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(...) Yeah, I hadn't really thought of that. One thing I'm going to regret is having to stop the SETI thing from running on my full-time Linux box at home. That's where I plan on running the EveryAuction script for a good while, and I don't know of (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Bloody awful but also bloody useful. I'm actually going to get my boss to send me to a new Linux admin class I got an e-mail about, but, for the most part, MS certification (and experience) is a lot more valuable where I live than Linux (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah. My Celeron Mendocino 450 Win98 takes in the order of 26 hours or so as well, but it definitely varies a lot with the particular unit I'm running. Jasper (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yegh. Sounds bloody awful. (...) That works. Buy an old 386 with at least 8 megs and 100 megs, need no fulltime screen, keyboard, floppy, or CD drive. And it works quite well. barney:~# uptime 10:55pm up 43 days, 10:50, 1 user, load average: (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You'll need either shell access to a computer or authority to execute CGI scripts from a webpage. Neither of these generally come with an ISP or web-provider account. If you have a shell account somewhere, learn how to use the newsreader they (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Ah! A new group, and _perfect_ for the question I wanted to ask. Leatherman Wave, Leatherman Supertool with Tool Adapter, Victorinox Swisstool with bitset, or Leatherman Wave with modified Tool Adapter? Anyone who thinks he (or, to be PC, she) knows (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) stage (...) me (...) in (...) the (...) Though you aren't so interested in it, I'll list it anywise for those who would be... Lego Pirate game, see Steve Jackson's (of GURPS etc. fame) home page: (URL) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Unfortunately, none of my machines can be allowed to connect automatically, so I have to deal with connection failures. (...) I'm guessing they developed the software under Linux, then ported to Windows. And haven't changed optimization to (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope, I just put up with it. Since most of the computers I have running it are not in front of me it doesn't bother me. On thing I have noticed - on the same hardware, the Linux version STOMPS the Windows version. On my P2-450 it takes me (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) turned my SETI@Home off for a couple of weeks. Once they release 1.1, I'll try that out. Steve (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, it doesn't really matter until I get more than 5 machines at home. I have an ISDN router from work with 4 ports, connected to another 4 port hub. That gives me a current maximum of 6 machines connected at one time without adding another (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That doesn't sound right. You should be able to read a file using <FH> whether you've flocked it with LOCK_SH or LOCK_EX. Do you remember where you might've heard that, or whether it might've been an OS-specific warning? (...) Hmm...what's a (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's why I said use Sygate :-) (...) If I knew what you was talking about /-) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Probably a dumb question, but I can't find the answer at the moment... I *think* I read somewhere that a flock()'ed file handle, e.g. FH, shouldn't be accessed using the <FH> operator. Is this something to worry about? Also, can I use a FileHandle (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) check whether the file size has changed, which, although gross in theory, is perfectly fine in practice if there aren't a zillion copies of it running. Dunno how many Unix implementations have file-change events/signals like NT does, but I'd (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for!!! (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It just occurred to me how useful a live tail util would be. How would you implement one in Perl? Would the one at PPT (1) be the one to check out? Cheers, - jsproat 1. (URL) Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com> (URL) the Force be with (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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If you don't mind using javascript here are a few random text generators that I found. Each page includes an example, has the script, and how to install it. Hope this helps. This one pops up a random text in the form of a javascript alert when the (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | vmware 1.0 for linux is cool
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Well, I'm a half day into my 30 day trial of vmware for Linux and I'm almost certain I'll be buying a full version of it. In fact, I am certain I will for work, since it will allow me to run Linux full-time as my OS to work in and still allow me to (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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