I AM DUMBFOUNDED!

2010-07-16 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
I am considering unsubscribing. I also didn't attend your meeting and probably won't. I think your PLUG is like a lot of other LUGs and is going to disappear. Your system wouldn't let me login (yes I used the login name of hhhobbit and the password that was mailed to me). If you people love Dar

Rchard Stallman vs Darl McBride

2010-07-15 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/14/2010 04:21 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > Seriously guys, this is a USERS group. Neither McBride nor Stallman > would have anything useful to say about USING Linux. One of them is > out to make a buck, and happened to end up on the wrong side of a > lawsuit. The other is the leader of a s

Re: Darl McBride [Was Re: July Meeting Ideas?]

2010-07-15 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/14/2010 03:41 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > I read the wikipedia article... > > Now, correct me if I'm wrong. > > SCO is going along and decides to sue IBM. Novell steps in a says > "you can't sue IBM you don't own the copyrights in the first place." > So SCO sues Novell. SCO loses and is o

Re: Darl McBride [Was Re: July Meeting Ideas?]

2010-07-14 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/14/2010 02:07 AM, Scott Jones wrote: > What are the requirements for the speakers you want to line up? > > Scott Excellent question. I have no authority and only my input. What I want is something that increases the number of new Linux users and ways to retain them. To do that you need so

Re: Darl McBride [Was Re: July Meeting Ideas?]

2010-07-13 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
I don't think he wants to talk to anybody: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darl_McBride " ... prompting him to carry a firearm and to employ multiple bodyguards." Everything I read leads me to conclude McBride ardently believes Linux has SVSV code in it. I think he has conned himself into believin

Re: flat panel tv mounting brackets

2010-07-01 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/02/2010 01:27 AM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > I need some flat panel tv wall mounting brackets. Does anyone have any > recommendations on where to get the best deal? Any features I should look for > or gotchas I should be aware of? (I already have the wall wired up.) > I saw some at DI

KBYU / LDS is NOT Linux hostile (was Goodbye Move Networks)

2010-07-01 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/01/2010 05:18 AM, Tod Hansmann wrote: > On 6/30/2010 6:01 PM, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: >> On 06/30/2010 11:10 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: >>> Hmm. Wonder if BYU TV and the Church will move to something that's more >>> Linux-friendly

Re: Goodbye Move Networks

2010-06-30 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/30/2010 11:10 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 06/30/2010 03:58 PM, Ryan Simpkins wrote: >> http://videonuze.com/blogs/?2010-06-30/Move-Networks-Lays-Off-Entire-Staff/&id=2621 >> >> Why do these things seem to always happen to Utah firms? > > Hmm. Wonder if BYU TV and the Church will move to

Re: Yes, we have no hibernate today

2010-06-28 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
If you are asked for your pass-phrase for the encrypted disk that may be just fine. My previous comment was not worded properly. What I was concerned about is somebody using either Hibernate or Suspend with no disk encryption at all. But whether you use disk encryption or not you still bypass th

Re: Yes, we have no hibernate today

2010-06-25 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/25/2010 04:05 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: Now that you have got it to suspend / hibernate you can either continue to do it and delete this message or read more and decide if you really want to use hibernate or suspend at all. TAP THE DELETE BUTTON NOW! > # dd bs=1048576 count=128

Re: Yes, we have no hibernate today

2010-06-24 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/24/2010 06:58 PM, Jon Jensen wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Charles Curley wrote: Skip to: "TO HIBERNATE / SUSPEND" and only come back and read the rest of this if you want to. It is underlined so it is easy to find. The main thing that I have different is that my Ubuntu 10.04 is a CLEAN

Re: wiring

2010-06-24 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/24/2010 07:15 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > I may need some help wiring a building. > > I don't have the tools, or the expertise to do this on my own. > (It's mostly just cabling cat 5e wire from the wall to a patch panel.) > > Anybody out there interested, or know of somebody who can do this

Re: Yes, we have no hibernate today

2010-06-23 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/22/2010 03:49 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > I've just upgraded my four year old lenovo R51 laptop from Ubuntu Komic > Koala to Ludicrous Lynx. In the process, the menu option to hibernate > has gone away. It didn't work under Komic Koala, but this is not the > solution I was expecting. > > How

Re: Yes, we have no hibernate today

2010-06-23 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/22/2010 03:49 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > I've just upgraded my four year old lenovo R51 laptop from Ubuntu Komic > Koala to Ludicrous Lynx. In the process, the menu option to hibernate > has gone away. It didn't work under Komic Koala, but this is not the > solution I was expecting. > > How

Re: local place to purchase outdoor-rated cat 5

2010-06-17 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/16/2010 07:41 PM, Gary Thornock wrote: > --- On Wed, 6/16/10, David Landry wrote: >> >> I'm looking for a local supplier for discrete electronics like >> capacitors, resistors, etc, and maybe something more fancy >> like a microcontroller. I was just wondering if any of the >> places mentio

Re: Parking for Linux Day

2010-06-15 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/15/2010 09:07 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: > On 06/15/2010 07:50 AM, Ryan Simpkins wrote: >> Can anyone suggest any good (low cost/free) parking >> within walking/riding distance of the downtown Marriott? Actually, now that I think about it, you could try parking

Re: Parking for Linux Day

2010-06-15 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/15/2010 07:50 AM, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > Can anyone suggest any good (low cost/free) parking > within walking/riding distance of the downtown Marriott? > > -Ryan There are no low cost downtown private parking lots that aren't already booked solid (and they are that way all of the time - it

Re: Printer & gnash vs. Flash

2010-06-13 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/09/2010 07:52 PM, Richard Esplin wrote: > #1 > Try hp-setup > > #2 > Enable the multiverse repository, and then run: > flashplugin-installer > > Richard > > On Wednesday, June 09, 2010 13:43:19 Henry Hertz Hobbit > wrote: >> All: >>

Re: Mac or Linux / Unix versus Windows

2010-06-09 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/10/2010 03:08 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 06/09/2010 08:44 PM, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: >> WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF MICROSOFT WINDOWS ONTO LINUX AND >> MACINTOSH! If somebody wants me to give a run-down on how bad >> it is in your monthly meetings let me know an

Fwd: [Krebs on Security] New Comment On: Using Windows for a Day Cost Mac User $100,000

2010-06-09 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
All: When I said I am swamped, I MEAN IT! Five years ago the Microsoft Windows malware situation looked like this (the water is the malware): http://www.SecureMecca.com/WallPaper/MonetPond.jpg Now it looks like this: http://www.SecureMecca.com/WallPaper/LoangoParkFlood.jpg The stick is a Maci

Re: Printer & gnash vs. Flash

2010-06-09 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/09/2010 07:52 PM, Richard Esplin wrote: > #1 > Try hp-setup > > #2 > Enable the multiverse repository, and then run: > flashplugin-installer > > Richard > > On Wednesday, June 09, 2010 13:43:19 Henry Hertz Hobbit > wrote: >> All: >>

Printer & gnash vs. Flash

2010-06-09 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
on't know where they are going but I don't want to go there. When Fedora 3 could detect my old monitor (now dead) and versions 10, 11, and 12 couldn't they are going in the wrong direction. Sorry for being so long-winded Henry Hertz Hobbit (legal name David Alexander Harvey) PS I k