Re: [Hampshire] Free Original Xbox

2014-05-30 Thread Freaky Clown
im tempted to say the surrey and hampshire hackspace might be interested in this kinda kit, would make a lovely MAME base at least! On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:35 PM, James Bensley wrote: > Hi All, > > I recently moved house and have various bits and bobs that are free to > a good home, if anyone

Re: [Hampshire] Top posting

2014-05-29 Thread Freaky Clown
http://vim-adventures.com/ On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Bob Dunlop wrote: > On Wed, May 28 at 05:14, Anton Piatek wrote: > > Excellent! > > > > In my line of work everyone should know at least vi, as it is the only > > editor on Unix and z/OS you can expect to find. > > Vi that uses a curso

Re: [Hampshire] Top posting

2014-05-28 Thread Freaky Clown
Surprised this hasn't turned into "well your mail client is shit - use pine/elm/outlook/lotus" rage already. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 28 May 2014 11:23, Anton Piatek wrote: > > It certainly seems to be easy enough to start a flame war > > > > On 28 May 2014 10:20

Re: [Hampshire] Top posting

2014-05-27 Thread Freaky Clown
or you know... you could just get on with life and not worry about the little things :) many more fields of issues in the world that need more time and attention brought to them! On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Anton Piatek wrote: > If I didn't want a footer then bottom posting would be easier

Re: [Hampshire] OT:UK Mandatory ISP Filtering Selection Form Leaked

2013-07-24 Thread Freaky Clown
I happen to know amy mathers personally - infact i am baby sitting her saturday - shes a very smart cookie!! (so is her younger brother dan) On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Richard Bensley wrote: > Even though I am a technical user, for plenty of services I am an end user. > > I can predict now

Re: [Hampshire] Spamalot

2013-07-02 Thread Freaky Clown
In case this hasn't been covered before one of the most impressively easy ways to combat this is to have a hidden form field on the registration form, this field MUST remain blank for the form to be accepted, most spam bots will auto fill this in yet humans will not even see it - should knock out m

[Hampshire] Hackspace meeting tonight!

2012-08-02 Thread Freaky Clown
Hi Guys, Just thought I would remind people that tonight (thursday) is our next hackspace meeting, drag yourself and a friend along for some social interaction and some fun hacking, as normal expect a bunch of raspberry pis, 3d printers and some other gadget (bring yours to show and tell too!) we

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Freaky Clown
as others have said try it you might just like it... as for "locked down desktop" LOL we at work have yet to see a well locked down citrix environment, infact it has become a bit of a joke contest to see who can "break out" of the citrix environment the fastest, i believe the current record is ~3

[Hampshire] Surrey and Hants Hackspace meeting TONIGHT

2012-07-17 Thread Freaky Clown
We have a ton of awesome stuff planned for tonight's meeting.. we have at least 5 raspberry pi's to be played with along with demonstrations and how-tos we also have 3d printers and examples of how these are going to change your life forever! There will also be other interesting things going on a

Re: [Hampshire] Raspberry Pi

2012-07-02 Thread Freaky Clown
I have one too... had it for some time and still not even opened the box... i should do that just to check it works I also brought the premade SD card - i guess i need to back that up too.. FC -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listi

Re: [Hampshire] Pogoplug

2012-06-27 Thread Freaky Clown
ignore everything I just said... realised I was on about a sheevaplug not a pogoplug! FC (its been a long day!) On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Freaky Clown wrote: > some guys at surrey lug got some of these when they first came out, > the first batch out the block overheated and brok

Re: [Hampshire] Pogoplug

2012-06-27 Thread Freaky Clown
some guys at surrey lug got some of these when they first came out, the first batch out the block overheated and broke, the second batch had an upgraded internal fan but sounded like a hoover and was on constantly! I had forgotten totally about these and now pondering getting one for hotels etc..

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendation please - Big NAS

2012-05-31 Thread Freaky Clown
i can not recommend the Qnap Ts-412 NAS enough... small, takes 4 drives (i currently have 4x2TBs) with green drives its almost silent and powers down and uses very little energy its got a linux base and has ssh access and oodles of functions and services and its bloody cheap too! -- Please post

Re: [Hampshire] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-14 Thread Freaky Clown
As there has been such a big interest in this the following google groups mailing list has been set up https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/sh-hackspace Please join if you have an interest even if you are against the membership fees etc. Many thanks, FC -- Please post to: Hampshir

Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-11 Thread Freaky Clown
Lisi The full membership would be UP to £20 (the price will go down the more people we have) FREE open days will also be held Pay what you can if you are not a regular or which to help out We shouldnt turn ANYONE away... so if you dont want to pay or cant pay you can still come along!! As f

Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-11 Thread Freaky Clown
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Robin Fordham wrote: > I would be interested for sure, I couldn't solidly commit yet though. > > People pay £20 - £100 a month for a gym membership, so £20 for > somewhere to exercise your brain doesn't sound unreasonable! > > Keep me informed with progress and I w

Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-11 Thread Freaky Clown
for those that keep asking abotu what a hackspace can provide them... "Hackerspaces are physical places where people can meet to learn, socialise and collaborate on projects. " there will be space to work on projects electrical/mechanical/other as well as like minded people around to help and to

Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-11 Thread Freaky Clown
Guys and girls, I am glad there is alot of interest in this - so to some of the questions raised. £20/month was an out of the air figure just used and is NOT indicative of the actual cost it WILL require some individuals to pay over the odds just to set this up, but i am sure we can do it! so me

[Hampshire] Aldershot Hackspace?

2012-05-11 Thread Freaky Clown
Sorry for the cross post but im lazy... (talk to my lawyer if you have a problem!) Anyway a few of us folks are looking at a possibility of a Hackspace based in aldershot - working on the basis that membership would be about £20/month to start with how many people would be genuinely up for joining

Re: [Hampshire] One two, one two

2012-03-20 Thread Freaky Clown
you have clearance Clarance! On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:40 AM, James Bensley wrote: > On 20 March 2012 09:37, Tony Whitmore wrote: >> Just checking that this thing is still on. Nothing in a week!? > > Roger roger. > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mail

Re: [Hampshire] Replacing home server with a Linux NAS device?

2012-03-07 Thread Freaky Clown
> > On 07.03.2012 12:25, Freaky Clown wrote: >> >> I recently brought one of the Qnap devices (TS-412) its pretty awesome >> and very quiet and does everything you ask and more! much much more! > > > Thanks, sounds good. I have remembered a few extra things it would be

Re: [Hampshire] Replacing home server with a Linux NAS device?

2012-03-07 Thread Freaky Clown
I recently brought one of the Qnap devices (TS-412) its pretty awesome and very quiet and does everything you ask and more! much much more! On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Tony Whitmore wrote: > Hi, > > I might have to replace my home server due to a hardware failure. It's a > Tranquil PC unit

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] SSD specs

2012-02-13 Thread Freaky Clown
I spent months worrying over what ssd's to buy, then i realised when you compare the numbers to real world data... it doesnt really matter, just buy the one you like the look of its just as relevant! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] All in one wifi printer/scanners

2012-01-30 Thread Freaky Clown
kodak esp 7200 - great all in one, wifi, almost no set up and linux friendly -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

[Hampshire] Sorry for the cross post but you need to read this.

2012-01-19 Thread Freaky Clown
I dont normally let out stuff like this, but thought you lot should known. So far confirmed with: Gentoo Fedora ArchLinux You can kill a locked screen by pressing ctrl+alt+* please try this to see if you are vulnerable to this attack and let the list know your OS if different to the above. Che

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-17 Thread Freaky Clown
I hate all printers - they are the only piece of technology that has not gotten significantly better in 5 years - however I recently HAD to buy a printer and was shocked at how easy the Kodak ESP 7250 was to get workign in linux - it literally was 30 seconds - I was gobsmacked. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] DDoS survival strategies

2011-09-05 Thread Freaky Clown
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:37 PM, James Bensley wrote: > *cough* CVE-2011-3192 *cough* nope! ;) like i said not public yet... FC -- Sent via a beowulf of ipv6 fridges -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: ht

Re: [Hampshire] DDoS survival strategies

2011-09-05 Thread Freaky Clown
Forgive me for not reading teh entire post as I currently do not have the time (i shall no doubt put my foot in my mouth) but I have digressed enough. I have to say that due to the nature of my job, the use of website GET requests to DDoS attack a site is becoming more rare, in the future even wit

Re: [Hampshire] ls -l

2011-08-24 Thread Freaky Clown
apparently some people use a "mouse" to click stuff... it will never catch on! On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Tony Wood wrote: > > OK, I'll buy it:  what's >clickety<  all about please? > > Tony Wood > (from Linux Netbook) > > On 24/08/11 15:02, Vic wrote: >>> >>> One of the great (and sometime