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(...) Yeah, we need better distributed filesystems. AFS works okay, but it's really pricy. And Coda just ain't there yet. In the meantime, you could use CVS to replicate things. (-> .off-topic.geek) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) you (...) go (...) ultimate (...) Hmm...I would imagine you would have options on that, your recieve end would have a dialouge box as well as a microphone and speakers. (...) It would sorta be an ultimate Tomb Raider/The Sims/Midtown Madness (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Cool... Sounds a lot like 'The Sims'... (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow. Creepy. Sounds great. Would you talk in writing too each other, or your own voice, or what? Could you just do anything? How? I don't mean to sound over-technical, I know you just imagined this, but wouldn't the Makers of the game have to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm.... it almost sounds like a holodeck or something. Sounds a little too realistic to me. I would rather have something interesting, like a movie or something (Matrix, Terminator, etc.). Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Ok. I had a dream last night about a computer game called CITY ZEN (It is not a real game) . You would choose what you wanted to look like, your job (You would have to pick a job that the game thought it didn't have enough of, e.g. you couldn't pick (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Not to be nitpicky here, and I haven't bothered to look it up, but is it it possible that this treaty doesn't apply for either of the following two charmingly definitional loopholes? 1. The treaty bans weapons usage in these spheres. A drive, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) not (...) Detonating nuclear weapons in space was prohibited by the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned detonating nuclear devices in the air, in the ocean, or in space. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) As far as I can tell, they are not banned...either the "lucifer" type, using multi nuke bombs to push you, or a constant nuke reactor type. However, the Lucifer type is -not- something I want to be on the _planet_ that they test it out on, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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