Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-16 Thread Roman Naumann
Thanks for all your explanations, but the funny thing is that I am German. :D I just didn't know about the two different meanings of the word decline, what is rather embarassing due to the fact that I learned (or had to lean) Latin. Every word starting with de(c/k)la... should make me remember

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-16 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 16 December 2006 17:47, Roman Naumann wrote: Latin has the four cases Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative and additionally the Vocative and the Ablative. I haven't seen any other languages with six cases. Russian. @Uwe Thiem Are you also German? You name sounds quite as if you're.

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Latin has the four cases Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative and additionally the Vocative and the Ablative. I haven't seen any other languages with six cases. As you can imagine, it's quite tiring to learn Latin. :-\ Just for your information. There are languages with more cases for

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-16 Thread Roman Naumann
On Saturday 16 December 2006 17:51, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Just for your information. There are languages with more cases for example the Czech language with 7, and the Finnsih language even uses 15 cases. That's quite impressive. I guess it's a great advantage if you learn such languages as

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-16 Thread Tony Stohne
On Saturday 16 December 2006 18:00, Roman Naumann wrote: On Saturday 16 December 2006 17:51, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Just for your information. There are languages with more cases for example the Czech language with 7, and the Finnsih language even uses 15 cases. Try Hungarian - A language

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-15 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 15 December 2006 10:08, Roman Naumann wrote: Hi, I`m using Sabayon currently. (For those of you who don`t know about it: It`s a full compatible Gentoo port (Thus, actually just a overlay based pre-installation)) Unfortunately, the cursor speed is set very slow by default. How can I change

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-15 Thread Roman Naumann
On 12/15/06, Uwe Thiem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As root: kbdrate -s -r 30 -d 250 If you put that into /etc/conf.d/local.start it will switch your keyboard to the highest speed possible. Uwe Thanks, thanks. :-) The Gentoo community is really great, that is fast and precise. By the way:

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 15 December 2006 04:29, Roman Naumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal': Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. I don't get the 'joke?' in your signature... It's a pun on the word decline. Mr

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 15 December 2006 15:05, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: It's a pun on the word decline.  Mr. Twain (known mainly for his books) is using two meanings on the word decline simultaneously.  1. to refuse and 2. the alter a noun or adjective to indicate it's role in a sentence, only used in

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting the cursor speed in the terminal

2006-12-15 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 15 December 2006 15:38, Alan McKinnon wrote: According to German friends of mine, it not only does, but tries to handle every possible case that could ever come up anywhere, anytime. A quick case study. The adjective is mager (thin or skinny). Male base form