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(...) D'oh! 'Scuse me while I yank out more of my hair... :-, It's pretty much in the past now; I've given up on Cygwin. I discovered that MKS Toolkit offers a *lot* of POSIX command-line functionality that we needed on our project, and I never (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow, you're right. I just tried all combinations of locations of .inputrc [c:\, c:\bash, c:\users\default] with all combinations of stuff in .inputrc ["set editing-mode vi"[1], "set vi-editing-mode"[2], "set vi-editing-mode on", "set (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think i posted later... about this.. i loved the tricords when they were around (alas, oh my, no more)... i love the compaq prolient servers now.. (not the old ones, the newer ones... 6500s and 8000s and such) they were built with me in (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jennifer L. Boger writes: off of them that our procurment department finds off trucks somewhere :) and i (...) What do you prefer for servers? (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) For $975 I just got all of this: Abit BE6-II PowerUp $133.00 Celeron 566 + Heatsink/Fan + Slotkit PowerUp $230.00 (tested to 850) 128mb PC133 DIMM PowerUp $126.00 Creative Labs X-Gamer Retail Comp-U-Plus $68.00 Maxtor 30.7 GB U-66 7200rpm HD (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Actually, you have the honor of being the first to reply! :-, (...) Yeah. And they still stand. :-, Mainly, I was trying to figure out how to get Bash to recognize my .inputrc; specifically, how to get Bash to set editing-mode to vi. IOW, I (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Erm, did you ever get a "yes" from anyone? We're using cygwin32 here at work, but beyond setting it up once and then running stuff in it every day, I don't know much about configuring it. Do you remember what questions you had, 10 months ago? (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) oh yes, i love the dell laptops too... though, vaio's have a special place in my heart :) (as for servers, i love compaqs and tricords (yes, i know they're not made anymore, but when was the last time you saw a 75mhz machine with 1000 people (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) laptop is far and away better than the Compaqs I've had to deal with. But for non-laptops, I prefer to build my own. Bruce (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope. Not my problem. :) (...) Very nice. (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) laf... okie, have you found a window box that doesn't suck? We have a bunch of users that seem to resist the idea of converting to RH (for some reasonable or not-so-resonable reasons :) and I havn't found a platform I'd recommend for them, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) i deal with dells at work (like 30,000 of them or so) and i just love them to pieces (except the dimentions (sp) they suck)... i've dealt with compaqs, hps gateways and the special no-name brands that have the serial numbers scratched off of (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. I deal with dells at work, and I think _they_ suck. Nice case design, sub-par performance. (This is the optiplex line; others may be different.) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ewewewewewew. Sorry, I have to deal with some gateways at work, and they all, without exception, suck. If you want a windows based machine, why not go with dell? a quick look shows 1GHz PIII, 256MB 19" monitor, 40GB HD, DVD and CDRW for $4029 (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) vs (...) Dual PIII 600 vs Athlon 1Ghz is probably a toss-up. With most things, the 1Ghz Athlon will be faster, but rendering is a great best-case application for SMP, so the two PIIIs might be faster for some of what you're doing. And really, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) But I do some programming and stuff too, so I don't want a Mac. (...) I was more inclined to get a Windows machine and put on a copy of Linux, but as I'm going into engineering, maybe I'll get more into Linux... (...) I use Corel Photopaint 8, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You can probably get student deals on Apple stuff (which would fit in well with what you want to use your system for). But even with the discounts, that may not be the most economical choice. I've personally been looking at Penguin Computing (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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All, I'm shopping for a new PC. My budget is <$4000, and I'm a student, so maybe I can get student discounts? I know I want a DVD-ROM and a CD-RW drive, but other than that I don't really know much other than I want it to be fast :) Stuff I use my (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Almost... Sweet talk...
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Caffeine! (URL) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: support & disclaimer on homepage
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(...) Not neccessarily :) The slightly redundant '$' in '$x USD' led me to thinking that maybe it was there intentionally. At least in tcl, 'x' has a different meaning from '$x', ie -=-=- #!/usr/bin/tclsh set x 21 set $x "\$500" puts [set x] ;# (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) guess we have that now - FUT to lugnet.admin.nntp :) (heh, and first test to see if the fut works correctly :) (...) well, the spooler right now just sits there all the time, getting messages once a minute, and stores them on disk in a spool (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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A new group/list for NNTP[1]-related issues has just been created. Probably, you'll just want to ignore it unless you're writing a streaming news client or having difficulties getting your newsreader to do something. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Oooh, good question. We really need some place to discuss it, esp. (right now) the spooler -> client API. (...) How releasable is your spooler? Good enough to let me work with it for my client? (...) I'll beta-test that for ya, Dan. :-, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nod, of course. Once again, sorry - A typo in the wrong place might not crash the program, just make it not work as you want it. :/ (...) There's no public release yet, though I just now (2 minutes ago) finished setting it up so it can poll (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yep, thanks! BTW, it was noticeable from some NNTP-readers, too. I don't read through the web interface either. Is there a LUGNET discussion of LugnetReader somewhere? Will it be just for reading Lugnet (with Lugnet-specific hooks thrown in) (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: X server for windows
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(...) si. danke schon. (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) there... is this better? (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) doh! I had it working correctly, must have broken it someplace... that's what I get when I don't read through the web interface anymore.... I'll work on it right away! Dan (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Even then, I've got some bones to pick. :) The bit about the client server terminology, for example -- sure, it's a bit confusing, but their explanation is worse. (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I suspect it was when it was written. There is a reference to X11R4 being the latest rev near the end of the piece. (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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...But I gotta come up with a better (i.e. shorter) name for it! :-, Actually, my biggest hurdle is getting CVS to talk to Sourceforge's CVS server over SSH. With other servers, I could tunnel port 2401 to the CVS server, then point the CVS client (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Since we're in .ot.geek, and since I see you've upped your rev to 0.9, when are you going to add References to your headers so your messages will thread properly? ;-) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I know, replying to myself and all... (URL) I'm pleased to announce that Compaq has made a "Software Developer's Kit" available for the PJB-100. It's a response to numerous queries and questions about how the PJB works and most specifically, when (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Kinda funny. Not particularly _accurate_ though. (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) :) Dan (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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see (URL) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Seeking Assistance: HTML coding: Adjusting Size of Target Window
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Kevin Salm writes: <snipped> (...) same window. window.open(url, name, features, replace) url- the url to display in the window name - the name of the window used to 'target' new urls to. features - a string in which a lot (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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| | Seeking Assistance: HTML coding: Adjusting Size of Target Window
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Assistance Wanted: Adjusting size of Target window for External image viewer. Note: I am an HTML novice. Would like help with creating external image windows. Here is what I would like to do: - Use lDraw Partsref for individual part reference (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hehe... it doesn't matter :-) -Shiri (yes, I know that's not physics-wise possible... but we already agreed that lego bricks don't obey the physics rules! :-) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) On what surface? Linoleum? Hardwood? Carpet? (What kind of carpet?) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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