[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Pre-SLUG meetups

2007-11-29 Thread nornagon
On 30/11/2007, Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who are in the area before the normal SLUG meeting time of 18:30, there are two places you can go. For women, there is the Sydney LinuxChix meetup, at the Lindt Cafe at Cockle Bay (just south of the eastern end of the

Re: [SLUG] Firefox could learn from IE

2007-05-01 Thread nornagon
Have you checked your DPI settings? On 02/05/07, Stephen Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think firefox is a great browser but I think that firefox can learn one thing from IE I think that Firefox and IE try successfully to make their browsers user friendly so that the lowest common

Re: [SLUG] Something happened at about 4:30 this morning...

2007-02-08 Thread nornagon
I read a story about an attack on several root DNS servers recently -- maybe the same botnet was pushing a lot of spam, and got taken offline for one reason or another? On 2/8/07, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...that was when I saw a sudden drop in the level of spam attempting to

Re: [SLUG] how to type £

2006-12-13 Thread nornagon
Find a keyboard manager somewhere (been a while since I used xfce) and set this xkb option: compose:menu Then press the menu key (here it looks like a cursor over a context menu), then L then -. £. It does a whole bunch of other things, too - ãéïôū²€.·˙ø On 12/14/06, Alexander Samad [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu wifi challenge

2006-10-18 Thread nornagon
Hi John, I've had a bit of experience with wireless stuff, but most prism cards do indeed Just Work. Have you looked through dmesg to see if there are telling messages? Is the module even getting loaded? Does ifconfig -a show anything interesting? On 10/19/06, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

[SLUG] St. Patricks day every day

2006-09-19 Thread nornagon
Arr, an explanation[1] there be, land lubber. [1] - http://www.talklikeapirate.com On 9/19/06, Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A fine mornin' to ye all, Ah'm checkin' me calender fo' th' day o' St Patrick but ay still can't explain th' whole planet turnin' Irish:

[SLUG] SFD 06 Packing Party photos

2006-09-01 Thread nornagon
Not sure if this is activities material, but I uploaded photos Andreas Fischer took at Pia's packing party last week. http://slug.org.au/~jeremy/sfd06-packing Orange attack! -- - Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Re: SLUG August Monthly Meeting (with new venue)

2006-08-23 Thread nornagon
On 8/23/06, Lindsay Holmwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/23/06, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:38:40AM +1000, Michael Kedzierski wrote: On 8/22/06, Beach_Wins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am planning to go for the 1st time. So glad to read this

Re: [SLUG] Packing Party at Pia's!

2006-08-20 Thread nornagon
On 8/21/06, Pia Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Anyone interested in a fun afternoon with a complimentary SFD tshirt and lunch read on :) I need some help packing up the tshirts and balloons to send to all the SFD teams. This Saturday is the day (the 26th) we'll be packing this stuff up

[SLUG] SLUG July Monthly Meeting

2006-07-22 Thread nornagon
Greetings, citizens of SLUG. SLUG July Monthly Meeting When: 28th July 2006, 18:30 - 21:30 Where: UTS Broadway Building 2, Level 3, Room 302 SLUG's monthly meeting featuring talks and SLUGlets. Meetings are open to the general public, and free of charge. This month's meeting will be

[SLUG] Re: [activities] SLUGlets this month - Web Browsers

2006-07-21 Thread nornagon
If we're doing mail clients as well... I'd like to see a demo of mutt and slrn. :) -- - Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] SLUGlets this month - Web Browsers

2006-07-20 Thread nornagon
Generic Universal Greeting, SLUGgers. We'll be continuing last month's SLUGlets format this month, this time themed on web browsers. With the recent release of Opera 9 and the betas of Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7, there should be plenty of info for us to sink our teeth into :) In case

Re: [SLUG] Re: SLUGlets this month - Web Browsers

2006-07-20 Thread nornagon
On 7/20/06, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 04:19:20PM +1000, nornagon wrote: At this month's meeting (28th July) we're looking for people to talk for 5 or so minutes about web browsers. If you're particularly passionate about your dear Konqueror, Opera

Re: [SLUG] Re: Google Earth available for Linux

2006-06-13 Thread nornagon
Haven't had any of the problems listed here... works perfectly for me (Dapper), except for the fact that the fonts show up crazy small. http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8625/broken2pn.png -- - Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

[SLUG] Re: [activities] Re: Committee meeting minutes, May 7th

2006-06-08 Thread nornagon
On 6/6/06, Morgan Storey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only really play Freecraft, atomic tanks and quake three, so probably not the best choice. I played around with wine for gaming, very broken... not yet tried Cedega. I spose if there is time left over I can but I really am not huge gamer, I

Re: [SLUG] Re: Snakes and Rubies?

2006-05-24 Thread nornagon
On 5/24/06, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:45:26PM +1000, nornagon wrote: Python and Ruby are in many ways very similar. Where does this idea come from? Perl and Ruby are much closer, in my mind Well, yes - perl and ruby are similar. Because ruby draws

Re: [SLUG] Snakes and Rubies?

2006-05-23 Thread nornagon
On 5/24/06, Adelle Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff Waugh wrote: So, what does everybody think of reviving the old Python SIG, and possibly combining it with a Ruby one? At which point, you're only a couple of steps away from making it an Open Source Developer's Club [1] for Sydney

[SLUG] Xgl/compiz development

2006-05-03 Thread nornagon
Greetings sluggers, I've been browsing around in the compiz.net forums and have become interested in helping hack on compiz/xgl. However, I wouldn't have a clue where to start on the codebase - would someone be able to give me a bit of help next codefest we have? (Do we have any Xgl/compiz

Re: [SLUG] Xgl/compiz development

2006-05-03 Thread nornagon
On 5/3/06, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Erik de Castro Lopo I've been browsing around in the compiz.net forums and have become interested in helping hack on compiz/xgl. Holy shit. Thats what I call jumping in at the deep end. X servers are particularly difficult to hack

[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] SLUG codefest: 9th April

2006-03-28 Thread nornagon
On 3/29/06, Mary Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, SLUG coders will be gathering together for a day of coding and talking about coding. [snip] Expression of interest! -- - nornagon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

Re: Throttling??? Re: [SLUG] bittorrent clients

2006-03-24 Thread nornagon
libtorrent/rtorrent does throttling, and very nicely :) -- - nornagon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Re: bittorrent clients

2006-03-14 Thread nornagon
As it so happens, I've just recently been hunting for a decent bittorrent client written in curses... and here it is: apt-get install rtorrent :) -- - nornagon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I nominate Matthew Palmer for Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I nominate Mark Greenaway as an Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Accepting Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I accept a place as an Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html