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(...) yup, I installed it in /usr/local for all the dept. :) (...) bash? zsh :) (...) nod, pam is nice. (...) nog... heh, if you have to put gaim, put licq too? (unless gaim is not what I think it is...) (...) mmmm... tripwire - let's me snoop on (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) yah, true... but I'm bad about using rpm anyhow, I end up compiling my own stuff most of the time... I know I shouldn't, but it's a habit I'll have to un-learn... (...) no, even worse... it just stopped, no backtrace - it gave me a warning (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Oh yeah: those major differences are RH 6.[01] -> RH 6.2. RH 6.2 -> BULinux: - includes nqc :) - uses bash version 2; none of this bash w/ optional "bash2" silliness - kerberos4 (via a pam module -- much nicer than needing every app to be made (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) bah! (dan already explained what it is)... (not that we play anymore... we'd have no time for lego, and that's just unreasonable) :) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah -- disabling unnecessary servers is good, but not even installing them is better. Before, if you wanted the finger client [1], uou had to install the finger server, which is kinda silly. (...) Did it freak out and still let you continue? (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) [snip a lot of differences] cool - I just installed it today, as an upgrade, so I didn't notice most of these... I upgraded the daemons myself as they came out, and wouldn't let it touch my inetd.conf, so a lot of these would be missed on me. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) Oh man, have I ever looked at it. This release of BU Linux is actually based on RH 6.2. Major differences are: - kerberos5 support (urg. we use kerberos4, so that's more annoying than helpful) - 128 bit netscape navigator by default - includes (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) cool :) Heh, did you look at 6.2 yet? I installed it today, though I haven't noticed any major difference yet... :) Dan btw, since you're at BU, have you ever heard of Three Kingdoms, or more commonly, 3K? ;) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Adobe Illustrator to Macromedia Flash
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(...) The upshot was that we were sent duff files. All is well now. ++Lar (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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So, when we release BU Linux R1 next Tuesday [1], it will be the first [2] Linux distribution to ship with NQC included. (URL), if you care. [1] or maybe Wednesday or Thursday. Hopefully Tuesday. Depends on the wheels of bureaucracy. [2] not (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Javascript story: I just came across someone the other day who was mad because he had to "covert all his equal signs into double-equals so they'd work with netscape". Hrm. Not exactly confidence-inspiring, that. (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nod, exactly. (...) you're very correct, I'm sorry. I don't have much experience with either java or JS, so the two unknowns are very similar. I do know that java is a respectable language though :) Dan (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Reject it on the server end, and serve the form again with an appropriate error message. If you were using the CGI module (1), return an error if (for example) $cgi->param("Vlogin") returns a blank string. Oh, yeah. And don't rely on (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I agree that JavaScript really isn't the best way to validate this. As long as you're doing CGI, why not do a POST to the same script, evaluate, the answers, and complain if they're not any good? With regards to the multiple fields, I think (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) well, not sure how you can do it with java, but you shouldn't rely on java for form validation anyhow - it's unreliable, and easily overcome. If you had to, you could add another text field, in which case enter won't submit the form, and you'd (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have the following perl script that I inherited in a program I am supposed to fix, the perl I understand, but I'm not really up on Forms.. (URL) you enter a login and then hit the submit button and things work well. If you hit submit with no text (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Dark Side Developer's Kit at Toy World
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In the May 2000 issue of Lee's Action Figure Guide, there is a full page spread on the Dark Side Developer's Kit. One of the alternate models is a _very_ cool looking Destroyer Droid, a la Episode I. Check it out, if you get a chance (and can find (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Tasty!
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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote in <FDx1ww.ME0@lugnet.com>: (...) Between 600 and 700. Am I the only geek who did testing on this as a kid? Later, Gino A... PS I know this is a very old thread. That's what I get for deciding to start reading (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: how do I set "follow-ups to" in Outlook Express 5.0 ?
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8eg1iq.cfn.....bu.edu... (...) field (...) true enough but the question remains.... never mind I found it .. when composing the message click view then select "All Headers", i set fut (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Geek Pride Festival
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I guess it did happen :/ sorry i missed it. (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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