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  Re: Something I don't get.
 
(...) And you're in the same school system? Did you take a test of some sort? (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Something I don't get.
 
When I was in 6th grade I was the 2nd smartest person in my math class and one of my friends got C's while I got A's and B's but when we went to Middle School he got Pre-Algerbra and I got general Math. Is there any explanation for this? and this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
 
(...) (URL) program. A little slow the last time I tried it, but free. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
 
[ FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek ] Doc: (...) I don't get as far as connecting to _any_ Linux machine. (...) Where can I pick that up? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Tim Berners-Lee speaking Oct. 5 in Boston
 
This coming Tuesday, Tim Berners-Lee will be speaking about his book Weaving the Web at MIT, 7 p.m. MIT 34-101, Edgerton Center, 50 Vassar St. between Main St. and Mass Ave., Cambridge. --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
 
(...) I have used the product under NT. It isn't very stable. But it works. The problem is that your apps are looking for fonts that you haven't installed into the X server on the Mac. There is a faq for MI/X on their site, which includes a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
 
[ XFUT lugnet.off-topic.geek ] Mike Stanley: (...) Didn't work. There is some kind of font problems that don't make sense. (...) I am not a Mac person either. - And I would like to stay that way (but still get the d*** thing to work). No plain and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Novera has been acquired
 
(...) c /pooling of interest/purchase transaction/ meaning dilutive to TSFW stockholders. (...) I'll say. PS to Eric and others. I hope so! Our product has already been integrated with Mercator behind the scenes and it will be a dot release or in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Novera has been acquired
 
(...) Sounds a little more fun that just having your division's intellectual property purchased. (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Novera has been acquired
 
(...) I use TSI's Mercator product all the time in my job at IBM. I actually like the product alot it is a very powerful and flexible extraction tool that we use for getting data out of SAP and loading Data Warehouses. Who know's maybe we will bump (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Why are SSIs bad?
 
[ FUT lugnet.publish ] Matthew: [...] (...) Would you care to give a lazy web site manager a hint for doing this with Apache? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Novera has been acquired
 
(...) Heh. I used to work for Systemhouse... getting acquired begins to wear after the 4th or 5th time. :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Novera has been acquired
 
Just as a "you might find this interesting", it was announced today that TSI Software has acquired us. (URL) (pdf version of release) (URL) (FAQ and html version of release) TSI Software is a leading EAI vendor, about 11 times bigger than us, and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Why are SSIs bad?
 
(...) If you're the site admin, there's not a security problem. The security issue is with letting your _users_ use SSI, because those commands execute as the user which owns the web server. Which, if you don't trust your users, is a bad thing. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Why are SSIs bad?
 
(...) My ISP (io.com) serves .shtml so they expire quickly (I believe but haven't tested), but .html files with the executable file attribute (using XBitHack) are served as if they were static, even with SSI code. I use the XBitHack approach. It's (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Why are SSIs bad?
 
Sproaticus: (...) I am not quite sure what security problems there are with SSI. My main reason for (mostly) not using SSI on published web pages is that I suspect that it means that the pages won't be stored by proxies. Is it possible to make (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Why are SSIs bad?
 
Hey all, I use SSI (server-side includes) a *LOT* on my Web pages. They're extremly powerful and versatile. I'm almost a firm believer. But I recall some folks warning about potential security holes and other problems with SSI. Rooting around the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Inventories
 
[ XFUT lugnet.off-topic.geek ] [ Warning: Contains strong acronyms. ] Mike Poindexter: [...] (...) Yes. But it can be done in various ways. Some of them (PNG and HTML for example) are designed so you still can read the files with an old program, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Making Netscape Navigator's toolbar nicer
 
(Got the idea from slashdot, some changes of my own) Put this in your ~/.Xdefaults: Netscape*toolBar.sea...isEnabled: false Netscape*toolBar.des...isEnabled: false Netscape*toolBar.mys...isEnabled: false Netscape*toolBar.vie...isEnabled: false (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  USB Extension Cables
 
Anybody know of a cheap 10 foot USB extension cable? I specifically need two. Also, if anybody knows the lenght of the cable on a Logitech QuickCam USB (not the pro, nor the VC, but the one below that, the one you can get for opening an E-Trade (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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