In the lecture today...

[den]

The lecturer asked "Does anyone still use the command line?"

I put up my hand.

"That's a surprise," he said. "Usually only those over 40 still use the command line."

All the kiddies in the class pointed at me. I sank under the table.

Because of the bad audio system he thinks everyone has names other than the one we actually have. I'm Ben (Den) and there's Darrel (Jarred), Stuart (Gerard) and Nigel (Nigel). So we call him Popping. It all works out in the end.


And now, this:

Now you may think I'm being overly obvious here - everyone knows TV dinners are bad for you, right? This is true, but Swanson's new breakfast takes it to a level which previously could only be achieved by eating entire alternate universes made only of prosciutto. I'm being totally serious - I'm obsessed with reading those stupid nutritional labels on everything in the supermarket, and to date, I've never seen anything quite so decidedly heart-killing than Swanson's Hungry Man Breakfast.

Perfect for Fat Tuesday.

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This old fart will !bash those whipper-snappers...

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Command line:
C:\
C:\cd/MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\rename TN_*.JPG tn_*.jpg
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\move *.jpg c:\webuploads\*.*
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\FTP www.mysite.com
Connecting to www.mysite.com
Username: johnbigboote
Password: ************

Welcome to mysite.com! Dir is /johnbigboote/
FTP>type I
Set to binary
FTP>Mput *.jpg/Y
Transferring...transfer complete! 2132012kb sent.
FTP>close
Thank you for using mysite.com
FTP>exit
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\del *.* /Y
C:\MyPics\UNIXbasedfilesystem\cd\
C:\deltree c:\MyPics /Y
C:\exit

Total time: 20 minutes. 3 minutes to rename files, call FTP and log in. 15 minutes to upload. 2 minutes to delete and close.

Windoze:

Move mouse over file.
Right mouse click or F2
Delete old filename: TN_gdpic.JPG (Some *nix systems don't like upper-case characters and refuse to recognize them.)
Type new filename: tn_gdpic.jpg
Hit enter.

Repeat for the next fifty files. Sorry, can't use wildcards in windows!

Click Start button.
Find CuteFTP program and start.
Wait for 30-second shareware window to dissapear.
Navigate through directory window to find home directory.
Select target FTP site and open.
Select home files and drag to target FTP directory.
Wait for xfer to complete.
Enjoy spyware pop-ups offering you Viagra from CuteFTP.
Wait 30 seconds for shareware nag window to go away on completetion of download.
Click on Close Connection.
Close CuteFTP program.
Close more viagra pop-ups
Try to delete folder with old files in it.
*BONK!* This folder contains files! Are you sure you want to send it to the recycle bin? *YES*
Right-click on recycle bin.
Select empty bin.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delte these 217 items?

"Whaaaat?!? 217, there were only 50 pictures in there!?"

Click no.
Go to directory and find extra 167 files and find nothing.
Go to My Computer and right-click to change directory properties to Show All files so you can find the hidden files.
Select files you want to delete.
Right-click and select delete.
*BONK!* There has been a sharing violation. You do not have authorization to delete files in this directory.
Re-select files you want to delete.
Right-click and select properties.
Uncheck read-only flag.
Delete files.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delete these 167 files? *YES*
Delete old folder.
*BONK!* This folder still contains files! Are you sure you want to send to the recycle bin? *YES*
Right click on recycle bin and select Empty recycle bin.
*BONK* Are you sure you want to delete these 217 files? *YES*
Close all open windows.

Total time: 1 hour, 26 minutes. Not to mention a bad case of mousitis, carpal tunnel and an odd twitch in my left eyelid from dealing with the Windows interface.

So yew tell thet perfesser while he's diddlin' himself behin' th' woodpile in Windows, this Ol' Geezer's gonna be at the farm pond (dam) teachin' worms t' swim an' drinkin' a beer!