Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review:LawrenceLessig on How it All Began

2005-11-08 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > On Saturday, 5 Nov 2005 1:20 pm, Linux Lingam wrote: >> for instance, the chinese are known to have invented several things >> in their civilization, you know the usual: gunpowder, sails, etc. >> what has been their attitude towards knowledge they discover or >> inventi

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review:LawrenceLessig on How it All Began

2005-11-08 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
Linux Lingam wrote: > [snip] > > sanjeev, thanks so much for these enlightening insights into newton > and > leonardo. these insights are too remarkable and make me wonder, are > these > the hallmarks of modern civilization, or just a particular > civilization? I am not at all sure of this, but I

Re: [ilugd] Acers laptop ads

2005-11-04 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
reloaded is a free version and would have limited > functionality until another operating system is installed". > > Is this another way for these hardware vendors to appease Microsoft No > while > trying to sell budget notebooks bundled with Linux? Yes. -- Sanjeev "gh

Re: [ilugd] 17" plasma/lcd monitor recommendations

2005-11-04 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
him. ... and a daughter, half of whose hand he is willing to give ... -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.use

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review: LawrenceLessig on How it All Began

2005-11-04 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
have proprietory rights over his inventions and genius. da Vinci was so worried about stolen ideas, he used to write with "mirror writing". This seems stupid to us, used to typeface, but the reflection of a page in cursive script, with abbreviations, can be non-intutive. -- Sanjeev

Re: [ilugd] *nix Internals

2005-11-04 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
nix System(s). And I have read quite a few in 2 decades. Please note that the book is dated, so do not use it to show off your knowledge of the Linux kernel. You can still win quizzes, because the quiz-master is probably getting the questions from it, to

Re: [ilugd] OT - The Mythical Man Month - Views/reviews?

2005-08-29 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
Saurabh Nanda wrote: > Hi, > > I've just ordered this "classic" from firstandsecond.com - and can't > wait for them to deliver it... in the meantime... anyone out there > who's already read it? View/reviews? It is an excellent book. Unfortunately, while reading it; everyone agrees, and says "Thi

Re: [ilugd] Debian Hosting

2005-06-29 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
gaurav wrote: > Hi Guys , > Do you any good Debian hosting (dedicated server ) ISP > with good reliability > We contacted Rackspace but its offering RHES I have over a dozen servers with Rackspace, all running Debian. They made me sign stuff that they would not advise me on securit

Re: [ilugd] Disclaimers ... yet again (was) Re: Configuring twoHDD inUbuntu Warty

2005-06-08 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
gaurav wrote: > all free mail providers are blocked in my office, I guess only > solution > in this if you guys feel so offended by this silly disclaimer for > me > is stop sending mail or unsubscribe :-( . Do you use this list for your Company? If yes, tell them this is a business decis

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [ GLSA 200505-19 ] gxine: Formatstring vulnerability

2005-05-31 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
Abhishek Gangal wrote: > i want to quit from your mailing list Permission granted. Please retain this note for verification purposes. -- Sanjeev Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Society, elections

2005-04-19 Thread Sanjeev \"ghane\" Gupta
What about people from Singapore who are _not_ present at the meetings? -- Sanjeev 'ghane' Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-gr

Re: [ilugd] Meeting on Sunday the 20th

2005-02-18 Thread Sanjeev \"Ghane\" Gupta
vivek khurana wrote: --- Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Let's have an (informal) meeting on Sunday the 26th in the afternoon. 26th is saturday, do you mean 20th feb 2005 (this sunday)? No, he meant Sunday the 26th. You got a problem with that? Huh, huh? -- Sanjeev, who has no clue wh

Re: [ilugd] Re: Creative dot (site down)

2005-02-14 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: Plus the fact that, apart from the half-dozen or so people getting all worked up about the issue, nobody seems to have any idea what the site is/does/wants, or what the fuss is about. I assume it is about the fact that Creative Technologies wishes to have control of the tr

[ilugd] Exim Conference and Tutorial

2005-02-10 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Folks, Rather late in the day, but anyone interested? -- Sanjeev Niall Mansfield wrote: Sanjeev Gupta We're organizing a Conference about the Exim mail server, in conjunction with the UKUUG. The conference takes place 25/26-Feb-2005 in Birmingham, UK. All the important Exim peopl

Re: [ilugd] Capture sound from sound card

2005-02-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
vivek khurana wrote: --- Mayank Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to capture sound from my sound card using C/C++. How can i do that? Any pointers/libraries... Look at code base of audacity, if you want to seriously learn art of capturing sound through soundcard. Last week, the Sin

Re: [ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] Requirement at Data Armor- LinuxAdministrator

2005-02-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Perhaps there is no requirement? Navneet Choudhary wrote: nothing ??? On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 Sumit Malhotra wrote : ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.u

Re: [ilugd] LA2005 CD sales

2005-01-17 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: The cost of the Software, the CDs and its entire shipping charges are "free as in gratis". Why should some one pay you Rs 50 for the CDs, when the Ubuntu team gives it to you free of charge ? 1 word: Instant Gratification -- Sanjeev "There are only 3 kinds of people, t

Re: [ilugd] Reg for LinuxAsia 2005 Conference & Expo.

2005-01-13 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Mathur wrote: The wall comes down! Please see next message for details. Regards, -- Raju And the next message I got was: Do you want Oxycontin V1cod1n 0xyc0d0ne http://nlg.mryx.com/ph/sales/qljyyg Hmm. -- Sanjeev ___

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of the discussion on software patents

2005-01-10 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 15:46 +0800, Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Show that patents are a method to capture power by a small number of big american companies. Really? Is this intended as a tactic in the war, or do we really belie

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of the discussion on software patents

2005-01-10 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 15:46 +0800, Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Show that patents are a method to capture power by a small number of big american companies. Really? Is this intended as a tactic in the war, or do we really belie

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of the discussion on software patents

2005-01-08 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Show that patents are a method to capture power by a small number of big american companies. Really? Is this intended as a tactic in the war, or do we really believe this? -- sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.li

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Donating for tsunami relief

2005-01-08 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Mathur wrote: "Kishore" == Kishore Bhargava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kishore> One quick thing though I am not authorised to do or say Kishore> this, I was wondering if there are any *real* objections Kishore> to some amount being given from the ILUG-Delhi kitty. I Kishore> was th

Re: [ilugd] DMA error

2004-12-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Yashpal nagar wrote: Hello list, On one of our server i am getting the error messages deliberately to stdout. ## Dec 15 17:00:40 acevaidc kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Dec 15 17:00:40 acevaidc kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { Uncorrectab

Re: [ilugd] PC - Phone calling

2004-12-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Rajesh Jha wrote: Dear Administrator, Request an apology from Abhijit Menon-Sen, for using such a language towards the end of digest no. 14. How can he ASSUME of what I thought and wrote in the program. I have been programming in MS-technologies and because of my perseverance the whole office of m

Re: [ilugd] Just two minutes for ur country

2004-12-09 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
anuj agarwal wrote: To bring this china wall to first position, more than 50%of votes are cast from the home country china. Unfortunately, the Taj is in the seventh position because of only 1.9% of votes from Indians. Because we are not trying to stuff the ballot box? Oh, right ... -- Sa

Re: [ilugd] remove from LUG

2004-11-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
yogesh panwar wrote: I HAVE ALREADY UNSUBSCRIBED FROM LUG , BUT I AM STILL GETTING THE MAILS. COULD ANYONE STOP THESE MAILS COMING TO MY MAILBOX? Yeah, I think I could stop these. I will need, at the very least, access to your incoming mailbox. I could then follow instructions at the bottom of

Re: [ilugd] Download speed...

2004-11-14 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Mathur wrote: There Is No Burst. Exactly. Neither is there a Cabal on UseNet. You have not recieved this message. -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane

Re: [ilugd] Redhat enterprise support

2004-11-13 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
komal wrote: What are list members experience about Red Hat Enterprise Linux support and services? It is worth paying huge amount of money for support? Yes. No. Maybe. What are you using RHEL for? If you are really running "Enterprise-grade Linux", RH's invoices are very good value, and it woul

Re: [ilugd] What is your view about Linux pcs in India?

2004-10-22 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Given that your current sales might get affected if we "force" people to use whichever OS is bundled with the computer, do you think the powers-that-be in yours and other Linux PC selling organizations would support us in this venture? The powers-that-be include me, to a

Re: [ilugd] NCD primary teachers return to Microsoft classroom

2004-10-21 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sanjay Dutt wrote: I use M$ as I have a DSL connection with a USB modem and configuring the modem for Linux, for me, is too much effort. Would spelling correctly be too much effort, too? You have excellent grammer and puncuation, why use M$ instead of MS? It looks petty when we misspell the name

Re: [ilugd] What is your view about Linux pcs in India?

2004-10-21 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
satyakam goswami wrote: they come with Turbolinux , cleansing is happening for there own ulterior motive they think the customer is a cow whom they can milk multiple times if they have windows installed rather than Linux. well think twice they think with Linux the customer will not come back to

Re: [ilugd] What is your view about Linux pcs in India?

2004-10-21 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: If the computer maker (LG in this case, but you have HP/Compaq too now along with Esys) is interested in having the customer use Linux Hey, we came first :-) So do you think the Indian Linux community can and should be doing something about this? Talk to me. I have a bu

Re: [ilugd] Why swap partition is recommended to be only 2 * RAM..?

2004-10-19 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
chakri gk wrote: Dear Friends, I am beginner of Linux and got a doubt. We suggest 2 * RAM space for swap size. Please can u elucidate: 1. why only 2* RAM space for swap space. The multiplier "2" is a recommendation, as a maximum value. Look at it the other way: if you are using less phsical ram t

Re: [ilugd] cable net

2004-10-17 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
shshank jain wrote: hii sanjeev that was one jabbing reply. I donot know whether to thank u or just forget it...If u can't help somebody just donot bother to reply we will be very happy without ur replies Of course. I agrre to your wishes. Please stop sending me your questions, I will stop a

Re: [ilugd] cable net

2004-10-17 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Regards, -- Sanjeev 'ghane' Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

[ilugd] All Your Base ...

2004-10-06 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
During LDD 2004, as we were walking to lunch, someone asked Raju what the "All your tux" joke was about. The joke is quite difficult to explain unless you have seen the original video from the game. Enjoy. http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/story.shtml http://www.us.fsu.edu/swf/AYB2.swf --

Re: [ilugd] Windows PCs vs. X Terminals: A Cost Comparison

2004-10-02 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sudev Barar wrote: On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:20, Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta wrote: First thanks Sandip for the link. Raj Mathur wrote: "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandip> Excluding administrative costs, the 15-year cost of 25 [SNIP] T

Re: [ilugd] KINDLY UNSUBSCRIBE ME

2004-10-02 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
naresh waswani wrote: KINDLY UNSUBSCRIBE ME Have you paid the Un-Sub fee? I am sorry, I can't find your payment inour records. Please let me know the reciept number, at the address given below. Read that carefully. -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] Windows PCs vs. X Terminals: A Cost Comparison

2004-09-30 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Mathur wrote: "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandip> Excluding administrative costs, the 15-year cost of 25 Sandip> Linux systems in a lab environment is estimated to be Sandip> $41,359 versus a 15-year cost of $100,000 to $155,000 for Sandip> Windows PC

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd]: LXer: Is the MSN search engine being used in thebattle?to kill Linux?

2004-09-30 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Linux Lingam wrote: - Forwarded message from Tom Adelstein > I'm not very pleased to discover Microsoft is manipulating the content on the Internet. > > Tom Adelsten > heck! is this true! my god! if this is proved, microsoft is in for big trouble i guess. Like what? We have no hard facts,

Re: [ilugd] Re: am being black-holed - help

2004-07-28 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Ajit Ranade wrote: > ghane wrote > >> Ajit, do you have a "any other mailserver with a static IP address >> that > you >> have access to." ? > > my answer is NO. > so without access to a static IP smtp service i am stuck. (this is the > "harmful prejudice" of blacklisting smtp entrepreneurs lik

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) am being black-holed - help

2004-07-28 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Ajit wrote: > since i can't use my dialup isp's smtp service (they will only relay > mail with a return address of vsnl.com), i run my own smtp server on > my linux box. > > but recently many destinations (including rediff, vsnl etc) are simply > rejecting my emails, since the vsnl dialup pool of d

Re: [ilugd] Ignoring moral differences b/w FSF and FLOSS can ruin ourmission!!!!

2004-07-24 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
NISHANT BHARDWAJ wrote: > (FSF), has criticized the motivation of the open > source movement. According to him, the pragmatic focus > of the movement distracts users from the central moral > issues and the freedoms offered by free software, > blurring the distinction with semi-free or wholly > prop

[ilugd] MS wins, Lindows loses.

2004-07-23 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Folks, Lindows has settled out-of-court with MS. Effectively, it has given up its claim to the product name "Lindows", and will discontinue it worldwide. It will also assign the names and domains to Microsoft. Clear enough? MS wins, Lindows loses? Except that MS is paying USD 20 mill to the lo

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD Monthly Meeting Sunday 18 July 2004

2004-07-18 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Shekhar wrote: > I am not sure how feasible the idea is. Does any member of the DLUG > has any good recording tools (mics, tape etc. ) I am forwarding this > message to the LUG mailing list. We keep minutes of the meeting and > post them on the website. > > Any suggestions ? Raj, I am concer

Re: Re: [ilugd] Gaim's everyday story

2004-07-03 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Mayank Jain wrote: > hi there! > Windooz :-) Y! messenger sure runs on Crossover, but > is t slow. Gaim 0.79 has fixed the "wrong password > error" with 0.78 version. I'm smoothly logging into Y! > using gaim 0.79. I have crossover 3.0 & can share it > wid ya, if u like. gimme a call... or just

Re: [ilugd] Gaim's everyday story

2004-07-03 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Shekhar wrote: > Interestingly, MSN has been quite well behaved in this matter. They > have not changed their protocol in the last six months at least. Still porting it to .NET?:-) -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

Re: [ilugd] Oracle 8i on 4 Xenon processors

2004-06-25 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
s you have may not support this. If you do realise you need faster drives, you know who to call :-) -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: [ilugd] 802.11g licenseing

2004-06-21 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Yadav Rajkumar Nanulal wrote: > i want to impliment wirlees network for indoor purpose. > Do i have to go for any govt.freq.licenseing? Depends. If you stick to the 2.4GHz band, and keep output under 90mW, no. -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAI

[ilugd] Time servers in India - IN.pool.ntp.org

2004-06-19 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
. Thanks -- Sanjeev 'ghane' Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: [ilugd] Query regarding FC2 Installation

2004-06-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Devendra Burman wrote: > For swap: > It is always recomended that swap partition should be double the size > of your RAM. Bunkum. As amount if RAM increases, the swap space I require will _decrease_, not increase. Any questions? For certain values of thumb rules, the amount of "real" RAM shoul

Re: [ilugd] Re: [Commercial] Requirement for System Admin

2004-06-10 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Tarun Dua wrote: > Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta wrote: >> Devendra wrote: >>> It seems that you forget to put your email address in your mail. >>> :) > > It is the first part of the IQ test. The second is not to send > your >> resume to the list

Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Requirement for System Admin

2004-06-09 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Devendra wrote: > Hi Ajay, > It seems that you forget to put your email address in your mail.:) It is the first part of the IQ test. The second is not to send your resume to the list ;-) -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta ___ ilugd maili

Re: [ilugd] Re: (Off Topic) : For those who love Ghazals andJagjitSingh!!!

2004-06-09 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:38 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every now and then i see list memeber instructing > someone not to do top posting. Has any one noticed > that one thing common in all the top posts is MS > outlook (just see full headers to see the mai

Re: [ilugd] split iso images

2004-06-08 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
khurshid iqbal wrote: > hi balakrishna, > > use "join" command to merge the image into a single iso image. > > Hope that it helps. It won't. The join(1) command is closer to an SQL[1] join, not a concatanate, which is what you need, and which is provided by the cat(1) command. Today's homework:

Re: [ilugd] split iso images

2004-06-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
M.Balakrishna Pillai wrote: > hi all > > The iso files at > ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/physictools/ > are > physictools-1.0.isoaa > physictools-1.0.isoab > physictools-1.0.isoac > etc > > How can I reassemble them ? If the files are all the same size, except for the last, this m

Re: [ilugd] [Mozilla Humour] Pornzilla: Porn surfing redefined

2004-06-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
he size of the _margin_. -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: [ilugd] (Off Topic) : For those who love Ghazals and Jagjit Singh!!!

2004-06-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Friday, June 04, 2004 8:04 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Narsingh Sahu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But he said the posting was offtopic, didn't he? We > should not be this autocratic, as if he commited a > sin. Afterall, I don't think he is posting commercial > advertisements here. I will go with "Ghane"

Re: [ilugd] The difference between "total Freedom" and "enough freedom"

2004-06-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > In the long run, the utility of all non-Free software approaches zero. OK, my turn to cheese off the List Gods. Sandip, this statement is quite sweeping in its scope. "All non-free software"? Another point is that the writer seems to unclear on the difference betwee

Re: [ilugd] Re: Revolution OS: Movie about open source movement :)

2004-06-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
yright Owner allowed us to hold a screening of the DVD for our members. -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.

Re: [ilugd] Re: Revolution OS: Movie about open source movement

2004-06-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote (about someone else): > I'm always happy to share my experiences. In my experience, if you use > words like "thot", "wud" and "some1", anyone with a clue will conclude > that you are an idiot and ignore you. I wouldn't think of you as an idiot if you couldn't spell. There

Re: [ilugd] (Off Topic) : For those who love Ghazals and Jagjit Singh!!!

2004-06-03 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
this list. You wish to rip off someone's poetry, or software, or movies, feel free to do, in the privacy of your privy. Not on this list. And that means, you, who were going to ask for Oracle CDs. Yes, you over there. -- Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta _

[ilugd] Transparent compression

2004-06-01 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Hi, Anyone know of a Linux filesystem that does transparent compression? ext4 and maxcompress seem dead, and cloop is read-only. Thanks -- Sanjeev Gupta ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archive

[ilugd] Infrastructure for ILUGD

2004-05-25 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, May 24, 2004 11:36 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Buy a couple of Wifi Cards and an Access Point for use in > the future Wifi Enabled ILUGD meetings.(Yes we would be the > first ILUG in India if we do that) The Wifi cards and the access point I could proba

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD Monthly Meeting Sunday 23rd May 2004

2004-05-16 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Sunday, May 16, 2004 8:50 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ILUGD Monthly Meeting Sunday 23rd May 2004 > Where: E-Sys Office B-65, Okhla Indl Area Phase-1 New Delhi-20. Hey, it is eSys, not E-Sys. -- Sanjeev Gupta eSys Distribution Singapore __

Re: [ilugd] Automated Oracle Installer...

2004-05-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Saturday, May 15, 2004 4:22 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Mayank Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello sanjeev. > I was unaware of this fact. What if my script displays > the licence & then proceeds only when the user accepts > the licence. So that makes the process a 2 click > process :-) > > Any licen

Re: [ilugd] Automated Oracle Installer...

2004-05-14 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Mayank Jain wrote: > Hi Raj, > Right now i'm thinking of just automating the > file-copy process & starting installation. But > simultaneously i'm finding out which files the > installer generates, so as the same file can be > generated 'automagically' by my script to make Oracle > installation a "

Re: [ilugd] SAMBA server config... best tool ??

2004-05-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta wrote: >> It added the new share, stripped ALL comments, and re-wrote smb.conf. >> No backup. >> >> Unforgivable. > It is virtually unthinkable to ever make an UI which can reliably > handle preserving c

Re: [ilugd] SAMBA server config... best tool ??

2004-05-03 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, May 03, 2004 12:29 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], komal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raju , Would you please elaborate more on why Swat is a Bad > Idea (tm) I have used SWAT precisely once, 4 years ago. I had a well-commented smb.conf file, needed to add a new share, so used SWAT. It added the n

Re: [ilugd] Modem and Ethernet

2004-04-30 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Saturday, May 01, 2004 6:25 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Deepak Saun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > I am a novice in Linux. I only subscribed to this > mailing list to see what is going on in Linux front and > definitly I have gained a lot. Thanks for that. Could any of >

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-19 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raj Shekhar wrote: > I will give you an example. You buy a K.L.Saigal song from iTunes. It > is a very rare song, very difficult to find in MP3 format. You play > it on your PC and then after a few days you have this unexplained > urge to play it in the Samsung Yepp (a sleek,portable mp3 player ) >

Re: [ilugd] kget kahan hai (was) Re: Download managers in Linux

2004-04-19 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, April 19, 2004 2:33 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], R.Vijayaraghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install kget > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package kget > > tried apt-get and this is what i got (i may be doing

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-18 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, April 19, 2004 12:50 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Pankaj Kaushal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose you have a million bucks to spend you might want to put > that money into developing a security scheme which is not so > trival to break. True. But it is Viksit's money, he decides how to spend

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:49 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may not like it but you'd have to live with it. Just as > you have the right to embed security into your software, others > have the right to study, hack and bypass that security. Rights are defined b

Re: [ilugd] Re: ILUGD April 2004 Meeting(EVERY ONE PLEASE READ)

2004-04-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
vivek khurana wrote: > --- lien ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> fuckyou INDIAN. > > > WHY SHOULD'NT WE BAN THIS FELLOW FOR MAKING RACIST > REMARKS??? Becuase "Indian" is not a race? Because he is entitled to his opinion? Because this has nothing to do with Linux? > = > Disclamer > The fact

Re: [ilugd] Single port diff IPs

2004-04-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Yashpal Nagar wrote: > Dear Linux fans, > > I have a peculiar requirement, i want different-different IPs(binded > to same interface) to forward ica connections to different-different > hosts. :) > > let me write it more clear. e.g > > 192.168.168.1 ---> port 1494 -> Real IP host 1 > 192.168.16

Re: [ilugd] Mail virusscanner woes

2004-04-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:44 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ergo, I'll brave the viruses. Already disabled clamav-milter, > tried to install Amavisd, which itself has a list of > dependencies that reaches from here to the moon. Will install > once the weather is a

Re: [ilugd] RFID tags in US$ and Euro

2004-03-27 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
LinuxLingam wrote: > so what's the final verdict? is that report a fraud or is there some > things about RFID that we do not know yet? I cannot rule out the latter, there are lots of things about RFID that _I_ do not know yet. But the article's language is inflamatory, not reportive. Coupled wit

[ilugd] The Linux Counter

2004-03-26 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Folks, http://counter.li.org/bycountry/IN.php -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROT

Re: [ilugd] RFID tags in US$ and Euro

2004-03-26 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
LinuxLingam wrote: > RFID tags can be used to track anything and everything, for "your > care, > comfort, and safety". Rght. > yeah, right. Ooops, you were being sarcastic ;-) > people are setting of RFID sensors ('you stole something') at shopping > malls and elsewhere, because even their US$2

Re: [ilugd] Debian Woody Us - Non US

2004-03-15 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, March 15, 2004 8:54 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Mejo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does that means that non-us cd has got more packages then us cd? Yes. > Am I allowed to distribute both the cds? Yes. However, you may not import the NON-US CD into the United States. -- Sanjeev

Re: [ilugd] TCPA? get worried

2004-03-14 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Ankit khare wrote: > I hope this will clear your thoughts. > > http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/ I particularly like the line: "There is no end to the infinite number of stupid things that could be done on a Turing complete system." -- Sanjeev _

Re: [ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2004-02-29 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Monday, March 01, 2004 3:11 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mon 1-Mar-2004:: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: > = > New members:35 Total members:2521 > 6. Foo, Novice, India Is this Mr Bar's first n

Re: [ilugd] RAM costs

2004-02-25 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:40 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Arindam Dey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 13:45, Manpreet Singh Nehra wrote: >> Can anyone help me out with this. I am looking for SDRAM slots >> of memory 256 MB and 512 MB. They are not available here in >> chandigarh. c

Re: [ilugd] Re: Re: ILUG-D website

2004-02-25 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:50 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 13:13, Tarun Dua wrote: >> [g,d,r with white flag] >> [g,d,r,w,f] >> -Tarun > > > jao, tumhe maaf kar diyaa. aaj sey tum azaad ho. So Tarun is under the BSD-without-advertising L

Re: [ilugd] HELP!

2004-02-22 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:17 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Kalyan Bhaumik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Windows does not allow another operating system. It does. And doesn't. Depends what you mean by "Windows". Depends on what you mean by "allow". Windows 2000, 2003, and XP have an decent boot man

Re: [ilugd] CBI is logged in, checking your email?

2004-02-07 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
LinuxLingam wrote: > just saw this article on the hindustantimes website. > http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_564333,0008.htm > > the story mentions the CBI has software to decrypt encrypted email > text as well, and the software is created by IIT kanpur and deptt of > IT. i assume this probab

Re: [ilugd] Cloning of Dual boot systems

2004-02-06 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Yashpal Nagar wrote: > I have one system containing Redhat Linux 9.0 and windows 98 dual > boot. > I want to make this system to be cloned on about 2 dozens of same > machine hardware. The half-right way is to use "dd", with large block size. > When i googled i found Clonesys, and other Nortan's

[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] Manager -Tech Group

2004-02-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Folks, We are looking for a candidate with about 5 years experience in System and Network Administration.We require robust exposure to a diverse IT base. Requirements: Technical 1 Excellent grasp of IT theory and concepts. Should be familiar with the concepts of IETF RFCs. 2 Have at least 2 year

Re: [ilugd] RE: ilugd Digest, Vol 10, Issue 45

2004-01-30 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Friday, January 30, 2004 10:27 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], vikram ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly off topicbut do any of you do Setiathome ? or any > other distributed computing project? Yep. See: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_83111.html Please trim posts whe

Re: [ilugd] PDF HowTo?

2004-01-10 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Yashpal Nagar wrote: > HOw to proceed for creating PDF format files, i do have mostly txt > files. Why? For printing? Archival? Fax? > google give me some commercial tools/script leaving in footer > of advertisement. > Pls advice me or provide any link for program which is absolutely > GNU/GPL

Re: [ilugd] Re: how to implement restricted password

2004-01-07 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:42 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use the options globally or for a single image > password=yourpassword > restricted And remember to change permissions on lilo.conf to prevent read access by non-root. -- Sanjeev _

Re: [ilugd] Network Setup ?

2004-01-07 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:10 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Sharninder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basically, all router distros that i looked at wanted > two NICs but here the modem is attached to the router > through a serial connection. You need a V.35 Serial card. This will accept the thick conn

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] Israel stops buying Microsoft software

2004-01-04 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > Sanjeev posts: > >>> why should the State fund a particular method > > For the simple ethical reason of not dividing users and prevent > sharing. But that would make the State insist we all use KDE, with gaelon and mutt. For example ... If the State wishes to encourage u

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] Israel stops buying Microsoft software

2004-01-03 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
On Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:25 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raghavendra Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raju Mathur posts: > >>> has suspended purchases of Microsoft productivity software >>> and is encouraging the development of an open source >>> alternative > > A ban would have been better i

[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] Cisco-certified Trainer Required

2003-12-09 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
Folks, This is off-topic, but I am desperate. A collegue of mine needs a Cisco Trainer next week to teach MACC (whatever that is). Please reply off-list if you know someone available. Good renumeration. -- Sanjeev ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PRO

Re: [ilugd] LOGO deployment

2003-12-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
LinuxLingam wrote: > have *also* uploaded another file, LinuxDelhiLogoColors.tar, which > shows how to deploy the logo in different media. Stunning. It has been years since I saw a logo been done right by a non-MNC. I may not like the design, but this _is_ a logo. -- Sanjeev __

Re: [ilugd] Battle over GPL

2003-12-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
vivek khurana wrote: > I would say chances are low, GPL has once been > tossed out by US courts. I was not aware of this. Cite, anyone? It would be impossible to "toss out the GPL". A Court may decide that the GPL is non-enforcable, or does not apply, but this would only be for the case unde

Re: [ilugd] Battle over GPL

2003-12-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
LinuxLingam wrote: > why? the task of the government is to safeguard the rich from the > poor. so go figure who's side the govt. has to take. [hint: who's > rich, er.. who's richer than the rich? who's the richest?] This is a strawman arguement. Has the Govt claimed that as its task? The SCO cas

Re: [ilugd] Battle over GPL

2003-12-05 Thread Sanjeev \&quot;Ghane\&quot; Gupta
vivek khurana wrote: > hi! > batle of IBM-SCO turning into battle over GPL. Read > the following article. > > http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46456 Interesting. > Seems another case of US arm twisting rest of the > world over IP issue. How does this follow?

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