Re: OSS policy recommendations to the NZ govt

2006-03-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:53:17 +1300 (NZDT) Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This piece was brought to my attention by /. this morning. What it's a > piece of, I'm not too sure. IMO Chapmann Tripp should be shot for using > such inflammatory language, but I suppose that without any licens

Re: update on dying disk

2006-03-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:54:41 +1300 (NZDT) Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I've finished my backup of it. I started at about two pm yesterday. > Glad to hear it! Now, about your backup strategy.. (: Steve

Dynalink RTA-230 bridging to IPCop

2006-03-04 Thread Hadley Rich
Hi all, I remember a brief discussion on the list a while back about the Dynalink RTA-230 ADSL Modem/Router so thought someone may be doing this. At home I run an old Alcatel ADSL modem with IPCop behind it doing the PPP auth etc. but these days you don't seem to be able to get a modem only -

Re: Can someone please fix the mailing list archives

2006-03-04 Thread Robert Himmelmann
Nick Rout wrote: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 I know that many have to use that other OS from time to time, but its really no excuse for using OE, and even less excuse for not properly quoting. Of course you are allowed to use wine(tools) to run Outlook under GNU

Re: Can someone please fix the mailing list archives

2006-03-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:42:40 +1100 Wilber Washbucket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout writes... >> ["Am I missing something, but WTF is DiG?"] > DiG = Don Gould Please quote properly. I suggest a new client, after all it is pretty odd posting to this list using: > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlo

Re: update on dying disk

2006-03-04 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I tried 'dd_rescue if= of=' but didn't > succeed. > It told me repeatedly that wasn't a device or file. I don't know > why! The partition table couldn't be read at boot during the first attempt, but ... > But on the other hand, knoppix had recognized it the second one worked. Nothing to

Re: update on dying disk

2006-03-04 Thread Robert Fisher
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:54 pm, Wesley Parish wrote: > Now that is techie practice no school will ever give you! And the next lesson for Wesley? Backup strategy! Rob

SCO Unixware, does anyone want it. (Free)

2006-03-04 Thread sirlancelot
Hi all. I'm just going all my stuff, selling what I can and turfing the rest, to lighten the load when we shift to Brisbane next month (yes I'm leaving these shores and heading for sunnier climes :-) ). I found a box set of SCO UnixWare version 2.1.3 which is probably really old. Does anyone want

Re: Can someone please fix the mailing list archives

2006-03-04 Thread Wilber Washbucket
Nick Rout writes... ["Am I missing something, but WTF is DiG?"] DiG = Don Gould ["and if you don't know how to read a header and figure out if an email has been through the mail server, go to straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200 etc."] Its a little hard to read a header when: 1. Y

update on dying disk

2006-03-04 Thread Wesley Parish
Well, I've finished my backup of it. I started at about two pm yesterday. I had shoved it in the freezer for about twelve hours beforehand, just to make sure. Then I got it out and froze my fingers trying to get it into the PC - I hadn't considered that - I just did not think about it! ;)

Re: OSS policy recommendations to the NZ govt

2006-03-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Saturday 04 March 2006 22:06, Zane Gilmore wrote: > I have just got back from the GOVIS Open Source seminar. > http://www.govis.org.nz/oss2006/oss2006.htm > There were a lot of government IT managers there. > > One of the speakers was the author of this paper. > At the time I had just spent the

Re: OSS policy recommendations to the NZ govt

2006-03-04 Thread Wesley Parish
One of the Groklawyers posted a comment that the SSC was drafting a Bill to make Software Patents possible in NZ. http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20060301213210833&title=The+NZ+% 26quot%3BGet+the+Facts%26quot% 3B+Style++Report&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=415176#c

Re: OSS policy recommendations to the NZ govt

2006-03-04 Thread Zane Gilmore
I have just got back from the GOVIS Open Source seminar. http://www.govis.org.nz/oss2006/oss2006.htm There were a lot of government IT managers there. One of the speakers was the author of this paper. At the time I had just spent the last day and night cut off from the internet and had not heard