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Unix/Linux command to display time

BTW, the usual solution to time skew problems such as you describe is to have the machines in question run NTP.
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- Post #5
- Feb 19, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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my E: drive has gone missing !!???

Back up the data on that drive immediately, if you haven't done so yet.
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- Post #3
- Feb 4, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What's a good free FTP client?

Use putty instead. Free for everyone.
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- Post #21
- Jan 3, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Longest OS install you kept?

My server has been running NetBSD 1.6.X since Oct 2002. We'll be replacing it with new hardware running 3.0 one of these days . . . .
- Red and black
- Post #20
- Jan 3, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Is it OK to use openNIC's DNS servers?

Install a dns resolver like djb's dnscache on a unix machine on your LAN. The ping time will be great. :)
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- Post #10
- Nov 30, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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which OS

For nethack, NetBSD is great.
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- Post #11
- Nov 22, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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logging aim conversations?

gaim. :)
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- Post #4
- Nov 17, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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C++ vs. Java

This is the sort of sloppy thinking that results from using sloppy terms like "C/C++". Once again: there is no language "C/C++". There is C, and there is C++, each of which have variations.
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- Post #34
- Nov 15, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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_gvimrc

set modelines=0 set timeoutlen=100 set showmatch set report=1 set showcmd set ttyscroll=0 set backspace=2 set incsearch set laststatus=2 set statusline=\ %n\ %t%m%r%=L%l\ C%c%V\ \ %P\ ... and then map and imap to your heart's content. Edit: I use a superset of these setting...
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- Post #3
- Nov 13, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)

Another great C++ book ( not intro level, though ) is "C++ Strategies and Tactics" by Robert Murray.
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- Post #8
- Nov 12, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)

C/C++ is not a language. C is a language (with many variants). C++ is a language (with even more variants), which is mostly backward compatible with C. The book above is a book on C. It's a fine book, as long as you already know how to program.
- Red and black
- Post #2
- Nov 11, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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C++ vs. Java

For sure. C++ is very complicated, and would make a very poor choice for a first language. Java is not as complicated, but is pretty brain-dead. Python would be fine. After getting comfortable with Python, when you're ready to start learning more about what the computer is actually...
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- Post #6
- Nov 11, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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games to kill time

How about a deck of cards?
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- Post #11
- Nov 9, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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"Collaborative editing"

A shared screen session. You can even split your view vertically so that each person has their own window, but can switch to others at will. The great thing about screen is that you get a shared terminal, which you can use to edit files, run other programs, etc...
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- Post #2
- Nov 9, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Difference between these two programs?

http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html is pretty strange. And DJB's licensing is really unfriendly.
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- Post #5
- Nov 6, 2005
- Forum: Windows

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