From: adam@address.invalid
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
>> Good thing the Y2013 bug didn't turn out to be too serious. :-)
>
> the rollover of the 'C'
> variable 'time_t' around 03:15 UTC on January 19, 2038. [...] will
> only bother people/systems using 32 bit architecture.
I expect that by 2038, only computer collectors will be using 32-bit
machines. Who's using 16-bit machines nowadays?
There /was/ a small Y2012 problem for TRS-80 Model III/4 collectors.
After some revisions, the date stamps were expanded to six bits (base
1980), but that ran out after 1980+31=2011.
[Thinkpad T60]
>> Mandriva and Mageia (to play with) are installed, and just
>> today both got wired connectivity,
>
> Sounds good - What does '/bin/netstat -antu' show open, and why?
By "open" you mean "netstat -antu | grep LISTEN"? Too many, so it'll be
a few weeks before my laptop is ready to go out into the world. I'll
try to figure them out on my own first, but I expect to have a lot of
questions coming up.
>> but not wireless yet.
>
> One step at a time.
Part of the problem seems to be that the "helper" tools insist on
rewriting /etc/hosts. I also figured out that the laptop's "WiFi
active" light is apparently controlled by software, as with Mandriva
it's never on, even when it can detect local APs.
[choosing a laptop case]
>> What about cases offered at "computer stores" (here that's Staples,
>> Office Depot, and Best Buy) versus those offered as computer cases
>> elsewhere (here that would be KMart, Target and WalMart)?
>
> I'd tend more towards the
> "computer store", as I'm a little less impressed with the quality of
> stuff at the department stores. The "computer store" should also have
> a better selection in stock. That said, I'd still at least look to
> see what they've got.
Thursday I browsed through KMart and Staples since I was near them
anyway. KMart just had one aisle with all the backpacks and computer
cases; nothing I'd trust. Staples had a decent selection, and although
I didn't buy anything that day I did get a much better idea of what's
available and what sort of thing I want. No sleeve for me! It has to
be at least large enough to hold the charger, and anything with room for
that would have room for other accessories, plus a notebook and whatever
pages I'm working on. The "messenger bags" looked suitable as did some
of the cases. Most of them were on the large side for a 14.1" laptop.
I'll try to get to the other stores in the next week or two.
["Laptops for Dummies"]
>> I'm impressed with the book, as it's well written, accurate AFAICT,
>> and covers only laptop-specific stuff (although nothing about Linux).
>
> I'll have to have a look. The author's name is familiar, and I think
> I had read a different book he had written.
Dan Gookin apparently wrote the very first book in the series, "DOS for
Dummies" and the title alone indicates how long ago that was. Writing
tutorial books like those is a skill in itself.
[family collage]
>> I was so proud of it that I put up a photo of the completed collage
>> at [...] - but intentionally such low quality that no one in it
>> should be recognizable.
>
> Well, I think the one in the upper-left is grand-parents... I sorta
> remember this was one of the photos you were having problems with,
That's the other grandparents, from a roll that had shifted but was
sort-of salvageable. The one I uploaded a while back was from a
different roll that had shifted beyond salvageable IMHO. Both were 35mm
Ektachrome processed by Kodak from around 1960, though.
> but that was a while ago and the resolution is pretty ghastly.
JPEG quality = 3 -- I thought it would be safer on the web if I didn't
have any people recognizable. However, the right edge, second down does
give a hint of my father's new resemblance to Ernest Hemingway.
> Top row, third from left
You can't tell, but she was lying on the grass outside and had heard a
sound in that direction, so she was quite alert.
> bottom row, third from right - "why are you disturbing my sleep?"
Maybe, but I also thought that was the prettiest photo of Allegra.
> Bottom row, third from left - almost the same reaction.
Well, the problem was that Allegra, as a kitten, wanted to play, and
Lionel was the only other cat around. Lionel also used to like to sleep
on the floor at one end of the hall, so Allegra would run down the hall
at top speed and jump onto Lionel... until he made it clear (politely)
that he didn't like that. Allegra then came up with an solution: she'd
run down the hall and then leap /over/ Lionel.
>> With most PPD files and most distros, "draft" and "normal" were fine
>> in both grayscale and color, but "photo quality" came out as grayscale
>> with horizontal spaces and elongated. Some PPD files didn't work at
>> all -- they'd report success, but "lpq -a" showed the print job as
>> "1st", not "active".
>
> Compile options when they built the binary? I dunno. Were it
> important
Which it isn't, very, to me, especially as I now have a Debian VM I can
use for the few times I want photo-quality prints. The PPD files are
text, so they're trivial to modify if I knew what to change.
>>> Ouch! How old were the photos verses how long since she's seen
>>> the people?
>
>> It varied every time she asked, which was often.
>
> That's a key
What, not recognizing the photos, or asking often? Dad and I have
accepted her repeated questions, probably from failing short-term
memory. Mom is aware of this and probably having the worst time of all.
>> (although that might have been a vision problem as
>> in the photo she was literally overwhelmed by Dad and me)
>
> No idea, but when was the last time she had her eyes checked?
I think it was pretty recently. The problem is that she's misplacing
everything, including glasses.
>> she didn't recognize the large photo in the center as being her
>> own house (since 1963) until both Dad and I could convince her.
>
> That could be a number of things including vision, but if that is a
> view from the street or driveway, I'd be concerned.
It's from roughly where the driveway meets the street, but it makes the
house look fancier and more luxurious than it usually does.
> having a cheat-sheet that identifies person and approximate
> date/age might help too
I emailed Dad a list like that and for most of the older snapshots a
guess at the decade was good enough IMHO. That can get interesting.
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