Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate

2013-05-08 Thread josh
Also 10M a month is a lot different than 1M a year.  Sales! = profit; this will finally be the big push that causes people with no real skills to lose their jobs to robots or to Foreign countries. Not just low/no skill labor. How many developers do you think there are in the US building and maintai

privacy or what

2013-05-15 Thread josh
I am not a tinfoil hat guy but what the tinfoil hats have been saying has been confirmed.http://www.cio.com/article/732922/The_Government_Records_and_Stores_Every_Phone_Call_and_EmailFeds record and store all phone communication and email. Along with google tracking everything everything they can t

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

2013-06-07 Thread josh
Not having been a tinfoil hat guy, I have been changing the way I do some things and deleting various accounts that I don't use or don't trust. Mostly in a reaction to this plus some other things that I've been learning. I'm also wondering if there's a way to become a security/privacy/rights advoc

Re: chrome and passwords

2012-11-26 Thread Josh Coffman
Improved your security ;) maybe there's a keyboard shortcut that turned it off, but sounds like your turned off the remember passwords setting. On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > I did something and all of my saved passwords are gone and it won't save > them. What did I d

ubuntu phone

2013-01-02 Thread Josh Coffman
If you haven't heard, Ubuntu for phone is coming. Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/ Announcement: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cpWHJDLsqTU (Looks like Shuttleworth's Steve Jobs impression. Eve

Re: ubuntu phone

2013-01-02 Thread Josh Coffman
I don't work for or contribute to Ubuntu at all and I don't mind Unity myself. More than just bear it, but maybe less than love it. I like it a whole lot better than Windows 8. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Ted Gould wrote: > ** > On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 19:08 -0700, Brian Cluff wrote: > > at l

Re: OT: router recommendation

2013-01-10 Thread Josh Coffman
It's overpriced and there are cheaper options, but I've been using an Airport Extreme for years and now also an Airport Express. Replaced a Netgear that kept dropping the wireless signal. The Extreme has been completely reliable for years, and this Express has made it possible to work at places wit

Re: OT : DROID DNA by HTC

2013-02-26 Thread Josh Coffman
I have the Rezound, a slightly older HTC device. Although I like it, I would pick a Nexus device next time. They get stock Android, which is pretty good now, and are actually updated. Plus the whole unlocking and flashing a ROM thing is a lot easier. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:44 AM, keith smith

ubuntu vbox guest on mac

2013-03-11 Thread Josh Coffman
w trick to speed up a vbox on mac? Thanks, Josh --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: ubuntu vbox guest on mac

2013-03-12 Thread Josh Coffman
aid. > > -mb > > > > On 03/11/2013 08:00 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> Add memory - also, get some read/write statistics on the SD card. I >> have noticed great lags in SD - not sure if this is due to driver(s) >> youth or ? >> >> >> >>

Re: Safe Instant Messaging

2013-03-15 Thread Josh Coffman
+1 for off-the-record style chat encryption On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Stephen wrote: > I will second this one. We use it internally. > On Mar 15, 2013 3:50 PM, "der.hans" wrote: > >> Am 15. Mar, 2013 schwätzte Nathan England so: >> >> moin moin Nathan, >> >> Look at XMPP ( Jabber and G

Re: How to promote Plug's value - was: Are Social Networks ...

2013-05-03 Thread Josh Coffman
Engaging on social media might be helpful, but I wanted to share that other tech groups in the valley have started talking about reasons attendance and engagement seems to have dropped of across the board in the last year or so. Several of us just had an informal meetup to socialize and discuss the

Re: How to promote Plug's value - was: Are Social Networks ...

2013-05-07 Thread josh coffman
On 5/7/13 12:57 AM, der.hans wrote: Am 03. May, 2013 schwätzte Josh Coffman so: In the case of PLUG, we also have Free Software and Linux in particular, really taking over some consumer markets. Are any of the groups that were involved also Free Software? If so, we'd be glad to help