Re: [uug] Problem opening port for CVS

2006-12-01 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 04:06:01PM -0700, David Landry wrote: >> What makes svn so much more preferable to cvs? I can understand >> wanting to have svn for versioning binary files, but what benefits are >> there for text files? > > - svn revert > - never have to do update -

Re: [uug] Desktop: Build it or buy it?

2006-11-16 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Michael Moore wrote: > My wife needs a new desktop computer. It'll be running Ubuntu. Should > I buy it or build it? We've got a 200Gb HD and a DVD burner we've been > using in Firewire cases with her current computer. > > If we're going with 'buy it', I don't like Dell. What companies do > you r

Re: [uug] Plots and graph automatically

2006-10-25 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:40:47AM -0600, Eduardo Sanz Garcia wrote: >> I have discovered gnuplot, a program to produce plots using data on text >> files. It is going to save my live. >> http://linuxgazette.net/103/okopnik.html >> > > Gnuplot is great. Sometimes it's hard

Re: [uug] CVS and eclipse

2006-10-06 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Eduardo Sanz Garcia wrote: > In order to install Subclipse, first I need to have installed > Subversion, right? Nope, Subclipse comes with the client libraries installed, I believe. You can just load it from the update site. Check out http://subclipse.tigris.org/ -Hyrum > Scott Paul Robertson w

Re: [uug] CVS

2006-10-05 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Scott Paul Robertson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 06:55:19PM -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 06:30:28PM -0600, Eduardo Sanz Garcia wrote: >>> Is there anyone expert on CVS? >>> I would like to set a repository for a code that can be access remotely. >>> I am going to need

Re: [uug] svg to eps

2006-06-20 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Jon D wrote: > Does anyone know of a direct way to convert an svg to eps, without > going thru png, etc.? Gimp-svg does a poor job of importing svg's. > I'm on a Debian box. Have you tried convert? It's part of the imagemagick suite of programs, and can automagically convert just about any image

Re: [uug] Movie Night Next Thursday

2006-06-08 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Lloyd Brown wrote: > P.S. I like "The Last Starfighter". Robert Preston is one of the > greatest actors ever. I would agree. I liked his bit part in "How the West Was Won" -Hyrum BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the re

Re: [uug] Re: New announcement posted

2006-04-20 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Adam Findley wrote: > Michael Moore wrote: >>> What about phantom2, I have no more faith in phantom. >> >> Sure, bzfs is on there. It'll depend on whoever is starting the >> server. Adam (the new webmaster) has the passwords for both >> servers...it's up to him. >> >> -- > > It's started and ready

Re: [uug] The Passion of the UUG Members is Gone

2006-01-20 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Andrew McNabb wrote: > I don't want to be too critical, but I think we need to have more > interesting meetings and hold them more regularly. The last real > meeting was December 1 (I was asked to present for it just a few days in > advance). The last one before that was November 3rd (and was an

Re: [uug] Groklaw dinner (fwd)

2005-12-06 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Jason Holt wrote: > The Frank Sorenson memorial dinner is hereby set for Saturday, December > 10 at 6:30pm, at the Fuddruckers in Orem at 210 W. University Parkway. Memorial, huh. Is he dead? What type of memories will you be sharing? :P -Hyrum BYU Unix Users Group http:

Re: [uug] On-campus GPL projects

2005-11-28 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Robert LeBlanc wrote: > Wasn't Linus working on a school project when he came up with Linux? So > education really spawned 'Open Source'. Shouldn't that mean that > academic institutions be on the forefront of 'Open Source'? IIRC, the school project or his course work /inspired/ Linux, but I don't

Re: [uug] On-campus GPL projects

2005-11-28 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Michael Torrie wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 12:06 -0700, Hyrum K. Wright wrote: > >>As part of a project I'm working on, I'm currently writing an ROTS for >>Atmel microcontrollers. I would like to license it under the terms of >>the GPL, but I might have

[uug] On-campus GPL projects

2005-11-28 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
As part of a project I'm working on, I'm currently writing an ROTS for Atmel microcontrollers. I would like to license it under the terms of the GPL, but I might have to plead my case. Are there other projects sponsored by BYU which produce code licensed under the GPL and which I can use as prece

Re: [uug] Vote for Jeff Waugh to come visit us!!!

2005-09-20 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
I shall jump on the bandwagon as well. -Hyrum 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-UUG. _

Re: [uug] Recursively deleting files over ftp

2005-07-18 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Hyrum K. Wright wrote: > I'm trying to write a promotion script for my website that blows away > old content and uploads new content. I would like to be able to do that > through a non-interactive ftp script. The only problem is that ftp > won't delete a directory if it is

[uug] Recursively deleting files over ftp

2005-07-12 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
I'm trying to write a promotion script for my website that blows away old content and uploads new content. I would like to be able to do that through a non-interactive ftp script. The only problem is that ftp won't delete a directory if it is empty, and I'm having difficulty finding a way to recu

[uug] Web 'o Trust

2005-05-23 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
I added a few signatures to my GPG key about a week ago, and it still isn't reflected on the UUG Web 'o Trust. I've verified that my GPG fingerprint is correct on my account page, and that the signatures exist on the keyservers, but the Web 'o Trust still isn't updated. Is there anything else tha

[uug] UUG website moderation

2005-05-16 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is anybody currently moderating the account information changes on the UUG website? I made a couple of changes a few days ago and they have yet to be approved. Relatedly, does moderation have to occur for updates to a GPG fingerprint? - -Hyrum -

Re: [uug] Re: Forums

2005-04-05 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
John David Anderson wrote: On Apr 5, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Hyrum K. Wright wrote: So, basically, we have a forum with an RSS feed that pushes all the content down to a client. Sounds just about like a mailing list to me, except the choice of clients is much more limited, and it is more difficult

Re: [uug] Re: Forums (was: I 'm taking my ball and going home.)

2005-04-05 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
Seems like we should be able to find a forum/bb system that allows for RSS of forums. You can then subscribe to whatever you want to keep track of, thus eliminating the need for website checks (that's what RSS was made for). So, basically, we have a forum with an RSS feed that pushes all the co

[uug] What about the lurkers?

2005-03-22 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
To all potential candidates: I am writing this on behalf of all the silent lurkers on the list, which probably form a fairly large portion of the constituency. The club website advertises 209 members, while since January 1st only 152 unique addresses have posted to the mailing list. If we cons