Re: [PLUG] Server-to-SMS text message service

2015-01-21 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
from: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/sms/twilio: > SMS and Voice Services via Twilio > > Python |Java > |PHP |Go > Note: Twilio is a third-party company whose services

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
It matters what are you installing hsqldb on. My friend google gave me lots of information from "hsqldb install ubuntu". How about you take a shot at it, go as far as you can in a time box and then tell us what you did and what happened. We can help you from there. Good Luck. -- Pat On Wed, J

Re: [PLUG] Server-to-SMS text message service

2015-01-21 Thread Tim Bruce - PLUG
On Wed, January 21, 2015 16:04, Brian Martin wrote: > I have a server that sends me SMS messages for important events. To > date I've just sent e-mail to my phone's e-mail-to-text address, but > T-mobile is suddenly having problems getting those messages through to > me. Now I'm looking for a co

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 01:59:24PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > GIMP now defaults to its internal format XCF, regardless of the > source file type. Saving to the original format (JPG, PNG, etc.) > requires an export, and remembering the original format type. Who gives a rip about the original fo

Re: [PLUG] Server-to-SMS text message service

2015-01-21 Thread Fred James
Brian Martin wrote: > I have a server that sends me SMS messages for important events. To > date I've just sent e-mail to my phone's e-mail-to-text address, but > T-mobile is suddenly having problems getting those messages through to > me. Now I'm looking for a commercial service that can do this

[PLUG] Server-to-SMS text message service

2015-01-21 Thread Brian Martin
I have a server that sends me SMS messages for important events. To date I've just sent e-mail to my phone's e-mail-to-text address, but T-mobile is suddenly having problems getting those messages through to me. Now I'm looking for a commercial service that can do this in a reliable fashion.

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Mark Phillips
And you are running LibreOffice on iPads and iPhones? And you want to connect LO on your iphone to a database? I am impressed! Mark On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > Are they on a network? > >Well, if you consider iPyones

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote: > Are they on a network? Well, if you consider iPyones and iPads being on a network, yes. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Mark Phillips
Are they on a network? Can the reach a network install that you maintain? Just spit-balling here. Marl On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > Why not MySQL with Libreoffice? > > Mark, > >For the same reason as not postgres (my

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Mark Phillips wrote: > Why not MySQL with Libreoffice? Mark, For the same reason as not postgres (my preferred multi-user/client-server rdbms): the users are naive and run only windows. There's no way they can install and maintain postgres (or even mysql) in addition to e

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: > My Lubuntu distro has a man page for ImageMagick. OK. So does Slackware ... as long as it's capitalized that way. I looked for it all in lower case. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Mark Phillips
Why not MySQL with Libreoffice? http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/mysql-native-connector-for-libreoffice-4.x Mark On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:39 PM, King Beowulf wrote: > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Rich Shepard > wrote: > > >For a couple of database applications that w

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread tim
On 2015-01-21 14:19, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> ImageMagick. It's the Swiss army knife (or Leatherman tool, if you >> perfer >> a local analogy) for image manipulations. You can even script them!! > >Should have provided the URL

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread tim
Complaining that GIMP is too feature-rich is like complaining that your new semi tractor doesn't have enough rear-seat legroom and that damn trailer hitch always gets in the way. GIMP is supposed to be an "and the kitchen sink" app. If Rich's suggestion doesn't work for you, consider these poi

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: > ImageMagick. It's the Swiss army knife (or Leatherman tool, if you perfer > a local analogy) for image manipulations. You can even script them!! Should have provided the URL . No man or info pages. Rich _

Re: [PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > The GIMP developers seem to focus on ever more complex tasks rather than > the simple image manipulations I do (cropping, scaling, enhancement, cut > and paste, a lot of presentation slide preparation work). I would like > user settable defaults, and th

[PLUG] GIMP alternatives (grump)

2015-01-21 Thread Keith Lofstrom
I am preparing to upgrade distros, and just tried using GIMP 2.8 on the test machine. GIMP now defaults to its internal format XCF, regardless of the source file type. Saving to the original format (JPG, PNG, etc.) requires an export, and remembering the original format type. This sucks - I don'

Re: [PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread King Beowulf
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: >For a couple of database applications that will be used by Microserfs it > appears the most parsimonious development path is to use LibreOffice's Base > tool. Base uses HyperSQL (a.k.a. hsqldb) which is a rdbms written in jave. > I > was to

[PLUG] Is your son a hacker?

2015-01-21 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
Knowing that I use Linux, a friend sent this to me. I found it fall down funny, hope you do as well. T. Reginald Gibbons (a pommy??) once wrote: .. To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents toread this read list carefully and i

[PLUG] Any Java Coders Here?

2015-01-21 Thread Rich Shepard
For a couple of database applications that will be used by Microserfs it appears the most parsimonious development path is to use LibreOffice's Base tool. Base uses HyperSQL (a.k.a. hsqldb) which is a rdbms written in jave. I was told that hsqldb-1.8 built into LO-4.3.5 is as buggy as a summer e