terry ttyp0 hot.spring.com Mon Jul 20 23:39 still logged in spif ttyp0 spiffy.tranquility.net Mon Jul 20 22:46 - 22:46 (00:00) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 22:05 - 22:08 (00:03) ratthing ttyp0 tcnet07-61.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 21:31 - 21:58 (00:27) terry ftp cool.spring.com Mon Jul 20 20:58 still logged in anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:55 - 21:42 (00:46) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:41 - 20:48 (00:07) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:31 - 20:40 (00:09) nan ftp pool-207-205-162-180.nwrk.grid.n Mon Jul 20 20:18 - 20:21 (00:03) ratthing ttyp0 tcnet01-54.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 19:23 - 19:24 (00:00) nbba ftp ftw-tx14-48.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 19:01 - 19:03 (00:01) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:30 - 18:31 (00:00) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:28 - 18:29 (00:01) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:17 - 18:21 (00:03) ratthing ttyp3 tcnet05-29.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 17:17 - 17:19 (00:02) jeff ttyp3 core.ibecaven.com Mon Jul 20 17:14 - 17:16 (00:01) terry ttyp2 uugate.tivoli.com Mon Jul 20 17:03 - 17:34 (00:31) mikeg ttyp0 griggs.demon.co.uk Mon Jul 20 17:01 - 17:28 (00:26) ratthing ttyp0 well.com Mon Jul 20 16:53 - 17:00 (00:06) terry ttyp0 uugate.tivoli.com Mon Jul 20 16:08 - 16:43 (00:34) amy ttyp0 landshark.shore.net Mon Jul 20 15:13 - 15:15 (00:01) anneh ftp min-mn1-10.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 15:00 - 15:07 (00:07) anneh ftp min-mn1-10.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 14:56 - 15:00 (00:04) anneh ftp min-mn1-10.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 14:40 - 14:53 (00:12) terry ttyp1 ns2 Mon Jul 20 14:17 - 17:46 (03:28) terry ttyp1 ns2 Mon Jul 20 14:07 - 14:12 (00:05) anneh ftp min-mn1-10.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 13:59 - 14:14 (00:15) stacey ttyp1 1Cust225.tnt14.dfw5.da.uu.net Mon Jul 20 13:18 - 13:55 (00:36) stacey ttyp1 1Cust225.tnt14.dfw5.da.uu.net Mon Jul 20 13:18 - 13:18 (00:00) terry ttyp0 ns2 Mon Jul 20 12:48 - 15:08 (02:20) ratthing ttyp1 tcnet05-14.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 10:00 - 10:06 (00:05) terry ttyp0 ns2 Mon Jul 20 09:57 - 11:02 (01:04) nan ftp pool-207-205-161-232.nwrk.grid.n Mon Jul 20 00:00 - 00:08 (00:07) nan ftp pool-207-205-162-119.nwrk.grid.n Sun Jul 19 14:13 - 14:14 (00:00) nan ftp pool-207-205-162-119.nwrk.grid.n Sun Jul 19 14:03 - 14:04 (00:00) terry ftp cool.spring.com Sun Jul 19 10:20 - 20:37 (1+10:17) spew ftp spork-ppp.mesas.com Sun Jul 19 10:10 - 10:11 (00:00) spew ftp spork-ppp.mesas.com Sun Jul 19 09:23 - 09:24 (00:01) spew ftp spork-ppp.mesas.com Sun Jul 19 09:16 - 09:17 (00:01) chris ftp spork-ppp.mesas.com Sun Jul 19 09:16 - 09:16 (00:00) mrobens ttyp0 207.205.162.197 Sun Jul 19 08:43 - 08:44 (00:01) ratthing ttyp0 tcnet04-25.sat.texas.net Sun Jul 19 00:28 - 00:28 (00:00)

What?!?!?! What is the w-command? What do you do with it? And what are all these codes on my screen?

The w command shows who logs in to the shell and how long they hung around. Are you going to make a shell debut, Riette?

I acutally meant for this topic to be called the last command, so I'll change it.

mikeg ttyp1 griggs.demon.co.uk Tue Jul 21 03:56 - 04:08 (00:12) terry ttyp0 hot.spring.com Mon Jul 20 23:39 still logged in spif ttyp0 spiffy.tranquility.net Mon Jul 20 22:46 - 22:46 (00:00) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 22:05 - 22:08 (00:03) ratthing ttyp0 tcnet07-61.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 21:31 - 21:58 (00:27) terry ftp cool.spring.com Mon Jul 20 20:58 still logged in anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:55 - 21:42 (00:46) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:41 - 20:48 (00:07) anneh ftp min-mn16-22.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 20:31 - 20:40 (00:09) nan ftp pool-207-205-162-180.nwrk.grid.n Mon Jul 20 20:18 - 20:21 (00:03) ratthing ttyp0 tcnet01-54.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 19:23 - 19:24 (00:00) nbba ftp ftw-tx14-48.ix.netcom.com Mon Jul 20 19:01 - 19:03 (00:01) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:30 - 18:31 (00:00) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:28 - 18:29 (00:01) nan ftp pool-207-205-163-58.nwrk.grid.ne Mon Jul 20 18:17 - 18:21 (00:03) ratthing ttyp3 tcnet05-29.sat.texas.net Mon Jul 20 17:17 - 17:19 (00:02) jeff ttyp3 core.ibecaven.com Mon Jul 20 17:14 - 17:16 (00:01)

I'll make a shell debut, but I don't know how or what it is! Oh, Terry, you are so confusing!

What's confusing to you?

Everything, just everything! Sometimes you speak English, and then, without a warning in the world, you switch to computer language. And all this talk about shells! What CAN it be? And you won't answer my questions in English either. Just more of those confusing codes, and I can't work it out at all.

no more lurking, eh? Now EVERYBODY knows who visited and when!

Just in the shell. If anyone objects, I won't publish these stats. Riette, you'll need this: ftp://ftp.vandyke.com/pub/CRT/ntcrt22.exe Click on the above link or paste it into your browser. Then save it on your hard dirve and click on it. Then await further instructions.

Okay, I'm doing it, but it seems huge! Won't it eat up all my computer's memory?

Nope, downloads don't eat up memory. They do cut in to your *hard drive space" or *storage* which is vastly different that memory, my sweet. When you click on the "c:\" icon when you run Explorer how much disk space does it say you have left? Do you know how many mbs of hard disk space you have remaining. There are several ways to find this out if you need help with this.

My computer doesn't have a c:/ icon thing. And which is one of the several ways of finding out about how many mbs (memory bites or what?) I've got left? I think when I got it it hat 32 whatevers of hard drive space. I only intended it for typing text and surfing the net, and e-mailing, not all these weird things. And, by the way that download DID eat everything up, so I aborted mission.

You're low on disk space! Time for a good housekeeping!

I dust my computer every day, thank you very much!

Ok: exit You are now leaving the genx conference. This file may be edited by a fairwitness. bash$ w 10:15AM up 49 days, 18:06, 4 users, load averages: 1.50, 1.36, 1.31 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT terry p0 hot.spring.com 7:26AM 2:27 -bash (bash) terry p2 ns2 11Aug98 7days -bash (bash) bernie p4 hafnium.chem.qmw 9:45AM 0 (pine) Now, maybe we could get bernie to talk to us?

who is bernie??

[39/44] Respond, forget, or pass? !finger bernie Login: bernie Name: Bernie Parkin Directory: /usr/home/bernie Shell: /bin/tcsh Office: London, +0-171-975-5028 Home Phone: B.C.Parkin@qmw.ac.uk On since Wed Aug 19 10:44 (CDT) on ttyp3 from hafnium.chem.qmw.ac.uk On since Wed Aug 19 09:45 (CDT) on ttyp4 from hafnium.chem.qmw.ac.uk No Plan. I think he's on of the folks who wanted the peacemaker conference.

Check out http://www.spring.net/~bernie

$ finger @www [www.spring.net] Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office Phone peter Peter Jensen *p3 13:35 Aug 26 00:57 ratthing Ray Lopez p5 1:20 Aug 26 13:28 ratthing@w stacey Stacey Vura p6 Aug 26 14:31 terry Paul Terry Walhus *p0 15:08 Aug 25 00:26

there's my name... in lights!!

Maybe sometime we'll all pick a time and get everyone logged in at the same time.

heeeee-haaaaaw!!!

ok, so, like, i'm here, where's everybody else?

I be here, but I'm heading out soon.

So when is this big date of ours going to be?

You pick it ree.

Me?! I can't - I'm the only one on this side of the world! You can't all arrange your time around me, I have to arrange mine around you. So make suggestions, and I'll see which one I can make.

OK, 6 pm on the 6th 7 pm on the 7th 8 pm on the 8th 9 pm on the 9th 10 pm on the 10th These are all CST.

Is CST your time, or mine?

CST.

That doesn't answer my question. I'll rephrase: Is CST the time displayed on the conference?

CST is our time riette, i believe you guys are something like 7 hours ahead. and i'll tell you in a minute if the time posted is the time here...

that would be our time here in Central Daylight Time. You guys might actually be 8 hours ahead from us and 7 hours ahead on the east coast....

Okay, thanks, Wolf. I think it is 7 hours difference between here and the spring. Any chance of making the Big Date at 16:00, instead of later? Chris gets a little cranky when I mess about with the computer keys all night, and so I use night time to work and do designs QUIETLY, and without giggling or growling. If not, then it's okay too. I might just pop in briefly, and catch up the next morning.

Oh, Terry, NOW I know what you meant - I'm so slow!! CST means Central Spring Time, right?

Sure, how about posting a revised sked, Ree Head?

Fourish every day would be fine for me. But if that doesn't suit the rest of you, just go ahead without me - don't want to stop it from happening just because I live in an awkward time zone.

it's seven, where's everyone? (sorry I missed yesterday, will miss tomorrow also...)

>B.C.Parkin@qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London! That was my second choice University! What a small world we live in...

bash$ w 9:17AM up 1 day, 20:54, 4 users, load averages: 1.51, 1.29, 1.26 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT terry p0 208.128.51.206 10:12PM 10:55 pico index.html terry p1 s03.austin.ibm.c 9:08AM 0 w stacey p2 firewall.schulle 9:16AM 0 bbs ratthing p3 tcnet02-01.sat.t 9:17AM 0 finger