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Jon B. - May 31, 2009 12:22:18 pm PDT #10225 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Where would the .profile be? It's not in my home directory.


Tom Scola - May 31, 2009 12:25:53 pm PDT #10226 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Create a .profile in your home directory containing the line

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin


Jon B. - May 31, 2009 12:29:40 pm PDT #10227 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

It's still not working. :(

I've got to run, but thanks for all your help so far, Tom!


DCJensen - May 31, 2009 4:27:45 pm PDT #10228 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

What we're going to do right here is go back, back into time:

[link]


Jon B. - May 31, 2009 5:22:15 pm PDT #10229 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Turns out I needed to log out and log back in for the path addition in .profile to kick in.

Thanks, Tom!


tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 10:32:22 am PDT #10230 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

In case Dana hasn't bought a netbook yet - from Lifehacker: Five Best Netbooks

Based on reader votes.


Tom Scola - Jun 01, 2009 10:36:45 am PDT #10231 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

How's your new MacBook Pro, tommyrot?


Dana - Jun 01, 2009 10:36:49 am PDT #10232 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Hee. tommyrot's a skipper. le nubian kindly linked that to me earlier. I went ahead yesterday and bought an ASUS EEE 1000HA.


tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 10:39:01 am PDT #10233 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oopsie! I saw that link earlier but didn't click it. Then I forgot. So I'm not a skipper! (More or less.)


Dana - Jun 01, 2009 10:42:15 am PDT #10234 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You're a forgetter!

I am also a forgetter. We should join forces and start a club.

I feel like I had a great idea a second ago, but I've forgotten what it was.