Guilty as charged.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <[email protected]>wrote: > Robert Casey <[email protected]> writes: > > > > I do love hoppy beer, and peripherals! > > Oh, right--"peripherals" was the word I was trying to remember, > where I used "devices". > > Preoccupied trying to get my inbox down below 600 unhandled messages, > tonight.... > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > > On May 13, 2012 9:16 PM, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > David Hardy <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > > Well, what was the *other* qualification you and your colleague > came up > > with > > > the other day? Enquiring potential nerds wanna know. > > > > "Appreciates hoppy beers". > > > > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Ben Scott <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > > > > If the laptop doesn't have an RS-232 port, one can obtain > > > > USB<->RS232 adapters for small money. The later are a > > > > well-established product with a universal interface (USB > serial > > > > communications class. They shouldn't need vendor-specific > drivers > > > > under any OS that supports USB. > > > > > > Oh, you'd be surprised. Apparently there are a zillion > different > > > USB<->RS232 adapter chipsets, and a zillion different drivers > > > required to drive them. Linux is in good shape here, but some > > > of other OSes..., not so much. Mac OS X, for example, needs > > > third-party drivers to be able to use the most popular > > adapter-chips-- > > > and what's more, the drivers apparently suck and tend to crash > the > > whole > > > OS. > > > > > > > These also come in handy for connecting to the serial > consoles on > > > > routers, switches, and other IT gear. Small pieces, loosely > > joined. > > > > > > It's funny--I was discussing working definitions of "nerd" with > > > a colleague, the other day..., and one of the two > qualifications > > > that we came up with was something like `carries a multitude > > > of interconnectable devices'.... > > > > -- > > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > >
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