For ages I’ve had to use an internal winmodem (using the closed-source hcf drivers available online), but Owen gave me a USR external modem yesterday which I just replaced my old modem with. On booting Linux, Kudzu recognised that the internal modem was removed and configured the new external modem!
The only problem I had with kppp was a “NO DIALTONE” error in the log. Doh! I forgot to plug in the telephone cable!
The external modem is faster, apt-get runs at 5.9kb/sec instead of 4.4kb/sec, and there’s no annoying stutter when the modem dials.
Thanks Owen đ
Headlines from 2011
These headlines from the future make for good reading. hehe.
President Howard Dean vowed to continue pursuing the missing terrorists, but Richard Perl, Donald Rumsfeld et al. are still at large, being hidden by members of anti-Government militias in remote regions of the mountain states. The cabal took flight following the shocking 2009 discovery that âGeorge W. Bushâ was a humanoid robot loosely modeled on a combination of George H. W. Bush and former Indiana Senator Dan Quayle….
The latest works – optical illusions
Don’t look at this page if you tend to get migrane as some of the images here will probably set off a major headache if you look at them too long! These optical illusions look great, and I wonder why all those demo coders spent so long doing mandelbrots and full-screen anims. They could have simply used an optical illusion and let the viewers eyes do the work!
How Cork are you?
Discover how suitable you are for living in Cork by answering this questioneer on PRC.
Q10 (bonus point question) Would you..?
A) “Hell, why not!”
B) “It really depends on the earning potential.”
C) “I would yeah!”
We want your soul!
WWYSÂŽ has been formed by a consortium of international companies – including leading financial and genetic research institutions – to create a product that gives you an actual CASH VALUE for your soul.
Fire units battling Cork city blaze
I just heard on IRC that there’s a fire in Blackpool! I looked out the window but didn’t expect to see anything as we’re more than 8 6.25 miles (Thanks Christian!) away here in Ballincollig…
Fire in Blackpool
Hard to debug this..
Glad I don’t work where this bug was submitted. It’s a Visual C++ bug but I’m not convinced that the steps to reproduce are valid.
What if someone from marketing walks into the room just as the compilation finishes? They’re not a developer but if they hear the sound, it might be the microwave dinging.. (ok, this is getting silly, I’ll shut up!)
If need to ask why? – Thanks Pron for that.
The 2003 Minigame Competition!
I’d love to enter this competition with a C64 entry, but it’s about 10 years since I’ve done anything on the that platform! *sigh*
Reading the FAQ at the bottom of the page was an entertaining read and reminded me of the days when every byte (or bit!) mattered.
Parents Television Council 1999-2000 Top 10 Best and Worst shows on Network TV
Bah! Family Guy is no. 2 on their list! Great show, pity it was canceled đ