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- Thread starter Malaclypse
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DE
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Bit Torrent is the absolute god of file sharing protocols.
Other news: Firefox 0.9 is out. If you use IE, I expect you to get it within 24 hours kthx. Opera uses are fine.
Other news: Firefox 0.9 is out. If you use IE, I expect you to get it within 24 hours kthx. Opera uses are fine.
Yahoo! just upgraded their email, now you get 100MB of space and
can send up to 10MB attachments. This is friggin great.
And if you think Google (those spyware spreading bastards) still offer
more with 1GB of space... just think how many times you have actually
needed more than 100MB. Then go with the safer option.
more on Google crap here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/gmail_spook_heaven/
can send up to 10MB attachments. This is friggin great.
And if you think Google (those spyware spreading bastards) still offer
more with 1GB of space... just think how many times you have actually
needed more than 100MB. Then go with the safer option.
more on Google crap here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/gmail_spook_heaven/
Dark_Jester
Unrepentant sentient
DE
vote bnp
0.9 has got quite a few added features, and the usual bug fixes and stuff. For the time it takes to download, it's worth it.
DE
vote bnp
Gregor
Prikazy
beginner
- insecure with the concept of a terminal
- has yet to learn the basics of vi
- has not figured out how to get a directory
- still has trouble with typing after each line of input
novice
- knows that "ls" will produce a directory
- uses the editor, but calls it "vye"
- has heard of "C" but never used it
- has had his first bad experience with rm
- is wondering how to read his mail
- is wondering why the person next to him seems to like Unix so very much.
user
- uses vi and nroff, but inexpertly
- has heard of regular-expr.s but never seen one.
- has figured out that "-" precedes options
- has attempted to write a C program and has decided to stick with pascal
- is wondering how to move a directory
- thinks that dbx is a brand of stereo component
- knows how to read his mail and is wondering how to read the news
knowlegable user
- uses nroff with no trouble, and is beginning to learn tbl and eqn
- uses grep to search for fixed strings
- has figured out that mv(1) will move directories
- has learned that "help" doesn't help
- somebody has shown him how to write C programs
- once used sed to do some text substitution
- has seen dbx used but does not use it himself
- thinks that make is a only for wimps
expert
- uses sed when necessary
- uses macro"s in vi, uses ex when neccesary
- posts news at every possible opportunity
- write csh scripts occasionally
- write C programs using vi and compiles with cc
- has figured out what "&&" and "||" are for
- thinks that human history started with "!h"
hacker
- uses sed and awk with comfort
- uses undocumented features of vi
- write C code with "cat >" and compiles with "!cc"
- uses adb because he doesn't trust source debuggers
- can answer questions about the user environment
- writes his own nroff macros to supplement std. ones
- write scripts for Bourne shell (/bin/sh)
- knows how to install bug fixes
guru
- uses m4 and lex with comfort
- writes assembly code with "cat >"
- uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded
- customizes utilities by patching the source
- reads device driver source with his breakfast
- can answer any unix question after a little thought
- uses make for anything that requires two or more distinct commands to achieve
- has learned how to breach security but no longer needs to try
wizard
- writes device drivers with "cat >"
- fixes bugs by patching the binaries
- can answer any question before you ask
- writes his own troff macro packages
- is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill and Ken
http://terhune.net/jokes/se10006.html
In about an hour I get to play the crap that is Doom 3,
I can hardly contain myself. I bet it will be as innovative
as a hooker in Las Vegas.
I can hardly contain myself. I bet it will be as innovative
as a hooker in Las Vegas.
Right, can any of you geeks tell me if it's normal for a 56k modem to act like mine does?
Sometimes, and it's happening more often now than before I think, it just freezes. It remains connected, but when you click a link or something, nothing happens. You can wait 2 minutes and it remains connected but nothing whatsoever happens. Then, when I try to disconnect it, it doesn't obey and I have to switch the modem off to get it to disconnect. This usually happens if I remain idle for, say, 3-5 minutes. And it's thoroughly annoying.
Sometimes, and it's happening more often now than before I think, it just freezes. It remains connected, but when you click a link or something, nothing happens. You can wait 2 minutes and it remains connected but nothing whatsoever happens. Then, when I try to disconnect it, it doesn't obey and I have to switch the modem off to get it to disconnect. This usually happens if I remain idle for, say, 3-5 minutes. And it's thoroughly annoying.
TheFourthHorseman
In The Twilight World
Well that happens (in the sense of fucking up devoid of logic) with cable and ADSL too so I suppose it is "normal"...
Who am I kidding? Just upgrade from 56k already, you lower lifeform.
Who am I kidding? Just upgrade from 56k already, you lower lifeform.
