Leo Simons wrote: > > (and status of my PC at the bottom)
> 8* Code autoformat for CVS [Low] > + only for .java files > > * I'm concerned this will be buggy. We have a volunteer to test it for us on an off-line CVS provided we have a formatter that is good enough. This is may not come to fruition though. > ------------------------ > Is he back now? Short answer: yes. Yay! > Long answer: > > Remember how I talked a while ago about totally getting rid of MS > when I got ADSL? > To cut a very long and boring story a bit shorter, I have spent countless > hours trying to get either of linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Darwin and even > minix to work with ADSL. It turns out the _only_ way to do this > so it _actually_ works like it should is by doing some (illegal) > hacking of the ADSL modem. Which I cannot do as I work for my ISP... Lovely how that works.... > Thus, I decided to abandon the effort and install windows 2000 with > cygwin. While trying to reformat my hard drive to NTFS, I managed to > screw it up so completely that the only thing I could do to get running > again was run an 'NSA-strength' data destroyer boot floppy over the > entire disk. Took 87 hours, btw. > I installed win2000 on a FAT 32 disk. Worked fine for about two days; > when I tried to install the latest service pack though, the thing started > hickupping; when I installed IE 5.5, it died. Hurray. Is your hardware compatible with Win2k? I am running it with no problems. I find Win2k to be pretty stable/usable for a MS OS. > So, now I'm running the ugly but at least working windows 98 again..... yuck. 98 sucks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
