Re: [Hampshire] Hosting recommendations
I hate saying this but GoDaddy is pretty solid and very easy to use. Word press is even an prepackaged install option. On 21 Aug 2015, at 08:57, Owain Clarke wrote: > Hello all. > > I have been asked to build a website for someone who is going into > self-employment. The site will consist of contacts, pictures of completed > projects and a few other bits. In short it will not be a complex site. I am > planning to use WordPress or some other template based system as my day to > day work is nothing to do with coding, so my head will never expand enough do > build it the old fashioned way. > > What I'm wondering is whether anyone has any fabby recommendations for > hosting? > > Thanks > > > Owain > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Website dead, ever coming back?
On 24 Jun 2015, at 04:14, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > > > On 23/06/2015 22:04, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 23 June 2015 at 21:50, Alan Pope wrote: > >>> http://hants.lug.org.uk/ >>> http://www.hantslug.org.uk/ > >> It finally loaded some 44 seconds later. http://imgur.com/vDFstIA (top right) > > I've done a bit of investigation to help whoever ends-up attempting to > fix this issue: > > The problem appears to be something slowing the loading of four > javascript files and one css file: > > - /?bfa_ata_file=css > - /wp/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.11.1, > - /wp/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1, > - /wp/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/js/DD_roundies.js?ver=0.0.2a, and, > - /?bfa_ata_file=js > > specifically the "Time Till First Byte" (TTFB) of each of these files is > huge (Large TTFB indicates delay server-side which is occurring before > _ANY_ data is transferred). This might be due to disk-thrashing caused > by excessive swapping, or some other IO bottleneck issue server-side. > > (Once the files hit the network they transfer quickly so networking is > not the issue here at all. Also the html pages themselves are received > in less-than 300ms further confusing matters, though I note that the > html is cached by wp-supercache meaning that for most requests very > little PHP code is touched, if any.) > > HTH. can you send me a snapshot of db and the src files (dropbox link preferred). j...@lincore.com :) In the mean time put a static page (use wget to rip the home page and static copies of assets) up as a work around while we investigate. If its a host problem - unlikely, Is Andy aware? server and php logs would also be good (essential) > > -- > Daniel Llewellyn; PGP/GPG: 0x0349ED21 > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Dead server
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 May 2015, at 23:42, Leo wrote: > >> On 20/02/15 22:12, Samuel Penn wrote: >>> On Friday 20 Feb 2015 21:27:46 Leo wrote: >>> I noticed today that my headless server stopped responding so I had to >>> reboot it. However all I can tell is that the logs appear to have >>> stopped recording anything from about mid-afternoon yesterday. Is there >>> anywhere else I can look to see what might have happened? >> >> I was getting that recently. Turned out to be disc errors. > > So, a very late follow up to this: I tested the disks using fsck and smart, > and found no problems. So I ignored the problem. However, in the last week it > has since frozen twice again. So I ram memtest. The first time it reported > some errors. The second time, it didn't report any. > > Has anyone had any experience of failed memory: is it possible to pass and > fail, or once failing will it always fail? sound more like a bad capacitor, it could be anywhere, check the tops for swelling/dis colour and dust (hover any crud from fans & gaps) > > Thanks, > Leo > > PS I'm now running an mprime torture test to see what that throws up. > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Is this another back door for those in power to analyse our data
I just found this while looking at insurance, is anyone up on the details about what data is being made "portable"? http://www.gocompare.com/money/midata/ The general essence of this initiative is to "share" via a centralised government backed data broker, data to help companies actively match your banking behaviour with the best products. ... and will share information such as who provides your mobile phone and utilities. Its being presented as a solution to the non competitive markets. but seriously this is a !wtf #Featureof1984 as authorised by Teresa May and if anything it means the competitors will have enough info to know exactly how much to price at to get the most out of you. J -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] UK digital skills report
On 18 Feb 2015, at 21:19, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:37:45 +, j...@lincore.com said: > >> it really narks the establishment and companies that software peeps get >> paid more than senior managers > > Correction: it may nark SOME of the group you identify. However, it's > pretty much guaranteed that anything will annoy someone somewhere. :) > >> and there is an ongoing effort by >> companies to lower salaries by making it a commodity job. > > Some companies will pay the lowest rate they can. That's usually reflected > in the quality of their staff and hence their business. HSBC, HBOS, > >> and don't be so naive to suggest that people of the future will need >> more computing skills, if anything computing skills will be required >> less as tooling and AI becomes more sophisticated and automated. 10 >> years from now we will simply ask a machine to write software for us and >> only a very small number of people will be in a position to modify that >> base code. > > Rubbish. There was an AI program released in the early 80s called "The > Last One", so named because it would be the last program one would need to > buy (it created programs for you). It wasn't. Even if AI advances to the > level you suggest within ten years (it won't), why would anyone ask an AI > system to write a program? most solutions once discovered can be coded as a template and data. It is then possible to apply reflective coding methods to infuse data (raw and derived) with a solution template, this then then re-executes each time evolving the code and output in a feedback loop until a solution is found. Just look at how proteins, raw materials and DNA work together, its a purely mechanical process, he outcomes however, are magical. > Programs are a means to and end (for most > people); it would be more likely that someone would ask such an AI system > to ensure that the car is serviced overnight rather than to write a > program to ensure it is serviced overnight. > > As for the quality of AI in ten years' time: speech recognition is an > amazingly hard problem to crack, although the last thirty years has seen > some modest progress. Having a system *understand* speech is a long way > off. Look at how poor computerised translation programs are: the problem > is that they don't understand what is being said. They merely use a > (complex) algorithm to swap one language for another. "The cat is black" > may be easy to translate into "Le chat est noir", but it will be some time > before "I'm going to stretch my legs" becomes "Je vais pour une promenade" > (unless each such phrase is individually coded, but still the AI system > doesn't *understand*). I genuinely think within ten years there will be an evolutionary leap in AI. I agree what exists today is a side show, but even 5 years from now that side show will be vastly more than it is now, then there will be a WTF thats super cool moment. > > Why do you mostly start sentences with lower case letters? > -- > "Why does God hate me so much? Is it because I don't believe in him?" - > Sidney Morgenbesser > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] UK digital skills report
On 18 Feb 2015, at 17:06, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2015 16:37:45 Jay Bennie wrote: >> the idea that kids need to be taught to type or surf the web is laughable. > > I thought that that was the whole point of this goverment initiative! To get > schools to teach IT and/or computing, not office skills. A welcome introduction to learning to code and logical thinking is one thing, but setting a whole generation on the narrative that learning to code is critical to the future of the country is quite another. As per darwin; Over specialisation is just as bad an no specialisation, it is those whom are best adapted to change, that succeed. Our children should equally have exposure to other cutting edge sciences in other fields i.e. bio-engineering or NLP. Surely its just as important to know how your chemistry and your mind are being manipulated! > > Lisi > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] UK digital skills report
On 18 Feb 2015, at 16:19, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2015 16:07:17 Jay Bennie wrote: >> interesting reading, i wonder when people at the top will realise just >> because you have a qualification, wont mean your any good at it. Software >> development is as much an art form as it is a trained skill. All this will >> do is flood the market with crap programmers. > > That applies to anything. But to select your good tennis players, you have > to > have a decent sized pool of tennis players in the first place. > Naturally good people always rise to the top, all this will do is lower the salaries they will receive. it really narks the establishment and companies that software peeps get paid more than senior managers and there is an ongoing effort by companies to lower salaries by making it a commodity job. and don't be so naive to suggest that people of the future will need more computing skills, if anything computing skills will be required less as tooling and AI becomes more sophisticated and automated. 10 years from now we will simply ask a machine to write software for us and only a very small number of people will be in a position to modify that base code. > Software development is an art form. But it requires skills. painters of the fine arts know all to well that to be master of art you must posses exacting skill. > As does software maintenance. And those skills must be learnt, they are not > innate, > and can be taught. > This may be true. There may be more systems, but the natural evolution will concentrate knowledge into fewer and fewer parts. Thus fewer and fewer teams. the few commodity roles will be passed to the lowest bidder and this will mostly be offshore. So we are training people to have skills they will never practice. It would be far better for the government to concentrate resources on producing more Nurses and Farmers. > Are you going to not teach Maths, because not every child can become an Alan > Turing? Math has a natural use in all subjects and life skills, computing and software don't, and the idea that kids need to be taught to type or surf the web is laughable. > > Lisi > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] UK digital skills report
interesting reading, i wonder when people at the top will realise just because you have a qualification, wont mean your any good at it. Software development is as much an art form as it is a trained skill. All this will do is flood the market with crap programmers. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240240505/UK-failing-to-address-digital-skills-shortage-says-Lords-report?asrc=EM_ERU_39833542&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=ERU&utm_campaign=20150218_ERU%20Transmission%20for%2002/18/2015%20%28UserUniverse:%201391364%29_myka-repo...@techtarget.com&src=5361137 -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Simple database?
On 14 Jan 2015, at 11:07, Gordon Scott wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a simple and simple > database for a membership list. An address book with some extra fields > for things like "paid until", in this case 'boat', and a notes field. > > I need a number of fields, so plain table's are a nuisance, though a > spreadsheet with frozen columns works OK. > > I have people on Linux, Mac and Windows, so need cross-platform. There > are presently only 116 records and that's unlikely to change a great > deal. > > I could just make something in Ruby or whatever, but there must, surely, > already be something out there. I often use xmbase-grok, but it's not > cross-platform. google's spreadsheet app works well can, but if you want something uber simple or Create a table in mysql and use the scafolding capability in cakephp to autocreate a CRUD interface. (its quite usable by default) it takes about 20mins, then publish to a web server. (adding a password layer is a few mins of extra work work ... but its all in the tutorials :) J > > Regards, > Gordon. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] A christmas gift - well from my perspective anyway
> UNDUPVH To all: I got the above code as i've used the safari books online service for some time. I thought it was specific to me but it look like its generic and can be claimed by anyone. It will let you upgrade your subscription to an annual payment with a 36pct discount ... however the real treat is the discount is perpetual, so if you keep the subscription rolling you'll get it every year, thats quite a saving. Merry christmas Jay oh and its on a time limit of midnight on sunday. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4
On 8 Dec 2014, at 14:18, Kevin Bagust wrote: > On 8 December 2014 at 14:01, Lisi wrote: >> On Monday 08 December 2014 13:46:23 Anthony wrote: >>> Tin Hat >> >> Google has let me down. >> >> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinhat >> >> So what is a "tin hat"? An unneccessary protection? A paranoid protection? >> A necessary protection? > > Possibly short for Tin Foil Hat, which will supposedly protect you > from the mind control rays, https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBsyLleGz6x3OanG5dw5CXIKIrlLUNkXjT1iohRzGREwDigdKbcw > > Kevin. > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Help with Linux server
an sc1420 has about 10yrs - heat is a slow killer but still a killer. ... gchq etc ... omg tin hat alert! encryption works! use it...and your tin at hosting is just if not more vulnerable than the top clouds. and if you must know.. Azure. Sent from my iPhone > On 7 Dec 2014, at 15:27, "Stephen Pelc" wrote: > > Hay said: > >> Steven, migrate to a cloud server, that dell is on the >> edge of its life. > > How long should a server last in your estimation, assuming that > drives and fans are replaced every three to five years? In my > world, electronics needs to last at least 15 years, and we have > plenty of clients whose hardware has lasted over 20 years. And > that's without considering high reliability stuff - we had our > compilers and code used for the Rosetta/Philae mission. > > We still need a box to do what this box does, and it has to be > at Hill Lane. So, replace this box yes, but in our own sweet > time and not in a panic. > > And which cloud provider do you trust to > a) provide service > b) not to mine your data > c) not to feed NSA/GCHQ/... > You need to read the Ts and Cs very carefully. > > Stephen > -- > Stephen Pelc, step...@mpeforth.com > MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd - More Real, Less Time > 133 Hill Lane, Southampton SO15 5AF, England > tel: +44 (0)23 80 631441, +44 (0)7803 903612, fax: +44 > (0)23 80 339691 > web: http://www.mpeforth.com - free VFX Forth downloads > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Help with Linux server
Steven, migrate to a cloud server, that dell is on the edge of its life. Sent from my iPhone > On 7 Dec 2014, at 12:11, "Stephen Pelc" wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded. We are now back up and running as > far as I can tell. After looking at enough blinkenlights after a > night's sleep, it appeared that a switch had failed. The boot > time failure messages were (apparently) irrelevant. > > What this all tells me is that we really are vulnerable and that > we do need a new "Mr Server". Various people on this list have > done the job in the past. It's a small Dell server (SC1420?) > running Centos with LVM. It connects to the ISP, collects our > mail, provides FTP and so on. We do expect to be changing ISP > during 1Q2015. > > We need someone with easy transport to Hill Lane, remote access > will also be provided. Payment is annual for the the server > maintenance, and also on a per-project basis. If you are > interested, please contact me directly. > > Stephen > -- > Stephen Pelc, step...@mpeforth.com > MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd - More Real, Less Time > 133 Hill Lane, Southampton SO15 5AF, England > tel: +44 (0)23 80 631441, +44 (0)7803 903612, fax: +44 > (0)23 80 339691 > web: http://www.mpeforth.com - free VFX Forth downloads > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?
Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Nov 2014, at 16:55, Chris Dennis wrote: > >> On 27/11/14 20:37, Chris Dennis wrote: >> Hello folks >> >> Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area >> network? > Thanks for the replies. In the end I decided that drawing one diagram wasn't > worth learning a whole new tool, so I just described the network in words. > wimp ;) > Cheers > > Chris > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?
Dia On 27 Nov 2014, at 20:37, Chris Dennis wrote: > Hello folks > > Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area > network? > > I want to be able to represent cables, sockets, switches, computers etc. > > That's straightforward in itself, but I also want to show that there are six > cables entering the trunking by the switch, 2 cables branch out to sockets, > and 4 cables continue in a different bit of trunking that disappears down to > the floor below... etc. Lots of awkward stuff like that. And ideally in > three dimensions. It quickly gets tedious trying to wrangle the lines in > parallel groups. > > I've tried with Yed and LibreOffice Draw, but it very quickly becomes > unworkable. > > Any ideas would be very welcome. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Email services
Dyn.com provide an smtp service you can pay for on an as needed basis. On 26 Nov 2014, at 13:31, Roger Munford wrote: > I have a client who has a food home delivery service and I provided him with > a function for mass emailing of customers so that he can let people know that > turkeys must be ordered by a certain date and their delivery day will be > changed for Christmas week, that sort of thing. > However his ISP will not allow mass emailing of this sort so we need an > alternative solution before Christmas. Can anybody suggest an ISP who would > allow this? It seems a bit business unfriendly and I cannot imagine that this > is now standard behaviour. > > Thanks > > Roger > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] FTTC/vDSL/NT5e faceplates
> > Looks like a choice of either phone or internet until next week :( It is still > odd taking the box apart when I've been used to leaving well alone because if > they think it has been tampered with BT will charge! > set up a line divert to a skype or voip number :) oh and trace the wire back - if it has been cold and wet with you - checking the wires aren't compromised is worth while... they don't last forever and vDSL is a bit sensitive to bad copper. I had a similar drop off at the old office but if just today - it was a bad bt day. > -- > Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 > = > Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, > Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] FTTC/vDSL/NT5e faceplates
> Fortunately that was where the corroded wire > was to be found. > Funny how that and water in the wires can have an effect on service quality ... Looks like BT had a bad day country wide. Was there a solar storm! all those cosmic rays playing havoc with the microchips .. like little gremlins :) ... i still have no idea how to interpret this data http://spaceweather.com > -- >Bob Dunlop > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] FTTC/vDSL/NT5e faceplates
On 6 Nov 2014, at 17:03, Paul Tansom wrote: > I am currently suffering a phone outage and major drop in internet connection > speed, to less than a half of the decidedly average usual speed. Having sorted > out getting to the master socket to confirm that the problem is not down to my > own equipment, as is customary with BT given the threat of a callout charge if > they deem it isn't their fault, I have just spent some time chatting to their > support and find myself somewhat perplexed. > > Firstly it seems that some parts of the master socket are part of the BT > network and other bits are customer equipment. The bit that is screwed onto > the > wall and includes the so called 'test socket' is BT, the bit that connects > into > that to provide the split out for the FTTC socket and the bit that then > connects into that providing the filtered phone point are customer equipment, > even though they all screw together into a single unit. I can sort of see it > given that, although they fit like a 3D jigsaw together, the customer bits are > the equivalent of the ADSL filter that is generally dangling out of the socket > on a tail but it still seems odd to provide a part that fits together as a > single unit and have different parties responsible for different parts of it. > > There is however the complication of finding a replacement when it goes wrong. > BT don't supply one without a £129 engineer callout, Maplin, RS, Screwfix and > other similar vendors don't appear to do them. Solwise, who are specialists in > parts like this don't either. BT claimed that they were easily available from > any electrical retail outlet for a couple of quid. In practice the best option > seems to be somebody I've never heard of in the Amazon marketplace for > anywhere > between £15 and £30 (although one is listed at £100!). > > Are they really that difficult to get hold of? Does anyone know of a local > supplier? I've nothing against getting one from a small business (I am one > myself and an FSB member), but the descriptions on Amazon leave me without the > confidence that it is the part I am after - most are for ADSL not FTTC/vDSL it > seems. Hi Paul http://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/btvdslfaceplate.html or ebayjust search vDSL filter > > -- > Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 > = > Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, > Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Open Source CRM
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Aug 2014, at 14:44, Edward Beckmann wrote: > > Robin > > I'm a tad confused - a search shows Full Circle Podcast (your email address) > as a sideshoot of Full Circle Magazine, which supports the Ubuntu community. > If that is you guys then I would have thought you have all the information in > house somewhere. If that's not you, then there needs to be a discussion about > one of you changing your names to reduce confusion. > from personal experience SugarCRM is a bait and switch production, and not a high quality product. > Your question - Sugar CRM has a community edition which can be run on a > server free of charge (though do remember that not all open source software = > free to use however you like). I've used it for several years during which > time it needed little attention. Your main cost will be in setting up a > server and the application properly, and like any software that's a necessary > investment in expertise. There is a demo site that you can use to try out > what it can do, but I think it's in the top couple of CRM systems worldwide. > > Also consider Zoho, which I think has a community edition. > > If it looks as if you need a lot of customisation to get a package to work > for you, consider how you do your admin. A lot of systems work well as > delivered and if you are willing to adapt to the way the package is written > you will save loads of effort compared to making it fit all of your own admin > details. Unless of course your admin system just has to be done a certain way > to work at all. > > Contact me offline if you need, my details are easy enough to find. > > Good luck > > -- > Ed > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 7
Theres no easy way. you just need to backup the bits of you linux fs you need, blat the disk, install win7 , manually put back linux files and reinstal grub/ammend config. (fyi ... buy a new ssd, make it the first disk) If you dont windows will just complain/fail. and the end result will be sub optimal. Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Aug 2014, at 13:40, Full Circle Podcast > wrote: > > David, > I've done it both ways; Windows doesn't respect your Linux Grub menu so you'd > have to restore that if you install Windows second. > > RC > > >> On 13 August 2014 13:34, David Wills wrote: >> Why not just install windows 7 into a virtualbox virtual machine? >> >>> On 13 Aug 2014 13:31, wrote: >>> Hi All >>> >>> I have the need to put Windows 7 back on my laptop however I currently have >>> Ubuntu installed with /home on another drive. >>> >>> Would it be easier to reload the laptop with Windows installed first then >>> load linux and reuse the /home in the new install or is it possible to get >>> Windows on after Ubuntu has been loaded? >>> >>> Cheers for any help. >>> >>> -- >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> David Milward >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >>> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >>> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >>> -- >> >> -- >> Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk >> Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire >> LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk >> -- > > > > -- > Rgds > RC > > Robin Catling > Full Circle Podcast > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Open Source CRM
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Aug 2014, at 12:34, Full Circle Podcast > wrote: > > Ok, here's a wide-open question on CRM... > > We're a registered charity in the social care space providing training, > publications, conferences, workshops; we have members on subscription and > sales to Joe Public; we're looking to move up to the next level, doing more > in education and with the private care sector. > > So yes, we need to manage contacts, invoices, orders, products, events, > mailings, prospects, reports and all those good things. > > My illustrious predecessor took on a commerical trial of Salesforce and > promptly ran away. > > One of our Heads of Practice is leaning toward Open Source from cost and > licensing concerns and not wanting to go bespoke or re-invent the wheel. Any software is going to lead to bespoke, you just need to work out which bits do/do not make sence to use off the shelf. I'd argue you want to start with a mvc based cms (i'm using croogo which sits atop cakephp) this way you can craft/buy bespoke parts, including parts that integrate other services as components or create customised look and feel. Concrete5 and Drupal etc have similar coventions and have a wide range of off the shelf plugin extensions. Then for erp functions and training delivery there the likes of tuple and moodle. there are more than a few other mature topic specific solutions out there, so you can mix and match to get what you need. but also, dont rule off the shelf services such as those from 37signals. Their client managment tools are good and have developer api's so you can integrate. by treating each part as a service in isolation and investing in integration. (Its amazing what you can do with ajax, iframes and css;) and you can also farm out the work to avoid vendor lock in. (i expect if you floated rewards for parts, freelancers on the list would get in touch) I be happy to call/meetup for a more in depth discussion on strategy and spending a few hours looking into viable open source that match your needs, budget and scale. > > And yes, I can run a Google search on Open Source CRM and get back a list of > products that may be more or less Open Source and may be more or less 'CRM.' > > Anyone want to suggest feasible Open Source CRM that doesn't require a team > of developers in-house to maintain it? no ... the no fuss solution is salesforce! > Anywhere on the scale of £ less than Salesforce and more than free is an > acceptable option. > We have a policy of non accountable consulting work is free to charities. If you wanted accountable work we would work out a retainer fee. anything else would be bit size fix price quotes. > -- > Rgds > RC > > Robin Catling > Full Circle Podcast Thanks Jay Bennie > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Code base and Emergency Data Laws
Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Jul 2014, at 21:48, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > >> On 18 July 2014 10:04, jay bennie wrote: >> may be i see the plethora of freedoms of open critisim, courts that can and >> do prosecute and voting for all as a panacea. > > the freedoms of open criticism which, when exercised against the > powers-that-be, place your identity on the retrospective search algorithms > that immediately aggregate your entire potted history for the past 10 years? > yeah, I'd call that a panacea, too, though not for the same people I would > guess. > >> what i also see is a lack of ability for legitimate spying on persons >> breaking laws, polititions and business interests making secret deals >> outside of law and police abuse of power. > > The problem is that "spying" isn't being done on persons breaking laws, it is > done on everyone at all times. Right now you are being surveiled by the > powers-that-be whether you like to believe it or not. > There is a parallel here with open source vs closed source. Maybe we should spy everything all the time and make it all public! >> I also see 40% of the population read crap and base there opinion on retoric >> and spin, and have an idealistic notion of a perfect socity and a >> personalised view of right and wrong > > 36% of that statistic was made-up on the spot. > >> people are corrupt! people break laws, fact. > > that isn't being argued against. > >> you need tools to collect evidence, and courts of elected or just persons to >> make judgements of right and wrong... anything less is folly. > > nor is that. > > -- > Daniel Llewellyn > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Code base and Emergency Data Laws
Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Jul 2014, at 22:58, Lisi wrote: > > On Thursday 17 July 2014 22:20:23 Brad Rogers wrote: >>> and in respect of breaches of trust.. we have a long heritage of good >>> political oversight to intercept abuses of power. >> >> ROFLOL! > > The bombing of Baghdad anyone? Millions marching to protest? > > Sorry - politics. But good political oversight? > may be i see the plethora of freedoms of open critisim, courts that can and do prosecute and voting for all as a panacea. what i also see is a lack of ability for legitimate spying on persons breaking laws, polititions and business interests making secret deals outside of law and police abuse of power. I also see 40% of the population read crap and base there opinion on retoric and spin, and have an idealistic notion of a perfect socity and a personalised view of right and wrong. people are corrupt! people break laws, fact. you need tools to collect evidence, and courts of elected or just persons to make judgements of right and wrong... anything less is folly. > ROFLMAO > > Lisi > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] ERRATUM Re: Portsmouth LUG B-a-B meeting on Saturday, 17th May from 13:00 - 18:00
Sent from my iPhone > On 15 May 2014, at 14:52, Lisi wrote: > >> On Thursday 08 May 2014 15:45:47 Jon Wilks wrote: >> At the last meeting I brought over my laptop which was having issues >> booting up via grub2. I have managed to fix the issue and will share my >> experiences at the meeting. > > I look forward to it. GRUB 2 remains an arcane mystery to me. I let > whatever > installer I am running install it, and then cross my fingers. ;-) I still > think in terms of menu.lst and editing config files directly. I must yank my > thought processes into the 21st century. > ditto ... but then multiple optional script files seams more 1800's than a single conf file! so thinking ill wait for grub3 :) > Lisi > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] PCI SATA controller
better to use ide/sata converter - they are usually bidirectional so when you upgrade again to a sata main board - you can also use it for legacy ide drives. Sent from my iPhone On 11 Feb 2014, at 22:58, "Dr A. J. Trickett" wrote: > Hi, > > Before I buy a new one, does anyone have a PCI (not PCIe) bus, SATA > controller > card I could put in an old PC to allow it to take SATA hard disks instead of > the tiny PATA disk it currently has in, that they no longer need...? > > It's not desperate but just checking. > > It goes without saying it needs to work with Linux...! > > -- > Adam Trickett > Overton, HANTS, UK > > "Norton Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values to wipe files. This > provides more security than wiping with decimal values." >-- from the manual of Norton Systemworks 2002, pg 160 > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum
do you need the cd after instalation? just disconnect it. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Nov 2013, at 19:34, Chris Dennis wrote: > On 27/11/13 17:30, Lisi wrote: >> On Wednesday 27 November 2013 17:15:24 Chris Dennis wrote: >>> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA >>> channel, and that is in use for the optical drive. >> >> In a desktop, one PATA channel would be able to take two connections >> on the same ribbon cable (master and slave or both cable select). Is >> the same not true of laptops? > > Yes it's true. But I've always found that having an optical drive on the > same PATA cable as a hard disk slows everything down. > > I'll give it a try though. > > cheers > > Chris > > -- > Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] SATA conundrum
ide supports 2 drives per channel you just need a diff cable, and a <80gb pata disk. i can list the required spares on ebay for 1p +postage. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Nov 2013, at 17:15, Chris Dennis wrote: > On 27/11/13 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote: >> Hello folks >> >> I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer, >> previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk. >> >> The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk. >> >> But every disk I've tried (two new ones, and a couple of old ones, all >> bigger than 80GB) fails to be recognised by the BIOS. I can hear faint >> buzzes and clicks from the drives -- even the new ones. >> >> If I put the old disk back, the BIOS is happy, and the system starts >> (but that's no good, because the disk is failing). >> >> I can't find any relevant settings in the BIOS to tweak, nor jumpers on >> the drives. >> >> Any ideas? > > Thanks for all the replies. > > I managed to update the BIOS all the way from 1.07 to 1.08, and that made no > difference. No other updates seem to be available. > > The original (apparently SATA 1) disk has now failed completely. > > I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA channel, > and that is in use for the optical drive. > > All of which is a pity, because I was trying to do all of this for minimal > cost for a local retired chap. > > It looks like I'll have to give up on this one. > > cheers > > Chris > > -- > Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
