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Greetings: For the past few weeks I have been unable to open Brickbay from my machine. I'm using Netscape 4.7, and I've fiddled with my preferences every way that I know how. Is this possibly a configuration issue? Any advice would be appreciated! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: older G3 300 coming home from work - possibilities?
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(...) Hey John, LTNS. ;) (...) This model has the drive attached to the bottom of the case. So I guess I could stick another 6gb drive out of one of the others (probably one of the two I snagged memory from already) into the spot above the Zip. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: older G3 300 coming home from work - possibilities?
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(...) Hi Mike, Is the internal drive in the upper left bay or attached to the bottom of the case? most of the ones with IDE drives have them in the lower case position and the SCSI ones are in the upper left bay above the zip drive. you ought to be (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | older G3 300 coming home from work - possibilities?
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Well, we're surplussing a bunch of older G3's (266 AV-capable towers and 300 desktop models) and I'm bringing one home to fiddle with. I figured the 300 would be better to mess with, although I'm not so sure after seeing how little internal (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New RFC to be released this Sunday
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You can get Country style "FOO" stickers from (URL) got one on my car. KL (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Winux 2004 shirt on sluggy.com
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(...) I actually have two replies to this post... ---...--- So... that's what the kids are calling it these days... <grin> Jude ---...--- OR ---...--- Is that true Chris? Jude FUT o-t.fun (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | New RFC to be released this Sunday
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 3092 Title: Etymology of "Foo" Author(s): D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond Status: Informational Date: 1 April 2001 Mailbox: (deleted to protect the guilty) Pages: 14 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Winux 2004 shirt on sluggy.com
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Hey you geeks, check this out :-) (URL) think Pete Abrams' shirt design here is hilarious, and I'm not even a geek! -Shiri (who's not getting paid in any way to do this ;-)... I'm just a sluggy lover) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) No no. Think sorted pens. Pocket protectors. (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) Marriage is not an indicator - nerds can marry other nerds and have a flock of little nerdlings. Hey, even though I earlier cited being an artist as a non-geek profession, one of the world's best known nerds is Van Gogh. (...) Depends on the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) Guess I'm a geek, then -- by virtue of the fact that I'm married? In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of my son (turned five last week), I wouldn't have gotten sucked back in to the world of Lego. You two seem to be split over the issue of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) A geek *may* have social skills, a nerd does not. Looking around at clutter on desk...at least I'm not a nerd. :-) Bruce (though I feel constrained to point out that I have seen many computer-geeks that are tidy) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) I've thought of the difference between geeks and nerds to be that geeks usually are in the computer industry, and often untidy; nerds may work in a more academic or scientific field and are rather tidy. :-) --Ryan (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) A geek? Moi? I guess. Exactly what distinguishes a geek from an "ordinary" nerd? :^) My occupation? Pretty geeky, yep. Research biologist. Presently a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, studying molecules of the immune system. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) I'm a geek, and proud of it. I'm a technical support engineer for very high speed cut sheet printers. I need a good knowledge of Unix/Solaris, TCP/IP, Windows, Macintosh, Novell, PostScript and PCL. I'm finding Perl and shell programming (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) Dunno about Pat, but I had to do that...kinda, sorta. The product existed, but none of the commands were set, so I had to make 'em up as I went along in one 24 hour straight orgy of writing. It went on to be a best-selling computer game. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) Ummmmm, errrrrr, Field Analyst (fancy way of saying computer geek) at a World Famous Research Center (Geek Central). It gets worse. Fanatic game player (Super-Geek). Former computer game designer (World-class Geek). Artist (Whew! Saved!). (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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(...) Aeronautical engineer. Worked once as a rocket scientist (literally..:-) nor working as an manufacturing engineer (...) Not that much (...) Of course yes. Has all the novels and at least 15 reference books and all four of the movies. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Networking Round 2
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(...) Yeah just you wait 'til they open up new TLDs; if it's done right, .foo will be one of the first to go. (And then .bar, of course....) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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