uses for 500 pages?

acid_kewpie · 05-16-2002, 05:44 AM

one month left of being a student and i've still got about 500 printer credits on my university account... anyone want to recommend something to do with them? ideally i'd like an online book about NIS but other utterly different suggestions welcome.

vfs · 05-16-2002, 06:43 AM

You mean, you can print 500 pages?

Well, if I had this amount, I'd print some programming free books,
like Dive into Python (www.diveintopython.org)

What about printing all Linux man pages?

vfs.

acid_kewpie · 05-16-2002, 07:01 AM

nice python stuff.. that'll probably take half of it, cheers.

man pages.. well when you already know them all by memory... nah

vfs · 05-16-2002, 09:38 AM

Ooooaaaa!!!! Said the man!!!

Ok, ok... Try http://www.gorkhali.com/kamal/download.htm

There are lots of books (some I think are quite illegal...).
HTH,

vfs.

sewer_monkey · 05-16-2002, 02:17 PM

If you want excellent lecture notes on entry level UNIX stuff (with accent on development in perl, Tk and C), check out http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~harper/cscb09/

I did not mean to offend you by suggesting "entry level" material, the only reason I am suggesting it, is because I think that it is really, really good. It might not be a good choice for you, but for an intermediate user interested in development, it's really good.

vfs · 05-16-2002, 02:21 PM

I don't know about acid, but I think ALL info you cann get is valid, from entry level to advanced tatics (oops, no MIL here

).

Thanks for the URL!

vfs.

Config · 05-17-2002, 05:57 AM

Or if you want something about C and Linux: www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com

dj_relentless · 05-17-2002, 06:06 PM

Maybe you should just save the trees and ask them to convert the printing credits into something else..like download megabites or something..I hate it at work when our managers waste so much paper on handing out statistics when they are already avalible online..
While trees are a re-newable resource the rate of usage far out weighs the production..

omg Im turning into an environmentalist..

But really, if they could make paper out of bones would you be happy that you gave your life just because someone had extra credits and didn't want to waste them..and I think the uni should be supportative of the idea and give you something else as an alternative..

acid_kewpie · 05-18-2002, 06:10 AM

erm.. ok. go hug tree

no more interesting suggesting? art? comic strips? recipes?

MasterC · 05-19-2002, 07:26 AM

NIS??? I work in a pharmacy; and in the Navy. In pharmacy NIS means NOT IN STOCK(or we are out of it). In the US Navy NIS means Naval Investigational Service (like the CIA). Apparently in Linux it means something else?

acid_kewpie · 05-19-2002, 07:34 AM

yes it does, try putting it in a search engine.

MasterC · 05-19-2002, 07:39 AM

I found it after 2 tries, not bad. Network Information Service

vfs · 05-22-2002, 07:30 AM

What about those bin Laden *.jpg jokes

or www.userfriendly.org

or maybe some literature http://www.gutenberg.org

HTH,

vfs.

NSKL · 05-22-2002, 02:26 PM

Or some texts from http://blacksun.box.sk
-Nskl

Thymox · 05-27-2002, 11:13 AM

Sorry, only just caught up with this one. You could print off each frame of the animations at doodie and create a flick-book of doodie anims.