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acklan · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 08:21 Post_subject: Cafe' Puppy...

A friend and I wanted to open a cafe' with web access to the customers. 10+ computers to just surf web. The main thing stopping us was the junk that the customers would download to the computers. We would be working on them more than washing diskes.
What are your thoughts? P-III, 256meg RAM+, CD-R, no HD. Just give out a 25¢ cd (with the Pup onboard) when you get your coffe or donut. Or better yet collect a $ as a donation to the Puppy Linux cause. Good idea, bad idea, ugly????

Flash · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:53 Post_subject:

Sounds like an excellent idea to me. Maybe put more RAM than 256 MB in the computers, and make it a multisession CD so your customers can save what they download. That, and good food, should keep them coming back for more. Good luck.

Pizzasgood · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 18:24 Post_subject:

As long as you sell pizzaburgers, the food part will not be a problem. I'd drive 30 miles for a pizzaburger. No one seems to make them anymore. Maybe it's just me, but I think they taste better than any other burger (even better than DQ's Flamethrower, but it's a close one). Add in the internet part, and you'll have a money factory. A fast, maintenance-free internet setup and pizzaburgers. It doesn't get any better! Razz

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You wanna decent burger...

Come downunder and see what a real hamburger tastes like

acklan · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 21:02 Post_subject:

I was thinking more like crawfish, boudin, and hoghead cheese. MMmmmmm (burp).
Could I use Cafe' Puppy??

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Many years ago while visiting friend who lived on a Mississippi river bayou I ate lunch with them which was a crawdad(crayfish) gumbo but didn't find out until after I had already eaten it.

Pizzasgood · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 21:54 Post_subject:

I would, but it's hard to find round-trip tickets to Australia for $31.80, and even if I could, that would leave me with nothing to buy the burger with. Sad

So I guess I have to settle for Flamethrowers and the occasional pizzaburger.

Lobster · Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2005, 22:38 Post_subject:

edoc on guest on diff pc · Guest

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was done ages ago, with netbooting diskless clients and / mounted via nfs at a uni somewhere around holland or some region 'round there

Lobster · Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 04:49 Post_subject:

BladeH - seem to remember you were working on such a scheme?

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That was it...worked great.......but once again ppl couldn't follow instructions or wouldn't read them properly and got sick of answering dumb ass questions where the answers were in the text.....That's why anything I develop now I'm going to do it for myself.....Just spent WAYYYYYYYYYY too much time writing documentation only for ppl not to read it or just skim over it and still expect things to work.........

Lobster · Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 06:36 Post_subject:

People are strange beasts. I never read documentation - if I can avoid it - even when essential. I really am unreasonable - I expect a program to be so obvious and intuitive that it works the way I expect - not the way that is easiest to program. I guess I am your worst nightmare (no probably not Smile

Despite all this I think most of us are sociable and want any work we do to be shared and used.

Programming (sometimes known as the 'dark art') is a form of magic - or more accurately conjuring - everything is in the presentation . . .

Like most skilled programmers presentation does not interest you - tricky . . .
Whatever you decide I fully support your efforts which I know in the past have gone unappreciated (I do not use Wi-fi - otherwise I would be more supportive)

Be kind to the new pups - or at least chew slowly before swallowing . ..

Smile

this link might be useful:
http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/kiosk/

BarryK · Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 08:21 Post_subject: Re: Cafe' Puppy...

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Hope Katrina stays away from you all in Louisiana.