Renewal of CLUG domain registration

2010-08-05 Thread Ross Drummond
You may recall that last year Discount Domains generously agreed to sponsor the registration of the domain clug.org.nz. I am pleased to tell you that Discount Domains have agreed to continue this excellent sponsorship for a further year. I am indebted to Adrian Grant of Discount Domains for

Re: Renewal of CLUG domain registration

2010-08-05 Thread Hadley Rich
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 13:56 +1200, Ross Drummond wrote: Subscribers to this list contemplating using the services provided by Discount Domains or Digiweb are requested to give them their favourable consideration. I use Discount Domains for all our .nz domain registration needs and can second

Re: CLUG revival meet - this Sunday afto 1 Aug

2010-07-29 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:21:24 you wrote: Hi Everyone, My apologies for being bossy and pushy: There seems to be a fair interest from a lot of you, over a few CLUG-related topics. (I STILL don't know if I can be free on the eve of the 2nd or the 3rd, and Ryan has hassles with evenings

Re: CLUG revival meet - this Sunday afto 1 Aug

2010-07-29 Thread Alister Niall
I'll turn up too. - I should have that time free. :) --- On Thu, 7/29/10, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com Subject: Re: CLUG revival meet - this Sunday afto 1 Aug To: Canterbury Linux User Group linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Date

CLUG revival meet - this Sunday afto 1 Aug

2010-07-25 Thread Carl Turney
Hi Everyone, My apologies for being bossy and pushy: There seems to be a fair interest from a lot of you, over a few CLUG-related topics. (I STILL don't know if I can be free on the eve of the 2nd or the 3rd, and Ryan has hassles with evenings.) So I propose... Place: The Dux De Lux

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-11 Thread Rik Tindall
on Colombo Street in Beckenham (use the rear door). Can some one confirm this? I though they canceled it? There is no CLUG. Those meetings one might have called CLUG meetings petered out due to lack of interest. Rik's meeting is something of his own doing entirely, if he says it takes place

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-10 Thread Nick Rout
the venue and the meetings. However these meetings are not promoted as part of CLUG, I think because Rik's goals and those of most of CLUG were slightly different. Whether that is still true today I'm not so sure. -jim There is no clug :) http://lists.ethernal.org/oldarchives/cantlug-0301

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-10 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
they canceled it? There is no CLUG. Those meetings one might have called CLUG meetings petered out due to lack of interest. Rik's meeting is something of his own doing entirely, if he says it takes place it probably will as he's running it. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-09 Thread Daniel Hill
On 06/07/10 15:45, Rik Tindall wrote: On 05/07/10 12:24, max podolian wrote: Hello everyone! Are there held any CLUG meetings? Best regards, Maksym Hello Maksym, Some local *nix users meet on the first Wednesday of each month (i.e. tomorrow) at 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South Learning Centre

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-09 Thread Jim Cheetham
of CLUG, I think because Rik's goals and those of most of CLUG were slightly different. Whether that is still true today I'm not so sure. -jim

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-05 Thread Rik Tindall
On 05/07/10 12:24, max podolian wrote: Hello everyone! Are there held any CLUG meetings? Best regards, Maksym Hello Maksym, Some local *nix users meet on the first Wednesday of each month (i.e. tomorrow) at 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South Learning Centre at South Library on Colombo Street

CLUG meetings

2010-07-04 Thread max podolian
Hello everyone! Are there held any CLUG meetings? Best regards, Maksym

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:24 PM, max podolian max.podol...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone! Are there held any CLUG meetings? Best regards, Maksym There is a pub night once a month on the 17th. Usually at the Twisted Hop. I don't know if anyone actually attends?

Re: CLUG meetings

2010-07-04 Thread Solor Vox
On Mon, July 5, 2010 12:31, Nick Rout wrote: There is a pub night once a month on the 17th. Usually at the Twisted Hop. I don't know if anyone actually attends? Usually only two or three of us are there. I wouldn't call it a CLUG meeting so much as get out of the house night. sV

Re: Next CLUG Social Gathering.

2010-02-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 20:04 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 19:52 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: [snip] I have an old IBM penguin that I'll try to get into the mix... Cheers, Steve OK, Chris is now the official owner of my IBM stress Tux. Hopefully to be seen at a

Next CLUG Social Gathering.

2010-02-18 Thread Christopher Sawtell
/series/science/1266315172098/5040/gdn.sci.100215.ad.Science-Weekly-Extra-podcast.mp3 Two Linux laptops persuaded their operators to allow them brief appearances. For your diaries: Next CLUG Social Gathering Date: Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 Time: During Evening Licensed Hours. Place: Twisted Hop, 8

Re: Next CLUG Social Gathering.

2010-02-18 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 19:52 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: [snip] I have an old IBM penguin that I'll try to get into the mix... Cheers, Steve

Re: clug domains - renewal time again

2009-08-26 Thread Daniel Hill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Falconer wrote: Craig Falconer wrote, On 27/07/09 15:26: Nick Rout wrote, On 27/07/09 15:22: At this stage I wish to acknowledge again the input of Jim Cheetham, who has looked after our server, the person who paid for renewal last year

Re: clug domains - renewal time again

2009-08-26 Thread Craig Falconer
Daniel Hill wrote, On 27/08/09 00:39: horse has been down for over a week now, and noone has noticed or commented. Horse has had more activity since I posted this a month ago. However I've had a small hardware failure and had to juggle some motherboards about, so horse and the host server are

Re: clug domains - renewal time again

2009-08-26 Thread Daniel Hill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Its a shell server - nothing flash. Most users here have linux boxes of their own, but sometimes a host outside the network can be helpful for testing, or some users like James just don't have a linux box. More news in the new month. that

Re: clug domains - renewal time again

2009-08-25 Thread Craig Falconer
Craig Falconer wrote, On 27/07/09 15:26: Nick Rout wrote, On 27/07/09 15:22: At this stage I wish to acknowledge again the input of Jim Cheetham, who has looked after our server, the person who paid for renewal last year (IIRC they wanted to remain nameless) and Craig F for horse. horse has

Re: Changes to CLUG internet domains.

2009-08-11 Thread Roy Britten
An approach was made to Discount Domains asking them if they were prepared to sponsor this registration. I am pleased to inform you that they have generously agreed to this sponsorship. Jolly good of them. Without wishing to turn this into a Discount Domains / Digiweb / Secure Pay Tech [0]

Re: Changes to CLUG internet domains.

2009-08-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Ross Drummondr...@ashburton.co.nz wrote: The current domains registered to CLUG are to expire shortly In consultation with Nick Rout I have made the following changes; The registration for the domain clug.net.nz will be allowed to expire. The registration

Changes to CLUG internet domains.

2009-08-10 Thread Ross Drummond
The current domains registered to CLUG are to expire shortly In consultation with Nick Rout I have made the following changes; The registration for the domain clug.net.nz will be allowed to expire. The registration for the domain clug.org.nz has been renewed. The Domain Name Registrar

Re: Changes to CLUG internet domains.

2009-08-10 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:05:25 Ross Drummond wrote: An approach was made to Discount Domains asking them if they were prepared to sponsor this registration. I am pleased to inform you that they have generously agreed to this sponsorship. Well done.

clug domains - renewal time again

2009-07-26 Thread Nick Rout
I am registered owner of clug.org.nz and clug.net.nz. They come up for renewal in August.. They seem s alittle pointless now. Our mailing list goes through the Uni. Our wiki has been transferred to a new domain and there is only a placeholder on our domain. The only thing it is useful for is

Re: clug domains - renewal time again

2009-07-26 Thread Craig Falconer
Nick Rout wrote, On 27/07/09 15:22: At this stage I wish to acknowledge again the input of Jim Cheetham, who has looked after our server, the person who paid for renewal last year (IIRC they wanted to remain nameless) and Craig F for horse. horse has been down for over a week now, and noone

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
squillions of bytes, I don't really suppose it matters as long as they all use the same value of squillion... +1 for using execrebly in a clug post. (: Steve

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-07 Thread Bry Ashman
I have to go with wolfram alpha on this one! Since Google doesn't seem to work with Gibibytes. http://www67.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+megabit%2Fsecond+in+gibibytes%2Fmonth

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-07 Thread Craig Falconer
Bry Ashman wrote, On 08/07/09 15:02: I have to go with wolfram alpha on this one! Since Google doesn't seem to work with Gibibytes. http://www67.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+megabit%2Fsecond+in+gibibytes%2Fmonth Blow that marketing fluff - they're gigabytes. If one drive maker would have the

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-07 Thread Bry Ashman
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Craig Falconercfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Bry Ashman wrote, On 08/07/09 15:02: I have to go with wolfram alpha on this one! Since Google doesn't seem to work with Gibibytes. http://www67.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+megabit%2Fsecond+in+gibibytes%2Fmonth

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-07 Thread Craig Falconer
Bry Ashman wrote, On 08/07/09 15:22: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Craig Falconercfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Blow that marketing fluff - they're gigabytes. If one drive maker would have the testicles to quote actual capacity in gigabytes I'd support them. I used to think that too!

Re: all quiet on the clug front

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, July 8, 2009 12:21, Bry Ashman wrote: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Craig Falconercfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: Bry Ashman wrote, On 08/07/09 15:02: Blow that marketing fluff - they're gigabytes.  If one drive maker would have the testicles to quote actual capacity in

Re: Shutting down CLUG wiki (including Fwd: Adding content to the NZLUG/WLUG wiki)

2009-05-24 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: I'm planning to shut down[2] the CLUG wiki. This action has now been completed. Useful CLUG content has been migrated to http://wiki.linux.net.nz/CLUG. For anyone who cares, the phpwiki dumps of the last state of the old wiki

Shutting down CLUG wiki (including Fwd: Adding content to the NZLUG/WLUG wiki)

2009-05-21 Thread Jim Cheetham
In recent years, pretty much the sole use of the CLUG wiki has been to keep track of meetings and sometimes resources for those meetings. Given that meetings are currently on a significant hiatus, and that the bulk of the technical content of the CLUG wiki is already on wiki.linux.net.nz[1], I'm

Re: Shutting down CLUG wiki (including Fwd: Adding content to the NZLUG/WLUG wiki)

2009-05-21 Thread steve
On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 09:52 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: In recent years, pretty much the sole use of the CLUG wiki has been to keep track of meetings and sometimes resources for those meetings. Given that meetings are currently on a significant hiatus, and that the bulk of the technical

CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Chris Downie
Hi, Long story short, many years ago I had several caps left over from a job so I had them embroidered with Tux and CLUG. In the process of moving houses they disappeared, presumed thrown out. I found them Yesterday. They are: Brushed Heavy Cotton with Suede Peak Structured 6 Panel

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Winston Wealleans
Yes please, if still available. At 10:45 a.m. 2/02/2009, you wrote: Hi, Long story short, many years ago I had several caps left over from a job so I had them embroidered with Tux and CLUG. In the process of moving houses they disappeared, presumed thrown out. I found them Yesterday

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Winston Wealleans
Ooops, sorry, cancel that At 10:55 a.m. 2/02/2009, you wrote: Yes please, if still available. At 10:45 a.m. 2/02/2009, you wrote: Hi, Long story short, many years ago I had several caps left over from a job so I had them embroidered with Tux and CLUG. In the process of moving houses

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Chris Downie 9...@xnet.co.nz wrote: Long story short, many years ago I had several caps left over from a job so I had them embroidered with Tux and CLUG. In the process of moving houses they disappeared, presumed thrown out. I found them Yesterday. Free

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Chris Downie 9...@xnet.co.nz wrote: Hi, Long story short, many years ago I had several caps left over from a job so I had them embroidered with Tux and CLUG. In the process of moving houses they disappeared, presumed thrown out. I found them Yesterday

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread Chris Downie
Thank you fellow geeks ;-) all the caps have been spoken for. I'll contact the recipients personally this evening when I get home. Cheers, Chris

Re: CLUG Baseball Cap

2009-02-01 Thread bnewell
Newell 10 Clent Lane Spreydon Christchurch 8024 Ph (03) 960-1664 Many thanks Jerome B (bnew...@clear.net.nz) - Original Message - From: Chris Downie 9...@xnet.co.nz To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: CLUG Baseball Cap Hi, Long

clug - future of the wiki

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Sands
Hey, As I've recently returned from attending my second LCA and have gained some extra enthusiasm for the social gathering and participation concept. So, I was trolling randomly around the interweb the other day and ended up on the clug wiki where about halfway down on the first page

Re: clug - future of the wiki

2009-01-29 Thread Jim Cheetham
with it :-) I've been busy moving house, and dealing with family stuff. Now, my base position is this :- I haven't been living in Christchurch for a long time, so my involvement with CLUG consists solely of following this email list, and running the wiki software on a spare server. That server is getting

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-07 Thread dave
or Flashing yellow. But hell you came up with a good idea, I just wanted to keep in the CLUG family so to speak. Wesley Parish On Saturday 06 December 2008 18:32, dave wrote: On Saturday 06 December 2008 17:16:39 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:59 +1300 Zane Gilmore

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-07 Thread Wesley Parish
and intended to say that you manually controlled the phasing of the lights so you decided at random when they'd all go red or green or Flashing yellow. But hell you came up with a good idea, I just wanted to keep in the CLUG family so to speak. Wesley Parish On Saturday 06 December 2008

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-07 Thread chris
. But hell you came up with a good idea, I just wanted to keep in the CLUG family so to speak. Wesley Parish On Saturday 06 December 2008 18:32, dave wrote: On Saturday 06 December 2008 17:16:39 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:59 +1300 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL

Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Back on Topic:- Tomorrow is the regular meeting night. How many folks are going to be at the Twisted Hop, Poplar Lane, tomorrow evening? I. E. Is it worth my while going, to meet more that just my alter ego? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Linux Kevin
I am sure I will be there where ever that is (out of towner; so a street name and or number and what time at the Twisted Hop. (GPS co-ord if you must but I am not sure if I have cracked that function yet)). Been to one meeting half a year ago and lurked for oh so simply ages so you will have a

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Zane Gilmore
There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Zane -- - Zane Gilmore Development and Web Infrastructure Team Leader DDI: 325 9631

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 08/12/2008, Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Thursday's ok for me. Table booked? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Robert Fisher
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 5:20:09 pm Zane Gilmore wrote: There were those that mentioned doing it on Thursday night instead. It actually would be better for me on Thursday night. What does everybody else think? Thursday was, I thought, the day agreed to at the last meeting. Unfortunately I have a

Re: Back on topic: CLUG Get together tomorrow?

2008-12-07 Thread Linux Kevin
Thats cool, I will just go there on Tuesday night as I have been planning for the last couple of semi-decades and see some of what I might have been missing out on if I could have got there on Thursday, Altered Eegos Toast still on the menu there? Robert Fisher wrote: On Mon, 08 Dec 2008

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-06 Thread Wesley Parish
wanting to have one in an urban setting? God i can see it now CLUG members showing up a the grumpy mole or some such place all cam'd up and bellachavered with the paintball guns and taking out all the other patrons in site, then with the alert out and Wesley pluged into the CCC traffic system

Re: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
I'm voting for the Twisted Hop. Any day with a 'y' in it is good for me... On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:55:38 +1300 Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/12/5 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So what are we going to do next week? Are we just going to the pub on Thursday night or

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:59 +1300 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what are we going to do next week? Are we just going to the pub on Thursday night or what? How about PAINTBALL! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/bofh_2008_episode_39/ Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-05 Thread dave
/2008/12/05/bofh_2008_episode_39/ Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your Sick(in a funny sorta way) !!! Loved the story so i think your wanting to have one in an urban setting? God i can see it now CLUG members showing up a the grumpy mole or some such place all cam'd up and bellachavered

Re: OT: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-05 Thread yuri
2008/12/6 dave wrote: God i can see it now CLUG members showing up a the grumpy mole or some such place all cam'd up and bellachavered with the paintball guns and taking out all the other patrons in site, then with the alert out and Wesley pluged into the CCC traffic system creating haoc

CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-04 Thread Zane Gilmore
So what are we going to do next week? Are we just going to the pub on Thursday night or what? -- - Zane Gilmore Development and Web Infrastructure Team Leader DDI: 325 9631 Cell:0276 319 206 Plant Food Research : Rangahau Ahumaara Kai

Re: CLUG Get together next week?

2008-12-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2008/12/5 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So what are we going to do next week? Are we just going to the pub on Thursday night or what? Please not that ghastly pub we went to last time. Huge pile of of very expensive and totally tasteless poo, which they to passed off as food. I'd suggest

Re: CLUG problems...please help

2008-11-20 Thread Zane Gilmore
Message Subject:CLUG problems...please help Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:56:45 +1300 From: Gauland, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger, Sorry to trouble you, but I've been unable to post to the CLUG list, though I seem to be receiving messages just fine. When I try to post

Fwd: CLUG problems...please help

2008-11-19 Thread Roger Searle
Original Message Subject:CLUG problems...please help Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:56:45 +1300 From: Gauland, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger, Sorry to trouble you, but I’ve been unable to post to the CLUG list, though I seem to be receiving messages just fine. When

Re: CLUG problems...please help

2008-11-19 Thread Nick Rout
Mike, are you posting from a different email address to the subscribed one? Damned if I know who the list admin is these days! On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject:CLUG problems...please help Date: Thu, 20

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-10 Thread Zane Gilmore
Roger, Sorry I don't think that I will be getting there early. I find 7:30 difficult enough as it is. In my experience, everybody is usually happy to chat while we spend a little time futzing around getting the technology going. It's in the nature of these things that people stand around in a

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-07 Thread Christopher Sawtell
That would be fine _provided that_ the group ( Indian children's dance group ) who have hired the hall immediately previously to us has finished using the premises. On 07/11/2008, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: would a 7:15 arrival work for you and the key holders, to attempt to

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-06 Thread Barry Marchant
Next years fine Barry - Zane Gilmore wrote: There did not appear to be a reply to my suggestion the other day for the meeting next Tuesday. Steve and Roger... Are you guys going to be able to do your thing? Derek and Barry... do you have any objection to doing your talks next

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-06 Thread Roger Searle
would a 7:15 arrival work for you and the key holders, to attempt to eliminate the typical projector issues going well beyond meeting start time? Zane Gilmore wrote: Cool, I'll try to arrange the projector.

CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Zane Gilmore
There did not appear to be a reply to my suggestion the other day for the meeting next Tuesday. Steve and Roger... Are you guys going to be able to do your thing? Derek and Barry... do you have any objection to doing your talks next year? --

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Zane Gilmore wrote: There did not appear to be a reply to my suggestion the other day for the meeting next Tuesday. Derek and Barry... do you have any objection to doing your talks next year? I have no problem with this... Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:28:36 +1300 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There did not appear to be a reply to my suggestion the other day for the meeting next Tuesday. Steve and Roger... Are you guys going to be able to do your thing? Fine by me! Derek and Barry... do you have any

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Roger Searle
i knew what i was thinking when i replied (asking more questions projectors) and i'm surprised everyone else didn't ;-) i'm a yes, i can do a brief demo that i'm intending to spend no more than 10 minutes doing then leave the rest of the time to steve. steve - you originally offered to have

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-11-05 Thread Zane Gilmore
Cool, I'll try to arrange the projector. -- - Zane Gilmore Development and Web Infrastructure Team Leader DDI: 325 9631 Cell:0276 319 206 Crop Food Research : Mana Kai Rangahau http://www.crop.cri.nz

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-15 Thread dave
political correctness). Sometimes being blunt about something is better than tip toeing around the edges of an issue. I know it's got nothing to do with Clug or ... but Steve

Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Zane Gilmore
I'm sorry I seem to find myself, yet again, without a speaker for the CLUG meeting. However, this time I can't think of anyone to help out. If there is anyone prepared to give an interesting talk at hideously short notice that would be great. So it looks like we may have to have a workshop

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2008/10/13 Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm sorry I seem to find myself, yet again, without a speaker for the CLUG meeting. However, this time I can't think of anyone to help out. If there is anyone prepared to give an interesting talk at hideously short notice that would be great. So

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:27:42 +1300 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] ok no way can i commit to organising meetings, but i can offer my apalling presentation skills at short notice at the moment. Skillset is system/database/network admin - from practical rather than theoretical

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Barry Marchant
Listening to a speaker with practical experience (and horror stories?) is more interesting than pure theory Steve. Anyway the pre meeting meeting at Salas Thai Cuisine is on at 6.00 pm. Please let me know so I can make a booking. Barry - Steve Holdoway

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Roger Searle
it would be a huge shame to not have a few days notice of a presentation such as this / by someone such as this - since i would make every effort to come along, but almost certainly can't if i only know about it on the day / the day before. Cheers, Roger Barry Marchant wrote: Listening to a

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Zane Gilmore
Yes Roger, Again I must apologise. I keep finding myself surprised by the start of the month! Steve, maybe next month would be a better use of your talk and tonight we can just have a fixup session and a chat over a cuppa. How does that sound? Zane --

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Zane Gilmore
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm sorry I seem to find myself, yet again, without a speaker for the CLUG meeting. However, this time I can't think of anyone to help out. If there is anyone prepared to give an interesting talk at hideously short notice that would be great. So it looks like we may have

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
OK fine. Get a few topics for next month tonight then?? Can anyone fix my tosh so the screensaver doesn't lock the whole screen and the only way forward is to remove the battery / restart gdm via an ssh connnection?? Old nvidia + hardy. 7pm start is it? Can someone tape shortie for me then (:

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
I can bring in a copy of vmware server 2.0.0 x86_64 to save a 450+MB download if anyone wants it?? Got 1.0.7 as well - 64 bit .gz too. Steve -- Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
7:30pm actually. On 14/10/2008, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK fine. Get a few topics for next month tonight then?? Can anyone fix my tosh so the screensaver doesn't lock the whole screen and the only way forward is to remove the battery / restart gdm via an ssh connnection?? Old

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Does it emulate the 3Dnow instructions? If so I'd be very grateful. On 14/10/2008, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can bring in a copy of vmware server 2.0.0 x86_64 to save a 450+MB download if anyone wants it?? Got 1.0.7 as well - 64 bit .gz too. Steve -- Steve Holdoway [EMAIL

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Nick Rout
Usually better to get it from your distro's repositories of course! On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it emulate the 3Dnow instructions? If so I'd be very grateful. On 14/10/2008, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can bring in a copy

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Um well, I have done that for everything so far, but now have hit a show stopper. I am now somewhat more than just slightly disappointed and disenchanted by the ability of the *ubuntu folks to keep their archive of binaries up to date. It's Sabayon Professional next time. On 14/10/2008, Nick

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Wesley Parish
Actually, listening to the theorists argue tends to be a bit of a blood sport for techies! I'm in - as always - for Salas Thai Cuisine. Wesley Parish Quoting Barry Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Listening to a speaker with practical experience (and horror stories?) is more interesting than

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
As I use it (intentionally) on both debian and redhat - based platforms, it makes more sense for me to install from tgz. I was only offering to save a 450MB download, not start a flame war (: Steve On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:01:12 +1300 Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um well, I

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Roger Searle
not sure that it's available in (k)ubuntu repositories, is it? i try to follow this advice where possible, however adept doesn't show any relevant results searching for vmware. downloading the tar.gz, untarring and running the installer Just Worked for me the other week at home (i can't

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Roger Searle
sorry zane my email was not directed personally at you - only a desire to not miss out . . . the wluggers have a bot sending out reminders of meetings - how have they done that? and why aren't we? Zane Gilmore wrote: Yes Roger, Again I must apologise. I keep finding myself surprised by

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
I'll install it somewhere if you want to demo it! All I did was upgrade my existing install - haven't played with it at all... Steve On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:30:18 +1300 Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not sure that it's available in (k)ubuntu repositories, is it? i try to follow this

Re: Clug meeting olpc

2008-10-13 Thread goldedge
seem to find myself, yet again, without a speaker for the CLUG meeting. However, this time I can't think of anyone to help out. If there is anyone prepared to give an interesting talk at hideously short notice that would be great. So it looks like we may have to have a workshop or similar

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Nick Rout
When i ran the meetings I simply sent a reminder to the list a week in advance, or when I remembered. If you want to do something with regularity, man cron is your friend. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Roger Searle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry zane my email was not directed personally at

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Derek Smithies
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Nick Rout wrote: rant There seems to be a dearth of people stepping up to the mark to talk about anything. Where are the commercial linux users in ChCh telling us about how they are helping to change the world? /rant As always, well spoken. Nick, I appreciate the way you

Re: Clug meeting

2008-10-13 Thread Roger Searle
ummm... i guess i could put something together - it will be brief, i certainly don't count myself as an expert, and probably wouldn't be able to offer authoritative answers to good questions. or even bad ones. but i'll give it a go . . . since really i'm usually the question asker and

Re: Clug meeting olpc

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Thanks so much, but I am rather heavily otherwise preoccupied at the moment, but will get back to CLUG, Linux and OLPC as soon as I can. 2008/10/14 goldedge [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Christopher, a quick net search seems to indicate that the 3dnow instruction set has been supported by bochs

CLUG meeting

2008-10-12 Thread Zane Gilmore
Ooops, Yet again I find myself at this part of the month having forgotten the CLUG meeting. My life is too hectic right now to do this. Not sure I can get a speaker now so maybe it's gonna be a short one or maybe a help session. So many apologies and am now looking to pass the baton to someone

Re: CLUG meeting

2008-10-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Zane Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ooops, Yet again I find myself at this part of the month having forgotten the CLUG meeting. My life is too hectic right now to do this. Not sure I can get a speaker now so maybe it's gonna be a short one or maybe a help

Re: CLUG Meeting

2008-08-11 Thread Zane Gilmore
Rik Tindall wrote: snip I assume you've got the projector issue resolved for the evening? yes, (thanks for the reminder :-) )

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