Re: [eug-lug]New year's resolution...
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 03:19:44PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > OTOH, the 1920x1200 24" displays (WUXGA, I think) look awfully nice. > They're cheaper than a big screen TV, and they have a much higher > resolution than HDTV. It'd work well as a TV if you can sit within > ten or fifteen feet of it, and it'd work extremely well as a monitor. > For the money you saved on the plasma screen, you can add a low-noise, > high performance PC and a TV tuner card. Running Linux w/ > xine/mplayer and MythTV/Freevo, of course. I'd hold out for 2160 horizontal resolution since the scaling is perfect 2:1 for 1080i HDTV if you're looking at the 24" display as a TV. Lower resolutions are reasonably nicely interpolated if there any attempt to do so correctly simply because anything over 2:1 can be made to work without getting too blurry. Brightness may be a factor, but I expect that a 24" display is going to be backlit similar to Apple's 20 and 23" models--much brighter than any laptop you've ever seen. Ever. A factor for me is that the gamma ramp is different than it should be (TVs tend to be brighter and have color temperatures which approach blue.) Another is that interpolation tends to cause some things to be darker because they are small and lose some of their sharp edges if the interpolation isn't done right (it's not in this instance..) Getting it right is doable if they hardware knows how, but I'm using software which makes some assumptions. It's not been enough of a problem to warrant special efforts to correct--I just raise the brightness to full when watching TV. ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]OT - Mars Landing 18:45 PST
Sat Jan 3 01:26:31 PST 2004 Today's hot ticket: Live coverage of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit's landing on Mars begins at 9:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, January 3 and continues through Sunday and into Monday. => that's 6.45pm PST! See it on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (needs RealOne plugin) -- [ SiMpLe MaChInEs ] --> gopher://beaker.mdns.org or (via proxy) http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite?gopher://beaker.mdns.org:70/1 ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]New year's resolution...
My primary concerns... Brightness, sharpness, size, PC compatibility. Dell's new 20" LCD is a serious upgrade over their old one. Thus the supposed price increase. The new panel they are using is a 16 or 25ms panel which is fast for something of that size. Lots of updates that make that a very worthwhile panel from the review I've read on it. But.. 20" is not big enough for more than one person to watch movies on AND it's not a 16:9 screen. Television is my last concern. I've been hunting for the right plasma without a tuner of any sort. Newer plasma technologies produce sharper pictures with truer colors and less 'pixeled' edges. Hitachi and Pioneer seem to have the most of what I want in a screen. But the models I want are considered "industrial use" and aren't available locally. The better plasmas also take a UXGA signal ((1600x1200) compressed into a 1024x1024 box) and various others such as WXGA (1280x768) producing a near perfect picture on a widescreen monitor. Alas, if you look at the price of a high end 24" LCD it is at least half the price of a good 42" plasma. Lastly, I already have the high performance PC part of the picture ;-) Mr O. --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In November, Dell was selling their 20" 1600x1200 LCD panels > for $750. > They're back up to $1000 now. > > OTOH, the 1920x1200 24" displays (WUXGA, I think) look awfully > nice. > They're cheaper than a big screen TV, and they have a much > higher > resolution than HDTV. It'd work well as a TV if you can sit > within > ten or fifteen feet of it, and it'd work extremely well as a > monitor. > For the money you saved on the plasma screen, you can add a > low-noise, > high performance PC and a TV tuner card. Running Linux w/ > xine/mplayer and MythTV/Freevo, of course. __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]regarding "getting dumped"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyways, I think the "two pass" behavior Hal mentioned is the best > reason _not_ to use 'dump' - inode errors can't be a good thing. > I've got a 20 GB drive & an old AT box lying around doing nothing > so I think I might look into setting up AMANDA or something similar. > Its overkill but as long as it doesn't involve almanacs I should > be OK, eh? I would disrecommend Amanda. I set it up for our home network about three years ago. At that time, it had these problems: assumed tape as backup medium. assumed several disk partitions fit on one tape. was poorly maintained. That was three years ago, and I'd love to hear that it's much better now. In the meantime, I'd suggest an rsync based backup. Unfortunately, I don't know of any free, packaged solutions for that, just a wealth of info on the 'net for rolling your own. http://www.google.com/search?q=rsync+backup -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]New year's resolution...
Mr O wrote: > Mine is 1600x1200. I'm looking to make my other resolution a 42" > or 43" Plasma that will handle that signal too (compressed, but > still capable of taking it!) In November, Dell was selling their 20" 1600x1200 LCD panels for $750. They're back up to $1000 now. OTOH, the 1920x1200 24" displays (WUXGA, I think) look awfully nice. They're cheaper than a big screen TV, and they have a much higher resolution than HDTV. It'd work well as a TV if you can sit within ten or fifteen feet of it, and it'd work extremely well as a monitor. For the money you saved on the plasma screen, you can add a low-noise, high performance PC and a TV tuner card. Running Linux w/ xine/mplayer and MythTV/Freevo, of course. -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug] [sechrest@peak.org: [lug] Upcoming Lug talk - 1/6/2004 6:30]
I don't know if this was posted on EUGLUG's mailing list or not. Hal Pomeranz is speaking to the MWVLUG in Corvallis on Tuesday night. I'm looking forward to it. - Forwarded message from John Sechrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: John Sechrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:02:48 -0800 Subject: [lug] Upcoming Lug talk - 1/6/2004 6:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Authentication-Warning: holodoc.peak.org: majordom set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 MVLUG Date: 2004/01/06 Time: 6:30pm Location: Owen 101 - OSU campus Speaker: Hal Palmeranz "Being Your Own IT Department: Moving Day" Sure, moving from one state to another is complicated and stressful. But being a geek who runs their own business from home adds a whole different layer of problems. Dealing with 15 computers (plus printers, fax, etc), coping with the switch from DSL service with dedicated IPs to cable with a single dynamic IP, finding the right co-lo, and negotiating with the local telco are just some of the adventures described in this humorous and hair-raising real life story. Hal Pomeranz is a nationally known instructor for the SANS Institute, senior technical contributor to the Center for Internet Security's Unix Benchmark documents, and technical editor for SysAdmin Magazine. This talk covers his recent experiences moving to Eugene, OR from the San Francisco Bay Area. - End forwarded message - -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]Mirra "server"
Happy hacking. It's probably just a custom Apache or something setup since everything is done through a browser type interface with their software. Maybe an old kernel too? --- Linux Rocks ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a simular, and not completely unrelated subject Someone > posted this to > another list Im on: > http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/02/personal.server.ap/index.html > > 2 things I noticed about this backup computer are: > 1) it doesnt acually support linux (works with win 2000, and > XP) > 2) file size limit of 2.1GB(claimed a linux limit) is that > acurate? __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]regarding "getting dumped"
On a simular, and not completely unrelated subject Someone posted this to another list Im on: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/02/personal.server.ap/index.html 2 things I noticed about this backup computer are: 1) it doesnt acually support linux (works with win 2000, and XP) 2) file size limit of 2.1GB(claimed a linux limit) is that acurate? On Saturday 03 January 2004 01:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Thanks for all the feedback! I would have replied sooner but for : some reason didn't get that particular list digest. : : Anyways, I think the "two pass" behavior Hal mentioned is the best : reason _not_ to use 'dump' - inode errors can't be a good thing. : I've got a 20 GB drive & an old AT box lying around doing nothing : so I think I might look into setting up AMANDA or something similar. : Its overkill but as long as it doesn't involve almanacs I should : be OK, eh? : : Cheers, : Beaker : -- : [ SiMpLe MaChInEs ] --> gopher://beaker.mdns.org :or (via proxy) : http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite?gopher://beaker.mdns.org:70/1 : ___ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- what's the difference between chattr and chmod? SomeLamer: man chattr > 1; man chmod > 2; diff -u 1 2 | less -- Seen on #linux on irc ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]regarding "getting dumped"
Thanks for all the feedback! I would have replied sooner but for some reason didn't get that particular list digest. Anyways, I think the "two pass" behavior Hal mentioned is the best reason _not_ to use 'dump' - inode errors can't be a good thing. I've got a 20 GB drive & an old AT box lying around doing nothing so I think I might look into setting up AMANDA or something similar. Its overkill but as long as it doesn't involve almanacs I should be OK, eh? Cheers, Beaker -- [ SiMpLe MaChInEs ] --> gopher://beaker.mdns.org or (via proxy) http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite?gopher://beaker.mdns.org:70/1 ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]I'm back!
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:37:48AM -0500, Linux Rocks! wrote: > : What??? I wasn't an Oregonian before, just because I didn't have a > : chainsaw? Had I known, I would have bought one in Ashland on the way > : in. > > If you dont have a chainsaw on your keyring, next to your bike lock key, and > your earth first key tag, then your just not an oregonian. sorry... Almost nobody outside of Eugene must be an Oregonian then. ;) > Seriously thougth... weird things like one calamaty after another is rather > normal in oregon... Im just surprised you didnt have any events when blasting > the tree peices out of your driveway! We have had some rather interesting weather of some sort or another every year in Oregon as far back as I can remember. ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]Re: EuG-LUG Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2
> > Dirk, the device should look the same to your computer whether you use the > usb cradle or the simpler usb hotsync cable... I haven't much else to offer, > sorry = ) > >Ben > > PS - oh, yeah: be wary of anything vizor-specific, since you have a sony > palmOS device (which is not a Vizor, exactly, but most of the stuff should > be the same). Does your use PalmOS v4 ? > > PPS - have you seen http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PalmOS-HOWTO/ ?? > I *highly* suggest always searching tldp.org (ie, linuxdoc.org) when trying > to find things out; it might be hard to believe but this can be *more* > helpful than google! (ie foofle.com) The Clie uses Palm 4.1. Dirk ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]I'm back!
On Saturday 03 January 2004 03:45 am, Bob Miller wrote: : Larry Price wrote: : > >Anyway, all systems are operational again. When we got to town this : > >evening, we bought a chainsaw. Next time, we'll be prepared. : > : > You do realize that you are now officially an Oregonian. : : What??? I wasn't an Oregonian before, just because I didn't have a : chainsaw? Had I known, I would have bought one in Ashland on the way : in. If you dont have a chainsaw on your keyring, next to your bike lock key, and your earth first key tag, then your just not an oregonian. sorry... Seriously thougth... weird things like one calamaty after another is rather normal in oregon... Im just surprised you didnt have any events when blasting the tree peices out of your driveway! Jamie : : Does Anne need her own saw, or are we both covered by the one I : bought? -- We are Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated. -- seen in someone's .signature ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]I'm back!
I think it's having used a chainsaw to overcome a weather related event ;-) And yes Anne definitely needs a chainsaw of her own, how else is she supposed to keep you in line? On Saturday, January 3, 2004, at 12:45 AM, Bob Miller wrote: Larry Price wrote: Anyway, all systems are operational again. When we got to town this evening, we bought a chainsaw. Next time, we'll be prepared. You do realize that you are now officially an Oregonian. What??? I wasn't an Oregonian before, just because I didn't have a chainsaw? Had I known, I would have bought one in Ashland on the way in. Does Anne need her own saw, or are we both covered by the one I bought? -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- "You are the eventuality of an anomaly , which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. " -The Architect "Microsoft has resolved this issue. We have put processes in place to ensure there is no recurrence of this eventuality." -Microsoft ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]I'm back!
Larry Price wrote: > >Anyway, all systems are operational again. When we got to town this > >evening, we bought a chainsaw. Next time, we'll be prepared. > > You do realize that you are now officially an Oregonian. What??? I wasn't an Oregonian before, just because I didn't have a chainsaw? Had I known, I would have bought one in Ashland on the way in. Does Anne need her own saw, or are we both covered by the one I bought? -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]I'm back!
Aha... On Saturday, January 3, 2004, at 12:23 AM, Bob Miller wrote: Anyway, all systems are operational again. When we got to town this evening, we bought a chainsaw. Next time, we'll be prepared. You do realize that you are now officially an Oregonian. -- "You are the eventuality of an anomaly , which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. " -The Architect "Microsoft has resolved this issue. We have put processes in place to ensure there is no recurrence of this eventuality." -Microsoft ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]I'm back!
Sorry I missed yesterday's clinic, but... nOur power went out yesterday morning. It came back about two hours later. Our phones and IDSL line went out. It came back this afternoon. A tree fell across our driveway, blocking us in. We spent several hours hacking on it and clearing it away, and got the driveway open this afternoon. Had to borrow a chainsaw from a neighbor. I got Anne's car (the 4WD Subaru) stuck sideways in the driveway when I tried to turn around and go back to the house after finding the tree across the path. Got it unstuck by mounting another pair of chains on the back wheels (it already had chains on the fronts when it got stuck). Anyway, all systems are operational again. When we got to town this evening, we bought a chainsaw. Next time, we'll be prepared. -- Bob Miller K kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
