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From: philo on 29 Nov 2009 10:09 KOB wrote: > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:21:28 -0600, philo wrote: > > >> Though I switched to Linux as my main OS close to a year ago... >> occasionally I still need to run a Windows application natively. > > philo, > when did you drop OS/2? I thought I remembered you from the OS/2 > newsgroup days. Ah I never totally dropped it. I have two working installations left... one of them is ECS...it's on an AMD-550 and though it works... is a bit on the slow side. I could not get ECS to install on my newer hardware. Also (due to removable drives) I have a working Warp3 installation on that machine...but of course it's dial-up only and I've been on DSL for a number of years now. I like Warp 3 so much that I hated to give it up. There is a way to hack it to get MPTS imported and running. It looked so complicated I never tried it...but I really should have kept the instructions some where
From: RodMcKay on 29 Nov 2009 10:13 On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:35:29 +0000, Darklight <nglennglen(a)netscape.net> wrote: >if you want to try a distro which uses the nvidia driver try sabayon. > >I found it was the only live distro that use a nvidia driver straight >off the bat. it even uses it when running from the cd. Thanks, that's great. The funny thing is that only Ubuntu-based distros have, as well as Knoppix). All th other ones have great resolution right out-of-the-box. I don't know how that can be if they don't actually have the nvidia drivers, either. Perplexing. But I have nice, full resolution on F11, so I can use it without eye strain. Never thought I'd get eye-strain but I forced myself yesterday to work in Ubuntu for about 10 minutes and gave up in disgust! <g> Having too big a screen as just as bad as too small a one, I found. <g>
From: RodMcKay on 29 Nov 2009 11:15 On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:21:28 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >RodMcKay wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:34:50 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>> RodMcKay wrote: [snip] >For the most part... >the guys I work with are about my daughter's age... >and they work more hours than I do... >but since I've got more experience...I usually get more done than they do. This is true. And the trouble with generalizations is, that's exactly what they are. For the first time in my life, I accepted a minimum wage contract recently (before landing my current contract) and I worked alongside a young 25-year old man who has a work ethic one doesn't usually see in one so young. What I meant about work pertains more to those of us in the lower echelons, clerks and such. There you see really lazy people who do the absolute minimum while they talk up a _great_ storm! <sigh> Well, that seems to be the way the world is heading ... So I was merely generalizing, of course. In upper management, long hours are much more common, too, of course and always have been. [snip] >> I've met/seen most of the famous people in real life including the >> grande dame, Major Barrett-Roddenberry herself in 1993. I'm glad I >> met and spoke with her briefly while she kindly signed something for >> me as she passed away fairly recently. > >I've met a few famous people and once in a while get a reply when I send > someone an email. > >I've found out that the bigger someone is... >the more likely it is I'll actually get a reply. True and my only experience has been with regards to the conventions. When we went to Pasadena in 1993 to what is called the yearly Grand Slam convention, we also took in the sights. You can imagine, two 30-something Trekker gals from Canada going to Hollywood! I mean, what a hoot. We're both from our nation's capital (like being from Washington in the US), but we felt like country bumpkins down there! <g> We visited Paramount (of course!!) and it was so kewl. We were touring the grounds when gorgeous Marina Sirtis who played Troi walked by (within 5 feet of me!! God, hard not to be jealous of that lovely woman! <g>) and she responded kindly to a question shouted at her by one of the people in our tour group! And then when I rounded a corner, a door opened up a couple feet in front of me and Ted Danson walked out. Man, is he _ever_ such an approachable person! He had a kind word for our group and wished us all well, which we, of course, returned. Hard to think of what things are like now after 9/11. I'm sure touring Paramount and other studios in such a way is probably not possible. Sad! >The worst ones are those who are semi-famous and think they are too big >to speak to the general public ! Yes. Very true. [snip] >No sci-fi conventions for me... >but I do occasionally enjoy a good movie. Well, I'd heard of them for years but went to my first one at the age of 28. I love them, to tell you the truth. It's just all good fun. Good way to meet with people who like what you do. As you can imagine, my friend and I were open to meeting a couple of nice fellas in Pasadena, but it didn't happen. Ah well, too far apart anyway <g>. >also I enjoy a movie that is so God-awfully horrible that it's funny... >such as Plan 9 from Outer Space... >and the 1959 Cadillac hubcap flying saucers <G> I'm generally not into B movies, but my favourite is "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Keanu's was good, but couldn't touch the original! And though I only saw it last year, believe it or not, the original "War of the Worlds" was pretty good, too. >>> Punch cards how I hated them. >>> Even as late as 1979 I can recall using them! >> >> If DOS was bad with how you always had to know syntax right down to >> every single dot and command, I can't even begin to imagine how hard >> punch cards were! Whenever I think of them, I'm reminded of the Don >> Knotts movie where he's a computer expert!! <g> He had to punch in a >> ton of stuff just to get a very simple solution! Hilarious. >> > > >Back in those days...it took a full week to get one program done. >With the punch cards, if there was a single typo... >even a missing non-ambiguous parentheses...the entire program would be >spit back at you Yup. Thought so. Nope. Glad we're beyond those days <lol>. [snip] >>> Anyway a Live CD (IMHO) is only good for having a glimpse into what >>> Linux is. I suggest you do an actual install...perhaps pop another HD >>> into the machine. An alternative would be to use a virtual machine from >>> within Windows and install there Yes, I of course realize that. I've answered this advice elsewhere, can't do this right now. As soon as I can afford one, I will be getting an additional 500 gig external drive. The one I have now is practically full so I can't transfer all the stuff off my 200 gig hdd to it. So LiveCDs have been filling the gap. And they're doing the job very well. It's also been great since I have few worries while I've been on LiveCD. I really experimented yesterday and knew that all the changes I made would disappear once I got out. Though I didn't do anything major, didn't have to be as cautious as when I'd first started on Window$. I don't know my way well enough around Linux yet to get myself out of any hot water I might get myself into! <lol> Thanks for the advice. It's evident that that's the case, but another reason is that within next week or two I'll be handing off disks to family members so I need to know the ins and outs beforehand re the CDs themselves, too, anyway. >Though I switched to Linux as my main OS close to a year ago... >occasionally I still need to run a Windows application natively. > >All my machines have removable drive kits and I can change OS's at >will...and I have two machines in my office and a KVM switch >so can run Windows and XP simultaneously if i need to. I don't have space or money for a second box but I've been thinking that for those apps that I absolutely can't live without, that I'll see what this virtual box is all about. I've virtualized a few apps in last six months so I'm familiar with the concept but that was Win->Win. Will look into what's possible Win->Linux. Kewl stuff. --- One really good thing that happened yesterday and something for Window$ users to be aware of, my brother entrusted me with his precious music collection to rip and transfer to his Sony Walkman. Nothing worked in transferring with XP. I finally got it to recognize the player but nothing else. Ended up doing the job with Linux with _NO_ fuss, no muss! Take _THAT_ M$!!! >> How did the play time with kitty-cat go? <g> > >I didn't get any scratches on me... >my wife thinks I'm worse than a 12 year old kid...and she's right! That's great! Hey, life's too short! I haven't had an animal companion since 2003 and miss that. Enjoy your kitty-cat! <g>
From: philo on 29 Nov 2009 12:00 RodMcKay wrote: > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:21:28 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> RodMcKay wrote: >>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:34:50 -0600, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> RodMcKay wrote: > <portions snipped for brevity> > So I was merely generalizing, of course. In upper management, long > hours are much more common, too, of course and always have been. > One thing I can say about the guys I work with... they are hard workers...just not all of them are terribly efficient. > > We visited Paramount (of course!!) and it was so kewl. We were > touring the grounds when gorgeous Marina Sirtis who played Troi walked > by (within 5 feet of me!! God, hard not to be jealous of that lovely > woman! <g>) and she responded kindly to a question shouted at her by > one of the people in our tour group! And then when I rounded a > corner, a door opened up a couple feet in front of me and Ted Danson > walked out. Man, is he _ever_ such an approachable person! He had a > kind word for our group and wished us all well, which we, of course, > returned. Hard to think of what things are like now after 9/11. I'm > sure touring Paramount and other studios in such a way is probably not > possible. Sad! > Lets see...If I recall correctly, I went to Universal Studios and saw the fake shark that was used in the movie "Jaws" Wow did I ever laugh as it was so obviously made out of rubber and so obviously fake! Of course a few years later I was at an aquarium and saw a real shark... yep you guessed it...it looked fake and like it was made out of rubber! >> The worst ones are those who are semi-famous and think they are too big >> to speak to the general public ! > > Yes. Very true. > > [snip] > >> No sci-fi conventions for me... >> but I do occasionally enjoy a good movie. > > Well, I'd heard of them for years but went to my first one at the age > of 28. I love them, to tell you the truth. It's just all good fun. > Good way to meet with people who like what you do. As you can > imagine, my friend and I were open to meeting a couple of nice fellas > in Pasadena, but it didn't happen. Ah well, too far apart anyway <g>. I've been to LA many times but the last time I was there was maybe 15 years ago. I have a friend who was a music promoter...who had a friend who produced videos. In turn the friend had a friend who was non other than Paul Rothchild http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild We went up to his house. and did he ever have some amazing stories... can't believe I was there. He told us the woodwork in his house was all done by Harrison Ford...who earned his living that way before he made it in the movies. We went into Paul's den and there was not a chair for me... so I just sat down on a box. Paul said to me: "Don't bother getting up...but do you know what you are sitting one?" (What) "All the master tapes to the 'Doors' " I think I moved to the floor at that point > <the rest is snipped because I can't beat that one> > On worse than a 12 year old kid...and she's right! > > That's great! Hey, life's too short! > > I haven't had an animal companion since 2003 and miss that. Enjoy > your kitty-cat! <g> > Good kitty cat... I threw a bunch of paper balls at her this morning.
From: KOB on 29 Nov 2009 13:27
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:09:22 -0600, philo wrote: > KOB wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:21:28 -0600, philo wrote: >> >> >>> Though I switched to Linux as my main OS close to a year ago... >>> occasionally I still need to run a Windows application natively. >> >> philo, >> when did you drop OS/2? I thought I remembered you from the OS/2 >> newsgroup days. > > > Ah > > I never totally dropped it. > > I have two working installations left... one of them is ECS...it's on an > AMD-550 and though it works... is a bit on the slow side. I could not > get ECS to install on my newer hardware. > > Also (due to removable drives) I have a working Warp3 installation on > that machine...but of course it's dial-up only and I've been on DSL for > a number of years now. > > > I like Warp 3 so much that I hated to give it up. There is a way to hack > it to get MPTS imported and running. It looked so complicated I never > tried it...but I really should have kept the instructions some where God help you if you ever post from Warp in the Linux groups. Do you have ProNews/2? IMO, the best newsreader made. Thinking of firing up my OS/2 box and posting to the linux groups, just to make them read the headers and get mad!! |