Re: Hello (hello, hello)
On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Dave Land wrote: The summer sun is fading as the year grows old And darker days are drawing near. The winter winds will be much colder Now you're not here. 50 points to anyone other than Charlie who can name the album. That's rather generous on this list I gotta million of 'em. Here's a hundred for you, and 37 more to WTG just because. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Christians
On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Dave Land wrote: As long as we're slinging lyrics around, a friend sent me the following poem. I wish some of the fundies I've been dealing with recently thought that way... :-) Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dr. Demento (was Re: Hello (hello, hello))
Dave Land wrote: Thanks for over-sharing. It's what I live for. :-D Jim We all need a hobby Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dr. Demento (was Re: Hello (hello, hello))
Julia Thompson wrote: Dave Land wrote: Thanks for over-sharing. Glad I deleted my response unsent, then. Wimp!! At least post it to your LJ, Julia, for those of us with stronger constitutions than Dave's. :-) Jim Sharing is caring Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Hello (hello, hello)
On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Shannon, is gone I heard She's drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard I was waiting for this one. Hoping against it, I guess, but expecting it nonetheless. My wife likes to pull this one out when we play the worst song you can have stuck in your head game... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Hello (hello, hello)
On Behalf Of PAT MATHEWS From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Horn, John wrote: The marchin' band came down along Main Street The soldier blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Billy Waiting to go and join the line And with her head upon his shoulder His young and lovely fiancee From where I stood I saw she was cryin' And through her tears I heard her say Soldier blues? The Civil War? xponent Guessaroonio Maru rob Oh, decidedly. The War Between the States. Yup, that's the one. Not Vietnam like most people think (given when the song came out). Or as I prefer to call it The War of Southern Treason... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Is it just me....
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:43 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Is it just me On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Dan Minette wrote: There'll be a lag on free movement/employment like there is with some of the recent members. This is going to be a 20 year process at least. Ah, I didn't know about the lag for recent members. Thanks for the correction. I looked at the EU website, and a couple more, and I never saw the maximum length of the restrictions given. Do you happen to know offhand where such a site is? If not, I'll keep looking. Not a clue. I'm fairly sure they were bilaterally negotiated between each applicant and the EU, so there probably isn't a maximum length. I wasn't thinking about an established upper limit, but the longest cooling off period that has applied to Eastern European countries that have joined. I *think* it was something like 3 year cooling off period for countries like Poland. So, within a couple more years (we're one year into this period from what I've read), there should be free movement? As for Turkey, there'll be a period of maybe another 10 or 15 years where they'll get closer and closer to free trade with the EU and there will be less red tape for Turkish nationals who are offered employment etc (much as it's easier for Brits to work in Oz than for Americans...). Full membership won't take less than 15-20 years from now, and even then they'll have the cooling off period. I agree with your last sentence. I think we may disagree over whether it is likely that this will happen. It's experimentally testable, I think. In 5 more years, if there isn't any real progress towards freer trade and free movement (I'll agree that less red tape counts as progress), then my guesses are supported. If real progress is made, then that is evidence against my prediction. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Christians
On Mar 23, 2006, at 1:58 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Dave Land wrote: As long as we're slinging lyrics around, a friend sent me the following poem. I wish some of the fundies I've been dealing with recently thought that way... :-) I've been facilitating a class on Liberal Christianity for the past three months or so, and one of the gripes we've all had with the material is its us vs. them stance: the fundies are bad and we are good. That's not the language I hear in Angelou's poem, either. I think the trick is to stop talking about how much better the way we believe is than the way they believe (from both sides of the fence) and simply (and beautifully, in Angelou's voice) assert what we believe to be goodness. Her poem is so honest and humble. It sounds like Jesus to me. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: hardware suckz
On 3/22/06, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Fool wrote: Fat32 There's your problem _Right There_. Unless you are using some version of win9x that needs to be able to see this partition, you need to be using NTFS. It's better in every way. And you can compress NTFS drives. See if you can't dig up an old version of scandisk.exe or norton utilities DOS version. But NTFS is not visible to Linux. If Linux did it, then Linux can fix it :-P But I still think it was not a software bug, but a hardware bug. Alberto Monteiro Actually Linux can read NTFS, and fairly well. I once helped a friend set it up so he could listen to his music collection - but the real problem is that you have to go in via the command line (AFAIK), and Windows is *extremely* hostile to CLIs, what with all the special characters and spaces in the file names. Not to mention we couldn't seem to get tab completion to work, so it was manual copy-paste-quoting. Not fun. As for writing, the devs have it working, but they caution users that it is very much alpha and that there are drives that have been screwed up by being written to. Not something I would use, but fortunately, it is not a problem I will face anytime soon. ~Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
On Mar 23, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Horn, John wrote: On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Shannon, is gone I heard She's drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard I was waiting for this one. Hoping against it, I guess, but expecting it nonetheless. My wife likes to pull this one out when we play the worst song you can have stuck in your head game... I wonder how many others play this game with their significant others? Peggy has been following this thread with great enjoyment. Credit for several of my offerings must go to her. She is a cruel woman. Today, she suggested this: My father married a pure Cherokee My mother's people were ashamed of me The indians said I was white by law The White Man always called me Indian Squaw [CHORUS:] Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word Half-breed, she's no good they warned Both sides were against me since the day I was born We never settled, went from town to town When you're not welcome you don't hang around The other children always laughed at me Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee [Repeat Chorus] We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame My life since then has been from man to man But I can't run away from what I am [Repeat chorus] Dave father of a half-breed Land ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
Among many items of questionable taste in my LP collection back in the day were several by that delectable subject of my teenage fantasies, Olivia Newton-John (or, as Peggy calls her, Bolivia Neutron Bomb). She is responsible for many terpsichorean sins, among which is this: n the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox With the best of country music, old and new You can hear your five selections for a quarter And somebody else's songs when yours are through I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter And my friends around to help me ease the pain 'Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song And here I am just missing you again Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17 It was our song, it was his song, but it's over Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean I don't ever wanna hear that song again If I had a dime for every time I held you Though you're far away, you've been so close to me I could swear I'd be the richest girl in Nashville Maybe even in the state of Tennessee But I guess I'd better get myself together 'Cause when you left, you didn't leave too much behind Just a note that said I'm sorry by your picture And a song that's weighing heavy on my mind Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17 It was our song, it was his song, but it's over Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean I don't ever wanna hear that song again Dave B-18 Land ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Christians
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Land Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:07 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Christians On Mar 23, 2006, at 1:58 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Dave Land wrote: As long as we're slinging lyrics around, a friend sent me the following poem. I wish some of the fundies I've been dealing with recently thought that way... :-) I've been facilitating a class on Liberal Christianity for the past three months or so, and one of the gripes we've all had with the material is its us vs. them stance: the fundies are bad and we are good. That's not the language I hear in Angelou's poem, either. I think the trick is to stop talking about how much better the way we believe is than the way they believe (from both sides of the fence) and simply (and beautifully, in Angelou's voice) assert what we believe to be goodness. I have found one antitdote for this: getting in small groups (such as Disciple Bible Study) which mix both fundamentalists and liberals. I've been in such groups, and have had wonderful experiences in them. The discussions are often lively. I'm not exactly a shrinking violet, and I have passionately argued for my interpretation of scriptural passages. Yet, my fundamentalist brothers and sister have, with rare exception, reacted very favorably to my passion. When I use scripture as a basis for my arguments, I am talking in their terms. The fact that my love for scripture shines through my arguments is much more important to them than the fact that, in their opinion, I have misinterpreted certain passages. Since we agree we are saved by grace, not merit, my mistakes are much less important to them than what they see as my openness to grace. My view of them parallels this. We'll fight tooth and nail over interpretations, but without rancor. We may raise our voices and wave our armsbut that's just the passion speaking through, not anger. Hugs and personal affirmation are far more common than any harsh words. It's certainly not perfect...none of us treat our brothers and sisters as we should. But, it has helped me understand how the fundamentalists I differ with are truly my brothers and sisters at a far deeper level than simply intellectual affirmation. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dr. Demento (was Re: Hello (hello, hello))
On 3/21/06, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal Dr. Demento favorite: It was April the forty-first Being a quadruple leap year I was driving in downtown Atlantis My barracuda was in the shop So I was in a rented stingray And it was overheating So I pulled into a Shell Station They said I'd blown a seal I said, Fix the damn thing And leave my private life out of it Okay pal? [lots and lots snipped] Okay, you finally snared me: When we were in love I pretended you didn't exist That way I loved you more You suggested we get married and move into a house I suggested that we jump overboard And live underwater in the lost city of Atlantis Where mermaids sing And tuxedoed dolphins bring you breakfast One year later I was transfered to the moon Worse pay, better hours I was transfered to the moon Worse pay, better fellow workers I built our love out of blood I went to the dentist and told him take out my heart I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I was attending Mardi Gras with Fidel Castro Buxom cross dressers threw fake gold coins at our feet As we discussed the fate of the revolution Suddenly, CIA men dressed in bikinis Tried to stab us with fountain pens Fidel blew mustard gas from his cigar And immobalized the lot of them 19 tequilas later we had a deal Havana goes back to the mob And Fidel and I open a chain of Kentucky Fried Chicken shops Ain't life sweet? I feel good I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now, how do you feel? I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now, how do you feel? Mauro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dr. Demento (was Re: Hello (hello, hello))
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: And tuxedoed dolphins bring you breakfast And even appropriate for the purported topic of the list! I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now, how do you feel? I feel the shock of recognition. One of my favorite CDs of the mid-90s. Thanks for the reminder. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: hardware suckz
At 01:50 AM Thursday 3/23/2006, Dave Land wrote: On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Being pretty much in 1-1 correspondence with machine language, it also offers you the opportunity to get into places you probably shouldn't be and mess things up royally, even (in fact, usually) unintentionally . . . Bottom line: this thread is misnamed. Software suckz. I thought of changing it, but you know the power of tradition . . . --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dr. Demento (was Re: Hello (hello, hello))
At 02:10 PM Thursday 3/23/2006, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 3/21/06, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal Dr. Demento favorite: It was April the forty-first Being a quadruple leap year I was driving in downtown Atlantis My barracuda was in the shop So I was in a rented stingray And it was overheating So I pulled into a Shell Station They said I'd blown a seal I said, Fix the damn thing And leave my private life out of it Okay pal? [lots and lots snipped] Okay, you finally snared me: When we were in love I pretended you didn't exist That way I loved you more You suggested we get married and move into a house I suggested that we jump overboard And live underwater in the lost city of Atlantis Where mermaids sing And tuxedoed dolphins bring you breakfast One year later I was transfered to the moon Worse pay, better hours I was transfered to the moon Worse pay, better fellow workers I built our love out of blood I went to the dentist and told him take out my heart I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I was attending Mardi Gras with Fidel Castro Buxom cross dressers threw fake gold coins at our feet As we discussed the fate of the revolution Suddenly, CIA men dressed in bikinis Tried to stab us with fountain pens Fidel blew mustard gas from his cigar And immobalized the lot of them 19 tequilas later we had a deal Havana goes back to the mob And Fidel and I open a chain of Kentucky Fried Chicken shops Ain't life sweet? I feel good I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now, how do you feel? I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now I feel better than James Brown I feel better now, how do you feel? Mauro Here's another inevitable entry we might as well get out of the way: She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time And I think it's gonna be a long long time --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives
On Behalf Of William T Goodall http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? I went with a Buffalo Technologies LinkStation, in case anyone is wondering. I had another friend who recommended this one as well. Thanks for the help all who responded! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Hello (hello, hello)
At 09:57 AM Thursday 3/23/2006, Horn, John wrote: On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Shannon, is gone I heard She's drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard I was waiting for this one. Hoping against it, I guess, but expecting it nonetheless. My wife likes to pull this one out when we play the worst song you can have stuck in your head game... I made a note of it two or three days ago, and finally decided to go ahead with it --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Christians
On Mar 24, 2006, at 5:07 AM, Dave Land wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 1:58 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Dave Land wrote: As long as we're slinging lyrics around, a friend sent me the following poem. I wish some of the fundies I've been dealing with recently thought that way... :-) I've been facilitating a class on Liberal Christianity for the past three months or so, and one of the gripes we've all had with the material is its us vs. them stance: the fundies are bad and we are good. That's not the language I hear in Angelou's poem, either. I think the trick is to stop talking about how much better the way we believe is than the way they believe (from both sides of the fence) and simply (and beautifully, in Angelou's voice) assert what we believe to be goodness. Indeed that's a good thing to aspire to. But there is a serious problem when someone believes that Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists aren't Christian, and that atheists aren't even people. Or that mammals aren't animals, or that squids are not living... Her poem is so honest and humble. It sounds like Jesus to me. Or, it sounds like the image of Jesus that moderate Christianity aspires to. As Dan says, though, the way to bring some of these people in is to show that a lot of people who disagree with them still hold the same basic beliefs, and I'm glad that he's been able to build that bridge in some cases. Others, unfortunately, are so close-minded that it's too late. The most important thing that they miss often, sadly, is the basic principle that the laws that they despise as allowing those they hate (atheists like me, liberals, gays, environmentalists, scientists, Catholics, Democrats...) to exist and that they'd love to overturn are the same laws that we respect and that allow them to follow their beliefs. *sigh* The recent case of a Colorado music teacher hounded out for showing a 12 minute segment of Dame Joan Sutherland's classic introduction to opera for kids (sock puppets performing part of Faust) despite her being Christian, as a result of the parents of six children complaining, just makes me sad. Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: 50 points to anyone other than Charlie who can name the album. Dave Drawing a green mist behind him Land But this is Forever Autumn from the War of the Worlds Surely... See, said it was easy. Have 50 of Dave's points... ...and don't call me Shirley. ;) There's FINALLY a stage version, by the way. It's on tour. Hope it comes Down Under. From the official web site, some outrageous hype: Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' classic novel /The War Of The Worlds/ is the best known and best selling musical work of all time. Take THAT, Wolfie! Eat THAT, Herr Beethoven! Smoke THIS one, Mr. Bach! Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
Dave Land wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Horn, John wrote: On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Shannon, is gone I heard She's drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard I was waiting for this one. Hoping against it, I guess, but expecting it nonetheless. My wife likes to pull this one out when we play the worst song you can have stuck in your head game... I wonder how many others play this game with their significant others? Peggy has been following this thread with great enjoyment. Credit for several of my offerings must go to her. She is a cruel woman. Today, she suggested this: My father married a pure Cherokee My mother's people were ashamed of me The indians said I was white by law The White Man always called me Indian Squaw [CHORUS:] Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word Half-breed, she's no good they warned Both sides were against me since the day I was born We never settled, went from town to town When you're not welcome you don't hang around The other children always laughed at me Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee [Repeat Chorus] We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame My life since then has been from man to man But I can't run away from what I am Pass this one back to your honeybunch with my regards! G (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda) There's a port on a western bay And it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And talk about their homes And there's a girl in this harbor town And she works layin' whiskey down They say Brandy, fetch another round She serves them whiskey and wine The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl (you're a fine girl) What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit) Brandy wears a braided chain Made of finest silver from the North of Spain A locket that bears the name Of the man that Brandy loves He came on a summer's day Bringin' gifts from far away But he made it clear he couldn't stay No harbor was his home The sailor said Brandy, you're a fine girl (you're a fine girl) What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit) Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes When he told his sailor stories She could feel the ocean foam rise She saw its ragin' glory But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man And Brandy does her best to understand (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit) At night when the bars close down Brandy walks through a silent town And loves a man who's not around She still can hear him say She hears him say Brandy, you're a fine girl (you're a fine girl) What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea (dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit) Brandy, you're a fine girl (you're a fine girl) FADE What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea xponent Brandy - The Most Gullible Girl In Town Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Dave Land wrote: From the official web site, some outrageous hype: Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' classic novel /The War Of The Worlds/ is the best known and best selling musical work of all time. s/musical work/musical adaptation of sf novel :) Of course, that's until the music hall revue style Startide Rising, featuring the classic numbers Swimming in a metal sea, Sometimes it seems like the whole universe is out to get us and My what big teeth you have (for a dolphin). Take THAT, Wolfie! Eat THAT, Herr Beethoven! Smoke THIS one, Mr. Bach! *g* Take That? ;) Oh, I see what you mean... Better selling than Bat Out Of Hell, even? Maybe, probably not. But well loved. *humming Eve of the War* Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Dave Land wrote: From the official web site, some outrageous hype: Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' classic novel /The War Of The Worlds/ is the best known and best selling musical work of all time. s/musical work/musical adaptation of sf novel :) Hubris can be such a beautiful thing from a certain angle. Of course, that's until the music hall revue style Startide Rising, featuring the classic numbers Swimming in a metal sea, Sometimes it seems like the whole universe is out to get us and My what big teeth you have (for a dolphin). Yeah, but whose idea was it to cast Bruce Willis as Creideiki and Jim Carey as Charles Dart? Kind of ruined it for me. You have to admit that Danny DeVito was a surprise hit as Takkata-Jim. *humming Eve of the War* I'm listening to the whole thing now. Amazing how well it holds up after almost 20 years. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: hardware suckz
maru dubshinki wrote: Actually Linux can read NTFS, and fairly well. I once helped a friend set it up so he could listen to his music collection - but the real problem is that you have to go in via the command line (AFAIK), and Windows is *extremely* hostile to CLIs, what with all the special characters and spaces in the file names. Not to mention we couldn't seem to get tab completion to work, so it was manual copy-paste-quoting. Not fun. If this was from Linux, couldn't you have bundled together each directory -- or even large directory tree -- you wanted to keep into a tarball on the working Linux drive? That would have at least saved a lot of individual file copying. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Science Fiction-themed online store . http://www.sloan3d.com/store Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: hardware suckz
On 3/23/06, Steve Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maru dubshinki wrote: Actually Linux can read NTFS, and fairly well. I once helped a friend set it up so he could listen to his music collection - but the real problem is that you have to go in via the command line (AFAIK), and Windows is *extremely* hostile to CLIs, what with all the special characters and spaces in the file names. Not to mention we couldn't seem to get tab completion to work, so it was manual copy-paste-quoting. Not fun. If this was from Linux, couldn't you have bundled together each directory -- or even large directory tree -- you wanted to keep into a tarball on the working Linux drive? That would have at least saved a lot of individual file copying. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, yes we could have. But this was a dual-boot system (obviously), and there was barely enough space on the Linux partition for Ubuntu and a reasonable selection of extra programs. So ~Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Is it just me....
Ritu wrote: hould be the default for groups with separate languages. Eww! I think that is a pretty bad idea, at least for my part of the world. I don't like the idea either. Drawing lines and creating ethnic enclaves would tend to reinforce natural xenophobic tendencies, IMO. So while it might promote short term harmony (though I'm not even sure of that), it would do little to solve the long term problem. I think the idea behind the EU - blurring boundries - is closer to the right idea. Turkey should be encouraged to respect the Kurdish minority and grant it some degree of political responsibility especially in regions where they are the dominant ethnicity, but expecting Turkey or any other country to just lop off some portion of their territory and hand it over to someone else is unrealistic. -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
