2 more open positions at Siemens PLM in Lebanon

... but it is a little bit.) Anyway, here is the posting: DevOps Compiler Engineer <https://jobs.siemens-info.com/jobs/198778> -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com "Don't be nervous about the robots, be nervous about the people with the resources to build them."

Job postings here or somewhere else? (IT/SysAdmin job in Lebanon, NH)

here in Lebanon if anyone is interested in joining: https://jobs.siemens-info.com/jobs/194198 -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com "Don't be nervous about the robots, be nervous about the people with the resources to build them." --Randall Munroe; Robots &l

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 5:46 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > Alan Johnson writes: > > Back when I worked for one of the top recruiting companies, the industry > > experts there said indeed.com ...[was] the top resume > > posting services. > > If this was ever true, it is c

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

t; Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xk

drop the plan to kill net neutrality

akid=.4887258.1Jtz-O&source=mailto_sp Thanks. -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Amber screen?

ecent > shape. > > Anyone have any ideas on how to make this happen? Or should I give up > now and pay more attention to the keynote speaker? > > Thanks, > > -Ken > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnh

Re: iptables confusion.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Every time I think I'm getting to the point where I might understand IP > Tables, I do something that proves that, no, I really don't. Today's > confusion: I want to set up a virtual NIC to do port forwarding. But > first, I wanted to ge

Re: What Language for a kid

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Ric Werme wrote: > PostScript is a Lisp variant. It has some nice visual output. > ​There you have it, Kenny. Teach your daughter PostScript. -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd

Re: What Language for a kid

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Chris Linstid wrote: > AI and Emacs plugins... and there may be some overlap there. > ​ctrl-meta-meta-ctrl-spacebar-up-left-down-right then you just think about the plugin you want and the emacs plugin writer plugin writes the plugin you want for you. ___

Re: What Language for a kid

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bill Freeman wrote: > I can't resist. There is always lisp. No indentation. No semicolons. > Format it so that it makes sense to you. Anyone approaching algebra will > get the bonus of learning that parentheses must match. > ​I will second the beauty of the

Re: What Language for a kid

ver yielded wonderful results for most of the adults I know, so other > ideas would be welcome. > > Thanks, > Kenny > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mail

Re: KVM vs ZFS

on 2 as I'll lose the benefits of ZFS > (snapshot backups, striping, ...) >* I don't know if the performance benefits of ZFS will outweigh the > overhead of KVM/libvirt. > > --Bruce > > ___ > gnhlug-discus

Re: Network & system monitoring tools? Nagios, Zabbix, ...?

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Looking to set up some system for monitoring systems on the network at > work; _vaguely_ familiar with nagios and zabbix > > What do you guys generally find preferable, and why? > > Nagios? Zabbix? Something else? > ​Last I knew,

FreeNAS/ZFS woes (was Re: Is bcache ready for enterprise production?)

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > I've never used FreeNAS, but I've used ZFS quite a bit. > > I've used it natively on Solaris at work and on Ubuntu with ZFS on Linux > at home. > > I've been very happy with it. There is information out there on > tuning/not tuning on Solaris

FreeNAS/ZFS woes (was Re: Is bcache ready for enterprise production?)

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Alan Johnson writes: > > > I'm in the process of replacing a FreeNAS install at $WORK with Linux. I > > I'm curious why you are replacing FreeNAS? > > I've heard nothing but good things about it,

Re: Is bcache ready for enterprise production?

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 6:47 PM, David Hardy wrote: > A possibly relevant comment on bcache not being in RH 7 here: > > http://serverfault.com/questions/616129/centos-7-bcache > ​Yes, that's the same post I found about it. That's all I have been able to find so far.​ __

Is bcache ready for enterprise production?

that might not be addressed in the 3.13 kernel? Anyone know any additional details about why RH left it out? Any other relevant information? Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> ___ gnhlug

Re: keepassx

Lastpass.com. not floss but it just works. I have not tried it on a chromebook, but it works everywhere else, mainly as a browser plugin, so I can't imagine any trouble. On Jul 31, 2014 2:29 AM, "Karl Hergenrother" <33kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just bought a Chromebook. Its a good computer fo

Re: Dev Ops - architecture (local not cloud)

On Dec 6, 2013 9:33 AM, "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" wrote: > > Performance comparison: > svn checkout single repository on old infrastructure > real5m44.100s > user0m36.957s > sys 0m14.757s > > svn checkout single repository on new infrastructure, but only using NFS for "read" (local w

Re: Resume length and history

evant to the job in question. If they like those bits, they will likely read the rest and probably want to talk to you. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Kenny Lussier wrote: > Hi All, > > Not spec

Job: Senior Development Tools Engineer, Lebanon, NH

/2013/us-senior_development_tools_engineer.html> on our web site. Also, we are still looking for the right fit for the second of the 2 positions mentioned below. Let me know if you apply for anything and I will see about putting in a good word... or maybe a few bad ones. ;-) ___ A

Re: Routing fun?

ur network and just want to keep other machines from accidentally getting through your VPN link, this would be fine. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > On 2012-12-28 11:26, Alan Johnson wrote: > > There sho

Re: Routing fun?

ld uncheck "Use this connection only for resources on its network". You can confirm it is working with route -n on the box running the client. It should have an IP address on your VPN as your default gateway. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com _

Job: 2 Systems Administrators, Lebanon, NH

s, and software development tools is valued. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: World's largest web comic panel

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > With all due respect, this programming mumbo jumbo is fine and all, but > > it overlooks a much more serious issue with the comic: a complete and > > utter lack of velociraptors. > >

Re: World's largest web comic panel

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Alan Johnson writes: > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Ben Scott > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > > wrote: > > > > ...

Re: World's largest web comic panel

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > Personally, I don't think something > > that tries to walk to the end is all that brutish. =) > > It's not so much the walking to the end, but the wa

Re: World's largest web comic panel

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: > > ... thwarted by the unholy amount of hole-iness in the map: > > you can't just start at the center, walk until you hit `the end' > > of the world ... > > Why not? Your sugg

Re: OSS Video Conference solution?

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > Currently downloading/installing Big Blue Button (almost typed Big Blue > Marble); I'll let youses [sic -- I'm from Jersey] know how it goes. > Last I knew, BBB was using flash as the default client (Java for anyone looking to provide con

Re: New Android tablet from ZaReason

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Is `use Ubuntu on the android while it's still in mobile mode' > actually a part of the `Ubuntu for Android' plan ...? > That's what I had come to understand: full access to all Android and Ubuntu apps whether docked or not. Thought i

Re: New Android tablet from ZaReason

xt PCish purchase. _______ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: I'm considering a new laptop, looking for experiences.

is for you. Though, I'm not sure about the touch of their new keyboards (like new macbooks), but I have not used it much. To each his own, so worth playing with. Also, you will probably want to check for the model on http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ before you buy anything. ___

Re: Tablet recommendations?

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > I bought an ASUS Transformer (TF101). I just bought the same with doc for my grandmother-in-law who is laid up in the hospital with a broken leg and so won't be using her desktop for a while after returning home either. Beautiful machine.

Re: CLVM + DRBD dual primary? (was Re: replicated file system?)

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Michael ODonnell < michael.odonn...@comcast.net> wrote: > However, being a hot copy means any > filesystem metadata would be in whatever state the failed node left > them, which may or may not be an acceptable risk in some situations. > Some sort of distributed fi

CLVM + DRBD dual primary? (was Re: replicated file system?)

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote: > As pointed out before, DRBD can do active/active, so long as the > filesystem on top support it (GFS2 and OCFS2). The DRBD team even has > documentation to get you started: > > http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/ch-gfs.html > http://www.drbd

Re: replicated file system?

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > There *are* distributed filesystems -- btrfs has ceph, which has come a > long, > long way. Lustre and Gluster also come to mind. Caveat: I've not used > these, > I worked with the good folks at Gluster at my last job, fall of 2009. They

Re: No-brainer backup from Linux to space on remote drive?

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Ralph A. Mack wrote: > Yeah, I probably didn't say exactly what I meant, just what I wished I > could mean. :) The key thing is that I can be reactive at need rather than > proactive. Email is a good tool to tell me I'd better take a look. That'll > work. Like seve

Re: No-brainer backup from Linux to space on remote drive?

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Ralph A. Mack wrote: > If backup (or any act of maintenance) is something I need to remember to > do, it will never happen. If it's something I can set up once and then > forget about for a few years, that'll work. I know that's not the attitude > of an IT professi

Re: No-brainer backup from Linux to space on remote drive?

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Stephen Ryan wrote: > On Tue 14 Feb 2012 05:06:24 PM EST, Alan Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Stephen Ryan > > mailto:step...@sryanfamily.info>> wrote: > > Deja Dup is the default backup app in Ubuntu 11.10;

Re: No-brainer backup from Linux to space on remote drive?

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Stephen Ryan wrote: > On 02/14/2012 03:16 PM, Ralph A. Mack wrote: > > I don't want to take a lot of time studying the problem or fiddling with > a lot of options. I'd rather do my creative stuff than spend my life doing > IT. (I switched from Gentoo to Ubuntu for

Re: No-brainer backup from Linux to space on remote drive?

ou might mess up your clients. I have not see a way to uniquely identify a server other than by name/IPA. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Fwd: VPN only session.

reply-to-all fail. Sorry. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Alan Johnson Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:38 AM Subject: Re: VPN only session. To: Greg Kettmann On Oct 16, 2011 10:14 AM, "Greg Kettmann" wrote: > The proble

Re: VPN only session.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Greg Kettmann wrote: > > > On 10/16/2011 11:38 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > >> Have you considered having your windows client only route traffic for your >> VPN through the VPN, leaving everything else for the Internet? Not sure if >&

Video editor recommendations

after adding a pic and an audio file. Any relevant thoughts are appreciated, but the more specific the better. Thanks! ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jon "maddog" Hall wrote: > > I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter > > in my closet. > > I learned to type on a Royal 10 (a 1919 model, I think). > I neevr laenerd to tpye I js

Re: MV Shutdown

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > Greetings. > >Does anyone have experience with either G4 or destek that they would > like to share. It would be nice to support a local org. > Last I knew, and this was quite a while ago, both are pretty good, but not great. Destek tec

Re: MV.com is shutting down May 1st

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > This is a sad day. Top-notch operations like MV dieing out, while > customer-hostile megacorps like Verizon and Comcast continue to rake > it in. > I'm sad to see them go too.For those of you looking for replacement services, please c

Re: VoltDB?

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Marc Nozell (m...@nozell.com) < noz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you looked at the Drizzle fork of MySQL? It is being driven by a > number of ex-MySQL folks and focusing on cloud/web architectures and > scaling. > > http://drizzle.org/ > > -marc > Yeah, cool. Tha

Re: VoltDB?

Dunno, but there was a recent FLOSS Weekly about it: http://twit.tv/floss149. I don't remember anything about it really so it must not have been too relevant to us. We run MySQL at $WORK too. Certainly worth a download if you have some drive time or something. ___ Alan John

Re: Resara Server release

Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Warren Luebkeman wrote: > Today, after over a year of full time development, we are launching Resara > Server Beta 1, which features: > > An Active Directory Compatible Domain with Samba 4 > User and PC Management > File Serving > Automatic Drive Mapping > DNS/DHCP

Re: Force apt-get to ignore dependencies?

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ryan Stanyan wrote: > Also, I think you can force apt to install a package by running apt- > get -f install. > -f will fix stuff, like getting dependences from a failed dpkg -i and finishing the install, but won't force an install of a package. I don't know if a

Re: Force apt-get to ignore dependencies?

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jefferson Kirkland wrote: > On the other hand, if you can do a wget of the .deb file for the app you > want to install... > If you don't want to fish through the repos, you will likely find it in /var/cache/apt/archives/ ___

Re: Open Webinar Software that runs on Linux

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to find some "Open Source" software that can do a webinar. > > I heard about Big Blue Button on a recent eppisode of FLOSS weekly . It is only focused on remote lea

Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

at the content they paid good money for. I'm a little annoyed that Amazon's down-loadable option is for windows only, but their lose since I just use their bandwidth to stream my videos in the Flash player, over and over and over... Donkeys. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com

Re: Netflix and Hulu [Was Re: Computer hardware for sale, cheap]

t you get with HuluPlus over Hulu (exactly which shows you get full runs of, etc). Also, while I am very pleased with how Hulu has handled commercials so far (way less annoying than most content servers), but paying to watch commercials just doesn't feel right. =) Say, are there any more Linux

SOLVED: Re: Android printer recommendations

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > I vaguely remember topics like this floating around before, but since these > things change so much I didn't see much point in digging it up. > > I'm looking for a new scanner/printer/copier combo and my wife wants to b

Re: Android printer recommendations

709c HP Officejet 6500 e709n HP Officejet 6500 e710 HP Officejet 6500 e710a-f HP Officejet 6500 e710n-z HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-one Printer - e709n HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-one Printer - e709q HP Officejet 6500 Wireless e709n HP Officejet 6500 Wirele

Re: Android printer recommendations

Never mind. I found an HP printer that let's you email print jobs to it. No drivers needed, completely OS independent. Probably limited in the format types, but I'll let you all know if there is anything particularly lame about it. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com On W

Android printer recommendations

nts are welcome. _______ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Linux has won

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > So, while I've been slaving away in the world of corporate IT, it > appears Linux has quietly won the OS war. I just didn't notice. > Linux may already be out-shipping Microsoft Windows. > > Work has me shopping for a large flat panel di

Fwd: SAVE THE DATE Dec. 1st: Jared Duval on NEXT GENERATION DEMOCRACY

-- Forwarded message -- From: Denis R. Rydjeski Date: 2010/11/10 Subject: SAVE THE DATE Dec. 1st: Jared Duval on NEXT GENERATION DEMOCRACY To: "Denis R. Rydjeski" WHEN: Wednesday, December 1st -at 7:00 pm WHERE: Kilton Public Library Community Room, 80 Main St., West Lebanon,

FLOSS text books (was Re: Representative Seth Cohn)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Mike Bilow wrote: > Open source software is all well and good, but if you want to really > scare the crap out of people and shake things up in a state legislature, > start talking about open source _textbooks_ as well: > > http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2008/09/open

FLOSS text books (was Re: Representative Seth Cohn)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Seth Cohn wrote: > Yes, I actually mentioned this to Jim Danforth yesterday at the polls > (one of the few R Senate candidates who lost his race, but that wasn't > a surprise - he knew he was likely taking one for the team), and he > said the current textbook contr

[OT] ENERGY STAR Low Carbon IT Campaign

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_low_carbon A good place to start thinking about energy in your organization. If we geeks don't, who will? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list g

Re: Broadcom WiFi -- for a public library -- in Fedora 13 maybe?

long term service. In full disclosure, this machine was rebuild for my son to use with an Arduino board I got him for his 5th birthday, so it has not spent much time in the "on" state. So, I can't speak explicitly to stability, but I never had trouble keeping these Broadcoms on line o

[OL] Re: Wanted - SATA/PATA/USB2 SSD with bad sectors for bcache testing (and offer of bcache presentation)

o order a couple more of those, so we should have a window where we can play with them before they go into production. Maybe you Bills and I should get together for lunch to see if there is some way we can help eachother out. Let me know. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com On Mon, Ma

Re: [OT] Small business/SOHO accounting

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 05/10/2010 03:06 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > > For this user, traditional software and web services are both > > acceptable. > > maybe QuickBooks online then? > I've had great experience with QBOE except for the pricing and the Windows o

Re: du(1) for FTP sites

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > I'm looking for something like du(1), except taking an FTP site > instead of a local directory path. Trying to scope out disk usage on > an FTP site I don't have shell access to. > > Non-GUI strongly preferred, but I'll take what I can ge

Re: Authentication on the Internet (bogus emails looking for money)

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > Do you think it is hopeless trying to educate users to import a > certificate and protect it with a pass phrase? > Yes, see #5: http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/ However, that's not to say you can't offer them op

SOLVED Re: [OT?] call for info on security professional certifications

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > Table AP3.T1 in 8570.01-M lists approved certification programs for > the various roles and levels. They're all tech industry certification > organizations -- CompTIA, GIAC/SANS, and ISC². > I think this plus wikipedia/google covers it fo

Re: [OT?] call for info on security professional certifications

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > What we are trying to figure out is if we > > should included any certifications in either the "required" or "desired" > > qualifications. &

[OT?] call for info on security professional certifications

as well as "me too" comments are appreciated since we are trying to get a feel for concensus. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: [OT] iPad

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Chip Marshall wrote: > On 23-Mar-2010, Benjamin Scott sent: > > So any thoughts on the iPad? > > I think it's overpriced for what it does. For the same cost as > the base model iPad you can buy a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, a > convertible touchscreen netbook/t

Re: Ubuntu Server Set Up must haves...

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:57 AM, wrote: > Webmin > In case you don't know, this is one of my favorite tricks. After a `dpkg -i webmin...deb` fails, just do a `apt-get -f install` and it will fetch all the dependencies and finish the webmin install. Super slick. Or you could setup webmin repos

Re: Really old /proc weirdness?

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > While I have no insights -- none -- into what's going on with your /proc > weirdness, if triviata of that detail is significant to your system > reproduction, I'd probably break down, blow away the (non-boot) files on > the new server, tar

Re: External Monitoring and Alerting (follow-up)

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Kenny Lussier wrote: > ... very feature-rich monitoring system. It > seems to follow in the footsteps of so many other powerful, flexible, > highly configurable open source applications. If that's the kind of thing you are looking for, then you might consider O

Re: Google Wave?

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > > ... a large group > > of people could collaborate on a single document in real time > > That might work. I'm not sure how well it would lend itself to a > large, structured document, though. No real outline/heading system, > no abil

Re: The illegality of playing DVDs on Linux

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > I don't know what the terms of the licensing agreements for this > stuff are. I wonder if someone could buy a license for a FOSS > project? > Maybe, but I'm betting the license structure is on a per user/install/machine/cpu/core/DIMM/some

Re: The illegality of playing DVDs on Linux

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Chip Marshall wrote: > Legal DVD playback in Linux is entirely possible, you just have > to buy software to do it. > Yes, it is worth clarifying at this point that it is not Linux that is the legal whipping boy, but GPL and/or other similarly open licenses that p

Re: Google Wave?

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > APPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY > ... > One suggestion was that it might be good for a Q&A or focus group > type of thing, where everyone starts off on the same thing, but > discussion quickly fractures into a number of smaller groups work

The illegality of playing DVDs on Linux (was Re: Interesting article)

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > >>Not one Linux distro I've seen does a convincing job with consumer > >>media, an absolutely basic requirement, and something we ought to be > >>able to get right. > > > > Well, pl

Re: Interesting article,

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > >>> > Well, except MacOSX has specific hardware. > >>> > >>> Indeed, that's a big part of Apple's strategy. Design the hardware &g

Re: Interesting article,

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > > Well, except MacOSX has specific hardware. >> >> Indeed, that's a big part of Apple's strategy. Design the hardware >> and the software together, and they'll work well together. And there >> is something to be said for that. >> > > And tha

Apple and Italian trains (was Re: Interesting article,)

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > But low cost? Freedom? You never really own a Mac -- you're just > renting it from Steve Jobs. As someone said to me recently, "There > can be more than one evil empire." > http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/trains.asp I think this

Re: Interesting article,

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > For the TL;DR crowd: Zealotry does not help the cause. It hurts. > > Reality check time. I suggest zealots take note. The way you and I > think is not how most mainstream people think. If you insist on > closing your eyes to how the pe

Re: External Monitoring and Alerting

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Kenny Lussier wrote: > HTTPS POST is the method that we need to use to test our systems > availability. However, what we are testing is more than just web site > availability or performance. It would actually be testing into an > application, gauging response times

Re: External Monitoring and Alerting

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Kenny Lussier wrote: > I have looked at Keynote/RedAlert, Gomez, and a few other third parties. > However, I can't help but think that I am better off doing it myself. My > thought was to get virtual servers from various hosting companies (Linode, > Vereo, GoDaddy,

Re: Good USB+802.11/WiFi adapter?

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > ... Netgear WG111 (11b/g USB2) has always "just worked" ... > > Sorry for the stream of replies here, but do you know if it's using > ndiswrapper o

Re: Good USB+802.11/WiFi adapter?

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > ... the Netgear WG111 (11b/g USB2) has always "just worked" ... > > Do you have the WG111 v1, WG111 v2, or WG111 v3? Apparently it > exists in three mu

Re: Good USB+802.11/WiFi adapter?

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > Does such a thing exist? > In an infinite universe, everything exists. If not, can someone at least recommend something that's worked well > for them on both platforms? > I can't speak to all those other specifics because the Netgear WG

Re: SonicWall hardware: good for anything?

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > I've got 4 3060's and 2 2040's. Decent hardware for firewalling ... but > > the software sucks, IMHO. > > Good to know SonicWall hasn't

SonicWall hardware: good for anything?

would source the crowd. Anyone had any luck converting such boxes? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > The suggestions for games for 3-year olds last week got me thinking > about my 15-month old son. > > We've got a table set up at home with a computer running Ubuntu next > to a computer running Mac OS X. the 15-month old is tall enough that

Re: managing DNS

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 12/30/2009 09:23 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: > > That plus a good provider like dyndns.com looks like > > the answer > > DynDNS is good and local. > I too like DynDNS. I don't know the state of their tools

Re: The Quest for the Perfect Cloud Storage

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Dana Nowell < dananow...@cornerstonesoftware.com> wrote: > Another choice is to do the same thing but use NFS instead of iSCSI > (allowing ZFS underneath). I did some tests and iSCSI out performed > current NFS solutions (on Debian at least). The NFS network > ch

Re: The Quest for the Perfect Cloud Storage

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Tom Buskey wrote: > I had run the VMs on an ESXi server with the same NFS server. From what > I've read, for gigabit ethernet, NFS vs iSCSI speed is a wash. VMware ESXi > will hapily use either. > I was thinking about paying for VMWare ESXi until I found XenSe

The Quest for the Perfect Cloud Storage

the man. =) Thanks in advance for all the insite I've come to expect from this wonderful community! ___ Alan Johnson p: a...@datdec.com c: 603-252-8451 w: alan.john...@rightthinginc.com w: 603-442-5330 x1524 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: [OT] Bonded web site developer?

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Dan Jenkins wrote: > I do know about E&O insurance, bonding, and such, but not the relevance > specifically to web site development. > Bonded Web developers have studied an extensive 20 minute training cartoon where they learn such all-too-uncommon skills as data

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > >> Okay. Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age. She's currently getting >> into games on her "laptop," a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a >> "mouse." Anyway, suggestions

booting from software RAID (Re: Software RAID issues)

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Tom Buskey wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: >> I have a Ubuntu 9.10 box that boots a RAID6 with GRUB2. I expect that is >> ver

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