How can I set up so I don’t have to login every time I come here?
OS 11.0, KDE4, Firefox 3.0.
Maybe this is a Firefox Question. I got FF set to remember PW and such, but that isn’t it.
Thanks.
Ron
Not possible - at least not at the moment.
This question has been widely discussed in the forum recently since the forum switch.
You shouldn’t have to login every time you come here. The forum should remember you for around an hour. If you simply come back after 5 minutes or so and have been logged out then there is an issue.
> The forum should remember you for around an hour.
FAR too short…
i think google mail allows TWO WEEKS (not that everything google is good
but but but)…
DenverD
especially if you consider the FACT that i “enter” and read/write the
forum via nntp WITHOUT signing in…think about that: i get the benefit
of avoiding all the unnecessary but pretty fluff of winkies, blinkies
and smilies…AND i don’t have to prove who i am, OR give a secret
handshake to participate…
open and freedom comes in many varieties…
DenverD
This is simply not true, at least for me.
I have the forums in an RSS reader (Akregator). When I open an item I have to log in to be able to see it in my favorite skin and showing my timezone and being able to add a post. Then I close the window.
Going to the next RSS item I have to login again! All within a few minutes.
When I leave such a window open, the new windows start loged in. This effect stops indeed after about an hour.
this night in 1 hour … 7 log in…
> this night in 1 hour … 7 log in…
using NNTP (via Firefox) … ZERO … log ins!!
able to move smoothly and without pause from forum to forum, thread to
thread…
try it, nirvana could not be better!
DenverD
DenverD wrote:
>> this night in 1 hour … 7 log in…
>
> using NNTP (via Firefox) … ZERO … log ins!!
> able to move smoothly and without pause from forum to forum, thread to
> thread…
>
> try it, nirvana could not be better!
Not to mention the ability to select TEXT ONLY!
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Will Honea
> Not to mention the ability to select TEXT ONLY!
actually, i don’t know how to enable HTML in Thunderbird (and don’t care
to learn)…
btw, don’t i recall your sig from the days of yore and Warp?
DenverD
We’re aware of an issue with iChain sessions expiring arbitrarily that started sometime yesterday. It’s been reported to the right contacts at Novell.
Yes what is up with that I have to relogin after about 5-10 min, then 2 or more tries to get back in, WTF?
DenverD wrote:
>> Not to mention the ability to select TEXT ONLY!
>
> actually, i don’t know how to enable HTML in Thunderbird (and don’t care
> to learn)…
>
> btw, don’t i recall your sig from the days of yore and Warp?
Yep - OS/2 paid my bills for a lot of years, so you may have seen me
anywhere from FIDO and Compuserve to Usenet groups for the last 30 years or
so.
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Will Honea
thought so, good to see you again…
did you do as i finally did: hung Warp (renamed eCs) up in the barn and
start riding Linux full time?
DenverD
DenverD wrote:
> thought so, good to see you again…
>
> did you do as i finally did: hung Warp (renamed eCs) up in the barn and
> start riding Linux full time?
When my last OS/2 contract ended I pretty much retired to doing what
interested me. The old IBM Devcon pretty much dried up so Linux offered
the only real platform to play on - I refuse to try and maintain databases
on Win - so here I am. Seems like you just can’t get away, though - I
still support a few old customers on a DOS control program I wrote 20 years
ago. Ported it to OS/2 and Linux but nearly all the clients have stuck to
the DOS version. Hey! It’s beer money and pays for the equipment.
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Will Honea
> control program…nearly all the clients have stuck to
> the DOS version
a very few years back i visited a plant which made concrete blocks,
stepping stones and stuff like that…once the ingredients in the input
hoppers were filled, there was NO human needed again until time to move
the finished product to a long term “curing” spot…
in a corner of the office i saw what looked to be an antique 3/486, or
so…yep, it was running a late '80s DOS thingy telling the machines
when to do what…no need for fancy-dancy graphics etc etc etc…
DenverD
DenverD wrote:
>> control program…nearly all the clients have stuck to
>> the DOS version
>
> a very few years back i visited a plant which made concrete blocks,
> stepping stones and stuff like that…once the ingredients in the input
> hoppers were filled, there was NO human needed again until time to move
> the finished product to a long term “curing” spot…
>
> in a corner of the office i saw what looked to be an antique 3/486, or
> so…yep, it was running a late '80s DOS thingy telling the machines
> when to do what…no need for fancy-dancy graphics etc etc etc…
Back when PCs were just starting to catch on, many nuclear plants
implemented “new” computerized controls. Most used the 4-voltage (±12,
±5) volt 256 byte eproms. In the late 80’s I got a call from some old
friends looking for replacements. I had a crate full of the things left
over from an old project - they were bidding over $100 each for the darned
things since they had to use certified OEM parts and those eproms had been
out of production for years.
DOS is still one of the best diag tools around, especially new designs.
Absolute timing repeatability, etc. are handy for hardware<g>.
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Will Honea