Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Ben Francom
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Joshua Zeidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > any other keyboard connaisseurs here? I know you're out there. At work, our programmer turned me onto the "Goldtouch Adjustable Keyboard," which is split down the middle. I was having severe carpal tunnel pains, and

Re: encryption again

2008-11-21 Thread GK
There are many levels of encryption. I would suggest using fuse/encfs to make and expandable, hidden container in your /home directory. That way not everything that is in your home has to be encrypted only those things that are deemed necessary. This method is fast and is supported inside the ke

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread Ryan Rix
On Fri November 21 2008 11:24:20 am Stephen wrote: >. (i read this of an Ubuntu site someplace but > was to lazy to find it again) Wikipedia has some good info on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ubuntu_releases Tells what is in each release, tells what the version number mean, etc --

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Joe Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the keyboard is anything like the original DiNovo ( > http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/images/logitech_dinovo_media_desktop.gif) > then I can recommend it highly. I own 2 of the original ones and absolutely > love them

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Charles Jones
Joe Fleming wrote: If the keyboard is anything like the original DiNovo (http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/images/logitech_dinovo_media_desktop.gif) then I can recommend it highly. I own 2 of the original ones and absolutely love them though the spacebar on the one is kind of flaking out (aft

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Joe Fleming
If the keyboard is anything like the original DiNovo (http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/images/logitech_dinovo_media_desktop.gif) then I can recommend it highly. I own 2 of the original ones and absolutely love them though the spacebar on the one is kind of flaking out (after 2 years of daily

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Stephen
I am. technically, but i have recently gotten into the Logictech Wave keyboard, its pretty nice, has the tactile feel of a muted "clicky" keyboard but it remains quiet so that you don't"CLICKY CLICKY" your spouse into throwing things at you when they are sleeping next to you. I have also really li

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Thanks Joe! any other keyboard connaisseurs here? I know you're out there. also looking at the DiNovo Edge: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-967685-0403-diNovo-Edge/dp/B000J43HJ8 -jmz On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Joe Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They've gotten some pretty g

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread Stephen
Actually if you look at the Revision number the first digit represent year, second digit (after period is the Month so 8.04 is April of 2008 5.04 is April of 2005. (i read this of an Ubuntu site someplace but was to lazy to find it again) On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL

RE: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread Lisa Kachold
The USB key is loaded by Microsoft when inserted, and will happily run any autorun "utilities" copied to it. Loading a USB key can and does propigate these Microsoft viri: 1) worms 2) trojans 3) autorun trojans boot sector attacks Windows suggests that user's disable the autorun features: ht

Re: Hallmark E cards attack

2008-11-21 Thread Mark Phillips
I have been watching this thread with some interest. All my mail goes through gmail, and I have not received one of these..so now watch me get hundreds! ;-) Mark On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I got 3 of the ECard hacks: > > > http://www.hallmark.

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread Ryan Rix
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/20/pentagon-cyber-siege-unprecedente > d-attack/ > >... it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external >hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVD's.

Re: Hallmark E cards attack

2008-11-21 Thread Ryan Rix
Hi, I use AVAST BART cd for my recovery. It's not a full XP live cd, only boots to a minimal 98 or so install, no start menu or anything; it provides a cmd prompt with check disk and such, and AVAST AV, and some other disk utils, including a registry editor. Of course it's neither free nor Free..

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first Ubuntu I ran was 5.04 They come out every 6 months. You do the math, my fingers are busy with the keyboard...:) ET mike havens writes: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> (compare that to last 5 years of your favorite Ubuntu

Re: Is anybody having display issues with the latest Kubuntu ?

2008-11-21 Thread Dazed_75
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Vaughn Treude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> At first I thought: "well... Those #$&% Nvidia drivers..." >> But then I saw it happening with ATI boards. >> Anecdotally I can say that I have seen it happening in just about each and >> every

Re: Das Keyboard

2008-11-21 Thread Joe Fleming
They've gotten some pretty great reviews, but they're still basically just an IBM Model M clone. With a little effort on your part and a little searching for a used Model M, you could build your own on the cheap. http://lifehacker.com/5060618/diy-das-keyboard-swanky-stealth-on-the-cheap I've

Re: Is anybody having display issues with the latest Kubuntu ?

2008-11-21 Thread Stephen
I have not seen this with the standard Ubuntu 8.10 install wubi or Clean. with the noteable excepion of when i was dealing with a game under wine. but i know thats more wine related. see if compiz is running and if so turn it off. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Vaughn Treude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread Stephen
The irony in this to me that the government helped create Unix and moved away from it to MicroSoft. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.pho

Re: Is anybody having display issues with the latest Kubuntu ?

2008-11-21 Thread Vaughn Treude
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At first I thought: "well... Those #$&% Nvidia drivers..." > But then I saw it happening with ATI boards. > Anecdotally I can say that I have seen it happening in just about each and > everyone of the 15-something computers (desktops and laptops) that I have > install

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread mike havens
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (compare that to last 5 years of your favorite Ubuntu flavor) Has Ubuntu been around five years already? I remember when I first heard of it and at the next PLUG east side meeting Dennis had a bunch of copies. :-

Re: OT: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack

2008-11-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> The real problem is that nobody wants to trust something that you get >> for free. There's a certain irrational sense of security to be had by >> paying for something rather than downloading it from the internet. I can (sorta anyway) understand that... What BLOWS mi mind, is that there is a