Re: LinuxWorld Early Bird Discounts Extended to 10 March

2006-03-06 Thread Brian Chabot
://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS06A So how does one register to staff the booth? I did it last year and loved it. I'd like to do it again. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug

USB Mixers/soundcards

2006-02-22 Thread Brian Chabot
if anyone has actually done this before shelling out the money... Thanks. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Chabot
not holding the portable in the bag touch the fence, etc., (but not a power line), which should make a marked difference in the signal. Excellent point. I used to have a hell of a time with transmitters near train tracks. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

RE: How times have changed

2006-02-15 Thread Brian
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:27 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: How times have changed Hiring manager as in manager in charge of hiring people, working in the HR department, as

Re: Help build the new GNHLUG Internet server

2006-02-10 Thread Brian Chabot
to keep it. I really don't see any significant advantage to switching. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: HTML question (nbst)

2006-02-02 Thread Brian
nbsp; don't forget the semicolon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:23 AM To: GNHLUG mailing list Subject: HTML question (nbst) My manager is making a new contact DB for our company,

RE: Carn1v0re?

2006-01-25 Thread Brian
YZSNB! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven W. Orr Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:32 AM Zr gbb ;-) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

RE: Carn1v0re?

2006-01-24 Thread Brian
Because $5M worth of software development can be easily fooled by number/vowel substitution? I hope the t3rr0r1sts d0n't f1nd 0ut! -Original Message- I just wanna know, why didn't you just say Carnivore? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Linux World?

2006-01-14 Thread Brian Chabot
my way... (unlikely he'll say yes...).. Thanks, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Homework problems (was: extract string)

2006-01-10 Thread Brian
Answer C: Who cares? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:01 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Homework problems (was: extract string) Assume it is a homework problem. Does

RE: Homework problems (was: extract string)

2006-01-10 Thread Brian
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Kuzdrall Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:45 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Homework problems (was: extract string) All of us will care when the country has to

Long connection pauses?

2006-01-08 Thread Brian Chabot
to find out what is causing this? TIA, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Long connection pauses?

2006-01-08 Thread Brian Chabot
On Sunday 08 January 2006 09:37 pm, Bruce Dawson wrote: Ben Scott wrote: |On 1/8/06, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |I have a relatively new machine that pauses for 20-120 seconds between |SYN/ACK and issuing the banner on all TCP connections. Typically, this is indicative of DNS

RE: One more bites the dust

2006-01-05 Thread Brian
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Schelly They've said they intend to continue both the PalmOS and Windows handhelds and I can tell you my 650 is great! I don't think there's actually anything better about the 700w over the

RE: One more bites the dust

2006-01-05 Thread Brian
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Buskey Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: One more bites the dust The Blackberry offers wireless syncing to an

Re: free dns with logging

2006-01-03 Thread Brian Chabot
burdensome once you have more than a handfull of customers using the service. As a standalone facility though, you could pull it off without too much trouble, I would think. Just my $.02 Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Advocacy - Was: Re: Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
Penguin Gourmet Internet Cafe... Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

X memory leak?

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
for the desktop and running Mozilla, Konqueror, xmms, and a bunch of Eterms, and 4 epplets on 4 virtual desktops. X should NOT take that much virtual memory. Anyone have any ideas? Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http

Re: X memory leak?

2005-12-23 Thread Brian Chabot
? ;-) LOL... ...Actually, it runs nice and quick for the first week. By the third week, it crawls. reminds me of a well-oiled Win95 box. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug

Re: Ruminations on an SSH attack

2005-12-18 Thread Brian Chabot
changes.. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

2005-12-12 Thread Brian Chabot
waited for the handset, I asked for the settings so I could try BYOD till it arrived and they sent them right away. I got up and running with gphone pretty quickly. One of the things I really like is the option to email your voicemail... Brian

RE: htt daemon eating up my internet connection

2005-11-22 Thread Brian
Google has a few hits. http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:SbYn0r9K8ZQJ:rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedor a/2/i386/iiimf-server-11.4-43.i386.html+linux+htt+daemonhl=en also, running tcpdump against whatever NIC is associated with your LAN that leads to the internet might prove useful also. Or, just

Re: SOHO Backups?

2005-11-15 Thread Brian Chabot
would be if the drive is stored. HDD lifetimes are measured for drives in use as about 3 years, IIRC. How long they will last with minumal use and proper storage is anyone's guess. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

RE: CRAC

2005-11-04 Thread Brian
A war story of mine... In (I think '98 or '99) when Global Crossing was just getting their network going I was working for Lucent as the Senior Resident Engineer overseeing their deployment of Lucent ATM switches world-wide. This was at GC's main NOC in Southfield, MI. Their operations spanned

Re: OT: CRAC

2005-11-03 Thread Brian Chabot
. (It was actually draining ON the top of the rack and this was no trickle.) Lesson learned: If you can't make your own cooling system, spend the blasted money and do it right the first time. check everything frequently and do not trust the HVAC guy. Brian ___ gnhlug

Re: bogus emails...............

2005-11-02 Thread Brian Chabot
that bounces. I usually add a message something like Spammer. Go Away as my message. If you don't want to tip your hand, just put Unauthorized. I'm sure others here can give other suggestions. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

64-bit RPM/APT based systems - Worth it?

2005-10-29 Thread Brian Chabot
lossin performance, but for instance, would a commercial version of UT2004 for Linux be able to run on a 64-bit system? Any info you all might have here would be useful... thanks, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http

Re: Linux + Windows install question

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Chabot
. The Windows bootloader will not recognize other OS's but lilo or grub is perfectly OK with giving you the choice. Definitely Windows first Now whether to put the second HDD on as a slave or as a primary on the second controller That is the question Brian

Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian Chabot
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Paul Lussier wrote: What good is the anti-static bag if you have to remove it to go through the toll booths? Wed Oct 26 09:02:48 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 128 Wed Oct 26 09:47:10 EDT 2005 Brian Chabot Mass. Pike/Rt. 91 Distance: 72 miles

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
Plausible, yes. But with ntp, GPS clock-syncing, etc, this is getting a little bit tinfoilhat-ish. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Abreau Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:01 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject:

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
just as you can challenge a radar device on its calibration. Have you ever tried that? I have. It doesn't work very well. The radar companies basically train the cops on how to defend themselves and their radar units in court. ___

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-26 Thread Brian
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Abreau Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:18 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th Brian wrote: Plausible, yes

Speaking of privacy/security concerns... (back on topic)

2005-10-26 Thread Brian Chabot
as a password replacement either got login or for a password safe... Anyone know of such a monster? Sourceforge seems to have the answer of no. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian
The range isn't really that limited. There are simple plans on the 'net to build an RFID sniffer that can excite and read most RFID tags from several meters away. I agree, I am not quite sure what all the huff about the HP printers is about though. -Original Message- The range is so

Re: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Chabot
they'd go back to the tokens. They were a better value and pretty much anonymous.) Now I *know* we all can find antistatic bags laying around. If there were a cheap RFID locator, we could just toss the damned things into these bags and not worry about them. Brian

RE: [OT] NH protest against HP printers with RFID chips Nov. 5th

2005-10-25 Thread Brian
This statement could be taken a little further. At no point in this thread have you actually contributed anything useful. You lobbed in a comment along the lines of just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're out to get you. Your initial comment essentially implied that you took issue

Re: Suggestions for SOHO email service

2005-10-17 Thread Brian Chabot
. and see lots of people report their own backup MX server as a spam source because of this...) Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Reading Office Files in Linux...

2005-09-26 Thread Brian Chabot
Anyone know of a program in Linux that can read a password protected M$ Word 2000 file? I have the password, but OO.org tells me it can't do pssworded files... Ditto for Kword... TIA, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

RE: Management Decisions (Was: Re: Email based trouble ticketing system)

2005-09-14 Thread Brian
RUN! -Original Message- When we upgraded to the newest version of imail they changed the webmail interface and we went through weeks of but this is different. What I'm hoping to do is setup something in tandem where mail gets delivered to the new server and gets passed on to

RE: Email based trouble ticketing system

2005-09-13 Thread Brian
You could use the one I wrote at my last company, but it would be easier to just adapt RT accordingly, rather than start all anew. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:44 PM To: GNHLUG

Re: SEOs -- what's the prevailing attitude?

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Chabot
. (It' my job.) What I can say is from my experience, frequend, meaningful updates and new content relevent ot the web site's subject do get you noticed by the search engines. At least that's what I found with my job hunt web site when I was looking for work. Brian

IT/Network admin job opening

2005-09-07 Thread Brian
, the job is in Maynard, MA. -- Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: SEOs -- what's the prevailing attitude?

2005-09-06 Thread Brian Chabot
updates... There are also bad ways: blogspamming, keyword loading (white on white or black on black text...), useless web pages that exist solely for spiders, etc. ...just my opinion... as someone who works at an abuse desk... Brian ___ gnhlug

Re: Ink jet refill kit experiences?

2005-08-31 Thread Brian Chabot
little enough that it isn't a major concern. HTH, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Laptop Suggestions

2005-08-24 Thread Brian Karas
I've had excellent results with FC on Thinkpads lately. Both on my older X20 (which recently died) and on my current T42. The t42 has built-in blootooth, wifi, NIC, 1400x1050 screen (yeah, odd resolution), etc. All supported very nicely under FC3. As well as dual-head support (laptop LCD as

Re: DSL with no landline

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
know Speakeasy has been offering DSL sans landline POTS for a while now. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
/postfix/virtual then run postmap, all of which I did by the book. A debug gave me the reason as: Aug 18 09:56:07 rigor3 postfix/smtpd[26331]: generic_checks: name=reject status=2 Any idea what I'm missing here? Thanks, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
the real hostnames from us (example.com can sometimes make for cleaner examples). Yup. Brian ...who is beginning to think sendmail was easier... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Aug 18, 2005, at 13:13, Brian Chabot wrote: Uhh... Is the anything a literal here? I have nothing before the @hostname line. Yeah, here's the relevant bit: #Support for a virtual alias domain looks like: We must be looking at different

Re: Postfix Confusion with virtual

2005-08-18 Thread Brian Chabot
... Problem solved. Thanks for the help and allowing me to vent. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
How do you change the directory used for TMPDIR system wide? (It's Mandrake 10.0) I ask because the partition used by /tmp (the root filesystem... don't ask. It's an old legacy system) is filling up FAST on an old machine. Thanks, Brian

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
Mark Komarinski wrote: Would it be easier to symlink /tmp to the desired location? You won't need to change TMPDIR. I wasn't sure if most programs would honor a symlink I know I had trouble doing that with mail spools... I'll give it a try though. Thanks, Brian

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
Steven W. Orr wrote: On Friday, Aug 12th 2005 at 14:18 -0400, quoth Brian Chabot: =How do you change the directory used for TMPDIR system wide? Use the TMPDIR environment variable. Most things (especially things that you write) will honor it. That was my question. How does one

Re: Quick dumb question...

2005-08-12 Thread Brian Chabot
as long ago as 1.0 kernel based systems, I do remember that some distributions still had problems). Is there a way to specify on boot the new location? Like... linux RMPDIR=/home/tmp ...or something like that? Brian PS: Linking /tmp to /home/tmp seems to be working so far. New hardware

RE: DNS post mortem

2005-08-09 Thread Brian
I don't think anything has really changed at all. Before GNAPS was forwarding DNS queries to you ( which *works*, but is bad form to have have the same box do DNS and WWW/FTP/POP/SMTP/etc serving), now you have a different ISP in a different state, and you need someone else to host or forward

Free stuff

2005-07-29 Thread Brian
, boxes, etc. Just the board in an anti-static bag. First people to come over to my house can have 1 (or 2 or 3, or a 10pack case). I have 20 total. They're linux-friendly. Here is a link to a description of the board: http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/supermicro/SUPER%20370SED.htm -- Brian

RE: Home Automation Question

2005-07-27 Thread Brian
I've found over the years that you really don't want to depend solely on a PC for your day-to-day scheduling stuff. An outboard, dedicated unit is more reliable and easier to manage in the end. Then, you tie in your PC for the one-off control stuff, remote access, etc. I'm using a JDS Stargate

Customer support job opening

2005-07-21 Thread Brian
I'm currently hiring/interviewing people for this position, which might be of interest to some on the list: http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=32217681AVSDM=2005%2D07%2D20+ 13%3A09%3A49Logo=1q=TIZORcy=US This position requires continuous customer interaction, primarily by telephone

RE: domain (especially email) hosting from home

2005-07-15 Thread Brian
Setup your distro-of-choice, along with sendmail and webmin. Webmin makes it very easy to add accounts, aliases, etc if you're not an uber-sendmail guru. Then, you just need an MX record setup in your DNS entries to point mail to your hostname (and then of course, another enrty that resolves

RE: Asterisk question (solved)

2005-07-15 Thread Brian
I was going to suggest that, but I figured you wouldn't miss something so obvious. LOL! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:42 PM To: Ed Robbins Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re:

Re: access beyond end of device?

2005-07-11 Thread Brian Chabot
Frank DiPrete wrote: On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 15:59 -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: I just noticed a somewhat disturbing entry in my logs Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: hdb1: rw=0, want=7144059272, limit=40017852

access beyond end of device?

2005-07-08 Thread Brian Chabot
I just noticed a somewhat disturbing entry in my logs Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: hdb1: rw=0, want=7144059272, limit=40017852 Jul 8 15:35:23 hostname kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jul 8 15:35:23

Speaking of OSS in schools

2005-07-07 Thread Brian
Ripped from the headlines of /.: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4642461.stm How schools can get free software school computer room Schools' computer costs have been rising The UK government's school computing agency, Becta, has said schools could save costs by switching to what is known

RE: letter to the Telegraph

2005-07-06 Thread Brian
An excellent letter! I hope they publish it, but I'm not holding my breath. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Lembree Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: letter to the Telegraph I have no

X crash

2005-06-23 Thread Brian Chabot
Ok, this is really just wierd. I'm running the newest Mandriva 2005LE: Linux 2.6.11-6mdk #1 Tue Mar 22 16:04:32 CET 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz unknown GNU/Linux Running x.org version 6.8.2-7.1.102mdkv standard install from RPM. I start up Mozilla (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux

Re: X crash

2005-06-23 Thread Brian Chabot
Brian Chabot wrote: I now need to find a page that I can send *others* to so they can try and reproduce it. Got it. I copied the report to: http://iarwain.mortis.org/bad.html and sanitized it a bit. Going there *INSTANTLY* crashes X if I use Mozilla. Reproducable ALL the time. Going

RE: Causes of router/switch hangs?

2005-06-18 Thread Brian
The wall warts provided with those devices almost always handle power surges and sags well enough that I doubt any sort of dirty power is likely to be the culprit. Long cables can sometimes cause odd problems, either directly, or indirectly by causing things like lots of fragments, retransmits,

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
Shouldn't be a problem at all, just don't exceed the VA (wattage) rating of your UPS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Cook Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:13 AM To: GNHLUG Subject: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
Interesting, I've never heard of that problem before. Most surge protectors are really only a couple of MOV's anyway. Do you have a link or something handy that has more detail? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Joseph Schelly

RE: Is it okay to plug a power-strip into a UPS?

2005-06-15 Thread Brian
FWIW, I don't use MOV-based devices as any sort of surge-protector either. I'm well aware of their limitations. I've always had Leviton whole-house surge suppressors on my houses. They install right at the electrical panel and have a far greater chance of being effective than a power-strip

RE: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing?

2005-06-13 Thread Brian
Webex has worked well for us, even with Firefox :) It's 33 cents per user per minute on the pay-as-you-go plan, which is a reasonabler ate. For 2 person point to point type deals, www.convoq.com is great (and free). Curiously enough, when I went web surfing for this kind of service they

RE: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing?

2005-06-12 Thread Brian
http://www.webex.com Works well enough for us. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hewitt Tech Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 7:28 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Recommendations for webcasting/video conferenciing? I

Re: [Pedantic RANT] Re: [HUMOR] End Times

2005-06-09 Thread Brian Chabot
Jason Stephenson wrote: I *SO* want to invoke Godwin's Law on this thread. Isn't that just invoking Quirk's exception? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [HUMOR] End Times

2005-06-06 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Jun 6, 2005, at 23:28, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Now if I could just get the e-mail address of whoever I'm supposed to be repenting *to*. Well, that's either root or nobody, depending on your religious persuasion. Or if you're Catholic you could write a lengthy and

RE: [OT] GoDaddy feedback

2005-06-02 Thread Brian
FWIW, your experiences with GoDaddy are just about exactly what I would expect from them, based on my own observations of other friends who have used their services. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy Edwards Sent: Thursday,

RE: [OT] I'm on the radio.. no really..

2005-06-01 Thread Brian
Sweet, will you be singing autographs at the next GNHLUG meeting? Are the t-shirts available yet? Or the posable action figure? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:43 PM To:

OT: Martha's Exchange Contact info

2005-05-13 Thread Brian Chabot
Please forgive this OT question but I figured someone here might know... Is there an email address where I might ask a few question regarding renting the upstairs function room at Martha's? Their Official website is uhh... sparse. Thanks, Brian

RE: [OT] Help kill the Surveillance State Bill

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
Yeah, that wearable computer guy in Seattle or Toronto I think. Interesting idea, but pointless. If you go to buy a 1/5 of Jack Daniels (for example) you have to show ID. YOU are the one initiating a sequence of events that you know will setoff a request for your ID. It is not sane to require

RE: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
I have. I rolled my own. http://www.karas.net/homeautomation/temp_mon_front.jpg http://www.karas.net/homeautomation/temp_mon_pcb.jpg Basic Stamp, SitePlayer, Dallas 1-wire sensors, some bits of code and you have a monitor that can keep track of a couple of dozen temps that has a serial port

RE: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian
Couple of things come to mind, not as resolutions, but as best practices... 1, NEVER allow root access via SSH. You should have to login as a user, and then su - to root, or better yet setup a sudoers file. 2, ONLY allow ssh connections from trusted IPs, not the whole world. Those 2 things

RE: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian
To me, it one of those laundry list things you do to tighten security on a box. If you have a very random root password, then this is probably not as useful as other things like applying security patches, setting up something like tripwire and restricting access by IP. However it doesn't HURT

Re: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Brian Chabot
] or whatever. Sometimes you just wish you could reach through the lines and strangle people. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: Why I hate MS

2005-04-26 Thread Brian
Hmmm, you ought come and hang out on #gnhlug with some of us ;) IRC is even better than IM, imo :) Everytime I've gone onto #gnhlug someone named crschmidt harasses me. Plus, it seemed there were a lot of 'bots in there last time I checked in. ___

Speaking of DNS.... (spammish but on topic)

2005-04-19 Thread Brian Chabot
How's this for good timing? My employer rolled out recursive DNS service today. Yeah, most of us here could just run our own servers, but if you don't want to... http://www.dyndns.org/news/releases/archives/2005/04/587.html Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss

RE: Power consumption (was: free to good home, 19 CRT)

2005-04-17 Thread Brian
Ah, but that new appliance wasn't produced for free. It was made in an energy-consuming factory, most likely by people that drove their cars to work. And then it got from the factory to you the consumer via trucks and trains and ship that also burn fuel. You probably added to the landfill a

RE: Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-04-13 Thread Brian Karas
It is coming, stay tuned. I had wanted to have it rolling already, but life got in the way for a minute. -Original Message- From: Drew Van Zandt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:24 PM To: Brian Cc: GNHLUG; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Desire for a new

Re: OT: spamming tech question

2005-04-10 Thread Brian Chabot
You can also decode these URL's here: http://www.samspade.org/ Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem

2005-04-06 Thread Brian Chabot
scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 5 usb 4-5: USB disconnect, address 4 A reboot (either a reboot command or an init 6 or 0) now hangs. WTF? Ben Scott wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 2:46 AM, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I burn a CD. Any CD. I like to make sure

Re: [OT] You lose a little piece of your soul when you run Windows :-(

2005-04-05 Thread Brian Chabot
to reformat to NTFS. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |Ready

Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem

2005-04-04 Thread Brian Chabot
then unplug the drive and all is well again. And ideas? Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player

USB CD Burners?

2005-04-02 Thread Brian Chabot
thoughts, suggestions or ideas? Thanks, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player

Re: USB CD Burners?

2005-04-02 Thread Brian Chabot
LaCie, MadDog Multimedia, or Hi-Val drive. They're running under $70 at CompUSA... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught

RE: Google Gulp

2005-04-01 Thread Brian
This is better than selling your child to fulfill a gadget fetish! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin D. Clark Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:03 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Google Gulp

RE: BB/Forum software suggestions

2005-03-23 Thread Brian
phpBB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cole Tuininga Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:22 PM To: GNHLUG List Subject: BB/Forum software suggestions Hi all - I'm working on creating a bit of a web based family

Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-03-01 Thread Brian
should be able to get a group of do-ers together and maybe actually produce something cool in the process. So, any takers? -- Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Debian Sarge vs. USB

2005-02-27 Thread Brian Chabot
there) but in Mandrake 10.0 Official there was a problem with *un*mounting USB mass storage devices which has yet to be fixed. If you have plugged it in and unplugged it and plugged it in again, try restarting autofs and retry the above. Hope this helps... Brian

Re: Linuxworld GNHLUG Boothbabes - hurding cats

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Chabot
to be able to make a run or two around the other vendors in that whole time. I can cover the booth most of the three days... If I can get confirmation that I'm actually going to be able to get in without having to fork over $35 a day... Brian

Re: Linuxworld - boothbabe confirmation needed

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Chabot
Jon maddog Hall wrote: I have not heard back from Brian, Bill, Ed, Don, Thomas or Steven. That's odd. I responded four times. The most recent was sent to the GNHLUG list today. I'll CC this there, too. I have signed up all nine of you for free exhibitors passes which lets you in early

OT: More free crap

2005-02-13 Thread Brian
of inkjets in general. Not sure about linux interoperability of this unit. -- brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: rental servers?

2005-02-05 Thread Brian
GE Capital comes to mind... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill McGonigle Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rental servers? Here's a strange question - has anyone heard of a service that provides

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