OFF TOPIC slashdot

1998-12-10 Thread Patrick Colbeck
Reply-To: Hi Sorry about the offtopic post, please reply to me privately. Does anyone know if there is a problem with slashdot.org at present. I can't resolve its ip address using the root domain servers. I can however resolve it using some of the web hosted DNS checkers on peoples web sites. Al

Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2

1998-07-10 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 11:11:27AM +0100, Nicolai P Guba wrote: : "BM" == Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : BM> Why not date the betas? I think everyone knows what is happening when : BM> you do this, and they aren't left wondering when the heck beta2 came out : BM> when the

Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2

1998-07-10 Thread Nicolai P Guba
"BM" == Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BM> Why not date the betas? I think everyone knows what is happening when BM> you do this, and they aren't left wondering when the heck beta2 came out BM> when the name is 2.0-beta-1998-7-9. Good idea. Subversions might be useful too.

Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2

1998-07-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > I needed to create some new CD images, because enough new bug fixes had hit > the archive to make it worthwhile, and if I do that I have to differentiate > the versions somehow: hence a directory name of 2.0beta1 for the first lot, > and 2.0beta2 for the

[off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2

1998-07-09 Thread Philip Hands
Here's a comment I tried to post at slashdot, but slashdot is a bit broken, so I'll mention it here before people get overexcited: I seem to have caused a little confusion here. I needed to create some new CD images, because enough new bug fixes had hit the archive to make it worthwhile, and i