Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread John Brann
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 01:52:09PM +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Sunday, 18 May 2008 at 17:18:30 -0400, Jim Capozzoli wrote: So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. Is there anybody out there still using slide

Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

2008-05-20 Thread Crist J. Clark
Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/ bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about fanless PCs or even a flash-based system. Something I could put FreeBSD on

Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

2008-05-20 Thread Max Laier
On Tuesday 20 May 2008 22:01:16 Crist J. Clark wrote: Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/ bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about fanless PCs or

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. ports/deskutils/sliderule -- Christian naddy Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:42:50PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. ports/deskutils/sliderule Finally! Have been waiting for someone

Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

2008-05-20 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:01:16PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote: Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/ bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Diane Bruce
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 04:14:38PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:42:50PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Finally! Have been waiting for someone to find a FreeBSD-compatible sliderule! And this one is _so_ modern in using a

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Brett Glass
At 03:14 PM 5/20/2008, David Kelly wrote: Finally! Have been waiting for someone to find a FreeBSD-compatible sliderule! Slipsticks are especially good for calculating release schedules. ;-) --Brett Glass ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list