Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Frank DiPrete
Ben Scott wrote: Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM/ $500 RJ-45 patch cable Be sure to read the reviews/comments. -- Ben price $500.99, free shipping gee. how nice. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: Possible OT: power monitoring

2008-06-17 Thread Tom Buskey
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Curtis Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks very much to all, I got a lot of good information on this and it sounds like there is a consensus to my hunch about daisy chaining being bad. Don't plug a surge suppressor into the UPS either. 1) The UPS

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Chip Marshall
On June 16, 2008, Ben Scott sent me the following: Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM/ $500 RJ-45 patch cable I must say that I do like the look of the cloth braiding over the length of the cord. I wonder how hard that would be to apply to a normal

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Mark Komarinski
On 06/16/2008 09:12 PM, Ben Scott wrote: Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM/ $500 RJ-45 patch cable Be sure to read the reviews/comments. http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?s=97d4a3c39d247bf955a57b3953326a34p=15412postcount=28

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I already knew Monster was overpriced nonsense, but I didn't realize how overpriced when I got two HDMI cables shipped to me for about 1/2 the cost of getting a single cable from any local retailer. My own personal

Re: need Openvpn routing help

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/16/08, Charlie Farinella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had set the iroute directive earlier and was able to ping through to the secondary interface from the server, but not from the other clients. Pushing the route has now allowed the other clients to see the interface as well. Thank you.

Re: power monitoring

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/16/08, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, with the smarter UPSes. Yes, my SmartUPS tells me what it's load is. See the status dump at the end of the message. Hrm. Do any of the UPS's out there provide draw on a per plug basis? That'd be interesting to see. -- -- Thomas

Firefox Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
Today is Firefox Download Day. Firefox 3.0 is scheduled for release at 1:00 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (1700 UTC). The Mozilla organization is running a promotional campaign to set a world record for the number of downloads in a single day. Pledge to download it:

Re: Firefox Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/17/08, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today is Firefox Download Day. Firefox 3.0 is scheduled for release at 1:00 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (1700 UTC). The Mozilla organization is running a promotional campaign to set a world record for the number of downloads in a single day.

Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wish Google hadn't dropped the ball of Google Sync. I tried GBS once, but couldn't get it to work. Not that I tried very hard. Seemed like a real good idea, though. Fortunatly, Mozilla Weave

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/16/08, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM/ $500 RJ-45 patch cable Be sure to read the reviews/comments. LOL! A caution to people buying these: if you do not follow the directional markings on the cables, your

Re: power monitoring

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hrm. Do any of the UPS's out there provide draw on a per plug basis? That'd be interesting to see. Some UPSes have multiple load zones (groups of outlets) which are independently monitored and controlled. That also

Re: Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/17/08, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fortunatly, Mozilla Weave (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/06/weave-status-update/) is being updated to include all of the features and more. :-) The peanut gallery at

Re: Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Matt Snell
I always found that the delicious bookmarks plugin did what I needed. As of last week, it works with FF3. Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wish Google hadn't dropped the ball of Google Sync. I tried GBS once, but couldn't get

When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Alex Hewitt
I recently saw a problem with an APC brand SUA750 UPS. The unit had a replace battery LED which was lit up. I replaced the unit but when I got around to plugging the unit in again the replace battery LED wasn't lit anymore and the unit seems to be working ok. This unit is just over a year old.

Re: Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Mark Komarinski
On 06/17/2008 10:05 AM, Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fortunatly, Mozilla Weave (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/06/weave-status-update/) is being updated to include all of the features and more. :-) The peanut gallery at

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Alex Hewitt
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 10:20 -0400, Alex Hewitt wrote: I recently saw a problem with an APC brand SUA750 UPS. The unit had a replace battery LED which was lit up. I replaced the unit but when I got around to plugging the unit in again the replace battery LED wasn't lit anymore and the unit

Re: Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
I'm still running a fairly ancient version of Firefox because many of my favorite extensions never (well, I haven't checked in a while...) got ported forward to the newer versions. I'm particularly fond of the bookmark sync extension by Torisugari, but in light of stuff like Weave it may be

Re: Bookmark sync and other Firefox extensions (was: Firefox Download Day)

2008-06-17 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still running a fairly ancient version of Firefox because many of my favorite extensions never (well, I haven't checked in a while...) got ported forward to the newer versions. There's an extension called

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/17/08, Alex Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which basically says - the indicator doesn't necessarily mean the battery is bad. It has some kind of timer which turns the LED on theoretically one to two months before the battery might need replacing. Woot! Shared technology between UPS

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Alex Hewitt
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:11 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote: On 6/17/08, Alex Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which basically says - the indicator doesn't necessarily mean the battery is bad. It has some kind of timer which turns the LED on theoretically one to two months before the battery

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Coleman Kane
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:26 -0400, Alex Hewitt wrote: On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:11 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote: On 6/17/08, Alex Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which basically says - the indicator doesn't necessarily mean the battery is bad. It has some kind of timer which turns the LED

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Alex Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which basically says - the indicator doesn't necessarily mean the battery is bad. It has some kind of timer which turns the LED on theoretically one to two months before the battery might need replacing. I believe it is

Re: When is a UPS battery actually bad? APC SUA750

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Coleman Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At that point, in my experience, some of them start to become IPS'es: Interrupting Power Supplies. Some of them exhibit a behavior whereby they determine battery utility by cutting the power occasionally ... Yah, APCs

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
Brilliant Pebbles is a unique room system tuning device for audio systems. Large Brilliant Pebbles now comes as a thin clear plastic bag that contains various minerals/stones. Other sizes range from Mikro to Extra Large, and applications vary from size to size. A number of

Re: [HUMOR] $500 patch cable

2008-06-17 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm Their entire product line is fascinating. The Teleportation Tweak is an audio system improvement that they do over the phone! Bonus: The picture quality of any video system

Re: Firefox Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Chip Marshall
On June 17, 2008, Thomas Charron sent me the following: Just wish Google hadn't dropped the ball of Google Sync. Fortunatly, Mozilla Weave (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/06/weave-status-update/) is being updated to include all of the features and more. :-) At least for bookmark syncing, I've

Re: Firefox Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
It's now OK to download. The site incorrectly diagnosed my system as needing the Windows tarball instead of the Linux one (not an auspicious way to start!) so I had to go hunting for the correct one. In case anybody else enjoys a similar SNAFU here's the URL I ended up using:

Re: Firefox Download Day

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The site incorrectly diagnosed my system as needing the Windows tarball instead of the Linux one ... I get the right OS for the PC I'm on right now ('doze -- will do Linux at home later -- counts twice), but it's still

Firefox 3 AwesomeBar

2008-06-17 Thread Ben Scott
Been trying Firefox 3 out on my 'nix box at home. So far, seems like an overall improvement. Does seem faster, especially in the history, and for some kinda of JavaScripty pages. I think the icons in the UI theme are a bit too uniform (thus hard to differentiate), but that's no biggie. But

Re: Firefox 3 AwesomeBar

2008-06-17 Thread VirginSnow
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:28:48 -0400 From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those who don't know, the location bar in Firefox 3 has been improved to be a search engine with real-time feedback. If I start typing gnh to get, oh the GNHLUG website, like I would in Fx 2.0, it instead does a

Re: Firefox 3 AwesomeBar

2008-06-17 Thread Arc Riley
I've been using it today, and yes it's different, but I think I like it. I'm the kind of user who tends to have a few dozen tabs open so I don't loose things, since bookmarking them isn't very efficient for finding them again. Now I can actually only keep open the tabs I'm using, just star'ing