Re: Ethtool

2008-10-22 Thread Travis Roy
> Lastly, i you have a manage switch and have plugged in a recent version of > XP or Vista, they have code that can detect the switch and upload Linux > detection firmware onto the switch. That is why most of the laptops in my > office are connected through another switch to prevent MS from hurting

Re: portable music players

2008-10-06 Thread Travis Roy
d/ogg.m3u > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Yes, I hope to buy a player on their supported list. Coincidentally, >>> Paul Louden of Rockbox is interviewed on this week's FLOSS podcast on >>> twit.tv. T

Re: portable music players

2008-10-06 Thread Travis Roy
> Yes, I hope to buy a player on their supported list. Coincidentally, > Paul Louden of Rockbox is interviewed on this week's FLOSS podcast on > twit.tv. That might provide a bit of additional background, perhaps a > little push to get you or others to try it: > > http://twit.tv/floss43 > > Strange

Re: portable music players

2008-10-03 Thread Travis Roy
> I > simply haven't found (nor written) any decent software for playback > and updating on the n810. Canola (http://openbossa.indt.org/canola/) doesn't fit the bill? I'm hopefully getting a n810 this Christmas. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-di

Re: portable music players

2008-10-03 Thread Travis Roy
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 13:32 -0400, Heidi A. Strohl wrote: >> I have an iPod nano, and I can't believe I fell for the iPod schtick >> again. In retrospect, I should have known: my fiancee has bought me a >> new iPod every year

Re: portable music players

2008-10-03 Thread Travis Roy
> Meizu M3 Music Card. Plays OGG, FLAC and a variety of other audio > formats. "Appears" as USB storage, where audio files can be simply > copied to. > > http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/meizus-m3-music-card-unboxed Have you used one of these? A former coworker got an "iPod knockoff". It looked

Re: portable music players

2008-10-03 Thread Travis Roy
es manufacture these players and my > understanding is that some can play ogg files... > > What are others using? > > Are you happy with it, what are the shortcomings? > > > Thanks > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list &g

Blackberry webpages

2008-09-27 Thread Travis Roy
This is a bit off topic, but does anybody know of any programs or webpages that will let me test a website to see how it will look on a blackberry? I'm trying to get a webpage to view properly and not having a blackberry to test it on makes for slow going. -- Travi

Re: Skype and Asterisk

2008-09-26 Thread Travis Roy
ystems > > -- > -- Thomas > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.o

Re: VHS capture to MPEG?

2008-07-25 Thread Travis Roy
2-3 tapes. > > Any recommendations on software capturing? I know members have opinions :-) > > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > -- Travis Roy ___

Re: mythtv and digital tv

2008-07-23 Thread Travis Roy
> To sum it up, comcrap customers are forced to pay to solve their > technical problem. This would be true if you were using analog OTA channels, you still need a digital tuner. > Anybody out there using a digital tuner card (pci) with mythtv or > perhaps a fourth friggin box ? I know Kenta is u

Re: OpenMoko Freerunner

2008-07-21 Thread Travis Roy
e: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My old Zaurus, while not having phone function ... > ^^^ > > You once gave me a fair bit of grief, in this very forum, because I > stated I preferred

Re: OpenMoko Freerunner

2008-07-21 Thread Travis Roy
ntial. To say the least, I'll need to play some > later on and get the newer qt-based interface on it I think. > -N > > On Monday 21 July 2008 12:59, Travis Roy wrote: >> I saw some of the first videos of it and I was very unimpressed: >> >> http://www.vimeo.com/

Re: OpenMoko Freerunner

2008-07-21 Thread Travis Roy
#x27;m > really excited to play with it, but alas, I still have to complete my > workday. > -N > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/

Re: Comcast blocks port 25 incoming, yet again

2008-04-30 Thread Travis Roy
> I've found that Comcast service tends to be at different levels in each > community. I've found my service to be very reliable with very few > outages since it morphed into Comcast several years ago. I would prefer > that they open up port 25, but that would tend to let in a lot more > SPAM,

Re: [OT] - bad bad humor

2008-04-30 Thread Travis Roy
last feature column. > > -- > ~ * > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-di

Re: comcast does it again Port 25

2008-04-03 Thread Travis Roy
> Unfortunately, that's not entirely true when a government grants a > monopoly - they get to regulate it. And the government is us (plus > friction). Oh, is the government screwing things up again? - how > unexpected. You can get your internet connection from other ISPs. Be it another cable

Semi-Linux Question (XBMC, XBox modding)

2008-02-24 Thread Travis Roy
only has to do with saved games and other game related stuff I don't care much about. If you'd rather reply to me off list because you don't think this fits to well with the list, that's fine too. Thanks in advance. -- Travis Roy _

Re: 2.6 kernel local-user root privilege hole

2008-02-10 Thread Travis Roy
printf("[+] mmap: 0x%lx .. 0x%lx\n", map_addr, map_addr + map_size); > printf("[+] page: 0x%lx\n", pages[4]); > > /*/ > map_size = (PIPE_BUFFERS * 3 + 2) * PAGE_SIZE; > map_addr = mmap(NULL, map_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, >

Re: Sun buys MySQL

2008-01-16 Thread Travis Roy
; > -- > -- Thomas > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing l

Re: Cell phone recommendations

2007-12-21 Thread Travis Roy
> In addition to Dan's request, I am also thinking of upgrading in > February. Currently my phone is a Treo650. I've been using a Palm for > my PDA shortly after they first came out. The Nokia 810 seems to be a > good fit, but I don't know that much about how it syncs with both Linux > and Windows

Re: Cell phone recommendations

2007-12-21 Thread Travis Roy
en a hacked iPhone, but I have seen a hacked iPod touch. Once you get the ability to drop to a shell and add apps it's a very nice little device. -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Website Development Question

2007-12-20 Thread Travis Roy
the image would switch (to give a semi-random effect), it fell apart and didn't work. None of the images cycled at all. -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Website Development Question

2007-12-20 Thread Travis Roy
mly on the page. The only other thing I can think of is to just have it pick them randomly when the page loads. Does anybody have any other suggestions or pointers? -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.

Re: VoIP <--> PSTN provider recommendations

2007-12-07 Thread Travis Roy
monthly fee, nine times out of ten I'd take the latter. > > So, suggestions, anyone? > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: [OT] Robotics reasources

2007-10-17 Thread Travis Roy
The US First website usually has some good stuff. It might be a bit specific to the current game, but still good info. http://www.usfirst.org/ http://forums.usfirst.org/ On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Lori Nagel wrote: Anyone know of good email lists / message forums / groups for robotics h

Re: Cell Phone question, maybe not linux specific?

2007-09-22 Thread Travis Roy
> =>What is the carrier? > > I'm on Verizon too. I *really* hope you're not suggesting I can't load > this thing up with music. I can get the pictures out. :-( > I wouldn't be surprised if they force you to use their vcast thing to get/purchase music. Dale's razr supports custom ringtones and mp

Re: Cell Phone question, maybe not linux specific?

2007-09-22 Thread Travis Roy
What is the carrier? This is very important as Verizon likes to lock out a lot of the features you're looking to do. I was able to enable a lot of them on my wife's Razr but it required some hacking around on a windows box (since that's what the software ran on) On Sep 22, 2007, at 12:01 P

MythTV playback issue

2007-09-16 Thread Travis Roy
vertical bar in the middle of the video. Here's the specs of the video from the website: 752 x 416 pixels - 25fps - MPEG4 ISMA Container - MPEG4 AVC (H264) Video Codec - AAC Audio Codec -- Travis Roy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-di

Re: Success stories with MythTV and Schedule Direct?

2007-09-04 Thread Travis Roy
You being cheap is not an excuse :) On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:20 PM, kenta wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Ted Roche wrote: >> Just checking in to find out if anyone has switched their MythTV >> setups >> over to Schedules Direct [1]? ("Schedules Direct is a non-profit > > What's kind of funny is that

Re: I've got to get organized.

2007-08-13 Thread Travis Roy
On Aug 13, 2007, at 9:35 AM, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Google calendar. :-) Second for google calendar. If you want a way to sync it with whatever you use locally check this out: http://gcaldaemon.sourceforge.net/index.html I've been using it with Apple's iCal with great results. __

Re: Cleaning out the closet

2007-08-03 Thread Travis Roy
> LCD2041 Matrix Orbital display Taken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Cleaning out the closet

2007-08-03 Thread Travis Roy
I have the following items if anybody wants any. I live in Hillsborough and work in Maynard, MA. I go to Manchester frequently enough that I can arrange to transfer ownership there. Last I knew these things worked, but I really have no idea. Computer Stuff TNT (or TNT2 I'm not sure) AGP vid

Re: Stupid UDP NAT argument

2007-07-13 Thread Travis Roy
On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > Travis Roy wrote: >>> Don't be a troll. ;-) >> Uhh, have you ever met Ben in person? >> >> (sorry, I couldn't help it > > So... > Come to the BBQ. > Bring Food. > Feed the Troll. >

Re: Stupid UDP NAT argument (was: OpenVPN TCP vs UDP)

2007-07-13 Thread Travis Roy
> > Don't be a troll. ;-) Uhh, have you ever met Ben in person? (sorry, I couldn't help it) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: The "cent key"

2007-07-08 Thread Travis Roy
On Jul 8, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Jason Stephenson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Now you have my $.02. (Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB >> keyboard??) > > The spot where most typewriters (even those from IBM) have the cent > key > is taken up by ^ on most computer keyboards. Intere

Re: Petition against OOXML

2007-07-08 Thread Travis Roy
> I think online petitions are overrated as a tool for grassroots > movement- first and foremost, because they can't be trusted due to > the ease of astroturfing. Microsoft could easily build a "petition" > and have millions of its "happy customers" "sign" it- a short macro > running on their WG

Re: [gnhlug-jobs] [NH Jobs List] Job: Network/Database Administrator - Manchester

2007-06-29 Thread Travis Roy
> > Why does their ignorance of file formats constiture them as being a > goof? Can you explain the difference between the EFA and the MSCI > EAFE ? If not, does that make you a goof? Just because someone is > ignorant of something is not a license to deride them or call them > names. Please th

Re: [gnhlug-jobs] [NH Jobs List] Job: Network/Database Administrator - Manchester

2007-06-29 Thread Travis Roy
On Jun 29, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Paul Lussier wrote: > Lori Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Free software is for everyone, not just nerds and geeks. If >> someone can use Word, they can use free replacements such as >> OpenOffice.org. For companies, it does not make sense to spend >>

Re: [gnhlug-jobs] [NH Jobs List] Job: Network/Database Administrator - Manchester

2007-06-29 Thread Travis Roy
>> >> If you are interested, please e-mail me a formal resume attached to >> a Word Document and then we can set up a time to speak. If you know > > Is this a joke? Is this solicitation meant seriously? By "Word Document" they usually mean "something I can open in Word, that's formatted, and I

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

2007-06-19 Thread Travis Roy
> > I'm not a big fan of Comcast's "no servers" policy either, but I do > understand it. Even if someone thinks Comcast is the Great Satan, > "Know thy enemy" would seem to be a good strategy. Setting up > straw-man arguments about how "FTP listens for connections, so it's a > server too, and t

Re: Linux Exchange server replacement.

2007-06-14 Thread Travis Roy
I installed and tested Zimbra.. It didn't have support for a few things we needed at the time (like truly shared calendars). It's my understanding that this has been corrected in the recent versions. They have a free demo you can test out. The web interface is very impressive. On Jun 14, 20

Re: WICKED OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Travis Roy
> > OMG, Ben! > > http://smartflix.com/store/video/300/How-To-Construct-Mines > > How to blow yourself up in one simply instructional video! :-) Is having a link showing you how to get something that describes how to make a mine better or worse than sending a URL on where to get torren

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Travis Roy
> > Why not make the show downloadable for free but sell advertising and > put the commercials in the show. Sure, they can be ellided, but > seriously, who's going to bother? Yah, because writing a program to run the content through and auto- delete the commercials is so much harder than crackin

Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives

2007-05-23 Thread Travis Roy
> > Not that I have, or care to perform a proper and scientifically > controlled 'snif test', but do you have any even anecdotal evidence > that there are any sphincters which do NOT have an undesirable odor > thereby supporting the 'always' portion of your above statement ? Go to PubMed (http://w

TV Alternative (Was: Re: OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?))

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> > I'm seriously considering dropping my cable TV service and just > using NetFlix or the Internet for everything. I was checking > recently, and most of what I watch on TV now is available via NetFlix. > > There are benefits, too: No commercials to skip. No scenes/frames > being deleted to

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> >> Anyone know if I'm getting ripped off? Should I really be paying >> for a >> new DVR when my old DVR is only 2 years old? > > I think the resounding answer will be yes, you're getting ripped > off, but unfortunately, what can you do. When they started migrating, > they'd already terminate

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> > I don't know about the DirecTiVos but the regular TiVos don't do > HD. Only the S3 which uses a CableCARD. I'm not sure it will work > with DirecTV. > The HD DirecTiVo (can probably find on ebay) will do HD, but only for premium channels, and they will be phased out eventually. S3 wi

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> > That said when I called DirecTV to get HD channels (old TV wasn't > HD) I > was informed that DirecTV no longer has an agreement with TiVo and no > longer offers DirecTivo. DirecTiVo is a combo box that combines all of > the features of DirecTV with TiVo in one box. The UI rocks. > That is c

Linux on TikiBarTV

2007-05-09 Thread Travis Roy
Go check out the latest TikiBarTV (www.tikibartv.com), linux and specifically ubuntu is mentioned in the "Tiki Mail" segment. Enjoy ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: NYT/Pogue: The Trouble With Home Networking

2007-04-17 Thread Travis Roy
Geek Squad has to make money somehow. On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote: This is a good read: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/the-trouble-with-home- networking/ --kevin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@

Re: Home Audio / Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-08 Thread Travis Roy
Personally, I'd not consider Bose crap-level either. Perhaps some of their low-end stuff, but they also make some good stuff. Dollar for dollar, Bose is always over-rated. The consumer level stuff is utter garbage, and the frequency response curves of a typical Bose speaker look like

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Travis Roy
I agree with Brian, but I will add that I find coax SPDIF out easier to deal with than optical. If only for cheaper cable (it uses RCA cables), and the fact that you can twist them and tie them up just about any way. On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:05 PM, brk wrote: For general 2-channel listening

Re: Dowloading of podcasts etc. - anyone have a HOWTO?

2007-04-03 Thread Travis Roy
I use streamripper with a cron script to record Dr. Dean Edell from the KGO website.. Below the script, then I use dircaster (http://www.dircaster.org/) to create the rss feed. #!/bin/bash ## Remove old audio rm -rf /home/travis/public_html/radio//Dr_Dean_Edell/KGO\ Newstalk\ 810\,\ san\

OT-LEGAL: DVD ripping/copying

2007-03-30 Thread Travis Roy
Thought this story might be of interest given the recent talks on the list http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/18137.html "Manufacturers, dealers, and champions of digital rights everywhere can rejoice: Video server maker Kaleidescape has beaten the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA)."

Re: LinuxMCE install

2007-03-28 Thread Travis Roy
> I suspect I chose something wrong, but I can say this much. It > isn't happy. :-D What about logs? Oh, right, you can figure out how to get at those. See above :) This can't be hard, it's Linux on commodity hardware that you have both direct access, control, and ownership of :) Shouldn

Re: LinuxMCE install

2007-03-28 Thread Travis Roy
After reboot, asked me a few questions about video and sound. Answered. Just curious.. Does it ask about using a PVR-350 out? That's how my MythTV box is setup, and due to my current hardware and TV setup in the house, requires that. It would be nice if that "just works" like it did wi

Re: Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
Expressions of your opinion on the DMCA, the Sonny Bono Copyright Act, your interpretation of Sony/Betamax and so forth are political and just lead to a lot of wasted air, imo. If you want to express those opinions, and I do regularly, I aim at my congresspeople and at funding the organizati

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

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
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? Now the question is, if Be

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

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
I don't recall the "giving it to a friend" portion of the decision, and the slippery slope of two friends, four friends, putting it on the web site, popping it up on BitTorrent likely crosses the line, somewhere. I agree with this.. Even when people were saying making mix tapes for friends

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
On Mar 26, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Paul Lussier wrote: Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm curious...is there a model in which you'd consider paying for content? The model could have reasonable prices and fair/non- existent copy-protection or whatever else you'd

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

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
I'm curious...is there a model in which you'd consider paying for content? The model could have reasonable prices and fair/non-existent copy-protection or whatever else you'd like. If it's stuff that I can get OTA with an antenna (If I didn't live in the sticks), then no, I wouldn't pay for

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

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
I download each and every show I wish to watch (and I want for nothing I can't get), getting not only high quality recordings, but with commercials already removed. Finding new shows is trivial (thanks to many diverse sites devoted to tracking the shows), and with thousands of others doing the

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

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
As a TiVo owner and former DirecTV subscriber, I couldn't figure out why people would get a DirecTiVo instead of a stand alone. Dual tuner, and "prefect" quality all the time. Even if you have a stand alone tivo and you set it for the highest quality there will be some loss. They're s

Re: Handhelds/PDAs - Palm vs Zaurus vs others - Opinions? Experiences?

2007-03-20 Thread Travis Roy
... so it's kind of a useless argument. I seem to attract/instigate such. When sending an email to a mailing list to bitch about the general state of wireless carrier policy, disguised as a question about PDAs... That tends to happen. It proves to be a little more obvious when you sta

Re: Handhelds/PDAs - Palm vs Zaurus vs others - Opinions? Experiences?

2007-03-20 Thread Travis Roy
That's not all I'm getting at (though it is part of it). I object to the whole attitude wireless carriers have. They want everything locked in to them, owned by them, controlled by them. Ideally, they want to charge me every time I press a button, take a picture, or think. It's Microsoft all

Re: Handhelds/PDAs - Palm vs Zaurus vs others - Opinions? Experiences?

2007-03-20 Thread Travis Roy
~sigh~ Yes, yes. That's the way it would be, in an ideal world. But wireless carriers universally see any cell phone, and all the data on it, as *their* property. They don't sell you a phone, they let you use their phone, maybe, for a little while, so long as you keep up on your protecti

Re: Handhelds/PDAs - Palm vs Zaurus vs others - Opinions? Experiences?

2007-03-20 Thread Travis Roy
So, I'm thinking about getting a new handheld computer (AKA PDA), before the one I have now finishes crumbling into dust. (For purposes of this discussion, let's assume my handheld and my mobile phone will be two different devices.) I'd like to hear people's opinions and experiences on brands,

Re: MV communications colocation

2007-03-09 Thread Travis Roy
On Mar 9, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Drew Van Zandt wrote: Does anyone in the LUG have colocation experience with MV communications? I know I've heard good things in general about them on the LUG, but I'm specifically looking for experience with their Manchester colocation facility. The girl on the pho

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
(though, personally, I think the iPod deals with podcasts in a rather crappy manner, as opposed to someone else who loved this feature...) What do you not like about the way it deals with podcasts? I'm curious. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
Mac/Linux compatible (it shows up as a normal USB drive, SOO MUCH BETTER than some crappy sync software, imho, *cough* itunes) I just wanted to comment on this quickly.. As an avid podcast listener, I must say the way iTunes/iPod deals with this is awesome (and in some respects, audiobook

Re: Portable audio player (hands down the best one ever)

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
I got an mp3 player for my sister for christmas. I'm one of those guys that spend like a week researching anything before i buy it, no matter how trivial. the best one i found was from a company called Cowon. http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/ I have a friend that has the A2 an

Re: Portable audio player

2007-03-06 Thread Travis Roy
You could check the apple refurb site: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/ RSLID?mco=32DAAC51&nclm=Certified You might be able to pickup an ipod that can run ipod linux or rockbox to get your ogg support. The first gen nanos are supported by rockbox and the

Re: pcHDTV 5500 card - Connector comes loose?

2007-03-04 Thread Travis Roy
Also, its one of the few, if not only, HD cards that doesn't look at the broadcast flag. On Mar 4, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: pcHDTV is the Linux HDTV card. www.pchdtv.com, the only manufacturer I've heard of which released Linux drivers with no Windows drivers. On 3/4/07, P

Re: The Debian Flamewar Strikes Back! (was: ARTICLE - ESR gives up on Fedora)

2007-02-27 Thread Travis Roy
OSX On my Macbook (with a WinXP Parallels VM for work stuff) Ubuntu Server on my colo server Ubuntu Server on my home server (file/print) KnoppMyth on my new MythTV box in the basement and a mix of CentOS and Fedora at work I also have an old Dell laptop for a "backup" that runs WinXP. On Feb

Re: Hacking the Razr 3m?

2007-02-23 Thread Travis Roy
There are basically two ways I know to hack it.. One is to reflash the device with another providers firmware, the other is to use work arounds to get extra features. I don't know how to do either under linux. I did the work around method for my wife's Razr using this site - http://www.hack

Re: Package dependency question (on SuSE-10.2)

2007-02-19 Thread Travis Roy
RPM will not let you erase a package the other packages depend on. So, for example, if one were to try "rpm --erase glibc" because "ekiga" depended on it, RPM will complain with a (very long) list of reasons why you shouldn't do that. And be sure not to feed the output of "rpm -qa" to "rpm --

Re: Linux hosting options, pros and cons

2007-02-07 Thread Travis Roy
A client with a database-backed LAMP application is considering moving to a new hosting provider for their system. Surfing the web, they find all of these $6.95/month deals and can't figure out why anyone would pay more. I know there are a number of folks on the list who provide such ser

Re: SIP Provider suggestions?

2007-02-05 Thread Travis Roy
That said, I'm wondering if anybody out there has any recommendations for decent SIP providers? I'm not interested in somebody like Vonage, simply because you have to go through extra hoops (and, if I understand correctly, pay extra money) to get your username/password so you can plug it into

Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows

2007-01-18 Thread Travis Roy
Here's the text Or, consider something else entirely. If you really want a new operating system, there are plenty of options out there for experimentation. And they’re free. Yeah, I’m talkin’ ‘bout Linux. I know what you’re thinking: no applications, spotty hardware support and lots

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-18 Thread Travis Roy
But, with Broadvoice, I have a choice. With Vonage, I don't. I suppose, though I don't feel I need a choice at this point. Oh, okay.. I guess we'll just switch back to one phone company so you get no choice at all. Hopefully they'll be willing to even offer VoIP services. :) _

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon

2007-01-17 Thread Travis Roy
I use Vonage over Broadvoice for one reason: I don't want to admin a phone system. I want something I can easily tell my wife how to deal with: Go pull the plug on the LinkSys box, count to 10, plug it back in. and Broadvoice has that. They have a plan that's about the same price as Vonage,

Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]

2007-01-17 Thread Travis Roy
I just thought I'd drop in my 2 cents on this. I use Broadvoice over Vonage for one reason, that I would think would be important for people on this list. It uses SIP and you can bring your own device, including an Asterisk server. I would rather go with the open standard and control over

Re: Reliable wireless APs?

2007-01-10 Thread Travis Roy
Simple enough.. Linksys WRT-54G running the DD-WRT firmware. I've had mine for a couple years now, LOVE it.. Does everything I want and more, and since I can boost the power I have great range as well. Just make sure you get the right version of the hardware that will work properly with

Re: MerriLug: 19" for cheap

2006-12-18 Thread Travis Roy
Has it smoked yet? When I was working at UNH, we had about 30 Mag CRTs dispersed across the labs I was working in. A unit would fail about once per month. A few lost their magic smoke in the process. Needless to say, I have a pretty low opinion of Mag Innovision at this point. I've actu

Re: [OT] From Texas to New Hampshire

2006-12-18 Thread Travis Roy
On Dec 18, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Jon maddog Hall wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a quality of life standpoint I think for a bachelor or a young married (but childless) couple who likes to party, this might be true. I think it starts to even out when

Re: Traveling with a big file

2006-11-30 Thread Travis Roy
I'm trying to physically carry a large (4.5GB) iso file from home, over to a coworker's office. Although I can burn the image back to a DVD, I get an error that the file is too large when I try a straight copy to the DVD. So, I hooked up a FIRELITE usb disk, and did a copy to a director

Re: Reliable wireless?

2006-11-30 Thread Travis Roy
Their application uses a client/server model and when they get disconnected from their own LAN, they lose any data that they have typed into the application. Fix the application. I'm sure if he had that ability (either skill wise, or permission from management) he would I'd like to

Re: Comcast Alternatives? Was Re: Why must Comcast's DNS suck?

2006-11-14 Thread Travis Roy
If I have a serious problem with the wireless feed at work, I can drive to the ISP's office in the next town, and beat the owner over the head with his radio. Just don't call first.. When I worked at the MediaOne NOC (under my horrible manager there) some guy called saying he was going to k

Re: Comcast Alternatives? Was Re: Why must Comcast's DNS suck?

2006-11-14 Thread Travis Roy
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Michael ODonnell wrote: I have no love for ComcCast - I'd drop them yesterday if I had any better (or even comparable) choices - I use Earthlink for my cable service... It's from Comcast, and my bill actually comes from Comcast, but I get an Earthlink IP, Earthlink DNS

Re: Two security discussions on the evening of the 16th

2006-11-14 Thread Travis Roy
The nice thing about MythTV is that you can record one program while watching another. Unfortunately, I haven't figure out how to do that in real-space, yet. You can actually record/watch as many channels as you have tuners. If you have 4 tuners you can record 3 shows while watch another.

Re: MythTV / DirecTV possible solution *FOUND*

2006-11-08 Thread Travis Roy
Unless, of course, DirecTV wanted to set them up so they could move away. ;-) DirecTV/TiVo contract was going to be up in 2006 when they came up with it, and they both knew it wasn't going to be renewed. They have since been forced by the customer base to support existing DirecTi

Re: MythTV / DirecTV possible solution *FOUND*

2006-11-08 Thread Travis Roy
Worthless. the HD TiVo box that DirecTV sold only supports premium HD content and will NOT support DirecTV HD Local channels. They are encrypted in a different way (mpeg4) that the HD DirecTiVo can never support due to hardware limitations. On Nov 8, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Thomas Charron wrote:

Re: Tivo vs MythTV (was: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....)

2006-11-08 Thread Travis Roy
We are, after all, comparing a multi-million-dollar consumer appliance with an unfunded open-source project. The fact that they are of a comparable value is a remarkable tribute to the Open Source process, imo. Absolutely. I'm not trying to disparage MythTV. I'm just trying to make a budget

Re: Tivo vs MythTV (was: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....)

2006-11-08 Thread Travis Roy
If you want the best how-to for MythTV for just getting a box up and working then this is it: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php I used it the two times I set up a myth box and it was great. But having a Tivo that "just works" and as somebody that loves the suggestions feature (something

Re: Tivo vs MythTV (was: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....)

2006-11-07 Thread Travis Roy
I'm not sure the MultiRoom viewing thing is available either. For me, I just have my tivo and my normal receiver are in the basement. They go into a dual channel modulator. I have a couple IR repeaters. Now I have TiVo in every room at any time and dont' have to buy more hardware. _

Re: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....

2006-11-07 Thread Travis Roy
Isn't that true with even non-HD DirecTV programming?I've never found a way to do it, not that I've looked that hard. But I know the stream is encrypted.  I MEANT in a way I could get to it from Linux.  ;-)  I KNOW DirecTV offers HD PVR.On 11/7/06, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:  Gettin

Re: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....

2006-11-07 Thread Travis Roy
There is, you just have to use DirecTV's DVR. The Tivo HD-DVR can do it, and the new upcoming DirecTV HDDVR will be able to do the HD Locals. Getting DirecTV setup, and I don't know why I never noticed, but.. There's no way to record HD from a satalite provider. *le pout* Thomas __

Re: Streaming media

2006-11-06 Thread Travis Roy
at a directory.  ThomasOn 11/3/06, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've setup icecast, but it requires something to send music to it,and I haven't found anything that "just works" from a command promptto do this.___ g

Streaming media

2006-11-03 Thread Travis Roy
Okay, this should be easier, I think I'm doing something wrong. I'm trying to setup an internal streaming music server in our office. I want it to take the MP3s from the server and then users can connect to that server via XMMS/WinAmp/iTunes and listen to tunes. I would like to have differen

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