Re: [PLUG] WD 4TB Red drive failure...

2017-05-10 Thread Josiah Luscher
My goodness if you got 4 years out of a WDRed you got lucky. HD's are not forever. Have you seen the Backblaze hard drive reliability data? You might find it interesting, i do. :-) https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/ On May 10, 2017 12:16:28 AM PDT, Michael

Re: [PLUG] Sites aimed at fostering wiki CONTENT?

2017-01-06 Thread Josiah Luscher
>1. The strong possibility I could have my facts wrong. >I did not know the correct information &/or >could not see replacing known bad with something with other >unknown errors. Thats ok, it's a wiki. The content is supposed to evolve/grow towards correct/completness. Getting it wrong is fr

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-13 Thread Josiah Luscher
Just my 2ยข. Shop first for speed, it's both the thing that costs and the thing that will make your computer last IMHO. I paid the Windows tax and the spinning ferrous disk tax and got an ASUS X540L for ~$350. If I did it again I'd get a better screen, it's fairly low resolution. Good luck!

Re: [PLUG] Meeting Parking

2016-11-02 Thread Josiah Luscher
I pay for parking at the near by bank: 410 SW Harrison St, Portland, OR 97201 If you can find a spot here it starts being free at the same time that the meeting starts, so you only have to pay a little. 1864 SW 6th Ave https://goo.gl/maps/cTLMeZ8j7772 On November 2, 2016 4:29:10 PM PDT, Michael

Re: [PLUG] my printer is out of ink, recommendations for a new printer?

2016-10-28 Thread Josiah Luscher
A color laser with big toner cartridges. It'll change your life man. On October 27, 2016 10:48:20 PM PDT, Russell Senior wrote: > >The subject line is partly a joke. I have an HP Deskjet 932c, probably >10 years old or something vaguely like that. The ink cartridges are >about shot (currently

Re: [PLUG] how to exit full screen google maps

2016-06-16 Thread Josiah Luscher
"Everybody" knows the cool kids call that three line icon the hamburger menu ;-) On June 15, 2016 10:27:18 PM PDT, King Beowulf wrote: >On 06/15/2016 04:34 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> Thanks. That does it. Toggles between full screen and not. Is that >a >> "everybody knows" thing? What

Re: [PLUG] Universality of USB Cables

2016-05-22 Thread Josiah Luscher
My experience is that quality matters almost always, and definitely matters for UBS cables. I learned this when I bricked my cell phone while trying to flash the bootloader. Finally traced the problem to a faulty cable. I don't know anything about what error handling or retry limits are in t

Re: [PLUG] cloning old drive

2016-03-02 Thread Josiah Luscher
I've had very good experiences with Redo ( http://redobackup.org ). Having said that I've had all sorts of problems (not related to redo) getting partitioning tables to match exactly and 4k sector alignment, etc... I'm guessing your going to have to get down and dirty with fdisk / gparted. C

Re: [PLUG] FYI: ACT-W Portland:A Conference to Advance the Careers of Tech Women

2016-01-04 Thread Josiah Luscher
Unfortunately: harmless choices create harmful environments. To create a better environment it takes effort. Check the following out for a clear explination: http://ncase.me/polygons/ :-) On January 4, 2016 2:08:33 PM PST, benjamin barber wrote: >So can we expect to see > >"A Conference t

[PLUG] RIP Ian Murdock

2015-12-30 Thread Josiah Luscher
I know many of you love Debian (for good reason). This is bad news for all lovers of open and free software: https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ PLUG ma

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Josiah Luscher
1) DLink DIR-655 2) Was a new model when I bought it, so about 7 or 8 years old. 2 again) Manufacturers updated firmware. 3) No interest. Unless you count sentient trains that don't need rails, eat steel, and can control magnetic fields around them; then I'm a huge fan! On December 22, 2015 6:

Re: [PLUG] Time to build a new PC

2015-12-07 Thread Josiah Luscher
I wish the Broadwell Xeon D-1540 was available on more motherboards.. http://ark.intel.com/m/products/87039/Intel-Xeon-Processor-D-1540-12M-Cache-2_00-GHz#@product/specifications Such an impressive chip! I want to build a new computer too, but I'm frustrated with Intel for having such crappy

[PLUG] Waveguide and antennas

2015-07-30 Thread Josiah Luscher
https://goo.gl/photos/TAgMNoE3VWr4Jxuy6 Throwing out some stuff from work, and the boss said I could have it. Anyone want a long piece of wave guide and some old wifi antennas? They have to be gone today, I could possibly deliver them this afternoon. -Sy -- Sent from my Android device with K-9

[PLUG] Waveguide and antennas

2015-07-30 Thread Josiah Luscher
https://goo.gl/photos/TAgMNoE3VWr4Jxuy6 Throwing out some stuff from work, and the boss said I could have it. Anyone want a long piece of wave guide and some old wifi antennas? They have to be gone today, I could possibly deliver them this afternoon. -Sy

Re: [PLUG] Line conditioners

2014-11-15 Thread Josiah Luscher
think your allowed to skip it.) Again, GLHF! Josiah Luscher. On November 15, 2014 10:49:38 AM PST, Josiah Luscher wrote: >I'm an Electrician, but I don't necessarily have all the answers. > [SNIP] > >If you want really clean power get all four: Isolation transform

Re: [PLUG] Line conditioners

2014-11-15 Thread Josiah Luscher
tion transformers and line reactors for every VFD in their HVAC system. It was pretty cool to work with that stuff. Good luck! Josiah Luscher ( OR: 26166J - WA: LUSCHJJ861B9 - UT: 6753759-5504) On November 15, 2014 9:29:17 AM PST, Chuck Hast wrote: >Based on your description o

Re: [PLUG] Question About RAID and LVM - Ubunu 14.04

2014-09-18 Thread Josiah Luscher
Finally a question I might be able to help with! I'm so excited! I can think of many ways to get more information to help alleviate the confusion. I'd suggest starting with an LVM scan of physical volumes: "pvscan -v". That will tell you weather LVM is using 'md#' devices, or the hardwar

Re: [PLUG] CDROM

2014-08-11 Thread Josiah Luscher
You might also try lspci and lsusb if you have those installed. - Sy On August 10, 2014 9:24:49 PM PDT, Marvin Kosmal wrote: >Hi > >I didn't realize that GH was the part number.. > >I just wanted to make sure I can read the Slackware install disks. I >am >ordering Slack and install... > >Than

Re: [PLUG] Intrusion detection on desktop

2014-06-08 Thread Josiah Luscher
Forgive me if I'm being draft and stating the obvious. :-) -Sy On June 8, 2014 2:45:36 PM PDT, Josiah Luscher wrote: >Even when "off" ATX power supply's still deliver 5v stand-by power. I >can't speak to how your computer uses it's battery or the standby

Re: [PLUG] Intrusion detection on desktop

2014-06-08 Thread Josiah Luscher
Even when "off" ATX power supply's still deliver 5v stand-by power. I can't speak to how your computer uses it's battery or the standby power; and for all I know you might be turning off a power strip removing power to the power supply completely. That being said as long as the computer is plu