Monday, June 19, 2000

Running W32 Q3A under Linux -- 7:29 pm CST, Update by The Master

There's a VERY short tutorial for linux users who own the Win32 version of Quake 3 over on q3xtreme.net. It's straightforward from what I can see, so if you want to run that Win32 copy on Linux, you'll be all set.

Windows ME Gold -- 7:26 pm CST, Update by The Master

According to Yahoo!, Microsoft has announced that Windows Millenium Edition has gone gold. So there goes some more cash for upgrades. Gotta keep feeding Bill Gates' need for greed...

Linux for the Uninitiated -- 10:00 am CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

Computer Bits has published this interesting article about the challenges and learning opportunities faced by complete newbies to Linux. If you've never used Linux or Unix but wonder what it'd be like to give Linux a try, this is a must-read. Check it out.

This weekend I finally got SuSE 6.3 installed and stable, after 4 or 5 tries at installing. It's a nice complete distribution, but I don't recommend it for newbies. I don't recommend Red Hat for newbies either, for that matter--Mandrake is a better way to go, I think.

History today -- 8:03 am CST, Update by The Master

• 1623: Blaise Pascal was born.
• 1864: Off the coast of Cherbourg, France, the Confederate raider C.S.S. Alabama lost a ship-to-ship duel with the U.S.S. Kearsarge and sunk to the floor of the Atlantic, ending an illustrious career that saw over sixty Union merchant vessels destroyed by the Confederate raider. Built in secrecy for the Confederacy in Liverpool shipyards, the construction of the Alabama was uncovered by the Union, creating a significant diplomatic crisis between the U.S. government and Britain.
• 1867: Horse racing's Belmont Stakes was run for the first time in New York.
• 1910: Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington.
• 1917: During World War I, King George V ordered the British Royal Family to dispense with German titles and surnames. The family took the name "Windsor."
• 1934: The Federal Communications Commission was created.
• 1944: In what would become known as the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," U.S. carrier-based fighters decimate the Japanese Fleet with only a minimum of losses in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
• 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.
• 1956: Thomas Watson, founder and head of IBM, dies.
• 1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova returned to Earth after spending nearly three days as the first woman in space.
• 1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day Senate filibuster.
• 1995: Chechen rebels and more than 100 human shields rode a convoy of buses back to Chechnya after the end of a hostage drama at a Russian hospital.

Sunday, June 18, 2000

Happy Father's Day! -- 12:25 am CST, Update by The Master

Happy Father's Day to all those dadas in the crowd. Nearly all of the Haus Staff are Father's themselves, we won't be around much today, since it's our institutional day to take it easy. Nahhh, never mind. That'll never happen :-)

A.T. Hun comments: I get to go to a conference! Whee!

Bleh -- 12:23 am CST, Update by The Master

Welp, today is my Birthday, AND Father's Day. Wheee :-) So now I'm a mighty 28. Heh-at least I'm not as ancient as A.T.

A.T. Hun comments: Two more years of youthful optimism left. Use them wisely. If you want to talk about old, I could mention J.t.Qbe . . .

J.t.Qbe comments: Yep, here at the home today we have special Father's Day gruel. Hope I can find my teeth. Happy birthday, young whippersnapper!

History today -- 12:22 am CST, Update by The Master

• 1778: American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.
• 1812: The United States declared war on Britain.
• 1815: British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium.
• 1873: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. (The fine was never paid.)
• 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, completing a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
• 1940: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to behave in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, "This was their finest hour."
• 1948: The U. N. Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
• 1979: President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
• 1983: Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space, blasting off with four colleagues aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
• 1985: VisiCalc, the most popular spreadsheet for the Apple computer, was discontinued by Lotus Development Corp.

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