Re: [TECHTALK] Question about netscape, java applets and linux

2000-06-23 Thread Feline
netscape should out of the box, run java fine by default, but if it doesn't get up to edit -> prefrences -> advanced and then make sure the appropriate boxes are enabled. "Tania M. Morell" wrote: > When I try to open the datek streamer ( a java applet) > It opens but then I get nothing. > Can

[TECHTALK] Question about netscape, java applets and linux

2000-06-23 Thread Tania M. Morell
When I try to open the datek streamer ( a java applet) It opens but then I get nothing. Can someone tell me if I need to set up java on my linux box or somthing?? Any help is good -Tania __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can acces

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-14 Thread K Kirby
> > Britta.. I'd love to have this link.. but, this > > one didn't work.. Would you mind sending it again? > > That link did work for me. However, the url at the site is > http://faqfinder.ics.uci.edu:8001/ . > > = > Glen Strom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks G.. I found that Netscape in win

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-13 Thread GJS
--- K Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In keeping with all the links posted here, there's a site > called FAQFinder http://faqfinder.cs.uchicago.edu) > > > > Britta > > > > Britta.. I'd love to have this link.. but, this > one didn't work.. Would you mind sending it again? That link di

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-13 Thread Sunnanvind
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, K Kirby wrote: http://faqfinder.cs.uchicago.edu > I'd love to have this link.. but, this > one didn't work.. Would you mind sending it again? I'm assuming it's due to the paranthesis; try it now. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-13 Thread K Kirby
-Original Message- From: Britta Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In keeping with all the links posted here, there's a site called FAQFinder >http://faqfinder.cs.uchicago.edu) which will find natural language questions in FAQ >files. I don't think it has all the Linux FAQs, but if you need

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-13 Thread Britta Koch
In keeping with all the links posted here, there's a site called FAQFinder (http://faqfinder.cs.uchicago.edu) which will find natural language questions in FAQ files. I don't think it has all the Linux FAQs, but if you need a fast answer to a question that you think might be in a FAQ, try that one

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Dan McGarry
- Original Message - From: Tarah Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 6:37 PM Subject: RE: [techtalk] question [quoting readjusted for readability] > > Actually it isn't much trouble. > > RTFM means "R

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread K Kirby
-Original Message- From: Jamie Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I chuckled too... > > If we're making them up, then we could say that to a lot of mean and nasty newsgroup >readers who like jumping down people's throats for this sort of thing, it means >"Right, This Fella's Mincemeat!". :-)

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Sunnanvind
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Tarah Hofmann wrote: > april - > Does it? Hmm...this may be one of those acronyms that strays from the > original meaning, kind of urban-legendy. Maybe all of us are just too eager > to cuss! > > > Actually it isn't much trouble. > > RTFM means "Read The FAQ's & Manua

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Sunnanvind
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Michelle wrote: > > NOTE - on the word "fucking": I hope noone here knows what it means, but I > >think you all do. It's a rude word. Respect that people don't want to hear > it. > >Sunnan > >-- > my apologies on that one - it's the only definition I've been told and I > could

RE: RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Tarah Hofmann
Inc. http://www.optimiz.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of aprilk Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 4:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [techtalk] question Actually I made it up, just then April Tarah Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Jamie Walker
K Kirby wrote: > > "Robert The Fanatical Masochist" > Thank you, Brian... I like your > first explanation best.. I chuckled too... If we're making them up, then we could say that to a lot of mean and nasty newsgroup readers who like jumping down people's throats for this sort of thing, it mean

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread K Kirby
-Original Message- From: Brian Engle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > better late than never, > > "Robert The Fanatical Masochist" > > However there's a subversive movement running tacross the internet trying to >convince people it stands for "Read The Fscking Manual". > > You can replace the "s

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread K Kirby
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oh, by the way, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ is the traditional repository of Usenet > FAQs. A great source of info ... > > Jen > Thank you..I'll bookmark that url.. kakirby -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply,

Re: RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread aprilk
Actually I made it up, just then April Tarah Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >april - >Does it? Hmm...this may be one of those acronyms that strays from the >original meaning, kind of urban-legendy. Maybe all of us are just too eager >to cuss! > >> Actually it isn't much trouble. >> RTFM m

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Tarah Hofmann
april - Does it? Hmm...this may be one of those acronyms that strays from the original meaning, kind of urban-legendy. Maybe all of us are just too eager to cuss! > Actually it isn't much trouble. > RTFM means "Read The FAQ's & Manuals" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linu

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread aprilk
Actually it isn't much trouble. RTFM means "Read The FAQ's & Manuals" K Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? > >Kelly >-- > > >= http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == >10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! >Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! >po

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread jennyw
Oh, by the way, ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ is the traditional repository of Usenet FAQs. A great source of info ... Jen - Original Message - From: "K Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: RE: [techtalk] qu

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Brian Engle
better late than never, "Robert The Fanatical Masochist" However there's a subversive movement running tacross the internet trying to convince people it stands for "Read The Fscking Manual". You can replace the "s" with any letter of your choosing, it's like Alphabet Soup Brian > > What is R

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Birgit Schmid
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 02:01:01AM +0800, K Kirby wrote: > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? > aehm... read the f* manual?! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Michelle
> NOTE - on the word "fucking": I hope noone here knows what it means, but I >think you all do. It's a rude word. Respect that people don't want to hear it. >Sunnan >-- my apologies on that one - it's the only definition I've been told and I could've at least used asterisks for subtlety when I po

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread K Kirby
> > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? > > Read The Fing Manual!!! > > Samantha > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > oh! Thank you. Kelly -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! Your FREE

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Sunnanvind
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, K Kirby wrote: > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? No trouble at all! It means "Read the fucking manual". It's the nineties version of the classic "Take your bed and walk". People say it and think that it solves all problems. NOTE - on the word "fucking": I hope n

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Tech Docs
Read the Funny Manual :-) Cheers! Sriram - Original Message - From: Kelly Lynn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [techtalk] question > On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:01:01 +0800, "K Kirby"

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Michelle
"Read The Fucking Manual" Like we really need MORE acronyms to confuse our day? *grin* Michelle -Original Message- From: K Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: [techtalk] questi

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread jennyw
Read The Fine Manual. There are other interpretations of what the F stands for. ;-) Jen - Original Message - From: "K Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 10:01 AM Subject: [techtalk] question > What is RTFM? If

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:01:01 +0800, "K Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Read The F*cking (or Fine) Manual Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Elaine Poulsen
It means Read The (appropriate F word) Manual K Kirby wrote: > > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? > > Kelly > -- > > = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == > 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! > Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! > powered by OutBlaze > >

Re: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread J B
RTFM is a rude way of telling someone to check the documentation What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Kelly -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! powered by OutBlaze [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
> What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Read The Fing Manual!!! Samantha [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

RE: [techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread Tarah Hofmann
K Kirby Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [techtalk] question What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Kelly -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! p

[techtalk] question

2000-01-12 Thread K Kirby
What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? Kelly -- = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! powered by OutBlaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread Steve Kudlak
Chris J/#6 wrote: > Well, using gphoto (www.gphoto.org), I can use my digi camera quite happily > (Olympus Camedia C420L). With a little wrapper and patience, you cn turn your > digi camera into a webcam as well using gphoto :) > > Chris... > > > > > > > Has anyone interfaced any sort of digita

Re: [techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread Chris J/#6
Well, using gphoto (www.gphoto.org), I can use my digi camera quite happily (Olympus Camedia C420L). With a little wrapper and patience, you cn turn your digi camera into a webcam as well using gphoto :) Chris... > > > Has anyone interfaced any sort of digital camera to linux. Are there pre

Re: [techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread Amanda Owens
I have an Epson PhotoPC 750Z. It interfaces *great* via serial port using the photopc package. Check out www.average.org - I have their ftp site tagged (www.average.org/ftp/photopc/). There is also the gphoto package, which is a graphical interface with backends for a lot of cameras. According

Re: [techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread T. E. Pickering
> Has anyone interfaced any sort of digital camera to linux. Are there > pre-written drivers written, or is that a write your own sort of > thing. Any info would be appreciated, or experiences. Either using > the serial or the USB port. i have an epson photopc 600 that interfaces fine with linux

[techtalk] Broad techtalk question...Image processing and Digital Cameras

1999-12-10 Thread Steve Kudlak
Has anyone interfaced any sort of digital camera to linux. Are there pre-written drivers written, or is that a write your own sort of thing. Any info would be appreciated, or experiences. Either using the serial or the USB port. Thanks, Have Fun, Sends Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Viruses for Linux -- Was [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-15 Thread Janus
At 08:16 PM 10/14/1999 -0400, Laurel wrote: \>themselves..) As long as its done right, there's no reason a virus >can't be cross-platform and portable. (Ok, this is nontrivial. but it >is possible.) > Actually, there are over 3,000 "cross-platform" viruses -- the MS macro viruses (about 45 of

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Steve Kudlak
At 07:03 PM 10/14/99 GMT, you wrote: > >for example, restrict a user's access to control panel so that they can't >alter the network configuration, even restrict their access so they can't >right click on Network Neighborhood and change the network configuration, >all they have to do is access the

Re: Viruses for Linux -- Was [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Laurel Fan
Hmm. It is well known how to exploit a buffer overflow for any unix platform. It is also usually possible to determine remotely or locally what OS a machine is running. Root can watch what any user does. So, to have an interesting virus/worm: 1. Get on a system. 2. Get root. (Either use a n

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Steve Kudlak
At 02:31 PM 10/14/99 -0400, Brian Engle wrote: >http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html > >UNIX AT&T Attack virus >UNIX Ebola > > >and as someone already stated, bliss for the linux platform, not sure if >it's distribution dependent or kernel dependent, or ev

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group Viruses and whoops! (long and windy:)

1999-10-14 Thread Steve Kudlak
At 11:52 AM 10/14/99 -0600, Clare Smith wrote: > Steve says: Whoops...Speaking of inadvertly doing this worng...Just sent an empty message via a mistake I made in Eudora. Speaking of Windoz, misdesign. OK, this is kind of sociological and hope I won't get snarled at for it. There haven't been th

RE: Viruses for Linux -- Was [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Janus
At 06:08 PM 10/14/1999 -0400, you wrote: >> >>I have never heard of a unix system having a virus problem... EVER! I have >>never known of a virus checker for unix. I don't believe these systems are >>immune to viruses, however. I think that it's just a matter of the system >>not being widely po

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Steve Kudlak
resist!) > >thanks much >c >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Samantha Jo Moore >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:43 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [techtalk] Question for the group > > >I have

Re: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Clare Smith wrote: > One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of > viruses that Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I said I > hadn't heard of any successful unix/linux viruses. I did some research this > morning and still can't co

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Jack Baker
for example, restrict a user's access to control panel so that they can't alter the network configuration, even restrict their access so they can't right click on Network Neighborhood and change the network configuration, all they have to do is access the windows help file, look up network config

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Brian Engle
t; Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 1:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [techtalk] Question for the group > > > I have never heard of a unix system having a virus problem... > EVER! I have > never known of a virus checker for unix. I don't believe > thes

Re: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Beverly Guillermo
> One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of viruses that > Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I said I hadn't heard of any > successful unix/linux viruses. I did some research this morning and still can't come > up with any hard data. Any ideas? Vi

Re: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Elaine Poulsen
There was a virus "demo" created for linux called bliss or .bliss. It would attach itselft to binaries and propagate much like win/dos based viruses. However the only damage it could do would be to files that it owned. Unless it was part of a trojan and gained root perms it wouldn't be a big thre

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Clare Smith
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Samantha Jo Moore Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [techtalk] Question for the group I have never heard of a unix system having a virus problem... EVER! I have never known of a virus checker for unix. I don'

Re: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:27:41 -0600, "Clare Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of >viruses that Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I >said I hadn't heard of any successful unix/linux viruses. I did some >research

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Henti Smith
the internet worm .. but as I understand that was something totally different   hope that helps :)   Henti   Viruses -Original Message-From: Clare Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:28 PMTo: TechtalkSubject: [techtalk] Question for the group

RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
I have never heard of a unix system having a virus problem... EVER! I have never known of a virus checker for unix. I don't believe these systems are immune to viruses, however. I think that it's just a matter of the system not being widely popular, and the fact that the hardware platforms in

[techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Clare Smith
One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of viruses that Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I said I hadn't heard of any successful unix/linux viruses. I did some research this morning and still can't come up with any hard data. Any ideas?   Clar