Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs & light bulbs

2011-05-27 Thread Horst
t only works if the light bulb gets replaced at the center of the galaxy. Unfortunately, that's also where we expect a Black Hole -- so no one would be able to tell the difference between a broken and a working light bulb )-: Have a great wkend..

Re: [Eug-lug] HOWTO Dual boot Windows Linux laptop

2011-04-13 Thread Horst
USB drive as target. It also handles proprietary partitions well, not uncommon for labtops, as well as MBR, partition table, and hidden section after MBR. Having a snapshot of your lean, new Win laptop may ease your mind. - Horst - Original Message From: "abr...@peak.org&quo

Re: [Eug-lug] only me ? ::Fw: Delivery Status Notification(Failure) bradstew

2011-02-05 Thread Horst
> knoblauch is subscribed to the list via that yahoo address, and it > looks like he set up yahoo to forward to his blackberry, which doesn't > exist any more... Not so fast -- Horst knoblauch is back :-) Larry, Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion, based on the full head

Re: [Eug-lug] only me ? ::Fw: Delivery Status Notification(Failure) bradstew

2011-02-05 Thread Horst
ation(Failure) bradstew Either my spam filter is good enough to drop these, or something is up, you aren't an admin, so you shouldn't be getting bounce messages for the list. Investigating. On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Horst wrote: > I keep on getting those failure messages

[Eug-lug] only me ? ::Fw: Delivery Status Notification(Failure) bradstew

2011-02-05 Thread Horst
I keep on getting those failure messages -- it seems like more notifications than I had send out msgs to the list. Is it just me? Can any of our list admins 'fix' bradstew, or his blackberry ? But then, maybe it's not even euglug....Horst - Forwarded Me

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-27 Thread Horst
ay be far fetched, but if you could add a fast SATA drive and put the swap partition there? - Horst - Original Message From: Joseph Weston Morgan To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 4:01:03 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] slow system Where do you go

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-24 Thread Horst
... > then start other apps, then firefox with increasing Tabs and demands. i.e. *before* you reboot, set firefox General to start with a blank page, not to restore previous Tabs. You can also slow down top refresh to 5 sec or more for easier snapshots: top -d 5 - Ho

Re: [Eug-lug] slow system

2011-01-24 Thread Horst
-- but knowing is better than guessing. - Horst From: Joseph Weston Morgan To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 8:14:12 PM Subject: [Eug-lug] slow system Right now the system is running really slow. I installed AdblockPlus and t

Re: [Eug-lug] Fwd: slow system

2011-01-21 Thread Horst
ail. Copy right after a screen refresh, and quit 'top' with 'q' - Horst From: Joseph Weston Morgan To: euglug@euglug.org Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 12:53:58 PM Subject: [Eug-lug] Fwd: slow system Original Message Sub

Re: [Eug-lug] Infirm and decrepit. (The PC, not me (-: )

2011-01-06 Thread Horst
What about writing your own /etc/rc1.d/S0XsetMAC 1-liner calling the ifconfig I am not sure which rcN.d and which digit X in S0X - Horst From: Bob Miller To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:09:25 AM Subject: Re: [Eug

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu 10.10

2010-12-31 Thread Horst
xt apt-get_V_log.txt And to be really,really sure: stat /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/__init__.py - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu 10.10

2010-12-30 Thread Horst
"configure" ]; then # update the application data update-software-center --triggered "$2" || true exit 0 fi = Switching gears: If you eventually get tired and try to re-install, let us kno

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu 10.10

2010-12-28 Thread Horst
Another observation; throughout this thread I see "file does not exist: /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter//__init__.py" Is the directory /usr/share/software-center/ present? If software-center is not installed, that seems to be the first thing to do.

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu 10.10

2010-12-27 Thread Horst
s not take any non-option arguments" indicates to me the 'or sudo dpkg' is considered as non-option argument, and dpkg flags that something isn't right. - Horst, just cruising by... From: Joseph Weston Morgan To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User G

Re: [Eug-lug] which cloud to rent -- EC2 ?

2010-12-11 Thread Horst
Thanks to both Larry's and to John -- that gives me enough to start with. I also like to share another suggestion made by Quentin: http://aws.amazon.com/free/ - Horst - Original Message From: Larry To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 10:13:

[Eug-lug] which cloud to rent -- EC2 ?

2010-12-10 Thread Horst
most people can handle. Q: == Any pro/con feedback on any of the images listed ? --Linux, of course :-) Thanks for reading it all :-) .Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-27 Thread Horst
k) HUE correction. The latter seems useful/needed when correcting for a skewed phase modulation situation (non-issue in the digital world) Also thanks to Alan for several suggestions for playing videos on Linux (that's what I want), and how to get region-free players. >As for Horst

Re: [Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-26 Thread Horst
, and that encryption seems to be an issue. I am not putting any more work into this until I have seen the DVD actually being played on a region-free player. Thanks to all of you for comments and suggestion..Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing l

Re: [Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-26 Thread Horst
Thanks Bob, > Wikipedia saysyou can change the drive's region 5 times. I am close to having that maxed out -- I was hoping for a software solution instead. (realistic?) > ...also check The Pirate Bay to see if a the movie is available Good to know :-) ___

Re: [Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-26 Thread Horst
g any more noise, I'll take the DVD of interest to some region-free player at the UofO --stay tuned. - Horst From: Ben Barrett Sent: Mon, October 25, 2010 6:17:09 PM package: libdvdread4 ? re: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs another source mentioned adding pl

[Eug-lug] DVD, Region Code 2, 5.8 GiB, 2 Layers -- HowTo ?

2010-10-25 Thread Horst
9.10). Anything from official Ubuntu repository? Any ideas, other than buying a region code 0 player? Horst === cmd line (some numbers set to 111 )=== VIDEO_TS$ ll VTS_01_0* -r--r--r-- 1 4294967111 4294967111 77821 2010-07-02 01:33 VTS_01_0.IFO -r--r--r-- 1 4

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: SQLite

2010-09-14 Thread Horst
/computer-forensics/2009/07/15/firefox-3-history/ One thing you may not like is is the lack of enforcing data types. http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html "In SQLite, the datatype of a value is associated with the value itself, not with its container. [i.e. the field]" - Horst (late to the party

Re: [Eug-lug] Question regarding OPN

2010-09-14 Thread Horst
Hi Loraine -- this is Horst, off the list. German accent, you probably remember. I have 2 lists on OPN http://lists.opn.org/mailman/listinfo -- that still works. But the EFN/EPUD people I talked to were not able to answer my question whom to contact if there is an issue. It sounded like OPN is

Re: [Eug-lug] linux

2010-04-18 Thread Horst
tu installation resulted in a 1 GB .tgz file. After an OS/desktop crash it took me only 10 Min to restore the OS including all my customization. OK, I am drifting... Just give kubuntu a try, and if it's not too much trouble start out with several ext3 partitions to have wiggle room. - Horst --

Re: [Eug-lug] linux

2010-04-18 Thread Horst
tu installation resulted in a 1 GB .tgz file. After an OS/desktop crash it took me only 10 Min to restore the OS including all my customization. OK, I am drifting... Just give kubuntu a try, and if it's not too much trouble start out with several ext3 partitions to have wiggle room. - Horst --

Re: [Eug-lug] keeping atime current with kernel 2.6.30 (or later) on ext3 ? -- sometimes we don't want relatime

2010-04-14 Thread Horst
OK, the short answer is mount option strictatime which I had simply overlooked. Thanks. It also works fine with 'mount -o remount,strictatime /dev/sdXN' w/o messing with fstab - Horst - Original Message From: Bob Miller To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Sent:

[Eug-lug] keeping atime current with kernel 2.6.30 (or later) on ext3 ? -- sometimes we don't want relatime

2010-04-14 Thread Horst
have overlooked ? (other than 'touch -a' )-: - Horst (still the same guy, just moved my IT email contact from freeshell to yahoo ) Read on: uname: Linux kubu910 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux FS of interest is ext3, fstab/mou

Re: [Eug-lug] & [TidBits] The iPhone Nomad - Is He or She Possible? The Compiled responses condensed

2010-01-05 Thread horst
t from your laptop. That might work a bit better, but I'm sure the iphone has apps that turn it into an access point. Has anyone seen an official iApp to do this? --sounds kind of contrary to the propriatary Apple philosophy. - Horst Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:10:26 -0800 From: Harald Su

Re: [Eug-lug] Oddness

2009-11-18 Thread horst
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:01 -0800 (PST) From: Allen Brown Who's mounting it during boot? It isn't listed in /etc/fstab. What does /etc/mtab say ? BTW, google "ubuntu .Private folder" gives you a number of hits along the lines of jimmythedestroyer's post.

Re: [Eug-lug] OT:: shopping for external USB HD

2009-03-23 Thread horst
nsfer rate), it sounds like I need extra hardware to make it work (costs?). And if I understand correctly, if I go through an enclosure with USB connectivity I'll loose that superior transfer rate? That be it.....Horst Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:27:10 -0700 From: Mike Cher

[Eug-lug] OT:: shopping for external USB HD

2009-03-21 Thread horst
satisfaction and quality over the life time of a good product. So even if you don't have an answer to all of the above questions I'd appreciate your comments. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth?

2009-02-20 Thread horst
ave a EugLUG history link ! - Horst Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:31:34 -0800 From: Bob Miller Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Re: What ever happened to Seth? What year would that have been? I didn't find Eug-Lug

Re: [Eug-lug] importing PDF into OpenOffice

2009-02-18 Thread horst
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:40:49 -0800 From: JS Kaplan Subject: [Eug-lug] importing PDF into OpenOffice ...> Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. (I think some people in togas are plotting against me.) Braccae tuae hiant ___ EUGLUG mailing

Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help

2009-02-02 Thread horst
hread. --- Back to Mr. O's original question, and using 'find' at the core of the answer. I just found a cool web-GUI to build more complex find commands (w/o RTFM): http://find.unixpin.com/ Enjoy...Horst ___

Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help

2009-01-30 Thread horst
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:35:54 -0800 From: Bob Miller Horst, if you were serious about it, you could write a program to change the date, touch the file, and change the date again. I'd be surprised if the system time were changed for more than a millisecond. OK, I declare defeat :-)

Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help

2009-01-28 Thread horst
-- I was asking for a -c argument! To achive that manually by changing the system time sounds like playing a video game, hit-and-miss. Plus other files may get stampd unintentionally during that period, and log entries may be created. - Horst Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:39:43 -0800 From:

Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help

2009-01-27 Thread horst
ect? Conversely, is there any official unix command (or hack for that matter) that allows you to arbitrarily change the ctime on a life system (anything beyond throwing a hex editor at an unmounted file system) . . . For those interested in exploring unix time stamps

Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help

2009-01-27 Thread horst
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:14:32 -0600 From: Chris St. Pierre Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: notanathe...@yahoo.com, Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] ls script help ...> # remove files created within the past seven days find . -ctime -7 | xar

Re: [Eug-lug] I appreciate NextStep, but I really wish it was more like Freegeek

2009-01-21 Thread horst
long way of saying what you have already said :-) Cheers, in solidarityHorst We presently use LINUX on a portion of our builds. It is a small amount because it ends up sitting on the shelf more often than not. We would love to do more LINUX, especially with opening a new ReUSE Store i

Re: [Eug-lug] Laptops with BIOS rigged for Windows Vista

2008-11-05 Thread horst
e since Jan2007 (V. 5.1.1). Almost two years ago. In case you are wondering about DSL, their FAQ still says they are on kernel 2.2 (though I haven't checked a download for a while). http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ It also looks like DSL-N d

Re: [Eug-lug] Social outreach for the ELUG

2008-07-24 Thread horst
m: Eug-lug - as in list name [Eug-lug] EugLUG - which has the clear 'LUG' in it, plus the geographical fairly unique 'Eug' ... - other options go here A case-*in*sensitive google search for "euglug" lands pretty much on target. Let

Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?

2007-11-15 Thread horst
re are other ways to remove those 12 matching lines in vi)) Interesting how far we drifted from the original 'lone !' ... Mike, thanks for the links to other vi tips/documentations..Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?

2007-11-15 Thread horst
vim's do provide you with a hint: " No write since last change (add ! to override) " - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

[Eug-lug] [OT:] Award for NextStep Recycling

2007-09-17 Thread horst
9/17/d1.cr.welch.0917.p1.php?section=cityregion For those wondering why posting here? -- Lorraine/CRRC have been very generous in the past in providing meeting space for EugLUG. Congratulations, Lorraine !!! - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing lis

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: Eugene Celebratin' "Again!"

2007-09-14 Thread horst
covers mud and river race -- that's races 3/4 of 4) I am temporarily abusing our canoe account (till early next wk) to post this Is that Allen on: http://canoe.freeshell.org/daVinci2006-KSR_till-20070917/target7.html Enjoy the pics, and neksht year, visit the daVinciDays2008 in RealLif

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: Eugene Celebratin' "Again!"

2007-09-11 Thread horst
27;t seen any video yet of my outrageous 'exposure' -- anyone out there has more video feed from the EC / or pics ? - Horst (having fun in RealLife :-) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:13:00 -0700 From: Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User

Re: [Eug-lug] waaaaayyyyyy OT; are any of you living Second lives?

2007-09-11 Thread horst
a.net - Horst Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:03:42 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: euglug@euglug.org Subject: [Eug-lug] wayy OT; are any of you living Second lives? ??? While cruizing the web this morning, I happened upon a rather interestin

Re: [Eug-lug] password managers on USB stick ?

2007-08-01 Thread horst
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:34 -0700 From: Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...> BTW, Horst, http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ is one of the most common password managers, to get back to the stated subject. Ben, going back to my original post, I think passwordsafe was the one

Re: [Eug-lug] password managers on USB stick ?

2007-07-31 Thread horst
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:48:04 -0700 From: Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> horst wrote: I noticed a few binaries for Suse and Ubuntu, and the source code for kernel 2.6.5 or better. Why does an encryption program have a kernel version dependency? It ought to need nothing more tha

Re: [Eug-lug] password managers on USB stick ?

2007-07-31 Thread horst
-administrator-only caveat you mentioned? But then you would have to train the non-techies in your organization how to use a Linux Live system... - Horst Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:18:03 -0700 From: Quentin Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 7/28/07, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Eug-lug] password managers on USB stick ?

2007-07-28 Thread horst
Encrypted FS makes sense -- it's not just passwords, but other, normally benign data that might be useful for identity theft and social engineering. Thanks....Horst P.S. I too, thought Mr.O was serious... I think he just turned it into a joke *after* getting c

[Eug-lug] password managers on USB stick ?

2007-07-27 Thread horst
nager I'd like to get the data in and out w/o re-typing, e.g. as .csv or TAB delimited text, or whatever. Is that unreasonable, and what did I miss ? - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] drupal challenge for euglug.org

2007-07-18 Thread horst
nks yield """ Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. """ So, not much options to suggest fromHorst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Thursday meeting // Drupal ???

2007-07-18 Thread horst
e since all of Lane county's Simpson fans are still pissed at my sacrilegious remarks from 2 wks ago... Sorry guys that our Springfield didn't make it --partially my fault )-: So Larry, what's up with Drupal this Thursday? ..Horst Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:35:47 -

Re: [Eug-lug] Waaay...Off Topic...vote for the real Springfield

2007-07-03 Thread horst
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:54:03 -0700 From: Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... something we could actually export :)) I just wanna see someone who's never watched the Simpsons pick up a box of Krusty-O's cereal! Wow. Well, you can't see me right now, but I never watched the Simpsons doing XY

[Eug-lug] Dell -- desktops go Linux

2007-03-29 Thread horst
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10942/53/ It says "It's official." But you are not yet suppose to read it, as the article is published Friday, 30 March 2007 :-) ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/e

Re: [Eug-lug] USB memory stick/U3 support

2007-02-03 Thread horst
:-) Before putting DSL on it I played a little game by putting a floppy boot image on it (Ghost boot disk). Yes, it worked. That be it.....Horst --- Notes below are quiet cryptic and may not mean much to others... --- 112 dd if=

Re: [Eug-lug] CD/DVD burning from Knoppix ?

2007-02-02 Thread horst
ocumenting what leaned once makes sense. Pretty slick how you merged options in the script with cmd-line arguments ! - Horst Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:22:11 -0800 From: Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: euglug@euglug.org Subject: Re: [Eug-lug

[Eug-lug] CD/DVD burning from Knoppix ?

2007-02-01 Thread horst
pdown... (silly) At any rate, which kind of CD Toaster/Roaster Apps am I overlooking in the GUI, or what are the cmd-line apps on Knoppix? (any useful cmd-line options to share upfront?) Thanks a bunch...Horst (Hey, how is/was the rebel clinix tonight ? --I spent too

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux Partition < ---> Windows Partition Communications Beakdown

2007-01-25 Thread horst
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:10:54 -0800 (PST) From: horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > HOWEVER -- I just saw that Knoppix 5.1.1 http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix51-en.html includes NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver http://www.ntfs-3g.org/ I am downloading the .iso (CD) as I am ty

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux Partition < ---> Windows Partition Communications Beakdown

2007-01-25 Thread horst
Up till recently I would have suggested, as others did before, to have a FAT32 file system mounted (as partition, or additional HD, or USB key). Many disk utils refer to it as Win95 FAT32 (or something like this). You can make your life easier by telling /etc/fstab to mount it at boot, as R/W w

Re: [Eug-lug] Strange shell behavior

2006-12-31 Thread horst
lot of \escaping. d) find let's you define you much other handy stuff, ctime, atime, inode,... I didn't look too closely at your script, but it seemed like you'r not testing file type. Sorry for the quick&sloppy response. Happy New Year to allHorst D

Re: [Eug-lug] thursday

2006-12-27 Thread horst
rnoon/evening. - Horst Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:47:59 -0800 From: Jim K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Eug-lug] thursday What is going on thursday Evening the 28? The calendar shows open. Jim K ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www

Re: [Eug-lug] DSL&QEMU on Scan 2GB USB stick

2006-12-27 Thread horst
y preboot tricks, or maybe not at all... For older PC I'll try to boot the image on USB via floppy, e.g. http://linuxgazette.net/116/okopnik1.html But haven't played with that yetHorst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] DSL&QEMU on Scan 2GB USB stick

2006-12-27 Thread horst
(many) options in the startup script of qemu (there is a lot disabled). As for traceroute and other network related stuff a clip from the 'script' output follows (copy&paste from the shell I haven't figured out either) - Horst """ (through QEMU) [EMAIL P

[Eug-lug] DSL&QEMU on Scan 2GB USB stick

2006-12-27 Thread horst
om/en/individuals/products/node_3482 but thought it would but cool to build your own. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] CRRC move info and request for help

2006-12-13 Thread horst
o hear details about where/when/how to help. - Horst Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:57:44 -0800 From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] CRRC move info and request for help Lorraine,

Re: [Eug-lug] crontab - last day of month

2006-11-21 Thread horst
odd issues also start at 5:37 it's easier to pip-point trouble spots. In short, it pays off to schedule cron jobs wiselyHorst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Any Mailman guru's out there?

2006-10-20 Thread horst
Darren, I was told by EPUD a couple of months ago that Blake is in charge of lists.opn.org . I was going to contact him soon --if I am lucky I'll let you know...Horst Well yes, it seems like I am lucky re: spam. Most the bounces come from members that try attachments or too

Re: [Eug-lug] Any Mailman guru's out there?

2006-10-20 Thread horst
ave to admit I just don't know about OPN's spam filter strategy... A curious Horst. ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Any Mailman guru's out there?

2006-10-19 Thread horst
and take a look - hopefully a hands-on by someone that knows what they are doing will resolve this troublesome mess So what did The Guru find out ? -- maybe we can all learn from it, both strategy and solution. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing

Re: [Eug-lug] Any Mailman guru's out there?

2006-10-13 Thread horst
, you(as admin), and some other regular user and see what happens when he tries to post there, vs. the other regular user. So much for tonight... Horst Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:15:13 -0700 From: Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User G

Re: [Eug-lug] I need a TV...

2006-09-29 Thread horst
ad were lacking plain video/RCA input --but then, I haven't seen any of the 'new' B/W TVs :-) - Horst Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:25:38 -0700 From: Matthew Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got a low end security system going in and need a TV as the monitor. Anybody got

[Eug-lug] [Off Topic] Three public presentations by Alder Fuller (fwd)

2006-09-19 Thread horst
Some of you may know Alder from ProtoTista. For those who don't I'm tossing in a few keywords: non-linear systems, complexity, chaos theory, fractals,... or just check for yourself: http://www.prototista.org/ - Horst -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 200

Re: [Eug-lug] OpenOffice Writer what is the max number of Pages & Graphic load?

2006-07-21 Thread horst
e .pdf files Open Office Writer .pdf memory limitation Didn't show anything obvious on the 1st page of hits. (I was hoping to see if there is some OO config stuff you could tweak) Maybe interesting: http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/06/14/2137222.shtml?tid=152&tid=93 - Horst

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: specialized scope to give away

2006-07-20 Thread horst
You got it :-) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:42:01 -0700 From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] OT: specialized scope to give away Horst, I'd be interested int takin

[Eug-lug] OT: specialized scope to give away

2006-07-20 Thread horst
fuzzy --so I can't answer any details. Really. If someone wants it I can bring it to the meeting tonight --otherwise it will eventually move to the CRRC. Sorry for the short notice..Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglu

Re: [Eug-lug] website reboot opinions sought

2006-06-19 Thread horst
nality and manageability. I mean, what good is it if the site looks cool, but it takes 6+ months to change the information about meetings/events. Not so with CMS and several users having write-access to such areas. - Horst Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:44:10 -0700 From: Quentin Hartman <[EM

[Eug-lug] "Open Source In The Academy" :: UO CIS Colloquium-Thursday, May 25, 2006 (fwd)

2006-05-23 Thread horst
... and more Open Source :-) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:26:08 -0700 From: Cheri Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UO CIS Colloquium-Thursday, May 25, 2006 The Golem: Open So

[Eug-lug] Cryptography in the Database // UO CIS colloquium-Thursday, May 18, 2006 (fwd)

2006-05-15 Thread horst
Important subject -- competent presenter. - Horst -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 10:58:18 -0700 From: Cheri Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UO CIS colloquium-Thursday,

Re: [Eug-lug] Euglug Lecture Series

2006-04-20 Thread horst
I know, it's too late for tonight, but... There was nothing posted on the front page http://www.euglug.org/ nor in Events/Calendar. Meeting place/schedule is also outdated. - Horst Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:43:41 -0700 From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene U

Re: [Eug-lug] Python help - more elegant way to do this...

2006-03-28 Thread horst
sfile, isdir, islink most of the time. My original comment about checking also the file type was meant to be of more general nature. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Python help - more elegant way to do this...

2006-03-28 Thread horst
I stick to what I said: be aware of builtins functions and avoid conflicts if you know better. There is no price to pay for doing so. - Horst ~~~> Over on that other list, horst wrote: Naming a fileName 'file' i

Re: [Eug-lug] Python help - more elegant way to do this...

2006-03-27 Thread horst
e interpreter just say: >>> dir(__builtins__) Above doesn't hurt in your code as is, but on the long run it may bite you, and your example also indicates you appreciate clean coding style:-) (unintentionally(!) rebinding builtins functions simply isn't) I hope I didn't sound

RE: [Eug-lug] Off Topic -- film at the Bijou: EXOTIC ROBOTICS

2006-03-16 Thread horst
Erotic Robots, Woo, Hoo! You are not playing a dyslexic game with me, aren't you ? r and x are 6 positions or 2row/1col(keyboard) appart... $ python -c 'print ord("x") - ord("r")' 6 - Hoxst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglu

[Eug-lug] Off Topic -- film at the Bijou: EXOTIC ROBOTICS

2006-03-16 Thread horst
I just got the Bijou schedule. Someone might find this interesting. I don't know any more about the film than posted below --so I am just informing, not officially recommending. I may be going Sun. night. - Horst from Bijou = EXOTIC ROBOTICS FRIDAY, SATURDAY

[Eug-lug] UO CIS Faculty Search Colloquium, Thursday, March 16, 2006 (fwd)

2006-03-15 Thread horst
Jeffrey Nichols got a good point: Among many things, just switching cell phones, watches, alarm clocks,... from ancient am/pm to 24 hr mode can be a pain in the youPick(whatHurtsMost[]). So consequently, the talk is next Thursday at 15:30 - Horst -- Forwarded message

Re: [Eug-lug] Results of traceroute command

2006-03-14 Thread horst
ted don't contain DNS overhead. (*) You don't need to look at source code -- You can watch above with a network sniffer, like ethereal --interesting, but doesn't go beyond your LAN. In a limited test on DNS influence you would point your application to the

Re: [Eug-lug] Hard drive, Grub issues

2006-03-09 Thread horst
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:50:10 -0800 From: Matthew Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, Horst's /MBR suggestion (I think) got me by my Grub problem, but now as Well2, have you tried Horst's other tip :-) --quick cleanup with GNU cfdisk: """ My experience is dated, but Windows (win tools) can h

Re: [Eug-lug] Hard drive, Grub issues

2006-03-09 Thread horst
w/where/if to specify the drive letter? I would boot from a Win98 system floppy that contains the fdisk command (set your BIOS to 1st boot from floppy, then from CD, then from HD) The /MBR switch is not documented by MS, so go and google.Horst Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:28:14 -0800 Fro

Re: [Eug-lug] spam maintenance scripts

2006-03-09 Thread horst
tant." My 0.02 euros -- I bet when the veterans wake up you'll get more substantial feedback :-) ...hORST Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:29:48 -0800 From: Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Gro

Re: [Eug-lug] CLASS TOPICS

2006-03-05 Thread horst
extend) to Live CDs --should that be a topic too? - Horst Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:59:36 -0800 From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Suggested topics so far with my impressions of what level of skill they require: Hard Disk setup, partitioning, maintenanceINTERMEDIAT

Re: [Eug-lug] FBI to get veto power over PC software? | News.blog | CNET News.com

2006-03-01 Thread horst
do you have a more recent take on the subject? - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] The weekly "Where's the meeting this week?" thread

2006-02-22 Thread horst
Now, since the EugLUG prez mentioned it at least three times I finally decided to look up, what seems to be an interesting new establishment: http://www.mezzalunapizzeria.com/ - Horst Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:26:13 -0800 From: Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unless I hear a conv

Re: [Eug-lug] shell to clipboard?

2006-02-19 Thread horst
articles thouroughly, but thought I mention it in case you need it one day for some client app. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] vfat hd mounting weirdness

2006-02-14 Thread horst
and mtab and you may be able to extract information you can then test on RedHat 9 (well, if RH9 sees it at boot) - Horst Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:19:35 -0800 From: Jim Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group ... horst: I haven't modified /e

Re: [Eug-lug] vfat hd mounting weirdness

2006-02-13 Thread horst
tweak /etc/fstab , but leave /etc/mtab alone. - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread horst
; by just copying the cygwin file tree (it was, however, once build on the same platform) - Horst ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Spam on euglug list

2006-01-23 Thread horst
I don't think it came through the list [Eug-lug] . I didn't see it, and my procmail log shows no message of that Return-Path:/From: address --there are many of that subject line, but none from that address. Not in the archives either, as far as I can tell. - Horst Date: Mon, 23 J

Re: [Eug-lug] More advanced procmail voodoo

2005-12-15 Thread horst
ry will tell you to use Python tomorrow. I forget whose turn it is on Wednesday. wednesday is Rob Hudson, Horst on thursday, John Fleming on Friday, OK -- it's Thursday, so it's my day. You can speed up python code by compiling before execution. Since python is referred to as an 'int

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