For the past 48 hours it has been working without fail. To accomplish this required several shutdowns and rebooting both computers. I don't know which 'repair' did the trick.
As for why we did this, my remembery is fuzzy, but it seems to me that it was either to keep CL out, or because they wanted rent for theirs, or both reasons. I don't like to fix stuff that ain't broke, so my current inclination is to leave it alone. However, I am still curious what happened. Why, for example, was the initial problem only in getting to the internet while access to local stuff (printers, etc) still worked? Why did access to everything die completely on my desktop, but the laptop lost access just to the internet? My interest in questions like these is just academic, hopefully to gain knowledge in how to fix things the next time. On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 03:09:52 -0700 Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> dijo: >Fwiw, I didn't mind the refresher on the optics. I didn't really know, >for example, what the Schmidt Plate was all about. >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_corrector_plate > >On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 2:19 PM Michael Rasmussen <mich...@jamhome.us> >wrote: >> >> >> Skip the automation of how telescopes are designed and get to the >> really interesting bit on how it happens. Fascinating. >> >> --- >> Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon >> Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity >> >> On 2021-10-16 13:22, Russell Senior wrote: >> > Here's a nice video on the novel telescopic lens on the normal >> > (i.e. not the Cirrus Flux Camera) camera on our satellite: >> > >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwhCmO90UQ >> > >> > s/University of Portland/Portland State University/g >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:50 PM Russell Senior >> > <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> As promised, here are my slides from the talk (with links): >> >> >> >> https://personaltelco.net/~russell/plug-talk-2021-10-07.pdf >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 8:57 AM Michael Dexter >> >> <dex...@pdxlinux.org> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement >> >> > >> >> > Who: Russell Senior >> >> > What: Russell's Excellent High Altitude Balloon Adventure >> >> > Where: https://meet.jit.si/pdxlinux >> >> > When: Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 7pm >> >> > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom >> >> > >> >> > Russell volunteers with the Portland State Aerospace Society's >> >> > (PSAS) OreSat program as an Industry Advisor. PSAS is a rocket >> >> > club at Portland State University. The OreSat program works >> >> > towards having small interactive satellites put into orbit by >> >> > friendly launch services. OreSat currently consists of three >> >> > small satellites based on a common design, the first one is due >> >> > to launch in January. Russell's role is to help out with a >> >> > system called dxwifi, a long distance S-band communication >> >> > link. The goal is for ground-based student groups around the >> >> > state to receive live video broadcast from orbit as the >> >> > satellite passes overhead. Earlier this year, a high school >> >> > student applied and got our satellite a ride on a high altitude >> >> > balloon through a NASA program. One of the goals was to capture >> >> > wifi data being transmitted by the payload. Because of the >> >> > distances involved, this requires aiming a directional antenna >> >> > at the balloon. This talk will tell the story of how Russell >> >> > waded his way towards a solution using math, some hand tools, >> >> > open-source software and some ingenuity. >> >> > >> >> > About Russell: >> >> > >> >> > Russell has been a Linux user since 1992. He worked for a few >> >> > decades doing data management, programming, and analysis for a >> >> > small scientific consulting firm. Since 2005 he has been deeply >> >> > involved in the Personal Telco Project and trying to bring about >> >> > telecommunications policy in the users interests, while also >> >> > hacking on router firmware. Since 2018, he's been involved in >> >> > an effort to bring at-cost fiber infrastructure to the Portland >> >> > metro area, Municipal Broadband PDX. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior >> >> > on its mailing lists or at its meetings. >> >> > >> >> > PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: >> >> > http://pdxlinux.org/ Follow PLUG on Twitter: >> >> > http://twitter.com/pdxlinux >> >> > >> >> > Michael Dexter >> >> > PLUG Volunteer
