Comments on: 10 Things http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23 Bad running advice, boring family stuff, and technology few find interesting Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Administrator http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-34 Administrator Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:00:26 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/?p=23#comment-34 So use ed. I know you hate vim, so I have a hard time taking this comment seriously. So use ed. I know you hate vim, so I have a hard time taking this comment seriously.

]]> By: Mark A. Hershberger http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-30 Mark A. Hershberger Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:58:44 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/?p=23#comment-30 <a href="http://cs.wellesley.edu/~systems/Resources/ed_is_the_standard_text_editor.html" rel="nofollow">ed is the standard text editor</a>! Believe it or not, not all systems have vi: but they all have ed. even windows used to come with a variation of ed. ed is the standard text editor!

Believe it or not, not all systems have vi: but they all have ed.

even windows used to come with a variation of ed.

]]> By: Josiah Ritchie http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-15 Josiah Ritchie Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:44:59 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/?p=23#comment-15 Excellent List Nate! I especially like #8. That's the OSS spirit in a nut shell. I expect it was a standard in comp geek circles before OSS was on the scene. The one I need the most improvement on is the Database stuff. I just haven't had opportunities/need to practice that, but it has increased of late. In reading Don's comments, I think it might be helpful to know enough not to lock yourself out of your own box when in another state. :-) Yeah, so that's part of just plain thinking . . . Excellent List Nate! I especially like #8. That’s the OSS spirit in a nut shell. I expect it was a standard in comp geek circles before OSS was on the scene. The one I need the most improvement on is the Database stuff. I just haven’t had opportunities/need to practice that, but it has increased of late.

In reading Don’s comments, I think it might be helpful to know enough not to lock yourself out of your own box when in another state. :-) Yeah, so that’s part of just plain thinking . . .

]]> By: Administrator http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-14 Administrator Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:11:05 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/?p=23#comment-14 Good point Don! It was hard to limit it to 10, but perhaps that should have made the list. Good point Don! It was hard to limit it to 10, but perhaps that should have made the list.

]]> By: Don Spidell http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-9 Don Spidell Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:02:36 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/?p=23#comment-9 Good list! It might be good to add something about security. They say "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" so I think a Linux admin needs to know enough not to pooch his box too easily. Also, it's good to know how to keep 1337 h4x0rz out too. Good list! It might be good to add something about security. They say “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” so I think a Linux admin needs to know enough not to pooch his box too easily. Also, it’s good to know how to keep 1337 h4x0rz out too.

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