Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Boris Samorodov
20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет: I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an organization. The format should be as shown here: Article I Name

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Open Slate
Latex can do what you describe but you would need to create or locate a different document class. The standard classes that ship with (most) versions of Latex are for academic journals, books, and letters. You are more likely to get your question answered on a Latex specific forum or mailing list.

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Carmel
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:08:47 +0400 Boris Samorodov articulated: 20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет: I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an organization. The format

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Aldis Berjoza
19.11.2012, 23:27, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:08:47 +0400 Boris Samorodov articulated:  20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет:  I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could  give me a quick answer.  I have a document I am writing, actually a new

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Open Slate
This sort of worked for me, but still had problems. 1) my Latex starts chapters on a new page, which may or may not fit the bill. 2) In Lyx the chapter command wants a title; I could not get just Article I. I'm sure both of these are fixable, Latex can do virtually anything. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Boris Samorodov
20.11.2012 01:25, Carmel пишет: I couldn't find any documentation on it either, although I was certain that it could be done. If you are going to use LaTeX, you definitely should learn it. There are many good free downlodable books out there. I am surprised that there is not a fixed style

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Boris Samorodov
20.11.2012 01:48, Open Slate пишет: This sort of worked for me, but still had problems. 1) my Latex starts chapters on a new page, which may or may not fit the bill. 1. Don't use the book style to write an article. 2. Read the documentation. It's open, free and plenty. 2) In Lyx the chapter

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Carmel
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:48:01 -1000 Open Slate articulated: On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Boris Samorodov b...@passap.ru wrote: 20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет: I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a document I

Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

2012-11-19 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:02:51 -0500, Carmel wrote: I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an organization. The format should be as shown here: Article I

Re: Off Topic. DNS, Android.

2012-06-23 Thread Wojciech Puchar
a) Normally any Domain name registered has to have 2 Nameservers. Some don't have to. but should. registry like the one responsible for .ORG requires 2 at least to propagate the domain. In teh case of .COM that is not a requirement, one nameserver could work. If for some reason I have 2 of

Re: Off Topic. DNS, Android.

2012-06-22 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jun 22, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Jorge Biquez wrote: Hello. Hola! I am sorry if the following 2 questions could sound too stupid. a) Normally any Domain name registered has to have 2 Nameservers. Some registry like the one responsible for .ORG requires 2 at least to propagate the domain. In

Re: Off Topic. DNS, Android.

2012-06-22 Thread Stas Verberkt
b) I am looking for good list like this one for people developing, learning about Android Development. Any suggestion ? I am trying to setup a Freebsd machine for developing for Android, if possible. Hmm. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html suggests that maybe the Linux

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-13 Thread Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
On 05/04/2012 07:51 PM, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: Since the alpha forum for FreeBSD is closed, and there has not been Alpha support since 6.4 I wondered about which OS to install on a alpha server I am getting quite soon. I guess FreeBSD 6.4 is perhaps not the best since it is not maintained and

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-05 Thread Kenneth Hatteland
The idea of installing FreeBSD 6.4 and experiment with upgrading to7.x and above appeals to quite a lot. If anyone have tried this I`d like to know if it is doable. I guess I`ll pick up the server one of the coming days. The tip on using OpenVMS is okay, I googled it. But this seems to be a

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-05 Thread Rod Person
On Sat, 05 May 2012 19:20:10 +0200 Kenneth Hatteland kenneth.hattel...@kleppnett.no wrote: The idea of installing FreeBSD 6.4 and experiment with upgrading to7.x and above appeals to quite a lot. If anyone have tried this I`d like to know if it is doable. I guess I`ll pick up the server one of

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-05 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 05 May 2012 19:20:10 +0200, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: The idea of installing FreeBSD 6.4 and experiment with upgrading to7.x and above appeals to quite a lot. If anyone have tried this I`d like to know if it is doable. I guess I`ll pick up the server one of the coming days. It

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-05 Thread Outback Dingo
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Rod Person rodper...@rodperson.com wrote: On Sat, 05 May 2012 19:20:10 +0200 Kenneth Hatteland kenneth.hattel...@kleppnett.no wrote: The idea of installing FreeBSD 6.4 and experiment with upgrading to7.x and above appeals to quite a lot. If anyone have tried

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-05 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I still have FreeBSD Alpha, and OpenVMS Alpha/Itanium systems chugging along. Now, ia64 is another story. I run fbsd 10-current on ia64. Have you tried fbsd on ia64? Are you at all interested in this? -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-04 Thread Outback Dingo
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just wanted to ask if anyone here had an opinion what 2 install of the BSDs ? Or perhaps FreeBSD 6.4 is a good choice ( I have

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-04 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 04:45:17PM -0400, Outback Dingo wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Erik N?rgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just wanted to ask if anyone here had an opinion what 2

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 04:45:17PM -0400, Outback Dingo wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Erik N?rgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: On 04/05/2012 19:51, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: So I checked the 2 other main contenders and just

Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ?

2012-05-04 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 4 May 2012 17:11:00 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: For obselete hardware one frequetly has no alternative but to run an obselete operating system. Depending on the actual intention of use, it _may_ be no problem to use obsolete operating systems and software. (For example, I still

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: Polytropon writes: Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a Braille output.

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Da Rock
On 03/27/12 20:41, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: Polytropon writes: Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Robert Huff
Jerry writes: There are a couple of ports that claim to do speech recognition. Does anyone have experience with them? I sincerely hope you can find a truly useful application to suit your needs. In my case, it's want, not need. (But that's the want of gee,

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Martin McCormick
Polytropon writes: That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which gives tactile information (through the reader's hands), synthetic voice cannot easily accomodate to the reader's habits and reading speed. Scanning text is not possible as the generated voiced text is played in linear

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread perryh
Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: When it comes to speech recognition, the only two applications that seem to work reliably at all levels are Siri on iPhone 4S and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, neither of which are obviously available on FreeBSD. I don't believe that there is even a *nix/BSD

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Da Rock
On 03/28/12 15:28, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Jerryje...@seibercom.net wrote: When it comes to speech recognition, the only two applications that seem to work reliably at all levels are Siri on iPhone 4S and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, neither of which are obviously available on FreeBSD. I

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-27 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:21:04 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: By the way, math done by any method other than Braille is darn next to useless. Equations in Braille can be formatted very much like they are in print and there is a whole Braille system for reading and writing math.

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Arthur Chance
On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information on hardware and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this list

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Beni Brinckman
Op 26 maart 2012 09:42 heeft Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org het volgende geschreven: On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information on hardware and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Da Rock
On 03/26/12 19:32, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information on hardware and/or software for him.

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 26/03/12 11:12, Da Rock wrote: O I'm going to have to dredge up my copy and check that out - it sounds very interesting primarily because the techniques could be easily adapted here :P On version 6; not sure if it came earlier. Keith -- Sent from Free Open Source Software (FOSS).

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Martin McCormick
There may be several people on this list who are blind, meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that description so I will gladly try to answer questions which breaks my usual practice here of asking beginner-level questions even though I have been using FreeBSD for

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Martin McCormick wrote: There may be several people on this list who are blind, meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that description so I will gladly try to answer questions which ... Hi Martin, cc questions@ Might you be prepared to write a page for the FreeBSD

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:21:08 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: The easiest and most economical interface for computer users who are blind is spoken speach. That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which gives tactile information (through the reader's hands), synthetic voice cannot

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
Polytropon writes: Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a Braille output. In the case of speech recognition, that's a curve many might be

Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind

2012-03-25 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:33:05 +1100, Barbara La Scala wrote: Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information on hardware and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember

Re: OFF Topic. FreeBSD and Android Development

2012-01-13 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:46:13PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote: I am interested in learning about Android Development. I am searching information on the web, documentation about how to start learning about Android Development. Any links or tips to look at are more than welcomed. Talking

Re: OFF Topic. FreeBSD and Android Development

2012-01-13 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:46:13PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote: I am interested in learning about Android Development. I am searching information on the web, documentation about how to start learning about Android

Re: [off-topic] Server-side IRC channel logging? (not statistics)

2010-08-22 Thread jhell
On 08/19/2010 06:05, Glen Barber wrote: On 8/19/10 4:18 AM, Joshua Isom wrote: So you can set up the server but you can't install a client on the server machine? I can - I would prefer not to. Compile a static version of ircII and run it from the object directory without installing it.

Re: [off-topic] Server-side IRC channel logging? (not statistics)

2010-08-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 8/22/10 3:19 AM, jhell wrote: On 08/19/2010 06:05, Glen Barber wrote: On 8/19/10 4:18 AM, Joshua Isom wrote: So you can set up the server but you can't install a client on the server machine? I can - I would prefer not to. Compile a static version of ircII and run it from the object

Re: [off-topic] Server-side IRC channel logging? (not statistics)

2010-08-22 Thread jhell
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Re: [off-topic] Server-side IRC channel logging? (not statistics)

2010-08-19 Thread Joshua Isom
On 8/18/2010 8:51 PM, Glen Barber wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I recently set up an IRC server (irc/ircd-hybrid), which I don't see obvious settings for finely tuned channel logging. What I would like to do is log individual channels without depending on a

Re: [off-topic] Server-side IRC channel logging? (not statistics)

2010-08-19 Thread Glen Barber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/19/10 4:18 AM, Joshua Isom wrote: So you can set up the server but you can't install a client on the server machine? I can - I would prefer not to. - -- Glen Barber -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin)

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-22 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Thanks everybody for the info! I'll probably go with the TP-Links. Nikos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-22 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
David N wrote: 2009/6/20 Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com: Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? TP-Link is OK and is really cheap (D-Link is not). Buy it. I use lots of pure-100 and 100+1000 ones

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
spikes). I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine. ___

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Peter
Wojciech Puchar wrote: spikes). I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine. 1 more vote for TP-Link - cheapest

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Jeff Laine
A vote for C-net devices. Pretty cheap and I can't recall any troubles caused by 'em. -- Best regards, Jeff | Nobody wants to say how this works. | | Maybe nobody knows ... | | Xorg.conf(5)| ___

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
Nikos, My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Jeff Laine
On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote: Nikos, My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest,

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? no idea about 4, but in my practice the cheapest ones are really good.

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years You are happy because you are using it with good power supply, probably UPS. Both (and D-Link mostly) are completely unprotected for even minor power

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Olivier I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. They are not cheap ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 06:22, Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com wrote: My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability 3. No smart features OK, this looks like a .1Q frame, let's drop it. This MAC address is active on many ports, let's drop it.

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Peter
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Hi, This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? Netgear - really cheap, no problems with them if inside(normal

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Gary Gatten
Linksys, DLink, etc. Cheap is cheap - Original Message - From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org To: Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Fri Jun 19 09:45:22 2009 Subject: Re: off

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental conditions will be normal, everything will be indoor. And I

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread David N
2009/6/20 Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com: Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental conditions

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Linksys, DLink, etc. Cheap is cheap You gave examples of WORST CRAP, and not really cheap. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: [Off Topic] question for UML users

2009-04-29 Thread Norbert Papke
On April 29, 2009, Andrew Gould wrote: I need to create flow charts for analytical and reporting processes at work. I had played with the UML editor that came with PC-BSD and noticed you could store notes with the objects (very cool). Can/should UML be used for something like this? UML is a

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

2009-02-22 Thread Steve Bertrand
Andrew Gould wrote: Yes, it's probably time to move to certificates. Thanks for the suggestion. If you realize this, then you also want to look at devising an allow-allow-deny_by_default approach for other critical protocols that you can't employ certificates for... Instead of blocking huge

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

2009-02-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning and ending date/times and the originating IP address. Is there any other information I need to send? i don't think so. anyway - if all password

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

2009-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Andrew Gould wrote: What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. So source of these is almost always some other compromised Unix-like system.

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

2009-02-19 Thread GESBBB
From: Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22.  I obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning and

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew Gould
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, GESBBB ges...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I obtained an

Re: Off-topic: Java Reflection/Generics/Collections question

2008-12-26 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
What you try to do is not a valid operation in type-safe language as Java. You can't convert Coll to CollItemType, but you can cast Coll? to CollWhatever. Don't know if this is OK with the problem you're trying to solve Merry Christmas! On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Frank Staals

Re: Off-topic: Java Reflection/Generics/Collections question

2008-12-26 Thread Frank Staals
Vladimir Tsvetkov wrote: What you try to do is not a valid operation in type-safe language as Java. You can't convert Coll to CollItemType, but you can cast Coll? to CollWhatever. Don't know if this is OK with the problem you're trying to solve Merry Christmas! On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at

Re: [Off Topic] Clients still not connecting to the FreeBSD mail server

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew D
Hi Andrew, Nice name :) Andrew Falanga wrote: Hi, --snip-- I've verified the same timeout behavior with Outlook Express and Thunderbird. Using Thunderbird, I was able to check different settings too. The settings should be to use authentication on the smtp server using SSL. Someone,

Re: Off Topic: Sunbird calendar server?

2008-06-30 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Sunday 29 June 2008 13:20:11 Andrew Berry wrote: On 28-Jun-08, at 12:01 AM, Jack Barnett wrote: She is a fan of Google Calendars (which I admit works well), but I'm a fan of Sunbird (since it's local and don't need internets for it to work). I could probably convert her to Sunbird if

Re: Off Topic: Sunbird calendar server?

2008-06-30 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Monday 30 June 2008 10:53:00 Michael W. Holdeman wrote: On Sunday 29 June 2008 13:20:11 Andrew Berry wrote: On 28-Jun-08, at 12:01 AM, Jack Barnett wrote: She is a fan of Google Calendars (which I admit works well), but I'm a fan of Sunbird (since it's local and don't need internets

Re: Off Topic: Sunbird calendar server?

2008-06-29 Thread Andrew Berry
On 28-Jun-08, at 12:01 AM, Jack Barnett wrote: She is a fan of Google Calendars (which I admit works well), but I'm a fan of Sunbird (since it's local and don't need internets for it to work). I could probably convert her to Sunbird if I found a good way to share out our calendars. As

Re: Off Topic: Sunbird calendar server?

2008-06-28 Thread Fraser Tweedale
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:01:35PM -0500, Jack Barnett wrote: This is a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a Calendar Server that is compatible with Sunbird? Basically, I have a personal calender, then we have a Holidays calendar and my girlfriend has her own calendar. We want to be

Re: Off Topic: Sunbird calendar server?

2008-06-27 Thread Matthias Fechner
Hi Jack, Jack Barnett wrote: This is a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a Calendar Server that is compatible with Sunbird? you can try that one: http://rscds.sourceforge.net/ I access it from Sunbird/Lightning from Windows and Linux and with iCal from MacOSX. I can work offline with

Re: Off topic: Online article DIY - kernel module

2008-06-19 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi there, Roger Olofsson: Dear newsgroup, I accidentally stumbled over an article that allegedly describes how to make your own kernel module for FreeBSD7 and felt an urge to share this. The article talks about ULE scheduler. Would you recommend using it against SCHED_4BSD in this

Re: Off topic: Online article DIY - kernel module

2008-06-19 Thread Roger Olofsson
Zbigniew Szalbot skrev: Hi there, Roger Olofsson: Dear newsgroup, I accidentally stumbled over an article that allegedly describes how to make your own kernel module for FreeBSD7 and felt an urge to share this. The article talks about ULE scheduler. Would you recommend using it

Re: Off topic - plea for help

2008-04-22 Thread Bill Moran
In response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am in a bit of a pinch. Maybe you could help me. I live in a small town because that is where my ex-wife lives and our 14 year old son who needs to have his dad in his life. When I lived in a bigger city I made good money as a computer programmer.

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Walther wrote: On 23/11/2007, Predrag Punosevac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: [...] I like to make my own desktop. Sounds familiar. :-) Predrag's Recipe for Desktop Happiness: Take OpenBox3, Xfce4-panel,

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-24 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Walther wrote: On 23/11/2007, Predrag Punosevac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: [...] I like to make my own desktop. Sounds familiar. :-) Predrag's Recipe

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-24 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:03:14AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Well I pretty much went this way: abrwm (evilwm) (tinywm didn't have vwindows), fbpanel, xv, idesk, transset-dt, I have not selected a fm yet... For the most part I really like it (lean and mean) but one feature that several

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-23 Thread Christian Walther
On 23/11/2007, Predrag Punosevac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: [...] I like to make my own desktop. Sounds familiar. :-) Predrag's Recipe for Desktop Happiness: Take OpenBox3, Xfce4-panel, Rox-filer feh +applications you like like. Edit .xsession as follows I prefer

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I have used gnome for several years now after finding kde lacking in features but just tried kde and have to say I like the programs it comes with (but I find gnome easier to use) I also know there are other desktops out there (as being defined as a something more

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-23 Thread Dylan Smith
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I have used gnome for several years now after finding kde lacking in features but just tried kde and have to say I like the programs it comes with (but I find gnome easier to use) I also know there are other desktops out there (as being defined as a something more

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-23 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:42:40 + Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used gnome for several years now after finding kde lacking in features but just tried kde and have to say I like the programs it comes with (but I find gnome easier to use) I also know there are other

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-23 Thread RW
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:06:54 +1100 Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I for one used to run fwvm2 under linux back in 95, then KDE... but since then I got a bit tired of the endless new tools for kde or gnome or this or that.. (eg, KDE front end for mplayer...what's wrong with

Re: [Off Topic] Vista Sucks! (Was: Re: best way to run vista inside freebsd)

2007-10-19 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: Dear Vista, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 18:02 +, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I want to run vista (windows) on my freebsd (amd64) machine without rebooting what is better wine or an vm emulator (if so which one... I know how to use vmware but never done so on a *nix

Re: [Off Topic] Re: www.freebsd.org won't load in IE 7.x in vista box.

2007-10-17 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
David Benfell wrote: On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:23:48 +0100, Benjamin A'Lee wrote: Unfortunately, Firefox isn't always an option, especially on e.g. corporate networks. Actually, I believe it is. I run around with a memory stick (well, actually, two of them, but only because I never

Re: (off-topic) Outlook 2003 msgids causing odd email problems

2007-09-11 Thread Jonathan McKeown
Replying to myself, On Tuesday 11 September 2007 12:20, Jonathan McKeown wrote: After much scratching of head and tearing of hair, I have finally found two provable instances - one in Cyrus and one in Mailman - of replies to messages being sent using Microsoft Outlook Service Pack 2, where

RE: (off-topic) Outlook 2003 msgids causing odd email problems

2007-09-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Yeah Outlook Express did that when it forwarded messages I forgot the version - it screwed up spamassassin, I filed a bug, bug finally got a workaround added. File a bug with mailman and cyrus dev. teams, maybe they can work around it. At least get it documented. And call Microsoft tech

Re: off-topic: video web hosting questions

2006-12-17 Thread Jeff Mohler
Firstl..how much Netapp can you afford?:) Id start here: http://www.sitepoint.com/ On 12/17/06, Malcolm Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I ask questions about the web hosting? I am being asked to set-up a web site that will deliver video, a youTube wannabe :-) So I'd like visit

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-14 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Pietro Cerutti wrote: I'm for this one: The best way to accellerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s^2 by Roland It's wonderful! -- Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I like it too, but: [502] Wed 14.Dec.2005 2:03:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/usr/src/games/fortune/datfiles]

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-14 Thread Greg Barniskis
Pietro Cerutti wrote: I'm for this one: The best way to accellerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s^2 by Roland It's wonderful! I concur. Physics is fun (I know, I'm sick), so I'd add to that: For best results, continue until the PC's speed exceeds 11.2 km/s. 8D

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-13 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 09:35:18PM +, Uncle Deejy-Pooh wrote: We've another contender for the 'Signature-of-the-Forum' award. This one spotted from Jayesh Jayan: The box said Requires Windows 95, NT, or better, so I installed Linux. Although I'm SURE it should read . FreeBSD !

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-13 Thread Robert Marella
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:56:47 +0100 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 09:35:18PM +, Uncle Deejy-Pooh wrote: We've another contender for the 'Signature-of-the-Forum' award. This one spotted from Jayesh Jayan: The box said Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-13 Thread Parv
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Roland Smith thusly... Unix _is_ user-friendly. It's just a little picky about who it's friends are. That is due to Tollef Fog Heen ... http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.maint.boot/message/a5ad57a7694c5549?dmode=source - Parv --

Re: Off-Topic

2005-12-13 Thread Pietro Cerutti
I'm for this one: The best way to accellerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s^2 by Roland It's wonderful! -- Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal www.beansidhe.ch Windows: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow?

RE: OFF-TOPIC but ... you will laugh !!

2005-11-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
This is not funny at all since Windows viruses often use these reserved DOS devices to hide themselves, see the following: http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-010.html Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Aggelos Sent:

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