[PLUG] Greetings

2011-05-06 Thread Matthew Gates
Just a quick hello - it was really nice to come to the PLUG meeting tonight. Thanks for making me feel welcome. :) ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] question for correct bash syntax for the test -e file command

2011-05-06 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 5 May 2011, Michael Rasmussen wrote: The ls stands in for the -e test: FILE_THERE=`ls m* 2/dev/null | head -1` if [ $FILE_THERE ]; then echo found $FILE_THERE fi if test $(/bin/ls m* 2/dev/null | wc -l) -gt 0; then echo found it... fi -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com

Re: [PLUG] monitor aspect ratios

2011-05-06 Thread Rick
Actually... not to be a nit-picker, but... 1680x1050 is a 16:10 aspect ratio (which was pretty standard on widescreens a couple/few years ago)... but now the world has moved mostly to 16:9 (so that most all displays - TV and computer are the same, since widescreen TV's have pretty much always

[PLUG] For Hardware Boffins

2011-05-06 Thread Rich Shepard
Here's a tiny computer running linux: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=view%3Apopulara=ZPvHwnCQeYyqpMsource=newstype=embed Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] monitor aspect ratios

2011-05-06 Thread Russell Senior
RJ == Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net writes: RJ On May 6, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Russell Senior wrote: For me, it is much less about aspect ratio or physical dimensions than it is about the number of pixels. The newer models are giving you *fewer* pixels (in particular, vertically) than they

Re: [PLUG] monitor aspect ratios

2011-05-06 Thread Bill Thoen
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 03:12:24PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I fervently agree with the 4:3 minority, but there are many who agree with the screen marketing departments instead. The reason Sometimes I wonder how different things would be today if we had taken a different path in developing

Re: [PLUG] monitor aspect ratios

2011-05-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 6 May 2011 21:12:08 -0600 Bill Thoen bth...@gisnet.com dijo: Sometimes I wonder how different things would be today if we had taken a different path in developing electronic display technology. The original Cathod Ray Tube and its immediate descendants (oscilloscopes and RADAR screens)