Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

2015-11-26 Thread Neal
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:56 PM, wrote: > Ah, okay - maybe the network topology of coax setups require this? Think of cable modems as being hooked to a hub whereas xDSL modems are connected to a switch. The local loop is shared among several/many cable modems but a xDSL modem

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Call For Participation

2015-11-26 Thread benjamin barber
This seems to be the problem I see with systemd, and heck even with lennarts last creation of pulse. Needless complexity and a broken system that never seems to work well. On Nov 26, 2015 6:09 PM, "Russell Senior" wrote: > > "benjamin" == benjamin barber

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Call For Participation

2015-11-26 Thread benjamin barber
what would be great, is a debate about systemd On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Michael Dexter wrote: > > > Hello all, > > In my continuing effort to making a conference warrior out of each and > every one of you, I wish to remind you of PLUG's open CFP. > > While PLUG

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Call For Participation

2015-11-26 Thread Russell Senior
> "benjamin" == benjamin barber writes: benjamin> what would be great, is a debate about systemd That would seem to require the existance of someone who understood how it worked, in practice, not just in theory. I have yet to find such a person. -- Russell Senior,

[PLUG] WANTED: GIT FOR BEGINNERS TALK, NOW

2015-11-26 Thread Michael Dexter
PLUG, Somehow GIT won. Love it, hate it, but participation requires basic fluency in it. Who wants to give a talk on GIT for beginners at the December 1st Thursday meeting? Hint: I guarantee at least ten people could give a really good talk on this because it 1. didn't know GIT one day and

[PLUG] PLUG Call For Participation

2015-11-26 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, In my continuing effort to making a conference warrior out of each and every one of you, I wish to remind you of PLUG's open CFP. While PLUG will continue to have "invited talks", I know that you each have a fascinating talk up your sleeve. You are guaranteed to have unique

Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

2015-11-26 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:56:17PM -0800, j...@sdf.org wrote: > Neal wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:34 PM, wrote: > > > Ah, okay - thanks for pointing that out. I'm a bit surprised they would > > > expect to be able to update firmware on hardware they