Archive for August, 2008
Brainf*ck
Brainf*ck is a esoteric programming language with a set of eight instructions alone
+ – , . > < [ ]
containing all needs to stimulate a turing machine.
The name is being masked and u guessed it right;)
And the real name is apt for the language as u might end up as a pshyco due to this.
This language was made by Urban Muller inorder to create a language with the smallest compiler.
There are compilers available from 136bytes for this language.
A real amusement at first glance. It can do any work done by a turing machine if it is given unlimited amount of memory.
I found it a bit akward at only one point. It stores everything in ascii and it is a real pain in the neck to handle math on that.
There is a 200 byte (more…)
Add comment August 15, 2008
Being root (su root) – No more sudo.
After the ubuntu installation the default user is a sudo user.
Log into that user and type
$ sudo -i
and the password of the user.
now u get a “root” terminal ( inverted comma was to differentiate between the real root and sudo “root”.)
type the command
$ passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
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5 comments August 9, 2008
Zenwalk, Ubuntu and GRUB
Ahh installing zenwalk was an easy process except for the bootloader part. A real pain in the neck.
First i installed zenwalk with its native bootloader zenwalk and then got really mad trying to add my ubuntu to the lilo. Sometimes it is better do the old school stuff.
I popped in the ubuntu cd and then restored grub.
Then i added the following lines to my /etc/grub/menu.lst
# Zenwalk Linux
title Zenwalk (more...)
4 comments August 9, 2008


