Re: FQDN foobar

2002-03-01 Thread dman
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:20:50PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: | | Hi! | | I have a problem with the way gethostname() and getdomainname (don't) | work on Debian. | | gethostname() returns the hostname, not qualified. It (or a similarly named function, I don't remember exactly) returns the

FQDN foobar

2002-03-01 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I have a problem with the way gethostname() and getdomainname (don't) work on Debian. gethostname() returns the hostname, not qualified. Ok, this is as expected, as there's the complementary getdomainname()-function. But that gets its information out of /proc/sys/kernel/domainname, whi

re: foobar

2001-11-21 Thread Michael D. Crawford
> ~ TARFU ? (:-O Yes, it's TARFU. Things are really fouled up, to be polite. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. "I give you this one rule of

re: foobar

2001-11-21 Thread Oki DZ
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, tabanna wrote: > ~ TARFU ? (:-O Never heard this Is it "That a...?" I see. Oki

re: foobar

2001-11-21 Thread tabanna
> word related to foobar that starts with a "t"? ~ TARFU ? (:-O best wishes sent on Linux

re: foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Here's an obscure one for you. What's the word related to foobar that starts with a "t"? It was coined under the same circumstances as foobar and snafu were, I think world war II communications. If you can't figure it out, I'll tell you. Mike -- Michael D. Cr

Re: foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Robert L. Harris
re are a number of things that explain alot :> Thus spake Andrew Agno ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Andrew Agno writes: > > Richardson, Martin writes: > > > Does anyone know where foobar originates from, and its meaning? > > > > Check the latest version of the Jar

Re: foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:57:41AM +1100, Richardson, Martin wrote: > Does anyone know where foobar originates from, and its meaning? http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foobar.html -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - rever

Re: foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Andreas Leitner
On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 17:57, Richardson, Martin wrote: > Does anyone know where foobar originates from, and its meaning? IIRC it originates from: Fucked up beyond all recognition (or was it "any"?) I don't know why they replaced the "u" with "oo", though. Andreas

Re: foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Robert L. Harris
Check out the "jargon file". Thus spake Richardson, Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Does anyone know where foobar originates from, and its meaning? > > Thanks, Martin :-) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

foobar

2001-11-20 Thread Richardson, Martin
Does anyone know where foobar originates from, and its meaning? Thanks, Martin :-)