Firefox Web Developer Toolbar Extension

[Els]

I am losing sense of time...

[too many extensions]

Do not use time extensions. They clash with future life limits.

[FF extensions]

I could disable some of them, leaving them in my profile directory if I ever
want them back. Let me look... the only one I can forsake is FireFTP
because I rarely use it; I use it more at home.

I only have Web Developer, Forecastfox, ViewSourceWith and Adblock.
Most used is the Web Developer.

[usage tracking]

Incidentally, I had just looked at that page, and copied the code -
still have to go through the rest of the steps though.

If the explanation is messy, please tell me. I am enthusiastic about writing
code, but when it comes to documenting and publishing, I always have to
force myself to do it. It just drifts mañana, mañana in my Palm for about a
week and ends up written up when I no longer have the logical structure
fresh in my mind.

Haven't gotten round to it yet, will report back when I have

[wiki talk]

I get backups to avoid vandalism, but I also keep monthly archives that I
lock. It is easily searchable and content is accumulative. I put it here <
http://www.schestowitz.com/Software/Correspondence_Wiki/ >

Looks like online chat

[backup]

Hmm.. reading that, it might actually be a good idea to let it
crash... ;-)

I sometimes wish that this happened to me. I need to upgrade, but I don't
have the will to invest days in restoration, installation and
customisation. I always say "next year".

Ask people to send you viruses. Open them and wait.
't Is as simple as that to get you started

Not in English. *frown*

Right <g>
Okay, your English spelling is very good, so I assume your native
language spelling can't be worse. Didn't you learn that in school?

With all due respect to the educational system and the 'wise guys' on top,
kids discover their passion when they are younger than 18.

Not me :\
I was 15 when they tried to let me decide on a direction for a career,
but I had no clue whatsoever.

There needs to
be more choice, freedom and specialisation. Studying of the humanities is
not something that sticks with the student unless it gets recited. I think
I spent too much at school doing stuff which was of little practical use. A
waste of teaching effort; a waste of student potential.

True I think, for those that can figure out what they wanna do for a
living after school. But then still, I think it's good for
kids/teenagers to get a broader range of knowledge than just what
they're interested in.

In the later years
of high school, much of the time I just drew or slept on my desk. I am sure
that many in this group could sympathise.

Yup. I wouldn't say I slept in class (not sure what age highschool is,
but I mean from age 12 to 17), but I didn't exactly do much either. I
generally used the first hour to do the homework that would be checked
in the second hour, and so on.

 

[Toby Inkster]

Opera too. Very hard to click a tab open without accidentally hitting
the little cross. (only cause I have 28 tabs open)

Who needs a close button?
Opera > Tools > Preferences > General > Show close button on each tab

Middle-click or shift-click on a tab to close it.

 

[Els]

Who needs a close button?
Opera > Tools > Preferences > General > Show close button on each tab

Sounds great - which version of Opera is that?
I have 8.00 still, and it hasn't got that option.

Middle-click or shift-click on a tab to close it.

I think I can remember that

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ On Saturday 27 August 2005 21:37, [Els] wrote : \__

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

[Internet]

I am losing sense of time...

[too many extensions]

Do not use time extensions. They clash with future life limits.

*LOL* Didn't notice that one...

[FF extensions]

I could disable some of them, leaving them in my profile directory if I
ever want them back. Let me look... the only one I can forsake is FireFTP
because I rarely use it; I use it more at home.

I only have Web Developer, Forecastfox, ViewSourceWith and Adblock.
Most used is the Web Developer.

No surprise there.

[usage tracking]

Use of the browser is very important to me. I haven't written some code
to track and /summarise/ my usage (getting close though <
http://www.schestowitz.com/Utilities/Complete/Linux/Display_Grabber/ >
),

Incidentally, I had just looked at that page, and copied the code -
still have to go through the rest of the steps though.

If the explanation is messy, please tell me. I am enthusiastic about
writing code, but when it comes to documenting and publishing, I always
have to force myself to do it. It just drifts mañana, mañana in my Palm
for about a week and ends up written up when I no longer have the logical
structure fresh in my mind.

Haven't gotten round to it yet, will report back when I have

Thanks. Just don't feel obliged to have a look at it. It's junk. *smile*

[wiki talk]

I get backups to avoid vandalism, but I also keep monthly archives that I
lock. It is easily searchable and content is accumulative. I put it here
< http://www.schestowitz.com/Software/Correspondence_Wiki/ >

Looks like online chat

Off-line though. Intervals of hours in-between + archives + interoperability
+ portability.

[backup]

Hmm.. reading that, it might actually be a good idea to let it
crash... ;-)

I sometimes wish that this happened to me. I need to upgrade, but I don't
have the will to invest days in restoration, installation and
customisation. I always say "next year".

Ask people to send you viruses. Open them and wait.
't Is as simple as that to get you started

[School and education]


That's why Windows users get it easy. If they want to wipe off their data,
all they need to do is double-click some attachment. I can't do that; I
envy Windows. *smile*

Right <g>
Okay, your English spelling is very good, so I assume your native
language spelling can't be worse. Didn't you learn that in school?

School is not a necessity for what can be learned in our mundane life or
even self-taught. I was never too motivated to learn, but I tried to follow
my passions.

Not me :\
I was 15 when they tried to let me decide on a direction for a career,
but I had no clue whatsoever.

Me neither, but I think I could make a choice and day "all right then, I'll
go with /that/ one".

True I think, for those that can figure out what they wanna do for a
living after school. But then still, I think it's good for
kids/teenagers to get a broader range of knowledge than just what
they're interested in.

Good point. I guess they also need to a taste of the full range of the
spectrum in order to make a decision (choice) that is based on
/understanding/ of the different choices available.

Yup. I wouldn't say I slept in class (not sure what age highschool is,
but I mean from age 12 to 17), but I didn't exactly do much either. I
generally used the first hour to do the homework that would be checked
in the second hour, and so on.

I was obedient myself, but was never inclined to go overboard. It was only 2
years ago that I began to enjoy what I do and had the freedom to flow with
desires, unlike something that is imposed from above. For all I can say,
you now work more independently, which must be lovely.

Roy

 

[Toby Inkster]

Sounds great - which version of Opera is that?
I have 8.00 still, and it hasn't got that option.

I'm using 8.02. I think in 8.0 it might have been called "Advanced Opera
Workspace" -- but it's definitely in there somewhere!

I would recommend upgrading to 8.02 -- it has about a dozen security fixes
on 8.0, fixes a long-standing (since 7.5x I think) bug with the HTTP 204
response code; and has improved SVG support.

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, Roy Schestowitz quothed:

__/ On Saturday 27 August 2005 13:37, [Neredbojias] wrote : \__

With neither quill nor qualm, Roy Schestowitz quothed:


That's what I told my teacher, but she insisted that fifth grade was
essential for natural development. Besides, she was mean.

You must have been a clever 5th grader in that case.

Yes. People were always saying to me, "So, you think you're smart..."

They usually take
advantage of us when we are young and innocent, teaching us history,
politics and sometimes religion. Then, we grow to become cold and bitter...
*smile*

Actually, it began before that. Once I found out the truth about Santa
Claus and Superman, my idyllic life was over (-although in later years I
did pay homage to certain pagan icons of stimulative aspect.)

 

[Els]

I'm using 8.02. I think in 8.0 it might have been called "Advanced Opera
Workspace" -- but it's definitely in there somewhere!

I did look just about everywhere without finding it, but I'll believe
you ;-)

I would recommend upgrading to 8.02 -- it has about a dozen security fixes
on 8.0, fixes a long-standing (since 7.5x I think) bug with the HTTP 204
response code; and has improved SVG support.

Done.

Thanks

 

[Els]

[usage tracking]

Use of the browser is very important to me. I haven't written some code
to track and /summarise/ my usage (getting close though <
http://www.schestowitz.com/Utilities/Complete/Linux/Display_Grabber/ >
),

Incidentally, I had just looked at that page, and copied the code -
still have to go through the rest of the steps though.

If the explanation is messy, please tell me. I am enthusiastic about
writing code, but when it comes to documenting and publishing, I always
have to force myself to do it. It just drifts mañana, mañana in my Palm
for about a week and ends up written up when I no longer have the logical
structure fresh in my mind.

Haven't gotten round to it yet, will report back when I have

Thanks. Just don't feel obliged to have a look at it. It's junk. *smile*

Okay, had a closer look, and only now saw the tiny little detail about
"Windows users may take advantage of alternatives like...".
Changes my perspective a bit ;-)

Do I really need Cygwin? I have an Apache server on my Windows box -
isn't the script adjustable to suit that?

[school]

Good point. I guess they also need to a taste of the full range of the
spectrum in order to make a decision (choice) that is based on
/understanding/ of the different choices available.
Indeed.


I was obedient myself, but was never inclined to go overboard. It was only 2
years ago that I began to enjoy what I do and had the freedom to flow with
desires, unlike something that is imposed from above.

True - but weren't you the one who decided to stay in school for as
long as you did? I'd say that nothing was imposed on you, other than
what you /let/ them impose on you.

For all I can say,
you now work more independently, which must be lovely.

It has advantages, yes (although a steady income would also be nice
sometimes)
I've also enjoyed all the years I worked as a data-entry typist in
offices. I've even enjoyed picking tomatoes and washing up. Everything
is enjoyable when you're the one who can decide how much you want of
it

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

Life has returned to my long-dead brain as [Els] spewed the following words:

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

[Usage tracking]

Okay, had a closer look, and only now saw the tiny little detail about
"Windows users may take advantage of alternatives like...".
Changes my perspective a bit ;-)

Do I really need Cygwin? I have an Apache server on my Windows box -
isn't the script adjustable to suit that?

I never managed to work out Cygwin to its depths myself (last attempt when I
was 19). I must have pointed out Cygwin for the sake of platform
impartiality. Since you need to grab the display from X and usage from
kernel-level, I doubt it's (trivially) doable.

The easiest solution is to pick up a Linux CD/DVD and take advantage of the
full power the machine which you machine begs for. If you were to pick up a
Windows CD, you could play it backwards and hear Satan. It gets worse
though: play it forward and it'll install Windows.



[School]

Indeed.

I am reluctantly beginning to accept my worst fear. High school had
substance?

True - but weren't you the one who decided to stay in school for as
long as you did? I'd say that nothing was imposed on you, other than
what you /let/ them impose on you.

Exactly.



It has advantages, yes (although a steady income would also be nice
sometimes)
I've also enjoyed all the years I worked as a data-entry typist in
offices. I've even enjoyed picking tomatoes and washing up.

The tomatoes or yourself? *LOL*

Everything
is enjoyable when you're the one who can decide how much you want of
it

This reminds me that I should return to doing some actual work today. I
posted almost 300 messages (NG's alone) in the past 8 days. Then again,
it's Bank Holiday Monday in Britian. Decisions, decisions...

Roy

 

[Els]

Life has returned to my long-dead brain as [Els] spewed the following words:

[Usage tracking]

Okay, had a closer look, and only now saw the tiny little detail about
"Windows users may take advantage of alternatives like...".
Changes my perspective a bit ;-)

Do I really need Cygwin? I have an Apache server on my Windows box -
isn't the script adjustable to suit that?

I never managed to work out Cygwin to its depths myself (last attempt when I
was 19). I must have pointed out Cygwin for the sake of platform
impartiality. Since you need to grab the display from X and usage from
kernel-level, I doubt it's (trivially) doable.

Okay - I'll leave that one for Toby. He's good at stuff like that

The easiest solution is to pick up a Linux CD/DVD and take advantage of the
full power the machine which you machine begs for.

No, that's what I got my SuSE box for
But I don't want screen grabs from SuSE, as it isn't my main machine.
Could get some really nice arty pictures though, from all the
screensavers that are running on it.

If you were to pick up a
Windows CD, you could play it backwards and hear Satan. It gets worse
though: play it forward and it'll install Windows.

Yup - heard that one
Couldn't get the drive to play it backwards though ;-)

[School]

Indeed.

I am reluctantly beginning to accept my worst fear. High school had
substance?

The tomatoes or yourself? *LOL*

Neither - washing up as in washing dishes in restaurants

This reminds me that I should return to doing some actual work today. I
posted almost 300 messages (NG's alone) in the past 8 days.

That's nothing. I once was blocked before the end of the day because I
had posted 150. In one day

Then again,
it's Bank Holiday Monday in Britian. Decisions, decisions...

Hmm.. Bank Holiday Monday, August.. isn't there a carnival to go to in
Notting Hill?

Wish I was there :\

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 10:54 \__


[Linux amusement]

Okay - I'll leave that one for Toby. He's good at stuff like that

Yes, and today I posted a reference via message-id.net (Toby's latest
project) for the first time. He peculates PR by putting GG[1] within a
frame. He hits them where it hurts, having the latter done the same with
images and cache.

No, that's what I got my SuSE box for
But I don't want screen grabs from SuSE, as it isn't my main machine.
Could get some really nice arty pictures though, from all the
screensavers that are running on it.

Screensavers phobia... too many... recently heard of a screensaver in Fedora
that gets random pictures off the Internet. Funny when you come back to do
some work only to find hardcore pr0n on the screen.

Yup - heard that one
Couldn't get the drive to play it backwards though ;-)

Flip the CD upside down; move head to top of drive; motor will rotate in the
same direction. Either way, I was never fond of Satanic music.


[School]

Some - not much <g>

Apart from the chemical, of course. Never reached any such substance, but
some school student do these days.

Neither - washing up as in washing dishes in restaurants

Done that 6 years ago... next year I get my Ph.D. *smile*

That's nothing. I once was blocked before the end of the day because I
had posted 150. In one day

*sarcasm* To 0.test? Were you eventually happy at least?

[Bank holiday]

Hmm.. Bank Holiday Monday, August.. isn't there a carnival to go to in
Notting Hill?

Wish I was there :\

I no longer travel. Computers killed my human soul. I will at least go to
the health club shortly. Gloomy day over here in Manchester... *frown* oh,
well, good for the gardens, eh?

Roy

[1] GG where the second G stands for Groups and PR where R stands for Rank.
I have to be cautious with sensitive keywords these days... my employment
opportunities are narrowing down like a supermodel on bulimia.

 

[Toby Inkster]

I never managed to work out Cygwin to its depths myself (last attempt when I
was 19). I must have pointed out Cygwin for the sake of platform
impartiality. Since you need to grab the display from X and usage from
kernel-level, I doubt it's (trivially) doable.

Look towards TightVNC. If you want to let people see what's going on on
your desktop, that's the way to go.

Cross-platform -- there are servers for Windows and Linux (and probably
some other OSes) and clients for even more platforms. There's also a Java
applet client, so your desktop can be embedded into a web page.

 

[Els]

__/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 10:54 \__

[Linux amusement]

Okay - I'll leave that one for Toby. He's good at stuff like that

Yes, and today I posted a reference via message-id.net (Toby's latest
project) for the first time. He peculates PR by putting GG[1] within a
frame. He hits them where it hurts, having the latter done the same with
images and cache.

Sounds like he's one of the good guys then ;-)

Screensavers phobia... too many... recently heard of a screensaver in Fedora
that gets random pictures off the Internet. Funny when you come back to do
some work only to find hardcore pr0n on the screen.

I'm guessing that's a disableable (made that word up myself) feature?

Flip the CD upside down;
Doable...

move head to top of drive;

Yeah right!

motor will rotate in the
same direction. Either way, I was never fond of Satanic music.

Me neither - backwards, forwards or upside down.

Done that 6 years ago... next year I get my Ph.D. *smile*

There's a difference between having to wash dishes cause you don't
have your Ph.D yet, and choosing to washing dishes because after 13
years in an office you want a simple job just to pay for food. ;-)

That's nothing. I once was blocked before the end of the day because I
had posted 150. In one day

*sarcasm* To 0.test? Were you eventually happy at least?

[Bank holiday]

Hmm.. Bank Holiday Monday, August.. isn't there a carnival to go to in
Notting Hill?

Wish I was there :\

I no longer travel.

That's a very bold statement at your age.

Computers killed my human soul.

Get it back. Make them give it back. You need travel. After getting
your Ph.D, you should take a year out and go travel. Backpacking, not
checking in to a wifi-enabled hotel with your laptop.

As a wise old(er) woman I'm telling you - do that before you're stuck
in a rut. ;-)

I will at least go to the health club shortly.

Is that shortly as in "10 minutes from now", or shortly as in "some
day soon, but I haven't registered yet really" ?

Gloomy day over here in Manchester... *frown* oh,
well, good for the gardens, eh?

You're still looking outside the window - there is hope yet

[1] GG where the second G stands for Groups and PR where R stands for Rank.
I have to be cautious with sensitive keywords these days... my employment
opportunities are narrowing down like a supermodel on bulimia.

I've seen your CV - you will not have a lack of employment
opportunities very soon I think

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ [Toby Inkster] on Monday 29 August 2005 13:51 \__

Look towards TightVNC. If you want to let people see what's going on on
your desktop, that's the way to go.

Cross-platform -- there are servers for Windows and Linux (and probably
some other OSes) and clients for even more platforms. There's also a Java
applet client, so your desktop can be embedded into a web page.

I am forced to use VNC (most typically remote desktop from Linux) for work,
but I don't know if/how VNC helps in just grabbing a snapshot. If a
connection is established with another node, you could possibly grab a
screenshot locally. Can you do this every 10 minutes? Knowing what I know,
it would not be simple. Windows does not expose many of its inner,
down-under feature, neither does it provide easy-to-use and 'intrusive'
interfaces. Expressiveness is another issue. Monad will not be included in
Vista, but it's scheduled to be released some day in the distant vista.

Roy

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 16:17 \__

You always have a surprise waiting, involuntarily lifting a spirit. *smile*
Any message in alt.html? Els!

[Technology]

Yes, and today I posted a reference via message-id.net (Toby's latest
project) for the first time. He peculates PR by putting GG[1] within a
frame. He hits them where it hurts, having the latter done the same with
images and cache.

Sounds like he's one of the good guys then ;-)

I see Toby as one of the guys in the benevolent team.

I'm guessing that's a disableable (made that word up myself) feature?

Not trivially.

"...After a bit of rooting around I?ve tracked this down to the
webcollage.desktop screensaver which picks random images off the internet
and displays them within the screensaver. Not a very responsible inclusion
in a desktop environment but it can be found in
/usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers..."

Yeah right!


Me neither - backwards, forwards or upside down.

*LOL* I'm glad the context leaves no room for confusion or ambiguity.


[Education]

There's a difference between having to wash dishes cause you don't
have your Ph.D yet, and choosing to washing dishes because after 13
years in an office you want a simple job just to pay for food. ;-)

At the time I was in highschool, not too certain what the future had in
store. The beautiful thing in life is that things can unravel gracefully,
progressively and without any prior expectation. As just one example, at the
same time last year I only had a handful of visitors in my site.

<g>
No, actually, it was to alt.www.webmaster mostly

Boy, the threads can go bonkers there. Have you brought the same phenomenon
to alt.html? *wink*

[Bank holiday]

Then again,
it's Bank Holiday Monday in Britian. Decisions, decisions...

Hmm.. Bank Holiday Monday, August.. isn't there a carnival to go to in
Notting Hill?

Wish I was there :\

I no longer travel.

That's a very bold statement at your age.

My last big vacation was so disappointing for no apparent reason (you can
see Gallery >> Zermatt in my site). I was just waiting for it to end. It
wasn't the first such experience, but rather a staged decline in interest.

Get it back. Make them give it back. You need travel. After getting
your Ph.D, you should take a year out and go travel. Backpacking, not
checking in to a wifi-enabled hotel with your laptop.

As a wise old(er) woman I'm telling you - do that before you're stuck
in a rut. ;-)

I feel somewhat stranded already. I love my life, I enjoy it, but it
involves many dependencies.

Is that shortly as in "10 minutes from now", or shortly as in "some
day soon, but I haven't registered yet really" ?

No, you got the wrong impression of me. I have been working out intensively

You're still looking outside the window - there is hope yet

It's nice and sunny at the moment and yet... I long for the computer. I'll
go out to the sun a little later. I need that vitamins. *smile*

[1] GG where the second G stands for Groups and PR where R stands for
[Rank.
I have to be cautious with sensitive keywords these days... my employment
opportunities are narrowing down like a supermodel on bulimia.

I've seen your CV - you will not have a lack of employment
opportunities very soon I think

As time goes by, I come to grips with the fact that I prefer to stay in
medical-related research, so I am not overly worried. Nevertheless, I have
served more as a critical reviewer than I have as an evangelist. This is
risky.

 

[Els]

__/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 16:17 \__

You always have a surprise waiting, involuntarily lifting a spirit. *smile*
Any message in alt.html? Els!

Be careful - you're showing the first signs of a serious Usenet
addiction ;-)

[Technology]

Yes, and today I posted a reference via message-id.net (Toby's latest
project) for the first time. He peculates PR by putting GG[1] within a
frame. He hits them where it hurts, having the latter done the same with
images and cache.

Sounds like he's one of the good guys then ;-)

I see Toby as one of the guys in the benevolent team.

That too

Not trivially.

"...After a bit of rooting around I?ve tracked this down to the
webcollage.desktop screensaver which picks random images off the internet
and displays them within the screensaver. Not a very responsible inclusion
in a desktop environment but it can be found in
/usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers..."

What were they thinking when they added that screensaver to the
package :S

*LOL* I'm glad the context leaves no room for confusion or ambiguity.

The beautiful thing in life is that things can unravel gracefully,
progressively and without any prior expectation. As just one example, at the
same time last year I only had a handful of visitors in my site.

And how many is that now?

Boy, the threads can go bonkers there. Have you brought the same phenomenon
to alt.html? *wink*

I don't think I'm the only one to blame, but it does look like it.
Wanna set a f-up to AWW? ;-)

My last big vacation was so disappointing for no apparent reason (you can
see Gallery >> Zermatt in my site). I was just waiting for it to end. It
wasn't the first such experience, but rather a staged decline in interest.

I think this may have to do with:

Make sure you don't become like the rest of us: computer and Usenet
junkies ;-)

For travelling, I suggest not visiting a hotel in a snowy city, but
actually backpacking to a country where you haven't been before, book
only 2 nights in advance into the local youth hostel, don't take more
money with you than you'd need to survive one month, and make the
ticket a 3 month return. Once you get the hang of it, you can change
the 3 month return for a round the world one (one year).

I feel somewhat stranded already. I love my life, I enjoy it, but it
involves many dependencies.

It doesn't have to - you can be as independent as you like.

No, you got the wrong impression of me. I have been working out intensively
for 10 years < http://www.schestowitz.com/sports.htm >.

Image of nerd destroyed. ;-)
Is there anything you're not good at?

It's nice and sunny at the moment and yet... I long for the computer. I'll
go out to the sun a little later. I need that vitamins. *smile*

That's why laptops were invented. Sit in the sun, get your vitamin D
while not leaving your computer

[1] GG where the second G stands for Groups and PR where R stands for
[Rank.
I have to be cautious with sensitive keywords these days... my employment
opportunities are narrowing down like a supermodel on bulimia.

I've seen your CV - you will not have a lack of employment
opportunities very soon I think

As time goes by, I come to grips with the fact that I prefer to stay in
medical-related research, so I am not overly worried. Nevertheless, I have
served more as a critical reviewer than I have as an evangelist. This is
risky.

Not sure I understand that - why is it risky?

 

[Toby Inkster]

I am forced to use VNC (most typically remote desktop from Linux) for work,
but I don't know if/how VNC helps in just grabbing a snapshot.

You run a VNC server on the machine that you want to capture images from,
then on your webserver create a cron job that uses a tool like vncrec
<http://www.sodan.org/~penny/vncrec/> to connect to the server and dump
the screen display into an image.

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ [Toby Inkster] on Monday 29 August 2005 22:11 \__

You run a VNC server on the machine that you want to capture images from,
then on your webserver create a cron job that uses a tool like vncrec
<http://www.sodan.org/~penny/vncrec/> to connect to the server and dump
the screen display into an image.

I take your point, but you involve several connected machines in this
framework. You could equally have the machine set to accept remote
connections and then have a UNIX/Solaris/BSD/other box connect to it
(whether it is possible to intervene -- from the outside that is -- with an
open Windows session I do am not sure), capture a screenshot containing
just a small region (frame) that represents the remote desktop connection
and follow the same steps as before. The way things work at the moment, I
only suffer a 2-second slowdown once every 10 minutes (that's why I also
'nice' the processes) and I have no memory wasted due to open connections
to remote machines or hosting of connections from remote machines.

Maybe I will do some image stitching in the future, but at the moment I
don't see the point, so I just have an archival daily dump.

Roy

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

__/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 21:13 \__

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

Be careful - you're showing the first signs of a serious Usenet
addiction ;-)

That can be bad for me, can't it? I, for one, welcome the addiction. When my
hands start to shake, I'll reduce my caffeine consumption. *wink*

That too


What were they thinking when they added that screensaver to the
package :S

It was a brain-dead decision, I'd say.

Indeed <g>
Careful snippage required

Done that. *LOL*

And how many is that now?

Before that recent G**gle summit, it was about 1200 a day, but now down to
just under 1000. They did some tweaking which penalised several others in
the NG (would rather not mention names). Post-Bourbon rollbacks perhaps...

I don't think I'm the only one to blame, but it does look like it.
Wanna set a f-up to AWW? ;-)

Naa... Matt recently got annoyed by Mimic and Onideus crossposting their
tit-for-tat to AWW. It poses a problem only to those who do not watch the
newsgroup in threaded mode.

I think this may have to do with:


Make sure you don't become like the rest of us: computer and Usenet
junkies ;-)

For travelling, I suggest not visiting a hotel in a snowy city, but
actually backpacking to a country where you haven't been before, book
only 2 nights in advance into the local youth hostel, don't take more
money with you than you'd need to survive one month, and make the
ticket a 3 month return. Once you get the hang of it, you can change
the 3 month return for a round the world one (one year).

I am fairly sure it is not for me. The issue in hand is abnormality, not
sadness. Why must I travel because it is the 'norm'?

It doesn't have to - you can be as independent as you like.

It would kick me right in the butt later.

Image of nerd destroyed. ;-)
Is there anything you're not good at?

Plenty of things.

That's why laptops were invented. Sit in the sun, get your vitamin D
while not leaving your computer

Without a (high-speed) connected environment and a dual-head display it can
never be the same.

Not sure I understand that - why is it risky?

It can feed disdain and aggression. I am too open sometimes. When I don't
like something, I say so, especially if it's a company and not an
individual person.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

Naa... Matt recently got annoyed by Mimic and Onideus crossposting their
tit-for-tat to AWW. It poses a problem only to those who do not watch the
newsgroup in threaded mode.

I can't imagine not working threaded. It's a recipe for not knowing
what's going on.