Re: [Discuss] RMS in the news
It's interesting that the media yesterday was talking about the SNL comedian first, then eventually RMS. * * * When my brother was in high school he got a guest account at the AI lab. Something happened & that person couldn't sponsor guests anymore, so he got one sponsored by RMS, which led to a summer job working there. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04...can't connect to wifi with rtl8723ae driver
Worked fine with 13.10. Sees the router, keeps trying but never connects. Driver is rtl8723ae. I assume it is a driver bug. Router is a netgear wgt624v3. Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter. Haven't filed the bug yet; Can't google anybody else having this problem. Have tried reinstalling kernel extras and removing/installing the kernel module. Can I install the module(s) from one of the old kernels, or will that cause a crash? Anybody got any ideas? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] BLU's SEO
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Will Rico willr...@gmail.com wrote: Meetup.com has been a fantastic way to find new people. I cross-post mainline BLU meetings when they fall into one of the categories listed above, and I always list all BLU meetings in our More Events and Announcements section. If I'm looking for a user group these days, the first place I look is meetup.com. I love how meetup.com integrates with whatever calendar you are using (google in my case). (Unless you change your meetup password, then the integration breaks.) If the goal is to bring in more users, the lowest hanging fruit is to integrate our SIG (meetup) community more with the main BLU community via this mailing list as well as encouraging more cross-attendance of events. I want to do a better job of getting people who join via Meetup.com, to subscribe to this list and become integrated into the broader community. Meetup.com is a proprietary system and I think it's fine to meet people there, but it would be good for the users to bring them into an open/free system, which this list better represents. Amen. BLU doesn't want to be subject to the whims (or fees) of a proprietary system. Meetup allows mail address hiding, which is a semi-good thing. Their email system works fine, but their message board sucks. They have a built in registration system that helps with food ordering, room size and building security (none of which BLU needs). Keeping a meetup group and a website in sync by cross-posting events is a pain in the neck, confusing, and probably not worth it. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] cell phone pics
There should be a setting for mass storage mode for android or even before. This thread might also be apropos http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215103 On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Charlie Bennett c...@acm.org x...@mindspring.com wrote: This is not a smart phone? Can't just push 'em to Dropbox or Google+? Can you send the photos to your Google Voice number over MMS? Otherwise, your phone appears to be prime for AT-command hacking using /dev/ttyACM0. It may support an extended command set that will let you use minicom to pull your photos, modem-style. Searching for samsung at command set pdf may get you started. ccb -Original Message- From: dan moylan j...@moylan.us Sent: Oct 21, 2013 3:02 PM To: boston linux and unix (blu) discuss@blu.org Cc: betty moylan m...@moylan.us Subject: [Discuss] cell phone pics i've got some pics on a samsung cell phone, but don't know how to access them. when i attach the cell phone, dmesg tells me: Oct 21 13:10:20 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.348094] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 6 using uhci_hcd Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.510152] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6640 Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.510168] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.510179] usb 3-1: Product: SAMSUNG CDMA Technologies Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.510189] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Electronics Bo.,Ltd. Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.512814] cdc_acm 3-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.523289] qcaux 3-1:1.2: qcaux converter detected Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse kernel: [95189.523715] usb 3-1: qcaux converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 6: /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1 Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 6 was not an MTP device Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: info (ttyUSB0) opening serial port... Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: warn (ttyUSB0): port attributes not fully set Oct 21 13:10:21 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: info (ttyACM0) opening serial port... Oct 21 13:10:24 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: info (ttyACM0) closing serial port... Oct 21 13:10:24 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: info (ttyACM0) serial port closed Oct 21 13:10:24 betelgeuse modem-manager[823]: info (Generic): CDMA modem /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1 claimed port ttyACM0 where do i go from here? (running ubuntu 12.04.) tia, ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) j...@moylan.us www.moylan.us [avoid html waste.] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Writing about Music is like Tapdancing about Architecture - Laurie Anderson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Verizon phasing out copper
Without competition or dpu regulation, Verizon might increase the price of fios beyond what you wish to pay. They already encourage you to get a package (tying) On May 2, 2013 7:05 PM, Richard Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: Yes, but maybe you could have copper :-) Yes, but why would I want that? I have FTTP. -- Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] FOSS email that doesn't suck -- does such a thing exist?
I used to use Eudora, and really liked it. But it was abandoned (turned over to mozilla folks?) several years ago, so now just use gmail's web client and put up with the UI limitations. On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 09:02:05PM -0400, Rich Pieri wrote: I've spent a fair bit of time over the past few days trying to find a FOSS email program that isn't a steaming pile. So far? No luck. I ask all of you: is there a FOSS mail program that's genuinely cross-platform, handles multiple mail accounts elegantly including cross-account message filtering, and doesn't suck mud through a straw? No. Can you cut cross-platform from your list of requirements if you can *use* the program on any internet-connected machine? Or perhaps you can give up on using exactly the same program everywhere. For example, I use dovecot to serve IMAP/SSL. That's a central storage area, and thus a central place to filter. I can read via K9 on my phone, mutt on many machines, and Thunderbird when for some reason I want that. By redefining my mail ego to be the mail store rather than the user program, I gain great advantage. I recognize that might not be what you want, but I advocate it for anyone who is serious about mail as a form of communication. -dsr- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
