[nlug] Re: Building a NAS

2009-04-01 Thread Chris McQuistion
I think you should go with Microsoft Server 2008. I think their having a sale, since it is April 1st. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I'll be the first to say it.. I would change the Operating System. I would also consider moving up to 1 Tb

[nlug] Re: Check out this new email technology from Google!

2009-04-01 Thread crash180
lol I like the one image that says for reply, terminate relationship. Good thing my autopilot knew what to do. This is just like that movie Click w/ Adam Sandler for your Gmail. Kevin Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu Date:

[nlug] Android

2009-04-01 Thread Russ Crawford
Someone was showing me Android after the last NLUG meeting. Please contact me directly. Thanks, Russ Crawford --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups NLUG group. To post to this group, send email to

[nlug] Re: Android

2009-04-01 Thread ./aal
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote: It was Mr. Roboto... Andy Domo Arigato -- -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone

[nlug] Re: Building a NAS

2009-04-01 Thread Russ Crawford
Jim Peterson wrote: I'd change the OS from XP Pro to FreeNAS. I've never had to restart mine in the 3 months it's been running, and the backups made to it are perfect every time. Plus, it has the capability to send e-mail alerts when something does go wrong, or if you just want the peace

[nlug] Re: Building a NAS

2009-04-01 Thread Jim Peterson
I've never played with OpenFiler, so I can't speak to that. Sorry! On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 10:08 -0500, Russ Crawford wrote: Jim Peterson wrote: I'd change the OS from XP Pro to FreeNAS. I've never had to restart mine in the 3 months it's been running, and the backups made to it are

[nlug] Re: Building a NAS

2009-04-01 Thread Kevin Hart
FreeNAS is really cool, but I find it limiting for having a full blown pc there. If Im going to have a full bore pc as my NAS (which I do) I run a full bore OS. Currently have like Ubuntu server 6.10 on it or something like that, the last LTS version. Since its just for here at home its pretty

[nlug] Re: Building a NAS

2009-04-01 Thread Jack Coats
For reliability sake... You might consider two drives and mirror them for your 'system' drives, where the NAS client data would be on the raid. If you go with a hardware raid controller that is off MOBO, consider one that will allow raid6, if your budget allows. This way Murphy is less likely

[nlug] Re: Solaris or Linux

2009-04-01 Thread David R. Wilson
It is the other way around (unless the fans are software controlled). :-) On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 23:57 -0500, Steven S. Critchfield wrote: Umm, how does software cause your fans to lock up?!?!?!??? Your fans are probably just lower grade, or even possibly not living in the same quality of

[nlug] Re: Check out this new email technology from Google!

2009-04-01 Thread Evan Brown
What happens if a sender and recipient both have Autopilot on? Two Gmail accounts can happily converse with each other for up to three messages each. Beyond that, our experiments have shown a significant decline in the quality ranking of Autopilot's responses and further messages may commit you

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Chris McQuistion
Resistance is futile... On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, crash...@gmail.com wrote: We control your internets. We control your televisions. We control your radios. Please remain calm as we take your home, vehicle, life from you. Do not resist. Do not struggle. The message was paid for by

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Mark J. Bailey
if this is anything like the way HIPAA federalized healthcare data handling, but for EVERY industry, you might want to consider a career change! :-) let's hope this doesn't reach that far (or, better yet, go nowhere at all is my vote). HIPAA also came with a huge implementation ramp up and

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Mark J. Bailey
Coincidentally (or NOT), Encore has been running the 1984 movie 1984 several times recently (with Richard Burton). It does almost sound interchangable with today's scene. Scary stuff for sure! From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jack Coats Sent:

[nlug] SGI goes down

2009-04-01 Thread Howard White
According to the Wall Street Journal (not prone to April foolery), Silicon Graphics is filing its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in three years and shall sell most of what is left to Rackable Systems Inc. (a company that I, frankly, had never heard of). I'd post the link to the article but WSJ

[nlug] Re: SGI goes down

2009-04-01 Thread Russ Crawford
Howard White wrote: According to the Wall Street Journal (not prone to April foolery), Silicon Graphics is filing its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in three years and shall sell most of what is left to Rackable Systems Inc. (a company that I, frankly, had never heard of). I'd post the link

[nlug] Re: SGI goes down

2009-04-01 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
According to the Wall Street Journal (not prone to April foolery), Silicon Graphics is filing its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in three years and shall sell most of what is left to Rackable Systems Inc. (a company that I, frankly, had never heard of).  I'd post the link to the article but

[nlug] Re: SGI goes down

2009-04-01 Thread Brandon Valentine
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Howard White hwh...@vcch.com wrote: According to the Wall Street Journal (not prone to April foolery), Silicon Graphics is filing its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in three years and shall sell most of what is left to Rackable Systems Inc. (a company that I,

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Ken Barber
On Apr 1, 2009, at 1:35 PM, xor wrote: ...legislation also calls for the appointment of a White House cybersecurity czar with unprecedented authority to shut down computer networks, including private ones... Holy Crap! I was joking about something very much like this at work just today!

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Douglass Clem
Has anyone seen any independent verification of this? I see everyone and their mom blogging about it, but they all cite the Washington Post. I hesitate to dismiss this as an April Fools joke, as it would be a very sick joke and is far to close to reality to be funny. However, it _is_ the 1st of

[nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity

2009-04-01 Thread Mark J. Bailey
no, i saw something on it last week. it is not an april 1 thingy. :-( From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Douglass Clem Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 19:43 To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: [nlug] Re: Senate Legislation Would Federalize

[nlug] Re: SGI goes down

2009-04-01 Thread Rob Huffstedtler
Until I saw something about this earlier today, I had no idea that SGI was still around in any form. It's kind of like the story we see every two years or so where whoever owns Amiga at the time has run out money and sold it off. Hmmm, I guess it would be ok to take my Irix admin experience off