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Grex > Helpers > #140: Grex System Problems - Spring 2005 | |
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gelinas
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response 25 of 457:
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Mar 27 17:27 UTC 2005 |
russ, been there, done that, got the t-shirt, don't need to do it again.
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naftee
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response 26 of 457:
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Mar 27 19:09 UTC 2005 |
re 24 Whoa, I meant "m-net"
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scholar
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response 27 of 457:
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Mar 29 00:09 UTC 2005 |
I scribbled a few responses in coop. Each time I scribbled a response, BBS
segfaulted.
Could this possibly be a result of i's recent idiocy?
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naftee
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response 28 of 457:
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Mar 29 01:34 UTC 2005 |
backtalk seems to scribble fine.
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i
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response 29 of 457:
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Mar 29 02:33 UTC 2005 |
Hmmm...Picospan also dies with "Memory fault" for me; it doesn't seem to
matter if i'm a fw or not. (The scribble does take place. When i go
back to look at it, Picospan looks like it's having to fix up the sum
file, though.)
I wonder if this is an issue with our BSD port of PicoSpan. Any other
circumstances where you've noticed Picospan bombing?
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scholar
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response 30 of 457:
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Mar 29 02:45 UTC 2005 |
I noticed errors after you unilaterally deleted benign user comments in coop.
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bru
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response 31 of 457:
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Mar 29 06:45 UTC 2005 |
I tried to telnet in earlier andd all th ports were in use. That has not
happened in a while.
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cross
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response 32 of 457:
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Mar 30 03:37 UTC 2005 |
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glenda
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response 33 of 457:
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Mar 30 05:08 UTC 2005 |
Why, I like and prefer picospan.
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naftee
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response 34 of 457:
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Mar 30 05:22 UTC 2005 |
Me too.
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rcurl
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response 35 of 457:
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Mar 30 05:44 UTC 2005 |
Ditto
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tod
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response 36 of 457:
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Mar 30 16:24 UTC 2005 |
DITTO
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cross
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response 37 of 457:
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Mar 30 16:24 UTC 2005 |
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tod
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response 38 of 457:
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Mar 30 16:31 UTC 2005 |
The difference is that I abhor GUI usage the way Unabomber abhors the
industrial revolution. To me, replacing picospan with a browser friendly
version would be like NPR producing some kind of Fear Factor reality segment.
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rcurl
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response 39 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:02 UTC 2005 |
I pefer picospan because it is a simple text interface. I prefer text e-mail
also, also for simplicity and speed. Here is my .sig file:
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NB. To prevent HTML code from being sent with e-mail, see instructions
at http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/nomime.html
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I want to apply this to conferencing too.
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tod
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response 40 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:04 UTC 2005 |
That's a great .sig, Rane. I often have to wait a day or so before I'll
bother reading any non-text email.
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cross
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response 41 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:07 UTC 2005 |
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rcurl
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response 42 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:10 UTC 2005 |
So, what advantages does fronttalk have over picospan?
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tod
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response 43 of 457:
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Mar 30 17:13 UTC 2005 |
The disadvantage: "the program is actually a specialized web-browser that
makes HTTP requests to a Backtalk system to read and post to the conferences.
This means that it can be run on any Unix system to access any Backtalk system
on the web that supports it."
The advantage: "it is the only open-source Picospan clone"
http://www.unixpapa.com/backtalk/
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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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