Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> Howdy Dave,
>
> I have a little TRENDnet camera (model TV-IP200W) that I got a while
> back. Built-in web server and completely tunable from the web server.
> Works great with Linux, as it supports pictures through a Java applet in
> the web browser.
>
> It also has co
Passing on this information because I just recently let everyone know
what a good store it was. Got an announcement this morning that the
Waltham store of Quantumbooks is closed. The original Kendall Square
store remains open.
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:41:30 -0500
Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Passing on this information because I just recently let everyone know
> what a good store it was. Got an announcement this morning that the
> Waltham store of Quantumbooks is closed. The original Kendall Square
> stor
At this point, the subject line has become something of an in-joke,
although I will concede I may be the only one "in" on it.
Oh no! Actually, I should have known better than to be sipping coffee while
opening this thread... Ah well, that's why there's a stack of keyboards
over there...
An
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Didn't you at least like my Star Wars parody? I worked hard on that... :)
Yes, very much... You fsck'ing Nazi!
For anyone who doesn't know or isn't aware, Ben and I are good
friends, have known each other forever, and nothing above is meant to
On 2/26/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/26/07, Bayard Coolidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What I was referring to was the quagmire of interdependencies in some
> packages that make it difficult/impractical to update to new versions
> conveniently.
Libraries enable code re-use.
Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else doing
multiples?
I'm running:
Xubuntu on my laptop (I wanted to learn some debianisms)
WinXP on the family PC
MacOSX on the family Macintosh
Fedora on my home server (I grew up w/ RedHat/Mandrake after starting w/
SLS/Slackwa
On 2/27/07, Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Next on the adgenda... Gnome is so much better than KDE because...
Oh sure. Ben spends a half an hour crafting 'the perfect intro' to
flame city, and what do you respond with?
A one liner.. Shoulda known part II would suck. :-)
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-- Thomas
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"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Emerging OpenOffice took me about 3 hours, thats on a dual-core dual
>> proc Opteron 2800SE with 4 gigs of ram.
>
> Yikes. I tremble to think of how long it would take on the 1200
> MHz, 256 MB box I was running at home eight months ago. Still, that's
Just Debian at home & work, and one of the FC's on a webserver... and
the FC will go away shortly, I don't have enough knowledge of weird
corners to keep it uncrufted under the onslaught of "hey I'm
installing foo" from the guy I was sharing the server with, who's just
competent enough to be dange
On 2/27/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Most people seem to be doing just one distribution.
I just *complain* about one distribution. ;-) I use a bunch of 'em.
I still have that Debian install on my main PC at home, tho I'm not
using it right now. I've also got FC5 (soon to be d
On Tuesday 27 February 2007 08:59 am, Tom Buskey wrote:
> Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else doing
> multiples?
Debian Stable on my desktop.
Debian Stable on my laptop.
Debian Stable on home firewall/router/VPN endpoint.
Kubuntu on wife's laptop and Win2K on wife's
On 2/27/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/27/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most people seem to be doing just one distribution.
I just *complain* about one distribution. ;-) I use a bunch of 'em.
Which means you have a basis for your complaints, having used more
A bit off-topic, but you guys are the only group I can easily collect
anecdotal evidence from on this, and google search failed to satisfy
my curiousity...
Note that I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek when I refer to it as
"ninjahood", but has anyone else noticed a high correlation between
engineers
On Tuesday 27 February 2007 09:59 am, Ben Scott wrote:
> LVM (which I use extensively) is really nice for trying multiple
> distributions. Virtualization (VMware, Xen, etc.) is making that
> practice obsolete, but at least right now, IME, a VM is still not the
> same as running something "on the
Tom Buskey wrote:
Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else
doing multiples?
Ubuntu/Kubuntu on my personal machines
Slackware 9, 10, Centos, RedHat 7, 9, and OpenBSD (ppc & x86) on various
servers along with some XP (where necessary) and Mac OS X.
I am still looking
OSX On my Macbook (with a WinXP Parallels VM for work stuff)
Ubuntu Server on my colo server
Ubuntu Server on my home server (file/print)
KnoppMyth on my new MythTV box in the basement
and a mix of CentOS and Fedora at work
I also have an old Dell laptop for a "backup" that runs WinXP.
On Feb
Drew Van Zandt writes:
> 80% of the students at the dojo
> I go to are engineers or programmers, and about half the
> engineer-types I mention aikido around say something like "Hmmm I'm
> interested in that, where do you go to learn that?"
Speaking for myself, I thought it was interesting that a
"Drew Van Zandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Note that I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek when I refer to it as
> "ninjahood", but has anyone else noticed a high correlation between
> engineers/programmers and ninjahood? 80% of the students at the dojo
> I go to are engineers or programmers, and a
Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Passing on this information because I just recently let everyone know
> what a good store it was. Got an announcement this morning that the
> Waltham store of Quantumbooks is closed. The original Kendall Square
> store remains open.
Bummer. I was a huge f
On 2/27/07, Charles Farinella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am still looking for "The One True Way".
The One True Way is that There Is More Than One Way To Do It.
(Even if you're not a Perl hacker.)
-- Ben
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Yesterday I decided it was time to give Kubuntu 6.10 a try. Now the
only system I can realistically reload the OS on at the moment is my
laptop, so that's my guinea pig. (It is a Toshiba Satellite M45 S359)
The online docs seem to indicate this should work:
http://www.cantrip.org/toshiba-m45.htm
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:08:27 -0500
Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bummer. I was a huge fan of SoftPro when they were in Burlington,
> more so when they opened the Marlboro store. Since I've been working
> in Cambridge the last few years I've been going to Quantum and new
> they'd be g
On 2/27/07, Charles Farinella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tom Buskey wrote:
> Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else
> doing multiples?
Ubuntu/Kubuntu on my personal machines
Slackware 9, 10, Centos, RedHat 7, 9, and OpenBSD (ppc & x86) on various
servers along with
On 2/27/07, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yesterday I decided it was time to give Kubuntu 6.10 a try. Now the
only system I can realistically reload the OS on at the moment is my
laptop, so that's my guinea pig. (It is a Toshiba Satellite M45 S359)
The online docs seem to indicate t
On 2/27/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Passing on this information because I just recently let everyone know
> what a good store it was. Got an announcement this morning that the
> Waltham store of Quantumbooks is closed. The original Kendal
On 2/27/07, Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:08:27 -0500
Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bummer. I was a huge fan of SoftPro when they were in Burlington,
I used to go once a week. I worked just up the road at one point.
I spoke to Rick (one of th
Brian Chabot wrote:
> Yesterday I decided it was time to give Kubuntu 6.10 a try. Now the
> only system I can realistically reload the OS on at the moment is my
> laptop, so that's my guinea pig. (It is a Toshiba Satellite M45 S359)
>
> The online docs seem to indicate this should work:
> http:/
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:46:05 -0500
"Jeff Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I bought my first computer book there, Rodney Zak's "Programming the Z80"
> when I was maybe 12 years old? I do miss SoftPro very much.
Unfortunately not enough of us remained as loyal customers. We actually
had some
On Feb 27, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Tom Buskey wrote:
Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else
doing multiples?
Similar. FC6/Ubuntu LTS/WinXPPro on the primary laptop, OS X Tiger
primary desktop, in-house servers running FC version x, CentOS.
Commercial servers running
On Feb 27, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
The One True Way is that There Is More Than One Way To Do It.
So The One True Way is that there is No One True Way, hmm? Zen-like.
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
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On 2/27/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Feb 27, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
> The One True Way is that There Is More Than One Way To Do It.
So The One True Way is that there is No One True Way, hmm? Zen-like.
No, perl-like (TOTWITTINOTW, translated as TMTOWTDI)
jeff
> Today, the Internet is hurting many brick and mortar businesses.
Additionally, the big book retailers, like Barnes and Noble, now carry
a number of technical books. And, don't forget, the New England Mobile
Book Fair in Newton also has a decent technical book selection with
discounts.
I just bo
On 2/27/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Feb 27, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Tom Buskey wrote:
> Most people seem to be doing just one distribution. Is anyone else
> doing multiples?
I've run a little bit of everything over the years, and enjoy
tinkering with various things. Good for me, sin
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Tom Buskey wrote:
Or computer geeks would carry a screwdriver for each size screw, allen
wrenches, a knife, a hacksaw, pliers, regular wrenches, wire stripper, wire
cutter, etc instead of a leatherman ;-)
Ahh time to spawn a new off topic discussion!
Leatherman? Gerber all
If you're interested, I've got both an Axis and a Panasonic on our
website at http://www.milessmithfarm.net/
The Axis (StallCam) is fixed, whereas the Panasonic (NorthCam) is
pan/tilt-able by the viewer. (You'll need to click on the images on the
web site to get to the actual camera though - I
I've gone over to only using the alternate install cd. It seems much more
stable.
Kjel
On 2/27/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/27/07, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I decided it was time to give Kubuntu 6.10 a try. Now the
> only system I can realistica
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:55:06 -0500 (EST)
"Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just bought a bunch of books from Amazon. I used to buy from bookpool
> but they charge shipping which effectively eliminates them from the
> competition. I see *no* reason to go to a local bookstore to buy s
On 2/27/07, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I burned the CD, verified the burn and put it in the CDROM of the laptop
and rebooted.
Have you tried the CD in another system, just to make sure, for
sure, that the CD is good?
cp: unable to open '/root/var/log/': No such file or direc
On 2/27/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess the convenience of Amazon and B&N is just too
great to compete with :(
There's also the fact that, as more and more information becomes
available on the 'net (both free and paid), traditional dead-tree
books are becoming less vital.
"Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just bought a bunch of books from Amazon. I used to buy from bookpool
> but they charge shipping which effectively eliminates them from the
> competition. I see *no* reason to go to a local bookstore to buy since
> their prices don't even try to c
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's also the fact that, as more and more information becomes
> available on the 'net (both free and paid), traditional dead-tree
> books are becoming less vital. I'm not suggesting printed books are
> going to go away any time soon (that will probab
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:46:05 -0500
"Jeff Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/27/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Passing on this information because I just recently let everyone know
> > > what a good store it was. Got an
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:41:23 -0500
Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Until the web-browser gets installed in the public restroom stall...
This is being done in some places now :-)
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Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:16:07 -0500
Bill Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Likewise. I bought my first two Linuxes at the Burlington one - Caldera
> OpenLinux 2.2 first,
Please send it back to the SCO Group and demand a refund :-)
--
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Boston Linux and Unix user
Ben Scott wrote:
On 2/26/07, Jason Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm already planing a nice utility for managing all of that, too.
I'm starting to wonder if there isn't something out there already.
I wrote my own collection of really bad hacks (shell and Perl scripts)
to do this; I kn
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 23:52 -0500, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> Howdy Dave,
>
> I have a little TRENDnet camera (model TV-IP200W) that I got a while
> back. Built-in web server and completely tunable from the web server.
> Works great with Linux, as it supports pictures through a Java applet in
> t
On Feb 25, 2007, at 17:22, Ben Scott wrote:
However, the "build most things from source" solution is not without
issues itself. It it slower than binary packages (imagine installing
the first GNOME package this way -- please wait while we build the
world from source).
For a point of referenc
On Feb 25, 2007, at 23:53, Nigel Stewart wrote:
Anyone come across any other FLAC or Ogg oriented music
stores online?
You can get just about every Grateful Dead concert ever played in
FLAC format. A friend of mine has a vertical file full of CD's and
even wrote his own FLAC decoder to su
On Feb 26, 2007, at 19:08, Ben Scott wrote:
Incidentally, Y2038 problem is going to hit way more than just 'nix
systems. 'doze software uses that format extensively, too. (There's
like 27 different system time mechanisms under 'doze, but that's one
of them.)
Any 30-year mortgage softwares
On Feb 26, 2007, at 20:46, Nigel Stewart wrote:
If all of this sounds deluded, I am relying on you all here
to point out the show-stopping flaw... :-)
I think it's a good idea.
As a transition mechanism you might think about writing an RPM or deb
filesystem. Taking the RPM instance:
m
On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:29, Drew Van Zandt wrote:
80% of the students at the dojo
I go to are engineers or programmers, and about half the
engineer-types I mention aikido around say something like "Hmmm I'm
interested in that, where do you go to learn that?" (Woburn Aikikai)
You probably have
> FWIW, I think most geeks frown upon the ninja ethic, at least FLOSS
> geeks. Of course we all love realultimatepower.net .
>
I love sitting down with someone and having a beer.
md
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On Feb 27, 2007, at 18:26, Jason Stephenson wrote:
* From what I've read, Ogg may not be all that safe to use patent-
wise. Is this just FUD, or is there something to it?
I've heard the claim that it's patent-free hundreds of times. The
FAQ at vorbis.com says:
What is Ogg Vorbis?
Og
> Yesterday I decided it was time to give Kubuntu 6.10 a try. Now the
> only system I can realistically reload the OS on at the moment is my
> laptop, so that's my guinea pig. (It is a Toshiba Satellite M45 S359)
For diagnostic purposes, it might be interesting to try the latest
on the develop
Tom Buskey wrote:
>
> Anyone else have any suggestions?
>
>
> There is an alternate boot CD you could try.
>
> Maybe try the Ubuntu or Xubuntu install and add KDE with Synaptic
> after the install.
Was kind of hoping not to have to DL and burn another image here... but
if that's the only opt
Ben Scott wrote:
> Have you tried the CD in another system, just to make sure, for
> sure, that the CD is good?
It seems good. Passed the md5 checksum on burn...
>> mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or
>> directory
> cp: unable to open '/root/var/log/': No such
Nigel Stewart wrote:
> For diagnostic purposes, it might be interesting to try the latest
> on the development branch, to see if there is already a fix.
>
> Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 4
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FeistyFawn/Herd4/Kubuntu
>
That is exactly the same advice I got from others the
On 2/27/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm still miffed my iPod won't play my .mp2 files ...
What about RockBox? (RockBox is third-party FOSS firmware for many
music players, including the iPod.) A Google for "rockbox mp2" seems
to indicate it might work.
http://www.rockbox.o
> > I'm still miffed my iPod won't play my .mp2 files ...
>
> What about RockBox? (RockBox is third-party FOSS firmware for many
> music players, including the iPod.) A Google for "rockbox mp2" seems
> to indicate it might work.
>
> http://www.rockbox.org/
>
> -- Ben
The Free Software Found
Help, I've got Hardware 3-D Graphics Acceleration working and now I
can't stop playing foobilliard, super tux and penguin racer!!
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
:-)
p.s. I've never been a 'gamer' so I didn't care much about getting
the most out of my graphics card. Still, having
On 2/27/07, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have you tried the CD in another system, just to make sure, for
sure, that the CD is good?
It seems good. Passed the md5 checksum on burn...
That would be "no", then?
I don't know if whatever checksum mechanism in use includes the boot
i
On Feb 27, 2007, at 21:46, Ben Scott wrote:
hat about RockBox? (RockBox is third-party FOSS firmware for many
music players, including the iPod.) A Google for "rockbox mp2" seems
to indicate it might work.
Yeah, no support for the model I have (iPod), unfortunately.
-Bill
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