I use an init script which starts and stops the boinc client using the
start-stop-daemon.
[...]
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --start --exec $DAEMON --chuid mike --chdir
/home/mike/boinc --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:38:54PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> >
> > Can you please explain what do WV and bwy stands for ? I know this is
> > way off-topic, but it's funny anyway and don't want to miss a thing :)
>
> WV = West Virginia, home of (am
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:38:54PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote:
> > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar
> > > research budget.
> >
> > Come on, John. You can't
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:38, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote:
> > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar
> > > research budget.
> >
> > Come on, John. You can't blame it _all
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 08:38:54PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote:
> > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar
> > > research budget.
> >
> > Come on, John. You can't
On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote:
> > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar
> > research budget.
>
> Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget.
> Don't forget all those social progra
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 12:58, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Gary Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:26:29 +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
[snip]
>
> Now whether or not an antenna 10's-100's of light years way can detect
> such signals I'll have to leave that to someone with actual prac
"Gary Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:26:29 +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
> >Is that right? I thought that an ideal dipole would radiate only in a
> >plane. Obviously we don't have ideal dipoles, but that's what I thought
> >the theory said. I am more than happy to take cor
Arrgh!
I caint take it no moor!
IF this threads, going to go on forever, pleeze get a spell chekker.
Maybe you can bye wun at sevan-elevan.
Ron Johnson writes:
> So we're not _totally_ barbaric, just short-sighted?
Well, obviously _I'm_ not barbaric. It's just all those people who
disagree with me who are.
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John Hasler
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 07:51, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget.
>
> I don't blame any of it on the defense budget. That's a symptom, not the
> disease.
>
> > Don't forget all those social programs, and WV needs a new Inter
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 03:26:29PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
> Spare CPU cycles:
> * I dunno, play quake or something.
I've known some pretty hard-core FPS junkies, but I don't think I've
seen anyone who could play Quake 24/7...
--
When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists
Ron Johnson writes:
> Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget.
I don't blame any of it on the defense budget. That's a symptom, not the
disease.
> Don't forget all those social programs, and WV needs a new Interstate hwy
> every 2 years...
More symptoms.
--
John Hasler
[
On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:26:29 +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
>Wow, people do read my posts. I should be more careful about what I
>write.
>
>Gary Turner wrote:
>[snip]
>> While it is true that the EMF, or voltage is inversely proportional to
>> the distance, the power is reduced by the square of the dista
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > Seems to me that all that warring and anarchy on a completely barbaric
> > planey would exauhst all the time/imagination/resources. Would they want
> > to spend resources on inter-stellar research, when they could be spendin
Wow, people do read my posts. I should be more careful about what I
write.
Gary Turner wrote:
[snip]
> While it is true that the EMF, or voltage is inversely proportional to
> the distance, the power is reduced by the square of the distance.
> (P=e^2/r, P=i^2*r, or P=e*i) Thus a signal with a po
Ron Johnson writes:
> Seems to me that all that warring and anarchy on a completely barbaric
> planey would exauhst all the time/imagination/resources. Would they want
> to spend resources on inter-stellar research, when they could be spending
> it trying to destroy the enemy?
You have neatly exp
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:01, Matt Garman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:24:32AM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote:
> > Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien,
> > would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first
> > paragraph?
> >
> > Chris
> > ps I'm not lookin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:24:32AM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote:
> Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien,
> would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first
> paragraph?
>
> Chris
> ps I'm not looking for a flame war, just pointing out that the
> signals that w
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:13:56 +
Alan James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:06:22PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > Not to US, but just out in _EVERY_ direction, since that alien civ
> > doesn't know in what direction the receiving civ is.
>
> apt-get install alien
>
>
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:13:16PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> > I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> > linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> > directory to unpack and run this little bippy?
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 07:30, John Hasler wrote:
> Tom Cook writes:
> > Actually electromagnetic radiation falls off inversely with distance,...
>
> Field intensity is inversely proportional to distance. Power density is
> inversly proportional to the square of distance (and power is, of course,
>
Tom Cook writes:
> Actually electromagnetic radiation falls off inversely with distance,...
Field intensity is inversely proportional to distance. Power density is
inversly proportional to the square of distance (and power is, of course,
what we can actually detect).
> ...since no-one has yet de
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:24, Chris Jenks wrote:
> Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were an alien,
> would you want to contact this planet, just based off your first
> paragraph?
Would I want to have anything to do with aliens who thought our
television programs worth watching?
--
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 01:08, Gary Turner wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 16:46:17 +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
>
> >Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> >This would be true were it an electric field. Actually electromagnetic
> >radiation falls off inversely with distance, not with the cube of
> >distance, since no
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:24, Chris Jenks wrote:
> At 11:06 PM 3/5/02, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> >Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations
> >(the vast majority all of which are in the Northern Hemisphere)
> >are radiating outwa
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:06:22PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Not to US, but just out in _EVERY_ direction, since that alien civ
> doesn't know in what direction the receiving civ is.
apt-get install alien
Sorry I had to ;-)
On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 03:51:55 EST, Chris Jenks writes:
>Actually it would make me search harder. I wouldn't be the first in line to
>call them. But I guess an alien sitcom would be better then an alien reality
>show.
Your friendly J. Random Alien very probably wouldn't be able to get any
meaning
At 03:41 AM 3/6/02, Alex Malinovich wrote:
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:24, Chris Jenks wrote:
> At 11:06 PM 3/5/02, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> >Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations
> >(the vast majority all of which are in th
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 02:24, Chris Jenks wrote:
> At 11:06 PM 3/5/02, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> >Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations
> >(the vast majority all of which are in the Northern Hemisphere)
> >are radiating outwa
At 11:06 PM 3/5/02, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote:
Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations
(the vast majority all of which are in the Northern Hemisphere)
are radiating outwards.
Forgetting all of the rest of your email, if you were
On 06 Mar 2002, Tom Cook wrote:
>
[snip]
> I can think of a number of better ways of spending the money/time/spare
> CPU cycles.
>
[snip]
For example?
AC
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On Wed, 06 Mar 2002 16:46:17 +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
>Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>This would be true were it an electric field. Actually electromagnetic
>radiation falls off inversely with distance, not with the cube of
>distance, since no-one has yet devised an antenna which radiates very
>well in all
Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> Yes, yes, all those TV, radio stations, satelite uplink stations
> (the vast majority all of which are in the Northern Hemisphere)
> are radiating outwards.
>
> However, since you know full well the, well, astronomical,
> distances involved, and given that radiation str
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 17:19, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 14:13, Gary Turner wrote:
> > > I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> > > linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> >
"Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 14:13, Gary Turner wrote:
> > I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> > linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> > directory to unpack and run this little bippy? How does t
> P.S. - If we expect _others_ to broadcast, why don't we broadcast
> in all directions around the globe, hoping that someone else hears
> us?
We've been doing that since Tesla, err... Marconi invented the radio.
--
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Computer Systems Manager
I've used TkSeti some, and it is quite nice.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Gary Turner wrote:
> I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> directory to unpack and run this little bippy? How does the graphic
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:13:16PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> directory to unpack and run this little bippy?
I put it in ~carlf/bin
>How does the graphic
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Hash: SHA1
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:13 am, Gary Turner wrote:
> I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding
> my linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> directory to unpack and run this little bippy? How doe
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 14:13, Gary Turner wrote:
> I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
> linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
> directory to unpack and run this little bippy? How does the graphical
> mode do?
Have you looked at http:/
I've been running setiathome on my winboxes and am considering adding my
linbox to the mix. So, the question is what is the appropriate
directory to unpack and run this little bippy? How does the graphical
mode do?
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gt
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
> Actually, this is quite interesting. I know most of the story already
> from various former Compaq and API employees, but I'm sure others are
> curious as to where those really fast result times came from :-)
Yes, please the discussion going
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Brian wrote:
brianj >I'm guessing I either already have them and did something wrong, or
it's
brianj >because I have a bar bones system and they usually get installed as a
brianj >'depends' with something larger.
i am using the staticalluy linked i386 version on most of my
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 08:49:39PM -0500, Brian wrote:
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but has anyone setup a minimal Debian system (like the
> 9 base floppies) just to run [EMAIL PROTECTED] The reason I'm asking is that
> I've
> only got a ~450 MB hard disk that I got for free.
>
> I've tried this b
Excuse my ignorance, but has anyone setup a minimal Debian system (like the
9 base floppies) just to run [EMAIL PROTECTED] The reason I'm asking is that I've
only got a ~450 MB hard disk that I got for free.
I've tried this before, but I didn't have the correct libs to run it. And,
I couldn'
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