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Linux does not cache DNS lookups. It queries a nameserver (or /etc/hosts file) every single time it needs it. Since this can be pretty slow, many linux boxes run a name server locally which will answer queries (from itself) and caches the answers. The command to interact with the most common of thes...

There are probably easier ways of doing it, but I found it to be convenient to set up a (free) account with www.avantgo.com, and set up a custom channel for the guide. That way, every time I synced the palm with the PC, I got all of the current guide info at the same time.

I only climbed cracks today, so it remains to be seen if my gamecube and dreamcast training has improved my grip strength.

I actually had much better luck syncing the 'normal' site http://www.redriverclimbing.com/RRCGuideV2/ to my PDA using avantgo, just going a few levels deep. (I tried syncing the single page, but there was a file size restriction) This also gave me the popular routes list, as well as all of the comme...

No fun! I'm always careful about my internet purchases, but still got burned last year right before Christmas when someone stole a reissued credit card out of the mail, which I wasn't even expecting because they sent it a few months early. I hadn't used the card in over a year, so received a note ab...

Definitely better than the alternatives. Thanks for the suggestion, CCG!

Sandy, which server?

I only lost a bit of pride and a bit of skin, tripping over a bench at Miguel's and crashing into the pavement. Ow.

(and after doing just fine on Friction Slab!)

queue ?

I used a graphics program on my linux machine called GIMP. Just copied half-stars and pasted them onto whole stars of the opposite color.