Reminder USENIX '06 discount deadline approaching

2006-05-02 Thread Ted Roche
I go a note from Peter Mui at USENIX reminding me Begin forwarded message: USENIX is holding it's annual technical conference (USENIX '06) in Boston again this year: May 30 - June 2. People should register before the May 12 early bird registration deadline for the best pricing: there'

Re: Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Bair,Paul A.
They're all gone :-( ... James didn't even get one. Andy On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 14:25 -0400, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Got this forwarded from a friend; it looks like the original sender -- > and, therefore, contact -- is one James Fogg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > -Ken > > To: Sandy Fraser (sandyf)

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Bill Mullen
On Tue, 2 May 2006 15:32:39 -0400, Marc Nozell wrote: > It really changes the way I use the web. No longer do I hit > slashdot.org, cnn.com, cnet.com, sourceforge.net looking for new info. > Nor do I have to remember to check in with amusing blogs like jwz.org > to see if he has updated -- now it

Re: Reminder: CentraLUG, NEXT Monday, May 1st: What We Saw at LinuxWorld Boston

2006-05-02 Thread Bill Sconce
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:05:38 -0400 Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May 1, 2006Monday, 7pm at NHTI > > ...This month, we'll be meeting in Room 146 of the Library/Learning > Center/Bookstore, http://www.nhti.net/nhtimap.pdf , marked as "I" on > that map. Open to the public. Free admissi

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Kevin D. Clark
> http://bloglines.com Another thumbs up for bloglines. One nice thing about this site is that if you frequently use multiple computers (I do) they will all naturally be in-sync. That is, if I catch-up with a feed at 6am on one computer and then hit bloglines on another computer at 8am, I will

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Marc Nozell
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 01:45:23PM -0400, Cole Tuininga wrote: > On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 13:39 -0400, Ted Roche wrote: > > What sort of aspects would you (or any others, please) be interested > > in? > > For some of us, that question is its own answer in a sense. Part of > what I'd like to know

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Tom Buskey
On 5/2/06, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 13:39 -0400, Ted Roche wrote:> 2003 and 2004, iirc: http://www.tedroche.com/papers.php>> What sort of aspects would you (or any others, please) be interested > in?For some of us, that question is its own answer in a sense.  P

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Paul Lussier
"Drew Van Zandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'll add a situation or three to this discussion... I often ask the > group questions when: > > 1) I'm looking for opinions from people I at least sort of know and > are technically competent That falls into the Group A type question of "more complex

Re: Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
>> Yow! We had an Alpha at MCLX running Linux and it truly was an >> astonishingly fast machine. I hope they all find good homes... > >Ooh! What distribution? In our case it was Debian: http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/ftplist http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/

Re: [NLC] Drip Dry Phone

2006-05-02 Thread Paul Lussier
Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dunno, but the last RO water we got from Whole Foods > was very strongly flavoured with chlorine. So I > guess RO doesn't filter dissolved gasses -- but distillation > should. I ask, because we have an RO filter on our tap for drinking water,

Re: Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/2/06, Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a contact in Billerica Massachusetts that has a large (50+) collection of Digital Alpha Servers, Model 4100. Product info: http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/archive/4100/ If it wasn't for the fact that I have no place to put them

Re: Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Michael ODonnell
Yow! We had an Alpha at MCLX running Linux and it truly was an astonishingly fast machine. I hope they all find good homes... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: (Free) Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hmmm. Sorry for the repeat message, but it occurred to me that I neglected to mention that stuff advertised through Freecycle has one -- and only one -- requirement: it be for free. Therefore, one can reasonably assume (though I'd check with James, first) that these Alphas are gratis, most likely

Alphas, Alphas, Alphas...

2006-05-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Got this forwarded from a friend; it looks like the original sender -- and, therefore, contact -- is one James Fogg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). -Ken To: Sandy Fraser (sandyf) Subject: [Fwd: Freecycle Concord,NH OFFER: Computers - Digital Alpha Server 4100's] no idea why someone would have these lying a

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 13:39 -0400, Ted Roche wrote: > 2003 and 2004, iirc: http://www.tedroche.com/papers.php > > What sort of aspects would you (or any others, please) be interested > in? For some of us, that question is its own answer in a sense. Part of what I'd like to know is "Why should

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Ted Roche
2003 and 2004, iirc: http://www.tedroche.com/papers.php Guess you missed it. I'd have to dust them off and learn a bit more about what's new with RSS. Ed Lawson gave a demo on an RSS reader, Straw, to CentraLUG a while ago. David Berube will be doing an upcoming presentation on RSS and Rub

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Ted Roche
esr posts a delightful essay on "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Which is a treasure. I find the most amazing effect happens when: 1. I'm bollixed and want to ask a question. 2. I respect the time of my fellow forum members, so... 3. I car

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/2/06, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- Ben "Doesn't get the hype over RSS" Scott I've been a huge enthusiast for years now RSS Rocks. So when are you giving a presentation on RSS? :-) -- Ben "I'm serious" Scott ___ gnhlug-discus

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Ted Roche
On May 2, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Ben Scott wrote: I'm not sure (I don't use RSS myself), but I think this http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/UpcomingEvents?skin=rss might work as well. It certainly does *something*. Maybe if you feed that to the right software, it will become a feed of

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Drew Van Zandt
I'll add a situation or three to this discussion... I often ask the group questions when: 1) I'm looking for opinions from people I at least sort of know and are technically competent 2) I googled, and either I haven't thought of the right set of terms or it's a topic where the terms are used in

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/2/06, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, not to spill a secret or anything, but everyone else on this list started at the same point :) SH!!! ;-) Most of us accumulated our knowledge following a simple 7 step program (you can try this at home kids:) 1. We read. 2. We

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Tom Buskey
What Paul said :-)Ignorance can be cured.Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement.In addition to all the reading, group A tends to play with things.  It's like doing the homework in your math class. -- A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of

Re: GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/2/06, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BTW, the RSS feeds are working at this point. Issuing valid RSS 1.0 (RDF) and passes the tests at feedvalidator.org (today, anyway). Subscriptions are on a "web" basis, so to subscribe to changes in the Www web, use the URL: I'm not sure (I don'

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread David Hardy
Wow.   I will save this email for future reference.  It delivers a solid and comprehensive summary of the HOWTO stuff we all work and play with.   And here I sit, with Reflection running my connections to the VAX and the Tru64 Alpha box from this Windows machine, well, above my right shoulder, a sa

GNHLUG RSS feeds, was Re: GNHLUG.Www - Automated notification of topic changes

2006-05-02 Thread Ted Roche
BTW, the RSS feeds are working at this point. Issuing valid RSS 1.0 (RDF) and passes the tests at feedvalidator.org (today, anyway). Subscriptions are on a "web" basis, so to subscribe to changes in the Www web, use the URL: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/WebRss?skin=rss Change

Re: [NLC] Drip Dry Phone

2006-05-02 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Lussier wrote: > "Bill Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This is why Steve O recommends rinsing in DISTILLED water > > Must it be distilled? Would RO-filtered water be effective? Dunno, but the last RO water we got from Whole Foods was v

Re: GNHLUG SLUG - Wiki - 8 May

2006-05-02 Thread Paul Lussier
"David Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been on the list for a few years now and wouldn't dream of heckling Ben > or anyone else here; way in awe of you guys. A, shucks :) > I've been running Linux since RH 6.1 but what I know can fit on the > business end of a pencil compared to y

Re: [NLC] Drip Dry Phone

2006-05-02 Thread Paul Lussier
"Bill Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is why Steve O recommends rinsing in DISTILLED water Must it be distilled? Would RO-filtered water be effective? -- Seeya, Paul ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.