January 2008
Connect to Windows VPN server (PPTP) with Ubuntu... →
Voytek, the drinking, smoking soldier bear -- will... →
A campaign is afoot to build a memorial to Voytek, a soldier-bear who fought alongside the Polish army at the Battle of Monte Cassino, carrying ammunition. After the war, Voytek lived out his days in the Edinburgh Zoo, occasionally visited by his old army buddies who tried to slip him the cigarettes and beer he’d come to enjoy while serving in the army.
When Polish forces were deployed to...
ROBOT9000 and #xkcd-signal: Attacking Noise in... →
Edit: As expected, with the huge flood of new traffic after this post went up, the channel is full of new folks coming in and playing with the bot. This is unavoidable and expected for these first few days, and ROBOT9000 is actually controlling the noise pretty well. Still, #xkcd-signal is a social channel — if you just want to play games with the moderator/concept, please use...
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