Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread JD Austin
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Ryan Rix phrkonale...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Anyways, best feature: It has an RGB monitor input, which lets me hook up a computer to it. Can you say Media Center PC? : I'm going to be

OT: Seeking Office'03 SBE OEM media

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Shubert
I have a friend whose Dell OEM version of Office'03 SBE is in need of repair, and they don't have the installation disk that came with it. Does anyone have such a disk that they would be willing to lend? I don't need the key, just the media. TIA -- -Eric 'shubes'

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Sir Light
Hello Ryan, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Question: How much work, if any does it take to run in full resolution 1920x1080, if this is possible. I'm not expecting progressive scan or anything fancy, just native HD. Is this possible/how much

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Sir Light
Ryan, BTW it's VIZIO VF550XVT1A is the brand and model, aye? http://www.vizio.com/product.aspx?id=2802pid=1502 Jon Sir Light sirli...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ryan, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Question: How much work, if any does it

Yugma

2009-03-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
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Re: language problem redux

2009-03-03 Thread Dazed_75
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote: I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from an oracle database that is set to utf8. I run that very same perl program on my windows box [ using cygwin ] (internally set to WINDOWS-1252). This

Re: Yugma

2009-03-03 Thread Stephen
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RE: Yugma

2009-03-03 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I have been using yugma for about a year and I have been very happy with it. I used it today for an hour demo and it works great :) _ From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Lisa Kachold Sent: Tuesday, March

RE: Yugma

2009-03-03 Thread Bryan O'Neal
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RE:C code to read USB Joysticks

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Bushroe
Thanks Matt, I will check into that. I don't mind going low-level. I used to do a lot of assembly language programming! Mike --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: language problem redux

2009-03-03 Thread Jerry Davis
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:03:55 -0700 Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jerry Davis jdaw...@cox.net wrote: I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from an oracle database that is set to utf8. I run that very same perl

Windows VPN Connection from Ubuntu

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Cope
Hey all, I am trying to connect to a Windows VPN from my Ubuntu machine. I was able to connect with standard settings on my XP machine, but Ubuntu keeps saying The VPN connection failed. Any help is appreciated. Eric Here is a chunk of my syslog... Mar 3 21:17:36 e-mobile NetworkManager: info

RE: Windows VPN Connection from Ubuntu

2009-03-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hints: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1023059.html http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_VPN_client_setup_with_pptpclient obnosis.com | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452 PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd Saturday Each mo...@noon - 3PM Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:20:23 -0700

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Ryan Rix
Yeah, that's the model. VIZIO VF550XVT1A I meant VGA :] Looks like it can connect a-ok and the manual lists it as one of the connection options. so.. tomorrow I burn this kunewbtu iso (8.04 for the parents so they can be comfortable on a 'normal' kde 3... :( ) and roll with it Thanks folks, I'll

Re: Windows VPN Connection from Ubuntu

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Cope
I needed to add refuse-eap to my personal connections. I was using gconf-editor using sudo - that was a bad idea. Good find Lisa. Thanks, Eric On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.comwrote: Hints: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1023059.html

RE: Windows VPN Connection from Ubuntu

2009-03-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
Glad to be able to help. I like reading for context; it's very fun. obnosis.com | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:58:30 -0700 Subject: Re: Windows VPN Connection from Ubuntu From: eric.c...@gmail.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us I needed to add

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