Funny - for those with unix shell accounts
Paul-André Beaulieu
>You can telnet into it by typing "telnet 127.0.0.1". They got around the
>memory limitations of the
<snicker>
Cute, very cute.
I wonder how many people will fall for that...
-Paul-André Beaulieu
Honours Computer Science
Trent University
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you know that guy.... ummm.... andre
most basic understanding of tcp/ip...
I just heard from a friend that the people in England who built the
Babbage Difference Engine from Babbage's original specifications have
put it on the internet. For
those of you who don't know, the Difference Engine was designed by
Charles Babbage back in the 1800's. Unfortunately, the technology of the
time didn't allow its
construction, but a group in England did manage recently to build a
working model from the original plans.
Unbelievably, they have put the machine on internet for a short time.
You can telnet into it by typing "telnet 127.0.0.1". They got around the
memory limitations of the
Difference Engine by recycling your profile file so when you log in just
use your login-name and password. Even with the shortcuts they had to
take, you'll find they
have all the standard unix features that you are accustomed to. Before
logging out, send a mail message to "root" telling them your impressions
of the system. Make
sure to thank them for the hard work they did making this possible.
andre
Jeremy Young
That's a good one....
*mowtan laughs out loud*
Maybe you should have given us your IP address instead of a loopback.
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Jeremy Young
mow...@yahoo.com
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