Re: Problem with PLUG Website

2007-08-03 Thread JD Austin
Hey Phil! - Great to see you on Plug! I took your M$ Access class... You're a good teacher :) I'm glad you're still teaching Linux classes. I dream of a day when I could take a class like CIS105 and use Open Office; currently it's a 'how to use a very specific version of M$ Office class' :( Pretty

handheld scanners

2007-08-03 Thread Nathan Aubrey
I am looking for a handheld scanner that works in linux. I have a catalog system with barcodes and I want to be able to scan the barcode and have the computer read the number associated with it. Does anyone use anything like this? Any help appreciated! Nathan -- 01001010 01100101

Re: lessing pdfs

2007-08-03 Thread Alan Dayley
der.hans wrote: moin moin, I wanted to look at the binary content for a pdf, so I lessed it. I got the text of the pdf. Hmm, type $file.pdf claimed it's pdf. cat $file.pdf | less showed it to be pdf. Apparently less can now produce the text from pdf files :). I verified this works on

Re: lessing pdfs

2007-08-03 Thread Scott (angrykeyboarder)
der.hans spake thusly on 208112408 :: moin moin, I wanted to look at the binary content for a pdf, so I lessed it. I got the text of the pdf. Hmm, type $file.pdf claimed it's pdf. cat $file.pdf | less showed it to be pdf. Apparently less can now produce the text from pdf files :). I

Re: OT (Somewhat): Computer repair/service recommendations in Phoenix?

2007-08-03 Thread Scott (angrykeyboarder)
UPDATE: I may have found someone to help me out. Provided we can coordinate our schedules. If not, I'll just take it to RedSeven. -- Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com ©2007 angrykeyboarder™ Elmer Fudd. All Wites Wesewved ---

Re: lessing pdfs

2007-08-03 Thread Matt Graham
On Friday 03 August 2007 14:43, after a long battle with technology, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote: der.hans spake thusly on 208112408 :: Apparently less can now produce the text from pdf files :). Technically, it's not less, but lesspipe.sh. This bit me once on a system where LESSOPEN

Re: OT (Somewhat): Computer repair/service recommendations in Phoenix?

2007-08-03 Thread Matt Graham
On Friday 03 August 2007 14:35, after a long battle with technology, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote: I may have found someone to help me out. Provided we can coordinate our schedules. Yes. Next week... Monday probably won't work. Tuesday or Wednesday evening, though, should work OK. There

OT Job Posting Unix Engineer, Night Shift position...

2007-08-03 Thread JT Moree
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just passing this on: ___ From: Lisa Gootman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:** Unix Engineer, Night Shift position... Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:55:51 -0700 Hi

Re: handheld scanners

2007-08-03 Thread Alan Dayley
Nathan Aubrey wrote: I am looking for a handheld scanner that works in linux. I have a catalog system with barcodes and I want to be able to scan the barcode and have the computer read the number associated with it. Does anyone use anything like this? Any help appreciated! Many bar code

Re: handheld scanners

2007-08-03 Thread Mark Jarvis
I just checked I have a CueCat that I never got around to tossing. If you'd like it, contact me off line. I've seen posts (but don't remember where) with pointers to sites with hacks. -mj- Matt Graham wrote: On Friday 03 August 2007 10:16, after a long battle with technology, Nathan

Is this feasible?

2007-08-03 Thread Josef Lowder
. While the PLUG forum and archives are both tremendously valuable, I have often wondered if there might be some way to perhaps make it a little more efficient in the way messages are presented. Many years ago (before the Internet), I hosted a BBS message board for computer users that used a very

Re: Is this feasible?

2007-08-03 Thread Kevin Brown
Before: http://www.upquick.com/temp/plug1 After:http://www.upquick.com/temp/plug2 Does this alternate approach seem feasible and worth considering? The problem with stripping out the redundancy is the loss of who is replying to whom and under what context. Threads on message boards