Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900 Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Democracy died a long, long time ago. The United States has been a republic since June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire ratified the constitution. When we vote for the president,

sound card

2004-01-29 Thread micheal kasuba
The sound card is via ac97, its an onthe mother board sound card.Running linux 8 as I could not get linux 9 to install that I got from this club at the Hosstraderers Swapfest. Can one one help me get the sound card working. John Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try

Ken Coar on Slashdot / Slashnet

2004-01-29 Thread Bob Bell
Though I'd point out the following. Ken Coar at least used to be active on this list, though I can't say I've heard much from him recently. It appears that Ken Coar will be doing an IRC chat[1] on Slashnet today. Ken's an Apache core developer and director, as well as author of The Apache

Re: Ken Coar on Slashdot / Slashnet

2004-01-29 Thread Morbus Iff
It appears that Ken Coar will be doing an IRC chat[1] on Slashnet today. Ken's an Apache core developer and director, as well as author of The Apache Cookbook. -- http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/29/1422251 For what it's worth, I tech-reviewed the book and am in the

Dictionary attacks from spammers.

2004-01-29 Thread Scott Garman
Is anyone else getting this recently? My mail server is being pounded with a kind of spam dictionary attack using common first names, ie [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc. It makes a ton of noise in the logs and the host that's doing it is making hundreds of attempts per

Re: Ken Coar on Slashdot / Slashnet

2004-01-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Bob Bell wrote: Though I'd point out the following. Ken Coar at least used to be active on this list, though I can't say I've heard much from him recently. i'm here. however, i'm swamped. i just came back from a gruelling trip (http://Ken.Coar.Org/gallery/lk2004/Sri_Lankan_Trip_1273x636)

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900 Derek Martin said: Democracy died a long, long time ago. And Democracy has absolutely nothing to do with our form of government, which is a Constitutional Republic. The two are very, very different! You're also overlooking the fact that this

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Greg Rundlett
I strongly agree with Derek that Democracy doesn't exist in America. The facts also show the current administration has so badly defrauded the population that I'm finally convinced that we have to vote in order to change things. The point of my original post was that we need to vote. We

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread brian
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:20, Greg Rundlett wrote: However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican after 9/11 And that's what makes this country interesting, the ability to vote your choice. Do

RE: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Travis Roy
I as an independant, were I a citizen of NH, could have voted in the primary, and would have probably voted for old Al. Not because I like him, or because I even have the feintest notion he might win or make a decent president, but simply because it would be one more vote cast and _against_

RE: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Travis Roy
However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican after 9/11 Because some people think he's the best person for the job? For whatever reason.. ___

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:29:33AM -0500, brian wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:20, Greg Rundlett wrote: However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican after 9/11 And that's what makes this

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Ed Robbins
Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it is in fact a republic. However, that being said, we do have many democratic process' and institutions, the New England town meeting is a perfect

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Ladies and gentlemen, As interesting as this discussion might be to a few, it has NOTHING to do with Linux. Please stop. Thanks. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst,

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:10:41AM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: In a message dated: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:28:29 +0900 Derek Martin said: Democracy died a long, long time ago. And Democracy has absolutely nothing to do with our form of government, which is a Constitutional Republic. The two

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread brian
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote: George Bush = Hitler Max Cleland = Bin Laden There. Thread's over. Haha... Invoking Goodwin's Law Good one :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:08:02AM -0500, Ed Robbins wrote: Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it is in fact a republic. Jeez, can't get no respect, even amongst geeks... ;-) --

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Michael ODonnell
Since it's rude to inflict your non-Linux-related views on this captive audience (gathered here because we value this channel's blessedly high *LINUX-RELATED* S/N ratio) and since there are eleventy-bazillion other channels (USENET, email lists, blogs, barrooms, etc) where election-talk *is*

RE: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Travis Roy
That is also hogwash. Who wanted the DMCA? Who wanted the Patriot act? NO ONE, except for those who it directly benefited (law enforcement, RIAA/MPAA cartel, whatever). Those with enough money or influence to see that they passed. Was there public outcry about these bills, beforea they

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Ed Robbins
Derek Martin wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:08:02AM -0500, Ed Robbins wrote: Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! Kudos to Paul for pointing out that our form of government is not a democracy, it is in fact a republic. Jeez, can't get no respect, even

[ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!

2004-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Hi, On another mailing list we are discussing some of the issues of the LUG: (1) Relatively low attendance at meetings (2) Lack of growth in the LUG to match the growth of the Linux industry (3) Distance between some of the goals of various members I glean that there are currently four types of

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread bscott
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, at 1:22am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As interesting as this discussion might be to a few, it has NOTHING to do with Linux. I have long been an advocate of the idea that anything that touches even the fringes of Linux and open source software is on topic here. Given

Re: multilanguage support

2004-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Derek, Why not use one of the Korean distributions? http://en.hancom.com/products/Hancomlinux_OS.html They also have a complete office package, which is the same as is delivered on the Sharp Zaurus. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread bscott
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote: George Bush = Hitler Max Cleland = Bin Laden There. Thread's over. Haha... Invoking Goodwin's Law Good one :) ITYM Godwin. Yes, but Quirk's Exception says

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:13:38PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:57, Mark Komarinski wrote: George Bush = Hitler Max Cleland = Bin Laden There. Thread's over. Haha... Invoking

Re: Templated text to PS conversion

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Costolo
--- Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm searching the net for this and thought I'd also ask here in case someone knows of such a beast already. I'm trying to find something that's like an enhanced txt2ps converter. It would not only convert text to PostScript, retaining the same layout,

Re: [ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!

2004-01-29 Thread bmcculley
To quote a popular phrase from my racing days I'm only here for the beer :-) I tend to agree with the market analysis, but think you've overly discriminated. Seems to me that (a) and (b) are similar, the main difference being that group (a) wants to gather at some pub to quaff and palaver

Re: Templated text to PS conversion

2004-01-29 Thread Dan Coutu
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 14:59, Michael Costolo wrote: --- Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm searching the net for this and thought I'd also ask here in case someone knows of such a beast already. I'm trying to find something that's like an enhanced txt2ps converter. It would not

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Greg Rundlett
Ed Robbins wrote: Ok, so it's not Linux related, but what a great discussion! I'm sorry to disagree with Maddog, but I think it *is* Linux related, although I never made the connection clear. Let me try to do so. Technology policy, Patent law, Copyright law and our government have

Re: OT: Voting results in NH

2004-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm sorry to disagree with Maddog, but I think it *is* Linux related, although I never made the connection clear.  Those of you who quickly turned to the issues of DCMA, Copyright law, etc. to justify the discussion that was in this list about whether or not the United

Re: OpenGL and nVidia question...

2004-01-29 Thread Brian H. Chabot
Tom Fogal wrote: oh, just read your glxinfo output, my bad.. oh well, other advice might help someone else =) HTH, -tom Well... as someone else suggested, I tried back-revving the drivers to version 4XXX. Not even going to install. Says it can't find the kernel appropriate binaries... Please

Re: OpenGL and nVidia question...

2004-01-29 Thread Brian H. Chabot
Brian H. Chabot wrote: [snip] Nevermind. It seems this was a known issue and was fixed in the latest release of the drivers... released... only 72 hours agao... about as long as I've been struggling with this. Grrr. That'll teach me not to keep a close eye on the forums every day. Thanks

Re: sound card

2004-01-29 Thread Bill Studley
Micheal, Did you get any responce to your question? What make/model is your motherboard. Unfortunately the list doesn't respond well to questions in the form of: "My XYZ is broke, can you fix it?" The list tends to promote self investigation and will mentor when you've run into a wall. So