03/08/06 11:42 - 42ºF - ID#24478

sudo was invented in Buffalo

who knew?

jim writes at 02:47:31 03/09/06 - Comment #5453: Ajay, thanks for that info. I've always noticed UB was one of the handful of North American mirrors for FreeBSD, so it's great to find out why.

ajay writes at 06:32:23 03/08/06 - Comment #5449: UB's Computer Science Department was very good at one time. When it was established, it was among a handful of departments in the entire country specializing in Computer Science. Our founding chairman, Anthony Ralston, was also the founding-president of the ACM.

We also had the late Patricia Eberlein as a faculty. She was one _kick ass_ woman. Think Amelia Earhart; she was just like her, breaking barriers and shattering the glass ceiling (and walls).

Ken Smith, the Systems Admin of the department, is one of the few people in the world who can actually contribute code directly into FreeBSD.

jim writes at 01:11:11 03/08/06 - Comment #5437: zobar: you made me laugh so hard that I cried

dragonfire: sudo is a program that allows you to temporarily assume superuser priviledges in unix or unix like environments

uncutsaniflush writes at 12:56:41 03/08/06 - Comment #5434: thanks, jim, for the info. I just always assumed that sudo got into bsd at Berkley.

lol, zobar, thanks for making me laugh. I better be careful and not go into a geeky fugue from laughing too much before dinner.

zobar writes at 12:48:59 03/08/06 - Comment #5433: In fact, they invented it specifically for the Pan-Am Exposition in 1901. Few people know this, but they were having serious access control issues with the VAX 11/780 in the Hall of Electricity's server room. Thus begat the first version of sudo(8), though it has gone through numerous ports and revisions since then. My dad, for instance, installed sudo(8) on his slide rule 'cause people kept stealing it.

- Z

dragonfire1024 writes at 12:15:36 03/08/06 - Comment #5432: I could be wrong, but I think it was used first in buffalo during the Pan Am exposition. They used a lot of that stuff on the temporary buildings that were there.

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01/21/06 05:22 - 35ºF - ID#24477

Lord of the Ring(s)

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01/19/06 07:59 - 38ºF - ID#24476

He is going to kill me.

[size=xl]HAPPY[/size]

[size=xl]ANNIVERSARY[/size]

[size=xl]!!![/size]

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01/18/06 04:40 - 31ºF - ID#24475

Documentation Delay!

To those helping me out, and to Paul. I have to start getting ready to present at my conference, so I can't finish anything more this week. I get back Monday though and my slate will be clear. For everyone else, sorry for all my boring posts about this stuff. I promise in the future, I'll blog about my dog instead.

Sorry for the delay. I wanted to get more done this week.

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01/17/06 11:19 - 43ºF - ID#24474

Engagement Rings

(E:James) and I went to go pick up the rings we had made (tomorrow is our Anniversary) but the jeweler had made them out of yellow gold instead of white.

I almost didn't notice they were wrong ... the rings turned out really well, just ultra plain bands. I thought maybe they were just colored by the lighting in the store. Offhandedly at the end, I asked,"Isn't this a bit yellow for white gold?". So, no rings. It'll be on my finger for the next million years, so what if it's a day or two late? I'm trying to be philosophical about it.

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01/16/06 09:48 - 20ºF - ID#24473

Documentation

Who wants to volunteer to proof read documentation this weekend?

I'll have a bunch of stuff to review by Friday. It's super fun! You know you want to sign up... leave a comment here if you're down with the English language.

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01/15/06 10:40 - 12ºF - ID#24472

Flickr Photo Meeup

Ok, like 20 people said they were coming, but only 8 showed up. Probably typical for this kind of thing. We had lot fun.

Pics:

I'll post again when the next when will be in February.

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01/13/06 07:14 - 58ºF - ID#24471

Global Warming is Excellent

If this is what we get, I think we should all go out and rip the mufflers off our cars. And burn down all the trees in our yards.

60 degrees on January 13th!

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01/12/06 11:22 - 43ºF - ID#24469

2006 Resolutions

Here are my 2006 New Years Resolutions

1. Do 30 minutes of cardio instead of 20 minutes at the gym.

2. Sit ups and crunches every other day.

3. Only one cup of caffeinated tea in the morning. Decaf the rest of the day.

4. Make 2007 New Year's resolutions on the New Year and not 2 weeks later.

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01/11/06 10:13 - 38ºF - ID#24468

Update on Documentation

Things are moving along. We've mostly got an outline of what to cover.

If you'd like to help, please look at

Elmwoodstrip.org Documentation Outline (password is 'estrip')

And let me know if I'm missing anything. You don't have to write anything, just point me in the right direction if I've gone astray. I'm not too worried about writing every little step down, but if you see a feature or big thing that I missed please let me know.

For a more involved role, please email me at

web ~at~ jimlindley.com

And I'll add you to the documentation program.

Thanks for the help so far Uncut and Paul

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