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(...) Sure, isn't that how everyone makes webpages these days? Who wants to bother typing on a keyboard? That's so 1900's! :-) --Todd (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: "Yodd" Lehman
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(...) Hmmm... d'you jot down posts and later scan them with OCR? Or something else, maybe? I thought OCR doesn't read handwriting...? -Shiri FUT .o-t.geek (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: My starship update (very small)
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Jon Palmer wrote in message <38f4d445.2584556@lu...et.com>... (...) it (...) (Am I X-posting this correctly? Anyone?) I use Microsoft <GASP> FrontPage 98. It's very simple for computerless-minded people like myself, and my father before me -- But (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) The word you're looking for is "pithy" :) -- Asher (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Question about HTTP cookies
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(...) RTFM (Read The Persistent Client State HTTP Cookies Spec! :) (URL) it looks at the 'path' field of the cookie. --Todd (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Question about HTTP cookies
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Hey all, When looking in my cookie jar, I see 4 cookies for LUGNET: NEWSPOST=x, NEWSMAIL=x, NEWSGROUPFILTER=x, /=x However, when I trace an HTTP GET, the only cookies transmitted in the query are NEWSGROUPFILTER and / . e.g.: GET (URL) HTTP/1.0 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Ripping Vinyl to Digital
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(...) started, (...) Following-up my initial post with some experience and recent findings. First off: CompUSA has a special on CD-Rs, today only. I don't have the newspaper ad with me, but the deal is a 5pack of 74min discs, free after rebate, 1 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) In core, yah, but wot about in packed data structs on tapes? --Todd (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) at least at the unix epoch, most of the code won't have to be changed - the assumption here is that we won't be using 32-bit boxes anymore, so a long int will be a lot longer :) :) Dan (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) Oh, but no one will *possibly* be using the same code in 29 years. We don't need to worry about that. *much laughter* The unix epoch rollover is gonna be another one.... (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) Yeah, the windowing/epoching/whatevering isn't a big deal. The thing is, they *hardcoded* the 29. They didn't even make it a constant, defined at the top of the code (or in a copybook). So in some number of years, someone is going to have to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
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Xfered from admin.general..... (...) Thanks a ton Matthew. I am now set at 1280x1024 with my browser fonts just where I want them and everything is most excellent. Re-installing ATI Rage did not help. However, the website for my monitor's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
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(...) Well, honestly, it's not the best monitor out there. But: (URL) has some specifications [1]: 17" (16.0" visible) w/ .28mm Dot Ptich VESA, XGA, SVGA, VGA Compatible VESA 85Hz Refresh Rate Preset [2] 1280x1024 maximum resolution So I'd say (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) Sure. That's a pretty typical Y2K fix. And it's basically what you do as a human when looking at a two-digit year. (If I tell you that the expiration date on my driver's license is 12-30-02, you assume 2002. If I tell you it's 12-30-98, you (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) Scary bit of COBOL code one of my co-workers ran across today (he was given the code because it's the closest thing to documentation available for a file he has to deal with): IF FLD_XYZ_YR < 29 THEN FLD_XYZ_YR4 = 2000 + FLD_XYZ_YR4 ELSE (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: TMTOWTDI (was: Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :))
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(...) Well, in python, that's very easy, since all variables are references. But, for example, to test if 'foo' is a callable object (a function, class, method, etc...), this is the Way: if not callable(foo): sys.exit(1) As I understand it, any (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) It's like a throwback to the days of Cobol and Fortran, except, as you pointed out, it doesn't require column placement. When I script in Perl I always add my changes all the way to the left so they're easy to find, remove, etc. if things (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Dark Side Developer's Kit at Toy World
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I know; bad form replying to your own post and whatnot. This is a special circumstance: I noticed some factual errors in my previous post. The preview of Toy World 2000 is in Tomart's Action Figure Monthly, not Lee's Action Figure Digest, and it's (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) I can see their point on that one. Indention _is_ a logical way to keep blocks seperated, and it's easier for new users than keeping {s and }s matched up. It's important to note that it's only _relative_ indentation that is important -- you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | LUGNET streaming news client in Java 2
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Hey all, I've just uploaded a streaming news client for LUGNET, which I've written in Java 2 (JDK 1.2). It doesn't use any external Java classes! :-, It's downloadable from: (URL) run it with JDK 1.2, type: java -jar table_streaming_news.jar The (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Yeah, but they also claim that checking your indentation levels is good too... :) Chris (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | TMTOWTDI (was: Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :))
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(...) I'd like to take a close look at Python someday, but I doubt I'll end up using it if it's got the frustrations of other syntactically challenged languages. (My favorite programming languages are Perl, PostScript, and LISP/Scheme/Logo for their (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) Thanks for all the responses from everybody, the final, simplest solution was to add the second text box. As for the javascript, not my choice. This is an internal prog anyways that runs on local, generic login workstations so browser options (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CGI question
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(...) I had a C programming class in college with this woman who was upset that "MOVE TO" and "MULTIPLY BY" weren't part of the C language. The moment she said that, an eerie silence fell over the classroom... The punchline is that two years later, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) *grin* good for you. (...) Nope. That'd be too much of a change to the 6.0 installer for me to tackle right now. (The original code is _really_ crufty.) I'll look at this once I start on the next generation. (...) The python folks would (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Right now, it's restricted by IP address to just BU campus. My understanding is that with the relaxed export restrictions, we're all good and could just have a warning banner asking people for whom it is illegal to please go away. But I'm (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) I don't think zsh is 100% backwards compatible with sh, so it's not an ideal replacement. Might be reasonable to add though. (...) Yeah, gaim is what you think it is. If I get requests for licq, I'll put it in. (...) We're looking at coda. But (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) *hide*. I am getting better though - the other day, I removed netscape from my computer, and did it with rpm -e :) (...) do you also check for space while choosing? RH has this annoying trick, when you painfully choose all the packages you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Didn't I lecture you about this before? *grin* (...) Hmm; I wonder how the 6.0 installer deals with that case. (It's generally better about error conditions. (Although, one of the improvements I've made is that it auto-retries once if an ftp (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) How are you dealing with export issues for Kerberos, gnupg, and netscape? Do you offer bones and slimmed down netscape/gnupg encryption? Or do you just restrict access with FTP banners and the like? If you don't mind, I might like to pick your (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) yup, I installed it in /usr/local for all the dept. :) (...) bash? zsh :) (...) nod, pam is nice. (...) nog... heh, if you have to put gaim, put licq too? (unless gaim is not what I think it is...) (...) mmmm... tripwire - let's me snoop on (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) yah, true... but I'm bad about using rpm anyhow, I end up compiling my own stuff most of the time... I know I shouldn't, but it's a habit I'll have to un-learn... (...) no, even worse... it just stopped, no backtrace - it gave me a warning (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Oh yeah: those major differences are RH 6.[01] -> RH 6.2. RH 6.2 -> BULinux: - includes nqc :) - uses bash version 2; none of this bash w/ optional "bash2" silliness - kerberos4 (via a pam module -- much nicer than needing every app to be made (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) bah! (dan already explained what it is)... (not that we play anymore... we'd have no time for lego, and that's just unreasonable) :) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Yeah -- disabling unnecessary servers is good, but not even installing them is better. Before, if you wanted the finger client [1], uou had to install the finger server, which is kinda silly. (...) Did it freak out and still let you continue? (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) [snip a lot of differences] cool - I just installed it today, as an upgrade, so I didn't notice most of these... I upgraded the daemons myself as they came out, and wouldn't let it touch my inetd.conf, so a lot of these would be missed on me. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Oh man, have I ever looked at it. This release of BU Linux is actually based on RH 6.2. Major differences are: - kerberos5 support (urg. we use kerberos4, so that's more annoying than helpful) - 128 bit netscape navigator by default - includes (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) cool :) Heh, did you look at 6.2 yet? I installed it today, though I haven't noticed any major difference yet... :) Dan btw, since you're at BU, have you ever heard of Three Kingdoms, or more commonly, 3K? ;) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Adobe Illustrator to Macromedia Flash
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(...) The upshot was that we were sent duff files. All is well now. ++Lar (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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So, when we release BU Linux R1 next Tuesday [1], it will be the first [2] Linux distribution to ship with NQC included. (URL), if you care. [1] or maybe Wednesday or Thursday. Hopefully Tuesday. Depends on the wheels of bureaucracy. [2] not (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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