Re: looking for DDR3 1066MHz ECC or non-ECC memory

2012-08-08 Thread Steven A. DuChene
-Original Message- From: Lisa Kachold Sent: Aug 8, 2012 6:20 PM To: Steven A. DuChene , Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: looking for DDR3 1066MHz ECC or non-ECC memory You should have been able to identify your mobo also? That's going to be important at somepoint? On Tue

Re: Question about rwxrwxrwx files and/or dirs

2012-08-08 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Joe, On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Question about rwxrwxrwx files and/or dirs Lisa's reply to Keith prompted me to wonder if I perhaps had any rwxrwxrwx files or drwxrwxrwx directories on my system that might be a security risk. So, while I don't know how to

Re: firewall

2012-08-08 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: On 8/7/2012 21:36, Lisa Kachold wrote: Hi Derek, How are you? I'm able to walk upright and breathe so I won't complain. Thanks for asking. We didn't really cover if you are using a singular dsl device or a

Re: looking for DDR3 1066MHz ECC or non-ECC memory

2012-08-08 Thread Stephen
yep. Intel is weird but simple. they use basic thermal compound and a wire with hooks on the end generally. once you get ram on it boot the thing up you will learn allot more about it. Intel has a tool that will help you id stuff on the board for drivers its pretty good. On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-07 Thread Dazed_75
If you get ddr2 memory into a ddr3 slot, you already broke it. It will not fit due to the slot placement. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: If you get ddr 2 in ddr 3 slots yes given voltage pins are in the wrong place. But wrong timing will just be a non

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-07 Thread Michael Havens
and that worked! Thanks for all your help. I was wondering, is there a way to record like we did with tapes? On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:51 PM, sean ritzler sean.a.ritz...@gmail.com wrote: You need libavcodec-extra-53 (sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-53). This is a non-free codec I believe

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-07 Thread Steven A. DuChene
memory rather than the 1333MHz stuff. -- Steven DuChene -Original Message- From: Lisa Kachold Sent: Aug 6, 2012 8:57 PM To: Steven A. DuChene , Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory Hi Steven, On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Steven A. DuChene

Re: the cloud bites back ( or cumulus security is all wet and see through )

2012-08-07 Thread Derek Trotter
I read about this earlier today. Long before today I decided never to trust anything to a cloud. I made this decision because of all the accounts I've read over the years of hackers breaking into corporate systems and stealing passwords, credit card numbers and so on. Also the recent

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-07 Thread Derek Trotter
About 15 years ago a friend of mine fried a motherboard and the new memory he bought for it. He told me he put the memory in backwards. I never understood how he managed that. The notch in the simm wasn't in the center. It could only fit one way. On 8/6/2012 23:03, Dazed_75 wrote: If you

Re: firewall

2012-08-07 Thread Matt Graham
From: Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com Recently I got dsl and decided to have my linux box pass on traffic to my windows box rather than buying a firewall. [snip] iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 40998 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.2:40998 # packets on port 40998

Re: Audio editing software

2012-08-07 Thread sean ritzler
Audacity for that, no question! On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I d/l the song I want from youtube but there are parts of it where the sound just drops out. So I need to edit the blank spots out. What program should i use to edit the mp3 that was

Re: Audio editing software

2012-08-07 Thread Eric Allen
Try Audacity, I have good luck with it . Eric DOS 04/24/08 . -- Original Message -- From: Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com To: Main PLUG discussion list PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Audio editing software Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:36:41 -0700 Okay, I d/l the

Re: Audio editing software

2012-08-07 Thread John
Audacity. They even have a tool to find all the drop outs for you. From: Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com To: Main PLUG discussion list PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 10:36 AM Subject: Audio editing software Okay, I d/l

Re: looking for DDR3 1066MHz ECC or non-ECC memory

2012-08-07 Thread Stephen
your odds of it being EEC only are somewhat unlikely so trying reg DDR3 is probably a safe place to start. On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: So since I am unsure what exact sort of memory is supposed to work in this mystery Intel board,

Re: Audio editing software

2012-08-07 Thread Michael Havens
thanks for the help! On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:28 AM, John jhari...@yahoo.com wrote: Audacity. They even have a tool to find all the drop outs for you. From: Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com To: Main PLUG discussion list PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: How can a usb device crash a computer?

2012-08-07 Thread Stephen
worst case the voltage pins were backwards in either the port or the cable. best case the data lines and the os then freaked out. but if the thing is not coming back up it sounds like voltage lines were crossed or crossed with the data lines. On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, j...@actionline.com

Re: How can a usb device crash a computer?

2012-08-07 Thread Brian Cluff
Sounds like your adapter is wired wrong. Hopfully you can hit the company up for any repairs to your computer that might be necessary. That being said, Many computer power supplies have an internal breaker of sorts that you might have just tripped. You just need to have the power supply

Re: How can a usb device crash a computer?

2012-08-07 Thread Mark Jarvis
I had that happen. The problem was the printer. I replaced the printer and the problem went away. j...@actionline.com wrote: How could plugging in a printer via a usb port crash my computer? I just got a usb to rs232 connector cable

Re: How can a usb device crash a computer? solved

2012-08-07 Thread joe
Thanks Brian. What you suggested worked. After waiting for several minutes, it did start fine. Whew. Brian wrote: Sounds like your adapter is wired wrong. Hopfully you can hit the company up for any repairs to your computer that might be necessary. That being said, Many computer power

Re: firewall

2012-08-07 Thread Derek Trotter
On 8/7/2012 10:08, Matt Graham wrote: From: Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com Recently I got dsl and decided to have my linux box pass on traffic to my windows box rather than buying a firewall. [snip] iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 40998 -j DNAT --to

Re: firewall

2012-08-07 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Derek, How are you? We didn't really cover if you are using a singular dsl device or a small switch/dsl modem on the upstream? So if you have your two boxes (Ladmo and Wallace) connected via a crossover cable or small switch to eth1 on Wallace which has eth0 connected to your dsl, that's

Re: looking for DDR3 1066MHz ECC or non-ECC memory

2012-08-07 Thread Lisa Kachold
If you do in fact have a Nehalem it is non-ecc. Be sure you have populated your dimms in the right pairs. Buy some from a supply that allows returns? On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: So since I am unsure what exact sort of memory is

Re: firewall

2012-08-07 Thread JD Austin
If you're already behind a router (often dsl modem) you might be 'double natting' if you don't configure it right. I never like to mix uses but it can work though. My recommendation would be to take an older piece of hardware and install SME Server (if you want a directory server/file server for

RE: print from computer attached to another computer

2012-08-06 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Tell the computer with the printer to share the printer to other computers (system/administration/printing then right-click on the printer and make sure 'shared' is selected) Then tell the computer without the printer to find a network printer, or maybe you'll have to give the IP address of the

Re: print from computer attached to another computer

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
thank you so much! I discovered that the problem was that i had to rediscover the printer. What would I need to do to get an XP to print on this computer? On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Carruth, Rusty rusty.carr...@smartstoragesys.com wrote: Tell the computer with the printer to share the

Re: print from computer attached to another computer

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
It's funny; the 'add printer' wizard on the XP shows 2 computers in it: itself and the laptop. I don't know why it isn't showing the Ubuntu. The laptop is the wireless device while the ubuntu is hard wire in. I would think the roles should be reversed because of that. What is going on? On Mon,

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
as an alternative I guess I could save the videos. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: is there a way to parse audio from facebook videos and save the clips for offline listening? I want the audio from here:

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
You can save the video in a number of ways (the most popular way seems to be youtube-dl). ffmpeg can then extract the audio from the video. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: as an alternative I guess I could save the videos. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:33

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
Well I'm stuck at ffmpeg part. This is the error I get: Unknown encoder 'mp3' I looked at the manpage but don't really know what I'm looking at. Can ya help? bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:/media/entertainment/Videos$ ffmpeg -i beimirbistduschon -acodec mp3 -ac 2 -ab 128 -vn -y

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Ken
Assuming your using FireFlox, get the DownloadHelper add-on. It's the one with the red-blue-yellow balls. Save the .flv video, open with Audacity, fix glitches if needed, export as an mp3. From: Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com To: Main PLUG discussion list

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
'mp3' is a decoder, not an encoder, so you will have to use 'acodec libmp3lame', which means you will have to install 'lame'. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well I'm stuck at ffmpeg part. This is the error I get: Unknown encoder 'mp3' I looked

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Steven A. DuChene
There are also on-line web sites that will let you paste a youtube URL into a form and it will download the video and export a MP3 file back to you. http://www.mediaconverter.org is one site I know of that does this for you. -- Steven DuChene ---

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
wow! thank you. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: There are also on-line web sites that will let you paste a youtube URL into a form and it will download the video and export a MP3 file back to you. http://www.mediaconverter.org is one

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
bummer it says it 'll do it 4 more times. What happens after that? On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: wow! thank you. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: There are also on-line web sites that will let

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Steven A. DuChene
To: Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com, Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: ot audio and facebook bummer it says it 'll do it 4 more times. What happens after that? On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: wow

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-06 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Steven, On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: I have a mystery motherboard with what I believe is a Intel Nehalem server cpu. I think the type of memory I need is PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory. The board seems to have a A, B, and C

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
After trying it out I see that youtube-dl will actually do the extraction to mp3 for you (provided that ffmpeg and probably lame are installed): youtube-dl --audio-format=mp3 --extract-audio http://youtube.com/video --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
I didn't see that in thr man page! I guess I just glossed over it. I am so sorry! Thanks for the help. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:19 PM, sean ritzler sean.a.ritz...@gmail.com wrote: After trying it out I see that youtube-dl will actually do the extraction to mp3 for you (provided that ffmpeg and

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
buddy... Where did you get your copy of youtube-dl? Mine doesn't have the '--audio-format / extact-audio options. I even streamed another youtube file but another video file was created. (I thought i looked over the man page caredully) On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:19 PM, sean ritzler

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-06 Thread Stephen
Get me a picture and i can probably help you identify it. On Aug 6, 2012 6:28 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com wrote: I have a mystery motherboard with what I believe is a Intel Nehalem server cpu. I think the type of memory I need is PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory. The

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
From Debian Wheezy, version 2012.02.27. I expect older versions to be able to do it. The exact command I did is: 'youtube-dl --audio-format=mp3 --extract-audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHjlM5A1jMEfeature=related' and it saved both an flv and mp3. If you have an flv - any flv - try: 'ffmpeg

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Derek Trotter
Is this the program you mentioned? http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/ That's the one I use and I've been happy with it. On 8/6/2012 21:19, sean ritzler wrote: After trying it out I see that youtube-dl will actually do the extraction to mp3 for you (provided that ffmpeg and probably lame are

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-06 Thread Derek Trotter
If you put the wrong memory in a motherboard, aren't you running the risk of frying the motherboard, memory or both? On 8/6/2012 21:57, Stephen wrote: Get me a picture and i can probably help you identify it. On Aug 6, 2012 6:28 PM, Steven A. DuChene linux-clust...@mindspring.com

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
Nope, it's simply 'youtube-dl', available in many default repos (see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl). On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: Is this the program you mentioned? http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/ That's the one I use

Re: looking for DDR3 1333MHz ECC memory

2012-08-06 Thread Stephen
If you get ddr 2 in ddr 3 slots yes given voltage pins are in the wrong place. But wrong timing will just be a non post. On Aug 6, 2012 10:13 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: If you put the wrong memory in a motherboard, aren't you running the risk of frying the motherboard,

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Havens
okay from the error I got (E: Unable to locate package libmp3lame) it seems lame isn't installed. So I updatedb and install lame and do the download again ... and now I wait for it to d/l! ... but again! I get an error. Similar yet different. (ERROR: audio conversion failed: Unknown encoder

Re: ot audio and facebook

2012-08-06 Thread sean ritzler
You need libavcodec-extra-53 (sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-53). This is a non-free codec I believe - try installing through the graphical software center. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: okay from the error I got (E: Unable to locate package

Re: xming question

2012-08-05 Thread Lisa Kachold
What is it? On 4 Aug 2012 21:59, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: Nevermind. I found the solution. --**- PLUG-discuss mailing list - plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.usPLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe,

Re: xming question

2012-08-05 Thread Derek Trotter
Thanks for asking. I guess someone might remember this if they ever have the same problem. When I first set up the config files in xlaunch, I didn't change the display number. So each one had Display=0. I left one at 0 then changed the others so each had a unique number. On 8/5/2012

Re: Do you really want to do PLUGdev Thursday?

2012-08-01 Thread Eric Shubert
On 08/01/2012 01:23 PM, Ed wrote: It is hot (thr 104°) and I'm feeling lazy - what do you say we put off the CFengine presentation? --- PPD Heat. Ok by me. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss

Re: Dropbox popped

2012-07-31 Thread Mike Bydalek
Just some random thoughts to expound on Michael's ... I get what you're saying, but I think limiting it to cloud storage isn't enough (or fair). Having *any* NPI (non-public information) stored in any means *other* than being encrypted is just asking for trouble - Dropbox or at home. You can

Re: Dropbox popped

2012-07-31 Thread Michael Butash
It's them, as a consumer organization, trying to walk the line around convenience. Same as some organizations *still* do not enforce auto-password locks on workstations because some grumpy executive doesn't want to remember a password. Blizzard eventually had to do dual-factor when warcrack

Re: Dropbox popped

2012-07-31 Thread Derek Trotter
It looks like a lot of corporate execs in this country are about as bright as whoever in India is in charge of that country's power grid. On 7/31/2012 21:08, Michael Butash wrote: It's them, as a consumer organization, trying to walk the line around convenience. Same as some organizations

Re: Dropbox popped

2012-07-31 Thread Mike Bydalek
I'm going to play Devil's advocate here for a second. Let's say it *wasn't* Dropbox, but instead was an employee of Joe's Mail Flyers, Inc. In this case, the *same* thing would have happened, but we would *still* blame Dropbox; How dare you not secure our data! You hit the nail right on the

Re: Dropbox popped

2012-07-31 Thread Michael Butash
On 07/31/2012 09:17 PM, Mike Bydalek wrote: When people (*especially* internal Dropbox employees), start putting unencrypted NPI data out there, that falls in the whole, You're doing it wrong! bucket. Here here. I would say most business fall into this in some way however, that is the

Re: speakeasy/megapath (was RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV)

2012-07-30 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
telnet access to a server there on their site... Did I read this right? Oh my, oh my... ET Carruth, Rusty writes: I use what used to be Speakeasy, now is megapath (bought out). I was VERY happy with Speakeasy - you call their tech line, they are TECHNICAL folks. I could talk routers,

RE: speakeasy/megapath (was RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV)

2012-07-30 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Yep. Rarely use it - oh, yes, forgot to mention - I have some amount of storage there and can set up my own web stuff there on their server as well. That's part of the reason for having the telnet/ssh access. The public/www (or whatever it was) directory that is your own web page if you know

RE: speakeasy/megapath (was RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV)

2012-07-30 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Boy, the memory is bad today: I just remembered I also get like 10 email addresses at speakeasy as well. Don't need them since I run my own mail server... --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe,

RE: speakeasy/megapath (was RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV)

2012-07-30 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Whichever you want to use. I use ssh, of course :-) (And I admit to being lazy and saying telnet when I am actually using ssh.) -Original Message- SSH is OK. Telnet is a self-destructing proposition. SSH or telnet? Hopefully SSH... ET

Re: speakeasy/megapath (was RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV)

2012-07-30 Thread Michael Butash
I'm pretty particular about outages, most instilled from business that there's a big different between 99.99 and 99.999 percent uptime on networks. Modems locking up classify as that, but physical signal issues are more often where those are directed, or upstream headend equipment failures

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-29 Thread Eric Shubert
On 07/28/2012 11:51 AM, keith smith wrote: I home office and twitched from a consumer package to a business package so I would have the ability to run a server. I ran a server part time for testing only. I was testing out the Qmail Toaster. I had a bad experience running a server about 10

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-28 Thread Michael Havens
on a weekday, having initiated the call at 4:40). Their policy is to cold transfer calls so you're constantly re-explaining - been told this policy by I think it's been 3 different CL reps. We're actively switching back to Cox right now. It's a bit pricier, but I know as both business or residential

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-28 Thread Michael Butash
for your home based data center. Keith Smith --- On *Fri, 7/27/12, Michael Butash /mich...@butash.net/* wrote: From: Michael Butash mich...@butash.net Subject: Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Friday, July 27, 2012

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-27 Thread jill
account support were closed (at 6:30pm on a weekday, having initiated the call at 4:40). Their policy is to cold transfer calls so you're constantly re-explaining - been told this policy by I think it's been 3 different CL reps. We're actively switching back to Cox right now. It's a bit pricier, but I

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-26 Thread Eric Shubert
I can't say I've had any experience with CL's fiber in particular. I can say that I'm favorably impressed with DSL service since CL took over. While they decided to start blocking port 25 on consumer accounts recently (6/27 to be specific), I recently converted to a static IP address and

RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-26 Thread ChasM Marshall
@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us From: e...@shubes.net Subject: Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:38 -0700 I can't say I've had any experience with CL's fiber in particular. I can say that I'm favorably impressed with DSL service since CL took over. While they decided to start blocking port 25

RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-26 Thread keith smith
Wouldn't requiring a business license severely limit their business?  Keith Smith --- On Thu, 7/26/12, ChasM Marshall chasm...@hotmail.com wrote: From: ChasM Marshall chasm...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-26 Thread James Dugger
I'm on CL DSL with a static IP, (Residential plan, in Mesa, East Valley). My plan is 5Mbps up and 40Mbps down (These are theoretical max's), in speed tests I would say it averages 2.3-4.3Mbps up and between 21-34 Mbps down. CL DSL claims 40Mbps as their max download bandwidth. I believe Cox

Re: Tool to change ftp dir permissions globally?

2012-07-25 Thread Eric Shubert
I just checked, and yes it can. On 07/25/2012 02:29 PM, Stephen wrote: I think so. On Jul 25, 2012 12:59 PM, Eric Cope eric.c...@gmail.com mailto:eric.c...@gmail.com wrote: Can Filezilla do a recursive chmod? On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Daniel Stasinski

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Stephen
My experience dates back to the qwest/uswest says where features would magically appear on my account. Things like vm and long distance on my modem line ect. So i have really had very little interest in going back. On Jul 25, 2012 6:26 PM, Mark Astrauskas ap...@cox.net wrote: CenturyLink

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Michael Havens
you want a dish on your house? If there is already one there make sure you instruct the tech to take the old one(s) down. WHen I was training to be an installer we went to one house with three dishes already up. My trainer just put a fourth in place. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Stephen

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Stephen
Wire the old ones up to your wifi and have fun... On Jul 25, 2012 6:51 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: you want a dish on your house? If there is already one there make sure you instruct the tech to take the old one(s) down. WHen I was training to be an installer we went to one

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Mark Astrauskas
I saw such reviews online, but all seemed to be regarding when they ran as Qwest. I'm hoping to hear from a recent customer that knows if the new management/rebranding has improved anything. Putting aside the billing problems, how was the service itself? On 7/25/2012 6:31 PM, Stephen wrote:

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Ken
been pissed had we not been doing a roof job a few months later anyway. I re-installed it proper-like, it's easy enough to do it yourself. More better music channels, roomie liked the sports line-up better. -Ken From: Mark Astrauskas ap...@cox.net To: Main

Re: Tool to change ftp dir permissions globally?

2012-07-25 Thread Stephen
I love filezilla :-) On Jul 25, 2012 8:57 PM, Daniel Stasinski dan...@genericinbox.com wrote: On Jul 25, 2012 12:59 PM, Eric Cope eric.c...@gmail.com mailto:eric.c...@gmail.com wrote: Can Filezilla do a recursive chmod? Yep, apparently so and pretty painless too. Thanks :) Daniel

Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV

2012-07-25 Thread Ken
forwarding to list What's the scoop on satellite interwebz these days? Still pricey high latency? From: ChasM Marshall chasm...@hotmail.com To: parabell...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:30 PM Subject: RE: CenturyLink/DirectTV Hiya

Re: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid

2012-07-24 Thread Matt Graham
From: Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com I was trying to install ubuntu 12.04 Maybe not the greatest idea. People seem to be griping about various things in Ubuntu all the time. But if you want that using a intel fake raid mirroring both drives. the partitioner [for the Ubuntu fancy GUI

RE: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid

2012-07-24 Thread Nadim Hoque
That is the problem, it already has windows on it and it will be a pain to reinstall it. Thanks for the help guys. Nadim Hoque From: Matt Graham Sent: 7/24/2012 11:37 To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid From: Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com I was trying

Re: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid

2012-07-24 Thread Eric Shubert
discussion list Subject: Re: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid From: Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com I was trying to install ubuntu 12.04 Maybe not the greatest idea. People seem to be griping about various things in Ubuntu all the time. But if you want that using a intel fake raid mirroring both

Re: ubuntu 12.04 intel fake raid

2012-07-24 Thread James Dugger
I also recommend software RAID on Linux using mdadm over any fakeRAID. I have setup several NAS boxes with older motherboards (Pentium III and IV) where SATA was very limited and and used cheap SATA/RAID controller cards to use the latest SATA drives. I have always deactivated the fakeRAID

Re: iptables. 32 or 64?

2012-07-23 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
I'd say depending on hardware. There is no 'distro' here, it is ALL compiled from source from the kernel up. I think that I'm going to give it a shot to the 64 bit... ET Lisa Kachold writes: Hi Joseph, That is, of course, depending on his hardware and distro? On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at

Re: Remote login... Oh Boy

2012-07-23 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
Xcapable SSH client like Hummingbird. N Cygwin! :) ET Lisa Kachold writes: Set your local display variable and if the ports are open and OpenX is running, you will get an echoed Xterminal session to open locally. If you are using Windows locally, you will need an Xcapable SSH

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 10:18 AM I think it would because a rechargeable  has a maximum amount of charge time on it. at least that is the way it USED to be! On Sun, Jul 22, 2012

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 11:30 AM Current Li-Ion chemistry is much improved from a few years ago, and self-discharge rates are a lot lower (hence the amount of charge left after 6 months). It's

RE: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Of keith smith Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:05 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life That would make sense. I still do not understand why my cellular battery lasted over 4 years and was still viable when retired. I had much less from laptop batteries

Re: Remote login... Oh Boy

2012-07-23 Thread JD Austin
Second on Cygwin... If you have to use windoze use an X server that has the GNU tools you're used to :) On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:42 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Xcapable SSH client like Hummingbird. N Cygwin! :) ET Lisa Kachold writes: Set your

Re: iptables. 32 or 64?

2012-07-23 Thread Eric Shubert
On 07/22/2012 04:04 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Hello World: I run my firewall on a LFS box. Everything on it is compiled from source. No bells and whistles, only the essential software is installed. The hardware is 64 bits but I've been running 32 bit OS. This time around I am

Re: networking down

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Havens
Well I'm going to do the windows fix let's reinstall it! but at least I grt yo preserve my home directory :) On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm there is a chance that it did not detect either well. See this bug for the bugreport as a number of

Re: Remote login... Oh Boy

2012-07-23 Thread Stephen
There is also xming+putty that gave me a full rlogin style experience. Or you can look into winscp those are some serious wins in my book On Jul 23, 2012 7:42 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Xcapable SSH client like Hummingbird. N Cygwin! :) ET Lisa

Re: iptables. 32 or 64?

2012-07-23 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
I created a maintenance system for LFS that allows me to install specific configurations in what I Debug/Development/Production. Production only has strictly necessary software (compiler not being one of them) I can actually instantiate a full blown-fully functional LFS box in about 20

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Derek Trotter
You might try crapit. They promise unlimited data, but say they reserve the right to slow it if you go over 2GB a month. On 7/23/2012 13:40, AZ Pete wrote: Hi All, I am looking to pickup a cellular USB modem that my wife and I can use on her laptop when traveling (rather than relying

RE: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Harold Wong
, July 23, 2012 1:58 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Cellular Modems You might try crapit. They promise unlimited data, but say they reserve the right to slow it if you go over 2GB a month. On 7/23/2012 13:40, AZ Pete wrote: Hi All, I am looking to pickup a cellular USB modem

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
I don't know this for a fact, however I hear you can use certain smart phones as a wifi hot spot. Keith Smith --- On Mon, 7/23/12, AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com wrote: From: AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com Subject: OT: Cellular Modems To: PLUG Discuss

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Stephen
All verizon phones as part of the share everything have it enabled now. Any rooted android phone can also. On Jul 23, 2012 2:39 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't know this for a fact, however I hear you can use certain smart phones as a wifi hot spot.

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Joseph Sinclair
: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:05 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life That would make sense. I still do not understand why my cellular battery lasted over 4 years and was still viable when retired. I had much less from laptop batteries

RE: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life The full discharge-and-recharge was for NiCd batteries, and helped to limit memory effect, it does not apply to NiMH or LiIon batteries (anything fairly recent), nor did it ever apply to lead-acid and it's derivatives. LiIon is the only one that has

Re: networking down

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Havens
Heck... I'm going to do a new distro. Actually it is the distro I was using when networking worked graphically using nautilus. Well, I wonder what happens next! I you're wondering, the distro is called Mepis and I read a review of the current version and it was very positive! It said that they

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Lisa Kachold
Most smart phones can be tethered and even provide a nice Wifi AP for others? I get really good data throughput even on 3g with Android O2 firmware on a Dell Streak ATT. I had a Verizon USB modem in the old days when you had to recompile the kernel on Ubuntu to use it with USB, but I really

Re: OT: Cellular Modems

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Butash
I keep a little 4g samsung hotspot router on me from vzw that is very convenient when I need to jump on with a laptop, or let someone else on with me too. $50 bucks/mo for 5gb (that's the worst of it). I'd had a built-in mini-pcie card that I could never get to work right due to buggy hp

RE: Cox Cable TV

2012-07-23 Thread ChasM Marshall
Hiya, XBMC (X Box Media Center) is a big part of the Sabayon 5.6 distro. I have no cable to connect to, so I don't know if this is a solution. - Subject: Cox Cable TV From: doc_me...@yahoo.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:42:44 -0700 I think I

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