[GNHLUG] Summer BBQ - Sunday 1 July - Loudon - All invited!

2007-06-19 Thread Ben Scott
What : Summer BBQ Where: Miles Smith Farm, Loudon, NH Who : You! Members! Everybody! Date : SUNDAY 1 July 2007 Time : 4 to 7(ish) PM CentraLUG's regular night for July 2007 would put the meeting on Mon 2 July -- two days before Independence Day. We've decided that a Summer Barbecue would be

Re: Request for assistance: CentraLUG, July 2nd, Bruce's, BBQ

2007-06-19 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/19/07, Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What times would be good for you, Bruce? Maybe 4 PM to 7 PM ish? Those sound like good times. Okay, announcement has been posted to gnhlug-announce. http://mail.gnhlug.org/pipermail/gnhlug-announce/2007-June/000438.html (It got posted

David Berube on Slashdot!

2007-06-19 Thread Bill McGonigle
Hey, guys: Our very own David Berube has a new book, _Practical_Ruby_Gems_ and they're talking about it on Slashdot today: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/18/1623249 http://www.berubeconsulting.com/ Congrats, David! -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work:

Re: Non Linux but network tech question

2007-06-19 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jun 17, 2007, at 21:05, Ben Scott wrote: For about the brazilianth time, it's not about listening on a particular port, it's about acting as server rather than a consumer. I'm really getting tired of listening to this particular straw man. You don't have to like their policies, but

Re: Non Linux but network tech question

2007-06-19 Thread Thomas Charron
On 6/19/07, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 17, 2007, at 21:05, Ben Scott wrote: For about the brazilianth time, it's not about listening on a particular port, it's about acting as server rather than a consumer. I'm really getting tired of listening to this particular straw

Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

2007-06-19 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/19/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For about the brazilianth time, it's not about listening on a particular port, it's about acting as server rather than a consumer. Bittorrent isn't a server? No, it isn't. It isn't a client either. It's a 'collaborative' application...

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

2007-06-19 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
Comcast does not want people providing content and services on their feeds. They don't want to build their network to support it, they don't want the tech support burden, and they don't want the legal complications. Comcast wants people sucking down mass content like good little drones.

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

2007-06-19 Thread Travis Roy
I'm not a big fan of Comcast's no servers policy either, but I do understand it. Even if someone thinks Comcast is the Great Satan, Know thy enemy would seem to be a good strategy. Setting up straw-man arguments about how FTP listens for connections, so it's a server too, and they allow

Re: Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

2007-06-19 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/19/07, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original post was about a local library. Right, but the thread was hijacked to complain about Comcast's no servers policy. Further, the old argument was raised about how some Comcast's allowed usage includes software which listens for

Re: Does the White Russian 0.9 DynDNS client suck just as much?

2007-06-19 Thread John Abreau
OK, I had assumed cable and DSL modems behaved the same. My DSL modem has a static internal IP address, and transparently handles the external dynamic address. The only way I've been able to detect the external address from a script is to ssh to an external shell account and then look at what

Verizon DSL modem - router vs. bridge (was: Does the White Russian ...)

2007-06-19 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/19/07, John Abreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My DSL modem has a static internal IP address, and transparently handles the external dynamic address. If it's Verizon DSL (and likely some other brands, too), you can change this, if you prefer. For example, if you'd prefer to get the public

Re: Verizon DSL modem - router vs. bridge (was: Does the White Russian ...)

2007-06-19 Thread John Abreau
It's actually Earthlink DSL. On Tue, June 19, 2007 11:17 pm, Ben Scott said: On 6/19/07, John Abreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My DSL modem has a static internal IP address, and transparently handles the external dynamic address. If it's Verizon DSL (and likely some other brands, too), you

Re: QuickBooks for Linux

2007-06-19 Thread Greg Rundlett
On 6/13/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/13/07, Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Intuit has been famous for a rigid attitude of if Linux is in the picture we don't support it. Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced today that businesses will soon be able to operate