Re: [Eug-lug] local root exploit via setuid

2004-04-29 Thread Ben Barrett
Check these out, and see if you are left with any more-specific questions: http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6599 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6584 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6513 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6450 This older vuln-dev message pertains

Re: [Eug-lug] KNOPPIX 3.4

2004-05-04 Thread Ben Barrett
Wasn't on any of the ftp/http mirrors that I could see last night, either; just BT, apparently... sigh, patience is a bastard = ) On Tue, 4 May 2004 10:03:48 -0700 Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Does anyone have the new KNOPPIX 3.4 ISO yet? | I got about half of it through BitTorrent

Re: [Eug-lug] Does anyone have an ESCAPE FROM THE MATRIX?

2004-05-26 Thread Ben Barrett
Well, Ken, you know what they say: Different strokes for different folks. Some people actually *live* in the woods, and have telephones and sometimes even broadband. Some people run servers from the woods entirely off-the-grid. At the Oregon Country Fair, where I represent our user's group, we

Re: [Eug-lug] Does anyone have an ESCAPE?

2004-05-26 Thread Ben Barrett
Look Ma, I'm censored! I mean invisible. On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:45:29 -0700 Ken wrote: | | Not likely. I never see ... ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: OT'ing braided fact and fiction

2004-05-27 Thread Ben Barrett
Okay I'm no damn hippy, but only because I murdered my inner hippy, but it turned out to be a cat, so my evil twin is a serial killer (to get all 9 damn-hippy inner hiipies). More importantly: public campgrounds, when busy, are far worse than either innercity or white-trash ghetto's I've been

Re: [Eug-lug] OT: OT'ing braided fact and fiction

2004-05-27 Thread Ben Barrett
but stories to me entertain, not show how much more amazing the teller's experience has been. cheerio, Ben | | | Ben Barrett wrote: | Okay I'm no damn hippy, but only because I murdered my inner hippy, but it | turned out to be a cat, so my evil twin is a serial killer (to get all 9 | damn-hippy

Re: [Eug-lug] Thursday Clinic

2004-05-27 Thread Ben Barrett
Thanks Jason, sounds good. If people are hungry for fresh bits (0's and 1's, that is), then go to the SAO meeting at the Strand before and download to your heart's content. BTW, one benefit of OPN over the Buzz is that it is a Real non-profit org; it is nice to have coffee, but OPN and EUGLUG

Re: [Eug-lug] EUG-LUG Wiki Question

2004-05-27 Thread Ben Barrett
IIRC PHPWiki can also use a flat file... in general, some wiki's have an option for internal representation format, others don't. If there is a choice, it is often best-dictated by whether the wiki is public or personal. Ben On Thu, 27 May 2004 14:59:58 -0700 John Sechrest [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Eug-lug] Knoppix 3.4 tonight?

2004-05-27 Thread Ben Barrett
A friend named Jordi is planning on coming by the meeting at OPN tonight, and was wondering if anyone could bring a Knoppix 3.4 CD to share. Thanks! BB ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug

Re: [Eug-lug] Country Fair?

2004-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
Loobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Thanks but I have already bought my ticket. I just hadn't read anything about | LUG and the fair and was curious. | | On Thursday 03 June 2004 12:55 pm, Ben Barrett wrote: | Er, our LUG will be represented. If you have a big penguin, sign, or | banner

Re: [Eug-lug] thursday meeting!

2004-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
The main problem we've got with a U of O room, is that we have to change locations around the campus' off-season. IIRC we've discussed that option, and decided that there is no stable permanent option on campus. FWIW, there is/was an OSUG (open source user's group) based out of UO's CompSci

Re: [Eug-lug] NEXT THURSDAY!

2004-06-04 Thread Ben Barrett
Good point about the Buzz! How does everyone feel about the Indigo District? (I will be out of town anyway :) I enjoyed some late-night internet there last eve... I haven't been there as early as our meetings happen, but I think it might be quieter... they have a bunch of tables pushed

Re: [Eug-lug] thursday meeting!

2004-06-04 Thread Ben Barrett
(In case anyone is following this by thread, Kenneth S just pointed out that the Buzz will be closed next week) If this is true (and I think it is) then there shall be a different final word email coming soon... On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:36:49 -0700 Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Kenneth

Re: [Eug-lug] thursday meeting location/time?

2004-06-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Are places like The Strand and The Indigo District cut from the list at this point? Are they charging cover that early? Not working for someone here? (IIRC the cover was the only issue) And golly, if the meeting is happening without bandwidth, then it seems like there are a LOT of other

Re: [Eug-lug] thursday meeting location/time?

2004-06-08 Thread Ben Barrett
What's your vote, Kenneth? I'm really not opposed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or somewheres VRCish, they're just further from my own home :) I'm also not very familiar with the 'north side'... I'm glad to hear that there is solid interest in the group, so it sounds like we should shift from finding a

Re: [Eug-lug] The Fair.... swag and the COF

2004-06-30 Thread Ben Barrett
Indeed, as I was catching up with this thread (sorry I've been so busy lately I haven't been keeping up with EUGLUG!), I was about to send off the swag correction of terms, and wanted to offer this interesting background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swag However, Jamie is right to keep this

Re: [Eug-lug] OCF ahoy!

2004-07-14 Thread Ben Barrett
more penguins in my house, I'll bring em when I bike out on Sunday. You gotta give me some directions to the booth though :P cheers Max Ben Barrett wrote: Howdy from the Fair!! ... ___ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman

Re: [Eug-lug] Programming Mailing list.

2004-10-07 Thread Ben Barrett
Well, Linus says BitKeeper!, how dare we even discuss anything else? Idiots don't know version control. Freaks use it as a filesystem. :) ...tool for the job, etc... Sorry I've been away from the list for so long, folks, it has been a fun summer. cheerio, Ben T. Joseph CARTER wrote: On

Re: [Eug-lug] Borrow a Pyrometer? (and meeting-space sepcs Q)

2004-12-16 Thread Ben Barrett
If you're not wanting precision, similar sticky-backed tabs are available at homebrew-supply shops :) BTW, I've been away from the list for a while now... and not sure I can continue to keep up in full, like I used to. However, Paul Harrison of OPN called me today to ask about what

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting...directorr's chairs

2004-12-16 Thread Ben Barrett
(see below... I'm not usually a bottom-poster) Neil Parker wrote the following on 12/4/2004 9:36 PM: Linux Rocks! wrote, Those would be great. If we have a meeting next week, they would be most welcome. We havnt had meetings for a few weeks because we havnt had a good place to hold them lately.

Re: [Eug-lug] Virtual Private Servers; recommended providers?

2004-12-16 Thread Ben Barrett
Have you looked at Hurricane Electric (he.net) ? They include SSH with hosting, and start at $10/month :) I don't use them myself, but have done some work on an account there and was impressed by what I saw in general -- an up-to-date kernel version, notably. I was told good things about the

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting/Freak'n cable...

2004-12-16 Thread Ben Barrett
Willamette.net's site says they have wireless, and the rates look good. I think this, like similar plans, are fixed wireless, to the home (ie, you don't get to roam about town like T-Mobile or whatnot). The following link showed me the latest info:

Re: [Eug-lug] Local dial tone providers - Qwest alternatives?

2005-01-18 Thread Ben Barrett
EWEB has almost-dark [but not quite dark] fiber running along 11th Ave (and some of Oak downtown)... startup costs are exorbitant, but if anyone is looking at homes with the best future-potential for bandwidth, I think this is a worthy consideration! Ben Bob Miller wrote the following on

Re: [Eug-lug] a metamedia cooperation at the DIVA

2005-01-21 Thread Ben Barrett
sorry, forgot to list clearly that this takes place next Friday evening, Jan. 28th, from 5pm until midnight or later, at the DIVA, downtown Eugene. Suggested minimum donation for the event is $5 AFAIKplease help spread the word, if you think you know someone who is interested. Ben Barrett

Re: [Eug-lug] a metamedia cooperation at the DIVA

2005-01-27 Thread Ben Barrett
The latest relevant links are: http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2005/01/27/music.html#music2 (this article in EW mentions linux!) and http://metamedia.tribe.net/ see you there? Ben Ben Barrett wrote the following on 1/21/2005 1:24 AM: sorry, forgot to list clearly that this takes place next Friday

Re: [Eug-lug] meeting 1-29-5 (tonite)

2005-01-28 Thread Ben Barrett
I think you're doing the presentation, Jamie, so you tell us the details :) since you called it for the 1/29 meeting... BTW, did the mac mini's make an appearance for the 1/27 mtg last night? Ben Linux Rocks! wrote the following on 1/27/2005 6:38 PM: Saturday? ok, what are the details?

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Powerbook chatter Loony info

2005-01-31 Thread Ben Barrett
[I'm at Lunar Logic also...] We did a presentation at an SAO brewpub last year, as well as a colloqium meeting at the UO. I'm not sure what events are coming up sorry. I'll see what I can find out, though -- so bug me about it off-list if I don't have any news in the next week or so. On

Re: [Eug-lug] SSH Connection Problems

2005-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Does it die after a certain period of inactivity? Have them leave a shell open, running something like: watch -n 3 w and see if it still happens...if it does not disconnect, I think I can dig up a solid lead for you :) regards, Ben Jim Beard wrote the following on 2/3/2005 12:37 PM: So he

Re: [Eug-lug] favorites

2005-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
I thought that the latest moz/firefox used XML for bookmarks, but I might be spinning myths here I personally use a cool PHP/MySQL webapp called bookmark4u, which is a web-based bookmark manager. It has some great features, my favorite being the javascript bookmarklet which you can add

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: toss cookies selectivly!!!

2005-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Heh, candy from EFF, for log-holders here: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_02.php#002370 EFF Announces New Privacy Tool Logfinder Helps Eliminate Unwanted Logging of Personal Data ciao! Ben larry price wrote the following on 2/8/2005 10:54 AM: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:43:24 -0800, Bob

Re: [Eug-lug] KVMs and DVI

2005-02-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Allen, does the 19 LCD run 1600x1200 natively? I suspect this might be a supported resolution, but would be less than ideal if it is stretched and not a native resolution. You'll see this warping of spec also with projectors quite often. The cheapest 1600x1200 LCD's I've seen are 20, and

Re: [Eug-lug] KVMs and DVI

2005-02-09 Thread Ben Barrett
This might've been beaten to death already, but when shopping around for LCD's, *do* be careful about the warranty's statements on the # of dead pixels they'll replace the monitor at... Ben Linux Rocks! wrote the following on 2/9/2005 11:27 AM: I too was thinking of getting a lcd panel...

[Eug-lug] broadcast flag shot down?

2005-02-22 Thread Ben Barrett
I think this is *very* good news: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=7703873 or full ranty bits at: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/22/2133250 ciao! ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org

[Eug-lug] Re: [Comdoors] Ubuntu

2005-02-22 Thread Ben Barrett
This sounds great, Ed! I've been hearing good things about Ubuntu thanks =)) Ben Edward Craig wrote the following on 2/15/2005 6:27 AM: This year EUGLUG is handing out Ubuntu Linux, because they will ship as many 2 CD folder sets as we request, and we've tried it out and have mostly liked

Re: [Eug-lug] EUGLUG at the Country Fair

2005-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
As booth coordinator, I don't see any reason why previous OPN/EFN representation should be eliminated this year, when there was merely an unfortunate sequence of events which caused the orgs' structures to fall out from under them. :) So, as far as I am concerned, OPN/EFN is still

Re: [Eug-lug] EUGLUG at the Country Fair/ fundraising event 4/2

2005-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
donated to the booth... in which case I can assure you that EUG-LUG's interest would tended to, for instance buying blank CD's, or CD labels, or whatnot. Ideas? Excitement? ciao Ben Barrett Edward Craig wrote the following on 3/2/2005 8:22 PM: OK, so Ben Barret and I are going

Re: [Eug-lug] photo stitching on Linux

2005-03-11 Thread Ben Barrett
Cool!! I've used the Pandora plugin for the GiMP before, to stitch up to seven photos together (but only in one row) before, which worked reasonably well: it did not take much CPU time, but it was a user-intensive task and I don't have a professional eye for graphics. I've been searching

Re: [Eug-lug] PC Garage Sale

2005-03-13 Thread Ben Barrett
For those of us in Eugene, there is the local chapter of GWoB, Geek Without Borders, which donates PC's (and takes donations of almost any useful hardware). I work with one of the top dawgs, and found that they fix up and ship out any useful/ready systems, and try to sell the other stuff on

Re: [Eug-lug] GPS and Linux/Unix

2005-03-17 Thread Ben Barrett
What about these? Are you looking for a handheld model w/ display instead? http://store.wmjmarine.com/c16623.html http://store.yahoo.com/able-america/navmangps4460.html Not sure where these are on http://www.navman.com ... Then, there are some gems via http://www.tapr.org

Re: [Eug-lug] Firefox and Bittorrent

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Barrett
about:config is part of the mozilla.org family's DNA, not well-known by average users, but present in most sufficiently bloated products they produce -- in firefox, there is an optional plugin, which adds a menu item called about:config ;) No, not very obvious. I modified the quote string

Re: [Eug-lug] Rejuvenating failed hardware

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Barrett
Cursing? Please be more specific :) I usually find myself cursing various trickster figured, whether Loki or Wile E and then pleading to them. YMMV (your mythos may vary) Ben PS - I assume all the equipment has been at room temperature, inside your house, and has not varied in

Re: [Eug-lug] Rejuvenating failed hardware

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Barrett
slimp3 is an embedded music streaming device: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enlr=q=slimp3btnG=Search Felling Lucky -- http://www.slimdevices.com/ PAWS? The Progressive Animal Welfare Society? Pets Are Wonderful Support? http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?p=dictString=exactAcronym=PAWS

Re: [Eug-lug] Low Level Format

2005-03-28 Thread Ben Barrett
The FBI built a new lab in Portland... I attended a presentation about it a couple years back. This is done on a daily basis there, AFAIK. One would also suspect that crime lords and rouge intelligence agencies have this capability also. So glad my tin foil hat is comfy, and that my

[Eug-lug] Wearable Interactive Art Project

2005-03-28 Thread Ben Barrett
Howdy folks. Sorry to cross-post, please reply to whichever list you're subscribed to, or just me. I've been stewing on a project to enjoy this summer, and I'd like to offer up some (the sum?) of my ideas: Wearable Interactive Art Project: a wearable computer which has audio and video input,

[Eug-lug] just kidding --but that's not funny!

2005-04-01 Thread Ben Barrett
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/ http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/96.html ...and hey, don't forget that tomorrow night (4.2) is the OCF Village fundraiser at Cosmic Pizza, where EUGLUG members may join in a space for the Doors of Expression booth (among other organizations and booths) to

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: OT: Gmail April Fool's Fun?

2005-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
I think gmail just upped their limit to 2GB... and are promoting it with a flashy counter. they also have a simple html mode that works with more browsers, but that is not as new... Ben larry price wrote the following on 4/1/2005 9:54 AM: On Apr 1, 2005 9:02 AM, perdurabo [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Eug-lug] New kernel 2.6.12 going to be out soon (Xen banter)

2005-04-28 Thread Ben Barrett
As for Xen, it does not run in a window. There are plenty of docs out there, but in my understanding, the host system is usually referred to as dom0 (domain zero), and thn you can carve out resources specified in simple config files, which tell the Xen host what real resources a virtual

Re: [Eug-lug] NCC needs a geek (or dork, nerd, etc..)

2005-10-16 Thread Ben Barrett
Thanks for the job posting, Mr. O. Is there any open-source exposure there? (didn't look like it from my scan of the details) Ben Mr O wrote the following on 10/13/2005 6:57 PM: Northwest Christian College has an opening. Below are the details. Database Administrator/Web Developer

Re: [Eug-lug] Borrow a cup of projector?

2005-10-16 Thread Ben Barrett
I recently noticed a short-lived deal on the BenQ PB6110 DLP Projector for $684 shipped, via buy.com (this has since expired) but the usual price for this appears to be $734. It has a native resolution of 1024x768, 2000:1 contrast ratio, 1700 lumens, and VGA, component, and composite video

Re: [Eug-lug] SAO meeting Thursday @ Rogue

2005-11-02 Thread Ben Barrett
I agree, although I've been missing too many meeting lately, myself. SAO events have always catered to the business mind, sort of How I used technology to help my business or How I helped our technology business using X, while I'd interpret EUGLUG meetings as Howto foo the bar [technology]

Re: [Eug-lug] hitting refresh on the euglug website

2005-12-07 Thread Ben Barrett
I concur -- I recall that whatever we used before had a nifty bookmarklet (javascript 'mark) to ease the creation of a new blog entry. I liked that; I use a similar function with a personal bookmark4u setup I run (see http://bookmark4u.sf.net ) the mostly-absent, Ben Jeff Newton wrote

[Eug-lug] Event Friday 1/20: Metamedia Cooperation II

2006-01-18 Thread Ben Barrett
environment continuing the evolution of this new Meta-Cooperation space. All ages are welcome. Confirmed Scheduled Participants Holly Arrow, Psychology Department, University of Oregon Ben Barrett, Eugene Unix and GNU / Linux User Group Steven Fickas, Computer Science, University of Oregon Alder Fuller

Re: [Eug-lug] Event Friday 1/20: Metamedia Cooperation II

2006-01-18 Thread Ben Barrett
Also wanted to note that Jair was written up in the City section of the Register Guard on Monday: http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/01/16/c1.cr.peoplejair.0116.p1.php (or, that is archived at http://www.efn.org/~comvill/Jair.html ) Ben Barrett wrote the following on 1/18/2006 11:54 AM

Re: [Eug-lug] RAID5 configuration, setup and conversion

2006-02-07 Thread Ben Barrett
Matt, a few questions:1. Are you doing hardwaaree or software RAID? If HW, what type?2. Are you trying to increase performance and reliability [per price, in general] or are you aiming at a specific throughput and/or failure-recovery potential? 3. ATA, SATA, SCSI? (curious)4. Are you doing a

Re: [Eug-lug] RAID5 configuration, setup and conversion

2006-02-07 Thread Ben Barrett
Right. Nice stuff. I dig the ReadyNAS from infrant.com too :)One important point which I don't think was brought up in this lengthy thread yet is power requirements of the drives. If you have more than ~4 drives, consider the spin-up power load on the system. In a normal system, without any

Re: [Eug-lug] Counting Number of Lines

2006-02-07 Thread Ben Barrett
What language is that Joseph, ruby? python? :)KMA shell, I'm guessing, so you'd want this:#!/bin/kmash Ben 8]On 2/7/06, T. Joseph CARTER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 02:57:11PM -0800, John Sechrest wrote: There is a unix command called WC (word count) if you say wc -l *.c ,

Re: [Eug-lug] RAID5 configuration, setup and conversion

2006-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Very interesting -- I couldn't find a price, or find these on froogle though... any ideas?Looks like you have to get a quote to find a price. BenOn 2/8/06, Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I found Team ASA through Google.Their small form factor boards lookinteresting.They have Pentium III

Re: [Eug-lug] RAID5 configuration, setup and conversion

2006-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
. Not sure if they have an SDK or not or how open it is but % I wouldn't want to mess with it much more than what's already % there. It already has a great number of functions. % % % --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % % Ben Barrett wrote: % %Right.Nice stuff.I dig the ReadyNAS from

Re: [Eug-lug] Somewhat offtopic; community television?

2006-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
Pirate broadcast on UHF? Or need we hijack a LEO satellite?(that's low-earth orbit, not law enforcement officer...)I'm guessing you want to get on the cable station for public access... I've wondered about that too. BenPS - Patrick++ 8^POn 2/8/06, Patrick R. Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff

Re: [Eug-lug] Gentoo stagnating?

2006-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
on in other places as well.-MikeThe problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. --- UnknownOn Wed, 2006-02-08 at 18:01 -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: Yeah, I was just BS'ing with a co-worker who claims to be a major Gentoo zealot... he mentioned similar thoughts. I think all the Gentoo users

Re: [Eug-lug] Somewhat offtopic; community television?

2006-02-08 Thread Ben Barrett
How about:http://www.cascadelink.org/access/networks.htmlhttp://www.opan.org/news/static/articles/story39.cfm orhttp://www.metrotv.org/http://www.continet.com/jmw/ctv/page0001.htm (ack! continet.com is old and was acquired by pacinfo!)I say boradcast the heck out of it. Online, OTA, even audio on

Re: [Eug-lug] Gentoo stagnating?

2006-02-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Sorry I cannot speak with any Gentoo experience, but I've never (aside from brief moments I suppsoe) seen any mozilla product be delivered in latest version from a package management system. BenOn 2/9/06, Rob Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just recently I removed the ~x86 flag on mozilla b/c

Re: [Eug-lug] Logic and programmers?

2006-02-12 Thread Ben Barrett
Joseph, I don't know what years you tested this... I went thru UO's BS in Java, but we did have to produce LISP, Scheme, ML, MIPS, etc.However, I met business dual-majors who found ways to slip through without producing any code at all, which I find most telling. Does this all fit with your

Re: [Eug-lug] Logic and programmers?

2006-02-13 Thread Ben Barrett
, Ben Barrett wrote: Joseph, I don't know what years you tested this... I went thru UO's BS in Java, but we did have to produce LISP, Scheme, ML, MIPS, etc. However, I met business dual-majors who found ways to slip through without producing any code at all, which I find most telling. Does this all

Re: [Eug-lug] shell to clipboard?

2006-02-16 Thread Ben Barrett
Is there are reason that you need to be running the KDE window manager to use DCOP?I am using gnome so to speak, but often start up konqueror and see the DCOP server start up with all its glory... I don't have time to try this ATM but hope to soon. Possibly someone else will beat me to it. I don't

Re: [Eug-lug] shell to clipboard?

2006-02-16 Thread Ben Barrett
I was going to provide an example, of showing no dcop stuff is running, starting up konqueror and showing that dcopserver started it does that on my system, but I am already running Quanta, a KDE-based editor.Granted, this is on FC4 so it has redhat's efforts to integrate gnome and kde. I am

Re: [Eug-lug] Grammar question

2006-02-16 Thread Ben Barrett
I'd like to propose an additional question: When talking about an individual or an organization that has fallen out of style, what is the appropriate grammar?My own suggestions:1. He is a has-been.- to be used when someone isn't as popular as they once were... 2. He is a have-been.- to someone who

Re: [Eug-lug] [Off Topic] Problems with Win machine 'freezing'

2006-02-17 Thread Ben Barrett
http://www.epcug.net/heh :) Sorry to not be of more help -- the only other thing I would suggest is Symantec Systemworks or the friendly slew of free win-fixing softwares... On 2/17/06, Matthew Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been banging my head against the wall for 3 days on this –

Re: [Eug-lug] php5 and abstract database toolkits

2006-02-17 Thread Ben Barrett
Rob, I hope my google results can be of help to you:http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/11/a-taste-of-projects-to-come-with-php5/ led to:http://creole.phpdb.org/trac/http://wact.sourceforge.net/api/WACT_DB/DBC.html http://propel.phpdb.org/trac/sorry, haven't used any of them :) BenPS - the best

Re: [Eug-lug] Sidetopic: aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:9 (or 10) for home theater

2006-02-18 Thread Ben Barrett
unless you tell it to. What you do get is plenty of desktop space which is great.That be all for now,Mr O.--- Ben Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I am pondering the ideal arrangements for using an HD monitor as a media center display, and primarily the video and still content would be 4:3

Re: [Eug-lug] Sidetopic: aspect ratios 4:3 and 16:9 (or 10) for home theater

2006-02-18 Thread Ben Barrett
? BenOn 2/18/06, Ben Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mr. O -- I also use a 20 LCD (dell, very happy with it for udner $400!) of the same res.I am considering a 1080p display, which states that computer resolution is 1920x1080. Costco.com has a X37SV-Naga on sale... it's been on sale

Re: [Eug-lug] No Linux on TV (Sunday Morning Rant -- proposal)

2006-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
I thought that would be a short series actually -- from opening the box, to mounting the finished hack on a bike or kite... BenOn 2/19/06, Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Ben Barrett wrote: Is there enough interest in EUGLUG in doing a quirky linux variety show on public access?Only if we can

[Eug-lug] hp jornada 1-pound linux portable

2006-02-19 Thread Ben Barrett
I came across a portable I haven't checked on in a while, HP Journada, and found it has a linux distro covering the SH-3 RISC chip.http://www.jlime.com/The 680e model, with 16MB RAM, 640x240 touchscreen, pcmcia, cf, etc... on sale for $90:

Re: [Eug-lug] Fwd: Stop AOL's email scheme

2006-02-23 Thread Ben Barrett
Thank you Mr. O -- I find this sort of rant particularly insightful, and useful to the cause of promoting open-source. Specific examples of proprietary systems reliably failing to function is good fodder.Thanks for the detail; thankfully I've never dreamed of installing that combo but can help

Re: [Eug-lug] Bill Gates really is the devil!

2006-02-25 Thread Ben Barrett
Oh welp. I was using the FireFox plugin, GeoURL 0.4 -- it said Shawnee, KS, US.https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=530 Ben On 2/25/06, Mr O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ping returns 64.202.163.3 in Mesa which makes more sense seeingas how GoDaddy is based in Snobbsdale AZ.--- Ben

Re: [Eug-lug] linux clusters

2006-02-28 Thread Ben Barrett
There are some boot disks for heterogeneous cluster which I find very interesting. They are not a single system image... and to diverge slightly form topic, has anyone grid experience? Toyed around with any of that at all? BenOn 2/28/06, Jim K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was at one time a

Re: [Eug-lug] Tux-shaped computer runs Linux

2006-03-01 Thread Ben Barrett
Mike, have you seen the latest gumstix platforms?http://www.gumstix.com/They've really catered to the robotics hobbyists with their recent offerings :)No SCSI but an even lighter-weight platform. These use the Intel RISC chips, similar to what is in a lot of handhelds. BenOn 3/1/06, Mike Cherba

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Yes, I did. I mean, it wasn't me, but I'm pretty sure it was as such :))What's the big deal folks? Are you all really so surprised to be able to find a technical detail about the job posting incorrect when you pick it apart? I'll go ahead and suggest that at least 25% of ALL email has such errors.

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Yeah, spell-checking is not a high priority for this list's purposes I'll agree :)In a town or small enough city such as Eugene, or the one I grew up in, I've seen lots and lots of job postings which don't kiss and tell. Is there something wrong with being discreet? Do we have some inherent right

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Why do you think it is a head-hunter?Due to the minor technical oddities you notes, I believe this posting did come from HR -- not to badmouth HR, but I think they have their own special skills and I try not to harass them about things I might geek out on... sound reasonable? I'm replying three

[Eug-lug] Ben Barrett has invited you to open a Google mail account

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
--- Ben Barrett has invited you to open a free Gmail account. To accept this invitation and register for your account, visit https://mail.google.com/mail/a-8fe0ea9c61-f88bc604dd-168b7511f1 Once you create your account, Ben

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Heh, I've prolly done a list no-no, but have sent a gmail invite to this list so anyone can try it :)First one to it wins a gmail account. You can sign up for gmail without an invite using a cellphone fwiw. On 3/9/06, Jason LaPier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...Maybe someone who is actually

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben Barrett has invited you to open a Google mail account

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Woot! If anyone else wants a gmail invite, dare I say, email me off-list. We'll see how much spam I get :)On 3/9/06, Matthew Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent.. I just scored BoogieWoogieLinuxBoy as an email addy...;) ___ EUGLUG mailing list

Re: [Eug-lug] Ben Barrett has invited you to open a Google mail account

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Or, if they're harkening from an aol.com account you can safely ignore them since they are likely blind to your existence =)On 3/9/06, larry price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/9/06, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are still people without gmail accounts? =) -ajbYes, and if you meet one the

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-09 Thread Ben Barrett
Point well taken, Darren -- no offense meant, and I've been laughing along with you :)On 3/9/06, Darren Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:After reading the firestorm I created with my comment... I wasn't directing my response at anyone in particular, but from the feedback it sounds that itwas taken

Re: [Eug-lug] Part Time Linux System Administrator Position

2006-03-10 Thread Ben Barrett
Yeah, and IIRC it was generated for someone who was messaing with (er, blackboxing?) a nigerian-style spammer, and what really had me RotFLMFAO was that the spammer did not recognize Captain Kirk and proceeded to try to steal his money OH! http://spl.haxial.net/nigerian-fraud/ heh BenOn

Re: [Eug-lug] Offtopic - Comcast Digital Simulcast (DS) image quality

2006-03-11 Thread Ben Barrett
Mee three. The signal errors are increased a lot recently. I don't know if comcast's been pushing digital feed to analog customer for a while, but now the errors are excruciatingly digital. I noticed it all over channels in the 50's and into the 60's a lot the other night. I like your suggestion,

Re: [Eug-lug] been out of touch

2006-03-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Are you sure they were not marketing/business majors? ;)LOL, the new macbook pro's are very nice indeed, although that opinion may open some flood-gates.At least they are *nix-based machines which are sold, delivered, and supported using a *nix-based OS... what a bargain, for that 8^P BenOn

Re: [Eug-lug] Results of traceroute command

2006-03-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Right. For general DNS testing, it of course matters whether you're running your own (full-blown or caching) or using your provider's.Tools like dig, nslookup, and host are useful. I prefer dig. Using dig's options, such as @ (to specify the DNS server to looup against) are especially helpful. You

Re: [Eug-lug] XGL demo live CD

2006-03-15 Thread Ben Barrett
XGL has been very enticing lately -- what are your favorite features, Jason?Any notion of whether this liveCD uses the UnionFS as recent Knoppix releases have been doing? Does the gentoo liveCD include a hard drive installer? thanks for the report, I presume it is as sweet as the screenshots and

Re: [Eug-lug] XGL demo live CD

2006-03-15 Thread Ben Barrett
I can use a stencil and spray paint -- how much will you pay for it? :)I'd have to license the superman s though, to sell it BenOn 3/15/06, Jason LaPier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of alan Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Eug-lug] cool new hosting service: S3

2006-03-15 Thread Ben Barrett
be charging for data transfer at $400/M But if Amazon is able to get a good deal on bandwidth, with $50/M, Then they will be doing well. So The idea that they are making a killing on bandwidth, really depends on what the expense structure for the bandwidth that they have. Ben Barrett [EMAIL

Re: [Eug-lug] Security Cameras

2006-03-18 Thread Ben Barrett
For linux, I'll suggest this starting resource for video4linux v2:http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2/peopleprojects.htmAnd for video-in cards with multiple channels, I'd have to suggest LinuxMediaLabs: http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/One of these might be a good fit:LMLBT44

Re: [Eug-lug] linux video tutorials

2006-03-20 Thread Ben Barrett
Try vnc2swf:http://freshmeat.net/projects/vnc2swf/http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/There is a cross-platform python version, as well as a pure X11 X version.I'm curious about how folks think this stacks up :) BenOn 3/19/06, Timothy Bolz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I don't know if anyone ever

Re: [Eug-lug] Comments on handhelds i.e. Sharp Zaurus SL-6000LHandheld

2006-03-20 Thread Ben Barrett
The zauruses I've seen around burning man have been appreciated -- that was where I've seen the most of them.The type of screen which uses ambient light to brighten its own image, which the zaurus and many other newer portable devices have, is high on my own spec-list for such a device. If you'll

Re: [Eug-lug] Canada cuts loose on ICANN

2006-03-26 Thread Ben Barrett
You guys are so mean!! Punks! I think the State of Jefferson should join them :) BenOn 3/24/06, Patrick R. Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Miller wrote: larry price wrote: the registrar for Canadian (.ca) domain names is publicly calling out the ICANN leadership on the accountability issue. And

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting this week

2006-03-27 Thread Ben Barrett
I also wanted to point out that there is a EUGLUG-related event on Saturday eve:The OCF VIllage Dance -- and EUGLUG is a member of the Doors of _expression_ booth in the OCF Community Village. Please come support the village!! And fwiw, nobody is getting in for free, even the event coordinators

Re: [Eug-lug] google hosted email service

2006-03-29 Thread Ben Barrett
I like to explain it like this: image you run apache on one machine and your twisted maze of mail tools on another... in this case, runs that machine so to speak :)I'm curious to check out the front-end services they provide, since google can afford to put a lot more into it that I can. I've

Re: [Eug-lug] google hosted email service

2006-03-29 Thread Ben Barrett
I've had a few failures, which appear to last less than 15 minutes, and provide fairly friendly _javascript_ warning popups... I've also seen outages on the Talk sidebox service, but I think I cause some of my own problems with that due to a firefox plugin which keeps me logged into all my gmail

Re: [Eug-lug] Joomla Open Source

2006-04-02 Thread Ben Barrett
and/or bridges, as this is apparently a prob for other Joomla users. We'll see what happens. I just have a need to have this site to be very functional and it has been challenging so far. I am new at this. PatriciaOn 4/2/06, Ben Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Patricia, I tried to answer this in brief

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