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[burnwood]

WOOOOHOOO!!!! 3001. what do you mean nobody cares?

[chickpea]

Chickpea; Legume or Pulse?

The arbiter of all knowledge has them listed as a pulse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_(legume)

I use that handle just cause a few years ago when I signed up for my first web forum (SabayonLinux) I needed a handle, they call their users chickens, I thought I would use something in the diminutive to show my inferiority, and also I like Hoummus Tahina. So, basically I couldn't think of anything cool, so I just stuck with that lame handle.:tongue_sm

[RichGem]

WOOOOHOOO!!!! 3001. what do you mean nobody cares?

"Guess that Movie" thread needs to hang it's head in shame and concede defeat. :devil:

[rabidpotatochip]

The arbiter of all knowledge has them listed as a pulse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_(legume)

I use that handle just cause a few years ago when I signed up for my first web forum (SabayonLinux) I needed a handle, they call their users chickens, I thought I would use something in the diminutive to show my inferiority, and also I like Hoummus Tahina. So, basically I couldn't think of anything cool, so I just stuck with that lame handle.:tongue_sm

Good stuff. I tried at at a Lebanese restaurant a few years ago and now keep about two pounds of dried chickpeas in my cupboard at all times.

Anyway, I think it's a unique name. :biggrin:

[Mr. Gillette]

I was logged on yesterday, reading something like 2981 and just thinking about responding...I had no idea, really...that we were at the 3000 milestone, and that my response to the question at hand, about Dog Snot Lager or Pale Ale would be the landmark it was.

I apologize for the flair...I did the best I could-- but it was Sunday afternoon and I wanted to finish up some yardwork.

So to REALLY celebrate...how about some celebrity nudity? SHAVING celebrity nudity?

How about good old Mr. Gillette, standing discreetly behind his canoe, digging away with his Fat Boy. (No pun intended).

HAHAHAHAHHAA...Congrats, Corey...on 3000 and still going strong.

Soapbox, double down on the Eyebleach and pass it around...

Good to be back.

Oh...and Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

[RichGem]

I was logged on yesterday, reading something like 2981 and just thinking about responding...I had no idea, really...that we were at the 3000 milestone, and that my response to the question at hand, about Dog Snot Lager or Pale Ale would be the landmark it was.

I apologize for the flair...I did the best I could-- but it was Sunday afternoon and I wanted to finish up some yardwork.

So to REALLY celebrate...how about some celebrity nudity? SHAVING celebrity nudity?

How about good old Mr. Gillette, standing discreetly behind his canoe, digging away with his Fat Boy. (No pun intended).

HAHAHAHAHHAA...Congrats, Corey...on 3000 and still going strong.

Soapbox, double down on the Eyebleach and pass it around...

Good to be back.

Oh...and Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

Scr*w the eye bleach! I'm blind already after that one!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Lynchmeister]

I was logged on yesterday, reading something like 2981 and just thinking about responding...I had no idea, really...that we were at the 3000 milestone, and that my response to the question at hand, about Dog Snot Lager or Pale Ale would be the landmark it was.

I apologize for the flair...I did the best I could-- but it was Sunday afternoon and I wanted to finish up some yardwork.

So to REALLY celebrate...how about some celebrity nudity? SHAVING celebrity nudity?

How about good old Mr. Gillette, standing discreetly behind his canoe, digging away with his Fat Boy. (No pun intended).

HAHAHAHAHHAA...Congrats, Corey...on 3000 and still going strong.

Soapbox, double down on the Eyebleach and pass it around...

Good to be back.

Oh...and Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

OH F*** ME! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:eek:

:lol:

[Lynchmeister]

Well done on 3000, guys! 26 of which were Linux related!

[burnwood]

my eyes. my beautiful brown eyes. they are burned. Father. Father I cant see.


oh and Linux.

27 posts now Lynchie.

[RichGem]

Well done on 3000, guys! 26 of which were Linux related!

Correction... 26 involved YOU AND LINUX. There were one or two other linux related posts. :biggrin:

[burnwood]

I say a hip hop a hippity hop a hip hop hippity hop.

2000in the hizzouse.

:w00t::w00t::w00t::a5::a22::a22::jump::behead: :ohmy: :001_huh:

blame Rich for the rap. when you see him,:a13:

[Lynchmeister]

Correction... 26 involved YOU AND LINUX. There were one or two other linux related posts. :biggrin:

I thought that was implied since I'm the center of the universe. :wink:

[RichGem]

I thought that was implied since I'm the center of the universe. :wink:


Soooo.... you're saying that you're a giant black hole???? :idea:That can't be right.

:lol: :biggrin:

[biomesh]

Maybe he just meant he was the center of our Solar System, being full of hot gasses and all....

:biggrin:

[Lynchmeister]

Soooo.... you're saying that you're a giant black hole???? :idea:That can't be right.

:lol: :biggrin:


Maybe he just meant he was the center of our Solar System, being full of hot gasses and all....

:biggrin:

I forgot that this thread is full of academics...well...has a few anyway. :lol:

Talk about backfires! :biggrin:

[chickpea]

I wish you could unsee things.:eek2::wacko:

[RichGem]

Maybe he just meant he was the center of our Solar System, being full of hot gasses and all....

:biggrin:


You've been talking to the Czarina, haven't you? :lol:
It's ok Cory, we still like you.

[biomesh]

You've been talk to the Czarina, haven't you? :lol:
It's ok Cory, we still like you.

No, but when you're the "Czar of the Cheddar Curtain" some things are implied. :lol:

[Mr. Gillette]

Oh...I'm so embarrassed...how did THAT picture pop up yesterday?!!!

Speaking of the Cheddar Curtain...here is an AP story from TODAY (9/9/08) that just smacks of WI...

Associated Press - September 9, 2008 5:13 AM ET

23,000 BIG MACS

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - Talk about a Big Mac attack! Don Gorske says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. The Wisconsin prison employee says he has every burger receipt to prove it. Gorske's Big Mac obsession began in May of 1972 when he got his first car. He's eaten a Big Mac every day since, except on the day his mother died. Gorske knows lots of people will think he's a few mental ounces short of a Quarter Pounder. But he doesn't care. He says Big Macs are the best part of his day.:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

The one fact they left out was: "Linux".

[Lynchmeister]

You've been talking to the Czarina, haven't you? :lol:
It's ok Cory, we still like you.


No, but when you're the "Czar of the Cheddar Curtain" some things are implied. :lol:


:lol:

Well, despite my, uh...hot gasses, I'm very thankful that I'm still among friends here. As for the Czarina, well, she walks around the house with a laundry clip on her nose...It's Limburger month. :tongue_sm

[OldSaw]

Well done on 3000 guys. I was out a lot when I wasn't studying and also had limited access to the net until tonight...

Now I have Road Runner!!

The EVDO card does not work very well here in Green Bay, so I had to do something else. Now that the new modem is up and running I have WIFI in my apartment and will make another attempt at getting the Linux machine up and running.

[rabidpotatochip]

Well done on 3000 guys. I was out a lot when I wasn't studying and also had limited access to the net until tonight...

Now I have Road Runner!!

The EVDO card does not work very well here in Green Bay, so I had to do something else. Now that the new modem is up and running I have WIFI in my apartment and will make another attempt at getting the Linux machine up and running.

Is it your wifi or your neighbor's? We all know how all Linux newbies eventually turn into [r00|{3d h4x0rz sooner or later. Why, before we know it, you'll be hacking the Gibson and stealing their garbage file. :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

Is it your wifi or your neighbor's? We all know how all Linux newbies eventually turn into [r00|{3d h4x0rz sooner or later. Why, before we know it, you'll be hacking the Gibson and stealing their garbage file. :biggrin:

It's my wifi. I have my own wireless router that I keep locked with WEP encryption.

I have two free wifi connections available to me, one through the apartment complex and the other through the business district. However, they are simply waaay to unreliable.

[rabidpotatochip]

It's my wifi. I have my own wireless router that I keep locked with WEP encryption.

I have two free wifi connections available to me, one through the apartment complex and the other through the business district. However, they are simply waaay to unreliable.

Hrm, maybe you need to DoS a couple of people off the other networks. :devil:

Ah, sorry, I got to have a little fun "fixing" a few "problems" today. Now I'm just feeling mischievous.

[OldSaw]

I'm posting using Linux! However, I am hardwired to the router. I need to get the wifi working so I can use it at school.

[RichGem]

I'm posting using Linux! However, I am hardwired to the router. I need to get the wifi working so I can use it at school.


way to go Dennis! And it didn't take you 26 pages, either.

[OldSaw]

:a5::jump::a50::a50: I'M WIRELESS!

Not only am I wireless, but I am underground. I'm running Ubuntu on my laptop in my van in the parking garage of my apartment.

[OldSaw]

OK,all you gurus. Want to know how I got it working?

[Lynchmeister]

I'm posting using Linux! However, I am hardwired to the router. I need to get the wifi working so I can use it at school.

You rock, man!


way to go Dennis! And it didn't take you 26 pages, either.

I'll pretend I didn't see this...:glare::tongue:


OK,all you gurus. Want to know how I got it working?

...you read the first 26 pages? :w00t:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Confuzius]

OK,all you gurus. Want to know how I got it working?
Ndiswrapper w/ dell drivers?

[chickpea]

:a5::jump::a50::a50: I'M WIRELESS!

Not only am I wireless, but I am underground. I'm running Ubuntu on my laptop in my van in the parking garage of my apartment.

:w00t::w00t::badger::badger::a14::a14::taz::taz:

[homebrewer]

OK,all you gurus. Want to know how I got it working?

I'd be curious to know how you did it.... I seem to remember us having similar broadcom chips, and I'd like to make the switch from Mandriva to Ubuntu. I've got the dell drivers but one of two things is happening. 1) Ubuntu refuses to use the driver and won't see the chipset OR 2) I'm just way too simple to figure out how to compile NDISwrapper without any internet connection

I'd guess scenario 2 is FAR more likely than the first :redface:

[RichGem]

I'll pretend I didn't see this...:glare::tongue:




I call foul: Internet Censorship in the Czardom! :tongue: :biggrin: Set my internet free!

[Lynchmeister]

:em2700::dots::censored:

Official press release from the Czardom of Cheddar and Other Miscellaneous Cheese Window Treatments:

"We find these allegations of censorship unfounded and utterly rediculous. We find your assertions so full of holes you might as well be Swiss."

- His Czarness

[RichGem]

Official press release from the Czardom of Cheddar and Other Miscellaneous Cheese Window Treatments:

"We find these allegations of censorship unfounded and utterly rediculous. We find your assertions so full of holes you might as well be Swiss."

- His Czarness

LMAO

(oh, and your assertion of neutrality is likewise luda-cris, in fact, it's rather Un-Swiss. :tongue_sm)

[Lynchmeister]

LMAO

(oh, and your assertion of neutrality is likewise Gouda-cris, in fact, it's rather Un-Swiss. :tongue_sm)

This thread will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

[RichGem]

This thread will self-destruct in 10 seconds.

Thank you for fixing that. :ouch1: :ouch1: :ouch1:

[Confuzius]

http://houghi.org/shots/vim001.gif

[Lynchmeister]

Thank you for fixing that. :ouch1: :ouch1: :ouch1:


You see? Serf Customer satisfaction is our top priority. Rest assured! :biggrin:

[RichGem]

http://houghi.org/shots/vim001.gif

Die Clippy! Die! :spockflam:behead::a41::death:

[RichGem]

You see? Serf Customer satisfaction is our top priority. Rest assured! :biggrin:

Translation: If you're not satisfied, you will rest... forever (in the bubblng cheese pits of fondu - lac). :lol:

[RichGem]

Fond du Lac is the county seat for Fondu Lac County and the site of the Fonu Lac County Fairgrounds. The Fondu Lac County Fair takes place annually in late July.
Fondu Lac is also host to Walleye Weekend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walleye_Weekend), an annual summer festival, which is centered around the Mercury Marine National Walleye Fishing Tournament (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercury_Marine_National_Walleye_Fi shing_Tournament&action=edit&redlink=1). Walleye Weekend, usually hosted on the second weekend in June is a "Free Family Fun Festival" held in Lakeside Park on the south shore of Lake Winnebago.
Events include:
5 Mile Walleye Run
2 Mile Mini-Walleye Run
Mile Run for Children
1/4 Mile Run for Children
5 Mile Walk
3 Mile Family Walk
Family Fun land

Uh, Cory, don'tcha think it's time to let the serfs have cars???? It's bad enough they have to endure the noxious fumes from the cheese pit. Yeesh.

I'm guessing that "walleye weekend" is when all the cousins=brothers=nephews=fathers show up in town?

[Lynchmeister]

Translation: If you're not satisfied, you will rest... forever (in the bubblng cheese pits of fondu - lac). :lol:


Uh, Cory, don'tcha think it's time to let the serfs have cars???? It's bad enough they have to endure the noxious fumes from the cheese pit. Yeesh.

I'm guessing that "walleye weekend" is when all the cousins=brothers=nephews=fathers show up in town?

LMAO to the tenth power! :lol:

[OldSaw]

I'd be curious to know how you did it.... I seem to remember us having similar broadcom chips, and I'd like to make the switch from Mandriva to Ubuntu. I've got the dell drivers but one of two things is happening. 1) Ubuntu refuses to use the driver and won't see the chipset OR 2) I'm just way too simple to figure out how to compile NDISwrapper without any internet connection

I'd guess scenario 2 is FAR more likely than the first :redface:

Well, I didn't exactly do it myself. :redface: I went to the Northeast Wisconsin Linux Users Group last night and in less than 15 minutes a couple of members had me up and running.

Using the Synaptic Package Manager they searched for the firmware for the Broadcom 43xx chipset. We had to hardwire to the router to download and install the package. Then we rebooted and it almost worked. They did things so fast I couldn't keep up. They got it to ping and I think it had something to do with a wifi pushbutton on my laptop. Anyway, then we just had to remove the check from "Work Offline" in Firefox and it was working.

It's pretty easy when you have a room full of guys who know a thing or two about what they are doing. There was even a computer science professor their from my university.

So there you have it. Another reason why I moved back behind the Cheddar Curtain; I couldn't find a Linux users group in northern Michigan. :wink:

[Lynchmeister]

Well, I didn't exactly do it myself. :redface: I went to the Northeast Wisconsin Linux Users Group last night and in less than 15 minutes a couple of members had me up and running.

Using the Synaptic Package Manager they searched for the firmware for the Broadcom 43xx chipset. We had to hardwire to the router to download and install the package. Then we rebooted and it almost worked. They did things so fast I couldn't keep up. They got it to ping and I think it had something to do with a wifi pushbutton on my laptop. Anyway, then we just had to remove the check from "Work Offline" in Firefox and it was working.

It's pretty easy when you have a room full of guys who know a thing or two about what they are doing. There was even a computer science professor their from my university.

So there you have it. Another reason why I moved back behind the Cheddar Curtain; I couldn't find a Linux users group in northern Michigan. :wink:

A fine example of our dairy dollars at work!

[RichGem]

A fine example of our dairy dollars at work!

News Flash: Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Worried Czar Will Cut Off Gov. Subsidy.

[Lynchmeister]

News Flash: Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Worried Czar Will Cut Off Gov. Subsidy.

Ya know what? I think I'm getting the hang of this ruling governing business.

Lynchmeister/RichGem '08

[Lynchmeister]

What's that? You didn't volunteer for the campaign? Bwa-ha-ha!

[RichGem]

Lynchmeister/RichGem '08

:thumbsup: (but the yellow is really hard to read on screen)

[mhdagley]

:thumbsup: (but the yellow is really hard to read on screen)
Ya it hurts to ready.

[OldSaw]

I like my Linux.

Just think, 2200+ posts ago I hardly knew what a Linux was. Now I got my very own Linux machine. I felt so geeky popping my laptop open at lunch today, booting up Linux and checking my email.

[RichGem]

I like my Linux.

Just think, 2200+ posts ago I hardly knew what a Linux was. Now I got my very own Linux machine. I felt so geeky popping my laptop open at lunch today, booting up Linux and checking my email.


:w00t::thumbup::a5::a50::a14:

[J Howard]

Ok so my laptop motherboard fried so I will be without it for 9 days. I have a desk top but it usualy takes about 5 mins to boot. I've been away from Linux for a while (execpt for the Gentoo server I use in our SLUG/ACM lab) so I decided to put Ubuntu over the Vista OS and here I am. ( I am also typing on a Divorak keyboard again.:biggrin:) I forgot what it feels like to not have to reboot my computer-ever!:w00t:. I like 8.4 but I'm having some trouble with the way text on Firefox seems to be very washed out. Any help? I also use a lot of ram hogging software (AUTOCAD, ORCAD, SOLIDEDGE, Maple, and MATLAB) for school and I was wondering if I should use Wine or a virtual PC running something like XP?

[OldSaw]

My current problem is network printing. I need a print driver that will print to my HP6110 through my router. The driver that was readily available is only for direct connection.

[OldSaw]

I need to find my camera and take a picture of this. I'm sitting on my patio, looking out over the river, smoking my meerschaum pipe, drinking an Arnold Palmer (lemonade & Iced tea), studying environmental science, listening to audio streaming bluegrass music and posting on B&B with my laptop running Ubuntu Linux OS.

Thanks Cory for pushing this thread to limits unknown to B&B. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[gugi]

pushing limits??? you my friend try to get webcam and broadcast yourself from your 'ubuntu'... (I'm not quitting until I get to post the 4048th post)

[RichGem]

pushing limits??? you my friend try to get webcam and broadcast yourself from your 'ubuntu'... (I'm not quitting until I get to post the 4048th post)

For the love of Linux! Only if he doesn't do a Mr. G. and remains fully dressed.

edit: and that was post #3333 for me. not a milestore, perhaps, but still a cool number.

[RichGem]

Ubuntu & Mint folks may be interested: link (http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080915)

[chickpea]

My current problem is network printing. I need a print driver that will print to my HP6110 through my router. The driver that was readily available is only for direct connection.

Hmm, do you have HPLIP (it's a kernel "module") installed and loaded at boot? HP is one of the few vendors out there with top-notch linux support. Also, you will need to add the printer through the "Cups" control panel. CUPS is just an acronym for the Linux printing service. You won't need all it's functionality, but it's the only way to easily set up a printer in linux. Also, check out CUPS-PDF in synaptic. It's a package that lets you add a virtual PDF printer in cups. So you can print webpages as PDF documents that then are saved on your harddrive. So you can "print" something, when you are not near a printer.:w00t:

[Lynchmeister]

I need to find my camera and take a picture of this. I'm sitting on my patio, looking out over the river, smoking my meerschaum pipe, drinking an Arnold Palmer (lemonade & Iced tea), studying environmental science, listening to audio streaming bluegrass music and posting on B&B with my laptop running Ubuntu Linux OS.

Thanks Cory for pushing this thread to limits unknown to B&B. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Anytime, Dennis. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Edit: It should be said, though, that it's important to give credit where credit is due. Without you ability to dish out Flair like nobody's bidness, well, we'd still just be a bumbling, B-side, and worst of all, bland thread about---oh who am I kidding! This thread kicks :censored: and, with the addition of your Flair, minus Tom's naked, white :censored:, kicks more :censored:!

[RichGem]

Anytime, Dennis. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Edit: It should be said, though, that it's important to give credit where credit is due. Without you ability to dish out Flair like nobody's bidness, well, we'd still just be a bumbling, B-side, and worst of all, bland thread about---oh who am I kidding! This thread kicks :censored: and, with the addition of your Flair, minus Tom's naked, white :censored:, kicks more :censored:!

You just had to remind me, didn't you!?!? Just when I had gotten it finally unburned from my retinas. Aaaagh. Where the h3ll is soapbox with the eye bleach.

[Lynchmeister]

You just had to remind me, didn't you!?!? Just when I had gotten it finally unburned from my retinas. Aaaagh. Where the h3ll is soapbox with the eye bleach.

Yeah...I suppose the "minus..." part was probably implied, huh?

:tongue_sm

[OldSaw]

Hmm, do you have HPLIP (it's a kernel "module") installed and loaded at boot? HP is one of the few vendors out there with top-notch linux support. Also, you will need to add the printer through the "Cups" control panel. CUPS is just an acronym for the Linux printing service. You won't need all it's functionality, but it's the only way to easily set up a printer in linux. Also, check out CUPS-PDF in synaptic. It's a package that lets you add a virtual PDF printer in cups. So you can print webpages as PDF documents that then are saved on your harddrive. So you can "print" something, when you are not near a printer.:w00t:

HPLIP is installed. I had a driver for the printer but it did not support printing through my wireless network.

[Confuzius]

Try installing the printer as a local printer to get the drivers installed, and then as a networked printer to get it connected. Might work...

[gugi]

CUPS is just an acronym for the Linux printing service.
That's just wrong, CUPS is the acronym for Common Unix Printing System!

It's been few years since I was last configuring printers (network printers, and HP ones at that, since they are the ones who suck least). You need the 'PPD' file - a fairly simple ASCII that describes in geek speak the printer capabilities. Usually the one for a 'close' model, or even not so close model would work just fine (I was often using the LJ4000 as a rather generic one).
Anyways - I am not going to pretend that I remember the nitty-gritty details, but it's as easy as sticking the file in a place in /etc where cups will find it and then creating an appropriate print queue.

Also cups-bsd is always helpful.

[Mr. Gillette]

Huh? What did I miss? My naked white ass has been under the hood of my Ford Explorer for a week or so. It seems that Ford Engineers learned to make sparkplugs last 125,000 miles, but the tensioner for 1 of 4 (count em' FOUR!) separate timing chains that make this thing tick, are made to last roughly 30K.

To make matters worse, the fix involves taking the whole damn Engine out, then the good news is it's only about $200.00 worth of parts. Compared to 7-10 hours at (local rate) 92.00/hour, I'm happy to get up to my elbows. I got it started yesterday, but had a fuel leak, which was a bad o-ring, I discovered, after taking that damn plastic intake manifold off again. My new o-ring is due today and I'm finished, so I'm taking a break.

Funny thing, naked asses and working on cars-- yesterday after I squirted maybe 1/2 cup of gas around the garage, I opened the door to air it out. I left my greasy clothes hanging on a hook near the door, and came in to take a shower. I was wearing these sporty microfiber briefs from the local Jockey store with what they called a "sculpted pouch." Well...TMI...but it figures in. I realized I didn't have my phone with me, and since I have a long driveway and no one is ever there in the middle of the day, I sauntered out into the garage to retrieve my phone. I thought the refrigerator sounded a little funny.

Damn Prius cars! Our friend/neighbor Judy had driven her Prius up the driveway after picking up our dog just down the street. How nice! And there she was. So I stood behind my car, hit her number on the cell phone and explained that I wasn't fully dressed.

Now WHY would this woman be laughing hysterically? I just don't get it.


Nice job, Dennis, on your Linux installation. Where can I get one of these? As soon as I get this o-ring on my Fuel-Linux, and now that I Linuxed-up my valve train, I should be mobile and able to waste time on here.

As for the Czar of the cheddar Curtain-- with all that talk about Dairy Subsidies, etc...I'm thinking he's the reincarnation of the late great Senator from Wisconsin, the Hon. Senator William Proxmire.

THERE was a czar you could admire. Yes, my state has had a few crooked politicians, but (other than the Daley family) no real Czars. Wisconsin has had lots of these-- from Czars of Polka bands and accordians, to beer czars, ch:lol::lol::blush:

[Lynchmeister]

I am in no way mechanically inclined, but one of the first things I'm going to do after I buy my house this Spring will be to fulfill a lifelong dream. I'm planning on picking up a cheap basket case dirtbike for a few hundred bucks, getting a Clymer manual, and rebuilding it. I've got the time, but not the space so that third garage stall will be my own little sanctuary after my wife gets turned loose on the rest of the house. :lol:

[OldSaw]

I am in no way mechanically inclined, but one of the first things I'm going to do after I buy my house this Spring will be to fulfill a lifelong dream. I'm planning on picking up a cheap basket case dirtbike for a few hundred bucks, getting a Clymer manual, and rebuilding it. I've got the time, but not the space so that third garage stall will be my own little sanctuary after my wife gets turned loose on the rest of the house. :lol:

And so it begins... third garage stall, AD of bigger toys, letting the wife have the house while you play in the garage. I'd be careful if I were you or she may just end up with the whole house. You should be thankful that she puts up with you at all, don't let her be thankful that you're not around.

Oh... and to bring a more positive note to Tom's whole nakedness stuff, remember my wife's rule, "No clothes in bed". It has worked great for us. Aside from the obvious, it is hard to stay mad at someone you are sleeping naked with.

Finally, I am posting this from the student union on my Linux laptop, both cordless and wireless, while eating my lunch.

Love the Linux.

[chickpea]

That's just wrong, CUPS is the acronym for Common Unix Printing System!

It's been few years since I was last configuring printers (network printers, and HP ones at that, since they are the ones who suck least). You need the 'PPD' file - a fairly simple ASCII that describes in geek speak the printer capabilities. Usually the one for a 'close' model, or even not so close model would work just fine (I was often using the LJ4000 as a rather generic one).
Anyways - I am not going to pretend that I remember the nitty-gritty details, but it's as easy as sticking the file in a place in /etc where cups will find it and then creating an appropriate print queue.

Also cups-bsd is always helpful.

WOAH there pilgrim, I was not trying to be perfectly accurate, I was just trying to get to the nitty gritty ASAP, not give Old Saw a history lesson in the minutiae of printing in *nix.

Again, setting up the printer through the CUPS GUI interface is easy. Two ways to do it 1) through the system utilities in gnome/kde or via your internet browser at http://localhost:631

And the last time I installed a printer in linux was, well, it was only LAST NIGHT, so don't act like I don't know what the hell I'm talking about just because I chose to spare Old Saw the drudgery and fastidiousness of perfect acronym explanation.

[Confuzius]

While we're on printers, anyone have experience with adding a shared Vista printer to Linux?
I can share ubuntu ----> vista but not vista ----> ubuntu
Both files and printing.

[RichGem]

I am in no way mechanically inclined, but one of the first things I'm going to do after I buy my house this Spring will be to fulfill a lifelong dream. I'm planning on picking up a cheap basket case dirtbike for a few hundred bucks, getting a Clymer manual, and rebuilding it. I've got the time, but not the space so that third garage stall will be my own little sanctuary after my wife gets turned loose on the rest of the house. :lol:

Just make sure that the WiFi will reach to the garage so that you can monitor the serfs your post count average won't go down. :ohmy:

[burnwood]

Wait...there was a naked white ass up in Gurnee?

I thought the sun had fell to earth.

[Lynchmeister]

Just make sure that the WiFi will reach to the garage so that you can monitor the serfs your post count average won't go down. :ohmy:

:biggrin: Yep, I'll make sure the garage is wired to the 9's.

[RichGem]

:biggrin: Yep, I'll make sure the garage is wired to the cat 9's.

just a wee fix for ya there.

[Mr. Gillette]

Wait...there was a naked white ass up in Gurnee?

I thought the sun had fell to earth.

Nice! Hey, Burnwood...I DID cause it to rain a bit...did you get whacked with water over the weekend? Not too bad up here. Candy-asses over the Cheddar Curtain got nothing!

UPDATE...Mr. Gillette's car is back together as of 2:30, started right up and is purring nicely when asked. And I didn't even have any extra bolts or nuts lying around...what gives? About 1,000 little pieces of numbered masking tape for this wire, that hose, and it's all there.

CORY...Dirt bike? Like a 1970's Honda mini-trail 70? That sounds like something...or the old Heathkit Boonie Bike? If you need a spare lawn mower motor, I might have one. But be sure to wear a helmet!

Nice to have that job done, and it will be nice to drive it over to the Ford Dealer where these guys keep saying "You'll never get that done without..." hahahahahahahaha!!!


Oh...I think the thing that will save me is that I took out the car's PCM and put in my Commodore 64 to control the engine. This works fine, but somehow I'm getting Asteroids projected on my windshield. Does Linux have a fix for this?

One last thing (insider information)...After a long and frustrating car repair, dealing with untold stupidity (my own and behind parts counters)...I have a lot of pent up ranting to go. I think I'll take it out on some of the folks on the first few threads as it pops up under "forums." Seems to be a target-rich environment...

:001_rolle

[OldSaw]

Nice! Hey, Burnwood...I DID cause it to rain a bit...did you get whacked with water over the weekend? Not too bad up here. Candy-asses over the Cheddar Curtain got nothing!

UPDATE...Mr. Gillette's car is back together as of 2:30, started right up and is purring nicely when asked. And I didn't even have any extra bolts or nuts lying around...what gives? About 1,000 little pieces of numbered masking tape for this wire, that hose, and it's all there.

CORY...Dirt bike? Like a 1970's Honda mini-trail 70? That sounds like something...or the old Heathkit Boonie Bike? If you need a spare lawn mower motor, I might have one. But be sure to wear a helmet!

Nice to have that job done, and it will be nice to drive it over to the Ford Dealer where these guys keep saying "You'll never get that done without..." hahahahahahahaha!!!


Oh...I think the thing that will save me is that I took out the car's PCM and put in my Commodore 64 to control the engine. This works fine, but somehow I'm getting Asteroids projected on my windshield. Does Linux have a fix for this?

One last thing (insider information)...After a long and frustrating car repair, dealing with untold stupidity (my own and behind parts counters)...I have a lot of pent up ranting to go. I think I'll take it out on some of the folks on the first few threads as it pops up under "forums." Seems to be a target-rich environment...

:001_rolle

Was Radio Shack fresh out of TRS-80's? An old Timex or Atari can be substituted in a Yugo, but I think you could have also used a Commodore Vic 20 in your vehicle. Although that could be overkill.

[Mr. Gillette]

Was Radio Shack fresh out of TRS-80's? An old Timex or Atari can be substituted in a Yugo, but I think you could have also used a Commodore Vic 20 in your vehicle. Although that could be overkill.

Dennis, my dear friend--

You forget so much so fast. I CAN'T have a Yugo and head to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. http://www.mackinac.biz/forums/t/84.aspx

But the idea of putting the Timex Sinclair in is a good one. I could use the cassette deck in the dash for an extra drive!!!!!!


Last night was a heartwarming night for me. I turned on the TV and THERE WAS CORY...with his sable hat on. I cried. It was so good to see him.

And his inimitable line, that is so appropriate for all of us here:

"What's the difference? You know the way I work, I'm like a commercial jingle. First it's a little irritating, then you hear it a few times, you hum it in the shower, by the third date it's "By Mennen!".

And there I was on the couch saying..."Look! It's Cory! The Czar of the Cheddar Curtain!"

It was a beautiful moment. We went out and ordered Kenny Roger's chicken just to celebrate.

[OldSaw]

Dennis, my dear friend--

You forget so much so fast. I CAN'T have a Yugo and head to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. http://www.mackinac.biz/forums/t/84.aspx

But the idea of putting the Timex Sinclair in is a good one. I could use the cassette deck in the dash for an extra drive!!!!!!


Last night was a heartwarming night for me. I turned on the TV and THERE WAS CORY...with his sable hat on. I cried. It was so good to see him.

And his inimitable line, that is so appropriate for all of us here:

"What's the difference? You know the way I work, I'm like a commercial jingle. First it's a little irritating, then you hear it a few times, you hum it in the shower, by the third date it's "By Mennen!".

And there I was on the couch saying..."Look! It's Cory! The Czar of the Cheddar Curtain!"

It was a beautiful moment. We went out and ordered Kenny Roger's chicken just to celebrate.

Must have been quite a let down after that fresh whitefish we had up in Paradise.

[RichGem]

Dennis, my dear friend--

You forget so much so fast. I CAN'T have a Yugo and head to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. http://www.mackinac.biz/forums/t/84.aspx

But the idea of putting the Timex Sinclair in is a good one. I could use the cassette deck in the dash for an extra drive!!!!!!

I never knew the Sinclair could handle 8-track.



Last night was a heartwarming night for me. I turned on the TV and THERE WAS CORY...with his sable hat on. I cried. It was so good to see him.



No, no, no. AND THEN THERE WAS MAUDE! (She was just having a bad hair day; easily confused with a sable hat.)

[burnwood]

I never knew the Sinclair could handle 8-track.



And then there was Maude???? whaaat?

Whoa, whoa...I am Beaker now. Leave Bea out of this. I evolve to add ker to my name.

[OldSaw]

As long as we are all talking Linux here, I just got a set of OpenSolaris disks. Anyone else try it yet?

[RichGem]

As long as we are all talking Linux here, I just got a set of OpenSolaris disks. Anyone else try it yet?

I tried an early version of the Live CD and thought it was really slow and memory hoggish. Also, not different enough from Linux (remember, Solaris is true Unix) to make me look into it further.

FWIW.

[adamjaskie]

As long as we are all talking Linux here, I just got a set of OpenSolaris disks. Anyone else try it yet?

I've got it (the Sparc version) running on an Ultra 80. It's sure nicer than Solaris 10, but that's not saying much.

[Mr. Gillette]

Whoa, whoa...I am Beaker now. Leave Bea out of this. I evolve to add ker to my name.

Please, OH PLEASE! Do NOT bring Bea Arthur back into it. Besides, I think she's busy this Fall playing middle linebacker for Green Bay. It came down to Bea Arthur and Janet Reno, but I think Bea's just a little faster, even though Janet probably had more upper body strength...

[Lynchmeister]

Dennis, my dear friend--

You forget so much so fast. I CAN'T have a Yugo and head to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. http://www.mackinac.biz/forums/t/84.aspx

But the idea of putting the Timex Sinclair in is a good one. I could use the cassette deck in the dash for an extra drive!!!!!!


Last night was a heartwarming night for me. I turned on the TV and THERE WAS CORY...with his sable hat on. I cried. It was so good to see him.

And his inimitable line, that is so appropriate for all of us here:

"What's the difference? You know the way I work, I'm like a commercial jingle. First it's a little irritating, then you hear it a few times, you hum it in the shower, by the third date it's "By Mennen!".

And there I was on the couch saying..."Look! It's Cory! The Czar of the Cheddar Curtain!"

It was a beautiful moment. We went out and ordered Kenny Roger's chicken just to celebrate.

:biggrin:

Oh, and while Mini-Trails are a hoot, I'm thinking more along the lines of a tired, old, beat to hell 80cc or 125cc motocross bike. Did I ever tell you guys the story about my old Kawasaki KX80 that I was the proud owner of for all of 3 weeks before I completely blew the top end off of it? :w00t:

[OldSaw]

:biggrin:

Oh, and while Mini-Trails are a hoot, I'm thinking more along the lines of a tired, old, beat to hell 80cc or 125cc motocross bike. Did I ever tell you guys the story about my old Kawasaki KX80 that I was the proud owner of for all of 3 weeks before I completely blew the top end off of it? :w00t:

I believe you did.

[Lynchmeister]

I believe you did.

For those that missed it...:rolleyes:

Ask and ye shall receive. At this point in the game, my sense of chronology gets a bit hazy, but the stories are still pretty good.

A buddy of mine (whose parents were wealthy) had a Bobcat and a few acres in his yard that his dad let him turn into a mini motocross track for his Yamaha Blaster 4-wheeler. This track was awesome and the best part of all was that we weren't running the risk of getting chased by the cops or some crazed farmer with a pitchfork or shotgun. :eek:

At this point in time I was sans dirt-bike and it was really starting to wear on me. I was jonesing so bad for a bike...much like a coke-head who's looking to score. :a23: I grabbed the classifieds and frantically scoured them for my next money pit. It didn't take long to find her. A 1988 Kawasaki KX80. My very own Green Machine. I actually have two funny stories involving this bike...

I was in 11th grade and in German class with my friends at the time when our teacher announced that we were breaking up into groups and making commercials auf Deutsch. These were to be filmed on a camcorder and played in class. We decided to market der Sturzhelm, the crash helmet.

We had it all figured out and the following weekend, we brought my bike over to the track along with one of my dad's old open faced snowmobile helmets from the '70s, which we had covered in tinfoil...we had a sick sense of humor. :rolleyes: There was one problem, though. The track was covered in mud from a recent rain storm. The show, however, must go on!

I fired up my bike, did a little pitch in German about the helmet and took off around the track slipping and sliding. I even staged a crash where I laid the bike down in a theatrical manner, then remounted and rode back up to the camera. I victoriously announced that not only had I won the race, but I was ok thanks to the new and improved helmet!

The following Monday in class our group when up to play the video. Keep in mind, I hadn't seen the footage yet because I was the one on the bike. So the videos playing and you see me going around the track and the cameras panning around...then it got interesting. As the camera was coming around, another group of friends comes into the frame clear as day. They were all huddled around trying to light cigarettes! As if that weren't bad enough because we were all underage, my friend running the camera lets out a very audible, "Oh shit!" :lol: :lol: :lol:

We got a B. :biggrin:

As much fun as this little green terror was, I had it for that one summer only. When I bought it, the guy told me that it just had a top-end rebuild done, but what he didn't tell me was that that translated into "this thing is held together by Yamabond (Yamaha's version of JB Weld) and is a ticking time bomb. Thanks for taking off my hands, sucker!"

We were all geared up for a great day of riding and *cough*trespassing*cough* in a local gravel/excavation pit. We spent the first few hours riding around and having a blast and then decided to go swimming at a buddies house who lived nearby. Part of getting there involved going down a 4 mile stretch of dirt road and doing it quickly because these bikes and 4-wheelers were not licensed or street legal.

I must have missed the part where you shouldn't drive a tiny little 80cc motocross bike wide open in 6th gear for extended periods of time. Common sense would tell the average person that these things are built for the tight, technical motocross tracks where you're constantly on/off the throttle, jumping, braking for turns, etc., but this is me we're talking about. :rolleyes:

A mile down the road my engine seized up and the rear tire locked. I managed to skid to a stop ok and tried to start the bike. I noticed that the kickstarter felt crunchy on the down stroke, but I (stupidly) continued to kick it over. Eventually it locked up tight. By this time all of my friends were long gone.

20 minutes later I see a friend pulling up on his big Polaris Sportster 4-wheeler and we threw my bike on the rear rack and hauled it to his house...where we then proceeded to scheme up a way to fix my bike. Somebody suggested that the piston was just "stuck" and if we could "pop start" the bike, it should free itself. Ok...sounded good at the time.

Next thing you know, we're tying a rope to my handlebars and the hitch of the 4-wheeler. You know where this is going. With the bike in 1st gear, clutch pulled in, and me in the saddle, my buddy started to pull me down the street. When we hit 35mph I dumped the clutch and witnessed the worst metal on metal, internal engine parts abuse sound that you could possibly imagine...my bike would never be the same.

$500 later, it was back up and running, but the top end was severely damaged and still needed work. I did the only thing I could and traded it straight up for a Honda XR200.

I still miss the smell of two stroke exhaust to this day.

*not my bike, but a dead ringer for it.* Attached Images http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=12571&stc=1&d=1192996011

[RichGem]

^^^ great story. I needed a laugh today.

eidt: oh, and LINUX.

[Lynchmeister]

Grrr! I just spent about 10 minutes typing in the output from my boot error, but of course when I hit the "post" button, it timed out and I lost the post. :cursing:

Basically, I've gathered that I need to run a manual fsck. I googled "How to run a manual fsck" and came up with http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-March/000401.html

My plan is to run
# fsck -y /dev/sda3

What do you guys think?

[Lynchmeister]

Hmm...also just found this, which I might try if I can find the disk to ensure that I'm on an unmounted partition...


The best way to fsck your filesystem is to boot from a live CD. This ensures that your main filesystem isn't mounted. Then you can run sudo fsck /dev/hda1 (or wherever it is).

[RichGem]

Hmm...also just found this, which I might try if I can find the disk to ensure that I'm on an unmounted partition...

do this (the live cd option). you cannot fsck a mounted file system.

[Lynchmeister]

do this (the live cd option). you cannot fsck a mounted file system.

Good deal. I'll be back to report in a few.

[RichGem]

Good deal. I'll be back to report in a few.

just be sure that the live cd doesn't auto mount your drive.

[Lynchmeister]

just be sure that the live cd doesn't auto mount your drive.

Hmm...not sure what you mean by that. Also, for what it's worth, the live cd was a no go. It never fully booted up and seemed to stall out with several bcm43xxx errors.

Am I out of options if the live cd doesn't work?

[RichGem]

Hmm...not sure what you mean by that. Also, for what it's worth, the live cd was a no go. It never fully booted up and seemed to stall out with several bcm43xxx errors.

Am I out of options if the live cd doesn't work?

as to what I mean... some Live CDs will automatically mount the disk drive found on the host computer. In order to fsck that same disk, you do not want that to happen. So, issue a "mount" command (in terminal) and see if /dev/hda1 (or whatever) is mounted. If it is, you want to "sudo umount /dev/hda1" before attempting an fsck.

odd that the live cd didn't load. the bcm43xx error sounds like it didn't find a module for a broadcom chipset. this should be inconsequential to getting the cd up and running. very strange. other option would be to dl/burn/use a different live cd; doesn't need to be the latest and greatest version.

[Lynchmeister]

as to what I mean... some Live CDs will automatically mount the disk drive found on the host computer. In order to fsck that same disk, you do not want that to happen. So, issue a "mount" command (in terminal) and see if /dev/hda1 (or whatever) is mounted. If it is, you want to "sudo umount /dev/hda1" before attempting an fsck.

odd that the live cd didn't load. the bcm43xx error sounds like it didn't find a module for a broadcom chipset. this should be inconsequential to getting the cd up and running. very strange. other option would be to dl/burn/use a different live cd; doesn't need to be the latest and greatest version.

Yes, the cd issue is odd. I do have several Mint and Ubuntu live cds laying around, so I'll play around and see what will boot up.

[chickpea]

Yeah try different media too, sometimes cheap media can cause a real headache. Make sure also to use CD or DVD "R"s NOT "RW"s as the later can really cause a lot of headaches with LiveCDs.

Many modern linux livecds will automount any linux partitions it finds on the HDD. This is for your "convenience", meaning that if you wanted to install the OS all the partitions would be automatically there and ready for use when Gparted loads up.

Check out systemrescuecd it's a linux livecd for . . . wait for it . . . system rescue.

[Lynchmeister]

Hmm...well, I (perhaps foolishly) just went ahead and booted up Mint as far as it would go, then when confronted with the command line, entered


sudo fsck /dev/sd3

It gave me an error message that I don't recall and suggested I try adding (again, I can't remember :rolleyes:) some characters in front of the previous command, so that's what I did. It then appeared to be running through the fsck, which soon prompted me with what seemed like a gabillion questions. "This Inode is blah, blah, blah. Do you want to fix? [y]" So I typed Y. Then, another question, and another...I eventually just held down the Y key for a few minutes until it finished. Stupid, I know, but I didn't have any critical data that I was worried about losing, so I figured what the heck. Well, it completed, said the there were still some errors on the file system, and asked me to reboot. So I hit CNTRL-D and rebooted Mint...and here I am...typing in Mint as if nothing had ever happened.

What do you guys make of this?

[chickpea]

Hmm...well, I (perhaps foolishly) just went ahead and booted up Mint as far as it would go, then when confronted with the command line, entered


sudo fsck /dev/sd3

It gave me an error message that I don't recall and suggested I try adding (again, I can't remember :rolleyes:) some characters in front of the previous command, so that's what I did. It then appeared to be running through the fsck, which soon prompted me with what seemed like a gabillion questions. "This Inode is blah, blah, blah. Do you want to fix? [y]" So I typed Y. Then, another question, and another...I eventually just held down the Y key for a few minutes until it finished. Stupid, I know, but I didn't have any critical data that I was worried about losing, so I figured what the heck. Well, it completed, said the there were still some errors on the file system, and asked me to reboot. So I hit CNTRL-D and rebooted Mint...and here I am...typing in Mint as if nothing had ever happened.

What do you guys make of this?

DUMB ASS LUCK, and the robustness of the linux filesystem. Are you using ext3 or something more fun like reiserfs or xfs?

[RichGem]

Hmm...well, I (perhaps foolishly) just went ahead and booted up Mint as far as it would go, then when confronted with the command line, entered


sudo fsck /dev/sd3It gave me an error message that I don't recall and suggested I try adding (again, I can't remember :rolleyes:) some characters in front of the previous command, so that's what I did. It then appeared to be running through the fsck, which soon prompted me with what seemed like a gabillion questions. "This Inode is blah, blah, blah. Do you want to fix? [y]" So I typed Y. Then, another question, and another...I eventually just held down the Y key for a few minutes until it finished. Stupid, I know, but I didn't have any critical data that I was worried about losing, so I figured what the heck. Well, it completed, said the there were still some errors on the file system, and asked me to reboot. So I hit CNTRL-D and rebooted Mint...and here I am...typing in Mint as if nothing had ever happened.

What do you guys make of this?

interesting. well, everything is fixed, that's the important part. at a guess, maybe there was a power outage or some such (forced reboot or machine switched off?) that messed up the linux equiv of the FAT which the journal couldn't recover. (Inodes are basically FAT entries which point to a file location). If you keep having this prob, however, my guess would be that you're looking at a hardware issue that won't be going away. Keep an eye on things just in case; full drive crashes are never fun.

[Confuzius]

I had a problem last week that sent me to a similar console.
CTRL+D made it boot with no problem, but each reboot the error came back.
The problem was with my /etc/fstab
It was referenceing a partition that I had reformated as a hfs+ mac partition and wouldn't recognise it as such. You can get the same error by having mismatched UUIDs.
to solve it I just #'d out the offending lines in my fstab (as I couldn't mount the hfs partition anyways)

[Lynchmeister]

DUMB ASS LUCK, and the robustness of the linux filesystem. Are you using ext3 or something more fun like reiserfs or xfs?

:biggrin:

Yes, I believe I am using ext3.


interesting. well, everything is fixed, that's the important part. at a guess, maybe there was a power outage or some such (forced reboot or machine switched off?) that messed up the linux equiv of the FAT which the journal couldn't recover. (Inodes are basically FAT entries which point to a file location). If you keep having this prob, however, my guess would be that you're looking at a hardware issue that won't be going away. Keep an eye on things just in case; full drive crashes are never fun.

Ugh. That would be really bad. While I could afford to have both my OS's crash in terms of not losing any unrecoverable data (yes it would still suck), to have a hardware crash would be particularly devastating as this is our primary computer right now.

Kind of ironic, really, since our desktop is serving as room decor until we can get an external HDD to back up all of our data. If the laptop were to take a poop, I think our hand would be forced. :rolleyes:

[RichGem]

:biggrin:

Yes, I believe I am using ext3.



Ugh. That would be really bad. While I could afford to have both my OS's crash in terms of not losing any unrecoverable data (yes it would still suck), to have a hardware crash would be particularly devastating as this is our primary computer right now.

Kind of ironic, really, since our desktop is serving as room decor until we can get an external HDD to back up all of our data. If the laptop were to take a poop, I think our hand would be forced. :rolleyes:

hopefully, it's a one-time-freak-thing, but just to be sure: "back up. back up. back up."

[RichGem]

oh, and glad everything worked out with a minimum of fuss. But, how I do miss those halcyon days of doing linux with the Czar (pre-ascension to the throne) at one in the morning in the chat room. <sigh>

[RichGem]

:biggrin:

Yes, I believe I am using ext3.



Chances are, that is correct, since ext3 is 99% of the time the default set up these days. If you really want to know, go into terminal, issue a "mount" command (no other parameters or options) and read for yourself.

[Lynchmeister]

oh, and glad everything worked out with a minimum of fuss. But, how I do miss those halcyon days of doing linux with the Czar (pre-ascension to the throne) at one in the morning in the chat room. <sigh>

*sigh* Me too...:blush:

[Lynchmeister]

Well, I'm going to see what all the fuss is about WINE. I just downloaded it through Synaptic and am going to try my hand at getting the Netflix Instant Movie player to work in a Linux environment. I recall another member saying that he got his to work using a VM, but it's my understanding that WINE is different(?).

If anyone has any thoughts RE: WINE, I'd love to hear them!

Edit: It's post 17 from the "Which OS do you run?" thread where Midian wrote the following:


Best of all, now that Sun has released VirtualBox, a free virtual machine package included with Ubuntu, you can seamlessly run other operating systems right on top of Linux. For example, I have a WinXP virtual machine for those few apps that only run on Windows. The Netflix Movie player works perfectly on VirtualBox! Plus, with VB you can play around with any any distribution you might like to try out without fully committing. Heck, there is even a Mac virtual machine floating around on the net now too.

Any way, if you have gone back and forth in the past, maybe give Ubuntu another shot and check out VirtualBox while you are there. :cool:

I'm going to look into this VirtualBox as well. I'd love to ditch Windows all together.

[RichGem]

Well, I'm going to see what all the fuss is about WINE. I just downloaded it through Synaptic and am going to try my hand at getting the Netflix Instant Movie player to work in a Linux environment. I recall another member saying that he got his to work using a VM, but it's my understanding that WINE is different(?).

If anyone has any thoughts RE: WINE, I'd love to hear them!

Edit: It feels great to back in Linux Land!

I'll be interested in your experience, but won't be of much help since I've never used WINE. I understand tho, that it's come a long way.

[J Howard]

Wine works great for me as far as running any windows app and is much faster and has better performance than running a virtual machine. This is because the you have to give the virtual machine virtual memory and virtual resources (taking away from your system) to do what is known as bootstrapping, that is it has to program all the way up from machine language while wine just runs apps in native language using the entire resources of your OS. has to I have a friend that swears by Vbox though.

[RichGem]

Well, I'm going to see what all the fuss is about WINE. I just downloaded it through Synaptic and am going to try my hand at getting the Netflix Instant Movie player to work in a Linux environment. I recall another member saying that he got his to work using a VM, but it's my understanding that WINE is different(?).

If anyone has any thoughts RE: WINE, I'd love to hear them!

Edit: It's post 17 from the "Which OS do you run?" thread where Midian wrote the following:



I'm going to look into this VirtualBox as well. I'd love to ditch Windows all together.

I have used VirtualBox and found it slow (lo spec computer), but easy to set up & work with. (I used it to mess with other distros.) You will need a decent amount of RAM and a good processor to make it worth it. Check the website for specs.

[Lynchmeister]

I'll be interested in your experience, but won't be of much help since I've never used WINE. I understand tho, that it's come a long way.

Well, I will say this...I'm even more confused with WINE than I am when I try to use GIMP! :confused:

I suppose not knowing really what I'm trying to do is my biggest problem right now. I was able to browse the C: drive, which I'm assuming is on the windows side, but there aren't many files in it and the ones I do see, won't open.

[Lynchmeister]

Off to the man pages...

Edit: I just opened a terminal window and thought its greeting was noteworthy. :lol:


You will be run over by a beer truck.

[RichGem]

Off to the man pages...

Edit: I just opened a terminal window and thought its greeting was noteworthy. :lol: You will be run over by a beer truck.

That only happens in Milwaukee. So, you should be safe. For now.

[Lynchmeister]

That only happens in Milwaukee. So, you should be safe. For now.

Whew! Dodged that bullet.

Say, would applications such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player be considered CUI programs (Windows Console Programs)? If so, it looks like I'll need wineconsole rather than wine.

[RichGem]

Whew! Dodged that bullet.

Say, would applications such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player be considered CUI programs (Windows Console Programs)? If so, it looks like I'll need wineconsole rather than wine.

no. IE and WMP are GUI... graphical user interface. AFAIK, they can't be used as pure command line, but I never really used windows cli.

[Confuzius]

run winecfg onece and it should set up some wine stuff in the applications menu for you.
Wine by itself isnt really a program you run, but an application layer type of thing that wraps your windows program into something that linux understands.

It's come a long way, even in the past year and a half. I can double click a .exe and have it install just like it would in windows.

Although because the netflix thing is a combination of explorer and media player I think that a virtual pc is a better solution than wine.

I currently use wine to play World of Warcraft on occasion, and test out software that dosn't have a linux port yet like Digsby.

[chickpea]

I've used Virtualbox and love it. However, like any virtual machine it eats RAM/CPU and you always know you are in a walled garden. BTW, not sure that Netflicks works with only WINE. You may need to up the ante to a full virtual machine to get that working.

I have never really used WINE (I have no reason to). So can't help you there, but I do know that after GSOC (Google Summer of Code) took the project up, it improved leaps and bounds. So for many mainstream programs it will work flawlessly.

[Lynchmeister]

no. IE and WMP are GUI... graphical user interface. AFAIK, they can't be used as pure command line, but I never really used windows cli.

I'm glad you're not within slapping distance of me, because if you were, and I was you, I would've slapped myself. :lol:

It's funny how easily the obvious can elude a person. I enter text based console commands everyday at work when interacting with the mainframe on, you guessed it, our mainframe console. :001_rolle

What I'm trying to say is thanks for clearing that up. :thumbsup:

...although, now I'm back to square one. The man pages didn't really tell me a whole lot. I think my attention span will hold out for another 15 minutes, so I'm off to Google.

[RichGem]

I'm glad you're not within slapping distance of me, because if you were, and I was you, I would've slapped myself. :lol:

It's funny how easily the obvious can elude a person. I enter text based console commands everyday at work when interacting with the mainframe on, you guessed it, our mainframe console. :001_rolle

What I'm trying to say is thanks for clearing that up. :thumbsup:

...although, now I'm back to square one. The man pages didn't really tell me a whole lot. I think my attention span will hold out for another 15 minutes, so I'm off to Google.

hehehe. You're still all right in my book. :thumbsup:
(I'll just keep that head-slap in reserve for some future use, O Benevolent Czar. :tongue:)

[Lynchmeister]

Well, I've had enough of that "head in a vice" feeling for one day. Wine has broken my spirit, so I'm off to the Windows side of my PC to watch a Netflix movie...:frown:

[OldSaw]

Well, I'm going to see what all the fuss is about WINE. I just downloaded it through Synaptic and am going to try my hand at getting the Netflix Instant Movie player to work in a Linux environment. I recall another member saying that he got his to work using a VM, but it's my understanding that WINE is different(?).

If anyone has any thoughts RE: WINE, I'd love to hear them!

Edit: It's post 17 from the "Which OS do you run?" thread where Midian wrote the following:



I'm going to look into this VirtualBox as well. I'd love to ditch Windows all together.

Try it this weekend and let us know how it works. I would love to ditch my other laptop that I use for Netflix.

[Lynchmeister]

Try it this weekend and let us know how it works. I would love to ditch my other laptop that I use for Netflix.

I'll check it out and possibly continue trying to figure out Wine. I also learned that there is a workaround to getting the player to work using FireFox, but the app isn't available for Linux, so that defeats the purpose.

[OldSaw]

I'll check it out and possibly continue trying to figure out Wine. I also learned that there is a workaround to getting the player to work using FireFox, but the app isn't available for Linux, so that defeats the purpose.

Well that stinks. Although, I am fortunate enough to have two laptops. I simply use the Windows machine for Netflix.

[Lynchmeister]

Well that stinks. Although, I am fortunate enough to have two laptops. I simply use the Windows machine for Netflix.

Yeah...the more I think about it, it's one of those situations. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It seems short of a virtual machine, Netflix on Linux just isn't happening right now and I'm not savvy enough yet to figure out the VM.

I'll continue to cling to the patch of hair that remained after the initial Mint installation and keep the dual boot setup for now. :biggrin:

[RichGem]

Yeah...the more I think about it, it's one of those situations. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It seems short of a virtual machine, Netflix on Linux just isn't happening right now and I'm not savvy enough yet to figure out the VM.

I'll continue to cling to the patch of hair that remained after the initial Mint installation and keep the dual boot setup for now. :biggrin:


WHAT???? A real hacker would say, I must tweak it until it's broken so that I can then fix it. :lol:

edit: good idea about hanging on to the patch of hair, tho. Glued on sable is out this year. :biggrin:

[Lynchmeister]

WHAT???? A real hacker would say, I must tweak it until it's broken so that I can then fix it. :lol:

edit: good idea about hanging on to the patch of hair, tho. Glued on sable is out this year. :biggrin:

:lol::lol::lol:

[Confuzius]

I just got virtual box up and running (windows xp), it's pretty cool, but I'm having trouble with the seamless mode and my dual displays.
I'm going to keep it around for the rare times when I must 100&#37; run something in windows.

[OldSaw]

Yeah...the more I think about it, it's one of those situations. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It seems short of a virtual machine, Netflix on Linux just isn't happening right now and I'm not savvy enough yet to figure out the VM.

I'll continue to cling to the patch of hair that remained after the initial Mint installation and keep the dual boot setup for now. :biggrin:

Or simply snag a cheap or free laptop to serve one function only, like Netflix.

[Lynchmeister]

Just got a 500GB external HDD and will be backing up both the desktop and laptop tomorrow before finally dumping the counterfeit questionable copy of XP on the desktop and installing Ubuntu!!!

Quick question regarding that. Once all the important data is backed up, do you recommend that I use a program to wipe the hard drive or will simply installing Linux and allocating the entire HD to it be sufficient. FWIW, security isn't a concern like it might be if getting rid of the PC, etc.

[RichGem]

Just got a 500GB external HDD and will be backing up both the desktop and laptop tomorrow before finally dumping the counterfeit questionable copy of XP on the desktop and installing Ubuntu!!!

Quick question regarding that. Once all the important data is backed up, do you recommend that I use a program to wipe the hard drive or will simply installing Linux and allocating the entire HD to it be sufficient. FWIW, security isn't a concern like it might be if getting rid of the PC, etc.

I wouldn't worry about wiping the drive first. Just tell the linux installer to "use the whole drive" (or whatever the exact option is) and the installer will take care of everything (wiping the drive as it goes).

edit: ps... welcome to finally converting fully to the light. (penguins clapping)

[Lynchmeister]

Yes, it certainly feels good! I can't even begin to describe how bogged down our desktop is with dead weight, so it'll be like getting a new computer.

Also nice to know that we can finally properly back up our vital data.

[Confuzius]

I got two 500gb external drives on sale at walmart last night for $80 each.
One will be for monthly back-ups, one for live/nightly backups.
Time to figure out rsync and cron properly.

[Lynchmeister]

Another question regarding the hard drive. I just connected it and it looks like there is only 465GB of free space and the file system is NTFS. Any ideas of what is currently installed on it? Also, do I need to reformat it or will it be Linux/Windows compatible right out of the box? Thanks!

[Confuzius]

Due to marketing and the fact that there's actually 1024kb/mb a 500gb drive is actually only ~465gb, that's normal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_drive#Capacity_measurements


NTFS is fine, that's what I use for my backups, makes it so that I can still share stuff with friends with windows, or my parents.

[Lynchmeister]

Due to marketing and the fact that there's actually 1024kb/mb a 500gb drive is actually only ~465gb, that's normal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_drive#Capacity_measurements


NTFS is fine, that's what I use for my backups, makes it so that I can still share stuff with friends with windows, or my parents.

Much appreciated. Thank you.

[rabidpotatochip]

Due to marketing and the fact that there's actually 1024kb/mb a 500gb drive is actually only ~465gb, that's normal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_drive#Capacity_measurements


NTFS is fine, that's what I use for my backups, makes it so that I can still share stuff with friends with windows, or my parents.

I haven't participated in this thread for a while, so I'm sorry you're the person I'm jumping on here... :biggrin:

In this case I think the problem is the computing industry. Kilo = 1000 so a kilobyte should be 1000 bytes. The fact that it's 1024 bytes never really manifested itself as a problem until we neared the gigabyte barrier, once we did it's only going to get worse. Don't get me wrong, I count binary in my sleep, but as far as counting conventions go I think we (the IT world) dropped the ball on this one.

[RichGem]

I haven't participated in this thread for a while, so I'm sorry you're the person I'm jumping on here... :biggrin:

In this case I think the problem is the computing industry. Kilo = 1000 so a kilobyte should be 1000 bytes. The fact that it's 1024 bytes never really manifested itself as a problem until we neared the gigabyte barrier, once we did it's only going to get worse. Don't get me wrong, I count binary in my sleep, but as far as counting conventions go I think we (the IT world) dropped the ball on this one.

It's pretty bad when computer geeks can't count by powers of 10. Yeesh. Obviously educated in America with it's "new math." :biggrin:

[chickpea]

I got two 500gb external drives on sale at walmart last night for $80 each.
One will be for monthly back-ups, one for live/nightly backups.
Time to figure out rsync and cron properly.

instead of simple rsync, check out any of the following for cronjob backups:
flexbackup
rdiff-backup

They are a little easier to understand and program than rsync which is so featurefull and mutli-useful that it takes a long time to apply it to backup jobs. both flexbackup and rdiff-backup use rsync as part of their stack, so not like you miss out on the functionality.

FYI these are both CLI backup tools. Fancy (but pretty) GUI backup solutions are not so much in linux (google is making one "Flyback" or something like that) which is available as rpm.

[rabidpotatochip]

It's pretty bad when computer geeks can't count by powers of 10. Yeesh. Obviously educated in America with it's "new math." :biggrin:

Actually, we have the Arabs to thank for the decimal system. :lol:

One thing the other number systems do have going for them is that it's super easy to convert binary<->hex<->octal.

[Confuzius]

Eh, I had it almost right...
Also think about what our numbering systems would be like if humans had 6 fingers on each hand... *boggles*

Cool, thanks chickpea, I'll check those out.

[OldSaw]

Just got a 500GB external HDD and will be backing up both the desktop and laptop tomorrow before finally dumping the counterfeit questionable copy of XP on the desktop and installing Ubuntu!!!

Quick question regarding that. Once all the important data is backed up, do you recommend that I use a program to wipe the hard drive or will simply installing Linux and allocating the entire HD to it be sufficient. FWIW, security isn't a concern like it might be if getting rid of the PC, etc.

You're a brave man Cory. I don't mind having Linux only on my laptop, but to convert the desktop could put my wife in orbit.

In an earlier post someone recommended Dban to wipe the HDD on my laptop. It worked very well. However, I was handed a computer with a virus that needed to be nuked.

[RichGem]

Actually, Cory is a LUCKY man... IIRC, about a billion pages back or so, the Czarina asked him to put linux on her her computer. :w00t:

[Lynchmeister]

Actually, Cory is a LUCKY man... IIRC, about a billion pages back or so, the Czarina asked him to put linux on her her computer. :w00t:

You are correct sir. Now, if she'd just ask me to smoke cigars...:wink:

[Lynchmeister]

BTW, still backing up... What I wouldn't give for a high speed USB cable right about now.

[chickpea]

You're a brave man Cory. I don't mind having Linux only on my laptop, but to convert the desktop could put my wife in orbit.

In an earlier post someone recommended Dban to wipe the HDD on my laptop. It worked very well. However, I was handed a computer with a virus that needed to be nuked.

Ha. Even HAVING linux on my laptop pisses off SWMBO. :001_huh:

Anytime she forced to do something terribly confusing like surf the web on it (using firefox which she uses on her laptop btw) she screams at me "you have to be so different don't you, GOD, why can't you just be like everybody else!"

Don't even get near her if she happens to accidentally activate a Compiz mouse gesture (which happens like every time she uses it, she's a wild mouse user).

[Mr. Gillette]

When you fellows stop talking this computer nonsense, maybe we can get back on topic.

Cory...It's officially Fall...did you get your hunting license yet?:001_smile

[RichGem]

When you fellows stop talking this computer nonsense, maybe we can get back on topic.

Cory...It's officially Fall...did you get your hunting license yet?:001_smile

Let's hope so; the wild Canadian buses will be beginning their annual southerly migration soon. Should be good hunting this year.

[Lynchmeister]

When you fellows stop talking this computer nonsense, maybe we can get back on topic.

Cory...It's officially Fall...did you get your hunting license yet?:001_smile


Let's hope so; the wild Canadian buses will be beginning their annual southerly migration soon. Should be good hunting this year.

Nope, not yet...but with the threat of those buses, well...I'm on it!

[Lynchmeister]

So...I suppose an update is in order. Let me start off by saying that the last couple of days have just sort of blurred together. It must have been Thursday that I was backing up the data on the desktop when it all went wrong...

I had just finished getting all of the pertinant data copied onto the external HDD and had plugged the drive into my laptop (sitting on my lap) to see if I could access it in both windows and Linux. Everything was working as expected, so I was ready to proceed with the Linux install on the desktop.

Of course I forgot that I had the drive plugged into the laptop and I swivelled in my chair to do something and next thing I know, the HDD comes crashing down off of the desk. :cursing:

Uh oh.

Needless to say, I'll be starting over from scratch on Thursday when I have the time again. I'll be putting in overtime at work this week, so maybe it's better that I have some time to "cool off." You can imagine how upset I was...not to mention how colorful the language used was. Ugh.

[OldSaw]

So...I suppose an update is in order. Let me start off by saying that the last couple of days have just sort of blurred together. It must have been Thursday that I was backing up the data on the desktop when it all went wrong...

I had just finished getting all of the pertinant data copied onto the external HDD and had plugged the drive into my laptop (sitting on my lap) to see if I could access it in both windows and Linux. Everything was working as expected, so I was ready to proceed with the Linux install on the desktop.

Of course I forgot that I had the drive plugged into the laptop and I swivelled in my chair to do something and next thing I know, the HDD comes crashing down off of the desk. :cursing:

Uh oh.

Needless to say, I'll be starting over from scratch on Thursday when I have the time again. I'll be putting in overtime at work this week, so maybe it's better that I have some time to "cool off." You can imagine how upset I was...not to mention how colorful the language used was. Ugh.

I hate it when that happens.

[burnwood]

When you fellows stop talking this computer nonsense, maybe we can get back on topic.

Cory...It's officially Fall...did you get your hunting license yet?:001_smile

Bless this man everybody. Bless him hard.




Linux

[Lynchmeister]

I hate it when that happens.

:tongue_sm


Bless this man everybody. Bless him hard.




Linux

:biggrin::lol:

[Lynchmeister]

Speaking of Linux, I've got the next 10 1/2 hours to peruse linux.org. I've come to realize that since installing Mint 158 pages ago, I still don't know much, if anything, about the "nuts and bolts." Today I'm working to change that...my only regret is that I didn't bring in my personal laptop to play around with.

[Lynchmeister]

If you've made it this far (:lol:) and you A) still don't know what's going on with this Linux thing and B) give half of a crap about learning more, I can't recommend this site more! http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/toc.html

I've spent most of today going through the lessons (I'm currently learning about user/group permissions) and can't wait until I have some free time and bad weather so that I can start from the beginning again and follow along by actually working along in my Linux partition.

[OldSaw]

If you've made it this far (:lol:) and you A) still don't know what's going on with this Linux thing and B) give half of a crap about learning more, I can't recommend this site more! http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/toc.html

I've spent most of today going through the lessons (I'm currently learning about user/group permissions) and can't wait until I have some free time and bad weather so that I can start from the beginning again and follow along by actually working along in my Linux partition.

What do you mean, if? I thought this was required reading for all members. :lol:

[OldSaw]

Oh, and thanks for the link. I like what I am seeing.

[burnwood]

If you've made it this far (:lol:) and you A) still don't know what's going on with this Linux thing and B) give half of a crap about learning more, I can't recommend this site more! http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/toc.html

I've spent most of today going through the lessons (I'm currently learning about user/group permissions) and can't wait until I have some free time and bad weather so that I can start from the beginning again and follow along by actually working along in my Linux partition.

I dont get it. I clicked on the link. A window opened up saying
"you are not that much of a dweeb. Stay away from this site."

Weird.

[OldSaw]

I dont get it. I clicked on the link. A window opened up saying
"you are not that much of a dweeb. Stay away from this site."

Weird.

Your avatar could have fooled me. :biggrin:

[burnwood]

Your avatar could have fooled me. :biggrin:

Hey!!! I resemble that remark.

[Lynchmeister]

:lol:

Oh...you two!

[burnwood]

:lol:

Oh...us three!

Come on now Cory, you are part of it also.

[RichGem]

I dont get it. I clicked on the link. A window opened up saying
"you are not that much of a dweeb. Stay away from this site."

Weird.


:lol: :lol: :lol: See, even computers can lie!



Lynchmeister/RichGem '08:
We'll decide for you because the other two are either crazy or missing.

[RichGem]

Posted today at distrowatch.com :




Those readers who missed a 64-bit edition from the ever-growing line-up of Linux Mint (http://distrowatch.com/mint) flavours have just been offered a new incentive to try this Ubuntu-based distribution. As announced over the weekend, a release candidate for the project's first ever x86_64 edition is now available for download and testing (http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=310): "Linux Mint is proud to announce its very first 64-bit release: Elyssa x86_64 RC1. The purpose of the x86_64 edition is to offer the same desktop features as the main edition but in a 64-bit environment. We received a lot of requests to support the x86_64 architecture and we've managed to come up with an edition which is almost 100% on par with our main desktop. As a release candidate, this release is targeted at developers and beta testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop." Interested beta testers can download (http://www.linuxmint.com/mirrors.php?id=30) this release candidate from here: LinuxMint-5-x64-RC1.iso (http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/testing/LinuxMint-5-x64-RC1.iso) (682MB, MD5 (http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/testing/md5sum.txt)).

[Confuzius]

Is Mint still in kind of parallel distribution with Ubuntu?
Is this based on 8.04 or 8.10

[RichGem]

Is Mint still in kind of parallel distribution with Ubuntu?
Is this based on 8.04 or 8.10

Mint uses Ubuntu as it's core ... in fact, I've read it being described as essentially Ubuntu + proprietary codexes (codeces?) + different color scheme/artwork. I don't know off the top of my head which version of Mint is based on which version of Ubuntu. Cory (lynchmeister) might be able to chime in here with more info since he uses both.

[Lynchmeister]

Mint uses Ubuntu as it's core ... in fact, I've read it being described as essentially Ubuntu + proprietary codexes (codeces?) + different color scheme/artwork. I don't know off the top of my head which version of Mint is based on which version of Ubuntu. Cory (lynchmeister) might be able to chime in here with more info since he uses both.

Also a stab in the dark, but I think Mint 4.0 (which I'm currently running) is based on Ubuntu 7.10 (which I've ran prior to Mint) and Mint 5.0 (which I hope to run soon) is based on Ubuntu 8.10 (which I will be installing hopefully this Thursday).

Whew! That was confusing.

[OldSaw]

Also a stab in the dark, but I think Mint 4.0 (which I'm currently running) is based on Ubuntu 7.10 (which I've ran prior to Mint) and Mint 5.0 (which I hope to run soon) is based on Ubuntu 8.10 (which I will be installing hopefully this Thursday).

Whew! That was confusing.

Does this mean you replaced the HDD that literally crashed?

[Kairtane]

Is Mint still in kind of parallel distribution with Ubuntu?
Is this based on 8.04 or 8.10

Mint release information (http://www.linuxmint.com/releases.php)

[Lynchmeister]

Does this mean you replaced the HDD that literally crashed?

Yes.

[chickpea]

Mint uses Ubuntu as it's core ... in fact, I've read it being described as essentially Ubuntu + proprietary codexes (CODICEScodeces?) + different color scheme/artwork. I don't know off the top of my head which version of Mint is based on which version of Ubuntu. Cory (lynchmeister) might be able to chime in here with more info since he uses both.

:biggrin::quickdraw:a53:

[RichGem]

:biggrin::quickdraw:a53:

:ouch1: @ Chickpea

[Mr. Gillette]

I actually have some time to kill today.:bored:

[Mr. Gillette]

Yes, I am sitting inside on a rainy day, but I can see it's SUNNY in Packerland!!!:biggrin:

[Mr. Gillette]

I wanted to chime in on a couple of posts:

Here goes::confused:

[Mr. Gillette]

Tour Buses from the North:

I'm not sure the threat is completely from the North...I saw (yesterday) a big white bus in IL being loaded with gray-haired folks, walkers, canes and all, in a parking lot, about to head north over the border to Ho-Chunk Casino.

Cory...if you want to control the state, the cheese, the beer and the state of the beer and cheese, you'll have to find a way to control the casinos. Take the money, fine...but you need to keep those AARP folks out of the loop.

That's MY opinion.

HEY-- I was in WI (Elkhorn) yesterday at a flea market and saw some aluminum cookware...couldn't remember...what was the name of that disease some people think you get from eating food cooked in aluminum?

[Mr. Gillette]

What I was also going to say was...

uh...

I don't know. I think I forgot.

:mad3:

[Mr. Gillette]

I don't know why you fellows are trying to read that book. My experience was that the pictures really didn't help move the story along. Perhaps it would be up to Dennis to re-write this, complete with flair.

Jennifer Aniston should be the spokesmodel for Linux. I would install it then.

[Lynchmeister]

Ho-Chunk! Yes! :lol:

[RichGem]

Does this mean you replaced the HDD that literally crashed?

Pfft. Physical harm doesn't count unless fire and/or magical blue smoke results from said harm.:rolleyes:

[Confuzius]

Don't let the smoke genie out of the processors!

[Mr. Gillette]

I went to Iowa this weekend to see my son and the daughter of SWMBO...along with this, came another visitor, another student, tagging along, who was from Marshfield, WI.

We had a pleasant chat, this young girl and I, about the Cheddar Curtain, the need for it, and the almost perfect dividing line Route 10 cuts across the state from the southern, more industrial part of the state, to the "North Woods" part of it.

Finally, I told her about Cory's Czarness, and this seemed to baffle her a little bit. I changed the subject to the Packers and the Brewers and she seemed to understand it somewhat...went from this demure violinist to "Oh, YAHHH...dose Packers never should have let dat Brett Fahvre go...oh, nooooo...and it don't look like dem Brewers are gonna do it nohow, doncha know."

It was refreshing.

Then she switched back to demure mode:


"Czar? Of the What?" :lol::lol:

[RichGem]

Ho-Chunk! Yes! :lol:

I'll take: "Mr. G. is off his meds." for $300, Alex.

:wink:

[Lynchmeister]

I'll take: "Mr. G. is off his meds." for $300, Alex.

:wink:

:lol:

Oh come on Rich, you're not intimately familiar with Ho-Chunk Casino???

[Mr. Gillette]

I'll take: "Mr. G. is off his meds." for $300, Alex.

:wink:

Now that's just sad...

ANYONE knows that a question about MR. G's Meds would come in the Double Jeopardy Round and that it would have to be AT LEAST an $800.00 clue.

C'mon...get with it.

Funny... I DO have a Dr Appt on Friday. MUST have clean underwear...no "Ho Chunks" in it. Now THAT is a mouthful, when you parse it really far!:lol::lol::lol:

[RichGem]

:lol:

Oh come on Rich, you're not intimately familiar with Ho-Chunk Casino???

I can't even imagine. Let me guess tho.... you play with cheese wedges instead of chips and you get tortilla "baskets" to carry your winnings around in, while "water features" of liquified velveeta flow quietly in the background?

Is that even close?

[RichGem]

Now that's just sad...

ANYONE knows that a question about MR. G's Meds would come in the Double Jeopardy Round and that it would have to be AT LEAST an $800.00 clue.

C'mon...get with it.

Funny... I DO have a Dr Appt on Friday. MUST have clean underwear...no "Ho Chunks" in it. Now THAT is a mouthful, when you parse it really far!:lol::lol::lol:

After your last pic, ANY underwear would be preferable. :yikes:

[RichGem]

Holy Cr@p... it IS real



Experience a Wisconsin luxury hotel with the gaming excitement of a Vegas vacation! In the heart of scenic Wisconsin Dells-Baraboo, Ho-Chunk offers a full-service casino (http://www.ho-chunk.com/playinghere.htm) that lets you enjoy 24-hour slot machines, bingo, blackjack and other games 365 days a year. You’ll experience the best in Wisconsin casinos at Ho-Chunk. But more than great games and casino action, Ho-Chunk offers a deluxe experience like no other Wisconsin Dells hotel. Each of our 315 room or suites (http://www.ho-chunk.com/hochunkrooms.htm) is designed with a rustic elegance inspired by the area. We have the perfect accommodations for family vacations, romantic honeymoons and business conferences, with a variety of amenities to fit any traveler’s needs.


There's just waaay too much to comment on here.

Edit: But, seeing this, I can't imagine why Chip and the Mrs. would want to go to Vegas instead. :confused:

[Lynchmeister]

I can't even imagine. Let me guess tho.... you play with cheese wedges instead of chips and you get tortilla "baskets" to carry your winnings around in, while "water features" of liquified velveeta flow quietly in the background?

Is that even close?


Holy Cr@p... it IS real



There's just waaay too much to comment on here.

Edit: But, seeing this, I can't imagine why Chip and the Mrs. would want to go to Vegas instead. :confused:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

This is too much fun!

Oh yeah...

How DARE you doubt or question the Czar?!?!?!?

:tongue_sm

[OldSaw]

What I was also going to say was...

uh...

I don't know. I think I forgot.

:mad3:

Hold that thought for a minute. I have a large container of Neapolitan ice cream I need to kill. I'll dish some up with chocolate syrup while I read the rest of your posts.

[RichGem]

A little travel lingo decoding for those of us not from Wisconsin:


Experience a Wisconsin luxury hotel with the gaming excitement of a Vegas vacation!

Wisonsonian idea of luxury may not be your own. Sure, it's as exciting as Vegas... if you've never been to Vegas.


In the heart of scenic Wisconsin Dells-Baraboo, Ho-Chunk

IE: Overlooks a cow field on one side and a velveeta manufacturing plant on the other.


offers a full-service casino (http://www.ho-chunk.com/playinghere.htm) that lets you enjoy 24-hour slot machines, bingo, blackjack and other games 365 days a year.


Basically, we've got nothing else to do, so we may as well do it all. Open 24 hrs, 'cause we really want your $$$.

You’ll experience the best in Wisconsin casinos at Ho-Chunk.

When it's the ONLY one, isn't it automatically the best?

But more than great games and casino action, Ho-Chunk offers a deluxe experience like no other Wisconsin Dells hotel.

IE: We've got running water and indoor plumbing. HOT water coming soon.

Each of our 315 room or suites (http://www.ho-chunk.com/hochunkrooms.htm) is designed with a rustic elegance inspired by the area.

You get a faux electric fireplace and an army surplus cot.

We have the perfect accommodations for family vacations, romantic honeymoons and business conferences,

That is, if you really hate your family, spouse, business associates.

with a variety of amenities to fit any traveler’s needs.

Not really, but our ad exec said that people like to see that in print.



:lol: :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

I don't know why you fellows are trying to read that book. My experience was that the pictures really didn't help move the story along. Perhaps it would be up to Dennis to re-write this, complete with flair.

Jennifer Aniston should be the spokesmodel for Linux. I would install it then.

Well she might not be Jennifer, but she is pretty cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtp5gNhBZgo

[OldSaw]

...and then there is this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOnFdMf0RU

[OldSaw]

...and this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1RCg-Ccp0

[OldSaw]

Holy Cr@p... it IS real



There's just waaay too much to comment on here.

Edit: But, seeing this, I can't imagine why Chip and the Mrs. would want to go to Vegas instead. :confused:

Does make you wonder. :rolleyes:

[OldSaw]

A little travel lingo decoding for those of us not from Wisconsin:


Experience a Wisconsin luxury hotel with the gaming excitement of a Vegas vacation!

Wisonsonian idea of luxury may not be your own. Sure, it's as exciting as Vegas... if you've never been to Vegas.


In the heart of scenic Wisconsin Dells-Baraboo, Ho-Chunk

IE: Overlooks a cow field on one side and a velveeta manufacturing plant on the other.


offers a full-service casino (http://www.ho-chunk.com/playinghere.htm) that lets you enjoy 24-hour slot machines, bingo, blackjack and other games 365 days a year.


Basically, we've got nothing else to do, so we may as well do it all. Open 24 hrs, 'cause we really want your $$$.

You’ll experience the best in Wisconsin casinos at Ho-Chunk.

When it's the ONLY one, isn't it automatically the best?

But more than great games and casino action, Ho-Chunk offers a deluxe experience like no other Wisconsin Dells hotel.

IE: We've got running water and indoor plumbing. HOT water coming soon.

Each of our 315 room or suites (http://www.ho-chunk.com/hochunkrooms.htm) is designed with a rustic elegance inspired by the area.

You get a faux electric fireplace and an army surplus cot.

We have the perfect accommodations for family vacations, romantic honeymoons and business conferences,

That is, if you really hate your family, spouse, business associates.

with a variety of amenities to fit any traveler’s needs.

Not really, but our ad exec said that people like to see that in print.



:lol: :biggrin:

OK Rich, what have you done with Mr. G? I'm certain you didn't think this up all by yourself. Do you have him tied up in your basement, dictating all his tales of Wisconsin life to you?

[RichGem]

OK Rich, what have you done with Mr. G? I'm certain you didn't think this up all by yourself. Do you have him tied up in your basement, dictating all his tales of Wisconsin life to you?

Ewh, no. As part of the Lynchmeister/RichGem campaign, I've had to take up residency in the Czardom. 'Nuff said.

:lol:

[RichGem]

Cory... for the installation party and election post-party:


http://www.americandietrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/label_penguin_big.jpg


http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/wp-content/littlepenguinphotoshopped.jpg

[Lynchmeister]

Ewh, no. As part of the Lynchmeister/RichGem campaign, I've had to take up residency in the Czardom. 'Nuff said.

:lol:


...and as such, our first order of business and promise to you, the constituents, would be to clean up and gentrify that dump casino of *ahem* lesser means.

Gone will be the days of broken army cots, making way for used college dorm single beds circa 1987!

Say goodbye! to the Velveeta plant view outside your Swiss [cheese] bungalow and hello! to Cheez Whiz Way. (Forums at Ceasar's eat your hearts out!!)

Hot water, unfortunately is out, but do come and enjoy the complimentary cheese and cracker tray.*





*Hey...we're Dairy Based Politicians, not miracle workers!

[RichGem]

And to end gambling confusion, gone will be the omnipresent Cheddar Cheese wedges used as gambling chips. In their place, *different varieties* of cheese wedges will be used; value of wedge determined by cheese variety. Not sure if that's a $1 wedge or a $5? Well, my friend, just take a bite!

[OldSaw]

3200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsl9MSMXyYU

[OldSaw]

The Emperor's Czar's new clothes.
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[soapbox]

Soapbox, double down on the Eyebleach and pass it around...

Good to be back.

Oh...and Linux.:lol::lol::lol:

Now how the hell am I supposed to catch up on my B&B reading with that horrible image stuck in my head? I want Tom classified as a weapon of mass revulsion, or in violation of the Geneva convention, or something.

Oh, and sorry to drop off the face of the earth for three weeks. I'm unlikely to be around much for a while, but once we move and things settle down in Maryland (the rental house) and DC (the new job), I'll be around more.

Ray, I love the new signature. I wonder what kind of odd stares it gets on other parts of the forum?

[soapbox]

You just had to remind me, didn't you!?!? Just when I had gotten it finally unburned from my retinas. Aaaagh. Where the h3ll is soapbox with the eye bleach.

Sorry about cutting off the supply. Freshman move-in weekend used up my reserves, then I spilled what little I had left on my keys and couldn't find them for a week, plus my Ray Charles sunglasses were in the wash, and I had to re-read all eight of the Harry Potter books...

So am I unreliable? Yes. Humorously so? Perhaps, yes.

[OldSaw]

Now how the hell am I supposed to catch up on my B&B reading with that horrible image stuck in my head? I want Tom classified as a weapon of mass revulsion, or in violation of the Geneva convention, or something.

Oh, and sorry to drop off the face of the earth for three weeks. I'm unlikely to be around much for a while, but once we move and things settle down in Maryland (the rental house) and DC (the new job), I'll be around more.

Ray, I love the new signature. I wonder what kind of odd stares it gets on other parts of the forum?

Seems like you have a lot of catching up to do.

[soapbox]

Seems like you have a lot of catching up to do.

I came to this forum first. I guess I will check back after I figure out what you mean... :001_smile

[sol92258]

hey soapbox, welcome back!

ummmm, Linux :biggrin:

[Mr. Gillette]

3200 passed without much flair..DENNIS!!!!!


I'm out of Rich's basement...

You can get rich in the casinos of Wisconsin!


Liked Cory's new clothes.

Can I have your Sable hat?

:lol::lol::lol:

[Lynchmeister]

3200 passed without much flair..DENNIS!!!!!


I'm out of Rich's basement...

You can get rich in the casinos of Wisconsin!


Liked Cory's new clothes.

Can I have your Sable hat?

:lol::lol::lol:


I might consider a trade for an Urban Sombrero and maybe some Himalayan Walking Shoes.

[OldSaw]

3200 passed without much flair..DENNIS!!!!!


I'm out of Rich's basement...

You can get rich in the casinos of Wisconsin!


Liked Cory's new clothes.

Can I have your Sable hat?

:lol::lol::lol:

I was caught off guard. I just happened to be surfing some Linux stuff and caught the video and slapped it in there. I tried to make up for it by posting the other videos with the cute Linux girl.

[RichGem]

The Emperor's Czar's new clothes.
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Cory would kill... well, hire a hit man... to get a tie like that.

:tongue:

[OldSaw]

Cory would kill... well, hire a hit man... to get a tie like that.

:tongue:

Why? Did someone steal his?

[OldSaw]

Boy, that Tux is tough.

31296

[Lynchmeister]

Cory would kill... well, hire a hit man... to get a tie like that.

:tongue:

Rich, what are you doing tomorrow? Got any plans? Want to make a quick buck? :shifty:

[RichGem]

Rich, what are you doing tomorrow? Got any plans? Want to make a quick buck? :shifty:

Oooh, sorry. I'll be busy keeping my hands clean for the election. But, I might know somebody that knows somebody. :sneaky:

[Lynchmeister]

Oooh, sorry. I'll be busy keeping my hands clean for the election. But, I might know somebody that knows somebody. :sneaky:

Ha!

If I may slide back into the Linux speak for a moment, I was just poking around and opened the Grub boot loader file to see what it was all about. One of my pet peeves with Grub is that if you don't choose your OS in 10 seconds, it defaults to Linux (not a bad thing, but a pain in the ass if you're impatient and need Windows for Netflix...:rolleyes:).

Long story short, I found the code for the countdown and, this being Linux, decided to add a few or 20 seconds. When I went to save the file, though, no go. Do I need to log in as Linux God Root or can I go to the terminal and do something like...


sudo pico /bin/grub/boot whatever, whatever...

[RichGem]

^^^^ good find! Yes, you need to put on your czar crown and log in as root or sudo to modify anything in /boot or /boot/grub etc.

btw, that path above is odd.... did you get it right?

grub files are usually contained in /boot/grub

[Poulin]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8703

Has anyone read this?

I installed it last week on a computer that had been collecting dust in my basement. Quite nice. Me likey lots.

[Lynchmeister]

^^^^ good find! Yes, you need to put on your czar crown and log in as root or sudo to modify anything in /boot or /boot/grub etc.

btw, that path above is odd.... did you get it right?

grub files are usually contained in /boot/grub

Yeah...I may have added lib a bit. :rolleyes:

[RichGem]

so, did you get your changes saved?

[OldSaw]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8703

Has anyone read this?

I installed it last week on a computer that had been collecting dust in my basement. Quite nice. Me likey lots.

I just received this on a disk. How are you running it? I don't have anymore computers left to have a dedicated PC for Solaris.

[RichGem]

I just received this on a disk. How are you running it? I don't have anymore computers left to have a dedicated PC for Solaris.

I may be wrong... but... .if you boot off the CD, you should get an option to run without installing or something similar. If it's only an install disk, you can still abort before any changes are made.

[Lynchmeister]

so, did you get your changes saved?

Nah, not yet. The better half, despite wanting Linux on the computers, isn't too fond of it infringing on "our" time. :rolleyes:

We both have tomorrow off, so you can write Thursday off as "our" time. :lol:

[Poulin]

I just received this on a disk. How are you running it? I don't have anymore computers left to have a dedicated PC for Solaris.

I'm running it all by itself on a box that used to house windows.

I tried openSuse and Ubuntu on this box first, but there were issues that made me move on. openSolaris presented no issues or challenges after install and works great.

[Mr. Gillette]

Nah, not yet. The better half, despite wanting Linux on the computers, isn't too fond of it infringing on "our" time. :rolleyes:

We both have tomorrow off, so you can write Thursday off as "our" time. :lol:

Sounds like a remake of THIRTYSOMETHING.

I don't remember the characters, but I remember the dialogue each week:

HER: "What about my needs?"

HIM: "What about my needs?"

HER: "You never think of my needs."

HIM: "You don't understand me."

HER: "Try to think of someone other than yourself."

HIM: "You're so self-absorbed."

HER: "I don't understand you anymore."

HIM: "I'm so sorry it's come to this."

HER: "I LOVE YOU, but I can't know who we are until I know who I am."

HIM: "I don't understand...but I want to. Tell me about it."

HER: "Why is it always about you?":lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Why can't you tell ME about you?"

[RichGem]

I'm running it all by itself on a box that used to house windows.

I tried openSuse and Ubuntu on this box first, but there were issues that made me move on. openSolaris presented no issues or challenges after install and works great.

very interesting. last I knew, Linux supported way more hardware than solaris. maybe you got that one out of a billion magical combos happening.

[Lynchmeister]

Sounds like a remake of THIRTYSOMETHING.

I don't remember the characters, but I remember the dialogue each week:

HER: "What about my needs?"

HIM: "What about my needs?"

HER: "You never think of my needs."

HIM: "You don't understand me."

HER: "Try to think of someone other than yourself."

HIM: "You're so self-absorbed."

HER: "I don't understand you anymore."

HIM: "I'm so sorry it's come to this."

HER: "I LOVE YOU, but I can't know who we are until I know who I am."

HIM: "I don't understand...but I want to. Tell me about it."

HER: "Why is it always about you?":lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Why can't you tell ME about you?"

Ugh...I was hoping I could at least make it till bedtime before the ritual pillow talk [with my wife].

:lol:

[RichGem]

Ugh...I was hoping I could at least make it till bedtime before the ritual pillow talk.

:lol:

Uh, Cory, why for linux sake are you having ritual pillow talk with Mr. G.????

[Lynchmeister]

Uh, Cory, why for linux sake are you having ritual pillow talk with Mr. G.????


Oh God...I just realized how horribly wrong that came out! :eek:


There! Edited for posterity. :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

Nah, not yet. The better half, despite wanting Linux on the computers, isn't too fond of it infringing on "our" time. :rolleyes:

We both have tomorrow off, so you can write Thursday off as "our" time. :lol:

I was glancing at this post from the side while eating my lunch and mistakenly saw the word Linux as a different word with X at the end and had to do a double take. :redface: I almost spit my iced tea out.

[Lynchmeister]

I was glancing at this post from the side while eating my lunch and mistakenly saw the word Linux as a different word with X at the end and had to do a double take. :redface: I almost spit my iced tea out.

Note to self...:w00t::cool:

[RichGem]

Oh God...I just realized how horribly wrong that came out! :eek:


There! Edited for posterity. :biggrin:

LMAO!

[OldSaw]

Oh God...I just realized how horribly wrong that came out! :eek:


There! Edited for posterity. :biggrin:

I hope that makes you feel better. However, Rich's quote is still the same. :biggrin:

[Lynchmeister]

LMAO!

Hey. If you can't rely on your running mate to watch your back, well...then you're just two guys full of hopes, dreams, and empty campaign promises...:whistling:



:lol:

[Lynchmeister]

I hope that makes you feel better. However, Rich's quote is still the same. :biggrin:


D'oh!!!

[OldSaw]

D'oh!!!

I'd probably get banned if I posted those kind of pictures.

[OldSaw]

Nah, not yet. The better half, despite wanting Linux on the computers, isn't too fond of it infringing on "our" time. :rolleyes:

We both have tomorrow off, so you can write Thursday off as "our" time. :lol:

As long as you're not going to be playing with the computer, how about firing up that Hamborger Veermaster? I'm eager to see what your thoughts are on it.

[RichGem]

Hey. If you can't rely on your running mate to watch your back, well...then you're just two guys full of hopes, dreams, and empty campaign promises...:whistling:



:lol:

Yeah, well, I have to plan for the eventuallity possibility that you suffer a "tragic accident" and die in office and I have to take over.

As for empty campaign promises... when did we start promising anything??

[Lynchmeister]

As long as you're not going to be playing with the computer, how about firing up that Hamborger Veermaster? I'm eager to see what your thoughts are on it.

I've got that slated for Friday. [Translation: My wife won't be home, so I can do whatever I want...as long as the dishes and laundry get done.] I'd like to fire it up tomorrow, or better yet tonight, but she's still not to crazy about this whole pipe thing, so I'm treading lightly.

:tongue_sm


Yeah, well, I have to plan for the eventuallity possibility that you suffer a "tragic accident" and die in office and I have to take over.

As for empty campaign promises... when did we start promising anything??


Uh oh. It seems the tables have turned...

[Lynchmeister]

Vote Lynchmeister/RichGem '08!!! Don't ask for anything, 'cause you ain't gettin' it!

[RichGem]

Vote Lynchmeister/RichGem '08!!! Don't ask for anything, 'cause you ain't gettin' it!


(tho we do promise to rename the "Ho-chunk" Casino. Names under consideration include: Bloz Chunks, Po-dunk, and Ho-funk. We await your decision.)

[OldSaw]

(tho we do promise to rename the "Ho-chunk" Casino. Names under consideration include: Bloz Chunks, Po-dunk, and Ho-funk. We await your decision.)




How about Chunky?
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I think the new sign would attract folks from as far away as Monroe.

[Lynchmeister]

(tho we do promise to rename the "Ho-chunk" Casino. Names under consideration include: Bloz Chunks, Po-dunk, and Ho-funk. We await your decision.)




:lol::lol::lol:

With this platform, we can't lose!!!

...one minor detail, though. The Grater Cheddar Area National Convention, or GCAN, is slated to be held at Ho-Chunk...I've already sent the info off to the printers. Guess who's gonna be handwriting Bloz Chunks on 3000 pamplets? :lol:

[RichGem]

:lol::lol::lol:

With this platform, we can't lose!!!

...one minor detail, though. The Grater Cheddar Area National Convention, or GCAN, is slated to be held at Ho-Chunk...I've already sent the info off to the printers. Guess who's gonna be handwriting Bloz Chunks on 3000 pamplets? :lol:


Bah! We'll rename after we win the election.

[OldSaw]

:lol::lol::lol:

With this platform, we can't lose!!!

...one minor detail, though. The Grater Cheddar Area National Convention, or GCAN, is slated to be held at Ho-Chunk...I've already sent the info off to the printers. Guess who's gonna be handwriting Bloz Chunks on 3000 pamplets? :lol:

If you change the name to Chunky, you can just wrap the pamphlets around the chocolate bars.

[Lynchmeister]

How about Chunky?
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I think the new sign would attract folks from as far away as Monroe.

Ha!

Welcome to the new and improved(!) Ho-Chunky Casino and resort. Located just outside of the beautiful Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton area, we offer a fine range of amenities and activities. See ya at the Chunky!

[RichGem]

:lol::lol::lol:

With this platform, we can't lose!!!

...one minor detail, though. The Grater Cheddar Area National Convention, or GCAN, is slated to be held at Ho-Chunk...I've already sent the info off to the printers. Guess who's gonna be handwriting Bloz Chunks on 3000 pamplets? :lol:


Great! We'll be able to save money on paying off all those dead people to vote for us.

[Lynchmeister]

Bah! We'll rename after we win the election.

Confidence. I like that. :cool:

[OldSaw]

Bah! We'll rename after we win the election.

But just think of all those chocolate craving voters in Wisconsin. Deliver chocolate up front and you won't have to promise anything later.

[Lynchmeister]

Great! We'll be able to save money on paying off all those dead people to vote for us.

You say something, Rich?

:whistling:

[RichGem]

You say something, Rich?

:whistling:


Not me! Just lookin' out for the campaign budget. All our voters are legit and I've got the doctored records to prove it!