Text 5200, 51 rader
Skriven 2006-02-06 20:46:04 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
   Kommentar till text 5199 av Jan Wagemakers (2:292/100.19)
Ärende: mplayer, friends & gcc4
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Hey Jan!

Feb 06 16:57 06, Jan Wagemakers wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 JW> Yes, I have found a lot of BadCap webpages on the internet, it seems 
 JW> that BadCap's are a very common problem.

I first heard about it a few years ago but don't recall exactly where from. 
Also noticed quite a few boards from a few years back showing up at local
computer shops with swelled caps so the evidence is all around or at least
locally it is.  Also saw a few server boards for sale where the seller claims
all the caps have been replaced on those particular boards.  Good prices and a
far cheaper way of getting a half decent computer up and running without having
to resort to buying new and unproven hardware that perhaps nobody can deal with
software-wise ... yet.

 JW> I use different X11-programs, so keeping X11 running is easier then 
 JW> fire it up and shut it down every time. And copy/paste between an 
 JW> rxvt CLI and a X11-program is very easy.

That makes sense.  With me it is the exact opposite situation.  Cutting and
pasting between consoles running whatever apps has worked 100% here since the
beginning.  Better then X and it's apps methinks.  The trick was to get rid of
the mouse dependancy in all apps and just let the mouse do it's thing without
any regard for anything else.  Just another input device that nothing depends
on but works if it is there.  Mind you it only works for cutting and pasting
text but for me that is all it needs to do.  I am not a pointy-clicky person
... to say the least.

Speaking of cutting and pasting, 'fortune' just spit this out when I logged in
just now;

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THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #17 -- SARTRE

        Named after the late existential philosopher, SARTRE is an extremely
unstructured language.  Statements in SARTRE have no purpose; they just are.
Thus SARTRE programs are left to define their own functions.  SARTRE
programmers tend to be boring and depressed, and are no fun at parties.
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Yep.  Works great with msged running on a linux console that could care less
whether or not I have a mouse.

I am special.

Life is good,
Maurice

--- Msged/LNX 6.1.2
 * Origin: The Pointy Stick Society Headquarters - Ladysmith BC Ca (1:261/38.9)