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Grex > Helpers > #140: Grex System Problems - Spring 2005 | |
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cross
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response 44 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:18 UTC 2005 |
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tod
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response 45 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:33 UTC 2005 |
re #44
Why not alias bbs to ft then so folks stop using picospan?
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albaugh
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response 46 of 457:
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Mar 30 18:47 UTC 2005 |
That has been discussed several times. Recently I got the impression that
such an alias switch was "imminent"...
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albaugh
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response 47 of 457:
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Mar 30 18:48 UTC 2005 |
Just had a strange encounter with "mail" which wouldn't clear up until I
logged out and logged in again. Included mail deleting a message I did not
explicitly delete, not echoing commands at the "&" prompt, and dumping core
when doing "send brk" from telnet.
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naftee
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response 48 of 457:
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Mar 30 19:24 UTC 2005 |
re 44 What are the bugs in Picospan that bother you ?
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glenda
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response 49 of 457:
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Mar 30 20:38 UTC 2005 |
I don't like or use Backtalk either. I have used it a few times when telnet
access was down. Didn't like it. Don't like most GUI apps, don't like mice.
I prefer text based, and not text based frontend to web backends. Why put
on another layer when I can access without it. I prefer keyboard to mouse.
I can and do use GUIs and mouse when I need/have to, but hate being forced
to. Don't blog either, I don't see any sense in having my private life out
there for everyone to see and comment on and have no desire to read anyone
else's either.
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tod
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response 50 of 457:
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Mar 30 20:54 UTC 2005 |
I don't even like video games. Blogs are nonsense to me, too.
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rcurl
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response 51 of 457:
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Mar 30 23:02 UTC 2005 |
The word I find appropriate for blogs is "tedious". Random thinking online,
especially at length, is utterly boring. The advantage of conferencing,
as in Grex, is that the expression of thoughts is generally quite brief,
and perhaps brief rejoinders.
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slynne
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response 52 of 457:
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Mar 30 23:18 UTC 2005 |
Interesting. I love reading blogs. I am always amazed at how many deeply
interesting people there are in the world.
I like backtalk too. Coincidence? :)
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cross
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response 53 of 457:
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Mar 30 23:23 UTC 2005 |
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cross
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response 54 of 457:
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Mar 30 23:28 UTC 2005 |
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cross
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response 55 of 457:
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Mar 30 23:29 UTC 2005 |
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rcurl
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response 56 of 457:
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Mar 31 01:31 UTC 2005 |
I run conf, not bbs. Is that alias linked to picospan (must be, as
everything looks the same here)?
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scholar
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response 57 of 457:
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Mar 31 01:52 UTC 2005 |
---- jor joining (Mar 30 20:48)
jor: I cannot bbs.
---- blair leaving (Mar 30 20:49)
scholar: ?!
scholar: what!
scholar: they just changed to fronttalk to-day1
scholar: try typing !picospan!
jor: OK.
jor: seems to work.
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cross
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response 58 of 457:
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Mar 31 01:56 UTC 2005 |
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ryan
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response 59 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:03 UTC 2005 |
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naftee
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response 60 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:05 UTC 2005 |
Not these silly favourite item crap deals :(
cross, what are the bugs in Picospan that bother you ?!
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naftee
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response 61 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:06 UTC 2005 |
Respond, pass, forget, quit, or ? for more options? l
I don't understand "l" - type HELP for help
:(
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russ
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response 62 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:32 UTC 2005 |
FrontTalk is seriously broken in a number of ways, from going
between conferences with a pager running, to failing to "respond <item>"
from the Ok: prompt, to not displaying the item header when commanded
at the RFP prompt... oh, a zillion ways.
How do I get AWAY from it until it's fixed?
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russ
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response 63 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:35 UTC 2005 |
And I can't "set reload" OR abort. Are all of the usual methods
of managing one's read-item list borked in FT?
Yes, I'm pissed off. This should not have been foisted on me
without warning. I have no idea how much damage has occurred,
but I'm already very unhappy about it and Grex's management.
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scholar
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response 64 of 457:
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Mar 31 03:50 UTC 2005 |
Type picospan instead of bbs.
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gelinas
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response 65 of 457:
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Mar 31 04:55 UTC 2005 |
I've changed "bbs" back to "picospan".
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gelinas
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response 66 of 457:
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Mar 31 05:03 UTC 2005 |
BTW, "set reload" doesn't work in fronttalk because fronttalk closes the
backtalk connection as/before it shows you the text.
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rcurl
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response 67 of 457:
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Mar 31 06:14 UTC 2005 |
I agree that bbs should not have been peremptorily set to ft without
determining user preferences. Experimental projects should be optional, not
defaults.
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scholar
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response 68 of 457:
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Mar 31 06:32 UTC 2005 |
Wasn't cross, who is a new member of the staff, warned against acting without
taking into consideration the advice of more experienced staffers?
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