[SLUG] October Slug Monthly Meeting - Tomorrow

2008-10-30 Thread Anna Buttfield
== October SLUG Monthly Meeting == You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at http://www.slug.org.au/node/107 When: 18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 31 October, 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 t

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-30 Thread CaT
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:01:43PM +1100, Scott Ragen wrote: > > Now tell me how do you stop your children from connecting to porn sites > > from their mobile phone? > > > Allow the PARENT to decide if the child needs internet access on their > phone AT ALL. > Seriously, what child NEEDS internet

[SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-30 Thread Robert Barnett
I am really most concerned about all the side effects of filtering that we are yet to uncover. For example: If I hosted on a dynamic IP, although I have been assured that it is unlikely, how would I deal with the event that my IP has been blocked to other users? Could the federal government con

[SLUG] Keeping wife on linux

2008-10-30 Thread Robert Barnett
My wife and I have a shared computer at home, however, I seem to be facing a loosing battle for her experiences with linux to remain pleasant. I am running fedora core 9 with additional packages from the Livna repository Some nuances: * We've not been able to find a way to purchase songs from Y

[SLUG] OSDC 2008 Earlybird registration closing this Friday

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Rees
Hi everyone, Book by THIS FRIDAY to take advantage of earlybird pricing and be part of the "best" open source developers conference of the year. And it's in Sydney. http://www.osdc.com.au/2008/registration/index.html?ebc=1 The facts: 31st October Earlybird registration closing 2nd Dece

[SLUG] UPDATE: October Slug Monthly Meeting - Tomorrow

2008-10-30 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
== Update == Sorry everyone, we had a slight scheduling mixup in our last announcement. Our General Talk will be given by Jeff Waugh, with Mary Gardiner speaking next month. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused. == Call for Speakers == We need a speaker for our In Depth slot on 28 N

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-30 Thread Nigel Allen
On 22/10/2008 10:13 AM, CaT wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:01:43PM +1100, Scott Ragen wrote: Now tell me how do you stop your children from connecting to porn sites from their mobile phone? Allow the PARENT to decide if the child needs internet access on their phone AT ALL. Ser

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-30 Thread david
Nigel Allen wrote: On 22/10/2008 10:13 AM, CaT wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:01:43PM +1100, Scott Ragen wrote: Now tell me how do you stop your children from connecting to porn sites from their mobile phone? Allow the PARENT to decide if the child needs internet access on the

Re: [SLUG] sa/perl Compress::Zlib problems

2008-10-30 Thread Adam Kennedy
That looks like something environment-specific, but working out what it is will probably require some back and forth to work it out. The good folks at FreeNode #perl are probably your best bet for this issue. Adam K 2008/10/30 Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just put some new rules, and,

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-30 Thread Adam Kennedy
Theoretically, I believe the IP thing vs domain thing has been solved now. If we are willing to put aside the evilness of filtering for a second and limit the issue to the technical implementation, I know there are some implementations that use a two-phase filter to deal with IP issues (I think th

Re: [SLUG] Keeping wife on linux

2008-10-30 Thread Daniel Pittman
Robert Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My wife and I have a shared computer at home, however, I seem to be > facing a loosing battle for her experiences with linux to remain > pleasant. I am running fedora core 9 with additional packages from the > Livna repository > > Some nuances: > > * We

Re: [SLUG] Keeping wife on linux

2008-10-30 Thread grove
Robert Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: My wife and I have a shared computer at home, however, I seem to be facing a loosing battle for her experiences with linux to remain pleasant. I am running fedora core 9 with additional packages from the Livna repository Get a Mac. Then either just