... Working in the field (programming "in the cloud"), though not exactly claiming my experiences to necessarily be representative of any greater sample, I do...
59744
Scott
catbit_1999
Dec 1, 2011 3:47 pm
... Thank you Michael--an apt anology which I shall certainly steal. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg...
59745
Paul
pfrederick1
Dec 1, 2011 5:44 pm
... Like it said at the end of the video clip, games and stuff. The PC I'm on now only has 1 GB of RAM in it. Here is what it is doing with it though: ...
59746
ed
psy80uk
Dec 1, 2011 8:35 pm
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 06:54:40AM -0000, thad_floryan wrote: ... LOL! 20-something thumb-sucking douchebags! That's a bit harsh isn't it! Although I really do...
59747
Paul
pfrederick1
Dec 1, 2011 11:52 pm
... I don't burn CDs to install anymore unless I have to. If I can boot off USB I do it. I like it a lot better. Although I still run a couple of old clunkers...
59748
jleach728@...
jleach728...
Dec 2, 2011 1:15 am
... If you want to try on those without USB Boot in the BIOS, I use the Plop Menu on a Live CD like Hiren's and select the installed USB I want to boot. It...
59749
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 3:20 am
... You might want to steal a spelling checker. too. [ analogy :-) ] Michael brought up several good points, especially whether any kind of optimization is...
59750
Scott
catbit_1999
Dec 2, 2011 3:29 am
... Meh, I type in mutt, and while I can set up vim to spell check, it's usually unnecessary. I make typos from time to time, but (hopefully you're sitting...
59751
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 3:50 am
... Uh, no, I believe it's a fair assessment; judge for yourself: <http://dbagging.com/douchebag-jesus/> <http://dbagging.com/still-popping-collars-in-2011/> ...
59752
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 4:03 am
... I don't feel strongly about supporting older hardware. I have one old linux system here with only 64MB RAM running a 1990s-era Red Hat that I keep around...
59753
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 4:06 am
... I'm so used to typing startx it's really no big deal. I do backups from the CLI without X (or hardly anything else) running....
59754
Donald Cooley
linux_lists
Dec 2, 2011 5:08 am
... I also use mutt with Vim. Now if I can just setup mutt to use multiple email addresses I wouldn't need to use another email client....
59755
Scott
catbit_1999
Dec 2, 2011 5:14 am
... I wish them well, and not just because Jeff's there now. I think that they really did more for introducing Linux to the masses than anyone else. (That's...
59756
Scott
catbit_1999
Dec 2, 2011 5:16 am
... What do you mean? GASP--you haven't read my mutt page? It's really quite easy to do. (I'm not sure if you mean for sending or receiving, but both are...
59757
Donald Cooley
linux_lists
Dec 2, 2011 5:31 am
... I didn't say but I meant for receiving from my gmail, sdf, and fastmail accounts....
59758
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 5:33 am
... Right. My current jokes aside, I have a really bad feeling about the direction Canonical/Ubuntu is headed, and that's really a shame. I've been using...
59759
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 5:39 am
... I don't see anything there indicating Mutt can handle Usenet (which is basically email). FWIW, Thunderbird interfaces perfectly with Usenet though it's not...
59760
Scott
catbit_1999
Dec 2, 2011 6:15 am
... I've never used it with usenet, I think, back in the days when I browsed usenet, I used tin. To go back to Donald's query, though, I set my getmailrc to...
59761
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 8:05 am
First the PulseAudio fiasco followed by other ridiculous ideas and now a revamp of syslog which suggests he really has a death wish. The following is from the...
59762
Paul
pfrederick1
Dec 2, 2011 12:08 pm
... I like to restore old machines and run Linux on them but that is getting more difficult to do today. I guess Ubuntu has recognized the trend and is just...
59763
ed
psy80uk
Dec 2, 2011 1:06 pm
... Thinking about it, did you mean there was a set of 20-ish people out there who suck their thumbs? ... Still thinking about my only short term use of Unity,...
59764
Paul
pfrederick1
Dec 2, 2011 1:22 pm
... I was introduced to Linux the old fashioned way, by Usenet trolls. Was in a news group named alt.win95.crash.crash.crash if memory serves me correctly. I...
59765
Michael Kjorling
sm0yby
Dec 2, 2011 3:36 pm
... The examples that you bring up don't help you much if you're using an O(n^2) (or *WORSE*) algorithm on a large data set, if it's possible to do the work in...
59766
J
emtboy9
Dec 2, 2011 10:06 pm
If Ubuntu is doing the death spiral as so many seem to be saying, based solely on page clicks at Distrowatch... where did this come from: ...
59767
J
emtboy9
Dec 2, 2011 10:18 pm
I've seen Unix and Linux timelines before, but never one this in depth... http://www.levenez.com/unix/unix.pdf This will show you the pedigree of just about...
59768
thad_floryan
Dec 2, 2011 11:44 pm
... Yep. Same thing is happening in the UNIX world. Oracle just released a new Solaris, Edition 11, and it deliberately checks for and will not run on "old"...
59769
thad_floryan
Dec 3, 2011 12:15 am
... I used "thumb" because it would be SFW vs. the word I wanted which would have been NSFW (Not Safe For Work). :-) ... Exactly. That's what bugs me: did...
59770
thad_floryan
Dec 3, 2011 12:32 am
... True; I've done the same. I'm sure you're aware gcc permits inline machine (aka assembly) language. I've seen that a lot in sources for device drivers....
59771
thad_floryan
Dec 3, 2011 12:38 am
... I didn't participate in that "voting". Did you? Who did? How many? I never see LinuxJournal cited on Usenet and I subscribe to several 100 groups, so...
59772
thad_floryan
Dec 3, 2011 1:00 am
... Very interesting but it has errors; just a few off the top of my head: CTIX <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_Technologies> is 1982, not the 1987...
