Re: [OT] maildir

2005-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
ld be solved, but > currently mbox wins. In certain narrow cases. Any time, though, that you have the MUA updating a big mbox at the same time an MTA is writing to it, issues will occur. And then there's NFS. If $USER is mounting $HOME, then mbox files could get corrupted, but Maildir wo

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 22:55 +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > On Monday 28 February 2005 01:51, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 18:19 -0500, sean finney wrote: > [snip] > > > figuring the average email is about 13-15k, i believe an ext2/ext3 > > > >

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 09:25 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2005-02-27 20:19:09, schrieb Ron Johnson: > > > Sure, for those *20* GB mbox files. > > Who has 20 GByte mailboxes ? - It is realy braindamaged... The same person with the 2GB mbox that started this thread, af

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 22:26 -0500, sean finney wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 06:51:32PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > That seems awfully huge. In my (Maildir) archive of d-u, the > > average size is 4,959 bytes. Of course, there are no html mails. > > Though, even in my E

Re: [OT] maildir

2005-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 02:05 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 11:54 +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: > > >> > I thought it was "illegal" to modify a message. > > >> "Status: O"

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 20:54 -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 06:51:32PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Of course, all of these factors depend on the file system used. I am > > > > confident somebody could point out a file-system that eliminates

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 11:54 +1100, Paul Hampson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 06:51:32PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 18:19 -0500, sean finney wrote: > > > recent versions of kernel/ext2/ext3 have built-in dirent hashing, which > > > cuts heavil

Re: [OT] maildir (was Re: procmail and Large File Support)

2005-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
ch > cuts heavily on the many-files penalty. another benefit of maildir > is that when you modify a single message, you only need to modify the I thought it was "illegal" to modify a message. -- ----- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferso

Re: procmail and Large File Support

2005-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 10:23 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 07:45:47PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 00:53 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > I have several reports saying procmail does not support mbox folders > > > larger than

Re: procmail and Large File Support

2005-02-25 Thread Ron Johnson
B mbox files? -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl? YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-25 Thread Ron Johnson
doesn't mean that a decent number of people *do* use AA. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Clearly the allies may not like it, and I think that's our great concern - where's the backbone of Russia, where&#

Re: Does this break binary compatability on 64bit architectures?

2005-02-24 Thread Ron Johnson
n from uint32_t, which will *always* be 32 bits, to int, which may or may not be 32 bits, depending on the arch and compiler? -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. $ python -c 'print len(str(2**300))' 903090 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: amd64 is already the 2nd most important arch (WasRe: Let's remove mips, mipsel, s390, ... (Was: [Fwd: Re: GTK+2.0 2.6.2-3 and buildds running out of space])

2005-02-22 Thread Ron Johnson
le, but that's not at all > beyond debate: AMD64 will probably be supported by all serious distributions, > while Debian is, from what I recall, the *only* way to get a sensible Unix > installation on many of the less common systems. NetBSD? -- ---------

Re: Let's remove mips, mipsel, s390, ...

2005-02-21 Thread Ron Johnson
t; machine on their box, which may or may not use the full CPU power of the > machine it's hosted on. What about Hercules? -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. GGLX : Gnome GN

Re: "The Debian exim 4 packages suck badly" on exim-users@exim.org

2005-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
> > seen. Help 'em out, for Pete's sake. > > Do newbies understand the concept of "upstream" ? Yes. Or vaguely. Depends on the level of newbieness. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-17 Thread Ron Johnson
s long as 2.4 kernels are > officially supported, so in sarge the default should be "on", and after > sarge the default can be switched to "off". Or do a boot-time check to see which kernel is running? -- -

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-12 Thread Ron Johnson
intendend users are > > > experts. > > > > So you are saying that these are *not* good rules for amateurs? > > It is > But is not wise to develop software that depends on it. Too true. -- - Ron Johnson,

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-12 Thread Ron Johnson
ed it. > (rm -Rf style, yes) > Assuming that is unclean installation junk. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a hotel

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-12 Thread Ron Johnson
> without thinking about it and using the proper tools for the job, > > is not thinking straight. > > 'rm' is not a proper tool for file removal? Rules to live by: Look before you leap. Measure twice, cut once. Google it! -- -----------

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
p", and "measure twice, cut once" are *still* wise advice. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor sa

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
! Aim!" can have disastrous results. http://www.2theadvocate.com/sk/old_articles/stories/new_safety002.shtml "Yoshihiro Hattori was shot to death when he knocked on the door of Peairs' house, mistaking it for the site of a Halloween party." If you are concerned that your box has

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
gen by experten only. Is nicht fur geverken by das dumpkopfen. Das rubber necken sightseenen keepen das cotton- picken hands in das pockets. So relaxen, und vatchen das blinkenlights. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 10:11 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Feb 10, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "So what?", you say. Well, data should only be listed once, not > > twice. gtkdiskfree sums up all total and free disk space, and > > hav

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 19:24 -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 09-Feb-05, 19:12 (CST), Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "So what?", you say. Well, data should only be listed once, not > > twice. gtkdiskfree sums up all total and free disk space, and &g

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 12:43 -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > One thing I do know is that traditional apps like df (and anything > > that uses stat(), I guess) don't know about /.dev, and so return > > false information: >

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
0415 23844 47% /boot /dev/hda52995936 1790220 1205716 60% /home /dev/hda6 105280504 78681360 21251108 79% /data /dev 9843308 5428016 3915272 59% /.dev none5120 2564 2556 51% /dev -- ---

Re: Bug#293572: RFP: lpr-via-http -- a web frontend for lpr queue monitoring and management

2005-02-04 Thread Ron Johnson
d) and LPRng (not tested with the old LPR). It assumes that the Should it then be named lprng-via-http? -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not hereditary..." Dr. Dean Edell signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 09:32 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Parents are *supposed* to censor what their children see. > > > > They are also supposed to educate their children. > > Yes, but it's the job of

Re: Bug#292831: udev: udev prevents X from beeing started

2005-01-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 15:58 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:45:42PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Unfortunately, GNOME depends on hal, and hal depends on udev. > > > > If it d

Re: Bug#292831: udev: udev prevents X from beeing started

2005-01-31 Thread Ron Johnson
enableing UDEV_ENABLE. > > This would result in "the user did it himself" and not in "causes X > problems by installation". Unfortunately, GNOME depends on hal, and hal depends on udev. -- - Ron Johnson,

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 15:01 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Jesus, > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 01:49:20PM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:22:13AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > an advice for "they": >

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 13:49 +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:22:13AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > an advice for "they": > > > > > > 1) make a script to mirror from http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/ > > >

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 22:31 +0100, David Weinehall wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 10:32:13PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 03:38 +0100, Uwe A. P. Wuerdinger wrote: > > > Ron Johnson schrieb: > > > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:34 +0200, Kalle Kivi

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 03:38 +0100, Uwe A. P. Wuerdinger wrote: > Ron Johnson schrieb: > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:34 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > [-snip-] > > > And yes, I've already thought of that. However, I'd rather some > > things (URLs, in this

Re: Slightly Off Topic: Laptops for Debian

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
t; > iBook's are quite solid little machines, but be aware that you cannot > use their internal wireless under Linux. Same with the powerbooks, but > you can at least use a pcmcia card there (on the 15" and 17" ones). One issue, though, is w32codecs. Is there a PPC an

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 01:46 +0200, Tristan Seligmann wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 17:15:00 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Following fortune's model, this is what I'm thinking: > > dosage > > dosage-comics > > dosage-comics-off > > > > See the

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
c/dosage/disabled will allow them to then do something after they have examined the comics. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [o

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 21:53 +0200, Tristan Seligmann wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:30:08 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think > > are appropriate for their children. > > > > "They"

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
part is "old enough to think about such things". He is not, yet. -- ----- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "A busy mother makes slothful daughters." Unknown signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 11:27 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Ron Johnson dijo [Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:24:57AM -0600]: > > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > > > Up until a certain age the parents should be responsible for keeping > >

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 17:35 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This sounds a bit like the gun control debate. > > > > I don't want the sharp hooks removed. I want them put in "boxes" > > (i.e. package

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 16:44 +0100, Jorge Bernal wrote: > El Martes 25 Enero 2005 15:42, Ron Johnson escribió: > > But if MadamAndEve is not on the list of supported comics that > > I've installed for dosage, then there's no need to explain. > > Parenting is already

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 15:02 +, Will Newton wrote: > On Tuesday 25 Jan 2005 14:59, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > You have the option to *not* install them on your machine. John > > Ashcroft is not holding a gun to your head making you install it. > > > > I want to hav

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 15:25 +0100, Jorge Bernal wrote: > El Martes 25 Enero 2005 11:30, Ron Johnson escribió: > > The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think > > are appropriate for their children. > > > > "They" don&

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:48 +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:30:08AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > So where's the problem? > > > > The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think > > are ap

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 13:59 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op di, 25-01-2005 te 04:30 -0600, schreef Ron Johnson: > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 11:04 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > > Good idea. dosage went even a step further: It doesn't include any of > > > th

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:39 +0100, Isaac Clerencia wrote: > On Tuesday, 25 de January de 2005 13:00, Ron Johnson wrote: > > I thought like you until my kids grew to an age where supervising > > every waking minute of their lives is quite impossible. > What age? 25 years old?

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:05 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op di, 25-01-2005 te 06:00 -0600, schreef Ron Johnson: > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:15 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > > * Ron Johnson > > > > > > | "They" don't want this inapprop

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:04 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Ron Johnson > > | On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:15 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | > * Ron Johnson [snip] > Then perhaps they should get to see porn if they want to? Or filter > URLs in your gateway or whatever

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:55 +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:34:38PM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > Up until a certain age the parents should be responsible for keeping control > on the machine itself

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 13:46 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:34 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > >> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > The problem is things/websites/e

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:09 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think > > are appropriate for their children. > > > > "They" don't

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 05:57 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:15 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > * Ron Johnson > > > > | "They" don't want this inappropriate material dumped into their > > | children's laps right along side

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:15 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Ron Johnson > > | "They" don't want this inappropriate material dumped into their > | children's laps right along side the things that the parents *do* > | consider appropriate. > > Then they

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:15 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Ron Johnson > > | "They" don't want this inappropriate material dumped into their > | children's laps right along side the things that the parents *do* > | consider appropriate. > > Then they

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:34 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think > > are appropriate for their children. > > These parents are free to install whatev

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
gelog > So where's the problem? The problem is things/websites/etc that "many" parents don't think are appropriate for their children. "They" don't want this inappropriate material dumped into their children's laps right along side the things that the pare

Re: apply to NM? ha!

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
s when there are women around. > > That usualy only works if you recognise them as females and can lead > > to quite the oposite as well sometimes. :) > > Oh, you mean we should use video mails or such? Now that's a scary thought... -- ------------

[OT] Re: NEW queue and ftp-master approval

2005-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 01:40 -0600, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 01:06 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 07:39 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > On Mon, 20

[OT] observational behavioral studies (was Re: apply to NM? ha!)

2005-01-24 Thread Ron Johnson
omen around. Until *lots* of women join, and then there just as much aggression as before, but in a different format. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "An economist is a man

Re: NEW queue and ftp-master approval

2005-01-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 07:39 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 22:28 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [snip] > >&g

Re: NEW queue and ftp-master approval

2005-01-24 Thread Ron Johnson
lesh that out a little? -- ------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?" "Because we use vi, son. They use emacs." signature.a

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 00:06 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 20:28 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > >> >> > Do you *really* think that RTFM means "Go read the documentation, > >>

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 22:13 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 20:38 +0100, Miros/law Baran wrote: > > 10.01.2005 pisze Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > 'RTFM' means "Go read the documentation, that's what it's for&q

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 21:11 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op ma, 10-01-2005 te 13:24 -0600, schreef Ron Johnson: > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 19:14 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > Op ma, 10-01-2005 te 06:39 -0500, schreef David Mandelberg: > > [snip] > &g

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 20:28 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 19:37 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > >> Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > Do you *really* think that RTFM me

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 19:37 +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Do you *really* think that RTFM means "Go read the documentation, > > that's what it's for"? > > Yes, that's what it means. Well, tha

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
ask for the Do you *really* think that RTFM means "Go read the documentation, that's what it's for"? -- ------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I need an expert on

Re: Serious problem with the tty terminal - HELP!

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 15:03 +0100, Bjorn Johansson wrote: [snip] > This problem has arised since I deleted all files i /lib. Then I reinstalled Deleted all files in /lib, eh? -- ----- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 11:06 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:00:18AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > That's still no reason to rip the d-d. > > I didn't rip it. I said I'm not griping -- just remarked on > the fact that the upstream

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
made is horribly broken. That's still no reason to rip the d-d. File a critical bug. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. [QUOTE] Casey asked Johnson if doctors tell a woman that the abortion procedure

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
When someone asks a particularly general question and expects a detailed answer, he needs to be sent to the FAQ. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Being Politically Correct mea

Re: If you really want Free firmware...

2004-12-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 14:42 -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > The *price* of product has *nothing* to do with how much it *cost* > > to create. > > > In a purely competitive market the price of goods would approach their > cost. The system of &

Re: If you really want Free firmware...

2004-12-14 Thread Ron Johnson
and marketing are so important in capitalist/"free market" systems: use S & M to convince the consumer that they need the product, and will thus pay more than, for example, "cost of goods sold + 8% profit". -- ---

Re: udev.rules configuration

2004-12-13 Thread Ron Johnson
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=277315 > > Thanks for keeping the package uptodate, even if I have to edit udev.rules > frequently ;-) -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Pretty

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 22:24 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 02:18 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:06:11PM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-12 Thread Ron Johnson
ou shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But, exegesis is a

Re: amd64: ftp-masters questions

2004-12-11 Thread Ron Johnson
" branch should be moved into Sarge. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity." Grover Cleveland signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: LCC and blobs

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
ht as well remove the whole kernel from main, since most > devices depend on a non-free firmware blob to operate. Why does it Most ? Or are you stretching beyond reason, to include stuff like the BIOS, which isn't in the kernel? -- ------------

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 22:48 +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday 09 December 2004 14:06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're coming very late to the "conversation". A District > > Attorney angling for higher office or someone in the Morality

Re: Linux Core Consortium

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
;yes'. And no, > no ISV would certify Debian just because Debian sits and bitches. There are diplomatic ways to say, "your processes and QA are all fucked up". We'll just have to send someone who knows how to do that. :) --

Re: Linux Core Consortium

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
hanks, but no thanks", and continues down it's current path. It's *that* simple. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Vegetarian - an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Linux Core Consortium

2004-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 14:33 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz writes: > > Using binaries from LCC would also run against the Debian principle of > > always building Debian packages from their source before uploading them

Re: SVG icons

2004-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 15:49 +0900, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:16:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Note that's a "may" and a "should", not a "must". IIRC they only trigger > > > lintian

Re: Status of this ITP?

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:36 -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:26:00PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 11:30 -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > On 08-Dec-04, 11:15 (CST), "Luis R. Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &

Re: Linux Core Consortium

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
best interest to follow the LCC implementation, then guess what: it doesn't have to... -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "What other evidence do you have that they are terrorists, other than that they trained in these camps?" 17-Sep-2002 Kat

Re: Status of this ITP?

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
he knows that he can't get beat up by people who don't see him face-to-face. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. An ad run by the NEA (the US's biggest public school TE

Re: SVG icons

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
he rain.", he knows that he can't go play in the rain. Thus, "may" in this context is ambiguous. "Should" is only slightly less so. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Is Debian a common carrier? Was: package rejection

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
bby the release manager, or do one of those things? Debian isn't Soviet Russia or the PRC or pre-war Afghanistan. Calmly discussing peoples' "should" beliefs is a worthy task. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA

Re: Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
ou're coming very late to the "conversation". A District Attorney angling for higher office or someone in the Morality Police (think Saudi Arabia) or a petty member of the CCP might not care about "there will be conflicts like this". -- --

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
gt; Or are there only two countries for Debian? US (main) and non-US? The US isn't the only country that has various forms of content restrictions. Thus, non-US isn't sufficient. -- ----- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP K

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:57 +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2004 07:42, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Fortunately, though, pictures of naked dogs are *not* considered > > > > to be appealing to prurient interests. Unl

Re: Is Debian a common carrier? Was: package rejection

2004-12-07 Thread Ron Johnson
course, all this is US law. French law, for instance, is very strict regarding anything regarding Nazism. -- ------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. After seeing all the viruses, trojan ho

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 20:31 +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Tuesday 07 December 2004 11:22, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 10:01 +1100, Brian May wrote: > > > So are you saying I should take my web pages of my naked dogs down? > >

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 10:01 +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Ron" == Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ron> If you are presenting pictures that "appeal to the prurient > Ron> interest and lacks serious literary, artistic, po

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
to stop that action. Debian is a > community not just a set of independent members (at least this is what > i'll like it to be) > > my just 2 cents for my very first post :-) And a very well-said one, at that. -- -

Re: Debian's status as a legal entity and how it could effect a potential defense.

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
ah. Thanks, Hamish, for helping to make our point. -- --------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order." Jawaharlal Ne

Re: Debian's status as a legal entity and how it could effect a potential defense.

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 23:29 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > No, that's not true. "reasonable person" (actually, they say > > > "reasonable man") is a quite well-defined concept in Ame

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 23:44 -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >Legal, illegal, what's the difference? *I* want to package it. > >Therefore, anyone who tries to stop me is censoring me. > > > > > Nobody can stop you from creating a package

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 01:18 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 01:08:31 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 00:57 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:57:19 +0100, Jan Ingvoldstad &g

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