Re: [Eug-lug] radiation chart

2011-03-22 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
The point of my post here...Are there any resources for open-source devices (hardware or apps) useful for setting up a radiation detection and reporting station (for specific isotopes), and which could be networked and info shared publicly? Any such "turnkey" devices available which could be ne

[Eug-lug] Oregonian article: OSS dev in PDX area

2011-02-26 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Interesting article in today's Oregonian. Includes info about 'Puppet Labs'. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/02/portland_software_developers_r.html ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/eugl

Re: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-13 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/intel-to-begin-shipping-updated-sandy-point-chipsets-feb-14th/11385 I have no idea what a "Sandy Point" chipset is but here is extract of the article -- On Monday (February 14th) Intel will begin shipping updated B3 stepping Cougar Point chipsets to fix t

Re: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-12 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
> SandForce SSD controller. Since I have to reinstall Linux to go 64 bit, > I might as well upgrade everything in a big bang. > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:09 AM, silverlining2...@gmail.com > wrote: >> Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall >> >> Stop a

Re: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-01 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Thanks for that info! On 2/1/2011 2:52 PM, Quentin Hartman wrote: Also note that this recall only affects the 3Gb/sec SATA ports on the on-chip controller on boards that use the P67 chipset. So, if you are using the 6Gb/sec ports (likely) or a third-party controller controller chip (also likely)

Re: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-01 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Thanks for the suggestion. Although top of the line AMD for servers and gaming is a good way to go I don't do AMD for home anymore. Rather, I should say I don't do AMD based motherboards anymore. Been burnt too many times. But certainly I'm appreciative the competition is out there. With Sandy

Re: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-01 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
seller. The majority of their Intel product is grey market. That be all, Mr O. --- On Tue, 2/1/11, silverlining2...@gmail.com wrote: From: silverlining2...@gmail.com Subject: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" Date: Tu

[Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall

2011-02-01 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall Stop all sales! Silicon problem can't be patched. Intel says it won't be until April when fixed update of the Sandy Bridge chipset will be fully available. Of course, then it will be some time for motherboard vendors to manufacturer/ship new system b

Re: [Eug-lug] FCC Chief Raises Curtain on Bits of Broadband Plan

2010-02-17 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
marbux wrote: "Our plan will set goals for the U.S. to have the world’s largest market of very high-speed broadband users. A “100 Squared” initiative — 100 million households at 100 megabits per second — to unleash American ingenuity and ensure that businesses, large and small, are created here,

[Eug-lug] FreeGeek and NextStep articles on the Oregonian website

2009-02-20 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Two articles today on the Oregonian's OregonLive.com PDX Green Blog. One about FreeGeek and the other about NextStep. http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/ ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Local Internet Service for Linux

2008-10-16 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Exactly. Much of Comcast "Customer Care" for Internet Broadband is 'out-sourced' but not all. Recently I contacted customer care for a DNS issue. The call center I auto connected to was in Canada. The agent did not what a DNS server was...I'm not kidding. So I called again and call was rout

[Eug-lug] No, The Tech Skills Shortage Doesn't Exist

2008-09-04 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
An article forwarded to me which has relevance to the developers, educators and students on this list. http://www.eetimescareers.com/articles/i/ad3590/blogs/information-technology/no-the-tech-skills-shortage-doesnt-exist.htm ___ EUGLUG mailing list

Re: [Eug-lug] Linux Counter

2008-09-02 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
I suspect Mr. O posted to have some fun. I'm sure he is cognizant of the limitations of web polls (and any poll for that matter). Sometimes you just have to loosen the legal eagle bow-tie and have some fun ;-) marbux wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Eug-lug] Comcast testing a new approach to throttling use

2008-06-05 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
Comcast and TimeWarner Cable (which in a timely coincidence is being spun off from Time Warner) are preparing their systems to push their own (coming soon) streaming and on-demand programming. More bandwidth and better latency for their own company and partner offerings and less so for the prod

[Eug-lug] spam on list

2008-05-15 Thread silverlining2...@gmail.com
I received nine messages today with Jeff Merkley as the subject line. (Is the resulting thread not spam?). I suggest the communications director for the Jeff Merkley campaign succeeded in the end, where a simple deletion of the original list spam attempt would have prevented. __