Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling over like aforementioned drunk. Wesley Parish I see you have a Paradise email address. This means that your connections will be through Telstra Clear's Lucent remote access server. Go to this archived message and apply the work around suggested there; http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz/msg50654.html If that fails to work append the line debug to your /etc/ppp/options file. This will output a lot of stuff to your /var/log/messages file and may give you a clue about what is going on. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Ross Drummondr...@ashburton.co.nz wrote: On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling over like aforementioned drunk. Wesley Parish I see you have a Paradise email address. This means that your connections will be through Telstra Clear's Lucent remote access server. Go to this archived message and apply the work around suggested there; http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz/msg50654.html If that fails to work append the line debug to your /etc/ppp/options file. This will output a lot of stuff to your /var/log/messages file and may give you a clue about what is going on. Cheers Ross Drummond Indeed if it is an MRU problem then some sites just won't open and you sit there forever wondering why. Others work fine. It depends on whether there are broken routers between you and the relevant web site.
Pronounce sudo
Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough
Re: Pronounce sudo
The latter... On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough -- Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Pronounce sudo
When you realise you've just done something stupid, it's soo-d'oh! :) 2009/9/9 Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough
Re: Pronounce sudo
steve wrote: The latter... On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough Is that your answer, your guess or your preference?
Re: Pronounce sudo
Remember that sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or *another user* So you don't have to become superuser - you can become 'fred' or 'dunedin'. Just like the su command means 'switch user'. (Not superuser) John BTW I have heard both soo-dough and soo-doo 50/50. - Original Message - From: Robert Fisher rob...@fisher.net.nz To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Pronounce sudo steve wrote: The latter... On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough Is that your answer, your guess or your preference? E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13220 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13220 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
Re: Pronounce sudo
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 16:14 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: steve wrote: The latter... On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:55 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough Is that your answer, your guess or your preference? My answer, and note John's point that it *isn't* super. Although interestingly wikipedia disagrees. I've never, ever heard it pronounced otherwise... and as for the third alternative, well that's just plain silly! So I suppose it's my preference. David, if Phil Collins is using it, is sususudo? Steve -- Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Pronounce sudo
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Robert Fisherrob...@fisher.net.nz wrote: So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough S U do Which is correct - I will dough this job / I will do this job ? Next question - su fred is S U fred / Sue fred ? -jim
Re: Pronounce sudo
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Robert Fisher wrote: Today I came across a reminder of the meaning of sudo super user do So how should it be pronounced? soo-doo or soo-dough Dough make me a sandwich just wouldn't make sense! http://xkcd.com/149/ Sue, do make me a sandwich. Now if I just had a wife called Sue who always did what I told her to do... Talk about an impossible dream. :-)) Trouble is, if this Mythical unix Sue is anything like my wife... It'll be, make sandwich make: only you can make sandwich. Lazy toad. sudo make sandwich [sudo] password for johnc: please Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for johnc: I'll take the rubbish out. [sudo] And bring in the washing while you're out there! John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : john.car...@tait.co.nz New Zealand
