Re: [Discuss] box.net

2012-01-04 Thread Dan O'Donovan
I just say their name @nedharvey.com, and later if I start receiving junk mail, I just look to see which address it was sent to, and I know who leaked my email address, and I filter that email address to the trash. Just in case anyone here isn't aware of this, you can also use disposable

Re: [Discuss] Code for America

2011-12-19 Thread Dan O'Donovan
story? You agree with this? You don't agree? This story is worth us spending time to read, but not you to comment on? ---—---—---—--- Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Competition of broadband

2011-12-02 Thread Dan O'Donovan
lousy. Does the industry need 'fixing'? That's your call - but it could definitely work more for the consumer. Just my 2p Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] (OT) Barnes Noble wants DOJ probe into Microsoft patent tactics

2011-11-10 Thread Dan O'Donovan
- that is actually quite an excellent resource. Dan Dan O'Donovan Ph.D SBGrid Consortium Harvard Medical School ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 6, Issue 9

2011-11-04 Thread Dan O'Donovan
On Nov 4, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: 1. Is there a way to encrypt data stored with cloud services (such as dropbox) that can be decrypted only by the data owner, not by agent? I believe PGP can do a pretty good job, am I correct? Sure it can, but one of the reasons that DropBox

Re: [Discuss] (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011

2011-10-06 Thread Dan O'Donovan
My next cell phone will be an openmoko I remember saying that five years ago - kinda glad I got an iPhone now... Steve Jobs confirmed that you can change the world - I think this is a good thing. ---—---—---—--- Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [Discuss] Thumbs Up To Ben

2011-10-06 Thread Dan O'Donovan
Wait - didn't Apple eliminate DRM from tunes 2 years ago? Unfortunately it's still there for films / TV shows and the like. Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: Android Tablet

2011-04-06 Thread Dan O'Donovan
On Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: I would be interested to know whether people still do complete shutdowns everyday or every week. The last time I had to run Windows I was rebooting every day *yuck. -- Dan O'Donovan

Linux-ish Laptop Question

2011-04-06 Thread Dan O'Donovan
that neither Micro Centre nor Best Buy have these in stock. I'd ideally like to see the machine in person before splashing out (and cost is obviously an issue, but I'm feeling reasonable). So - ramble over, what are your laptop recommendations? Thanks, Dan -- Dan O'Donovan

Re: The Canterbury Project

2011-04-01 Thread Dan O'Donovan
-The-Canterbury-Project.html http://news.opensuse.org/2011/04/01/the-canterbury-distribution/ hmm http://www.gentoo.org/ /hmm -- Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: Routers (with some humor)

2011-03-18 Thread Dan O'Donovan
think I'm outside of the 14 day warranty of a certain well known high street hardware vendor - why 14 days if the hardware is faulty? ho hum. -- Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: NAS and media server

2011-03-05 Thread Dan O'Donovan
control. Sure if you want to have a GUI and support for TVs / iTunes libs then (which you may for a media centre) an off the shelf NAS could be just the ticket, but I've had my fill of poor GUI design for now :-) Dan -- Dan O'Donovan Sent with Sparrow On Saturday, 5 March 2011 at 15:11, Jack

Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-19 Thread Dan O'Donovan
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Re: 30% Apple

2011-02-17 Thread Dan O'Donovan
are valuable freebees for the publisher that aren't often used to the advantage of the subscriber. -- Dan O'Donovan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: RE: 30% Apple

2011-02-17 Thread Dan O'Donovan
, not Apple. I'm sure Apple would much rather you bought a new phone every year. -- Dan O'Donovan Sent with Sparrow ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss