Re: Testing gnhlug subscription

2002-08-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Don't we routinely do that Derek :-). Actually, check your list options to see if your account is set to nomail. On 9 Aug 2002 at 16:12, Derek D. Martin wrote: Please ignore... -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key

Re: 'My favorite platform' debate (was: Rack Mount Servers)

2002-08-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
No, 2K is the lowest I've gone. We have a site license at work, but there is a problem with the key. I prefer Linux. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, at 9:09pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: You're probably correct. I don't see any benefit for a normal home user to get a 1.5Ghz Pentium

Re: 'My favorite platform' debate (was: Rack Mount Servers)

2002-08-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
requirements paved the way. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Are American high tech workers obsolete?

2002-08-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
Alex, I've known you for 14 years and I never knew you were a foreigner :-) On 13 Aug 2002 at 14:50, Hewitt Tech wrote: My other citizenship is Canadian. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key

Re: uname output ?

2002-08-19 Thread Jerry Feldman
to check). Other distros do similar things. Of course, this leads to an identification algorithm which consists of a giant, messy switch/case structure. Ugly, but often better than nothing. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http

Re: UNIX Arcana [was Re: Perl (or Unix vs. MS, actually) ]

2002-08-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
: The 14-character filename limit *did* exist in some early Unix or Unixes. I do knot know exactly which ones, but it is an oft-cited limit when worrying about greatest common factors for heterogeneous systems. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user

Re: UNIX Arcana [was Re: Perl (or Unix vs. MS, actually) ]

2002-08-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
characters. That has caused much head-scratching, question-asking, and recompiling-due-to-typos; hence the remark about the spelling. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44

Re: UNIX Arcana [was Re: Perl (or Unix vs. MS, actually) ]

2002-08-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
Didn't you work with Grace Hopper :-) Hewitt Tech wrote: You had C? All we had was assembler! You had assembler? All we had was ones and zeros! You had ones and zeros? ... -- -- Gerald Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting ICQ#156300 PGP Key ID:C5061EA9 PGP Key

Re: UNIX Arcana [was Re: Perl (or Unix vs. MS, actually) ]

2002-08-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
to strike the hammers on the printer drum. Keyboard required to reads (row and column). If the system crashed, a service guy had to come in, plug in the paper tape board, and reload the program. On 22 Aug 2002 at 8:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I have to ask: What's a RIM loader? -- Jerry

Re: NFS Question

2002-08-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
file. Since 0 is a valid file descriptor, the thread would hang trying to read the file. Again, I filed a bug report. This one was given a very high priority because it was a real race condition in the kernel. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, September 18, 2002

2002-09-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
timezones apart. They had to share and interact with gigabytes of data. Additionally, there will be copies of Tom's book available for sale. For more information, parking, maps and directions please visit the BLU Website:http://www.blu.org After Meeting meeting: Cambridge Brewery 9:30PM -- Jerry

Boston User Groups Megameeting tonight

2002-09-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
full SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional boxed sets given away as well as a whole bunch of Linux toys while they last. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 16, 2002

2002-10-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:00 PM (6:30 for general QA) Topic: Beowulf Redux: The State of Beowulf Clustering Presented by Kurt Keville, Systems Administrator, MIT Clinical Research Center kkeville at alum dot mit dot edu Location: MIT Building 4-370 Kurt Keville returns

Re: Linux NFS server

2002-11-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug

Re: backup up a laptop disk for replacement

2002-11-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

Re: running Linux at work with Windows apps

2002-11-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
files are directly accessable by Linux rather than via SMB. On 11 Nov 2002 at 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:13:54 EST Jerry Feldman said: Another advantage of Win4Lin over VMWare is that the Windows directories are installed within a Linux

RE: running Linux at work with Windows apps

2002-11-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
..). -Scott On 11 Nov 2002 at 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:13:54 EST Jerry Feldman said: Another advantage of Win4Lin over VMWare is that the Windows directories are installed within a Linux directory tree, so the files

Re: running Linux at work with Windows apps

2002-11-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
It always worked with Samba. On 11 Nov 2002 at 16:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure how far back you're talking, but I know I was able to do it close to 2 years ago. I don't know what version of VMWare that was, but it worked using Samba exports. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL

Re: Humor: Cargo Cult Programming

2002-11-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
) iD8DBQE91AS9HEnASN++rQIRAgKEAJ4gtm3FRotEQWQVqpH5m3qyCT8D/wCeNEwr vjG5f6ujyVHns+TZhXyiQZ8= =9g+8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 20, 2002

2002-11-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
. Please check the BLU web site for parking and directions to the meeting:http://www.blu.org -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

Re: prolonging the emacs discussion

2002-11-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enterprise Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Company 550 King Street MS LKG2A-X2 Littleton, MA 01460-1250 978-506-5243 http://www.testdrive.hp.com

Re: shell scripting style question

2002-12-05 Thread Jerry Feldman
___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC

Re: IBM Buys Rational for $2.1Billion!

2002-12-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
Yes, there is a news release on Rational's site: http://www.rational.com/news/press/pr_view.jsp?ID=8361 A very interesting development. I spent about 2.5 years working on a team to port PurifyPlus to True64 Unix. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http

Re: IBM Buys Rational for $2.1Billion!

2002-12-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
, isn't it ? -- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: End of the Alpha CPU (was: IBM Buys Rational for $2.1Billion!)

2002-12-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
of a TV, and within a week, it would recognize the Intel Inside jingle. Alpha might as well be a brand of goat cheese for all the marketing DEC did for it. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 18, 2002

2002-12-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman

Re: Red hat 8.0

2002-12-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
John Abreau wrote: The thing that annoyed me most with metacity ... Just chiming in a bit. I just installed SuSE 8.1 on my laptop. Since I had been using SuSE 8.0 and KDE3 previously, there was no problem. Everything just installed and came up fine. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: GPG testing...

2002-12-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Derek, On your key I get Signature made Mon 30 Dec 2002 01:19:00 PM EST using DSA key ID DFBEAD02 Good signature from Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted

Re: [OT}Digital Phone vs. Analog phone

2002-12-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thanks Mike mike ledoux wrote: On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:30:11AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: My questions on ATTBI Digital Phone service in comparison to Verizon: 1. Cost. How does the cost compare

Re: Data conversion

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 12/25/2001 iD8DBQE+HDdw+wA

Re: Data conversion

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I did. Travis Roy wrote: You must of missed the from a command line. part.. I need to do this from a prompt. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP

Re: Data conversion

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry Feldman
. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams, author of _A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss - -- Jerry Feldman

Re: OT: ATTBI cable modem replacements

2003-01-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
a few months ago, haven't had any trouble with it at all. It connects via Ethernet, directly from a 10BaseT card on my Mandrake 8.1 box; while the 3Com does USB also, I can't speak to whether or not it works in USB mode with Linux. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user

Re: cygwin

2003-01-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:55:02 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin D. Clark) wrote: Well, I dunno. cygwin might be a nice crutch for those students who are learning shell scripting, Makefiles, Perl, etc. but for those who are interested in learning the Unix/Posix API, cygwin can't hide the

Re: cygwin

2003-01-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
give the students the look and feel of a Unix system. (I demoed that to the Asst. Dean). But, since they use their backroom Unix system now, CYGWIN is a significant step up. Personally, I would like to install Linux or FreeBSD on all of the classroom systems, but it aint going to happen. -- Jerry

Re: Linux/Unix in the classroom

2003-01-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:19:48 -0800 (PST) Vince McHugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry, I took several Unix\Linux classes at the Manchester Technical college in New Hampshire. It would be nice if I could get Northeastern to do something like use dual boot. But, I only teach 1 course per

Re: Linux/Unix in the classroom

2003-01-19 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:30:54 -0500 Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry, is there a reason why you and the other instructors couldn't use Knoppix to teach your courses? You need to be able to boot off the CD-ROM but once the system is booted, the system is faster to some extent because

Intro to Gentoo Linux Tuesday January 21, 2003

2003-01-19 Thread Jerry Feldman
Rajiv is a member of the BLU. --- Introduction to Gentoo Linux Presented by Rajiv Manglani, Gentoo Linux PPC Developer. Sponsored by MIT SIPB. Tuesday January 21, 2003, 7-8:00pm. MIT Building 4, room 237. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED].

Re: Red Hat End-of-Life

2003-01-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
will rethink their decision, but most likely change the time parameters. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 msg02532/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: MicroSoft hit by Slammer

2003-01-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:50:20 -0500 (EST) David Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard multiple times on this group how it is the failure of people to keep on top of updates which opens the door to attacks, but I read an article this morning on how MicroSoft failed to do so and was

Re: Red Hat End-of-Life

2003-01-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
because it uses only mainstream components, and you build directly from the component sources, not from the distro. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

Re: Low cost national V92 ISPs?

2003-01-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:12:36 -0500 Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a dialup ISP preferrably that has V.92 access numbers/support and hopefully $10/month or less. Anyone using any of these ISPs? A couple that I've looked at: Netzero, Highstream.net. I mainly need this when

Re: Low cost national V92 ISPs?

2003-01-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
these days. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 msg02568/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Internet access via smalltown power utility in KY

2003-02-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 20:53:44 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) wrote: A small town in KY where the city-owned electric utility provides cable TV and Internet access over wires that also monitor power usage in the town - North Attleborough, Ma has an electric department that also

Re: A little history that's worth re-reading (Shuttle disaster)

2003-02-03 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:31:26 -0500 Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A bit less than 17 years ago the nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman added an addendum to the Roger's commission investigation of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. It's worth re-visiting Feynman's report.

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, February 19, 2003 Handheld Linuxand the HP/Compaq iPaq

2003-02-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
overview, this talk will cover some of the interesting aspects of handheld computer architecture that differentiate it from PDA's and desktop, server and embedded computing. Please see the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further information, parking and directions. -- Jerry Feldman

Re: CUPS help?

2003-02-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
Note that the BLU April 16th meeting will focus on CUPS. I know that this is quite far into the future for those who want help now, but ... -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245

Re: SCO sues IBM over Linux

2003-03-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
BSDI (I believe) a while back. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Boston Linux Installfest XIV Saturday, April 12, 2003

2003-03-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman

Re: AOL now rejecting mail from Comcast residential IPs.

2003-03-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
on existing cable companies, as is Earthlink. I don't know AOL's motives for blocking Comcast's dynamic IP addresses, but that might also be an agreement between Comcast and AOL. I don't particularly like it, but for myself, I can either send through Comcast's SMTP servers. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL

Re: Potential depletion of BrainCells

2003-04-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
:-) -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Dumb networking question...

2003-04-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: AOL now rejecting mail from Comcast residential IPs.

2003-04-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
] The World is one of the more aggressive anti-SPAM ISPs. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: More SCO news

2003-05-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 28 May 2003 11:31:23 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) wrote: I had trouble, too - I'm using a very recent Mozilla. Just go to the novell.com home page and the article is mentioned right there in their newsevents thingy. Works fine on Mozilla 1.2.1 (SuSE 8.2). -- Jerry

Boston Linux Installfest XV Sunday June 15, 2003

2003-06-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
the BLU website http://www.blu.org. Building E51 is a very short walk from the MIT/Kendall Sq. T stop on the Red Line. Also note that Rajiv Manglani plans to do a Gentoo install. Gentoo is a distribution that is generally installed directly over the Internet from sources. -- Jerry Feldman

Re: SCO Thread that will never die (was Re: Maddog at work.)

2003-06-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
a majority of Coke stock). I think your explanation of trade secret is pretty decent. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: OT fried chicken

2003-06-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
at the Simoneau plaza in Nashua. I've eaten real fried chicken at Aunt Fannie's Cabin in Marietta, Ga. I also worked for Church's Fried Chicken in San Antonio, Tx. (I was Data Center Manager), but I did not graduate from Church's University of Chickenology. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux

Re: Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux

2003-06-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:21:57 -0400 Sharpe, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux Dvorak is a schmuck. I'm not saying this just because of this prediction but also after having read some of his other articles on various things. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston

Re: AOL now rejecting mail from Comcast residential IPs.

2003-03-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 31 Mar 2003 13:52:34 -0500 Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 13:31, Jerry Feldman wrote: AOL is now in the broadband business, but they are not stringing cable, they are piggybacking on existing cable companies, as is Earthlink. Um, Time Warner Cable

Re: OT- Comcast Subscriber Agreement

2003-06-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
to borrow either for a period of time or until your quota goes to zero then charge you. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: OT- Comcast Subscriber Agreement

2003-06-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OT- Comcast Subscriber Agreement

2003-06-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
and a while. That is true. But, it gives me some wiggle room if they decide to cut me off. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: CSS Question

2003-06-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
the book. I found it very useful. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Data retrieval from dead laptop

2003-06-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
, they had both firewire and USB. This is a Mac place, but after I did my search I checked with them after getting some good reviews by some friends in the Macwoburn group. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C

Re: comcast and linux

2003-06-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
to get into an argument with people who only read recipes. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Palm sync with linux

2003-06-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
pulling down the latest versions of both. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Palm sync with linux

2003-06-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
on handhelds, this project might interest you. We had Jamey Hicks at our February meeting: http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2003-feb We try to do at least one meeting a year on handhelds or wearable Linux. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key

Re: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts(sendmail)?

2003-07-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
(at least for their dial-up accounts) does block port 25. Or, didn't Verizon do that too? Port 25 is open on my system. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

BLU 9th Annual BBQ Saturday July 12th

2003-07-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
16th (I'll send out the announcement on Wednesday). -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: destroying data

2003-07-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DSL firewall/router solutions?

2003-07-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
the other day, I booted Windows and connected my PC directly. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: PGP/GPG Key signing party

2003-07-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
the GNHLUG members to see if they'd be interested as well. The earliest would be September 17th since we already have an august meeting scheduled. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44

Re: PGP/GPG Key signing party

2003-07-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
prices low (free pipe with purchase of 3 rocks, etc). Other than 110 Spitbrook Rd. :-), I don't know about Nashua, but I'm sure there are a few crack houses within walking distance of the monthly BLU meeting in The people's Republic of Cambridge. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux

Re: PGP/GPG Key signing party

2003-07-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:29:28 -0400 Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the local SCO reseller. It might explain a lot. SCO has been banned from both Cambridge and Boston by order of RMS. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP

Re: interested in buying cheap linux laptop

2003-07-25 Thread Jerry Feldman
was the Linmodem. I installed the LTmodem rpm and tested it for an upcoming trip. The 1800 has a 15in display. Make sure you check the Linux Laptops howto before you buy. http://www.linux-laptop.net/ The 1800 has an onboard NIC that works fine. (The 1700 series onboard NIC was problematical). -- Jerry

Re: Comclutz Broadband...

2003-07-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
PROTECTED] Welcoming me to the new Comcast. This email did not originate from a comcast address, so I sent it to abuse. This looks very much like a SCAM. The web pages they refer you to are also not in the Comcast domain. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http

Re: Comclutz Broadband...

2003-07-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
to be from eBay which is definitely a scam. The web sites they reference in this email is also an m0.net website. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0

Re: Filesystem overhead

2003-07-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
. The main tradeoff is run-time performance, but for the most part that is a good tradeoff unless your system needs all the I/O performance it can get. In my specific case I have a couple of filesystems I keep unmounted except when I do nightly backups. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux

Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptopkeyboard

2003-07-30 Thread Jerry Feldman
of stuff there. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Anybody got an 8-port switch?

2003-08-03 Thread Jerry Feldman
be best, and I want a real switch, not one of those stupid switching hub things. Managed switch is always better if I can get a good deal :) Linksys, Netgear et. al. have 8 port switches. I did not check prices or availability in local stores. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Mac OS X Server

2003-08-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
and parking, please visit the BLU web site http://www.blu.org - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux

Re: q for the C hackers

2003-08-19 Thread Jerry Feldman
. In C++, this construct would be a true constant (as Aaron mentions). - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: Osirusoft blacklists the world

2003-08-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
various sites including Slashdot, the site has been partially shut down. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Letter from SCO

2003-08-29 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:34:27 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/23/your_urgent_assistance_required.html So Ben, Are you going to buy a Linux IP license from them :-) - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL

Re: Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, September 17, 2003 PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party

2003-09-10 Thread Jerry Feldman
and print out your report BEFORE the meeting. We will not have copies for everyone. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: do I need to add them to the home directory?

2003-09-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
access. You can set up a POP3 server on your system such that your users can get their email locally. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP

Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid

2003-09-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ahPx+wA

Re: Connecting to Comcast

2003-09-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
/pub/logon/mainauth.jsp?ORIGURL=/sa/prot/admin/euser/activate.jsp While Comcast no longer registers your PC's MAC address, they need to register the Cable Modem MAC address. A quick call to Comcast should take care of this. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group

Re: Red Hat

2003-10-06 Thread Jerry Feldman
supported by an entity that can provide support services to its clients. For this to happen, the Linux distro companies must be economically viable. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Gentoo Linux

2003-10-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
for just about any application or need. Unlike other distributions, Gentoo is generally built entirely from source so it can be optimized for your platform. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1

Re: Allowing remote root login

2003-10-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
up nothing. Ideas? Dan, WRT: The other posts, have you been able to allow for non-root logins over telnet. Then, once logged in, then use su, sudo or sux to become root. You may need to add /dev/pts to /etc/securetty. But, I think you are opening up a can of worms. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL

Re: Allowing remote root login

2003-10-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, but can you first log in as a regular user then either su or sudo or sux? On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:20:18 -0400 Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:10, Jerry Feldman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1

Re: Mailing list software Update [Update]

2003-10-19 Thread Jerry Feldman
, you can install the new version of Python as a secondary version (we installed it as python2). I just have not bitten the bullet and tried to install the new version of mailman with that version of Python. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP

Re: Mailing list software Update [Update]

2003-10-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19 Oct 2003 21:13:20 -0400 Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 20:35, Jerry Feldman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19 Oct 2003 20:14:21 -0400 Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Linux Based Firewalls

2003-11-14 Thread Jerry Feldman
in the investigation by some degree because the firewall solution would also have affected the BLU server. - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -BEGIN PGP

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 2003 beowulf Clusters

2003-11-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
been working on a beowulf cluster at Mt. Ida on a shoestring budget. For additional info, parking and directions please check the BLU website: http://www.blu.org - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint

Re: Recycling old computer equipment query

2003-11-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
? Not a bad idea! We had a program at the BCS to do that. We primarily targeted teachers because many teachers could not afford a decent computer 10 years ago. One company provided free labor to rebuild the computers from the junk some people dropped off. - - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Zope - A Bird's and Worm's Eye View

2003-12-11 Thread Jerry Feldman
including Zope4Intranets (a visible source intranet product) and Zope4Media (recently deployed by Boston.com) For more information and directions, please visit the BLU website: http://www.blu.org -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http

Upcoming presentation on Gentoo Linux in Boston

2004-01-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
This year rajiv is giving two talks at MIT, an intro and an advanced gentoo linux presentation. they are on thurs 1/8 and tues 1/13, and are open to anyone who rsvps. for more information see http://www.mit.edu/iap/gentoo/. please also consider subscribing to his notification-only email list

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, January January 21, 2004 Extreme Programming (room 4-163)

2004-01-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
mentoring, mistakes were made but what mattered was the ability to get back on the wagon each time. For additional information and directions, please visit the BLU website: http://www.blu.org # Note that we will be back in our regular room next month # -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED

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