Derek D. Martin writes:
> Why? You have a driver that works well, so why not use it? Why
> should this be considered not Linux compatible? I would agree that
> having a free driver would be better, but I don't understand the
> sentiment of throwing out good software (or at least usable softwar
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:49:29 -
"Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Message boards are like news servers. The advantage of message boards is
> that you can set one up on a server you don't have control of...
Ah ha. (Perhaps the light dawns.) Thank you, Rich, and I hope
at least one other
On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:53:02 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:27:59 EDT
> Bill Sconce said:
>
> >(Is a message board at all like a wiki?)
>
> You know, this whole wiki thing is one of those areas that I just
> don't g
On 03 Jun 2002 10:13:34 -0400
"Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message
> boards? I was asked to find something that was "Like the Message Boards
> on AOL". This, of course, is difficult for me, since I d
On Mon, 20 May 2002 16:51:53 -0400
Jon Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Another possibility is Daniel Webster College. As I think I told you, I visited
> them the night they were starting their .NET training, but they were interested
> in making a firmer contact with GNHLUG and offered the use
A few comments.
1. A GUID is not intrinsically related to a MAC address. A lot of
press has been devoted to GUIDs and MAC addresses, however, because
of Microsoft's implementation of GUIDs which _do_ incorporate
MAC addresses. Although a MAC address is not itself unique (as
oth
On 28 Apr 2002 12:29:04 -0400
"R. Sean Hartnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which version(s) of a Linux release is more skewed towards the desktop?
Here's an article on a recent announcement from SuSE. It's
interesting that a Linux distributor is taking direct aim at
that most commercial and
On 28 Apr 2002 12:29:04 -0400
"R. Sean Hartnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which version(s) of a Linux release is more skewed towards the desktop?
One such distribution is Libranet (which we're using). Libranet's primary
self-imposed mission is to make Debian approachable for the desktop.
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:58:30 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) wrote:
> I know a number of people up in the Wilton/Milford/Amherst
> area who seem to be satisfied long-time customers of...
>http://www.jlc.net/Services/Services.html
>http://www.jlc.net/
I enthusiastically secon
Thanks to everyone who wrote (and to anyone who actually read the
whole thing! :)
My article yesterday was a pastiche. My motivation initially had
been to talk about how Linux is helpful with online privacy issues
- but once I started, I discovered that I had to talk about how good
Libranet had
Introductory comment: I realize that April 15th is a special
day for many of us, and that a lot of folks may be spending
time working for an employer who doesn't pay them (the IRS).
I apologize for the timing, although perhaps a little diversion
might be welcome for some.
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:58:11 -0500
Tom Rauschenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I meant that if I was looking to learn an OO language to write OO software I
> would choose C++. Looking to learn an OO language to get a job made me
> choose to learn Java.
Better answer? Python.
Bill
***
Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> I have a theory about "do it for you" tools: Such software is written
> under the assumption that the software is smarter than the person using it.
> When that assumption becomes false, the software breaks down.
>
> Ironic and irreverent, yes, but there is a grain
Paul Lussier wrote:
> What he asked for just simply doesn't exist. That doesn't mean it
> can't or it won't, just that it doesn't now. [...] If this thing
> comes about at all, it will be because those who need it decide to
> band together and develop it themselves
NOW we're getting somewhe
I've been using Linux (with varying success, ya), since Yggdrasil days.
Everything which has been written here seems valid to me. (Yes,
including the post which is latest as I write this, which is
essentially YARTFM (believe it or not.))
Among the sapient (IMO) comments:
Michael Bovee wrote:
>
jbd wrote:
>
> At http://news.gnhlug.org/article.php?sid=374 is:
>
> Can anyone identify who is wearing that GNHLUG tee-shirt?
Hmmm. Initials BS?
/BS
--
"We have to make a management decision"
Jerry Mason, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
27 January 1986
***
I saw the distribution's contents
myself - experience with their earlier versions was sufficient.
Bill Sconce
President
In Spec, Inc.
(which is becoming a 100% Libranet shop)
===
Highlights
Next week is the Tenth International Python Conference,
in Alexandria VA.
Other (considerable) obligations permitting, I'm planning
to attend. Any other gnhluggers going to be there?
Direct replies suggested; I'll gather and redistribute.
Perhaps there'll be an excuse for a brew break...
Bill
[ Apology for off-topic (wrt Linux) tidbit. I so appreciate
competent use of English in a just cause that I printed out
Thomas Penfield Jackson's opinion. This is another, and
concerns a legal hurdle for antitrust settlements I hadn't
even heard of two weeks ago - the Tunney Act. The proposed
s
This follow-up is for the folks who kindly endured
my Python evangelism at last week's monadlug meeting,
plus for anyone else who may be interested in this
area of recent developments in Python and/or design
patterns.
The features we were discussing were iterators and
generators, powerful and ver
Most gratifying choice would be Abi, or OpenOffice - i.e., a
pure free software installation. That's what's appropriate for
a taxpayer-supported facility. (Not to mention a "free"
institution such a public library.)
If Microsoft applications must be made available Win4lin
is preferable, IMO,
I'll add a recommendation for Nev's, as I recently asked Dennis
to build a box for me. 256Mb/266MHz/20Gb etc; he did it, it
loaded Linux without a hitch, and I was very pleased with his
enthusiasm the price, and the ability to buy a systems with no
Microsoft software.
I also picked up a couple
At last! I'm going to dump the remaining Microsoft stuff
on the machine which Janet uses. We're going to replace her
machine. Special arrangements have been made with Santa for
a Thinkpad T22. When it gets here it will start life with
Linux.
At the risk of biting off too much to chew, I woul
One.
Improv.
-Bill
--
"We have to make a management decision"
Jerry Mason, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
27 January 1986
Greg Kettmann wrote:
>
> For those that don't know, we, IBM, have a sort of Open Source
> division. They are called the Linux Technology Center. Their web site
> is: http://oss.
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
>
> Benjamin Scott wrote:
> >
> > I know we have some still-DECies-at-heart on this list, as well
> > as some Alpha people... do you guys know anything?
>
> Only that CPQ evidently acquired stupidity as a core competency
> along with everything else from Digital
Ray Cote wrote:
>
> At 2:59 PM -0400 6/12/01, Bill Sconce wrote:
[...]
> >o This technique incurs the overhead of an additional
> > process (probably a small price, especially for
> > portability).
>
> Probably not an issue wit
History:
(see below)
Synopsis:
How to lighten the requirement for hard coding a path in an
executable script's magic first line.
Background:
Under many Unix-like systems, including Linux, a file marked as
executable can tell the kernel the name and location of the
interpr
Rich -
Er, while I was writing and proofreading my response to your
Goodbye message which I just posted to the list, this appeared.
Sounds like "request/offer help on linux-related issues" to
me. And here I was busting your chops for deserting us.
Please stick around...
-Bill
---
Rich C wrote:
> I wholeheartedly agree. I joined this list a few weeks ago thinking I would
> receive information on the group, and be able to request/offer help on
> linux-related issues. I find that it is just a second-rate version of
> comp.os.linux.advocacy.
>
> I'm outta here.
Rich -
Sp
LWN pointed to an article about Linux on the desktop which
I recommend. It's written by Bryan Pfaffenberger, Associate
Professor of Technology, Culture, and Communication at the
University of Virginia. He uses half a dozen clever turns
of language which are likely to make you chuckle:
http://
Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Bill Sconce wrote:
> > Nothing we can do will protect people from that. (*1)
> >
> > (in reference to protecting the unaware from
> > hurting themselves)
>
> Actually, that statement was in referen
On 31 May 2000 at 09:13, in response to a message from
Kurth Bemis, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> Nothing we can do will protect people from that. (*1)
(in reference to protecting the unaware from
hurting themselves)
I read this assertion, and the thread which ensued, several
times. Incr
The sales rep from ITAC Systems, Inc. whom I wrote
about in April is, after a false start, actually
going to make it here (to New Hampshire) tomorrow.
A "trackball interest group" of 7 or 8 of us
has been corresponding about getting together
with her while she's here. We've chosen a
pub (surpris
In late April I sent out an invitation to meet with
a representative from Itac Systems, a trackball
manufacturer. The original target date for that
meeting got delayed; it's now on again, for next
Wednesday, 5/30.
I've sent mail to those who expressed an interest back
then, and we have three or
Ray Cote wrote:
>
> At 4:42 AM -0700 5/23/01, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> >Here's an idea for static content and for some types of dynamic...
> >... possibly doing a diff with the "fresh" data beforehand and notifying some admin
>if there are differences
>
> Interesting idea. Practically, you coul
Kurth Bemis wrote:
>
> did anyone record it? i attempted to but my radio didn't have very good
> reception where i wasif someone did record it will you sendme a copy :-)
>
> ~kurth
Being one of those who doesn't have streaming audio, I listened to it
on the radio. Hmm, broadcasting, ra
> A program that leaks memory? Gosh, who would have thought?
>
> Ha ha. Ha. Ha.
>
> Thank goodness for Purify...
Or, even better, for a non-assembly-level language.
Such as Python. Or Cobol. Ha ha.
Somewhat seriously, the idea of a software industry which
bases major development on
As some of you know, I'm a rabid mouse hater. (That is,
I am rabid; I hate all mice, not just any rabid ones.)
Computer mice, that is.
What I LIKE are trackballs.
(You would think, I suppose, that I therefore use emacs.
But that would be wrong...)
Well, there's a long story about Kensington
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > The box isn't really more secure than Linux, its just that there's
> > fewer things to go wrong - and if someone does have an exploit
> > for a firmware bug, its usually fixed with the next powercycle.
> > It would be an equivalent t
Dave hardy wrote:
>
> Email post of the week; nice work, Mr. Bennett.
Agreed.
> They built a software industry where anyone who was not Microsoft
> could only survive by working with technologies that were not
> controlled by Microsoft. To me it always seemed that you've have to
> be out
mike ledoux wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote:
>
> >how do i get my console to run at a higher resolution? I saw it once on a
> >list that i was a member of..but i can't seem top track down that mail
> >right now? I'm using redhack 6.0. Any ideas?
>
> 'man SVGATextMode'
>
http://www.pythonware.com/people/fredrik/hotair.htm
A short story
-
A man piloting a hot air balloon discovers he has wandered off
course and is hopelessly lost. He descends to a lower altitude
and locates a man down on the ground. He lowers the balloon
further and shouts, "Excuse m
>From BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/business/newsid_774000/774063.stm
As the US software giant Microsoft waits to hear whether an American
judge will order its break-up, it has been revealed that the company
is being encouraged to relocate its operations to neighbouring Canada
I don't get it. Shouldn't we want to know about upcoming speakers?
I _do_ understand about the overall volume of the list - it's a problem
for any active community, and gets worse as the community get healthier.
(E.g., if the complaint about "flurry" referred to things such as my
posting of atto
Although lengthy, it is excellently lucid: the plaintiffs'
rebuttal to Microsoft -
http://www.naag.org/features/microsoft/reply3.pdf
The site is that of the National Association of Attorneys
General; this is the authentic document. (It is amazing
the extent to which the nightly news can d
Electronic Planet, on Amherst Street, would probably be good for that.
They don't have everything, but what they do have is priced more in
line with computer shows.
-Bill
Bob Bell wrote:
>
> I was wondering if any one knew of a good spot to get cables in
> the Nashua area. I'm currently
"Kevin D. Clark" wrote:
>
> Want to see an example of a software group that produces solid code?
> Read this article:
>
>http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html
Thank you for the pointer, Kevin. I'm a pilot; the narration of
main engine start brought me near tears.
But
[ I realize that this is long, and also that some gnhluggers are
themselves subscribers to Phil Agre's RRE newsletter, from which
this material is extracted. Apology. However, Agre achieves
a clarity to be appreciated. Especially: "weenies". Enjoy.
-Bill ]
Phil
Phil Agre does us a favor by patiently noting how Microsoft babbles;
see his original at
http://commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/rre.notes.and.recommenda5.html
-
I received about 60 copies of the latest Microsoft e-mail virus and
its variants. How many did you get? F
Jerry Eckert wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if TECO was ever ported to any variant of Unix? And, if
> so, where I might get a copy?
I didn't see that you got a reply, Jerry. I saw your original post, but
only today, when I happened to be doing a little hacking in TECO, did I
get around to it.
Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
>
> Did anybody actually get this thing ? I got 14 warnings about it, the NPR news
> is full of it. I don't have it and I want to see it!
As it happens, yes. I received three copies of it. I don't run Outlook, of course.
BUT...
At work (my client's site, which i
Michael O'Donnell wrote:
>
> ...is the source of an article which I've excerpted
> below. Are any of the Linuxcare folks in the GNHLUG
> willing/able to comment on the CEO gossip?
>
Quite a few details in this link from LWN:
http://www.g2news.com/#Linuxcare CIO Out
At least three of
Ah, the pleasures and pains of handling strings in C.
And perils. "Watch it with that pointer, Elmore.
It's loaded."
The more I learn about C the more I like Python.
:)
-Bill
Known Troublemaker
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"Evans, Roger" wrote:
>
> I have been using a Cybex SwitchView at home and it works well.
> The 4 port version costs about $190 from PC Connection, not
> counting the cost for cables which are not included.
I have seen the Cybex SwitchView in action, and heard good reports
from the people who
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