Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Back in the 90s-00s there was a running gag among unix and linux users about dos and windows. It went something like this: running gag This was supposedly due to a memory leak in the dos/win base code. However when I googled and wikied this (to see if it still exists in the newer forms of win) I couldn't find any mentioning of this. Anybody here know anything about this? P.S. I don't recommend reading the entirety of the web comic, IMO Iliad ran out of funny ideas around 06-08 (could be even earlier) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Well, to answer the question you were trying to answer in the first place, it's quite possible to run Windows 7 for days or weeks on end without rebooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Windows 3.1 could crash if there was spike in the computer's power. But that's more the fault of the cheap power supplies not filtering the line current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I can only speak from personal experience and not in depth knowledge, but Windows 95 and 98 (but not quite as often as 95) would frequently start acting odd and/or sluggish and require a reboot. 95 was also plagued with the "This program has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down" issue. It cropped up in 98 occasionally, but not very often. As to the system rebooting on its own, I don't ever recall that. Vista and 7 will do that to install updates though if you don't change the settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith it's quite possible to run Windows 7 for days or weeks on end without rebooting. True. Windows 7 seems to be really stable for me; the longest I've gone without rebooting is about three weeks. Normally, the only time I reboot is when Windows Update tells me it's necessary in order to install updates. Originally Posted By: Randomizer Windows 3.1 could crash if there was spike in the computer's power. But that's more the fault of the cheap power supplies not filtering the line current. Windows 3.1 could crash if you clicked the mouse the wrong way, and could get a virus if you sneezed on the monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, while I wait for my first question to stew through your minds I have another question on a different subject: What is the certificate/letter you get from your faculty that says you are entitled to a degree while you wait for the actual certificate called in english? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Certificates of graduation are offered from some colleges and universities. Others just append it to your transcript, so a transcript request will cover it. —Alorael, who has on previous occasions tried mailing registrars. The post office declined the packages, but the registrars were very good sports about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: gung-ho together now —Alorael, who has on previous occasions tried mailing registrars. The post office declined the packages, but the registrars were very good sports about it. Did you use enough postage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Did you use enough postage? I don't think there's enough postage in the world to convince a post office to ship a live registrar. (that was the joke. you missed it so now i have to ruin it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 After 9/11 a man got himself ship by a delivery service and wasn't discovered until after delivery when the driver saw him leave the shipping box. This exposed a huge loophole in Bush's searching for terrorists on planes system. I had a pun about postage since Alorael has the most postings on the board, *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila KrataLightblade Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 If it makes you feel any better, I got it. But I'm new here so I don't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Originally Posted By: gung-ho together now —Alorael, who has on previous occasions tried mailing registrars. The post office declined the packages, but the registrars were very good sports about it. Did you use enough postage? I knew I forgot something! —Alorael, who believes that joke which is dead may eternal fall flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Originally, you know, a registrar was the recruiting officer for a pirate ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 just to make sure I got you straight (this needs to go into my CV until the graduation ceremony in June): Certificate of graduation != diploma && Certificate of graduation < diploma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Back on the original topic, my mac, at 7+ years of age, can run for weeks without needing a reboot (although the spell-check on my AIM client tends to die after 14 or so days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 As I understand it, a certificate of graduation certifies that you have graduated (and, usually, received a diploma). The diploma is that all-important document that is actually part of graduating and that you get to frame and hang on your wall forever. —Alorael, who is an expert in neither certificates nor diplomas. He understands that you have to walk across a stage to get the diploma, and, well, he's not welcome at those events anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: To the Wire He understands that you have to walk across a stage to get the diploma, and, well, he's not welcome at those events anymore. Is there a story here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Too many pedestrians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Too large of a window of opportunity for someone to snipe him, instead of vice versa. And too many witnesses if he did snipe someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Alorael has really bad stage fright. Stages are afraid of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Since this thread seems to have gone off course anyway, mind if I derail it further? Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? I have heard stories of people get into trouble for the most minor and even no infractions when travelling to the US, which is a bit off-putting. Still there are many very good schools in the US, and living there for a few months would no doubt be a great experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Quote: Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? Yes, it's something that they use a lot as an advertising point from what I've seen. Quote: I have heard stories of people get into trouble for the most minor and even no infractions when traveling to the US, which is a bit off-putting. I've personally never heard of such a thing happening to a foreign exchange student, and I've known or known of fairly substantial numbers of exchange students coming to schools I was at. It almost certainly happens occasionally, but not often enough to get attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Droid Since this thread seems to have gone off course anyway, mind if I derail it further? Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? I have heard stories of people get into trouble for the most minor and even no infractions when travelling to the US, which is a bit off-putting. Still there are many very good schools in the US, and living there for a few months would no doubt be a great experience. Most US schools have such a program, but in some of the smaller schools it's more a "sister school" program than just a blank check to "study" (coughcough) in Paris for a semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 What have you heard about people getting in trouble for? And do you mean in trouble with the U.S. law, or in trouble with the people running the exchange program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Not talking about students, only about people visiting the US. And no there are not many, but still enough to make me think. Why do you put study into brackets? Is it your experience that exchange students do not study? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Again, what exactly are these visitors getting in trouble for, that they wouldn't get in trouble for at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I´ll send you a message with the info. I have only found one of the stories I have in mind, and I guess it's not something that happens regularly. Just out of curiousity, where you Raven W/ Writing Desk on the old boards? If not who was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Niemand Quote: Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? Yes, it's something that they use a lot as an advertising point from what I've seen. This exactly. I'm a junior in HS and I'm being buried in letters and emails from schools. One of the big things is the exchange programs. That and "Our surrounding city/town/countryside is exciting, hip, and fun!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 My mom made me at least look at all the first 60-70% of college mail I got, which made me consider a few schools. There was only one letter that got me interested enough to ask for more info and eventually apply, and searching for more schools like it led me to find my current school (which will remain anonymous). Interesting fact: Of the seven schools I applied to, all of them offered international study opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Droid I´ll send you a message with the info. I have only found one of the stories I have in mind, and I guess it's not something that happens regularly. Just out of curiousity, where you Raven W/ Writing Desk on the old boards? If not who was that? Yes, <i>Raven v. Writing Desk</i> was my title for several years, italics included. Were you around then under a different name? Re college mail, the school I ended up going to (U Chicago) sent me one advertisement that I found so distasteful, I refused to look into the place for nearly two years. I eventually decided to shoot for Chicago, ahead of other options, on two largely irrelevant bases: (1) the existence of a rare program in cuneiform studies that I thought was cool, even though I knew it wasn't likely I'd spend my life doing that, and (2) the fact that there were numerous used bookstores near the school. I ended up being glad I went there, but mainly because of its proximity to downtown Chicago. The reality is that most BA/BS programs are similar, and most colleges are similar. Unless you have a very specific research or professional interest that you are way more sure about than most teenagers are, or you want a specific, unusual program, the two factors that really retain meaning when comparing colleges are geography and cost, and maybe also the student culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I would say recreational activities factor in too. For instance you're much more likely to find an obscure or less common activities on campus at larger schools than at smaller schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Cheers Alorel. Originally Posted By: Droid Since this thread seems to have gone off course anyway, mind if I derail it further? And yes I do, but this appears to have been the wrong forum to present my question for. I was hoping one of the Mac oldschoolers would know, but I was disillusioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 To get information about an old Windows bug, you would probably need to talk to an experienced Windows programmers or power user types. We may have some of the latter, but few if any of the former, and people mostly knowledgable about Macs won't be able to help much with this at all. Other than that, a couple of people already said most of what there is to say about it: Old versions of Windows used to crash a lot, newer ones don't so much, and haven't for a number of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Droid Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? I know of at least one college that requires at least some study abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 i thought studying broads was the main reason a lot of people went to college Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith i thought studying broads was the main reason a lot of people went to college Well about half of them. I'm not sure the percentage that just go there to get drunk since the drinking age got raised to 21 in the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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