[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread Paul Boniol
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM, JMJ roadr...@gmail.com wrote: snip I thought about using the Flash version of Mandriva, except installed on a hard drive. However, as far as I can tell, that's only available when purchased with a their (16GB?) flash drive. I did find instructions on how to

[nlug] Re: Flyer for LinuxFest

2009-09-04 Thread Kevin Eldridge
I am going to go to Kinko's this Saturday and make several color copies to have them posted around town and in businesses over this weekend. If anyone wants some color copies I can give you some if you want. Just let me know. Kevin Eldridge (615) 830-4541 On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Jim

[nlug] OT: Infrared Thermography on the Cheap (of course)

2009-09-04 Thread Jack
Is there a set of filters that I could put on a digital camera that would block out all but the infrared? Has someone here done this before? (or links to sites that show a DIY version) This is a project for my wife (thus high priority for me :) - to possibly use this kind of technology to 'see'

[nlug] Re: OT: Infrared Thermography on the Cheap (of course)

2009-09-04 Thread Jack
The farrier my wife uses talked about another customer of his that has one and is getting 'certified' in its use. So he started taking pictures of horses. There are lots of issues that allows the horse having a 'temperature' to pick up problems before a farrier or a vet can find them otherwise.

[nlug] Re: [NLUG][planning] next meeting

2009-09-04 Thread Kevin Eldridge
The next meeting is this coming Tuesday, September 8. I believe you stated you were going to present on this topic. Will you have enough time to prepare for this meeting? If not, we can do something else. Although, I am not sure what that something else will be. I would say the presentation would

[nlug] Re: [NLUG][planning] next meeting

2009-09-04 Thread andrew mcelroy
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kevin Eldridge crash...@gmail.com wrote: The next meeting is this coming Tuesday, September 8. I believe you stated you were going to present on this topic. Will you have enough time to prepare for this meeting? If not, we can do something else. Although, I am

[nlug] Re: OT: Infrared Thermography on the Cheap (of course)

2009-09-04 Thread andrew mcelroy
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jack j...@coats.org wrote: The farrier my wife uses talked about another customer of his that has one and is getting 'certified' in its use. So he started taking pictures of horses. There are lots of issues that allows the horse having a 'temperature' to

[nlug] Re: OT: Infrared Thermography on the Cheap (of course)

2009-09-04 Thread andrew mcelroy
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:31 PM, andrew mcelroy sophri...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jack j...@coats.org wrote: The farrier my wife uses talked about another customer of his that has one and is getting 'certified' in its use. So he started taking pictures of horses.

[nlug] Semi-OT: Wifi cards (PCI or USB) known to work with FreeBSD

2009-09-04 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
I have a m0n0wall firewall and would like it to use WiFi on the WAN side - think of a WRT54GL with DD-WRT running in client mode with NAT. Anybody have any adapters they could suggest? I can use either PCI or USB, as long as it's supported by it's FreeBSD kernel. -- ' With the first link, the

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread JMJ
Paul Boniol wrote: Long term, other than having more to lug and keep up with I agree another laptop would be your best option given that the company laptop is a lease. Agreed, new laptop is going to be the long term plan. AFAIK Mandriva Flash is only available from Mandriva, unless you can

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread Chris McQuistion
7200 RPM *IS* worth it, in almost every case. Chris On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:32 PM, JMJ roadr...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Boniol wrote: Long term, other than having more to lug and keep up with I agree another laptop would be your best option given that the company laptop is a lease.

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Schultheiss
JMJ wrote: Probably not, but it's nice to have the PCMCIA stuff as a back-up because I know they work with Linux. And what if I need 2 ethernet ports? Hey, it could happen. ;-) USB - I grabbed the cheapest USB NIC I could find at the store and it worked perfectly in Linux --

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread JMJ
Chris McQuistion wrote: 7200 RPM *IS* worth it, in almost every case. That's what I thought, but I'm re-learning a lot of stuff so I didn't want to assume that I knew anything. heh heh OK, my shopping list is beginning to take shape. Thanks! JMJ

[nlug] Re: [NLUG][planning] next meeting

2009-09-04 Thread Howard White
andrew mcelroy wrote: Yeah, I'll have enough time. I just wanting to confirm that the presentation is still on. :-) Andrew McElroy Jack Coats and I would appreciate your extension of the IceCast presentation very much. Yes, the Society of Broadcast Engineers had a really cool

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread Jim Peterson
The 7200 will give you a bit of a performance boost, as far as saving/retrieving/opening files. Tradeoff is a bit shorter battery life since the drive has to spin up longer than a 5400. Jim On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 14:32 -0500, JMJ wrote: Paul Boniol wrote: Long term, other than having more

[nlug] Re: OT: Infrared Thermography on the Cheap (of course)

2009-09-04 Thread Ken Barber
On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Jack wrote: Is there a set of filters that I could put on a digital camera that would block out all but the infrared? No. You have to REMOVE a filter from the camera. Digital sensors are very sensitive to IR, and must be coated with a filter material at the

[nlug] Re: [NLUG][planning] next meeting

2009-09-04 Thread andrew mcelroy
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Howard White hwh...@vcch.com wrote: Bring it on! Don't let my live music stage show project (SSoIP) be the only point of the discussion. There are thousands of ways to set up a internet radio station with realtime live audio recording. To make this

[nlug] Re: this list: technical problem

2009-09-04 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 09:20:26PM -0500, Ken Barber wrote: The two addresses are: ken.bar...@gmail.com (the one I want) mountain...@peak.org (the one I don't want) I've looked through all my Google groups settings (at least, all the ones I can find) and I don't see anyplace where the

[nlug] Re: this list: technical problem

2009-09-04 Thread JMJ
Ken Barber wrote: The two addresses are: ken.bar...@gmail.com (the one I want) mountain...@peak.org (the one I don't want) I confirmed that ken.bar...@gmail.com is actually on the list, and then unsubscribed mountain...@peak.org. Let me know if you continue getting mail at peak.org. JMJ

[nlug] Re: this list: technical problem

2009-09-04 Thread JMJ
Ken Barber wrote: The two addresses are: ken.bar...@gmail.com (the one I want) mountain...@peak.org (the one I don't want) I'm having a look at the list now. JMJ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[nlug] Re: Mobile system suggestions needed

2009-09-04 Thread JMJ
Michael Schultheiss wrote: USB - I grabbed the cheapest USB NIC I could find at the store and it worked perfectly in Linux True, that's definitely an option. Fortunately, the Latitude E6500 I'm looking at seems to have a PCMCIA port. If that's the case, I'll just keep all my obsolete stuff

[nlug] this list: technical problem

2009-09-04 Thread Ken Barber
I need help troubleshooting a problem. I'm receiving posts from this list at two different email addresses, and I only want to receive them at one. The two addresses are: ken.bar...@gmail.com (the one I want) mountain...@peak.org (the one I don't want) I've looked through all my Google