Re: Is this spam? (was Re: change of name)

2006-08-28 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: PATRICK PATRICK wrote: Please change the name on the WOMANS DAY Subscription #POT8300E091 6#301812 FROM MR PATRICK PLOTNER TO MRS LYNN S PLOTNER AT THE SAME ADDRESS: 8300 ESSEX CT. BAKERSFSIELD, CA. 93300-2664 THANK YOU PATRICK PLOTNER This email was sent to

Re: KDE being removed?

2006-08-28 Thread Katipo
edwardsa wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: edwardsa wrote: I was doing an dist-upgrade and kde was being removed. Should I be concerned? Using aptitude? Using apt-get If you use KDE, it's a definite concern. If you don't, you're better off for a lighter system. Which release

Re: Error 21

2006-08-28 Thread Katipo
Damon L. Chesser wrote: Marc Wilson wrote: On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 11:27:08AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: As someone who was once a total noob with linux, I assure you a file server does need a windowing system. To serve what possible need? How does serving files require X?

Re: KDE being removed?

2006-08-28 Thread Katipo
Kent West wrote: edwardsa wrote: Katipo wrote: edwardsa wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: edwardsa wrote: I was doing an dist-upgrade and kde was being removed. Should I be concerned? Using aptitude? Using apt-get If you use KDE, it's

Re: Error 21

2006-08-28 Thread Katipo
Marc Wilson wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:09:12PM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote: I mean, come on, give them a chance to at least learn. I've yet to meet a single one hiding behind the noob excuse that had the slightest interest in learning anything at all. I think we could take

Re: Error 21

2006-08-27 Thread Katipo
Andrei Popescu wrote: Marion School, Joe Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a total noob with linux. Im trying to install Debian to use as a fileserver in a Windows environment. Mepis works fine, but for some reason everytime I put on Mepis the KDE desktop crashes. Debian was

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-25 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: Yes, because Government has nothing better to do than fritter it's citizens money on something that probably nets them no gain. Sorry, that's a huge negative in my book. That would seem to be somewhat inconsistent

Re: Hey, Steve! (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon)

2006-08-25 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Something similar to this happened due to pilot error in Florida in 2000 and by probable act of sabotage on Diebold's part in Ohio in 2004. Candidate B becomes president, people have no say. And where, exactly, is the proof? I mean the real

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-25 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 24 August 2006 14:29, Katipo wrote: You're in the States, and therefore classified as American market source. I'm in Australia, and it's all China and Korea here. Very little from South America or EU. I used to get a *lot* from Korea, almost all

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-24 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: On Wednesday 23 August 2006 03:22, Matt Johnson wrote: - Original Message From: Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, 23 August, 2006 1:32:52 AM Subject: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-24 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: Nothing, even remotely close to the volumes generated by Americans and their contracted bodies in Korea and China. They hire out entire ISPs for the purpose. Which would be China and Korea's problems respectively and does not excuse Brazil's ills

Re: Hey, Steve! (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon)

2006-08-24 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: That's not true. The UN has a similarly negative view of our electoral college. So? Any non-elected group which caters to terrorism, has been proven corrupt time and again and is against free speech is a group I should care about how

Re: Program to draw chess boards

2006-08-24 Thread Katipo
Paolo Pantaleo wrote: [Maybe a little offtopic] I need to draw some chess boards, starting let's say from the FEN description of the board, in an automatic way (something like a script, good for automating the drawing of many boards). Is there any program that do that? I can't see anything

Re: Python chess

2006-08-24 Thread Katipo
Paolo Pantaleo wrote: Well Python is not a good language for writing a chess engine (even if a chess engine exists: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jyrki.alakuijala/pychess.html), but it could be grat for chess interfaces, for drawing boards, and similar things. I foudn out a library for these things

Re: Paul's Mythical Oregonian Gas Prices (Was: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Katipo
Christopher Pharo Glæserud wrote: Steve Lamb, At least expensive gas is over $2.85 because of it right now. If you want to pay more to do the gas station's job for you, go right ahead. How about norwegian gas prices at $7,27 / gallon? We haven't had anything but self-service

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this very much... C'mon. Give everyone a

Re: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Katipo
Seth Goodman wrote: On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500, George Borisov wrote: Anthony M Simonelli wrote: I just get a little upset when people want to mold Debian into something like a Windows clone. If you want that, try a Debian-derivative such as Linspire or Xandros.

Re: Debian target audience ( was Re: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards)

2006-08-14 Thread Katipo
Kent West wrote: George Borisov wrote: I can not speak about other people And yet, as I read your comments, I almost thought it was me speaking. I use Debian because it is an operating system I can _trust_ and it is 100% free as in speech and beer (to me, the speech bit is

Re: Open Source Supported Graphics Cards

2006-08-14 Thread Katipo
Seth Goodman wrote: You are the sysadmin for these two Windows-type users, which is the only environment in which they can realistically use Debian. Take away the sysadmin or Linux mentor and the chances of them being able to configure a system that is as useful to them as their Windows boxes

Re: Ogg Vorbis 2 for xine or mplayer?

2006-08-12 Thread Katipo
Jon Dowland wrote: At 1155335188 past the epoch, Carl Fink wrote: I've got an AVI video here that has Ogg Vorbis audio (0x6770) which can't be played by any of totem, avifile-player, mplayer, or xine-ui. I would have thought that Free players would support a Free codec. totem-xine

Re: Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Katipo
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Mathias. Does anyone know any Gaim 2 beta packages for Etch or SID? The third beta is in the experimental repository. But be aware that it can crash your system. Or you could consider this variant... http://www.scatterchat.com/ Regards, -- To

Re: Come Outside Programme

2006-07-26 Thread Katipo
Debbie Martin wrote: Please can you tell me where I can buy a dvd of the Come Outside programme?? An approach to the BBC would be best for this. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-22 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Katipo wrote: gustavo halperin wrote: [snip] Install it on a small debian-based server, so that everybody in the household can use it. That's presuming they have 2 computers, instead of dual-boot. I got

Re: postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-21 Thread Katipo
gustavo halperin wrote: Hello I'm learning PostgrSQL 8.1, looks very good. As all of us, I prefer work and develop under Linux, but my mother have Windows like around the 90% of the world. Any way I need develop for she a Data Base, I just want to know if I will develop this DB on Debian

Re: new user

2006-07-16 Thread Katipo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure what the architecture of my computer is, so how do I find this out if I bought the parts and put them together myself.? Which motherboard and CPU did you build with? Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: CUPS (Sid) not printing.

2006-07-16 Thread Katipo
David Baron wrote: Jobs get queued and simply stay that way? What's happening? Using latest 2.6.17 kernel, Sid Happened to me too. Reinstalling foomatic modules fixed it. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: (no subject)

2006-07-14 Thread Katipo
Linas Žvirblis wrote: Brent Clark wrote: My question is, how would they go about that? What tools or tests were needed to test whether an account has a strong or weak password. You should consult John the Ripper. He is likely to be found in john package, although I do not know if

Re: CPU temperature question

2006-07-13 Thread Katipo
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: gustavo halperin wrote: Hello I have a temperature question. When I'm working, normally I see in a file '/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature' something between 51 C to 55 C. It is not to much ?? If it is a problem, what can I do about ? snip oops. that

Re: Mapping between *.wav files and cdrecord -audio tracks?

2006-07-11 Thread Katipo
Adam Funk wrote: I made digital copies of an old record by connecting my hi-fi line output to my sound input and using Audacity to record the tracks (and edit them slightly) and save them as RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz files, Have you tried

Re: Where are screen saver functionality provided

2006-07-10 Thread Katipo
T wrote: Hi In my Debian testing, I don't have the xscreensaver package installed. However, there are still lots of xscreen saver functionality available. I presume that those programs would take up much space. I'd like to find them and remove them. Are they all come from the 7K

Re: Did Libranet ever make available the source code for their Admin utility and their other add-ons?

2006-07-01 Thread Katipo
Robert Glueck wrote: Libranet took Debian, added their famed Admin utility, an installer and a bunch of other perks to it and then marketed it for pay. And not much pay, at that. I bought 2 and 2.8.1. when I was just starting out. If I got stuck, they were always happy to help via email

Re: Nvidia (their's) driver on multiple kernels.

2006-06-28 Thread Katipo
Linas Žvirblis wrote: Wulfy wrote: Are there debs for the *legacy* driver? Only for 7174. I need the 7167 driver for my TNT2 card. I've been using the .run file from nVidia and am having problems with the latest updated 2.6.8(-3-686) (sarge) kernel. It won't seem to compile

Re: Repost-No Response-Fwd: Another APT Issue-Where Are The Linux-Images

2006-06-18 Thread Katipo
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Hey Guys, thanks for all the comments. I think I may have picked up a few tricks in your comments. However, my issue was not one of searching, it was one of not having the package downloaded and available to install(linux-image- 2.6.5-1-686). I was using sid only

Re: FIFA video clips in mozilla firefox

2006-06-15 Thread Katipo
Kent West wrote: H.S. wrote: Has anybody been successful in playing FIFA video clips (http://fifa.yahoo.com) in Firefox? I couldn't, neither in Firefox on Windows XP nor on Linux. Nope, not me. Noticed this in passing, which is probably the next best thing...

Re: Tor

2006-06-11 Thread Katipo
John Hasler wrote: Craig Russell writes: I didn't realize that the GPL was in danger of being declared null and void in the US. It isn't. Is this a realistic fear or a rant? It's just a conspiracy nut raving. Yep. How silly of me. None of it's really happening, is it?

Re: Tor

2006-06-11 Thread Katipo
Jiann-Ming Su wrote: According to the Tor overview, the government and military are already using Tor: A branch of the U.S. Navy uses Tor for open source intelligence gathering, They're the ones who actually started it off originally, but it's now been taken over. Which is why I asked

Re: Tor

2006-06-11 Thread Katipo
Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 23:40:27 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: On 10/06/06, Jiann-Ming Su [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grateful for any information. Tor is amazingly easy to set up in Debian. Install it and privoxy with apt-get. Then follow steps

Tor

2006-06-10 Thread Katipo
Hello, Anybody had any personal experience of this project, or the individuals involved with it? http://tor.eff.org/ Just wondering about integrity. Grateful for any information. I'm all for an open net, but the way things are going, it's looking like an increasingly long odds scenario.

Re: Printer setup!

2006-06-05 Thread Katipo
Samuel Bächler wrote: I could not get any help googling around. Please a suggestion? hi rodolfo, install the following packages and try again: foomatic-gui, foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-filters and cupsys (as others said). i guess it will work then. bb sämi Also

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-06-02 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Curt Howland wrote: It hasn't been a republic since at least the time of a large number of people being forced at gun point to become citizens against their will, 1865. Most would also cite when the states lost their representatives in the Federal government.

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-06-01 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Katipo wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: snip This is a consequence of the fact that, in the USA, the Sovereign is the Electorate, Yes, but that's all rapidly changing, isn't it? When was *your* Head of State

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-30 Thread Katipo
Mike McCarty wrote: snip This is a consequence of the fact that, in the USA, the Sovereign is the Electorate, Yes, but that's all rapidly changing, isn't it? Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Sound configuration and mount to usb device

2006-04-18 Thread katipo
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Sound configuration and mount to usb device Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:34:44 +0800 Hey List, I have sarge 3.1 runing smoothly on my desktop. Yet I encountered some difficulties as I'm wanting more

RE: Install Debian 3.1 on a new Dell PowerEdge 2850

2006-04-18 Thread katipo
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Install Debian 3.1 on a new Dell PowerEdge 2850 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:27:50 +0200 Hey I have just recived, my new server. A Dell PowerEdge 2850: 2 x 3.2 Ghz Xeon CPU's 1 GB of mem 2 x 73 GB HD

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-15 Thread Katipo
steef wrote: On Saturday 15 April 2006 07:20, Larry Garfield wrote: On Friday 14 April 2006 06:12, Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-14 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 10:31 +0800, Katipo wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote: It's actually spelled politician. Bush

Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Katipo
Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend. Thanks in advance. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-13 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote: It's actually spelled politician. Bush (blair in the UK) is just slang. Too bad we can't make it carry the same

Re: Xorg upgrade troubles

2006-04-13 Thread Katipo
David Purton wrote: On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:06:00PM +0200, Žáček Kryštof wrote: Well, this transition could have been prepared better - testing stuff in such state on human beings is not ethical. Well, it worked. Look at all the errors you found :) I can add to them though...

Re: How to find software?

2006-03-30 Thread Katipo
Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello Patrick, Lachlan Patrick wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki Thanks to all who replied. One other question: is there an up-to-date Printing

Re: How to find software?

2006-03-29 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Try apt-cache search latex, apt-cache search alsaplayer, or Synaptic - the latter is the best

Re: How to find software?

2006-03-29 Thread Katipo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 11:03:26AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: Katipo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Lamb wrote: Am I the only one who's reading this exchange and wondering what people are thinking? No. As the OP has contacted the list

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

2006-03-12 Thread Katipo
Carl Fink wrote: On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:54:25AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: Anand Kumria wrote: It is because the listmasters, of which I am one, Good, finally a name to go with this idiocy. Anand Kumria, clueless list manager. Steve Lamb, abusive and unhelpful

Re: ready to use debian or ubuntu laptop reccomendations?

2006-03-04 Thread Katipo
Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: steef wrote: Michael M. wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 02 March 2006 01:20, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: I am very certain that Dell does sell servers that optionally have Linux, and even says this on their website. SNIP NOTE:

Re: Recommended Firewalls

2006-02-28 Thread Katipo
darwin wrote: http://www.shorewall.net/ Clyde Wilson wrote: I'm on Debian Sarge 3.1 r 1. Can anyone recommend an easy but fairly good firewall? Thanks for your time! For an enduser box, Firestarter is good, and simple to configure for a new user. Already packaged for Debian. Regards.

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-26 Thread Katipo
Shane wrote: After a bit more digging, now that I can get online again (not yet with Debian), it seems that the problem may be in the modem. It will run on Linux - I even have directions for using it with Red Hat - but it may not be getting the proper setup. Unfortunately, or possibly

Re: gnome broken ????

2006-02-23 Thread Katipo
Ray Lanza wrote: I did an update from testing today which seems to have broken gnome. None of the panels start. All I have displayed is a couple of icons. ray It only happened on one user account with me, so I'm still figuring it out. That account was the only one that I had some

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Katipo
Hal Vaughan wrote: snip I would suggest the same to you. Are you here to help him or blame him? He's stuck, he's frustrated. He's letting us know. snip He's having trouble. Do you want to help him or just piss him off? I am helping. I'm showing him where he refuses to look, and

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-17 Thread Katipo
Mike McCarty wrote: I pointed out to him that he didn't even know what troll meant, but I suspect that it rolled off his back. It's called a play on words, Mike. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Katipo
Magnus Therning wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:47:58AM -0500, Edward Shornock wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:12:18PM -0800, S Clement wrote: [...] For work I will have to use WinXP. With that I stick the disks in and it installs and works. There are modifications I make, Yes,

Re: recipe program

2006-02-14 Thread Katipo
Rodney Richison wrote: Is there not a recipe program in the debian repositories. Trying to get wife hooked. :) Not in the repositories, as far as I know, but not a particularly difficult installation project for you is... http://sourceforge.net/projects/grecipe-manager More than

Re: help with Debian

2006-02-10 Thread Katipo
Cuthbert Smith Consulting wrote: *ke6isf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Ok, so then I looked briefly at this emacs, and it refered to something called webgui, which says if you are not a programmer can take days to install. (days?!!!). Well thanks for your consideration, Im going to have to

Re: Not a Debian question, but you guys know this stuff...

2006-01-30 Thread Katipo
Alvin Oga wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Tyson Varosyan wrote: At the risk of having my hand slapped I will ask, since I bet there are quite a few Apache users on this board. ... I am using Windows 2000 and Apache 2.0.44 ... Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions

Re: Content Management Recommendations?

2006-01-17 Thread Katipo
Ed Young wrote: Can anyone recommend a good content management system for me to set up. I want to have a News section, a photo gallery, a blog, some articles, etc. I used to use PostNuke, but I don't see it as a Debian package anymore. I'd prefer PHP/MySQL but it's not a requirement.

Re: Voice recognition software?

2006-01-13 Thread Katipo
Jaime Herazo B. wrote: * A. F. Cano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So, let's start this subject rolling, What's the status of speech recognition for Linux these days? Snip I'm afraid things are still pretty much in the might-be-great-someday phase. Current status...

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Katipo
Mauro Sanna wrote: You're using hurd? How do you feel with this kernel? I don't think is for servers now. Yes it is. Not using it, but looking at it, and from what I see it's definitely got the scope for server/cluster capability. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Katipo
Mauro Sanna wrote: Scuse me for my newbie question but to run fluxbox I need xfree also, isn't it? You need xfree or xorg for any window manager/desktop environment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]

2006-01-08 Thread Katipo
Andrei Popescu wrote: It has been suggested by several people in this thread to have a 'debian-newcomer' list. Question: Is there real interest in having this and how many users will subscribe in order to help the newcomers (from doze or Mac or other distros)? A name or nick as an answer i

Nvidia vs nv.

2006-01-04 Thread Katipo
Hello, No further replies to the thread of this subject name this morning to reply to (I think I got it right), but I thought this might be of some interest to those people who did participate... http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-January/011922.html ...the cavalry are coming.

Re: Help! Can't print on Windows Shared Printer!

2006-01-02 Thread Katipo
Mike McCarty wrote: We have an HP Deskjet connected to a Windows printer. Debian can print a test page, but applications like web browsers can't make anything come out. (I tried a well-crafted question, maybe this sloppy one will get a response.) Mike Got xprt installed? Sloppy answer,

Re: debian and audio software

2006-01-01 Thread Katipo
Glenn English wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 09:11 +0800, John Mills wrote: I just wondered how well developed audio software for Debian is. Quite. I am familiar with Audacity (Win) but wondered how much else there is available and how far development has gotten. Rezound

Re: Question

2005-12-27 Thread Katipo
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Monday 26 December 2005 10:22 pm, Katipo wrote: John Hasler wrote: In any case, I don't think anything should stay in copyright for 50 years. Definitely not, and in some cases, it's 70 or 90! I'd like to see, dependent on case, an absolute maximum of 15

Re: Question

2005-12-27 Thread Katipo
Hal Vaughan wrote: Have you ever tried to start a business? Seriously? Oh, yes. If it does, you have a partner who supplies the manufacturing process. Partner. Ahh. Just like the ol' repeated Slashdot comment: 1. Get an idea 2. ? 3. Profit! Except you've just switched

Re: Question

2005-12-26 Thread Katipo
John Hasler wrote: He builds computers and installs Debian on them. They are his product. He can sell them for whatever the market will bear. He must comply with the licenses on the software in Debian, but none of them limit the price he can charge. Maybe it'd be an idea to put in a bug

Re: Question

2005-12-26 Thread Katipo
John Hasler wrote: In any case, I don't think anything should stay in copyright for 50 years. Definitely not, and in some cases, it's 70 or 90! I'd like to see, dependent on case, an absolute maximum of 15, but in a lot of cases, 5. Whether copyright or patent, that gives the creator

Re: Question

2005-12-25 Thread Katipo
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Chinook wrote: Denis wrote: я продаю компьютеры. Хочу начать устанавливать клиентам Linux Debian, скажите пожалуйста какие дистрибутивы я могу ставить за деньги? Денис I specialize in selling PCs. I would like to start installing Linux Debian to customers'

Re: Question

2005-12-25 Thread Katipo
John Hasler wrote: Katipo writes: He could ethically charge for his labour time for installation. He could ethically and legally charge whatever the market will bear for his product. How hw allocates his costs is no one else's business. Fine! Now, define *his* product

Re: Silicon Image 3114 and Seagate?

2005-12-18 Thread Katipo
Roberto Sanchez wrote: I am getting ready to purchase a system that has the Silicon Image 3114 SATA controller. I understand that it is well supported, even by the default kernel in Sarge. However, I was also planning on getting some Seagate Barracuda drives. Based on some things I found

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Katipo
Mark Crean wrote: However, in my experience running a website is a great deal of hard work and many people start to flag after three months or so. Many other people enjoy running their own show and wouldn't want to combine into a bigger one, other than as, perhaps, an item in a web ring.

Re: Assistance

2005-12-05 Thread Katipo
Antony Gelberg wrote: Paddy Hackett wrote: I wish to express my thanks to all of you who went to the trouble of responding to my queries. It has been of great help especially those who assisted me with the matter of machine language and the creation of the alphabet. I am new to the list

Re: Jumpers on an AST Premmia P90

2005-12-03 Thread Katipo
Tony Yeboah wrote: How can I set or find the jumpers to work with my newly bought motherboard. ? Well, if it's new, you'll have all that information in the Board manual. Any further information you require you should be able to get by way of the site. And if this is the first hit on

Re: web collaboration tool

2005-12-01 Thread Katipo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list, what is the best web based collaboration-tool for debian-stable? Calender, ToDo-Lists etc is important, Webmail not so. This is a good one... http://www.cps-project.org/ Then there's Plone, also built on Zope, and also Drupal, - available as a Debian

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Katipo
marc wrote: The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-23 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: I'm your shrink Yeah, right! It's a truer quote than you know. http://imdb.com/title/tt0114558/quotes 1/2 way down. Put in context you'll understand. :P Just another Rock 'n' Roll Doctor, Stevie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other bureaucratic organisations (public and commercial), it is the 'system

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 13:50 +, Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (22/11/05 10:46), Ron Johnson wrote: Stated another way: for the statesman to become President, he must first become a politician. Exactly! ... and to raise campaign funds they put themselves under an obligation to vested interests . and to gain media

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: Snap again! *TWET* Idiotic misuse of a word, 10-day suspension, no participation in a thread! Carry on! *TWEEET* I'm your shrink Yeah, right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
Yuri Gorshkov wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: The only dialup modem to get is an external USRobotics 56K modem. It hooks up to your serial port and is always recognized w/o driver needs. I will never ever get another modem. I also live where

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/11/05 13:13), johannes wrote: NB: It's interesting to look at other pages that turn up on googleing 'Weissgerber, Tom L' I presume you mean: Inside Intel: Banana Republics In The Silicon Empire From: Weissgerber, Tom L Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:50 PM

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
robert wrote: - Original Message - From: Katipo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre? Just get a Maestro Woomera. It's based on a Rockwell 56K chip, so it's recognised

General Interest

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
Something that some might find of interest... The MINIMUM PRIZE 2005 to Richard Stallman Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto gives the prize, in Tunis, to Richard Stallman for the GNU/Linux project. The prize will be delivered by Minister Gilberto Gil. _ minimum prize The

Test Bench.

2005-11-12 Thread Katipo
Might be a useful link if you're in the market for new hardware, and wondering about compatibility... http://www.linux-tested.com/ ...the address down the bottom of the page could belong to SCO though, so be careful about what you volunteer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xerox Printing.

2005-11-12 Thread Katipo
I'm looking at buying a Fuji-Xerox Document C525A printer with the duplex add-on. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/index.php/taxid;2136212643;pid;606;pt;1 There's no listing for it on Linuxprinting.org, but the rep says they have linux/unix drivers for it, and I was wondering if anybody had

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-11 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: Scott wrote: What I want to know is: who's [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh.. and did you mean to send this request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) Carla Schroeder, former columnist for the now defunct Forest Grove, OR based magazine Computer Bits. Well known in Oregon's Metro

Re: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Katipo
A bit expensive, but because we never look like getting anything except dial up through copper wire, I have had for the last 9 years, a Maestro Woomera external modem that does everything, including allowing me to monitor the speed of the connection constantly, except wash the car. Best

Re: Calender, To-do, and other PDA-like software for Debian

2005-11-05 Thread Katipo
Masatran (Rajasekaran Deepak) wrote: Is there any software on Debian that can be used for: 1. Calender: Keep track of appointments and alert at appropriate time 2. To-do lists: Maintain multiple to-do lists Mozilla's calender extension, available as a downloadable deb through apt, does

Re: Where is my Economist?

2005-11-04 Thread Katipo
Fritz Volbach wrote: The Economist has arrived again. Why are you publishing my inquiry to the publisher on the Internet since it does not concern you? It has certain economical connotations as far as our own particular sociological context is concerned. However, if you find the situation

Mirror 404's - Australia.

2005-10-29 Thread Katipo
Hello, With aptitude, I find that I'm receiving the update O.K., but when the upgrade is entered, I receive a whole series of 'server 404' messages. Thinking it might be the mirror, I changed to another one in /etc/apt/sources.list, but I get exactly the same reaction. I don't see anything

Re: Mirror 404's - Australia.

2005-10-29 Thread Katipo
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: What do you have in your sources.list? -Roberto The same thing I've had since Sarge went stable... #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main #deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au./debian/ testing main #deb-src http://ftp.uwa.edu.au./debian/ testing main #deb

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