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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:59:11 GMT, James Powell uttered the following profundities... (...) Weren't these banned under one of the START treaties? I seem to recall some treaty of some description banning most types of Nuclear rockets. It could, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Very wise. Are the elevators in your buildinmg controlled by the network? How about the halon systems? "After a few hours the thumping dies down. I guess those [backup tape - ed] safes really _are_ airtight." (...) Well, yes, I knew that's (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) No comment. (...) True, true. Not quite what I meant, thinking of single platform in-house, but I get what you're saying. (...) I've avoided Exchange because we don't use it anywhere I know of on campus and because I heard so many bad things (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Well, not sure. But in *my* admittedly limited Linux/Samba experience trying to introduce Samba as an alternative to NT for file serving is a joke. File copies went from seconds to minutes on 95/98, and at increased dramatically even when (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Ah, that's OK then. (...) Awwwww... shucks. (...) I think it would probably be more suited in off-topic.people. But then, we can't really put it there. (...) You could call me ... "democrat" (Or, for that matter, "republican" or (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) The question is, how does it's blowiness relate to the negative-mass white hole that is NT SMB serving? Jasper (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Lugnet seems very slll...lllooooooowwwww
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Boy, do I second that. Yesterday and today I have been running two browser windows for Lugnet since each message seems to be taking a while to load. So I have two windows open and still have time to bounce back and forth into my newsreader to catch (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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(...) Wouldn't surprise me. (...) Would surprise me. Samba blows. Sorry, but it does. Touching it with 95/98, which, unfortunately, is what a ton of places use, is a slow painful joke. Touching it with NT is slightly better, but still slow and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: DVD player recomendations?
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(...) Oh, whichever you decide on, you may want to consider getting it (before Dec 31) from www.mercata.com. They give you $50 in "mercata bucks" you can use for up to 50% off your purchases before Dec 31. I know they had the 3109 going for low (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: DVD player recomendations?
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(...) I like Toshiba stuff when it comes to DVDs. I'd check out www.audioreview.com if I were you - they usually have multiple reviews for lots of systems I'm looking at. Speaking of Toshiba, I just bought a SD6109C for $293! Got it from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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