Linux+newbs == hilarity

[N2RJ]

http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?a=54

This is hilarious, but sad at the same time...

[KC2RPP]

http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?a=54

This is hilarious, but sad at the same time...
Whats it say
Its blocked at my school

[N2RJ]

It's about people asking for help, and then pranksters saying, "To fix your problems, type rm -rf /* and press enter"

[KC8TCQ]

Used to see a lot of similar things on IRC back in the day. Especially the ones using AOL, Prodigy etc.

I remember one channel had a bot that would scan IP's on join, if they had an AOL IP it would send them a message the the effect "to quit being considered lame due to your provider type /quit excess lameness"

With Linux becoming more and more popular, there are a lot of clueless people running Linux, and are using almost strictly a GUI environment and not familiar with the console line commands. It would be all too easy to fool them into typing in a command and really messing their system up.

[M0GLO]

Some people should just stick to clay tablets... :lol:

[n2ize]

Some people should just stick to clay tablets... :lol:

Well, I come close. My principal interface is still the old fashioned pencil and paper.

[KC8TCQ]

Some people should just stick to clay tablets... :lol:

My computer consists of an abacus, connected to an Etch-A-Sketch for a monitor, and for internet access I have 2 tin cans and some string. Next week I am upgrading to broadband, using two 5-gallon buckets and some rope. :dance

[N2RJ]

Some people should just stick to clay tablets... :lol:

Some of them are actually pretty good though, even fooled me.

Look at the posting to see some examples, especially the one with python.

[M0GLO]

Some people should just stick to clay tablets... :lol:

Some of them are actually pretty good though, even fooled me.

Look at the posting to see some examples, especially the one with python.

I like the character shift script, not obvious and looks like it would run from any shell.

The funny part is it's not so newbies doing the nastiness to other total newbies, no self respecting pro does that kind of low brow crap.

[n2ize]

Well, it's easier to do some things in pencil and paper than computer. For example, I am setting up a blog and a bulletin board for discudssion and collaboration with regards to a math book I am composing.

The trick was, getting the blog/bbs software to apply LaTeX formatting so that the finished entries will display the various mathematical symbols , i.e. integration signs, fractions, subscripts, superscripts, summation and product notation, etc.

One solution I found was a neat little program called "mimetex" which runs as a cgi-bin program. Within your text you embed the standard html image tags such as


http://server-name/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?(LaTeX math markup goes in here

Thus far it works very well, however it's a pain to type the html image tags in every time. Fortunately in phpBB3 you can simply define your own phpBB3 markup tags so you can do something like this.




LaTeX math markup goes here


Makes life a lot easier but I'm still figuring how to do something similar with NucleusCMS.

Of course there are other ways to get proper math symbols which I haven't explored yet.

And, I am open to any ideas that others might have regarding how to go about this. Of course pencil and paper works fine but not as easy to distribute electronically.

[n8vw]

Well, it's easier to do some things in pencil and paper than computer. For example, I am setting up a blog and a bulletin board for discudssion and collaboration with regards to a math book I am composing.

The trick was, getting the blog/bbs software to apply LaTeX formatting so that the finished entries will display the various mathematical symbols , i.e. integration signs, fractions, subscripts, superscripts, summation and product notation, etc.

One solution I found was a neat little program called "mimetex" which runs as a cgi-bin program. Within your text you embed the standard html image tags such as

[quote]http://server-name/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?(LaTeX math markup goes in here

Thus far it works very well, however it's a pain to type the html image tags in every time. Fortunately in phpBB3 you can simply define your own phpBB3 markup tags so you can do something like this.




LaTeX math markup goes here


Makes life a lot easier but I'm still figuring how to do something similar with NucleusCMS.

Of course there are other ways to get proper math symbols which I haven't explored yet.

And, I am open to any ideas that others might have regarding how to go about this. Of course pencil and paper works fine but not as easy to distribute electronically.[/quote:3esp1gvr]

How about jsmath?
http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/welcome.html

[n2ize]

Well, it's easier to do some things in pencil and paper than computer. For example, I am setting up a blog and a bulletin board for discudssion and collaboration with regards to a math book I am composing.

The trick was, getting the blog/bbs software to apply LaTeX formatting so that the finished entries will display the various mathematical symbols , i.e. integration signs, fractions, subscripts, superscripts, summation and product notation, etc.

One solution I found was a neat little program called "mimetex" which runs as a cgi-bin program. Within your text you embed the standard html image tags such as

[quote]http://server-name/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?(LaTeX math markup goes in here

Thus far it works very well, however it's a pain to type the html image tags in every time. Fortunately in phpBB3 you can simply define your own phpBB3 markup tags so you can do something like this.




LaTeX math markup goes here


Makes life a lot easier but I'm still figuring how to do something similar with NucleusCMS.

Of course there are other ways to get proper math symbols which I haven't explored yet.

And, I am open to any ideas that others might have regarding how to go about this. Of course pencil and paper works fine but not as easy to distribute electronically.



How about jsmath?
http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/welcome.html[/quote:1zd2t7uz]

Thanks. It looks interesting. It might also suit my needs. I'll check it out.

[N1LAF]

Windows - Even a caveman can install it.