Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
+++ Steve [30/01/08 23:34 -0700]: AOL Internet tools are actually made by McAfee, so if it happened for AOL, there is a good chance similar behavior would be exhibited with McAfee which is much more likely to be installed on the machine. I respect McAffee much more than AOL, but no , I do

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
Does this machine have AOL installed on it? A recent update from AOL called Parental Controls will disable all internet browsing except through the AOL browser (IE, Opera, Firefox, Netscape will all be disabled). Find and kill any AOL software on the machine and I would get that it

HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Steve
Hi everyone, I know quite a several of us were wanting to go to Capitol Hill today to voice opposition (or support hey it is a free country after all), for HB 139. If anyone wants or needs a lift to Capitol Hill, I have a few extra seats and would gladly swing by and pick you up, just let me

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 31 Jan 2008, at 09:56, Steve wrote: Hi everyone, I know quite a several of us were wanting to go to Capitol Hill today to voice opposition (or support hey it is a free country after all), for HB 139. If anyone wants or needs a lift to Capitol Hill, I have a few extra seats and would gladly

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Mike Lovell
Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: Does this machine have AOL installed on it? A recent update from AOL called Parental Controls will disable all internet browsing except through the AOL browser (IE, Opera, Firefox, Netscape will all be disabled). Find and kill any AOL software on the

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 31 Jan 2008, at 10:04, Jason Edwards wrote: Seriously? When did the (SL|P)LUG-lists become forums for spewing this kind of tripe?!? I am so sick and tired of hearing about Ron Paul. There are a great many reasons why he is (thankfully) at the bottom of all the polls. (If you would like

The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Jason Edwards
Seriously? When did the (SL|P)LUG-lists become forums for spewing this kind of tripe?!? I am so sick and tired of hearing about Ron Paul. There are a great many reasons why he is (thankfully) at the bottom of all the polls. (If you would like to know what those are, please, email me off list).

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Steve
Your freedoms hinge largely upon the whims of the next person who takes office. The job of the next president, will in part be to navigate us away from the dangerous waters the current president has set course for. He will do this by either invoking or revoking certain executive orders, as well as

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Steve
Hmm this does bring to mind a Simpsons episode from a few weeks ago. Ralph Wiggum for President, Pick a Winner! (pull back to shot of Ralph picking his nose. Sincerely, Steve p.s. I support your run, and will vote for you if I'm in your area at the time of the elections, what district are you

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Justin Findlay
On AD 2008 January 31 Thursday 10:28:47 AM -0700, William Attwood wrote: Let's not sensor items here by a few people that don't like the politics. My political sensors are throwing alerts that I should censor your radical exponents. If there's a large group that want to move discussions like

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Wade Preston Shearer
This morning's front page of the Salt Lake Tribune shows the final candidates, yet I seem to recall one that's missing. Yes that's right, following in Fox News' footsteps, The Tribune does not even have a picture of Ron Paul on their front page. Besides this blatant disregard for providing

Re: [sllug-members]: Re: The Last Straw

2008-01-31 Thread Thad Van Ry
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 31, 2008 10:19 AM, Michael Jensen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHogLTkb8hssGYTk0RApqZAKC2jBLRyhtId6XtLgjzue5AkZd/CACfR6mD 0Hw1nfLtx9Q4Ad0p772+FIY= =8B15 -END PGP SIGNATURE- I propose

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Clint Savage
On Jan 31, 2008 10:03 AM, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go team! I wish I could come along. I look forward to hearing how it goes. We at UTOSF hopefully be streaming/podcasting this event today up at the capital. Assuming it is being streamed, feel free to join the broadcast at

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
You might want to try resetting the TCP stack in windows before you nuke the machine. I have seen doing that fix some random problems. You can only do it from the command line in XP. Here is the command netsh int ip reset c:\log.txt At least I think that is the correct syntax. It

Re: The Last Straw (was: [sllug-members]: Boycott the Salt Lake Tribune)

2008-01-31 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:04 -0700, Jason Edwards wrote: Seriously? When did the (SL|P)LUG-lists become forums for spewing this kind of tripe?!? Plug has a long and strong tradition of tolerating a wide range of topics. That's part of what makes Plug a community, not just free tech support for

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Jacob Fugal
On Jan 31, 2008 11:03 AM, Clint Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We at UTOSF hopefully be streaming/podcasting this event today up at the capital. Assuming it is being streamed, feel free to join the broadcast at http://stream.utosf.org Thanks, Clint (and UTOSF), that's great. I look forward

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Dave Smith
Clint Savage wrote: We at UTOSF hopefully be streaming/podcasting this event today up at the capital. Assuming it is being streamed, feel free to join the broadcast at http://stream.utosf.org Using free wireless internet access I presume? :) --Dave /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Sprint vs Verizon vs ???

2008-01-31 Thread Steve
Hi everyone, I'm about to go on a trip to CA, will likely be moving there and needed some advice. I really want to maintain internet connectivity the entire time, and so I figure a wireless data card is my best bet. But does anyone have any experience working with these cards, i.e. coverage,

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Chris Carey
On Jan 31, 2008 11:03 AM, Clint Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We at UTOSF hopefully be streaming/podcasting this event today up at the capital. Assuming it is being streamed, feel free to join the broadcast at http://stream.utosf.org Went to the website but I'm confused about where to click

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Mike Lovell
Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: You might want to try resetting the TCP stack in windows before you nuke the machine. I have seen doing that fix some random problems. You can only do it from the command line in XP. Here is the command netsh int ip reset c:\log.txt At least I think that

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Jacob Fugal
On Jan 31, 2008 1:38 PM, Clint Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, so if you go to http://stream.utosf.org there are two options, the one you want is the streaming server. However, there won't be a link there until about 3pm. It should say HB 139 on it somewhere so watch for that. Also,

Re: Sprint vs Verizon vs ???

2008-01-31 Thread Brad Midgley
Steve I really want to maintain internet connectivity the entire time, and so I figure a wireless data card is my best bet. But does anyone have any experience working with these cards, i.e. coverage, access speed etc. I'd really like to get some real user experiences from folks, before I enter

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Clint Savage
On Jan 31, 2008 1:25 PM, Chris Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 11:03 AM, Clint Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We at UTOSF hopefully be streaming/podcasting this event today up at the capital. Assuming it is being streamed, feel free to join the broadcast at

Fwd: Really cool promo flyers

2008-01-31 Thread Clint Savage
Found these on Fedora's Marketing list, thought maybe they might be of use to someone? Cheers, Clint -- I found some really cool promo flayers online and would like to share them with you;

Re: Really cool promo flyers

2008-01-31 Thread Wade Preston Shearer
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/LegoAddict/ Freedomofchoice.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/LegoAddict/Linuxgivesyouthehouse.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/LegoAddict/Computewithnature.jpg Found these on Fedora's Marketing list, thought maybe they might be

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
Awesome. That command has saved me more than once. It even fixed some quirkyness when the Novell client started acting up on a machine. It is a very useful command to keep around and one of those well i might as well try this things. Mike: I believe now that I spoke too soon. I know that I

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
I run 'whois' on a variety of domains and they all report back. I still think the fact that my browser Firefox, as well as IE, can't get out to the web has to do with some setting on my box, since whois, ping and several other tools work, successfully communicating with the 'net. scott /* PLUG:

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Clint Savage
Streaming Meetings Server link is broken. It points to http://stream.utos.org:8080/. Should that be http://stream.utosf.org:8080/? Either way (as is, or corrected to utosf), I get a page timeout... Jacob Fugal Jacob, Not sure what the issue is, but its not down. I was just there at

Political and Off-Topic Discussions on PLUG Mailing List

2008-01-31 Thread Ryan Simpkins
This comes up every now and then... The PLUG list is one of the few (maybe the only?) 'open mic' forums for Linux users in the state. As far as I know (and there may be exceptions) the mailing list is fully un-moderated and has never been censored (minus spam filtering). It is up to all of you to

Re: HB 139 Meeting Today ?

2008-01-31 Thread Jacob Fugal
On Jan 31, 2008 2:14 PM, Clint Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure what the issue is, but its not down. I was just there at http://stream.utos.org:8080/ or http://stream.utosf.org:8080/ And they were both working fine. Also, I just tested the stream, sounds great. Ah, I bet I know

Re: Fwd: Really cool promo flyers

2008-01-31 Thread Nicholas Leippe
Hopefully they will revise them for spelling, grammar, readability, and legibility (white font on a background with lots of white w/o a shadow) before they actually use these. They are almost professional looking. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe:

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Mike Lovell
Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: I run 'whois' on a variety of domains and they all report back. I still think the fact that my browser Firefox, as well as IE, can't get out to the web has to do with some setting on my box, since whois, ping and several other tools work, successfully communicating

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Steve
Hey Scott, I'm in SLC you want me to drop by? Sincerely, Steve On Jan 31, 2008 2:50 PM, Mike Lovell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: I run 'whois' on a variety of domains and they all report back. I still think the fact that my browser Firefox, as well as IE, can't get

Re: Political and Off-Topic Discussions on PLUG Mailing List

2008-01-31 Thread Corey Edwards
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 14:21 -0700, Ryan Simpkins wrote: plug-jobs (for those desperately seeking work, and recruiters that spam me). plug-announce (meeting announcements, and other important stuff) Seems like we discuss this every year or so. I prefer to keep job announcements on the main list.

Re: Political and Off-Topic Discussions on PLUG Mailing List

2008-01-31 Thread Ryan Simpkins
On Thu, January 31, 2008 17:15, Corey Edwards wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 14:21 -0700, Ryan Simpkins wrote: plug-jobs (for those desperately seeking work, and recruiters that spam me). plug-announce (meeting announcements, and other important stuff) Seems like we discuss this every year or

Re: why does WinSCP work, but firefox not?

2008-01-31 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
+++ Steve [31/01/08 16:36 -0700]: Hey Scott, I'm in SLC you want me to drop by? Sincerely, Steve I am home now. I missed you. I am heading back to my office tonight to see how it's working. One thing I found today was that Zone Alarm is still installed, though not functioning. A file

Re: Political and Off-Topic Discussions on PLUG Mailing List

2008-01-31 Thread Corey Edwards
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 17:38 -0700, Ryan Simpkins wrote: What I'm thinking: post your jobs to plug-jobs, it gets posted to the main mailing list. Then, it ends up in an archive on the web site (in a database) where you can easily view the most recently posted jobs. We will then enhance that