NetMD::libomd created

[Toby|Wintrmute]

Hi all,

I have finished version 0.1 of NetMD::libomd.

This is a Perl module which just simply presents your (NetMD connected)[1]
minidisc as a tied array. Currently it uses Pete Bentley's libomd library for
access, and in a rather inefficient manner too. I'll get a better version out
using proper perl XSUBs sooner or later, but its been awhile since I've coded
XS.

This upshot of this library is that you can now run regexes over tracks :)

eg:
Want to convert underscores to spaces? It's (almost) as easy as:
foreach (@track) {
s/_/ /g;
}   

Do you have compilations out of MP3s, where each track starts with a
number,which is (a) wrong and (b) redundant due to the MD track numbers?
(eg. 02. The running man/09. Careful with that axe eugene/01. Hyperform)
Well, just run a regex on them to fix it up:
foreach (@track) { s/^\d+\.\s*//; }

Anyway, its handy for a few things.


This module is available from:
http://wintrmute.net/software/

It's a little rough at the moment, and documentation could be better, but hey,
its a start. The tarball also includes libomd by Pete, it's a modified version
and excludes the Xmd GUI too. Further instructions are contained in NOTES and
README.

Let me know how you go, and if it works for you or not.
Also, suggestions on the interface -- do you like the way it works, or is it
confusing? Can you think of a better name?

Seeya

Toby


[1]: NetMD is a protocol that various MiniDisc recorders use, which allows you
to transfer music to them via USB, and also do titling, and other such things.
The Open/NMD project is attempting to reverse engineering this protocol, thus
allowing non-Windows systems to utilise it. See here for details:
http://gargoyles.monochromatic.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netmd-dev

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Re: Email full html with images

[alex]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 00:47, Simon Wistow wrote:
> From the MIME::Lite perldocs 

Careful, there's a mistake in those docs, the example produces
non-RFC-compliant mails that break in most mailers that I tried.  I sent
a bug report in October but didn't get a response.

>$msg->attach(Type => 'image/gif',
> Id   => 'myimage.gif',

the rest is ok, but this line should read
Id  => '',

then putting cid:myimage.gif";> in the html part will work 
(or does in all the places I tried so far).


alex

Re: Email full html with images

[Paul Makepeace]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:38:49AM +, David Cantrell wrote:
> * - word defined as \b\w+\b or something similar.  You might like to ban

Are those \b's not redundant?

P

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Re: Email full html with images

[Mark Fowler]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, David Cantrell wrote:

> I use MIME::Lite for sending out comics in email.  Dunno how well it'll play
> with HTML, or how you refer to the embedded images from the HTML.

Not that I've used it, but there is the extension to MIME::Lite,
MIME::Lite::HTML which seems to do all that hard work for you and reduce
all the thinking that you might otherwise have to do.  It also has a table
of how well it works with different mail clients.

  http://search.cpan.org/author/ALIAN/MIME-Lite-HTML/HTML.pm

Mark.

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Re: Email full html with images

[Simon Wistow]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:20:28AM +, Alex McLintock said:
> I can handle the sort of email where it says "Someone has sent you an 
> electronic card, you can view it at this URL."
> but what if I want to include the whole graphic in html email. Is there a 
> standard CPAN module for that? (I can send attachments - but am not sure I 
> understand how images are used in html email).

>From the MIME::Lite perldocs 


   Send an HTML document... with images included!

   $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
To  =>'[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
Subject =>'HTML with in-line images!',
Type=>'multipart/related'
);
   $msg->attach(Type => 'text/html',
Data => qq{ 
Here's my image:
cid:myimage.gif";>
 }
);
   $msg->attach(Type => 'image/gif',
Id   => 'myimage.gif',
Path => '/path/to/somefile.gif',
);
   $msg->send();

Re: Email full html with images

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:20:28AM +, Alex McLintock wrote:
> I'm thinking of throwing together a "christmas card by email" system for a 
> friend who designs stuff, including cards.
> 
> I can handle the sort of email where it says "Someone has sent you an 
> electronic card, you can view it at this URL."
> but what if I want to include the whole graphic in html email. Is there a 
> standard CPAN module for that? (I can send attachments - but am not sure I 
> understand how images are used in html email).

I use MIME::Lite for sending out comics in email.  Dunno how well it'll play
with HTML, or how you refer to the embedded images from the HTML.

> And perhaps most importantly... What sort of things do I have to check for 
> to reduce the likelyhood of my script being used by spammers?

I have to say that I despise this sort of "service".  I don't particularly
care how well-meaning the site is, or who thinks I might be interested in
getting a card from them, but AFAIC it is as near as damnit spam.  So I
guess you can't stop it :-)

But if you insist on doing it ... do not allow users to specify any text
apart from a maximum of two words* and 30 characters for the names of the
recipient and sender; only allow a single message from users at a given
IP per hour; only allow a single message to a given email address per hour;
and certainly don't let users supply their own images; make it possible
for entire domains (eg *@cantrell.org.uk) and specific mail servers
(eg plough.barnyard.co.uk, or 195.149.50.61) to be blocked so that when
an admin screams at your client they can truthfully promise to stop spamming
the users.  Feel free to use my server and my domains to get your database
started.

* - word defined as \b\w+\b or something similar.  You might like to ban
numbers and punctuation altogether.

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Re: Email full html with images

[Roger Burton West]

On or about Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:20:28AM +, Alex McLintock typed:

>but what if I want to include the whole graphic in html email. Is there a 
>standard CPAN module for that? (I can send attachments - but am not sure I 
>understand how images are used in html email).

In the HTML part, give a filename for the image. That filename should
match the filename in the image part. Easy, innit? (I use MIME::Lite.)

>And perhaps most importantly... What sort of things do I have to check for 
>to reduce the likelyhood of my script being used by spammers?

Require a valid email address for the sender - validate it by sending a
confirmation code to that address and requiring it to be entered in the
site. Then put some sort of rate-limiter (by time or IP address) on it.

Roger

Email full html with images

[Alex McLintock]

Hi folks,

I'm thinking of throwing together a "christmas card by email" system for a 
friend who designs stuff, including cards.

I can handle the sort of email where it says "Someone has sent you an 
electronic card, you can view it at this URL."
but what if I want to include the whole graphic in html email. Is there a 
standard CPAN module for that? (I can send attachments - but am not sure I 
understand how images are used in html email).

And perhaps most importantly... What sort of things do I have to check for 
to reduce the likelyhood of my script being used by spammers?

Cheers

Alex



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I have reason to believe that, unlike some job postings, this is a
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[OT] RedHat upgrade

[Alex McLintock]

Sorry for the terribly off topic posting but has anyone done a RedHat 7.x 
upgrade to 8.0?
I was going to take the publisher's edition of RedHat8 and drop it in my 
Linux box's CD drive and see if it could update it automatically.

It is just my development box, so I can "downgrade" apache if necessary.

Alex

Re: Crazy maths proof

[Shevek]

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Chris Ball wrote:

> >> On 2002-12-02 21:40:47, Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
>> I should point out I was shooting for "first post" to get it in
>> before Shevek, Tony, Chris et al rather than any real attempt at
>> technical accuracy :-) :-)
> 
> Why, I'm honoured to be included with such eminent mathematicians[1].
> I'm only a lowly CS undergrad.  :-)

I'm a what?

I'm thinking the best explanation is that "Any instance of the original
formula for a given x is only true exactly at that x anyway." so the whole
thing doesn't make a lot of sense. The "x + .. + x = x^2" is not a 
functional equality, it's simply a statement that "For a given y, x*y=x^2 
at x=y" and only there. So the whole differentiation thing makes no sense.

> step 1: a = b
> step 2: a2 = ab  [ after you multiply both sides by a ]
> step 3: a2 - b2 = ab - b2   [ subtract b2 from both sides ]
> step 4: (a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b) [ factor both sides ]
> step 5: (a + b) = 1b   [ divide both sides by (a - b) ]

= 0, as we all know.

> step 6: 2b = 1b   [ since a = b, (a + b) = 2b ]
> step 7: 2 = 1  [ after you divide both sides by b ]

S.

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sub AUTOLOAD{my$i=$AUTOLOAD;my$x=shift;$i=~s/^.*://;print"$x\n";eval
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RE: Crazy maths proof

[Cal Henderson]

: assume two numbers a & b, where a = b.
: 
: step 1: a = b
: step 2: a2 = ab  [ after you multiply both sides by a ]

pffft

but it did confuse me for about 10 minutes.

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Re: Crazy maths proof

[Chris Ball]

>> On 2002-12-02 21:40:47, Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

   > I should point out I was shooting for "first post" to get it in
   > before Shevek, Tony, Chris et al rather than any real attempt at
   > technical accuracy :-) :-)

Why, I'm honoured to be included with such eminent mathematicians[1].
I'm only a lowly CS undergrad.  :-)

   > P (I think it's right though...)

Me too.  Another common feature of these sorts of puzzles is tricking
you with a division error or something.  This one took me longer than 
it should have done:  (with lame markup from the original left intact)

==
assume two numbers a & b, where a = b.

step 1: a = b
step 2: a2 = ab  [ after you multiply both sides by a ]
step 3: a2 - b2 = ab - b2   [ subtract b2 from both sides ]
step 4: (a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b) [ factor both sides ]
step 5: (a + b) = 1b   [ divide both sides by (a - b) ]
step 6: 2b = 1b   [ since a = b, (a + b) = 2b ]
step 7: 2 = 1  [ after you divide both sides by b ]
==

- Chris.
  [1]: You were talking about me rather than another Chris, right?  :-)
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