an Outlook virus... Outlook *is* a virus. Yeah, yeah. The Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center (SARC, http://www.sarc.com) doesn't have anything on it. But I have

Off-topic, Microsoft-bashing humor

2001-08-29 Thread Benjamin Scott
http://www.devinfo.com/windows.swf -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any

Re: [off topic] setup

2001-06-18 Thread Duane Morin
The word setup does exist in the English language, but it is a NOUN, meaning, the way in which something is arranged, or a hoax or fraud. Many people lately have been using it as a verb, meaning, to assemble or erect, establish, configure, or to cause. In this form, it is a two-word

Re: [off topic] setup

2001-06-18 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Ken Ambrose wrote: You're bringing this up the same week we learn that doh is now officially recognized as a word by the OED. Language changes. That is the way it has always been, and will always be. Soon, setup will be officially recognized as a verb, for whatever

[off topic] setup

2001-06-16 Thread Derek Martin
If you're likely to be annoyed by people who complain about grammatical usage on mailing lists, then now is the time to delete this message. Ordinarily I don't much care about people's spelling and/or grammar in messages on mailing lists, so long as it does not make the message difficult to read

Re: [off topic] setup

2001-06-16 Thread Mike McKernan
Just keep in mind the definitive example: Someone set us up the bomb! Derek == Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:29:49 -0400 Derek If you're likely to be annoyed by people who complain about Derek grammatical usage on mailing lists, then now

Re: [off topic] setup

2001-06-16 Thread Derek Martin
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 12:42:04PM -0400, Duane Morin wrote: The word setup does exist in the English language, but it is a NOUN, meaning, the way in which something is arranged, or a hoax or fraud. Many people lately have been using it as a verb, meaning, to assemble or erect,

Re: [Summary] Re: OFF TOPIC: ATT cable modem lossage

2001-04-23 Thread Mark Komarinski
Karl, I have the same kind of modem from the same year. Has worked perfectly for the past three years. On a related ATT front, I got a call from them friday saying they would be testing the area (Billerica, MA) for digital cable. The person on the phone said it would be mandatory (!) at some

Re: OFF TOPIC: ATT cable modem lossage

2001-04-09 Thread Farrell Woods
Michael O'Donnell wrote: Farrell wrote: Try going here: http://techsupport.ne.mediaone.net:8080/ ...but I can't get past their authentication - can anybody else, or have they changed it? G...! I tried again too over the weekend. Alas they seem to have turned off access to this

Re: OFF TOPIC: ATT cable modem lossage

2001-04-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
They changed their website aroung considerably. http://www.mediaone.rr.com/rros2/ms/0,2023,64__1_ms,00.html Michael O'Donnell wrote: Farrell wrote: Try going here: http://techsupport.ne.mediaone.net:8080/ ...but I can't get past their authentication - can anybody else, or have they

Educational pricing [OFF-TOPIC] (was: Linux for Educators)

2001-01-02 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Mark wrote: Basic answer is MS took a page from Apple Borland ... It didn't seem to help Apple or Borland all that much. Not today. But in years past, every school in the country was filled with Apple //e's, because Apple just about gave them away. And so every

RE: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-11 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses! On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 01:27:21PM -0500, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the question I have is: Is the author of this page aware that gnus really do exist? :) If he wasn't before, he is now

RE: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hmmm -- looks like he got the hint; the bottom of the page (underneath the book's scanned image) is now mysteriously... blank. Speaking of Gnus, though, I seem to recall some show on PBS that had 'em in abundance, though my memory could be fooling

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-11 Thread Dan Jenkins
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Speaking of Gnus, though, I seem to recall some show on PBS that had 'em in abundance, though my memory could be fooling me. I don't recollect that one, but I do remember one of my favorite books as a child was "The Gnu and Guru go Beyond the Beyond." Often I think the

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-11 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:35:03 EST Derek Martin said: [Ducking for cover] that would be New Zoo Review, which starred Gary Gnu as the gnus correspondant. Shouldn't that be the Gnu Zoo Review ;) -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear!

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-11 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: In a message dated: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:35:03 EST Derek Martin said: [Ducking for cover] that would be New Zoo Review, which starred Gary Gnu as the gnus correspondant. Shouldn't that be the Gnu Zoo Review ;) Better yet, the New Gnu Zoo Review.

(Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-08 Thread Randy Edwards
If you ever wondered what GNUs build besides software, then check out http://www.golgotha.net/articles/gnuhouse.php. -- Regards,| Need some help with Debian GNU/Linux? . | Randy | Look no further than http://debianhelp.org ([EMAIL

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-08 Thread Bob Bell
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 01:27:21PM -0500, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the question I have is: Is the author of this page aware that gnus really do exist? :) If he wasn't before, he is now -- I already sent him an email about it :-) I can only guess that he had only

RE: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-08 Thread Lawrence.Tilly
: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses! On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 01:27:21PM -0500, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the question I have is: Is the author of this page aware that gnus really do exist? :) If he wasn't before, he is now

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-08 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 17:56:51 EST Randy Edwards said: If you ever wondered what GNUs build besides software, then check out http://www.golgotha.net/articles/gnuhouse.php. The thing I find amusing is the section at the bottom: Now, considering that every other animal

Re: (Off-topic Humor) GNUs also build houses!

2000-12-08 Thread Randy Edwards
So, the question I have is: Is the author of this page aware that gnus really do exist? :) removing foot Not outside the software world! :-) -- Regards, | Moore's Law: Every 2 years CPU power will double. .| Randy| Gates' Law: Every 18 months software speed will halve.

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-22 Thread Larry Cook
Bob, I forwarded your question on to a friend at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. She forwarded it to Tom Fields. Here are the messages I received: * I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. I don't know if this

off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Bobnhlinux
People, I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. I don't know if this is urban legend, or fact. Who can I ask? Where can I look? I have been told that Franklin Pierce Law Center, here in Concord, NH is one of the leading

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. Well, that was ostensibly why the NCSA Web server (and Mosaic) were/are free and open. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar

RE off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20
Bob Sparks [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. This is a VERY complex question, because all too often, the applications that are frequently developed are done so under a non-disclosure as

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Bruce Dawson
This would appear to make sense: software the public pays for is owned by the public. However, this is frequently not the case - and its not easy to determine when the rule applies. 1. I believe the "public" owns the software when its not copyrighted. 2. Otherwise, the copyright holder owns it.

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Bruce Dawson
I believe that's an artifact of NCSA's charter or its "Agreement with the Community" rather than government ownership. --Bruce Quoting Rodent of Unusual Size [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:39:42 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: People, I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. Technically I believe this to be true, unless release of said sw poses a "National Security

Re: off topic: open source legal question

2000-08-16 Thread Paul Lussier
This was mistakenly sent to me off-list, but since I'm not the OP, I'm passing it on in hopes the original poster reads this :) (I think it was Bob Sparks) Seeya, Paul In a message dated: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:14:15 EDT cdowns said: i just left working there for the last year but you might

[OFF-TOPIC] Commentary on Intel (was: ABit BP6)

2000-08-15 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Derek Martin wrote: There's nothing preventing a Celeron from proper SMP out of the box other than Intel's greed -- the workaround is simple for both types of processors. It is standard practice in many industries to charge "high-end" customers more to subsidize

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Commentary on Intel (was: ABit BP6)

2000-08-15 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote: I actually think Intel did us a favor with this one. They could easily have developed a more sophisticated method of disabling SMP on the Celery, but they didn't. Maybe there are a few friendly engineers somewhere inside Intel. I read an article

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Commentary on Intel (was: ABit BP6)

2000-08-15 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote: BS For example, Panasonic makes a voice mail system that comes in a two-port BS version and a four-port version. The difference is the license key. And the BS price tag. And they put a sticker labeled "DO NOT USE" over ports three and BS four on

Re: off topic ?

2000-05-18 Thread Bob Bell
On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 05:56:40PM -0400, Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps this can be forgiven... http://www.neaq.org/explore/vtour.proto/penguins.html I was just there about a month ago and saw these guys. Real cute. None responded to "Tux", though... (I always

off topic ?

2000-05-17 Thread Tom Rauschenbach
Perhaps this can be forgiven... http://www.neaq.org/explore/vtour.proto/penguins.html -- Standard is better than better. If your web page cares what browser I'm using it's broken. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** To unsubscribe from this list,

[OFF-TOPIC] 3Com Palm inverse screen backlight

2000-05-14 Thread Benjamin Scott
Hello list, This is off-topic, but I recall a number of GNHLUG members being interested in it, but forget who specifically, so please excuse the brief interruption. Newer 3Com Palm models cause the screen to become "inverse" when the backlight is switched on. Some like thi

[OFF-TOPIC] More MS Flames (was: let's torture and kill virus writers)

2000-05-05 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Mike Bilow wrote: First, and WAY off topic, Outlook Express (and all of IE5) should be installed in a corporate environment from a local server. Right. And everyone should run MS Small Business Server, and use MS Exchange for mail, and MS Proxy for Internet, and the only

Re: The right hand writes to the list Help -- Rather Off topic

2000-05-05 Thread Joshua S. Freeman
I'm guessing this is plain intimidation... I can recommend a very nice/smart/wired lawyer friend in Norwood for her to talk to... he might, for a very small fee, be able to write a letter that will demonstrate enough committment to get them to back down... his name: Andy Kisseloff his

(Off Topic) Job query

2000-04-20 Thread Randy Edwards
I've put in my resignation at the college and am entering into a job search period and thought I'd toss a query into the list here. I'm looking for an SysAdmin/networking/suppport type of position; I'm not awfully fussy, but would love the chance to work with Linux, or barring that anything *ix

CD-writing (semi-off-topic/humor)

2000-03-29 Thread Derek Martin
I came across this while I was reading about CD writing and CD standards. I thought you might find it informative, and it made me chuckle. http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/cdnonsense.html -- PGP/GPG Public key at http://cerberus.ne.mediaone.net/~derek/pubkey.txt

[Off Topic] - Special Interest Group - IEIS

2000-03-09 Thread Nadeem Kafi
Hi All, I am forming a special interest group locally, The area of our interest is working only with [Unix/Win32/Linux]-[Oracleothers]-[Java,php,tcl/tk etc] technologies for internal based applications. Applications developed could later be deployed through ASPs (Application Service

[off-topic/humor] Video

2000-02-28 Thread Randy Edwards
If you haven't seen the adventures of special agent kimble, then run over to http://kimble.org/kimmovie/kimble_themovie.swf and take a look (the video probably requires some sort of plug-in, but it worked on my GNU/Linux Netscape). -- Regards, | Tired of forced, expen$ive upgrades and blue

Re: Off topic ? mmap timings

2000-02-10 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Alright, so I investigated this question a little bit more: Test: 102,400,000 Megabytes to IDE disk, with Pentium 166 or something like that. So the timings with mmap: Write: ~28 sec Reading: ~20 sec With read/write, the speed-up stronlgly depends on how many bytes you write to the disk at

Re: Off topic ? mmap timings

2000-02-10 Thread Marc Evans
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan wrote: experiment with this. It was interesting, but now let's speed-up the X:-). Look at version 3.9.17* of XFree86 for speedups - Marc ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to

Re: Off topic ? mmap timings

2000-02-10 Thread Marc Evans
Have you looked at the Xv extension? - Marc On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan wrote: Hi, Look at version 3.9.17* of XFree86 for speedups The important stuff is how I draw on X actually. I'm using Qt, and now I'm gonna implement an MIT-SHM X drawing thing. This seems to be the

Re: Off topic ? mmap timings

2000-02-10 Thread Bob Bell
Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan wrote: Test: 102,400,000 Megabytes to IDE disk, with Pentium 166 or something like that. Wow, if I was manipulating nearly 100 terabytes of data I would opt for some sort of SCSI RAID setup instead of IDE... :-) -- Bob BellCompaq Computer Corporation

Re: Off topic ?

2000-02-09 Thread Marc Evans
I have personally found that using mmap is less intense on the overall system performance then the open/fopen alternatives. This is particularly true if you are doing random I/O (seeking back and forth). Sadly, OS portability is a bit of an issue, which may impact your development plans. - Marc

Re: Off topic ? mmap timings

2000-02-09 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi, Please excuse a "not necessarily linux" question, but who wants to share opinions/experience on the virtues of mmap ing a file as opposed to opening it ? I'm about to start work on a project where the local custom is to mmap input files and I'm not so sure that's a good idea (the files and