Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site?

[Dan Langille]

On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:11 PM, pete wright wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Freddie Cash  wrote:
>> I'm subscribed to both lists, and I have not yet received the announcement
>> e-mail.  So, it's not as cut-n-dried, black'n white, easy as "why aren't
>> you readding announce".  :)
>> 
> 
> +1
> 
> also the subject line on this thread was much more eye catching as well :)

I blame the OP for not including references.

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Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site?

[Dan Langille]

On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:11 PM, pete wright wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Freddie Cash  wrote:
>> I'm subscribed to both lists, and I have not yet received the announcement
>> e-mail.  So, it's not as cut-n-dried, black'n white, easy as "why aren't
>> you readding announce".  :)
>> 
> 
> +1
> 
> also the subject line on this thread was much more eye catching as well :)

Sorry, my sarcasm is far too light.

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Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site?

[Dan Langille]

On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:08 PM, pete wright wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Brett Glass  wrote:
>> Everyone:
>> 
>> Today, I received a rather shocking the announcement: The FreeBSD
>> Project's Web developer announced his intent to incorporate
>> corporate spyware into the FreeBSD.org Web site.
>> 
> 
> Do you have a link to this announcement


http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2012-December/001441.html

I am shocked that people on chat are not reading announce.

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Re: Java (w/out ports?)

[Dan Langille]

On 7/18/2010 6:52 PM, Jamie wrote:

Are there any documents on the web some-place that explain how
to install java on freebsd, w/out the ports system?

Over on linux, I used to have /usr/local/jdk1.n and a symlink
to whichever JDK I was using. I kind of liked it that way, even
though it was kind of a pain to keep all the paths straight.

Haven't been able to figure out how to do this with FreeBSD,
any pointers to docs appreciated!


Why do you wish to do this without the ports system?

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Re: BSDCan2010 - Most Amazing Line-up Ever?

[Dan Langille]

On 5/2/2010 11:26 PM, Brandon Gooch wrote:

So, I'm looking through the BSDCan2010 website, and I've literally
muttered "wow" to myself several times:

http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/

I'm relatively new to FreeBSD so I don't have much to compare this
conference to, but this has got to be one of the best BSD conferences
ever! Maybe the whole BSD thing is just still so novel to me right
now, but I do plan on looking through the BSDCan website archives to
acclimate a little...and maybe calm myself ;)


Put down the keyboard, and step away from the computer.  Take deeps 
breaths.  Have a nap.



Sadly (and I mean SADLY), I'm not attending BSDCan2010. But those of
you who are going, are you as excited about going as I am for you :)
?!


I'm probably more excited than you are.


Also, I'm curious. Those of you who have attended BSDCan (or other BSD
conferences) in the past, what are your thoughts on BSDCan2010? Do you
think it's going to be one of the best ever?


I know it's going to be great.  Many people will regret not being there.


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Re: How Fetchmail made me a spammer

[Dan Langille]

Programmer In Training wrote:

On 1/14/2010 6:07 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:


None of this would have happened if you were using IMAP instead of POP.
Unlike POP, IMAP a) provides a way to mark a message as "processed"
without deleting it and b) does not renumber messages or reuse message
numbers.

DES


A possible solution, but who likes IMAP? 


Many people.

> I much prefer POP3 and having

the mail locally (I delete it from the server once it's copied).


Good on you.  But don't go trashing another solution just because you 
don't like it. :)


Damn it.  I fed the troll.  Sorry folks.

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help with gem

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If anyone can help with gem errors, such as those found here, please 
contact me via IRC: dvl on FreeNode, OFTC, EFNET, or Undernet.


Thanks

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Re: Alternative interface for FreeBSD questions

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Nicole wrote:

Hello
 Once again I find myself in need of help with a few BSD questions I 
just cannot solve without assistance.
Usually I am able to look things up on google for prior people asking 
for help for similar issues.


However, I really don't want to subscribe to the email onslaught that 
freebsd-questions can be. I am curious what methods others may use for 
accessing freebsd-questions?  Are there any web based interfaces that 
can provide easier access to questions and perhaps other lists as well?  
I don't want to be one of those people who say, "please CC me as I'm not 
subscribed to the list".


You know, you can subscribe and turn off delivery?  It is part of the 
standard mailman interfae.

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old laptop no longer needed

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I have an old Compaq Presario 1620 to give away.

It is complete disassembled.  It has no HDD.

According to my notes, I've had this laptop since 2001 
 but I don't recall much more 
than that.


You want it, you got it.  Pay for shipping (probably $10 anywhere in 
continental USA).

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Re: Domain Name Market

[Dan Langille]

Jason C. Wells wrote:
That subject header looks like spam already, but I couldn't think of a 
better one that was apropos.


Where is the best place to sell a domain name?  Stated another way, 
where can I sell a domain name where the market is sufficiently large 
and legitimate to fetch a fair price.


I'd start by contacting http://highperformance.com/

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Re: System Scripts

[Dan Langille]

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> Ricardo Jesus wrote:
>> Dan Langille wrote:
> james wrote:
>>>>> are scripts that you make to make your life easier forbidden to share?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been sharing mine at http://fishy.ath.cx/scripts.html which are
>>>>> just simple scripts to solve problems... I wonder how many times people
>>>>> have written the same scripts because they weren't available. Anyways
>>>>> just an idea to create a site to share scripts, instead of having them
>>>>> scattered across the internet and not knowing for what you're even
>>>>> looking for exists.
> 
> Site appears broken/offline/non-responsive.
> 
>> Site is fine here. Very nice contents too ;)

I think I see the problem:

$ host fishy.ath.cx
fishy.ath.cx has address 127.0.0.1

It appears my upstream is doing something fishy.

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Re: System Scripts

[Dan Langille]

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james wrote:
> are scripts that you make to make your life easier forbidden to share?
> 
> I've been sharing mine at http://fishy.ath.cx/scripts.html which are
> just simple scripts to solve problems... I wonder how many times people
> have written the same scripts because they weren't available. Anyways
> just an idea to create a site to share scripts, instead of having them
> scattered across the internet and not knowing for what you're even
> looking for exists.

Site appears broken/offline/non-responsive.

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BSDCan has started

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BSDCan has started.  :)

http://twitter.com/bsdcan

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Re: contributing more

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Royce Williams wrote:
> P.S.  My potential attendee buddy can't make it, so I now have an
> apartment-style room to combine with someone.  Contact me if you're
> interested.

Try posting that here: http://www.bsdcan.org/phorum/list.php?f=7

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Re: Oracle buys Sun

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Person, Roderick wrote:
>> From what I know Oracle do not have a good history with open source (and not 
>> a bad one... yet)... they only took Linux from Red Hat and are 
>> making money of it... I don't think they will give something back to open 
>> source community but... we'll see...
> 
> Doesn't Oracle own Postgres Db? I would think that would have something to do 
> with what they do with MySQL or vice versa.

Hell no.

There's nothing to buy.  We like it like that.

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Re: Oracle buys Sun

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ovi freebsd wrote:
> 
> I know this is not about FreeBSD but it is about open source and it
> matters, maybe many of you heard about last news:
> 
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246   -
> /"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA)
> announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under
> which Oracle will acquire Sun
> <http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363oracleharligekbtSun...>
> common stock for $9.50 per share in cash.
> 
> /Some interesting comments were posted like:
> -
> Oracle President Safra Catz was also heard to remark...
> 
> "all your database are belong to us"
> 
> or
> 
> Thankfully, I have recently switched myself (and my clients) over to
> Postgresql.
> 
> It was a sad day when Oracle got the rights to the InnoDB engine, but at
> least MySQL itself was in the hands of Sun.
> 
> With Oracle now owning all the rights to what is probably the biggest
> free competitor, I think the open source world shouldn't put much stock
> or investment into MySQL.

A point of order: The sale has not been completed.  It is merely an
agreement.

A better subject would be: Oracle agrees to buy Sun.

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Re: FreeBSD Bounties

[Dan Langille]

Oliver Fromme wrote:


I definitely prefer Opera for normal browsing because it's
faster and has more useful features, so I use it most of
the time.  I only start up Firefox when I need to visit
a site that requires Flash, which doesn't happen too
often, fortunately.


I also use Opera.  It is my browser of choice on more than one platform.

I'd like Flash to just work.

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Re: FreeBSD Bounties

[Dan Langille]

Please, do not top post.  Thank you.

james michael wrote:
Hmm, well I guess I might have jumped the gun a bit. I can see how it 
could be useful. I don't really believe that open source software should 
have a price when it comes to drivers and things like that.


The software does not have a 'price'. The work does. If someone is paid 
to work on the software, and it is open source, why do you care?


Many people are paid to work on open source software. Perhaps more than 
you are aware of.


> There are a
lot of sites like this one in the aspect of paying programmers to write 
software, none of them directed at any one OS. I don't see the point in 
directing this site to freebsd. All the freebsd drivers should be open 
source and Libra.


It is directed at FreeBSD because the site owners wanted it so.  They 
saw a need and are attempting to fill it.  Quite simple.


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Re: using VPNs to cope with IP address changes

[Dan Langille]

Kevin Kinsey wrote:

Dan Langille wrote:
This weekend I plan to fix up some IP address problems using a VPN. 
Full details here:


http://dan.langille.org/2008/11/26/avoiding-dynamic-ip-address-woes-with-a-vpn/ 



I'll wish you luck ... certain, of course, that you'll get it set up in
a way that is at least somewhat satisfactory.


I think so.  I went with a routed (not routed(8)) VPN.  It seems to work 
very nicely so far.



I recently dealt with this using your option #2.  Again, my setup is
a tad different (ipfw and /etc/hosts.allow were the two biggest items
I needed to deal with).


Thanks.  I was seriously considering going the scripting route before 
learning more about OpenVPN.




Incidentally, I note no responses on your blog just yet, and wondered
if it had something to do with the CAPTCHA being Darn Near Impossible
to read (IMHO)?  Maybe it's just my eyes.


BTW, there was one comment by Chris Buechler awaiting moderation.  I 
have since released it.  ;)

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Re: using VPNs to cope with IP address changes

[Dan Langille]

Kevin Kinsey wrote:

Dan Langille wrote:
This weekend I plan to fix up some IP address problems using a VPN. 
Full details here:


http://dan.langille.org/2008/11/26/avoiding-dynamic-ip-address-woes-with-a-vpn/ 



I'll wish you luck ... certain, of course, that you'll get it set up in
a way that is at least somewhat satisfactory.

I recently dealt with this using your option #2.  Again, my setup is
a tad different (ipfw and /etc/hosts.allow were the two biggest items
I needed to deal with).

Incidentally, I note no responses on your blog just yet, and wondered
if it had something to do with the CAPTCHA being Darn Near Impossible
to read (IMHO)?  Maybe it's just my eyes.


Is this easier?

http://dan.langille.org/wp-content/bot-check/bc-image.php?human=Wow83QpZ6AM=


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using VPNs to cope with IP address changes

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This weekend I plan to fix up some IP address problems using a VPN. Full 
details here:


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Re: Inspired by "Two years ago today..."

[Dan Langille]

David Kelly wrote:

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:21:07PM -0700, KAYVEN RIESE wrote:

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, David Wolfskill wrote:


This must be fake, 2642 days ago it was Fri Jul 13, 2001 :-)

Indeed:

g1-60(6.4-P)[1] sh
$ date -r $((`date "+%s"` - 2642 \* 24 \* 60 \* 60 ))
Fri Jul 13 09:14:10 PDT 2001
$

Doesn't this mean that he installed his FreeBSD 4.1 on Dec 13, 2000,
ran it for 6 months, but shut down, but then started up on Jul 13,
2001 and ran it ever since?


It doesn't say anything about when it was installed. It says the kernel
was built on December 13, which is newer than the kernel from the
install CD.


Granted.  You are correct.

Yet it is a safe assumption that one generally installs a kernel shortly 
after it is built.  Built/Installed.  I'll accept that both are pretty 
much the same date in this case.


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Re: Inspired by "Two years ago today..."

[Dan Langille]

On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:35 PM, David Kelly wrote:


On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 05:45:52PM +0200, Paul Schenkeveld wrote:

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:52:17AM -0300, Alex Moura wrote:

I don't recommend to try this at home, but thinking about sharing a
curiousity...

localhost:~$ uname -a && uptime
FreeBSD localhost 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Wed Dec 13
16:19:46 BRST 2000 11:20AM  up 2642 days,  2:16, 1 user, load
averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00


This must be fake, 2642 days ago it was Fri Jul 13, 2001 :-)


Why must it be fake? jkh announced 4.1-RELEASE on Thu Jul 27 05:17:13
PDT 2000, the above kernel was built in December 2000, and uptime
indicates it was last booted in July 2001. All quite reasonable.


+1

I'd like to hear the explanation behind the claims of 'fake'.

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Re: Fawlty Towers

[Dan Langille]

Frank Mitchell wrote:

Is the television series "Fawlty Towers" known internationally?


Yes.

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Re: spotted in the wild...

[Dan Langille]

On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:



Dear all,

Right about here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=westwood 
+cross&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.994514,25.136719&ie=UTF8&ll=51. 
359827,1.395685&spn=0.001546,0.003068&t=h&z=19


where all those cars are parked in the satellite view is now a  
building
site.  It's 'phase II' of the large shopping center to the north- 
east of

that image.
All along that road there is a temporary wall of plywood panels,  
painted
up blue and white and with the main contractor's logo repeated  
everywhere.

Pretty standard for a largish building site nowadays.

By now, gentle reader, I expect you're all asking "Well, of what  
possible relevance is this, Matthew?"


I was, about two paragraphs above...



Just this: between the logos there are some architects impressions of
the finished row of shops.  They're obviously all made up shop boards
from who knows where.  You'll be pleased to hear that FreeBSD  
apparently
has taken a lease on a 1000sq foot set of premises and the logo  
will be
displayed prominently in letters a meter high -- red text in the  
authentic style and red horny-ball logo and all.


I couldn't believe it when I caught sight of it as I was driving past.
Unfortunately, there was no opportunity (or means) to take pictures. I
wonder if they asked permission at all?



So, I guess you'll have to drop by again, this time with a camera...

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OSCON anyone?

[Dan Langille]

Who is in town for OSCON?  I'm here until Saturday.

FYI: Portland, OR, USA:

http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home
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DNS provider recommendations

[Dan Langille]

Folks:

Do you have a recommendation for a DNS provider?  The client has  
about 5 domains.  They aren't highly technical.


So far I've seen UltraDNS and DNSMadeEasy.

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Re: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 264, Issue 1

[Dan Langille]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Sisantha Godawela-Ohle wrote:


Hi,

i would like to get information regarding "Xorg -configure" on  
1x1.4GHZ PIII  and 2x1.4GHZ opteron servern with FreeBSD v.7.0.

Both  gives me this "no devices to configure. configuration fail".
But I have the same FeeBSD v 7.0 on 2x1.2GHZ PIII Servers installed  
and successfully configured the Xorg!


Three suggestions

1 - Start a new email.  Do not reply to an existing email.
2 - Post to the freebsd-questions mailing list.
3 - Choose a subject that relates to the question you are asking

enjoy



All are having on board ati vedio graphics

I would be greatly appreciate if  someone  can give me a solution  
to this configurations problem.



thanks in advance,

sincerely,

Sisantha





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Hi list,
I'm a grad student at the School of Computational Science (a poorly
chosen name for scientific computing) at FSU.  My interests, while  
not
necessarily scientific, is in machine learning.  I work on  
software that
trains classifiers on an 8 core Xeon machine and consumes about  
15GB of
RAM (needed when you train with 103k features!).  All the  
development is
presently done on Windows XP64, but I will eventually have to make  
the
software cross platform.  We ideally want to use icc (not the old  
one in
ports!) or some other high performance compiler, but these simply  
don't
exist on FreeBSD...we will unfortunately have to use Linux.  Words  
can't

even begin describe how gcc doesn't compare to compilers like icc or
suncc.  I'm very worried that FreeBSD will never take ahold in the  
HPC
community, especially as computers ship with more cores (where  
FreeBSD

is shining!) and make OpenMP, HPF, and similar more attractive than
MPI.  What can be done to expose FreeBSD to the HPC community?   
How can
we get Intel, Sun and others to support HPC on FreeBSD?  I really  
look
forward to the day that FreeBSD runs on that 8 core machine, I'd  
like to

see SMPng at work :)

Best Regards,
Nathan Lay


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Re: Volunteer needed to create screen saver for BSDCan

[Dan Langille]

On May 3, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Johan Beisser wrote:


Yeah, that's Tiger.

I don't know if leopard quartz composer constructs work in Tiger. It
might be worth a shot.

You might also just want to play with QuartzComposer.app.


Thanks.  But not me... I have other stuff to do that only I can  
do. :)  Hence my call for a volunteer to do this.




On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 On May 3, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Johan Beisser wrote:



Leopard or Tiger?



 Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S2167), which I think is Tiger.






On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:


I need help.  I need someone to create a screen saver to run on  
my Mac.
 This screen saver will be used during the opening session of  
BSDCan.


 In short; I have about 20 emails I wish to have displayed.  I  
can give

you

 the emails or a PDF of each email, whichever you want.

 I had tried using just the PDF and the "Pictures Folder" screen  
saver.

This
 was a good start.  But each PDF contains large amounts of  
whitespace.
 Each email occupies very little of one PDF page.  Therefore,  
the screen

save
 often shows this whitespace and nothing else.

 I'm not worried about how you achieve the result, but one  
suggestion I

thought
 of was : convert the PDF to an image file and crop off the  
whitespace.


 Please contact me off-list and I will send you the PDFs/ 
emails.  Those

with
 suggestions as to how to do this work are free to suggest, but  
I do not

want
 to do the work as other parts of BSDCan are higher priority  
right now.

:)


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Re: Volunteer needed to create screen saver for BSDCan

[Dan Langille]

On May 3, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Dan Langille wrote:

I need help.  I need someone to create a screen saver to run on my  
Mac.


Or, something that will run on KDE...  Either solution is fine by me.


This screen saver will be used during the opening session of BSDCan.

In short; I have about 20 emails I wish to have displayed.  I can  
give you

the emails or a PDF of each email, whichever you want.

I had tried using just the PDF and the "Pictures Folder" screen  
saver. This

was a good start.  But each PDF contains large amounts of whitespace.
Each email occupies very little of one PDF page.  Therefore, the  
screen save

often shows this whitespace and nothing else.

I'm not worried about how you achieve the result, but one  
suggestion I thought

of was : convert the PDF to an image file and crop off the whitespace.

Please contact me off-list and I will send you the PDFs/emails.   
Those with
suggestions as to how to do this work are free to suggest, but I do  
not want
to do the work as other parts of BSDCan are higher priority right  
now.  :)


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Re: Volunteer needed to create screen saver for BSDCan

[Dan Langille]

On May 3, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Johan Beisser wrote:


Leopard or Tiger?


Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S2167), which I think is Tiger.



On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:
I need help.  I need someone to create a screen saver to run on my  
Mac.

 This screen saver will be used during the opening session of BSDCan.

 In short; I have about 20 emails I wish to have displayed.  I can  
give you

 the emails or a PDF of each email, whichever you want.

 I had tried using just the PDF and the "Pictures Folder" screen  
saver. This
 was a good start.  But each PDF contains large amounts of  
whitespace.
 Each email occupies very little of one PDF page.  Therefore, the  
screen

save
 often shows this whitespace and nothing else.

 I'm not worried about how you achieve the result, but one  
suggestion I

thought
 of was : convert the PDF to an image file and crop off the  
whitespace.


 Please contact me off-list and I will send you the PDFs/emails.   
Those with
 suggestions as to how to do this work are free to suggest, but I  
do not

want
 to do the work as other parts of BSDCan are higher priority right  
now.  :)


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Volunteer needed to create screen saver for BSDCan

[Dan Langille]

I need help.  I need someone to create a screen saver to run on my Mac.
This screen saver will be used during the opening session of BSDCan.

In short; I have about 20 emails I wish to have displayed.  I can  
give you

the emails or a PDF of each email, whichever you want.

I had tried using just the PDF and the "Pictures Folder" screen  
saver. This

was a good start.  But each PDF contains large amounts of whitespace.
Each email occupies very little of one PDF page.  Therefore, the  
screen save

often shows this whitespace and nothing else.

I'm not worried about how you achieve the result, but one suggestion  
I thought

of was : convert the PDF to an image file and crop off the whitespace.

Please contact me off-list and I will send you the PDFs/emails.   
Those with
suggestions as to how to do this work are free to suggest, but I do  
not want
to do the work as other parts of BSDCan are higher priority right  
now.  :)


Thanks.

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Re: daemon news and other sites

[Dan Langille]

On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Chris Conn wrote:

So call me a little slow... what happened to BSD news?
I used to go there to find out what was going on with FreeBSD.



A select few, mostly centered around NYCBUG are working to revive it.

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FreshPorts - ship the server

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So far, we're up to $60 in the ship-the-server fund raising:

  http://news.freshports.org/2008/03/14/freshports-server-moving-to- 
austin/


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Re: WooHoo! 10 years of FreeBSD

[Dan Langille]

On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Josh Paetzel wrote:


On Monday 10 March 2008 05:56:46 am SEan Strand wrote:
Just wondering if you have the original FreeBSD disks, in the  
original

packing that being dated for example FreeBSD 2.2.5 November 1997,

Try to have a dig-out and a good look?
Rgds SEanS



I still have the FreeBSD 2.1.5 set from Walnut Creek that a friend  
had shipped

to me after I expressed an interest to "learn unix"

I sometimes wonder how different things would be if he'd been a  
linux fan and

shipped me some slackware cds or something.


With that in mind, blame my friend Jay for the following.

The FreeBSD Diary
BSDCan
FreshPorts
FreshSource

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Re: Microsoft buys Yahoo

[Dan Langille]

Nikola Lečić wrote:

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:23:36 +1100
Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

On Friday,  1 February 2008 at 16:58:31 -0800, johan beisser wrote:
[...] 

"Eat your own dogfood" doesn't come pleasant when your dogfood is
crap.

Sure, but they're more used to it.

I'd like to see a condition on the takeover that Y! continue to use
FreeBSD :-)


Whatever be the case, I've always been wondering why people say that
Yahoo! is a "supporter of FreeBSD". Maybe someone can explain this,
but what I can see is the following:

* They don't say a single word about FreeBSD on their official pages.
  The wider audience knows nothing about the fact that Yahoo! is powered
  by FreeBSD.

* They don't have FreeBSD version of Yahoo! Messenger -- it would be a
  bit courteous, I think...

* Their webmail interface produces some of the most horrific e-mails you
  will see in your life. Compared to the e-mail standards, these e-mails
  are vulgar, which in a strong contrast to the standards-compliant and
  open-source nature of their base system. Therefore their users don't
  benefit very much from Yahoo!'s underlying OS.

  (Unlike Yahoo! Mail, GMail produces very nice text-only e-mails.)


Yahoo provides hardware, colo, and bandwidth.  They allow their staff to 
support this infrastructure and in other ways to support the project.


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Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ?

[Dan Langille]

Oliver Fromme wrote:

KAYVEN  RIESE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > you guys are meanies!  beasties even!

I'm not sure if your question is meant to be serious
or not, but I'll try to give a serious answer anyway.
I'm working on that file right now.  :-)

Basically the name is kept for historical reasons.

When the forth-implemented boot menu was introduced,
the forth file displayed that menu alongside an ASCII
picture of the BSD daemon [1] mascot which is commonly
called "Beastie" [2].  Therefore that forth file got
the name beastie.4th.


For those that may not notice it:

beastie sounds like BSD

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What's up in Raleigh/Durham?

[Dan Langille]

I'll be in the Raleigh/Durham area for the first week of February (next 
week).  My HQ will be Morrisville.


Any interesting events / get togethers, etc?

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Re: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use

[Dan Langille]

Andrew Falanga wrote:


On Dec 18, 2007 10:06 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You know, I'd never guessed that this much could come from such a simple
question.


The least the culprits could have done is not highjack the thread when 
they moved to a new subject.


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Re: mailing lists

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Brian wrote:

Jason C. Wells wrote:

 On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Brian wrote:

The fact that each mailing list exists as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] makes me need to make 2 filters for each 
list I subscribe to.  Can I suggest that if this is going to 
continue, that the server shows one format for all the messages that 
go out?


Filter on the Sender header.  That is controlled by the list manager 
and doesn't have duplicate names.  For -questions, the Sender is 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




This is just the kind of thing we should avoid, we're choosing to make 
the more difficult on user route because???


I filter on sender. Have done so for years.  No problem at all.

As for difficult, I understand the list alias exists to make things 
EASIER for users.  They can use either list name.


If this is the biggest problem in your life, consider yourself 
fortunate.  :)


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Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering

[Dan Langille]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:


3. What is the single best aspect of the current system?


Good people doing the heavy lifting



4. What is the single worst aspect of the current system?


Too much talk from people not willing to do the heavy lifting.



8. How long have you used FreeBSD and/or UNIX in general?


Since 1998.

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Re: Mountain biking in the San Jose area

[Dan Langille]

On 11 Oct 2007 at 22:48, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > So... anyone out there in the San Jose area that wants to do some
> > mountain biking?  I'm not sure when I'll be there, but it'll be
> > sometime in the next couple of week perhaps.  I may be bringing my
> > bike. :)
> 
> I will be there (on business) in a week and a half.  I'm not bringing
> a bicycle from the East Coast, though...

Renting instead?

I was in Austin recently, and took Fri/Sat to do some local riding.  
Really glad I did.

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Mountain biking in the San Jose area

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So... anyone out there in the San Jose area that wants to do some 
mountain biking?  I'm not sure when I'll be there, but it'll be 
sometime in the next couple of week perhaps.  I may be bringing my 
bike. :)

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Re: Creating your own livecd iso

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On 19 Sep 2007 at 10:28, Benjamin Adams wrote:

> Anyone know where I can read about creating my own BSD livecd?
> I have a laptop partition that is about 1G that I want to turn into a
> LiveDVD.  It has some networking tools for testing and debugging.  I would
> rather have just a dvd to boot from rather then carring around my laptop.

I recommend FreeSBIE.  http://www.freesbie.org/

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Re: freebsdmall.com prices

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On 5 Sep 2007 at 18:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Matt Olander wrote:
>  > In fact, one of the core team members, Murray Stokely, is on the FreeBSD
>  > Mall payroll. Also, in the past few months alone, we've donated over
>  > $20k USD in modern server hardware for FreeBSD development, made
>  > possible in part due to the revenue generated by the mall. The FreeBSD
>  > Mall also provides us with merchandise that we use to promote FreeBSD at
>  > trade shows that we attend at a cost of several thousand dollars per show.
>  >
>  > I think the $40 dollars for the professionally packaged 4 CD set is not
>  > only an inexpensive investment for a little piece of internet history
>  > for each FreeBSD release, but it is also a tremendous help offsetting a
>  > portion of the costs for our advocacy and hardware support efforts for
>  > the FreeBSD Project.
> 
> Hi Matt, I'm wondering how many people are behind the Mall, what the order 
> statistics are, and how much the income is. If the Mall is just a secondary 
> job, 
> and you donate a considerable excess amount, then I have to respect, but also 
> criticize that. 

Frankly, I think that's none of your business.  Why do you consider 
the inner workings of a private business should be public knowledge?

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Re: freebsdmall.com prices

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On 3 Sep 2007 at 13:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've just looked at the prices at www.freebsdmall.com, and found that they 
> are 
> overwhelming. A full FreeBSD release costs like 40$. 40$?! HOLY SHIT! Who 
> would 
> buy it for that much money when you can download it for free?

If you don't like it, don't buy it.  :)

> Now you might think that giving 40$ is a great way for supporting the
> project. But is freebsdmall associated with the core team in any way?

I don't think it matter.s

> OK, even if it is, I think there would be more income, if there were a
> reasonable price. Or does mailing a 4 CD set or a DVD really cost that
> much money?!

Try it.  See how cheaply you can produce something of a similar 
quality release after release.  Go for it.

> Either way, I think it is still more financially efficient if users
> download a copy and donate like 35$ via some online method. Don't give
> me wrong. Of course there are people without online access or CD/DVD
> burners, but those are rare case exceptions. Am I wrong? Is it not how
> this thing works? Are lots of people really buying freebsdmall products
> keenly/willingly every time for some reason?

Yes, you're wrong.  :)

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death of a mountain bike

[Dan Langille]

The bike isn't really dead.  I realised after Dru Lavigne thought I'd 
already written about the USA trip during which I bought this 
bike the bike pre-dates my BSD involvement by about 2 years.

  http://dan.langille.org/2007/08/13/proflex-957-death-of-a-bike/

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FreshPorts going OpenSource

[Dan Langille]

FreshPorts is going Open Source:

  http://news.freshports.org/2007/07/28/open-sourcing-freshports/

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San Antonio

[Dan Langille]

Anyone in San Antonio that I/we know? ;)

I'll be there Sunday and Monday nights (1/2 July)

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Re: Hardware support

[Dan Langille]

On 18 May 2007 at 20:09, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> Dan Langille writes:
> 
> > Our hardware needs:
> >   between 2TB and 8TB of storage in a RAID configuration
> >   1U or 2U case
> >   good reputation
> 
> Have you talked to the guys at ixsystems?

Yep, about 5 minutes ago, here in the hacking lounge at BSDCan.  ;)


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Hardware support

[Dan Langille]

Gidday,

My work (yes, Im now employed) is looking at deploying servers to client 
sites. They arent so much servers as appliances. The boxes serve a 
distinct function, and not much else.


Our hardware needs:
 between 2TB and 8TB of storage in a RAID configuration
 1U or 2U case
 good reputation

Our hardware support needs:
 reliable 24/7 support that we can call in case of hardware problems
 techs that go on-site to fix the problem (e.g. replace HDD)
 good reputation

We have worked with IBM and like that solution. But are willing to 
consider others. Who do you use?


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Penske or Budget?

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If you had to rent a 10' or 16' truck for a 1500 mile trip, would you 
pick Penske or Budget?

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headed to Jupiter

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I'll be in Jupiter Fl April 10-14th... I have no idea how many of us 
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BSDCan conference delegates from Nigeria

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Ever year BSDCan gets a few requests like this.  We generally ignore 
them.  Surnames and email addresses have been altered/removed.

--- Forwarded message follows ---
Date sent:  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:20:35 -0800 (PST)
From:   bolaji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:conference delegates
To: registration

my name is bolaji , 
Myself and funke are registered to attend the Technical BSD
conference coming up in canada,
please we will like to inform you that we cannot asses the paypal
payment method as this form of payment is not available to opur
establishment and us.
Also due to the act that our establishment  (Nigerian Military Staff
Service) aponsoring our attendance they have requested an official
invitation letter for adminstrative purposes and also for the use of
the procurment of our travelling papers.
They have accepted to release payment as soon as they receive this.
Please urgent reply is anticipated 

 
-
The fish are biting.
 Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
--- End of forwarded message ---

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building a XEN system

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After a talk on XEN at a local LUG <http://www.oclug.on.ca>, I spoke 
with the presenter about putting together a small server to run XEN.  
He said my best bet was to ensure the CPU could handle 
virtualization, that is, it was VT- enabled.  To check this, read the 
box the CPU comes in.  Look for the word virtualization.

I checked prices at OEM express (prices are rounded and in $CAD):

Antec Sonata II w/smartpower 2.0 450w - $110
ASUS M2N-E AM2 PCI-e GBLan SATA  - $115
AMD Athlon64 3800+ (2.4Ghz) 640Kb AM2 - $130
2x DDR400 PC3200 1GB Azen RAM - @$110  = $220

So for about $650 including taxes, you've got a decent beefy system.  

HDD not included (I have plenty of HDD here so I wasn't pricing 
them).

The AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ Dual Core AM2 is just $20 more, but I was 
unsure as to whether or not a dual core would be an advantage under 
XEN, but for $20 more, what a deal!

He figured this was my best bet for getting FreeBSD installed and 
running as guests.  Someone else suggested using NetBSD as domU.

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FreshPorts design contest

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I am pleased to announce a FreshPorts design contest. The prize? A 
trip to BSDCan 2007. Included are airfares, accommodation, and entry 
to BSDCan 2007, up to a value of CAD$1000

(actually, it was announced Jan 30th, but I'm spreading the word)

Winner gets a trip to BSDCan 2007.

Details here:

  http://news.freshports.org/2007/01/30/freshports-design-contest/

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Re: FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

On 1 Feb 2007 at 13:28, IOnut wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:33:36 -0500
> "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On 31 Jan 2007 at 10:28, Bakul Shah wrote:
> > 
> > > > I would like a FreshPorts plugin for my broswer.  You know what I 
> > > > mean... I little box into which I can search FreshPorts.org.
> > > > 
> > > > It would save me from typing site:freshports.org as part of my
> > > > Google query.
> > > > 
> > > > I use both Firefox and Opera, so a plugin for either that does
> > > > that, would be good.
> > > > 
> > > > The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
> > > > FreshPorts.org ;)
> > > 
> > > In opera-9 both the search box in the address bar and the
> > > `search with' menu (on right clicking a selected string)
> > > already have an entry for freshports.  Is this not enough?
> > 
> > Where do you think that came from?  Is Opera distributing a search 
> > box for FreshPorts?
> 
> /usr/ports/www/opera/files/patch-search.ini

Ahh! Well, that good!  Thanks to Volker Stolz for suggesting this 
back in Aug 2004.

To answer the original question, no, this is not enough.  I also 
needed something for my Windows XP workstation.  That solution has 
already been provided.

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Re: FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

On 31 Jan 2007 at 10:28, Bakul Shah wrote:

> > I would like a FreshPorts plugin for my broswer.  You know what I 
> > mean... I little box into which I can search FreshPorts.org.
> > 
> > It would save me from typing site:freshports.org as part of my Google 
> > query.
> > 
> > I use both Firefox and Opera, so a plugin for either that does that, 
> > would be good.
> > 
> > The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
> > FreshPorts.org ;)
> 
> In opera-9 both the search box in the address bar and the
> `search with' menu (on right clicking a selected string)
> already have an entry for freshports.  Is this not enough?

Where do you think that came from?  Is Opera distributing a search 
box for FreshPorts?



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Re: FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:09, Dan Langille wrote:

> The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
> FreshPorts.org ;)

As threatened:

  http://news.freshports.org/2007/01/31/searching-made-easier/

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Re: FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

On 31 Jan 2007 at 19:47, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote:

> Dan Langille wrote:
> > I would like a FreshPorts plugin for my broswer.  You know what I
> > mean... I little box into which I can search FreshPorts.org.
> > 
> > It would save me from typing site:freshports.org as part of my
> > Google query.
> > 
> > I use both Firefox and Opera, so a plugin for either that does that,
> > would be good.
> > 
> > The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
> > FreshPorts.org ;)
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> have a look at [1], it's a search plugin in OpenSearch format (works
> in Firefox and probably in IE [I haven't test that]). Not sure about
> Opera.

It works with Firefox 2 (I upgraded to get it).  Thanks.  I'll spread 
this around.

Opera would be good!

> 
> HTH,
> 
> Karol
> 
> [1]
> http://www.searchplugins.net/pluginlist.aspx?q=freshports&mode=title
> 
> -- 
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> OpenPGP 0x06E09309
> 



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FreshPorts search plugin

[Dan Langille]

I would like a FreshPorts plugin for my broswer.  You know what I 
mean... I little box into which I can search FreshPorts.org.

It would save me from typing site:freshports.org as part of my Google 
query.

I use both Firefox and Opera, so a plugin for either that does that, 
would be good.

The author of such a plugin would be immortalized at 
FreshPorts.org ;)

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Re: Site I found

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On 30 Jan 2007 at 10:18, Benjamin Adams wrote:

> Last night I came across this site: BSDStories.com
> Looks the the web developer just started it but a cool idea.
> Something I just thought of sharing.

Looks interesting.  As I've just looked at WHOIS, can you tell me 
what your relationship is with this website?  :)

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Re: what can i do with a 486?

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On 17 Jan 2007 at 23:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Can you install FreeBSD on a 486 machine?

Yes, I can.   It's at my mother's house.  She uses it on a dial up 
connection for email.

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Re: Gmail idea

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On 25 Dec 2006 at 5:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> If google thinks he's the center of the world, OK, let us all register 
> for 2GB and fill it with bulk. Man at this rate I wont buy new HDDs, 
> I'll install my OS onto google and run it from there lol :]

FWIW, I attended a talk at ShmooCon 2006 that discusses using 
tinyurl.com as a storage medium... I don't recall details...

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RE: looking for 8x12" SATA cables

[Dan Langille]

On 16 Aug 2006 at 10:15, Jeff Jirsa (HMC) wrote:

> 
> > 
> > Hey folks,
> > 
> > I'm looking for 8 12" SATA cables.  Why?  This is why:
> > 
> 
> I've got 8 I wouldn't mind parting with - send me your mailing info offlist,
> I'll get them to you.

Jeff: I just ordered some from http://www.mycableshop.ca/

Thank you though. I appreciate it.



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looking for 8x12" SATA cables

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Hey folks,

I'm looking for 8 12" SATA cables.  Why?  This is why:

http://www.freebsddiary.org/dual-opteron-raptors.php

Note the photo about half way down the page, just above "Creating the RAID 
array": http://tinyurl.com/fn2rw


I've found some online, but they're US$17 each (making about $160 just for 
cables).  If you happen to have some laying around unloved, I'll be sure 
to give them a good home.


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Donations sought for hardware purchase

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Hi folks,

I'm asking for donations to purchase SATA drives for a new server.  
Details at:

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PEI bound

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I'm heading to PEI tomorrow.  I checked for any BSD groups, but 
didn't find anything.  I'm sure there's some BSD users out there, but 
buggered if I can find them...

I'm in Charlottetown from the 13th, to the 21st, more or less.  I'll 
also be in Nova Scotia for a bit.  If there's anything going on out 
around there, please let me know.

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anyone at the GCC summit?

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Any of us at the GCC summit?   http://www.gccsummit.org/2006/

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Six Flags New England

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Anyone where where I can get discount tickets for Six Flags New 
England?  I'll be in Boston next week for USENIX ATC.  On the drive 
home, I'm going right past SFNE, so I think I must stop and try some 
roller coasters.

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Re: How to filter the emails from this list

[Dan Langille]

On 15 Feb 2006 at 14:20, Daniel A. wrote:

> Every once in a while, some guy sends an email to the
> FreeBSD-questions mailing list using BCC, which makes the email pass
> my filters, and head straight to my inbox.
> I have set up a filter which checks the email address(es) the email was sent 
> to.
> So far, it looks like this:
> 
> Matches: to:(freebsd-questions@freebsd.org OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR
> [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "FreeBSD-Questions"
> 
> Yes, FYI, some people actually write "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> 
> But how do I make sure that _every_ email to the gets filtered?
> 
> I've noticed that all emails sent to the FreeBSD mailing lists get
> suffixed with some text. Can I trust that this text wont change every
> few weeks or so?
> 
> How do you filter your emails?

I use the sender field: Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Shmoocon anyone?

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I know a number of people headed to ShmooCon next week?  I know a few 
tickets are still available via ebay: http://www.shmoocon.org/

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FreshPorts now on IPv6

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FreshPorts now on IPv6, well, some of it is.

see http://news.freshports.org/ for details
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Re: FreshPorts personal newsfeeds

[Dan Langille]

On 8 Oct 2005 at 3:22, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

> On 2005-10-07 20:17, Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm working on adding the ability to have personal news feeds on
> > FreshPorts.  In short, you'll be able to customize a news feed by
> > selecting the ports you want included, nothing else.  If you already
> > use FreshPorts, you know what a watch list is [if you don't, you
> > should be using it].  Each watch list will have its own newsfeed.
> >
> > The URL will be something like this:
> >
> > http://www.freshports.org/rss/watch-
> > list.php?token=07c5e534565839f10b536f3ed638be8412602130bb82f95fbb5a682b5655aa38
> 
> Very cool Dan :)

I just finished some beta coding.  If anyone wants to have a sneak 
peak at personalized news feeds for FreshPorts, go to 
http://beta.freshports.org/ and get signed in.  Then look for the 
"Personal newsfeeds" link.  One newsfeed for each watch list you set 
up.

> > The token is random, more or less, and unique to your newsfeed.  It's
> > non-trivial to guess, but if you did guess one, big deal, you have a
> > newsfeed.  *yawn*.
> 
> Which may be _extremely_ useful as a means of sharing 'interesting'
> feeds with one's friends.  Excellent!

There's an idea selling off news feeds
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FreshPorts personal newsfeeds

[Dan Langille]

I'm working on adding the ability to have personal news feeds on 
FreshPorts.  In short, you'll be able to customize a news feed by 
selecting the ports you want included, nothing else.  If you already 
use FreshPorts, you know what a watch list is [if you don't, you 
should be using it].  Each watch list will have its own newsfeed.

The URL will be something like this:

http://www.freshports.org/rss/watch-
list.php?token=07c5e534565839f10b536f3ed638be8412602130bb82f95fbb5a682
b5655aa38

That number is unique to your watch list.  Why have such a number?  I 
need some way to uniquely idenfity your watch list[s].  You won't 
need to log into FreshPorts to retrieve your news feed, so the token 
is needed.

I could just use sequential numbers, but that would make it trivial 
for people to peruse random news feeds.  Not that there is nothing 
personal or identifying in a newsfeed

The token is random, more or less, and unique to your newsfeed.  It's 
non-trivial to guess, but if you did guess one, big deal, you have a 
newsfeed.  *yawn*.

With regards to the token, any ideas, suggestions, comments as to 
this approach.
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Re: serial consoles

[Dan Langille]

On 14 Sep 2005 at 9:05, Dan Langille wrote:

> I'll looking for a serial console or two...  If you know of some.  
> thanks.

Sorry, I don't mean tip, or cu... I meant a hardward terminal server, 
that you'd plug several serial consoles into...
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serial consoles

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I'll looking for a serial console or two...  If you know of some.  
thanks.
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netsaint - specifying a listening address

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Gidday!

I'm setting up a new host to be monitored by netsaint[1].  I'm using 
netsaint_statd on the remote host to report status from that host.  
One of the issues is that netsaint_statd listens on all IP addresses 
(i.e. 0.0.0.0).  

The line in question is:

bind(Server, sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY)) || die "Can't bind to 
socket: $!\n";

I think what I need to do is change INADDR_ANY to optionally be a 
user-supplied value.  Any perl hackers out there want to show me how 
to do this in simple way please?

Thanks.

[1] - Yes, I'm still using NetSaint, and not Nagios.  I have no 
reason to change.
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Bacula raising funds for encryption/EFF

[Dan Langille]

The Bacula project <http://www.bacula.org/> is raising funds to add 
encryption to its feature set.  If you use Bacula, and you can donate 
a few dollars, I urge you to do do.  All proceeds will be donated to 
the Electronic Frontier Foundation <http://www.eff.org/>.

disclosure: Dan Langille is a committer on the Bacula project.
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Photoshop to gimp help

[Dan Langille]

I asked this near the end of May, but didn't get any takers.  To 
boost interest, I have a copy of Absolute BSD, or Absolute OpenBSD, 
and a BSDCan 2005 t-shirt to trade in exchange.

I want an image created with GIMP.  I have a couple of PSD files and 
a JPG you can use as a starting point.

This is the image I want to wind up with (more or less)

   <http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/images/bsdcan-logo.jpg>

What I really need is a GIMP file with the different elements (flag, 
text, daemon, etc) so that I can easily update the image from year to 
year.

I also have these images which may help get you started:

  http://www.bsdcan.org/bsdcan-2004-logo.psd
  http://www.bsdcan.org/flag.psd

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Re: Ottawa colo recommendations?

[Dan Langille]

On 15 Jul 2005 at 10:20, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

> On Thursday, 14 July 2005 at  8:31:17 -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I'm looking to relocated a colo box in the Ottawa area.
> >
> > My preferences: cheap, 100% uptime is not required, doesn't have to
> > be a blisteringly fast connection.  I don't need 24-hour access to
> > the box.  I don't need a support line I can call at any hour of the
> > day.
> 
> JOOI, why does it need to be local?  My web server is in Canberra,
> mainly for hysterical raisins, but I had also considered Germany at
> the time when they were selling them at bargain basement prices.

This box is my box.  If it fails, I need to repair it.  I'd prefer 
that to be a local drive rather than spend all weekend 
driving/flying.


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Ottawa colo recommendations?

[Dan Langille]

Hey folks,

I'm looking to relocated a colo box in the Ottawa area.

My preferences: cheap, 100% uptime is not required, doesn't have to 
be a blisteringly fast connection.  I don't need 24-hour access to 
the box.  I don't need a support line I can call at any hour of the 
day.

Any recommendations?
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Re: * A good and trusty Broker Company to recover a domain

[Dan Langille]

On 5 Jul 2005 at 21:27, Jorge Biquez wrote:

> Thanks in advance for all your help and comments.

Don't accept the first price.  Wait weeks or months before accepting 
their offer.

I inquired, half-heartedly about a domain.   I was originally quoted 
$1000s of dollars to buy it.  Over the next few weeks, they kept 
emailing me, dropping the price each time.  If I'd been interested, I 
could have had it for less than $100.
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Photoshop to gimp help

[Dan Langille]

I have a favour to ask.

I want an image created with GIMP.  I have a couple of PSD files and 
a JPG you can use as a starting point.

This is the image I want to wind up with (more or less)

   <http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/images/bsdcan-logo.jpg>

What I really need is a GIMP file with the different elements (flag, 
text, daemon, etc) so that I can easily update the image from year to 
year.

I also have these images which may help get you started:

  http://www.bsdcan.org/bsdcan-2004-logo.psd
  http://www.bsdcan.org/flag.psd

Thanks!

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Re: AMD Athlon64...

[Dan Langille]

On 16 May 2005 at 15:34, Glenn Sieb wrote:

> Hey Dan--thanks for the reply!
> 
> Dan Langille said the following on 5/16/2005 3:22 PM:
> 
> >Have you considered the ASUS A8V-DX K8T800?  I have this m/b, 1GB of 
> >RAM and an AMD 64 Athlon 3200+.It's still running an i386 kernel, 
> >but that will be upgraded soon to a 64 bit kernel.
> >  
> >
> Looks nice--what's up with the two SATA RAID controllers with two ports? 
> Can you do 0+1 with all four together?

I don't know.  I'm running it with just one IDE drive.

> Do you like it with 5.x?

It's still on 4.11... 
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Re: AMD Athlon64...

[Dan Langille]

On 16 May 2005 at 15:15, Glenn Sieb wrote:

> I'm looking at upgrading my server hardware. I'd love to use an AMD 
> Athlon64 (939 probably). I also am a fan of ABit motherboards (I've been 
> using them for years now).
> 
> I'm considering the ABit AN8 
> http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=259--which
>  
> has SATA RAID, up to 4gb of RAM, GbE and some other things I don't 
> particularly care about for a server.
> 
> I was just curious if anyone out there's running the AN8, and if so, how 
> it works with FreeBSD 5.x? If not, what do you run with your Athlon64? :-)

Have you considered the ASUS A8V-DX K8T800?  I have this m/b, 1GB of 
RAM and an AMD 64 Athlon 3200+.It's still running an i386 kernel, 
but that will be upgraded soon to a 64 bit kernel.

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Re: bragging rights

[Dan Langille]

On 29 Apr 2005 at 21:55, Chuck Robey wrote:

> It's a big grey Antec case witha side thats clear, so it has a fan
> there.  I've sprayed clear/blue UV spray all over the plastic, so the
> lit up side mounted fan there flouresces the plastic very nicely.  The
> system has two fans in front, two in the rear, one on the side, and
> two on the two AMD64 processors.  The fans are all speed-controlled,
> so I don't have to listen to the end of the world vibrating itself to
> death here on my desktop, it's actually very quiet.  The two CPU fans
> are very quiet ones, Thermaltake's, but I forget the model number, so
> I will just say that they works at fairly low rpms to keep the noise
> down.  Each of those cpus is equipped with a Gig of ram from Corsair.

Where are the photos!

> 
> The Mobo has it's own sound on it, but I eschewed that because the
> very cheap SoundBlaster Audigy had it's own very compatible FreeBSD
> and Linux drivers, and it communicates via digital.  Actually, I have
> this system and a second system, and each has 3 cables coming from it,
> and those cables go directly into the Klipsch speakers (I love having
> the direct digital input!) so I ran the 3 cables from each computer
> into a keyboard switcher, and used the video cable fro the digital
> sound, and it's just superb.  I get sound however I want it.
> 
> The sound has to come from somewhere, ultimately, and I have two
> drives. 
>   The little one, the one that's best for cd's (although it reads
>   dvd's 
> also) is the Sony CRX320E).  The other one is for writing anything at
> all, so I got the best I could find, the HP DVD Writer 420n.  Between
> the two, I can read or write anything.  They just work great with
> kde's k3b, wcich allows them to copy dvd's even.
> 
> The disks are very well worth noting.  Three of them, organized into
> the boot section and the home section.  The boot section is a 35G
> scsi, but it's 15K rpm rotation rate, which means it's blazing.  This
> would be fast enough on it's own, but it's not on it's own.  Tell me
> if you think it's the neatest, but I don't think so.  My own encomium
> is given to the home section, which is formed from two 145G scsi
> disks.  They are each only 10K rotation rate (faster than the fastest
> IDE, anyhow), but each one has it's own independent scsi bus, so that
> the fast that they're hooked together in a striped access via vinum
> means (in effect) I have a 290G drive that's, I dunno, I have to get
> to test, but damned fast, let me tell you!
> 
> Small stuff, it's got the floppy and the network interface, but I
> won't bore.
> 
> 
> I'm very very proud of this system,  Can you see why?
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