Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-28 Thread capslock2000
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 08:33:09AM +0800, Joerg Bartels wrote: > At 27.09.2000 09:42:00, you wrote: > >Hi > > I looked over to there website and take a look at the linux installer > I never saw a tar.F file before. I use Mulinux (very light Linux) > on umsdos. So it can be dangerous to fireup tha

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-28 Thread capslock2000
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 08:26:14PM -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > Well, if they don't *need* the space they shouldn't TAKE the space. > > No software on my system has permission to create its own disk. If I > want another OS, I will determine the amount of HDD space to be > dedicated to it. If the s

Re: (OT) smtp question

2000-09-20 Thread capslock2000
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 06:25:04PM +0200, Bernie wrote: > Neil wrote: > >Linux, I just learned, makes life much easier. When you send email, you > >don't specify an smtp host at all. The smtp client goes out and finds one > >that is associated with the recipient's domain. I sent a test msg to

Re: CMOS-crash from syntax error

2000-09-07 Thread capslock2000
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:15:29AM +0200, Bernie wrote: > Steven wrote: > > >Why pick on Linux? DOS is the same. > > NO IT IS NOT! If the user types in an incorrect syntax the program should > NEVER EVER screw anything up - it should exit gracefully (or atleast not > make any changes and hang).

Re: Linux

2000-09-06 Thread capslock2000
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 07:14:04PM +0200, Bernie wrote: > Casper wrote: > > So you don't think a user should have the rights to install programs? Weird > since many Linux systems are in a networked environment where you as a user > can't install (nor root access). If you want to blame Michael bla

Re: Linux

2000-09-05 Thread capslock2000
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 06:49:28PM +0200, Bernie wrote: > Casper wrote: > >But it is in the filename, the full filename that is. > >It's not ls, it's really /bin/ls , it's in /bin so it is executable. > >That is one of the benefits of the "weird" directory structure. > > Ok, what about ~/arachne-

Re: Steven: CMOS-crash with BASICLinux!

2000-09-05 Thread capslock2000
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:45:32AM +0800, Joerg Bartels wrote: > Hey Steven, > I tryed to make a bootdisk for a Corel-Linux installation under BASICLinux > dd if=cdrom/Corel/Boot/boot1440.img of=dev/fd0 with cdromdrive mounted ^^ |

Re: DOS and the future (and why I use DOS :-) )

2000-09-05 Thread capslock2000
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 10:25:42PM +0300, Or Botton wrote: > > hm... how about an internal hardware based PC emulator? :) Isn't that what the Crusoe processor from Transmeta is all about? -- Casper Gielen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It was a user's "club", ... in the sense

Re: Linux

2000-09-04 Thread capslock2000
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 09:18:56AM +0200, Bernie wrote: > However the file "file" says nothing of what kind of file it is, "file.exe" > for instance tell us that it's an executable so Linux isn't completly > logically built, and longer names will not help you if there's no extension But it is in

Re: ns.arachne.cz and ORBS

2000-07-28 Thread capslock2000
On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:44:56PM -0400, Eric S. Emerson wrote: > > > Hi Clarence, Howard, > I don't understand this discussion. > What is ORBS and this open relays stuff? Why would > Arachne be blocked, what ever that means? > ORBS or Open Relay Block List is an attempt t

Re: SMTP servers and web-based email

2000-07-17 Thread capslock2000
On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 07:34:36PM -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > > Could it be that my web-based email at Telebot and Subdimension > would have otherwise worked with my SMTP server being down if I > had used a browser instead of a POP3 or IMAP client in my attemts > to send mail? Yes, POP3 a

Re: saved file still in cache

2000-07-17 Thread capslock2000
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 09:41:35PM -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > > But, that number *is* the date and time. > IIRC, It is the number of seconds since the beginning of Linux-era. :-) > Minor correction: it's the number of seconds since the beginning of the Unix-era [*] , sort of. It's 00:00:00 1