Daniel Johnson wrote:
I too would like to express my thanks to Michael Dexter and the Linux Fund
for my exhibition pass -- SC09 has been quite a treat, and I likely would
not have gone without their help!
I never got a reply from them. :-(
Sorry about this today. I was off-line and should
I'm working on a clone of Battletech I the Crescent Hawk's Inception put
out by Infocom in the 80's. The clone is intended for Linux. So far,
I'm starting very simple. I've created a text file where I am creating
the dialogues for the training missions, etcetera. I want to add a few
things of
That being said, I'd spread the award among Linus, RMS, and Jimbo
Wales, for creating/enabling their globally used tools, and sites,
that transcend culture, people, politics, and nations.
Hear! Hear! Well said, indeed.
--
Terry
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Ronald Chmara wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, dco...@gmail.com wrote:
Holy crap people! The whole Nobel Prize is a joke considering it is named
after the man who invented high explosive.
Actually, handing it to the Obamessiah before he actually *did* anything
truly capped it as a
It appears that the built-in wireless radio in the Toshiba Satellite model
L455-S5975 we just bought is exceptionally weak. While it works well while
on the desk in the office next to the AP (88-100%), it does not work 30 feet
away in the den (44% at best). It apparently also does not connect
Update: Realtek 802.11b/g wireless-LAN is what's installed. Don't know if
that makes any difference.
Also, this basic unit has no pcmcia ports, only 3 USB and an SD slot.
Rich
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It appears that the built-in wireless radio in the Toshiba Satellite model
L455-S5975 we just bought is exceptionally weak. While it works well while
on the desk in the office next to the AP (88-100%), it does not work 30 feet
away in the den (44% at best). It apparently also does not
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 00:36 -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, dco...@gmail.com wrote:
Holy crap people! The whole Nobel Prize is a joke considering it is named
after the man who invented high explosive.
As I recall the story: He was (wrongly) declared dead.
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Joe Pruett wrote:
that is very odd. wireless in laptops have been pretty good for some time
now. i'd pop open the little door on the bottom and make sure that that
the antenna connections are solidly attached to the wireless card (most
like a mini pci-e card).
Joe,
that is very odd. wireless in laptops have been pretty good for some time
now. i'd pop open the little door on the bottom and make sure that that
the antenna connections are solidly attached to the wireless card (most
like a mini pci-e card).
Joe,
It certainly took me by surprise. I'll
Michael,
I took our own private discussion on the topic off-list for a reason.
Stop bringing it back.
tim
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:01:01PM -0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 14:09 -0800, Tim wrote:
You never had any respect for me or anyone else who believes
in
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:56:26PM -0800, Michael Dexter wrote:
Dare we try this venue again if they can guarantee that it will be quiet
and we get to use their parking?
Another problem with Club 915 is that it is an open space, with
lots of different activities. Unless we rented the whole
IMO, the real ongoing achievement of Linux is how it spreads knowledge
of technology in developing nations, bringing that power to the poorest
of the poor through national-focused distributions and projects such as
OLPC
When you say spreads knowledge, I think access to knowledge and
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:35:36AM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
snippity-snip
Another problem with Club 915 is that it is an open space, with
lots of different activities.
We had none of these problems, or anything approaching them, in
the (very large) back room at Roots.
The big room
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@kl-ic.com wrote:
So, I propose we try Roots again for December, perhaps on the
same third Thursday to accomodate schedules, and see how people
like that. We can try Club 915 again in January, and then argue
preferences after we've
Michael == Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com writes:
Michael Keith, you owe an apology to those who know that peace comes from
Michael God and that atheists cannot promote it because they lack the life
Michael ethic that theists have.
It's a good thing I wasn't holding my diet coke cup
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Aaron Burt aa...@bavariati.org wrote:
(Odd idea: how about Powell's Books - they have book groups, and we might
make it into one of their newsletters...)
I love the Powell's idea, but I think I'd find it way too distracting...
- tony
That being said, I'd spread the award among Linus, RMS, and Jimbo
Wales, for creating/enabling their globally used tools, and sites,
that transcend culture, people, politics, and nations.
When thinking about projects like securing the Nobel Peace Prize,
think in terms of optimizing for a
I suggest we focus our efforts on a single well known, long
established, and relatively uncontroversial candidate, because
we can succeed best that way. We make it clear that by honoring
Linus Torvalds, we are honoring the entire open world creative
community, and all the other
It certainly took me by surprise. I'll check the laptop later today. If
it's not a poor connection on the internal wireless card, what else might
account for this behavior?
What is the chance that it is just a faulty unit? Any way to check
out another of the same model?
-Denis
Aaron == Aaron Burt aa...@bavariati.org writes:
Aaron A couple others: The Cacophony Society likes Old Town Pizza,
Aaron both the one in Old Town and on MLK.
The Old Town version of Old Town Pizza is no longer a Personal Telco
node. I am not sure what they are doing, if anything, for tubes
Linus Torvalds for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize!
I edited my emails a bit, and made this web page:
http://keithl.com/LTNPP.html
If things get out of hand, I may need to set up an ltnpp website.
Keith
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Well then in honor of that feat...FIRST POST :)
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Joe our thread made it to Slashdot this morning,
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly
cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has
happened.
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A month ago I attempted to install Debian testing amd64 on a new hard
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repair the problem even after several days of poking around. I decided
to put my Jaunty hard drive back in and do a complete reinstall later.
Later is now. I put
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