2/4     Perl manual sucks!Anyway, following the book example 100%,
        I still can't get select(...,...,...,...) working correctly!
        Does anyone have an example that works? Thanks.
        \_ use python; it's got much better socket support.
                \_ Uh... nevermind.

2/4     Lame request for corpse URL's deleted.

2/4     Is there a simple UNIX utility that returns the width & height of an
        image, like jpg or gif? Or can the info be easily extracted?
        \_ CPAN:Image/Image-Size-2.6.tar.gz
        \_ its not exactly command-line, but xv can do this pretty  easily too.
        \_ http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ark/wwwis has perl code to do it,
                and update your html files too while it's at it
           \_ Cool! Thx! This is exactly what I needed!
        \_ The "file" command does it for GIFs... Anyone interested in hacking
           soda's magic file to have it do the same in it's JPG
           matching? -mogul

2/4     In California, what's the closest blood relationship between a
        male and a female that is still legal for marriage?  Or where can I
        find out about this info?  Thanks.
        \_ Fallen for your sister, eh?
        \_ Fallen for your mother, eh?
        \_ Plan on becoming Amish?
           \_ What about Amish?
        \_ Ask psb or tom; didn't they both fall in love with themselves ?
        \_ Don't worry about it, masturbation is still legal in all 50.

2/5     NEW YORK (AP) -- Facing intense competition from Microsoft, Netscape
        Communications Corp. is considering selling some or all of the
        company, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

        Netscape was in discussions with America Online Inc., Sun Microsystems
        Inc., Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. about strategic investments or an
        outright purchase, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources familiar
        with the situation of the Internet software company.
        \_ it's about time the stock price moved.  what a lame ass investment.
        \_ 2-for-1 Sale!  Buy Netscape and we'll throw in Apple for free!

2/5     Boredcast Message from soda!setol (ttysq) at 14:36 ...

i liked Satan's dive after he got tapped on the arm.

Boredcast Message from soda!shac (ttypf) at 14:36 ...

so it is mae-west not best?

Boredcast Message from soda!nevman (ttypt) at 14:37 ...

stk <-> alternet is sucking hard

Boredcast Message from soda!lwall () at 14:40 ...

From: asteffes@ucdavis.edu

i want to run my own isp so i get like OC-12 to my own house
,.

Boredcast Message from soda!agee (ttypl) at 14:40 ...

is there a do-nothing function in java?
or should I just use {}?