FatELF killed

2009-11-12 Thread Shane
John Mc started a thread about "Universal Binaries" a few weeks back. Seems the kernel devs have managed to kill off yet another potential contributor. See here: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?user=icculus&date=2009-11-03&time=19-08-04 Maybe Con K wasn't the only person to get rubbed

Re: Open Office

2009-11-12 Thread Rich Smrcina
If you mean SLES10 on z... why? It will run much better on your laptop, netbook or desktop. Bernie VK2KAD wrote: Has anyone had any luck installing OpenOffice on SUSE10 SP2 I have managed to get the ./configure past a number of hurdles but now I'm stuck with a GTK2 dependency - am I embarking

Open Office

2009-11-12 Thread Bernie VK2KAD
Has anyone had any luck installing OpenOffice on SUSE10 SP2 I have managed to get the ./configure past a number of hurdles but now I'm stuck with a GTK2 dependency - am I embarking on an exercise in futility or is there light to be had in this tunnel ??? Bern

Re: adding DASD on SUSE

2009-11-12 Thread Calvin Fisher
Add the disk to the directory link the disk, format and convert to linux format detach the disk use secuser to linux server to link the disk and bring it online. That assums that you have root logged on the console. I do. Wrap it all up in an exec and you can do as many as you want. You could also

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread John Summerfield
bruce.light...@its.ms.gov wrote: I am aiming for 1+1=10 all your logic gates are mine !! I'll take these: 1 OR 1 = 1 1 OR 0 = 1 0 OR 1 = 1 0 OR 0 = 0 -- Cheers John -- spambait 1...@coco.merseine.nu z1...@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread John Campbell
Privilege escalation? M$oft must finally have decided to copy what viruses do on Windows. Windows attracts malware like trailer parks attract tornadoes... On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Shane wrote: > Anyone else picked up on this ? > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Kim Colwell
I'm going for the patent on the space character -- a small pittance every time someone puts a space between words would make me very happy ! sooni'llbekingoftheworldbwahhahaha -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive acces

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Ed Long
However 10 + 10 = 32. I've got that one cornered! Edward Long From: William D Carroll To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 1:12:18 PM Subject: Re: M$oft patents "sudo" I can see 1+1=11 because we all know since Scott holds the patent on 2

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread William D Carroll
I can see 1+1=11 because we all know since Scott holds the patent on 2+2=4 New Math was created and now 2+2=22 William 'Doug' Carroll Mainframe Systems Eng Sr I Global Technology Infrastructure ECS Core Services z/Software Group / Emerging Technologies -Original Message- From: Linux on

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Patrick Spinler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Shane wrote: > Anyone else picked up on this ? > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390 > For whatever it's worth, attached is Todd Miller's (primary sudo developer) response to the MS patent news. - -- Pat -BEGIN PGP SIGNATU

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Bruce . Lightsey
I am aiming for 1+1=10 all your logic gates are mine !! Scott Rohling To Sent by: Linux on LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 390 Port

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Richard Pinion
He was not speaking literately, but AlGorecally! --- allan.stal...@kbm1.com wrote: From: "Staller, Allan" To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: M$oft patents "sudo" Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:13:31 -0600 Groan! Would you quit PUNishing us! No, Al invented all music software. What? You nev

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread David Boyes
On 11/12/09 9:32 AM, "Leslie Turriff" wrote: -jc- > Or, conversely, taking the pessimistic case: > > 1. All software ultimately is a set of mathematical expressions. > 2. All software is patentable (per present thinking). > 3. Therefore, all mathematical expressions are patentable. Although

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Staller, Allan
Groan! Would you quit PUNishing us! No, Al invented all music software. What? You never heard of AlGoreRythm? -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the mess

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On > Behalf Of Bill Reed > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:00 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: M$oft patents "sudo" > > Sheesh > > I thought everyone knew that Al Gore invented "sudo".

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Bill Reed wrote: > I thought everyone knew that Al Gore invented "sudo". No, he invented Global Warming (to help those who must smoke outside) -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Henry E Schaffer
Scott writes: > I've got 2+2=4 locked in myself :-) Isn't that this a specific case, and your patent really is of "+" ? --henry schaffer -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Bill Reed
Sheesh I thought everyone knew that Al Gore invented "sudo". Bill Reed CSC ITS-EPA Team (Excel Management Systems) Supporting the Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Phone: 919-767-7257 Fax: 919-406-2602 Email: reed.b...@epa.gov ---

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Scott Rohling
I've got 2+2=4 locked in myself :-) Scott On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Chase, John wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Leslie Turriff > > > > On Thursday 12 November 2009 07:00:33 Chase, John wrote: > > > > > > My "cynical" take on software in ge

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Leslie Turriff > > On Thursday 12 November 2009 07:00:33 Chase, John wrote: > > > > My "cynical" take on software in general: > > > > 1. All software ultimately is a set of mathematical expressions. > > 2. Mathematical expressio

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Leslie Turriff
On Thursday 12 November 2009 07:00:33 Chase, John wrote: > > My "cynical" take on software in general: > > 1. All software ultimately is a set of mathematical expressions. > 2. Mathematical expressions are "facts". > 3. "Facts" are not patentable. > > -jc- Or, conversely, taking the

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Shane > > Anyone else picked up on this ? > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390 > > No wonder everyone cheered when the lawyer got eaten in the original > Jurassic Park. My "cynical" take on software in ge

Re: M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Shane wrote: > Anyone else picked up on this ? > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390 Now I understand. Once they have the right to "sudo" they will not require every windoze user to have administrator privileges for their daily work (like sw

Training and such

2009-11-12 Thread Shane
That conference was organized by IBM, and was a good opportunity for us in the antipodes to get to listen to some of the developer/support people in the z/VM and zLinux arena. Nice of Rodger to agree to be part of the (official) entertainment as well. Always good to hear a customers perspective. S

M$oft patents "sudo"

2009-11-12 Thread Shane
Anyone else picked up on this ? http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390 No wonder everyone cheered when the lawyer got eaten in the original Jurassic Park. Shane ... -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / arch