Re: [9fans] How to implement a moral equivalent of automounter

> P.S. I've seen this disbelief in the fact that automoter + NFS > actually can be really convenient mostly come from Linux people. Perspective depends on experience. AFS has its warts, but, trust me, if you've used it for a while, you will not find yourself excitedly perusing the volume location

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

"Electric Sheep" by John Scalzi is a very humorous play on Dick's wonderful "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". Anathem is good, but Snow Crash & Diamond Age equally as good, & have faster pacing. "The Hostile Takeover Trilogy", everything written by William Gibson, "The Electric Church", Asimov

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two very interesting short stories of Asimov legacy are The Last Question > and The Last Answer. Each thought-provoking in a different way. Along the same lines, and much shorter, is Fredric Brown's "Answer". —Joel

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

tip, though: DON'T read any sequels. 2001 is great, 2010 so-so, 2100 blah, and 3001 well-nigh unreadable. A little correction: it's 2061. I disagree about 2010 and 2061 as I loved reading them. 2061 explores the interesting character of Heywood Floyd in more depth. But I agree about 3001. It w

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are the Great Three, of course. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and > Robert A. Heinlein. Anything they wrote is worth a read. Sometimes a number > of reads. Clarke particularly interests me. Try the short story The N

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Eris Discordia wrote: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn]... Shame on Augusto Pinochet, unaugust scoundrel, forever. And shame on Allende for not seeing that land reform via confiscation is always a loser's game. And of course shame on the U.S. government for its part in the deb

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 16:29 +0800, Fernan Bolando wrote: > Hi all > > I am not sure if anybody here reads Sci-Fi novels. Any recommendations? Here's my personal top 10: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic * http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: [9fans] [OT] just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier

> is that a microsoft invention or a standardized syntax? it's an MS thing, but since VS project templates seem to use them extensively, it wont be long before somebody gets the bright idea. i'd bet a ham sandwich that it'll be in the next release of gcc.

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

I've read that it talks about what would have happened if Allende had succeded implementing Cybersyn... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn] I am looking for reading this book. That is the most interesting thing I've come by in months. Shame on Augusto Pinochet, unaugust scoundrel, f

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Ursula K. Le Guin is great. I can recommend The Birthday of the World and The Left Hand of Darkness.

Re: [9fans] [OT] just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier

is that a microsoft invention or a standardized syntax? On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i just discovered the new C++/CLI "managed reference" syntax. C++ has > more body jewelry than the a barrista at Starbucks. > > >

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Fun space scifi: Recently, I've liked Jack McDevitt's stuff (read most of Academy series), and James P. Hogan's (read most of Giant's series). However, I hate the Internet now because these guys have blogs and I really just would prefer not to learn about them personally. http://en.wikipedia.org/

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:45:20 -0600, Joel C. Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think Dune is a must read for any scifi fan... Dune is one of the few books I put down partly-read. Came a point w

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Lorenzo Fernando Bivens de la Fuente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Dune is a must read for any scifi fan... Dune is one of the few books I put down partly-read. Came a point where I just didn't care what happened to the characters on the other side of the pag

Re: [9fans] [OT] just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier

> i just discovered the new C++/CLI "managed reference" syntax. C++ has > more body jewelry than the a barrista at Starbucks. huh, huh. he said "punctuator". heh huh he. - erik

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Why not a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel? Earth Abides by George R. Stewart it's the best. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Fernan Bolando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi all > > I am not sure if anybody here reads Sci-Fi novels. Any recommendations? > > > -- > http://www.fernski.com > > --

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

I think Dune is a must read for any scifi fan... I am a retro-scifi fan... I love to read the stories, but sometimes a 50's movie can tell a story quite nicely... Crappy FX require a better plot to keep you watching... I recommend: - The Forbidden Planet (The best!) (Very likely the precursor of

[9fans] [OT] just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier

i just discovered the new C++/CLI "managed reference" syntax. C++ has more body jewelry than the a barrista at Starbucks.

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now a 'short story'? Or your "sci-fi" expertise is equivalent to your technical "expertise"? You're right. It's a novel--a "long story." I haven't read it. Which is why I didn't recommend it. I named and recommended what I had read. --On Wednesday, De

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At last, something I can claim expertise in--you actually see the "sci-fi" > expertise showing on my feeble attempts at technicality ;-) > > [...] > > Then there's Philip K. Dick. One of his short stories was recommended (

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

At last, something I can claim expertise in--you actually see the "sci-fi" expertise showing on my feeble attempts at technicality ;-) You should definitely try anything by Stanislaw Lem. Reading him in the original Polish would be awesome but somewhat far-fetched. Then there are the German tr

Re: [9fans] How do I set passwords for users?

On Dec 2, 1:17 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nolan Hamilton) wrote: ... > still no password after the > user[nhh]: > prompt. You are running a standalone terminal? You won't get prompted for a password.

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

2008/12/3 Fernan Bolando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all > > I am not sure if anybody here reads Sci-Fi novels. Any recommendations? > > > -- > http://www.fernski.com > > I'm not a big fan of sci-fi, but "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is worth a read. -- - yiyus || JGL .

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Hello, well you could start with classics like Asimov's Foundations, and then Dan Simmons' Hyperion. And if you're more into modern space opera there's Peter F. Hamilton's The Night's Dawn series; not very sophisticated but pretty entertaining imho. A few examples among many ... Mathieu On Wed,

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Sci-Fi? In Spain we have newspapers. > Anathem by Neil Stephenson. Not incredibly fast-paced but loads of > idea-porn. Apart from some (convincing) nano-technological concepts, > the science is pretty much "hard" (i.e realistic). > > > 2008/12/3 Fernan Bolando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi all >> >>

Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Anathem by Neil Stephenson. Not incredibly fast-paced but loads of idea-porn. Apart from some (convincing) nano-technological concepts, the science is pretty much "hard" (i.e realistic). 2008/12/3 Fernan Bolando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all > > I am not sure if anybody here reads Sci-Fi novels.

[9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)

Hi all I am not sure if anybody here reads Sci-Fi novels. Any recommendations? -- http://www.fernski.com