> On 20030108.1243, Ben Barrett said ... > > (an aside: I just finished reading Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which > is absolutely FABULOUS, and am now enjoying In the Beginning Was the > Command Line, which I'd also suggest to anyone looking to glean more > [tech-] historical perspective; it is friendly enough for non-geeks and > still rich enough to be fun for serious nerds... Snow Crash is the best > novel I've read in a good while, but then again I don't read very many > novels. It gets a "go read it now!" rating from me.)
I agree. Excellent book and a fun read. The 'daemons' stuff was a kick. :) The 'In the beginning was the command line' is downloadable... http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html It's a very good essay. I highly recommend Neal Stephenson's 'Cryptonomicon' also. It goes into the WW II era and enygma machines and such. > I use evolution, but am the only one in the office who does, and so > haven't tried sharing my address book... Linux Journal recently did a few articles on LDAP. I skipped over them, but one is online, it looks like... http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-lj-issues/issue104&file=index -Rob _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
