Posted by Els on 08/29/05 18:17

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> __/ [Els] on Monday 29 August 2005 10:54 \__
>
> [Linux amusement]
>
>>> I never managed to work out Cygwin to its depths myself (last attempt
>>> when I was 19). I must have pointed out Cygwin for the sake of platform
>>> impartiality. Since you need to grab the display from X and usage from
>>> kernel-level, I doubt it's (trivially) doable.
>>
>> Okay - I'll leave that one for Toby. He's good at stuff like that :-)
>
> Yes, and today I posted a reference via message-id.net (Toby's latest
> project) for the first time. He peculates PR by putting GG[1] within a
> frame. He hits them where it hurts, having the latter done the same with
> images and cache.

Sounds like he's one of the good guys then ;-)

>>> The easiest solution is to pick up a Linux CD/DVD and take advantage of
>>> the full power the machine which you machine begs for.
>>
>> No, that's what I got my SuSE box for :-)
>> But I don't want screen grabs from SuSE, as it isn't my main machine.
>> Could get some really nice arty pictures though, from all the
>> screensavers that are running on it.
>
> Screensavers phobia... too many... recently heard of a screensaver in Fedora
> that gets random pictures off the Internet. Funny when you come back to do
> some work only to find hardcore pr0n on the screen.

I'm guessing that's a disableable (made that word up myself) feature?

>>> If you were to pick up a
>>> Windows CD, you could play it backwards and hear Satan. It gets worse
>>> though: play it forward and it'll install Windows.
>>
>> Yup - heard that one :-)
>> Couldn't get the drive to play it backwards though ;-)
>
> Flip the CD upside down;

Doable...

> move head to top of drive;

Yeah right!
<g>

> motor will rotate in the
> same direction. Either way, I was never fond of Satanic music.

Me neither - backwards, forwards or upside down.

>>>> I've also enjoyed all the years I worked as a data-entry typist in
>>>> offices. I've even enjoyed picking tomatoes and washing up.
>>>
>>> The tomatoes or yourself? *LOL*
>>
>> Neither - washing up as in washing dishes in restaurants :-)
>
> Done that 6 years ago... next year I get my Ph.D. *smile*

There's a difference between having to wash dishes cause you don't
have your Ph.D yet, and choosing to washing dishes because after 13
years in an office you want a simple job just to pay for food. ;-)

>>>> Everything
>>>> is enjoyable when you're the one who can decide how much you want of
>>>> it :-)
>>>
>>> This reminds me that I should return to doing some actual work today. I
>>> posted almost 300 messages (NG's alone) in the past 8 days.
>>
>> That's nothing. I once was blocked before the end of the day because I
>> had posted 150. In one day :-)
>
> *sarcasm* To 0.test? Were you eventually happy at least?

<g>
No, actually, it was to alt.www.webmaster mostly :-)

> [Bank holiday]
>
>>> Then again,
>>> it's Bank Holiday Monday in Britian. Decisions, decisions...
>>
>> Hmm.. Bank Holiday Monday, August.. isn't there a carnival to go to in
>> Notting Hill?
>>
>> Wish I was there :\
>
> I no longer travel.

That's a very bold statement at your age.

> Computers killed my human soul.

Get it back. Make them give it back. You need travel. After getting
your Ph.D, you should take a year out and go travel. Backpacking, not
checking in to a wifi-enabled hotel with your laptop.

As a wise old(er) woman I'm telling you - do that before you're stuck
in a rut. ;-)

> I will at least go to the health club shortly.

Is that shortly as in "10 minutes from now", or shortly as in "some
day soon, but I haven't registered yet really" ?

> Gloomy day over here in Manchester... *frown* oh,
> well, good for the gardens, eh?

You're still looking outside the window - there is hope yet :-)

> [1] GG where the second G stands for Groups and PR where R stands for Rank.
> I have to be cautious with sensitive keywords these days... my employment
> opportunities are narrowing down like a supermodel on bulimia.

I've seen your CV - you will not have a lack of employment
opportunities very soon I think :-)

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