Re: OT - 2 or 3 pin Cat 5 cable connectors... pfft, Friday light humour...

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
. What do you think the cross talk on those connectors would be? I wasn't brave enough to plug the analiser in to it. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz

Re: OT - 2 or 3 pin Cat 5 cable connectors... pfft, Friday light humour...

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
the life of the cable a little, given that the biggest cost is putting cable in. -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add

Re: OT - 2 or 3 pin Cat 5 cable connectors... pfft, Friday light humour...

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
Andrew Errington wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:08, you wrote: Wait. This was an installation you discovered? Yes... It's not something you actually did? Oh hell no! -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: a problem - How to set up dual boot in Windows with Linux on two disks.

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
there is some person/s who can help. PS please keep it simple :) ta Bernard -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good

Re: a problem - How to set up dual boot in Windows with Linux on two disks.

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
1pm, 2/59 Peverel Street, Riccarton All welcome, it's starting to turn in to a bit of a working bee :) Cheers Don Bernard wrote: Sounds good .where and when on Saturday? Ta Bernard -Original Message- From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 1:44

Re: internet use

2007-02-22 Thread Don Gould
find the Internet a massive tool for getting things done... Our area is about to get a special audit to asses a problem that appears to be the same across the city. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
to talk to him over the 'phone. My number is correct in the book. -- CS David needs face to face help. Phil. -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
. So there will be some consistency there. I've got a stack of monitors here at present so we'll be able to test if this is causing an issue. I've given David my phone number and invited him to call me back when ready. TICKET: On hold ;p Cheers Don Rik Tindall wrote: Don Gould wrote: Guess

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
if this helps. John - no 'respect' needed :) As you know, I just want to see a happy camper :) I know I have limited skills :) David (I think) has a hearing disability so he really needs some face-to-face help - it was quite difficult for me to relay CLI commands to him. John -- Don Gould

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
are then not dependent on the vagaries of the DNS system. _BUT_ he has to have a means of connecting to the net from his Linux box first. Has he? [1] http://www.kyne.com.au/~mark/software/satellite.php Could the Horse carry that ok? -- CS -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: High school Linux kids (Oxford)

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
, and an exercise plan for students to do in class. I'm working on both at present. ie; I'm waiting to hear confirmation from CCC that they will do their part and waiting on RHS to confirm details of when we kick off for 2007. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Ubuntu Acroread Tip for the Day

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
: (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
on the problem. Seems that an IRC channel set up would also be useful. I leave that for someone else to consider. Cheers Don Don Gould wrote: I called David, He's busy today. He does come into Riccarton to do shopping so I've offered him to drop over and we'll sort it out. With respect to ubuntu

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
, the modem is an external one. I'd like to know how we set that up in MDV from the CLI before he visits. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
of deja vu with another 352 messages on the subject of modems. :-) Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
done. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: Can someone help this guy please. UPDATED

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
ELITE Don Gould John Rye wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:00:50 +1300 Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't this cause for a quick 'how to setup remote access using no-ip or similar, and get IM up and running at the same time' article on the wiki? That way, no end of us could fix

Re: Can someone help this guy please.

2007-02-21 Thread Don Gould
please. Phil. -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: A pedant's rant...

2007-02-20 Thread Don Gould
Kerry Mayes wrote: Oooh, that's good, now you get to charge $0.20 for your opinion. By that theory I should be worth millions...

Re: Wifi access to dial-up

2007-02-15 Thread Don Gould
256Kbps, the upload speed NEVER as high as 128Kbps. Wireless Nation (www.wirelessnation.co.nz) has attractive-looking plans too, although AFAIK no discount for members of any of the rural coops. =Andrew -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: Last night and future meetings

2007-02-13 Thread Don Gould
Thanks again to Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don requested a lot of information on networking and distro management, from basic up to intermediate level, a lot of it perhaps not strictly relevant to Volker's proposed iptables talk. (Actually Don I think you need to read a good book on TCP/IP,

Re: UTP Cables from Solid Core

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
I'll bring my machine tommrow night and we can up grade it while who ever is doing the presentation fumbles about in the dark due to lack of a high lum projector. Nick Rout wrote: You are two .x versions behind, the current is 1.5.0.9 :-)

Re: OT: 17 Monitors.

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Ben Devine wrote: Hi, Seems as if everyones doing a bit of a cleanup atm, not wanting to turn the list into a for free classified. But I do have around ~30 17 Compaq CRTS and a few others. These will need to be picked up from Merivale on a Monday Tuesday or Wendsday, Cheers, Ben Devine

Please contact me off list for...

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Morning all, Could the people who wanted DVD's that Neil downloaded remind me who they were so I can work out how many I need to burn for tonights meeting. Could the person who wanted a machine for something contact me on 348 7235 if you still need it (I think it was Kim?) I have a growing

Re: OT: 17 Monitors.

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Sorry... we didn't upset the apple cart did we? Ben Devine wrote: Sorry to dissapoint, But I have just been informed by my boss, that no-one else is allowed to come and pick them up, Im only to drop off. For a small fee I can drop them off or bring them to tonights meeting. Sorry Thanks, Ben

Re: Please contact me off list for... Distros

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Don Gould wrote: Morning all, Could the people who wanted DVD's that Neil downloaded remind me who they were so I can work out how many I need to burn for tonights meeting. Could the person who wanted a machine for something contact me on 348 7235 if you still need it (I think it was Kim?) I

Re: === Meeting Tonight===

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Is Rik going to be honing his debating skills and taking Nick on in a debate as well? Will we see 'Why GNU software is a waste of time' Rik on the affirmative for 3 minutes followed by Nick's rebuttal, then Nick on the affirmative followed by Rik's rebuttal? Should make a great night!

Did we fix the lighting problem for the operator?

2007-02-12 Thread Don Gould
Do I need to dig out a desk lap? Cheers Don

Re: Swap old computer for USB keyboard

2007-02-11 Thread Don Gould
My hand is up for the give away, didn't realise the meeting is this tuesday... I'll have to see if I have a usb kbd. Cheers Don Carl Cerecke wrote:... Hi, I have come in to the posession of an older computer that I don't need, and would like to swap it for a USB keyboard. Specs: Pentium-100

MDV2007 - USB Key unmount when lid closed on T21

2007-02-11 Thread Don Gould
Has anyone played with mdv2007 and the power suspect, hibernate and USB key unmounting when you close the lid? Cheers Don

Re: UTP Cables from Solid Core

2007-02-11 Thread Don Gould
Why start a new list... Why not just NOT hijack my threads? Cheers WTW yuri wrote: On 11/02/07, Rik Tindall wrote: Can we have a seconder, please, to move for the formation of the: GNU/Linux User Group of Waitaha/Canterbury? If you set up the server, Rik, then I'll subscribe to your list.

Re: MDV2007 - USB Key unmount when lid closed on T21

2007-02-11 Thread Don Gould
Thanks John, I subscribed to both. Cheers Don John Rye wrote: On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:42 +1300 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone played with mdv2007 and the power suspect, hibernate and USB key unmounting when you close the lid? I'd be trying the Mandriva-specific

Re: UTP Cables from Solid Core

2007-02-11 Thread Don Gould
dave wrote: this is where the kung fu master teaches the little cricket a lesson me thinks :) popping head back under the covers now. Ok... I'm completely confused now... Why NOT Don? - Your threads are as good as anybody elses: User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060915)

Re: UTP Cables from Solid Core

2007-02-10 Thread Don Gould
this is an issue. It's all about compromise really isn't it? Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: UTP Cables from Solid Core - Riccarton Resource Center - Hard Core LINUX empowerment

2007-02-10 Thread Don Gould
the interconnecting cables used to network _Linux_ computers, until the thread was so rudely hijacked by a politico pushing his barrowload of irrelevant opinion. -- CS -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: CLUG email list

2007-02-10 Thread Don Gould
Over kill... list just needs a bit of a call to order from time to time Robert Fisher wrote: Quoting from the CLUG Wiki... What are the CLUG email lists? The main CLUG list is linux-users at it dot canterbury dot ac dot nz This is the list to use to get help getting something to work,

UTP Cables from Solid Core

2007-02-09 Thread Don Gould
of the copper and grip it. The flex cable plug only has two prongs and they are designed to crimp in to the center of the cable to get the best bite on the strands of copper. HTH Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: Monitors free to good homes

2007-02-09 Thread Don Gould
Yes Please. Robert Fisher wrote: I have a couple of 15 CRT monitors to give away. Any takers? -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas

Making Google Earth run fast on an IBM t23

2007-02-09 Thread Don Gould
How do I do it? GE is dragging... it just sits there refreshing the map all the time. How do I lighten it up? GE Linux, Mandriva 2007, Ibm T23, 256mb ram, Telstra Clear 2mb Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: Making Google Earth run fast on an IBM t23

2007-02-09 Thread Don Gould
Don't say that... he'll steal mine! It runs fine on mine. Hadley Rich wrote: On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:52:00 Don Gould wrote: How do I do it? Get a new laptop with decent accelerated graphics? GE is dragging... it just sits there refreshing the map all the time. How do I lighten it up? GE

Re: Linux Graffitti again

2007-02-07 Thread Don Gould
and to think I was so tempted to print a roll of linux stickers and just stick them on those funny looking vista packs while I was browsing around DSE yesterday ;p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Naughty naughty geeks http://www.loconet.ca/?p=64 -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: PCI serial card anyone???

2007-02-05 Thread Don Gould
. Single or dual port for less than $30. A I'll try that second hand place by the railway line, whatever it's called. Thanks for checking Nick. Steve -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz

Re: procmailrc

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
/||.IN-S-procmail/| |IN-S-procmail/.| |IN-S-vim| |IN-S-vim/| |.IN-S-vim/| |IN-S-vim/.| I use Courier so on my system lugs mail goes to : .LUGS/ ChrisB Don Gould wrote: Can anyone see what I've done wrong? I added

Re: OpenMoko

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
? If not, anyone want to work with me on this? John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait ElectronicsFax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 ChristchurchEmail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: procmailrc

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
Just discovered that the mdv2007 tool I was using to edit the file set the permissions to root only. Suspect the mail system couldn't read it. Now just waiting for some mail so I can see it working. Cheers Don Don Gould wrote: Can anyone see what I've done wrong? I added a bunch of new

Re: procmailrc ARE THE TROLLS AWAKE?

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
] - not that I'm suggesting anyone on this list is a troll [3]. [3] - execpt of course those who can't spell. Don Gould wrote: Just discovered that the mdv2007 tool I was using to edit the file set the permissions to root only. Suspect the mail system couldn't read it. Now just waiting for some mail so I

Re: Fwd: Subscribing...

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
Ben Ford wrote: (perhaps Don for his classes?). Yes Please. -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: procmailrc ARE THE TROLLS AWAKE?

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
February 2007 15:44, Don Gould wrote: I think the permissions fixed half the problem, but it's still not working quite right. Now my problem is I'm not getting enough mail thru [1] to be able to test it. You've not told us exactly what you added to the file that screwed it up. Back out

Re: PCI serial card anyone???

2007-02-04 Thread Don Gould
-- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

procmailrc

2007-02-03 Thread Don Gould
Can anyone see what I've done wrong? I added a bunch of new items at the top of the file and now all my mail is ending up in my inbox. LOGFILE=/home/don/procmail.log VERBOSE=on MAILDIR=$HOME/mail :0 * ^(To|Cc):.*lists\.wellylug\.org\.nz LUGS :0 * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] LUGS :0 *

Re: Wiki is playing up again...

2007-02-01 Thread Don Gould
it to, throws numerous errors that can't be eradicated without turning off some features that my resident php guru says shouldn't be changed. Given the relevant tuit, I may even try the new version and see how it hangs together :-) -jim On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:23:33PM +1300, Don Gould wrote: lib

Re: Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
All and any donations of gear are welcome. I'm planning on cataloging the stuff so that other members can beg and borrow if they have a requirement. Cheers Don yuri wrote: On 31/01/07, Robert Fisher wrote: On 31/01/07, Don Gould wrote: If anyone has any redundant cat 3 or 5 network

Re: Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
Rik my mother always told me ask a STUPID question, get a STUPID answer. Rik Tindall wrote: Don Gould wrote: www.crra.org.nz I've already got switches and computers, all gnu/linux? No, Windows Vista on all machines. I'm going to ask Microsoft if they'd like to sponsor the network

Re: Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
to forget that part. cheers, rik -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
for the plugs, don't bother, 3m cables are $3 at tastech.co.nz. And they're flexible. Or try cablesdirect.co.nz Volker -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good

Hardware Compatibility...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
http://clug.net.nz/index.php/Hardware I've edited the above page to include a list of hardware that Neil and I have found isn't supported under Linux. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
off, but I'm not there yet Please wish the project luck and if you have an inside word in council then put in your positive vote. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz

Re: Hardware Compatibility...

2007-01-31 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout has advised that this cam should be supported. Neil is going to retest it and I will update the wiki accordingly. Thanks your help Nick. Don Gould wrote: http://clug.net.nz/index.php/Hardware I've edited the above page to include a list of hardware that Neil and I have found

Re: Linux as a firewall server

2007-01-30 Thread Don Gould
welcome Osei _OF Amoafo_ 65 Harris Crescent Papanui Christchurch phone +6433521586 fax +6433521587 -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add

Re: Linux as a firewall server

2007-01-30 Thread Don Gould
As you've chosen Ubuntu and are not coming up to speed with it, I'd stick with it as it will do the job. Opps... -d 'not' Don Gould wrote: As you've chosen Ubuntu and are not coming up to speed with it, I'd stick with it as it will do the job. Ubuntu is Debian based, so anything

Re: Linux as a firewall server

2007-01-30 Thread Don Gould
. I have a couple of old boxes which are relatively small and ideal for an IPCop box - free to CLUG users. Rob -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas

Network Cables wanted for a good home...

2007-01-30 Thread Don Gould
for the residents association, see: www.crra.org.nz I've already got switches and computers, I'm now just needing a few more network cables. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz

Re: Projector and screen for February meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Don Gould
. RIK - despite our public animosity, this is actually me putting up a vote in your favour, don't take me the wrong way. I suggest NOT responding at all and in fact just leaving the community to give it some thought. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

wma -- 3gp converter for Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Don Gould
Can anyone recommend a product that will encode a wma to a 3gp. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: wma -- 3gp converter for Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Don Gould
PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:43:58 +1300 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend a product that will encode a wma to a 3gp. According to wikipedia mencoder (the encoder part of mplayer) and ffmpeg will both encode 3gp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3gp and heres a page

openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386.iso

2007-01-26 Thread Don Gould
Did anyone else want a copy while I'm burning them? -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: M$ W1nd0w$

2007-01-24 Thread Don Gould
type M1cr0$0ft or W1nd0w$ (for example) when talking about such topics? Is it to stop web spiders or spamming or something? -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add

Re: February Meeting.

2007-01-23 Thread Don Gould
prep. before such a w/s you might care to read:- http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/index.html#documentation-faq On Tuesday 23 January 2007 10:22, Don Gould wrote: Wesley, If the meeting does not agree to this request then I'd like to propose a special meeting to cover this. Perhaps a work

Re: February Meeting.

2007-01-23 Thread Don Gould
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tuesday 23 January 2007 21:09, Don Gould wrote: I've spent hours reading that. That could mean either that it's so good you could not put it down, or that it is completely opaque, and you have taken hours to decipher the first page. Which do you mean

Re: Dell sells computers without Windows preinstalled

2007-01-23 Thread Don Gould
Is there a NZ option? I'd give HP the flick 100% and support Dell if they did this. Do you know if the price reflects the lack of OK? Some great news! Cheers Don david merriman wrote: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=uscs=19l=ens=dhs David -- Don Gould

Re: February Meeting.

2007-01-22 Thread Don Gould
me) is that you are catering for only one or two while everyone else is bored. David J H Stringer 3585 635 -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas

Re: February Meeting.

2007-01-22 Thread Don Gould
maybe? The trouble with topics for real newbies (like me) is that you are catering for only one or two while everyone else is bored. David J H Stringer 3585 635 -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: February Meeting.

2007-01-21 Thread Don Gould
of experienced people who could do that. Especially if they could point out the subtle differences between the various implementations. Or even me if no-one puts up their hand. We could make it a short(ish) talk with an extended QA time. It's Unix/Linux/etc lore after all. -- CS -- Don Gould

Re: openSuse 10.2

2007-01-19 Thread Don Gould
Neil Stockbridge wrote: obviously you can't cut the DVD to CD and i don't think we can generate CD ISOs from the DVD ISO, so a DVD drive will be required for an installation. Yes. I suspected this, hence why I offered up the drive :) Rob's also a good guy, he sorted out the orginal set of

Does the List have filters now?

2007-01-18 Thread Don Gould
as well. Again, bit thank you to Craig for his help today and also others who have been helping out! Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas

Re: OT:[Fwd: TP: How NSA access was built into Windows]

2007-01-18 Thread Don Gould
on a chip now? So, where do you start? Volker -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: Gear for swap....

2007-01-18 Thread Don Gould
I'll sort it for you. Cheers Don chris bayley wrote: Up for Grabs: PIII 600Mhz MB +CPU ATI Rage Pro video AGP 512 Mb SDRAM CDROM ATX p/s Want I want for it: A SUSE 10.2 dvd delivered to my door in Lyttelton Any takers ??? -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

GIVE ME A LEET PC! noW MAN

2007-01-17 Thread Don Gould
% linux based. I am also going to be cataloging the gear as soon as possible so that anyone else who could benefit from anything that's not yet being fully used can benefit as well. Again, bit thank you to Craig for his help today and also others who have been helping out! Cheers Don -- Don

RAM for T23

2007-01-16 Thread Don Gould
Chris, or anyone else, do you know what ram this thing takes off the top of your head. Any ideas what should be paid to boost it from 256 to 512 or a gig? Recommended suppliers or anyone on list wanting to flick some (cash paid). Cheers Don Don Gould wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: IBM

Re: RAM for T23

2007-01-16 Thread Don Gould
haven't done my googling yet :) Cheers Don Matthew Gregan wrote: At 2007-01-17T18:23:33+1300, Don Gould wrote: Chris, or anyone else, do you know what ram this thing takes off the top of your head. Look at http://www.thinkwiki.org for all things ThinkPad related, including lots and lots

Re: RAM for T23

2007-01-16 Thread Don Gould
that might be useful. :) Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: Rip Audio from DVD to mp3

2007-01-15 Thread Don Gould
-- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: More free boxes

2007-01-15 Thread Don Gould
at 440 MHz Rack case, No hard drives Plus I still have ~3 sun SS5 machines to give away. Please help me clear out my stuff and email me if you want it. -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Best Distro for Muilti Boot with Flash, FF2, TB and OO

2007-01-15 Thread Don Gould
it operational by 15 September 2007. As always, my budget is limited, but some specialist hardware will be required, due to finger size, a full qwerty keyboard won't be practical. And to think that some of you thought I wasn't doing my bit to 'grow' our Linux community! Cheers Don -- Don Gould

Rip Audio from DVD to mp3

2007-01-14 Thread Don Gould
Just got Joanna the RENT DVD and would like to be able to play the songs off it. What's the quickest way to do this, anyone done this sort of thing before? Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz

Re: hdd failure...

2007-01-13 Thread Don Gould
currently recovering it to another disk in the hope that I can recreate the partition table and see the contents again, but this is a really slow process. Any alternative suggestions will be gratefully received. As usual, the owner of this computer has no backups...! Cheers, Steve -- Don Gould

Re: OT - Linux letterbox?

2007-01-12 Thread Don Gould
plate recorded by the manual (human eye) method. Little pr**ks were caught. Apparently they had done Beach Road before our street. Would I like to attend the family group conference? I don't think so - they probably do not have a family. Rob -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Thu 11 Jan 2007 16:43:58 NZDT +1300, Don Gould wrote: This is the bit where 'challenge' came in. As the year progressed, this got much easier. I had more resources set up and I knew more about what I was doing. Excuse me for being facetious, That's alright

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
of funding. You'd be right if you're thinking that I could have just filled it out in the time I took to write a response to Nick, but at least I know I'll get an intelligent answer right away from Nick (even if it is personal abuse). Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
on earlier in the week ended up paying over $300 so I may use some of that towards the Vodem hardware, but as we're not back at school for another few weeks I don't need it yet at all. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz

OT: Beer... free Beer...

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
is just tell this poor Hornby Riccarton country kids to piss off and go teach some St Andrews kids who's parents I can hit up for gear and money. Cheers Don Don Gould wrote: Nick Rout wrote: Who else are you suggesting needs an injection of public money to teach worthless courses

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
to a level commensurate with their intellectual abilities. The whole country would benefit. I'd better stop there before I get really into a flow of prose and say something which will get me into trouble. -- CS -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:29:05 +1300 Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Rout wrote: Who else are you suggesting needs an injection of public money to teach worthless courses, with no teaching background or qualifications? Ouch, I'm going to take that personally

Re: Funding

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
to be at. We got talking and I expressed my thoughts on the library's set up, to which he expressed I should drop him a note. Which I did, and then he got the bums rush for not going through the correct channels. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz

Re: flpsed

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
I can also use acrobat... My real point was the absurdity of not just making it an open document in the first place. Great find thou Ross! Thanks Cheers Don Ross Drummond wrote: In another thread Don Gould wrote; You should also have to fill out this!... http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Community

Re: flpsed

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
crap. that gets me all the time... should write a program to replace it automatically. Sorry Fish Robert Fisher wrote: On Friday 12 January 2007 11:16 am, Don Gould wrote: Great find thou Ross! While not the most eloquent of people myself, I can be a bit critical when it comes to correct

Eclipse - Any users about?

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
I'm meant to be downloading? Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

Re: Eclipse - Any users about?

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
I thought I'd join a mailing list... http://www.eclipse.org/mail/index_project.php Not wishing to offend anyone new, I thought I'd just stick to posting for help on CLUG ;) Anyone done this tut before and know what I'm meant to be downloading? Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz

Re: Eclipse - Any users about?

2007-01-11 Thread Don Gould
I sorted it, the files are located at http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ and not http://eclipse.org/downloads/ as stated in the tutorial. Cheers Don Don Gould wrote: I'm just working through the hello world tutorial. Open your Web browser to http://eclipse.org/downloads

Re: BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

2007-01-10 Thread Don Gould
OCPL OS when I see OCPL NZ. At present I'm having trouble just getting funding here in NZ so I can teach kids Linux. Teaching Linux without an internet connection has been extreamly challenging. Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz

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