Re: Anybody (else) get ping'ed by Comcast about Port 25 emailing?
I've had similar experience. I don't think Comcast can tell the difference between a joe-job and real spam. I gave up pestering them and am just sending all outgoing email through a VPN to one of our servers in Manchester. --Bruce Dan Miller wrote: I've called Comcast (when I had them) before on this very issue. Ask for the security department, and then start asking for evidence. Since their email states (and they state on the phone) that they closed the port because it looked like you were spamming and have a virus. I would always ask for the date and time of when the emails were sent that made it look like I had a virus. They always stated that they didn't have any. I would then lay into them stating that you are closing my port (tied to the account and modem) with no evidence that I have a virus. They would then state that the port was closed because of the emails. This would go on a few times until I would state So you accusing me of spamming, but have no evidence of such. Comcast would reply no, so I would ask for them to either A) produce evidence that I have a virus or B) open up port 25. Usually at this point, they would concede and in a few minutes they will come back on the line with port 25 being reopened. After a few minutes, the modem will update its file, and everything will be kosher again.. I would never back down, and would always get port 25 reopened. Every time I received these emails, all I had running was Linux with a customized iptables script, so chances of a virus are virtually nil. Good luck. Dan ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Anybody (else) get ping'ed by Comcast about Port 25 emailing?
On 12/02/2008 11:34 PM, Dan Miller wrote: Every time I received these emails, all I had running was Linux with a customized iptables script, so chances of a virus are virtually nil. benscott Just because you don't have viruses doesn't mean that a misconfiguration of your MTA* will cause you to be an open relay and allow others to use you to send spam. * or perhaps you run a web server or other open service on the same box that could be hijacked? Maybe some Windows systems on your network that could have a virus? /benscott -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Anybody (else) get ping'ed by Comcast about Port 25 emailing?
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: benscott I'm amused that I have apparently become an HTML tag. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: a call for collos
On 2008-12-01 4:43 PM, Arc Riley wrote: If you don't need in-person, I've found ServerBeach to be quite awesome. They provide the hardware, 2TB/mo transfer, I can give you a discount coupon code if you're interested (10% IIRC) Have you had any power issues with them? Every couple months my VOIP DID provider sends me an e-mail saying power is out at ServerBeach again and the phones will start working when it comes back on. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] SLUG Durham / Mon 8 Oct / Software unit tests, JUnit, PyUnit
Who : Rob Anderson What : Unit tests Date : Mon 8 Dec 2008 Time : 7 PM to 9 PM Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH Learn about unit testing and why you should want to use them! A Unit Test is a small piece of software code that tests specific functionality in other code. Unit Tests are used to automate software testing. They can help you answer questions like: * Is this code done? * Does this code work? * Does that bug-fix still work after some other change? * Will this new change break anything? Examples will include: JUnit - http://www.junit.org/ Python Unit tests - http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/ [Editor's note: Rob didn't say which Python unit testing framework he's using, but PyUnit seems to be the de facto standard, so that is my guess.] === About SLUG === SLUG is the Seacoast Linux User Group, and is a chapter of GNHLUG, the Greater NH Linux User Group. Rob Anderson is the SLUG coordinator, and reliably comes up with interesting topics each month. SLUG meets the second Monday of every month, same time, same place. You can find out more about SLUG and GNHLUG at their websites. http://slug.gnhlug.org http://www.gnhlug.org Meetings take place starting at 7:00 PM. Meetings are open to all. The meeting proper ends around 9ish, but it's not uncommon to find hangers-on there until 10 or later. They take place in Room 301 (the third floor conference room), of Morse Hall, at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham. ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Call for participants: BarCamp MHT this Saturday
This Saturday, BarCampManchester takes over the 3rd floor of UNH Manchester, 400 Commercial Street, for a day of UnConference. Details: http://www.barcampmanchester.org Note: This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by GNHLUG. Just an FYI. Reports from past events have been... mixed. Perhaps if enough FOSS advocates showed up, willing to speak... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: a call for collos
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 14:02 -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote: On 2008-12-01 4:43 PM, Arc Riley wrote: If you don't need in-person, I've found ServerBeach to be quite awesome. They provide the hardware, 2TB/mo transfer, I can give you a discount coupon code if you're interested (10% IIRC) Have you had any power issues with them? Every couple months my VOIP DID provider sends me an e-mail saying power is out at ServerBeach again and the phones will start working when it comes back on. I had some issues over the summer with one server I have in their Virginia data center. I believe the problems have since been fixed. -- Cole Tuininga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Code Energy (http://www.code-energy.com) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: a call for colos
I went with Spectra in the end. I was down today to check out their facility and MV's. G4 was too pricy for my set up, as was colospace.com, another outfit I found on line with colos in Manchester, Bedford, and several other locations outside of NH. G4 and colospace.com would be good to consider for high-end space. They don't have private cages, but they seem to have everything else. Me, I just need a cheap reliable place to stick a single server. At Spectra, I had to BYO UPS, but I worked out a deal where I give them my overkill 5U unit, and I get to use a couple of ports on it, but don't have to pay for the extra space it uses. This way, they can put other customers on it too that might not have their own UPS. They do provide a generator with ~30-second response. MV's space appeared a touch nicer than Spetra, but I could not get a quote out of them before I had to leave Manchester today. This is not really a mark against them because I just contacted them yesterday. I expect the quote would have been in my price range but a touch higher than Spectra. MV was clearly more estabilshed, while Spestra was a little more professional in appearance and a more formally run. 6 of one, half a dosen of the other in my book. Both seem perfectly capable. Also, the Spectra folks are very flexible with setup. For example, they are Fedexing my access keys because I did not have time to wait for them today. Thanks to all for the input and help! On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On December 01, 2008, Alan Johnson sent me the following: I'm in desperate need of a collocation facility. I only know of places in Manchester, but the ones I can think of off the top of my head: MV Communications - www.mv.com - I've had a colocated machine there in the past, and was happy with their connectivity, uptime, and building access. This was years ago, but I haven't heard anything bad about them. Of the companies in the area that I know of, they were the most expensive for my needs, starting a $250/mo for 512Kbps average bw. G4 Communications - www.g4.net - I have no first hand experience with their colo, but I've heard it's good. I was at one time quoted a price around half of MV's rate, with double the bandwidth. Spectra Access - www.spectraaccess.com - I am currently colocated here. As such, I can't divulge too much info due to NDA type stuff. I have had some connectivity issues with them in the past, including unannounced switch outages. They are fairly inexpensive though. -- Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weblog.2bithacker.net/ KB1QYWPGP key ID 43C4819E v4sw5PUhw4/5ln5pr5FOPck4ma4u6FLOw5Xm5l5Ui2e4t4/5ARWb7HKOen6a2Xs5IMr2g6CM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkk0YjwACgkQnTUxIUPEgZ5q+QCgkCGBZ3giPoQ5ewvIDdZd9Wr6 94gAn0aThyq+c6hcWPG0XRYys5sqb1iZ =8psp -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Nokia N810 and other handhelds
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/ http://bugs.maemo.org/ Thanks. (Again.) Yeah, you want a fixed Treo with a decent web browser ... That would actually prolly work okay for my needs. Problem is, every browser I've ever tried on PalmOS basically sucked. And because it's a stagnant platform, the developers don't stick around to improve it. So the only real development is funded by Palm Inc. And Palm Inc won't sell you just an updated browser; they use that to help sell new models. Palm has too many strikes against them. Bad OS. Lack of a good web browser. They force you to buy a new device to get updated software. Even then, it often doesn't work, and they won't help. The Palm Desktop hasn't been updated in like a decade, and still doesn't work right in a corporate environment. Almost nothing they make has 802.11. The TX does, but it's an old model and doesn't have a hard keyboard. For the prices you have to pay to get their stuff new ($150+ for the old TX; $400+ for Treo/Centro), it just ain't worth it. The N810 is the same price range, has better hardware, and (for all its failings) sounds like it has better software, too. The Zaurus looked promising but is dead in the US and apparently stagnating overseas, too. Android isn't there yet. ... the ever-elusive 802.11 SD card. ;) Does such a thing actually exist? Google seems to think so, but... there was an 802.11 card for the Sony Memory Stick form-factor, too. They're impossible to find these days. I think they only ever made like six of them. [That being the anticipated market demand for Memory Stick 802.11. ;-) ] Worse, the drivers had a tendency to crash the OS fairly regularly. It would have been nice if Nokia had aggressively courted the stranded PalmOS developers. Yah. Most of the mobile phones they sell these days are really just handheld computers (PDAs) with a built-in phone. Some are pretty nice in terms of hardware. But software is a joke. They are all welded shut. The carriers want it that way, because they think they can tax application license sales. But nothing works with anything else and nobody can do anything to fix it because they carriers have them all locked up. Nobody wants to develop apps that only work on a tiny market segment, controlled by semi-hostile carriers. How in the name of the FSM's balls Apple managed to convince everybody the iPhone is somehow exempt from the above clusterfsck remains a perplexing mystery to me. The iPhone is actually worse, because in addition to the carriers wanting everything locked up we've got Apple wanting everything locked up. It would be nice to see some market organization here. You'd think all the various players would want to get behind a common OS that doesn't have huge costs, isn't owned by a single vendor with conflicts of interest, has a strong community, large existing code base, and powerful features. Yet I've seen several attempts at bringing Linux to the handheld world, and none of them could get out of their own way. Poorly managed development efforts, legal entanglements, failed promises. And I want my flying car. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Handheld device keyboards (was: Nokia N810)
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was surprised how I really didn't type any faster on the n810 keyboard than the Treo 650's. I guess a thumboard is a thumboard no matter how small. I've did some hands-on with various handheld computers (the kind with a built-in mobile phone) in a store today. I was unimpressed with the keyboards on most of them. The current crop of Treo/Centro models was strictly average, and the average was not high. Many were even worse. Some were better. Few I liked as much as the one on my Sony Clie PEG-TG50. It seems that little human-factors thought goes into the keyboards. Some common flaws I observed: F1. Some are perfectly flat, with the keys flush to the bezel. What's the point of a hard keyboard if you can't actually feel the keys? Might as well give me the flexibility of a touch-screen with soft keyboard then. F2. Many have very narrow keys (taller than wide). When holding a thumboard, the tips of my thumbs (the contact surfaces) are oriented more-or-less horizontally. That means keys should be wider rather than taller, or at least square. Since a typical phone has a narrow body, they have to reduce the width dimension. I guess they think they can compensate by making the keys taller, but that doesn't actually help much. Worse, it wastes valuable space. F3. The biggest flaw is that most put the keys too close together -- often edge-to-edge. Us humans don't actually need big keys, but we *do* need a certain amount of space *between* the keys. It's hard to hit a target precisely every time. By leaving a margin for error around the target, things get easier. The PEG-TG50 has tiny keys, but square, raised, and -- most important -- decent room between them. It's amazing what a difference 2 mm makes. From pictures, it looks like the N810 suffers from F3, and maybe F1. Aside: I got to try the BlackBerry Storm for a minute. The OS is a tad slow, and the touchscreen seemed erratic on occasion. The salesweasel claimed that VZW does something to the store demo units that makes them act that way. I can totally believe VZW would shoot themselves in the foot like that, but it could just be a lie to make me think the one I bought would be better. The web browser I didn't get to try. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] [DLSLUG-Announce] TONIGHT - PyCUDA and GPU Programming - DLSLUG Monthly Meeting - 2008-12-04
*** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://dlslug.org/ a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org *** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, December 4th, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Carson L02 All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 PyCUDA and GPU Programming presented by Nicholas Sinnott-Armstrong Nick will give a talk about an exciting emerging technology that deals with the use of GPUs. PyCUDA (and CUDA in general) is an easy to use framework to take advantage of the massive processing power and memory bandwidth available on the GPUs of most enthusiast machines writing simple templated C code. A short introduction to Python will be followed by an in-depth look at how easy it is to write really fast code for scientific and HPC applications at a very low system cost. Everyone who attends is invited and encouraged (though not required) to bring a machine with SSH support -- GNU screen-cast will be set up to give everyone a hands-on view of the presentation. Nicholas Sinnott-Armstrong is a devout follower of the Open Source methodology. He has worked on numerous Open Source projects, including the Open Graphics Project, Lumiera, and Python, and spends his free time browsing the universe Ubuntu and Debian repos. His favorite language to program in is Scheme, but when that doesn't work out, he settles for a mix of Haskell, Python, Verilog, and C. He has a special interest in hardware solutions to software problems, including but not limited to FPGAs and GPUs. 8:50 Roundtable Exchange - where the attendees can make announcements or ask a linux/floss question of the group. - Driving Directions Please see the website for links to driving directions. Refreshments We currently lack a refreshment sponsor. If you or your company would like to provide or sponsor refreshments, please get in touch. RSVP RSVP by replying to this e-mail so we can give any refreshment sponsor a count. Mailing Lists There are two primary mailman lists set up for DLSLUG, an Announce list and a Discuss list. Please sign up for the Announce list (moderated, low-volume) to stay apprised of the group's activities and the Discuss list (unmoderated) for group discussion. Links to the mailing lists are on the webpage. Tell Your Friends Please pass this announcement along to anyone else who may be interested. -- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ DLSLUG-Announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dlslug.org/mailman/listinfo/dlslug-announce ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Nokia N810 and other handhelds
Ben Scott wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... the ever-elusive 802.11 SD card. ;) Does such a thing actually exist? Google seems to think so, but... there was an 802.11 card for the Sony Memory Stick form-factor, too. They're impossible to find these days. I think they only ever made like six of them. [That being the anticipated market demand for Memory Stick 802.11. ;-) ] Worse, the drivers had a tendency to crash the OS fairly regularly. I have one! I found an overpriced Palm brand SDIO 802.11 card back when I was playing around with a Tapwave Zodiac. (Remember those? Once again, remarkable hardware. PalmOS. And absolutely NO marketing to speak of. It died a quick death, but remains one of my all time favorite handheld systems in terms of capability and ergonomics.) How in the name of the FSM's balls Apple managed to convince everybody the iPhone is somehow exempt from the above clusterfsck remains a perplexing mystery to me. The iPhone is actually worse, because in addition to the carriers wanting everything locked up we've got Apple wanting everything locked up. I see Apple succeeding in community software development where Tapwave crashed and burned. With Tapwave, the Zod ran PalmOS, so it could run any of the Palm apps out there - but - some of the more awesome features of the Zod's hardware were locked out unless you got your app digitally signed by Tapwave. This, of course, cost Tapwave time to test the apps and the developer money. With the iPhone, Apple controls distribution and simply passes the costs on to the users by charging a pittance above whatever the developer wants to sell the app for. It worked. It would be nice to see some market organization here. You'd think all the various players would want to get behind a common OS that doesn't have huge costs, isn't owned by a single vendor with conflicts of interest, has a strong community, large existing code base, and powerful features. Sounds like Linux. Yet I've seen several attempts at bringing Linux to the handheld world, and none of them could get out of their own way. Poorly managed development efforts, legal entanglements, failed promises. Oh, right. Never mind. And I want my flying car. These guys are still trying: http://www.moller.com/ http://www.volanteaircraft.com http://www.labicheaerospace.com/ http://www.terrafugia.com/ http://www.urbanaero.com http://www.macroindustries.com http://www.pal-v.com/ Or if you prefer a motorcycle, this might be interesting: http://www.thebutterflyllc.com/sscycle/sscycle.htm Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Handheld device keyboards (was: Nokia N810)
Ben Scott wrote: Aside: I got to try the BlackBerry Storm for a minute. The keyboard was one of the deciding factors in my choice to go with the Blackberry 8130 Curve from T-mobile. It has a raised, backlit, chicklet style keyboard and unlike anything else I've seen on the market today, it has haptic feedback in the form of a click you can feel, as well as a tit on the 5 key, so you can find the number pad by touch. The keys are almost square, but still slightly vertical with space between them. You can feel them easily enough and the click helps let you know if you hit the wrong one. There is Linux software to backup restore, but my greatest finds were that it can sync over the air to your Gmail account's calendar. Google also has a pretty decent set of their more widely used services you can download. One of my favorite Linux compatibility parts is that it uses a standard USB connection and acts as just another USB thumb drive. This makes transferring images, videos, and ring tones a breeze. (It uses MP3 format for the ringtones... natively. I love my crackberry. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proprietor: http://www.JustWorksNH.com | | Computers and Web Sites that JUST WORK | | Work: +1 (603) 484-1461Home: +1 (603) 484-1469| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
