Or does everyone else notice the awkward silence. It is like the sound of a Super Nova that no one in the vicinity is left to remark they heard it happen. Typically the SUSE Forums get quiet between releases and get really active soon after a new release. It seems the interest in people trying out openSUSE (or any distro) has this rise immediately to slowly fade the longer the time since the previous release. Since 11.2 is not due out until November 12th this may make for a quiet Summer.
I supposed it is only during the mentions around the Net of a new release that most people are exposed to the idea of trying it out. I know I started with SUSE 10.0 from a story I read on Slashdot about it being just out. This corresponded to the time I was really interested in learning something new. I consequently found the Forums when I needed to learn more on how to get everything working. The openSUSE Forums has proved to a great motivator to learn what is within my skills regarding runing SUSE.
I wonder how many folks have been brought to Linux from idle curiousity or if they needed to learn it for School or Work. Not having the advertisement to drive interest like Apple of MS, it does mean that many may never know the range and scope that Linux has to offer.
Just random thoughts on a dreadfully silent Forum evening.
Yes it has been quiet, far to quiet. Maybe people in the northern hemisphere are to busy out getting sunburned, or welan is systematically locking people in his giant freezer. Our truck pulling season officially kicks off this weekend, if we are ready to go so my weekends will taken up for awhile. I hear eds is off living the life of a local rockstar playing shoddy pubs with no fame, fortune, or groupies.
I've heard the quiet, but it could have been from the ringing in my ears from running the weedeater so much. I'm locked in the springtime loop of shearing the two properties, getting to the end, turning around and finding the beginning needs shearing again. Now it's cooled off and raining again for a couple of days,then it's supposed to warm up for a couple of days, then more cool and wet. The weeds will be growing like, well, weeds. 
So I will be occupied for a while yet.
I came to Linux not out of curiosity or requirement, but from getting sick of dealing with windows and wanting the change. Of course I was all ready familiar with Linux's capabilities from my sons, so an advertising campaign wasn't necessary. Otherwise I probably would have kept plugging away with microsoft, not really being a fan of Apple, and Apple being the only other advertised option. But you never know. My brother-in-law used to work for Apple, he might have turned me. No chance now, though.
bdquick, good luck with your truck. Hope it goes well. Remember what the red line on the tach is for, and pay attention to it! 
Ah we have no red line on our tach or rev limiter. I was going to buy a new tach with a shift light that we could set high to work as a WARNING light to let off the throttle, but forgot over the winter. We have a new fully manual clutch pedal in place, doing away with the hydraulics that caused last years problems. Will probably know more after Saturday night, if it doesn't rain.
Good luck with the pull! As for red line, if the engine changes sound frequency at the high end, you probably exceeded it.
In the truck cab with a helmet you can not hear the engine frequency well enough to tell its over revved. Especially when it happens so fast. Once something breaks that lets the engine run free it zings right up there in a second. If we ran an MSD 7 or equivalent electronic ignition then we could use a rev limiter chip. However we use a good old Vertex Magneto that doesn't have any of that fancy gadgetry, and I can't find any after market accessories to ad a rev limiter to it.
Sorry, I was being humorous. Sounds like a interesting problem. I notice for magneto based systems that this site http://www.etcrevlimiters.com/ might be something there would fit your needs.
Nothing to be sorry about. When things first blow up its not funny, but if you can't have fun with it later then you're in the wrong hobby. After all its just a hobby, not a retirement plan.
Thanks for that website. My googlefu never turned that up, but looks like it might be just the thing. Will have to do more research. Plus 9,000 rpm is its max and that's just right for us. We try to run 8,500 rpm at some point on the track.
Sorry I haven't made the usual clatter this week. Been puttin up hay this last few days (15-16 hrs. a day) Will attenpt to make a ruckus this weekend. Oh, and any loud booms, that would be BD not me...
he's liing ask me I'll tell ya.
welan, my memories of putting up hay with my grandfather in Missouri are hot, humid, hot, sweaty, hot, dusty, and hot. How does a penguin stand it?
Somebody has to supervise from the safety of the freezer/tractor cab...
Fortunately putting up hay these days generally means large bales of hay. I certainly don't like small bales, and air conditioned tractor cabs are the best until the a/c part quits. We haven't started haying yet because its been so wet. Still have some replanting to do too.
Had a head gasket problem at the pull. Looks like a head bolt bottomed out just before it actually torqued down.
Bummer on the gasket.
I recall the smell of hay loaded in the loft of a barn on a hot Summer day. It was a distinct smell that brings back memories of my youth. The barn belonged my Aunt and Uncle who lived in Idaho on the Priest River. They had a large farm and their kids were close in age to my siblings. We would sometimes visit them by taking the Train from Seattle (before Amtrak). I think the station in Seattle is long gone these days but it was a impressive place when it was operating.
Ooops.. pardon me drifting off down the tides of temporal strands. Now where were we?
Well, just to clarify things. We put up our hay in the form of halage (bagged). Did 160 acres in 3 days.
Modern farming is a bit different then what it was when we were growing up (yes I remember baling for a week at a time just to get 30 acres done). The one thing that hasn't changed is machinery still breaks down at the worst possible time...
Modern farming is a bit different then what it was when we were growing up...
-welan
Was that before the introduction of the pointy stick? Or was that after the computer controlled, GPS positioning Combine replaced needing any person to operate the equipment? The years get fuzzy after a while.
Point sticks are still a wonderful farm tool, especially for directing critters to go in a certain direction. We haven't moved into the GPS equipment yet and not sure we have much of a need. Just upgraded from a 4 row to a 6 row corn planter this spring. Still have the 4 row if anyone is interested in buying. It still works fine, grandad planted sweet corn with it. He likes to feed the coons acres of it.
In the city we have hay fever & we use histamine blockers on 'em.
For are animals we use spray bottles the animal police won't let us use anything else.
Well... the quiet is deafening again this weekend. Too hot in my neck of the woods to do much other than sit on the deck with a fan blowing and a cold drink. I hope all the folks that used to stop by the Forum are doing ok, don't much hear from them these days. Hard to know if they are busy or just drifted on to other things.
I must admit it is hard to keep things lively here with the Official Forum pretty much dominating the SUSE traffic. Could use some of those Demon typers that can post while they sleep, eat, brush and floss, testify in Court and other mundane activities. Of course getting those who are in the need of assistance who afterwards then turn around to become the next Gen. of Demon typers assisting others is not a easy task.
So barring questions askers, anyone got any good yarns to past the time with?
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