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Robert Fisher On 19 May 2015 9:01 pm, "Peter Simmonds" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Regarding existing meetings, I and possibly many new entrants would love > to attend the regular meetings, but have only as such been given a basic > hint of their existence! All I have done so far is subscribe to the mailing > list, and only heard secondhand (Through the list) that these meetings > actually still take place. Could I recommend that the details of these are > put on the UoC web page where the subscription addresses are? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > On 18/05/2015 07:28, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Peter Simmonds >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Pardon the intrusion, but it would be great to get a meeting place >>> organized. The talk of politics is always more fun in person! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >> You ignore the existing meetings then? >> >> >> >>> >>> On 12/05/2015 12:21, Derek Smithies wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Good memory Nick, it was me that started that ls series.. (I was >>>> gobsmacked by the ones others found). >>>> >>>> It seems that most people do seek the interesting - look at the >>>> popularity >>>> of the british quiz show QI. >>>> >>>> The real reason for the push for "interesting facts only", is that by >>>> doing this we make it stand out from the crowd. >>>> By doing so, it will attract more interesting facts and get better and >>>> better.. >>>> >>>> Enough said. >>>> >>>> what do others think - is it a reasonable requirement to push for >>>> "interesting facts only" ? >>>> >>>> Even, horror stories on computer maintenance are ok - many like to learn >>>> from other's mistakes.. >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Derek. >>>> >>>> On 12/05/15 12:11, Nick Rout wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yep, interesting factoids are good. I liked the series of ls commands >>>>> you (I think) posted to the list recently, lscpu etc. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Derek Smithies >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> Exactly. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would say, given the response on the 1e100 thing, that if we push to >>>>>> make >>>>>> it "interesting", people will come.. >>>>>> >>>>>> Fill it with factoids. >>>>>> 1001 variants on ls >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you know that the ~. key sequence, when connected via ssh to a >>>>>> remote >>>>>> console, will kill the connection? >>>>>> Thus, if you are sshed to a remote box, and it does go down, you can >>>>>> close >>>>>> the link without too much pain.. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Derek. >>>>>> On 12/05/15 11:48, Nick Rout wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Then again, build it and they will come... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Linux-users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from my Ubuntu computer >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Linux-users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Linux-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >
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