switching from mandriva? (Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror)

2005-12-05 Thread Bryan Murdock
On 12/5/05, Jacob Albretsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 05 December 2005 10:13 pm, Jared Bellows wrote: > > I just setup a mirror of the Ubuntu repository for on campus use. For right > > now it only has the binary packages for i386. It is updated twice daily. > > The URL is http://mirro

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Moore
> Yes. This mirrors main, universe, multiverse, and restricted. Great, thanks. -- Michael Moore --- www.stuporglue.com -- Articles, software and computer tutorials. www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it. BYU Uni

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Jared Bellows
Yes. This mirrors main, universe, multiverse, and restricted. On 12/5/05, Michael Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hope this is helpful. > > Looks good. Thank you. > > Does it mirror universe and multiverse as well? > > -- > Michael Moore > --- > www.stuporglue.c

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Moore
> Hope this is helpful. Looks good. Thank you. Does it mirror universe and multiverse as well? -- Michael Moore --- www.stuporglue.com -- Articles, software and computer tutorials. www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it. --

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Jacob Albretsen
On Monday 05 December 2005 10:13 pm, Jared Bellows wrote: > I just setup a mirror of the Ubuntu repository for on campus use. For right > now it only has the binary packages for i386. It is updated twice daily. > The URL is http://mirrors.physics.byu.edu/ubuntu. Jared, you're really going all out

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Jared Bellows
There wasn't too much of a tutorial. I read about the Ubuntu repo on this website. http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/mirror/document_view Then read up on rsync for the options I want for it to run. Just for the i386 binaries the download was about 40GB. They say everything is about 110GB. The s

Re: [uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Moore
> I just setup a mirror of the Ubuntu repository for on campus use. For right > now it only has the binary packages for i386. It is updated twice daily. > The URL is http://mirrors.physics.byu.edu/ubuntu. Awesome! How hard was it to set up? Did you find a decent tutorial? I'm installing Ubuntu a

[uug] Ubuntu mirror

2005-12-05 Thread Jared Bellows
I just setup a mirror of the Ubuntu repository for on campus use. For right now it only has the binary packages for i386. It is updated twice daily. The URL is http://mirrors.physics.byu.edu/ubuntu. BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this messag

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Devlin Daley
Alan John Patton wrote: <> I know I have asked this before, but if a corporation is the owner of a work, will that work be protected for the life of the corporation + 70 years, or the life of the literal creator(s) of that work + 70 years? We just had a presentation by a patent/copyright

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Jared Lundell
> > >> > > I know I have asked this before, but if a corporation is the owner of a work, > will that work be protected for the life of the corporation + 70 years, or > the life of the literal creator(s) of that work + 70 years? > > > > That's classified as a 'w

[uug] BYUSA, the Book Exchange, and the UUG

2005-12-05 Thread Nathan Given
Hello All, I just found this article on the newsnet.byu.edu site that talks about how the UUG worked with BYUSA to create a Virtual Book Exchange: http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/7022 Is there anyone still on the list that was involved with that? I'd like to talk with them more about it. Than

Re: Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Alan John Patton
<> I know I have asked this before, but if a corporation is the owner of a work, will that work be protected for the life of the corporation + 70 years, or the life of the literal creator(s) of that work + 70 years? -Original Message- From: jb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BYU Unix Users Gro

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Bryan Murdock
On 12/5/05, Justin Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/5/05, jb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now, examining today's situation, creations are protected for the life > > of the artist PLUS 70 years(3). That means that the artist never has to > > exchange his/her work for the protection the s

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Justin Findlay
On 12/5/05, jb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, examining today's situation, creations are protected for the life > of the artist PLUS 70 years(3). That means that the artist never has to > exchange his/her work for the protection the society provides. That is > simply not reasonable. Here is a g

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread jb
Alan John Patton wrote: I understand why there are copyrights. People like money. Regardless of how much someone may or may not have they will usually want more. Only partly true. While the current state of copyright law is a result of mainly corporate greed, the true nature of copyright,

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Gary Thornock
> I agree we need to do something, although, I'm not completely > sure what we *can* do... I personally don't think that writing > to our senator (*cough*) or representatives will fix the > problem... I've tried to tell people about the laws and the > stupidity of them, but a lot of people outsid

Re: [uug] BYU net authentication.

2005-12-05 Thread TuxGirl
> I installed the script, it was running, mailing me every hour... but > the last time is mailed was at 1:00 this morning. The headless was > not Authenticated. Have you authenticated yet? If you haven't, ssh into the box, and run "ruby /path/to/byuwireless.rb, and make sure that at least that pa

Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread jb
TuxGirl wrote: what we *can* do... I personally don't think that writing to our senator (*cough*) or representatives will fix the problem... I've I've tried this three times. When I wrote Hatch regarding the Sklyarov affair, I received a return letter that actually addressed my concerns.

Re: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication.

2005-12-05 Thread Alan John Patton
<> I have no experience with ruby so am unsure if this will work. That said, why not have cron run the script and append the output to a log file. -Original Message- From: David Allred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BYU Unix Users Group Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:52:01 -0700 Subject: Re: [

Re: Re: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Alan John Patton
< To: BYU Unix Users Group Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:59:42 -0700 Subject: Re: [uug] DVD backup question > Probably a stupid question, but if I have a DVD to back up, and I have > a dual-layer burner, could I just use dd to create an image of the > DVD, then burn that image? > > I don't have a DV

Re: [uug] BYU net authentication.

2005-12-05 Thread David Allred
I installed the script, it was running, mailing me every hour... but the last time is mailed was at 1:00 this morning. The headless was not Authenticated. How do check that cron is running the ruby script? On Dec 2, 2005, at 11:00 PM, TuxGirl wrote: You're making it a lot more complicated

RE: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Brian Phillips
I nominate Michael because his mere name will appeal to the hard-core conservatives we have here in Utah and thus, win the race hands down. ;) Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Moore Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:35 PM To

RE: [uug] DVD backup question

2005-12-05 Thread Brian Phillips
He also hosts a site at his ISP whose writer posted recently an article titled "Idaho Blows" (and it's not in a sarcastic tone...he really bags on Idaho). I wonder how that would fare in the Senate if Utah's senator sanctioned hate speech/racism. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [uug] OT: It's a wonderful life

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Moore
> As a result, only NBC is currently licensed to show the film on U.S. > network television, the colorized versions have been withdrawn and Republic > now has exclusive video rights to the film (under license with Artisan > Entertainment). > > It appears that this film is no longer in the public do

RE: [uug] OT: It's a wonderful life

2005-12-05 Thread David B Darrough
I just did a quick search on the internet regarding the copyright status of "It's a Wonderful Life" and here is what I found at Wikipedia and other sites: In the United States, Frank Capra's classic film, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) was put into the public domain in 1974, because someone inadve