Re: [uug] Echo

2014-01-17 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 01/17/2014 09:31 PM, David Wilcox wrote: > For me, it's not about if you can do any one thing with a linux shell > vs a gui. For the most part, guis have all the individual > functionality of a shell. As I see it, shells buy you two things: > > 1) Scriptability. Writing a bash script to repeat a

[uug] Echo

2014-01-17 Thread Daniel Fussell
..Echoecho...e... Really, this list has been pretty dead recently. Does it even work anymore? Grazie, ;-Daniel BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endor

Re: [uug] Where can I find a laptop like this?

2013-04-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/08/2013 09:08 AM, Richard Esplin wrote: Vertical space is more valuable than horizontal space when coding or writing because it allows more context to appear on the screen at a time. Unless you are Chinese; then width is more important. Put that together with who actually makes the thi

Re: [uug] Advice for a new server

2013-01-08 Thread Daniel Fussell
e WHEN one of the drives fails, and a partial page write causing no more harm to the SSD than a single SSD would experience. The biggest risk is saturating the bus, thus cutting your total performance to about half what it would be using a single drive. Grazie, Daniel Fussell Disclaimer: I

[uug] UUG elections

2012-11-01 Thread Daniel Fussell
So, I don't remember hearing an election result. Were the UUG elections held? If so, who is our new esteemed dictator-for-life-or-next-election? With all this heated debating and positioning going on, I figured it would be good to get it all over with at the same time... ;-Daniel Fu

Re: [uug] Water damage to a machine

2012-10-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 10/24/2012 01:20 PM, Topher Cullen wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Daniel Fussell <mailto:dfuss...@byu.edu>> wrote: AMD has been great, with the exception of the K5's, and this last Bulldozer fiasco. I have my hopes that AMD will get it together and pu

Re: [uug] Water damage to a machine

2012-10-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
me, I'm losing a power supply fan, and I'm leaning to replacing the whole thing rather than just the fan. Is there a supplier in the provo area with decent power supplies? ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in thi

Re: [uug] Water damage to a machine

2012-10-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
e surprisingly fast when I last played tuxkart on an ultrabook. But that's about all the testing I've ever done with them. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of thei

Re: [uug] Water damage to a machine

2012-10-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
pdates. But they aren't on the top of my list anymore. As expensive as Intel is (both board and chip), my last 2 personal machines have been Intel for both parts. Once because I was in a tight spot and my local supplier only stocks Intel, and my current machine because of

Re: [uug] Elections

2012-09-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
sident >> Librarian >> Secretary >> Webmaster > I believe Kirk Johnson has previously indicated that he would like to > run for President, so I nominate him for that office. > If he wins, do we get to call him Capt. Kirk? ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix User

[uug] next cpu for virtualization

2012-05-11 Thread Daniel Fussell
though it pains me to say so. Does anyone have any experience with the new Opterons that can confirm if they are DOA performance-wise? Or does recompiling with special gcc flags to optimize the multiply ordering restore AMD's standing for threaded server performance? Grazie, ;-Daniel Fusse

Re: [uug] fltr4.byu.edu

2012-04-27 Thread Daniel Fussell
un by an unsuspecting user, in a nefarious plot to take over the world! Did I mention I hate that machine? ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They a

[uug] Strange DVD Drive Behavior

2012-04-19 Thread Daniel Fussell
blue one day as well (though I didn't have data DVDs to test with at the time). Or am I totally forgetting some obvious -enable-dvd-video kernel parameter that I've long since forgotten about? Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/

[uug] Ulteo OVD

2012-04-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
Has anyone tried Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop? If so, how is it's performance? Is it as good as Citrix, or maybe faster like HP RGS or VirtualGL? Grazie, ;-Daniel BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of the

Re: [uug] SSD problems when low on free space

2011-12-14 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 12/14/2011 02:17 PM, Daniel Fussell wrote: > On 12/13/2011 07:24 PM, Topher Fischer wrote: > In response to Mr. Fischer, > > As (il)legal and (un)recognized counsel to Mr. Cullen, it is my duty to > respond to your claims of copyright infringement as stated in your > complaint

Re: [uug] SSD problems when low on free space

2011-12-14 Thread Daniel Fussell
(2) International court opinion additionally holds that a single word is insufficient to comprise a copyright work, (3) The work in question is best described as an idea as set forth in 17 USC S.S. 102, and as such is explicitly excluded from copyright protection. Therefore the complaint in qu

Re: [uug] Beware the Exploding Offer

2011-12-07 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 12/07/2011 05:25 PM, Daniel Fussell wrote: > On 12/06/2011 11:37 PM, Alex Esplin wrote: >> Disclaimer: I'd consider C to be about the easiest-to-learn language >> there is, but that's a different discussion, for another day. :p >> > Here, here! > Additional

Re: [uug] Beware the Exploding Offer

2011-12-07 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 12/06/2011 11:37 PM, Alex Esplin wrote: > Disclaimer: I'd consider C to be about the easiest-to-learn language > there is, but that's a different discussion, for another day. :p > Here, here! BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message

Re: [uug] Beware the Exploding Offer

2011-11-28 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 11/28/2011 05:25 PM, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > This is right in line with the best advice I ever got. If you love > your current job, but the money isn't right, tell your manager exactly > that so that you can work together to fix the problem. > > Now, if the company is dysfunctional, your manag

[uug] tar and ginormous sparse files

2011-11-28 Thread Daniel Fussell
and more latency (it's a single processor system). I'm thinking I might reduce the cost by increasing the --blocking-factor of the archive, though that means re-archiving and extra complexity when restoring the archive. Does anyone have any better ideas on archiving/verifying very large

[uug] Call for job openings

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Fussell
an all-call for openings you are aware of in your respective companies. If you know of something that would be a good fit for him, email me off-list and I'll forward his resume to you. Grazie, Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions exp

[uug] Part-time Student Administrator Opening

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Fussell
x27;s also posted on the BYU student job boards. (jobs.byu.edu). Grazie Daniel Fussell CAEDM Linux Administrator BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the B

[uug] NFS locking performance

2011-10-18 Thread Daniel Fussell
locking performance will have the greatest over-all benefit for the windows clients. So has anyone had to improve NFS' lockd performance? Is it possible, or is lockd the major driving reason for clustered filesystems and/or parallel-NFS development? And does anyone have any experience with

Re: [uug] embedded firewall configuration options

2011-05-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
r of years ago. I found it simple enough to use in the early days of my network understanding. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the

Re: [uug] event for next week

2011-04-27 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/27/2011 10:22 PM, Jacob Albretsen wrote: > On Friday 22 April 2011, Daniel Fussell wrote: > >> I like the android development idea. If we could get permission from >> the studio, we could probably watch Tron someplace like the >> planetarium. Otherwise, I hear

Re: [uug] [OT] Why the password "this is fun" is 10x more secure than "J4fS<2"

2011-04-27 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/27/2011 09:19 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:30:25PM -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote: >> In one of my prior lives, in a city far, far away, I worked for a >> company that was required to do a "Sneakers" style penetration test. >> This wa

Re: [uug] [OT] Why the password "this is fun" is 10x more secure than "J4fS<2"

2011-04-27 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/27/2011 02:49 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:30:25PM -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote: >> In the worst case, >> the business may not open it's doors tomorrow. Don't believe me? I >> watched an $800 million company disappear literall

Re: [uug] [OT] Why the password "this is fun" is 10x more secure than "J4fS<2"

2011-04-27 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/25/2011 07:18 PM, Matthew Gardner wrote: > This whole conversation really comes down to this: what's your prior > on the kinds of attacks that you expect? Because people have > different beliefs about which attacks are likely, they come to > different conclusions about security. If you

Re: [uug] event for next week

2011-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
probably watch Tron someplace like the planetarium. Otherwise, I hear the police like nothing better than to show up and crash the party. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions

Re: [uug] [OT] Why the password "this is fun" is 10x more secure than "J4fS<2"

2011-04-18 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/16/2011 02:21 PM, AJ ONeal wrote: More importantly, why isn't SSO being used instead? And in the rare case that authorization depends on discrete authentication, what is the password being used for? If it's a *bank password*, then J4fS<2 is terribly insecure. Just use 12345. Experi

[uug] current wireless drivers

2011-04-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
Has anybody using an iwl3945 wireless driver updated to openSuSE 11.4 and/or kernel 2.6.37 and found the new driver leaves the kills switch on (i.e., wireless no-worky)? Grazie, ;-Daniel BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are

Re: [uug] Revert to Win7 from Ubuntu dual-boot.

2011-04-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/05/2011 06:30 PM, Addison Higham wrote: > Hrm, being a unix user group, I am surprised no one has taken the > route of convincing you to try and just get your family to use some > linux flavor. > > Normally, I probably would just keep quiet, but all this fuss trying > to make an OS work

Re: [uug] Compare ZSH and BASH was [Re: Magic non-cat-able file]

2011-04-01 Thread Daniel Fussell
fter 5 years) make it to bash, so they are all > just side benefits. :) Out of pure curiosity (as opposed to flame bait) how is the vim mode better? I didn't know zsh had a vim mode, let alone a better one. Though I like vim, vi mode on the command like has proven to be a pain (at least

Re: [uug] Wireless router suggestions

2011-02-25 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 02/24/2011 09:34 PM, Addison Higham wrote: > Seconded! > > A nice reflash to the newest version and a wipe of all the settings > (don't allow it to copy the settings over from the old fw) can do > wonders in improving stability. > > Also, depending upon the model and your location for it, th

[uug] PLC programmer

2011-02-07 Thread Daniel Fussell
as a programmer, but the code hasn't been updated since 2.6.17 and the kernel API has changed significantly since then. If somebody has a programmer it would save me a lot of headache trying to update ct-flasher. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://u

Re: [uug] [ANN] msleep, usleep in bash

2011-01-26 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 01/26/2011 11:58 AM, Jan L. Peterson wrote: > On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:22 AM, AJ ONeal wrote: >> I don't know about y'all, but I often find cases where I wish I had msleep >> in bash. > Just curious... what are some cases where you need this functionality? > Precision timing would be hard to

Re: [uug] PC Laptop with Mac-like trackpad?

2011-01-21 Thread Daniel Fussell
s and Linux newbies out there, welcome to the BYU Unix Users Group; where you won't be crucified unless you top-post or leave annoying, marketing-driven tag lines in your footers! ;-Daniel Fussell 09:04:23 up 965 days, 16:47, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.14, 0.16 B

Re: [uug] PC Laptop with Mac-like trackpad?

2011-01-21 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 01/20/2011 10:39 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > Grow up. Nick wasn't raging. > > Personally I think the iPhone signatures look stupid and unprofessional > (in any language). But whatever floats your boat. > Bravo, here-here, and all that! BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.b

Re: [uug] Will the real Mr. Halcrow please step forward (was securiSH SHell)

2011-01-18 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 01/18/2011 02:09 PM, Jacob Albretsen wrote: > > Yes, sometime after 1989 the creaters of Quantum Leap went to the UK > and remade it in to Doctor Who after traveling back to 1963. So you're saying Doctor Who was based on a true story? How fractal. BYU Unix Users Group

Re: [uug] Programming with Vim

2011-01-11 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 01/09/2011 05:25 PM, Daniel Dilts wrote: > > Folds rock. There is a command that you can put in your vimrc that > will autofold on syntax, so it will fold on all {} blocks as you code. I've been messing with folds recently and thought syntax folding looked like a great idea. But I found it

Re: [uug] Transferring home, scp -a?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Fussell
on my specialized, highly-trained whims. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU

Re: [uug] Passionate Linux User Interviewee Search

2010-11-05 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 11/04/2010 11:50 AM, Alex Esplin wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 18:45, Stephen M. McQuay wrote: >> uug -- >> >> I have an MBA friend who is looking to interview people who just love a >> product >> or a company; the product in his case is Linux. He is going to interview me >> this Friday, a

Re: [uug] UTOS Keysigning Party

2010-09-21 Thread Daniel Fussell
re are others who lack transportation or time. Maybe we could even get Stewart Jansen or David Evans to come down and add some credible industry signers. Besides, Stewart doesn't get out this way enough anyway... ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/

Re: [uug] LVM migration

2010-09-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 09/09/2010 02:04 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > Very true. Of course every time I consider adding a third disk, the > price of disks twice the size of what I have seems to drop. So I just > keep buyimg new, bigger disks every couple of years. > > I do something similar.

Re: [uug] LVM migration

2010-09-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 09/09/2010 01:51 PM, Robert LeBlanc wrote: > > Now that I want to move my Myth recordings to my ESXi server, I can > just take out the disks that contain the recordings and put them into > my ESXi box and use RDM to access them. I'll pass through my tuner > cards straight to the backend VM, a

Re: [uug] LVM migration

2010-09-08 Thread Daniel Fussell
nd of lvmcfgrestore was much more relaxing (and successful). Where the pvmoves are highly sequential, I wouldn't expect the drive to fail from excessive head thrashing. Maybe run badblocks on the (empty) drive before a pvmove? Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users

Re: [uug] Using ACLs to share a directory among multiple users.

2010-08-31 Thread Daniel Fussell
't yet. I don't think it's supported in the local file utilities either (ls, chmod, etc). ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility

Re: [uug] Using ACLs to share a directory among multiple users.

2010-08-31 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 08/31/2010 12:42 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > If there aren't any files yet: > > setfacl -m u:john:rwx,u:james:rwx /home/shared/ > setfacl -m d:u:john:rwx,d:u:james:rwx /home/shared/ > > If there are files: > > find /home/shared/ -type f \ >| xargs setfacl -m u:john:rw,u:james:rw > find /home/

Re: [uug] Club Elections

2010-08-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 08/09/2010 06:38 PM, Jacob Adams wrote: >> I'm going to nominate Jake Adams for Secretary, Garretty Hyde for Webmaster, >> and I'll accept the nomination in running for president. While I recognize >> that I am not a McNabb, I know the McNabb's, so that's close enough. >> > On behalf of a

Re: [uug] Nominations - Update

2010-08-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
. Despite party differences, we will all be united in the love of our community, kernel-land of the free, ~ of the brave. One society, under development, with stability and progress for all. The world must be made safe for software freedom. It is surely the manifest destiny

Re: [uug] Nominations - Update

2010-08-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 08/09/2010 10:41 AM, Topher Fischer wrote: > It would be very much appreciated if Jake, Garret, and Andrew would > accept their nominations. > > Nothing like a little public peer pressure to ramrod a nomination... ;-Daniel BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The

Re: [uug] Club Elections

2010-08-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 08/06/2010 01:35 PM, Topher Fischer wrote: > Please limit nominations to current BYU students. You may (and are > encouraged to) nominate yourself. All nominations must be accepted by > the nominee to be considered for election. The following positions are > open: > > I was going to nomin

Re: [uug] Best way to make configuration files

2010-04-29 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/28/2010 06:47 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 18:36 -0600, AJ ONeal wrote: > > >> This kind of comparison >> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hobzfd-C10I/S50q8f1SKEI/A2w/9EgL1Xzkg0Y/s640/Screen+shot+2010-03-14+at+12.27.09+PM.png >> > Dude, seriously, you've never h

Re: [uug] Satisfy BYU IT's mechanisms without Windows?

2010-04-29 Thread Daniel Fussell
puters probably weren't connected to anything but a Novell > server in a corner. > > I made a deal with my wife; I'd read Twilight with her if she would read the Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe with me. I just can't get her to keep her end of the deal... ;-D

Re: [uug] Satisfy BYU IT's mechanisms without Windows?

2010-04-29 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/27/2010 09:46 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > Raise your hand if you know what Whistler was. :) > I am ashamed to admit I do. Fortunately, we are allowed us to learn from our mistakes, rather than be condemned by them. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group

Re: [uug] Satisfy BYU IT's mechanisms without Windows?

2010-04-29 Thread Daniel Fussell
d to get a network engineer mad than to setup > a rogue DHCP server and make him find it. > > Yes, he'll hunt you down and fdisk your brain. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the resp

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
! The only thing a survey tells you is what other people think. > Who cares what other people think? > > Your right, it's all about what I think. Vim: infinity Emacs: negative infinity Vim FTW! ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
And 64K was enough for anybody. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
n 10 years this discussion will be filled with comments about how nano is a great operating system, if they could just do something about that editor... ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibilit

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
to shun you now. > > I used nano for a minute because I had an employee that likes it and it was on the server I assigned him to set up. After a minute, it drove me nuts, and I promptly replaced all the /etc/alternatives to point to vi. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
key commands, and the screwy Home-Home-Home-Up style navigation commands. Now that I think about it, that screwy home-home-home thing is somewhat similar to the number of time I push Esc. No wonder I will at home in vi. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.ed

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
if I'm wrong :-). > > -jan- > YOUR WRONG. See, I'm willing to correct you even when you are right. ;-) ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility

Re: [uug] New student interested in joining.

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
ll experience, you may have partially completed option 3. Go getem' tiger! We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. It will be held sometime in the near to distance future. Unless it isn't. In which case it won't. Be sure to bring your secret handshake and SSL de

Re: [uug] Favorite Filesystem

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
7;s _way_ better!" Occasionally she pines for her iTunes, but our relationship has never been better. So just use Linux, your wife will thank you (someday). ;-Daniel Fussell Linux: better for relationships too. BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions express

Re: [uug] Favorite Filesystem

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
growth and disk migration. It's much nicer than creating a new filesystem on a new disk/volume and cp/rsyncing while files are in use. I like ext4, but I don't see a reason to move to it until either the defragger or NFS4 ACLs are ready. I'm a little disappointed with ext4, I

Re: [uug] Favorite Filesystem

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
On 04/21/2010 05:23 PM, AJ ONeal wrote: > The truth of the matter is that no matter how good the filesystem is, > you can't keep using it after the author brutally murders his wife and > abandons his company while in jail. > > Ext4 wins. > > AJ ONeal > Yes, Hans flipped and corrupted. I can't sa

Re: [uug] fiber within the home

2010-04-22 Thread Daniel Fussell
ti-mode uses LEDs or cheap surface lasers. Be careful when working with multi-mode just like you would single-mode; even though there is just an LED on the other end, the way the light is refracted and reflected inside the cable focuses the light. So don't look at cable end with remain

Re: [uug] server cabinet/rackmount ups

2010-04-01 Thread Daniel Fussell
y of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > What kind of rack, server or telecom, what kind of mounting holes (square/round), what manuf

Re: [uug] Stripping a Linux System

2010-02-23 Thread Daniel Fussell
en installed) and it comes in at 200MB. I don't know what you'd be looking at after installing ruby, but if you need something quick, it might be a starting point. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expres

[uug] xen network-bridge vs network-route

2010-01-07 Thread Daniel Fussell
up yet to compare. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department

Re: [uug] Debian flexibility [was Re: Fedora iz t3h AW3S0M3!!!]

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Fussell
Michael Torrie wrote: > Daniel Fussell wrote: > > >> Bah. Add the older repository, specify the older version you want, away >> you go. >> > > Surely this is a questionable practice? Are the older repositories > really maintained? There are securit

Re: [uug] OT - how to make Windows bearable with better fonts, alt-click drag.

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
Michael Torrie wrote: > So after a lively debate over the merits of different Linux > distributions, I've decided to give up and move to Windows 7. "Beware the dark side...If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." BYU Unix Users Group h

Re: [uug] Fedora iz t3h AW3S0M3!!!

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 20:32 -0700, Brandon Pedersen wrote: > >> No kidding...this is my only problem with Fedora right now. Although, >> the way they handle packages in Fedora is about 10 times better than >> in openSuSE with YAST, so I can live with it for now. >> >

Re: [uug] Debian flexibility [was Re: Fedora iz t3h AW3S0M3!!!]

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 18:10 -0700, Daniel Fussell wrote: > >> Bah. Add the older repository, specify the older version you want, away >> you go. >> >> Granted, testing is required, swim at your own risk, objects in mirror >> are

Re: [uug] Debian flexibility [was Re: Fedora iz t3h AW3S0M3!!!]

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Fussell
: I'm in no way related to Guru Labs, nor received compensation for my comments. Unless you count Enlightenment Putty. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They ar

Re: [uug] [OT] Top Posting

2009-11-20 Thread Daniel Fussell
he UUG. ;-) So let's all be civil, conscientious trimmers, who post bottom or in-context with discretion, always remembering the Alamo; and all that bloodshed can be avoided. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in

Re: [uug] Win7 loadfeat

2009-11-20 Thread Daniel Fussell
tall.) "This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between licensor and licensee and supersedes any previous agreement, written or verbal." (this includes any interpretation provided by an employee.) While Microsoft might not actively disable the software or send the BSA to hunt

Re: [uug] C++ Unit Test Framework Tutor

2009-11-05 Thread Daniel Fussell
Daniel Dilts wrote: > Yes, additional methods might be convenient, but they certainly aren't > so inconvenient as to make them essential. > > I saw a quote the other day, "Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the > semicolon." Perhaps I was ruined at a young age by the Java collections framework (al

Re: [uug] Meeting on 10/15: LaTeX

2009-10-07 Thread Daniel Fussell
It's near the top of my list at any rate. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BY

Re: [uug] Stored procedures, triggers, and views

2009-09-15 Thread Daniel Fussell
Jon Jensen wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Daniel Fussell wrote: > > >> I started with MySQL back in the day before Postgres had a stable, >> non-vacuum needing release. I also wasn't impressed when the release I >> got forced the use of caps for SQL reserved

Re: [uug] Stored procedures, triggers, and views

2009-09-15 Thread Daniel Fussell
Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 18:02 -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote: > >> If it's broken, it's because Sun broke it. It's still faster than postgres. >> > > Revisionist history at its finest, while still managing to hold onto ol

Re: [uug] Stored procedures, triggers, and views

2009-09-11 Thread Daniel Fussell
Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 09:27 -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote: > >> Jan L. Peterson wrote: >> >>> (specifically PostgreSQL and Oracle... note that we do NOT use MySQL). >>> >>> >> Oooo, them's fight'n

Re: [uug] Stored procedures, triggers, and views

2009-09-11 Thread Daniel Fussell
Jan L. Peterson wrote: > (specifically PostgreSQL and Oracle... note that we do NOT use MySQL). > Oooo, them's fight'n words. I demand satisfaction. You choose the game, the time, and the place. Except Thursdays. Thursdays aren't good for me. :-) ;-Daniel BYU Unix Us

[uug] Stored procedures, triggers, and views

2009-09-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
. In short, it's a pain to modify. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU

Re: [uug] Secure Passwords at American Express

2009-09-04 Thread Daniel Fussell
Brent Thomson wrote: > Justin Hileman wrote: > >> AJ ONeal wrote: >> >>> I've seen a lot of strange ways to enforce security in passwords, but >>> this one is a little different from what I'm used to. >>> >>> >> At least your bank lets you have 8... Mine only gives me 7 :) >> >

Re: [uug] Check out my photos on Facebook

2009-09-04 Thread Daniel Fussell
Brandon Stout wrote: > It's user error. PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. > > We always called them ID10T errors, but I guess I'm old school... ;-Daniel BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsib

Re: [uug] Check out my photos on Facebook

2009-09-04 Thread Daniel Fussell
Richard Esplin wrote: > Donald A Norman advocates shunning such excuses: > > "The designer must consider the properties of all the system components -- > including the humans -- as well as their interactions. The various technical > publications of the field attest to a concern with software and

Re: [uug] Netbooks

2009-09-02 Thread Daniel Fussell
Michael Torrie wrote: > Nicholas Blatter wrote: > >> Wow, thanks for the replies! >> > > >From what I hear about the Acer laptop, Linux installs and runs alright, > but there is zero support for the Intel graphics chipset in Linux. So > if you can coax it to run at the native 1368x768 reso

[uug] $35 for HP d530 P4's

2009-09-02 Thread Daniel Fussell
sponsor my extended family's linux conversion initiative. They'd also work well as mythboxen, dorm servers, beowulf cluster members, etc. They still have their XP Pro license stickers if you need it for a VM. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http

Re: [uug] Netbooks

2009-09-02 Thread Daniel Fussell
ll CD1 debian install versus 35 minutes for burned cd). I'm so spoiled by it now I've started biting my thumb at burned optical media, and at people that actually use Facebook. But that could be because I'm getting old, and in either case, I don't have the life or neu

Re: [uug] brain teaser: weird file behavior after being hacked

2009-08-31 Thread Daniel Fussell
AJ ONeal wrote: > >> Magic fairy dust and giggles? > > That must be it! Now...how do you protect against that? > > > "I don't believe in fairies. I don't believe in fairies. I don't > believe in fairies." That only works if the fair

Re: [uug] Pizza Preferences

2009-07-06 Thread Daniel Fussell
it might keep my son from picking off all the good stuff. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU

Re: [uug] Upcoming Meeting: CDs and DVDs are so 1990s

2009-06-19 Thread Daniel Fussell
... What out for the FAT, you can get permanent storage bloat. ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by

Re: [uug] ISP in Provo

2009-06-09 Thread Daniel Fussell
more channels included. Do they still provide a DVR with your service? I never requested it, and I'm beginning to fear my Honey-do list will prevent me from ever getting around to fixing my Myth box... ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ Th

Re: [uug] ISP in Provo

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Fussell
#x27;s apartments that don't use it or are rarely home) Latency at both places was relatively high, but stable. My biggest problem with SFCN has been the DNS server's reliability, and a couple service outages a year lasting several hours. Otherwise, it's been

Re: [uug] NPIV in Debian

2009-06-05 Thread Daniel Fussell
Robert LeBlanc wrote: > What do you mean by split-up? Debian has multi-path and also the new > RDMA (?) that has improved performance on our SAN by a great deal. > > Robert > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Daniel Fussell <mailto:dfuss...@byu.edu>> wrote: > >

Re: [uug] ISP in Provo

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel Fussell
e. It took him forever to get an install. Seriously. Then it was even longer for him to get his first bill. I'm talking around 6 or 7 months. If he hadn't kept pestering them to send him a bill, he probably could have continue on that "value" package indefinitely. ;-Dani

[uug] NPIV in Debian

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel Fussell
ilities or configs for it. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department

Re: [uug] SNMP

2009-05-26 Thread Daniel Fussell
ore complex as your routers become more heterogeneous. The community string acts as a (retarded) password in SNMP, so if it was something the MIB let you access, you would have to know it before you could query/trap for it (which kind of defeats the purpose, eh?) Sorry to be of so little help.

[uug] Oracle and MySQL

2009-04-21 Thread Daniel Fussell
A moment of silence for MySQL http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246 BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-U

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