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sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted August 31, 2001 18:34 Yesterday at 15:45 CET my second boy has been pushed up into this world! I feel that the whole universe should be at least notified about this fact. Any of you awaiting a children? Is any of you proud of your ones? IP: Logged
Snaggy Moderator Posts: 1399 From: Canada Registered: Jan 2000	posted August 31, 2001 19:00 YAY sk00t!!!!!! /me passes around the chocolate cigars! IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted August 31, 2001 19:16 Thanks, my wife would rather avoid chocolate, the baby is too young for cigarettes... /me is not. Hmmm... Delicius. By the way - he has such debugging eyes... And is so object oriented: always seeking access to the milk interface... IP: Logged
tafkact Highlie Posts: 614 From: nowhere, man Registered: Jan 2000	posted August 31, 2001 20:03 quote: Originally posted by sk00t: ....always seeking access to the milk interface... me too! but for other reasons... IP: Logged
LostInColorado Geek Posts: 73 From: Thornton, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2001	posted August 31, 2001 21:24 Congratulations! ------------------ LostInColorado To the optimist, the glass is halfway full. To the pessimist, the glass is halfway empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. IP: Logged
SupportGoddess Highlie Posts: 527 From: The Digital Temple Registered: Jul 2001	posted August 31, 2001 22:18 yeah Congratulations! ------------------ "Be uncomfortable; be sand, not oil, in the machinery of the world" -German poet Gunter Eich (1907-72) IP: Logged
bull3t Super Geek Posts: 246 From: southern california Registered: Aug 2001	posted August 31, 2001 23:35 Congrats! Get 'em started young! I'm proud to say my 9 months year old nephew is already attempting to type on my keyboard when i have sit him on my lap.. so i can brag about how he could type before he could walk/talk hehehe Good luck with the little one! ------------------ <? echo "bull3t 0wnz j00"; ?> IP: Logged
EngrBohn Highlie Posts: 686 From: United States Registered: Jul 2000	posted September 01, 2001 04:21 Many congratulations. ------------------ cb Oooh! What does this button do!? IP: Logged
Cryptotich Mini-Geek Posts: 51 From: Ann Arbor, MI. USA Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 01, 2001 06:02 Congratulations! Just dont do anything silly like teaching him Klingon for his primary language. IP: Logged
Hergor Geek Posts: 94 From: another geek-o-sphere Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 02, 2001 02:03 Congratulations! Make sure not to spoil him with Windows! Keep your eyes open, if he's looking for minesweeper on the computer you have to be careful! IP: Logged
Xanthine Highlie Posts: 513 From: the lab Registered: Mar 2001	posted September 02, 2001 13:55 quote: Originally posted by Cryptotich: Congratulations! Just dont do anything silly like teaching him Klingon for his primary language. But young children are so adept at learning languages! Congratulations! ------------------ Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance. - Tennesee Williams IP: Logged
Petethelate Uber Geek Posts: 863 From: San Jose, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2000	posted September 02, 2001 17:02 Congratulations Petethelate IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 03, 2001 06:48 quote: Originally posted by Hergor: ... Make sure not to spoil him with Windows! Keep your eyes open, if he's looking for minesweeper on the computer you have to be careful! He won't be spoiled - his older brother (2 years) already seems to be looking for Mimesweper somewhere under KDE Application Starter... His only problem is hand coordination with mouse - usually he clicks anywhere on desktop with incredible speed. What do you think is the right age to be given an account on Linux? Should I already have some disk space ready for my kids? IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 03, 2001 06:55 Thank you, thank you.. My wife asked me to print your gratulations and save it for the baby. She is still in a hospital, probably in 3 days I will be allowed to take them home. IP: Logged
SupportGoddess Highlie Posts: 527 From: The Digital Temple Registered: Jul 2001	posted September 03, 2001 16:19 quote: Originally posted by sk00t: What do you think is the right age to be given an account on Linux? Should I already have some disk space ready for my kids? It's never too early Though you will probably need to have the "windows talk" with them eventually. ------------------ "Be uncomfortable; be sand, not oil, in the machinery of the world" -German poet Gunter Eich (1907-72) IP: Logged
macwoman Super Geek Posts: 228 From: Athens, GA USA Registered: Jul 2001	posted September 03, 2001 16:36 Congrats, sk00t!! Post pics when you have them! A couple of years ago I used to babysit for a little girl (18 months) who was completely fascinated with the beige G3 I had at the time. She loved all the colors and pictures on the screen, and particularly loved to bang on the keyboard (usually managing to rename all my files something like eeee,,,,tgf.) Just to ensure she wouldn't accidentally mess something up, I sat her in front of an Apple IIe and informed her that she could bang away as much as she pleased. But she wasn't interested in the Apple IIe and its boring green screen. She wanted the G3! So I let her play with it, just hovered over her the entire time. ------------------ Amber Rhea amber@tangerinecs.com macwoman@arches.uga.edu For great justice IP: Logged
Rednivek unregistered	posted September 03, 2001 20:55 Congratulations! IP: Logged
Greg Wooledge Alpha Geek Posts: 254 From: Lorain, OH, USA Registered: Jan 2000	posted September 04, 2001 06:46 quote: What do you think is the right age to be given an account on Linux? As soon as they can type their own name. quote: Should I already have some disk space ready for my kids? That shouldn't really be an issue -- the biggest use of space in a typical end user's home dir is going to be the web browser cache. IP: Logged
Stereo Super Geek Posts: 148 From: Hull, Quebec, Canada Registered: Apr 2001	posted September 04, 2001 07:14 My turn to add my congratulations. May he grow strong and innovative, with keen and ethical spirit, for he to bring more great technology to this world! IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 04, 2001 08:27 quote: Originally posted by macwoman: ... But she wasn't interested in the Apple IIe and its boring green screen. She wanted the G3! So I let her play with it, just hovered over her the entire time. All kids are the same My first son got a keyboard that I put lying in front of the keyboard I use. When I was working, he was sitting on my laps and was bashing and smashing his unconnected keyboard. Some time ago he realized that there is something wrong - sometimes he presses a button and there is no reaction on the monitor... he found my 'real' keyboard and no longer uses his one. One night I locked the screen and, tired, went to sleep. At the morning we got awaken by loud laughing. My boy was sitting on my desk and was happy: presses a key, a password dialog appears - he laughs. Soon the dialog disappears - he laughs again. He played this for about half an hour. IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 04, 2001 09:06 quote: Originally posted by Greg Wooledge: That shouldn't really be an issue -- the biggest use of space in a typical end user's home dir is going to be the web browser cache. No way - they won't get on the web until they pay their own bills! I was thinking about a place for their C programs... Young programmers usually don't optimize too well and may produce large source files... quote: As soon as they can type their own name. To give a chance for people that cannot even type their name I will try to write such login program that will recognize a person-specific typing speed and areas of keyboard that are hit more often (4 buttons-wide areas seems to be enough). After two unsuccesful login name inputs, the program will switch to child-recognizing mode. Cool IP: Logged
sk00t Mini-Geek Posts: 57 From: Olsztyn, Poland Registered: Aug 2001	posted September 04, 2001 13:08 Hot news! Tomorrow, between 10:00 and 14:00 CEST (on this page it will be 00:55am-04:55am) I will take my wife and the baby, from the hospital, back home. Currently they are okay: health okay, morale okay, food supplies okay. Again I thank you all for nice words. I was really surprised by so much people to say so ... eeh, I am missing words... you know. (I cannot even pick a smiley that is suitable or this moment... ) However, in a few days I will be back at work and will report their first moments at home. Bye! IP: Logged
Jidabug Super Geek Posts: 118 From: No matter where I go, there I am. Registered: May 2001	posted September 04, 2001 16:44 quote: Originally posted by macwoman: A couple of years ago I used to babysit for a little girl (18 months) who was completely fascinated with the beige G3 I had at the time. Many congratulations on the birth of your baby boy! When we used to babysit our nephew as a wee thing, he liked to watch the colors of SoundJam going on the PowerBook. He would watch it until he fell asleep. We also discovered that he liked Voyager...must have been the warp shots and music during the intro. IP: Logged
Shelby289 Geek Larva Posts: 25 From: Pensacola,Florida,USA Registered: Aug 2000	posted September 05, 2001 03:45 Congratulations: We are expecting our first born,Nerd-lette, in May. IP: Logged

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