Linux-Misc Digest #182, Volume #20 Thu, 13 May 99 07:13:10 EDT
Contents:
hardware recommendations wanted. (William Schwartz)
Did someone say sudo? (was 'Is Unix a single user operating system?')
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Re: How old is the penguin mascot? (z)
Re: General.NFS.Questions ("Christopher R. Thompson")
Re: upgrading SUSE 5.2 to 6.1 ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: Blurry video ("D. Vrabel")
Re: RedHat price... (Sitaram Chamarty)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael Powe)
Re: 2.2.x Kernel woes (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: system hangs #3 (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: Afterstep Startup (Christopher Mahmood)
Re: How can use Mathematica? ("Christopher R. Carlen")
Re: Ken Thompson on Linux (Rob Fisher)
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From: William Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hardware recommendations wanted.
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 01:22:06 -0500
I have a linux bbox as my server/router for my little at home network and I
want to put a CD-R on it for cheap backups. I've tried X-CD-Roast on someone
elses linux box and that looks really good so I'll be using that to burn the
CD's. Need to get a CD-R though.
My linux box is a Pent 133, 48mb ram, currently running Redhat 5.1 (with 5.2
kernel and other utils).
What scsi card would you recommend for a linux system? doesn't have to be
anything fancy, jude decent performance and easy to install/setup on linux.
Same for CD-R, what would you recommend for an external SCSI CD-R? Something
that comes with Mac and PC software would be nice and I may plug it into my
Mac or winblows systems at times. I know APS has a 8x4 CD-R with Mac and PC
software for $270 or so. Not sure who makes the actual drive inside their box
though.
thanks,
Bill
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Subject: Did someone say sudo? (was 'Is Unix a single user operating system?')
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:17:58 GMT
Can someone please expand on 'sudo'
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From: z
Subject: Re: How old is the penguin mascot?
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:47:38 GMT
On Sun, 9 May 1999 11:09:47 +0059,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: How old is Tux? I tried searching for the date of his inception on
>: http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/ and
>: http://www.linux.org/info/penguin.html but had no luck.
>: -Joe
>
>A slightly ambiguous question. Do you mean:
>
>a) When was the Tux logo first released?
>
>or
>
>b) `How old is Tux?` as in Can he vote? Does he have any chicks? When
chicks is a little ambigious, are you refering to Tux's offspring, or
Tux's possible mates?
> might he want to retire?
>
>:-)
>
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.protocols.nfs,comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: General.NFS.Questions
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 02:45:24 -0700
Christopher wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have recently been attempting to build a Linux Beowulf type cluster
> using
> > the Red Hat distibution Linux-Pro 5.4. The Linux kernel version is
> 2.0.33 using
> > rpc.nfsd Universal NFS Server Version 2.2beta16 and rpc.mountd
> Universal NFS
> > Server Version 2.2beta37.
> >
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Stale NFS File handles:
>
> a) Program "top" displays process status running under Linux. When
> running on a "root-mounted" client "top" displays "Stale NFS File
> handle: /var/run/utmp" and quits. This condition only occurs when
> the /var directory structure physically part of the root directory.
>
> When the host's physical /var directory is mounted to the client...
> "top" runs fine and doesn't complain. Does anyone know why?
>
> b) Does anyone know where /var/run/utmp gets created? Is there any
> process accounting software on linux that shows file I/O
> statistics so I can track how files are created and used?
rc.sysinit does rm -f /etc/mtab~ /fastboot /etc/nologin>/var/run/utmp
>
>
> 2. rpc.mountd. When attempting to initiate rpc.nfsd and rpc.mountd on
> an NFS client rpc.mountd quits with message:
>
> May 9 02:13:32 Shelly mountd[191]: Could not bind name to socket
> 0.0.0.0:635: Address already in use.
>
> Is this becaues my network address and netmask are 0.0.0.0 for
> eth0? I thought I needed this to route internet ip packets to the
> internet server. Is there another way to tell rpc.mountd to use
> ip address 192.168.50.3 for the socket address?
Answer: Yes. You need to specify a network address and a
correspondingnetmask. Your router should handle traffice destined for the
internet.
They still call me Curious George... and I still don't know why?
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: upgrading SUSE 5.2 to 6.1
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 07:56:46 +0200
Ramin Sina wrote:
> Is it possible to upgrade SUSE directly from 5.2 to 6.1 or do I need to
> do it one version at a time?
It is possible. But because of the changed glibs I recommend doing a
clean install of 6.1. To much can go wrong if you don't know what
your doing. Of course backup all important files.
Good luck.
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 02:38:20 -0700
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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
Andrew> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Most "Joe User" types with whom I come in contact (daily) do
>> not particularly like windows, are not generally happy with it
>> and are suffering from the lack of alternatives. Many, many
>> users, if given the opportunity, will vent their
>> dissatisfaction -- even while at the same time they believe
>> they have no alternative but to suffer through the "inevitable"
>> crashes and errors.
Andrew> I find the disatisfaction of Windows users is relative to
Andrew> what they expect out of it. Power users who try complex
Andrew> projects are often rewarded by failures and other ugly
Andrew> problems. People who play games, word proccess, and surf
Andrew> the web a bit rarely have any real trouble. Guess who
Andrew> which camp the average *consumer* belongs to?
It's apparent that you actually don't spend much time with "average"
users. I do. "People who play games, word process and surf the web"
have all kinds of problems with Windows. That's why tech support is
such an enormous expense for OEMs.
Andrew> Remember, my whole issue is about what free software can
Andrew> do for CONSUMERS (ie home users) today, not office
Andrew> projects, IS deparments, and other professional users.
Nothing wrong with my memory. My contention is simply that if you set
up a linux box for your mother the way her Windoze box was set up, she
would have no more problem learning how to use it than she did
learning the 'doze box. And she'd have the advantage of never having
to deal with broken video drivers, illegal ops or BSOD. Many
"average" users self-limit their usage of their computer because of
the bad experiences they've had with Windows.
Andrew> Even if MS went away overnight and the entire public
Andrew> started screaming for free software it would do them no
Andrew> good. What free OS do you expect consumers to run today?
Andrew> Linux?
Duh!
mp
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Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 03:17:37 -0700
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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> Peter Seebach wrote in message ...
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Because you say so doesn't make it so. I've had the
>>> misfortune to spend hours -- hundreds of hours, in fact --
>>> exposed to libertarian drivel of all degrees of stupifying
>>> complacency.
>> Perhaps. On the other hand, the things you state about
>> libertarians contradict everything I've heard libertarians say,
>> and everything I've read that they've written.
>>> That libertarian icon, Robert Heinlein, puts the libertarian
>>> philosophy in the mouth of one of his heroes: "Violence has
>>> solved more of the world's problems than any other method."
>>> (Starship Troopers).
>> That's hardly a philosophy; it's an observation, and not one
>> people necessarily agree with.
Martin> In the context of the novel, RAH, was actually espousing a
Martin> philosophy that survival is better than not.
>> This is going to come as a real shock to you, but often, even
>> the hero in a novel is a *FICTIONAL* character, whose beliefs,
>> goals, and methods, may not be the same as those of the author,
>> or of people who like the
Martin> author.
Martin> Actually, If you read Heinlein, that is his personal
Martin> philosophy, that was just out of context, and misquoted a
Martin> little, if memory serves.
Probably was misquoted a bit, it's been more that 20 years since I
read the book. As a boy, I was a big fan of Heinlein until I read
that book. Even then, I was smart enough to see his militarism for
what it was. That was the last of his books I read.
Some years ago, while I was in my `politics on the net' phase, I read
- -- or tried to read -- one of his books again, because libos are
always going off about him. What a hack -- even I couldn't believe
what a terrible writer he was.
mp
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Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 03:03:07 -0700
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Seebach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
Peter> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Because you say so doesn't make it so. I've had the misfortune
>> to spend hours -- hundreds of hours, in fact -- exposed to
>> libertarian drivel of all degrees of stupifying complacency.
Peter> Perhaps. On the other hand, the things you state about
Peter> libertarians contradict everything I've heard libertarians
Peter> say, and everything I've read that they've written.
Republicans claim to be strong supporters of `family values' -- that
does not mean I should believe them. If I want to know what
`Republicanism' is about, I look at the way they behave, not at the
way they speechify. I use the same principle in regarding
`libertarians.'
>> That libertarian icon, Robert Heinlein, puts the libertarian
>> philosophy in the mouth of one of his heroes: "Violence has
>> solved more of the world's problems than any other method."
>> (Starship Troopers).
Peter> That's hardly a philosophy; it's an observation, and not
Peter> one people necessarily agree with.
Peter> This is going to come as a real shock to you, but often,
Peter> even the hero in a novel is a *FICTIONAL* character, whose
Peter> beliefs, goals, and methods, may not be the same as those
Peter> of the author, or of people who like the author.
Doh! A lecture in literary philosophy. Perhaps that was a new idea
that just came to you -- I encountered it some 30 years ago.
Unfortunately, it has little relation to the incident at hand.
Heinlein and Rand are the literary bookends for libertarianism. In
fact, I believe you have to be able to quote them to get into the
Brotherhood and learn the Secret Handshake. Two second-rate writers:
- -- symbolic of the fact that libertarianism is not an idea that
attracts the best and the brightest.
I am more than a little intolerant of libertarianism because I think
it is simply a complete fraud. It's the self-justifying drivel of
complacent "haves" anxious to demonstrate that the "real reason"
they're at the top of society is because they are "superior beings"
and the "real reason" the "have nots" are at the bottom of the heap is
because they are "innately inferior." That's social darwinism and
it's bunk.
mp
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Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 03:09:46 -0700
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Greg> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach) writes:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Because you say so doesn't
>> make it so. I've had the misfortune to >spend hours --
>> hundreds of hours, in fact -- exposed to libertarian >drivel of
>> all degrees of stupifying complacency.
Greg> Do you know what a libertarian is? Or is your only
Greg> experience with libertarians and libertarianism comprised of
Greg> having to listen to fools who only call themselves
Greg> "libertarian", but really are just idiots?
Yeah, a libertarian is a person who fancies himself genetically and
morally superior to the rest of the human race. He spouts a line of
political pseudo-philosophy that incorporates the word `freedom' in
every sentence & that is all designed to justify his own position at
the top of the ant hill.
>> Perhaps. On the other hand, the things you state about
>> libertarians contradict everything I've heard libertarians say,
>> and everything I've read that they've written.
>> >That libertarian icon, Robert Heinlein, puts the libertarian
>> >philosophy in the mouth of one of his heroes: "Violence has
>> solved >more of the world's problems than any other method."
>> (Starship >Troopers).
>> That's hardly a philosophy; it's an observation, and not one
>> people necessarily agree with.
Greg> And even people who happen to agree with it, find it to only
Greg> be a wake up call and a *warning*, not a way of life. Might
Greg> doesn't make right, but might *wins*, so the just had better
Greg> be prepared.
Hmm, a little Leninism interjected here. First we'll kill all our
enemies and then we'll all go home and be peaceful.
Greg> In the context of the book, it was stated by a character
Greg> who, pretty clearly, Heinlien portrayed as being a source of
Greg> wisdom (an author's mouthpiece, really), BUT it was
Greg> presented as a reality check and a logical challenge to a
Greg> student who happened to have more wishful-thinking idealism
Greg> than sense.
>> This is going to come as a real shock to you, but often, even
>> the hero in a novel is a *FICTIONAL* character, whose beliefs,
>> goals, and methods, may not be the same as those of the author,
>> or of people who like the author.
Greg> This is generally true, but most likely doesn't apply to
Greg> that particular example. It doesn't change the fact that the
Greg> original poster is quoting really badly out of context, and
Greg> didn't seem to understand the passage.
The original poster was quite clear on the significance of the
passage. It's you who seem to be confused.
mp
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 03:20:29 -0700
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>>>>> "Norman" == NF Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Norman> Mike Coffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> That's nonsense. Libertarianism is founded on the principle
>>> of `might makes right.' It's Social Darwinism in a
>>> pin-striped suit.
>> NO, *that's* nonsense. Libertarianism is founded on the
>> principle that might *doesn't* make right. You have managed
>> not just to be wrong, but to be precisely wrong, 180
>> deg. wrong, utterly wrong, wholly wrong, completely wrong. You
>> have achieved the absolute apex of mistakeness; you have scaled
>> the lofty peaks of counterfactualism, you have encompassed
>> erroneousness; you have achieved a zen state of speciousness.
Norman> Libertarianism may not be founded on the principle of
Norman> "might makes right" but that state of affairs is the
Norman> logical outcome of trying to implement libertarian ideals.
>> (Got to keep contradicting the Big Lies. :-)
Norman> The biggest lie is that libertarianism would increase
Norman> freedom for any but the select few.
Amen, brother.
mp
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Blurry video
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:37:34 +0100
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Eric Bryant wrote:
> I have a small problem with my video. I have set my video resolution
> for both 800x600, and 1024x768. In both of these settings, my X-Windows
> video resolution is substantially more blurry than in Windows 98. I have
> just upgraded to RH 6.0, but this was the same with RH 5.2. I have an
> SiS 5598 video card with 2 Megabytes, and an NEC MultiSync 50, which are
> both supported nuder RH 6.0. I have set my video settings in XF86Config
> according to the output of xvidtune. My settings are as follows:
>
> "800x600" 69.65 800 884 948 1060 600 656 662 760
> -hsync -vsync
> "1020x768" 85.00 1024 1092 1212 1324 768 836 839 975
>
> Is there anything else I can do to increase the video clarity? I've
> tried basically all the settings in xvidtune, but to no avail. My
> Windows 98 resolution (dual boot) is clear as a bell. I do notice,
> though, that when I press "apply" in xvidtune to test new resolutions,
> the screen blanks out to change resolutions, and right before it blanks
> out, it turns crystal clear for a split second, which makes me believe
> the clarity can be established.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Try a lower dot clock => lower refresh rate which might mean greater
clarity. My (old) monitor suffers from smearing which is more noticeable
at higher refresh rates. I this isn't the problem then the focus might
need to be adjusted. See the Monitor repair FAQ at
http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/REPAIR/F_monfaq.html
for much more information on monitor than you'd ever need to know.
David
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Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sitaram Chamarty)
Subject: Re: RedHat price...
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:39:11 GMT
On Wed, 12 May 1999 04:48:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There are actually several types of boxed RedHats (5.x) as well. Most
>of what you see for $20 or less doesn't include technical support.
>The box that includes support usually goes for $40.
>
>That seemed to confuse a lot of people, so I guess they dropped the
>boxed-without-support version in favour with a unified release.
>People who don't want support are left to CheapBytes.
Has anyone who bought the $80 version tried IBM's via-voice? That
alone is worth at least $30 to me, so I wouldnt mind buying it.
If someone said it works well etc...
(I'm guessing that wont be in the internet downloads, of course!)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 May 1999 03:45:04 -0700
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Greg> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens) writes:
>> Mike Coffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> That's
>> nonsense. Libertarianism is founded on the principle of `might
>> >> makes right.' It's Social Darwinism in a pin-striped suit.
Greg> That sounds an awful lot like something you read somewhere
Greg> that you thought was cool. I'll bet you've been itching to
Greg> find a good chance to say that. Unfortunately, it doesn't
Greg> apply.
Hahaha. Greg, you're such a kidder.
Greg> Libertarianism is founded on the recognition that strength
Greg> wins fights (not exactly might makes right) and that, human
Greg> nature being what it is, the strong will tend to dominate
Greg> the weak, or at least try to. Libertarians ABHOR this. They
Greg> aknowledge the reality, and HATE it. The whole idea behind
Greg> Libertarianism is to find a way for *everyone* to live free
Greg> of any form of coercion, for everyone to have a fair chance
Greg> to live without interference, from the neighborhood bully or
Greg> anyone else.
And just how is that going to happen? It's not -- because as you
admit, you think the "strong" dominate the "weak" -- only in this
case, what you view as strength is just the ability to economically
and physically suppress the "inferior." You tell yourself you "hate"
it but in fact, you're married to the very idea of your own
superiority. Libertarianism is the perpetuation of a particular kind
of coercion -- the kind that will ascertain that your comfort is not
disrupted.
>> >NO, *that's* nonsense. Libertarianism is founded on the
>> principle >that might *doesn't* make right. You have managed
>> not just to be >wrong, but to be precisely wrong, 180
>> deg. wrong, utterly wrong, >wholly wrong, completely wrong.
>> You have achieved the absolute apex >of mistakeness; you have
>> scaled the lofty peaks of counterfactualism, >you have
>> encompassed erroneousness; you have achieved a zen state of
>> >speciousness.
Greg> Yes, he is so badly mistaken in his facts that he has most
Greg> people convinced he *must* be an idiot.
Yeah, sure. I'm an idiot because I see you for what you are --
self-serving and denying the real effects of your own ideas. It's
interesting, too, how you presume to speak for "most people." Last
time I checked, "most people" were not libertarians.
>> Libertarianism may not be founded on the principle of "might
>> makes right" but that state of affairs is the logical outcome
>> of trying to implement libertarian ideals.
Greg> You seem to have no idea what you're talking about.
These unexpected moments of unintentional humor are priceless!
>> >(Got to keep contradicting the Big Lies. :-)
>>
>> The biggest lie is that libertarianism would increase freedom
>> for any but the select few.
Greg> Ah, a paranoid. Get this- there IS no "select few" who would
Greg> hold all the freedom. It's LIBERTARIANISM. That's like
Greg> saying if we implemented Anarchist ideals, we'd have to be
Greg> careful of the State Secret Police.
Get this -- check your own statements:
Greg> Libertarianism is founded on the recognition that strength
Greg> wins fights (not exactly might makes right) and that, human
Greg> nature being what it is, the strong will tend to dominate
Greg> the weak, or at least try to. Libertarians ABHOR this. They
Greg> aknowledge the reality, and HATE it. The whole idea behind
Whoops -- call Perry Mason, it's The Case of the Vanishing Freedom!
There's no "select few" at the top of the heap, aka "the strong,"
dominating "the weak." Oh hell, no. You don't seem to be able to
keep your moral compass pointing in the same direction for more than
one paragraph at a time.
Greg> If you were a proper cynic instead, with some capacity for
Greg> critical thought, you might be inclined toward
Greg> libertarianism.
If you practiced some critical thought, you wouldn't just rotely spout
off stuff you got out of magazines. You'd actually look around you
and allow what you see to influence your thought processes.
mp
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Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.x Kernel woes
Date: 12 May 1999 04:08:36 -0700
ip masquerading changed a lot from 2.0->2.2. See
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: system hangs #3
Date: 12 May 1999 04:01:16 -0700
is this on redhat by any chance? I thought they fixed this...
search on dejanews, this used to be a common question.
-ckm
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From: Christopher Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Afterstep Startup
Date: 12 May 1999 03:59:22 -0700
first off, read the docs. that came with afterstep. There's a compile-time
option for saving the state, but you can also edit
~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/autoexec.
-ckm
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can use Mathematica?
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:17:45 -0400
pobi wrote:
>
> I'm Korean. I can speek a little english. forgive me...
>
> I want to use Mathematica in redhat linux.
> How can I get it?
> Isn't it free?
In case no one has yet answered your question, try this:
<http://www.wolfram.com>
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Christopher R. Carlen
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My OS is Linux 2.0.29
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ken Thompson on Linux
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:52:58 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Planet Online, who host Freeserve, Britain's most heavily subscribed
> >ISP) and the general concensus seems to be moving away from Linux. It's
>
> moving away to what? just curious...
The Linux stuff here, which just manages mail, is staying put as far as
I know. I've been offered contracts with _other_ ISPs though who have
been moving an awful lot of stuff from Linux to Sun. Don't ask me to
name names, because I won't.
Rob
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