Linux-Misc Digest #635, Volume #24 Sun, 28 May 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
UPS for Linux recommendation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ASP and Apache ("Jin Rid")
Re: UPS for Linux recommendation ("David ..")
gnome 1.2 menu bar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gnome 1.2 menu bar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
virtual cdrom under WINE? (David Plaut)
C, C++ Documentation? (UnderDog)
IP Forward (Mathhew Johnston)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (nict@t)
logon failures ("bob")
Re: Can't see files inside a NFS server sub-directory (Bill Unruh)
Finding text within files? (Steve Browne)
Re: What web server? (Vilmos Soti)
I made my swap partition to be 150 MB (News Reader)
Re: Finding text within files? (Bit Twister)
Re: Modem help please!! (Nicolas Brenner Leniz)
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode? (Ken Williams)
Re: Finding text within files? (Paul Kimoto)
telnet and ftp ("pc")
Re: What web server? (Rich Teer)
Re: democracy? ("Colin R. Day")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config
Subject: UPS for Linux recommendation
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 00:58:45 GMT
I am looking for a cheap and reliable UPS solution for a Linux
server, possibly using it as a master in a mixed OS environment
including NT and Solaris. I am leaning toward APC using apcd daemon.
Any recommendation on a particular model and software would be
appreciated.
Thank you.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Jin Rid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASP and Apache
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 09:11:51 +0800
Correct me if I am wrong, the only way (with minimal changes) to run your MS
ASP codes under Apache is to use Chilli! Soft ASP product. I do not think
there is any other implementation that can run ASP VBScript codes under
Apache.
Apache has two options for you to run codes similar to ASP (i.e. programming
codes embedded in HTML files that processed in the server space): 1. PHP and
2: Jave Server Pages(JSP).
> 3. AFAIK: the new version of apache can handle ASP-syntax
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.config
Subject: Re: UPS for Linux recommendation
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 20:36:07 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am looking for a cheap and reliable UPS solution for a Linux
> server, possibly using it as a master in a mixed OS environment
> including NT and Solaris. I am leaning toward APC using apcd daemon.
> Any recommendation on a particular model and software would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I have an APC smart-ups 1000 and have two systems connected to it. It
won't run them for any great amount of time but it will run them about
15 minutes which is more than long enough to shut them down with out any
problems. They also have software named "Power Chute Plus" for linux
that you can download from their website.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: gnome 1.2 menu bar
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:40:08 GMT
Hi, I just installed gnome 1.2 from Helix and it looks really good. My
question is that in the screenshots there appeared to be a universal
menu bar (a la macintosh menu bar) but I don't have one and I can't find
an option to enable it. does anyone knowhow to turn this feature on?
(btw, this is for a linuxppc 2000 system)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: gnome 1.2 menu bar
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:39:00 GMT
Hi, I just installed gnome 1.2 from Helix and it looks really good. My
question is that in the screenshots there appeared to be a universal
menu bar (a la macintosh menu bar) but I don't have one and I can't find
an option to enable it. does anyone knowhow to turn this feature on?
(btw, this is for a linuxppc 2000 system)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Plaut)
Crossposted-To: comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
Subject: virtual cdrom under WINE?
Date: 29 May 2000 01:51:10 GMT
I'm trying to run a program on a CD under WINE on a laptop without a CD reader.
Is there a way to fool WINE into treating an iso9660 image mounted as a loop
device as an actual cdrom device? I've tried mounting the image under
/mnt/cdrom and setting Device=/mnt/cdrom under Drive D in wine.conf with no
luck (i.e., the image mounts fine but is not recognized by the program running
under WINE).
I'm running WINE-20000430 under RedHat 6.2 on a Compaq Armada M300.
Thanks for any help,
-Dave
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David Plaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dept. of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Mellon Institute 115--CNBC, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213-2683
http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~plaut, MI 115I, 412/268-5145 (fax -5060)
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From: UnderDog
Subject: C, C++ Documentation?
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:55:45 GMT
Reply-To: jwaggoner.AT.charter.net
If this is off-topic please advise which newsgroup would be best.
I am using RH linux 6.1 and would like to learn more about
programming in C/C++. I have found several good tutorials, but I am
looking for a listing of the available library functions and their
descriptions. I also would like to look at a how-to about socket
programming.
Thanks in advance.
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From: Mathhew Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP Forward
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:16:00 GMT
Hi,
I have been trying to get protforwarding to work, but with not much=20
luck.
We have a Web Server behind a firewall which we want to allow access=20
to from
the internet, I have installed Kernel 2.2.15, ipmasqadm 0.4.2,=20
ipchains 1.3.9
Compiled tht kernel with the following options
CONFIG_FIREWALL
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=20
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_MOD
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPPORTFW
the Firewall settings I have used, are the following (This was left=20
open as I
am trying to get it to work in a isolated situation before I put it on=20
the
Internet)
/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
#!/bin/sh
PATH=3D/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
LocalInterface=3D"eth1" #this is the Interface Conected to The local=20
network
ExternalInterface=3D"eth0" #This is the Internat Interface
LocalNetwork=3D"170.10.0.0/16"
ExternalIP=3D"130.50.80.12"
WWWServer=3D"170.10.0.1"
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
ipchains -F input
ipchains -P input REJECT
ipchains -A input -i $LocalInterface -s $LocalNetwork -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j=20
ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -i $ExternalInterface -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d $ExternalIP/32=20
-j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -i lo -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -l -j REJECT
ipchains -F output
ipchains -P output REJECT
ipchains -A output -i $LocalInterface -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d $LocalNetwork -j=20
ACCEPT
ipchains -A output -i $ExternalInterface -s $ExternalIP/32 -d=20
0.0.0.0/0 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A output -i lo -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A output -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -l -j REJECT
ipchains -F forward
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -i $ExternalInterface -s $LocalNetwork -d=20
0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
ipchains -A forward -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -l -j REJECT
ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $ExternalIP 80 -R $WWWServer 80
Using tcpdump I can see that the traffic is being forwarded to=20
170.10.0.1 on
the Ineternet Inferface when using a Web browser from the Internet=20
side
connecting to 130.50.80.12 (The firewall computer), but the Web server
reply's are not being redirected to the original client (They are not=20
being
forwarded by the Firewall).
Can anybody help me with this...should I be using a not so recent
kernel, as I have seen that there were bugs in the ipchains code in=20
previous
kernels, maybe the fixes have stopped the port-forwarding?
Thanks,=20
--=20
Mathhew Johnston, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Psychology Dept, Union St, 9001 Dunedin
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From: nict@t
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: 28 May 2000 18:20:26 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>Well, you were an idiot actually. Nothing wrong with calling an
>>idiot an idiot. Any one who claims a mailing list can act as a bug
>>tracking software must be a very stupied person.
>> ^^^^^^^
>Irony is a wonderful thing.
>
wow! you found a typo in one word in his response. Is this the best you can
some up with? ok, you are stupid, not stupied.
>That doesn't change the fact that the kernel mailing list DOES act as a bug
>tracking system. You may argue that it isn't well suited for that task but
>how can you argue that it is not, in fact, used in that way?
>
If you are dumb enought to use a hammer to remove a screw. That
will not make the hammer the right tool.
>>
>>btw, freebsd have a good bug tracking system, Linux can learn from
>>that.
>One advantage of using a mailing list for
>bug tracking is that it allows search engines such as deja to tie together
>the development of various related projects (sane, alsa, apm, etc) in a way
>that would be difficult with traditional bug tracking systems.
listen moron. Each bug tracking system has a way to search bugs.
You can search by priority, by submitter, bu subsystem, by zillion
other ways.
The more you open your mouth defending using mailing list as an
official system for bugs tracking a very large and complex software
project, the more of an idiot you sound.
keep talking.
nict
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From: "bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: logon failures
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.databases.pick,comp.os.linux.*,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,tnn.databases
Date: 29 May 2000 02:17:42 GMT
I am having some problems with terminal logons on a small linux (RH5.2)
network.
>From time to time and for reasons I have not yet ascertained various
terminals are unable to logon. The user is able to enter username but when
entering the password the system replies (after only a couple characters
have been entered) with an incorrect logon message and returns the logon
prompt. I have been able to overcome this problem by logging in as root and
changing the user's password to a single character. The user can then logon
(using this new password) after which I restore their original password. If
the user logs out at this point they can then log back in without any
problems.
The network runs several PC's via TCP/IP (no problems there) and several
dumb terminals connected via a DIGI 8 port serial board. Any ideas????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Can't see files inside a NFS server sub-directory
Date: 29 May 2000 02:24:10 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I setup my server with a sub-directory named 'network' and have lots
>stored in there. But when I connect from a workstation via nfs, that
>directory shows empty. The directory is owned by 'root' and has
>'users' access. The permissions on the directory are 755. The nfs
>share is setup for 'no_root_squash' and 'rw'. I am logged into the
>workstation as 'root'. I can see all of '/etc' and even edit it if I
>want.
>And even go into the '/root' directory. But no '/network'.
>Anyone know why? KAS
Two possibilities.
a) The directory /network onto which you mounted the nfs directory has
bad permissions. Make sure that it is rx for all users.
b) Your system has a version of nfs which is broken. The original knfs
which came with mandriake 6.1 was broken. (knfsd-1.4.1) Replace it with
the new nfs-utils.
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From: Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Finding text within files?
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 20:29:48 -0600
I know how to find filenames using 'find' and 'locate', but how do I
find text or text-string within files? Suppose I wanted to search my
whole disc for the word 'Mendocino'... how?
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen B. Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: hk.comp.pc,microsoft.public.inetserver.iis,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: What web server?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:40:01 GMT
"ybahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do you think www.netcraft.com/whats/ could make mistake?
Yes. They have a paper about it.
Once I have checked a site which run IIS under Linux according to them.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (News Reader)
Subject: I made my swap partition to be 150 MB
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:41:57 GMT
But free, top, and dmesg says that it's 1.5GB
Here is free output
===================
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 31164 27668 3496 3904 2368 19824
-/+ buffers/cache: 5476 25688
Swap: 1542200 2576 1539624
=================
Here the snippet from dmesg
===============
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 32k freed
Adding Swap: 1542200k swap-space (priority -1)
==============
This is my fdisk
===============
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1046 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 2 16033+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 3 39 297202+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 40 294 2048287+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 295 1046 6040440 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 295 613 2562336 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 614 633 160618+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 634 1046 3317391 83 Linux
===============
I made a check against df -h which is
==========================
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 281M 42M 224M 16% /
/dev/hda1 15M 5.4M 9.0M 37% /boot
/dev/hda3 1.9G 194M 1.6G 11% /home
/dev/hda5 2.4G 976M 1.3G 43% /usr
/dev/hda7 3.1G 703M 2.3G 23% /others
=============================
Why is free and other programs reporting the wrong swap size? Any idea?
This is my fstab
=================
/dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda3 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda7 /others ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 user,exec,dev,suid,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd1 /mnt/cd iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: Finding text within files?
Reply-To: This_news_group
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:47:18 GMT
Here is an example to look throuh .h (C header files).
find . -name "*.h" | xargs grep string_2_find
Your question would create
find . -name "*" | xargs grep Mendocino
On Sun, 28 May 2000 20:29:48 -0600, Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know how to find filenames using 'find' and 'locate', but how do I
>find text or text-string within files? Suppose I wanted to search my
>whole disc for the word 'Mendocino'... how?
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: Nicolas Brenner Leniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Modem help please!!
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:47:47 -0400
Well, certainly I didn't say much about the issue because I had tried to
get help before specifying all my system with no positive results, so let
me explain you. At first I had Mandrake Linux 6.1 with 2.2.12 kernel, then
recompiled the same kernel with other options, that didn't work, so I
downloaded the lastest stable version, 2.2.15, compiled and installed it,
it didn't work either. So I went to some friend's house, I installed him
RedHat 6.2, I also brought the driver over to his house, tried to insmod
it, and worked, I mean it loaded, so I got back home now, installed RedHat
6.2 (with kernel 2.2.14), succesfuly installed the pctel.o module and
configured kppp to dial to my PPP account, now I'm using my linmodem from
RedHat 6.2 and I'm looking forward to install Mandrake 7 right now and
then installing it the 2.2.15 kernel just for fun, (it gives me 666.84
Mogobips out of a 333 Mhz Pentium II almost twice what it gave me with the
other kernel, I don't think I actually get that speed but what the hell,
it looks nice.. =), well anyway, thanks for you interest in my problem, I
don't know what it was but I don't have it anymore... hehe. This is a pine
composed message under an Xterminal, on Xfree 3.3.6 and RedHat 6.2.
On 29 May 2000, Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <8grlrk$ehl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Nicols Brenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> ]Hi, well, last week I got a Zoltrix Phantom "linmodem", I downloaded every
>
> Why in the world did you do that? At present the linmodem drivers may e
> useable by someone who has nothing else, but to go out and purposely buy
> a linmodem is a very bad idea.
>
> ]different driver available, open soruce and the binary directly from
> ]Zoltrix. I followed the instructions, created a nod for the modem
> ]/dev/ttyS15, I made a link to /dev/modem then, and after that I tried to
> ]load the module, to my surprise it didn't load, instead it just gave me
> ]about a whole screen of "unresolved symbol" 's. I tried modprobe, and
>
> You tell us nothing about your system. Which kernel do you use? Which
> libraries? Which distro?
> The problem with these linmodem drivers is that they are modules without
> source. Modules tend to be rather specific to kernel versions, etc. You
> cannot simply use a module compiled for one kernel on another as I
> understand it. This is another reason not to use linmodems.
>
> ]insmod -f, but it just didn't work. Well, someone told me that I should
> ]recompile the kernel, so I did, I had no problem at that, I installed the
> ]new kernel and all, indeed it was good cuz I also enabled my IDE CD-Writer.
> ]Well the thing is that after recompiling the kernel and all, "insmod
> ]pctel.o", just keeps giving me the same "unresolved symbol" 's crap. I
> ]really need some help, please!. Thanks on advance for that.
>
>
> You also do not tell us what that "unresolved symbol crap " actually is.
> "Doctor, doctor, I hurt, please heal me!"
> ]--
>
> ]Nicols Brenner | Win95 & Win98: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical
> ][EMAIL PROTECTED] | shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system
> ]ICQ: 19861222 | originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by
> ]http://www.asd-asd.8k.com | a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of
> ]competition.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Subject: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode?
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 02:48:02 GMT
How can I find out what program put eth0 into promiscious mode? I get this
once in a while.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Finding text within files?
Date: 28 May 2000 23:00:51 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Browne wrote:
> I know how to find filenames using 'find' and 'locate', but how do I
> find text or text-string within files? Suppose I wanted to search my
> whole disc for the word 'Mendocino'... how?
You use grep(1); see its man page. The usual approach is to combine with
find(1) and xargs(1); see the findutils info pages. Something like
$ find / -type f -print | xargs egrep '\<Mendocino\>' /dev/null
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "pc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: telnet and ftp
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 10:58:52 +0800
Hello
I am using RedHat 6.0.
How can I disable some users from using telnet
while still allowing those users to use ftp ?
Moreover, when users are using ftp to
get into the system. They are going to higher level of directory
and even go to any directory.
How can I restrict them from going to any directory but their own
directories ?
Thank you so much
pc
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Crossposted-To: hk.comp.pc,microsoft.public.inetserver.iis,comp.unix.solaris
From: Rich Teer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What web server?
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 03:03:55 GMT
On Sun, 28 May 2000, Rod Smith wrote:
> > I'm wondering because www.netcraft.com/whats/ says
> > ebay runs on IIS4 and I also read a different story.
>
> IIRC, eBay uses IIS as the web server, but something Unix-based to
> control the auction database "underneath" the web server. I don't recall
> the details, though.
They use Oracle on Sun hardware running Solaris. Quite why they use
NT for the front end is beyond me. But Ebay has recently had a deal
with Sun for hardware; if they've got any sense, they'll replace the
NT/IIS front end with some decent stuff.
--
Rich Teer
NT tries to do almost everything UNIX does, but fails - miserably.
The use of Windoze cripples the mind; its use should, therefore, be
regarded as a criminal offence. (With apologies to Edsger W. Dijkstra)
If it ain't analogue, it ain't music.
Voice: +1 (250) 763-6205
WWW: www.rite-group.com
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From: "Colin R. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:08:43 -0400
Matthias Warkus wrote:
> It was the Sat, 27 May 2000 17:21:57 -0400...
> ...and Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Technically, we in the USA live in a Republic, not a democracy.
>
> In Sid Meier's Civilization, a republic is different from a democracy.
>
> It his however news to me that this has led people to believe that in
> real life, the same is true. A republic is a form of democracy.
Some republic have been far less democratic than some
constitutional monarchies.
>
>
> mawa
> --
> If wishes were horses, then beggars would be thieves.
Colin Day
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