Re: LISP (Was: Re: pyton & perl)

uldn't. (I would never represent myself as a LISP hacker, so take my word with a grain of salt. I've written *one* functioning idiomatic LISP program. I've studied quite a bit of LISP code and the problems it's used for, though.) -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Installing Debian on servers

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Re: Debian is so HOT!

The vendor may replace it for free if you ask nicely. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Re: need help with ncurses...

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mark H. Wood wrote: > atp-get install Duuuh, that should be "apt-get", not "atp-get". -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

RE: How to save a image to GIF by GIMP?

-free successor to GIF. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Re: need help with ncurses...

So far the best I've found is: grep Package:.*ncurses /var/lib/dpkg/available | less which at least gives me a list of only packages whose names contain "ncurses". There's probably a much nicer way to do this, and if so I'd appreciate a documentation pointer. -

Re: home network

d taped to the floor across a doorway where lab. carts rolled over it all day.) Remember your terminators and avoid daily physical abuse, and your coax. will perform very nicely. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Re: home network

ch". Hubs (aka repeaters) just square up an incoming signal and send it out on all the other ports without storing anything, so all ports must run at the same speed. "Switches" (aka bridges) store and then forward (because they have to look at the packet to apply policy) so they can o

Re: (OT) - Static electricity grounding device?

strap for just a few dollars. If you do a lot of work inside computer cases, it's a worthwhile investment. Outfits like Jensen Tools have wrist straps, antistatic floor mats and benchtoppers, toe/heel straps, you name it. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Re: (OT) - Static electricity grounding device?

ages to be present at the taps. Your supply connection, for example, may be entirely plastic, even if you have copper or steel pipe in the house. Or the soil may be too dry for proper conduction. A tested, dedicated electrical ground is the only way to be sure. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.

Installation: where are the modules?

nts about unresolved symbols. By now I recognize that I'm just floundering, having missed some critical piece of information. Would someone please point me in the right direction. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make a good day.