Actually, been somewhat without funds this month... got some things worked out with the finances, it'll just take time to resolve... so while I wait... I haven't much (or any!) money. Amazing what you eat when you're broke...

I *do* have a good habit, which is when I DO have money, I buy food, canned goods, boxed goods, dry goods... so I'm not exactly starving, but then again, The Iron Chef could have a slight challenge here.

I began to notice last week that I was eating quite a few 'boil-a-meal' type entree's. Boiled Spaghetti with Ragu Sauce, Rice with gravy (ok, so it's steamed... that's just REALLY extreme boiling, right?), boiled macaroni with random things from the pantry, lots of boiled stuff, mostly pasta. Kinda weird.

I had Rahmen (rrr-AH!) Noodles with whole-kernel corn niblets last night. Not bad actually. Tonight... I found a Microwavable Pot-Pie... Turkey! Yaaaaayyy! Solid food! With MEAT! Yeah Yeah, I'm glad I've been able to eat out of my pantry now for going on 5 weeks. Kinda took the whole 'packrat' theme to an extreme in the kitchen though. I did need to scrape up some change and purchase some spaghetti noodles though, $1.19, couch treasure! I think the cat's been eating better than me lately. {Grin}

Loni

Some notable questions:

'BBC SPORT | Olympics | Judo | Dumitru crowned Olympic champion'
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/judo/7551034.stm)

I have a problem with the above.

You will see a photograph of a Romanian athlete.
Below the photograph
I get the following error message:

Code:
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Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory.
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What is the problem?

Gee, dunno... maybe you're in the WRONG COUNTRY!?!

poster's IP address showed he was from Sweden.

Then this user... I suppose they've never used an editor before...

I'm very new to linux, and I'm unsure on how to save the edit... I tried closing Konsole, then reopening Konsole and navigating to menu.lst (sudo) again. I then was given an option to Recover it, which I did.

So what I want to know, is: How do I save an edit in Konsole?

Dunno... exit the editor program properly? (I have to assume they're using vi/vim since it prompted to recover the file) konsole is a terminal... an editor is an editor... they're not the same. if you use 'edit' in a 'command prompt' on windows then your results will be identical. Of course, this person is probably used to a gui editor (notepad? word, most likely!) where clicking 'x' prompts you to save the file. Works great... as long as the editor is a gui version. vi/vim is not. (gvim is!)

Just have to wonder, since vim is *not* exactly new-user friendly... who told them to edit it in that manner? {sigh}

There's another user, seemed knowledgeable, trivial problem... but was unwilling to read the (provided) man pages, just "want a script so I can cut&paste".

Gee, if you're unwilling to learn how to administer your own system, why should anyone help you? If you want to be spoon-fed, please re-install windows.

No, I don't grumble about helping people with large, complicated solutions... often they are just not far enough down the path to have the knowledge yet... I'd be happy to help those users...

But those who come crying with "OMG!!!! IT BROK N I KANT MAK IT WRK!!! WHT I DO????? U HAV 2 HLP!!!! PLS TEL ME NOW!!!!" ... I don't care if English isn't your first language (or your seventh...)... at least make an effort to try. Exclamation points do not add urgency to my response. They actually tend to turn me away. You can certainly tell the difference when a non-english speaker is at least making an effort.

And 'leet' speak (cuz ur so kewl!) or whatever that crap I tried to emulate above is called, is a definite turn-off. The words 'you', 'are', 'for' and the like aren't that long. Your 'kewlness' basically indicates to me that you're an idiot. Go away.

Oh yeah, don't get me started on the 'shouting with caps-lock on' issue either...

I've seen the occasional "wat is konsole" responses too... OMG! If you haven't even played with things enough to know SOME of the software...

No, I don't deal well with stupid. Ignorant, Naive, uninformed, uneducated... not a problem, I'll adjust and help.

But if you're stupid... {sigh} no.

A favorite bit of prose:
   From a philosopher named Aristophanes
   who lived around 400 BC:

Youth ages,
Immaturity is outgrown,
Ignorance can be educated,
and Drunkenness sobered.
But Stupid lasts forever!

Sums it up quite well I think.

'nuff ranting for tonight, I'll probably find more later...