[OT] Reminiscing (Was: Control K B-for-block (Was Joe editor))

2005-11-14 Thread yuri
On 14/11/05, Ken.McAllister wrote: On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 11:52 +1300, Mike Pearce wrote: Text Cut/Paste etc - Also known as block commands To mark the Beginning of the text use^KB To make the End of the text use ^KK To Move marked block to current location ^KM To copy

Re: Joe editor

2005-11-14 Thread Keith McGavin
On Mon, Nov 14, at 11:34:24AM, Anthony Brown wrote: I've chosen 'joe' as an editor for some C files I am writing but can't find how to Make Selection, then Cut/Copy and Paste. It seems this should be very easy, but I have not been a Linux user in the past so I'm unsure of a few things. Ant,

[OT] Reminiscing (Was: Control K B-for-block (Was Joe editor))

2005-11-14 Thread Flores
Yup - Long live the Apple ][ with Wordstar, Lotus 123, dbase II, and I forget the name of the presentation software. I have a unit in my office gathering dust, maybe I'll fire it up just for the heck of it. From: yuri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/11/14 Mon PM 10:06:35 GMT+13:00 To:

Re: OT: Request Of MythTV Operators

2005-11-14 Thread sirlancelot
Andrew Sands wrote: Guys, I'm finally off on a long overdue holiday tomorrow. This brings about the dilemma of how I watch the next two episodes of 24. Is there anybody on the list using the likes of mythTV that is following this series. To qualify my post, I would have my own mythTV system

Sony abuses LGPL Re: Be thankful for linux

2005-11-14 Thread John Carter
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Maurice Butler wrote: Check out the lastest windows nightmare http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking.h tml Boing boing has an excellent timeline on the whole fiasco. The particularly cynical thing about Sony is that they even use a

Fwd: RE: configerror page

2005-11-14 Thread stringer
OT or not? This is the reply I got after clicking a link on an email sent to me by Coke about their latest offerings, including media clips, and finding, as you see, that they support IE and only IE. My original brief complaint is included. So I'm a luddite compared to most of you guys, but

Re: Fwd: RE: configerror page

2005-11-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:40, stringer wrote: OT or not? Not, imho. This is the reply I got after clicking a link on an email sent to me by Coke about their latest offerings, including media clips, and finding, as you see, that they support IE and only IE. My original brief complaint is

OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Andrew Errington
Hi, Although this is probably relevant only to those using Paradise cable from TelstraClear I would like to hear from others for recommendations for a new broadband ISP. Firstly, as you are no doubt aware, Telstra have made new cable plans available. AFAIK the old plans are definitely no

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Although this is probably relevant only to those using Paradise cable from TelstraClear I would like to hear from others for recommendations for a new broadband ISP. Same boat here. The adsl plans from actrix and maxnet looked good to me, being the closest to what I'd be after. Does any

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Swafford
Just to repeat IMHO the best offering currently is ihugs .. 40G for $90 they have a bunch of offerings a less speed than 2G .. there is a 256K true uncapped http://www.ihug.co.nz/products/broadband/ regards Paul reminder I'm not affiliated with ihug ... and am not a current customer.

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. -- CS

Re: configerror page

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:13:13 +1300 Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:40, stringer wrote: OT or not? Not, imho. This is the reply I got after clicking a link on an email sent to me by Coke about their latest offerings, including media clips, and finding, as you see,

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
I'm on the old ihug Bliink 256K lite. A few weeks ago I phoned and asked about a static IP address. They said It's yours in 10 minutes/On 11/15/05, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs?Orcon.--CS

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Carl Cerecke
Maxnet have free national traffic (upload and download). It doesn't say so on their website, but I rang and asked. I have the 1GB 1Mbit deal, and am quite happy with that. Cheers, Carl. On 15/11/05, Andrew Errington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The not-so-apparent disadvantages: The 1:10

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
What is National Traffic these days anyway? With all the de-peering going on, who knows what sites will be international and which will be national. On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:25:25 +1300 Carl Cerecke wrote: Maxnet have free national traffic (upload and download). It doesn't say so on their

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. Hm. That's $40 to telescum and $50 to Orcon (assuming I want to use their calling rates), plus setup costs and modem. Not far short of Telstra's $102. And Orcon support telecom's the local loop is just fine as is. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Hadley Rich
On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:03, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I've been with Orcon for around a year. I was originally on 256Kb Jetstream then 256Kb Bitstream which were fine. I am now on

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
What does a static IP address give you that no-ip or dyndns can't? I certainly wouldn't pay for one! Steve On Tue, November 15, 2005 12:35 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. Hm. That's $40 to telescum and $50 to Orcon (assuming I want to use their

Re: Sony abuses LGPL Re: Be thankful for linux

2005-11-14 Thread Wesley Parish
Quoting John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Maurice Butler wrote: Check out the lastest windows nightmare http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking.h tml Boing boing has an excellent timeline on the whole fiasco. The particularly

dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
What does a static IP address give you that no-ip or dyndns can't? I certainly wouldn't pay for one! Not much, but you might care about it. You can't run a mail server on dyndns without risking to lose mail or have it delivered to someone else while your DNS catches up with your new IP. You're

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
fatal It's never happened to me, and I do run one. /fatal Good point, although you'll only lose mail if the new owner of your old IP also runs a mail server. I'm updating no-ip every 5 minutes - you can screw that down to 1 minute if you wish. I think I may run the update process on my mail server

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue Nov 15 12:03 , Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I have a static address with Orcon but I think that it was only because I got in when they had a window of opportunity when UBS

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:21:18 +1300 Robert Fisher wrote: On Tue Nov 15 12:03 , Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Does any cheap adsl offer static IPs? Orcon. I have a static address with Orcon but I think that it was only

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
>From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking at doing some scripting for someone who required a static IP address. I think that allowing access to another server could much more easily be done by IP address, than other means. On 11/15/05, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, November 15, 2005 2:25 pm, Nick Rout wrote: My Orcon IP address has never changed, as far as i know. however it is not necessarily a static ip unless they guarantee not to change it. Also, as we all know, it is possible to give the same IP address to a subscriber every time he logs

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
tongue firmly in cheek Given that IPV6 is about to burst onto the scene[1], typing in a domain name is going to be a lot quicker than an IP address! /tic Steve [1] And has been since before the millenium! On Tue, November 15, 2005 2:35 pm, Olwen Williams wrote: From my point of view I asked

RE: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Craig FALCONER
Mind you - how would you all access horse if it didn't have a static IP ? -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's little if anything to be gained sending mail from your own server in preference to that provided by your isp, and, as you point out, much

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:35:59 +1300 Olwen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking at doing some scripting for someone who required a static IP address. I think that allowing access to another server could much more

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:45:30 +1300 Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mind you - how would you all access horse if it didn't have a static IP ? set up a dynamic dns service? -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's little if anything to

Re: dyndns Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Olwen Williams
It was the other server that needed my IP address to allow me access. I think I worded that badly.On 11/15/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:35:59 +1300Olwen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my point of view I asked about a static IP address because I was looking

RE: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Craig FALCONER
Yeah! Lets put ALL internet connected devices onto dynamic IP, then rely on some sort of DNS structure that knows about changing IPs! No need to have your own IP range! Just use Dynamic! /tic -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2005

XML manipulation

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
I want to manipulate some XML stuff, including: 1. deleting some entries from an existing xml file based on criteria. 2. adding some other info (stored presently stored in a text file) into the xml file. 3. perhaps adding some info parsed from a web page. Specifically this is xmltv data. At

Cheap Boxes Available

2005-11-14 Thread Adam Martin
Hi there, This is my first post to the list.. and I hope I don't break any rules with it. I have 7 x 'Digital PC3200' computers that I would like to sell... they are all roughly the same specs... 200MHZ MMX Pentium 64MB Ram 1.44 FDD 2GB HDD Keyboard Mouse No Screen I am sure you could think

Re: XML manipulation

2005-11-14 Thread Carl Cerecke
Skeleton python code for simple xml processing. If what you want can be done in a single-pass over the XML, then modifying the following code (pulled off the internet) might be of use. It basically regurgitates an XML file, but you can add custom python code at start and end tags. A simple demo

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread bossman
just in computer world ... telstraclear going to wholesale it's cable network. this is problably the driving force behind these changes so you maybe able to keep cable but use another ISP as your supplier. And as telstra has been bemoaning about telecom holding back b/band take up

Re: configerror page

2005-11-14 Thread stringer
At 12:14 15/11/05 +1300, Nick wrote: Unfortunately as David has not chosen to share the url of the offending pages, it cannot be tested. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nick, try this - should be Rihana Pon de Replay if I've got the right reference. (Hopes this works) a

power supply 12V amps?

2005-11-14 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Does anyone know off the cuff how many amps at 12V I should need for, say an AMD64 3800+, 2x 3.5 disks, 2x optical disks and a graphics card? The cheaper PSUs have 15-18A, the more expensive ones 25-30A, but they all call themselves 420W. Can anyone recommend which brand(s) is/are dead quiet?

Re: power supply 12V amps?

2005-11-14 Thread Andrew Errington
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:56, you wrote: Does anyone know off the cuff how many amps at 12V I should need for, say an AMD64 3800+, 2x 3.5 disks, 2x optical disks and a graphics card? The cheaper PSUs have 15-18A, the more expensive ones 25-30A, but they all call themselves 420W. No. Can anyone

Re: OT: Leaving Paradise?

2005-11-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:32, Andrew Errington wrote: I also want to know who is responsible for this new pricing regime so I can write a formal complaint. Ultimately, I suspect the majority shareholder, which is the Australian government. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4437812.stm --