BfW gamefest today

2009-07-12 Thread der.hans
moin moin, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1208273 The Ubuntu games team is trying to get a weekly gaming night going. Today it's the Battle for Wesnoth. I think the gaming has already started, but it's running until 21:00. You should drop out at 20:00, so you can hop in the ABLEconf

ABLEconf mtg tonight 20:00

2009-07-12 Thread der.hans
moin moin, we have an ABLEconf IRC meeting at 20:00 tonight. http://www.ABLEconf.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page#Meeting_Agendas ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # A t-shirt a day keeps the noose away. - der.hans

Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Ryan Rix
Hi guys, I am going to be a senior in high school next year so it is time for me to start looking at which colleges I would be interested in attending. Basically I am looking to take up a degree in CS, simple and easy. One of the factors I'd like to look into in regards to those colleges I

Re: Google Chrome OS on Linux

2009-07-12 Thread Joshua Zeidner
If this takes off and Google open sources it hardware prices (esp complete PC systems) will plummet. -jmz On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Alan Dayleyala...@consultpros.com wrote: Google announced the concept of a new operating system they are calling Google Chrome OS.

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Joshua Zeidner
If you are serious about the Computer Science discipline, I would recommend ASU. My professor at SUNY taught everything in GNU, but it seemed the attitude changed somewhere around 2000. This coincided with a lot of people hanging around campus in suits and briefcases. Although some may not

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Dorian Monroe
I'd think that most schools with CS programs would allow you to write code on whatever platform you want to, but the most important thing is that it compiles on THEIR compilers. I went to West Virginia University, and pretty much we did Ada, and a smidgeon of everything else. Higher level

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Mark Phillips
Ryan, A quick look at the course catalog for the schools that interest you should answer this question. Or an email to the CS Department chairperson. Having just gone through this process with my daughter (attending UW in the fall), we never ran across any GNU/Windows differentiation in any of

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Nadim Hoque
I don't think it really matters. The whole point of cs is to teach theory and algorithm design so it doesn't matter the os. I'm currently a cs at asu and thus far my professors don't really care about os just as long as you can develop the current language. The labs do teach development under

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-12 Thread Joshua Zeidner
I agree with most of your points, but M$ often introduces irregularities into their concepts that result in 1) specialization of knowledge 2) specialization of tooling 3) long term commitments to M$ platform The fact is that M$ had designed programs to make sure that students learn M$

Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread mike Enriquez
I saw a demo of Magic Jack which a USB thumb drive like device that lets you plug in a telephone jack and make all your phone calls via the internet.It claims to work only on windows. They claim that the annual fee is $20.00. Does anyone on the list know if this is available on Linux or

Re: Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread James Finstrom
Folks have gotten the magic jaack service working with asterisk it is basic sip but that method violates the AUP. Essentialy the magic jack is a usb audio device I have not disected one but my guess is you could write up a driver pretty easily. The question is if the magick is in the jack and you

Re: Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:34 PM, mike Enriquezmyli...@cox.net wrote: I  saw  a demo of Magic Jack which a USB thumb drive like device that lets you plug in a telephone jack and make all your phone calls via the internet.It claims to work only on windows. They claim that the annual fee is

Re: Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread James Finstrom
In a time where most homes have no land line ane 5 cell phones voip can be verry useful. I personaly haven't had a real phone line in years. I wouldn't use the magic jack personally but I have about $2000 worth of various voip gear in my house. I also do verry little outbound calling. I have a 2

Linux Security Team Toy Series: allinone.c

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
Shell coding fun with ICMP/HTTP, Socks proxy. AllINONE.c / * allinone.c for HUC (2002.1) * * allinone.c is * a Http server, * a sockets transmit server, * a shell backdoor, * a icmp backdoor, * a bind shell backdoor, * a

Re: Linux Security Team Toy Series: allinone.c

2009-07-12 Thread Ryan Rix
On Sun 12 July 2009 7:49:13 pm Lisa Kachold wrote: Shell coding fun with ICMP/HTTP, Socks proxy. AllINONE.c / * allinone.c for HUC (2002.1) * * allinone.c is * a Http server, * a sockets transmit server, * a shell

OT: Layer 1 OSI Security: Lockpicking

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
Lockpicking is a good skill that can be learned very quickly: 1) Using a beer can hand made (or commercial type) shim: http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/189/48/ [Presented at the last HackFest] 2) Break a MasterLock: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/382100/tutorial_on_lockpicking/ 3) Obtain a

Re: Linux Security Team Toy Series: allinone.c

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
http://nasrulkurniawan.blog.uns.ac.id/2007/05/03/allinonec/ On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Ryan Rixphrkonale...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun 12 July 2009 7:49:13 pm Lisa Kachold wrote: Shell coding fun with ICMP/HTTP, Socks proxy. AllINONE.c

Re: Linux Security Team Toy Series: allinone.c

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
This one was written in 2002.1 but presentations from DefCon 6 covered this. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Lisa Kacholdlisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: http://nasrulkurniawan.blog.uns.ac.id/2007/05/03/allinonec/ On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Ryan Rixphrkonale...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun 12

Re: Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread mike havens
How do you do free calling with google voice? It seems it is just a forwarding service. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:39 PM, James Finstrom jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com wrote: In a time where most homes have no land line ane 5 cell phones voip can be verry useful. I personaly haven't had a real

Re: Linux Magic Jack?

2009-07-12 Thread James Finstrom
google vioice does a click to call deal so you enter the number it will call you then it. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:12 PM, mike havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: How do you do free calling with google voice? It seems it is just a forwarding service. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:39 PM, James

OT: Shirts!

2009-07-12 Thread Lisa Kachold
Anyone have a good README shirt idea for FOSS ABLEconf? You don't suppose ABELconf would let me run a whole Tee shirt/swag booth? http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/grandma.jpg http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/linux-communism.jpg