Says who?
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Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2008 2:27:23 pm PST #8115 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2008 2:47:36 pm PST #8116 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You disagree? I think super-user do makes more sense, myself.
Speaking of which, I'm trying to follow their instructions to install Alfresco, and I'm coming up blocked when I try to do apt-get install xvfb because I get the error Failed to fetch http:/ /security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xvfb_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.3_i386.deb. Which is reasonable, because it's not there. 8.4_i386.deb is there, though. Anyone know anything about this "dummy X server required for openoffice.org"? Should I be upgrading my version of Ubuntu from 7.10? The Alfresco install instructions say they are for 7.10.
Wait...I ran apt-get update and everything seems to be fine now. That's kinda cool. I wish I knew why it worked. Time for more research.
Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2008 2:55:28 pm PST #8117 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I call bullshit. The Official Sudo page tends to agree with me.
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2008 2:58:17 pm PST #8118 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will echo your bullshit, then. I like it your way better. Not going to touch the wiki, though. Just cross my fingers that the Alfresco install works without my faith.
Gris - Nov 23, 2008 3:34:39 pm PST #8119 of 25501
Hey. New board.
The only reason I'd disagree is because you can sudo (or su) to any user. Not just a super-user. I use "su" to switch to other non-super users all the time, and can easily imagine doing the same with sudo.
Liese S. - Nov 23, 2008 6:33:15 pm PST #8120 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hey, Kindle users! It looks like I'm getting one for Christmas. However, its Whispernet uses Sprint's EVDO network, which we don't have access to, except probably once a quarter or so.
Is the "wake up to new content" such an integral part of the product that I won't utilize it? I should always be able to get internet content and transfer via cable. And I intend to get a bunch of the free project Gutenberg books to begin with.
What do you think? Will that give me enough functionality to appreciate the price? I just like books. I like reading. I like to carry around big bags of books 'cause you never know what you might want to read. And D. thinks possibly my life would be easier if I were carrying a digital device instead.
Liese S. - Nov 23, 2008 6:38:29 pm PST #8121 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
ION, my mobile internet usb device should show up tomorrow. It uses Verizon's EVDO, which I think I am in. So we may have much higher broadband speeds. Unfortunately, we'll also have a 5G/month cap, so we'll see how that goes.
Still, looking forward to it. At a minimum, we'll be able to be online without tying up D.'s phone. With a little more expenditure (specialized router) we'll both be able to be online at the same time, and I'll get my Vonage back.
amych - Nov 24, 2008 1:57:14 am PST #8122 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Duh. "sudo" means "make me a sandwich".
Gris - Nov 24, 2008 2:03:52 am PST #8123 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Is the "wake up to new content" such an integral part of the product that I won't utilize it?
I loved being able to buy books absolutely anywhere, but I think if I didn't have access to it I still would've loved the device. (Mine got left at a Barnes in Noble, unfortunately, for extra irony. Don't do that.) Once it's loaded you don't need the connection, and loading it via USB is really easy. If you get a system in place that works for you, I think it'll still be worth it.
Theodosia - Nov 24, 2008 2:40:19 am PST #8124 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My iTunes has started to not play sound when I restart the computer. I went to the audio device control panel and disenabled all the devices with the intention of re-enabling them (which in my experience sometimes re-initializes all sound capability)... except that Stupid Vista is now not acknowledging the existence of ANY audio devices, so I can't turn them back on.
For the record, I have restarted/coldbooted the computer since them. The best advice I can find is to reinstall the drivers, so I'm DLing the Realtek Vista drivers in the hopes that manually adding them this way will help. More as this develops -- of course I have to leave for school now....