From: adam@address.invalid
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
[web page return codes]
> In the
> case of the 8086.tk page, perhaps the original page owner abandoned
> the site - perhaps non-payment of rent or something. The server
> admin should have pulled the page or otherwise made it inaccessible.
> Instead, the admin turned the page over to a spamvertiser who replaced
> the desired web page with one of his own. That's hijacking.
I'm not clear -- if the original owner of 8086.tk abandoned it, why
can't (shouldn't) the admin be able to sell it to someone else? Or am I
misunderstanding registering/owning/leasing a domain name?
[Linuxant driver for Conexant winmodem]
>> I was surprised to find that driver is in the Mandriva repository,
>> although not for Fedora and CentOS.
>
> The "free" one, or the "for pay" one with extra capabilities?
I haven't checked, as the winmodem from eris is PCI and so won't fit
into stolid. I'd guess the "for pay" one, though, as the free one was
limited to 14.4K and no fax capability.
[Verizon dialup access]
>> That is, my Verizon username (with or without
>> @verizon.net) and password are "incorrect".
>
> If you got a "Login:" prompt, that's almost a given - almost no one is
> running a classic shell server like the ISP-Hookup-HOWTO or section 15
> of the PPP-HOWTO. If you tried a RFC1334 (PAP) or RFC1994 (CHAP)
> style of textless login (like the NetZero/Juno, but without their JAVA
> stuff), that _might_ work, but I doubt it.
I got something like the "Login:" and then "Password:" prompts I've been
seeing for nearly 30 years. As mentioned, one of the phone numbers is
used by (at least) both Verizon and NetZero/Juno for dialup access, and
obviously whatever answers can't know which service I want until I've
told them.
I mentioned changing /etc/mtab back to a file instead of a symlink to
/proc/self/mounts. I found out where I got the idea in the first place.
At each boot of Mdv2011.0, dmesg reports:
"systemd[1]: /etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to
/proc/self/mounts. This is not supported anymore. Please make sure to
replace this file by a symlink to avoid incorrect or misleading mount(8)
output."
Would you know if this is standard with systemd, or just Mandriva?
>>>> again I briefly considered getting a cheap laptop.
>
> What's representative, and what price range?
Looking through my browser's history... Thinkpad T42, Dell D400, D505,
D620, D630, and 500M, Gateway MX6025 and M73, HP ZV5000, Compaq Presario
700, and numerous others. I was hoping for something with at least 512
MB RAM, 20 GB HD, Wi-Fi, with battery and charger, for at most US$50
including shipping. I gather most laptops since about 2005 or so would
fit that, and most of them ran Linux acceptably. Generally the winning
bids were $65-100 plus shipping (usually $10-20).
I'd been thinking ahead to bringing it into class, but mine ("Directed
Writing of Fiction") has started. What we do write, we have to bring in
20 copies of to hand out to the rest of the class for a group critique,
which is why I think we won't be doing much writing during class.
>> so I'm contemplating maxing out the RAM at 16 GB, maybe even replacing
>> the existing RAM with something a trifle faster.
>
> How hard is 'swap' being hit?
None, as I don't have any swap defined yet, and haven't seemed to need
any. While running 'aide', about the worst case looks like ("free -m"):
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 7484 7428 55 0 374 5588
-/+ buffers/cache: 1466 6017
Swap: 0 0 0
so most of the RAM is being used as a disk cache. I realize more RAM
would generally just go for more disk cache. 'eris' with its 1 GB
always used considerable swap when running a VM or GIMP, but I don't
expect that to happen here, I hope.
> maxing out the RAM is always a good idea, but unless
> your RAM is bottom-of-the-line slow, you're likely not talking about
> significant speed
System specs include:
"Supports DDR3 DIMMs
PC3 10600 (1333 MHz)
PC3 12800 (1600 MHz)
PC3 14400 (1866 MHz)"
and of course it ships with the (comparatively) slowest of those, 2 x 4
GB, leaving two empty slots. Max for each slot is 4 GB. I'm assuming
(although I haven't checked much) that all the RAM will be running at
the speed of the slowest DIMM. I'll look into prices and calculate
speeds, but it's clear all of that can wait indefinitely. In fact, the
only remaining computer configuration that has any real priority is
getting ssh & sftp going between stolid and at least one distro on eris.
[post-mortem organ & tissue donor signup at county fair]
>> We got about 200 signups this year during the six days of the fair.
>
> Well Done!
I was just told 192 (over 6 12-hour days), not as many as past years but
still 192 more than before. OTOH more people we asked seemed to be
already signed up. In the ranking by state, NY has moved up from 49th
to 48th, with only 18% of those eligible enrolled.
> You're putting a "face" to it - there really are people that depend on
> this.
I know. :-) Specific examples are always better than generalities. Our
stick-on name tags (on our "Donate Life" t-shirts) listed our
transplants, or transplant status or relationship to a recipient.
>> BTW I was back volunteering at the booth yesterday and saw something
>> that might have interested you, a single-prop biplane overhead.
>
> Anything strange-sounding grabs my attention.
Around here, hearing any craft overhead is uncommon, especially that low
to the ground (I could read "rides available" painted on the bottom of
the wing). I'm sure you would have identified it at once, but
"single-prop biplane" is all I can say about it. I'm guessing it was
from the Aerodrome.
> I think there are just 10 airworthy B-17s left (of
> 12,725 built), less than 20 B-25s (9800 built), and _maybe_ two B-24s
> (out of 19,256 - "Diamond Lil", built in 1940, was damaged last year).
I assume those are more of historic interest, like a restored antique
car. A restored Ford Model T can be a lovely thing, but not practical
for everyday driving.
Adam
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