[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #457 - 14 msgs

2001-05-14 Thread A Kozic
Kai MacTane wrote: > In Old High German, there were two major types of "men": "wo-men" and > "wer-men". "Wo-men" were female and "wer-men" male. The "wer" in > "wer-man" is cognate with the Latin "vir", which also means "man" (in > our current sense of "adult male human"). I just finished readin

[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #437 - 9 msgs

2001-05-04 Thread A Kozic
On Fri, 4 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Um.. correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the distros actually > free-for-download? And does your college provide bandwidth? :) Theoreticly I could download the distro on my non-unlimited-usage dialup connection for the weekend. Ugh. Or I could buy/b

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-05-03 Thread A Kozic
ould really use some free beer. ----- A Kozic| "Spare some change so I can [EMAIL PROTECTED] |get a new distro?" ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

RE: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-05-02 Thread A Kozic
I'd like to thank everyone who helped me out with my Mandrake stuff. It still doesn't work. I'm getting Debian. -- Avery, who wasted $30 on the pipe dream of "easy-to-use" ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/l

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
y stumped. If I can't run in expert mode what I I supposed to do? -- Avery - A Kozic| "You know, I've been wondering [EMAIL PROTECTED] | all evening... *blush* [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you have indoor plumbing?"

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
I'll have to poke around in Xconfigurator more tonight. -- Avery ----- A Kozic| "You know, I've been wondering [EMAIL PROTECTED] | all evening... *blush* [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you have indoor plumbing

[techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
Well, Madrake certainly is easy to install... You just sit there watching it auto-configure everything, and hope that it works. So what happens when it doesn't? Do I dare venture my newbie ass into "expert" install? I guess I'll have to. Here's the deal: I picked up the Mandrake 7.2 retail box

Re: [techtalk] Almost arrested for using telnet

2001-04-11 Thread A Kozic
estion was using `faggotry' as a synonym for lameness, which I could say is offensive to the disabled folks, but I'm not disabled or offended, so I won't. -- A Kozic - A Kozic| The way you live without gender

[techtalk] CD-ROM crapped out.

2001-03-21 Thread A Kozic
er CD, but that did nothing. What sort of troubleshooting can I do? (In Win98 or RH7. I don't care which, as long as it works.) My SO goes stir crazy when he can't play Starcraft, so if you know *anything* that might help, please let me know.

[techtalk] Dual boot machine

2001-03-09 Thread A Kozic
to a reference? -- A Kozic A Kozic| Tell a man there are 300,000,000,000 stars ICQ 97567379 | in the universe and he will believe you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and [

[techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread A Kozic
d changing the lable of other partition from "dos" to "Windows" or "win" or "DOS". I reboot, and lilo still says "linux, dos". When I look at the file again, my changes have been saved. Is there possibly more th

[techtalk] Re: Open Source Projects

2001-02-17 Thread A Kozic
Wow, thanks. (hey, I might even *get paid*... what a concept...) --Alison A Kozic| Tell a man there are 300,000,000,000 stars ICQ 97567379 | in the universe and he will believe you. [EMAIL PROTECTED

[techtalk] Open Source Projects

2001-02-16 Thread A Kozic
up, drive somewhere in the car I don't have, and code for money. So, Open Source. Any advice for a Linux/GNU newbie, with good C++/Java skills and some time on her hands? --Alison ---- A Kozic| Tell a man there a