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(...) Very interesting. Probably beyond the scope of what I'm doing now though. (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Which ssh for Win32? (Was: Which telnet emulator for Win32?)
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It's not available yet, but a freeware SSH client called FiSSH is in the works by some folks at UC San Diego working with others at MIT. Go here for more details: (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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[ (X)FUT lugnet.admin.general and lugnet.off-topic.geek ] Matthew Miller: (...) Now that you ask for it... I did consider if it would be practical to train an ANN to classify the posts[1]. Play well, Jacob 1) If you take this seriously, you might (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Which ssh for Win32? (Was: Which telnet emulator for Win32?)
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(...) This ia a way cool telnet; thank! Okay, now for extra credit... :-, I need a quick-and-dirty ssh client for Win32, preferrably something which can fit on a floppy, run on Win95 *AND* WinNT, and is cheap but relateively bug-free. Whiz-bang (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
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(...) Trouble...not sure. (...) (URL) all OSS, so it makes life easier. I beleive (don't know) that the VNC client for Mac is stable, it's just the server that is beta. You'll need the matching packages for your linux system. They come in .deb and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good points. It can be argued that massive flame-war threads *are* indicative of the level of community. If only because people care enough to get into long-winded pointless debates. (...) Not sure about this, except to look for posts with (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A resounding "yes" on all counts. Cool, thanks! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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[ (X)FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek and lugnet.admin.general ] Steve: [...] (...) Few or many messages per thread? - few messages per thread could mean - quick correct answers - nobody cares to discuss anything - many messages per thread could mean - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Doh! I had no idea there was a function to do it already! DaveE (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think NetTerm is what you're looking for. <URL:(URL) The "phone book" is less than user friendly, unless they've fixed that since I last looked. (I use ssh exclusively these days, so it's SecureCRT for me. (actually, a great terminal (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey all, I'm getting fed up with my current Win32 telnet emulator. Having broken my teeth on Telix and Telemate (DOS dialup term apps), I'm noticing a surprising lack of features in every telnet emulator I've come across. I am currently using (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh, no argument there. MS's cert stuff is certainly a cash cow for them, and so pitifully unprofessional compared to other companies' like Novell's. NT 4 came out when - 1996? The training materials I used this year contain errors, typos, and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I meant that M$[1] was the one continuing to suck the money out of the industry by pushing certification stuff on people and companies. --Todd [1] I have to write "M$" for Microsoft, to avoid confusiong with MS for Mike Stanley :-) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yep, that's the impression I got. The 2 people I know who passed it probably know half what I know and they thought it was cake. (...) Thanks! I've only been playing with NT since a year or so after 4.0 came out, and only been working with it (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dunno - is that a rhetorical question? I'm not sucking much money at all out of the industry right now, although I hope to be sucking a lot more (DO NOT quote that out of context John Neal) out of it within the next 6 months. Then again, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, that's how I'm leaning. I've done the entry-level jobs that would probably look for A+. Not doing those now, not looking to do them in the future. (...) I hear you. Now I just need to get UTK to spring for Cisco training... (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Employment purposes. I do a great job at whatever I put my mind to, and believe me, if I just wanted to pat myself on the back for exceeding at something I could come up with something a LOT more fun to do than any computer-related (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try this: $string = lc $string; Alternatively, I think this will work also: $string =~ tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/; But if you *REALLY* want to make it look impressive (to a 1st-year programmer anyway :-), you could do: @upchars = qw( A B C D E F G H I J (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Any nice easy way to make a string all lower case? ("nice easy way" being defined as being less than 5 lines...)I seem to remember being able to use 'pack' to do that in some fashion or another... and of course I foolishly tried: "$string =~ (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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A+ is worth it only if your employer pays for it. Doesn't get you anything as far as hiring purposes. If you've used computers since you were a child, you should pass this in 5 minutes. It's an easy test. When I hired a lot a year or so ago I was (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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