As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has in
our area a Metro Ethernet service for residences
505/125mb.
New Hampshire was the pilot test for the 1gb and 2gb services they are
rolling out down south. They have told all of the new England beta tests
that they will be moved
.
https://www.tdsfiber.com/where/
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven C. Peterson s...@mainstream.net
mailto:s...@mainstream.net wrote:
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has in
our area a Metro Ethernet service for residences
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote:
Last month my Fairpoint DSL service became horribly erratic. The modem
reported good DSL connections, but PPPoE just would not stay up.
Outages sometimes persisted for days. After three weeks of grief and
many calls to tech
On Fri, 2015-07-17 at 21:59 -0400, Brian St. Pierre wrote:
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Lloyd Kvam pyt...@venix.com wrote:
Last month my Fairpoint DSL service became horribly erratic. The modem
reported good DSL connections, but PPPoE just would not stay up.
Outages sometimes
16, 2015 at 18:16via Postbox
https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=emailutm_medium=sumlinkutm_campaign=reach
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has in
our area a Metro Ethernet service for residences
505/125mb.
New Hampshire was the pilot test for the 1gb and 2gb
On Fri, 2015-07-17 at 17:53 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
my only other options are Comcast cable (and I'd prefer not to do
business with Comcast)
I have similar feelings about Comcast.
Last month my Fairpoint DSL service became horribly erratic. The modem
reported good DSL connections,
://www.tdsfiber.com/where/
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven C. Peterson s...@mainstream.net
wrote:
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has in
our area a Metro Ethernet service for residences
505/125mb.
New Hampshire was the pilot test for the 1gb and 2gb services
Google Fiber or had some disclaimer in fine print.
https://www.tdsfiber.com/where/
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven C. Peterson s...@mainstream.net
mailto:s...@mainstream.net wrote:
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth at home Comcast has in
our area a Metro Ethernet service for residences
505/125mb.
New Hampshire was the pilot test for the 1gb and 2gb services they are
rolling out down south. They have told all of the new England beta tests
the
fastest residential service in the country, though I'm not sure if that
discounter Google Fiber or had some disclaimer in fine print.
https://www.tdsfiber.com/where/
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven C. Peterson s...@mainstream.net
wrote:
As an fyi for any one who wants major bandwidth
FYI: computer show in Nashua, today (Sunday):
http://www.ncshows.com/
Also, in case anyone's either been meaning to stop into the Showtime
Computers shop on Main St. Nashua--or relying on it...:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1021703-469/several-downtown-nashua-businesses-seeking
On 04/27/2013 08:06 PM, Curt Howland wrote:
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sdb or whatever it
was, USB3.
6 days later
You might have just run out of entropy on the PRNG. That and small
writes will kill you. Try:
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX bs=2M
next time. It should finish in
On 04/28/2013 11:19 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
But badblocks
-n will do the same thing, for free.
As I understand it, it's not the same (at the block layer VS the ATA
layer), but:
hdparm --read-sector 27878798
hdparm --write-sector 27878798 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing /dev/sdb
will do
On 2013-04-28 11:19 ET, Ben Scott wrote:
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote:
If the disk is failing, perhaps what it needs in SpinRight to recover the
iffy blocks. Not Free, not Open, but good stuff and not expensive.
Oh boy. This is going to get into
ZFS added RAIDZ3 (triple parity) was because the likelihood of hitting
another error before a resilver finishes is likely with 3TB and current
ECC on drives today.
If you're using 4 TB drives, you should be using double parity (RAID6 or 3
way mirrors).
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:50 PM,
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI, running badblocks -w on a 3 terabyte hard disk takes a long time.
For those of you keeping score at home, the final tally was 68
hours, 21 minutes.
-- Ben
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On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Jim McGinness jim.mcginn...@att.net wrote:
Tell me about it. I've been running a ddrescue for over a month now trying
to recover what can
be recovered from a failing 1TB disk. It averages under 200KB/s when it's not
getting stuck
because the disk is failing.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com wrote:
If the disk is failing, perhaps what it needs in SpinRight to recover the
iffy blocks. Not Free, not Open, but good stuff and not expensive.
Oh boy. This is going to get into religious territory.
I am of the opinion
FYI, running badblocks -w on a 3 terabyte hard disk takes a long time.
-- Ben
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On 4/27/2013 1:36 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
FYI, running badblocks -w on a 3 terabyte hard disk takes a long time.
LOL, who knew?
A few weeks ago, I did that with two 2 TB drives sequentially. (Why
sequentially? ... because I wasn't thinking.)
I headed out of town on a business trip for a week
Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI, running badblocks -w on a 3 terabyte hard disk takes a long time.
-- Ben
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Even on just a silly little RAID1 mirror on a multi-Tb
array I dread seeing the various messages announcing
routine maintenance and diagnostic operations as
they take forever and don't come for free, resource-wise...
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Even on just a silly little RAID1 mirror on a multi-Tb
array I dread seeing the various messages announcing
routine maintenance and diagnostic operations as
they take forever and
On 4/27/2013 5:17 PM, mad...@li.org wrote:
I remember it taking 48 hours to prep a 40 MB (not GB) MFM hard
drive for Novell Netware oh so many years ago.
We are so spoiled nowadays - generally just pop drives in and
go.
Now we start in with YOU HAD A 40 MB drive? Well *I* used to have
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I remember back when the Digital TurboLaser systems came out. At the
time they were enormous, and my job was to develop testing tools for
them. Management just about fell off their chairs when I told them it
would take a *week* (running 24x7) just to
If the disk is failing, perhaps what it needs in SpinRight to recover the
iffy blocks. Not Free, not Open, but good stuff and not expensive.
(And it makes possible the Security Now! podcast.)
But even that on 1-3TB will take forever.
bill
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I had the need to write some Perl code recently which forced me to pull
out Learning Perl from the bookshelf. Larry Wall wrote a very
entertaining forward that takes issue with some of these principles.
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=572875
Definitely worth reading and provides some
Lloyd Kvam writes:
I had the need to write some Perl code recently which forced me to pull
out Learning Perl from the bookshelf. Larry Wall wrote a very
entertaining forward that takes issue with some of these principles.
I dunno. I think that if you were to ask lwall the specific question
From: kevin_d_cl...@comcast.net (Kevin D. Clark)
Date: 09 Mar 2009 12:29:19 -0400
I think the need for AWK/Sed crib sheets argues that the tools we've
traditionally used for piping text might benefit from some fresh
insights.
I use crib sheets for various things, actually. My tiny
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 12:29 -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
I would argue that the Unix Philosophy has room in it for both patch
and Perl. patch makes it in easily, whereas Perl knocked down one
of the walls but many people don't mind because of its usefulness. If
something isn't useful it is
David Montenegro writes:
Reliance on crib sheets can be mitigated by practice. Using a
language on a regular basis certainly makes remembering it easier.
cough, cough In my particular case, I would say that lack of
practice is not the problem.
--kevin
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jk...@kinz.org writes:
The example of GNOME choosing to have non-human-editable
configuration files is but a single instance in this waterfall of
movement.
GNOME forced me to abandoned it when I was *required* to install a
sound library because of a dependancy upon it by the printing
From _The UNIX Philosophy_ by Mike Gancarz (a member of original X
window system team):
Two stories about Mike:
Story 1:
Mike was a young engineer, new to Digital's X programming group. We had
shipped a version of the X Window system in ULTRIX based on X Version
10.3, and were now gearing up
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 10:00:06PM -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to
work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that
is a universal interface. -- Doug McIlroy (inventor of Unix pipes;
currently Adjunct Professor
Look at its wirth instead.
Ahhh, Niklaus Wirth...another giant!
md
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From: jk...@kinz.org
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:12:02 -0500
From _The UNIX Philosophy_ by Mike Gancarz (a member of original X
window system team):
Universal:
1. Small is beautiful.
2. Make each program do one thing well.
3. Build a prototype as soon as possible.
4.
Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to
work together. Write programs that handle text streams, because that
is a universal interface. -- Doug McIlroy (inventor of Unix pipes;
currently Adjunct Professor at NH's own Dartmouth College)
From _The UNIX Philosophy_ by
I've been busy re-working my wiki site to improve the skin
http://freephile.com/wiki/
The Howto is at http://freephile.com/wiki/index.php/Theming_Mediawiki
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On Friday 23 March 2007 12:17 pm, Steven W. Orr wrote:
I've been to this for the last few years and it's always fun and
informative.
I've tried emailing the address on this site for information to sign up twice
and haven't gotten a response. Has anyone else?
-N
I've been to this for the last few years and it's always fun and
informative.
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happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0
Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen
Saw this linked from /. this AM:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;527801083;fp;2;fpid;4
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From the article:
So what makes you happy?
Good friends. Enthusiastic students. Enthusiastic teachers. Warm sandy
beaches.
Most definately there is something missing here: Beer!
Michael Costolo wrote:
Saw this linked from /. this AM:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Richard Soule
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:19 AM
To: GNHLUG
Subject: Re: FYI: Maddog article
From the article:
So what makes you happy?
Good friends. Enthusiastic students
Dunno if this of any interest to folks here but I just saw this:
Good price, questionable provenance?
This is an FYI with a neutral recommendation.
From woot.com
http://www.woot.com/Default.aspx
250 GB WD drive $49 + $5 shipping
THESE ARE REFURBS
No Hint as to why these are refurbs
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:53:01AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:38AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
Dunno if this of any interest to folks here but I just saw this:
Good price, questionable provenance?
This is an FYI with a neutral recommendation.
I
-0500
Subject: Re: [OT?] FYI: WD 250 GB drives $49 + $5
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:38AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
Dunno if this of any interest to folks here but I just saw this:
Good price, questionable provenance?
This is an FYI with a neutral recommendation.
I wouldn't use
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:38AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:
Dunno if this of any interest to folks here but I just saw this:
Good price, questionable provenance?
This is an FYI with a neutral recommendation.
I wouldn't use these as primary system drives. If you're
building a MythTV box
On Dec 5, 2005, at 09:37, Jeff Kinz wrote:
Woot only sells one item per day, 3 units max to any buyer
...
But thats only a guess and not one I would feel
secure enough about to use these drives for anything but experimental
or
fun only type applications
I normally only buy Seagate, but with
Jeff Kinz wrote:
Dunno if this of any interest to folks here but I just saw this:
Good price, questionable provenance?
This is an FYI with a neutral recommendation.
From woot.com: http://www.woot.com/Default.aspx
250 GB WD drive $49 + $5 shipping
THESE ARE REFURBS
No Hint as to why
Hi all,
Since SagoNet has been mentioned as a good cheap provider on the
list, I thought I'd share my latest irritation with them. I was
having bizarre connectivity issues (no route to host) when trying to
use port 8081 outbound, to connect to an existing service running on a
work server.
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:23:56PM -0400, Drew Van Zandt wrote:
Hi all,
Hello,
Our abuse department has found historically this port among many
others has been used for illicit traffic. At this time we are unable
to complete your request as such you will need to reconfigure your
their reply to my complaint:
The ports that we block are known to be used for proxy traffic,
virus/worm traffic, and other known Internet vulnerabilities. Our list
changes very often when we find new exploits and such so any list we
give you today, could change tomorrow. This is done for the
On Sep 5, 2005, at 16:09, Drew Van Zandt wrote:
The ports that we block are known to be used for proxy traffic,
virus/worm traffic, and other known Internet vulnerabilities.
I'm glad to learn that proxies are vulnerabilities. I didn't know that
before the wizards at SagoNet bought that to
I know many of you share my challenge of supporting Windows clients. I
attempted to set up a new LAMP solution with Windows clients which
required ODBC connectivity to a MySQL database and spent most of the
weekend debugging a problem with the latest MyODBC driver, version
3.51.10.00. It works
FWIW, MadDog Dominators are also the same drive. I wound up with an
official NEC 2510A, though, and have yet to flash the firmware.
On
Oh, sorry about that.
Most info can be found here:
www.rpc1.org
and
http://club.cdfreaks.com
Where did you get the firmare hack info, I would like to get mine
Oh, sorry about that.
Most info can be found here:
www.rpc1.org
and
http://club.cdfreaks.com
Where did you get the firmare hack info, I would like to get mine set
that way
Travis Roy wrote:
Sorry, typo there, it should be NEC2500A
the 2500A and 2510A are the same drive, just different
I got an external Memorex True8Xn drive a few months back and I found
out some interesting stuff.
It's a rebranded NEC2100A drive. There's a firmware hack to support the
following:
Region Free
Bitsetting (burn DVD+R(W) discs as DVD-ROM letting them work in any player)
Rip Lock (removes the
Sorry, typo there, it should be NEC2500A
the 2500A and 2510A are the same drive, just different firmware
I got an external Memorex True8Xn drive a few months back and I found
out some interesting stuff.
It's a rebranded NEC2100A drive. There's a firmware hack to support the
following:
Region
Where did you get the firmare hack info, I would like to get mine set
that way
Travis Roy wrote:
Sorry, typo there, it should be NEC2500A
the 2500A and 2510A are the same drive, just different firmware
I got an external Memorex True8Xn drive a few months back and I found
out
If interested in this position , please send me your resume.
Regards,
Bruce James
Web Developer
SkillSoft
110 Spit Brook Road
Nashua, NH 03062
Office: 603.821.3313
Cell: 603.325.2003
Job Title: Database/SW Tech Lead
Location: 110 Spitbrook Rd Nashua, NH
Job Description:
SkillSoft is
I will second the vote for Pat's Steaks, personally I always felt that
Reading Terminal Market should have been considered in violation of a dozen
or more provisions of the Geneva Convention!
I always get a kick out of New England shops that offer real Philly
Cheesesteaks ... when I point out
I only get them from the Reading Terminal Market where I have been purchasing
them for over thirty-five years by calling them a cheese-steak. I don't
specify onions (and green peppers) because OF COURSE you want them.and
if you are asked about hots, don't say sure, pile them on because
I
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700slug=Wireless+Cities
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First, Cream Cheese. Now.. This..
God would that be a step forward..
Cheese-steaks!!!.and soft pretzels with mustard on them! Philly zoo!
Art Museum!
And the city would likely offer the service either for free, or at costs far
lower than the $35 to $60 a
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:05:30 -0400, Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
First, Cream Cheese. Now.. This..
God would that be a step forward..
Cheese-steaks!!!.and soft pretzels with mustard on them! Philly zoo!
Art Museum!
NOW we're TALKIN! ;-)
On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 16:14, Thomas Charron wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:05:30 -0400, Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
First, Cream Cheese. Now.. This..
God would that be a step forward..
Cheese-steaks!!!.and soft pretzels with mustard on them!
Hi everyone,
I thought some of us might be interested
in attending this. The monthly e-coast e-brew will immediately follow the
presentation. Thanks
Lori Hitchcock
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From: Benjamin LaBolt
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Sent: Sunday,
September 28, 2003 9:16 AM
Ok, what I find really funny is that a couple of months ago, I had an issue
with my email and when I called, it was Comcast (as expected). The guy who
assisted me informed me that everyone had already been sent email and snail
mail correspondence. This was February, and I have STILL yet to
I was recently made aware of Yahoo's use of Web Beacons that allow a web site to
count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies. If you use
Yahoo, this may be of interest to you.
More information and the ability to opt out are found at:
-Original Message-
From: Michael Costolo [mailto:mcostolo;yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FYI for Yahoo users
I was recently made aware of Yahoo's use of Web Beacons
that allow a web site to
count users who have visited
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pll;lanminds.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:41 PM
To: Derek Martin
Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group
Subject: Re: FYI for Yahoo users
In a message dated: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:12:58 EST
Derek Martin said:
At some
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, at 12:12pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One countermeasure you can exploit is your e-mail client's ability to not
automatically display HTML mail.
Or to do minimal processing of HTML mail. Pine's HTML interpreter is
pretty simple, and it doesn't retrieve images, store
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, at 1:39pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using galeon, with preferences set to
Load images - From current server only
also eliminates this problem.
I've found that the above breaks a lot of websites that legitimately put
their images on more than one server.
--
Ben
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