Re: [SLUG] Disabling HDMI sound

2015-12-03 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:28:44PM +1100, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: > I have found another possible solution here: > http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ > > Which suggests, under Linux kernel parameters > > Option: radeon.audio > Value:: 0,1 > Default Value: 0 > Explanation: Disa

Re: [SLUG] Recommendations for Australian Based VPS

2015-03-24 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 09:15:55AM +1000, Rick Phillips wrote: > I will be moving my premises to a new site but have to wait until > construction is completed. My premises are sold and under contract > so I need to find a temporary home for my services. A VPS is > probably the best option right n

Re: [SLUG] Email line length

2014-07-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:30:20AM +1000, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: >I'm seeing more and more emails >that have incredibly long lines. I'm confused. You mean a single LF-terminated line is used for the whole paragraph? Like this (112 characters)? >I can of course word-wrap, but

Re: [SLUG] 20 years of using Linux at home

2013-04-05 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 09:46:39PM +1100, Martin Visser wrote: > Well today pretty much marks 20 years since I've used Linux at home. You're an early adopter :-) I started using Linux on 19th June 1993. I've added a reminder into my calendar to celebrate the anniversary. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] newbie to writing programs

2013-01-18 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 05:57:09PM +1100, Chris Barnes wrote: > What i mean is if the parent forked at the line > pid = fork(); > Then the child would begin executing at the next instruction. In this case > If(pid > 0){ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } Both parent and child resume/start executing at the next

Re: [SLUG] Managing software across a cluster

2012-08-14 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:45:07AM +1000, Steven Tucker wrote: > thanks for the suggestions, they were awesome. > Since writing that email Puppet has been suggested to me as well, > though I will go look into all the suggestions. Another vote for puppet. The more you use it, the more useful it get

Re: [SLUG] date sorting on second last string

2012-08-05 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 09:12:14AM +1000, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: > how could I date order sort on penultimate string to end up with date > ordered ? > > Job 1978924 (8) Ttt Pp 20-11-2012 Notes > Job 1923886 Ccc Pl 31-08-2012 Notes That kind of thing is much easier done if dates a

Re: [SLUG] Re: Android-based smartphones - any drawbacks ?

2012-02-05 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 09:34:22AM +0800, James Linder wrote: > If I choose to use windows then the only and remote moral issue is MS > use the money I fed them to wreck havoc on the world. I think you just proved Patrick's point. By continuing to pay money to MS, you are in part responsible for t

Re: [SLUG] Multifunction printers vs dedicated sheet-feed scanners?

2011-09-05 Thread Nick Andrew
The dedicated scanners could be expected to be faster and more robust, maybe higher quality too. The scan quality on our cheap multifunction is not as good as that of my dedicated (but non-multi-feed) Epson scanner. Nick. -- PGP Key ID = 0x418487E7 http://www.nick-andrew.net/

Re: [SLUG] Multifunction printers vs dedicated sheet-feed scanners?

2011-09-05 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 04:00:26PM +1000, Jon Jermey wrote: > My question is this: given that my printer cost $79, and a dedicated > sheet-feed scanner costs $400 and up, am I going to get a better success > rate if I purchase one of those rather than just buying a new cheap > printer? I hav

Re: [SLUG] non-root users cant use network

2011-08-29 Thread Nick Andrew
Your problem is here: On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 08:52:42PM +1000, Chris Barnes wrote: > socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) > write(2, "failed: Permission denied.\n", 27) = 27 > My wget trace here shows:

Re: [SLUG] non-root users cant use network

2011-08-28 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:06:34PM +1000, Chris Barnes wrote: > cpbarnes@netbook:~$ ping 127.0.0.1 > socket: Permission denied > cpbarnes@netbook:~$ wget http://127.0.0.1/ > Connecting to 127.0.0.1:80... failed: Permission denied. Interesting. Try "strace wget http://127.0.0.1/"; and see which sy

Re: [SLUG] Text to HTML?

2011-08-28 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:04:01AM +1000, DaZZa wrote: > I'm looking for something that can take a text file and convert it > into HTML, possible with some highlighting. Markdown? markdown < file.txt > file.html Nick. -- PGP Key ID = 0x418487E7 http://www.nick-andrew.net/ P

Re: [SLUG] Addressbook and Calendar apps

2011-08-25 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:19:54PM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Nick" == Nick Andrew writes: > Nick> Text file, kaddressbook, Google Calendar. > > Thanks Nick. Can you synchronise these across handheld, laptop and > desktop? The google calendar

Re: [SLUG] Addressbook and Calendar apps

2011-08-25 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:13:09AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > what are people using for TODO, address book and calendar Text file, kaddressbook, Google Calendar. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/maili

Re: [SLUG] script help with unexpected token/variable

2011-08-21 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 09:55:34AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: > # archmail aa.com.au > /usr/local/bin/archmail: line 19: syntax error near unexpected token `sudo' > /usr/local/bin/archmail: line 19: ` sudo -u#5000 archivemail -d90 $j ' > > script: > -- > # cat /u

Re: [SLUG] search and replace multiple files?

2011-08-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 02:24:47PM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > * Nick Andrew [2011-08-02 12:23:43 +1000]: > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:29:44AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > For example, I want to replace "def fubar" with "def snafu" across 50 >

Re: [SLUG] search and replace multiple files?

2011-08-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:29:44AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > For example, I want to replace "def fubar" with "def snafu" across 50 > files. perl -p -i -e 's/def fubar/def snafu/g' * > I then want to close all the files that didn't have changes, so I > can investigate the changed files in mor

Re: [SLUG] Bash Script: Spaces in file names

2011-07-13 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 07:15:33AM +1000, Nigel Allen wrote: > I have started to write a bash script whoise first task is to find out > if a file exists. > > A typical path for this file would be: > > /home//Maildir/.MyPlans.125 > > when I run the script I get a "no such file or directory" b

Re: [SLUG] KDE gui package manger in Debian

2011-06-30 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:55:18PM +1000, David Lyon wrote: > he's a boy.. apt-get is a boys toy really.. You're saying apt-get isn't a suitable tool for girls? Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailing

Re: [SLUG] The 'nanny state' and freedom of choice

2011-06-28 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:05:32AM +1000, david wrote: > > Some years ago in NSW, children of Jehovah's Witnesses were denied blood > transfusions by their parents because of religious beliefs. The state > introduced legislation and stepped in to make such children wards of the > state if th

Re: [SLUG] IPv6 using ufw on Debian stable

2011-06-07 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 12:47:05PM +1000, Simon Rumble wrote: > To Action From > -- -- > 22/tcp (OpenSSH) ALLOW INAnywhere > 25/tcp (SMTP) ALLOW INAnywhere > 80/tcp (WWW) ALLOW INAnyw

Re: [SLUG] IPv6 using ufw on Debian stable

2011-06-06 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 12:03:50PM +1000, Simon Rumble wrote: > Jun 7 11:56:23 stout kernel: [UFW AUDIT INVALID] IN=eth0 OUT= > MAC=f2:3c:91:96:7e:df:c8:4c:75:f5:c4:ff:86:dd > SRC=2001:4860:4002:0802::::1012 > DST=2600:3c00:::f03c:91ff:fe96:7edf LEN=104 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=55 > FLOWL

Re: [SLUG] Tape Backups and Scripting

2011-06-06 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:25:29PM +1000, Rick Phillips wrote: > You will see from the > script below that I have listed a number of folders which I need to back > up (literally the whole drive) with a few things like /tmp and /proc > missing for obvious reasons. When I do a "list" of the files on

Re: [SLUG] How to do a Custom Print Processor in Linux ?

2011-05-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:53:00AM +1000, David Lyon wrote: > Its > all good until electrical contractors come and disconnect cables from the > hub, and > then the network goes, and it all breaks and users complain. It doesn't sound like a software problem. > Now I want to move the rendering of t

Re: [SLUG] Re: Virus Scanner

2011-04-03 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 06:46:36AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Morgan Storey wrote: > > I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go > > via the line that we are immune to viruses, > > Unfortunately, the alternative, virus scanners that look for > particular virus

Re: [SLUG] Log for timed out SSH connections

2011-03-20 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:44:23PM -0700, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 21:41, Simon Males wrote: > > > We have just switched Internet connections (from ADSL2 to [SH/B]DSL) > > and I'm finding that SSH connections to the Internet are timing out. > > I bet whatever device is doi

Re: [SLUG] Debian 6

2011-03-20 Thread Nick Andrew
> >> I have installed Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora core 14 and SuSE 11.3 and all of > >> them detected and were able to use both my ethernet card (built in > >> gigabit) and my Linksys wireless card (as rt61 PCI) with me only having > >> to supply the encryption key. Tried installing firmware-realtek ? N

Re: [SLUG] Capturing high school graduates for Linux?

2011-03-08 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 07:28:12PM +1100, Mike Lx wrote: > Hi, I usually just lurk here, but I have to reply to this. > I'm a year 10 student who got his craptop last year, and I hate to be a > killjoy, but these things are _hard_ to do absolutely anything with, > [...] So, no VMware or Virtua

Re: [SLUG] Linux for seniors?

2011-03-06 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 02:06:04PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > I'm investigating Linux for seniors, wondering if anyone has any > pointers. Maybe Jon Jermey's book, Bitten by the Penguin: http://www.learnubuntu.com.au/ I have a contact in a senior computer-using group out in Western

Re: [SLUG] spelunkers of the world ...

2011-02-18 Thread Nick Andrew
Did you notice that pins 5,6,7,8 are all soldered together? I think that rules out the chips being triacs, but my searches for 441 and 44108 turned up nothing likely. Nick. -- PGP Key ID = 0x418487E7 http://www.nick-andrew.net/ PGP Key fingerprint = B3ED 6894 8E49 1770 C24A

Re: [SLUG] spelunkers of the world ...

2011-02-17 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 01:36:58PM +0800, James wrote: > My kingdom to anyone who can id the parts U15 and U16 > > They are marked '44108' 'SA1' 'W97k' > http://tigger.ws/downloads/img_1329.jpg SST441 N-Channel JFET Monolithic Dual - calogic corporation ? Maybe a compatible chip from a different

Re: [SLUG] Which Virtualisation, and why?

2011-01-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 08:57:14PM +1100, david wrote: > What virtualisation solutions would people suggest? OpenVZ ... - lightweight - flexible resource limits - linux based (i.e. containers and process isolation, not machine emulation) - uses host filesystem, which helps with - dynami

Re: [SLUG] Upgrading OS RAID

2011-01-09 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:05:53AM +1100, Kyle wrote: > 3. It's been a while since I delved into h'ware etc. So SATA II disks > will simply plug into, and function correctly, SATA plugs, yes or no? Or > are we now at a stage where I also have to worry about whether or not > the m'board will a

Re: [SLUG] Upgrading OS RAID

2011-01-09 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:42:43AM +1100, Kyle wrote: > My goal is to replace ALL the current 500GB disks with all new 1TB > disks into a new RAID 1 array and yet maintain the entire machine's > installation and configuration. It's a common requirement. The hardest bit is getting the boot seq

Re: [SLUG] linked in - please block

2010-12-13 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:51:56AM +1100, Nigel Allen wrote: > I have already complained to linkedin - not received a response yet. I'm not sure how linkedin can know that slug@slug.org.au is a mailing list and not an individual's email address. Presumably the slug list should reject email from n

Re: [SLUG] Shell math/BASH question

2010-10-18 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 09:00:16AM +1100, DaZZa wrote: > The results from the third party software query are assigned as > variables in the script and converted into round numbers as below > > free='/' > total='' Course they're not numbers if they look like '2.47T' or '25.40G'. Do "df -k -P -T"

Re: [SLUG] zchroot: feedback on first program (bash script) to publish - quick question

2010-10-13 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:59:03PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > *) Should I post zchroot here, plain or zipped? > It is 551 lines, zenlib.sh is 157, and zchroot.conf is 66 lines. Maybe upload it somewhere and post a URL ? It sounds interesting. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Maili

Re: [SLUG] Banning non Australian IP's from Aussie ecommerce site

2010-10-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 16:31, justin randell wrote: > unless there's some really good reason not to, i'd strongly advise > securing your ssh so that it's public-key only. i've seen too many > places that rely on limiting the amount of ssh attempts get hacked to > put any faith in that method any

Re: [SLUG] Telstra Doing Good

2010-10-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 04:31:36PM +1030, David Lloyd wrote: > Well, considering they're one of the big three companies supporting it the > effort, the service does give a sensible response, many people have noticed > this (i.e. PEOPLE) whom I personally trust not ALL to have fallen for > someth

Re: [SLUG] Telstra Doing Good

2010-10-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:03:33AM +1100, Ashley Maher wrote: > "For every 100 text messages, we?ll give an XO laptop to a child who > needs it, up to 500 laptops. > > Text the word ?LAPTOP? to 044 SUPPORT (0447 877 678)*" > http://www.ideasforgood.com.au/category/future/one-laptop-per-child.html

Re: [SLUG] Unrecogniseable disks.

2010-10-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 03:39:55PM +1100, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: > I used a DVD reader to transfer some video cassettes to disc. (All > legitimate, since you ask; a simple format transfer.) > > Or that's what I thought. I wanted to look at the intros so I could enter > the details in th

Re: [SLUG] change to linux and google chrome

2010-10-07 Thread Nick Andrew
G'day Bob, On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:10:06AM +1100, Bob Peterson wrote: > I am new to slug, can you do the following, I have a note book with > XP, can I remove microsoft and change to linux and use google chrome > as the browser, if so, how would I get information to do so. First you should obt

Re: [SLUG] Auto Reboot ADSL modem ??

2010-10-04 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 10:33:08AM +1100, gonzo01 wrote: > I am aware that my system can be set to auto-ping my connection on at a > predetermined interval which is fine for just ensuring that my > connection stays alive, and the modem can be rebooted via a script if > the ping fails. However

Re: [SLUG] Accounting and business software

2010-09-19 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:31:35AM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: > -- strange --- I type it in google and I keep getting "did you mean > LAMB" instead of LSMB accounting? Anyway I can't find it in the first > page. > > Clicking on the second page google switches to searching for "LAMB > accoun

Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.

2010-09-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 03:06:29PM +1000, Steve Lindsay wrote: > We're using a bunch of Huawei E160E and E169 USB modems from Virgin on > some embedded systems that work fine with Linux (a minimal Ubuntu > install). Purchased in the last month or two so I assume they are > relatively current. Is t

Re: [SLUG] Using a DNS with Dynamic IP

2010-08-29 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:07:00PM +0800, james wrote: > of interest how do you deal with all the non-ipv6 sites, the fact that your > isp issues you with an ipv4 address and all the complications. I don't run servers open to the public from my home connection. IPv6 is there so I can connect into

Re: [SLUG] Using a DNS with Dynamic IP

2010-08-28 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:31:43AM +0800, james wrote: > An ISP that gives you a static IP eg http://amnet.net.au is IMHO the only way > to go. All other options are heartache. I just use IPv6 because a registered tunnel comes with between 2^64 and 2^80 static addresses. Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Weird X/Gnome issue

2010-07-29 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:23:49PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I have grepped $HOME/.gconf/ $HOME/.gnome2/ and $HOME/.gnome2_private/ > for the string "1024" and found nothing display related. Can you strace your Window Manager to find out what files it reads? I know it could take a long

Re: [SLUG] Reply-to address on SLUG posts

2010-07-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 03:13:38PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I am on a well over 50 mailing lists, some of which can have > high volumes (the kernel mailing list can peak at over 50 emails > an hour). Having that torrent end up in my inbox is completely out > of the question as I also rec

Re: [SLUG] Multiple server roles on one box

2010-07-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 04:04:05PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: > I'm looking at the possibility of consolidating some servers for a client. > > If an internal box with DNS and squid were combined, would this be a > security risk... as in risky way above normal? Try OpenVZ and run your applications

Re: [SLUG] today's scary thought

2010-07-15 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:31:42PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > Also, lots of different apps, so I might well end up with multiple > solutions. This seems likely. Databases have different consistency requirements to people. > A good distributed POSIX FS with replication, eventual > consistency,

Re: [SLUG] today's scary thought

2010-07-15 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 04:14:38PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > Sadly, I can't right now advise a better solution than these, however, since > it is the main problem I face in trying to bridge two data-centers and provide > coherent and sensible file access. Try GlusterFS with mirroring and pref

Re: [SLUG] Adaptec RAID problems

2010-07-14 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 05:53:13AM +0800, Robert Barnett wrote: > Thanks for your persistence Ben, > I reduced the size of the array to a 2Gb RAID 1 and experienced the same > problem. > > I've worked out that I can load more recent firmware using a more recent > version of Sun Common Array Mana

Re: [SLUG] Perl Regular expression help

2010-07-14 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 01:27:13PM +1000, Peter Rundle wrote: > I don't really understand how the [^&] followed by the * works but it does. "any character which is not an ampersand" repeated zero or more times. So it matches () ()& (a) (a)& (aaa...) (aaa...)& Where the stuff inside () is what's

Re: [SLUG] LVM

2010-06-16 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 02:06:32PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > You won't be able to. If you configured them up as a stripe (ie, no mirroring) > with interleaving every x megabytes on each disk, you'll basically end up > with a virtual hard disk with "holes" evenly spread out across 1/3rd of > the

Re: [SLUG] LVM

2010-06-14 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:14:38AM +0800, james wrote: > The stuff below is interesting and a reference, but this highlights my > favourite rant: Seagate's 'ATA more than an interface' says multiple disks in > a machine *will* result in a higher failure rate, maybe much higher. Due to heat, or

Re: [SLUG] LVM

2010-06-14 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 06:14:15PM +1000, Gerald C.Catling wrote: > I was wondering if any of you Guru's could suggest a method of getting any > remaing data from the LVM drives, that is drive 2 and 3, that are left. > I have tried rebuilding the set, wg0, but the system want to reformat the > dr

Re: [SLUG] 500 node mesh network for Parramatta

2010-06-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:08:59AM +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: > Hardware: Donated WRT54s or Refurbished PCs with Linux > Cheap wireless cards with large antenna (7db gain) or Cantenna?? Cantenna is directional I think; you'd want omnidirectional for client access and directional only for connect

Re: [SLUG] Error in Time() command

2010-05-26 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 08:04:45AM +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > Risking totally going off-topic but analog thermistors are so old-school! > ;-) I bought a couple of LM335A (?) at the same time, but I figured I'd get it working as well as possible with the basic thermistor to start. > Check out t

Re: [SLUG] Error in Time() command

2010-05-26 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 05:52:59PM +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > Pretty much based on the knowledge that the MCU program counter is clocked > on a 16MHz crystal (according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_clock > they > are generally good for 6 parts per million for standard grade crystals,

Re: [SLUG] Error in Time() command

2010-05-25 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 01:53:27PM +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > (And if you don't have a scope or freq. meter) a suitably programmed Arduino > or similar microcontroller could do this fairly easily for you - probably > with better than 0.01% precision. How do we know the Arduino is so precise? :-

Re: [SLUG] Open source POS software and MYOB - also: ATO new system

2010-05-18 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:52:21AM +1000, david wrote: > While on the subject, does anyone know anything about the ATO's new > consumer tax system interface? Their main page is http://www.sbr.gov.au/ They use something called XBRL which is apparently a huge XML schema for reporting information

Re: [SLUG] Fwd: Club History

2010-04-21 Thread Nick Andrew
Sorry for the delay replying :-) On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:59:29 -0700, Lindsay Holmwood writes: >Although i'm familiar with the past few years of SLUG history, would >some of the old timers care to help me out with the following email? >>-- Forwarded message -- >>From: Steve Demeo

Re: [SLUG] Net send for linux

2010-04-05 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 11:37:18PM +1000, Daryl Thompson wrote: > Is there a Linux equivalent network messaging command like 'NET SEND' in > windows > That is i want to be able to send messages to all and individual > computers on the local network. You want to send messages to computers on your L

Re: [SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-02 Thread Nick Andrew
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 :-) Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscriptio

Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 08:14:03AM +1100, jon wrote: > I don't know if this is the place to raise this, but as a new member I > can think of two things that might help: It's good. It's been weighing on my mind too. > 1. Make it possible to obtain and renew membership online -- or even by > sn

Re: [SLUG] Surveillance camera in car

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:53:30PM +1100, Jim Donovan wrote: > Having been the target of a road-rage attack recently (driver behind chucked > a rock at me) I can see the value of having front and rear cameras recording. > They're actually pretty affordable these days (see > http://www.etronixmar

Re: [SLUG] Re: Time Pedantry

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 06:25:46PM +1100, Daniel Pittman 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. > > Actually, we would still have to deal with the changing length of the day, and > with the increasing difference be

Re: Why so snooty? Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 05:47:37PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:27:23PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > Not sure what Linux has to do with this -- there's far more going on > > > (with dates and times especially) in a complex stack of software than > > > just the OS.

Re: Why so snooty? Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

2010-03-31 Thread Nick Andrew
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:27:23PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Not sure what Linux has to do with this -- there's far more going on (with > dates and times especially) in a complex stack of software than just the OS. > Consider the amount of legacy software and multi-system integration involved > in

Re: [SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

2010-03-31 Thread Nick Andrew
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 2:30AM" or "this day has > two 2:00AMs" wrong. That's why Daylight Savings is fundamentally evil. Too much tim

Re: [SLUG] Moving hard drives and data around

2010-03-31 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 04:47:54PM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote: > I have one, I wouldn't class it as "good" but it seems to work. > the "dock" style ones I've heard good things about I have a dock style one with eSATA connectors. The eSATA interface is good because it isn't USB-HDD, and is a lot fa

Re: [SLUG] Moving hard drives and data around

2010-03-31 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 04:42:12PM +1100, david wrote: > Sorry for slightly hijacking the thread.. but my experience of these > gadgets has been universally bad (read: didn't work at all). Have they > improved in the last year or so? I have one which is a rectangle with connectors on all 4 sid

Re: [SLUG] Moving hard drives and data around

2010-03-30 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 02:18:39PM +1100, Nigel Allen wrote: > The machine is a HP DL145 G3 which only has interfaces for 2 x hdd's. > The current disks are 2 x 80GB set up as /boot on /dev/sda1 and (sda2 > plus sdb1) are pooled together to make up /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00. They > are running

Re: [SLUG] Scribus

2010-03-29 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:29:05PM +1100, Heracles wrote: > The problem occurs on both my machines but tends to only happen when I > am using the story editor. > I thought the laptop might be at fault at first so I ran memtest86 with > no errors. I was surprised to have the crash repeat on my deskt

Re: [SLUG] Scribus

2010-03-29 Thread Nick Andrew
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:42:32PM +1100, Heracles wrote: > I am using Scribus (stable) on Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit) and it crashes so > frequently as to be unusable. It is usually when I have the story editor > open and try to make a change to the text. > I am using it on my notebook which is an intel p

Re: [SLUG] On cleaning out kernels.

2010-03-29 Thread Nick Andrew
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 08:58:15PM +1100, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: > The Ubuntu section is what's the matter. > I assume the 16 and 15's are superceded kernels, ie., they can be removed. > How is this done? I'd rather not wipe the operative kernel by mistake. Try apt-get removing the olde

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-28 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 04:32:48PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: > Oh, cool. Someone talked DJB into relicensing dnscache so that it can be > distributed patched, rather than requiring the original. That must make life > better for folks like you who want to use it. DJB made it Public Domain AFAI

Re: [SLUG] Ben NanoNote

2010-03-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 04:31:46PM -0700, mark adrian bell wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I'm writing to tell you about the Ben NanoNote open-source hackable hand held > computer. > > http://sharism.cc/specs/ Very cute, and I thought the EEE 901 was hard to type on! Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:23:35AM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: > FWIW, I got very sick of this years and years ago, so I took to installing the > distribution packaged version of bind on my machine and configuring the system > to use localhost for name resolution. dnscache works well for that too