Re: The old times ...

2011-04-07 Thread David Kelly
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 04:34:16PM +0100, Jayton Garnett wrote: ... where's the 'Like' button ? ... I added the URL to my list of daily comic strips. Doesn't appear to update daily but so what? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dke...@hiwaay.net

Re: Inspired by Two years ago today...

2008-10-06 Thread David Kelly
2000, and uptime indicates it was last booted in July 2001. All quite reasonable. And while that uptime is a remarkable (but expected) achievement for FreeBSD, its a pretty darn good feather in someone's UPS cap. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Inspired by Two years ago today...

2008-10-06 Thread David Kelly
the install CD. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread David Kelly
to find a FreeBSD-compatible sliderule! And this one is _so_ modern in using a virtual machine! -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad

Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

2008-05-20 Thread David Kelly
://openwrt.org/ I have one that I pack for travel. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Office chair recommendations?

2008-03-12 Thread David Kelly
that as its less black than black and more black than brown. A good neutral color for a chair. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad

Re: Microsoft buys Yahoo

2008-02-01 Thread David Kelly
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 01:23:08PM +, Jayton Garnett wrote: Hi, Search for Microsoft Yahoo on Google ;-) and you will see MS offered $44.6B :-o late yesterday after the big boss of Yahoo resigned. The keyword is offered to buy, not bought for. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: top posting (off-topic)

2007-11-22 Thread David Kelly
that they would not. Anyone else feel the same? No. Heck no. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-chat

Re: I like Ubuntu

2007-04-16 Thread David Kelly
On Apr 16, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: The bearded guy in the bg is wearing a tie. Not sure why though :) He's rebelling against the conformists! -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would

Re: I like Ubuntu

2007-04-14 Thread David Kelly
, there were two words, missed those the first time. Of 6 visible faces in the picture on the right, 4 look related (white shirts, no tie). Was that intended to represent the multitude of Linux distributions? :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: I like Ubuntu

2007-04-14 Thread David Kelly
or Debian or Gentoo. Or if you want one that does everything with minimal fuss there is this BSD system: http://www.apple.com/macosx/ -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad

Re: Venting my frustration with FreeBSD

2006-12-04 Thread David Kelly
. That FreeBSD users and developers know the difference between constructive criticism and a troll. Know how to take constructive criticism, and how to ignore a troll. And just so there isn't any doubt, Josh's posting is constructive criticism. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: So what's FreeBSD doing at Linux World...?

2006-08-18 Thread David Kelly
On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Bob Willcox top-posted: Is the Why FreeBSD article online somewhere accessible? Its the first hit at Google for why freebsd (include the quotes) http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-freebsd/ -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Software patents and FreeBSD

2005-07-10 Thread David Kelly
property. So far neither of us have answered the inital question: How would software patents effect an Open Source project like FreeBSD? FreeBSD is already operating in a world of software patents. Your wording begs the question in suggesting software patents do not exist yet. -- David

Re: Software patents and FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread David Kelly
of significance is invented in the absence of patent protection. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-chat

Re: Software patents and FreeBSD

2005-07-08 Thread David Kelly
technology simply because the new claim specified a 10 disk drive rather than 12. This silliness was mostly resolved between 5-1/4 and 3-1/2. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first