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Re: [Wlug] new mandrake

by Brian J. Conway

> i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the > system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the > boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of > annoying, and want my regular console. I think the package you want to remove is bootsplash. I'm pretty sure that's it, as Aurora was left out of 8.2 (thank god). Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself. I just think that they make really crappy operating systems." - Linus Torvalds

March 22, 2002

new mandrake

by Brad Noyes

Hi all, i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of annoying, and want my regular console. Thanks, --brad

March 22, 2002

context menu in mozilla 0.9.9

by Baris Hasdemir

hi, I want to put a URL link to one of the context menus in Mozilla. Do you think it is possible? Do you think I have to deal with the source of the program?(which I don't think I can) Or is there another way to alter the values in the context menus? For example, I will highlight a word on a web page, and when right click on it, mozilla will query dict.org with my highlighted word, on a new browser window. I hope my question is clear. thanks, baris

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by doug waud

Hi all "Stephen C. Daukas" wrote: > > Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC business and establish a > co-op DSL for all its members in central Mass! I think it would be a fine > way to spend all that WLUG surplus money. > I thought "What a dumb idea!". The money is not the issue. Think of all the work involved --- interfacing with the phone company, regulatory agencies etc. etc. And then I realized you were volunteering and I felt warm all over! :-) doug

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:02:38PM -0500, doug waud wrote: douglas.waud> I thought "What a dumb idea!". The money is not the issue. Think of all douglas.waud> the work involved --- interfacing with the phone company, regulatory douglas.waud> agencies etc. etc. Everyone buy a DSL modem, and we'll all get alarm circuits from the phone company :) (sometimes called banana lines--basically a dry copper pair from one location to another). Who needs regulations anyway? Let's not forget about 802.11b, either. I've been saving up my Pringles cans :) -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] VMS & CLD's -- a blast from the past

by Scott Venier

http://www.accelr8.com/dcl.html A free and commercial DCL interpreter for linux. I'm nto a big VMS fan, so I don't know who close DCL is to CLD, but it's still more VMS like then bash. Scott On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Many moons ago, I spent my callow youth as a VMS geek and was fairly > capable for a mechanical engineer. I got around the Command Language > Definition (CLD) compiler (I can't remember the name of the compiler) and > learned to appreciate it's flexibility and power. > > UNIX/linux, etc. has nothing (that I've seen) that even comes close. > > The reason I bring this up is that a friend of mine has written a spec for > an ambitious command line interpreter that has a bit of the flavor of the > VMS CLD's. This has led me to wonder if anyone has seen a port of > anything like the VMS CLD language to UNIX/linux. I know that the syntax > would have to be different because the VMS option "/" would interfere with > the *nix directory syntax. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > And yes, I do remember punch cards, keypunches, paper tape, disk > drives as big as washing machines, etc. > > TIA, > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 20, 2002

VMS & CLD's -- a blast from the past

by Bill Mills-Curran

Many moons ago, I spent my callow youth as a VMS geek and was fairly capable for a mechanical engineer. I got around the Command Language Definition (CLD) compiler (I can't remember the name of the compiler) and learned to appreciate it's flexibility and power. UNIX/linux, etc. has nothing (that I've seen) that even comes close. The reason I bring this up is that a friend of mine has written a spec for an ambitious command line interpreter that has a bit of the flavor of the VMS CLD's. This has led me to wonder if anyone has seen a port of anything like the VMS CLD language to UNIX/linux. I know that the syntax would have to be different because the VMS option "/" would interfere with the *nix directory syntax. Anyone have any suggestions? And yes, I do remember punch cards, keypunches, paper tape, disk drives as big as washing machines, etc. TIA, Bill

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Wesley Allen

Good grief, What a GREAT idea! How on earth could it be implemented? Wes On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:55:04 -0500 "Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen(a)daukas.com> wrote: >At 12:24 PM 3/20/2002, John wrote: >>On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, Doug wrote: >> >>> Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would >>>*HAVE* to >>> enhance your service experience! > >[...snip...} > >>Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual >>network for Charter? >>Or something else might envolved? > >Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC >business and establish a co-op DSL for all its members in >central Mass! I think it would be a fine way to spend >all that WLUG surplus money. > >;-) > >Steve > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Chuck Haines

Actually, even if you were joking about this, I think this would be a WONDERFUL idea. I know that when I move off campus I would like to find a good ISP and especially one that supports linux. On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:55, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > At 12:24 PM 3/20/2002, John wrote: > >On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, Doug wrote: > > > > > Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would *HAVE* to > > > enhance your service experience! > > [...snip...} > > >Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual network for Charter? > >Or something else might envolved? > > Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC business and establish a > co-op DSL for all its members in central Mass! I think it would be a fine > way to spend all that WLUG surplus money. > > ;-) > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- --------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPI Class of 2005 | MSN: CyberGrex | | chaines(a)wpi.edu | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | ---------------------------------------------

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Brian J. Conway

> Actually, even if you were joking about this, I think this would be a > WONDERFUL idea. I know that when I move off campus I would like to find > a good ISP and especially one that supports linux. Which brings us back once again to everyone's favorite SpeakEasy. Game over. -b

March 20, 2002