RE: Pruning e-mail attachments.

2006-03-31 Thread Brian
Congratulations on increasing the local population density just a bit in favor of the smart people :) As for the attachments, ISTR when I was mucking around with something mildly related a few years back you could grep for something like "multipart boundary" in the headers. This identifies a rand

RE: People still interested in shared colo?

2006-03-29 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > > Oh, that dodge also brings this to mind... > > http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva?/Merchant2/merchant.mv+Scr > een=PROD&Store_Code=SC&Product_Code=CK147&Category_Code=1UE > > Neat, eh? > > --DTVZ Yeah, almost makes me want to find a reason to buy one :) _

RE: People still interested in shared colo?

2006-03-29 Thread Brian
I've actually got a couple of Cisco 2511 Async servers. I didn't think about serial consoles, but I guess that can be provided as well if there is a need. In the 8 years I've had a server colo'd, I've never had a need for a serial console though. > -Original Message- > > Serial consol

Re: Bluetooth Serial port?

2006-03-28 Thread Brian Chabot
gt; device to the bluetooth serial. That's definitely a start in the right direction. The entire file is commented out though. I'll play with it and see what happens. Thanks! Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug

Bluetooth Serial port?

2006-03-28 Thread Brian Chabot
is silent... so is /var/log/messages. They just tell me the dongle is a HID and the modules loaded OK. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: People still interested in shared colo?

2006-03-18 Thread Brian
Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher Chisholm > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:16 AM > To: Brian > Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: People still interested in shared colo? > > > My company has b

RE: People still interested in shared colo?

2006-03-16 Thread Brian
Since people have been asking, I am thinking about $50/U/Month would be fair. Let me know what you think. > -Original Message- > > Sorry if that sounds a little restricting, but I figure it's > better to be clear upfront. > > As part of this setup you would get: > Rackspace > Power > R

People still interested in shared colo?

2006-03-16 Thread Brian
ts *minimal* amount of hot-hands work if needed Bandwidth (we'll say unlimited for now, but this setup is NOT for mega-torrent hosting, pr0n serving, etc. You CAN run a commercial site though). Primary DNS server access If anyone is interested please let me know... Thanks, Brian. _

RE: FYI: Maddog article

2006-03-08 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Richard Soule > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:19 AM > To: GNHLUG > Subject: Re: FYI: Maddog article > > From the article: > > So what makes you happy? > > "Good friends. Enthusiastic studen

RE: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-07 Thread Brian
Not at all. Anyone who has their own domain, or works from home and uses their employers email server for outgoing mail, is sending legitimate, non-spam email out on port 25. > -Original Message- > > -- the largest being that most mail going out to port 25 from > residential conne

RE: METROCAST BLOCKS RESIDENTIAL E-MAIL

2006-03-07 Thread Brian
I think there is a reason the OP put OUTBOUND in all caps. This isn't about running your own SMTP server at home, it's about using a non-Metrocast SMTP server to SEND mail to others. In the last 10 years I've been actively using an internet connection, I've *never* used my ISP's mail servers. I'

Re: LinuxWorld Early Bird Discounts Extended to 10 March

2006-03-06 Thread Brian Chabot
r in advance. > > http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS06A So how does one register to staff the booth? I did it last year and loved it. I'd like to do it again. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http:/

Re: USB Mixers/soundcards

2006-02-27 Thread Brian Chabot
Brian Chabot wrote: >Numark DM950USB DJ Mixer - About $79 plus $15 shipping on eBay - doesn't >come with anything but cables. > > Well... I dropped the $100 and got one of these. In Mandriva Linux 2006 with all the latest patches, the DM950USB was auto detected and the driver

USB Mixers/soundcards

2006-02-22 Thread Brian Chabot
uot; kernel module should work but I was interested if anyone has actually done this before shelling out the money... Thanks. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Chabot
ince >coupling may be quite different between the two. A good test is to >have someone not holding the portable in the bag touch the fence, >etc., (but not a power line), which should make a marked difference in >the signal. > Excellent

RE: How times have changed

2006-02-15 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:27 PM > To: GNHLUG > Subject: Re: How times have changed > > "Hiring manager" as in "manager in charge of hiring people, > working in the HR depar

Re: Help build the new GNHLUG Internet server

2006-02-10 Thread Brian Chabot
ut I think the ease of use due to familiarity of Mailman might be enough of a reason to keep it. I really don't see any significant advantage to switching. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

2006-02-02 Thread Brian
  don't forget the semicolon. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:23 AM > To: GNHLUG mailing list > Subject: HTML question (&nbst) > > My manager is making a new contact DB for our comp

RE: Carn1v0re?

2006-01-25 Thread Brian
YZSNB! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steven W. Orr > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:32 AM > > Zr gbb ;-) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://m

RE: Carn1v0re?

2006-01-24 Thread Brian
Because $5M worth of software development can be easily fooled by number/vowel substitution? I hope the t3rr0r1sts d0n't f1nd 0ut! > -Original Message- > I just wanna know, why didn't you just say Carnivore? > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Linux World?

2006-01-14 Thread Brian Chabot
oss to pay my way... (unlikely he'll say yes...).. Thanks, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Homework problems (was: extract string)

2006-01-10 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jim Kuzdrall > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:45 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: Homework problems (was: extract string) > > > All of us will care when the country has

RE: Homework problems (was: extract string)

2006-01-10 Thread Brian
Answer C: Who cares? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:01 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Homework problems (was: extract string) > > Assume it is a homework problem.

Re: Long connection pauses?

2006-01-08 Thread Brian Chabot
On Sunday 08 January 2006 09:37 pm, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Ben Scott wrote: > |On 1/8/06, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |>I have a relatively new machine that pauses for 20-120 seconds between > |>SYN/ACK and issuing the banner on all TCP connections. > >

Long connection pauses?

2006-01-08 Thread Brian Chabot
look to find out what is causing this? TIA, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: One more bites the dust

2006-01-05 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Buskey > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: One more bites the dust > > > The Blackberry offers wireless syncin

RE: One more bites the dust

2006-01-05 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Neil Schelly > They've said they intend to continue both the PalmOS and > Windows handhelds and I can tell you my 650 is great! I don't > think there's actually anything better about the 700w over

Re: free dns with logging

2006-01-03 Thread Brian Chabot
can be pretty burdensome once you have more than a handfull of customers using the service. As a standalone facility though, you could pull it off without too much trouble, I would think. Just my $.02 Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: X memory leak?

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
>> > > And you're wondering why it's slow? ;-) > > LOL... ...Actually, it runs nice and quick for the first week. By the third week, it crawls. reminds me of a well-oiled Win95 box. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss m

X memory leak?

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
t for the desktop and running Mozilla, Konqueror, xmms, and a bunch of Eterms, and 4 epplets on 4 virtual desktops. X should NOT take that much virtual memory. Anyone have any ideas? Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Advocacy - Was: Re: Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
have caught on in the US. I can see it now... "The Happy Hydra Penguin Gourmet Internet Cafe"... Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Advocacy - Was: Re: Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

2005-12-22 Thread Brian Chabot
strange... and then I let them know they just used Linux and it obviously wasn't as difficult as they may have thought. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Ruminations on an SSH attack

2005-12-18 Thread Brian Chabot
e a pain if your user bas changes.. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

2005-12-12 Thread Brian Chabot
originally waited for the handset, I asked for the settings so I could try BYOD till it arrived and they sent them right away. I got up and running with gphone pretty quickly. One of the things I really like is the option to email your voicemail

RE: Ticketing System Suggestions

2005-11-23 Thread Brian Karas
So, they'd rather bitch than learn/use a free tool to make their company more efficient and productive? Fuck 'em. > -Original Message- > So the bosses are bitching about it > and not using it. Because they're not using it the tickets > get out of control since they never get closed p

RE: htt daemon eating up my internet connection

2005-11-22 Thread Brian
Google has a few hits. http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:SbYn0r9K8ZQJ:rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedor a/2/i386/iiimf-server-11.4-43.i386.html+linux+htt+daemon&hl=en also, running tcpdump against whatever NIC is associated with your LAN that leads to the internet might prove useful also. Or, just ru

Re: SOHO Backups?

2005-11-15 Thread Brian Chabot
known what the useful life would be if the drive is stored. HDD lifetimes are measured for drives in use as about 3 years, IIRC. How long they will last with minumal use and proper storage is anyone's guess. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss m

RE: CRAC

2005-11-04 Thread Brian
A war story of mine... In (I think '98 or '99) when Global Crossing was just getting their network going I was working for Lucent as the Senior Resident Engineer overseeing their deployment of Lucent ATM switches world-wide. This was at GC's main NOC in Southfield, MI. Their operations spanned 3

Re: OT: CRAC

2005-11-03 Thread Brian Chabot
ms they forgot to hook up the drain tube. (It was actually draining ON the top of the rack and this was no trickle.) Lesson learned: If you can't make your own cooling system, spend the blasted money and do it right the first time. check ever

Re: bogus emails...............

2005-11-02 Thread Brian Chabot
the email on the connect string. Your email will effectively be removed from the spammer's list as one that bounces. I usually add a message something like "Spammer. Go Away" as my message. If you don't want to tip your hand, just put "Unauthorized." I'm sure others

64-bit RPM/APT based systems - Worth it?

2005-10-29 Thread Brian Chabot
e would be a certain lossin performance, but for instance, would a commercial version of UT2004 for Linux be able to run on a 64-bit system? Any info you all might have here would be useful... thanks, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@

Re: Linux + Windows install question

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Chabot
t configuration. The Windows bootloader will not recognize other OS's but lilo or grub is perfectly OK with giving you the choice. Definitely Windows first Now whether to put the second HDD on as a slave or as a primary on the second controller That is the

Speaking of privacy/security concerns... (back on topic)

2005-10-26 Thread Brian Chabot
rhaps as a password replacement either got login or for a password safe... Anyone know of such a monster? Sourceforge seems to have the answer of "no". Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/m

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Abreau > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:18 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID > chips Nov.

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
> just as you can challenge a radar device on > its calibration. Have you ever tried that? I have. It doesn't work very well. The radar companies basically train the cops on how to defend themselves and their radar units in court. ___ gnhlug-dis

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
Plausible, yes. But with ntp, GPS clock-syncing, etc, this is getting a little bit tinfoilhat-ish. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Abreau > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:01 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subje

Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian Chabot
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Paul Lussier wrote: > What good is the anti-static bag if you have to remove it to go > through the toll booths? > > Wed Oct 26 09:02:48 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 128 > Wed Oct 26 09:47:10 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 91 > ---

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian
This statement could be taken a little further. At no point in this thread have you actually contributed anything useful. You lobbed in a comment along the lines of "just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're out to get you". Your initial comment essentially implied that you took issue

Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Chabot
ell, the tint on my front windshield is enough to block the signal. (I really wish they'd go back to the tokens. They were a better value and pretty much anonymous.) Now I *know* we all can find antistatic bags laying around. If there were a cheap RFID locator, we could j

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian
The range isn't really that limited. There are simple plans on the 'net to build an RFID sniffer that can excite and read most RFID tags from several meters away. I agree, I am not quite sure what all the huff about the HP printers is about though. > -Original Message- > The range is so

Re: Suggestions for SOHO email service

2005-10-17 Thread Brian Chabot
ction come from a trusted source even though the email is spam. (I work in the abuse dept. and see lots of people report their own backup MX server as a spam source because of this...) Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Reading Office Files in Linux...

2005-09-26 Thread Brian Chabot
Anyone know of a program in Linux that can read a password protected M$ Word 2000 file? I have the password, but OO.org tells me it can't do pssworded files... Ditto for Kword... TIA, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-di

RE: Management Decisions (Was: Re: Email based trouble ticketing system)

2005-09-14 Thread Brian
RUN! > -Original Message- > When we upgraded to the newest version of imail they changed > the webmail interface and we went through weeks of "but this > is different". > > What I'm hoping to do is setup something in tandem where mail > gets delivered to the new server and gets passed

RE: Email based trouble ticketing system

2005-09-13 Thread Brian
You could use the one I wrote at my last company, but it would be easier to just adapt RT accordingly, rather than start all anew. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:44 PM > To: GNHLUG m

IT/Network admin job opening

2005-09-07 Thread Brian
interested, the job is in Maynard, MA. -- Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: SEOs -- what's the prevailing attitude?

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Chabot
red abuse. (It' my job.) What I can say is from my experience, frequend, meaningful updates and new content relevent ot the web site's subject do get you noticed by the search engines. At least that's what I found with my job hunt web site when I was

Re: SEOs -- what's the prevailing attitude?

2005-09-06 Thread Brian Chabot
updates... There are also bad ways: blogspamming, keyword loading (white on white or black on black text...), useless web pages that exist solely for spiders, etc. ...just my opinion... as someone who works at an abuse desk... Brian ___ gnhlug

Re: Ink jet refill kit experiences?

2005-08-31 Thread Brian Chabot
lly bothered to look. I print little enough that it isn't a major concern. HTH, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Laptop Suggestions

2005-08-24 Thread Brian Karas
I've had excellent results with FC on Thinkpads lately. Both on my older X20 (which recently died) and on my current T42. The t42 has built-in blootooth, wifi, NIC, 1400x1050 screen (yeah, odd resolution), etc. All supported very nicely under FC3. As well as dual-head support (laptop LCD as h

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
GRR. Any way... Problem solved. Thanks for the help and allowing me to vent. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Aug 18, 2005, at 13:13, Brian Chabot wrote: Uhh... Is the "anything" a literal here? I have nothing before the @hostname line. Yeah, here's the relevant bit: #Support for a virtual alias domain looks like: We must be looking at

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
sion of postfix, but are trying to obfuscate the real hostnames from us (example.com can sometimes make for cleaner examples). Yup. Brian ...who is beginning to think sendmail was easier... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlu

Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
s_domains in main.cf and /etc/postfix/virtual then run postmap, all of which I did by the book. A debug gave me the reason as: Aug 18 09:56:07 rigor3 postfix/smtpd[26331]: generic_checks: name=reject status=2 Any idea what I'm missing here? Thanks, Brian _

Re: DSL with no landline

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
y fwiw. I know Speakeasy has been offering DSL sans landline POTS for a while now. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
ly as long ago as 1.0 kernel based systems, I do remember that some distributions still had problems). Is there a way to specify on boot the new location? Like... linux RMPDIR=/home/tmp ...or something like that? Brian PS: Linking /tmp to /home/tmp seems to be working so far. New hardwa

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
Steven W. Orr wrote: On Friday, Aug 12th 2005 at 14:18 -0400, quoth Brian Chabot: =>How do you change the directory used for TMPDIR system wide? Use the TMPDIR environment variable. Most things (especially things that you write) will honor it. That was my question. How does

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
Mark Komarinski wrote: Would it be easier to symlink /tmp to the desired location? You won't need to change TMPDIR. I wasn't sure if most programs would honor a symlink I know I had trouble doing that with mail spools... I'll give it a try though.

Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
How do you change the directory used for TMPDIR system wide? (It's Mandrake 10.0) I ask because the partition used by /tmp (the root filesystem... don't ask. It's an old legacy system) is filling up FAST on an old machine.

RE: DNS post mortem

2005-08-09 Thread Brian
I don't think anything has really changed at all. Before GNAPS was forwarding DNS queries to you ( which *works*, but is bad form to have have the same box do DNS and WWW/FTP/POP/SMTP/etc serving), now you have a different ISP in a different state, and you need someone else to host or forward DN

Free stuff

2005-07-29 Thread Brian
cs, cables, boxes, etc. Just the board in an anti-static bag. First people to come over to my house can have 1 (or 2 or 3, or a 10pack case). I have 20 total. They're linux-friendly. Here is a link to a description of the board: http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/supermicro/SUPER%20370SE

RE: Home Automation Question

2005-07-27 Thread Brian
I've found over the years that you really don't want to depend solely on a PC for your day-to-day scheduling stuff. An outboard, dedicated unit is more reliable and easier to manage in the end. Then, you tie in your PC for the one-off control stuff, remote access, etc. I'm using a JDS Stargate (

Customer support job opening

2005-07-21 Thread Brian
I'm currently hiring/interviewing people for this position, which might be of interest to some on the list: http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=32217681&AVSDM=2005%2D07%2D20+ 13%3A09%3A49&Logo=1&q=TIZOR&cy=US This position requires continuous customer interaction, primarily by telephon

RE: Anyone done anything with MythTV?

2005-07-18 Thread Brian
Check with Scooter. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steven W. Orr > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 2:05 PM > To: GNHLUG > Subject: Anyone done anything with MythTV? > > I'm possibly interested in pursuing it. > > -- _

RE: Anyone done anything with MythTV?

2005-07-18 Thread Brian
Travis Roy > -Original Message- > From: Steven W. Orr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 2:35 PM > To: Brian > Subject: RE: Anyone done anything with MythTV? > > On Monday, Jul 18th 2005 at 14:17 -0400, quoth Brian: > > =>Check wit

RE: Asterisk question (solved)

2005-07-15 Thread Brian
I was going to suggest that, but I figured you wouldn't miss something so obvious. LOL! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:42 PM > To: Ed Robbins > Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject

RE: domain (especially email) hosting from home

2005-07-15 Thread Brian
Setup your distro-of-choice, along with sendmail and webmin. Webmin makes it very easy to add accounts, aliases, etc if you're not an uber-sendmail guru. Then, you just need an MX record setup in your DNS entries to point mail to your hostname (and then of course, another enrty that resolves th

Re: access beyond end of device?

2005-07-11 Thread Brian Chabot
Frank DiPrete wrote: On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 15:59 -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: I just noticed a somewhat disturbing entry in my logs Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: hdb1: rw=0, want=7144059272, limit=40017852

access beyond end of device?

2005-07-08 Thread Brian Chabot
I just noticed a somewhat disturbing entry in my logs Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: hdb1: rw=0, want=7144059272, limit=40017852 Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23 ho

Speaking of OSS in schools

2005-07-07 Thread Brian
Ripped from the headlines of /.: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4642461.stm How schools can get free software school computer room Schools' computer costs have been rising The UK government's school computing agency, Becta, has said schools could save costs by switching to what is known as

RE: letter to the Telegraph

2005-07-06 Thread Brian
An excellent letter! I hope they publish it, but I'm not holding my breath. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Lembree > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: letter to the Telegraph > > I hav

Re: X crash

2005-06-23 Thread Brian Chabot
Brian Chabot wrote: I now need to find a page that I can send *others* to so they can try and reproduce it. Got it. I copied the report to: http://iarwain.mortis.org/bad.html and sanitized it a bit. Going there *INSTANTLY* crashes X if I use Mozilla. Reproducable ALL the time. Going

X crash

2005-06-23 Thread Brian Chabot
Ok, this is really just wierd. I'm running the newest Mandriva 2005LE: Linux 2.6.11-6mdk #1 Tue Mar 22 16:04:32 CET 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz unknown GNU/Linux Running x.org version 6.8.2-7.1.102mdkv standard install from RPM. I start up Mozilla (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i

RE: Causes of router/switch hangs?

2005-06-18 Thread Brian
The wall warts provided with those devices almost always handle power surges and sags well enough that I doubt any sort of "dirty power" is likely to be the culprit. Long cables can sometimes cause odd problems, either directly, or indirectly by causing things like lots of fragments, retransmits,

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
FWIW, I don't use MOV-based devices as any sort of surge-protector either. I'm well aware of their limitations. I've always had Leviton whole-house surge suppressors on my houses. They install right at the electrical panel and have a far greater chance of being effective than a power-strip solut

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
Interesting, I've never heard of that problem before. Most surge protectors are really only a couple of MOV's anyway. Do you have a link or something handy that has more detail? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Neil Joseph Sche

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
Shouldn't be a problem at all, just don't exceed the VA (wattage) rating of your UPS. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Cook > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:13 AM > To: GNHLUG > Subject: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into

RE: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing?

2005-06-13 Thread Brian
Webex has worked well for us, even with Firefox :) It's 33 cents per user per minute on the pay-as-you-go plan, which is a reasonabler ate. For 2 person "point to point" type deals, www.convoq.com is great (and free). > > Curiously enough, when I went web surfing for this kind of > service th

RE: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing?

2005-06-12 Thread Brian
http://www.webex.com Works well enough for us. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hewitt Tech > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 7:28 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing? >

Re: [Pedantic RANT] Re: [HUMOR] End Times

2005-06-08 Thread Brian Chabot
Jason Stephenson wrote: I *SO* want to invoke Godwin's Law on this thread. Isn't that just invoking Quirk's exception? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [HUMOR] End Times

2005-06-06 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Jun 6, 2005, at 23:28, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Now if I could just get the e-mail address of whoever I'm supposed to be repenting *to*. Well, that's either root or nobody, depending on your religious persuasion. Or if you're Catholic you could write a lengthy and c

RE: [OT] GoDaddy feedback

2005-06-02 Thread Brian
FWIW, your experiences with GoDaddy are just about exactly what I would expect from them, based on my own observations of other friends who have used their "services". > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Randy Edwards > Sent: Thursd

RE: [OT] I'm on the radio.. no really..

2005-06-01 Thread Brian
Sweet, will you be singing autographs at the next GNHLUG meeting? Are the t-shirts available yet? Or the posable action figure? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:43 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss

OT: Martha's Exchange Contact info

2005-05-13 Thread Brian Chabot
Please forgive this OT question but I figured someone here might know... Is there an email address where I might ask a few question regarding renting the upstairs function room at Martha's? Their Official website is uhh... sparse. Thanks,

RE: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
While you're throwing out handy URL's, don't overlook: http://www.phanderson.com/ :) Also, I don't think I've ever paid for a Dallas, Maxim, or NatSemi part. Their engineering samples programs are pretty generous. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
I have. I rolled my own. http://www.karas.net/homeautomation/temp_mon_front.jpg http://www.karas.net/homeautomation/temp_mon_pcb.jpg Basic Stamp, SitePlayer, Dallas 1-wire sensors, some bits of code and you have a monitor that can keep track of a couple of dozen temps that has a serial port and

RE: [OT] Help kill the Surveillance State Bill

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
Yeah, that wearable computer guy in Seattle or Toronto I think. Interesting idea, but pointless. If you go to buy a 1/5 of Jack Daniels (for example) you have to show ID. YOU are the one initiating a sequence of events that you know will setoff a request for your ID. It is not "sane" to require

Re: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian Chabot
like [EMAIL PROTECTED] or whatever. Sometimes you just wish you could reach through the lines and strangle people. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian
To me, it one of those "laundry list" things you do to tighten security on a box. If you have a very random root password, then this is probably not as useful as other things like applying security patches, setting up something like tripwire and restricting access by IP. However it doesn't HURT a

RE: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian
Couple of things come to mind, not as resolutions, but as best practices... 1, NEVER allow root access via SSH. You should have to login as a user, and then su - to root, or better yet setup a sudoers file. 2, ONLY allow ssh connections from trusted IPs, not the whole world. Those 2 things alon

RE: [OT} IT Contracting Companies

2005-05-05 Thread Brian
Thanks for the heads-up! I was just about to call them. :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 10:43 AM > To: Kenneth E. Lussier > Cc: GNHLUG > Subject: Re: [OT} IT Contracting Companies > >

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