Re: ot - boric acid and cockroaches

2015-06-04 Thread Stephen Partington
You can encourage ants to pack up and move by giving them Corn Meal. Basically they take it back to the nest, and then it moulders instead of feeding the fungus that is their real food. as they have no food left they pack it up and go away. On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Michael Havens wrote:

Re: primewire blocked

2015-06-06 Thread Stephen Partington
https://torrentfreak.com/vodly-to-primewire-ag-letmewatchthis-1channel-is-a-streaming-fiasco-130815/ They are a video/music streaming site... big mess... looks like a stay clear is a good policy. also explains why it is blocked. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Matt Birkholz wrote: > > From: Mi

Re: Fan-fic site

2015-06-07 Thread Stephen Partington
I will second wordpress, It is pretty much designed for written content management. and its plugins allow you to do other strange and interesting things. On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > If you are going to write reviews WordPress would work just fine with the > addition of a

Re: Fan-fic site

2015-06-07 Thread Stephen Partington
cs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ see First Steps. > A very strong and helpful community. > > Have fun! > > Mark > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> I will second wordpress, It is pretty much designed for written content >> manage

Re: Fan-fic site

2015-06-08 Thread Stephen Partington
; > Mark > On Jun 7, 2015 8:58 PM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > >> I know it is not likely django's fault but my last experience with it was >> awful... >> >> On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Mark Phillips >> wrote: >> >>> Just to be

Re: OT : Using gmail

2015-06-09 Thread Stephen Partington
I use google apps at work, as well as gmail for personal use. It has a ton of solid features. i really like them. i also like that android and chrome can be set up to keep multiple google profiles and keep them separate. Let me know if you have specifc questions. my biggest suggestion is to use ch

Re: OT : Using gmail

2015-06-09 Thread Stephen Partington
I think you can do a 30 day trial and use your provider to point domain traffic at them without switch fully for 30 days. And it gives you every feature that you would have with gmail/Google at your business domain. On Jun 9, 2015 8:06 PM, "Keith Smith" wrote: > On 2015-06-09 1

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-11 Thread Stephen Partington
Have you tried weyland yet to see if it is any improvement? I think fedora has a build running weyland. (memory is fuzzy on this one.) On Jun 11, 2015 5:20 PM, "Michael Butash" wrote: > So this seems to be a big problem for me, in that it simply refuses to > open new apps, and find this happens m

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-12 Thread Stephen Partington
I have almost given up on ATI, if i want just multiple screens i would look into the Quadro NVS cards. Such as the NVS 510 or the K1200. They may be very proprietary to get running, but my success with Nvidia cards in both linux and windows really makes it worthwhile. These cards will only do a sin

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-12 Thread Stephen Partington
tcher for cheating some other person with a > last-second bid. > > Thanks as always for the input Stephen. > > -mb > > > On 06/12/2015 03:20 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > I have almost given up on ATI, if i want just multiple screens i would > look into the Qu

Re: Fan-fic site

2015-06-13 Thread Stephen Partington
d pre-requisites) A dead tree book on WordPress Eclipse or whatever IDE you develop PHP in (maybe) A web authoring program. Feedback is much appreciated. On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:16 PM Stephen Partington wrote: > I am more suspect of the experience than Django as a whole. Mainly because

Re: OT: Laptop Disposal

2015-06-13 Thread Stephen Partington
There are some similar parts between the 610 and the 620 On Jun 13, 2015 5:45 PM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > I wonder if it would work on a Dell D620? I have one of those that works > (I think) but the screen is dead. > > Or, perhaps we are both in need of a donation drop for laptops? ;) > > Mark >

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-13 Thread Stephen Partington
(hark! > yet another COD windoze game came out with broken dx rendering, support!), > it might be worth the price, but the childish/broken website from nvidia > makes me loathe to want to invest there either, figuring I'll see the same > brokenness I see with amd. > > -mb > >

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-14 Thread Stephen Partington
, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > I think their consumer cards and quadros are limited to 2 displays. And > the nvs line is built for 4. Now depending on what your system has > available you could go with 3 cheaper desktop cards and run them that way. > Makes me wonder if Matrox

Re: xorg: Maximum number of clients reached

2015-06-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Now this is interesting. It looks like they tuned the FB from a few angles in Linux. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nvidia-352-21-Linux-Video-Driver-Is-a-Massive-Update-484392.shtml On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Yeah, I've run into that first, I blew out/increased

Re: Games....

2015-06-18 Thread Stephen Partington
http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/ a fast start. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I am not a gamer but I was wondering how the selection of games is in > recent times. It is strange, they don't seem to advertise for games any > longer. But then again I don't wa

Re: OT: boric acid and foot fungus

2015-06-21 Thread Stephen Partington
Gah, thats awful. On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:07 AM, George Toft wrote: > A post I made on this list in 2007 was taken out of context and used > against me in a lawsuit by my ex-business partner. Now you know why I took > a several year hiatus. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > > On 6/9/2015 3:07

Re: OT - sort of

2015-06-23 Thread Stephen Partington
Evo850 by Samsung is the winner for me. They are fast. Cheap. And come with a 5 year warranty. On Jun 23, 2015 12:11 PM, "Lyle Tuttle" wrote: > OK, the hard drive on my windows box is getting old, and every now and > then during startup, I hear a short burst of "chattering"..no such > proble

Re: switching between tabs

2015-06-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Ctrl Tab works for me. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I can not remember the key combination to switch between tabs. What is it? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >

Re: New controller card

2015-06-28 Thread Stephen Partington
I have not seen this combination before. I have seen headers that will export a Satan connection to e-sata. And USB3 cards. But both sepereate especially when power is involved. On Jun 27, 2015 9:28 PM, "Steve B" wrote: > Can anyone direct me to a PCIe controller card that has an eSATA and USB 3

Re: Laptop teardown

2015-07-03 Thread Stephen Partington
I know on amazon right now you can find 15 based Dell Lattitude E5420's for 200-250 with 4GB ram. they are refurbished but its a pretty smokin deal for a laptop that is easier to work on than your average consumer use laptop. On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > to get my key

Re: A question regarding LAG/Ping on game servers.

2015-07-03 Thread Stephen Partington
Mostly it's in how they are making cheaper gigabit ethernet. On Jul 3, 2015 4:40 PM, "Wayne D" wrote: > I have a question regarding ping times in game servers: > > > I've noticed when playing several online games that ping times go up as > more players connect. > I also run a small game server he

Re: Self signed cert for multiple websites

2015-07-04 Thread Stephen Partington
As long as the "domain" remains the same the same cert should work. Once that changes you will need a new cert. On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 6:04 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I've configured a VM using VirtualBox and it is running CentOS 6.6. > > To create the self signed cert I followed 3 steps:

Re: Self signed cert for multiple websites

2015-07-04 Thread Stephen Partington
https://blog.celogeek.com/201209/209/how-to-create-a-self-signed-wildcard-certificate/ On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > On 2015-07-04 07:53, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> As long as the "domain" remains the same the same cert should work. >> Onc

Re: Seeking recommendations for best Linux ultralights

2015-07-05 Thread Stephen Partington
I have really been crushing on the ASUs XenBook's lately. They have an interesting array of them now and most of them are some pretty sexy machines. http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-13-3-Inch-Ultraslim-Aluminum-Available/dp/B00SGS7ZH4 is the cheaper one i have been looking at. they have a more fully

Re: Seeking recommendations for best Linux ultralights

2015-07-05 Thread Stephen Partington
laptop bag > broiling itself, but now I just pay attention and hard power it down > (holding the power for 10sec) if it does. I need to harass dell some, this > is a bios bug it seems. > > It's kinda pricey new ($2200ish), but I never buy new, rather look for > dell outle

Debian running natively on Motorola Xoom Tablet

2015-07-06 Thread Stephen Partington
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138661 thought this might be fun for anyone wanting a project or to simply take an old tablet back into some semblance of useful again. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep

Re: Laptop teardown

2015-07-06 Thread Stephen Partington
t=tm&cm_lm=keith%40netcodeman.com&om_rid=keith%40netcodeman.com&cid=EM%3ALivemail_Browse_Bluecore >> >> Both my wife and I have this laptop. Mine runs Linux Mint and I think I >> am running Virtual Box on it also. Plenty of power and resources for what >> I do - LAMP developmen

Re: Laptop teardown

2015-07-06 Thread Stephen Partington
Jebbers Crabst! thats an awefuly design for maintenance... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMk92LczAE Although the makers of this video might be worth contacting to get an idea of the cost. On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > What exactly are you after? Just a spr

Re: Seeking recommendations for best Linux ultralights

2015-07-07 Thread Stephen Partington
I have been trying to wrap my head around a Chromebook experience with limited success. I would also be interested in hearing about your experience. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > Please post your experience so we can learn from it. > > > > On 2015-07-07 09:16, j...@actionl

Re: OT: Blocking Sites

2015-07-07 Thread Stephen Partington
the fastest solution would be to route the domains via local copy of the hosts file. to say localhost or some place you approve of. then you can look for a more long term solution. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:26 PM, AZ Pete wrote: > All, > > I have two boys who's video gaming on their laptops is

Re: OT: Blocking Sites

2015-07-07 Thread Stephen Partington
I know the ASUS firmware has a schedule based parental control that ties to mac address not just IP. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > if you have a router with either dd-wrt or one of the better commodity > routers, you might be able to input those domains into a block list. yo

Re: Suggested software for a light media box

2015-07-09 Thread Stephen Partington
you could look at this http://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-next-unit-of-computing-desktop-kit-intel-celeron-silver-black/7580007.p?id=1219278233066 I personally use a combination of the fire stick and a chromecast. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven wrote: > Hello all, > > I ran the numbers

Re: mac osX

2015-07-11 Thread Stephen Partington
While applications need a bit of love to work on OSX, the fun thing about open source software you can do just that. The simplest waY to get started I think is mac ports. https://www.macports.org/ On Saturday, July 11, 2015, Michael Havens wrote: > Here is a good question. WHy doesn't their sof

Re: Fedora 22 issues

2015-07-16 Thread Stephen Partington
If the various caches are getting cleared this will cause an issue. If you have any scripts or settings that will clear this you will see this sort of behavior. Note, you can set up last pass separately on each browser (2 accounts). what is clearing this i am not sure. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12

Re: nexus 6 broken screen

2015-07-16 Thread Stephen Partington
If you encrypted the device. Not likely. If you have no encryption you can unlock and flash a bootloader and the push a backup and gain access via usb/add and pull your backup. That's the best i can think of. On Jul 16, 2015 1:55 PM, "der.hans" wrote: > moin moin, > > broke the touchscreen on a

Re: nexus 6 broken screen

2015-07-16 Thread Stephen Partington
HDD with Fedora is painful as well, > though not near as bad as windows. > > > On 2015-07-16 15:35, der.hans wrote: > >> Am 16. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: >> >> moin moin, >> >> it's encrypted :). >> >> At least OEM will ha

Re: nexus 6 broken screen

2015-07-17 Thread Stephen Partington
g me problems > in this particular case. Then again, I'm fairly certain my data is safe. > Nothing of value to anyone else, but still... > > ciao, > > der.hans > > On 2015-07-16 15:35, der.hans wrote: >> >>> Am 16. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so:

Re: cox vs centurylink

2015-07-17 Thread Stephen Partington
I am curious about the difference as well. I have been running Cox services for quite some time as us west was horrible about random new features being added without any consent. This likely has changed but Cox really has provided good service until recently. I am trying to decide if I want to move

Re: cox vs centurylink

2015-07-17 Thread Stephen Partington
Well i have to say in my area Century Link is a horrible amount of fail. 20mb max residential and business is up to 40mb but with only 2mb upload for almost 200 a month. On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:30 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > On 2015-07-17 00:17, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> it would be a

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Stephen Partington
corp for all television, internet, phone, and news in > general. What could go wrong, other than enabling maniacal billionaires to > buy their way into the white house. > > -mb > > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Stephen Partington
> you feel ISPs are screwing you. I think AT&T at the time tried screw over > FaceTime users they all complained and pressured them to back off. There > was no need for a massive overhaul in how the internet was managed. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 25, 2017, at 4:12 PM,

Re: darktable rebooting computer

2017-11-26 Thread Stephen Partington
t; >>>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Brien Dieterle >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> First determine if the card is crashing the computer. Remove the >>>>> card, then try to crash it using stress and glmark and finally darktable &

Re: options to redirect through static IP?

2017-11-26 Thread Stephen Partington
The Git installer from gitlabs runs nginx however aside from port 80 being blocked none of the others are (at least by cox). the documentation has the ports you need. Virus-f

Re: options to redirect through static IP?

2017-11-26 Thread Stephen Partington
Google DNS has a very nice dynamic DNs entry and tool as part of the service. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: darktable rebooting computer

2017-11-26 Thread Stephen Partington
know why but the > ethernet port does not work now. do you want me to remove the card and see > if it crashes it? > > On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Crash with or without the wifi card? >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/si

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-29 Thread Stephen Partington
The late 2012 Mac Mini can take up to 16 GB via sodimm and 2 2.5 in drives. Make one an SSD and get the i7 model you have a capable machine. I am using one as a Linux server and one as a win server. On Nov 29, 2017 8:43 PM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > It is time to upgrade my daughter's 2009 Macboo

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
Getting a machine with a Spinning Disk is an easy upgrade to SSD for less than the apple price difference. On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:49 PM, David Schwartz wrote: > I’ve been using Macs regularly since I got a 27” iMac back in 2006. > > I’ve had a few Mac Minis, and both them and the old white i

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
and it has > no gpu and no pro had a gpu as an available option. > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > > Getting a machine with a Spinning Disk is an easy upgrade to SSD for less > than the apple price difference. > > On Wed, Nov 29

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
A more technical question - am I correct is assuming she needs 16 GB of > RAM and a quad core i7 processor to edit 60 minutes of video footage? Or, > is this over kill? > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> T

Re: OT: Mac Mini obsolescent? When next release?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
well if you are looking to maintain portability you can look at the Intel NUC. but really this relies entirely on what your budget is. Looking at your existing application Digital Performer installs on Windows or OSX, also you can look into the Hackintosh. there are some build guides out there tha

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
snipping "The line is becoming heavily blurred between RAM, disk cache, and disk storage. Over time, the cache and disk speed will become so well-tuned that it will just look like a single huge chunk of static RAM." Intel has REALLY blurred this line with their optane drives. near RAM like perfor

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
Yeah. The cost for me to do that is insane. On Nov 30, 2017 5:43 PM, "Eric Oyen" wrote: > I believe I did some recent calculations along those lines. > > btw, a standard video stream (1080p) uses just under 750 KB/s and if left > on 24/7 would exceed that cap about 22 days into the month. Now,

Re: darktable rebooting computer

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
>> >>>>> Other things to try: >>>>> Bios settings. Reset to factory recommended defaults, adjust >>>>> voltages, underclock, ram timings, etc etc. Not suggesting you do these >>>>> all at once- one at a time. >>>>&g

Re: Dtmf over rj45

2017-12-01 Thread Stephen Partington
Are you talking about embedding this sort of functional noise into a line being used by ethernet? and yes most quality switches would try to clean up the noise in order to secure the data unless it just created enough of an interruption to just disrupt the connection as a whole. RJ45 is a socket t

Re: Dtmf over rj45

2017-12-01 Thread Stephen Partington
ec 1, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Steve is right you can use RJ45 to transmit. The signal but Ethernet > switch are expecting Ethernet frames. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:18 AM, Steph

Re: OT: Need help unlocking phone ...

2017-12-06 Thread Stephen Partington
Well, that is going to be challenging. samsung has taken some pretty noteworthy steps to prevent that from being unlockable. however, if she has the power of attorney she can maybe hit up the carrier and get access to some of the contacts. also being android there is a HUGE chance the contacts are

RE: OT: Need help unlocking phone ...

2017-12-06 Thread Stephen Partington
> code) and you’ll have the contacts. > > > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Stephen Partington > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 06, 2017 8:43 AM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: OT: Need

Re: OT: Need help unlocking phone ...

2017-12-06 Thread Stephen Partington
yep. this last part is something that is somewhat important. and in some ways more important than a will for your immediate loved ones. On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:17 AM, wrote: >> >>> My wife has a friend who is dying of cancer >>> and has for

Re: Good Cheap PC to play MP3s and MP4 video? (Was: OT Mac Mini obsolescent?)

2017-12-06 Thread Stephen Partington
gt; >> Is there still a Linux systems store in the Valley? Should I just put >> together a box with parts from Fry’s or the Web? >> >> Hey, is there someone out there who would like to give me a quote for an >> assembled box? (I have kb, monitor and mouse.) >> &g

Re: Trust Recycled Desktops? (Was: Good Cheap PC < Was: OT Mac Mini obsolescent?)

2017-12-06 Thread Stephen Partington
have to >> worry about it for 5 to 10 years. I’d want all parts to be brand new, or >> almost. >> >> Is there still a Linux systems store in the Valley? Should I just put >> together a box with parts from Fry’s or the Web? >> >> Hey, is there someone out th

Re: VPN recommendations, again

2017-12-08 Thread Stephen Partington
In all of my looking and testing Nord, Mullvad, Cyber ghost and private internet access all stand out in multiple top 5/top 10 lists and the reasons cited are pretty solid. On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:24 AM, Victor Odhner wrote: > *I’m due to renew my subscription to Hotspot Shield as my VPN provi

Re: Good Cheap PC to play MP3s and MP4 video? (Was: OT Mac Mini obsolescent?)

2017-12-08 Thread Stephen Partington
n’t have to > worry about it for 5 to 10 years. I’d want all parts to be brand new, or > almost. > > Is there still a Linux systems store in the Valley? Should I just put > together a box with parts from Fry’s or the Web? > > Hey, is there someone out there who would like to give me

Re: Your thoughts on ISPConfig

2017-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington
ISPconfig was REALLY well documented. And I liked it. but I haven't used Plesk so I have no comparison. I do like it more than Cpanel. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: Hardening WIFI

2017-12-11 Thread Stephen Partington
this really is about all that's left in our current wifi protocols now. On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Ed wrote: > If you want security and Wifi, do the security outside the context of > Wifi - like, require all Wifi traffic to be done through a vpn. > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Carru

Re: Need: 2GB PC 4200 DDR2 533MHz

2017-12-12 Thread Stephen Partington
When I get home I will see what I have. On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Nathan O'Brennan wrote: > > I'm trying to breathe some last breaths into an old computer my kids use. > It has 4 slots which are currently occupied by 1 GB DIMMS. I searched a > bunch of Dell forums and some people were abl

Re: Need: 2GB PC 4200 DDR2 533MHz

2017-12-12 Thread Stephen Partington
Also make sure your chipset will carry over the 64 bit instructions. I have run into a few that even with a 64 bit cpu they didn't carry it through. Virus-free. www.avast.co

Re: Youtube TV

2017-12-14 Thread Stephen Partington
Google still sells hardware directly. Just have to open up the "devices" part of the play store. On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:25 PM, Carl Parrish wrote: > The original? I think I got it from google play when you could still buy > hardware there. > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 8:10 PM Michael wrote: >

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Stephen Partington
ususally a mix of both. I know I attended one at a Sr living center that had a bunch of people from the area interested in swapping their degrading XP install for something that does the job with less fuss. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:09 AM, wrote: > > Interesting... is this 10 - 25 new Linux use

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Stephen Partington
So many reasons to mod a router. I just gave up and bought one that had a business class Os on it. (ubiquity networks Edgerouter lite) On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > Sounds cool! The router mods sound very interesting. What edge case would > someone need to mod a router

Re: apt

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
try just run 'apt --fix-broken' Also do not use apt-get but instead use apt. On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Michael wrote: > sudo apt-get install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install'

Re: apt

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
I would try removing those files specifically and re-run your updates. On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Michael wrote: > $ sudo apt-get --fix-broken install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The fol

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
wow. I haven't had anything like that happen. But i have not dealt with their business side much. and I tend to be very self-sufficient. On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:21 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 18. Nov, 2017 schwätzte Eric Oyen so: > > moin moin, > > does Cox Business still want a one year cancell

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
h joy! they would make you have to adapt to a new technology. >>> >>> -eric >>> from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, You can't get there >>> from >>> here Dept. >>> >>> On Nov 19, 2017, at 6:59 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
i love mine, in my area its fiber. so i have 1g/1g and average about 850 to 900 On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:37 PM, kelly stephenson wrote: > I've had gigablast for a week or so. Uses existing cable lines. I get > 850 down and 35 up > . Seems to work pretty good. > > On Nov 17, 2017 12:13 PM, "J

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
my > hosts, minus multicast propagation (damn mdns address restrictions). > > I love this service, and recently noticed they have a hardware offering on > kickstarter even. > > -mb > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> M

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> the only thing I care about for HTTP at all is my Synology letsencypt >> cert call requires 80, and only 80. >> >> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Michael Butash >> wrote: >> >>

Re: apt

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
shouldn't "sudo apt-get --fix-broken ufraw ufraw-batch-" still have the install to resemble sudo apt-get --fix-broken install ufraw ufraw-batch- On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Michael wrote: > $ sudo apt-get --fix-broken ufraw ufraw-batch- > E: Command line option --fix-broken is not understo

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-15 Thread Stephen Partington
r that if a necessity. It was just > easier to put stuff like that out on a cheap instance somewhere I used > occasionally than fight cox anyways. > > -mb > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> the only thing I care about for HTTP at al

Re: Anyone here run their own email server for personal use?

2017-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
I set up and had a partially working Zimbra server and was really keen on getting that to work. but the SMTP blocking except for business accounts was a mess. And the home office/business options in my area are ridiculous. On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Aaron Jones wrote: > I like my mailina

Re: Anyone here run their own email server for personal use?

2017-12-17 Thread Stephen Partington
Roundcube might be what you want. Zimbra I think does that. There is one more that I cannot recall. On Dec 16, 2017 6:23 PM, "Steven" wrote: > On the subject of self-hosting your own email server, do any of the > self-hosting webmail options offer gmail style tagging? > > On 12/16/2017 09:24 AM,

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Stephen Partington
I have done this for myself before. But the data I needed was pretty easy to get at. On Dec 20, 2017 12:10 PM, "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > inquiring for a friend. > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Aaron Jones > wrote: > >> Only for crimes generally. W

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Stephen Partington
on the Internet, before blindly using anything. > > Andrew McRobb > Full-time Software Developer > Part-time Freelancer > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> I have done this for myself before. But the data I needed was pretty easy &

Re: Is it safe to dd two drives, if you want to simply transfer data?

2017-12-31 Thread Stephen Partington
clonezilla is a very good idea for this. It does a ton of the dd options automatically for you. On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > I’m late to the party, but if the idea is to take the ‘new’ drive (the dd > destination) and install it in the computer that had the dd source

Re: OT: New Email Home?

2018-01-01 Thread Stephen Partington
Also an idea would be maybe a Google domain hosting and the gapps for your email acct. On Jan 1, 2018 5:24 PM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > Well I have been happy with my Gmail experience and their 2 factor > authentication is pretty nice to work with. > > On Jan 1,

Re: OT: New Email Home?

2018-01-01 Thread Stephen Partington
https://www.bluehost.com/products/shared On Jan 1, 2018 5:49 PM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > Also an idea would be maybe a Google domain hosting and the gapps for your > email acct. > > On Jan 1, 2018 5:24 PM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > >> Well I

Re: OT: New Email Home?

2018-01-01 Thread Stephen Partington
Well I have been happy with my Gmail experience and their 2 factor authentication is pretty nice to work with. On Jan 1, 2018 5:22 PM, "Victor Odhner" wrote: > I want to open a new email account, using a good solid provider with > decent security. My requirements aren’t paranoid, but I don’t wan

Re: Weird Chrome and Gmail Interaction

2018-01-03 Thread Stephen Partington
Are you logged in to Chrome as either of the accounts? Are you trying to connect to both at the same time? Have you tried making other browsing users to separate accounts? On Jan 3, 2018 6:56 PM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > I normally use chrome to access my gmail accounts. I let Ubuntu keep > chro

Re: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

2018-01-05 Thread Stephen Partington
It is certainly a deciding factor in my desire to move to AMD on my CPU rollout. On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:39 AM, wrote: > > I think they have a moral obligation to destroy all effected chips that > are in the pipeline. Dell and others need to stop sales and not continue > selling until the CPU

Re: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

2018-01-05 Thread Stephen Partington
, der.hans wrote: > Am 05. Jan, 2018 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: > > It is certainly a deciding factor in my desire to move to AMD on my CPU >> rollout. >> > > Trying to imagine a car salesperson knowing which CPUs are in a particular > model and utterfly failing. &g

Re: Cyrix

2018-01-05 Thread Stephen Partington
Cyrix had some very innovative tech in them putting them on part with AMD and Intel for certain things. but they went under in 1997, and their assets went to AMD and VIA On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 12:55 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > I seem to recall in the early 90's Cyrix chips were less expensive that >

Re: Y2K was real: was Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

2018-01-06 Thread Stephen Partington
The big difference is that was mostly resolved via software. Intel issue is much harder. On Jan 5, 2018 11:48 PM, "Steve Litt" wrote: > On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:27:38 -0700 > Eric Oyen wrote: > > > oh boy. This sounds like another Y2K problem, only this one has some > > reality about it and real

Re: Meltdown and Spectre - What to do about it

2018-01-09 Thread Stephen Partington
https://www.itwire.com/security/81338-handling-of-cpu-bug-disclosure-incredibly-bad-openbsd-s-de-raadt.html On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I would be leery of conspiracy theories in relation to the stock market > and tech stocks. Lots of people are taking profits from the

Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

2018-01-10 Thread Stephen Partington
ARM is releasing some Server Grade processors. Will be interesting to see what their impact is. especially after this latest fubar. That is 2 big fubars by intel in one year On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Victor Odhner wrote: > This is just another result of monoculture. When Apple gave

Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

2018-01-11 Thread Stephen Partington
Something to consider is the the meltdown and spectre flaws are entirely seperate than the management engine. Which has known vulnerabilities. On Jan 11, 2018 8:41 AM, wrote: > > > While this article may not be factual, it is completely within the realm > of possibilities. This is a huge problem

LVMCache Google Slide deck Link

2018-01-11 Thread Stephen Partington
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O4GParMvzSODGh2e4yduAOmp7GMW-xSNuoatcvM5Df4/edit?usp=sharing -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --

Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

2018-01-11 Thread Stephen Partington
Yes. There were a couple of details I wanted but was not finding. Thank you. On Jan 11, 2018 7:24 PM, "Aaron Jones" wrote: Thanks Joe. You should blog an article about this cuz that was the best explanation for the issue I have read so far. > On Jan 11, 2018, at 6:42 PM, Joseph Sinclair wrote

Re: OT: How to set up an android tablet without a Google account?

2018-01-18 Thread Stephen Partington
F-droid is your best bet. I also would suggest maybe lineageOS to bring it much more current than stock. If desired you won't even have Google apps or the Google play store. On Jan 18, 2018 8:41 PM, wrote: How can I set up an android tablet (Nexus7) with a couple of apps installed but without be

Re: OT: How to set up an android tablet without a Google account?

2018-01-19 Thread Stephen Partington
r account, but they might have left "delete > account" out of the interface. > > How can I set up an android tablet (Nexus7) with >>> a couple of apps installed but without being on >>> a Google account? >>> >> > Don't set one up in the fi

Re: Trent's projects

2018-01-21 Thread Stephen Partington
I see value in both. For me the passion/talent comes when someone thinks to write something to do something that they want done. Opposed to just looking for someone or something to do it for you. On Jan 21, 2018 8:43 AM, wrote: > I'm intrigued by your comments that one needs a computer science >

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