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Grex > Coop8 > #145: A Scheme to Partition Grex |  |
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popcorn
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response 50 of 121:
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Nov 26 07:31 UTC 1996 |
(I like the name "gridlock". I think "mail", "edna", "grind", etc. are okay.
And I vehemently object to calling it "valerie".)
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void
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response 51 of 121:
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Nov 26 11:17 UTC 1996 |
(could we maybe call it gertrude?)
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davel
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response 52 of 121:
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Nov 26 11:19 UTC 1996 |
Hey, TS's suggestion of egrex is pretty neat! But "valerie" would do as
a close second ...
8-{)}
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popcorn
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response 53 of 121:
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Nov 26 16:11 UTC 1996 |
(No no no no no.)
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kerouac
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response 54 of 121:
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Nov 26 16:41 UTC 1996 |
yeah, call it "Val" for short...Val.cyberspace.org
Or if a masculinename is preferred could call it
Steve, after all the steves around here.
Besides, with all the work he's done in the past to deal
with grex's email flow, it would be only right to name the email computer
after Steve Andre.
Steve.cyberspace.org...hmm
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albaugh
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response 55 of 121:
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Nov 26 17:51 UTC 1996 |
So, if I get a piece of e-mail suitable for picospan, I must save it to the
mail-machine, ftp it to grex, go to grex, and then bbs & :r ?
Well, I did say that I would be willing to suffer less convenient e-mail in
favor of enhanced bbs'ing... :-)
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janc
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response 56 of 121:
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Nov 26 22:12 UTC 1996 |
Yup, that's about it. It's not something people do so very often though.
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robh
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response 57 of 121:
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Nov 26 22:28 UTC 1996 |
I dunno, I've done that several times myself. I'd be willing to
"suffer" the FTP session, though.
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ajax
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response 58 of 121:
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Nov 27 05:43 UTC 1996 |
I occasionally post e-mail or Usenet stuff in Picospan, or vice
versa, but I generally store the text on my local hard drive or in
a "copy/paste" buffer to transfer it. Some people would probably
prefer that to the ftp method.
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nestene
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response 59 of 121:
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Nov 27 13:36 UTC 1996 |
Would it be possible to set up some very simple utility that would allow
any user of valerie (the machine) to transfer a file to their directory
on grex? Something like:
grexit okbomb.txt ~/etc
to send okbomb.txt to my etc directory, perhaps with a default of ~ for
the target?
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scott
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response 60 of 121:
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Nov 27 17:03 UTC 1996 |
(I don't like the idea of naming a machine "valerie" or "steve" either. Let's
go back to "Edna", OK?)
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robh
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response 61 of 121:
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Nov 27 20:01 UTC 1996 |
Personally, I'd have no problem naming a machine after an important
Grex personage - if they were dead. Since we have no dead Valeries
or Steves just yet, I'd be really uncomfortable with doing so now.
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kerouac
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response 62 of 121:
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Nov 27 20:30 UTC 1996 |
could call it mlady then, after the late mlady. She was a nice
person, worthy of a memorial I spose.
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kerouac
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response 63 of 121:
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Nov 27 20:55 UTC 1996 |
But you know, Michael Jordan plays ball in Chicago in a stadium
that has a statue of him in the entrance and has his jersey retired.
So I think living people can have memorials.
Calling it "Val" is as sensible as calling it "Edna"...grex has
probably had users called "Edna".
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n8nxf
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response 64 of 121:
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Nov 27 21:29 UTC 1996 |
THere is a login val too.
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davel
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response 65 of 121:
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Nov 27 21:52 UTC 1996 |
<dave ducks, looks for more shrapnel flying, & hopes no one actually thought
he was serious>
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dang
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response 66 of 121:
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Nov 27 21:59 UTC 1996 |
Valerie has asked that we don't call it valerie. I would think that should
end it right there.
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robh
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response 67 of 121:
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Nov 28 01:55 UTC 1996 |
Re 63 - Don't get me started on Michael Jordan. I still think
it's inappropriate to do living memorials, it's just my personal
opinion.
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n8nxf
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response 68 of 121:
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Nov 28 14:07 UTC 1996 |
I like the molasses association of gridlock myself. Perhaps
s-mail.cyberspace.org would suffice ;-)
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janc
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response 69 of 121:
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Nov 28 18:05 UTC 1996 |
About "Edna": There were four books in the dungeon. They appear to be from
the UM graduate library. One is about women in medieval history, two are
collections of stories by Edna O'Brian, and one is about Edna O'Brian. Nobody
has the faintest idea how they got there, but they are useful for proping up
various computer components. We moved them with everything else to the
pumpkin. We should return them to the library, but we are used to them and
would miss them if they weren't there any more.
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nephi
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response 70 of 121:
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Nov 29 03:57 UTC 1996 |
I really like the "egrex" name. I couldn't think of anything
"cooler".
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nestene
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response 71 of 121:
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Nov 29 13:07 UTC 1996 |
<Ahem>
Would it be possible to set up some very simple utility that would allow
any user of <censored> (the machine) to transfer a file to their directory
on grex? Something like:
grexit okbomb.txt ~/etc
to send okbomb.txt to my etc directory, perhaps with a default of ~ for
the target?
I think I have a few worthless books lying around my library that I could
donate to an "Edna O'Brien Repatriation Drive".
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janc
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response 72 of 121:
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Nov 29 15:56 UTC 1996 |
I think if we set things up the way Steve/Rob suggested, there would be
no particularly big problem with doing that. The commands rcp and scp already
exist and come pretty close to that functionality.
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dang
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response 73 of 121:
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Nov 29 18:21 UTC 1996 |
To give a direct answer, yes. It would not only be possible, but quite easy.
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nestene
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response 74 of 121:
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Nov 30 14:02 UTC 1996 |
Good. I knew I'd probably be able to figure something out, but I was
hoping there'd be something Catriona could use.
(Hey, Catriona, nestene's pickin'' on you!) :-)
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