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tod
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response 93 of 563:
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Jan 11 21:42 UTC 2006 |
Happy Solar Cycle!
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jep
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response 94 of 563:
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Jan 12 04:36 UTC 2006 |
Happy birthday, Anne! Your first as a non-Perry. I hope this doesn't
get too popular.
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remmers
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response 95 of 563:
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Jan 12 10:08 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, we wouldn't want the numerous Perrys on Grex to all become
non-Perrys...
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jep
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response 96 of 563:
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Jan 12 13:29 UTC 2006 |
Some might say the Perrys are a crucial component of Grexers. I myself
think it wouldn't be the same at all without them.
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jadecat
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response 97 of 563:
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Jan 12 14:24 UTC 2006 |
Thank you thank you. :)
John, no worries, the name Perry is still attached to me- just changed
into a middle name. ;) My older brother commented that it was my first
birthday as a Nelson. Which still does seem somewhat weird.
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slynne
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response 98 of 563:
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Jan 12 17:29 UTC 2006 |
Happy birthday Anne! (better late than never, right?!)
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mcnally
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response 99 of 563:
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Jan 12 17:48 UTC 2006 |
re #95: Becoming Perry-less would be perilous?
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jadecat
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response 100 of 563:
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Jan 12 19:00 UTC 2006 |
re resp:98 Thanks! :)
re resp:99 Very much so. We might have to form a saftey Perry-meter.
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mcnally
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response 101 of 563:
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Jan 12 20:02 UTC 2006 |
Nicely perry-ed.
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naftee
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response 102 of 563:
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Jan 13 00:20 UTC 2006 |
huh ?!
mooncat and jep are related ?!
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other
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response 103 of 563:
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Jan 13 05:59 UTC 2006 |
IHB after spending a long day of banging my head on the problem, I
finally figured out how to make a login session work properly across
separate pages in PHP. It was especially challenging because it was the
first day I'd ever tried to write any PHP code.
For my next trick, I may actually succeed in properly compiling Apache
on a Linux box so that the alias module works. This has been a problem
due to never having touched a Linux box before and never having compiled
a program before. So far, I have Apache working but not the alias
module, and all the right lines appear to be uncommented in the default
httpd.conf file.
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bhoward
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response 104 of 563:
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Jan 13 07:40 UTC 2006 |
(You should enter an item somewhere documenting how you did it. Others
might find it interesting...I know I would as I'm about to start working
on something like that in PHP)
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bhoward
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response 105 of 563:
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Jan 13 13:06 UTC 2006 |
IHB I've finally upgraded my home mail server to openbsd3.8 and
retired the poor 6gig microdrive that was serving as its main disk
in favor of an 80gig ide drive. What got into me to run a production
server on a disk designed for digital cameras is hard to explain...
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jadecat
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response 106 of 563:
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Jan 13 14:24 UTC 2006 |
re resp:102 - Only be last name.
IHB- it's Friday. I don't mind my job, and I really like the people I
work with- but I'm so glad it's Friday. Tomorrow the hubby and I are off
to see my older bro and his wife, and their puppies! :)
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slynne
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response 107 of 563:
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Jan 13 17:10 UTC 2006 |
I am happy because I got a geeky train simulator game thing for my
computer and now I can pretend to drive trains all day. woo woo
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mcnally
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response 108 of 563:
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Jan 13 18:00 UTC 2006 |
I am happy that I get a three-day weekend this week.
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rcurl
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response 109 of 563:
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Jan 13 18:08 UTC 2006 |
Re #107: what are the challenges in driving trains on a computer? Deciding
when to blow the whistle?
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jadecat
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response 110 of 563:
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Jan 13 18:53 UTC 2006 |
IHB- I am in possession of a box. Said box was sent to me by my older
sister for my birthday. I'm not entirely sure when it arrived- as the
apartment complex office had said box, but I had received no
notification of this. On a whim I stopped by the office after lunch and
took possession of the box. I have no idea what's in it- and am excited
to find out. :)
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marcvh
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response 111 of 563:
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Jan 13 19:15 UTC 2006 |
Re #109: deciding how many hoboes to run over.
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tod
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response 112 of 563:
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Jan 13 19:45 UTC 2006 |
re #109
Are you talking about locomotives or hard partying?
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rcurl
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response 113 of 563:
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Jan 13 19:54 UTC 2006 |
What is the connection between "trains" and "hard partying"?
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jadecat
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response 114 of 563:
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Jan 13 20:33 UTC 2006 |
Conga?
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slynne
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response 115 of 563:
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Jan 13 21:31 UTC 2006 |
resp:109 So far I have only been driving the electric trains but on the
others you have to decide when to refuel. I have been playing
the "Amtrak Northest Corridor" scenario so the biggest challenge is
keeping to the timetable. One has to monitor track signals and keep
under the speed limits. It is hard because in order to keep to the
schedule, one has to hit the maximum speed on the tracks which changes.
The trains apparently are designed to coast so you have to judge
exactly when to decrease the throttle and/or apply the brakes to get
the train's speed down to a decreased limit. If you do it too early
(like I did a few times) you end up late and if you wait too long and
have to apply the brakes too hard, you get in trouble for causing the
passengers discomfort. You also have to sand the tracks under certain
weather conditions. And, of course, you have to decide when to blow the
train's horn. You have to blow the horn when there are deer on the
tracks or when approaching a station. There is also a bell that has to
be on when in the station. This scenario is easier than some of the
others because it is a closed track (no road crossings). Oh and there
is a headlight that has to be dimmed when other trains approach or when
entering a station but I havent moved onto the nighttime scenarios yet.
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slynne
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response 116 of 563:
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Jan 13 21:32 UTC 2006 |
FWIW, I only derailed my train one time. You think Amtrak is hiring?
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keesan
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response 117 of 563:
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Jan 13 22:38 UTC 2006 |
How many passengers did you lose so far?
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