repair facilities

2014-04-28 Thread Robert Holtzman
I may have asked this before. If so, I can't find the answer. Now that red7 has gone away, does anyone have an insight into quality repair facilities in the valley. -- Bob Holtzman Our company's mission is to enable data-stream synergies with confluent bullshit mining,

Re: Larry Thiel passed away this morning ...

2014-03-21 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 03:37:38PM -0700, der.hans wrote: moin moin, with great sadness we report that Larry ( Dazed_75 ) died this morning. He went quietly in his sleep today after a couple of unresponsive days in hospice. Larry was a great friend to PLUG and several other

Re: Mail Server SMTP Relay

2014-03-15 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:01:45AM -0700, Derek Trotter wrote: Am I the only one that got 4 copies of this? What can cause multiple copies of a message to show up when the sender only sent one? No, you're not. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to

Re: best mail client for kubuntu

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 06:01:28PM -0700, keith smith wrote: Hi,  I am using Thunderbird on my M$ box and it does ok.  I was wondering what mail client I might want to use on my Kubuntu box. Do you absolutely need a GUI mail client? If not, I like and use Mutt and sometimes Alpine.

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:48:56AM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: I'm curious to see if it's as broken as ubuntu seems to be these days - feedback from adopters here appreciated. I spent 3 days last week trying to get ubuntu working with 13.10 on a fresh install, and since they're forcing use

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 06:22:08PM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: An Asus UX51Vz - no legacy boot option at all, pure EFI/GPT sadly. Holy crap. I didn't know those were out there. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove

Re:

2013-11-28 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 08:28:45AM -0800, keith smith wrote: I've had good luck with HP laptops.  I saw this guy : http://weeklyad.staples.com/StaplesSD/LandingPage?storeid=2278539#!/store/2278539/promotion/Staples-131128BF And just could not pass up such a good deal.  When I get it

Re: what I just did

2013-10-21 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 06:51:33PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: Except that vacuuming with an appliance not MADE to be anti-static can be harmful to sensitive electronic components. Any way to tell, other than contacting the mfgr and receiving misleading, self serving answers? -- Bob Holtzman Your

Re: what I just did

2013-10-20 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:15:48PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: Well, I just bought a hand compressed air thingb (so I do not have to constantly buy compressed air) and I turned off the tv computer, took the lid off, and squeezed my goodness, a cloud of dust erupted. I do not think it had

Re: Sandisk flash drive quality

2013-10-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 01:26:24PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: I'd like an opinion on Sandisk flash drive quality. Best Buy has a sale on them. Thanks to John and Daniel for their replies. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Sandisk flash drive quality

2013-10-10 Thread Robert Holtzman
I'd like an opinion on Sandisk flash drive quality. Best Buy has a sale on them. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: replacement for red 7?

2013-09-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:37:37AM -0700, Adam McCullough wrote: Almost every error, crash, problem, or compile problem I've come across has had at least some discussion of it, often including a solution. If not, you're already on the plug mailing list, so you have a wealth of people here

Re: replacement for red 7?

2013-09-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 07:45:16PM -0700, eric oyen wrote: well, If you can save off the windows partition to a backup, you can then wipe the drive, put Ubuntu on there and then use either vmware or virtual box to house the windows backup as a guest OS. I have done this many a time with

Re: replacement for red 7?

2013-09-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 07:10:36PM -0700, Joe Zagar wrote: On 9/25/2013 5:40 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: Now that red is no more, does anyone know of a reliable place to get some work on a laptop done. My step daughter has a toshiba satellite that has W8 which she despises. She wants

Re: replacement for red 7?

2013-09-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:15:20PM -0700, Adam McCullough wrote: Uh, why has no one mentioned the blindingly obvious, here: Google + Newegg. And/or Fry's Electronics, depending on your deadline. That's what I started with, and it took me from What's an ISO? to making a very nice income

replacement for red 7?

2013-09-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
Now that red is no more, does anyone know of a reliable place to get some work on a laptop done. My step daughter has a toshiba satellite that has W8 which she despises. She wants it removed and W7 loaded. I'm slowly but surely steering her to linux. Once has W7 she'll have microsoft's version

Re: openbox configuration

2013-07-28 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:32:40PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: Anyone on the list familiar with openbox DE? I'm having problems configuring keyboard shortcuts. The openbox list appears to be aimed at devs. I know what file to edit (.configure/openbox/rc.xml) but can't get anything to work

Re: Ubuntu – Win 7 Dual Boot

2013-07-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 07:56:59AM -0700, Matt Graham wrote: .snip. So: If you're paranoid, make backups of all the partitions. Then delete sda3 and sda4 and create a new sda3 which covers everything from the end of sda2 to the end of the disk. Tell your distro's

openbox configuration

2013-07-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
Anyone on the list familiar with openbox DE? I'm having problems configuring keyboard shortcuts. The openbox list appears to be aimed at devs. I know what file to edit (.configure/openbox/rc.xml) but can't get anything to work, including examples pasted in from the internet. Running Debian Wheezy

Re: sudoers mistake

2013-07-05 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 04:48:42PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: regardless, how do I fix sudoers? By deleting the sudoers file and renaming the sudoers.bak file to sudoers. Uh, you *did* make a backup of the sudoers file...didn't you? -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch,

Re: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?

2013-07-02 Thread Robert Holtzman
Writing my reps didn't accomplish much during TARP. Finding ways to not participate in or support policies you oppose in your daily life is probably the most effective form of activism. Good luck opting out of Prism, etc. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the

Re: OT: NSA story keeps getting bigger...

2013-06-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 06:59:41PM -0700, keith smith wrote: Look at the beginning of the email The citation is there. There is no citation in the beginning of the email. See the requote below. The only explanation I can think of is you wrote Gov meaning Government and I read it as Governor

Re: OT: NSA story keeps getting bigger...

2013-06-10 Thread Robert Holtzman
line on the left.  Insist on paying cash...  Chas is a Constitutional form of payment.  The problem is not that the Government is looking for bad people it is all the false positives.  Keith Smith --- On Sun, 6/9/13, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net

Re: OT: NSA story keeps getting bigger...

2013-06-10 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 01:59:06PM -0700, keith smith wrote: Are you saying we should be more progressive?  More Gov, More Taxes, More Redistribution of Wealth, No Big Gulps, type of country? Don't read more into my post than is there. If you notice, the point I was making from the quote

Re: OT: NSA story keeps getting bigger...

2013-06-09 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:16:47AM -0700, keith smith wrote: The letter was titled communities against terrorism and was handed out to surplus stores in the Denver area.  http://www.wnd.com/2011/08/332925/  Scroll down half way and you will see an image of the letter. Notice the second

Re: OT: NSA story keeps getting bigger...

2013-06-07 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 07:21:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote: The Federal Government is not going to go quietly.  The Gov may get to the point of stopping you from checking out of their game. Did you know a judge ruled you cannot eat anything you grow without the Gov's permission? If

Re: Are Social Networking Sites Reducing Activity on This List?

2013-05-02 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 01:43:38PM -0700, Brian Cluff wrote: You can always read the archive of the plug-discuss list. It works a heck of a lot like a forum. Check it out at: http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/list/plug-discuss.en.html It's also got a really fast search engine in it for

Re: mail from root

2013-05-02 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:17:04AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: Robert, Test your mail on the server via command line: sudo sendmail -d yourn...@yourdom.com As root: sendmail -d hol...@cox.net test This returned a bunch of configuration info followed by -- MAIL FROM:hol...@cox.net -- 250

Re: mail from root

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:17:04AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: Robert, Test your mail on the server via command line: sudo sendmail -d yourn...@yourdom.com enter some text. hit . . Use your terminal up/down keys to see if the mail was delivered. Check your mail. Did you get it?

Re: mail from root

2013-04-23 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 01:13:30PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 01:14:24PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: anacron) on the desktop but not on the laptop. If so, then you would not get the daily emails

Re: mail from root

2013-04-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 01:14:24PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:39:04AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: I don't really know enough to give a solid answer. But since you've had no responses, I will ask

Re: mail from root

2013-04-14 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:39:04AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: I don't really know enough to give a solid answer. But since you've had no responses, I will ask why you think the mails on the desktop are FALSE positives and why you think they should be occurring on the laptop as well. The mails on

mail from root

2013-04-12 Thread Robert Holtzman
Tried this on the rkhunter list and got only one reply of marginal usefulness. SoI'll try it here. Running a desktop pc and a Lenovo laptop, both running Debian 6 and rkhunter 1.3.6-4. On the desk top I get daily mail from root showing 2 false positives. On the laptop I get no daily mail.

Re: Guns and Linux

2013-04-01 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 09:23:45PM -0700, Eric Cope wrote: Pretty cool rifle - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/bullseye-from-1000-yards-shooting-the-17000-linux-powered-rifle/ One *big* problem is the variable delay with the trigger. The wind can change from moment to moment. Shooting

Re: Guns and Linux

2013-04-01 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 02:54:19PM -0700, Bob Elzer wrote: Did you guys click on page 2 or page 3 where it explains that it does have wind direction and speed calculator built in. The wind speed and direction at the firing line may or may not (usually not) correspond to what's going on

Re: Questions about Kubuntu 12.04 and its updates

2012-12-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
.snip. On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:35:14PM -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: The best (for me) system I ever had was PCLinuxOS with KDE 3.5 and I still have it on a couple of my systems which I *never* updated and which have remained rock solid. Do you ever go

Re: How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad

2012-12-15 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 01:08:37PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: did you convince her to give Linux a go? Convince? Her? Bwaha. I've been trying for four yrs now. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc

Re: -- SPAM --Re: -- SPAM --Re: all mail marked as spam

2012-12-04 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 06:07:07PM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: Robert, This looks like a cox mail to gmail issue. It could be flagged as spam because either the sending IP or local IP is dynamic (spamassasin flags for that depending on the rulesets of their MTA). While I don't see your

Re: -- SPAM --Re: ot- kindle books

2012-11-30 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:59:43AM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: Nope, don't have access to usenet. Mike, if it's matter of finances, run a search on Eternal September + Usenet. It's a free, text only provider. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the