Re: [SLUG] Gumstix - do they work ?

2008-06-24 Thread James Dumay
David, I've played with one a while ago - you can get these things running an arm version of debian. So yes, you can run python. I believe you can get both ethernet and wifi in a gumstix. See their website for more info. Cheers James On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

2008-06-24 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:17 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: you know you can get a dualcore amd, ram, disk, all on board mboard and case for like $350? Dean, but, apart from injecting $350 into economy, what benefit is there ? Voytek Eymont wrote: On Tue, June 24, 2008 2:11 pm, Dean Hamstead

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

2008-06-24 Thread Dean Hamstead
you can run commands in real time rather than scheduling them strategically with at and cron? Dean Voytek Eymont wrote: On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:17 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: you know you can get a dualcore amd, ram, disk, all on board mboard and case for like $350? Dean, but, apart from

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 29, Issue 44

2008-06-24 Thread jam
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 14:38:04 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are these things any good ? do they run python ? and have net access ? can somebody demo them at a meeting ? David I'm about to get one, so this is all hearsay, but Full Distro, including WiFi or CAT5 and all the bits. And the big

[SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 29, Issue 44

2008-06-24 Thread jam
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 14:38:04 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you know you can get a dualcore amd, ram, disk, all on board mboard and case for like $350? Dean, but, apart from injecting $350 into economy, what benefit is there ? Not needing your own power station to ruin wots-left bla bla The

Re: [SLUG] {Spam?} Anti spam software?

2008-06-24 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
2008/6/20 Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All, I am after a good Anti spam software program for Linux which is shell based. I am aware of Spam assassign. But I would like to know if there is anything else which is better? I had amazingly good results using only bogofilter, after about a

Re: [SLUG] Is someone is snooping my wireless?

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Morrison
Glen Turner wrote: You really can go too far, and wireless security is a prime example of pointless defence in depth. All that not using a ESSID broadcast, no DHCP, MAC address filtering do is the raise the time and hassle it takes to get on the network. Which means that there is (or soon will

Re: [SLUG] Is someone is snooping my wireless?

2008-06-24 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008, Daniel Morrison wrote: I have never understood that whole don't broadcast your ESSID thing. Security by obscurity, surely? I had one place in dim memory that implemented that specifically so arbitrary devices wouldn't associate-by-passing and tie up valuable slots on

Re: [SLUG] Re: slug Digest, Vol 29, Issue 44

2008-06-24 Thread david . lyon
Quoting jam [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David I'm about to get one, so this is all hearsay, but Full Distro, including WiFi or CAT5 and all the bits. And the big draw card is low power. WA is somewhat shell shocked about power at the mo. Bluddy idjits, but I digress James Only thing I noticed is no

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

2008-06-24 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Tue, June 24, 2008 4:54 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: you can run commands in real time rather than scheduling them strategically with at and cron? sorry, Dean, I'm lost here..? Voytek Eymont wrote: On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:17 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote: you know you can get a dualcore amd,

[SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, I'm looking at building a Mythbuntu box. Has anyone any recommendations for parts suppliers? I live in the around the Inner West and am looking for somewhere to purchase a motherboard, CPU and some RAM. I have a car and am willing to travel a reasonable distance. Places like

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread david . lyon
Quoting elliott-brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Has anyone any recommendations for parts suppliers? I live in the around the Inner West and am looking for somewhere to purchase a motherboard, CPU and some RAM. I have a car and am willing to travel a reasonable distance. Places like Campbelltown are

[SLUG] June SLUG Monthly Meeting — this Friday

2008-06-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
== June SLUG Monthly Meeting == You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at http://www.slug.org.au/node/102 When: 18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 27 June, 2008 We start at 18:30 but we ask that people arrive 15 minutes early so we can all get into the building and start on

Re: [SLUG] perl parsing

2008-06-24 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..snip..] I have two gauges, so they output like so: --- a1566b0c203d1477e0f205g where 156.6 is the depth of tank1 in cm, 0 is the temperature sign bit, 20.3 is the air temperature at tank 1 in C, etc. --- I've

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread Tony Sceats
MSY are a handy place to pick stuff up from the Inner West - it's in Ultimo, not too far from Broadway.. The website is truly horrible, and reflects the store somewhat.. still cheap though and parts are parts http://msy.com.au/ and look at staticice.com.au for a good online price comparison

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread Masood
MSY has a branch in Auburn (Parramatta Rd.). Check out XPMicro in Auburn as well (http://www.xpmicro.com.au) Masood On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Tony Sceats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MSY are a handy place to pick stuff up from the Inner West - it's in Ultimo, not too far from

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread Byron Hillis
elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I'm looking at building a Mythbuntu box. Has anyone any recommendations for parts suppliers? umart.net.au. Order online and pickup when its ready or they deliver (for a price). Their main store is in Enfield but they have a distribution network to other

Re: [SLUG] Is someone is snooping my wireless?

2008-06-24 Thread Glen Turner
Jonathan Lange wrote: Recent events have reminded us that randomness is just as important in SSH key generation. I'd save my dice (and my time) for things that actually guard my data. The entire strength of WPA2-PSK depends on the shared key being unguessable; that is, random. So the WPA2-PSK

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

2008-06-24 Thread Glen Turner
Voytek Eymont wrote: I want to setup a 'data logger' for rain water tanks and hot water storage tanks, for this I'll need at leats 3 RS232 ports USB hub, three USB-Serial converters. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] perl parsing

2008-06-24 Thread Norman Gaywood
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:56:44PM +1000, Voytek Eymont wrote: I'm trying to adopt a script to pull data from water tank gaguges, the original script had like below to deal with a single gauge: -- while (1) { my $gotit = ; until ( ne $gotit) {

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for PC dealer/parts supplier

2008-06-24 Thread daveg
elliott-brennan wrote: I'm looking at building a Mythbuntu box. Has anyone any recommendations for parts suppliers? I've been pretty happy with the prices I've been getting at some of the suppliers at Technocity next to the Capitol Theatre in the City. The three shops that I usually check

Re: [SLUG] more RS232: USB-RS232, PCI ?

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Pittman
Glen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Voytek Eymont wrote: I want to setup a 'data logger' for rain water tanks and hot water storage tanks, for this I'll need at leats 3 RS232 ports USB hub, three USB-Serial converters. Watch out if you need to do something other than RS-232 serial data