Sun Jun 9 14:48:20 2002
Please, tell us a bit about yourself, why you came to OSY, how you found OSY in the first place (such as a google search under the word "indeed" "poopy-head" or "why'd those kittens have to die?"
and finally, do you pledge your allegence to the Mighty AYB?
:)
Sun Jun 9 16:31:35 2002
Sun Jun 9 16:43:29 2002
Work: Database statistician (not what I studied to be, but what the Hell). Solaris, NCR UNIX, Win2k, FreeBSD. FreeBSD, WinXP, Slowaris x86 at home. Some OpenBSD (firewall), though I've been playing with Linux firewall packages trying to find something simple I can get my father to use. Try a lot of OSes for the Hell of it.
First home computer was a TS1000 (ZX81 for the U.S. market). Next was a Cado II minicomputer (as used by half of the U.S. Congress at one time). Then a 512k Mac, then a string of obsolete x86 laptops. Have rolled my own desktops for the past few years. Thinking of buying either an eMac or an iBook to get back into Macs. Probably need the iBook more. Like the idea of NextStep Part II, hate the fact the Human Interface Manual got shredded somewhere along the way. OSX = teh very intriguing. Aqua = teh meh.
Overclock some, mostly for kicks, but obsessive about stability. Don't need a lot of the speed I have at home so in the process of downgrading (!) my machines there to reapply funds to other hobbies. Rarely game (CS got old on dial-up) but thinking Doom III may be worth a try. Have a life away from computers, but fanatically private so try to leave that off the forums.
Allegience to AYB? Perhaps not totally, but I'm all for non-aggression pacts. Pretty easy-going sort, mostly. Again, thanks for the welcome. OSY is spiffy.
Sun Jun 9 17:06:02 2002
in due time, all of you are belong to me :)
Sun Jun 9 18:52:57 2002
I don't quite recall how I got to Ars, but I found OSY through the Battle Front. (It truely is a stupid place.) I think it was Jeremy who posted his experiences with Darwin that brought me here.
I am a true Mac zealot, but I'll try to keep it at a minimum. I haven't sold my soul to Apple though.
By the way, does anyone have experience with Citrix? I'm working for this guy who implements Citrix environments, for small banks mainly. It's pretty cool stuff.
Sun Jun 9 19:12:14 2002
longmarch:
That's some OS variety there. Does each OS have its own box? As to the firewall, have you tried smoothwall loonix? It's a distro devoted to being a firewall.
jdsmith575:
Yup, the BF has earned its nickname, "the Stupid Place". As for the Mac zealotry, don't worry man. We can help you get over that. ;)
Sun Jun 9 19:19:37 2002
I am a true Mac zealot, but I'll try to keep it at a minimum. I haven't sold my soul to Apple though.
Welcome, it takes all types.
Sun Jun 9 19:57:07 2002
longmarch:
That's some OS variety there.
Man cannot live by Windows alone. :-)
Does each OS have its own box?
At work I connect to the UNIX boxes remotely from Win2k (on a p.o.s. Dell laptop). At home I have a BSD box, a Win box, a Slowaris box, the firewall, a box I play around with, another box I play around with, and a box I play around with. I also have an ancient laptop and a couple of spare boxes I play around with. I have far too much hardware.
As to the firewall, have you tried smoothwall loonix? It's a distro devoted to being a firewall.
I have an iso of it somewhere, but have been playing with IPCop, which is a smoothwall fork.
Sun Jun 9 20:16:38 2002
from longmarch posted at 2:57 pm on June 9, 2002Maybe not, but I sure try! :)longmarch:
That's some OS variety there.Man cannot live by Windows alone. :-)
(Edited by Magus at 3:17 pm on June 9, 2002)
Sun Jun 9 23:59:40 2002
Oh, I've got some variety too, just not quite as diverse. G4 Sawtooth, G3 Desktop, G3 iMac, PM 6500, Performa 575, Duo 230, and two Classics. And I built a PC. It's had 98, 2k, XP, FreeBSD, and soon Mandrake.
Mon Jun 10 00:22:52 2002
from jdsmith575 posted at 6:59 pm on June 9, 2002Just kidding at you, man. Remember, this is the Silly Place. Indeed!
Sorry, I'm uncureable.
Mon Jun 10 04:30:05 2002
(I'll be the last person here to take anything personal, so don't worry.)
Mon Jun 10 05:02:00 2002
postCount++;
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Or am I doing it now?
indeed.
How about now?
indeed again.
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Mon Jun 10 20:06:36 2002
from Evil Merlin posted at 3:22 pm on June 10, 2002
But is it just post whoring, or just a little post whoring?
I'd consider it just "dabbing your toe" into the post-whoring lifestyle.
Mon Jun 10 21:03:51 2002
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Mon Jun 10 21:55:10 2002
True post whoring is being able to hold a running monologue for seven pages of smam!no, that's true conspicuous postwhoring. genuinely skillfull post whores will post to every thread available, participating enough that nobody notices until they see the post count.
this is what differentiates continuum from alex, as it were.
well, if we classify conti as a post whore... which i don't. perhaps the tarrbot of old would be a better example, since i have no idea if he actually contributed or not :)
(Edited by pauli at 5:56 pm on June 10, 2002)
Tue Jun 11 00:17:01 2002
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You should have seen Jeremy in there... he was truly a sight to behold when he got ahold of a rabid mac fan.
Tue Jun 11 19:32:36 2002
Tue Jun 11 19:58:38 2002
You should have seen Jeremy in there... he was truly a sight to behold when he got ahold of a rabid mac fan.
Heh... you know, on this very website is a link (It's under the Jeremy Section, under the "Silliness" subjection) to the official CSMA FAQ, of which I provided a great deal of the answers.
I was an insane postwhore back then. One day I posted 157 messages to csma. In a SINGLE DAY.
I've gotten better since then. ;)
Tue Jun 11 22:14:47 2002
Wed Jun 12 01:55:00 2002
all of you are belong to me
Except me. As the Sorceror Supreme of this (and every other) universe, and the only other Admiral, at least by postcount; I can be exempt from this by my choice, however I choose not to do so. It loses me nothing.
One day I posted 157 messages to csma. In a SINGLE DAY.
While superb, I once posted 180+ spams to OSY. IN A SINGLE HOUR. With [color=purple][u][size=7]ONE[/size][/u][/color] window open.
:sagrin: :sagrin: :sagrin: :sagrin: :sagrin:
(Edited by Imitation Gruel at 6:55 pm on June 11, 2002)
Wed Jun 12 02:06:28 2002
These 157 messages in a day... these were not spam. None of them were spam. I was responding to 157 separate conversations in 157 separate threads!! :eek2:
Wed Jun 12 02:11:16 2002
you are among my best buds evar! :)
Wed Jun 12 02:12:25 2002
Because in that glorious ~65 minutes, I started something in excess of 70 topics.
Okay, maybe I'm reaching. Damn.
Wed Jun 12 02:39:02 2002
Ah, but how many of those were in topics you started, Reimer?
Probably more than half of them.
Do a Google Groups search on c.s.m.a. for around 1998ish. I was insane.
Wed Jun 12 03:41:45 2002
hmmmm...
Wed Jun 12 05:24:45 2002
Wed Jun 12 07:42:33 2002
By the way, does anyone have experience with Citrix? I'm working for this guy who implements Citrix environments, for small banks mainly. It's pretty cool stuff.
<raises hand>
Yeah, for a row of tellers (or task-based knowledge workers as they're called in press releases) it makes perfect sense. Really quite easy to set up, utterly standard environment for whatever teller is signed on, and you can swapout in minutes.
Trying to force them down an entire organisation though, because you're a fat, lazy Frenchman? Wrong wrong wrong.
Wed Jun 12 10:37:04 2002
Then I found ars... and coined Fucktard.
As for Citrix,
Yeah I use it a lot. Mostly 1.8, but slowly replacing 1.8 with Citrix XP. Good stuff.
(Edited by Evil Merlin at 3:39 am on June 12, 2002)