arachne-digest Friday, May 11 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1528
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:41:54 -0500
From: "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sunday Salsa
On Wed, 09 May 2001 20:26:39 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> In the good old days when homes used to be built right, all of the two
> by fours that went into the construction were real two by fours. The
> "new" shaved-down standard was developed by the building contractors and
> the lumber companies and by others involved in the building industry for
> the purpose of bilking people. I don't know if similar scams were
> developed by european home builders.
All 2x4s start out as two by four. In the old days they were left
rough sawn, today they are smoothed down to their finished size, but
are still called by their nominal dimensions. All finished lumber is
smaller than the size it is called. This is not a scam or a deception.
It is just the reality of the lumber milling process.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
- -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:44:52 -0500
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sunday Salsa with nasty splinters
Good grief! Aren't there enough conspiracy theories around without
adding lumber to the list?
> In the good old days when homes used to be built right, all of the two
> by fours that went into the construction were real two by fours. The
> "new" shaved-down standard was developed by the building contractors and
> the lumber companies and by others involved in the building industry for
> the purpose of bilking people.
The size of all lumber -- and timber -- has always been the "rough
cut" size; the house I grew up in had 2x4's in the walls that were 2"x4"
... rough cut. If you've ever worked with rough cut lumber, you'd know
that it is not just hard on the hands and the clothing -- you often
can't see faults or flaws in the lumber because the rough cut "splinter
fuzz" hides them.
Since industry standard is rough cut dimensions, all planed lumber
and timber is "smaller" than the designated size ... you can't take the
surface off of anything without making that thing smaller. Since
builders want planed lumber -- easier on hands, easier to handle in all
ways, easier to see knot holes and splits and other flaws -- the lumber
we buy is going to be smaller than 2"x4" ... but it is NOT a scam, or a
rip-off or a conspiracy. It's a way to avoid splinters and splits.
- -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:42:14 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sunday Salsa
On Wed, 09 May 2001 18:21:13 -0700, rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> My personal favorite is the "in betwix" wrenches made from worn-out dies
> .... usually made in "IwonderwheretheF***kweareastan".
> [Please note: that may be "IwonderwheretheF***kweareastan", Ohio.] I
> think Glenn lives right next to there <g>.
You are mistaken.
I do not live next to it.... I live right in IWWTFWA. ;-)
So if you've ever wondered where it is....take the link on this page....
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/IwonderwheretheF---kweareastan.htm
- --
Glenn
http://arachne.cz/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:12:33
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: AOL Users/Email
On 10 May 01 at 19:07, arachne-digest wrote:
>>Sam,
>>I agree totally with ya on this one! I myself have had to
>>ask more than a few AOL buddies to use the Windows Clipboard
>>and learn "cut 'n paste" when sending email to me, hehe!
>>
>>The problem is AOL doesn't do much to inform its users of
>>the proper way to use email, especially sending email to
>>other Internet users, outside of AOL. AOL started out as
>>a BBS in Virginia, quickly outgrew itself...even up til a
>>few years ago it was unusual to successfully login to AOL
>>on the first dialup. The method I've employed is to simply
>>take it upon myself to inform AOLers about "how to" attach
>>files instead of simply "forwarding" the message.
Boy, you're preaching to the choir here!
>>And yes, Arachne has a fit with AOL forwarded emails! I've had to open up
>>to 10 different "messages" just to get to the original
>>message. Once again, I just try my best to educate the masses!
>>A Wiz's work is never done, ya know! Hehe!
It's worse than that when using Pegasus Mail (DOS, of course). I've
had 2 of those messages that you click, click, etc. and finally they
crashed my computer causing a spontaneous reboot. I did not EVEN try
to read them with Insight, I just sent them to the cosmic bitbucket
where they belong.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
This mail written by a user of Arachne, the DOS Internet Client
WWWWW World Wide Web Without Windows
http://home.arachne.cz Arachne DOS Browser Home Page
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 00:02:10 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Arachne locks up when searching source
Hello:
I have just found a new problem that I have never encountered before.
I wonder if any others get the same result.
Go to http://www.tomshardware.com
The page should download and be displayed just fine, images and all.
BTW, I found that several links on the page work OK too.
Do F6 to view source on the main page.
Next do F7 to search the source for a word or phrase. (The word I was
searching for was "java". I don't think it would have mattered whatever
word I was searching for).
In two attempts at trying this Arachne locked up on me. There was no
way out of this one other than a cold reboot.
New bug?
Regards,
Sam Heywood
- -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:11:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI hardware modem in DOS
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I have, the one on this machine, though I am using it in Linux at
the moment. My modem is an Actiontec PCI call-waiting modem and
the machine dual-boots DR-DOS and Mandrake Linux. The modem is
currently on IRQ 11 and IOPORT 0xdc00. Works fine with the CHAT
program from DOSPPPD, and thus with Arachne.
I set up the IRQ by hand in the BIOS (no plug-n-pray operating
system, blah blah blah). The modem comes with a DOS utility that
tells me what IRQ, IOPORT it is using. I don't know if this will
work with other modems. Ralf Brown has a utility that might help
to find out where the modem is:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html
Then you just specify "non-standart" modem in Arache modem
wizard, and put in the appropriate values for IRQ and IOPORT.
HTH
Regards
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Gregor J Jones mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I heard about the Actiontec PCI hardware modem, said to work with DOS, OS/2,
and Linux as well as Windows. I suppose, once you know the IRQ and IOPORT,
setting it up for DOSPPPD is just like setting up my ISA Diamond SupraExpress
56i, at COM4 (base 0x2e8) IRQ 5? In Linux I used a setserial statement to make
Linux find the modem.
You don't really need the Arachne modem wizard. I have DOSPPPD set up to dial
without Arachne. Then I can run Arachne with Connection READY, Hangup NUL, or
other Internet program that uses DOS packet driver.
Ralf Brown also wrote a DOS communications program that I downloaded and
unzipped but am having a hard time finding a use for it, considering the
Internet has superseded BBSes.
How do you like Mandrake Linux?
What is HTH? Another acronym that has me floored? Here's To Health?
To Thomas/tomstfor:
Is Norton Utilities free for download? I thought it was commercial software.
Or do they no longer market the DOS version?
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:15:03 -0700
From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SLIP/PPP Connection Problem
Second Post....
I try my W3.1 Shiva Dialer, and it does the same thing as Miniterm,
except it pops up an "AUTHENTICATION" dialogbox, with my UserName
already entered in one line, and the cursor in the "PASSWORD" line.
I enter my password and click OK...it pops the same authentication
dialogbox up...I enter my password and click OK...and...and..after
doing this 3-4 times, it drops the connection and says, "verification
failed because username and/or password failed"
I try my OS/2 DialupClient, which gives me a little STATUS window, to
see what is going on with the progress....everything goes the same as
with Miniterm or Shiva, BUT, at the very last, it gives the error as
"PAP Authentication failed".
SO, ....ideas....???
.......gregy...
- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 01:23:37 -0700
From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SLIP/PPP Connect Problem
I recently acquired another ISP account.
They state that they do NOT support anything except Win9x/ME/NT, etc,
and MacOS.
They used to support Win3.1, but have now stopped doing that...
They usually supply their new accounts with a CD to install/configure
the connection, through Windows or Mac. They will/do supply new
accounts with a printout of connect information, DNS, Netmask, Username,
Passowrd, all the goodies that my other ISPs supply, which I use to
setup up Miniterm, W3.1 Shiva, OS/2 DialupClient, etc....
I use an external 56K Modem, with speaker turned on, and all the
usual string of 8 LEDs on the front, so I can see exactly what is
going on (I guess I'm just a control freak...:))))...
When I set up Miniterm/Arachne to dial into them, I get the usual
speed-negotiation screeching, then it settles down at 33.6 (where I
have my modem set most of the time) and sets up the connection (with
4 LEDs steady lit) and the SEND and RECEIVE leds blinking as it
negotiates the PPP connection. After about 1 1/2 times as long as
normal, it rejects the connection, and Miniterm gives me the "PPP
Link down...packet driver not installed" notice.
When I go to a "Use Terminal" screen, the same thing happens, as soon
as I press F7....BUT
If I let it drop down to the SLIP login, I can enter my Username and
Password manually, and it will let me log on.....
there I find it is a SunOS 5.5.1, with a standard prompt of:
sun: %
>From there, I can type help and get a list of things I can do, even
includes firing up Lynx to surf the web...and ftp, and telnet, etc.
BUT...I can not seem to get it to accept my packet Driver login for
love or money...
Before I jump all over them....I want to hear your thoughts, advice,
and comments...thanks..
......gregy
- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:42:14 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sunday Salsa
On Wed, 09 May 2001 18:21:13 -0700, rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> My personal favorite is the "in betwix" wrenches made from worn-out dies
> .... usually made in "IwonderwheretheF***kweareastan".
> [Please note: that may be "IwonderwheretheF***kweareastan", Ohio.] I
> think Glenn lives right next to there <g>.
You are mistaken.
I do not live next to it.... I live right in IWWTFWA. ;-)
So if you've ever wondered where it is....take the link on this page....
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/IwonderwheretheF---kweareastan.htm
- --
Glenn
http://arachne.cz/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
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Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:12:53 +0300
From: Cristian Burneci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS NT server connection
"V.N.Karpovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hello,
>
>I have a question.
>
>I had for a long time used Arachne for my Internet connection
>until my provider (this is Novosibirsk State University computer
>center) changed from Unix server to MS NT server. Now
>I simply
>cannot log in. I connect with my modem to provider but then the
>server doesn't ask me neither for login nor password, and
>nothing at all happens.
Hello!
Go to Arachne Desktop, select "Options" then "<<TCP/IP Setup" (in the lower
part of the page) then "Internal PPP support". Fill in the " PAP/CHAP
username" and "PAP/CHAP password" with your account's username and
password. Review your IP, DNS and modem settings. Most important: Clear
(uncheck) the "Show terminal window" box and the "Login script - try
following dialogue" one. The terminal window should not show up any more.
Go to the bottom of the page, laugh at Bill Gates and save your
configuration. This should solve your problem.
Cristian Burneci
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Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 00:02:36 +0000
From: "Hai Anh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne digest...
I'm happy when received help. Thank you so much!!!
By the way...
Could you tell me how can I do to receive Arachne-digest only ?
On Thu, 10 May 2001 04:42:37 +0100, Laurie L Proud wrote:
> Hi Hai anh,
> Arachne will work o.k on your laptop. As you do not have a Hard drive
> the ram disk you have set up is correct way to run Arachne. It will run
> all o.k in a ram drive of 8 MB or maybee less.
> you can save your incoming EMAILS to the floppy disk drive, so you
> don't loose them when you switch off your laptop.
> I have used Arachne for a while now and find it is very good and
> I can recomend it to you.
> It will be very fast on your P5 100 Mhz PC, but it is a shame you don't
> have a hard drive, but Arachne will run well in ramdrive.
> I don't know what you mean by PCcard modem. Without you being specific.
> However I can tell you that Arachne will work with any real modem.
> On your laptop maybe you mean a small modem that plugs into the back
> on a PCMICA port...it will work if you configure it as a "non standard
> modem" in Arachne setup, and enter the IRQ and address of the port
> manualy.
> Arachne will not work on ANY SOFTWARE "WINMODEM" these are not REAL
> modems, A special modem for your laptop port (PCMICA)will be more
> expensive than a standard external modem connected to your
> serial COM port.
> Hope I have been of help.
> Bie, Laurie
> Using The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
- -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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