On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, at 1:58pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> They had one machine for use in their Linux on the Desktop course. Part of
> the problem is that they have 4 campuses:The main Boston Campus, Dedham,
> Burlington and Downtown Boston.
How about this: One Linux machine in a central locat
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, at 9:50am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The problem is that this printer has been used to print a couple of
> hundred sheet-fed postcards every month, and I've yet to find another
> laser printer that can handle the thick paper stock reliably without
> jamming.
Do you know the
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 2:57pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Did I ever mention that life in academics is a lot different from life in
> the business world?
Yah, in the business world, they want you to do everything you have to do
in academia, and make a profit, too.
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 1:56pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> They tried and failed to reliably connect to 3 different ISPs with the
> built-in Rockwell/Conexant winmodem.
I hate those fscking things. My usual recommendation on what to do when
you have trouble with a software modem is to bash it
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 12:16pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thing is though Ben, the machine I had the most trouble with was
> manufactured by a now merged PC company called Compaq.
That's nice. Was it on the HCL? :-)
> With the original factory installation the machine wouldn't run more than
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 11:34am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> P.S. My favorite (not) windows bugs are the ones associated with the AMD
>> K6 processors. You end up with a very unstable machine but when you put
>> Linux or any of the NT variants on these systems magically everything
>> works.
>
> To
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 11:21am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If I had a nickel for every hour I've spent chasing windows problem... ;^(
Amen to that.
> P.S. My favorite (not) windows bugs are the ones associated with the AMD
> K6 processors. You end up with a very unstable machine but when you
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 10:37am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've seen something similar with my laptop Win 2k using a wireless card.
> Everything works fine until the laptop, running on battery, desides to go
> to standby mode. When the system wakes up it's pretty much impossible to
> revive the ne
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, at 9:22am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A freaking checkbox labeled "Allow the computer to turn off this device to
> save power".
>
> Is there a reason that MS feels that this is an "Option"? Does the power
> that that card uses really make THAT big a difference?
On laptops,
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, at 2:28pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I figured [Usenet] was just a broadcast and that anyone could receive
> it
In one sense, you are right. A message posted to a Usenet newsgroup is a
broadcast communication, available to anyone.
However, it is not broadcast (or ev
On 8 Jan 2003, at 9:44pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And after you've selected, as Kevin said, right click, go to edit->stroke
> and it will create trace the selected region with whatever brush you're
> using.
Oh. I'm an idiot. Never mind.
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On 8 Jan 2003, at 9:30pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I don't have a rectangle looking tool. Well, I have the "Select
>> Rectangle" tool, but that's it.
>
> That's the one!
U... all that does is select a region. Which, I suppose, does
technically give me a square on the screen, but it
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, at 2:49pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Anyone w/ direct experience using win4lin to run W9x games?
For games, I've had surprising success with Wine. For example, I once had
StarCraft running very well under Linux, using Wine. And StarCraft is a
very DirectX-ish game, with l
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, at 2:18pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I use xfig. It works great and you still have the unedited version of
> the image when you're done. Export to whatever format you want.
H, I looked at xfig, but it didn't appear to support bitmap graphics.
Of course, I just looke
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, at 2:28pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Ahhh. I didn't know about that. While it isn't quite as nice as I would
>> like (e.g., tools that just "draw a square" or "draw an arrow"), it is a lot
>> better than what I've been doing.
>
> To draw a hollow rectangle (probably what
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, at 10:36am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can somebody supply (or point to) an explanation of the mechanics that
> make it possible for a dialed-up peecee to receive notification of inbound
> calls?
There are at least two methods that I know of.
One method involves using the
On 8 Jan 2003, at 12:10pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Pencil tool: Make a dot. Hold shift and control while using the pencil.
> Make another Dot. You've got a straight line from dot to dot.
Ahhh. I didn't know about that. While it isn't quite as nice as I would
like (e.g., tools that just "
Hello world,
I sometimes need to edit screenshots to add arrows, circles, notes, and
the like. I am currently using GIMP (1.2.3) to do this, but it is very
awkward. While GIMP excels at editing bitmap images, it does not do well at
adding vector graphic objects (such as straight lines). At le
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, at 9:27am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Anyone know of how to change an NT domain passwd from a Linux system?
I take it smbpasswd didn't work?
smbpasswd -r server -U username
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:59pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Huh? If you have a live show that's a .wav file and convert it to MP3 you
> lost a lot of data? How is going from a high quality .wav file to mp3 any
> different then CDDA to wav ...
CDDA -> WAV is lossless.
-> MP3 is lossy.
I thin
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:45pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ... some languages are (can be) gobbledegookier than others and (for some
> of us, at least) Perl sure does seem to make you have to gobble WAY more
> gook than anyone should have to...
People use that argument against C, /bin/sh, Unix, M
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:34pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bah. If the OGG is at a higher rate than the MP3 (say 192kbps OGG to
> 128kb MP3) then you shouldn't notice anything.
I find that audio converted from one lossy format to another sounds like
crap. I am told that is because the lossy com
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:20pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> That could be considered a feature. Renaming of such directories breaks
>> your code. Try it. :-)
>
> What if you changed the name after you left?
Can you do that with the File::Find::find() ?
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:01pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No, as there are few (no?) hardware-based OGG players.
I know. :-(
> BUT, you can transcode from OGG to MP3 and play that.
Speaking of evil
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:13pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But I'm telling you, for someone who ain't a perl hacker, what you guys
> wrote is gobbledygook.
So let me get this straight: For people who don't understand Perl, Perl is
hard to understand.
Deep wisdom, that. :-)
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(Pardon the profanity, but this just has to be said...)
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 1:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, again, everybody is entitled to their opinions ...
Opinions are like assholes: Everybody has one, and they all stink!
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:07pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Boss: he hasn't a clue, but he said he needs tham
He doesn't know what it is, but he knows he needs it?
Okie dokie, that's not asking much. Right after you satisfy that request,
why don't you build a perpetual motion machine, too? :
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:49pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In other words, assuming that the reader of the script does know how
>> to read Perl including the standard-library functions "grep" and
>> "map", then the script is perfectly readable,
>
> Yes, but for those NOT familiar with Perl syntax
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:44pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 3: this code doesn't rename directory names with spaces ...
That could be considered a feature. Renaming of such directories breaks
your code. Try it. :-)
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:42pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Not only that, but perl has a tr/// thingy which is identical to y///
> (*why* does perl have 2 identical operators?)
Same reason about half of Perl is the way it is: It just happened that
way. IIRC, the original operator was y///, but
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 12:30pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This way it's pretty obvious what the individual steps are:
^^^
This must be some meaning of the word "obvious" of which I was previously
unaware. ;-)
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 11:16am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> perl -MFile::Find -e 'find(sub{$old = $_; y/ /_/; rename($old, $_);},
> "kens-mp3-dir");'
For those who find the above one-liner somewhat hard to parse, here is a
file version that uses whitespace and comments, avoids the anonymous
sub
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 11:33am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess I'm the only guy on the list who *likes* spaces in my music
file names. ;-)
>>>
>>> Spaces in file names are EVIL :)
>>
>> No, shell scripts that don't quote their arguments are evil. ;-)
>
> Threads that don't die
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 11:15am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I guess I'm the only guy on the list who *likes* spaces in my music file
> >names. ;-)
>
> Spaces in file names are EVIL :)
No, shell scripts that don't quote their arguments are evil. ;-)
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, at 10:42am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had the same problem a while ago with my MP3 collection ...
I guess I'm the only guy on the list who *likes* spaces in my music file
names. ;-)
> BTW, let me put in a plug for the SLIMP3. This device ROCKS.
Can it play OGG files?
On 6 Jan 2003, at 10:22am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> for i in `ls`
> do
> cp $i `ls $i | sed s/\ /_/g`
> done
You need to quote your arguments so the shell parser doesn't split on
spaces. And what's with the fetch for invoking ls? :-) Anyway, try this:
for i in *
do
cp "$i" $(echo "$i" | se
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, at 12:27pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Anyone want any of the following books before I get rid of them:
I collect books like the inside of a computer collects dust. Anything
that anyone else doesn't claim, I'll be happy to give a home to. (But give
priority to others who wa
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, at 9:09pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd like to have the ability to have the incoming calls use callerid data
> to display customers information when they call.
Just FYI, the buzzword for that kind of thing is "CTI", for "Computer
Telephony Integration". It has traditional
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, at 2:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's not a bug.
Or, at least, it is a documented bug. :-)
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IMNSHO.On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, at 9:41am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Not unless the documented behavior is otherwise... this behavior is the
>> normal, expected behavior of bourne-derivative shells.
>
> Is it that the bourne shell exhibited this seemingly buggy behavior and
> bash maintained it for t
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, at 9:53pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Happy GNU-Year everyone!
Let's call it "Happy Linux Year", just to annoy RMS. ;-)
Just kidding! I hope everyone has a Happy New, and GNU, Year. Best of
luck to all, with both computers and that "real life" thing people keep
talking
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, at 7:07pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And why do you say that it's the "normal, expected" behavior?
It makes sense if you think about it. The algorithm used by PATH is
fairly simple: If a command you specify does not specify a path (i.e., does
not contain a slash), the shell
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, at 10:59am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The %util field will probably suffice, however, it appears to require a
> kernel patch for it to work (note, RH stock kernels already have the patch
> applied) and I can't seem to find the actual patch ...
If all else fails, the source R
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, at 9:21am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Until yesterday I got 5 hits when I searched for "gnhlug" in the list of
> lists at mail-archive.com:
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/index.php?hunt=gnhlug
>
> ...but today I see only 3. Anybody know anything about that?
I note tha
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, at 8:10am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[commentary about non-repudiation not being possible on the Internet]
> This was EXACTLY my point as to why GPG/PGP for signing email is currently
> flawed the way it works now.
No, it is not flawed, either, anymore than a wrench is "flawe
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, at 11:06pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Like everything else pertaining to information assurance, it's a matter of
> risk management.
That is exactly my point. :-)
The more I deal with the world, the more I think that the word "security"
is inherently misleading. I agr
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, at 10:24pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> That is rather missing the point. The reason non-repudiation is desired
>> is that it means one cannot say, "I never sent that."
>
> No, that's only one reason. The other reason is to say, "we can prove
> that you sent this."
No, th
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, at 9:56pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> They do provide one-way non-repudiation... in the case the mail was
> signed.
That is rather missing the point. The reason non-repudiation is desired
is that it means one cannot say, "I never sent that." Discretionary signing
means one
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, at 2:08pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> It validates that the sender had access to your private key. Presumably,
>> only you have access to your key, but even that is far from a given in
>> anonymous communications.
>
> They'd also need your pass phrase. They'd need your pri
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, at 1:45pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Isn't one of the points of GPG to validate that the person you're talking
> to is really who they say they are?
It validates that the sender had access to your private key. Presumably,
only you have access to your key, but even that is
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, at 1:37pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> So some fsckwad is using my good name to send spam. Either that,
>> or there's a new spam going around that just says 'fuck you'.
>
> Fascinating. Why would anybody do such a thing to you?
Spammers often spoof the 'From' header to b
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, at 9:59am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The really aggravating part is that Redhat seems to have made a
> significant effort to make it difficult to switch back to sawfish. In the
> end, I had to kill off metacity and quickly start sawfish before metacity
> respawned, and then sa
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, at 1:06pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> You hang a wok on your wall.
>
> Been there, done that..
I didn't mean a *real* Wok -- although your link is very amusing! :-)
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/wok-on-the-wall.html
> Wireless (802.11b/a/g) isn't ver
A few more-or-less random comments...
Most ISPs (DSL, cable, or otherwise) don't "support" Linux. Some don't
support Macintosh. If you check your TOS[1], you'll find they don't support
those off-the-shelf NAT routers, home networks, or Windows application
software, either. You're free to *
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, at 6:18am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Problem: There are two contact forms on the web site.
> THAT ARE NOT WORKING!
And his Shift key is stuck, too. ;-)
Seriously, the first thing to do when you encounter an error (ever) is to
check the logs to see what is going on. Lin
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, at 9:36pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Didn't we show those lowlifes the door once already?
If they were banned prior to the switch from DEC/majordomo to
Codemeta/mailman, the ban probably got lost.
If you're talking of their message of a couple of days ago, I was assuming
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, at 12:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > My raid setup used to work fine, but just recently the system started
> > > hanging.
> >
> > What did you change? :-)
>
> Software-wise? ... nothing Hardware-wise? ... nothing ... I'm
> installing 7.2 again, but solely for t
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, at 1:36pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> We would like to invite you to be a founding members of the FSC either as
> a Consultant and/or an Agent.
Can we list-ban these people please? Regardless of whether or not they
are legitimate, they're spamming the list, and that's Not A
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 6:19pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My raid setup used to work fine, but just recently the system started
> hanging.
What did you change? :-)
> Is this a legal setup?
It should be, as far as I can see.
> During boot up, there is a warning that there are no spare disk
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 1:47pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, if he's using DMA, then technically none (or at least
> very little).
Well, okay, yah. When I said "waiting for the disk", I didn't mean "doing
nothing else", but rather "doing something else (including running the idle
loop) whil
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 4:25pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No, it really isn't. You can claim that the original Berkeley
> implementation is the defacto standard if you want to ...
I can, and I do. Most of the Internet got built that way ("rough
consensus and working code"). Much of it still
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 4:02pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Evolution does not and (at least according to the developers) never will
> support traditional plain-text asci-armored PGP messages, nor clearsigned
> messages.
I believe what the developers actually said was that *they* aren't going
to
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 3:17pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In short, IMAP rocks. How could you not like it? ;-)
>
> i thought this sort of discussion was reserved for editors, operating
> systems, and fascist regimes.
Ohhh, no. Those are just the most popular topics. We can (and do) have
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 2:31pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As an FYI, beware that because mbox isn't a real standard ...
Is too. ;-)
The problem with email, in general, is that because it is so useful a
thing to have, a great many different programmers have tried implementing
email software
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 2:53pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I assume IMAP isn't an option? It would be a much better solution.
>
> i disagree. been there, done that, got seriously pissed and frustrated.
Okay, I simply have to ask: What about it frustrated you? IMAP is
explicitly designed for
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 1:19pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ... so i need to upgrade to some more current integrated browser/mua
> solution ...
Why does the browser need to be tied to the email program? You're really
imposing a huge restriction there. There are tons of web browsers, and tons
of
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 11:17am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Without all of that information, unless you can show that the system's I/O
> requests exceeded the system's capacity to provide I/O during some time
> period ...
But is Paul really looking for that kind of detail? It sounds to me like
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 9:52am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to measure ...
It sounds like he is trying to measure how big a bottleneck disk
performance is. In other words, he wants to find out how much time does the
system spend waiting for the disk d
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, at 9:08am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Right, I agree with that. My point was that it is not obvious that this
> is stupid, given that Linux is the only OS which allows for *multiple*
> default routes!
Forget about the "default" part entirely. You had a route programmed to
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 2:28pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The only thing I can think of is that your nameserver is capable of
> performing some sort of port redirection. e.g., I run with RCN which
> blocks port 80. My nameservice is done via zoneedit.com which provides a
> service to forward to
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 2:58pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While I'm inclined to agree, the question I'm still trying to answer is,
> why did work fine on some systems and not on others.
Paul, you and I both know that computers have enough trouble working when
everything is configured right. Wh
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 2:11pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some one was inquiring how they can run a mail server on a port other
> than port 25.
That's easy. The hard part is getting the rest of the world to use that
port.
> Is there some way to specify a port address in DNS?
Nope.
(We
One more thing...
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 10:46am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Second: That diagram is incomplete. It does not give networks (although I
>> can infer most of it), and at least one key gateway has been left out.
>
> Not really...
Oh, yes it was. Unfortunately, the gateway w
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, at 10:46am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In particular, what is T?
>
> T doesn't actually exist.
Paul, I'm going to kill you. :-) You've got a route programmed for a
gateway that doesn't exist, and you wonder why you're having network
problems! Arggghh! :-)
*bonk*
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, at 1:09pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> *Nothing* anyone ever says is universally true, Derek.
>
> Including this statement, I wonder? (-:
"This statement is false."
:-)
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, at 12:45am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Did you read my post? **There is nothing special about a default
>> route.** It is simply a route that matches all packets.
>
> Did you read mine? I never said they weren't... All I said is that
> /historically/, hosts did not play
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, at 1:26pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While true, historically this feature of IP has been provided by routers.
> it has not been the case with host routing. That feature in hosts is
> reletively new. In the case of most host IP stacks, only the first
> default route is ever
Okay, I'm coming into this discussion late, but this thread desperately
needs a clue-injection...
There is nothing wrong with having multiple default routes. Not only do
they work just fine under every version of Linux I've tried them with
(including Red Hat 5.mumble, 6.2 and 7.3), they also
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, at 2:48pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> info pages are really cool.
GNU Info is yet another non-standard, incompatible hypertext system that
is only used by the vendor that created it. The only thing that keeps it
from being brought down to the level of MS Windows Help is tha
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, at 3:46pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ---
> | |C'
> -| C |-
> ---__/ | | \
> | | { } /
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, at 10:06am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think I've solved my problem by removing the path statement from
> .bash_profile for the user in question, so that we can scp files to the
> account, but the user can run no commands.
If the user specifies the exact path to the comman
On 11 Dec 2002, at 5:22pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How many times have you changed printer cartridges?
I use my inkjet at home so infrequently, I have to buy a new ink cartridge
every time I use it, because the old one has dried out by then. ;-)
IMO, all inkjet printers are, at best, chea
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, at 1:33pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a utility other than grep for finding useful functions in the C
> std library?
"man" is good. For string functions, start with "man string".
If you do not already have a copy, obtain a copy of _The C Programming
Language_, 2
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, at 9:03am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> This discussion is ludicrous, even by GNHLUG standards. :-) If someone
>> wants their audio in one big file, who cares?
>
> Yeah, but I don't know of any ripping software that does that. If anybody
> finds such a beast, please be kind en
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 9:44pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Manchester Wireless website:
> http://www.manchesterwireless.org
And, on behalf of nobody in particular, I would like to thank Mike Spenard
and Travis Roy for putting on a very interesting and informative (if
somewhat under-attended) pre
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 3:52pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If they're not using one of those they should upgrade anyway because of
> feature/security reasons.
I know of people who still read their mail using /bin/mail. Like I said,
people get very attached to their email clients. Telling them
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 3:18pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Free (as in beer) SSH clients are available for pretty much every major
>> platform (and many minor ones) at this point.
>
> So to email clients that support POP3S and IMAPS :)
Well, yes, but the selection of clients that support POP/I
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 2:27pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> But a subdirectory is a file. (At least it was on good/bad old UFS.)
>> Why should there be a limit on subdirectories in a directory if there's
>> none on files?
>
> Dunno. Maybe because directories take up more than one inode?
But
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 2:38pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> since i have a number of people accessing the server from arbitrary
> locations on the planet, and they don't all have ssh available, i don't
> think an ssh tunnel is much use here.
Free (as in beer) SSH clients are available for pretty
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 2:17pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Maximum number of files in a single directory = Unlimited
>> Maximum number of subdirectories in a single directory = 32768
>
> But a subdirectory is a file. (At least it was on good/bad old UFS.)
That's a common statement, and
This discussion is ludicrous, even by GNHLUG standards. :-) If someone
wants their audio in one big file, who cares? It's their music; they should
be able to listen to it however they want to.
And I thought *I* was pedantic! :-)
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| The opinions expressed
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 11:21am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Basically, I over-heard a hallway conversation where a mktg droid was
> quoting "Linux limitations" as far as the max # of files/dirs per file
> system. It lead me to wonder enough to post a question :)
O. Why didn't you *say*
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, at 10:21am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What's the max number of files and/or directories possible in a single
> file system under Linux?
That, I believe, should be effectively unlimited. Files and directories
are just links. (Of course, there's the 'dentry' thing, which I
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, at 10:58am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> the extracted audio), and grip (a GUI front-end for everything). All I
>> have to do is feed the computer CDs, and grip turns them into .ogg files.
>
> Just curious: Is grip capable of ripping an entire album into a single ogg
> file?
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, at 10:46pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've met some who is a windows user with a cable modem. Can anyone
> recommend any defensive software she can use ? Open source is obviously
> preffered,
As others have mentioned, the first thing to do is pick up one of those
$90 "home
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, at 6:23pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I never knew that Linux wouldn't read that format without ripping the
> files with CDParanoia or some such utility. ... After all, KSCD and other
> players will recognize it.
Actually, no computer can read Red Book audio ("music CDs") wit
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, at 12:59pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Lastly, even a Linux box with some design flaws is more secure than a
>> comparable Windows box. ;-)
>
> What, like having it default to having it auto login as root? That's a
> HUGE security issue and one of the main reasons windows vi
On 6 Dec 2002, at 5:23pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Being able to set a system to NOT boot automatically and drop right into a
> command line to probe devices, boot from alternate devices (without
> changing any nvram settings) has saved me a number of times.
Again FWIW, all of those features a
On 6 Dec 2002, at 4:22pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One side note however is that I did find it very cool to experiment
> with the built-in always-on (even with the power cord unplugged) serial
> console ...
Okay, I have to ask: If the system is unplugged, what powers the serial
command proces
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, at 1:38pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Has IA-64 really gotten so much better that is can seriously be
>> considered as a replacement for the PA-RISC and Alpha chips?
>
> I've been lead to believe that the biggest problem with Alpha as it is
> today, is one simply of neglect.
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