From: Eric D. <eri...@ja...> - 2001-04-20 17:23:08
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No, having AOL does not make you dumb. But wanting to run slash you need to have certain prerequisites. You really don't need to know all the intricacies of Slashcode to get it running. You just need to have the proper hardware/software configuration. It's like if you buy say Tribes 2 for your 486 pentium. It might work if you hack it all day, but if you had all the things it recommended, you can just follow the install directions and go play. That is what slash 2.x is. Its soo much easier than previous versions where it was a pain to setup. The current version pretty much is a piece of cake. Morbus Iff wrote: > > > I disagree. Unix/Linux isn't for everyone, that's why AOL has > > > 29million subscribers. Slash, while great code, is best served by > > > being used by knowledgeable *admins*, IE: folks who have total control > > > over their systems. For all others there is weblog.cgi. Slash is a > > > system (and a way of life), not a script. > > > > Well, hey, if the rest of the group feels that way, then I'll unsub and be > > done with it. > > I don't think, however, it's a good attitude. It spanks of elitism. I've > gone the same route that you express to a much wider audience: > > http://disobey.com/devilshat/ds011101.htm > > Slashcode should be a tool, like any other. We shouldn't pass judgment on > the users of the tool until we see what comes of it. Maybe I hate computers, > but I'm the greatest writer in the world. I should be shafted with an > inadequate script, or large install fees from my ISP just 'cos I'm dumb? > > AOL is a service that, on a personal level, affects a small audience. I sign > up for AOL, I get a stupid email address, and suddenly, I'm dumb. Nothing is > assumed otherwise - about how Earthlink doesn't work with my computer. About > how my phone lines suck so that the long distance loop that AOL provides > works better. About how, sadly enough, my friends all use AOL so that if I'm > over their house I can check my email. About how my local "reet" ISP is only > local, and I'd rather not be shafted on long distance charges when I'm in > Hawaii. > > How many "knowledgable admins" do you know? How many of them really have the > time to write good, top notch stories on a regular basis? How many of them > are doing a thousand other flipping things? I consider myself a knowledgable > admin with programming knowledge. I have little time to jump into the > intricacies of Slashcode, or to spend a day tweaking the server for it, > testing all my previous hacks to make sure everything is alright. > > Chris Nandor writers: > >If you want to do it, please do go ahead. I just want there to be no? > >mistake: Slash is not Slash if you take away mod_perl, databases, and > >modules. It will be a ton of work -- such as with the examples of XML > >parsing, and using flat files as the database -- to get it do what you > >want, and it will end up being something totally different from what Slash > > Oh, that I don't doubt, which is why I had mentioned "Slashcod" and not > something like "Slashcode-Lite" for a name. The visible "i'm a reading user" > are what's important to me - not the wonderful speed of the code, the power > of the template-toolkit, or similar. > > On a side note, Chris, I am planning on responding to your other email. A > little bit later - I just got immediately upset at the original post above, > fired off a quick "argh!" email, and then after lunch, realized that was > stupid (which is why I should have eaten first. Bah!) and thus this > response... > > _______________________________________________ > Slashcode-general mailing list > Sla...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general -- Back up my hard disk? I can't find the reverse switch! Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flautist(flutist?), macintosher, and often thought to be completely out to lunch. http://www.jazz-sax.com |