Re: OT: Phoenix Sci-Fi Event in January

2008-10-02 Thread Ben Francom
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Joseph Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just letting people know that Phoenix has it's own Sci-Fi convention (Phoenix Comicon) coming in January. A friend is part of the event staff and asked me to let people know it's coming, and they have a great slate of

Re: Any faxheads out there?

2008-09-30 Thread Ben Francom
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, jordi laforge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I do that from a Windows client? I've used YajHFC http://yajhfc.berlios.de/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe,

Re: Easy to use firewall and invisible proxy?

2008-09-22 Thread Ben Francom
I've been looking at OpenDNS for content filtering, but am leery because of the privacy issues. http://www.opendns.com/smb/solutions/filtering/ On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Alan Dayley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recomendations sought: Easy to use firewall and invisible proxy. I have friends

Re: ot: browser

2008-09-02 Thread Ben Francom
Today Google released a new browser called Chrome (www.google.com/chrome). It is apparently open source or at least has open source components such as web kit and some Firefox things. Unfortunately it is windows only, but they are going to release it on Mac and Linux soon, they just want as

Re: Ubuntu Hardy release parties

2008-04-29 Thread Ben Francom
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Joshua Zeidner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed Hardy and its working like a charm. -jm Same here (actually upgraded). Everything came up fine afterwards, and the only differences I've noticed are: Speed: It seems slightly faster Compiz: I notice

Re: Need some SMTP troubleshooting help - Please!.

2008-03-13 Thread Ben Francom
Or can some one who does have an account please search DNSSTUFF for me on one of my IP's? (66.193.205.166) I usually check: http://www.moensted.dk/spam/ Or try http://openrbl.org/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Web Filter

2008-02-14 Thread Ben Francom
Are you installing some other filter program? A dedicated linux system for filtering such as Endian, or what? Dedicated *nix system running Squid + SquidGuard It does not have to update all the time, but occassional updates rather than re-installing the system every 6 months as with the

Re: instant messenger

2008-02-05 Thread Ben Francom
On Feb 5, 2008 8:56 PM, Michael Havens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get YAHOO! (and others) to work through a router... I looked through all the settings and that didn't tell me a thing. If your looking for ports to open on your firewall try this:

Re: [OT] Network wiring

2008-02-02 Thread Ben Francom
Anybody on the list do office wiring in Central Phoenix area. I have a client that got what I believe to be an overpriced quote ($135 per Cat 6 drop). Most places I've contacted over the past few years in the Southwest (CA, AZ, TX) charged around $100/drop. Most of these quotes were Cat5e

Re: not ipcop?

2008-01-19 Thread Ben Francom
If you want to try I (and hopefully others) will help. Yes, I'd be willing to offer some advice. I'm currently running: FreeBSD, MPD, PF, Squid, and SquidGuard for firewall, NAT, and filtering. I run Linux on the desktops. I don't know what it is about PF, I was just more intrigued by it

Re: OT: Digg - Open DS Governance Issues

2007-12-04 Thread Ben Francom
and a very impressive, almost AD like... AD is impressive? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: Walmart PC's are gone

2007-11-15 Thread Ben Francom
I hear the desktop runs super fast (is it KDE or Gnome)? It runs enlightenment (BSD License): http://www.enlightenment.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOS_%28Linux_distribution%29 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: will amarok play .wav files? or how to convert to mp3?

2007-10-01 Thread Ben Francom
So, what is the difference between these various formats Compression, quality, and licensing. Your needs may vary depending on devices, space, etc. and how can I convert the .wav file to an .mp3? Install LAME from whatever package manager Mandriva uses. Then: lame -m j -h --vbr-new -b

Re: OT - A4 Paper source?

2007-08-16 Thread Ben Francom
On 8/16/07, Dazed_75 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the tip. Kelly does not stock it but will cut it from 8.5x14 legal stock. They quoted me $18.62 (or thereabouts) plus tax for 2 reams. So cheaper than Staples basically even though they are cutting to size and wasting a good chunk of

Re: iTunes

2007-08-07 Thread Ben Francom
On 8/7/07, Alan Dayley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't buy DRM music. Good plan Alan. I regret having bought some music off the iTunes site in the past due to the vendor lockin. Another problem I had was that I used to could convert mp4 music videos over to MP3's in iTunes for my 3rd gen