Re: MerriLug: 19" for cheap

2006-12-18 Thread Travis Roy
Has it smoked yet? When I was working at UNH, we had about 30 Mag CRTs dispersed across the labs I was working in. A unit would fail about once per month. A few lost their magic smoke in the process. Needless to say, I have a pretty low opinion of Mag Innovision at this point. I've actu

Re: MerriLug: 19" for cheap

2006-12-18 Thread kenta
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Ben Scott wrote: Has it smoked yet? When I was working at UNH, we had about 30 Mag CRTs dispersed across the labs I was working in. A unit would fail about once per month. A few lost their magic smoke in the process. Needless to say, I have a pretty low opinion of Mag Inn

Re: MerriLug: 19" for cheap

2006-12-18 Thread Ben Scott
On 12/18/06, kenta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Doing some house cleaning and I have a 19" Mag 971FS-S that needs to stop taking up space in my house. Has it smoked yet? When I was working at UNH, we had about 30 Mag CRTs dispersed across the labs I was working in. A unit would fail about onc

Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 21 December, "I had a Secret!" - Swap-fest

2006-12-18 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
Jim, I'll be there this Thursday. -Shawn On 12/14/06, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who : All of us, including you What : Favorite utility, web sites, man pages, debugging techniques Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 21 December **Next Week** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for

MerriLug: 19" for cheap

2006-12-18 Thread kenta
Doing some house cleaning and I have a 19" Mag 971FS-S that needs to stop taking up space in my house. If anyone attending MerriLug this Thursday wants it, yours for $35 or alternatively $30 + 1 Martha's beer :) -Kenta ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Richard Soule
Travis Roy wrote: Not to mention the condition of the house! :) My friend's house was built in 2004 and is in great shape. :) Housing costs are SUBSTANTIALLY lower in Austin (inside the city limits) than in Nashua, NH (inside the city limits). If you move outside the city limits in either ar

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Jon maddog Hall writes: > It snows three to four times a year to the point that the commute becomes > "much > longer". And sometimes those snows happen on weekends or holidays. The > other 200 > working days things are fine. I agree with this sentiment. I probably walk out my door wearing s

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Lussier
R S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I first came to Austin and joined the local LUG, the response I > got from an introduction was "Go home, we don't need another out of > work admin here". Hah! An out-of-work admin. Ben, this guys got some smarts and time on hist hands, quick, sign him up f

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Lussier
Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since you lived in Michigan and your wife lived in Connecticut, I do > not have to tell you about the New England winters. No, but we may have to explain this newer concept of "New England 2nd Spring", or "Early, early, early spring". I seem to remem

Software experiences

2006-12-18 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Hi guys... This may not seem like a Linux question, but behind the curtains, it is... Does anyone have experience/war stories related to Exact Software / Macola ES / e-Synergy ERP software? webERP war stories would also be helpful. (It does run on Linux.) Thanks! --DTVZ _

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Travis Roy
On Dec 18, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Jon maddog Hall wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a quality of life standpoint I think for a bachelor or a young married (but childless) couple who likes to party, this might be true. I think it starts to even out when

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a quality of life standpoint I think for a bachelor or a young married (but childless) couple who likes to party, this might be true. I think it starts to even out when you start to have children. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > W

Re: From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Richard Soule
R S wrote: Hello, my name is Ross and I come to you from Austin, Texas. I went exactly the other way, from Nashua NH to Austin TX (by way of Los Angeles and San Francisco). To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a quality of life standpoint with the one exception being the GNHLUG folks. Of

[OT] Geek taste shows through

2006-12-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
CNET's Anchordesk recently published a review of the 2007 Lexus LS 460L, a technological marvel for a mass production car, but which carries a price tag of about 80,000 USD fully loaded: http://reviews.cnet.com/2007_Lexus_LS_460L/4505-10865_7-32172595.html?tag=nl.e501 After reading the article, i