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<0> longword, another analog modem
<1> So are cable modems and satellite modems
<2> could one have a non analogue modem
<1> I don't believe so
<3> wouldn't it have to take analog input to be considered a modem?
<4> my machine i bleeping at me
<4> cant figure out what the eck the bleeping means
<3> that's what i was saying, heh
<1> sint: It does.
<3> modem = modulater/demodulater
<2> the whole modulating thing implies analogue yes
<3> without analogacity, what would it modulate/demodulate?
<3> hehe
<1> Though a case could be made that there are /no/ analog modems - they all use digital circuitry
<3> haha, true
<5> Not true, longword. There is some analog circuitry in the older ones.
<3> yeah.. i dunno
<1> Sure there's some in pretty much all modems
<3> most phones are digital these days too
<3> but if you have a land line, it's still considered an analog phone isn't it?
<1> But the bit that does the mo'ing and the dem'ing is digital
<5> I have a VOIP phone, connected to my asterisk server.
<1> sin: PSTN is the preferred term
<5> The phone line itself may be analog, but not the phone.
<3> and digital phones that are backwards compatible and support other modes of operation, yet they're considered digital
<1> Most phones are still analog
<3> packet switching telephone network?
<1> Public
<1> The touch-tone addition does not make it digital
<3> i was about to say.. hehe
<0> 820g, thats small
<3> like we have this old cell phone that says 'tri-mode' because it supports analog cellular activity or whatever
<3> but it's still considered a digital phone
<3> or at least it did when it was brand new (around 7 years ago, hehe)
<3> i think i will use slax for my backup server
<5> so anyway, is anyone bored enough to help me do a little testing on this dumb website or not?
<3> in case this hd does die
<3> not quite, Redb3ard :P
<1> What's unionfs for?
<3> j/k, what kinda testing? will it take long?
<3> longword:allowing read-only filesystem to behave as a writable one, saving all changes to memory.
<5> not too long, just basically you registering for an account, and you don't have to put a real email address in
<3> not exaclty sure what advantages it has over shmfs or whatever but i'm thinking i will look into it more/try it out
<1> sin: That's a neat idea
<3> url?
<1> sin: The advantage over tmpfs is clear
<1> sin: You have your big bulk of data sitting on the CD, and it's writeable without having to copy the whole lot into RAM or do messy things like split it over multiple filesystems, copy some bits and not others...
<3> longword: not to me, haha. either way it will get destroyed on reboot and you can't possibly store much more in one than in the other with the same amount of physical ram & swap
<3> afaik
<1> sin: But on the face of it unionfs should be able to support vastly larger mostly read-only filesystems
<0> longword, kinda like the vmware snapshot feature I guess
<1> Only that does the copy-on-write thing to a file on disk
<0> longword, true
<3> hrm...
<3> that is a bit more nifty than i previously considered
<3> s/previously/initially
<3> too bad you guys can't use it
<3> being slackware-based and all
<3> ;P
<0> if its linux we can
<1> sin: http://www.unionfs.org/
<5> no no, slackware is definitely a third-rate distribution, and a primitive one at that.
<1> I'm not sure it does what you say it does
<5> I mean, the installer isn't even graphical.
<1> Ah, it does.
<1> To an extent
<6> Depends on whether you consider the extended ASCII set graphical.
<6> I'm happy with slack... does what I need it to.
<5> happy with slack? what's wrong with you
<1> I wouldn't knock a distribution for a non-graphical installer
<5> that's just, i dunno, wrong
<1> There's lots better reasons to knock it than that
<5> exactly, there are lots better reasons
<5> for instance, it doesnt even patch the kernel, i mean, really, a plain vanilla kernel?
<6> Redb3ard- probably many things.
<5> what is this, 1993?
<7> Some people like slackware. But they have WAY too much time on their hands.
<3> OMG, NO GRAPHICS
<3> wtf is wrong with you Redb3ard
<3> join the 2000's
<5> sinthetek, you could have asked
<5> slack 10.0, and slack 7.something on my server
<5> the new one will have 10.2 or maybe 11, depending on when i get it finished
<5> ive only ever really used it, redhat for a few days one place at work, but nothing else really
<5> lots of other unixes though
<3> Redb3ard: i refuse to talk to/help you until you get a modern irc client
<7> Right now I'm attempting to split one large / partition across several partitions (not during an install... like with a system that's been installed for a while) without breaking my distribution. Hope I don't screw it up :-/
<3> that doesn't use arcane ascii console graphics
<5> hey buddy, ive got this patched with utf8
<5> i can see just about every glyph there is, except ethiopian
<3> and i refuse to stop complaining about your use of outdated, arcane irc clients until YOU use one that conforms to MY standards
<5> oh, like what?
<5> xchat?
<8> methinks xchat is a nifty irc client that has gnome and transperancy and panel and shaded transperancy and scripting and other cool stuff, or broken because it eats private /msg at least half the time, or doesn't eat /msg at all for some people - which leads to the conclusion that it could be a PEBKAC problem
<3> who's with me?
<7> Redb3ard: He's being sarcastic :P
<3> yeah, sure
<3> it's graphic, so it must be better, right?
<3> i dunno a lot about the kernel patching thing, but i don't mind using a vanilla kernel
<1> duplex: rsync is your friend
<7> I resized my root partition, and I'm dividing up the remaining space into what will be /home, /usr, etc... The plan is to first mount these partitions under like /mnt/home/, cp -p everything from /home to it, change the fstab to mount it, and then reboot. Would this work, and are there any precautions I need to take I haven't thought of?
<5> The AC patches are ok by me, but I'd rather have to apply them myself.
<3> a lot of patches prevent you from upgrading kernels (as they have to be ported to use the new kernel) and might increase security risks and prevent bugfixes
<7> longword: I dont know what that is, but I'll check up on it.
<3> temporarily*
<1> duplex: rsync -a especially
<3> or cause extra bugs
<3> or like with portage, it automatically always adds all these extra nvidia patches when i have no nvidia hardware
<7> longword: Thanks.
<3> i dunno what, if any, effect the patches have on the resulting image/modules, but even if it's just adding unneeded functionality to it, it's wasting my resources
<4> apache2 config file is httpd.conf?
<3> Redb3ard: btw, i was just kidding about being unwilling to help. still need testing help? will it take long?
<3> crazy|one: usually, depends on distro
<3> crazy|one: i think on some distros it might be apache.conf or apache2.conf, but for most they use the default name, if not path
<3> it's cool that they have the technology to make really cool comic-based movies these days
<3> but it really pisses me off that htey never do
<3> they just make crappy ones with semi-cool special effects
<3> comic scifi > *
<4> when i try to log onto my domain pointed to my ip, i get access connection refused
<4> cant figure out what the problem is
<7> Does anyone know of a decent document which explains, for a desktop and a recent distro of debian (sid) what should be the minimum space you make your partitions?
<9> can anybody tell me how to manually remove items from the top panel in gnome? i added an item with the letter . that didn't work so well...
<1> Hmmm. Azuerus reports over 808,000 users online
<1> Probably enough to get six US Senators elected.
<5> dude
<5> a few cemetaries and some accomplices at the local elections board can manage that, no need for actual voters
<1> Yeah. I know. Half of them are 13 year old Germans.
<5> longword, do you have anything against phpbb?
<5> does anyone here, for that matter?
<1> redb: You mean aside from the weekly security issues?
<10> Other than all of the security issues it has had in the last year or two?
<0> its like paiting a bullseye on your shirt
<1> redb: Mostly fine if you run it in a strict PHP safe_mode
<0> and walking onto a shooting range
<5> ugh
<10> So I'd take all that as a no.
<1> But it's not like there's a better solution
<5> i DO NOT want to write my own message board
<1> vBulletin costs and it's had recent issues too
<5> its bad enough that i decided to write my own user management crap
<10> What are most of the torrent sites using these days?
<1> Writing your own with functionality approaching phpBB and maintaining security is _HARD_
<5> ive definitely got to use postgres, thats not negotiable
<5> and i want to use php too, mixing perl and php on my site will be a pain
<5> phpbb isnt even the kind of message board i really want though
<5> i want something more like slashcode or scoops diary sections... there are some phpbb threads that last years, and i cant even find where thats configurable
<1> What's wrong with that?
<1> An admin can always lock a thread that's out of control
<5> have you used it yourself, long?
<1> Yes.
<5> were you happy with it?
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