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Re: [Wlug] Haiku for computers

by Clint Moyer

Similar to (and possibly borrowed from) the error messages in BeOS. Clint On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:25:15 -0400 doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> wrote: >Hi all > >Thought you might enjoy the following sent to my wife: >(Yes technically it is not Linux but it does make you >appreciate it!) > >Haiku For Computers >An e-mail currently circulating offers Haiku in place of >the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages. >Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has >only 17 syllables:5 in the first line, 7 in the second >line and 5 in the third line. > >Your file was so big. >It might be very useful, >But now it is gone. > >The Web site you seek >Cannot be located, but >Countless more exist. > >Chaos reigns within. >Reflect, repent, and reboot. >Order shall return. > >Program aborting: >Close all that you have worked on. >You ask far too much. > >Windows NT crashed. >I am the Blue Screen of Death. >No one hears your screams. > >Yesterday it worked. >Today it is not working. >Windows is like that. > >First snow, then silence. >This thousand-dollar screen dies >So beautifully. > >With searching comes loss >And the presence of absence: >"My Novel" not found. > >The Tao that is seen >Is not the true Tao - until >You bring fresh toner. > >Stay the patient course. >Of little worth is your ire. >The network is down. > >A crash reduces >Your expensive computer >To a simple stone. > >Three things are certain: >Death, taxes and lost data. >Guess which has occurred. > >You step in the stream, >But the water has moved on. >This page is not here. > >Out of memory. >We wish to hold the whole sky, >But we never will. > >Having been erased, >The document you're seeking >Must now be retyped. > >Serious error. >All shortcuts have disappeared. >Screen. Mind. Both are blank. > >doug > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Sept. 19, 2002

Haiku for computers

by doug waud

Hi all Thought you might enjoy the following sent to my wife: (Yes technically it is not Linux but it does make you appreciate it!) Haiku For Computers An e-mail currently circulating offers Haiku in place of the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has only 17 syllables:5 in the first line, 7 in the second line and 5 in the third line. Your file was so big. It might be very useful, But now it is gone. The Web site you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. First snow, then silence. This thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully. With searching comes loss And the presence of absence: "My Novel" not found. The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao - until You bring fresh toner. Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which has occurred. You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. doug

Sept. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] GPL Videos ...

by jeff

> Last night after going to the B several of us ended up in the parking > lot chatting about a variety of things including classic video game > emulation, microsoft bashing, and creating a WLUG series of videos. > Last night, it seemed like a great idea to make some kind of linux based > show and distribute those videos for free (over the internet, possible > on VCD as well). > free downloads online... charge a few bucks for the VCD's. btw, the best emulated game is samurai showdown... *sigh*.. love that one... > There were several ideas, including a social commentary (ala "geeks in > space" http://www.thesync.com/geeks/) a tech-help show answering emails > (http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/) and instructional videos (just > think of that comercial for the windows videos... "Just like a VCR, pop > the cd into the computer, hit play, and learn"). > geeky social commentary is boring much like sports commentary...i'd rather watch the game than 2 or 3 guys sittin' there talkin' 'bout 'what i think is/should be happening'. :-) tech-help will only get you into trouble. 'hey guys! watched/listened to/bought your video... and the part where you set up the SCSI watchamacallit? and i did it at home and there was this smoke and... ?!@#...' instructional is the healthy choice.. as a lot of people (including myself) get lost in the maze of stuff that is a distribution. what i think would be extra cool is to have 'biased' instructional videos/presentations. one might be how to set up postfix on debian... maybe the next would be setting up apache on freebsd. now it's a variety show. :-D and lest we forget, who are these videos aiming at anyway? admins? programmers? cazh' users like me? would be kinda neat of you split up 15-20 minutes into 3 segments... maybe 5 minutes for 'tips & tricks' for n00bs, 5 for hardcore programming/scripting, and 5 for admin/security... something like that. lol, 'short attention span linux theater' ... call it s.p.l.a.t. heh... why only 15-20 minutes? well... what more do you need? how much time/money are you willing to spend, and you want people to want more... yes? don't be afraid to let your audience hang a little. if they wanted more info/advice, they could always hit the list. plug plug plug... put subliminal mailing list messages in it or something. besides, you want to guide them... not read the whole sendmail compendium to them. i like the fact that most websites give you the 'generic' version of set-ups and then sorta leaves you wanting more so you go and try and break stuff on your own. teaches you a lot... and, if you get really stuck, hit the mailing list. > Personally, I like the last idea best since it really can provide value > for the community (as opposed to providing entertainment). > there's that french guy in that linux magazine. he's valuable and entertaining. he's got some nifty tips about new software and he has some decent tutorials. can't think of his name... > We had also thought that a shorter 15-minute style video would be a > great way to start. Personally, I'm in favor of "What is linux, and why > is it good for you". > open up that question... what is gnu/linux? and just maybe an added extra cool something would be to interview a real company/person who uses it all over the place. real world examples. kinda like 'national geographic explores the land of *nix... today our travels take us to joe smith's web corp where they have a 1,000 node server farm that uses redhat... blah blah blah...'. would be cool to see these animals in their environment and what they're doing with gnu/linux and/or open/net/freebsd's. > So I guess the questions are, do people think this is still a good idea > (as opposed to an idea made after consuming too much beer). Would > people be willing to help? What resources can people donate to a > project like this? > i've always thought it was a neat idea. computers are fun to play with dammit. i need to teach my grandmother not to be afraid of them (no, i'm not kidding) and if i could show her a cool video, she would be impressed and i would make her the geek i want her to be. i'm being 100% completely serious. plus, it would give me a good excuse to go hang out with her which would make us both happy. she always hooks me up with chinese food. :-D the most i can offer is 2-4 hours a week and my trusty crappy HP and it's oh so used cd-burner. and btw, 'Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.' - Benjamin Franklin "Rock over London, rock on, Chicago!" - Wesley Willis -jeff

Sept. 19, 2002

RE: [Wlug] GPL Videos ...

by Haines, Charles Allen

Sept. 19, 2002

GPL Videos ...

by Marc Hughes

Last night after going to the B several of us ended up in the parking lot chatting about a variety of things including classic video game emulation, microsoft bashing, and creating a WLUG series of videos. Last night, it seemed like a great idea to make some kind of linux based show and distribute those videos for free (over the internet, possible on VCD as well). There were several ideas, including a social commentary (ala "geeks in space" http://www.thesync.com/geeks/) a tech-help show answering emails (http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/) and instructional videos (just think of that comercial for the windows videos... "Just like a VCR, pop the cd into the computer, hit play, and learn"). Personally, I like the last idea best since it really can provide value for the community (as opposed to providing entertainment). We had also thought that a shorter 15-minute style video would be a great way to start. Personally, I'm in favor of "What is linux, and why is it good for you". So I guess the questions are, do people think this is still a good idea (as opposed to an idea made after consuming too much beer). Would people be willing to help? What resources can people donate to a project like this? -Marc This might be usefull: Cinelerra (New version of Broadcast 2000): http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra_081202.php3

Sept. 19, 2002

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM

by Michael Frysinger

1.4-rc1 has stage{1,2,3} builds for i{3,5,6}86, built with athlon/p4/p3 optimizations. they also have sparc/ppc/alpha stages{1,2,3} pre-made too once you have a working stage3 installation, you're done 'installing' gentoo. of course if you want more than a bare system you're gonna install more stuff, but stage3 is as far as you're gonna get from gentoo ... everything after that is up to you -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:20 Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > I thought this was supposed to be a one night install fest... I would figure > we'd need a weekend for a gentoo install ;-) > > j/k. I can definity do some gentoo CDs, I was thinking RH7.3 and possibly > another distribution (like suse) > > let me know! > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Haines, Charles Allen [mailto:chaines@postoffice.academic.wpi.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:15 AM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > Gentoo, Gentoo, Gentoo, that's all I got to say. > > BTW, Andy were you refering to me or another Chuck? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | > | GDC Systems Administrator | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | > | Infinity Complex Developer | ICQ: 3707881 | > | WPILA Lab Manager | Cell: (410) 610-6343 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:04 AM > To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' > Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > Andy, > > Let me know what you'd like for CD's for the install-fest and the > quantity and I'll get them produced. > > Also, I can get together a wlug-goodies cd with all the latest > kernel/patches/etc. > > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 20:22 PM > To: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > > HI Everybody, > > My apologies for not sending this out sooner, but our meeting for > Wednesday > evening is going to take place at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI > campus > like usual. > > We won't be having the install fest since I didn't get off my butt and > make > the arrangements (sorry!). I hope to do that tomorrow for a potential > install fest in 1-2 weeks. I'll say more about that on Wed evening > (that'll > > put the pressure on me to get this done!). > > I'll bring my laptop and hope that the projector is available (Chuck, > can you > assist?). I had thought of doing a demo of the VideoLan client/server. > > Doug, would you like to volunteer to bring your laptop? > > We'll need a hub and some cables to build a network. I'll be sure to > have the > necesary tarballs to make this work, or you can download them yourself > if you > wish. I'll bring a DVD or two and we can try it out. I had thought of > doing > this "live" like we did one other time. In case Doug can't make the > meeting, > having another laptop or two present might be interesting. Although the > > VideoLan client is interesting, I think the ability to stream the video > over > > the net is pretty neat. > > Take a look at this website for some background info. > > http://www.videolan.org/ > > See ya later, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA USA > http://www.wlug.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Sept. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM

by Wesley T Allen

Would it be possible to get a CD with some embedded linux stuff? Qtopia or Opie embedded X familiar's kernel boot-loader some apps This would be COOL Wes On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:20 am, Keller, Tim wrote: > I thought this was supposed to be a one night install fest... I would > figure we'd need a weekend for a gentoo install ;-) > > j/k. I can definity do some gentoo CDs, I was thinking RH7.3 and possibly > another distribution (like suse) > > let me know! > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Haines, Charles Allen [mailto:chaines@postoffice.academic.wpi.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:15 AM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > Gentoo, Gentoo, Gentoo, that's all I got to say. > > BTW, Andy were you refering to me or another Chuck? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > > | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | > | GDC Systems Administrator | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | > | Infinity Complex Developer | ICQ: 3707881 | > | WPILA Lab Manager | Cell: (410) 610-6343 | > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:04 AM > To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' > Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > Andy, > > Let me know what you'd like for CD's for the install-fest and the > quantity and I'll get them produced. > > Also, I can get together a wlug-goodies cd with all the latest > kernel/patches/etc. > > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 20:22 PM > To: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM > > > > HI Everybody, > > My apologies for not sending this out sooner, but our meeting for > Wednesday > evening is going to take place at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI > campus > like usual. > > We won't be having the install fest since I didn't get off my butt and > make > the arrangements (sorry!). I hope to do that tomorrow for a potential > install fest in 1-2 weeks. I'll say more about that on Wed evening > (that'll > > put the pressure on me to get this done!). > > I'll bring my laptop and hope that the projector is available (Chuck, > can you > assist?). I had thought of doing a demo of the VideoLan client/server. > > Doug, would you like to volunteer to bring your laptop? > > We'll need a hub and some cables to build a network. I'll be sure to > have the > necesary tarballs to make this work, or you can download them yourself > if you > wish. I'll bring a DVD or two and we can try it out. I had thought of > doing > this "live" like we did one other time. In case Doug can't make the > meeting, > having another laptop or two present might be interesting. Although the > > VideoLan client is interesting, I think the ability to stream the video > over > > the net is pretty neat. > > Take a look at this website for some background info. > > http://www.videolan.org/ > > See ya later, > > Andy -- This message may be digitally signed. For my public key please send a e-mail with the subject: public key request.

Sept. 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:14:58AM -0400, Haines, Charles Allen wrote: chaines> BTW, Andy were you refering to me or another Chuck? I'm sure he meant me. I'll be there to open the projection closet. chaines> I'll bring my laptop and hope that the projector is available (Chuck, chaines> can you chaines> assist?). I had thought of doing a demo of the VideoLan client/server. -- 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

Sept. 18, 2002

RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM

by Keller, Tim

I thought this was supposed to be a one night install fest... I would figure we'd need a weekend for a gentoo install ;-) j/k. I can definity do some gentoo CDs, I was thinking RH7.3 and possibly another distribution (like suse) let me know! Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Haines, Charles Allen [mailto:chaines@postoffice.academic.wpi.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:15 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM Gentoo, Gentoo, Gentoo, that's all I got to say. BTW, Andy were you refering to me or another Chuck? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | GDC Systems Administrator | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | Infinity Complex Developer | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPILA Lab Manager | Cell: (410) 610-6343 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:04 AM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM Andy, Let me know what you'd like for CD's for the install-fest and the quantity and I'll get them produced. Also, I can get together a wlug-goodies cd with all the latest kernel/patches/etc. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 20:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM HI Everybody, My apologies for not sending this out sooner, but our meeting for Wednesday evening is going to take place at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus like usual. We won't be having the install fest since I didn't get off my butt and make the arrangements (sorry!). I hope to do that tomorrow for a potential install fest in 1-2 weeks. I'll say more about that on Wed evening (that'll put the pressure on me to get this done!). I'll bring my laptop and hope that the projector is available (Chuck, can you assist?). I had thought of doing a demo of the VideoLan client/server. Doug, would you like to volunteer to bring your laptop? We'll need a hub and some cables to build a network. I'll be sure to have the necesary tarballs to make this work, or you can download them yourself if you wish. I'll bring a DVD or two and we can try it out. I had thought of doing this "live" like we did one other time. In case Doug can't make the meeting, having another laptop or two present might be interesting. Although the VideoLan client is interesting, I think the ability to stream the video over the net is pretty neat. Take a look at this website for some background info. http://www.videolan.org/ See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 18, 2002

RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM

by Haines, Charles Allen

Gentoo, Gentoo, Gentoo, that's all I got to say. BTW, Andy were you refering to me or another Chuck? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | GDC Systems Administrator | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | | Infinity Complex Developer | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPILA Lab Manager | Cell: (410) 610-6343 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- "Geek by nature, Linux by choice." -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:04 AM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM Andy, Let me know what you'd like for CD's for the install-fest and the quantity and I'll get them produced. Also, I can get together a wlug-goodies cd with all the latest kernel/patches/etc. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 20:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: Meeting Wed 18-sept-2002 7:00 PM HI Everybody, My apologies for not sending this out sooner, but our meeting for Wednesday evening is going to take place at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus like usual. We won't be having the install fest since I didn't get off my butt and make the arrangements (sorry!). I hope to do that tomorrow for a potential install fest in 1-2 weeks. I'll say more about that on Wed evening (that'll put the pressure on me to get this done!). I'll bring my laptop and hope that the projector is available (Chuck, can you assist?). I had thought of doing a demo of the VideoLan client/server. Doug, would you like to volunteer to bring your laptop? We'll need a hub and some cables to build a network. I'll be sure to have the necesary tarballs to make this work, or you can download them yourself if you wish. I'll bring a DVD or two and we can try it out. I had thought of doing this "live" like we did one other time. In case Doug can't make the meeting, having another laptop or two present might be interesting. Although the VideoLan client is interesting, I think the ability to stream the video over the net is pretty neat. Take a look at this website for some background info. http://www.videolan.org/ See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 18, 2002