[NTLUG:Discuss] mysql configure/make head-banger -- Woo Hoo!

[Kelledin]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 09:54 am, Dennis Daupert wrote:
> > From: Kelledin <kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org>
> >
> > Hmm...could you perhaps be missing ncurses-devel?
>
> Gosh almighty, that tipped *ALL* the dominos. Once I installed
> ncurses-devel he knew how to collect the right number of
> GETHOSTBYNAME  args, and do just everything. And to
> think my mom said curses were bad!
>
> I have a brand spankin new mysql installation. My faith in
> technology and humanity are restored. Fish are a-jumpin,
> birds are a-singin....
>
> Much, much appreciations. Where should I send the beer?

WARNING: read the directions fully before taking action.

Head out to a little town by the Pacific with a name I can't 
remember or pronounce.  Once you get there, look for an oak tree 
at the end of a stone wall in a hayfield.  Dig around the rocks 
at the base of that tree, and you'll find a rock that has no 
business being in a hayfield--a piece of black volcanic glass.  
Underneath that is a battered tin box with an address written 
inside of it.

This is NOT where you send the beer.

Open up an Egyptian puzzle box, take out a map, and accidentally 
burn it a bit.  Using the remains of the map for direction, take 
a riverboat to Egypt, get it destroyed in another fire, buy some 
camels, and race with some guys on horseback to the destination 
marked on the map.  Wait until the sun shines a certain way, and 
you'll see an ancient Egyptian city appear out of nowhere like a 
mirage.  Go in, read some books, stir up some ravenous scarab 
beetles, and awaken a dormant undead creature or two.

This, too, is NOT where you send the beer.

Using the Force, fly a rebel spacecraft to a galaxy far, far away 
and find a swamp world called Dagobah.  Crash your spacecraft 
into some swamp water in order to get yourself thoroughly 
stranded.  Look for a stumpy, gnomish creature with big ears; 
his name is Yoda.

This isn't where you send the beer either.  No, Yoda doesn't know 
where to send it either.

Find a Chinese puzzle box and figure out how to open it.  Some 
chain hooks will fly out and drag you into a world with some 
mutilated walking masochists who will rob you of your skin.

This is DEFINITELY not where you send the beer.

At 9 AM CST on the third Saturday of the month, head to 6031 
Connection Drive in Dallas.  Enter the building and head to room 
139.

This is where you send the beer. :D

DISCLAIMER: I hope you find this as humorous as I planned.  If 
not, sorry!  I also have no clue whether we're actually allowed 
to bring beer or food to the LUG meetings.  I don't know if 
anyone has ever tried. :p

Congrats on your MySQL install.  More kudos if you can remember 
all the movies to which I made reference. ;)

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"