Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, J. Hart wrote: It's the beginning of dormancy season for many of the North American species, and that's a bit busy both in the greenhouses and at home. Their food also is dormant now so it makes sense for the plants to hibernate. Not too many sphagnum moss bogs around here so I don't know where you can find more pets. Have a good time here. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
My apologies for the delay in replying. I have just arrived in Portland from the wilds of the Far East beyond the edge of the known world. I am staying in the Paramount Hotel in room 810. I will be in attendance at the meeting on Nov 1. I haven't had time yet to prepare a formal talk. It's been a busy few weekw so far. Besides tinkering with a roomful of computers, I also raise carnivorous plants for some odd reason, and have somehow become responsible for caring for the carnivorous plant collection at the big botanical garden in Buffalo NY (buffalogardens.com - huge greenhouses). It's the beginning of dormancy season for many of the North American species, and that's a bit busy both in the greenhouses and at home. I'd be happy to do a brief introduction and am prepared to engage in informal discussions about what I've been up to. (Will there be any law enforcement present ?) I'll try and see if I can do better than that. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at the hotel or 716-622-2070 On 10/29/2018 12:48 PM, Michael Dexter wrote: Hey, Are you willing to give a talk? Thanks! ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Mark Phillips wrote: Mostly a heating expertjust put the computer outside in July and watch it melt! ;) Think of it as dry curing to preserve it without refrigeration. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
Mostly a heating expertjust put the computer outside in July and watch it melt! ;) Mark On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Here is one in Arizona! >> > > Our system cooling expert? :-) > > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinl...@madboa.com > 45°38' N, 122°6' W > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
I am having to learn how to keep red sand out of everything. That is the color and basis for dirt around here. It gets in everything, and it is very fine, and very red. On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Here is one in Arizona! >> > > Our system cooling expert? :-) > > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinl...@madboa.com > 45°38' N, 122°6' W > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
Here is one in Arizona! Mark On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Well, I know that we have 1 in MO (RichardO.) I am in OKC, OK, and now NY, >> wonder where else we have people. >> > > In the past we had members in Toronto, Fort Collins, and Belgium, plus > others I don't recall. > > Rich > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Chuck Hast wrote: Well, I know that we have 1 in MO (RichardO.) I am in OKC, OK, and now NY, wonder where else we have people. In the past we had members in Toronto, Fort Collins, and Belgium, plus others I don't recall. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On 06/25/2018 09:41 AM, Chuck Hast wrote: Well, I know that we have 1 in MO (RichardO.) I am in OKC, OK, and now NY, wonder where else we have people. I recall someone in Australia. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
Well, I know that we have 1 in MO (RichardO.) I am in OKC, OK, and now NY, wonder where else we have people. On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Paul Heinlein wrote: > > Remember our motto: You're a PLUG member is you say you're a PLUG member. >> > > s/is/if/ > > Sigh. Obviously a pre-coffee response. > > Friends don't let friends drive e-mail without caffeine. > > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinl...@madboa.com > 45°38' N, 122°6' W > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Paul Heinlein wrote: Remember our motto: You're a PLUG member is you say you're a PLUG member. s/is/if/ Sigh. Obviously a pre-coffee response. Friends don't let friends drive e-mail without caffeine. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
On Sun, 24 Jun 2018, J. Hart wrote: I have been following your activities both on the PLUG list and via live streaming from the meetings for the last couple of months, and thought it might be time to introduce myself. Remember our motto: You're a PLUG member is you say you're a PLUG member. It's good to hear we're expanding from the current American northwest to the old American northwest! I've pretty heavily involved with Linux itself for over twenty years, having started to use it when the lab began a changeover from the many other Unix systems they were using at the time (ex. SunOS/Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX, various Connection Machines, etc). I was able to avoid AIX, but SunOS, IRIX, and HP-UX (ick!) have all fallen under my purview at one time or another. We still use the Solaris-based OmniOS for file-server duties. Glad you decided to introduce yourself! Welcome! -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
Now that you mention it, a number of them do closely resemble musical instruments. Regarding your next query: They do eat small creatures, but do not generally play with them. J. Hart On 06/24/2018 02:36 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Off topic, you write "raise" not grow plants. That, in my mind, entails education. Do they speak French, play an instrument or play with kids after Sunday's lunch? Tomas ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
Thank you for wonderful introduction. You could teach us interesting trick or two. Off topic, you write "raise" not grow plants. That, in my mind, entails education. Do they speak French, play an instrument or play with kids after Sunday's lunch? Tomas On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 10:09 AM J. Hart wrote: > I have been following your activities both on the PLUG list and > via live streaming from the meetings for the last couple of months, and > thought it might be time to introduce myself. > > My name is Joseph Hart. I am originally from Niagara Falls, NY, > and have been working with electronics and computers since the late > 1960's. I lived in Japan for over 14 years working as a scientific > progammer at a leading Kyoto area research laboratory in the fields of > artificial life (Alife) and robotics. My wife and I moved to Western NY > when they closed my section several years ago. I've pretty heavily > involved with Linux itself for over twenty years, having started to use > it when the lab began a changeover from the many other Unix systems they > were using at the time (ex. SunOS/Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX, various > Connection Machines, etc). > > I've got about 40 or so machines of various types (not all on at > the same time...:-), including a goodly number of SGI boxes, five Amigas > of various models, a number of miniaturized Japanese machines not > available in the US, and of course a Raspberry PI. > > Many of these machines run a "distribution" of Linux which I > designed and built entirely from source code. I originally did this > about 10 years ago on an old 32 bit x86 machine just to see how far I > could get with it. I liked the result so much that I kept it, and have > since done a full X86_64 (64 bit) version, and an 32 bit ARM version for > my RaspberryPi. Everything was built from source, including the > kernels, glibc, Xorg (X11R6) , all the compilers (gcc, g++, f77, rust), > Firefox 57, Thunderbird email client, and many other packages. My main > machine has an X11 package which is configured to feed a quad monitor > setup, and I run an i3 tiling window manager on top of that. > > As I mentioned earlier, the Raspberry Pi runs my custom Linux OS > instead of Raspbian. It uses a special UBoot configuration to boot a > vanilla kernel.org kernel instead of a patched Raspbian one. This ARM > version was built on one of my x86_64 machines using a custom designed > cross-compile tool chain also built from source. > > I use the Pi to provide locally what for me are low bandwith > services such as DHCP, NTP, cron, DNS, Subversion, NFS, and a few > others. It also functions as the manager/scheduler for my network > backup system. That system takes incremental snapshots every hour on > the hour. It also powers up selected machines one at a time during the > night in order to handle machines which may have been on only > infrequently during the day, takes the requisite snapshots, and shuts > them down again if they were originally found off. This allows all the > machines except the Pi to be left off when not in use, which saves on > energy consumption. > > I've also got an older Mac Pro 1.1 . This was originally a quad core, > but I have since modified it into an eight core machine. It natively > runs a 64 bit version I built for it. Since this was my first 64 bit > machine, the OS for it was built on one of my 32 bit machines using a > similarly custom built cross-compile tool chain. > > That should be far more than enough about that. > > I am presently still in Western NY. It's very much a Microsoft "town". > There's not very much of a Linux or technology market here so I'm > somewhat semi-retired these days, but looking to get back into the field > if chance permits. The wife and I are considering a visit to Portland > in the near future, with a view to possibly moving there some day. We > would like to try and catch a PLUG user group meeting if we can somehow > manage that while we are there. > > My apologies for the lengthy message:-) > > Regards, > > J. Hart > > P.S. I also raise carnivorous plants for the fun of it... > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY
I have been following your activities both on the PLUG list and via live streaming from the meetings for the last couple of months, and thought it might be time to introduce myself. My name is Joseph Hart. I am originally from Niagara Falls, NY, and have been working with electronics and computers since the late 1960's. I lived in Japan for over 14 years working as a scientific progammer at a leading Kyoto area research laboratory in the fields of artificial life (Alife) and robotics. My wife and I moved to Western NY when they closed my section several years ago. I've pretty heavily involved with Linux itself for over twenty years, having started to use it when the lab began a changeover from the many other Unix systems they were using at the time (ex. SunOS/Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX, various Connection Machines, etc). I've got about 40 or so machines of various types (not all on at the same time...:-), including a goodly number of SGI boxes, five Amigas of various models, a number of miniaturized Japanese machines not available in the US, and of course a Raspberry PI. Many of these machines run a "distribution" of Linux which I designed and built entirely from source code. I originally did this about 10 years ago on an old 32 bit x86 machine just to see how far I could get with it. I liked the result so much that I kept it, and have since done a full X86_64 (64 bit) version, and an 32 bit ARM version for my RaspberryPi. Everything was built from source, including the kernels, glibc, Xorg (X11R6) , all the compilers (gcc, g++, f77, rust), Firefox 57, Thunderbird email client, and many other packages. My main machine has an X11 package which is configured to feed a quad monitor setup, and I run an i3 tiling window manager on top of that. As I mentioned earlier, the Raspberry Pi runs my custom Linux OS instead of Raspbian. It uses a special UBoot configuration to boot a vanilla kernel.org kernel instead of a patched Raspbian one. This ARM version was built on one of my x86_64 machines using a custom designed cross-compile tool chain also built from source. I use the Pi to provide locally what for me are low bandwith services such as DHCP, NTP, cron, DNS, Subversion, NFS, and a few others. It also functions as the manager/scheduler for my network backup system. That system takes incremental snapshots every hour on the hour. It also powers up selected machines one at a time during the night in order to handle machines which may have been on only infrequently during the day, takes the requisite snapshots, and shuts them down again if they were originally found off. This allows all the machines except the Pi to be left off when not in use, which saves on energy consumption. I've also got an older Mac Pro 1.1 . This was originally a quad core, but I have since modified it into an eight core machine. It natively runs a 64 bit version I built for it. Since this was my first 64 bit machine, the OS for it was built on one of my 32 bit machines using a similarly custom built cross-compile tool chain. That should be far more than enough about that. I am presently still in Western NY. It's very much a Microsoft "town". There's not very much of a Linux or technology market here so I'm somewhat semi-retired these days, but looking to get back into the field if chance permits. The wife and I are considering a visit to Portland in the near future, with a view to possibly moving there some day. We would like to try and catch a PLUG user group meeting if we can somehow manage that while we are there. My apologies for the lengthy message:-) Regards, J. Hart P.S. I also raise carnivorous plants for the fun of it... ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
