Re: Have you done a technical book review?

2013-11-19 Thread Seth Cohn
I did tech review for "Pro Drupal 7 for Windows Developers", and it was an ok experience. If you are doing editing of English, then the actual Editor isn't doing their job. You should be only doing tech review, not grammar, etc. Seth On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)

Re: Printer recommendations

2013-03-07 Thread Seth Cohn
Last color laser I bought (and this was a few years now), was color, AND wifi, and cost me under $100. (and would work fine with Linux, etc) You need to go visit Staples/etc. Seth On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:08:00 -0500, "David & Tina Ohlemacher

Re: [GNHLUG] GNHLUG and Drupal BBQ parties: Sept 8 and Aug 25

2012-08-06 Thread Seth Cohn
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > Who : You! Your fiends! Everybody! > What : BBQ Parties > Where: Miles Smith Farm, Loudon, NH > > What : NH Drupal Group party (with all others welcome) > Date : Saturday, August 25, 2012 > Time : 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM (or whenever everyone leaves

Re: [GNHLUG] BBQ dates and decisions

2012-07-30 Thread Seth Cohn
> The big question mark, to me, is the Drupal offer. Joining forces > is cooperative and may put less of a load on our hosts. OTOH, DTVZ > makes a good point. ;-) I also don't understand the DrupalNH > food/payment arrangements that were mentioned. NH Drupal has enough funds in the groups' b

Re: [GNHLUG] What day should the GNHLUG BBQ be?

2012-07-29 Thread Seth Cohn
for Drupal, and one for GNHLUG! And they > are on different dates. > > --Bruce > > On 07/29/2012 10:26 PM, Seth Cohn wrote: >> We discussed this at the recent "coworking friday" the Drupal user >> group held in Manchester, and we all felt that the more the me

Re: [GNHLUG] What day should the GNHLUG BBQ be?

2012-07-29 Thread Seth Cohn
We discussed this at the recent "coworking friday" the Drupal user group held in Manchester, and we all felt that the more the merrier, so if Sat the 25th works for you folks, please come the more geeks and the more open source, and the more people to meet and hang out with, the better... The

Re: [FOSS] How does one respond to this line of questioning?

2011-04-08 Thread Seth Cohn
A few comments: md wrote: > As a "Free Software Evangelist" I have often advised people that if they > have a system that is working perfectly fine, paid up licenses, on > hardware that is cost effective, then they are typically foolish to try > and move that to FOSS, for that will be the "all pai

Open Source and Open Data bill hearings

2011-02-05 Thread Seth Cohn
As previously mentioned, these 2 bills might be of interest to many on this list. Open Data: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0310.html Public Hearing: 2/10/2011 11:00 AM Open Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0418.html Public Hearing: 2/10/2011 11:30 AM

Re: Looking for a tool for spreadsheet manipulation.

2011-01-19 Thread Seth Cohn
Seconded, this would be my answer as well. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> Or you could just throw the spreadsheet into Google Apps, since they >> seem to have worked out the multi-user document sharing aspects prett

Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-14 Thread Seth Cohn
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > Very well thought-out, Seth.  Two nits: > >>                               (6)  If it allows extensions, ensures >> that all extensions of the data format are themselves documented and >> have the other characteristics of an open data format

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-11 Thread Seth Cohn
> On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 02:13:16 am Jeffry Smith wrote: >> My recommendation would be to include (based on IETF procedures) a >> requirement that any non-NH Government standard be implemented by at >> least 2 independent programs, that can read and write the format >> interchangably.  For NH

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Seth Cohn
And to be clear: I posted the 2 bills (or rather the draft texts of them, which aren't otherwise online yet) and invited comments because of my respect for the many astute minds on this list. Individuals who wish to help pass such legislation as interested citizens are welcome (and those with issu

Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Seth Cohn
deas: http://resource.org/8_principles.html http://www.opengovdata.org/home/8principles yours, Rep. Seth Cohn The text of the Open Government Data bill (subject to revisions still, but hurry with your suggestions): AN ACT                relative to the use of open data formats and the adoption of a statew

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-09 Thread Seth Cohn
Ok, sitting down to review various comments... Bill asked: >> (a) Unrestricted use of the software for any purpose; >Can this be construed against GPL-ish licenses? If the State wanted to >distribute the software for some purpose, > GPL'ed software would have restrictions. The above covers _us

An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2010-12-24 Thread Seth Cohn
is is one of two bills submitted for the coming year... the other is related to Open Government Data (google for the 8 principles) for the essential concept of that one. Yours, Rep. Seth Cohn Merrimack 6 (and open source geek for far longer than I'd like to admit...) 2011 SESSION

Feedback desired: Minnesota Open Data bill

2010-11-21 Thread Seth Cohn
Feedback (positive, negative, suggestions, etc) wanted... Looks like I'm splitting the 'open source' bill into 2 parts: open source software, and open data formats. While the argument can be made that they are directly related, it's entirely possible to have open formats with closed source softwar

Re: Representative Seth Cohn

2010-11-03 Thread Seth Cohn
te legislature, start > talking about open source _textbooks_ as well: > > http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2008/09/open-source-tex/ > > -- Mike > > > On 2010-11-03 16:44, Seth Cohn wrote: >> >> Thanks Bill! >> >> And that bill will come back this year,

Re: Representative Seth Cohn

2010-11-03 Thread Seth Cohn
up signs and playing catchup after a long long (but good) day yesterday.) Seth On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > > For those not watching the races last night, our very own Seth Cohn is a > new Representative-Elect from Merrimack 7. > > The first time I me

Re: FireFox security test add-on was backdoored

2010-07-16 Thread Seth Cohn
Thanks for the headsup. I'm giving a talk next weekend in NYC about Firefox addons (non technical, more of an overview of the way they are changing the net into Web 3.0 slowly but surely). It's been a good talk (I've given it a few times so far, it's on video from when I gave in Montreal last yea

Re: Drupal Camp NH May 22 SNHU Manchester

2010-04-29 Thread Seth Cohn
Any questions, feel free to pipe up. I'm one of the folks running this. Completely locally organized, this is being put on by local Drupal folks from the NH Drupal user group. Our goal is simple: intro Drupal to new folks of various skill levels, and hopefully recruit more folks for the user gro

Re: OpenStreetMap compatible GPS?

2010-04-28 Thread Seth Cohn
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > On Wed, April 28, 2010 12:07 pm, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > >> It is the same thing as learning how to add, subtract, multiply and >> divide before you start using a calculator. > > In '76, my grandfather -- a mathematician -- bought me my f

Re: Fw: Re: We need a better Internet in America

2010-04-07 Thread Seth Cohn
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Libraries have been public in the US primarily since the late 1700s. > There is an ongoing debate as to which is the first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library "The library in the New Hampshire town of Peterborough claims to be the

Re: Fw: Re: We need a better Internet in America

2010-04-07 Thread Seth Cohn
Long distance companies are a model to look toward: You pay based on the company you use, and can and do switch based on the best choices/prices for your usages. As we all know, packet traffic is trackable, especially at the more local routers. It would be very easy to bill based on bandwidth usag

Re: Fw: Re: We need a better Internet in America

2010-04-07 Thread Seth Cohn
>> > Please name one instance where the government getting >> involved has truly >> > made things faster, cheaper and/or better. (pick 2.. >> they often try do >> > one at the expense of the other 2) >> > >> Libraries, USPS, Medicare, Military ... Libraries started off as _private_, please review

Re: We need a better Internet in America

2010-04-07 Thread Seth Cohn
Try http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20001825-38.html Written by the awesome Declan McCullagh, who is not only a good reporter, but a techy who understands the issues, and writes followups (6 as I type this). Net Neutrality will only give the government more control over the net. Sorry, but tha

Re: I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor -- care to weigh in?

2010-02-24 Thread Seth Cohn
Of interest... "When using open source makes you an enemy of the state" http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin wrote: > I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor. > > Title:  All NH taxpaye

960gs talk on Thurs Dec 17th in Manchester (Drupal meetup)

2009-12-11 Thread Seth Cohn
Posting to GNHLUG for those interested in 960gs (a css based grid system for web design) and/or Drupal: Thanks to Greg Stout, we've got the use of the Amoskeag Business Incubator meeting room on Dec 17th, a Thursday from 6-9pm, in Manchester NH. Topics will include: 960gs introduction by Jake Str

Re: [GNHLUG] 15th birthday party starts 6 PM on Mon 26 Oct @ Milly's Tavern

2009-10-26 Thread Seth Cohn
As it turns out, I have to be in Boston tonight, but maybe I'll stop by and see if anyone is still there on my way home... On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > Who  : You!  Your fiends!  Everybody! > What : Party for GNHLUG's 15th Birthday > Date : Mon 26 Oct 2009 > Time : 6 PM ish

Re: [GNHLUG] GNHLUG is turning 15! Let's have a party!

2009-10-06 Thread Seth Cohn
http://doodle.com/ysxe3gm9cdf3rdi5 Very obvious how to use it. Doodle isn't perfect, but it's really good for finding the best date/time. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Seth Cohn wrote: >> I suggest a doodle.com vote to se

Re: [GNHLUG] GNHLUG is turning 15! Let's have a party!

2009-10-06 Thread Seth Cohn
I suggest a doodle.com vote to see who can make when... On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: >> I will be in Brazil from October 12th to the morning of October 26th. > >  Well, while your presence would definitely be apprecia

Last minute invite: NH Drupal meeting Today, Concord NH 6pm

2009-10-05 Thread Seth Cohn
Last minute notice, but hoping to increase attendance a bit more... (looks like we'll have about 8-10 people right now) If you are interested in Drupal, worth checking this out. Also, 960gs is not directly a Drupal thing, it's a css grid system, and useful for plenty of other web developers. http

Re: Digital Voice Recorders and Linux

2009-09-22 Thread Seth Cohn
> It's worth shopping around for these, too: NewEgg offers Sansa products, > refurbished, at quite a bargain. They've got a 2Gb Clip in today's > mailing for $24.99. Woot! often has refurb Sansas at good prices. Also, consider installing Rockbox on many different models for better Linux compatibi

Re: Facebook-like apps?

2009-08-29 Thread Seth Cohn
You can do all of the below with Drupal. Most all of it without any custom coding, using a mix of contrib modules to do the various parts. Books for guidance: Drupal 6 Social Networking, by Michael Peacock Drupal 6: Ultimate Community Site Guide http://book.drupalfun.com/ I spent all day workin

Re: Rootkit signatures?

2009-06-25 Thread Seth Cohn
Kenny, you've answered your own question why the rootkit detectors are all aged badly: Tripwire does this, without the need for updating rootkit signatures. You need to just go back and answer the initial request with: This was already implemented on XX/XX/200X by the installation of Tripwire on

Re: [GNHLUG] SLUG / Mon April 13th / MySQL Optimization

2009-04-10 Thread Seth Cohn
Darn, this is near/at the same time as the first NH Drupal meeting http://groups.drupal.org/node/20441 (April 13, 6pm at the Concord Monitor) I'll be at that one... 2009/4/10 Robert E. Anderson : > A reminder that Cole will be presenting his MySQL Optimization optimization > talk in Durham on Mon

Re: GNHLUG in 2008, a retrospective by the numbers

2009-01-07 Thread Seth Cohn
On 1/6/09, virgins...@vfemail.net wrote: > So, assuming being a system administrator is enough to potentially > kill you, the Admin would be both alive and dead until his boss opens > the box to check in on him. :) And thus, given that bosses rarely understand what it is that going on inside t

Re: Nokia N810

2008-12-02 Thread Seth Cohn
Bill's comments are pretty accurate. I have an n800. The exec summary: good idea, suffering from poor implementation and being snuffed by the iPhone model of bizness (vast developer base, vast consumer base), versus Nokia's small rollout plans and poor support. Android might save it, Ubuntu might

Re: "Relaying" video streams

2008-11-19 Thread Seth Cohn
> I think we sorta solved it. I only want one stream going out, and then > the "repeater" (PHP) will repeat it to multiple clients. I've sent Bruce the scripts that my coworker wrote, which use curl, ffmpeg, and ffserver, and certainly the same idea with VLC and other 'server' software could be su

Re: "Relaying" video streams

2008-11-18 Thread Seth Cohn
> I know someone at work who did just this sort of thing recently. I'll > get details and get back to you. Summary: If the cameras are USB connected to a server then the best and quickest option is to use an open source alternative to the Flash Media Streaming Server. My research pointed to Red

Re: "Relaying" video streams

2008-11-18 Thread Seth Cohn
I know someone at work who did just this sort of thing recently. I'll get details and get back to you. On 11/18/08, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've got several web cams that people like to visit > (www.milessmithfarm.net). However, they're chewing up bandwidth when > more than o

Re: [GNHLUG] SLUG / GNHLUG Durham - Mon 14 Jan - Rockbox MP3 player firmware

2008-01-13 Thread Seth Cohn
Rockbox rocks... I use it on some Sansa e200s and c200s Still some bugs on certain things (wma playback doesn't bookmark correctly for one), but updates happen very often, fixing bugs and lots of new features... the "linux" of mp3 firmware for sure... Not sure I can make it, especially with the p

Re: Photo gallery sw with tagging?

2007-12-31 Thread Seth Cohn
> > If you want to submit new photos, a new app, called gpscamera > > currently supports flickr and I suspect wouldn't be hard to modify to > > upload on the fly (though that assume you want to use the built in > > camera, to take gps tagged photos), and there is also an app that does > > picasa up

Re: Photo gallery sw with tagging?

2007-12-31 Thread Seth Cohn
> I'm using Gallery2, and it does everything I've wanted of it. Killer > installer for a web app, too. > > Due to its RPC mechanism, there are some nice integration plays for > it - e.g. when I'm using it vs. iPhoto the plug-in transfers all of > iPhoto's tags/titles/comments, for instance. I hop

Re: OLPC: Buy one, send one to the third-world

2007-09-24 Thread Seth Cohn
Hey, and they even have a familiar name as CTO: http://www.koolu.com/content/blogcategory/16/249/ > Or, you can get a Koolu for $300. It has both Ubuntu and OLPC on it. > > see http://www.koolu.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gn

Re: [OT] Unique Apple iPhone tool

2007-08-03 Thread Seth Cohn
Actually, it was part of the settlement with Microsoft. Clippy was killed off, and Apple agreed to hire millions of his relatives. On 8/3/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This cracked me up. I wonder how much they spent on packaging this up.. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kei

Re: Looking for MSI's for GIMP, InkScape

2007-05-31 Thread Seth Cohn
On 5/31/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GIMP and InkScape for MS Windows. Has anyone seen anything in the > way of current MSI packages for them? Even better: portable packages, no installation required. http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable http://www.framake

Re: SOHO Email Hosting or Alternatives

2007-04-23 Thread Seth Cohn
Is Google threatening to eat your lunch on this aspect? While I understand a hosting company offers a lot more in terms of customization, consulting, a selection of CMS apps (when are we going to see Drupal?), the little "business card sized" sites could just get a domain off GoDaddy and set up a

Re: What's your favorite email host? (was: SOHO Email Hosting or Alternatives)

2007-04-23 Thread Seth Cohn
I could easily throw a server up in my colo and give everyone their own virt boxes for like $10-$20/mo, but the headaches aren't really worth it. Exactly. I already offer 1U colo for $50/mo (there's my shameless plug). And as others pointed out, starting for not much more, you can rent an en

Re: SOHO Email Hosting or Alternatives

2007-04-23 Thread Seth Cohn
On 4/23/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/20/07, Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ability to have a large number of real addresses (and forwards), > webmail, spamfiltering, etc. ... I offer that now ... Got a URL? Or is this a "invitation only&q

Re: SOHO Email Hosting or Alternatives

2007-04-20 Thread Seth Cohn
What are some good alternatives for a Small Office - Home Office business for setting up email for their domain? If outsourcing is acceptable, Google Apps for domains will give you the most fully featured options, with no effort and no cost (optional). It's hard to beat. http://www.google.com/

Re: Increasing occurrence of platform problems

2007-04-13 Thread Seth Cohn
NVidia's video card firmware was Open Source wouldn't guarantee it would work with Asus's Open Source motherboard firmware. Apples and Oranges... video card firmware wasn't the topic. It was Bios we were discussing. It's also not like Open Source is bug free. It just lets "everyone" find a

Re: Increasing occurrence of platform problems

2007-04-13 Thread Seth Cohn
Actually, the real solution is the open source one, not the closed source Apple/Sun/HP one for shame on you, Ben. http://openbios.info/Welcome_to_OpenBIOS http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=29963 http://linuxbios.org/index.php/Supported

Re: DISREGARD: Has anyone seen my ATI remote RF USB dongle?

2007-04-09 Thread Seth Cohn
On a related note, that's actually the one device I know really well. I bought a x-10 Lola (which is the same device, but different slightly), and as a result, wrote a patch for Linux which made it in. The differences between the ATI and the Lola were the keycodes generated, so it was a fairly tri

Re: big mailing lists / slashdotable hosting

2007-03-31 Thread Seth Cohn
> Enter PHPList, a one/few to many mailing list. It's not meant for > discussions, it's meant for promotion/newsletter/communication. It's > meant to make html easier (graphics/links), allow tracking, allow > double opt-in and easy unsubbing, etc. Ahh, interesting. Thanks, I don't think I was p

Re: LinuxMCE install

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/30/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Seth Cohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At that point the only major weakness in LMCE, imho, will be that it > needs greater hardware compatibility so more users get the same > experience as those with compatib

Re: big mailing lists / slashdotable hosting

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Cohn
Can you expound upon the differences, pros/cons, etc. of phplist vs. mailman (or any other) mlm? Mailman, ezmlm, yahoogroups, etc, are all many to many mailing list programs. While there might be moderation, the idea is any (or at least a select few) of your members, will send messages, and so

Re: LinuxMCE install

2007-03-30 Thread Seth Cohn
http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/What_To_Expect lists exactly what he has equipmentwise and setup to generate the video. Ends with "Hopefully in the next release, which will be for Ubuntu 7.04, the integration within Ubuntu will be improved, the Myth problems and the Xine de-interlacing will b

Re: Really useful tool for people doing web development

2007-03-29 Thread Seth Cohn
I've been using the WebDeveloper plugin for some time now (at least a year I think), and it's great. There are some other good tools written as Firefox plugins. I'm not on my dev box right now or I'd make a list... Colorzilla, and a few of the source checkers/formatters spring to mind right away

Re: big mailing lists / slashdotable hosting

2007-03-28 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/28/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm wondering if anybody has experience running big mailing lists. Sure, I run a bunch of mailman lists, but I'm looking at what it would take to run a mailing list with a quarter million subscribers. (all opt-in, non-spam, properly run). Bi

Re: List policy

2007-03-28 Thread Seth Cohn
I am in the unenviable position of being both an active participant of this list, and the present owner and chief administrator of the server which hosts it. Indeed, unenviable. Been there myself, and it's not fun. Desite our arguments otherwise, I agree that having a standing policy certain

Re: Completely OT - room numbers [Was Re: Dividing The List Considered Harmful]

2007-03-27 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/27/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/27/07, Jeffry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm not just arguing to be argumentative (that's room 12A) > > Isn't that room 3b? No it's not! On behalf of the barrister firm of Leach, Cleese and Bartlett, please stop this silliness b

Re: chilling effects (was TV shows)

2007-03-27 Thread Seth Cohn
> Rather scary how a mere discussion of the legalities elicts such a > furor, another chilling effect illustrated... when you can't discuss > the issues (and use illustrations such as links of the sort of things > that are under fire), what's left but to cave in and give up? Point of clarificati

Re: Looking for a NH mail list talking about Linux

2007-03-27 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/26/07, Ric Werme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but lately it's been flooded about IP and other issues that are outside of Linux How can anyone say that IP as an issue is outside of Linux? Linux has always been tied to IP issues, from the GPL to SCO lawsuit to driver writing, and more. But I

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
I note you posted a link to a comment in a blog which is a link to a different blog entry which is a link that results in an HTTP 404 error. heheh, I didn't notice the 404 error. Ok, citing a 404 page is pretty poor as a defense. "Never mind" in my best Emily Latella voice You were asked not

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
To use a really bad analogy: If you want to argue that homicide should not be illegal, I don't have a problem with that (as the server operator). But I would object to anyone giving instructions on how to kill others and get away with it, or links to same. I'd also frown upon anyone claiming t

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
One link to just show that some court decisions seem to indicate that lists like this one are protected from the content expressed by its members No, I am not a lawyer, neither are you. Feel free to err on the side of caution if you so wish, I understand that. I'm merely pointing out that cy

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
*** DO NOT DISCUSS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON THIS LIST. I understand your point, and will comply with your wishes, despite my _opinion_ that it's not illegal in the first place. pissing match with the MPAA. Since we were talking television and not ever movies, the MPAA isn't an issue, but

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
> Ah, but the sites do a great job of filtering just for such a thing. > For example, [OMITTED} is a feed that doesn't list... STOP. You are pointing out feeds of shows whose legality is questionable at best. This is in violation of the terms of use of this list, this group, and likely the TOS o

Re: mythtvfest

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
I'll be giving the talk again in June in Concord, for those who can't make it first time in April in Peterborough. Now I just have to get my talk together and scripted, with about 2 weeks to go. Seth I've been playing with drupal a bit lately. I've also looked at WordPress and Joomla. All a

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
Replies to a number of emails: I'm transition to this solution, but the legality of it is debatable. For free-to-air programs, I suspect it would be very hard to make truly illegal. For other programming, I'd still look to the Sony time-shifting decision and ask what the difference is between

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Seth Cohn
> As a TiVo owner and former DirecTV subscriber, I couldn't figure > out why people would get a DirecTiVo instead of a stand alone. I had/have both, I was an early tivolutionary, telling people how much it changed my life, and encouraging them to get one... and also had Comcast's (crappy) DVR fo

Re: mythtvfest

2007-03-25 Thread Seth Cohn
Ben, calm down. > For more on this thread, see the semi-recent ESR thread where he > ranted about Fedora and 'left' for Ubuntu. (No I have no intention of > raising said thread from the dead, discussing ESR, etc...) Yet you just did. No, I pointed people to it, because we've been there, don

Re: mythtvfest

2007-03-25 Thread Seth Cohn
> For sheer upgradability, Debian systems tend to be more bullet proof. For more on this thread, see the semi-recent ESR thread where he ranted about Fedora and 'left' for Ubuntu. (No I have no intention of raising said thread from the dead, discussing ESR, etc...) Fedora worked when we trie

Re: mythtvfest

2007-03-25 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/25/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 16:23 -0400, Bruce Labitt wrote: > Which distro will be used as the base for the installfest? At this point we are recommending Fedora. > What makes it "better" for the install? The fact that we have used it before

Re: Anyone good with dpkg/apt

2007-03-21 Thread Seth Cohn
In addition to all of the other answers already given, it's also good to note that all debs have a file which is generated upon installation: /var/lib/dpkg/info/[packagename].list Just view that, and it's the list of what files are(were) in the package. Prior to installation, the deb file (whic

Re: [GNHLUG] A ham radio flea market - tomorrow, in Henniker

2007-03-17 Thread Seth Cohn
On 3/17/07, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I almost didn't think of this for GNHLUG, but maybe it's of greater than usual interest since Hosstraders happening this spring Um, _isn't_ happening, you meant right? One of the first electronics flea markets of the year is the one put on by

Re: Ahh, a "standard" cake

2007-02-22 Thread Seth Cohn
Which seem to be Canon printers but don't list which model... Found it (on a completely different page... bad design) http://www.photofrost.com/icing_sheets.htm Yet according to http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=Canon many of these are duds under Linux. So depending on the mo

Re: Ahh, a "standard" cake

2007-02-22 Thread Seth Cohn
On 2/22/07, Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, this sort of thing is why "open source" is so important: When it doesn't work correctly, we can always fork it. And before you accuse me of being half-baked, consider: http://www.photofrost.com They use (no su

Re: Ahh, a "standard" cake

2007-02-22 Thread Seth Cohn
On 2/22/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just about lost it when I saw this: http://www.thisisbroken.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/cake.jpg At first I thought it was intentional, being a geek :) Actually, this sort of thing is why "open source" is so important: When

Re: HossTraders No More

2007-02-10 Thread Seth Cohn
Oh no... that sucks! Any word on someone else picking up the slack? On 2/10/07, Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just received notice that HossTraders is gone/finis. Sad. After 30+ years they decided to fold the tent. ___ gnhlug-discuss maili

Re: CMS comparison [ was: Web software for a family web site? ]

2007-02-09 Thread Seth Cohn
If the first 2 go really well, and there is a demand, Nashua can be next. On 2/9/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And when are you going to do Nashua, hmmm? They've got the best on-site food and beer of any GNHLUG meeting. (Also the only on-site food and beer, but it's still pretty g

Re: CMS comparison [ was: Web software for a family web site? ]

2007-02-08 Thread Seth Cohn
I'll volunteer right now to do a Drupal introduction at a upcoming Concord GNHlug meeting, if someone will schedule it. Ok, looks like I'll be doing not one, but 2 Intro to Drupal presentations. In April in Peterborough, and in May in Concord. Ah, the joys of offering to do a presentation... I

Re: CMS comparison [ was: Web software for a family web site? ]

2007-02-08 Thread Seth Cohn
Can you define the difference then between what Joomla! can do that WordPress can't? From what I can tell, WP has plugins available to do damn near everything. While Wordpress can do a lot, at the end of the day, it's a blog, not a CMS. If your goal is blogging first, and other items secondary,

Re: Web software for a family web site?

2007-02-08 Thread Seth Cohn
On 2/8/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A general-purpose content management system would let you have forums for chat, a calendar, a photo gallery, news items, rss feeds, etc. Lock it down with authentication and let them use it as they wish. Most of the top CMS have pretty granular secu

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-20 Thread Seth Cohn
On 1/20/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fine. Let's use Phlapjaxs [1] instead. [1] http://www.phlapjaxs.com But it's Gnu/Linux! (ducks) Very funny, Ted, but until you write the definitive guide to Phlapjaxs I'm sure the rest of us will continue our arguments.

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-20 Thread Seth Cohn
earch,) and the resulting page is pretty much neutral as well, mentioning the variants and history in less details than the discussion page's specifics. On 1/20/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/20/07, Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Except that the &

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-20 Thread Seth Cohn
On 1/20/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Seth Cohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There is a reason a large chunk of the Known Web runs on LAMP (Linux > Apache Mysql PHP) Except that the 'P' in LAMP is *PERL* not PHP, which is merely a basta

Re: [OT] Re: Real Men

2007-01-19 Thread Seth Cohn
> > Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > > >>> No, No, NoI much prefer arguing issues around arcane > > >>> languages. > > >>> > > >>> What about using SNOBOL? :-) > > >> > > >> Ha! Real men write right down on the metal in Assembler... > > > > > > You use an assembler?? > > > > > > Real men program di

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-19 Thread Seth Cohn
On 1/19/07, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unlike bedework (java... ugh) , webcalendar is php/sql, making it > easier to make custom changes Heh, I'd invert that argument in the other direction. :) I have to strongly disagree. IMHO, a php/sql app is usually very easy to make mi

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-19 Thread Seth Cohn
> There are also dedicated calendaring applications. Indeed, here's another that seems useful and popular: http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php Unlike bedework (java... ugh) , webcalendar is php/sql, making it easier to make custom changes Overview of Features (cut and paste from the website)

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-18 Thread Seth Cohn
Fair enough... Let the competition for the best locally managed calendaring begin! Let's build a list of Contenders: My personal experience: Drupal: exports ics files and rss, using the event module [doesn't not import ical...yet. been waiting for that a long time] http://drupal.org/project/eve

Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?

2007-01-18 Thread Seth Cohn
I've been recommending Google Calendar lately as the best option out there, for the least amount of work. There are other choices, other calendars/wikis/cmses which will export ics and other standards, but so far, Google Calendar is the most feature rich. On 1/18/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PR

Re: OT: Cygwin/X on Windows XP

2006-12-27 Thread Seth Cohn
Use Xming instead. http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming On 12/27/06, Jason Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm struggling with getting Cygwin/X working on Windows XP Pro. Whenever I start it, I get the attached log file. I've Googled the errors l

Re: [GNHLUG] The Coming (geek)War

2006-12-09 Thread Seth Cohn
Do you have "Alpha Geek" on your business card? Check. (You mean other people do too? Always get a laugh when I pass my card out) Do you like to make fun of people who are three days behind the curve? No, I don't do that. It's hard enough staying near the curve... We need eight contesta

Re: Hosstraders Fall 2006 - Mission Accomplished

2006-10-09 Thread Seth Cohn
I was amused that Ted was wearing the same outback pocket-master cargo-vest I was -- was Ted scarred by Captain Kangaroo too? I have (but didn't wear on Friday, when I was at Hosstraders) my Banana Republic photographers vest (from the olden days pre-Gap, when Banana Republic was really about s

Re: missing GNHLUG mail/GMail/SpamCop/SpamAssassin

2006-09-11 Thread Seth Cohn
often, and they have gotten way to absurb to continue supporting Um, that should read "way too absurd..." but my fingers decided to send first before my brain ran a spellcheck. Darn multiprocessing nervous system. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlu

Re: missing GNHLUG mail/GMail/SpamCop/SpamAssassin

2006-09-11 Thread Seth Cohn
As a gmail user, I've found that spamcop continues to blacklist it often, and they have gotten way to absurb to continue supporting them... Spamcop, like most of the anti-spam trackers, have ended up on the wrong side of cautious, and blacklist sites for the most minor of infractions. Shared host

Re: OT: Web Designers

2006-08-23 Thread Seth Cohn
> The past couple developers we went through were still using tables and > 1x1 images for placement. I haven't found any yet who can do CSS positioning that works across all browsers consistently for magazine-layout-type work. Depends on how fancy you go... some of the neater layouts DO look go

Re: Easy to use CAD / architectural design sw suggestions?

2006-08-09 Thread Seth Cohn
Not released for Linux (yet), but Sketchup (from Google) will likely be on Linux one of these days... Some people have tried using it with Wine now, with limited results. (Currently Win or OSX) If you haven't tried Sketchup yet, do. It will spoil you for all other CAD type programs. On 8/8/06,

Re: OT: PorCfest

2006-06-05 Thread Seth Cohn
Me me me... and it's Porc Fest (as opposed to Ham Fest, aka Hosstraders) as in Porcupine. See you there! Seth On 6/5/06, Jared Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'll be going to the FSP Pork Fest event in a couple weeks... driving up from Manchester. Anyone else planning to be there? Jare

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