Re: standalone mic

Zoom H2N fits that list for me. https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/zoom-h2n-handy-recorder I haven’t used it with Linux, but it has a line out port if the USB connection is problematic. Not sure if it fits your idea of inexpensive. Alan On Fri, Mar 27, 2020

Re: Questionable Google Alerts

Scam! On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:17 PM Mark Phillips wrote: > I keep getting alerts from Google along the lines of > > Sign-in attempt was blocked > mark%phillipsoasis@gtempaccount.com > > With a button to "Check Activity". The button takes me to a Google sign in > page for

Re: H1B Visa

I hear "We struggle to find candidates" all the time. I don't hear "We are creating, supporting and sustaining a system that creates candidates." In the Fortune 500 and other large companies in which I work, investing in training and in the people is extremely rare, no matter what the recruiters

Re: MacBook

My younger son is still using my five year old 15" MacBook Pro. It has no problems. I replaced the hard drive with a Samsung SSD about four years ago only because I wanted the improved performance. The whole system as zero problems. My older son is now using my four year old 13" MacBook Air. It

Re: If we post things to this list, will people think we're an expert?

Charlatans and conmen/conwomen exist in any field of knowledge and activity. What are you proposing? Alan On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Margaret Alhuq wrote: > what if we just make up subjects and look like we've got something going > on? wouldn't that make people

Re: Desert Code Camp

It's been around. Was twice a year. Maybe they ran out of volunteers? Http://desertcodecamp.com Alan On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 3:18 PM Eric Cope wrote: > The .NET group was the main organizer... > http://www.sevdnug.org/ > > Eric > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:51 PM, AZ Pete

Free Asus EeePC 701

I'm cleaning things out and found my Asus EeePC 701. I haven't used it in a long time. Maybe one of you would like to have it. (Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/oNwoF75ywnaRLHs88) If you want it, reply privately. I travel during the week so we'd have to meet up somewhere on a Saturday to get the

Re: Free Asus EeePC 701

I have a taker for the netbook. Alan On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 1:18 PM Alan Dayley <aday...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm cleaning things out and found my Asus EeePC 701. I haven't used it in > a long time. Maybe one of you would like to have it. > > (Photos: https://goo.gl/photos

Re: moving!

Good luck to you! Alan On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, as the heading for this email implies I am moving. Where are you moving, Mike? Where am I moving? Glad you asked. I'm moving to Jacksonville initially. I keep in touch with my buddies and

Re: MPGLUG Phoenix DeVry Hackfests

Stop. Just stop. Stop using PLUG resources to tout the advantages of MPGLUG. Announce the events, that's fine. Share information, that's fine, too. But don't do the equivalent of standing in the PLUG dining room and shouting about how the MPGLUG restaurant is so much better. It is rude. And it

Re: Phoenix Linux History

and recent request from Alan Dayley not to discuss MPGLUG and DeVry Hackfesting on the Discussion and Security lists). My request was unclear. I am sorry for that. Let me clarify. I do NOT want event announcements from other groups to stop. Please announce events in the PLUG lists. I DO want

Re: not getting ip address

Many laptops have a wireless networking card that fits in a socket on the main board. I have had laptops where the card came loose and all wireless options went away. I had to open the door or case, reseat the card and all was well. I suspect the card was bumped from the socket or even removed

Re: Updating non-packaged PHP

:39 AM, Alan Dayley aday...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, James and James. Alan On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:57 PM, James Dugger james.dug...@gmail.com wrote: Alan, Try here. https://webtatic.com/packages/php53/ On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:17 PM, James Mcphee jmc...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Installfest matters

Great question, Jerry. Kaoru, I am a supporter of the idea of user groups proliferating in Arizona. Sometimes one group seems to have a maximum size and grows no farther, with additional opportunities for contribution stymied by this amorphous maximum. Additional groups can create space and place

Re: How to find or set printer IP address for wireless?

Does this help? http://chadchenault.blogspot.com/2012/05/brother-hl-2270dw-printer-driver.html Alan On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: So the printer is using a random ip address. Check the manual and set it to drop or something specific in the

Re: Tesla Opensources their patents... insert whoah here.

This is huge! And very smart. Alan On Thursday, June 12, 2014, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep

Re: Larry Thiel passed away this morning ...

Larry was a caring person. I'm sad to hear this news. Thanks for letting us know. Alan On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:37 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, with great sadness we report that Larry ( Dazed_75 ) died this morning. He went quietly in his sleep today after a couple

Re: any ideas how to opt out of all this c$%^P google is tossing

What c$%^P? Alan On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: at us with no explanation? I am about ready to destroy evey oomputer I have ever owned, -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple

Re: C++ ubyte ?!

It probably does not exist. It is not a standard type. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cplusplus/cpp_data_types.htm I assume someone defined it their own include file and that it's probably an unsigned char. Search for typedef unsigned char ubyte in your source files. Alan On Mon, Dec 9, 2013

Re: Read Only

at a micro sd card I took out of my tablet. There's no switch. Am I missing something? On 10/15/2013 05:34 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: There is a small slider switch on the side of the card. One position makes the card read only. It must have been moved from the other setting. Pull out the card

Re: Read Only

There is a small slider switch on the side of the card. One position makes the card read only. It must have been moved from the other setting. Pull out the card and try again after sliding the switch to the read/write position. Or something else is wrong. ;-) Alan On Tuesday, October 15, 2013,

Re: OT: PR Opportunity?

Please describe the link more than that. I doubt you would post spam or malware links, Lyle. Especially since you took the time to make a good subject and some text. But I'd like to know more about what to expect before I click a seemingly random shortened link. (Yes, in the time it took me to

Re: OT Reverse Engineering … Legality

The contract and/or license involved in the relationship will have a LOT of effect on whether or not a crime was committed in the scenario described. A lawyer or two needs to be involved in this situation. Alan On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Over 10k I

Firewall and filter solution?

I am in need of setting up a firewall and content filter solution. I was thinking of Smoothwall with Dan's Guardian, since I've done that successfully in the past. However, I'm open to other possibilities. I need both hardware and software. Hardware wish list: - small and fan-less - at least two

Re: OT: (or is it) re: cell phone data access

I'm a pretty constant user of data on my phone for the uses you describe. I usually consume about 170MB per month, rarely going over 200MB. Alan On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Recently, we have been discussing various cell phone plans, and I mentioned that my

Re: Are Social Networking Sites Reducing Activity on This List?

We seem to be asking Who is taking our active users away? or Is Linux so easy and boring that fewer and fewer want to talk about it? Would it not be more productive to ask How do we attract and keep active users? and Now that Linux is easy to use for basic things, what can we talk about that is

Re: I'm Attending Defcon this August, advice?

Why in the world would anyone actually attend a conference where you KNOW people are going to attack your electronics and data? Erasing everyone's credit cards? For the lulz, I guess. It sounds like a bunch of very smart trolls getting together to see who can out-troll who. I would just be

Re: What is the simplest/easiest 'wiki' to set up?

I give another vote for TiddlyWiki as a easy and powerful wiki. So cool that it is contained in a single file, data and logic. Easy to move around and just use on a local computer. Multiple people can use an instance of it by just putting it on a place all of them can access. Also look at the

Re: OT Grace Murray Hopper

You manage things and lead people - Grace Hopper Alan On Mar 12, 2013, at 12:32 PM, George Toft geo...@georgetoft.com wrote: It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. ~Grace Hopper http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm Now here's the story . . . Captain Hopper

Re: Kubuntu updates

I'm coming in late here, so forgive me a bit. There is a line in any Linux system where you cross from what I think of customization and into configuration. Don't get hung up on the terms. What I'm saying is that there are things I can change which will not be effected by updates and things that