Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:48:16PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Brian T wrote: > > > >^ This. I concur 100%. Politically correct language, or politics in > >general, have no place in software. > >-- > >Best regards, > > > >Brian T > > > >Coronavirus is a scam. > >9/11 was an inside job. > > P

Re: Repair partition after dd

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:40:20PM -0400, songbird wrote: > Andrea Neroni wrote: > ... > > Question: having those information, is it possible to repair the partition = > > to a state where I can copy away as much data I can and how can I do it? > > Thanks to everybody! > > > testdisk (Formerly

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:17:37 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > > > No, they’re not submitted to network effect, Debian is not a social > > network. Moreover, Debian is non-lucrative. Currently nobody can > > get *power* from it. >

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On 14/7/21 12:09 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 13 iul 21, 20:54:22, Brian wrote: On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still other reasons

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Ma, 13 iul 21, 20:54:22, Brian wrote: > On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is

Re: Repair partition after dd

On 14.07.2021 03:12, Andrea Neroni wrote: Hi all, While preparing a bootable USB a wild dd command was executed on the wrong partition, namely on /dev/sda5 instead of the intended /dev/sdb. The consequences are easy to imagine. However, as the start of the disk has not been touched (the comman

Re: Repair partition after dd

Andrea Neroni wrote: ... > Question: having those information, is it possible to repair the partition = > to a state where I can copy away as much data I can and how can I do it? > Thanks to everybody! testdisk songbird

Re: Boot usb

Hm. Tried press option key But usb does not show in screen And when in grub wrote boot=/dev/sdb a ? mark came on screen, which only came up black with blinker up in left corner... & nothing else. Nope Youtube did not solve it.. Debian live again, soon, or else how reset back to start... Gunnar PS G

Re: Boot usb

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 11:37:47AM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > The boot command requires a mount point, ... huh? This makes no sense. There is no "boot command", and there is no need to mount a USB device to which you have written a Debian installer ISO image. In fact, mounting at any poin

Re: Boot usb

Good Morning Gunnar The boot command requires a mount point, but I'm never sure how to do this well outside of file manager In any case, if you're confident that the USB was correctly written, just try booting to it All the best Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com On 7/14/21 11

Re: Boot usb

On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:14:41 +0300 Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Hi. > I have burned iso image to usb but it is unmounted. > Thus can probably not be booted(?) No - whether or not it is currently mounted (or mountable at all, in /etc/fstab, etc.) makes no difference as to whether it will successfully b

Re: GRUB command-line with timeout

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 06:24:27 PM David Wright wrote: > On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:43:55 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not the OP, and I don't boot very often at all -- my machines run > > 24/7 for months on end, so I don't know / remember what has to be done > > in GRUB to get to t

Boot usb

Hi. I have burned iso image to usb but it is unmounted. Thus can probably not be booted(?) Tried mount sdb; sudo mount /dev/sdb & also sudo mount /dev/sdb1 But Terminal said "Cannot find in /etc/fstab" in both tries. Gunnar

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:31:33 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 16:09:50 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 > > > > Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 20:00:44 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 > > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 >

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

Brian T wrote: > >^ This. I concur 100%. Politically correct language, or politics in >general, have no place in software. >-- >Best regards, > >Brian T > >Coronavirus is a scam. >9/11 was an inside job. Please tell me that you're being ironic here, considering the garbage in your signature...

Repair partition after dd

Hi all, While preparing a bootable USB a wild dd command was executed on the wrong partition, namely on /dev/sda5 instead of the intended /dev/sdb.The consequences are easy to imagine. However, as the start of the disk has not been touched (the command run on sda5) I still have some hope to be a

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:59:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Also apparently > any time I say anything, I'm perceived as a jerk. be asssured, that is not the case. Best regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Vulcans never bluff.

[OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 Joe wrote: (...) > Back when we had TV advertisements > for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure you that the advertised brands (its not up to me to decide wheth

Re: GRUB command-line with timeout

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:43:55 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:34:48 AM David Wright wrote: > > So on the odd occasion, you turn on the machine and, at a mininum, are > > about to type in some commands to boot the machine manually. And then > > you might even log i

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 03:54:22 PM Brian wrote: > On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > > other reasons to avoid Github: my r

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On 2021-07-13 20:47, Brian wrote: On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:59:27 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > May I suggest we get back on-topic. There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't even get back to it with a compass. Yo

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:31:33 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > The mail you answer to sadly didn’t explain concretely what is the > payement, and how you can make money from it. The answer is: selling > personal data. Both what you output, what comes from you, and what > is inputted to you

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is to try and opt for the > > underdog so as to foster

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:59:27 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > May I suggest we get back on-topic. > > There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't > even get back to it with a compass. Your OP was important and inte

Re: GRUB command-line with timeout

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:34:48 AM David Wright wrote: > So on the odd occasion, you turn on the machine and, at a mininum, are > about to type in some commands to boot the machine manually. And then > you might even log in. Having to type /one/ keystroke at the start is > just too much. > > Is

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is to try and opt for the > underdog so as to foster competition. +1

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 16:09:50 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonabl

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

> We are in basic agreement. I'm not really a "developer" - I just host > some relatively simple projects on Github. I agree that a deeper use of > something like Github is something I'd have to carefully consider. BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still other reason

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 20:00:44 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > > Reco wrote: > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > May I suggest we get back on-topic. There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't even get back to it with a compass. > Greg Wooledge (he who has > disappeared) could just sensitively edit the wiki page he has > an int

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:00:44 -0400, Celejar wrote: [...] > Hey, for that matter, Debian is not gratis, since by using it, we grant > considerable power to the DDs, their committees, and the DPL! That's stirring it even more! May I suggest we get back on-topic. Greg Wooledge (he who has disapp

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

Hi Andy, I've already been using 11 (Bullseye) for months. My question was specific and related to documentation discrepancy regarding sources.list . I have been provided satisfactory answers regarding that and am all set. Greg McPherran From: Andrew M.A. Cater

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > > > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > Working for f

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > Working for free. > > > > > > > > Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and

Discussion ph*ical

*all* : "Insults" lose most of their edge putting them inside of dots or even code, added to the fact that we are just names, at least most of us are anonymous; kind of cute at least f*nny. BR, G*in

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:27:03 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > We are in basic agreement. I'm not really a "developer" - I just host > > some relatively simple projects on Github. I agree that a deeper use of > > something like Github is something I'd have to carefully consider. > > BTW, for those

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:34:24AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > Some Debian releases can run two completely different kernel versions, > like buster with 4.19 and 5.10. IIRC jessie could run 4.9 kernels from > backports. The possible range of kernels is quite large. You can actually run a kernel

Re: GRUB command-line with timeout

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 10:54:07 (+0200), Steve Keller wrote: > Brian writes: > > > > I'd prefer to be dropped into the GRUB command line instead of that > > > menu. But still I'd like to have the timeout after which a default > > > entry is boot if no command is entered at the prompt. > > > > You

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 12:09:13 (+0200), Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:27:35 + mabi wrote: > > (...) > > So I can simply skip upgrading to 3.16.0-10 and upgrading directly to > > 3.16.0-11 by downloading the .deb package as you suggest? "Skipping" isn't a useful concept with re

Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open

On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 20:13:30 (+0800), loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote: > riveravaldez wrote: > Another excellent option (specially for old machines) is zathura,available in > the official repositories, IIRC. > i've just installed zathura, it doesn't have Continuous mode as opposed to > Single P

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > > regardless of whom is controlling them.

Code Hosts with sights on the inevitable [Was: Working for free....]

On 7/13/21, Brian Thompson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >>If you maintain a local copy of your code and just push it to Github >>for serving it publicly (which is what I do, and what I assume most >>developers do), you haven't lost control of your code - if / w

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:52:18AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:22:17AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Take the opportunity to at least upgrade to Debian 9 and, ideally, 10. > > Debian 11 should be here inside a month - if you can get to 10, you'll > > have at least

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > regardless of whom is controlling them. > > What do you mean by calling them non-gratis service

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:22:17AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Take the opportunity to at least upgrade to Debian 9 and, ideally, 10. Debian 11 should be here inside a month - if you can get to 10, you'll have at least a further year of security support for 10. Worth noting that skipping re

Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open

riveravaldez wrote: Another excellent option (specially for old machines) is zathura,available in the official repositories, IIRC. Best regards! i've just installed zathura, it doesn't have Continuous mode as opposed to Single Page modeand it lacks gui components, you have to read manual to use

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >If you maintain a local copy of your code and just push it to Github >for serving it publicly (which is what I do, and what I assume most >developers do), you haven't lost control of your code - if / when the >host does anything you don't li

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Working for free. > > > > > > Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and alike. > > > > Times have changed. Now Microsoft *loves* free work... don

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On 0713, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >and I feel annoyed by the size of your belly >button, you seem pretty much thinking life is centered around yourself. That's a funny statement coming from you. >Don't want to be a dream breaker but it's not the case, same as the way >America's empi

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

Hi, On 2021-07-13 6:55 a.m., Brian Thompson wrote: > On 0713, Borden wrote: >> "I don't care what anybody else's experience is," which is the >> reasoning of antisocial personality disorders (per the DSM). > > Didn't know you were a doctor. Good one there. > Don't need to be a doctor to know h

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On 0713, Borden wrote: > "I don't care what anybody else's experience is," which is the > reasoning of antisocial personality disorders (per the DSM). Didn't know you were a doctor. Good one there. -- Best regards, Brian T Coronavirus is a scam. 9/11 was an inside job. signature.asc Descrip

Re: dns failover a record

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 08:32:55AM -0400, Jeremy Hendricks wrote: > The feature you need to look for is GSLB. I’d Google opensource and GSLB. I > saw a few projects that should give you the functionality you need. > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 8:23 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gokan Atmaca wrote: >

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +, Gregory McPherran wrote: > Hi, > > This shows the new security line form as: > DebianBullseye - Debian > Wiki > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:27:35 + mabi wrote: (...) > So I can simply skip upgrading to 3.16.0-10 and upgrading directly to > 3.16.0-11 by downloading the .deb package as you suggest? > > Then is it simply a matter of running "dpkg -i > linux-image-3.16.0-11-amd64_3.16.84-1_amd64.deb" and

Re: Working for free

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:00:34PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, [...] > (Nevertheless, one doesn't need a worldwide git repo service to train > an AI by examples of free software. Read on GPT3. Even if you throw away the marketing-foo (of which there is copious abundance), it's... scary.

Re: Working for free

Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Times have changed. Now Microsoft *loves* free work... That's the problem with living after the future has already passed. Even my enemies aren't what they used to be. > done for them [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub_Copilot] Ahhh. Some things don't change, t

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Hi. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:22:48AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > regardless of whom is controlling them. > >

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:22:48AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: > > > >Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > >non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > >regardless of whom is controlling them. > > > >You need t

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 at 10:26 AM, Michael Lange wrote: > I know this does not answer your question about the sources.list, but if > > it is only about the linux-image package and for some reason you cannot > > use a kernel newer than 3.16, maybe instead o

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them regardless of whom is controlling them. You need to be in control of your code - *you* host it. Always was, always is. It's no

Re: GRUB command-line with timeout

Brian writes: > > I'd prefer to be dropped into the GRUB command line instead of that > > menu. But still I'd like to have the timeout after which a default > > entry is boot if no command is entered at the prompt. > > You want GRUB's normal operation but, at the same time, you want GRUB > to f

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

Hi. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Working for free. > > > > Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and alike. > > Times have changed. Now Microsoft *loves* free work... done for > them [1]. Nothing had changed in this regard. Every so

Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open

On 7/4/21, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote: > Thanks! i've installed atril, evince and okular for buster for i386 at your > recommendationevince for buster seems better than for stretch > i use xosview to monitor performance4G memory is always enough, but cpu > usage is high, meaning slow Another

Re: linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64 missing on security.debian.org

Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 04:29:59 + mabi wrote: > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 at 3:29 AM, David Wright > wrote: > > > Your sources.list generated the URL: > > > > http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.16.0-10-amd64_3.16.81-1

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

On Lu, 12 iul 21, 18:55:30, Gregory McPherran wrote: > Hi, > > This shows the new security line form as: > DebianBullseye - Debian > Wiki > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-secur

Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:01:20AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Gregory Smith wrote to me: > > You're a bunch of fa*gots. > > I think this asterisk is an insufficient surrogate for a classical "bleep". > But thank you for the plural. This enhances my self-esteem. > > > > Working for f

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 06:32:37AM +0200, Borden wrote: > > It's only offensive to the people who are offended [...] > This is poor reasoning. Or... actually no reasoning at all. > "Foolish at best" and "waste of everyone's time" are personal > opinions, not arguments. "Isn't possible" is a stra

Re: Offensive variable names

Hi, Gregory Smith wrote to me: > You're a bunch of fa*gots. I think this asterisk is an insufficient surrogate for a classical "bleep". But thank you for the plural. This enhances my self-esteem. > Working for free. Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and alike. > "Professional