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Unix is too hard. 8920
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:26:58 -0600, JEDIDIAH I was once one of those people. Back in the early 1980's...
Unix is too hard. 8921
That's why I have a separate Emacs process for running Gnus exclusively. I don't think so. Well... yes, when running on X11 and running a resource-instensive application such...
Unix is too hard. 8922
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:49:43 +0100, Stefaan A Eeckels OSS progressed tremendously???? What on earth are you talking about? If defunct and stagnant technologies...
Unix is too hard. 8923
This has got to be flame-bait, or a joke, or something, even if it's not April 1 yet. * if they're a wiz, and they can't get a Unix box on the 'net (Unix...
Unix is too hard. 8924
But didn't try hard enough. You should like saying "I've tried eating with chopsticks. I can't. It's...
Unix is too hard. 8925
Larry Qualig Create a login account and the downloads are free. What happens is on...
overrun by spyware and adware
After takin' a swig o' grog, wontak belched out this bit o' wisdom: "Mr. Tucker, an Internet industry executive who holds a Ph.D. in computer science, decided that...
Suse, PCLinuxOS with Windows XP Boot Issues
This has happened to me 3 times. And I was called stupid for having the problem. The problem happens to be common after all. Here is the...
AntiVirus 8928
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, GreyCloud wrote on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:22:34 -0700 Pedant Point: a Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi, and was referring to schemes...
AntiVirus 8929
On Thursday 09 February 2006 19:57 Erik Funkenbusch What are you saying here? To me, there seems to be a direct analogy, with both car security...
AntiVirus 8930
On Saturday 11 February 2006 19:33 Erik Funkenbusch Granted. Just as, with computer security, it's difficult to protect against the burglar or somebody with a hammer. In fact, probably the majority...
Linux as an alternative for Windows for non computer people 8931
I feel your pain. I have to maintain my parents' computers whenever I come. I urge them to move to Linux (albeit I fear becoming the teacher or 'support guy'), but they are...
Linux as an alternative for Windows for non computer people 8932
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:06:45 -0800, gregjgman Yes, provided that they do their regular updates. If this is something that they are not wont to do, then you...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8933
I think he also bought some new RAM - then got "locked out". " This simply is not how the product...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8934
Hmmmm. Ever heard of HAL? Think again pal. OEM BIOS Identifier my butt........blah blah...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8935
Ray Ingles Okay... I had to look it up. It's actually one (1) change. Reading this...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8936
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:15:42 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch Tell me or point me to where I can get this info. My first option was to run PM's drive mapper, changing all...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8938
Sig Sauer even know what that is).... Ergo, you are full of poo!... It depends on how the change altered the HAL, not the BIOS ID you friggin...
Unseemly row breaks out between Microsoft and distributor 8939
Sig Sauer Read this idiot. It would help if you actually had a clue before you start telling someone they are full of poo. Because as usual, it is YOU...
Linux on high end PC 8940
Sandman decided to enlighten us with his-her wisdom by explaining to us: What in the world would you...
Raid and SATA2SCSI was: Linux on high end PC
Ok, lots of you guys have been talking about raid-0 maybe not being so much of a performance boost after all. So, my setup would be two 160GB 7200RPM SATA-2 disks with 16mb...
Raid and SATA2SCSI was: Linux on high end PC 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
Sandman wrote It can be a major performance boost, with the right hardware. Two-drive raid-0's are nice, but not mbuttively impressive on the performance front. With...
Raid and SATA2SCSI was: Linux on high end PC
Sandman It is a performance boost. It is just not that much overall A computer does not just read-write disks No. Stay with SATA...
Linux on high end PC 8944
The AMD X2 chip should run like a champ. Remember that this is a dual-core chip, so you need to use the SMP settings and kernel to get the...
Linux on high end PC
That much I get - but shouldn't that be selected by default if I install a newer distro? Useful as in "There will be acceleration...
Linux on high end PC 8946
Sandman Sounds like a nice system... congrats. Just a few comments: Think about what you plan on doing...
Linux on high end PC 8947
Yes, I know. The reference explains the details, but basically you use rsync to back up to another device. On that device you keep several generations of backup using hard links...
Linux on high end PC 8948
On Tuesday 14 February 2006 18:03, Ryan Case stood up and spoke the following words...
Linux on high end PC 8949
Sandman Phew - That's a good question. I don't have an answer but here are some things to ponder. I have 2 drives in NT: c: and d:. It's actually 4 drives but...
Linux on high end PC 8950
Peter Köhlmann I was going to mention software based raid but didn't simply because if...
Linux on high end PC 8951
Home users with 7200 RPM drives aren't "serious" by definition. I agree that if you're willing to...
First question out a person new to Java
It's the first question asked by the first people who EVER saw Java. Java applications are often launched from bat files on Windows...
Respondez s'il vous Linux: Honk if you're stupid
Actually, if cars were engineered the same way Linux is developed: Cars would get about 100 miles-gallon because milage improving technology...
How Microsoft Sabotages Linux Adoption
You are badly misinformed as to the facts of the matter, gordo. It's probably useless to discuss them, but...
Things are changing 8955
Malware Magnet Interesting subject line. My wife has noticed that I've been using Linux a lot lately. She asked me if I...
Things are changing 8956
I don't know, but allow me to digress a little and then return to the question. I...
Things are changing 8957
billwg Perhaps the dollar volume is still there today but it certainly wasn't there at the time. I worked as a contractor...
Things are changing 8958
You gave up because you were overmatched, nut! Well if you think it is buggy, then why stay with the old release...
Things are changing 8959
Oh, I'm not ignorant of them at all, Peter, I just don't have any problem separating desktops from embedded processors. I used to do a lot of the embedded...
Things are changing 8960
The only reason to separate them is to stay on topic in the thread, Peter. I make a post regarding GP programming tools for Windows systems and you come along with something totally off...
Things are changing 8961
Oh my company pays for each of us to have a Universal level subscription. Or did. It's now called Team Edition and ties into some collaboration systems, too...
Things are changing 8962
Because the payoff is so meager and pathetic and unflattering to you. Perhaps you actually believe the slurs...
Things are changing 8963
Oh, off the top of my head... "Look at the vast wasteland of incomplete garbage in the OSS world" "If you can...
Microsoft Feel the Pinch and React 8964
Wow. This may be a new high-water mark for sheer misdirection on the part of billwg. Seriously, I don't recall him ever being further...
Microsoft Feel the Pinch and React 8965
Um, Lucent and Dell are out legal fees since Lucent sued them. They may be out for damages, too, eventually - the court cases are still proceeding. Can you recommend...
Safe House" computer system
I was talking with a friend the other day about NSA and privacy, he didn't think it was a big deal because they only use it...
I Like Monopolies
John Bailo How come computers sold without Windows cost only half as much as those with Windows ?? Are you sure that monopolies really make the best products at the lowest cost even though there...
The E.U. Response to MS
B Gruff on Thursday 16 February 2006 23:42 This whole sage could carry on for weeks or months. Microsoft are unwilling to...
640K should be enough for anyone
HAving nothin better to do with my tim, I did ome research on that famous quote. Here is what I found: an article in which the...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8970
Bill Gates might have said that, but he had absolutely nothing to do with the hardware design of...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8971
becco This was an interesting email. Of course, it will do nothing to sway the anti-Gates zealots, but most of them no sfa about the history of computers...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8972
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:07:16 +0000, Liam Slider As a businessman, I understand the mentality of the mogul-type. One gets into a business for...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8973
No he wasn't. And after him it still was. This was primarily due to his footdragging and sandbagging. By 1985 EVERYONE else had machines that were...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8974
AZ Nomad during the first decade of the PC was sell a pooty cp-m lookalike. Ridiculous...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8975
On 24 Feb 2006 07:56:14 -0800, Larry Qualig I'm not entirely sure about that. A lot of things had to come together to make the PC...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8976
begin oeprotect.scr True, but he is correct that the spreadsheet was invented hundreds of years before computers. It was a board with columns for quanbreasties of money (hundreds, tens, pounds...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8977
IBM missed a golden opportunity with OS-2. OS-2 Warp was better at Windows 3.x than...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8978
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 03:32:15 GMT, Tim Smith It was about 95% compatible, actually, less when you ran it in "isolated" mode...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8979
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, AZ Nomad wrote on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:45:12 GMT Getting rich on a dream and a lot...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8980
becco ... AFAIAA, the 68k (and 68010) only had a 24-bit address bus. It was the 68020 that had the full 32-bit address bus? (The 68008 only had a 20-bit address bus as...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8981
Linønut Well, it is one of the extremely few instances where Erik does not make his claims up totally out of full cloth MS actually *did* most of OS-2...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8982
Yes it is. Simply use the features delivered with the 386 and rebuild DOS with that in mind. Adding further HACKS to an OS built to buttume that it's running on...
640K should be enough for anyone" 8983
I don't really think supporting Atari 800 binaries would have helped Atari much. Although the ST could run PC and Mac binaries well enough...
WinXP nailed by THREE trojanvirus when reinstalling to make room for Linux
After test driving various flavours of Linux, I finally decided to make the leap into linux. here's my sad story...... hehehehe I...
WinXP nailed by THREE trojanvirus when reinstalling to make room for Linux 8985
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:23:46 +0000, Lobo Viruses? There have been a few experimental...
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