Re: [ILUG-BOM] roadjams.info
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 19-Aug-08, at 2:33 PM, Akshay Mishra wrote: ps, I calculate that about 100 man hours of work is enough to rectify the OSM map of Mumbai - and am willing to contribute some of that if others are coming forward. I am unable to gauge the effort required and hence might not be able to comment here. If you have a plan on this activity why not start it and people would slowly join once it starts taking shape. I think a sprint could do it. We need a place with machines with at least 1 gb RAM at least and good internet connectivity. If we get 5-6 people, we can divide the city up and start moving the streets. We will have a couple of people who are experts in josm and potlatch to guide people who are having problems. NRC-FOSS would kick in with some funds for this if the place can be arranged. I am willing to come to Mumbai and coordinate things. If 6 people work for 20 hours in a sprint, we can do it. How much bandwidth do you need ? We should be able to provide a machine and connectivity, specially if it is done on sunday (no interference from office network traffic) Regards Saswata -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] roadjams.info
On 20-Aug-08, at 11:29 AM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: I think a sprint could do it. We need a place with machines with at least 1 gb RAM at least and good internet connectivity. If we get 5-6 people, we can divide the city up and start moving the streets. We will have a couple of people who are experts in josm and potlatch to guide people who are having problems. NRC-FOSS would kick in with some funds for this if the place can be arranged. I am willing to come to Mumbai and coordinate things. If 6 people work for 20 hours in a sprint, we can do it. How much bandwidth do you need ? We should be able to provide a machine and connectivity, specially if it is done on sunday (no interference from office network traffic) not 'a' machine - as many machines as there are volunteers, and wifi for volunteers with laptops. I put the number at 5, but I personally know atleast 12 guys from Mumbai who would take part. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Red Hat Partners in Mumbai
On Wednesday 20 Aug 2008, Mukund Deshmukh wrote: I hope so too. As mentioned before, I have personally not gone through the program but from the candidates that I have interviewed, I have deduced the insti's are more interested in their incoming (fees) than their outgoing (knowledge and experience). Why blame RedHat only, take any institution, and you will find same story every where. Fresh Electronic Engineers can not identify the leads of a 3 pin transistor. It is indeed a sad status quo of the education system. However, as far as professional certs. are concerned, I beg to differ. RHCE is a professional certification, developed and conducted by Redhat. The purpose of any professional certification is to ensure that a person knows the product and is able to handle it. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] [Commercial][Jobs] Experienced System Administrator for Zoomin.com
Zoomin.com http://www.zoomin.com is looking for a highly qualified Systems Administrator to help administer our engineering infrastructure. Perfect Fit: - You have top notch hacking skills, including Unix/Linux/Windows/SQL administration experience. - You have administered a high-growth website handling millions of users. - You are obsessed about good security and reliability practices, and you have built systems with no single point of failure. - You can program well enough to write maintenance applications (for example, automate code release in all the servers). - You have the ability to stay levelheaded and organized even in the most chaotic of situations. - You have attention to detail, curiosity and constant need to learn new things. Zoomin.com is a venture backed startup operating at startup execution speed, you can read more about us at http://www.zoomin.com/htdocs/AboutUs.aspx. Benefits: - competitive salary - incentive stock options - healthcare and fitness benefits - generous vacation time - very best computing equipment - excellent view from office You'll work with a small team of very smart people who'll talk about the latest tech stuff and take pride in what they do. If this sounds interesting to you, send a resume and cover letter telling us some real information about you and what you find interesting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll be joining at a time when everyone's able to make a real difference. P.S. For a limited time only, if we hire someone you recommend you can earn a $500 referral bonus. Simply have the person you are referring include your name and email address in their cover letter when they apply. Please remember to only have the person applying contact us directly. The bonus will be paid out after 2 months of their start date. For more details visit http://www.zoomin.com/htdocs/Careers.aspx?from=fb. -- keep klickin' Sundarram P.V. -- http://blog.pvsundarram.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Red Hat Partners in Mumbai
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 05:39:11PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: Hi, I have completed my engineering and seriously looking at System Administration as a career option. Can you tell me about the career Prospects are good. Training isn't really useful. You might prefer to lurk on #lopsa on Freenode instead. Also see http://www.lopsa.org/ Slightly cheaper. The Practice of System And Network Administration is a good book to start with for a job description. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] roadjams.info
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 20-Aug-08, at 11:29 AM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: I think a sprint could do it. We need a place with machines with at least 1 gb RAM at least and good internet connectivity. If we get 5-6 people, we can divide the city up and start moving the streets. We will have a couple of people who are experts in josm and potlatch to guide people who are having problems. NRC-FOSS would kick in with some funds for this if the place can be arranged. I am willing to come to Mumbai and coordinate things. If 6 people work for 20 hours in a sprint, we can do it. How much bandwidth do you need ? We should be able to provide a machine and connectivity, specially if it is done on sunday (no interference from office network traffic) not 'a' machine - as many machines as there are volunteers, and wifi for volunteers with laptops. I put the number at 5, but I personally know atleast 12 guys from Mumbai who would take part. Place I have, bandwidth - tell me how much we need. Wifi network is available. Most people today have laptops with them. We have Desktop pcs in office that should be available on a sunday (need to check config - most will have 512 mb) Regards Saswata -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] [OT] small cabinet for miniITX boards.
I am looking for a cabinet similar to the PC thin clients (the size of a thick oversized book). On Lam. Rd., the smallest cabinet I have found is the iBall Baby 306 or 207. Please share the source if you know of any place that stocks the PC thin client cabinets. TIA -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Bengalureans to come out with candles against monopolising knowledge
Free Software User Group Bangalore is organising candle light vigil to say no to software patents on 23rd Saturday. More details here http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Say_No_To_Software_Patents#Candle_Light_Vigil Invite your facebook friends at http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27662916862 Regards Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Red Hat Partners in Mumbai
Arun Khan wrote: I hope so too. As mentioned before, I have personally not gone through the program but from the candidates that I have interviewed, I have deduced the insti's are more interested in their incoming (fees) than their outgoing (knowledge and experience). :-D -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Red Hat Partners in Mumbai
Mukund Deshmukh wrote: I hope so too. As mentioned before, I have personally not gone through the program but from the candidates that I have interviewed, I have deduced the insti's are more interested in their incoming (fees) than their outgoing (knowledge and experience). Why blame RedHat only, take any institution, and you will find same story every where. Fresh Electronic Engineers can not identify the leads of a 3 pin transistor. Red Hat recommends these institutes on its website. The potential learner chooses those institutes based on faith and the good name of Red Hat. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] roadjams.info
On 20-Aug-08, at 9:34 PM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: not 'a' machine - as many machines as there are volunteers, and wifi for volunteers with laptops. I put the number at 5, but I personally know atleast 12 guys from Mumbai who would take part. Place I have, bandwidth - tell me how much we need. Wifi network is available. Most people today have laptops with them. We have Desktop pcs in office that should be available on a sunday (need to check config - most will have 512 mb) ok - so lets fix it, september 13-14 sprint at your place. You provide space, wifi, PCs. I will be there to train and support (I will try to get planemad, India's OSM superstar who has done Chennai to come). Roshan, please set up a wiki page for participants to register. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
how many of you are getting this message? Begin forwarded message: From: MDaemon at usindia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21 August 2008 1:15:24 AM GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - no such user here. There is no user by that name at this server. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] roadjams.info
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 20-Aug-08, at 9:34 PM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: not 'a' machine - as many machines as there are volunteers, and wifi for volunteers with laptops. I put the number at 5, but I personally know atleast 12 guys from Mumbai who would take part. Place I have, bandwidth - tell me how much we need. Wifi network is available. Most people today have laptops with them. We have Desktop pcs in office that should be available on a sunday (need to check config - most will have 512 mb) ok - so lets fix it, september 13-14 sprint at your place. You provide space, wifi, PCs. I will be there to train and support (I will try to get planemad, India's OSM superstar who has done Chennai to come). Roshan, please set up a wiki page for participants to register. Count me in. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
On Thursday 21 Aug 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: how many of you are getting this message? Not me. Did you ever send any message to this character in the past? Begin forwarded message: From: MDaemon at usindia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21 August 2008 1:15:24 AM GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - no such user here. There is no user by that name at this server. Try sending mail to the administrator/technical contact of the domain. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] OSM Sprint on sept 13-14 [was] roadjams.info
On 21-Aug-08, at 7:58 AM, Akshay Mishra wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] kbc.orgwrote: On 20-Aug-08, at 9:34 PM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: not 'a' machine - as many machines as there are volunteers, and wifi for volunteers with laptops. I put the number at 5, but I personally know atleast 12 guys from Mumbai who would take part. Place I have, bandwidth - tell me how much we need. Wifi network is available. Most people today have laptops with them. We have Desktop pcs in office that should be available on a sunday (need to check config - most will have 512 mb) ok - so lets fix it, september 13-14 sprint at your place. You provide space, wifi, PCs. I will be there to train and support (I will try to get planemad, India's OSM superstar who has done Chennai to come). Roshan, please set up a wiki page for participants to register. Count me in. cool. What is needed for the sprint: 1. laptop if you have one 2. gps tracks if you have a gps 3. willingness to sit and work The work will be simply to open the potlatch editor and align the streets along the Yahoo image. Use local knowledge to name (or rename) streets. And junctions, flyovers and also sketch in prominent buildings and landmarks. Participants need not wait for the sprint to get started. Go to http://openstreetmap.org, register, login, search for your area in Mumbai and start sketching. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
On 21-Aug-08, at 9:37 AM, Arun Khan wrote: On Thursday 21 Aug 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: how many of you are getting this message? Not me. Did you ever send any message to this character in the past? no - every time I send a mail to this list I get this message - list admin needs to kick him -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 21-Aug-08, at 9:37 AM, Arun Khan wrote: On Thursday 21 Aug 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: how many of you are getting this message? Not me. Did you ever send any message to this character in the past? no - every time I send a mail to this list I get this message - list admin needs to kick him I'm not getting it and guess others too are not getting it. Maybe your smtp server settings have got tampered. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
On 21-Aug-08, at 10:34 AM, Rony wrote: Not me. Did you ever send any message to this character in the past? no - every time I send a mail to this list I get this message - list admin needs to kick him I'm not getting it and guess others too are not getting it. Maybe your smtp server settings have got tampered. please check your spam folder -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
how many of you are getting this message? Begin forwarded message: From: MDaemon at usindia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21 August 2008 1:15:24 AM GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - no such user here. There is no user by that name at this server. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 21-Aug-08, at 10:34 AM, Rony wrote: Not me. Did you ever send any message to this character in the past? no - every time I send a mail to this list I get this message - list admin needs to kick him I'm not getting it and guess others too are not getting it. Maybe your smtp server settings have got tampered. please check your spam folder It is there alright... in the Spam folder. So i guess the entire list must be getting it. Regards, Amit. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- http://mckagan.googlepages.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown!
this is the full headers Begin forwarded message: From: MDaemon at usindia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 21 August 2008 10:46:18 AM GMT+05:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Warning: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - User unknown! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:34 -0700 Received: from [122.169.107.93] (helo=usindia.com) by shire.symonds.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from linuxers- [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id 1KW2XB-0002mO-O8 for [EMAIL PROTECTED] kbc.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:34 -0700 Received: from usindia.com by usindia.com (via RAW) (MDaemon PRO v9.6.6) for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:46:18 +0530 X-Mdaemon-Deliver-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Actual-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=0821-1046-18-PART-BREAK X-Mdav-Processed: usindia.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:46:19 +0530 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - no such user here. There is no user by that name at this server. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
