Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-26 09:46:16, schrieb Ron Johnson: But that's not a stanford.edu (or any big European technical Uni) address, is it? Even in Freiburg... It dependy heavily what you ware studying... Yeah IT-Students have access to the Data-Center and a private Key to go in (even at 2 AM in the

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Ron, Am 2007-02-18 17:55:00, schrieb Ron Johnson: (Of course, saying that with an @stanford.edu address will only get you flamed...) I know many peoples @university which have only a REALY limited free access to the Internet. Even here in Strasbourg where I live, I can not have ADSL

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 09:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello Ron, Am 2007-02-18 17:55:00, schrieb Ron Johnson: (Of course, saying that with an @stanford.edu address will only get you flamed...) I know many peoples @university which have only a REALY

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Mirko Scurk
Joe Hart wrote: But then again, old advice from a teacher: You'll never know the answer unless you ask. Which advice to follow? Oh I'm so confused :) (not really) As someone said - there are no stupid questions just stupid answers. There are many different people among us - I guess that

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Mirko Scurk
Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer sentence to type than the answer to your question). Don't let it bother you.

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer sentence to

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Joe Hart wrote: [snip] I even sometimes use links to browse the web. grml is one of my favorite distros because of the 'text tools' approach. If I could somehow merge a few different distros into my own, well that would be the ultimate, but I have a few years to go before I can take

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Håkon Alstadheim wrote: Joe Hart wrote: [snip] I even sometimes use links to browse the web. grml is one of my favorite distros because of the 'text tools' approach. If I could somehow merge a few different distros into my own, well that would

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Hans du Plooy
Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin to look. Internet access is flaky, slow and expensive. Differs from list to list, I guess. In the days when I was

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 19 February 2007 09:26, Hans du Plooy wrote: Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin to look. Internet access is flaky, slow and expensive.

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Freddy Freeloader
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 12:18 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Monday 19 February 2007 09:26, Hans du Plooy wrote: Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:23:17AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always be some

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:23:17AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: No matter how easy or

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Sorry, my ignorance. Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Looking it up yourself (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 15:02, Joe Hart wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Sorry, my ignorance. Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? -- hendrik Sorry, just trying to follow Eric S.

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Sorry, my ignorance. Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? -- hendrik Sorry, just trying to follow Eric S. Raymond's advice. Don't ask

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: I think a lot of the questions that are asked in this mailing list could be self answered, but it seems that there are a lot of people who never bother looking for an answer when then think a guru will take time from their precious day to

When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 17:07, Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer sentence to

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-17 Thread Mirko Scurk
Joe Hart wrote: I think it's amazing that you could get $200 for a ISA network card. To me something like that is worth maybe $5, not that I am in the market for such an item. What is a CNC machine? Cash and Carry? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC When you have to finish more then

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-17 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: Joe Hart wrote: I think it's amazing that you could get $200 for a ISA network card. To me something like that is worth maybe $5, not that I am in the market for such an item. What is a CNC machine? Cash and Carry?