Yeah, but me, I prefer banging my head repeatedly against a brick wall while chewing broken glass to using this troff thing. In this case, the new-fangled stuff is just better, at least for normal people who just want to get stuff done.
On 31 August 2016 at 12:51, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote: > some here still prefer hammer/chisel/stone to new-fangled > quill/ink/parchment > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:22 PM Chris McGee <sirnewton...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > >> Sure, >> >> I'm looking for plan9 user/enthusiast appropriate medium. Any suggestions? >> >> Chris >> >> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Eduardo Alvarez <astrochelon...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Are you keeping your progess public? It would be very educational to >> read. >> > >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Chris McGee <sirnewton...@yahoo.ca> >> wrote: >> >> I am about a quarter of the way to a similar setup. >> >> >> >> My goal is to have a specialty for each of the Pi's (sensors, >> controller, >> >> terminal, router) without preventing them from doing general tasks. I'm >> >> hoping to eventually connect up some Pi zeros as leaf nodes for just >> >> sensor/control and plumb through 9P via UART pins. >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> On Aug 30, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Skip Tavakkolian < >> skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> It is straightforward and easy: >> >> >> >> https://plus.google.com/+SkipTavakkolian/posts/Fb846KhBMM6 >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM Eduardo Alvarez < >> astrochelon...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to >> >>> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting >> >>> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed >> >>> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware (we >> >>> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9 >> >>> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The biggest >> >>> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took >> >>> off. It would be a fun experiment. >> >>> >> >>> Eduardo Alvarez >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit >> >>> <jules.merit.eurocorp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing >> >>>> beautiful >> >>>> code that has already been done. >> >>>> >> >>>> Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate. >> >>>> -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian" >> >>>> <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM). I'm >> >>>>> sorry I >> >>>>> missed that meetup. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle >> area. >> >>>>> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful >> >>>>> thinking). >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis >> >>>>> <michaelian.en...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >> >>>>>> <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of >> 9fans >> >>>>>>> in >> >>>>>>> my neighborhood has doubled. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> And for the county it has at least tripled. I heard at least one >> >>>>>> other >> >>>>>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week. :) >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Ian >> > >> >> >>
