On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Ever considered getting in touch with Technical Aids for the Disabled (TAD), at
the spastic centre. They work hard at providing disabled people (who are
generally very poor, but I won't start my social ranting here) with computers
for internet access and the
It would be like all these Microsoft MSCE people. How many of them know
anything about Windows' application design? Or even just the registry
structure? (Is there a registry structure? :P) But seriously, even
though one could argue, "But why would they need to know that?", I don't
think
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Jill Rowling wrote:
In the dark ages you could get the typist to hang up the CP/M box by
accidentally pressing SHIFT-BACKSPACE (same as ^P) on the dumb terminals.
Used to go round with a paperclip and short out the appropriate pins on the
DB25 to give it an ACK or
Just fine-tuning my gateway machine, and I noticed that we had been
disconnected, and then re-connected.
Does anyone know if wvdial logs these connection attempts anywhere ?
The MAN pages don't make specific mention of a log file.
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Of course, it's free as in your beverage of choice, not free as in speech.
So, would anyone like to share their experiences with Arkeia's backup
software? Is it worth $0? :)
An altervative to this is NoveNet (www.novanet.com) - pretty damn good.
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote:
APC are going to be doing another pocketbook shortly and they were
wondering if anyone had someone useful comments on the previous ones
that they'd care to share so that they can improve the next one.
Ashton, who editing it, has asked me not to
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Jon Biddell wrote:
Does anyone know if wvdial logs these connection attempts anywhere ?
The MAN pages don't make specific mention of a log file.
How are you running wvdial?
It doesn't do logging automagically, rather you need to tell it to. My
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Thom May wrote:
Out of curiosity, are you on Debian boxen?
Just wondering, because the standard deb ppp scripts (pon and
poff) have logging through syslog, plus, with ppconfig a nicer
front end and whatever than wvdial. And pon/poff supports demand
I just received this from Micro$oft... Notice the "From" field.
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Subject: Microsoft Direct Access Newsletter
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 00:35:23 -0700
From: "Microsoft"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft Direct Access Newsletter
marketing crap deleted
Now, it
Stick 'em in the men's room. Stick 'em in the ladies. Stick 'em in the staff
room, or on the CEO's bum. Stick 'em on your granny's forehead, we don't
mind. :) We'd just like them in as many places as possible, really soon.
Hmmm... Mental images of our CEO unable to sit down...:-)
A
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Garry wrote:
Hi Guys,
I am trying to install redhat linux 6.1 on a p200mmx machine with 64 Mb edo
RAM, 4.3 gig HDD (C) 2.1gig HDD (D) in dos parlance, trident 9750 4Mb
video card. I am installing it to the 2.1 gig HDD and trying to install lilo
to the MBR on C.
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Steve Kowalik wrote:
Jon,
Read the NFS HOWTO (easiest way) and man 5 exports...
Already printed out and reading over dinner...:-)
Jon
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Ive done a few SBS installs, and I might add they cause endless grief is
something is broken, SBS 4.0 was an absolute shocker, and SBS 4.5 is slighly
better...You fix something, and it breaks something else...
I can heartily second that - I even did the MicroScum SBS 4.5 Training
Course (hah
At 08:39 AM 8/9/00 , DaZZa wrote:
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote:
Who died and made you god, Rick?
The King.
He's not dead, he's running the 7/11 at Hornsby!
Thank you very much...
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At 11:34 AM 8/10/00 , Ken Yap wrote:
It was fun reading the proposed antics, but seriously I don't believe
placards and people in penguin suits are productive. It will just give
the hostiles more pretext to dismiss us as a bunch of longhair geeks.
The refund day protests over preinstalled Windows
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Terry Collins wrote:
-=Fscking monarchists!
And which version of fsck would that be, Terry ???...:-)
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"It is irresponsible to allow a Windows machine to be connected to
the
For those many of you who are Star Wars fans, I just heard on Fox News that
Sir Alec Guinnes (sp), otherwise know as Obi-Wan Kenobi, passed away this
morning.
See http://news.ninemsn.com.au/09_Entertainment/story_7613.asp for the full
story
:-(
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The spokesman went on to say that the first smart product would be a
vacuum cleaner
which will be booting to W$d$ze 2000.
In testing the vac is reported to have over 10 times the suction of its
nearest market rival.
So... In effect, you are saying that it sucks 10 times as much as the
At 07:17 PM 8/7/00, you wrote:
Here's a heads up.
Tomorrow night SBS is showing Code Rush a short
documentary about Netscape and the browser war
with Microsoft. This is a must see.
Can;t find any reference in the guide - what time ?
Regards,
Jon
At 01:46 PM 8/7/00, Roland Turner wrote:
George Vieira wrote:
I just found out that ADSL and HDSL don't have the facility to support
multiple IPs on the 1 link, fair enough I guess as it's basically a dial up
account.
Telstra is, once again, displaying its facility for misunderstanding
I think you could reasonable argue that the above clause does not cover NAT.
Note that no computer behind the NAT box is actually 'connected' to the
service - rather the NAT machine is relaying requests of the machines not
connected.
Ah... That argument is so thin it's anorexic...:-)
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Cable ends 10 houses from me (at end of street) as our development has no
telephone poles , everythings underground. Foxtel guy came by trying to
sell "cable" TV, said we'd never get cable but same was available by
satellite. Told him no good for 'Net as I still have to tie up phone line
(tht's
At 03:05 PM 8/7/00, Howard Lowndes wrote:
Been there, tried that with port 25 and 515. Some one did suggest port
9100 and that worked.
At the risk of being abused, JetDirect under WINE ???...
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I know, but consider the following situations:
snip - various perfectly acceptable situations deleted
Failing that you claim that the Linux box is there for firewalling and the
AUP clearly states that you are responsible for the security of the client.
I'd say it is grossly irresponsible to
At 03:28 PM 8/7/00, John Wiltshire wrote:
I think this will become my standard signature from now on !!!
Regards,
Jon
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It is grossly irresponsible to connect a
Having said that, I'd respectfully suggest that you lighten up a bit !!
dont get me wrong, it doesnt offend me in the slightest, and ill often be
the first to agree, but does it have to occur every single day of the week?
im not specifically refering to you, im refering to the list as a
For those many of you who are Star Wars fans, I just heard on Fox News that
Sir Alec Guinnes (sp), otherwise know as Obi-Wan Kenobi, passed away this
morning.
Regards,
Jon
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At 08:48 PM 8/4/00, Matt Allen wrote:
Heya Jon,
Dont feel left out, I live 15 mins from the city (Hunters Hill) and im not
getting it either :(
The HH Council is really precious and wont let Optus hang cables either.
Bastards.
May they choke in their own bile !!
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I need a WinDoze program that runs on a command line to accept or
transmit a file using the zmodem protocol. There's alot out there but
they are all for the GUI and since I'm telnetting into a NT4 box, all
I have access to is the command prompt. I am currently using the good
old bz and sz
At 07:02 PM 7/30/00, Peter Hardy wrote:
Well, if EVERYONE wrote just ONE HOW-I-DID-IT PAGE, SLUG would have a
very good resource that we could point the newbies to.
I am not suggesting that they write a formal HOW-TO, just a rambling
page of text describing how they did something under
What's this Bill thang? Does it really matter whether Bill is here
in person or live via video?
A custard pie hitting a video screen is not as memorable :-)
And no-where near as much fun !!!
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At 03:18 PM 7/29/00, Graeme Merrall wrote:
Dunno if anyone has seen it yet so here tis.
http://inetix.bpc-users.org/ibm_linux-02.avi
I'm at the end of a cable modem which is bandwidth capped at
50kbytes/sec - surse Bigpond :)
Aw diddums. at least you can GET cable !!!
Mind you, my 1984k
Any squid guru's out there ? Is is possible to stop those bloody annoying
doubleclick banners / links appearing ?
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At 04:43 PM 7/29/00, Conrad Parker wrote:
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 04:10:52PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote:
Any squid guru's out there ? Is is possible to stop those bloody annoying
doubleclick banners / links appearing ?
there's a couple of good links to that kind of thing (including
Cameron
At 04:20 PM 7/29/00, Aravind Naidu wrote:
Superb ad !!!
Made my day
I 1/2 expected him to slip his "Matrix" glasses on at the end:-)
Good to see they (say) they are committed to supporting it - not like some
other companies (Compaq for one) - they give it lip service, but when you
At 01:58 AM 7/27/00, Peter Hardy wrote:
Maybe a co-ordinated "attack" on insert Windows sycophant-retailer of
choice here, where their screensavers are replaced with a Linux one
(volunteers to design this ??), or all their ss passwords changed to TUX ?
Just a thought - an evil one,
At 07:29 PM 7/29/00, Morrissey wrote:
Are we getting a lot of bounces these days?
I've had a few, but only when the [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the second item in
the cc list.
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Has anyone subscribed to this lately ? Their July edition (the one sans
the photo of MadDog) advertises a $64US 2 year subscription, but their web
site says it's $128
The mag says 65% discount, so maybe it's not reflected in their web site -
I'm just sick of paying $13 - $19 a copy for
At 04:46 PM 7/28/00, Michael Lake wrote:
Jon Biddell wrote:
P.S. I got an invite from M$ today to attend a bullshit-session at Fox
Studios next month to hear Bill Himself speak on MSN/2 (microsoft.net,
their answer to Internet/2 !!). I hope Anthony has some of those cool
Linux T
At 10:37 AM 7/27/00, Dave Fitch wrote:
Jamie Honan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Although we stray off into a bit of Microsoft bashing, our main
aim should be, simply, the promotion, enjoyment, use and knowledge
of Linux.
precisely
Life is short, let's not waste time. I'd hate to see the slug list
At 10:46 AM 7/27/00, Rachel Polanskis wrote:
Why "Penguinillas"?
I would've thought "Penguinistas" sounds much cooler (and is better Spanish!)
Penguinilla sounds like some kind of Icelandic cigar rather than a
flightless bird with attitude.
I move that the name be changes as suggested
I think people use figlet to generate big text when on IRC to
really make a point. I am thinking of using it on my computer generated
emails to make them look a little nicer.
A good tool to have in any Linux hackers toolbox.
Is it just me, or have others noticed Brother Rodos developing a
At 03:12 PM 7/27/00, Ken Yap wrote:
but let's not make them "windoze sux" shirts, let's have some
witty Linux slogans, yeah?
suggestions?
Linux stays up longer
How about "The box said 'Requires WINDOWS 95 or better', so I installed
LINUX !!"
Jon
P.S. See
Linux:
- Won't stop until you are finished.
- Won't do it with anyone else unless you want it to.
- Tells you when anyone else tries to do it.
- Is always ready when you are.
- Does it for as long as you want.
- Is ready and willing to do two or more at once if you let it.
-
At 10:05 PM 7/27/00, Andrew Reilly wrote:
On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 09:36:39PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote:
P.S. I got an invite from M$ today to attend a bullshit-session at Fox
Studios next month to hear Bill Himself speak on MSN/2 (microsoft.net,
their answer to Internet/2 !!). I hope
Following on from the various items of mail on this topic over the past
week, I received an interesting article on it in the RISKS digest this
morning; it's taken M$ this long to release an advisory on it, even when
they've known about it for some considerable time.
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Subject: Outlook
At 09:28 PM 7/26/00, you wrote:
W E C A N B E P U S H E D O N L Y S O F A R
LOVE the animated GIF ? Your creation ?
Oh, and SWMBO approves But asks one question... "Pants Management ??"
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At 10:05 PM 7/26/00, Tom Massey wrote:
Jeff Waugh wrote 'The Penguinilla Manifesto':
You're 3\/1L man... I love it!!! Those scowling penguin eyes must go
down in the history of 31337 disobedience to the system, much like the
expression on Rambo's face when he ties on that red headband in Rambo
At 02:59 PM 7/26/00, you wrote:
Oh, and X-Message-Flags like my current one aren't really all that helpful!
Since we're all into annoying Windows users - and who isn't. ON Windows
95 (not 98 mind) you could remove the start button while leaving
everything else intact. There's no way to get it
At 03:33 PM 7/26/00, Craige McWhirter wrote:
I think one has already been coined:
Penguinistas!
Saw that one floating aournd a while back. Well, that's close enough
anyway!
Aren't they South American terrorists ???
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Even better, maybe Jeff Waugh needs to start a "How to dynamically
demo windoze hidden features" aka "Penguinguerialla Action" - SLUG
page, listing all those little tid bits (as above) for us all to try
out on those machines at TAFE, Uni, Computer Stores, Aust Post and
the list goes on.
This
At 03:40 PM 7/26/00, Ken Yap wrote:
I think one has already been coined:
Penguinistas!
Saw that one floating aournd a while back. Well, that's close enough
anyway!
It's doesn't have the same connotation. An Z-ista in Spanish is one who
uses Z, like a camiónista is a truck driver. What I
At 03:48 PM 7/26/00, Craige McWhirter wrote:
Peguinilla has a nice ring but makes me think of these:
- A new flavour of icecream - Penguinilla
- The capital os SE Asain nation
Perhaps I'm just wierd. Pass me some Peguinilla in a cone thanks.
Hmcone
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At 06:54 PM 7/23/00, George Vieira wrote:
Hi all,
I tried looking everywhere but have no idea why DIALD always disconnects
from the site when it's idle for more than 30 seconds...
If I keep pinging the site, it stays up. I tried using the IDLE option in
PPPD with no luck even using a setting of
Now that I'm on holidays (and have done more work for them from home in 4
days than when I'm in the office !!!), I have time to redesign the network
here.
What I'm proposing is;
|--- Evilware box for the Mrs (trust me,
it's easier at the moment !!!)
LINUX
Does anyone know of drivers for this network interface (it's the integrated
one in the Prosignia 300)..
No, the CrapPaq site couldn't help.
It's only a P75/64Mb/2.1Gb SCSI (at present), but should run Linux well
enough to be a gateway / proxy server.
Jon
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At 11:31 PM 7/15/00, Matt Allen wrote:
Sorry for the OTness of this but here goes:
I got myself this kick-ass Radio Controlled Hovercraft right? and it absolutly
flies ! but it doesnt idol. it revs its porverbial off all the time, ive
fiddled
with the idol screw and the fuel screw but to avail.
At 11:24 PM 7/15/00, Matt Allen wrote:
Alexander Else wrote:
my stereo was ripped off two weeks ago while i was parked in hunters hill.
Argghhh !!! I live here and i thought it was a nice neighbourhood. I have left
my car open on several occassions and came the next morning to find it all
At 01:16 PM 7/17/00, you wrote:
Coward - you have a pupil-free day today, don't you ???...:-)
No thank you!!! :-)
Will look on the website for the bits I want.
At 09:43 AM 7/17/00, Simon Bryan wrote:
Opportune spot to ask, is there an archive anywhere? :-)
Well, If you
At 09:43 AM 7/17/00, Simon Bryan wrote:
Opportune spot to ask, is there an archive anywhere? :-)
Well, If you *really* want it all, I have everything from this year kept...:-)
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