Re: [SLUG] Beating the filter

2010-04-06 Thread Morgan Storey
Tor could be a start; http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/06/how-to-setup-tor-and-privoxy-in-ubuntu-feisty-fawn.html There are alternatives out there of course according to http://alternativeto.net/desktop/hotspot-shield/?platform=linux On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au

Re: [SLUG] Beating the filter

2010-04-06 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:15:26 +1000 Morgan Storey m...@morganstorey.com wrote: Tor could be a start; http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/06/how-to-setup-tor-and-privoxy-in-ubuntu-feisty-fawn.html There are alternatives out there of course according to

RE: [SLUG] Presentations for multi-media BOF

2010-04-06 Thread Patrick
I would like to hear about these too, Marghanita. Regards, Patrick Linux - you use it everyday -original message- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Presentations for multi-media BOF From: Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au Date: 06/04/2010 3:33 pm James/Patrick, Are you talking about the SLUG

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline

2010-04-06 Thread Chris Johns
On 6/04/2010 2:06 PM, Dean Hamstead wrote: 2. Slug has become less technical However the truth of the other half and point 2 is extremely subjective. Just to balance the discussion, my work is technical but in a different computing area and operating system to Linux so I find some of

Re: Time Pedantry (was Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?)

2010-04-06 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
On 1 April 2010 16:56, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: Nick Andrew n...@nick-andrew.net writes: On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:39:00PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: If it was my call, I would probably do the same thing.  Way too many developers get simple things like this day has no

Re: Time Pedantry (was Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?)

2010-04-06 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
On 1 April 2010 17:11, Peter Hardy pe...@hardy.dropbear.id.au wrote: None of this would be a problem if we'd just switch to decimal time in a single timezone and call it a day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-06 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
On 3 April 2010 12:51, Nick Andrew n...@nick-andrew.net wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 01:33:03PM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote: We should all just use unix timestamp for all date/time communications and be done with it. Pity that unix time_t ignores leap seconds :-) And the corollary that

[SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-06 Thread Daniel Pittman
Jamie Wilkinson j...@spacepants.org writes: On 1 April 2010 16:56, Daniel Pittman dan...@rimspace.net wrote: Nick Andrew n...@nick-andrew.net writes: On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:39:00PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: If it was my call, I would probably do the same thing.  Way too many

Re: [SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-06 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 12:27 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: ...but the real question is if we love or hate the GMT/UTC difference, and 23:59:61? *cough* :60 *cough* Well, I am glad someone was on the ball enough to notice that. ;) IIRC, :61 is actually a possible but extremely unlikely

Re: [SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-06 Thread Daniel Pittman
Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net writes: On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 12:27 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: ...but the real question is if we love or hate the GMT/UTC difference, and 23:59:61? *cough* :60 *cough* Well, I am glad someone was on the ball enough to notice that. ;) IIRC,

[SLUG] Best API/abstraction? [Was: Time Pedantry] servers?)

2010-04-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jamie Wilkinson I for one am glad such pages exist. I wish the inventors of time_t had read it. So which language / library has a great abstraction for time and date stuff, helping you deal with the intricacies of this craziness? - Jeff -- The Great Australian Internet Blackout

[SLUG] Education Expo volunteers wanted for SLUG display

2010-04-06 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi All, We are hoping to put together a SLUG presesence at the forthcoming Education Expo in Parramatta on 26 and 27 June this year. Johannes, Andy and I (along with help from Sridhar and Marghanita)will be working together to set it up but to do it well we will need some help and so this is a

Re: [SLUG] Best API/abstraction?

2010-04-06 Thread Daniel Pittman
Jeff Waugh j...@perkypants.org writes: quote who=Jamie Wilkinson I for one am glad such pages exist. I wish the inventors of time_t had read it. So which language / library has a great abstraction for time and date stuff, helping you deal with the intricacies of this craziness? None of