Re: Lower power portable Linux

2007-11-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Ben Scott wrote: A recent review[1] of the Asus Eee PC stated (paraphrased): Power management on Linux sucks. [1] http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/print.html Back when I looked into this (years ago), that was largely true. During active use, Linux was more

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 21, 2007 The Making of MythDora

2007-11-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: November 21, 2007 7:00PM (6:30 for QA) Topic: The Making of MythDora Moderator: Jarod Wilson, Red Hat Software Location: MIT Building E51 Room 315 Jarod discusses what went into creating MythDora 4, a simplfied MythTV installation ISO image based on Fedora Core 6. Jarod also shows a live

Re: Free Hardware

2007-11-21 Thread Mark Mcsweeney
2) Dell PowerEdge 2300. Beefy dual P3/600 server machine with 1.5GB If this hasn't been spoken for I would love it and ca pick it up this weekend. Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: LinkedIn group for GNHLUG

2007-11-21 Thread Ted Roche
Ted Roche wrote: LinkedIn has approved the group I set up for GNHLUG. If you're interested in joining, you have to join LinkedIn first, then click on this link: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/42315/32A73B64F8DC FYI, for those who like to measure such things, we got 21 members in the first

Re: Lower power portable Linux

2007-11-21 Thread mike ledoux
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:03:31PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: A recent review[1] of the Asus Eee PC stated (paraphrased): Power management on Linux sucks. I haven't read the review, but I agree with the statement that power management on Linux sucks. Turning off the CRT was about it. S3

Re: Lower power portable Linux

2007-11-21 Thread Tyson Sawyer
On Nov 21, 2007 12:08 PM, mike ledoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:03:31PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote: [...] I have yet to see suspend to RAM work on Linux anywhere. [...] I'm especially interested in how it fares for someone like me, who prefers to run a traditional

Re: Lower power portable Linux

2007-11-21 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Nov 21, 2007, at 12:08, mike ledoux wrote: I've had scripts to successfully 'hibernate' (suspend to disk) my laptops for years, working at least as far back as 2.4-series kernels. I have yet to see suspend to RAM work on Linux anywhere. In some ways this is easier. As I understand it,

[OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Greg Rundlett
I really like the indoor batting facility in Salisbury, MA (Extra Innings). I wondered how 'fast' the fast cage was. It seemed really fast and has taken me a few visits to get to the point where I can hit the ball. I asked today how fast the machine was. The friendly staff person told me it

Re: [OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Bill Ricker
that is in the big leagues. I'm not making fun of the guy, but physics isn't involved in solving the problem, just regular math. Physics is just applied math. All the world is functions. -- Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Nov 21, 2007 5:51 PM, Greg Rundlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, if I should be sad that an average person might think that there is physics rather than math involved. Physics was involved. Indeed, you just solved a physics problem. The fact that you used math doesn't mean it wasn't a

Re: SFD (continuing) -- Wadleigh Memorial Library, Milford

2007-11-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Nov 20, 2007 2:23 PM, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Especially, my own thanks go out to the other members of the team, Roseann and Mark. Thanks, guys! And three cheers for Bill for being the heart and driving force behind it all! [2a] (Shouldn't there be a kiosk in every public

Re: [OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 17:51, Greg Rundlett wrote: He said if I have some friends who know physics I could figure out how fast that is in the big leagues. I'm not making fun of the guy, but physics isn't involved in solving the problem, just regular math. Actually, it is a physics

Re: [OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Greg Rundlett
I just offer an interesting example of how math ain't that hard, and can be used to solve fun problems. The basic question at hand was How fast does the machine pitch? (compared to a major-league pitcher). The basic answer could be found through some unit conversion and cross multiplication. I

Re: [OT] Simple math considered physics; turns out it's fun, not harmful

2007-11-21 Thread Brian Chabot
Greg Rundlett wrote: Philosophically and sociologically, I'm asking why somebody who worked there wouldn't solve these problems out of curiosity. Because they don't know how? Because they don't care? Because they were conditioned by social norms to believe the subject is too difficult or