Re: OT - Windows XP Installation CD

2012-01-01 Thread Mark Phillips
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.netwrote: From: Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com Try to find someone with a DVD? This'd probably be the best bet if possible. You should not need to use Windows for anything! Real-world considerations mean that people

Re: OT - Windows XP Installation CD

2012-01-01 Thread Mark Phillips
Stephen, There is a bright shiny Windows XP Pro license tag stuck on the top of the machine. Where and when can we meet (dark alley, late at night, preferably in the rain and no full moonneed to be safe from the MS Police) to pick up the disk? From what I have been reading online (may not be

Re: OT - Windows XP Installation CD

2012-01-01 Thread Stephen
Let me see if i can build you an ISO to download and use. On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Stephen, There is a bright shiny Windows XP Pro license tag stuck on the top of the machine. Where and when can we meet (dark alley, late at night, 

Re: OT: ipad questions

2011-12-31 Thread Stephen
well a simple search for ipad users group yeilded about 502 mil hits the first page was actually quite interesting. i would start there. I personally despise apple's business practices, and stance on open vs closed platforms. On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:08 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Where

Re: OT: ipad questions

2011-12-31 Thread joe
Stephen wrote: well a simple search for ipad users group yielded about 502 mil hits the first page was actually quite interesting. i would start there. Thanks Stephen. I personally despise apple's business practices, and stance on open vs closed platforms. I totally agree. Just found a

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Jim March
I know one way to find out: take an SSD full of data out of it's computer and put it between a couple of hard disk magnets... Jim On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:56 AM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, discussing things at work and EMPs came up. It was almost on topic :). Anyway, an

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Michael Butash
Not magnetic per se, but I think an emp would kill it for the same reason static discharge will fry an IC, of which it has plenty. I'll bet the nand flash doesn't get along with EM very well either. -mb On 12/01/2011 11:56 AM, der.hans wrote: moin moin, discussing things at work and EMPs

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread keith smith
That begs the question - if the device you store your data on is not effected by an emp what will you read it with?  And how will you use the data?  Every part of our computers will be effected - destroyed. Keith Smith --- On Thu, 12/1/11, der.hans

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Eric Cope
EMPs affect more than just magnetic media. If the EMP puts a high enough electric field across the flash cells, it can erase/write the SSD too. Magnets won't affect SSDs. Flash memory is electric field based. Eric On Dec 1, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: I know

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Matt Graham
From: keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com That [raises] the question - if the device you store your data on is not [affected] by an EMP what will you read it with? And how will you use the data? Every part of our computers will be [affected] - destroyed. This is why the discerning paranoiacs

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Joseph Sinclair
This is correct. EMP will kill SSD easier than even the chips or magnetic media. This is primarily because EMP will induce a capacitive load in the floating gate of the NAND cell; this will turn every bit in the chip to a '1'. SSD floating gate charge is extremely small, so it doesn't take

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Stephen
Incorrect as it is still suseptable to static shock or electrical shock. Just like any other electrical component. On Dec 1, 2011 11:52 AM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, discussing things at work and EMPs came up. It was almost on topic :). Anyway, an EMP would knock out

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread keith smith
Subject: Re: OT: SSD and EMP To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 12:36 PM From: keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com That [raises] the question - if the device you store your data on is not [affected] by an EMP what will you read

Re: OT: SSD and EMP

2011-12-01 Thread Lyle Tuttle
Let's see...we magnetize a small chunk of material, then pass the same chunk past a 'reading head', which one might visualize as a small coil of wire...and as it passes past the 'magnet', a small electric charge is generated in the coil of wire.which is read as a 1 or a 0 (it is, or it

Re: OT: blog support groups

2011-11-27 Thread Andrew Harris
I think you might be looking for EFF. https://www.eff.org/bloggers On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, This is ot. I'm looking for information on blog support groups. There has been rumors that congress might limit who can report the news and

Re: OT: blog support groups

2011-11-27 Thread keith smith
Thank you! Keith Smith --- On Sun, 11/27/11, Andrew Harris t...@supertunaman.com wrote: From: Andrew Harris t...@supertunaman.com Subject: Re: OT: blog support groups To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sunday, November 27, 2011

Re: OT: Godaddy

2011-11-16 Thread Dazed_75
Reading the story makes me think it is not really Go-Daddy's problem but the problem of a company who allowed an employee to freelance a how he paid for company resources and a cross-up with a too efficient credit card company. That is not to excuse Go-Daddy from all culpability for lack of

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Kevin Fries
I don't know about JavaScript, but have you tried mwave? Kevin On Nov 13, 2011 9:53 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, I first heard of newegg via PLUG many years ago. I've been mostly happy with company, but I'm tired of not being able to navigate the site without enabling

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Stephen
The only place I can think of is ma-labs but the are an OEM vendor. On the upside neegg has an app for android that works. On Nov 13, 2011 9:53 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, I first heard of newegg via PLUG many years ago. I've been mostly happy with company, but I'm

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Matt Graham
On Nov 13, 2011 9:53 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: I first heard of newegg via PLUG many years ago. I've been mostly happy with company, but I'm tired of not being able to navigate the site without enabling javascript. AFAICT, JS is pretty much *required* for large parts of the WWW

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
java presents some more specific problems for me as well. there are sites that don't bother to turn on the accessibility modules in java (which is most of them) causing me to get a blank scroll area whenever I land on them. I have even tried braille output on those sites only to get nothing.

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Stephen
I can see that html5 will allow the heavy reliance on java to lessen. but for now its hugely prevalent in the web, and i don't think that's going to change to much until html5 gets a better adoption rate. On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Technomage Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: java

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Joseph Sinclair
I think you're confusing Java and JavaScript, which have no connection whatsoever. Java is used extremely rarely in the UI layer of the web. It's huge in the server layer, but if you see Java in the web browser, it's a rare thing indeed. JavaScript is used extremely heavily, and will become

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-14 Thread Technomage Hawke
then the developers of javascript need to consider accessibility as a priority item. there are more than 14 million visually impaired people in the U.S. alone. a significant percentage of that are on the net and iusing accessibility technology. roadblocks such as javascript or flash graphics

Re: OT: newegg alternatives

2011-11-13 Thread Michael Butash
While I hate having to whitelist sites with no/notscript, newegg is one that I'll simply deal with their excessive scripting tendencies. When it comes to pc sales, most only get worse from there (buy.com comes to mind for horrid scripting woes despite sometimes good deals). The one time in

Re: OT: Asus 1201 netbook $200 OBO

2011-11-02 Thread AZ RUNE
Replied to off list On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: . A couple months ago, in response to my request for info about anyone's experience with the Asus 1201 netbook, Tom Ostlund offered his for $200. I bought it for my wife. It is a very nice, very light-weight unit

Re: OT: How to clear google's record of one's searches?

2011-10-29 Thread Joseph Sinclair
It may help to know that the search suggestions that drop down are not necessarily customized (depends on if you're logged in and have opted in to search history). The suggestions are primarily based on an index of all search queries ever entered, stored anonymously, and matched to the word(s)

Re: OT: How to clear google's record of one's searches? SOLVED

2011-10-29 Thread joe
Problem solved. Thanks to all who responded. Clues to the solution were at the link below ... although the steps were not precisely right. First had to log in and then could not find a My Account page ... then had to search around some to find the Web History link.

Re: OT: How to clear google's record of one's searches?

2011-10-28 Thread Bryan O'Neal
This data is not stored localy it is part of your google profile. Log out of google and you will see unadulterated search results (save for the regional profile you inherit with your ip and any data it gets from cookies) As far as clearing it from your google profile... I am not sure you can. I

Re: OT: How to clear google's record of one's searches?

2011-10-28 Thread Jordan Aberle
http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=54052 On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Bryan O'Neal bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com wrote: This data is not stored localy it is part of your google profile. Log out of google and you will see unadulterated search results (save

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-24 Thread Dazed_75
by dropping my cable Internet, cable phone, and Verizon wireless. Keith Smith --- On *Sun, 10/23/11, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT; phone argument To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-24 Thread keith smith
--- On Mon, 10/24/11, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT; phone argument To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 6:36 AM Interesting.  I've set up systems for two people with Verizons 4G

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-24 Thread Jim March
share the connection with the local network. Does this sound right? Keith Smith --- On *Mon, 10/24/11, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT; phone argument To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-24 Thread Dazed_75
...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT; phone argument To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 6:36 AM Interesting. I've set up systems for two people with Verizons 4G usb dongles and both

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread Dazed_75
I also trust Google more than I trust Apple but that is about as far as I can throw them. I think both have done good things and bad things but in my opinion Google has done more good things. But mainly I just wanted to say I am glad to know someone thinks they are older than I am (even if it is

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Betty! On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:41 PM, betty nicepeng...@webcanine.com wrote: I know this is totally OT but am asking here because you are all -younger than me and know more about this stuff, and like me, - like the philosophy of open source. Not that either of these choices is open

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread Ed
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Hi Betty! snip There ARE benefits to using Google Apps (especially for domain owners) and not having to maintain all my Calenders, Phone contacts, and data in more than one place, since you have to sync your iPhone

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread Jim March
Let me add a point for Android, specifically the 4G devices on Tmobile. Both the company and the devices are tether-friendly. My HTC G2 did out-of-the-both USB tethering on Ubuntu Oneiric with zero issues, excellent speed. Sweet setup. The other huge plus for a Linux user is Android's handling

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread keith smith
. In looking at this it appears I can switch to t-mobile and save a few bucks by dropping my cable Internet, cable phone, and Verizon wireless.  Keith Smith --- On Sun, 10/23/11, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com Subject: Re

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-23 Thread Jim March
. Keith Smith --- On *Sun, 10/23/11, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT; phone argument To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 12:45 PM Let me add a point for Android

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Stephen
You can chooseto use Google for contact management or not. If you have Your own server you can attach that via a number of technologies I prefer android because of the open source half and currently use CyanogenMod because it is built-up from the android opensource. I personally love android for

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread keith smith
I think you underestimate the list.  I think most people think those in technology are younger.  I too make that assumption sometime, even though I am older, and then I see a picture of a group that created something like Java and they are all old men with grey beards.

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Kevin Fries
I may be a little gullible but I look at it this way: As evil empires go, Google has been far less oppressive than the alternatives. Google cornered a market, turned it into a bunch of products designed to make them money by selling you tools to make money also. They invest huge sums of money

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Michael Havens
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: something like Java and they are all old men with grey beards. You need a better example. Java is from 94. That means he was in his 30s or 40s when he wrote it. -- :-)~MIKE~(-:

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Adam McCullough
I have to echo Kevin's statement. I'm far less afraid of Google than Apple. Apple's approach is borderline fascist in my opinion, but Google has had a much better track record of being up front and honest when they need to make a mandate. That being said, I'd love to know more about how to run my

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Stephen
If I can get a 2u case I'd be running one now. Gotta love friends that admin isp's On Oct 22, 2011 4:25 PM, Adam McCullough ajmcc...@asu.edu wrote: I have to echo Kevin's statement. I'm far less afraid of Google than Apple. Apple's approach is borderline fascist in my opinion, but Google has

Re: OT; phone argument

2011-10-22 Thread Nathan England
This is, in my opinion, a really good response. I do not trust Google much, but I also look as them as a company that is going to use what they can of mine to make money. So in a sense I trust them because I know what they are going to do. I have an HTC Hero that I put Cyanogenmod on about two

Re: OT: Web Architect Needed

2011-10-11 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I have LAMP people and companies and Java people. But no .net people nor any php people who know the scaling issues of MS SQL. Sorry. On 10/10/11, AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com wrote: Hi All, A company I've been doing consulting for has need for a web architect to help design and build an

Re: OT: Cell Phones without contract

2011-10-06 Thread Stephen
As an idea if you head to tmoble you can buy a phone outright and not have a contract. Or you can get a device from ebay amd run without contract. Verizon has a non contract plan as well. On Oct 6, 2011 12:18 AM, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I'm in the market for a new cell phone

Re: OT: Cell Phones without contract

2011-10-06 Thread Jim March
Yeah, I'm looking at Craigslist Tmobile phones now. The HTC G2 was their first 4G phone, can run Android 2.2 officially and 2.3 hacked. Tmobile is by far the most tether-tolerant of the big carriers and their phones can take a voice call while holding a data connection to your laptop. That

Re: OT: Cell Phones without contract

2011-10-06 Thread Stephen
The G2 is a nice phone, and is very Cyanogen friendly, and for a slider with keyboard its very nice if you using ssh. from a full touch screen its a little weird sometimes. (have to make it all about Linux right?) On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I'm

Re: OT: Cell Phones without contract

2011-10-06 Thread Bryan O'Neal
if you own your phone you can do month to month with most companies. Att being the only exception I know of. If you ever decided in a contract to subsidize your phone never go direct. I know two 3rd parties that can cut you serious deals. On 10/6/11, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah,

Re: OT: Cell Phones without contract

2011-10-06 Thread keith smith
Happened upon this and though it might be something good. $50 Monthly Unlimited Plan http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/prepay.jsp Keith Smith --- On Thu, 10/6/11, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: From: Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org Subject:

Re: OT: wireless router into access point

2011-10-06 Thread Stephen
netgear has a wireless n with 4 port GB switch that comes with ddwrt from the factory thats the one i want. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com wrote: So I was wondering what is a good dual band simultaneous router that also as gigabit ports on it that can be used

Re: OT: wireless router into access point

2011-10-06 Thread Nadim Hoque
Which model is it? I am also looking at the linksys e3200 as well and the last linksys I had (wrt610n) worked flawlessly. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: netgear has a wireless n with 4 port GB switch that comes with ddwrt from the factory thats the one i

Re: OT: wireless router into access point

2011-10-06 Thread Stephen
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEDEPA=0Order=BESTMATCHN=-1isNodeId=1Description=ddwrtx=0y=0 a pair of ASUS from newegg... cant find the netgear one now... looks like netgear discontinued theirs. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT: PHP Website running on IIS - need to stay on WWW version.

2011-09-28 Thread Phillip Waclawski
There is a way to do it in PHP, but I have NO clue how to fix that on IIS, none at all. Normally I would use .htaccess, or use mod_rewrite in the virtual hosts, but IIS? Truly, no clue and not much interest in learning it. They can run Apache on windows if they have to :) Phil W. -

Re: OT: PHP Website running on IIS - need to stay on WWW version.

2011-09-28 Thread Phillip Waclawski
: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:48:18 PM Subject: Re: OT: PHP Website running on IIS - need to stay on WWW version. There is a way to do it in PHP, but I have NO clue how to fix that on IIS, none at all. Normally I would use .htaccess, or use mod_rewrite in the virtual hosts, but IIS? Truly

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread Stephen
Check the Channels you are running on. If you are using a channel that has allot of surrounding traffic that would explain why as they try to shout and be heard over each-other. If you cna find some unused channels or at least lightly populated you should get better results. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread JD Austin
I used to have those kinds of issues until I switched to wireless N... I will NEVER go back! I had occasional interference from our 2.4Ghz digital spread specrum cordless phone with 802.11g but have no issues with signal strength with wireless N at all. It's so much faster than I decided not to

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread Mark Phillips
Stephen, Thanks for your comments. My Android WiFi analyzer only shows three channels - the two in my house (channels 3, 11) and a linksys next door (channel 1). The linksys next door has a max signal strength of around -90 dbm on a good day. I will try switching my DL-524 to channel 5 to see if

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread KevinO
On 09/21/2011 08:59 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: Stephen, Thanks for your comments. My Android WiFi analyzer only shows three channels - the two in my house (channels 3, 11) and a linksys next door (channel 1). The linksys next door has a max signal strength of around -90 dbm on a good day.

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread Stephen
good point -xxDbm is lower is better it is essentially a representation of signal loss. and for the channel, the idea situation is to find a chennle that has nothing on it or its direct neighbor, so if you have traffic on 1, 3, 8, and 10, 5 is good because it and 6/4 are empty and have no

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread KevinO
On 09/21/2011 09:12 AM, Stephen wrote: good point -xxDbm is lower is better it is essentially a representation of signal loss. Well, not quite. It is an expression of a ratio against a standard value. dBm is a measurement of power, meaning Decibels relative to One Milliwatt. Decibels

Re: OT: Weirdness With WiFi Access Point

2011-09-21 Thread Dale Farnsworth
My Android WiFi analyzer only shows three channels - the two in my house (channels 3, 11) and a linksys next door (channel 1). The linksys next door has a max signal strength of around -90 dbm on a good day. I will try switching my DL-524 to channel 5 to see if there is any change. BTW, both

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-19 Thread azlobo73
Check out http://www.getboo.com/ . Its Self hosted (PHP MySQL / LAMP stack), social bookmark web app with private ('antisocial') bookmarks also. Ben On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Bryan O'Neal bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com wrote: For metadata, personally, I mark every book mark

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-17 Thread Matt Graham
From: Bryan O'Neal bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com True but to replicate the functionality of the various browser bookmark managers would take significant effort. Higharchacle and cross referenced listings plus a variety of meta data and search functionality make hand coding a manager

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
On 09/15/2011 11:21 AM, Jill R wrote: I've been looking for a self-hosted tool to sync and/or store my web bookmarks between systems and I've about come up with nothing. So, of everything out there (hosted, 3rd party, or otherwise) what have people had luck or good experiences with? I'm

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
On 09/15/2011 08:29 PM, Stephen wrote: I have a promise sata1 cars with two ports on it. I have a promise pci 4 port sata3 card. These work ok, so long as you don't put a raid-5 array on it. There used to be (2 years or so ago) a fairly rare problem with software raid and these cards. I

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-16 Thread Stephen
I have never liked promise raid, too flaky. but as just raw drives they are very nice. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: On 09/15/2011 08:29 PM, Stephen wrote: I have a promise sata1 cars with two ports on it. I have a promise pci 4 port sata3 card. These

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Ed
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: On 09/15/2011 11:21 AM, Jill R wrote: I've been looking for a self-hosted tool to sync and/or store my web bookmarks between systems and I've about come up with nothing.  So, of everything out there (hosted, 3rd party, or

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Jordan A
Why not just use portable firefox on a usb drive? You will always have your bookmarks, tools, etc.. :) On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Ed p...@0x1b.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: On 09/15/2011 11:21 AM, Jill R wrote: I've been

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
The problem I referred to was with software/linux raid and raw drives on the promise controller. Just to be clear. As you said they seem to work fine as standalone (no raid) drives. On 09/16/2011 09:27 AM, Stephen wrote: I have never liked promise raid, too flaky. but as just raw drives they

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
The idea is to have your data (bookmarks being a subset) available to any client, any device. This would include multiple VMs on your workstation. On 09/16/2011 11:30 AM, Jordan A wrote: Why not just use portable firefox on a usb drive? You will always have your bookmarks, tools, etc.. :)

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-16 Thread Mark Jarvis
Thanks to all who responded. Red face time. I just checked Tiger Direct--they have several SATA cards from $20 to $60. Any particular brand you recommend to a) use or b) stay away from? -mj- Eric Shubert wrote:

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
I'd stay away from Promise if possible. ;) On 09/16/2011 12:35 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote: Thanks to all who responded. Red face time. I just checked Tiger Direct--they have several SATA cards from $20 to $60. Any particular brand you recommend to a) use or b) stay away from? -mj- Eric Shubert

Re: OT: archival storage

2011-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
On 09/16/2011 12:54 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote: I've just recently found out about a company with CD/DVD media/drives which don't use dye layer but actually melt a pit in the media. Here's the company site http://millenniata.com/ and a good article about archival storage in general

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Matt Graham
From: Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net [snip] The idea is to have your data (bookmarks being a subset) available to any client, any device. This would include multiple VMs on your workstation. Going from bookmarks to arbitrary data isn't feature creep, it's feature Mach 2. But for bookmarks, what

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Alex Dean
On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Matt Graham wrote: The main problem there is populating the table with all your initial bookmarks. Firefox can save bookmarks as JSON. Most languages you're likely to use have JSON-parsing libs to make getting this data pretty easy.

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
True but to replicate the functionality of the various browser bookmark managers would take significant effort. Higharchacle and cross referenced listings plus a variety of meta data and search functionality make hand coding a manager via web page a non trivial task. Personally I like x-marks but

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Stephen
if you use google chrome, they have the sync function built in, with FF4 and later they have the same thing. it is as long as you have the browser regardless of platform. if you want something more manual you can try drop-box wich is win/mac/Linux friendly. not sure of specific distros however.

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Dean
On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jill R wrote: I've been looking for a self-hosted tool to sync and/or store my web bookmarks between systems and I've about come up with nothing. So, of everything out there (hosted, 3rd party, or otherwise) what have people had luck or good experiences with?

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Brian Parma
On 09/15/2011 12:14 PM, Alex Dean wrote: On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jill R wrote: I've been looking for a self-hosted tool to sync and/or store my web bookmarks between systems and I've about come up with nothing. So, of everything out there (hosted, 3rd party, or otherwise) what have

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Stephen
Foxmarks functionality is somewhat redundant with FF 4+ and a built in sync mechanism https://services.mozilla.com/ On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Brian Parma freec...@cox.net wrote: On 09/15/2011 12:14 PM, Alex Dean wrote: On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jill R wrote: I've been looking for

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Alex Dean
On Sep 15, 2011, at 3:07 PM, Stephen wrote: Foxmarks functionality is somewhat redundant with FF 4+ and a built in sync mechanism https://services.mozilla.com/ But that's neither self-hosted or cross-browser, which is a shame. alex ---

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Donn
I have seen instructions for XMarks to store it's data on dropbox but haven't done it myself. I use it on Firefox, Safari, Chrome and IE, on Windows XP, 7, Linux, and OS X and it works very well. It occasionally gets confused on a specific PC/Browser and I need to Download from server and

Re: OT: bookmark storage?

2011-09-15 Thread Ed
out of development, but nice http://www.frech.ch/online-bookmarks/ On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Jill R darkmatterh...@gmail.com wrote: I've been looking for a self-hosted tool to sync and/or store my web bookmarks between systems and I've about come up with nothing.  So, of everything out

Re: OT--SATA problem

2011-09-15 Thread Stephen
I have a promise sata1 cars with two ports on it. On Sep 15, 2011 8:28 PM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Stephen
I have an 80 some dollar Blue Ray player that has netflix support that works, as does the Wii that we have. you might want to maybe look at some of the various blue ray/dvd players maybe. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I am thinking of getting

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Jason Hayes
I currently use two Wii's for streaming Netflix in my home (using Cox cable and a Cisco wireless router) and they work well. You can watch two different shows at the same time with no apparent problems. I have never been able to get Netflix to work on Linux because of the Silverlight plugin

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/2011 12:28 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: I am thinking of getting Netflix, and I am trying to figure out how to distribute it to several TVs in the house, and I was wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. We currently have cox

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Jill Rouleau
There's a Netflix plugin for Chrome OS. It doesn't *yet* work on other Linuxes, but it could happen. In the meantime, any old system you have laying around could boot Chrome (even just off a thumb drive) for your Netflixing.

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Brian Cluff
I've got PS3, a blueray player and a roku that all support netflix. My favorite by far is the roku. It's the fastest and the most versatile netflix interface I've encountered so far. You would think that the PS3 would be the fastest since it's practically a super computer compared to the

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Dan Lund
AppleTV has a Netflix plugin on it, and it's a small footprint. I use it for the bedroom TV, and it works nicely. I also have an iTunes share so I can watch my digital movies. (not purchased through Apple) Then again, it's not a Linux solution, but it's a good cheap one. --Dan Lund On Tue,

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Bryan O'Neal
What intrigued me about this post was the word 'distributed'. This to me says pause on one and play on the other. If you have unlimeted streams this is just a matter of starting a second stream where you left off. Other then that I do not know any service that will do this for you. Of course I

Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming?

2011-09-03 Thread Dazed_75
Dump Homeland Security? Reign them in with the Constitution? On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Last year, I was able to get most college football games on my computer via a website called channelsurfing.net. But when I tried that URL this year, there is a big

Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming?

2011-09-03 Thread keith smith
Yes!!  I could not agree more!! Keith Smith --- On Sat, 9/3/11, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: How to get college football games streaming? To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: OT: Google Plus invite link

2011-08-07 Thread Stephen P Rufle
I was able to get a goggle+ account. I have 150 invites. Ping me if you want to be invited. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: OT: How to use html form input to append input to a file?

2011-07-27 Thread Alex Dean
On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Eric Cope wrote: Hey Joe, That script has the basics to get it working, but there is a big caveat. You need to scrub the form input to prevent ALL malicious inputs from reaching the file. I'd hate to see someone put rm -rf / in the file and execute it. I don't

Re: OT: How to use html form input to append input to a file?

2011-07-26 Thread Eric Cope
Hey Joe, That script has the basics to get it working, but there is a big caveat. You need to scrub the form input to prevent ALL malicious inputs from reaching the file. I'd hate to see someone put rm -rf / in the file and execute it. There are all sorts of nasty things to put in a file, that you

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