Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Tom Dial
On 5/29/20 11:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > (Omitted material) >> David. > > Obviously then you have never "reset" firefox. That makes it a brand new > install, clearing ALL your passwds and logins and restoring ALL its > defaults. I still

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread davidson
On Fri, 29 May 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 29 May 2020 15:50:38 David Wright wrote: On Fri 29 May 2020 at 13:21:45 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 29 mai 20,

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 May 2020 15:50:38 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 13:21:45 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > > > > On

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Joe
On Fri, 29 May 2020 13:21:45 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > wrote:

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread David Wright
On Fri 29 May 2020 at 13:21:45 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > > > > wrote:

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for > > >

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread David Wright
On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > > wrote: > > > > > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for Gene's > > > use-case? > > > > I believe he is using

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for Gene's > > use-case? > > I believe he is using passwords and his unwanted user can crack them. I > agree it isn't clear

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 May 2020 09:26:25 Joe wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 10:37:33, Joe wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 11:23:42 +0300 > > > > > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Why should anyone bother with RADIUS for a wireless with at most

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Joe
On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 10:37:33, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 11:23:42 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Why should anyone bother with RADIUS for a wireless with at most > > > a couple of *trusted* users? > > >

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 29 mai 20, 10:37:33, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2020 11:23:42 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > Why should anyone bother with RADIUS for a wireless with at most a > > couple of *trusted* users? > > > > I think the issue is usually the *untrusted* and indeed, unauthorised >

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Joe
On Fri, 29 May 2020 11:23:42 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Why should anyone bother with RADIUS for a wireless with at most a > couple of *trusted* users? > I think the issue is usually the *untrusted* and indeed, unauthorised users. -- Joe

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 May 2020 04:23:42 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 13:35:38, Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 28 May 2020 07:29:30 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it > > > > (most can), you could try RADIUS... > > > > > > They

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 28 mai 20, 13:35:38, Joe wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2020 07:29:30 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > > If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it > > > (most can), you could try RADIUS... > > > > They are up 24/7. tell me more plz. > > The comment was a bit

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 28 mai 20, 07:39:12, John Hasler wrote: > Andrei writes: > > You might want to write the password on a piece of paper to show it to > > guests that you want to grant access. > > You should write it down in the same little black book or card you write > all your passwords down in. And

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 28 mai 20, 06:43:00, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, May 28, 2020 12:58:54 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > I've been carrying by mobile phones in the back pocket of my jeans since > > they became slim enough to fit (i.e. smartphones) and never cracked a > > screen due to this. > >

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Personally, I have a clamshell. It's my second clamshell, an LG VN220. It replaced my previous clamshell, after my first vacation to Canada: the previous clamshell was a paperweight from the moment my bus from Seattle to Vancouver crossed the Canadian border, up to the moment my flight from

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread John Hasler
Andrei writes: > You might want to write the password on a piece of paper to show it to > guests that you want to grant access. You should write it down in the same little black book or card you write all your passwords down in. And since it is going to be written down it might as well be a

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread Joe
On Thu, 28 May 2020 07:29:30 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it > > (most can), you could try RADIUS... > > They are up 24/7. tell me more plz. The comment was a bit light-hearted, RADIUS can be a beast. Debian makes it

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 28 May 2020 04:13:24 Joe wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:01:27 +0200 > > wrote: > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my > > > > sprint

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, May 28, 2020 12:58:54 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > I've been carrying by mobile phones in the back pocket of my jeans since > they became slim enough to fit (i.e. smartphones) and never cracked a > screen due to this. I'm guerssing that you do so without a case or any kind of screen

Re: waaay offtopic (and solved.)

2020-05-28 Thread David
On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 06:33, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > All I can find are you-tube vids that go by faster than the guys > > > making them can talk, let along actually follow along. Hi, in case you are not aware, at the bottom of the youtube video display area (find the play button and then

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread Joe
On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:01:27 +0200 wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my > > > sprint bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread tomas
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:30:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my sprint > > bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably need to update > > my dd-wrt router and enable the

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 28 mai 20, 01:43:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > They are dumb, but the offender apparently has a cracker app on his > phone. Changing the simple pw only locks him out for 3 or so minutes. > He's a cast iron PITA in person too. Your router is not configured properly. Kind regards, Andrei

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 28 May 2020 01:30:14 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my sprint > > bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably need to > > update my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 28 mai 20, 00:04:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > I need to get something here wifi enabled so I don't run my sprint > bill up. Just getting the weather does that. I probably need to update > my dd-wrt router and enable the wifi in it, but I'll have to set it so > the neighbors are locked out,

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 27 mai 20, 20:12:44, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Hi Gene. > > I've had the same exact model since last September. Overall it's a good > phone except my older Motorola could get data and service in places this > one won't. Getting used to Android in 2013 had me befuddled for a bit > but a bit

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 27 mai 20, 20:50:12, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I recall some of the early smart phone models having a slide-out > keyboard, the Blackberry being about the most popular, at least a lot of > techs where I used to work had them at the time. I've always been leery > of putting my phone in my

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 27 May 2020 21:12:44 Nate Bargmann wrote: > Hi Gene. > > I've had the same exact model since last September. Overall it's a > good phone except my older Motorola could get data and service in > places this one won't. Getting used to Android in 2013 had me > befuddled for a bit but

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2020 27 May 20:33 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On 5/27/20 9:12 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Typing on the screen is the very slowest thing I do as I want type a lot > > like on a real keyboard. I have not adapted to thumbs only for typing > > after seven years and I doubt that I ever will. > >

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Carl Fink
On 5/27/20 9:12 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: Typing on the screen is the very slowest thing I do as I want type a lot like on a real keyboard. I have not adapted to thumbs only for typing after seven years and I doubt that I ever will. I hate the glass keyboard. A BT keyboard is cheap and works

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi Gene. I've had the same exact model since last September. Overall it's a good phone except my older Motorola could get data and service in places this one won't. Getting used to Android in 2013 had me befuddled for a bit but a bit with a tutorial got me going. My A10e is running Android 9,

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Will Mengarini
* Gene Heskett [20-05/27=We 14:48 -0400]: > I need [...] to make a video call before the doc will renew the > prescription for pro-air thats keeping her alive. COPD, end stage. FYI, Medicare and Medicaid now (as of April 30) reimburse audio-only visits at the same rate as video visits, to

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 27 May 2020 14:48:53 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > I've been forced to buy a smartfone, a galaxy A10e TBE by the medics. > I need to get it to make a video call before the doc will renew the > prescription for pro-air thats keeping her alive. COPD, end stage. I'm guessing the medics

Re: waaay offtopic (and solved.)

2020-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 27 May 2020 14:57:11 Joe wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2020 14:48:53 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > I've been forced to buy a smartfone, a galaxy A10e TBE by the > > medics. I need to get it to make a video call before the doc will > > renew the prescription for pro-air thats keeping

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Carl Fink
On 5/27/20 2:48 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I've been forced to buy a smartfone, a galaxy A10e TBE by the medics. I need to get it to make a video call before the doc will renew the prescription for pro-air thats keeping her alive. COPD, end stage. Has anyone a link to a printable set of operating

Re: waaay offtopic

2020-05-27 Thread Joe
On Wed, 27 May 2020 14:48:53 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > I've been forced to buy a smartfone, a galaxy A10e TBE by the medics. > I need to get it to make a video call before the doc will renew the > prescription for pro-air thats keeping her alive. COPD, end stage. > > Has anyone a link to a