Re: [META] How to be an expert

2006-06-12 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, and I'll even quote beekeeper poetry to ya'. ;-) I usually tell people about the mating habits of the queen bee.yes Ken, you know what I mean. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: [META] How to be an expert

2006-06-12 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of debate. I was going to make a political statement here, but I heard someone shouting Hitler in the background. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A

Re: Linux on old laptop - still trying...

2006-06-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus

Re: Linux on old laptop - still trying...

2006-06-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
into graphical mode. You can try this, but quite frankly, I would stay away from X11 with only 40 Megs. Bill Ricker's suggestion of Damn Small Linux (DSL as others know it) is a good one, and you might want to try that. maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email

Re: OLPC ($100 laptop) FAQ

2006-06-03 Thread Jon maddog Hall
). The engineers got it to boot in 32 MBytes and considerably smaller disk image, but it also ran seven per cent faster (mostly due to keeping more of the data in CPU and memory cache. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St

Re: Linus with Live Free or Die plate (photo)

2006-05-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
http://www.unix.org/license-plate.html and http://www.unix.org/Posters/ -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member

Re: What to do when your Thunderbird freaks out

2006-05-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
be the problem. FWIIW md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux

Re: Hosstraders report

2006-05-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark

Re: Recycled computers (Was: Hosstraders Spring 2006 - What a Blast!)

2006-05-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
could compromise by setting up an LTSP set of systems that would run Ham applications at Hosstraders, then be donated to some school system. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst

Re: The truth about Linux

2006-04-28 Thread Jon maddog Hall
easy to spot is precious. Thanks for sending it my way. maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum

Trademarks and why they are important

2006-04-28 Thread Jon maddog Hall
-- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark

Re: What's a developer to do?

2006-04-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. Then we just rename the company to Microsoft. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: What's a developer to do?

2006-04-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
to do that. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered

Re: Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible

2006-04-19 Thread Jon maddog Hall
-install a heck of a lot fewer machines. And finally, there is the issue of how fast can you get the patch, and whether it exists for all your operating systems, even the ones retired. Just some thoughts. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL

Education and FOSS

2006-04-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
it is a NH institution, not as far as Gould, and July is a bit later for planning than June. I would be willing to donate $100. to a fund for educating the educators. Comments? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St

Additional on Education and FOSS

2006-04-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
parallel session. That way the suits could start off (or end up) with the financial ammunition that they need, but still actually see the software running, feel the excitement of the teachers there, and come away with the idea that this is something good. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: Education and FOSS

2006-04-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
be willing to pay their own way or their representative body would be willing to pay if we had a good enough program for them. I would just as soon have our pledges and donations go as far as possible. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Job Announcement: ICS looking for C and C++ programmers...paying good dollar

2006-04-12 Thread Jon maddog Hall
knowledge o Flexible, enjoying a fast changing and unpredictable environment Please send resumes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A

Re: Contact manager?

2006-04-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered

Re: Passwords: does size matter, what characters?

2006-03-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
symbol between the letters also. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R

Re: Deployment

2006-02-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Crap! This was supposed to go to a different list. I, for one, found it useful. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org

Re: Deployment

2006-02-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
are what the discuss list is all about. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: change file names

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
There are probably easier ways, but for a relatively small number of files, and using the bash shell: for a in 1 2 3 4 ... do mv exp1eve$a.txt exp2eve$a.txt done were the periods are replaced by however many digits you have. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: change file names

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of problem. I use apropos a lot, but it is just not the same as the printed man pages. Regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http

Re: change file names

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of information there. Of course there is now info, but for some reason I still prefer the man command. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http

Proprietary UNIX systems again (was: Standard Unix utilities)

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
distribution of FOSS, and can not be found in a package ready for your system on the net, or easily built for your system from sources on the net, then maybe you are using the wrong distribution. Regards, md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL

Re: change file names

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, and I would have remembered the connection. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Printing man pages

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus

Re: Printing man pages

2006-02-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Thank you, Seth. For 1000 pages of man I might pay $28.50 Heck, for $28.50 I might buy a copy for my local high school and let them fasten it down with a chain, just as my college did. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80

Re: Red Hat man pages and escape sequences

2006-02-20 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Actually, six bit characters were good enough to go to the moon. Five bit Baudot codes on the ASR-33, my first terminal in 1969. http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/asr33.shtml md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St

Re: LUA language

2006-02-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
successful. I went there a couple of years ago to talk about Free Software. I am pleased to see this type of work coming out of Brazil. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H

Re: Linux Dist for use with 64 Bit AMD System

2006-02-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
(only 32-bit Mozilla). So one of the first things I do on Fedora Core 3+ is remove the x86-64 Firefox and install the i386 Firefox. I also tap the i386 Livna.ORG repository instead of the x86-64 one for multimedia. YUM (in FC3+) handles i386 v. x86-64 resolution just fine. -- Jon maddog Hall

Re: Now THIS is cool (for Ubuntu users, anyway):

2006-02-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Well, why not use the quick-n-easy, then follow up with the long-but-complete for the things that still do not work quite the way you want. Even more choice! md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice

Re: A rant about ZendPlatform

2006-02-05 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Fred, Great rant to the list but you did not cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope that you do enlighten them also. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A

Re: A rant about ZendPlatform

2006-02-05 Thread Jon maddog Hall
maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus

Re: Custom Distro

2006-01-30 Thread Jon maddog Hall
and every computer. FAI is the automated installation and sys admin tool. Custom Distro is the tool of the distribution maker, although these days that could include system administrators in some cases. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Custom Distro

2006-01-30 Thread Jon maddog Hall
a Wiki and IRC channel. How long ago did you use it? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association

Re: Verizon (FiOS) (Off Topic?)

2006-01-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. Just a guess, but an educated one. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: DVD Burners

2006-01-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
want to deal with having to get behind the machine anymore for things that are portable, like DVD/CD thingies. Other, more permanent things (like the dual Gbit Ethernet) can be in the backbut other stuff just has to be in the front. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: extract string

2006-01-11 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. If, from the beginning, you had shown that you meant for the comma to be used both as a delimiter and as a piece of data, then a lot of the answers would have been completely different (and probably considerably more complex). md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: New Hampshire legislation to consider Open Source (adding a cross post to dlslug)

2006-01-10 Thread Jon maddog Hall
While Open Source projects do not have a sales and marketing arm to deal with RFPs, corporations like Red Hat, Novell, IBM, HP, Dell, Sun and others do. To a lesser extent, VARs, Distributors and Resellers also do answers to RFPs. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: Rationale for not releasing drivers as FOSS

2006-01-10 Thread Jon maddog Hall
disk (8 back in those days) and stuck it into the CPU. Ten minutes later we had our upgrade. As the brain surgeon said, You are not paying for the ten minutes in the operating room, you are paying for the twenty years of study where to gouge. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: New Hampshire legislation to consider Open Source (adding a cross post to dlslug)

2006-01-10 Thread Jon maddog Hall
solutions aren't usually considered is old news. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: extract string

2006-01-10 Thread Jon maddog Hall
it was) :-} It was that experience that led me to page through section (1) of the manual every six months, just to remind myself of the gold that was hidden in those pages. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80

Enhancing Alpha/Linux Experiences

2006-01-09 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark

Re: maddog: Letter to InfoWorld: Linux 64-bit since 1995!

2006-01-08 Thread Jon maddog Hall
-casting does not need much, if any, porting just to get it to work. He tried a few packages and agreed with me. He then tidied up the 32-bit port he was working on and joined Linus in the 64-bit port. md md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL

Re: maddog: Letter to InfoWorld: Linux 64-bit since 1995!

2006-01-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Kuni, You forgot to copy the rest of the list, but I will pick this up: --- Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NT was available for the Alpha, and isn't any more. Microsoft dropped support for it several years ago, leaving a lot of Alpha NT customers high and dry. Of course

Re: maddog: Letter to InfoWorld: Linux 64-bit since 1995!

2006-01-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
to the table. Apparently the Infoworld people agreed with me. In fact they wrote me a letter telling me how much their entire staff appreciated my letter. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

One more bites the dust

2006-01-05 Thread Jon maddog Hall
to partner with someone who is basically their biggest competitor. I may never be able to purchase another Palm again. Sadly, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H

Re: Migration tool from Windows to Linux (linspire Distribution)

2006-01-02 Thread Jon maddog Hall
connection. But take it from the author of the original Linux for Dummies book, you WILL have to learn something. :-) You learned windowsyou can learn Linux. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80

Re: Follow-up: Red Hat / Fedora dual boot

2005-12-30 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Hi, Another thing you could do is to use Knoppix to mount and copy your 3 GB of data to another partition that you are not going to modify, then simply delete the partition that you wish to resize and remake it. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email

Re: [OT] Grand Unified Theory of Computer Suckage (fnord)

2005-12-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
keep trying to use them, refusing to look at other answers. And you wonder why things don't work? I am continuously amazed they work so well. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

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

2005-12-23 Thread Jon maddog Hall
not come up with a suitable name. It was in honor of Fred Canter, a really good senior engineer we had. Eventually the name Fred was associated with a Free Software project in Brazil, at my suggestion. -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

2005-12-23 Thread Jon maddog Hall
) money. They find the power enough for doing student compiling, office work, school lab type of work. I am sure I could get them to give you more information about the configuration if you wish, and if a 'google' could not give it to you. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: Embedded system

2005-12-23 Thread Jon maddog Hall
www.solarpc.com -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Jon maddog Hall
procedures and user interface changes is not the way you want to go. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum

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

2005-12-22 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. The difference between windows users and unix users is that unix users change their environment to be what they wantbecause they can and they know how (or will find out). md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice

Programming Language History [was Re: F/OS the blind ]

2005-12-08 Thread Jon maddog Hall
not argue too loudly in the high performance computing arenas, nor in the business circles. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org

[OT] [WAY OT!] A triumph over time and matter - Yet another maddog story (fwd)

2005-11-20 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, solved for less than $10. I wish all of life's problems were as easily solved. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http

While Googling around the net: School Admins and Teachers - LOOK!

2005-11-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
http://richtech.ca/openadmin/ http://richtech.ca/index.html Nuff said. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member

Re: CentraLUG meeting TONIGHT, 7 PM, NHTI Library room

2005-11-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered

Re: OT: CRAC

2005-11-04 Thread Jon maddog Hall
five degrees over the stated ambient operating temperature. By lowering the temperature in that part of the room the drives started behaving again. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: OT: CRAC

2005-11-04 Thread Jon maddog Hall
a leak -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered

Re: OT: OT

2005-11-04 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of mailman that uses Topics. I don't think that is the issue. It is more of having a mail program that has thinking users. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031

Reminder: Hosstraders! October 7th (today) and October 8th

2005-10-07 Thread Jon maddog Hall
-style food places on the fairgrounds with bowls of greasy fries and hot Italian sausage sandwhiches as well as some places that serve fairly decent food sponsored by churches and other non-profits. Be there, or be square! maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R

Re: And just when you thought it was safe......HOSSTRADERS!

2005-09-17 Thread Jon maddog Hall
but not sell, and it is a little more valuable than the normal Hosstraders junk^H^H^H^H treasured possessions, then it will be safe inside the building. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

And just when you thought it was safe......HOSSTRADERS!

2005-09-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
and table fee as normal, and will TRY to arrive at 0900 in the morning to be there when others arrive. Each year I get better at it, and this year I will try not to forget my tent and sleeping bag. So, who is going to show up? Ben? Bill? Ed? Rob? Mike? You know who you are -- Jon maddog Hall

Dr. Rick Berenstein

2005-09-09 Thread Jon maddog Hall
enthusiasm was infectious, even for someone like me. http://home.xandros.com/news/press/release45.html md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http

Re: Splitting tar output (and hairs)

2005-08-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
95 Megabytes of data, *you* probably would lose *your* positioning too. I know I did one dark night in Dublin as I was going pub-crawling.. Tapes, you have to love them, but most of the time you would just like to burn them. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux

Re: Anybody want some iMacs (cheap, older)

2005-08-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
probably sell them in Richmond, Virginia. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: MerriLUG: NO meeting tonight.

2005-08-18 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of the back of someone's T-shirt. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R

Re: Nashua meeting Thr 18 Aug 2005?

2005-08-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
future plans for the group Slide show at 1900 hours, with continued discussion for late-comers. I will call and see if we can get the upstairs for the slide show. Of course if someone has anything better (and I mean ANYTHING) you are welcome to speak up. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: The Daemon, The GNU, and the Penguin

2005-07-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
I would buy a copy.probably several and have Peter autograph them for Christmas presents. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http

Re: Fastest Growing Market Segment (was: linux jobs?)

2005-06-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
for an interview. 1 job postings 1000 resumes sent out 100 interviews 5 job offers Satisfaction of turning four of them down?..priceless md md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Fastest Growing Market Segment (was: linux jobs?)

2005-06-26 Thread Jon maddog Hall
programming background and a specialty in integration work. This eventually may lead to more system admin jobs, but over a much longer period of time. Comments? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: Linux friendly wireless print servers?

2005-06-23 Thread Jon maddog Hall
be great but a device supporting a single USB printer would also be acceptable. D-Link DP-G310 Only one printer, but works out of box with SuSE 9.* Allows multiple computers to share one printer wirelessly. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=313 md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: Linux vs. BSD?

2005-06-17 Thread Jon maddog Hall
check for $300. so he could keep the OpenBSD project's server going as their ISP was threatening to close them down. Theo, I said, your project is too important to be closed down for a measly $300. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email

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

2005-06-17 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Ben, Talking about the effects of a lightning strike: As a co-op student many years ago, I was once nearly electrocuted by 13,600 volts and 800 AMPS. Trust me, it did not take anything near a lightning strike to turn an electrical engineer into a software person! md -- Jon maddog Hall

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

2005-06-15 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Since surge protectors are usually to protect the device from spikes in the electrical current, and since the UPS usually does this anyway, why use a powerstrip that has a surge protector? Just use a non-protected one. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R

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

2005-06-15 Thread Jon maddog Hall
of outlets. Kmart$2.00 md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux

Re: Good home for used books?

2005-05-31 Thread Jon maddog Hall
I can not imagine any of the libraries of the technical colleges in New Hampshire turning away good computer science or other technical books. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: The Averatec 6240 Laptop

2005-04-24 Thread Jon maddog Hall
6200? Great write-up, though. Thanks! md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Re: Maddog TCNO

2005-03-08 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Interesting read, could make for an interesting topic at a talk (or an e-mail discussion). Yeah, that is the problem with my warped, twisted logic. I can't even find the box that I am supposed to think inside of. :-) md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-03-01 Thread Jon maddog Hall
the meeting either here or on the announcement list, and you can have the detailed discussions some other place? md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A

Re: Linux fan from Manchester seeks advice

2005-02-24 Thread Jon maddog Hall
or family in the business Sure you do, you just haven't met us yet. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org

Re: Any dialup ISP's besides EarthLink support LINUX

2005-02-24 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: MV Communications (603-629-) (www.mv.net) is an excellent local provider, IMHO. I've recommended them for decades. I will also vouch for them. They are great. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: something just really useful

2005-02-24 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Have Fun! :) A good site James, but I will trade you one. :-) http://www.comsoc.org/vancouver/scieng.html and in particular: http://www.comsoc.org/vancouver/scieng.html#10 and yes, http://www.ncshows.com/ was the URL that I was talking about. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director

Re: Nashua Meeting

2005-02-23 Thread Jon maddog Hall
I can make a meeting tonight at Martha's. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX

Linuxworld GNHLUG Boothbabes - hurding cats

2005-02-09 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, or if you could do one more day, please let me know NOW. In fact, an ACK back to me saying yes, I can do this would be helpful. Thanks, md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H

Re: HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

2005-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
the corporate server. They view floppies, CDs and USB Flash devices as just another way of having games and viruses introduced into the work environment. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557

Re: HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

2005-01-29 Thread Jon maddog Hall
up to $25. per CDthen someone tries to make a profit center out of it, and it becomes $50. It is amazing. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW

LUG booth at LinuxWorld

2005-01-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
help, and I look forward to speaking with you further, Kind Regards, Duncan Newell LinuxWorld Conference Expo Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/26/2004 12:00 PM To Natalie Vercauteren/WORLD EXPO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .org booth Natalie, The Greater New

LUG booth at LinuxWorld

2005-01-21 Thread Jon maddog Hall
help, and I look forward to speaking with you further, Kind Regards, Duncan Newell LinuxWorld Conference Expo Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/26/2004 12:00 PM To Natalie Vercauteren/WORLD EXPO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .org booth Natalie, The Greater New

Re: The Linux Cafe

2005-01-06 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, particularly when we have a mechanism for filtering out off topic discussions..[OT] md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org

[OT] Re: America. The land of the not-so-free (economy)

2005-01-05 Thread Jon maddog Hall
the discussion of Linux to be strictly technical. However, to placate those who think of a stricter use of this list, I have inserted an [OT] symbol in the subject line. :-) md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-17 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Frankly, if I did that, I'd demand to vote in MA or refuse to pay the state income tax. That type of action only worked one time. Something about dumping tea in the harbor. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
might even get them to pay for it after a short trial period. If you don't apply for the job, you will never get it. If you do apply and they turn you down, at least you will know you tried, and they missed out on getting a really good sys admin. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-16 Thread Jon maddog Hall
, I said ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUALthe degree may just be the tie breaker. You have the inclination to go back and complete your degree. I recommend that you follow that inclination. Warmest regards, maddog -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email

Re: meeting tonight

2004-12-15 Thread Jon maddog Hall
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Re: VoIP software

2004-11-17 Thread Jon maddog Hall
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