Re: Where's demime?

2009-05-30 Thread ropers
2009/5/30 Toni Mueller : > Hi, > > On Fri, 29.05.2009 at 09:29:39 +0200, ropers wrote: >> I know that demime is being used on the misc mailing list. >> I even tried to see if it's contained in some other package: >> http://www.google.ie/search?q=demime+inurl%3Ao

Re: OpenBSD as a storage SAN

2009-06-03 Thread ropers
o precisely what SAN technologies/software/hardware are you trying to use with OpenBSD? For what it's worth, the opposite --accessing an existing SAN from OpenBSD-- seems to have been discussed in the past: http://marc.info/?t=12351424634&r=1&w=2 regards, --ropers

Re: primepower sparc64

2009-06-10 Thread ropers
2009/6/11 OsRider : > http://nakajin.dyndns.org/sparc64.html . Looking at that page and its HTML source, it appears that OpenOffice.org now is everything that was wrong with MS Office ten years ago. regards, --ropers

Re: Anyone working with netbeans 5.5?

2009-06-12 Thread ropers
a series of tubes^W steps that reproduces this issue under OpenBSD, then I could try the same steps and see if I can reproduce on Ubuntu 9.04, i.e. if it's in any way OpenBSD's "fault" or it netbeans is just fucked somehow. regards, --ropers

Re: Anyone working with netbeans 5.5?

2009-06-12 Thread ropers
onts ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-wqy-zenhei Of course, if you're happy to leave it and just use Eclipse, then well, I guess that also settles things. regards, --ropers 2009/6/12 MANI : > I tried netbeans 5.5 and 6.0 on Gentoo and FreeBSD previously with no > problem, So I

Re: Where is the CLISH port ?

2009-06-13 Thread ropers
2009/6/14 Stuart Henderson : > You might also be interested in nsh. Relevancy link: http://www.nmedia.net/nsh/

Re: Commercials for TV?

2009-06-15 Thread ropers
2009/6/15 Fernando Quintero : > http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/06/openbsd.html?from=rss > > wtf? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBspot But seriously, that was surprisingly well written. BBspot's ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to their newsletter. :) regards, --ropers

Re: ntpd dies on startup if using "-s" option

2009-06-17 Thread ropers
kind of USV... *ahem* Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! regards, --ropers

Re: BGP and NATting to multiple ISPs

2009-06-20 Thread ropers
2009/6/19 Henning Brauer > [IPv6] migration, if it ever happens, will > make today's internet look like paradise. I wonder if you or others feel like elaborating? I'm quite curious, but not knowledgeable enough to intuitively understand why. regards, --ropers

Re: ftp limits bandwidth

2009-06-21 Thread ropers
erybody and their grandmother have been doing multiple transfers for ages. In Filezilla, if you go to Edit -- Settings -- Transfers and set Maximum simultaneous transfers to 1, does Filezilla still transfer faster than OpenBSD's stock ftp(1)? regards, --ropers

Re: Color with ls command

2009-07-12 Thread ropers
tml Also, and I'm ashamed to even ask you this, but of course you are using the right package/port version for your system? http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#NoFun regards, --ropers

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-14 Thread ropers
bly your own. http://imgur.com/fuoYH.png regards, --ropers

Re: Longsoon/Godson MIPS boxes, where to buy?

2012-01-02 Thread ropers
On 2 January 2012 18:10, Nomen Nescio wrote: > I don't rely on anyone's work. Ladies and gentlemen: The great American delusion.

Re: Install without the DNS domain name from DHCP

2012-01-12 Thread ropers
On 12 January 2012 13:33, wrote: > BTW, what seems to work is: > > supersede domain-name "."; Makes sense, because the . means root (i.e. the domain name root), which incidentally is why http://www.openbsd.org./ also works.

Re: locate weirdness

2012-01-22 Thread ropers
On 23 January 2012 04:04, Lars wrote: > > It would be cool to see more BSD consulting companies and support > companies, and web hosting companies. If I was to look for an OpenBSD web > hosting company, I'd have difficulty finding one. There are far too many > LINUX web hosts out there. BSD seems

Re: ctrl+alt+backspace bypasses xlock and allows terminal access

2012-03-24 Thread ropers
On 24 March 2012 15:56, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > Option "DontZap" "on" > Option "DontVTSwitch" "on" > Option "DontZoom" "on" > > Was what I used with some success to keep people out of the console on > some internet kiosk devices. Been a while, so I can't remember what the > DontZoom was for.

Re: all freezes when I move windows in twm

2012-04-23 Thread ropers
2012/4/23 Alexei Malinin : > I tried "OpaqueMove" option in my .twmrc - it helped to eliminate > freezing during moving of windows. > > But freezing still occurs under the following conditions: > 1) I create an xterm window with undefined geometry resourse, > 2) twm draws the window outline and wai

Re: OpenBSD 5.1 i386- ports vs packages

2012-05-05 Thread ropers
ect it to be relatively rare that the actual hashes will end up matching. For learning about the process, fiddling and compiling and hacking away with mad abandon can be great. But for when you're just interested in running a quality end product? Heck, no. regards, --ropers

Re: cp(1) bug ?

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
On 22 Oct 2007 01:30:57 +0200, Artur Grabowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Tom Van Looy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > on unix everything is a file? s/unix/Plan 9/g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs > no, it's not. It's the dumbed down "truth" so that you can explain to > r

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
ing been curious once. If you want to know more, you probably really should talk to Christoph Egger, who did the actual porting work. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
On 22/10/2007, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/22/07, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 22/10/2007, carlopmart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I know that time to time somebody do the same question

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
On 22/10/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22/10/2007, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/22/07, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 22/10/2007, carlopmart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > >

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
address can be found via Google. Also, I think it's more or less useless to speculate on the state of the port -- much better to simply ask Christoph what the story is. Who knows, if there turns out to be real interest here, maybe the code can still be put to use in a way similar to what Nick suggested. --ropers

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-22 Thread ropers
inherent limitations and consequences? --ropers

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-23 Thread ropers
and hope. :) Once again, thanks for your hard work. :) Many thanks in advance and kind regards, Jens Ropers

Re: em(4) - IFCAP_VLAN_MTU & IFCAP_VLAN_HWTAGGING ?

2007-10-23 Thread ropers
's word alone would be enough for me, because AFAIK Henning wrote actual pertinent code and knows darn friggin well what he's talking about. Did you contribute as much code to OpenBSD/pf as Henning? Are you sure your understanding is deeper than his? (No offense, by the way, all in good humour.) Cheerio, --ropers

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-23 Thread ropers
know it: is it planned at some point to release a paravirtualized xen > > > > kernel > > > > for OpenBSD 4.3 or 4.4??? > > yum Sorry Jeff, I missed the above earlier on. Is that a yes? Does that mean that Christoph's code has gone or is going into OpenBSD current? Thanks and regards, --ropers

Can anyone recommend a cheap and mature, well-supported graphics board for OpenBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread ropers
gards, --ropers

Re: Can anyone recommend a cheap and mature, well-supported graphics board for OpenBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread ropers
On 23/10/2007, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > check the xorg supported hardware list... or the "SEE ALSO" section of Xorg(1) (...) Thank you. (Thanks to Dmitrij as well.) I gather ATI and NVIDIA appear to be better supported than most others. Is that true? In case I end up making a (s

Re: Non-x86 (was: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..)

2007-10-25 Thread ropers
On 24/10/2007, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seriously, what (affordable) non-x86 hardware options are available, > especially those without AMT or AMT-like backdoors? > > http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/articles/eng/1148.htm > http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/

carp(4) and pfsync(4) port numbers and types?

2007-10-27 Thread ropers
;. I'm not sure if I understand correctly. Does that mean that the port is 240? Does pfsync use the TCP or UDP port (or both)? I understand from http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35 that carp uses "IP protocol 112". Does that mean CARP's port is 112? Does CARP use a TCP or UDP port, or both? Many thanks in advance, --ropers

Re: carp(4) and pfsync(4) port numbers and types?

2007-10-28 Thread ropers
> On 10/27/07, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand from http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35 > > that carp uses "IP protocol 112". Does that mean CARP's port is 112? > > Does CARP use a TCP or UDP port, or both? Stuart wrote: > Neithe

dead link fix for http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35

2007-10-28 Thread ropers
k, so that future readers remain able to fully appreciate the workings of Cizzz-coeee? (I would have submitted a diff; unfortunately I don't have access to an OpenBSD computer right now; I'm just emailing you from some Windows box.) Many thanks in advance, --ropers

Re: dead link fix for http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35

2007-10-28 Thread ropers
On 28/10/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hiya, > > On http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35 > there is a link to > http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/documents/standards/general-comms/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt > in the third paragraph of the introductory t

Re: Help needed to get PF working

2007-10-30 Thread ropers
On 25/10/2007, Nico Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Timo, > > Since we're on the subject of dumb ideas... What happens when you start > over with only your NAT rule and slowly start adding the additional rules? > > So, start over, start open, make NAT work, then lock it down and see > when/i

Re: Odd msdos fs behaviour [was: Re: Odd FFS behavior]

2007-10-30 Thread ropers
On 25/10/2007, David Vasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Edd Barrett wrote: > > > The directory made has been truncated msdos style. "a_frag~1". > > Therefore when cp tries to copy files into the new directory, it can't > > find the new filename. > > > > The workaround is to do

Re: Remembering Jun-ichiro Hagino

2007-10-31 Thread ropers
I didn't really know Itojun personally, but I very recently watched his IPv6 videos. He struck me as a very kind and mild-mannered person. So sad to hear that he is gone. http://www.youtube.com/user/itojun On 31/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps, its better to remembe

Re: Remembering Jun-ichiro Hagino

2007-10-31 Thread ropers
How would people feel about creating a Wikipedia article for Itojun? Surely his IPv6 work makes him notable enough? eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itojun (The reason I haven't done so myself is that I fundamentally disagree with Wikipedia blocking non-account holders from creating articles, so

Re: Support for HDMI and Disk On Memory?

2007-10-31 Thread ropers
On 01/11/2007, Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello friends, > > Please excuse me for sounding like a newbie. > > I have not obtained enough info about these technologies on the web. Any > pointers are much appreciated. > > I want to know what needs to be done to make OpenBSD boo

Re: Bad MD5 of install42.iso

2007-11-01 Thread ropers
On 01/11/2007, Przemys3aw Pawe3czyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I dloaded the file from two different servers. > Here's what I got running md5sum: > > 1) MD5s for downloaded files > md5sum install42.iso > 03dc43a1d18d3003843a1f13b3861917 install42.iso > > Just for checking: > md5sum cd42.

Re: Remembering Jun-ichiro Hagino

2007-11-01 Thread ropers
f you like the Internet, then maybe you should be aware of itojun's work. (Oh, and Google is your friend. ;-) regards, --ropers

Re: OpenBSD 4.2 release November 1, 2007

2007-11-01 Thread ropers
On 01/11/2007, Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Leonardo Rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > May the IPV6 Samurai rest in peace. We are all thankful for his work. > > > > And cheers to yet another release =) > > Perhaps a theme for a future release is shaping up. Something li

Misc. questions

2007-11-02 Thread ropers
obably shouldn't pay much attention to him. And I wonder who this Googel is. Does he work for Microsoft? Everybody constantly seems to assume that we're buddies, but I don't even *know* the guy. Yours truly, etc., etc. --Baron Ropers van Ropers von Ropersropers, Esquire PS: Please visit my website: http://tinyurl.com/3aremt It is really nice.

Re: Theo's new compiler and etiquette both in cyberspace and the 'real world' (was: Re: OT: Re: version info )

2007-11-04 Thread ropers
EU bank transfer - Receipt Sender: Jens Ropers Recipient: OpenBSD Oostveld Kouter 13 9920 Lovendegem Belgium IBAN: BE93737017743767 BIC-/SWIFT-Code:KREDBEBB Amount: 10.00 EUR Comment:Jens Ropers I cannot afford anything right now but I just had to send this as a response

Re: Theo's new compiler and etiquette both in cyberspace and the 'real world' (was: Re: OT: Re: version info )

2007-11-04 Thread ropers
On 04/11/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but Sorry, Could Not Resist: > > (...) > > If you really believe that your way works better, go ahead and fork. > Make your TimoBSD, where you are absolutely free to set the tone

Re: pcengines/alix answering machine

2007-11-04 Thread ropers
stion (as it might be already answerd some > times, you might drop it silently): are there problems (and > workarounds) with OpenBSD and ALIX boards? http://google.ie/search?q=openbsd+alix > Thank you all! > > Manuel > > Please apologize my (poor) english. It's grand mate, you're easily understood. :) cheerio, --ropers

Re: altroot is not mentioned in FAQ [diff]

2007-11-06 Thread ropers
On 06/11/2007, Jan Stary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is using a larger disk in the example a problem? Using a 20G disk makes > the point of showing how usable the system is even on a small disk, but > 20G disks don't really exist anymore. O RLY? I always thought my 20 Gig HDD was the lar

Re: altroot is not mentioned in FAQ [diff]

2007-11-06 Thread ropers
On 06/11/2007, Jan Stary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PS: As this is a small diff, I edited (my copy of) faq4.html manually; > but if I was to write up something bigger - is there some script(1)-like > log of the whole installation, or can I create one? Drop into shell at > the very beginning, an

Re: how to create cdrom42.fs?

2007-11-06 Thread ropers
On 06/11/2007, 23号 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > anything script? > > -- > Best Regards, > No.23 http://marc.info/?t=11939458983&r=1&w=2

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-11-08 Thread ropers
ded to their own virtual machines and thus completely separated from both the underlying system software and other more trusted applications." Completely separated my arse. Yes, I'd still LOVE to see Christoph's OpenBSD/Xen port be officially included, but I can hardly help much to make it happen, nor do I expect OpenBSD/Xen to be a security godsend. --ropers

Re: can't figure out obsd with a bridging ADSL modem.

2007-11-08 Thread ropers
On 08/11/2007, Craig Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel like I'm missing something painfully obvious, but I just can't > see it. > > > > I have someone who just got ADSL connected and I talked them into > letting > > me setup an obsd firewall. The adsl modem that the ISP sent only does > >

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-11-08 Thread ropers
gt; And that's complete and utter bullshit. Don's email made a very specific point which did not contradict Theo in any way. I think you're implying something about Theo's opinion that he in fact never said. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: identifying sparse files and get ride of them trick available?

2007-11-10 Thread ropers
Would people say that this edit is a decent description of these issues? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sparse_file&diff=170645177&oldid=168346326

Re: identifying sparse files and get ride of them trick available?

2007-11-10 Thread ropers
On 10/11/2007, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your example just shows copying big files takes long. The point being, > if the file was not sparse, it would take at least the same time. > Blaming sparseness for the long cp time is not "fair". > > -Otto But of course it would b

[OT] making Firefox respect telnet:// URLs

2007-11-11 Thread ropers
executable (chmod u+x), and in Firefox' about:config I have added a new boolean network.protocol-handler.external.telnet (set to true) and a new string network.protocol-handler.app.telnet (set to /home/ropers/.telnet4firefox.sh). The contents of the script are: #!/bin/sh xterm -e "telnet ${1#

Re: [OT] making Firefox respect telnet:// URLs

2007-11-11 Thread ropers
On 11/11/2007, Barry Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 10:32:05PM +0100, ropers wrote: > > xterm -e "telnet ${1##telnet://}" > > > > When I click a telnet URL that does not specify a port, it works, > > xterm launches w

Re: help regarding peer guardian

2007-12-01 Thread ropers
k to OpenBSD would probably be non-trivial, and it might even be easier to write a work-alike application/PF-ruleset from scratch. --ropers

Re: Skype on the OpenBSD

2007-12-02 Thread ropers
L PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you kind of promote to > > use buggy software (...) by the fact that it is widely > > use and as such you can't run something else? This seems to me to be a perfectly reasonable summary of your position. --ropers

Re: License Violation - ksh

2007-12-02 Thread ropers
le if their authors > gave permission. Okay, so in case that is true, my question to Pedro is: Have you contacted the publisher of http://www.delilinux.de/oksh/ privately before going public on a widely read mailing list? It would seem the poluite thing to do, no? Maybe the guy (or gal)'s not very well informed and made an honest mistake. --ropers

Re: Skype on the OpenBSD

2007-12-02 Thread ropers
d your principles, then what good are they? > Most of my real life friends sadly use ICQ and won't switch. I'm glad that I > got a > telephon flatrate now and don't need to use Skype anymore. See? You're paying for a telephone flatrate, so you can easily avoid using Skype. That's a choice right there. And a good one, I dare say. Kudos. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Are you doing this for non-repudiation? Cheers, --ropers

Re: This list: CC and TO fields

2007-12-03 Thread ropers
On 03/12/2007, L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't find the 'reply only to group' feature my mail client yet.. but > I just started using this email client recently. It is Mozilla Thunderbird. Reply to all.

Re: dual booting on iBook

2007-12-03 Thread ropers
On 03/12/2007, Paolo Supino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have a Macintosh iBook G4 and I was wondering weather it's possible > to dual boot it (like in the I386 world)? > > > > > TIA > Paolo Dual boot which two OSes?

Re: Could Hiawatha replace Apache as in base HTTP server if it's license changed?

2007-12-07 Thread ropers
t's up to the OpenBSD community. "You guys have to take the initiative because I won't." On 07/12/2007, Jason George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Thought that his words could be useful. > > Only useful if you are trolling. QFT. > Hilter. Yes? http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU5aWyK9MRk > Ok, I'll take the bait: http://wiki.codemongers.com/Main Nginx? Never heard of it; but makes a good 1st impression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx Ceterum censeo, these "let's replace abc with xyz" misc discussions are lame. --ropers

Re: freeBSD7.0 advertised.

2007-12-09 Thread ropers
For the benefit of the archives, the FreeBSD PDF URL given above is incorrect. The correct URL is http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf or if that doesn't work http://tinyurl.com/34nabm

Re: freeBSD7.0 advertised.

2007-12-09 Thread ropers
I apologize for prolonging this thread, but I had to share this with you: >From the aforementioned PDF: "SMPng, step 3: Then make it fast; FreeBSD 7.0 (...) > Major shift of focus from correctness to optimization, with impressive results" LOL.

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-11 Thread ropers
> > You've got a choice of: (...) > > 3/ dangerous political activist with a hidden agenda > Or > > 4) not up on the OpenBSD projects goals and current licensing requirements To quote Robert Steele (from memory): "Given a choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always go for incompetence, be

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-11 Thread ropers
nd ports system and not aware that the OpenBSD project does not in fact host unfree packages (and that ports for unfree programs such as users have submitted only contain metadata). In summary, I strongly feel that OpenBSD in fact does *not* suggest non-free programs. Despite the heated and sometimes personal nature of this thread, I think the honorable thing to do would be to be the bigger man and acknowledge the misunderstandings and make good on your offer to recommend OpenBSD. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-11 Thread ropers
I'd like to add two things I forgot earlier on, for Richards consideration: On 12/12/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is IMHO very similar to the way the OpenBSD ports system is > related to unfree software: > - The unfree software is not hosted by Ope

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-12 Thread ropers
http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free 2. Reload or update the package information 3. Install the skype package. Richard, I am just asking you to be consistent and avoid the impression of biased decisionmaking based on a conflict of interest. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-12 Thread ropers
On 12/12/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/12/2007, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a last question. Will gNewSense become "non-free" if I start a > > "ports-like" > > software install package project

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-12 Thread ropers
they wouldn't do that, > because their policies are not to do that. On 12/12/2007, ropers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I repeat again: > The OpenBSD ports tree is *neither included in nor recommended* by > OpenBSD. > OpenBSD *Does. Not. Do. That.* because OpenBSD'

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-12 Thread ropers
u are purposefully acting in bad faith, which an increasing number of misc readers now subscribe to. Again, please answer my emails, and please send me a private email, so we can both better familiarise ourselves with each other's reasoning without further irritating the readers of the very busy misc list. Thanks and regards, --ropers (Jens Ropers) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-13 Thread ropers
This site uses ABLOBE Flush*, but it's TEH FUNNAY: http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=OpenBSD&word2=Richard+Stallman *) But it's also lynx(1) compatible: Follow the IFRAME: content link to see the gist of things. In the Flush version there's also a winning stick figure knocking the

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-13 Thread ropers
writing this to lend perspective to Richard's endorsement of gNewSense and his rejection of OpenBSD. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-14 Thread ropers
l's name and "error". That would not be polite, but in case you haven't noticed, this and many more of your recent remarks *acutely* make people feel like flinging things like that your way. And not without cause Richard, not without cause. This thread has not been kind to you. But you brought the biggest part of that on yourself. Think about it. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-14 Thread ropers
earlier promise to relinquish control of the root? Hey Stallman! There's always ORSN. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORSN ) No need to use FidoNet. See, you can browse TEH Intarwebs too. These tubes are made for surfin'. ;-) I kid, I kid! ;oP --ropers

Re: UUCP to mars

2007-12-15 Thread ropers
On 15/12/2007, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the time the US gets to Mars, we'll have quantum communication: > instantaneous across the universe. Did you read "On Bullshit", then? ;-) Or what do you know that we don't? > I can't see anyone other than the US going to Mars. Su

Re: Adobe Flash on OpenBSD

2007-12-17 Thread ropers
I haven't tried any of this, but given that running Opera for Linux with Adobe's Flash plug-in in emulation works, if it's important to have the latest Flash in Firefox, would it be possible to run Firefox for Linux+Flash in emulation? Has anyone tried this? Is there a reason why Opera is better su

Re: Xen status

2007-12-18 Thread ropers
PS: http://hg.recoil.org/

Re: Xen status

2007-12-18 Thread ropers
n't cite security claims as reasons for OpenBSD/Xen, unless you fancy your OpenBSD "street cred" getting rather unceremoniously shredded into little itsy bitsy pieces. Hope this helps, thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: [Fwd: Open-Hardware]

2008-01-08 Thread ropers
> Richard Stallman wrote: > > There are no copiers for hardware and it has no source code. O RLY? http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome http://www.poptech.com/popcasts/popcasts.aspx?lang=&viewcastid=154 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom On

Re: Pre-Orders for Limited Edition Puffy the Blowfish

2008-01-09 Thread ropers
and are able to do something cool that helps the project financially, then more power to you. If however you're only looking to earn a few quick bucks for yourself, then you may not get a lot of takers here. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Open Source Article Spawns Interesting Ethical Question

2008-01-11 Thread ropers
On 10/01/2008, bofh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008 8:45 PM, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 1/9/08, bofh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just curious if you know how Kevin Mitnick was tracked down and > > captured? > > > > did the police go to the billing address of

Re: most secure graphical browser

2008-01-17 Thread ropers
content, and being able to read that content can be useful. --ropers

Re: most secure graphical browser

2008-01-18 Thread ropers
han a browser with a long history of many security bugs?" really can't be answered. It depends. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Full day PF tutorial in Riga, February 20th, 2008

2008-01-21 Thread ropers
l see what I can arrange. Maybe I can get a lend of an iBook G3 that I could install OpenBSD on. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: Test Limerick, please ignore

2008-01-29 Thread ropers
rk anything sent to misc@ as spam, then Gmail might eventually stop delivering misc@ emails to me and everybody else. Maybe I'm overly careful, but it doesn't hurt much to click "Delete" instead of "Report spam". regards, --ropers

Re: low-MHz server

2008-01-30 Thread ropers
On 30/01/2008, bofh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, > Look for tempest rated computers? These may be difficult to procure, because according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST even the emission limits remain classified, nevermind actual kit that one could buy. --ropers

Re: low-MHz server

2008-01-30 Thread ropers
he should then tell you which she thinks has the Palm Pilot in it. Since there's a 50/50 chance, you could either repeat the experiment a bunch of times and/or use a whole bunch of boxes. Okay, totally off-topic (sorry), but that's what popped into my head. --ropers

Re: low-MHz server

2008-01-30 Thread ropers
On 30/01/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > She's also sensitive to lower-freq and even DC electric fields (e.g. a > battery with no external current flow) but in a different manner. I don't understand what you mean by "DC electric fields" in this context. A battery without any

Re: low-MHz server

2008-01-30 Thread ropers
" is only interesting in trying to find and address root causes, but it doesn't say anything about how real the pain is. --ropers

Re: booting openbsd on eee without cd-rom

2008-01-31 Thread ropers
others) in the next release. Don't count on me though. I'm way over my head in all sorts of stuff.) Hopefully this info helps you in your migration from Linux to OpenBSD. ;-P ;-) Good luck! :) best regards, --ropers

Re: Job Offer

2008-02-01 Thread ropers
On 1 Feb 2008 13:40:10 +0100, Storistes de France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Storistes de France is currently looking for English Corrections > Officer. We currently need three english corrections officer, someone who > can edit our customer service messages and correct errors in our english > c

Re: setting up a noiseless workstation

2008-02-01 Thread ropers
On 01/02/2008, Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've also been looking at case cooling methods such as: > http://atechfabrication.com/HTPC_cases.htm > > Solid, thick case with fins, and heatpipes to thermally connect CPU/GPU > to the case. Anybody use anything like this before? That (

OT but funny

2008-02-05 Thread ropers
My apologies, I know, I'm sending WAY more OT emails than technical ones right now, but I just **had** to share this: http://www.osnews.com/images/comics/wtfm.jpg

Re: multi-disk external scsi enclosures

2008-02-05 Thread ropers
that much more available and better tested/supported? regards, --ropers

Re: Turning NTFS on in GENERIC kernels

2008-02-05 Thread ropers
e OpenBSD NTFS code stems from ((and whether there might be anyybody (qualified) interested in making the NTFS-3G code work under OpenBSD)). Thanks and kind regards, --ropers

Re: OpenBSD as Xen domU

2008-02-06 Thread ropers
l through the cracks here). Thanks and regards, --ropers On 07/02/2008, John Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OpenBSD as DomU works using hardware virtualization for me. There's > the occasional lockup that I haven't looked into too much. You can > launch vncviewer to

Re: Authenticate squid in Active Directory

2008-02-08 Thread ropers
nBSD to handle logins to NT4-compatible domains (including logins to such domains from W2K/WXP clients), it seems to me that it's not offering anything that's truly interchangeable with AD. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks and regards, --ropers

Re: gotchas for old Proliants

2008-02-08 Thread ropers
On 08/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, > I suppose that some things internally would be on the EISA bus (e.g. > keyboard, floppy drive). Huh? The FDC and PS/2 ports are on the EISA bus? --ropers

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