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2001/3/9-4/27 [Uncategorized] UID:20725 Activity:nil 71%like:20891 |
03/07 General Meeting 03/15 6:00PM in 306 Soda |
2001/3/9-10 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:20726 Activity:low |
3/9 Anyone know where I can get that video of crime-scene footage from the Columbine incident that I heard was (is?) being sold by the sheriffs for $25 per tape? \_ i doesnt hae teh crime scene footage. just pictures of the \_ it doesnt have the crime scene footage. just pictures of the school with pop music. the families sued them anyways. calling it tactless or something. \_ Tasteless, yes. Tactless? I don't know. Priceless, maybe. DeBeers. \_ yeah, that's what I'm talking about. What could be better than taking a tour thru the Columbine library while rocking out to the likes of Sarah MacGlaughlin's "I Will Remember You"? This is soccer mom emotional fodder at its finest. \_ It's times like these I say to myself, "What would I do without the motd?" \_ time for you to see your psychiatrist again. |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer/HW/IO] UID:20727 Activity:high |
3/9 I'd like to be able to connect two keyboards to a single PC. The keyboards can be ps/2 or 5-pin DIN style but not USB. I've looked at the Y-Key-Key (cute name), but it costs ~$50. I don't need to use them simultaneously, so a switch would be sufficient. Are there any cheap devices that can do this? (... and if so, what?) \_ You just want a keyboard switch? And you think $50 is expensive? My last KVM switch was about $495. \_ yes, I think $50 is expensive for a keyboard-only switch. And I would expect a device that lets you use a single keyboard (and mouse, and monitor) on multiple PCs to be a bit more complex than one that lets you use multiple keyboards on a single PC. \_ $50 too expensive for a piece of hardware? Look, son, go find the parts at radio shack, add up the cost, now figure in what it'll take to develop, market, package, and ship your niche hardware item. Basic econ: low demand = low your niche hardware item. Basic econ: low demand = high price for commodity items. If you can beat that $50 kb switch for the same quality and still make a profit, I'm going to buy your stock when you go public. Until such or do a search on the net. time, however, please stop whining about $50, go get a job, or do a search on the net. [corrected, thanks. mental typo] \_ $50 for a switch? An inkjet printer costs about the same these days. \_ Hello? Certain costs are static no matter what the object and since a keyboard switch isn't a commodity item (only geeks want them), you're going to pay more than something like the $50 inkjet printer I got my mom. She needs a shitty printer. She doesn't need two keyboards or a switch. Econ 1... econ 1... econ 1.... \_ build ur own. |
2001/3/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:20728 Activity:nil |
3/9 Are the meeting minutes not being posted to http://ucb.org.csua anymore? \_ No. \_ Yes. \_ Use a newsreader and see for yourself lame-ass. If they're not, mail secretary@csua and don't bother the motd. |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer/SW/RevisionControl] UID:20729 Activity:nil |
3/9 why mehlhaff's motd,v not updating? \_ rcs idiocy. \_ Ask mehlhaff this shit. It isn't a public service provided by root. Duh. Obviously it's mehlhaff's archives so fucking ask him. Why do you dumbshits insist on asking about Eric's stuff on the motd everytime rcs chokes? ASK MEHLHAFF TO FIX IT! AUUUGHH! I've been dragged into Stupidville! The natives are restless! \_ mehlhaff is dead. -deleter |
2001/3/9-12 [Computer/SW/RevisionControl] UID:20730 Activity:nil |
3/8 CVS 'co' preserves the modification time stamp. However, 'update' does not. How do I make update preserve the modification time stamp? \_ Use the source, Luke. That's what the whole open source movement is about. Then you can contribute back to the community so we can all enjoy the benefits of your labor for free. As in beer. |
2001/3/9-11 [Computer/SW/OS/Solaris, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:20731 Activity:kinda low |
3/8 If I compile a program without the -g option and it core dumps is there an actual purpose for this core file? It doesn't seem like you can debug it or anything. \_ man gdb \_ You can debug it, it's just harder \_ RU using Solaris? If yes, there was a recent online article about this from a Sun dude. I can try to find it again. \_ http://sunworld.com/unixinsideronline/swol-03-2001/swol-0302-traceback.html gives some clues. Use truss and snoop on reproducible bugs too. \_ Pretty neat. What are the equivalent Linux commands? \_ strace |
2001/3/9-14 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:20732 Activity:nil |
3/13 How do you change the logging behaviour of sudo after it has been installed? (i want to log all actions taken as sudo). #!/usr/bin/perl -w # 531-byte qrpff-fast, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz <sipb-iap-dvd@mit.edu> # MPEG 2 PS VOB file on stdin -> descrambled output on stdout # arguments: title key bytes in least to most-significant order $_='while(read+STDIN,$_,2048){$a=29;$b=73;$c=142;$t=255;@t=map{$_%16or$t^=$c^=( $m=(11,10,116,100,11,122,20,100)[$_/16%8])&110;$t^=(72,@z=(64,72,$a^=12*($_%16 -2?0:$m&17)),$b^=$_%64?12:0,@z)[$_%8]}(16..271);if((@a=unx"C*",$_)[20]&48){$h =5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a[--$h+84])}@ARGV;s/...$/1$&/;$ d=unxV,xb25,$_;$e=256|(ord$b[4])<<9|ord$b[3];$d=$d>>8^($f=$t&($d>>12^$d>>4^ $d^$d/8))<<17,$e=$e>>8^($t&($g=($q=$e>>14&7^$e)^$q*8^$q<<6))<<9,$_=$t[$_]^ (($h>>=8)+=$f+(~$g&$t))for@a[128..$#a]}print+x"C*",@a}';s/x/pack+/g;eval \_ So, what's the purpose of using "eval" here? -perl newbie \_ RTFM. most single-arg perl commands take $_ as the default arg if they're not given one. so eval at the end evals everything else, which is stored in $_. \_ I know what eval and $_ stand for. I did not ask this correctly I guess. I am wondering what's the purpose of doing this fancy '$_=".."; eval' stuff? Looks like redundant to me. \_ (1) obfuscation; (2) compression by being able to use "x" instead of "pack+", which occurs frequently in the actual executed code (i.e. note the s/x/pack+/g). -alexf \_ just being clever about it. It isn't strictly required but it sure looks cool. |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD] UID:20733 Activity:nil |
3/8 What are the performance implications, if any, of running linux binaries on BSD? \_ There's a FAQ on this, but the short of it is "they might run faster, they might run slower, you might not notice a difference, YMMV." Note that this isn't a "production quality" solution even if the shit seems to run ok. \_ And running them natively on linux is "production quality"? |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer/SW/Mail, Recreation/Pets] UID:20734 Activity:moderate |
3/8 I am looking for a Calendar Server that will work with (open)LDAP as well as interacting with microsoft outlook clients (so that a person using outlook can see the schedules of others in their group). However, i don't want to use Exchange. Is there something out there that does all this well? what? \_ Have you looked at MS Project? It might do this. \_ Might want to check out CorporateTime. Has a client for practically everything and an Outlook Connector for those who want to use Outlook to access. See: http://www.steltor.com \_ the outlook connector sucks if you try to use it for email.. \_ everything about outlook sucks if you try to use it for email \_ iPlanet. \_ He said "well". \_ name something better. \_ I didn't say there was better or worse. I was saying it doesn't do it "well" as requested. You can use 'cat' to write a novel, but it doesn't do it "well". Emacs or vi are the "upgrade" from using cat to write a novel. iPlanet is still at the cat stage. I shouldn't have to spell this out to a Cal student. Have things continued to decline over the years? Maybe too many "American Cultures" garbage requirements getting in the way of learning and thought. \_ When cat was the only game in town, you had to use cat. The only thing you've got now is cat and you have to write a novel, WTF are you going to do?!? I know, you're just not going to write the novel, because your tools suck. Yeah, that's it. iPlanet is the only game in town, it may be cat, but its all you've got. Suggest an alternative that works better or STFU. \_ Exchange works better. Yes, I've used both extensively. Have you? "STFU" yourself if you haven't. The original poster is just in an anti-MS whine. There's a reason iPlanet \_ Exchange is shit. Total and complete shit. M$ couldn't code its way out of a paper bag to save its life. I've used iPlanet and exchange before. They both SUCK, but if iPlanet is cat, then exchange is cave painting. They *tried* to get it running at Cisco, with help from *M$* and it took months and still wouldn't work right. It was finally shelved. Many of us felt that management was total f'ed up to even try a shitty M$ product. It was a total waste of time and money. is free. You're getting what you paid for. \_ My original post was deleted, but heres the basic summary: Exchange is shit, its worse than shit. Cisco management wasted lots of $s and got M$ to help and still scrapped Exchange because it SUX! We told them it SUX but they didn't believe us. \_ Yes, Exchange sucks. It's still better than iplanet. Exchange is like ED. iplanet is like cat. \_ If iPlanet == cat, then Exchange is akin to gorillas beating each other with sticks. Several million evolution is required for Exchange to stop sucking. |
2001/3/9-11 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD, Computer/HW/Printer] UID:20735 Activity:low |
3/8 I'm trying to get my printer working, but every time I try writing to /dev/lpt0 I get a "device busy" error. Is there any way to figure out what might have a hold on the device? \_ Some printers only work under Windows. \_ I think what you mean to say is, some (free) Unixes do not choose to support some printers, for one reason or another. \_ The printer is a Panasonic KX-PS600 that supports both GDI (Windows) and HP's PCL. I'm running FreeBSD. \_ echo a ^L or some ascii to the device and see what happens. \_ Read the post, dumbass. He can't write to the device. \_ The post there now is not the post that was there before. I can't help it if someone edits the shit after I've posted. If you weren't stupid you might note the other posts above answer along the same lines. Thank you for trying though. It's really cute when you use big words like "dumbass" yet don't provide any useful hints or information yourself. \_ "dumbass" is not a big word, dumbass. "antidisestablishmentarianism" is a big word. "dumbass" is not. \_ if freebsd, try lptcontrol -p. -dpetrou \_ lsof |
2001/3/9 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:20736 Activity:nil |
3/9 And you thought that Apple was a retarded paranoid company when it came to trademarks: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/17454.html |
2001/3/9 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/OS/Solaris] UID:20737 Activity:nil |
3/9 I guess IBM joins M$ as a company whose platforms you can't trust for ecommerce: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17467.html Ever since they got on the "LinSUX" bandwagon, the IBM of old (the one whose information systems defended the governments of the free world) seems to be slowly but surely disappearing. At least there is still Trusted Solaris and OpenBSD. |
2001/3/9 [Uncategorized] UID:20738 Activity:nil |
3/9 Another link making the rounds. http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html |
2001/3/9 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:20739 Activity:very high |
3/9 XOR is the same as || right? (i.e. exclusive or) \_ no. i recommend buying a copy of K&R --aaron What are ways to write "inclusive or"? \_ questions like these elicit good response following the bike shed principle. \_ I am unfamiliar with "the bike shed principle". Also, i don't really care about the differences between XOR and ||. basically i just want to know short hand to write inclusive/ exclusive or. So that i can say "is A XOR B true?" or "is A IOR B true". where, if A and B or true the answer to the A IOR B true?" where, if A and B are true, the answer to the former is NO and the answer to the latter is YES. \_ RTFM you dumbass. What are you talking about? Are you even asking about a programming language? Which one? \_ NO I AM NOT. If i was i would have specified. You can say whatever you want but || is logical or in C/C++. \_ yes, get K&R, but in the meantime, a quick lesson. in C/C++/Java: || : short-circuiting, logical, inclusive OR | : bitwise inclusive OR; doubles as non-short-circuiting, logical, inclusive OR ^ : bitwise XOR; doubles as logical XOR |
2001/3/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:20740 Activity:low |
3/9 When I cut and paste my xterm the lines are all messed up. Why's that? \_ "all messed up". That's a helpful description of your problem. I suggest that "your cut n paste is broken!" is the problem. \_ Are you doing this in vi with autoindent enabled? Just a guess. |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer] UID:20741 Activity:high |
3/9 lookin' for purpose statement examples for computer science, thx \_ "Dewde! Leik I wanna B a hakker!" got me in to Stanford. \_ "Dewde! Leik I'm MSCE certified and have wurked in the dot-com industry doing e-bizness, b2bi, b2c, and all that cool shit. Now unemployed cuz I didn't have any real skillz and played Q3A gamez all day so I want to go back to school and actually learn something" \_ I posted about this several weeks back and here is a URL that resulted from the ensuing discussions: http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/students/csmc/gradschool/sops.html I haven't written my letter of intent yet, but these examples put me in the right direction. Oh yeah, I'm planning to apply to the farm, but only because my company will pay. If I had to pay I'd go to Cal, UCSU or my company will pay. If I had to pay I'd go to Cal, UCSC or SJSU since I can't really leave the bay area at this point in my life. \_ What's UCSU? \_ I meant UCSC. |
2001/3/9 [Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:20742 Activity:high |
3/9 two lines in a script: 1.) ls | grep something 2.) echo $? this ALWAYS returns 0 for success BUT if i just type 'ls | grep something' at the command line and then echo $?, $? will be 1 if 'something' wasn't matched. What is causing $? to be 0 in the script when grep doesn't match? \_ this works fine for me; the script I tried echos 0 or 1 appropriately |
2001/3/9-10 [Computer/Companies/Yahoo] UID:20743 Activity:high |
3/9 http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/010309/business_toyota_recall_dc_2.html Glad I passed on that Camry. \_ We had quitters too in the revolution. We called them Kentuckyians. I guess I'll just have to find Janie. \_ should be: "Looks like I'm going to have to find another little girl to be President. What's your friend Janey's number?" \_ Uh what? \_ I'm sorry. You see, when I get bored I make up my own stories. Look! A butterfly! \_ No, not Janey! She'll pack the Supreme Court with boys! \_ Who is "Janey?" \_ the girl who likes Milhouse. \_ Nobody likes Milhouse. \_ Who is Milhouse? \_ Who is John Galt? \_ Have you ever heard of this kid Milhouse? He's a little wiener... \_ No. \_ Who purged the Hans Sprungfeld-George Washington joke? \_ it was the butterfly, I tell you, THE BUTTERFLY. |
2001/3/9-10 [Uncategorized] UID:20744 Activity:nil |
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