Re: [Eug-lug] Palm Zire and KPilot?

2005-09-23 Thread perdurabo
Maybe I'm babied by the simplicity and reliability of Palm synching on Windows and Mac OS X/iSync, but I abhor the thought of Palm syncing with anything on Linux. All the solutions have been horrible, imho. /per On 8/30/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jeff Newton wrote:> Only one person

Re: [Eug-lug] ouch!

2005-08-18 Thread perdurabo
On 8/17/05, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, but in this case the worm targets the UPnP service. Linux could > easily have such a service with the same vulnerability. It happens not > to, and the usefulness of UPnP is somewhat questionable overall when > compared to less invasi

Re: [Eug-lug] Comcast performance

2005-08-12 Thread perdurabo
On 8/9/05, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone on a cable modem notice that Comcast has been > dog slow for about 24 hours? Nope, then again I haven't been to many places. Just playing Battlefield 2 online. I also have the 6mbps service from Comcast. > On another note, does anyone have any

Re: [Eug-lug] Learning Javascript

2005-07-22 Thread perdurabo
On 7/21/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am finally forced to learn Javascript. The Javascript Visual Quickstart guide is a great and cheap book. Since you're already a programmer, it's handy for just quick no-nonsense code lookups to get you going. Aside from that, just use Google.

Re: [Eug-lug] Last week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-21 Thread perdurabo
On 6/21/05, Jason Van Cleve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm surprised you've time to read /.'s comments at all, considering > you're likely to find one good thought among twenty pages of cruft. You have to read the comments on Slashdot, so you'll know how bad /. got it wrong or mislead you. I wis

Re: [Eug-lug] Last week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-21 Thread perdurabo
On 6/20/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The amateur/reader-created news sites are a lot better at finding and > printing the really interesting stories. That's because the publisher > is passionate -- a zealot -- about the subject matter. The price we > pay is that the content is not

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-17 Thread perdurabo
Speaking of which, are there any suitable "general technology news" sites that don't suck like hell? I refuse to read the juvenile, Linux-zealot garbage that is Slashdot. But I would love to find a site that presents reliable, non-zealot news in a speedy fashion. I hit ArsTechnica, ExtremeTech, ne

Re: [Eug-lug] geeks, dorks, and nerds

2005-06-16 Thread perdurabo
These threads are going to end up as a Wikipedia article, I can just sense it now... /per On 6/16/05, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr O wrote: > > > There may be subtle difference between the above but deep down > > none of us can deny that we are not one or the other. > > I am neither a

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-16 Thread perdurabo
On 6/15/05, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is really quite offensive and I think you owe everyone an > appology. What is this crap about not bathing. I don't know > anyone I consider a nerd who doesn't bathe. I have known a couple > of people who didn't bathe. They were simply A

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-16 Thread perdurabo
The only way you can possibly redeem yourself now, is to be a gun owner ;-) Only then, can I issue my sacred judgement of acceptance upon thee. /per On 6/15/05, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI, I have blacklights in one of my machines. It's called > modding, not tripping. I enjoy Slashdot

Re: [Eug-lug] Experiences with ssh on mobile devices?

2005-06-15 Thread perdurabo
On 6/14/05, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's becoming obvious to me that I do need some sort of portable > terminal access, > and my requirements are: The Palm Tungsten C is an awesome PDA. It isn't a phone but it has all of the following: > * MUST have an ssh client pssh TuSSH, etc

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-15 Thread perdurabo
On 6/14/05, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, you are dealing in stereotypes. As does everyone else. Stereotypes are often (but not always) a handy way of quickly processing information. Humans are not wired to consider every little snowflake that falls. > It's sort of like asking if

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-14 Thread perdurabo
On 6/14/05, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What the hell is "the whole geek movement"? It usually consists of groups of individuals who do one, none, or more of the following: - Enjoys Slashdot - Likes recompiling the Linux kernel - Likes The Matrix, Star Wars, Star Trek, Douglas Adams, etc. -

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-14 Thread perdurabo
On 6/12/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tech brewpubs might be worth a damn to you if you want to enlarge your > circle of fellow geeks or see some fellow geeks you don't see often > enough, learn what's going on locally in high tech, learn something > about a topic you're probably not

Re: [Eug-lug] Technical wiseassery

2005-06-12 Thread perdurabo
On 6/11/05, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Additionally, Windows 2000 was not designed for home users. > Windows ME was. 2000 was designed for the business desktop. No, but it saw widespread use amongst home users. Windows Me was largely rejected. Most users with existing machines stayed with 9

Re: [Eug-lug] This week's Thursday Clinic is cancelled.

2005-06-12 Thread perdurabo
On 6/12/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to cancel this Thursday's Clinic. Go to the Tech Brewpub > instead. I keep seeing these. Some questions: 1.) What are these things exactly? Is this a place for vendors to pitch their warez to us drunk techs? 2.) What usually goes on a

Re: [Eug-lug] Technical wiseassery

2005-06-11 Thread perdurabo
On 6/10/05, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You realise of course that as of Windows XP, the above is no longer true. Actually amongst business users, it hasn't been true since NT 4.0, which is about the time it began to gain mass acceptance in the workplace. Amongst home users, si

Re: [Eug-lug] New Macs with "Intel Inside"?

2005-06-06 Thread perdurabo
It still runs like crap and it seems most/all of the (non-Apple)(Open)Darwin developers were caught somewhat off-guard by it. Jordan K.H. and others in Apple have apparently been using Intel boxes for a while now. On 6/6/05, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple is still distributing D

Re: [linux] Re: [Eug-lug] New Macs with "Intel Inside"?

2005-06-06 Thread perdurabo
Except Aqua and all the PDF functionality, nearly all the UNIX-underpinnings, Core Audio, Core Data, Cocoa Bindings, the Mach kernel (3.0). The current Mail.app hardly resembles the old NeXT/OPENSTEP Mail.app. The framework has been rewritten and updated so much, I really wouldn't say it all comes

Re: [Eug-lug] New Macs with "Intel Inside"?

2005-06-06 Thread perdurabo
Next year? They're already out. On 6/6/05, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we're going to see Intel x86-64 chips in the next year. I can't > swear to it, but we'll see. ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.o

Re: [Eug-lug] New Macs with "Intel Inside"?

2005-06-05 Thread perdurabo
On 6/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I have allways wondered while the low number on the FSB. What's low about the 1ghz+ FSB, again? ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] TRS-80 model 100

2005-05-18 Thread perdurabo
Did the new Make issue arrive today or something? On 5/18/05, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They have a cool article on networking these beasts in > the new Make magazine. My dad used to have one of > these things, our first computer. Ah, the memories . . > . > > Jason > > > > Discover Ya

Re: [Eug-lug] amd64 - how many have made the switch

2005-05-17 Thread perdurabo
Do a Google search for the various benchmarks. In some tests, Intel is faster, and others, AMD64 is. The general consensus seems to be that overall, amd64 is slightly faster. Essentially, the AMD64 is slower, but with more traffic lanes, and Intels are faster, but with fewer lanes. It also helps t

Re: [Eug-lug] motherboard chipsets

2005-05-17 Thread perdurabo
The only players seem to be VIA, Intel, and NVidia. The others being delegated to the cheap low-end. I've had too much flakiness issues with VIA that I won't be buying their stuff anymore. Intel... well, Intel cpu's are overpriced, so they go as well. I currently have an NForce4 board, which I am

Re: [Eug-lug] amd64 - how many have made the switch

2005-05-17 Thread perdurabo
I'm using an AMD64 in my games (read: windows) computer. I'm only running the x64 version of Windows Server 2003 (msdn copy, so legal, yes). I've been using 64-bit sparc boxes for at least 10 years or so, so I don't get much of a kick out of it. Data Execution Protection is pretty nifty, though an

Re: [Eug-lug] ASUS motherboards --anyone experience/opinion ?

2005-05-16 Thread perdurabo
I just built my ASUS A8N and AMD64 3200+ (Venice Core) system today. It's pretty damned speedy and the hardware is pretty good quality. The A8N comes with cables and ports out the ass. 2 gig ethernet ports, at least 8 usb2 ports, 2 firewire, optical/coax digital audio out, buttloads of audio ports

Re: [Eug-lug] Disturbing Rumour.

2005-05-13 Thread perdurabo
On 5/13/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > larry price wrote: > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1369 > > > > Although I think the biggest problem would be the additon of the > > --license-check and --product-activation switches for RPM > > If I were Mr. Bill, I'd want to buy VA Linux

Re: [Eug-lug] USB Memory Sticks

2005-05-06 Thread perdurabo
The PQI iStick, hands down. They're super small and very speedy (USB2). I keep a 512mb in my wallet at all times, as it as big as about half a stick of Wrigley's chewing gum. No bulkiness, and about as cheap as its competitors. 513mb is ~$35, 1gb (which is the same size) ~$71 http://tinyurl.com/d

Re: [Eug-lug] [SO/OT} anyone bluetooth ???

2005-04-27 Thread perdurabo
If that would have been "waistband", this conversation would have nosedived quickly. I see so many things wrong with this post. /per On 4/27/05, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > horst wrote: > > > ((Reason: I miss many of my incoming calls because of surrounding noise > > level at rush

Re: OT: Freemasonry (was: [Eug-lug] Next weeks meeting)

2005-04-25 Thread perdurabo
On 4/25/05, Max Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's striking - the Freemasonry literature I've read says that in > order to join, the potential member must ask a current member for > consideration; that there are traditionally no invitations given out. Traditionally. But sometimes folks ar

Re: [Eug-lug] Next weeks meeting

2005-04-25 Thread perdurabo
On 4/23/05, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had an invitation to be one of those. After reviewing the > materials I decided they'd probably boot me so I declined. :) It's ok. You'd have to remember gobs of silly freemasonry stuff anyways ;) /per ___

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: PackUpAndGo

2005-04-08 Thread perdurabo
I guess bringing my Tiger ibook to an EUGLUG meeting would violate some NDA and unleash lawsuit hell on me. But what if I "accidentally" left it unattended? ;) /per On Apr 8, 2005 11:19 AM, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:29:50PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote:

Re: [Eug-lug] Mac OS X developer scheduled presentation next week

2005-04-05 Thread perdurabo
My experiences with EMUG mirror TJC's exactly. Being an OS X developer, I was excited to hear about this presentation -- until I saw the audience. It will probably be a very fluff-filled event as EMUG is about the most untechnical UG I've ever seen. TJC worded my thoughts exactly, so read it again

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OT: Gmail April Fool's Fun?

2005-04-01 Thread perdurabo
AIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 1, 2005 9:02 AM, perdurabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Err 1423, I meant, now 1436MB, and this appears to be some cruel Gmail > > prank, see also http://www.gmail.com > > > > Well they have announced their infinity+1 storage pla

[Eug-lug] Re: OT: Gmail April Fool's Fun?

2005-04-01 Thread perdurabo
Err 1423, I meant, now 1436MB, and this appears to be some cruel Gmail prank, see also http://www.gmail.com /per On Apr 1, 2005 8:58 AM, perdurabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone else's Gmail storage limit increasing by 10 or so MB every > time a page is reloaded? >

[Eug-lug] OT: Gmail April Fool's Fun?

2005-04-01 Thread perdurabo
Is anyone else's Gmail storage limit increasing by 10 or so MB every time a page is reloaded? I'm up to 1523MB /per ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] I want my minty PDA!!!!

2005-04-01 Thread perdurabo
On Mar 31, 2005 8:10 AM, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think DIY hardware is the only reasonable approach to the post-PC > era for open source advocates. What about the pre-PC era? One of the first computers I had was a Heathkit H-8 that I built from parts. It took forever and I think

Re: [Eug-lug] psp hacks wanted!

2005-03-31 Thread perdurabo
On Mar 30, 2005 10:01 PM, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 01:01:20AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > CPU 333mhz 4M ram I'm surprised that it can run the caliber of games > > that is shown on the demo reel and other footage I have seen. 333mhz is > > one thi

[Eug-lug] Make magazine

2005-03-30 Thread perdurabo
I finally broke down and got the first issue of Make magazine last night (Borders had several copies left). I figured it was going to be overly Wired, and it is, but it still has a lot of "Nuts & Volts Magazine" left in it, too. Has anyone started on any of the projects yet? I put in an order for

Re: [Eug-lug] I Want A Good Linux Software Diagramming Tool!

2005-03-22 Thread perdurabo
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:02:42 -0800, Jason Van Cleve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ' Heard of that; but do you really consider this a good solution, > running buggy M$ software in an emulator? It's probably a bad driver > that's crashing our Winblows machine here, but the fact that my UML > document

Re: [Eug-lug] Tired of FUD?

2005-03-10 Thread perdurabo
I thought it was obvious we were talking about female urinary devices, go figure. No, in actuality, we're talking about "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt". Usually, it's a targeted campaign of what-if's, disinformation, and misinformation. Microsoft is, admittedly, the king of it. But we're now startin

Re: [Eug-lug] Tired of FUD?

2005-03-09 Thread perdurabo
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:43:57 -0800, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft has always struck me as a conspiracy of effect rather than > one of intent. > IOW they don't have a five minute hate of Linus and RMS every morning > after the tai-chi; > it's just that everyone who works there an

Re: [Eug-lug] Tired of FUD?

2005-03-09 Thread perdurabo
Ah, I think you're referring to MIT/Negroponte's 2006 plan for the AMD PIC. I hope this project takes off. I also hope it doesn't suffer the usual fate of similiar campaigns in impoverished parts of Asia and Russia where cheap, Linux-based computers were offered, only to be bought, erased, and hav

Re: [Eug-lug] Tired of FUD?

2005-03-09 Thread perdurabo
On a related topic, I'm tired of the FUD from both sides. While I think Microsoft can afford to engage in FUD, I believe its a lethal waste of resources for the OSS community to do so, of which it's been doing a lot lately. Even the linked report is full of FUD and inaccuracies. One inaccuracy tha

Re: [Eug-lug] MythTV

2005-02-16 Thread perdurabo
Tivo's are cool, but a hacker doesn't get to build it from scratch. The WinTV remotes are pretty cool. I have a PVR-350 plus the charcoal remote and use it all the time. As I've mentioned before, I use SageTV now (which is also very hackable), but used to use MythTV and liked it a lot, except for

Re: [Eug-lug] MythTV

2005-02-15 Thread perdurabo
It's about a weekend of tweaking and heavy doc reading for an experienced Linux user. Try not to experiment much and stick with what everyone else is using (especially when it comes to ivtv driver versions). per On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:47:26 -0800, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So

Re: [Eug-lug] Permission denied on /dev/null

2005-02-12 Thread perdurabo
I don't know about in Linux, but usually for Windows, I just format and reinstall and it fixes things. /per On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:38:03 -0800 (PST), Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That along with "get_pty: not enough ptys" is driving me fscking > nuts. I've seen the problem all over Google b

Re: [Eug-lug] Can you Skype me now?

2005-02-10 Thread perdurabo
Skype is very cool and works very well. I use it all the time on OS X, in leiu of my work and mobile phones. It doesn't have any spyware as far as I know (I have a pretty nazi firewall that lets me know when weird packets are a'flowin' I'm not even sure Skype is the same company that puts out Kaza

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: 'doze use

2005-02-05 Thread perdurabo
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:26:14 +, walter fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ,I will never buy > anything intel if I can help it ,,they lied ,when they published the 286 > engineering manual wherein they stated that in protected mode it would > address a GB of memory space I invested over $3500

Re: [Eug-lug] Favourite WM/Desktop

2005-01-26 Thread perdurabo
Finder.app :) On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:29:06 -0800, Bill Essig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would appriciate it if you would take 2 seconds out of your day to > help me decide on a windows manager. I set up this poll on my site. > Please only vote once. > > http://www.rpgopher.com/poll/ > > -Wi

Re: [Eug-lug] mac-mini mac-slack-ub-lin meeting

2005-01-23 Thread perdurabo
Yep as will all Macs. I run *cough nothing to see here* Tiger *cough* off an external HD and it runs just fine. On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:23:24 -0800, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will the Mac Mini boot off an external drive? ___ EUGLUG mailing

Re: [Eug-lug] mac-mini mac-slack-ub-lin meeting

2005-01-22 Thread perdurabo
What are you? Some sicko? Us Mac fanboys use firewire and USB2... crack a case? psshhh! On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:08:48 -0800, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the ideal upgrade for a Mac Mini would be running the > IDE cable out the back so disks can be swapped without opening > the

Re: [Eug-lug] Local dial tone providers - Qwest alternatives?

2005-01-18 Thread perdurabo
If you only need to call out, I suggest you take a look at Skype (www.skype.com). I also lead a Qwestless life, and use an AT&T/cingular mobile. But I use Skype whenever I can to call out. Its very cheap to use the telephone functionality. ~per On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:15:11 -0800, Alan <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Eug-lug] cool little hack for OSX python users

2005-01-15 Thread perdurabo
Who's developing Python these days? 16 year old MTV drones driving "sooped up" Ford Focuses? "Pimp" has to be the worst (and most overused) term in the English language, "sweet" coming in a close second. On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:58:50 -0800, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > drop to the shel

Re: [Eug-lug] How about that New HP unit.

2005-01-14 Thread perdurabo
This is probably a bit misleading to the layman. Most of us in the SageTV community (and Frey recommends) have a WinTV-PVR card with hardware MPEG2 encoding and decoding. So yes, it does use very little CPU power. I leave my SageTV processes up and running while I play Grand Theft Auto: VC, for exa

Re: [Eug-lug] How about that New HP unit.

2005-01-13 Thread perdurabo
Windows MCE2005 is light years better than previous versions. Everyone else seems to like 2005 a lot too. It's a shame about the DRM, and Microsoft's history with DRM though. I currently use SageTV, which is an excellent and fairly inexpensive app. It currently runs on Windows, although they annou

[Eug-lug] Cocoa programming question

2005-01-13 Thread perdurabo
I know that one or two of you here are fluent in Cocoa, so I'll try this question on you: I'm writing an app that has two controllers: AppController (subclass of NSObject) and PreferencesController (which is a subclass of NSWindowController and contains a preferences panel (NSPanel). AppControlle

Re: [Eug-lug] Debian fubaria question

2005-01-12 Thread perdurabo
Thanks, this is plain and simple to understand their crazy release scheme. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:02:57 -0800, John Sechrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > % Should I be running Debian stable or unstable? Which one is easier to > % upgrade as new software comes out? I am familiar with basic

[Eug-lug] Debian fubaria question

2005-01-12 Thread perdurabo
Which "release" should I be running on a personal (but production server) with about 20 users utilizing apache and mail and all that stuff? I'm mostly a BSD (and OS X) person. I've been running Sarge on a laptop and another machine and they seem plenty stable, but the debian site recommends Debian

Re: [Eug-lug] Mac Mini, oooohh, kawai

2005-01-12 Thread perdurabo
If someone brings their new Mac Mini to a meeting *hint hint*, I just may have to attend one ;-) ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Mac Mini, oooohh, kawai

2005-01-11 Thread perdurabo
while(!reasonToBuy) { reasonToBuy = thinkOfOneYet(); } On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:43:51 +, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.apple.com/macmini/ > > and the first major manufacturere with a mini-itx form factor PC > for the mass market is...Apple? > > I predict that these will

Re: [Eug-lug] Red Hat Linux Bible: Fedora and Enterprise Edition

2004-12-20 Thread perdurabo
Fedora Unleashed by SAMS is pretty good. I would recommend it over this book and its available at Borders, if you're one of the few people on the list willing to patronize them. /per On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:39:00 -0800, Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm thinking about buyin

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: 'doze security question

2004-12-20 Thread perdurabo
How to install and patch an XP system: Disconnect from network. Install XP. Put XP box behind a properly-configured firewall or NAT. Patch. Install SP2. Reboot. Connect to network. ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/ma

[Eug-lug] Informal Mac OS X poll

2004-12-19 Thread perdurabo
I'm curious as to how many OS X folks there are on this list. OS X doesn't get a lot of traffic on this list. 1. Anyone here use OS X as their "main" operating environment? 2. Those who do, are you/have you done any interesting hack projects? 3. Anyone here who doesn't, are you seriously plannin

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting/Freak'n cable...

2004-12-11 Thread perdurabo
ot;pro/family" plan for $10 more is going to 5 down > and 768k up. At the same time, no low cost slower plan will be > introduced which we've only mentioned they need 20,000 times > over to win even more customers. > > That be all, > Mr O. > > --- perdurabo <

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting/Freak'n cable...

2004-12-10 Thread perdurabo
For day-to-day and uploading, I find that my Qwest 1.5dn/896up DSL is faster than my "3mbps" Comcast internet service was. I assume this probably has to do with the greater uplink bandwidth for all that ACKing. If we're talking raw download speeding for large files, though, Comcast clearly wins. In

Re: [Eug-lug] EUG-LUG Website

2004-12-08 Thread perdurabo
ughly 6:30 to 9:00pm. /per On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:06:37 -0800, Jason Van Cleve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoth perdurabo, on Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:30:18 -0800: > > > > > Someone should probably update the website and take off the note about > > meetings taking p

[Eug-lug] EUG-LUG Website

2004-12-08 Thread perdurabo
Someone should probably update the website and take off the note about meetings taking place at OPN on Thursdays. This tends to annoy would-be members who show up and find an empty building. And The Buzz entry for that matter. /per ___ EUGLUG mailing li

Re: [Eug-lug] Don't Mail

2004-12-07 Thread perdurabo
Just follow the link at the end of the email to unsibscribe. /per On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:25:54 -0800 (PST), Alan Corneil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please remove me from the Linix mailing > list. > > T h a n kY o u... > > __ > Do You Yaho

Re: [Eug-lug] (no subject)

2004-12-04 Thread perdurabo
Haven't heard of these, but they're Dragonball CPUs with 2mb of RAM and a 4 level grayscale screen. So it seems they're a lot like the early generation PalmPilots. I'm not sure if I'd pay $99 for one, as there are much more powerful devices as cheap or just a little more than this one. I wonder if

Re: [Eug-lug] Stupid Security Story of today

2004-11-04 Thread perdurabo
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 08:39:35 -0800, Russ Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > larry price wrote: > > >OK, linux, unix, BeOS, anything must be better than a system that allows this: > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/04/phishing_exploit/ > > > >I mean, rewriting the hosts file from a browser e

Re: [Eug-lug] Programming Mailing list.

2004-10-05 Thread perdurabo
I'd be interested in separate programming lists, perhaps one for unix system/network programming/hacking and another list for the folks interested in web development. They're two very different worlds and I think a large majority of one camp would be annoyed by the messages for the other camp. ~pe

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-07-13 Thread perdurabo
Jul 2004 17:49:44 -0701, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 08:31:10AM -0700, perdurabo wrote: > > > While, OpenBSD is relatively slow as molasses, ... > > Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'd like to point out that > I have t

Re: [Eug-lug] LogOn FUBAR & A new ISP to run Linux - Advice?

2004-06-25 Thread perdurabo
Or... just use your Mac. It doesn't care about /etc/ppp/options or inserting a 1 second pause. Sure, you COULD do all that, but why make life unnecessarily difficult? ;) ~ per On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:27:03 -0700, larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what's the contents of your /etc/ppp/options

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: High speed internet

2004-06-22 Thread perdurabo
> september i'm gonna be going there... > ken > > On Jun 22, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Po Petz wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, perdurabo wrote: > > > >> Additionally, if you are concerned about your privacy, you might want > >> to > >> give

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: High speed internet

2004-06-22 Thread perdurabo
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:20:40 -0700 (PDT), Po Petz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, perdurabo wrote: > > > Additionally, if you are concerned about your privacy, you might want to > > give weight to a big corporation, as I am personally aware of loc

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: High speed internet

2004-06-22 Thread perdurabo
If you want insane download speeds, try Comcast. Comcast was regularly about twice as fast as my DSL going downstream. Upstream, I found it to be about half the speed of DSL. If you want good upload speeds, try DSL. For gaming and ping times, Comcast was faster, and I'll probably end up going bac

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: High speed internet

2004-06-21 Thread perdurabo
I'm thinking we need a couple of stealth AP with a 100W power amp up on Spencer Butte. We can coat the Northwest side of the hill with solar panels. No one would be the wiser. Hell knows I have enough geocache stuff up there, and no one's found that yet. ~ per On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:04:33 -0700,

[Eug-lug] OT: Gmail invites

2004-06-20 Thread perdurabo
It looks like Google is giving their beta testers buttloads of invites daily now. If you'd like an invite, reply to me offlist with "GMail invite please -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the subject. ~per ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglu

Re: [Eug-lug] Panther 64-bit?

2004-06-17 Thread perdurabo
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:04:50 -0700, T. Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a bit different now since the PPC 970 can run 32 bit PPC code just > fine. =) Natively, alongside 64-bit code at that. Pretty nifty. Apple STILL hasn't shipped my new G5, the wankers. _

Re: [Eug-lug] XCode (was: Panther 64-bit?)

2004-06-15 Thread perdurabo
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:01:46 -0700, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been interested in XCode ever since I heard of it. I would like > to request a demo at a future clinic. Is anyone here using it for > real? I use it almost daily for cocoa/objc, php, and perl programming. It's awes

Re: [Eug-lug] Panther 64-bit?

2004-06-15 Thread perdurabo
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:08:07 -0700, T. Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Panther on a G5 does run a 64 bit kernel, however it is important to note > that the same Panther runs on the 32 bit G4 and the 64 bit G5. In other > words, most of the OS is NOT 64 bit code. So I wonder if this me

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-14 Thread perdurabo
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:16:14 -0700, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How recently have you tried OpenBSD? 3.5 > > > MP: > > > the SMP branch was debranched today. There are MP snapshots > > > available on the OpenBSD mirrors. > > > > Yes, I read that they're finally about ready to

[Eug-lug] Panther 64-bit?

2004-06-14 Thread perdurabo
I just ordered one of the shiny new dual PowerMac G5's that was announced last week. I've been reading various bits and pieces that Panther on a G5 "runs a 64-bit kernel". I even found a foreign Apple-owned site that makes mention of it. I'm unable to find the link, but it was one of Apple's asian

Re: [Eug-lug] Fwd: Linus is moving to Oregon!

2004-06-14 Thread perdurabo
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:23:26 -0400, Linux Rocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From here, virginia is about 10 minutes away also... I have my choice of > virginia, DC , or maryland sales tax. I cant wait to get back... I plan on > leaving in a couple weeks :) > > Jamie Virginia? Maryland? *coug

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-14 Thread perdurabo
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:21:14 -0700, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > relative lack of speed: > I assume you're talking about fefe's tests? Some OpenBSD code was > changed, the errors in his "OpenBSD port" of his tests have been > explained, and he's been asked to rerun his tests. H

Re: [Eug-lug] Show 'n' Tell at The Strand tonight

2004-06-10 Thread perdurabo
Will one involve the distribution of the 4dwm source code on CD-R's? I might make it, then. ;) ~ per On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:59:50 -0700, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At tonight's clinic, I will be demonstrating two amusing hacks (they > amused *me* at least). One will appeal to "t

Re: [Eug-lug] Fwd: Linus is moving to Oregon!

2004-06-09 Thread perdurabo
I'd ask you if you've ever been called a dick, but the answer seems obvious. Do you ever post non-sarcastic/bitchy posts? ~per On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:11:04 -0700 (PDT), Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whoop-de-do. Not like he probably hasn't spent a good deal of > time in Oregon already at t

[Eug-lug] Obtaining RHEL?

2004-06-09 Thread perdurabo
Forgive my ignorance here. Is there a (semi)legal way to obtain a recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux? It seems as though RH 9.x is dead and forgotten and I need to get a stable Samba 3.0 (+ Kerberos 1.3.3, + winbind, etc) server up for testing. Thanks, per _

Re: [Eug-lug] HDTV in Eugene

2004-06-09 Thread perdurabo
*bling bling* http://www.nodedb.com ~per On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:48:29 -0400, Linux Rocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now we need one of these for open 802.11 networks! > > Jamie > > On Tuesday 08 June 2004 10:57 pm, Mr O wrote: > : http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx > > > : > : G

[Eug-lug] netatalk + Active Directory?

2004-06-08 Thread perdurabo
Has anyone here done work integrating netatalk with Active Directory authentication? I'm considering replacing a Windows 2003 file server with a Linux box running Samba 3.0 and netatalk 2.0. I just need to figure out how to make it all work with Active Directory. I'm very fluent with both *NIX and

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-06 Thread perdurabo
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:24:25 -0700, Patrick R. Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 08:58:54AM -0700, perdurabo wrote: > > > >2.) Is there a port of OpenBSD's spamd available for Linux? > > > > Is this the spamd that is associated wi

Re: [Eug-lug] EUGLUG Book Review Ratings

2004-06-04 Thread perdurabo
Actually the book is great and covers well beyond "what you can learn from the google site", especially in regards to their XML SOAP/RPC interface (It's been a while, I can't remember which they used). I wrote a most cool little prototype application that allowed you to search for MP3s via Google

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
iller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > perdurabo wrote: > > > 1.) Will having large IPTables rulesets cause a significant > > performance hit? > > What is your Internet connection speed? If it's anything less than 10 > Mbits, I strongly doubt you can saturate th

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:24:40 -0700, Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally, consider dropping spamassassin. It is written in perl and takes a lot > of processing power. I have not yet, but am learning about DSPAM which is > written in C, supposedly much better at classification, and

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
Addendum: I was incorrect about spamd. I must've gotten it confused with another program. It does require pf, cripes. ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
:10 -0700, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 08:58:54AM -0700, perdurabo wrote: > > > 2.) Is there a port of OpenBSD's spamd available for Linux? > > You'd also need a port of pf for linux. > > Why not

Re: [Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
echrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > perdurabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > % My question, NO, questions are: > > % 1.) Will having large IPTables rulesets cause a significant > % performance hit? I have plenty of resources to spare as all the

[Eug-lug] iptables speed with large rulesets?

2004-06-03 Thread perdurabo
I've been implementing an aggressive spam/virus filtering forward MX server. Currently, I am using SpamAssassin, Razor, DCC, Amavisd-New, yadda yadda and we're stopping a huge amount of shit. Currently, I'm blocking about 1,000 spam messages a day who's score is >=10.0 and marking who knows how man

Re: [Eug-lug] cheap computers

2004-06-02 Thread perdurabo
You might want something beefier for Palm development, if you're going to be developing for modern Palm gear (eg ARM processors). The current line of ARM processors are *much* faster than a 200 MMX. *pats his trusty 400mhz Tungsten C with built-in Wi-fi* Dell just release a 600-something mhz ARM-

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