OT: What will people end up doing for a job?Re: Vic Oliver on radiolive now.

2008-09-02 Thread Don Gould
If we get to the point where robots build houses for us, what will we end up doing for work? It's ok for the few people that can own one of these machines... Do we all just end up being accountants and web designers? Cheers Don Roy Britten wrote: 2008/9/2 Kerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Vic Oliver

Thunderbird plug ins?

2008-09-02 Thread Don Gould
Does anyone know if tb has plug ins? I view messages in thread view. I'd like a plug in to mark messages in a given thread as read. Cheers Don

Re: Thunderbird plug ins?

2008-09-02 Thread Don Gould
crap, someone just pointed out the feature I hadn't noticed Don Gould wrote: Does anyone know if tb has plug ins? I view messages in thread view. I'd like a plug in to mark messages in a given thread as read. Cheers Don

Re: Home networking cable question

2008-08-30 Thread Don Gould
Ross Drummond wrote: A concrete pad floor unfortunately. What's the roof space like? I've used extension bits to drill down walls in the past. It's not that hard if you just take your time. Cheers Don

Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
Jim Cheetham wrote: Luckily, the people that run the Internet are fans of technical purity, otherwise you'd still have MSN and AOL not talking to each other. Why was it that it changed? Was it because of technical purity or the understanding that one would die is they didn't start to talk?

OT: Web Browser standards, MS and everyone else. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
Kerry wrote: I sure I'm not the only one here who remembers when neither microsoft or netscape didn't care who's technical feet they stood on and website designers almost got to the point where you had to design two websites depending on what browser someone used. That's one of the best

OT: Skype Standards. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
David Lowe wrote: This is a fascinating debate, especially in light of Stallman's speech. David I agree with you. Stallman has caused me to question my views on this whole issue and consider more about what we're not paying enough attention to at present. MS (and many other commercial

Re: OT: Skype Standards. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
Steve wrote: I very much doubt that you set up your own mail server ( nope, you use gplhost services instead ) Actually I have two of my own mail servers and I use GPLHost as well. One day I will have 2 mail servers and no GPLHost... I'm just not that confident yet :) I think your point

Re: OT: Skype Standards. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
David Lowe wrote: So I reckon they should break the standard to meet the real world. I'm not holding my breath. That's when you branch the code and start out on our own with something that others want if the original guys won't. Look at how many projects that's happened to. Cheers Don

Re: OT: Skype Standards. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: I realise your post is slightly tongue in cheek, but... Although you are right about the point of free software, free software is closely (one might almost say necessarily) tied to open standards. Thats why your request to the evolution authors to support an out of standard

Re: OT: Skype Standards. Was: Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-25 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps there's reason why ; shouldn't be used. I don't know what those reasons are. The reason it shouldn't be used is that it isn't in the standard. I know that. I was just wondering why they didn't

Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-24 Thread Don Gould
Jim Cheetham wrote: At the end of the day, if you want something different, you have to be prepared to pay for it, somehow. Currently, that semi-technical-end-user space needs you to use proprietary software :-( I think part of the question was How does Skype do it? What is it about Skype

Re: SIP phones and pfsense....

2008-08-24 Thread Don Gould
Vik Olliver wrote: So, Skype has done what is necessary to work while Open Source SIP apps won't work for people because they won't adapt. ...or haven't yet. Looks to me like a case of technical purity being held over the needs of the user. A very common observation from my 6 or 7 years

Re: Wesley

2008-08-19 Thread Don Gould
+1 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:45:01 +1200 Roy Britten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many of us know that Wesley Parish was knocked off his bike a while ago. Things haven't healed as well as one would hope and he had a bone graft operation at Burwood hospital yesterday. As of this

Re: OT: Big boxes

2008-08-19 Thread Don Gould
$51.50! I want one as well. Thanks for making us all hate our desktops Craig! Cheers Don Steve Holdoway wrote: Now it's no longer needed... $50 ?? (: Steve On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:21 +1200 Craig Falconer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Completely new topic - lots of CPUs are nice to have.

Re: [Fwd: Could you forward my message?]

2008-08-18 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: Is there a point to this message? It seems to have been posted already. But it is so porly quoted its hard to tell. RMS response to my inital post went to the GNUz List but not the CLUG one. He emailed me directly and asked that I post it to the Linux one. In reflection I

Re: Richard Stallman to Talk on Saturday at Uni of Canterbury

2008-08-16 Thread Don Gould
The talk was videoed by a number of people. I'm sure the actual presentation will show up somewhere. I would like a DVD quality copy of the recording. Cheers Don dave wrote: Well I'm really miffed Been busy doing spring cleaning and thought it was tonight @ 7pm ish. Bloody G!

Where is A1? Where is the RMS presentation?

2008-08-15 Thread Don Gould
Is there a map that shows where this afternoons presentation actually is? Where is A1 at the Uni? Where is best to park? Cheers Don

Meeting presentation - email encryption.

2008-08-13 Thread Don Gould
Have we ever done a presentation on email encryption? I know SFA about it and would like to. Cheers Don

Re: Meeting presentation - email encryption.

2008-08-13 Thread Don Gould
Steve wrote: Do you mean encryption of an email, or the sending medium - TLS, IMAPS, etc?? Encryption of an email. Setting up SSL on the transport medium isn't a big thing to do these days is it? You do raise an interesting point though... How do I protect the messages on my IMAP store?

Re: The Story of the Little Computer That Could

2008-08-12 Thread Don Gould
Christopher Sawtell wrote: You youngsters don't know how lucky you are. :-) With SWMBO looking over shoulder at the comment about the 2 second boot time... she just laughed. Not what we have today... It takes a good 10 minutes for my Vista machine to finish doing its thing from a cold

Re: Acer Aspire One - 1024x600, 8G flash, NZ$600

2008-08-03 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: nah the whole point of these machines is to be ultra portable. A long lasting battery is an absolute must IMHO. I would have said 'a serious point of difference' not 'the whole point'. I wonder if these types of machines are going to open up a whole new area of the market

Re: suitable router and video card

2008-08-03 Thread Don Gould
Steve wrote: I think that the technical difference is that a switch has the ability to store and forward a package, whereas a hub just broadcasts. Given that the OP wants to share access to a TC 4/2mbit cable modem with 3 computers, really is a bit of a non issue. I'd recommend a switch

Re: CherryPal

2008-07-24 Thread Don Gould
Neil you also have that 'plam top' computer... didn't that use 6w and was fully intergrated? Cheers Don Neil wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:30:25PM +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: a microdrive in them and run a full linux distro off a 12V wall wart and only 5 watts rather than the 50-80 that

Re: suitable router and video card

2008-07-17 Thread Don Gould
Matthew Whiting wrote: Why do you say Telstra Cable is way better than ADSL? The backhaul that TC have committed to the network simply means it runs faster in most cases. If you're in an area where not many people are using DSL then the performance may be ok. My parents are on the sort of

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Don Gould
That relates to 1500mb per month, assuming you work 30 days a month. A 3G (read 'expensive') data plan costs $60/month. Remind me what your charge out rate is? What did it cost your firm to tell you that your net usage is so high? Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions,

Clug Meeting Talk Request

2008-07-16 Thread Don Gould
I would like to see a talk on vmware/etc networking. How do you set up vmware under both linux and windows as a host and make the client see the internet? I've set up stuff before and can get the os working but not able to see the net and I'm sure it's just because I don't understand the

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Don Gould
I agree some good points there Jim. Cheers Don Jim Cheetham wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions, but isn't this a bit silly? There's nothing silly in querying higher than normal usage

Re: OT: Freeview EPG

2008-07-14 Thread Don Gould
Ross Drummond wrote: So publish away at your hearts content. If you get monstered by the TV companies lawyers point them to that case. If Kale beats up his computer (while coding his TV software) there's every chances he'll get a good paying job in TVNZ or Radio NZ. Does anyone think that

Re: OT: Freeview EPG

2008-07-12 Thread Don Gould
Send Freeview an email telling them you have scripts that customers can use to get EPG info in to their appliances with and ask them to publish the source on their web site to aid other customers. You're not out to make a commerical gain. I get the impression that their issue would be if you

Re: OpenMoko Open Source / Linux / Hackable cellphone is on sale now.

2008-07-10 Thread Don Gould
Is the data HDPA (or what ever the tla is)? My mobile is 3G but will only do GPRS speeds. Can the wifi in the phone be configured as an AP? Cheers Don Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 07:21:10PM +1200, Daniel Hill wrote: This is was intended to state that you should be

Re: MythTV links

2008-07-10 Thread Don Gould
Just out of interest, how much data does each freeview channel throw at you off the tuner card? how many mb/s does your fd need to cope with to do all 12 chnls? Cheers Don Nick Rout wrote: I will put my slide show on the wiki later but thought I would put the list of links from the last

Re: MythTV links

2008-07-09 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: (CLUGtv?) Well I did propose videoing the presentation but you didn't seem keen on that. Cheers Don

Re: OpenMoko Open Source / Linux / Hackable cellphone is on sale now.

2008-07-07 Thread Don Gould
I'm with Neil on this one... now just tell me how I get the budget past SWMBO?!?! Cheers Don Neil Stockbridge wrote: If so then I'm definitely in. we've got to support these guys otherwise open hardware as a concept won't work.

Re: Laser pointer - meeting tonight.

2008-07-07 Thread Don Gould
Roger Searle wrote: Nick Rout wrote: That reminds me, you do have a screen too? I have a screen, I'll bring it . . . Sorry I got confused now... is Nick still needing a big brown stick? Cheers Don

Re: Car ride to meeting

2008-07-05 Thread Don Gould
Brent Megan wrote: I live in Whitehall Street, between Hills Road and Westminster Street. What number are you? I think you're 2 mins away from me? http://www.zoomin.co.nz/?search/address/31%20Acheson%20Avenue%2C%20Mairehau%2C%20Christchurch Cheers Don -- Don Gould 31 Acheson Ave

Re: Cables to give away

2008-06-28 Thread Don Gould
Does anyone have a truck? I've got stacks of stuff in storage at present that welcome a better home! Cheers Don Kerry wrote: Perhaps we have a bit of a swap meet before the start of the next meeting? I've got a few wee bits and bobs that would be better off going to a good home than sitting

Re: Partitioning and formatting a portable hard drive

2008-06-28 Thread Don Gould
I wonder how much longer this issue is going to be an issue. When will we see a NSD in a chip. Just put the drive in the 'case' and the 'chip' formats it up in your proffered format. Because it's an NSD you can connect to it using smb, nfs, you choose. Cheers Don Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

Re: OT: Top Posting.

2008-06-26 Thread Don Gould
It Steve Holdoway wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:07:39 +1200 Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: must On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There *might* be One True Way to reply to messages in a specific be forum, like this mailing list (but I

Re: OT: Top Posting.

2008-06-26 Thread Don Gould
David Lowe wrote: Yes that was inspired Don Thanks David, my wife even laughed when she saw it. and yes it is a slow friday Now that there is nothing more to be said about top posting, how about we change course and start picking on long (data-consuming) email signatures? I was

Re: slow data rates for usb flash drive

2008-06-26 Thread Don Gould
Stephen Irons wrote: Another point of reference is the relative speed rating of CF and SD cards. They are often rated as 6x or 60x or 133x. This is relative to the standard CD ROM 1x speed of 150 k bytes/sec. Jo and I have different CF cards for our cameras. The 1gb 40x card does accept the

Re: A real modem anyone?

2008-06-26 Thread Don Gould
Asking on list is the best bet at present :) The last person who asked got so many responses that they choose who was closest to drive to! I've still got some units in storage. Cheers Don chris wrote: Multi media in ch-ch is a good bet. i have picked up many from there for a few dollars.

Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-23 Thread Don Gould
Chris thanks for the great info. I confess I enjoyed reading Nicks links before. I was simply posing some questions for the talk, didn't really mean ppl to go to so much effort! :) Cheers Don Christopher Sawtell wrote: Where does CamWest fit in to the picture? They set up TV3, but don't

Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: So if people want a mythtv demo, they better speak up now or I can't see why I would be bothered. I would like to see: Basic Operation Integration with a remove control Integration with PDA as remote control Integration with Laptop as remote control Program guide - can you

OT: Top Posting. Was: Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Don Gould
I wish people would top post or delete all the crap they're responding to. Makes the messages longer which uses up more of my data cap, uses up space on my server - at 24c/gb (posted yesterday) you might think I can afford an upgrade... then I went to put petrol in the car again! If people used

Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Don Gould
Perhaps I should bring my camera and we can record the presentation then use BT to put it in his myth box? Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:18 AM, dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me i've wanted to attend last lot but never got my arse off the couch or the door to make it so i'm

Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Don Gould
DVB-T, TVNZ, CanWest, DVB-S. In your intro do you want to cover out the terms and players? Cheers Don Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Ross Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Nick Rout wrote: Well no aerial, and no DVB-T card, and no present ability

Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008

2008-06-22 Thread Don Gould
at 3:17 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DVB-T, TVNZ, CanWest, DVB-S. In your intro do you want to cover out the terms and players? I'm sure that Nick doesn't *want* to have to explain who TVNZ is, in the context of television broadcasting in New Zealand. On the other hand, saying

Re: [OT] computer needed

2008-06-21 Thread Don Gould
Rob you make a good point. The group should level $2 per user and go get a machine. Do those prices include a monitor? If people need monitors I've got stacks of them doing nothing at present. Cheers Don Robert Fisher wrote: On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 2:18:07 pm Derek Smithies wrote: On Sat, 21

Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-17 Thread Don Gould
Ross Drummond wrote: Does chairmanship of the fundraising committee entitle guys to chairmanship of the financial expenditure committee? It does in my house! I have permission to approve all purchases SWMBO makes. Cheers Don

Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-17 Thread Don Gould
Derek Smithies wrote: Definately. chairmanship of the fundraising committee does entitle guys to chairmanship of the financial expenditure committee. I read this much and decided Derek must be devorced... However, the chairman of the financial expenditure committee has no voting rights.

Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-16 Thread Don Gould
David Lowe wrote: Nice Don. Next time SWMBO threatens  Thanks, but I'd just like to know what SWMBO stands for.

OT: More on Zoomin maps...

2008-06-12 Thread Don Gould
See: http://www.christchurchapartments.co.nz/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=6Itemid=6 I was asking a while back for help with Zoomin maps. Just thought I'd post what I ended up doing. Sorry it's a bit OT, but I thought ppl might be interested. Cheers Don

Re: CLUG meeting tomorrow night

2008-06-11 Thread Don Gould
in front of such a knowledgeable audience... I reckon Don pitched it just right. - D On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Lowe wrote: Anyway... Don - do you need a projector? Yes, as I just finished my 18 page

Re: CLUG meeting tomorrow night

2008-06-10 Thread Don Gould
David Lowe wrote: Anyway... Don - do you need a projector? Yes, as I just finished my 18 page presentation for the second time! I'd love the projector. Cheers Don

Re: Openmoko

2008-06-09 Thread Don Gould
Do they have plans for HSDPA? PS: MJS - unset your reply address, the list doesn't over ride it. I sent the last message direct to you, sorry :) Michael JasonSmith wrote: The OpenMoko is a GSM (GPRS, not HSDPA) phone.

Re: Zoom In as used on CLUG web site.

2008-05-26 Thread Don Gould
going to support that if I can. Cheers Don Steve Holdoway wrote: On Mon, 26 May 2008 21:13:49 +1200 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See: http://www.bowenvale.co.nz/chcapt/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=31Itemid=30 This looks distinctly like a commercial venture to me... if so, rtfm

Re: Zoom In as used on CLUG web site.

2008-05-26 Thread Don Gould
to the address. an example: http://zoomin.co.nz/info/nz/christchurch/merivale/carlton+mill+road/101/ On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See: http://www.bowenvale.co.nz/chcapt/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=31Itemid=30 As you can see I've put the Clug Zoomin map

Re: Tuesday night meeting...

2008-05-20 Thread Don Gould
yes Thanks to Chris for standing in at the last minute. Bit of a melt down here that day I'm afraid. sorry to Zane for letting him down :( Thanks again Chris! :) Cheers Don Kerry wrote: I'd just like to thank last nights' speaker (was it Chris?) for his rather impromptu talk on networking

Any Gimp Experts in the house?

2008-05-12 Thread Don Gould
In Photoshop there's a 'magic lasoo' tool that attaches 'selection' to the outline of an object. It's really useful for clear tracing something. I can't find it in GIMP. Does anyone know if there's a control plug in that does it? Cheers Don

Re: Any Gimp Experts in the house?

2008-05-12 Thread Don Gould
John Rye wrote: On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:39:59 +1200 Don Gould wrote: In Photoshop there's a 'magic lasoo' tool that attaches 'selection' to the outline of an object. It's really useful for clear tracing something. I can't find it in GIMP. Does anyone know if there's a control plug

Re: Tuesday night meeting...

2008-05-12 Thread Don Gould
. excuseThis job was really given to me at the worst possible time /excuse If anybody has access to one I would appreciate it if you could bring a projector tomorrow. However I will attempt to get a hold of one that I think may do the job. With chagrin, Zane Don Gould wrote: Is someone

Re: Tuesday night meeting...

2008-05-12 Thread Don Gould
Home networking Brett Davidson wrote: That narrows it down somewhat but for a forgetful type could you remind me of what you were going to present last month? :-) Don Gould wrote: the plan is my presentation that we didn't do last month. Got my laptop stolen so I have to try and redo

Tuesday night meeting...

2008-05-11 Thread Don Gould
Is someone bringing a projector and screen tomorrow? (Zane :) Cheers Don

Re: The Linux Distro A

2008-04-29 Thread Don Gould
This is a no brainer in my view. Building the resource shows our local commitment to Linux. If that in it self is not enough of a reason to keep it alive then just let me know and I'll give you a dozen more. Cheers Don Christopher Sawtell wrote: Ah yes, but did they actually use it? On

Re: Laptop recommendations for Linux

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
all this... I know that Nick has a very nice little HP that he's really happy with. HTH Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Laptop recommendations for Linux

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
all this... I know that Nick has a very nice little HP that he's really happy with. HTH Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Getting OT: Don's HP wifi problems...Re: Laptop recommendations for Linux

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
and running with Sarge and only cost $40. The point of the thread was getting a new machine. There would have to be some compelling reasons to buy an HP that you know to have problems over something else that is just supported out of the box like IBM. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave

How to change your sender address in the mail server...

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
the right identity so messages get bounced. How do I tell my mail server to change the message header for anything I send to the list? How do I work out what mail server software I'm even using - I wouldn't have a clue, it just works so I've never looked further. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1

Re: How to change your sender address in the mail server...

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
Jim Cheetham wrote: I use GNU Anubis as an SMTP proxy to do just this sort of thing. http://www.gnu.org/software/anubis/ Thank you. That is the package someone said before. I remember now. Is it hard to set up? Any Gotyas?

Re: Getting OT: Don's HP wifi problems...Re: Laptop recommendations for Linux

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould - TCN
Steve Holdoway wrote: Err... no. The name difference soft of gives that away (: Like http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Laptops/Accessories/auction-149187374.htm?p=1 which is out of an hp, and, as the 43xx chipset is supported will work fine, as long as you're happy with 802.11b only. I

Re: How to change your sender address in the mail server...

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
these from time to time. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Is someone bringing a projector and screen

2008-04-07 Thread Don Gould
In the absents of Rik, is someone else bringing a projector? Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Next Meeting Talk...

2008-04-06 Thread Don Gould
find other topics that people want to 'chat' about. Thanks for the feed back guys! :) Cheers Don Andrew Sands wrote: On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:44:16 Don Gould wrote: Hi All, Zane has asked me to give the talk at the next meeting on the 8th. Home Networking: What would people like to see

Re: Next Meeting Talk...

2008-04-06 Thread Don Gould
Christopher Sawtell wrote: If some kind soul could help me tomorrow evening, I'd be eternally grateful. Wonder if Neil will show up. He knows all about this AP stuff. Rik knows a bit as well. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348

Next Meeting Talk...

2008-04-04 Thread Don Gould
? If anyone would like anything else or has comments please speak up. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Looking for a local sub-contractor for some image map work...

2008-03-26 Thread Don Gould
checked out Captain Blood - aka SIR Henry Morgan? - privateer or 'legal' pirate... though that's going way off-topic... isn't it?) -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Use of this list for commercial purposes?

2008-03-23 Thread Don Gould
bias, I like those ones :) :) :) Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-19 Thread Don Gould
then I'd host everything where ever you wanted :) Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-19 Thread Don Gould
Andrew Errington wrote: Ok, so they type in their town, and you look it up. What if they make a spelling mistake? Gets treated as a new town and goes to all users the first time it happens. How often can't you spell your own town? I'm sure we'll have to teach it chc, chch, christchurch,

Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-19 Thread Don Gould
the article i read (a business emailing clients within xtra and out side are getting the messages thrown to a spam folder that can only be viewed online so alot of uesrs (people businesses) are loosing emails either being sent by them or to them. -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch

Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-19 Thread Don Gould
in SG - I responded by explaining why I host in SG. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Now: Mail Issues with Xtra and paying for peoples time - WAS: Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-19 Thread Don Gould
helping me with projects and hosting for years now. If I can put my business his way I do. [1] DTC is an OSS a bit like cPannel. -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Looking for a local sub-contractor for some image map work...

2008-03-18 Thread Don Gould
Hi All, See: http://www.bowenvale.co.nz/botm/content/view/6/4/ I am looking for someone who can create me a new map and image map to link to the pages in the 'contact us' sub menu. If you're interested, this is a paid job, contact me off list or give me a ring. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31

Re: Looking for a local sub-contractor for some image map work...

2008-03-18 Thread Don Gould
I can do it! Plugs into drupal a doddle, so I'm sure Joomla's the same. Steve On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:53:44 +1300 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, See: http://www.bowenvale.co.nz/botm/content/view/6/4/ I am looking for someone who can create me a new map and image map to link

Re: Looking for a local sub-contractor for some image map work...

2008-03-18 Thread Don Gould
in more detail once we've got some basic stuff sorted. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-18 Thread Don Gould
the requirements in more detail via email and phone. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: PHP/MySQL Programming Work - sub-contractor needed.

2008-03-18 Thread Don Gould
we start putting pricing on. We are not putting pricing on for rentals. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Some meeting Ideas

2008-03-13 Thread Don Gould
be shy! I also changed the home page as the post about the Mike Culver talk was still there and also Jim's post about changing to the new Wiki version Also made changes elsewhere Looking forward to the flood of volunteers! Zane -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New

Re: Some meeting Ideas - BT in a private network...

2008-03-13 Thread Don Gould
the Mike Culver talk was still there and also Jim's post about changing to the new Wiki version Also made changes elsewhere Looking forward to the flood of volunteers! Zane -- Don Gould 1/31 Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699

Re: [OT] Advice on NZ International Freelancing/Taxation Systems?

2008-02-27 Thread Don Gould
for' in the realm of this job type. Many Thanks in advance. Kent. -- Kent ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x| print enNOSPicAMreil [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}' -- Don Gould 2/59 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone

Re: recommendation for lightweight forums software?

2008-02-18 Thread Don Gould
Registered Users: Don Gould This data is based on users active over the past five minutes Who cares? Just uses more data... Wouldn't take much work to lighten the interface to make it more PDA friendly. Yell out if you want some help. Cheers Don Chris Hellyar wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 22:54

Re: OT: web hosting recommendations?

2008-02-16 Thread Don Gould
Roy Britten wrote: I'm looking for web hosting options. Linux-friendly, obviously. Anyone have any recommendations (or horror stories)? Net 24 as Brett adds value here. GPLHost because the price is good and the service I get is better than Brett (sorry Brett but I don't have you on MSN).

Re: OT: web hosting recommendations?

2008-02-16 Thread Don Gould
Kerry wrote: I get some free server space to play with the odd project or three from these people so it would be rude not to give them a plug. http://axxs.org/ Roy should also tell us what he's doing and what he wants. There are ppl here who would anti up some space in some cases. Cheers

Re: usb headset...

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
yuri wrote: The industry wide standard VoIP protocol is SIP, which is an open standard well support by all serious players in the VoIP market. Does SIP do video? Cheers Don

4T of disk in a RAID...

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
What do people recommend for setting up 4 to 8 TB of disk space? I want to be able to grow it as I need more space. I want to be able to take out old disks and put in bigger ones. Can anyone recommend a chassis to hold the disks that doesn't cost $1000 just for the box? What disks does one

Re: 4T of disk in a RAID... - Riccarton GEPON Network...

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
Chris Hellyar wrote: Careful using the term 'PON' in NZ, people who are in the industry will think you're talking about Telecoms 'Private Office Network' which is their radius secured remote office thing. (Although I think they've re-branded it, many people refer to it as PON still). LOL

Re: 4T of disk in a RAID... What's ya gona do wif it Don?!

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
point, What ya going to be storing on it Don? -- Don Gould 2/59 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand Phone: +64 3 348 7235 - Mobile: +64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: 4T of disk in a RAID... - Riccarton GEPON Network...

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
I've spent some spare time over summer learning about PON, EPON, GEPON (passive fibre optic networking for those who have fallen out with Google (remember Google is your first love)). Some interesting stuff! Can someone lend me $5m so I can build a trial site in my neighborhood? Steve

Re: 4T of disk in a RAID... What's ya gona do wif it Don?!

2008-02-09 Thread Don Gould
Steve Holdoway wrote: There's no way that any *normal* disk array ( especially non 15krpm SCSI ) is going to saturate a 1Gb network especially for a single client. I get about 55MB/s read from my raid 5 server, so 10Gb is pointless, as well as being extremely expensive. A large io buffer (

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