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Skriven 2011-06-21 13:16:00 av James Bradley (1:342/77.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Maurice Kinal
Ärende: and the band played on
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Maurice Kinal to James Bradley on 06-19-11 21:32 re: and the band played on
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 MK> That can and does happen.  Speaking for myself it appears the better I
 MK> get connected the less I tend to actually use it.  If it were possible
 MK> to bank unused bandwidth and it had some actual value I'd be a rich man
 MK> today.

Not going to happen! Too many are streaming porn over your paid-for bandwidth
as we speak. They "need" the speed more than you and me./-:
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 MK> If wishes were dishes.  Perhaps your mind has been tainted into
 MK> believing that what is presented these days on the inet is of any
 MK> consequence in the grand scheme of things.  To me it looks like a
 MK> glossed over version of 'same old, same old' which at our age should be
 MK> a walk in the park.  No?  ;-)

Walks in the park is time and effort better spent working on my domicile.
Besides, eBay has been delivering too many SMOKIN' deals through the mail and
for-local-pickup for me to badmouth it too much. Now, if I could just avoid
chatting up the webcam girls....
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 MK> I wouldn't know.  I've stuck with old school Unix where lack of control
 MK> is not an issue.  To be honest I have yet to see Ubuntu in action since
 MK> I figured I was never part of their target audience.  I was a lost
 MK> cause before it even existed although I'd probably argue that was true
 MK> way back when Microsoft unleashed that cause on the world.  Sounds too
 MK> much like 'no guts, no glory' sort of a thing.  Am I missing anything?

One mouse click *is* easier to remember for an idjiat like me, than a long
convoluted CL or five. On one Slack install, I had a World-map scrolling as my
"wallpaper" and it updated itself every 10-minutes to tell me when Antarctica
or our Great White was in total darkness/light, and when sunset rose over your
canoe. As a side benefit, I had one workspace after another load up *all* my
previous screens of research/fun for the next time I booted up. It wouldn't
bring up the programs I had previously in the terminal in the - how was it said
- ${unmentionable} <LOL> but an up-arrow or three usually found what I was
looking for.

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 MK> Heh, heh.  Been there, done that.  Wearing a lifejacket is probably a
 MK> good plan.

THAT's a backup plan! <ROTF>

 JB> The SMB promises Telnet connection

 MK> That can happen without SMB.  Besides, these days ssh is the way to go
 MK> especially for the paranoid, which I happen to find myself part of.
 MK> However on a wired dedicated serial port that really isn't an issue
 MK> unless of course it is as in the case of multiusers having direct
 MK> access to it's keyboard and then all hell can break loose if 'root' is
 MK> logged in and unmanned.

Well, I just say that Telnet *is* supported through the port. If I could attach
ipcop to that port and just use the two Gigabit ports for internal routing, ssl
could be an afterthought if I convince shaw to give me a static port for free.
My calendar of auctions and birthdays, with a list or seven of my current HW
projects is now on "the cloud", so I have little desire to see what resides on
my drives. Besides, I'm not smart enough to secure the damned spinney things at
this time beyond a good password.

 JB> THAT would be cooking with gas!

 MK> Keep away from open flames.  ;-)

No, MANAGE YOUR GAS! Sparks just increase your fun or amplify your stupidity.
<chuckle>
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 MK> Slow on the network switched LAN but definetly reliable and steady.
 MK> Figure out what the problem I see is.  Turns out that the kernel's 8139
 MK> driver is at fault.  I am trying a driver supplied by realtek as we
 MK> speak and that is better although I am thinking of disabling it and
 MK> replacing it with a better pci network card.  For now this seems okay
 MK> but I doubt I'll put up with it over the long haul.  Might just go back
 MK> to the usb dongle or do the pci thing and switch the wireless over to
 MK> usb instead.  All things considered I am thinking the latter seems the
 MK> best solution.  We'll see.

I was going to mention a driver issue, but WT* do I know? <G+D... Opps, I need
to get away from that I-net mentality! ;-> Now, if I can find a firmware
update/hack to turn my twenty-for port "fast" switches into Gigabit ports on
the I-net... <L l/a lunatic>

But I should look for my keys first! <Cha-G>



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