Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-03-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-26 09:46:16, schrieb Ron Johnson: > But that's not a stanford.edu (or any big European technical Uni) > address, is it? Even in Freiburg... It dependy heavily what you ware studying... Yeah IT-Students have access to the Data-Center and a private Key to go in (even at 2 AM in the morn

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 09:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello Ron, > > Am 2007-02-18 17:55:00, schrieb Ron Johnson: >> (Of course, saying that with an @stanford.edu address will only get >> you flamed...) > > I know many peoples @university which have only a RE

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Ron, Am 2007-02-18 17:55:00, schrieb Ron Johnson: > (Of course, saying that with an @stanford.edu address will only get > you flamed...) I know many peoples @university which have only a REALY limited free access to the Internet. Even here in Strasbourg where I live, I can not have ADSL ev

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:23:17AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Mirko Scurk wrote: >>> Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: No m

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:23:17AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mirko Scurk wrote: > > Hans du Plooy wrote: > >> On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > > >> No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always > >>

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Freddy Freeloader
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 12:18 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 19 February 2007 09:26, Hans du Plooy wrote: > > > Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) > > > > > > These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: > > > "I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 19 February 2007 09:26, Hans du Plooy wrote: > > Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) > > > > These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: > > "I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin > > to look." > > "Internet access is flaky, slow a

Re: When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-19 Thread Hans du Plooy
> Then that's what you say at the beginning of your email. :) > > These two quotes are guaranteed to garner sympathy: > "I'm a noob and I don't know enough to know where to begin > to look." > "Internet access is flaky, slow and expensive." Differs from list to list, I guess. In the days w

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > [snip] >> I even sometimes use links to browse the web. grml is one of my >> favorite distros because of the 'text tools' approach. If I could >> somehow merge a few different distros into my own, well that

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Joe Hart wrote: [snip] > I even sometimes use links to browse the web. grml is one of my > favorite distros because of the 'text tools' approach. If I could > somehow merge a few different distros into my own, well that would be > the ultimate, but I have a few years to go before I can take somet

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: > Hans du Plooy wrote: >> On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > >> No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always >> be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer >> senten

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Mirko Scurk
Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always > be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer > sentence to type than the answer to your question). Don't let it bother > you.

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-19 Thread Mirko Scurk
Joe Hart wrote: > But then again, old advice from a teacher: You'll never know the answer > unless you ask. Which advice to follow? Oh I'm so confused :) (not > really) > As someone said - there are no stupid questions just stupid answers. There are many different people among us - I guess tha

When you're a rank noob (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 17:07, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] > No matter how easy or difficult the question you ask, there will always > be some smartass who tell to you go RTFM (which is often a longer > sentence

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 22:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > I think a lot of the questions that are asked in this mailing list could > be self answered, but it seems that there are a lot of people who never > bother looking for an answer when then think a guru will take time from > their precious day to r

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> Sorry, my ignorance. > > Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? > > -- hendrik > > Sorry, just trying to follow Eric S. Raymond's advice. Don't as

Looking it up yourself (was Re: Old Computer Parts)

2007-02-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 15:02, Joe Hart wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >>> Sorry, my ignorance. >> Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? > >> -- hendrik > > > Sorry, just trying to fo

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-18 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > Sorry, my ignorance. Why sorry? What better reason to ask the question? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-17 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > >> I think it's amazing that you could get $200 for a ISA network card. To >> me something like that is worth maybe $5, not that I am in the market >> for such an item. >> >> What is a CNC machine? Cash and Car

Re: Old Computer Parts

2007-02-17 Thread Mirko Scurk
Joe Hart wrote: > I think it's amazing that you could get $200 for a ISA network card. To > me something like that is worth maybe $5, not that I am in the market > for such an item. > > What is a CNC machine? Cash and Carry? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC When you have to finish more then