Re: [OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
Agreed, give yourself credit where it is due. I've been um.. being a dilettante with linux for oh... 3 weeks ? :) Fun stuff I assure you. another acronym i rarely here now but liked: SARS as in, Don't give me any SARS! Smart Ass Remarks Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 10:34:40 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Chris Keelan wrote: Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: snip - Chris Oops, the yolks on me wiping face... smile Guess my rather recent switch (2-3 years ago) to Linux shows. Reminds me of a friend who had just started working for a local Telecomms. company - a senior tech had told him to always make sure that the lines ran *down* into each house, because the current wouldn't flow uphill. ;-) Later... wow! at least im younger as my linux age is only 7 months old *slides to the background so nobody will notice the flimsy alibi being woven* ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
Hey, Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: Reminds me of a friend who had just started working for a local Telecomms. company - a senior tech had told him to always make sure that the lines ran *down* into each house, because the current wouldn't flow uphill. ;-) I personally like to blame gamma radiation. http://tuxedo.org/jargon/html/entry/cosmic-rays.html http://tuxedo.org/jargon/html/entry/sunspots.html http://tuxedo.org/jargon/html/entry/phase-of-the-moon.html Have fun Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 10:34:40 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Chris Keelan wrote: Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: snip - Chris Oops, the yolks on me wiping face... smile Guess my rather recent switch (2-3 years ago) to Linux shows. Reminds me of a friend who had just started working for a local Telecomms. company - a senior tech had told him to always make sure that the lines ran *down* into each house, because the current wouldn't flow uphill. ;-) Later... wow! at least im younger as my linux age is only 7 months old *slides to the background so nobody will notice the flimsy alibi being woven* ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 09:43, you wrote: On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 10:34:40 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Chris Keelan wrote: Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: snip - Chris I personally like to blame gamma radiation. Oops, the yolks on me wiping face... smile Guess my rather recent switch (2-3 years ago) to Linux shows. Reminds me of a friend who had just started working for a local Telecomms. company - a senior tech had told him to always make sure that the lines ran *down* into each house, because the current wouldn't flow uphill. ;-) Later... wow! at least im younger as my linux age is only 7 months old *slides to the background so nobody will notice the flimsy alibi being woven* ciao! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:01:07 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: I personally like to blame gamma radiation. The BOFH has a day calendar with excuses on each page. He'll flip through them: Hmmm. Static from nylons. Nope, too plausible bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [OT] SASA ( was Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?)
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:43:37 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: wow! at least im younger as my linux age is only 7 months old *slides to the background so nobody will notice the flimsy alibi being woven* Like I said, anybody who knows enough to actually cd to /etc and start looking for packetsize.conf, with the absolute intention of firing up vi and changing a setting is NOT clueless. Give yourself a pat on the back. - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
you are lucky. mine sometimes pop-in my inbox after two days. its the mail-time-electron-flux (replace that with your favorite name for the lag-monster as it wont mind being called names ;-) ciao! On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 02:55:27 GMT marvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: I`m curious as my posts take can take up to Four hours to appear. -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:46:39 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: you are lucky. mine sometimes pop-in my inbox after two days. its the mail-time-electron-flux (replace that with your favorite name for the lag-monster as it wont mind being called names ;-) Actually, do you have your /etc/packetsize.conf to 'useMetric = yes ' ? (Mandrake does this by default, being a French distro) If you are sending metric TCP/IP packets, they're larger than American packets and will therefore, travel much more slowly. Especially over thin wires. ;o) - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
Chris Keelan wrote: Actually, do you have your /etc/packetsize.conf to 'useMetric = yes ' ? (Mandrake does this by default, being a French distro) If you are sending metric TCP/IP packets, they're larger than American packets and will therefore, travel much more slowly. Especially over thin wires. Just in case mine was set like that, I looked. I couldn't find a file named packetsize.conf in /etc... I tried locate and whereis as well... Perhaps its another file? Or somewhere else? Thanks! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
Sun, 03 Feb 2002 21:55:39 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: Actually, do you have your /etc/packetsize.conf to 'useMetric = yes ' ? (Mandrake does this by default, being a French distro) If you are sending metric TCP/IP packets, they're larger than American packets and will therefore, travel much more slowly. Especially over thin wires. Just in case mine was set like that, I looked. I couldn't find a file named packetsize.conf in /etc... I tried locate and whereis as well... Perhaps its another file? Or somewhere else? Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: Luser: I can't find my data files! S.A.S.A: Did you look in your /home directory? Luser: Oh, there they are. I swear they weren't there a minute ago! S.A.S.A.: Well, sunspots, you know. Cause all sorts of fluctuation in the magnetic encodings of harddrives. Luser: Wow! I never knew that! So metric TCP/IP packetsizes are a joking way to dismiss the lag that Anuerin G. Diaz has been experiencing with delivery from this list. I figured that, since he signs his mails as a Design Engineer, he'd get the joke. Hey, give yourself some credit. You at least knew how to check /etc/ to see what your settings were! - Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:02:01 -0500 Chris Keelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 21:55:39 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: Actually, do you have your /etc/packetsize.conf to 'useMetric = yes ' ? (Mandrake does this by default, being a French distro) If you are sending metric TCP/IP packets, they're larger than American packets and will therefore, travel much more slowly. Especially over thin wires. Just in case mine was set like that, I looked. I couldn't find a file named packetsize.conf in /etc... I tried locate and whereis as well... Perhaps its another file? Or somewhere else? Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no metric setting for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on fat electrons which tend to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. Sunspots was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to particularly stupid users. e.g.: Luser: I can't find my data files! S.A.S.A: Did you look in your /home directory? Luser: Oh, there they are. I swear they weren't there a minute ago! S.A.S.A.: Well, sunspots, you know. Cause all sorts of fluctuation in the magnetic encodings of harddrives. Luser: Wow! I never knew that! So metric TCP/IP packetsizes are a joking way to dismiss the lag that Anuerin G. Diaz has been experiencing with delivery from this list. I figured that, since he signs his mails as a Design Engineer, he'd get the joke. Hey, give yourself some credit. You at least knew how to check /etc/ to see what your settings were! - Chris got me there. *lol*. and here i am starting to construct a packetsize configuration file, j/k. yeah, my title is Design Engineer but that's what they call company programmers so clients will be awestruck by the initial effect. hehehehe... ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:56:58 -0500 Chris Keelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:46:39 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: you are lucky. mine sometimes pop-in my inbox after two days. its the mail-time-electron-flux (replace that with your favorite name for the lag-monster as it wont mind being called names ;-) Actually, do you have your /etc/packetsize.conf to 'useMetric = yes ' ? (Mandrake does this by default, being a French distro) If you are sending metric TCP/IP packets, they're larger than American packets and will therefore, travel much more slowly. Especially over thin wires. ;o) i have no such file in my system. any supporting document on what that file is for? ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?
I`m curious as my posts take can take up to Four hours to appear. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
