Re: Scriptable speedtest for network connection?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I am with Chip.  Speedtest-cli works just fine:

> speedtest-cli
> Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
> Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
> Testing from Fairpoint Communications (72.71.243.183)...
> Selecting best server based on latency...
> Hosted by Towerstream (Boston, MA) [53.42 km]: 27.383 ms
> Testing download speed
> Download: 30.57 Mbits/s
> Testing upload speed..
> Upload: 13.30 Mbits/s


Regards,

Jeff




On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Chip Marshall  wrote:

> On 2014-11-18, Bruce Labitt  sent:
> > I am experiencing ISP network speed issues at home.  They appear to be
> > in my ISP's network.  Does anyone know of a script-able speedtest that I
> > can run with a cron job that logs the speedtest  results? I'd like to
> > record what I am getting, vs. what I am paying for.  Any suggestions?
>
> https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
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Re: Resume length and history

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Kenny:

Having been forced back into the job market back in October of last year, I
was afforded training by my last company in the most recent resume trends.

Longer is not necessarily better, and the standard these days is anywhere
from 1-3 pages, depending on the job and amount of experience that your
needing to convey.  They typically want to see the last 10 years of job
experience, if possible.

When adding a job, you should be creating each point in the job's
experience as what is referred to as a CAR statement (
http://www.careerealism.com/executive-resume-good-car/).  Doing this takes
a bit longer, but it is definitely worth it.

If you are having to redo your resume, I quite possibly still have the
resume writing guide that was provided to me.  If you wanted to borrow it,
I could bring it in to work and hand it to Paul for you, just hit me up off
list and I would be happy to let you borrow it.

Regards,

Jeff


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Alan Johnson  wrote:

> There has been some good advise posted here already, but I will just add
> that I have landed my last 2 jobs with nothing more than a LinkedIn
> profile.  My current one was a cold submission electronic submission to a
> company where I knew no one.  I had an offer about a week after sending the
> email.  When the fit is right, it is right, and a good resume will get you
> in the door.  That said, it was surely an outlier.  I fully support the
> idea that it is usually more about finding some way to make a personal
> connection, especially if the fit is not glaringly obvious, but you had
> better have something decent to submit into their system to back up your
> charm.
>
> I stopped bothering to keep a separate resume up to date many years ago.
>  You can export LinkedIn to PDF which is what I use when asked to submit
> something electronically when requested.  For my current job (interviewed
> almost 2 years ago) I don't think I even bothered to bring paper copies to
> the interview.  When I was on the flip side of things, I always wished
> people would stop doing that, but I'm sure there are still stall-warts out
> there who will check to see if you are "prepared" by asking for a copy of
> your resume.  Frankly, I don't want to work for those folks if I have other
> options.  These days, I'd just bust out my android.
>
> My last job was with one of the top recruiting firms in the world.  We had
> the leading technical offering for recruiters to find candidates.  When I
> started there, resume-handling was mostly electronic and shifted heavily
> toward it over the years.  Now, it is nearly all electronic.  Even most
> small businesses do candidate sourcing on the web.  For tech jobs, it is
> almost exclusively electronic.
>
> I only say all this because the 2 page limit is not terribly relevant in a
> well formatted and easily searched (visually that is) electronic document,
> especially for IT folks.  I just keep all the work history in there.  Well,
> everything relevant to any job I might want in the future.  =)  I dropped
> my high school jobs a while back, but I've been paid to do computer stuff
> since college and, for example, I think it still impresses employers to see
> that I worked a help desk on the largest trading floor in New England
> between my Freshman and Sophomore years.  You have to decide for your self
> if each bit of work experience is necessary, but be wary of putting time
> holes in your work history as well.  If you have more than 2 "pages" worth
> of work history, rely on the job title line to indicate to your potential
> employer if the position is relevant to them.  Again, formatting is key and
> good luck beating the experts at LinkedIn on that.
>
> Similarly, don't bother with irrelevant padding to fill some
> artificial minimum of this "paper" stuff that is still around, but don't be
> afraid to say who you are either.  The text in your resume is an example of
> your written communication skills, so if you are job hunting, you should
> review it every day looking for mistakes and improvements in getting to the
> point and clarity.  Take this email as an excellent counter example. ;-)
>
> I think the cover letter (or submission email in modern terms) is where to
> do your customizing.  Highlight a few keys things that are most relevant to
> the job in question.  If they like those bits, they will likely read the
> rest and probably want to talk to you.
>
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>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Kenny Lussier  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Not specifically Linux-related, but I was wondering what other people are
>> seeing/doing with resumes these days. I have seen everything from a 2-page
>> resume for someone with 20 years of experience to a 15-page resume for
>> someone with 2 jobs over 3 years (it looked like the output of cat
>> ~/.bash_history). How far back should a resume go? How long should it be
>> before yo

Re: Electronic Health Records (EHR) or PHR software

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Greg:

Funny you should pose this.  I am a member of a Python group on Facebook
and one of the members of that group is a Doctor who has taken it upon
himself to write an Open Source health records software.  I was showing it
to my wife last night, as she works in the medical field, and while she
says it needs some work (its still in Beta), its not a bad start.  I think
one of the nice things about it is, being open source and in Python, its
extendable by modification and writing your own modules to suit your needs.

The project is located here:  http://dreaswar.github.com/AuShadha/

The current demo that the guy put up is here:
http://powerful-earth-4121.herokuapp.com/AuShadha/alternate_layout/

Login as below:

username : demo_user
password : demopassword


If your interested in it, the group on Facebook is:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/183239481757120/

and the developer who posted it is Easwar Tr
.

Hopefully it has some of what your looking for or can be extended to do so.

Regards,

Jeff




On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
g...@freephile.com> wrote:

> I want to track my health.  Having recently buried my mother I've come to
> experience how broken our medical records system is.
>
> I reviewed a list of open source healthcare software at 
> wikipedia
>  and
> Andy Oram's June 2011 article on Open source personal health 
> record 
> systems
> trying to find a PHR that I can run on my desktop.  Unfortunately there
> doesn't seem to be such an option.  The systems such as GNU Health are
> "intended to run in Health Centers, to take care of the daily clinical
> practice as well as to manage the health center resources."
>
> There are some online systems.  Microsoft's Health Vault,
> Google's (defunct) Google Health, and 
> *Dossia* which
> is a consortium of large employers.  Of note, Dossia is based on Open
> source 
> software and
> they released their API  in
> 2009, so it's not a traditional tethered PHR service.  Unfortunately, the
> system is only accessible to individuals who work for an employer who
> participates in the program.  Their FAQ addresses the need for such a
> system .
>
> Andy points to *Indivo * as a possibility.
>  It's run by the (Boston) Children's Hospital Informatics Program.  There
> are heavy-duty requirements (for an average user) to 
> installing and
> running an instance of the server and client programs.  I have not gotten
> around to that yet.  They have been sponsoring "app" development, so it
> needs to be seen how much functionality you might be able to get if you
> were to maintain a server, plus a client, plus any freely-licensed apps.
>
> Others I quickly surveyed include Tolven 
>  and OpenMRS 
>
> But I haven't found (I guess they don't exist yet) any personal health log
> software.  I've come to find out that even the "coding" of medical
> procedures is not standardarized (The AMA code set is the most used in the
> US - but that's the _American_ Medical Association) and not free - meaning
> that they're 
> proprietaryand 
> dependent on the system used.
>
> Any suggestions on solutions?  What do you do?  I simply want to log and
> record everything about my health in a way that I have access to it; I
> might be able to share it; and I might be able to import data from other
> systems.
>
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Re: Cataloging media - books, CDs, DVDs

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I don't have any links for you (sorry), but in reading your post, Ben, my
first thought was, "Let's draw up the spec, work out the details and start
coding!".




On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Mark Komarinski wrote:

> On 12/26/2012 12:47 AM, Ben Scott wrote:
> > Hello, list!
> >
> >Happy Festivus.
> >
> > ABSTRACT
> >
> >I have decided I need to catalog my purchased media (books, CDs,
> > DVDs).  I'm seeking solution(s) to this problem.  I figure other
> > people here have already solved this problem.
>
> OpenDB:
>
> http://opendb.iamvegan.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
>  From the site:
>
> The Open Media Collectors Database (OpenDb) is a PHP and MySQL based
> inventory application that allows you to easily catalog and lend out
> your stuff. Its primary purpose is to catalog media related items, such
> as DVD's, Books, CD's etc, but its so flexible you can use it to catalog
> pretty much anything.
>
>  From me:
>
> I installed this a while ago and didn't use it as much as I should
> have.  I had a CueCat at the time and am pretty sure I was able to bulk
> import books and DVDs.  I think most of your other requirements
> (including location of items) can be met.
>
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Re: Free Stuff To Good Home(s)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I just wanted to follow up and thank those who took some items.  I am
certainly glad they have found homes.  The rest of the available items are
going to be donated locally.

Regards,

Jeff
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Re: Free Stuff To Good Home(s)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

The 2 - Seagate drives are gone, but the rest is still kicking around.  If
you want anything, please speak up as I am looking at donating it soon.

Thanks!

Regards,

Jeff



On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:

> Hi Everyone!  I find myself in a position where I have to get rid of a lot
> of the build up of hardware that I have accumulated over the years.
>  Anything not taken will simply be tossed, but I would like to see the
> stuff go to a good home and get lots of use if possible.   Please know that
> anything you take will need to be picked up by you.  I am in Nashua, NH.
>
> Here is the list of stuff:
>
> 1 - Digital (yes, Digital) 21" rack.  This is a doored unit and the dorr
> is plastic slatted, not metal meshed like other's I have seen.
> 1 - Rack tray for the rack.  This actually had the E450 below on it in
> another rack which it came from.
> 1 - Sun Sunfire V280R.  This machine has 2 power supplies in it.
> 2 - Seagate 10K RPM 72Gb SCSI drives (originally obtained for the V280R).
>  One drive also has the cradle for insertion into the V280R.
> 1 - Sun E450.  WHen I obtained this it was loaded with a bunch of drives
> (about full if I remember right).  It has all power supplies from what I
> can tell from the back.
> 1 - Sun 710 Drive Case.  This is loaded with 148 Gb of drives.
> 3 - SCSI cables still in their bags
> 2 - Sparc 5's
> 4 - Ultra 1's
> 6 - Ultra 2's
> 2 - 19" CRT's (working)
> 1 - Apple G4 Tower.  Not sure if it works or not, I received it with a
> couple others.  It may very well be just for parts.
>
> I think that pretty much covers it for now.
>
> Regards,
>
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Free Stuff To Good Home(s)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Hi Everyone!  I find myself in a position where I have to get rid of a lot
of the build up of hardware that I have accumulated over the years.
 Anything not taken will simply be tossed, but I would like to see the
stuff go to a good home and get lots of use if possible.   Please know that
anything you take will need to be picked up by you.  I am in Nashua, NH.

Here is the list of stuff:

1 - Digital (yes, Digital) 21" rack.  This is a doored unit and the dorr is
plastic slatted, not metal meshed like other's I have seen.
1 - Rack tray for the rack.  This actually had the E450 below on it in
another rack which it came from.
1 - Sun Sunfire V280R.  This machine has 2 power supplies in it.
2 - Seagate 10K RPM 72Gb SCSI drives (originally obtained for the V280R).
 One drive also has the cradle for insertion into the V280R.
1 - Sun E450.  WHen I obtained this it was loaded with a bunch of drives
(about full if I remember right).  It has all power supplies from what I
can tell from the back.
1 - Sun 710 Drive Case.  This is loaded with 148 Gb of drives.
3 - SCSI cables still in their bags
2 - Sparc 5's
4 - Ultra 1's
6 - Ultra 2's
2 - 19" CRT's (working)
1 - Apple G4 Tower.  Not sure if it works or not, I received it with a
couple others.  It may very well be just for parts.

I think that pretty much covers it for now.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland
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Re: [OT] Adding recruiters to LinkedIn connection list?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

That is quite the point you have made, Kenny.  I had a couple recruiters in
my LinkedIn until this morning and after reading your post, i have removed
them.  They were only in there because back in 2009 when I was unemployed,
they were in contact with me every other day.  Seeing as how I have been
re-employed for a while, its time for them to swim on their own.



On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Kyle Smith  wrote:

> Recruiters likely aren't trying to keep in touch with you, so much as have
> access to your network of connections for their own recruitment needs.  As a
> rule, if I didn't work with you, and I'm not related to you, you're not on
> my LinkedIn.  YMMV.
>
> - Kyle
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Michael ODonnell <
> michael.odonn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Over time, several recruiters (none of whom have ever actually
>> found work for me) have asked to be added to my LinkedIn
>> connections list.  I have so far not added them because my
>> involvement with them has been superficial and I generally try
>> to mention people on my connections list only if I've actually
>> interacted with them in some professional capacity.
>>
>> It seems likely that there is (possibly substantial!) value to
>> a recruiter in being able to see my connections, but is there
>> value (or harm) to me?
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Re: SLUG (meeting tonight): jQuery JavaScript library

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Wow, that would be an amazing talk as I recently dove head first into
jQuery.  Unfortunately there is no way I could make that meeting.  If he has
slides from the presentation, would it be possible to put them up on say
slideshare and send everyone the link?

Thanks!

Regards,

Jeff



On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
g...@freephile.com> wrote:

> Just posting to the list in case some people who otherwise would be
> interested but didn't know about the meeting
> http://slug.gnhlug.org/Members/rea/SLUG/talks/jquery-javascript-library
>
> quote: "At UNH RCC we've been using jQuery for quite some time.  It just
> keeps getting better.  Not only does it handle all that messy browser
> dependent stuff that nobody wants to do, but it provides CSS like hooks for
> JS.  If you haven't looked lately it now does a whole lot more."
>
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Fwd: ssh + svn - pam

[Jefferson Kirkland]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jefferson Kirkland 
Date: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: ssh + svn - pam
To: Kenny Lussier 


I am not sure how you would set that up without either having a user account
on the box or in the LDAP type system used for the network.  Every tutorial
I have ever read says that an account has to be created for the user.  If
you find one or learn how to do it, please share, but I am not really sure
how you are going to get around it.

Regards,

Jeff




On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Kenny Lussier  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Many many (many) moons ago, I had set up an svn server at a company. I
> remember setting it up so that it was svn+ssh, but it didn't require
> local accounts in /etc/passwd, it just used accounts out of the
> repositories passwd-db. I can't seem to remember how I did this, and I
> can't seem to find a way to do it now. This leads me to believe that
> my memory is failing.
>
> What I need to do is make it so that certain users can check in and
> out, but the server that the repositories resides on needs to be
> locked down, and these users can't have accounts on it. I was
> contemplating having local accounts with a shell of /dev/null, but I
> wanted to ask the group what peoples thoughts on the best practices
> are for this sort of scenario.
>
> TIA,
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Re: Fwd: Linux reference on subs

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Well, you can find out a bit more information by visiting some of the links
in the following page:  http://www.ussnewhampshire.org/

Unfortunately for everyone curious about details, you probably are not going
to find much out about the technology that the Navy doesn't want to release.
 Have served in the Submarine Service, I have first hand experience that
they don't call it "The Silent Service" for nothing.

The Virginia Class, Seawolf submarines are amazing pieces of technology.  We
learned about them in the last school that I attended in the Navy and have
to say that they are quite unmatched.  Some day that may release more
information, but whatever we find probably won't be to the detail level we
would all like.  Sorry to be the buzz kill. Of course I would love it if I
were proved wrong on that, but am not holding my breath.

Regards,

Jeff

2011/6/6 Jefferson Kirkland 

> Well, you can find out a bit more information by visiting some of the links
> in the following page:  http://www.ussnewhampshire.org/
>
> Unfortunately for everyone curious about details, you probably are not
> going to find much out about the technology that the Navy doesn't want to
> release.  Have served in the Submarine Service, I have first hand experience
> that they don't call it "The Silent Service" for nothing.
>
> The Virginia Class, Seawolf submarines are amazing pieces of technology.
>  We learned about them in the last school that I attended in the Navy and
> have to say that they are quite unmatched.  Some day that may release more
> information, but whatever we find probably won't be to the detail level we
> would all like.  Sorry to be the buzz kill. Of course I would love it if I
> were proved wrong on that, but am not holding my breath.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen  > wrote:
>
>> "Jon \"maddog\" Hall"  writes:
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 07:24 -0400, Jeffry Smith wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/archive/331544-196/uss-new-hampshire-surfaces-on-seacoast.html
>> > >
>> > > quote:
>> > > "The $2.4 billion New Hampshire is so high-tech that it has no
>> > > periscope, and uses Linux-based computers to provide deck officers
>> > > with views of the outside world from various external cameras, using
>> > > multiple parts of the spectrum."
>> >
>> > It was not until I read the comments to the article and saw that they
>> > were posted two years ago that I realized the article was written in
>> > October of 2008.
>> >
>> > It would be interesting to see how the Linux systems have performed
>> > after 2.5 years at sea.
>>
>> If anyone finds out..., the article in Wikipedia is pretty
>> scant on details:
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Hampshire_(SSN-778)
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Re: Fun 404 page.

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Very nice.  Its even in Morse and Semaphore.



On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, John Abreau  wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio  wrote:
> > I clicked on a link in a c. '99 Linux article, and wound up here:
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP
> >
> > I especially enjoy the Unix(6) translation.
> >
> > -Ken
>
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>
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Re: Force apt-get to ignore dependencies?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I don't know that you actually can.  Because of apt-get's nature as a
package manager, its whole job is to ensure that things work correctly and
that everything is installed that needs to be for the package you are
needing.

On the other hand, if you can do a wget of the .deb file for the app you
want to install, you could do:

[code]

dpkg --force-conflicts -i package.deb

[/code]

That should do what you want, albeit completely circumventing the
apt-get issue.

Regards,

Jeff




On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote:

> Hey list,
>
>  Anyone know of a way to have apt-get (Debian) ignore dependencies
> and download the frelling package anyway?
>
>  I've recently reinstalled Debian 5.0 "lenny" on my PC (after a
> unfortunate accident involving a package manager, a liquid lunch, and
> a pair of rubber bands).  However, in the meantime, Debian has
> released "squeeze" as "stable".  In the progress of updating for that,
> debian-multimedia.org broke their "oldstable" archive (corresponding
> to lenny right now) and have taken it offline, so only their stable
> archive (corresponding to squeeze) is available.  d-m.org was where I
> was getting my Adobe Flash package from.  They conveniently kept a
> current release packaged in a "real" Debian package, not the
> download-an-executable-installer-for-you package one gets elsewhere.
> Unfortunately, their package based on squeeze thinks it depends on
> newer libraries than those which ship with lenny.  However, I'm almost
> positive that's wrong -- Flash is statically linked.  It sure as hell
> ain't built against a particular version of Debian.  I'm willing to
> bet those dependencies are just in the package control file because
> those were the libraries the auto-dependency-generator thing found
> when the package was built.  One could argue that's a bug in the
> package, and you'd be right, but one could argue Flash is inherently
> broken, and you'd also be right.  This is the reality I have to deal
> with, and I can't seem to clue apt-get in to it.
>
>  (I don't want to upgrade to squeeze because (1) it just came out,
> and that's always a bad idea with *ANYTHING*, and (2) squeeze has
> moved to one of those overly-complicated dynamic init systems, which I
> object to for religious reasons.)
>
>  Google is full of situations that don't apply.
>
>  Anyone got a clue they can spare?
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Re: Drupal Camp NH May 22 SNHU Manchester

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Nevermind, I found it:  http://drupalcampnh.org/sessions

Seems to be a standard schedule for all trainings.

Regards,

Jeff



On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:

> First, I have my ticket now, thanks for the information!  17 left.  :)
>
> Second, looking at their site, they happily list the date, as you did, but
> is there a time to be there and maybe a schedule?  Maybe I am just blind and
> its been a LONG day.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ted Roche  wrote:
>
>> DrupalCampNH will take place May 22nd at SNHU Manchester. Drupal is GPL
>> licensed software, running a classic LAMP stack. Drupal Camp appears to
>> be a locally-organized event. An admission ticket can be purchased
>> online for $5. See details and register at http://drupalcampnh.org/
>>
>> Attendance is limited and they're already down to 27 ^H^H 26 -- going
>> fast! -- tickets this morning.
>>
>> >From the site:
>>
>> Why DrupalCamp?
>>
>> This first DrupalCamp in NH has been structured to be a training day for
>> new drupalers, and those interested in learning about Drupal. Our goal
>> is to provide valuable information for those users, and help grow the
>> New Hampshire Drupal community by making it more accessible to users
>> with new and varied interest.
>>
>> Structured sessions will provide a start to finish overview of
>> everything you should know when putting together a Drupal site from
>> scratch. Topics include setting up infrastructure, Drupal Basics, CCK
>> (Content types), Views and other important contributed modules, along
>> with theming to round off the training.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
>> http://www.tedroche.com
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Re: Drupal Camp NH May 22 SNHU Manchester

[Jefferson Kirkland]

First, I have my ticket now, thanks for the information!  17 left.  :)

Second, looking at their site, they happily list the date, as you did, but
is there a time to be there and maybe a schedule?  Maybe I am just blind and
its been a LONG day.

Regards,

Jeff



On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ted Roche  wrote:

> DrupalCampNH will take place May 22nd at SNHU Manchester. Drupal is GPL
> licensed software, running a classic LAMP stack. Drupal Camp appears to
> be a locally-organized event. An admission ticket can be purchased
> online for $5. See details and register at http://drupalcampnh.org/
>
> Attendance is limited and they're already down to 27 ^H^H 26 -- going
> fast! -- tickets this morning.
>
> >From the site:
>
> Why DrupalCamp?
>
> This first DrupalCamp in NH has been structured to be a training day for
> new drupalers, and those interested in learning about Drupal. Our goal
> is to provide valuable information for those users, and help grow the
> New Hampshire Drupal community by making it more accessible to users
> with new and varied interest.
>
> Structured sessions will provide a start to finish overview of
> everything you should know when putting together a Drupal site from
> scratch. Topics include setting up infrastructure, Drupal Basics, CCK
> (Content types), Views and other important contributed modules, along
> with theming to round off the training.
>
>
>
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> http://www.tedroche.com
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Re: [OT] Postal services (was: better Internet)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Ed lawson  wrote:

> Say what you will, but the reality is the USPS does deliver many small
> packages very quickly for a very reasonable fee. If you were a
> dealer in rare coins worth six figures each your delivery system of
> choice is registered mail by the USPS.  The next choice down is an
> armored car service.  UPS and FedEX would not be used.
>
> --


"very quickly" is certainly a relative term and depends on the quality of
the folks working in your local postal delivery area.  The worst part about
them is that they are, as they have said to me, unionized.  Thus,
complaining about their service does absolutely no good.

Our mail persons in our area vary greatly.  Our original mailman, who has
THANKFULLY retired, was a non-caring coarse man who did not care when you
got your mail.  He generally delivered somewhere between 6pm to 8pm.  On his
days off we generally got our mail around 2pm.  Quite a difference.

I don't know about other areas, but the Nashua postal service tends to be
much slower than others, especially when getting mail.  I mail a letter to
NY and it gets their in ~1 to 2 days.  Same people in NY mail a letter to us
and it takes about 4-5 days.  (wait, what???).  Why does it take 2 or more
times the amount of time to get a letter to us than it does to send one out?


Ok, off my soap box.
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Re: Recycled PCs

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Thanks Cole!  I have some old PCs (486 and such) that I have been meaning to
offload.  I think I need to contact this guy.  Of course, question is, can
he really use 486's for this purpose?  They are a bit aged.  I guess I will
let him accept or reject them.

Anywho, thanks again!

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Cole Tuininga wrote:

>
> Hey folks - just though I'd pass along a link to a project.  A friend of
> mine from high school has a project where he takes bits and pieces from
> older PCs and builds them up into systems (yes, running open source OSs)
> for those that are blind.
>
> For anybody interested, you can see the site at http://www.nhpchelp.com/
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Re: Fwd: How Apple makes more profit on their systems...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Ok, I linked the wrong one, sorry.  The dual core was about $100 more, but
that's still way less than the $599 low end price of the mini.  Plus, I
really don't care about the size of the thing, but since it was brought up,
why would I want to pay so much more for (yet again) less?  I would rather
have a machine like a desktop that I can extend personally.



On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM, OK? Im Deluxe!

> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:12:58PM -0400, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:
> > While I am sure the Mac Mini is a nice machine, I can still get more
> machine
> > for less.  Take a look at this
> > machine<
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9170835&type=product&id=1218043607320
> >at
> > Best Buy.  As you can see, It has more of a procecssor, twice the
> > ram, a slightly bigger hard drive and again, its less than half
> > the price of a base Mac Mini.  If the didn't charge so much for
> > their proprietary hardware, they might outsell the competition and
> > beat them on price.
>
> I'm hardly an Apple apologist (I don't even like MacOS, can't stand
> the interface restrictions), but lets please try to be realistic
> here.
>
> The linked machine isn't even remotely comparable to a mini.
> At 14.5x7.2x16.1, it is nearly 20 times the size of the mini.
> Personally, I'd prefer the mini's dual-core intel processor to the
> single core athlon in the linked machine.  The emachine draws more
> power, so will cost more to run over the lifetime of the machine.
> The mini includes firewire, wifi and bluetooth, the emachine does
> not.  OTOH, the emachine comes with a keyboard and mouse, and has a
> few available PCI-E slots, while the mini has none.
>
> > I agree with Joseph's comment that they should get out of the hardware
> > business and as a whole, concentrate on the OS and let people buy their
> own
> > machines.  We, as consumers would certainly save some serious $$$ that
> way.
>
> They've tried that a couple times that I can remember, and it never
> worked out well.
>
> A big part of the value of the Mac is that the hardware and software
> are designed to work well together.  Letting people build their own
> MacOS machines would lead either to the sort of driver compatability
> hell that Windows has, or to a HCL that basically boils down to
> "buy Apple hardware".  The first would lose one of Apple's few real
> competitive advantages, the second isn't really any different than
> what we've got now, but would increase Apple's support costs.
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Fwd: How Apple makes more profit on their systems...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jefferson Kirkland 
Date: Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: How Apple makes more profit on their systems...
To: Shawn O'Shea 


While I am sure the Mac Mini is a nice machine, I can still get more machine
for less.  Take a look at this
machine<http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9170835&type=product&id=1218043607320>at
Best Buy.  As you can see, It has more of a procecssor, twice the ram,
a
slightly bigger hard drive and again, its less than half the price of a base
Mac Mini.  If the didn't charge so much for their proprietary hardware, they
might outsell the competition and beat them on price.

I agree with Joseph's comment that they should get out of the hardware
business and as a whole, concentrate on the OS and let people buy their own
machines.  We, as consumers would certainly save some serious $$$ that way.


Regards,

Jeff




On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Shawn O'Shea  wrote:

> A couple of notes about the Mac Mini. The general stance Apple has taken
> over the years is that the Mini only exists because customers insisted there
> be a model like it in it's price range. It is not Apple's "you're new to
> Mac, but this system." When Apple wants to sell a new-to-Mac user a machine,
> the iMac and Macbook are the target systems. (I'm not claiming any right or
> wrong here, just stating my experience and what I've read about Apple's
> albeit unofficial stance and policies)
>
> That aside, I do think the MIni is a good starter system, otherwise I
> wouldn't have bought one for my mom in June. However, I handled her switch,
> being very familiar with Apple hardware and OS. I verified all her hardware
> from her PC would work with OS X, and made sure she had all the right
> connections, and got her a MiniStack for backup with Time Machine.
>
> Two other specific notes for you with this person you are working with. I
> had a lot of problems getting the system to work with VGA. The VGA adapter
> just didn't work, even after applying a firmware update on a working Macbook
> Pro. I ended up having to connect it to DVI. I would highly recommend anyone
> with a VGA only monitor jump up to an LCD with at least DVI, if not
> DisplayPort these days, especially for a newer system. It will make a world
> of difference. I use the higher end Dell monitors at work all the time, and
> they are my preferred displays over Apple's displays (ie the 2408WFP is a
> 24"widescreen display. I have the previous model, the 2407WFP on my desk at
> work on a Macbook Pro and at home on a Mac Pro).
>
> Secondly, be aware that Apple is refreshing a bunch of models any day now,
> allegedly to include the Mini. This is a fairly common time of year for
> Apple to do this, so even though it is currently just rumor, things like
> stock shortages even at Apple stores point to an update. See this article
> for some more info:
> http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/30/rumor-roundup-imac-and-mac-mini-due-to-refresh-before-october-9/
>
> -Shawn
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Alex Hewitt wrote:
>
>> Yesterday some friends asked me to accompany them to the Apple store in
>> Salem to help them purchase a Mac. I had talked to them previously about
>> some of the advantages of the platform including decent reliability and
>> in their case the much lower amount of malware targeting the system.
>>
>> But before going I decided to check out the Apple web site. They were
>> planning on buying a Mac Mini which is probably Apple's best bargain for
>> their budget. Recently a customer had purchased the current (early 2009)
>> model and I already knew that if they were going to use their VGA CRT
>> type monitor they were going to need an adapter. The Mac Mini used to
>> have a full size DVI connector on the back capable of both Analog and
>> Digital connections. The new model has removed the DVI connector and
>> replaced it with two much smaller connectors. An included adapter
>> produces a DVI-D connection (single link, Digital only) and the other
>> connector requires a "miniDisplayPort to VGA" adapter. That has a
>> standard VGA connector (what they needed). The miniDisplayPort adapter
>> costs $29.95 (and probably costs $2.95 to manufacture in China). I
>> actually don't know the right combination of cables that would allow you
>> to connect most current digital flat panels. The Apple site doesn't
>> provide that information and they don't seem to offer the correct cable.
>> They definitely don't tell their customers that they won't be able to
>> connect their current monitor unless they are just plain lucky.
>>
>>

Re: How Apple makes more profit on their systems...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

While you make valid points, it definitely comes down to the person.

I am and will always be a person who LOVES their desktop real estate and you
are correct, my max resolution is 1440x900.  But, I am also able to adapt to
a slightly smaller resolution considering the money I saved.

While I am also a geek and love the new technology aspect of things, I am
also of a mind (over the past 6 1/2 months of being unemployed) that more
expensive isn't necessarily better for each.  I have yet to have an issue
with my display as far as brightness or glare.  It has been quite good and
manageable.  The hard drive is fine and I have not had any issues with being
too slow.

Sure, I went an configured a laptop at HP that had the nice quad core
processor, massive amounts of ram and hard drive space (2 hard drives to be
exact) and yes, it was quite expensive.  But I could do the same with an
Apple price wise, but they don't have options for quad core processors, dual
hard drives, etc.  (I am aware that most vendors don't offer the quad core
laptop processor yet)

While Apple does use more expensive equipment, I also find that they also
don't make a ton of effort at providing more powerful or larger equipment
(storage size wise that is).  They aren't exactly about the power where as a
bunch of geeks do complain about that, and I don't blame them.  Other laptop
makers are able to provide aesthetics and power to please people, instead of
kind of saying, "look at us, we're Apple and we have machines that run our
OS".  Sure they have machines to run the OS, but IMHO, they would probably
have even more people switch to Apple if they were to make more powerful
machines as well.

Like you said though, they are a nich.  :)  Its not that they are not for
me, just not at this time (mostly because of $$$).  If I had the money, I
would probably have one as I do like them.

Regards,

Jeff



On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Coleman Kane  wrote:

> To be completely fair, there are a considerable number of other hardware
> components in a Mac than: Screen size, RAM, Hard Drive space, and CPU.
>
> Let's take the screen, and I have some experience in this dept. as I've
> been working on a project for the past couple years that has evaluated
> about five different LVDS displays (the same type used in laptops).
> Pricing is quite variant in this department when you consider other
> properties than screen size, such as: the quantity of light levels to
> the RGB bands of your display, the overall maximum brightness, whether
> it is backlit from 1, 2, or all 4 sides, what the actual physical
> resolution is (my HP by default came with a 1400x864 display, but for
> added $$$ I got the 1680x1050 size screen). In addition to this, there
> is the clarity (at the brightest setting, how much of the light produced
> by the lcd manages to pass through to the user, versus getting diffused
> and scattered) and the viewing angle, to cite two examples.
>
> For the Hard Drive, I can get an extremely cheap 4800rpm 320GB drive, or
> I can get (for a higher price) a faster 7200rpm
> low-random-access-latency drive for my laptop. In addition to this,
> there's the question of which ATA controller both laptops use, which one
> is more expensive, and which one is faster.
>
> For the RAM, there's always the question of the CAS latency and the
> timings that are programmed into the SPD chip. Lower latency modules and
> faster timings of course mean that your system uses less bus cycles to
> fetch/store data in RAM.
>
> Then there are the keyboard, trackpad, battery, and laptop power
> management and cooling system, all of which Apple develops in-house, but
> HP likely only does the cooling system part of this list themselves.
> Apple has spent considerable years attempting to perfect these
> components, and I still feel that the keyboards and trackpads on my
> PowerBook are the best that I've played with. Even many of my
> office-mates have switched to using an Apple keyboard for their PC's
> because they are USB, type very very nicely, and are very sturdy yet
> small.
>
> Anyhow, getting back onto my point, I decked-out an HP Compaq 6700
> series (which is one of the sturdier business models that actually uses
> metal alloys for some of the external case), selected a lot of
> components that were higher end choices for that laptop, and managed to
> achieve a price that was a slight bit higher than the comparable Apple
> model.
>
> It depends upon what you're looking for in a laptop, and Apple is still
> a niche vendor, so it is unlikely they're targeting you, but as far as I
> can tell, they use more expensive components, and I think that's how
> they arrive at a more expensive laptop.
>
> As for the VGA adapter, disassemble i

Re: How Apple makes more profit on their systems...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

While I find the Apple OS to be pretty sweet, mostly due to the fact that it
is Unix based now, I just don't see any justification for the cost of their
systems.  Someone I follow on twitter tried to convince me of how cheap
their systems are and I ended up halting the conversation with a small
comparison.  Take the low end Mac Book.  It has a 13" screen, 2 gig ram, 160
gig hard drive and a 2.13 Ghz processor, starts at $999.  Meanwhile, my HP
Pavillion dv7 laptop (only about 3 months old at this point) has a 2.10 Ghz
processor, 4 gig ram, 320 gig hard drive and a 17" screen cost  $649.  $350
cheaper and I get so much more.  On my last laptop, a Dell Inspiron 9200, I
was able to (about a year ago) install and run Apple OSx 10.4.  While I
really liked it and enjoyed the chance to play with it, I did not have the
time to dedicate to work on getting the wireless working. (yes, a driver was
available and I have it downloaded).

My opinion is, unless you are either a Mac aficionado or have some reason
for running OSx over Windows or Linux, I just cannot justify the cost of
their machines.  But, that is my opinion.

Regards,

Jeff




On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Alex Hewitt  wrote:

> Yesterday some friends asked me to accompany them to the Apple store in
> Salem to help them purchase a Mac. I had talked to them previously about
> some of the advantages of the platform including decent reliability and
> in their case the much lower amount of malware targeting the system.
>
> But before going I decided to check out the Apple web site. They were
> planning on buying a Mac Mini which is probably Apple's best bargain for
> their budget. Recently a customer had purchased the current (early 2009)
> model and I already knew that if they were going to use their VGA CRT
> type monitor they were going to need an adapter. The Mac Mini used to
> have a full size DVI connector on the back capable of both Analog and
> Digital connections. The new model has removed the DVI connector and
> replaced it with two much smaller connectors. An included adapter
> produces a DVI-D connection (single link, Digital only) and the other
> connector requires a "miniDisplayPort to VGA" adapter. That has a
> standard VGA connector (what they needed). The miniDisplayPort adapter
> costs $29.95 (and probably costs $2.95 to manufacture in China). I
> actually don't know the right combination of cables that would allow you
> to connect most current digital flat panels. The Apple site doesn't
> provide that information and they don't seem to offer the correct cable.
> They definitely don't tell their customers that they won't be able to
> connect their current monitor unless they are just plain lucky.
>
> I asked the sales guy (who was quite pleasant) why the Apple web site
> doesn't provide enough information for a customer to properly connect
> their new Mini to their existing monitor and he essentially said that
> Apple wants these customers to buy one of their nice shiny "Cinema"
> displays. Of course the Cinema display comes with precisely the correct
> cable to hook up to the digital only DVI-D adapter and only costs $899
> (which is $100 more than the higher end Mac Mini).
>
> My conclusion - Apple isn't in the business for their health. If an
> unsuspecting customer walks through their door and all they needed was a
> decent low end system to web surf, read their email, play their music
> and view their photographs, they will walk out of the store about $2,000
> to $2,500 lighter in the wallet. The Mac Mini is actually a pretty
> decent value for a small form factor system. They have upgraded their
> graphics from the sorry Intel video they previously used to a decent
> nVidia 9400 based chip set. That's all to the good but taking big chunks
> of cash from unsuspecting customers seems to be on the verge of bait and
> switch.
>
> -Alex
>
> P.S. There are a lot of ways to spin this but for me it has a bad smell.
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Re: Upgrade guidance

[Jefferson Kirkland]

That's good to know Mike, thanks!  Thankfully I don't have a need for gdm as
I don't know that it is installed.  Even if it is, we don't normally run
these systems in desktop mode as its all remote.

If I have any issues with the upgrade, I will certainly post them here if I
cannot figure (Google) them out.

Thanks everyone, this was a great bit of information!

Regards,

Jeff



On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:05 PM, mike ledoux
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:40:50PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > But I always go one step at a time.  Most recently I took one
> > machine from F7 -> 8 -> 9.   Unfortunately I suspect I'll have
> > a hard time bringing my FC3 system up to date that way. ;)
>
> Maybe less trouble than you think, the machine I'm sitting at right now
> was yum upgraded from fc2->3>4>5>6>7>8 not all that long ago, with little
> trouble.  The yumupgradefaq saved me finding the pitfalls myself.  :)
>
> I borked it pretty hard trying to yum upgrade from fc8->9 yesterday;
> some of the packages on a fully up-to-date fc8 system have higher
> version numbers than the same packages in the fc9 repositories, which
> made things interesting.  At least it is back up and running multi-user
> now, I just need to figure out what is causing gdm to crash.  I'm sure
> there are some "old" libraries hanging around causing the issue.
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Re: Upgrade guidance

[Jefferson Kirkland]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Jefferson Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Hello everyone!  I wanted to pose this question to everyone as I wasn't
> sure the best way to proceed.  I have a few machines here at work
> (development, testing and Production machines) that need to be upgraded to
> the latest version of Fedora (FC9).  The machines are all presently running
> FC6.
>
> I am basically wondering what the best way to go about upgrading these
> machines would be considering they are a few versions behind?  I don't want
> to assume that going directly from FC6 to FC9 is the best course when I
> don't know for sure.  Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated.
>
> Also, at present, none of the machines have a monitor hooked up as they are
> in a rack in a server room.  All work is done remotely on these machines,
> but I do have physical access to them if need be.
>
> Thank you for your time and any help given.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jeff Kirkland
>


Just a quick follow up.

I have done some research already and see that htere is a yumupgrade
option.  I am a little weary about it due to the large difference in
versions and also that its kind of like doing a bios upgrade in that you DO
NOT power off or stop the upgrade in any way.  Again, just looking for
guidance in the best direction.  Thanks!

Regards,

Jeff
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Upgrade guidance

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Hello everyone!  I wanted to pose this question to everyone as I wasn't sure
the best way to proceed.  I have a few machines here at work (development,
testing and Production machines) that need to be upgraded to the latest
version of Fedora (FC9).  The machines are all presently running FC6.

I am basically wondering what the best way to go about upgrading these
machines would be considering they are a few versions behind?  I don't want
to assume that going directly from FC6 to FC9 is the best course when I
don't know for sure.  Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Also, at present, none of the machines have a monitor hooked up as they are
in a rack in a server room.  All work is done remotely on these machines,
but I do have physical access to them if need be.

Thank you for your time and any help given.

Best regards,

Jeff Kirkland
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Microsoft hides behind Linux...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I don't know if any of you here have seen this article, but it sure brought
a huge smile to my face.

   http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,100121,39115920,00.htm

Regards,

Jeff
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Re: Reformat an NTFS disk to FAT32? (You don't have to live w/ FAT)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I would be interested in hearing if anyone has had any luck with this driver
as I loaded it on someone's laptop a couple weeks ago and followed the
instructions for mounting and when all was said and done, writing was still
not working.

Regards,

Jeff



On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Coleman Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:31 -0400, Alex Hewitt wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 16:40 -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Bruce Labitt <
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> > > >  Now that I think about this, all that I want is a format that I can
> read
> > > >  and write to for the WinXP machines that I have to live with and
> with
> > > >  linux.
> > >
> > >   Ah, then yah, FAT32 is likely your best bet.  That seems to have
> > > become the "lingua franca" for filesystem interoperability.
> > >
> > > > Unfortunately when I received the disk it already was preformatted
> > > > NTFS.
> > >
> > >   I'd say your best bet is to change the partition type of the
> > > existing partition to 0x0C using fdisk, and then format it using
> > > mkdosfs.
> >
> > Believe it or not, if you want a > 32 GB partition you need to do it
> > with Linux or a manufacturer supplied utility (Western Digital provides
> > one for some of their 2.5 external hard drives). Microsoft doesn't
> > believe you should be using > 32 GB FAT32 partitions even though the
> > file system will support operations much greater.
> >
> > -Alex
> >
>
> If you guys don't know already, there's an NTFS driver based upon FUSE
> that's supposed to be really good (read/write in Linux and
> Ownership/Permission support):
>
> http://www.ntfs3g.org/
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[OT] Enigma Machine on Ebay

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the severely OT post, but this is such a part of history that I
had to throw it up here for others to see.  No, I am not sure of the genuine
nature of the machine, but it is interesting to see this.  If it is truly a
real Enigma machine, then this is an incredible find for cryptography buffs.

Enjoy!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270146164488


Regards,

Jeff
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[OT] Nahua page on local.wikia.com

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I am sure that some of you, particularly those who read slashdot, have read
about Jimmy Whales (wikipedia founder) announcing his new wiki magazine type
sites.  Well, one of the sites listed is http://local.wikia.com .  From
there you select your state and the city you want and click 'find your
location' and it will bring up the Nashua local page on wikia.com.

I surfed to the page to find it pretty vacant, nothing entered and nothing
listed ( even for organizations).  So, I took it upon myself to create an
entry for GNHLUG on the site.  I took some basic information from the About
page on the GNHLUG website and pasted it into the description.  I also
included the URL to the GNHLUG site.

As of right now, I have submitted the entry (
http://local.wikia.com/index.php?title=Greater_New_Hampshire_Linux_User_Group_%28New_Hampshire%29),
but it isn't showing up in the "organizations" area as of yet.  Follow the
link above to visit and review the page.

I just wanted to let everyone know that a page has been created for GNHLUG
on that site and to feel free to edit and add whatever you feel is
relevant.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland
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Re: NH Ruby/Rails Group now has a wiki and mailing lists.

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Scott,

On 1/25/07, Scott Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I just wanted to inform my fellow GNHLUGers interested in Ruby or Ruby
on Rails that we now have a wiki site and two mailing lists set up:



Its great to know that NH now has its own Ruby/Rails user group.  Thanks for
the info!

Regards,

Jeff
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Re: Balmer says Linux uses Microsoft 'property'

[Jefferson Kirkland]

What kills me is, that unlike the SCO case, Novell never once said, "Ok, so
show me the code in question that you say is yours and show me your patent
of ownership. Then, we'll talk."  No, they just folded and ponied up to M$.

Jeff

On 11/18/06, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 11/17/06, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think a great campaign would be to show how Microsoft benefits from
> Open Source and especially from the GPL.
>
> It would sorta make all their bellyaching about Linux and the GPL moot.

  Why?

  Sure, it would make Microsoft look like a hypocrite, but we already
know they're evil.

  Meanwhile, their goal is to make money, not look good.  If they can
make more money by attacking Linux-using organizations while also
benefiting from open code, that's a win-win for them.

-- Ben
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Re: Job postings

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Let's not forget about jobsinnh.com if the job is in NH and also, 
monster.com.Regards,JeffOn 9/25/06, Martin Ekendahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I usually check craigslist also :-)-MartinKjel Anderson wrote:> Hey everyone,
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Re: Linux periodicals (was: Two-week alert! Python for 2006 ...)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

On 1/16/06, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/16/06, Jefferson Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I stopped my subscriptions to LJ quite a while ago when they started> their focus on things like clusters and other highend stuff, including
> reviews of high end systems that only businesses can afford.  They> definately turned from the user base to the Enterprise base.  I would theorize that reflects changes in Linux.  There was a time
where even the "simple" user tasks in Linux were rather moredifficult, and there was a great deal of change in the tools andtechniques available.  The Internet was also not as prevalent as it istoday.  That justifies a periodical publication.  The fact that, hey,
X actually works on Linux was *news* back then.  These days, when most Linux distros include an installer that doeseverything but click the mouse for you, there isn't as big a need fora periodic publication on user topics.  It's an established field, so
to speak.  Such things don't lend themselves to periodicals, they lendthemselves to books, tutorials, and the like.  And for the casual userwho is looking for news on product releases and the like, the Internet
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And I fully agree with you Ben that it signifies a significant change in Linux, but they also have to realize that they will probably, and have, lost some of their subscription base due to the overwhelming coverage of the Enterprise type topics.  Just because one is a sysadmin doesn't mean they are working on clusters all day.  I just think that it would be prudent to put all of the Enterprise specific topics into their own periodical seeing as how the amount of information these days pretty much warrants it.
Regards,Jeff Kirkland

Re: Two-week alert! Python for 2006 - first meeting January 26

[Jefferson Kirkland]

On 1/14/06, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jan 13, 2006, at 23:51, Paul Lussier wrote:> IMO, that series was a lot of> fluff and discussion of various design consideration rather than a> good old-fashioned meat and potatoes HOWTO type article.  More and
> more of their "technical" articles seem to be like this.Do you get Sysadmin Magazine?  They seem to have picked up theaforementioned slack.  It's a real journal.-Bill-
Bill McGonigle, Owner   Work: 603.448.4440BFC Computing, LLC  Home: 603.448.1668[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Cell: 603.252.2606
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kicks in when I find out that the article is nothing more than general
information you would get from a synopsis.  I remember when the
magazines used to be a veritable HOW-TO of information.   I stopped my
subscriptions to LJ quite a while ago when they started their focus on
things like clusters and other highend stuff, including reviews of high
end systems that only businesses can afford.  They definately turned
from the user base to the Enterprise base.  If I read any mag these
days it is Linux Magazine( UK mag ) or Linux Format but even they have
slowly started a turn toward some highend system/topics.
Regards,Jeff Kirkland 

Re: OT: Paypal Scam

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Actually, it wasn't me that received this email, it was my colleague at 
work.  Since he doesn't even have a Paypal account, his information is 
thankfully quite safe.  What is funny though, is they are spreading 
around an application for you to execute to "update your information". 

Regards,

Jeff



Richard A Sharpe wrote:

Got a simular email from a Earthlink scam. You should only go to the 
company website to make any changes to account info or else you fall 
right into the scam trap.

Rich

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 21:45, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:

/Hello everyone!  I know this is way off topic, but for anyone in the 
distribution list that has a Paypal account, it should interest you.  My 
colleague at work received an email with the subject:  "YOUR PAYPAL.COM 
ACCOUNT EXPIRES"
The funny thing about this is, he doesn't have a Paypal account, so it 
definately raised an eyebrow or two.  Below is the contents of the 
email, which was supposed to be delivered with an application, but our 
work email system stripped it off.  Anywho, my collegue called Paypal 
and questioned them about it and the guy he talked to said that they 
were recently aware of the scam and to not reply to the email. 

The senders email address was: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".  Also, below, 
where it says "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" was my colleagues email 
address.  I just thought everyone should be made aware of this if they 
weren't already.

-- begin email ---

Dear PayPal member,

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding
your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email
address
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

will be expiring within five business days.  We apologize for any
inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our
customers are required to update their account settings with their personal
information.
We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security
policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any
interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application
that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the
instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email,
as it will not be as secure.
IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure
application within the next five business days then we will be forced to
deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account
any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of
your busy day and complete this now.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated
message system and the reply will not be received.
Thank you for using PayPal.

paspfmhf

--- end email --

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



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OT: Paypal Scam

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Hello everyone!  I know this is way off topic, but for anyone in the 
distribution list that has a Paypal account, it should interest you.  My 
colleague at work received an email with the subject:  "YOUR PAYPAL.COM 
ACCOUNT EXPIRES"
The funny thing about this is, he doesn't have a Paypal account, so it 
definately raised an eyebrow or two.  Below is the contents of the 
email, which was supposed to be delivered with an application, but our 
work email system stripped it off.  Anywho, my collegue called Paypal 
and questioned them about it and the guy he talked to said that they 
were recently aware of the scam and to not reply to the email. 

The senders email address was: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".  Also, below, 
where it says "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" was my colleagues email 
address.  I just thought everyone should be made aware of this if they 
weren't already.

-- begin email ---

Dear PayPal member,

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding
your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email
address
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

will be expiring within five business days.  We apologize for any
inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our
customers are required to update their account settings with their personal
information.
We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security
policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any
interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application
that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the
instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email,
as it will not be as secure.
IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure
application within the next five business days then we will be forced to
deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account
any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of
your busy day and complete this now.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated
message system and the reply will not be received.
Thank you for using PayPal.

paspfmhf

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Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



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Re: Meeting on DNS, BIND, WHOIS, etc.? (was: Verizon email problems)

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Charlie Farinella wrote:

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

On 12 Nov 2003, at 10:12am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   

Maybe a meeting night that discusses basic Bind as well as how to use host
and whois is in order? Some might find this helpful.
 

 I could prolly be talked into giving a presentation on the subject.
   

And I would like very much to hear you do it.  :-)

--charlie

 

I second that.  It would be great to have you do the presentation.

Jeff

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Re: Building a Linux Distro

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Paul Lussier wrote:

Hi all,

At one time I could have sworn there was a HOWTO on how to build your
own Linux Distro.  Now, even with the help of google, I can't find any
such thing.  Maybe I'm searching on the wrong thing.  Anyway, does
anyone know where I can find docs on building a Linux distro? (extra
points for building a Debian-based distro :)
Thanks,

Seeya,
Paul
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I took a look but couldn't find anything.  If you do find what you are 
looking could you please post it here?

Thanks!

Jeff Kirkland

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Re: Can I make a suggestion for a sendmail seminar?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Steven W. Orr wrote:

[He probably uses vi too.]

 

Hey now, there are others here who use vi, or should I say we were 
raised on it when learning Unix.  Be careful or we will turn your emacs 
into vi.  :-P

#jlk

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Re: Converting a mailbox

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Tom Buskey wrote:

I was reading an article on another mailing list online that was talking
about converting between their mailer(yahoo) and an mbox format and
that  got me to thinking.  Is there any way to convert from the hotmail
format  to an mbox format?   I did a google search but have thus far
found  nothing.  I figured I would query the combined knowledge of the
group to  see what I could come up with.  So, does anyone here know of a
way to  download your hotmail mail and convert it to an mbox format?
   

Look on http://freshmeat.net.  I think I've seen a number of tools that
pull your mail off hotmail.
 

You know, I tend to forget to look there.  Thanks for the reply!

Regards,

Jeff

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Converting a mailbox

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I was reading an article on another mailing list online that was talking 
about converting between their mailer(yahoo) and an mbox format and that 
got me to thinking.  Is there any way to convert from the hotmail format 
to an mbox format?   I did a google search but have thus far found 
nothing.  I figured I would query the combined knowledge of the group to 
see what I could come up with.  So, does anyone here know of a way to 
download your hotmail mail and convert it to an mbox format?

Regards,

Jeff



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Re: destroying data

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Anybody have a good smelter for rent?

Jeff

Jon maddog Hall wrote:

A friend of mine who used to work for one of our government agencies told me
how they got rid of old disks.  They took the disks apart, ground the platters
down to dustthen burned the dust.
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Re: destroying data

[Jefferson Kirkland]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, at 5:01pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

I was wondering if there was a good way to destroy the data on there
before I send it back.
   

 Most of the data sanitation methods available depend on the drive being
operational, so you can write to it.
 

I was thinking some sort of magnet, but I'm not sure how strong of one I
need.
   

 Really, *really* strong.  As an experiment, I've blasted a plain old IDE
HDD with a commercial tape degausser, and as far as I could tell, it did not
effect it at all.
 I suspect, to achieve data sanitation with a non-functional drive, your
only options would also void the warranty of the drive.  So it is your call
as to what is more important: The cost of the drive, or data security.  I
imagine it depends greatly on what is on the drive.  :-)
 

If the warranty on thedrive isn't that big of an issue, removing the 
cover, taking out the platters and beating the living crud out of them 
with a hammer might just do the job. ( a BIG hammer!)

Regards,

Jeff



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Re: CSS Question

[Jefferson Kirkland]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

So, anyone have any really good links for learning CSS?
(Coles ref to w3schools already noted :)
 

Well, one that I found before finding the w3schools page was:  
http://www.draac.com/css/css1.html

It was a good start. 

Regards,

Jeff



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OT: Job opening

[Jefferson Kirkland]

My appologies to everyone for the off-topic posting, but seeing as 
people are still unemployed and I know of an opening, I figured I would 
see if anyone is interested.
Here are the skills that are needed:

-Solaris Unix
-ksh scripting
-knowledge of PKI
-an understanding of firewalls
-excellent people skills ( the position deals ALOT with clients )
-good troubleshooting skills
Pluses:
-Knowledge of PGP
-Knowledge of EDI
-Knowledge of the following programs:
   -exceed
   -FileDrive ( Secure Transport )
   -Entrust
   -Templar
If anyone is interested in this position, please email me off list with 
your resume.  Again, I appologize for the off-list posting.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland





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Re: PDA Suggestions

[Jefferson Kirkland]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have yet to see why anyone would *need* one of these Linux based 
PDAs.  They seem like total overkill, and they're expensive.
 

It isn't really a *need* as much as it is a **WANT**.  I bought a Sharp 
Zaurus 5500 off of the Home Shopping Network earlier this year when they 
had that insane sale for $180ish.  I have been quite pleased with it so 
far.  If you dim the backlight a little, say one or two notches, you can 
get more life out of the battery.  It is true, the batteries don't last 
too terribly long.  I ran mine down in about 2-3 days of use. 
Overall though, I like it, but that is just my opinion and my .02.

Regards,

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Re: FYI: Comcast/Attbi users

[Jefferson Kirkland]

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 see 
anything from them.
Has anyone seen any such notification?  It is supposed to have the changes 
you need to make, including new server names and such.  If someone has 
received it, could they possibly post all of the new server names and 
whatnot that we will need?  ( including POP, SMTP, and News servers).

Thanks!

Jeff Kirkland



At 12:28 PM 4/2/2003 -0500, Bob Bell wrote:

"Don't ask; won't tell", but here's some info for Comcast/Attbi users.
Please consider it a heads up and be cautious about contacting Comcast
about it -- I don't want to get my source in trouble.
CONFIDENTIAL: FOR COMCAST INTERNAL USE ONLY



Overview: comcast.net domain migration update  (Covered in the Field LOB 
meetings in detail this month)

We are beginning the process of migrating all subs to the comcast.net 
domain and transitioning both Classic and New Comcast customers to the 
upgraded Comcast website and e-mail services.

Customers will be still able to receive all e-mail sent to their attbi.com 
e-mail account through 2004, It's important for you to know that after 
they migrate the customers out-going Email will be sent from their new 
Comcast.net accounts.  Mail addressed to either [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] will be transparently delivered to the same mailbox.

During the transition we are reserving their 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for them to begin using immediately after 
they complete the transition to Comcast High-Speed Internet as well as up 
to seven e-mail accounts (one more than they have now).  A small group of 
customers may need to change their current username, but they will have 
the opportunity to select a new one.  We will be sending more information 
to customer's attbi.com e-mail addresses in the coming weeks on how to 
easily set up and begin using their comcast.net e-mail accounts



Dear AT&T Broadband Internet customer,



Welcome to Comcast.  As the new company serving your Internet needs, we 
know we'll have to work hard to prove to you we are unlike any cable 
company you've ever had.



Since 1963, Comcast has been proving just that to the people we serve all 
across the country.  We've done it by focusing on one principle: commitment.



Commitment to new products

Commitment to better service

Commitment to connecting our customers to more of the things they love most



So you're going to be seeing some great changes very soon.



For starters, we're going to provide you with an improved high-speed 
Internet experience.  Comcast offers a lightning-fast, reliable 
connection; the same you've experienced with your AT&T Broadband Internet 
service, combined with a host of new, exciting features and enhancements 
to make your Internet experience even better.



We know your first concern may be about changing your e-mail 
address.  That's why we've started off by making sure you will be able to 
receive all e-mail sent to your attbi.com e-mail account through 2004.  At 
the same time, we'll reserve [EMAIL PROTECTED] for you to 
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High-Speed Internet as well as up to seven e-mail accounts (one more than 
you have now).  A small group of customers may need to change their 
current username, but they will have the opportunity to select a new 
one.  We will send more information to your attbi.com e-mail address in 
the coming weeks on how to easily set up and begin using your comcast.net 
e-mail accounts.  Stay tuned for more exciting feature announcements.



Don't worry about going through this alone.  We are working on automated 
tools to allow you to set up your new services in a snap.  And when you 
need help, we'll be there. We have 24-hour/7-day-a-week live technical 
support, online e-mail and chat, and automated support tools.



Now all these improvements will not happen overnight.  It's going to take 
time.  That's why we're already hard at work to ensure your Comcast 
High-Speed Internet experience is the best it can possibly be.



We hope you'll give us a chance.  Because in the end, we know we can 
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Cheap price for Sharp Zaurus!!!!!!!!!

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Everyone,

I saw posted on /. today, that HSN has the newest Sharp Zaurus, the 5600, 
on sale for $300 off.  I just went to this site:

http://www.hsn.com/cnt/prod/default.aspx?pfid=694341&club_id=694341&sz=6&sf=EC&dept

The price is:  $198.92	  The Zaurus retails for: $499.  Also, if you go to 
this site:

http://dealcoupon.com/merchants/hsn.com.html

you can use one of the coupon codes to get a discount.  I used the coupon 
for 15% of 50 and took about $30 off my order.  Just thought I would let 
you all know about this deal.
Oh, and here is the /. posting:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/1924257&mode=thread&tid=137&tid=100

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland

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Mass. Dept. of Revenue Considers Linux

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I don't know how many people read slashdot, but this is a story that hits 
close to home.  Good news for Linux!!!

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/2156202&mode=thread&tid=106

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland

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More debian apt-get help

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Ok, I am looking to install Gnome after finally getting Xwindows 
installed.  I did the following:

apt-get update
apt-cache search 'gnome'  > list
and it found a TON of stuff related to gnome.  I looked in list, and saw 
that there were alot of gnome files.  Is there any way of easily installing 
the gnome window manage without having to manually install dozens upon 
dozens of files?

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland

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Re: Hardware vent...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I have an older Thinkpad and I have not really had many problems with it, 
other than the fact that it is a p-166mmx( a little on the slow side ).  My 
advice would be to find something you like, like the Dell's everyone is 
raving about, and then check out http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ and see 
what others have done with the model you are looking at.  That will give 
you an idea of what other have had to do with particular models to get them 
configured.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



At 02:59 PM 2/20/2003 -0500, Hewitt Tech wrote:
My piece of (fill in the cuss word of your choice) Compaq Presario laptop is
starting to break down around the hinges of the cover. This system has been
a series of disappointments - can't run Linux easily, doesn't support 32 bit
cardbus cards, battery croaked early. I just discovered when I called the
toll call support number that I was talking to someone in India who was
marching me through the numbers (script). He then tried to transfer me to
their "specialized" Presario notebook support number and the call was lost.
While I was listening to very badly garbled elevator music (this would be
doing a disservice to most elevator music ;^)) I noticed what was causing
the popping noises that just started today when I open the laptop screen.
The plastic housing near the hinge was starting to separate. That's what was
causing the popping sound, the plastic be snapped as the screen was wrapping
around the hinge joint. So I think I'll cut my losses here and buy a laptop
that will actually do what the manufacturer claims and will also run Linux
properly. Anybody had good experiences with their laptops? I'm looking for
reliability and the ability to run Linux without ridiculous efforts. Also,
I'd really like to have USB 2.0 compliant ports on the thing...

-Alex

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Re: Creating a CA and using it to sign your own certs?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Paul,

I don't know the answer to your questions, but I just wanted to send you 
this link to an article at onlamp, that talks about becoming your own CA:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/02/06/linuxhacks.html

I didn't know if it would be any help in your quest.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland




At 11:30 AM 2/19/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a certificate for my SSL-enabled web server.
According to this doc:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/ssl/ssl_faq.html

You can create your own CA and use that to sign the .csr files to
create a .crt file.  However, they simply mention that you need to

Prepare a script for signing which is needed because the ``openssl
ca'' command has some strange requirements and the default OpenSSL
config doesn't allow one easily to use ``openssl ca'' directly. So a
script named sign.sh is distributed with the mod_ssl distribution
(subdir pkg.contrib/). Use this script for signing.

Does anyone have such a script?  I really don't feel like
re-inventing the wheel :)

Thanks,

--

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Debian Question

[Jefferson Kirkland]

This question is for those of you out there who are Debian users.  I have 
recently installed Debian and am starting to learn it's ways, but one major 
thing that I am lacking is Xwindows; it just wasn't installed.  I would 
love to get it and install it, but how do you do that with apt-get?  I 
tried doing 'apt-get install X11', but it returned nothing.  Maybe I am 
missing something here and someone could please nudge me in the right 
direction.
Also, if I have a package on the debian cd that I would like to install, do 
I have to add the cdrom as a target for apt-get, or can I tell apt-get on 
the command line to look in a specific directory on my cdrom?

Thank you for you patience.

Regards,

Jeff

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Re: CD-Rs?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I usually look in the Sunday circulars.  Somebody is usually selling packs 
of 100 for about $7 or $8 after rebate.  They are typically either generic 
CompUSA discs, or Imations.  I have never had a problem with them myself.

Regards,

jlk

At 04:00 PM 2/12/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Okay,

I just discovered over the weekend that I've run out of CD-R blanks.
I have no idea where I bought my last batch.  Anyone got a favorite
source for cheap CD-Rs?

yesbuy.net seems to have a good deal at $14/100 for Silver/Silver =
$0.14 per disk.  Anyone buy from them before?


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Re: Today's amusement site

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Well, you can truly say, with proof in hand, that Unix is extremely versatile!!

jlk

At 09:40 AM 2/7/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


For those who do not frequent dmr's web site (or those who do, but
missed this page) I pass this link on so you, too, may waste some of
the day away while being mildly amused :)

http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html
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Re: How many folks who use ATTBI realize they'll probably need to change their email addresses *again*!

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I had to call AT&T after they turned off all of my email accounts, stating 
that my accounts were inactive due to a complete screw up on their end.  I 
know, total shocker.  It was at that time that they told me that I would be 
changing as of the first week in February, but I have not seen any 
notification go out.  Ya think they would tell everyone, but obviously 
things will not change with the new ownership.

Jeff



At 04:32 PM 1/22/2003 -0500, Hewitt Tech wrote:
I certainly was aware that Comcast had bought AT&T broadband. For some
reason I assumed that since AT&T owned the ATTBI.COM domain name that
customers wouldn't need to change their email addresses. But apparently
that's not true. Has anyone heard anything different? Given that we had to
switch addresses this past February as a result of the lost mediaone.net
domain name it seems particularly nasty to need to do it again a year or so
later...

-Alex

P.S. Which opens up the discusson - what do you do if you want a permanent
email address? I'm signed up at bigfoot and will likely re-subsribe from
that email/domain address.

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Re: shell script question

[Jefferson Kirkland]

At 12:36 PM 1/20/2003 -0500, Bayard R. Coolidge wrote:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>>> Otherwise, if one of your directories contained
>>>spaces or other shell meta-characters, it would
>>> get mangled by the shell
>>>before it got passed to "du".

Another damned good reason NOT to have spaces in
filenames, as we discussed a week or two ago here
on the list. :-)

After all, they're filenames, not filesentences ;-)

Bayard

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I fully agree with you Bayard, but as we all know, anyone who has been 
doing *nix for some time or who was taught correctly, knows not to use 
spaces in *nix file names.  That is what they made the "_" character 
for.  The problem we run into most of the time is that people who have 
converted over from Windows are so used to using spaces.  It is a habit 
that people will always have to be broke of.

Jeff Kirkland



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Re: Linux/Unix in the classroom

[Jefferson Kirkland]

At 11:38 AM 1/18/2003 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:16:13 -0500
Jefferson Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just wanted to add that I am attending Daniel Webster College here
> in Nashua, NH, and they use Linux for any of their *nix classes.  I
> took the Unix Administration class and the computers had Red Hat
> installed on the machines.  DWC has hot swappable hard drives for the
> machines with Windows on one, Linux on another, etc.  I haven't seen a
> dual boot machine anywhere yet though.
> Just a side note, their server is also Red Hat linux based.
That's good to know. One of my friends teaches there and mentioned that
they used Cygwin, but that was a couple of years ago.

There is a difference between teaching a Unix admin course and the Unix
course offered at Northeastern. I don't know what they use for the admin
class at Northeastern. I know they have Sun workstations at the Dedham
campus.

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I was just using the course as an example, but the nice thing is, the 
instructor was well rounded enough to give scenarios covering a few of the 
differenr *nixes.  Overall, it is just good to see that people are 
implementing Linux in so many different ways.
Where I work, Linux is a bad word and installing it on a machine at work is 
grounds for dismissal.  Being a Sun shop and having based alot of stuff on 
Solaris, the word 'Free' was not something certain people wanted to 
hear.  That's ok, I run Linux on enough machines here at home to make up 
for it.  :)

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Re: Linux/Unix in the classroom

[Jefferson Kirkland]

At 11:01 AM 1/18/2003 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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 quarter. But, my suggestions
to NEU were pretty much on the same line.


I just wanted to add that I am attending Daniel Webster College here in 
Nashua, NH, and they use Linux for any of their *nix classes.  I took the 
Unix Administration class and the computers had Red Hat installed on the 
machines.  DWC has hot swappable hard drives for the machines with Windows 
on one, Linux on another, etc.  I haven't seen a dual boot machine anywhere 
yet though.
Just a side note, their server is also Red Hat linux based.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



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Re: Happy GNU-Year!

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Back at you Ben, and the same to everyone!!!

Jeff Kirkland



At 10:21 PM 1/2/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, at 9:53pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Happy GNU-Year everyone!

  Let's call it "Happy Linux Year", just to annoy RMS.  ;-)

  Just kidding!  I hope everyone has a Happy New, and GNU, Year.  Best of
luck to all, with both computers and that "real life" thing people keep
talking about.  :-)

  Clear skies!

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Re: AT&T Cable price increase in Nashua, DSL alternative?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Actually, I had read a while back that Earthlink had gotten the go-ahead to 
use AT&T's network to obtain high speed cable internet service.  The bill 
would come from AT&T, but the service was Earthlink.  The last I checked, 
it was around $40-$45 or so for the service and it was available here in 
Nashua.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



At 05:43 PM 12/26/2002 -0500, Rob Lembree wrote:
So I got this letter in the mail today from AT&T saying
that unless I use them for cable television, my broadband
price is going to go up to $60.95.  This is nothing more
than extortion, and I'm not going to go for it.

I hate cable TV, my satellite's much cheaper, with better
signal, more channels, I get high-def, and I don't rent their
crappy equipment every month.   What's that about cold, dead
hands?

So, I'm looking for alternatives.  We're in the middle of a
great DSL topic, which I'm watching carefully, but can anyone
speak to DSL service in Nashua?  I'm sure that there are a
lot of data-only cable subscribers who'll be looking to jump
away from AT&T now that they've gotten even greedier.

On a related topic, anyone know if other companies can use
the cable system as a last mile delivery mechanism, or is
this part of their monopoly?

Basically, I'm going to ditch AT&T even if it costs more,
purely on principal.

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OT: Beer

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Ok, I know that there are a number of geeks out there who just love their 
beer (some members of MELBA tend to come to mind).  On one of tonights 
newscasts they mentioned this site:

http://www.beeradvocate.com/

The "beer advocate" website contains information about beer, ratings on 
quite a number of different brews, and a whole lot more.  I just thought 
some of you would enjoy this.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland


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Re: Slackware Line Numbering

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Thanks a bunch for the responses.  I had played with the PS1 prompt to set 
it to something different, but will definately try again.  Thanks again!

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland


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Slackware Line Numbering

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I have an issue with a new install of Slackware 8.0.  Upon logging in, I 
notice that before the PS1 prompt, there is a number.  Every time I enter a 
command and hit enter, the number increases.
Is there anyone who knows how to remedy this so that the line number does 
not appear?  I have already tried defining my own PS1 prompt and the line 
numbers are pretty resilient.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Jeff Kirkland


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Re: And now for something completely different...

[Jefferson Kirkland]

***wave, wave***

I would definitely be interested in the utilities.  I don't have any 
suggestions at this time, but if I do, I will email them to you.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland


At 02:36 PM 8/29/2002 -0400, Hewitt Tech wrote:
>Bill Sconce, Ben Scott and I were discussing the on-going debate between
>Perl users and Python aficionados after the MELBA meeting last night. Ben
>suggested that since I had mentioned my intention to spend some time
>learning Python that I share what I write (some system admin/security
>utilities) with the list. If anyone is interested, wave your hands and maybe
>even suggest something you'd like to see. For starters, I want to write a
>nice little utility that will let me check the MAC addresses of systems that
>are being DHCP served from my wireless access point. I'll probably do
>something simple like write a small program to query the access points web
>interface and collect the MAC addresses of whatever is in the DHCP table but
>I'm open to suggestions.
>
>-Alex
>
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Re: [gnhlug-announce] MELBA Meeting Wednesday night

[Jefferson Kirkland]

The usual place would be Martha's Exchange on Main St. in Nashua.  Here is 
a link to the directions:

http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/Marthas_directions

Dinner is at 6pm.  Go in the front door and turn right.  Turn left at the 
wall and go past the micro brewers.  The usual table(s) are in the back.

Regards,

Jeff K.

At 04:24 PM 8/21/2002 -0400, Ganesan M wrote:
> >
> > When: Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 19:30ish
> > Where: Martha's Exchange, Nashua (2nd floor)
> > Why: Because we haven't gotten together there in a while.
> > (and to heckle Ben :)
>^^
>Where the heck is this Heckle Ben? Just kidding.
>I don't know the usual place. I 'd appreciate
>if you are little more specific.
>
> > Topic: We have none, but if people want to attempt a mini-install
> > fest, bring CDs of the distro of your choice, and we'll aim
> > to help you install.
> >
>I 'd like to install mandrake on my laptop.
>Does anyone owns Mandrake 8.1/8.2?
>I 'd appreciate if you bring it to the meeting
>if you have one.
>
>I already have 8.0.
>
>G.
>
>
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Re: http://www.mslinux.org/

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I cannot believe someone would desecrate Tux like that, putting the 
Winblows symbol on him and all.  That is a really sick, twisted joke.  He 
he, cool.

Jeff K.

At 07:40 AM 8/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>Check out Microsoft's distro of Linux:
>
>  http://www.mslinux.org/
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Re: MELBA meeting 28 August 2002

[Jefferson Kirkland]

I don't know about anyone else, but I think an install fest would be great, 
especially for anyone in our group who has never installed Linux, or may 
have issues with an install of their own.  Just my .05.

Jeff


At 03:25 PM 8/12/2002 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I don't seem to have topic lined up for the Aug. meeting.  Anyone
>interested in presenting something?  Or, would anyone like to do a
>mini-install fest?
>
>
>--
>
>Seeya,
>Paul
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>
> If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
>
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