On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Peter Simmonds <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Pardon the intrusion, but it would be great to get a meeting place > organized. The talk of politics is always more fun in person! > > Cheers, > > Peter > >
You ignore the existing meetings then? > > > > On 12/05/2015 12:21, Derek Smithies wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Good memory Nick, it was me that started that ls series.. (I was >> gobsmacked by the ones others found). >> >> It seems that most people do seek the interesting - look at the popularity >> of the british quiz show QI. >> >> The real reason for the push for "interesting facts only", is that by >> doing this we make it stand out from the crowd. >> By doing so, it will attract more interesting facts and get better and >> better.. >> >> Enough said. >> >> what do others think - is it a reasonable requirement to push for >> "interesting facts only" ? >> >> Even, horror stories on computer maintenance are ok - many like to learn >> from other's mistakes.. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Derek. >> >> On 12/05/15 12:11, Nick Rout wrote: >>> >>> Yep, interesting factoids are good. I liked the series of ls commands >>> you (I think) posted to the list recently, lscpu etc. >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Derek Smithies >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Exactly. >>>> >>>> I would say, given the response on the 1e100 thing, that if we push to >>>> make >>>> it "interesting", people will come.. >>>> >>>> Fill it with factoids. >>>> 1001 variants on ls >>>> >>>> Did you know that the ~. key sequence, when connected via ssh to a >>>> remote >>>> console, will kill the connection? >>>> Thus, if you are sshed to a remote box, and it does go down, you can >>>> close >>>> the link without too much pain.. >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Derek. >>>> On 12/05/15 11:48, Nick Rout wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Then again, build it and they will come... >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my Ubuntu computer >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
