[PLUG] QXGA screen EDID with Ponyprog

2010-01-31 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Today I successfully compiled Ponyprog2000 for Linux, and used a 2 transistor parallel-port circuit to make I2C signals, and a spare laptop screen cable to program the EDID bits on a QXGA 2048x1536 laptop screen. The screen is installed in my wife's T60 and working fine. More information at http

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Ron Braithwaite
On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Russell" == Russell Senior writes: > >> "Josh" == Josh Cady writes: > Josh> Sounds good. Where? > > Russell> That is when Dorkbot PDX meets, you might consider that for > Russell> concentrated geekdom. At Backspace at about about

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Russell Senior
> "Russell" == Russell Senior writes: > "Josh" == Josh Cady writes: Josh> Sounds good. Where? Russell> That is when Dorkbot PDX meets, you might consider that for Russell> concentrated geekdom. At Backspace at about about 5th and Russell> Couch in NW Portland. Monday, February 1, 7

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Josh Cady
Great. I'll stick out like a sore thumb. Hopefully someone will recognize me from Adv. Topics and flag me down. On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Josh" == Josh Cady writes: > > Josh> Sounds good. Where? > > That is when Dorkbot PDX meets, you might consider that for

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Russell Senior
> "Josh" == Josh Cady writes: Josh> Sounds good. Where? That is when Dorkbot PDX meets, you might consider that for concentrated geekdom. At Backspace at about about 5th and Couch in NW Portland. -- Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' seni...@aracnet.com __

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Josh Cady
Sounds good. Where? On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Ron Braithwaite wrote: > OK, how about Monday night @ 7pm? Do we have any takers on that? > > -Ron > > On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Josh Cady wrote: > >> I work for the USG/DOJ and use Ubuntu at work. Back in the day I >> started http://cudlug.cu

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Ron Braithwaite
OK, how about Monday night @ 7pm? Do we have any takers on that? -Ron On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Josh Cady wrote: > I work for the USG/DOJ and use Ubuntu at work. Back in the day I > started http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/. Would be willing to meet after > work (after 5pm) anytime this comin

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Josh Cady
I work for the USG/DOJ and use Ubuntu at work. Back in the day I started http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/. Would be willing to meet after work (after 5pm) anytime this coming week. On Jan 31, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Ron Braithwaite wrote: > Well folks, it seems we have some guests from out of town thi

Re: [PLUG] Network issues

2010-01-31 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Steve D... wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Denis Heidtmann > wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Steve D... wrote: >> Do you see this as an accurate assessment? >>> >>> Pretty much...  Your available choices are: >>> >>> 1) Deal with it...

Re: [PLUG] February PLUG meeting topic?

2010-01-31 Thread David Mandel
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Mike" == Mike Connors writes: > Mike> I also don't see the gen or adv PLUG meetings listed on > Mike> Calagator?  Should they be? I always post our meetings to calagator, but I usually don't do it until about Monday or so. I should

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Ron Braithwaite
That may be possible. Let's see if there is anyone else interested in meeting up. On Jan 31, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Jason Barnett wrote: > I have been using Kubuntu since the days of Breezy Badger. It would be > great to sit down and talk with Jonathan while he is in town. My work > schedule is suc

Re: [PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Jason Barnett
I have been using Kubuntu since the days of Breezy Badger. It would be great to sit down and talk with Jonathan while he is in town. My work schedule is such that I only have time in the first half of the week or at nights after 8:00 so I doubt if I will have the opportunity to meet him. If I am

[PLUG] Out of town guests

2010-01-31 Thread Ron Braithwaite
Well folks, it seems we have some guests from out of town this week. Specifically, Canonical is having a meeting here with their folks from all over. This morning, I got to meet Jonathan RIddell, who is responsible for Kubuntu and is from Edinburgh, Scotland. Jonathan is busy during the days, b

Re: [PLUG] cat-like command

2010-01-31 Thread Bill Barry
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Brian Wood wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Brian Wood > >> Also returning to the question about copy/paste, someone >> suggested xclip.  I downloaded it and built it, but so far am >> not getting it to do what I want.  I've tried: >> >> > I got it now --

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-31 Thread Mike Connors
John Jason Jordan wrote: > I assume you have tried a live CD. If not, try one of the bleeding edge > ones like Karmic, Mint, or Fedora. I have used all of the above at one > time or another, and they found the bluetooth device in my T61 and > automatically configured it. > Good suggestion that

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-31 Thread Carlos Konstanski
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Rich Shepard wrote: > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:22:55 -0800 (PST) > From: Rich Shepard > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic" > > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Step away

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Carlos Konstanski wrote: > There's quite a handful for common lisp: araneida, hunchentoot, > allegroserve, and the minimalist mod_lisp. I use araneida, and I find it > to be wholly enjoyable. It makes a lot of sense to use lisp for the web. I > don't write HTML; instead I writ

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-31 Thread Carlos Konstanski
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Rich Shepard wrote: > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:08:50 -0800 (PST) > From: Rich Shepard > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic" > > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Step away

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Dan Young wrote: > HTTP://WWW.COBOLONCOGS.ORG/ Oh, good grief! I noticed, too, that their home page has a date overflow noted. Problably because the year is > 1975. So, is there a Web framework for FORTH, SNOBOL, or common LISP? Guess what? Yes for FORTH and LISP, no f

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-31 Thread Dan Young
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >> Heck, name a language that *doesn't* have a web framework these days. > >   Object COBOL? HTTP://WWW.COBOLONCOGS.ORG/ -- Dan Young ___ PLUG mail