Re: Happy New Year

2018-12-31 Thread Bob Elzer
Happy New Year!! One more year left before my Y2K patch stops working. On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 12:45 AM der.hans moin moin, > > not quite there yet, but I hope everyone has a happy and safe transition > to the new year. > > As always, we will start the year off with mailman day :). > > Looking

Re: CentOS 6/7

2018-12-04 Thread Bob Elzer
It's called progress. but I agree it was a shock that first time booting. To me the biggest change was going to systemd, but I actually like it better and it boots a whole lot faster. as for the network device names, I believe the names correspond to where the device is on the motherboard, it

Re: portable streaming media hardware question

2018-11-16 Thread Bob Elzer
why not just load it all on to your ipad? at the end of the day you're going to want a bigger screen to view all the material and if you keep accessing it through different devices there won't be any way to know where you left off when you switch to another device. tiny screens aren't really

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-27 Thread Bob Elzer
t;>>> Drive1 > >>> Have a good look at the ls -l output and the output from mount. > >>> This > >>> is a problem people run into with automounters and sometimes > >>> mounting by > >>> device identifiers. > > > On Wed

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-26 Thread Bob Elzer
yes I know it's a flash drive, thats why I asked those questions, they all apply to hard drives. On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 5:36 PM Michael wrote: > it isn't a flash drive. it is an external hard drive. > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 8:34 PM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> I think the r

Re: rsync problem

2018-09-26 Thread Bob Elzer
I think the real question might be how do you remove the drive from the system. you have had a lot of problems with flash drives doing the same thing and we always thought it was the flash going bad, so we recommended a external hard drive. Questions would be are you unmounting before you remove

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-22 Thread Bob Elzer
> 4 - not having swap seems to make some things not work too well Swap depends on how much memory you have and how much memory your programs need. Back in the day when ram was less than a gig we would use 2 to 3 times the ram size for swap. You would add up the number and size of your programs

Re: VPN on virtual machine

2018-09-18 Thread Bob Elzer
Is the network connection working without the VPN? On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 10:57 PM Jim wrote: > I decided to try a virtual machine for bittorrent. The host machine > runs kubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM. I've installed virtualbox 5.2.18. The > virtual machine is running lubuntu 18 and has 1GB RAM.

Re: Need advice on docsis 3.0 cable modem with DMZ and configurable.

2018-09-15 Thread Bob Elzer
lift this. That said, they do allow 443 which wasn't always > so, which is fine for using ssl vpn and basic https sevices, just no 80 for > redirecting the http session to https. You shouldn't use unencrypted > websites these days anyways, even basic ones. > > -mb > > On

Re: Need advice on docsis 3.0 cable modem with DMZ and configurable.

2018-09-13 Thread Bob Elzer
, 11:55 AM Stephen Partington wrote: > I haven't found one yet, wreaks havoc on my letsencrypt cert processes. > however https is not blocked. > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:43 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> thanks Stephen, the c7000 is listed at $199, i can get docsis 3.1 for >&

Re: WiFi router recommendations.

2018-09-13 Thread Bob Elzer
I have a similar setup, modem->linux/firewall/dhcp -> internal switch->wireless router I have a TPLink Archer C2600 dual band router that works really well. remember iot will only use 2.4ghz for now. My phone's do 5.0ghz I got it on sale for $85 I just ran a cable from one of the wired ports

Re: Need advice on docsis 3.0 cable modem with DMZ and configurable.

2018-09-13 Thread Bob Elzer
g/cable-modems-routers/C7000.aspx > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:04 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> I need advice on a docs is 3.0 cable modem. >> >> I just bought a Motorola mb7220-10, it turns out there is nothing that is >> configurable. >> >> It's hard cod

Need advice on docsis 3.0 cable modem with DMZ and configurable.

2018-09-13 Thread Bob Elzer
I need advice on a docs is 3.0 cable modem. I just bought a Motorola mb7220-10, it turns out there is nothing that is configurable. It's hard coded to 192.168.100 and I want 192.168.0 There's no DMZ or port forwarding. This was not clear when I ordered it. So I'm looking for one that I can

Re: Downloadable CIDR network calculator

2018-09-11 Thread Bob Elzer
Here is a graphical one I found and installed on my centos system http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/gip On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > There is also a really good one on android as well. > > Except the one I liked no longer exists. There are a bunch more

Re: What does this mean?

2018-09-05 Thread Bob Elzer
Not sure if this works for kubuntu, but when the system is booting you can hit the esc key and it should show the all the boot messages. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 12:20 AM Jim wrote: > Whenever I boot the computer into Kubuntu 18, it takes a couple of > minutes to boot. For a while the screen is

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

2018-09-04 Thread Bob Elzer
P.s. let's not forget tech savvy grandma Betty who was asking questions and installing Linux on her computer with the help of the mailing list. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 11:29 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > To break that down, how computer savvy is the user. I agree mint is great > for the not so

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

2018-09-04 Thread Bob Elzer
To break that down, how computer savvy is the user. I agree mint is great for the not so savvy. Even for the savvy that don't want complicated. But if you want a server and being able to do lots of stuff, my choice is centos. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 10:41 AM Matt Birkholz wrote: > I find myself

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

2018-09-04 Thread Bob Elzer
Jim, how much memory do you have? You could always create some virtual machines to try some different distros. On Sep 4, 2018 10:06 AM, "Jim" wrote: On 09/04/2018 09:46 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > I think your near-future decisions are much more wide ranging than > Kubuntu vs Debian Stable: > > *

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

2018-09-04 Thread Bob Elzer
Excellent Steve, Jim needs to make a list of what he does and uses on his Linux box. I used to upgrade on every release of Red hat by doing a fresh install, but every six months was a lot of work. Now I use Centos because of long term support and the fact it has so many things I can do with it.

Re: LibreOffice style editing

2018-08-26 Thread Bob Elzer
You could copy the section and paste it into a text editor, delete it from the document then copy the text and paste it back in. Not the solution you're looking, but sometimes the correct answer takes too long to hunt down. Save the original so you can figure it out at a more convenient time.

Re: Steam Jumps for New Wine Variant?

2018-08-23 Thread Bob Elzer
Let me know when Battlefield 4 works :-p On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am currently testing games some work and some do not. Steam has a > whitelist that is growing > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:33 AM Stephen Partington

Re: OT: Cell Phone Advice

2018-07-26 Thread Bob Elzer
axy-note2.htm > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:34 AM Bob Elzer wrote: > >> i have the same phone and gave up when walmart stopped supporting their >> app on it, I got a brand new lg v20 on ebay for $200 mpdel h918 for >> tmobile it runs android 7.0 >> >> le

Re: OT: Cell Phone Advice

2018-07-26 Thread Bob Elzer
i have the same phone and gave up when walmart stopped supporting their app on it, I got a brand new lg v20 on ebay for $200 mpdel h918 for tmobile it runs android 7.0 let me know if you get this updated, from my understanding one of the last updates of the note 2 locked it so it can't be

Re: printer is not responding

2018-07-10 Thread Bob Elzer
how are you connected to the printer? wifi or usb ? if usb check the cable? if wifi maybe you need to set it up again or switch to usb On Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 11:21 AM Joe Lowder wrote: > Second attempt to send this to PLUG. > > When I sent this a few hours ago, it was > bounced back to me as

Re: children of spectre

2018-05-03 Thread Bob Elzer
For the Spectre problem, I think we need patch007-jb-hmss.exe :-p On Thu, May 3, 2018, 2:17 PM Eric Oyen wrote: > wonderful, > > All of this from a simple (and poorly thought out) design change back in > the early 1990's. This is why Apple is changing their hardware

Re:

2018-04-17 Thread Bob Elzer
Yo Adrian, (sorry couldn't resist) All your replies seem to be missing the subject line, so it look like you are spouting random stuff. Your replies aren't getting grouped with the others because of it On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 4:57 PM Adrian Cardenas wrote: > Qubes

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Bob Elzer
Michael, I don't know how to fix the current problem but I can help you from getting into these situations in the future. Backup Backup Backup Before you start making changes to your OS, you need to make a bare metal backup. The easiest way to accomplish this is to clone the OS drive. After you

Re: double sided scanning

2018-02-25 Thread Bob Elzer
does your hardware have the ability to scan a two sided document? if not, maybe xsane knows and won't give you the option On Feb 25, 2018 7:57 AM, "Michael" wrote: > Love xsane but I can't figure out how to scann double sided pages. From my > googling of the issue there is

Re: How to get ffmpeg installed on my system?

2018-01-03 Thread Bob Elzer
you can run rehash if you run csh to load any new programs in your path also the command. whereis ffmpeg should tell you its path On Jan 3, 2018 4:56 PM, wrote: > > Strange... did you get an error while it was installing? > > no > > > > On 01/03/2018 12:39 PM,

Re: How to get ffmpeg installed on my system?

2018-01-03 Thread Bob Elzer
if it installed, it wont necessarily show up in your path. try typing the whole path to the location of ffmpeg On Jan 3, 2018 4:56 PM, wrote: > > Strange... did you get an error while it was installing? > > no > > > > On 01/03/2018 12:39 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: >

Re: Lists and the DMCA

2018-01-01 Thread Bob Elzer
you sent this a day late, oh no I'm screwed On Jan 1, 2018 12:38 AM, "Kaoru Wilbur" wrote: > Today was the deadline for limitations on liability if you have not > updated your DMCA agent information digitally, I suggest you do so promptly. > >

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

2017-12-28 Thread Bob Elzer
Actually you can go to about any website and get a free cookie. But only if you accept cookies. Cheers!! On Dec 28, 2017 2:05 PM, "Andrew McRobb" wrote: Happy New Years! I thought I should give everyone cookies this year, if that's cool. All of you would just need

Re: Y2K

2017-12-25 Thread Bob Elzer
My fix for y2k was to push it off for 20 years. There were no dates before 1921 in the data, so the 2 digit year below 21 was treated as 2001-2020 so I have 2 more years before it becomes a problem. Luckily those computers aren't running any more. Merry Christmas Everyone. On Dec 25, 2017

Re: Good Cheap PC to play MP3s and MP4 video? (Was: OT Mac Mini obsolescent?)

2017-12-06 Thread Bob Elzer
t’s just a game > for me.) > __ > > On 20171206, at 16:39, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why not just buy a google chromecast. > > Then you can send anything you want to it. You could get a chromebook > (lots of cheap ones) or send

Re: Good Cheap PC to play MP3s and MP4 video? (Was: OT Mac Mini obsolescent?)

2017-12-06 Thread Bob Elzer
Why not just buy a google chromecast. Then you can send anything you want to it. You could get a chromebook (lots of cheap ones) or send it from most phones (Android phones are linux). You can even cast from a google home mini. Google Chromecast $35 Google Home mini. $30 currently (requires

Re: netis wf2118

2017-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
doing a grep will not show adjacent lines that have errors on them. you need to use the less or more commands and search for those same things and read the lines before and after, to see if there are any errors. keep searching for the next occurrence, until you reach the end of file On Aug 25,

Re: Cheap Domain Renewals

2017-08-14 Thread Bob Elzer
Try google domains, $12 a year I think it's great On Aug 14, 2017 12:31 PM, "JD Austin" wrote: > Namecheap has been great for me. > I don't use any of the 'value added' features from Godaddy so I don't > know. > As they come up to expire I'm migrating my domains away from

Re: YouTube TV streaming in Phx today ...

2017-07-22 Thread Bob Elzer
thats ok, by then we can all get Google fiber and say goodbye to cable On Jul 22, 2017 9:18 AM, "Michael Butash" wrote: > This is why Cox has now imposed a 1.5tb bandwidth cap on users. They know > everyone is cutting off their overpriced video, and now they're going to >

Re: Why are all these files created and saved?

2017-07-12 Thread Bob Elzer
they are probably used to open your pdf files faster, see how long it takes to open a big pdf after you remove them all, then see how long it takes on subsequent opens. if you have plenty of ram make a ramdisk and create a symbolic link of that directory to the ramdisk, then they all go away

RE: Best way to shrink size of video? - Thanks!

2017-07-10 Thread Bob Elzer
This is the command I use to convert to x265 video Recently it converted a 964mb video to 17.2mb, x265 looks the best in my opinion. To convert to x264 the command is different and the same file shrunk to 23.9mb It really depends on the type of video you're converting on how it looks after.

Re: Hackers leaked 32 terabytes of secret Windows 10 code

2017-06-25 Thread Bob Elzer
I have a new OS coming out soon, it's not based on linux. It's called Bob Windows 11.0 Anyone want to try it :-p. lol On Jun 25, 2017 11:55 AM, "Eric Oyen" wrote: > yeah, thats the danger, now isn't it. looks like we need to be promoting > Linux and the BSD's a lot more

Re: transparent dns proxy

2017-06-04 Thread Bob Elzer
Look here https://www.dnsleaktest.com/what-is-transparent-dns-proxy.html On Jun 4, 2017 6:36 AM, "Michael" wrote: > anyone know how to defeat a 'transparent dns proxy'? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list -

RE: GNU/Linux

2017-04-29 Thread Bob Elzer
Linux is the engine, GNU is the toolbox On Apr 29, 2017 4:23 PM, "Keith Smith" wrote: > > Interesting... Do programmers burnout more than any other profession? > > If there is a contributing factor it is the constant change that requires > regular learning and

Re: Rsync ran like 30-40 minutes

2017-04-29 Thread Bob Elzer
Can an admin of the mailing list please delete these posts with the personal private information. Anyone replying to this topic, please remove the quoted text with the private info. Michael, please be careful when you post things like this. As for the problem, I really think you would be better

Re: OT: Need a Campaign to Secure WIFI Sites

2017-03-20 Thread Bob Elzer
And what would you do for venues like stadium's ? People expect free wifi in those places, posting the password on a wall wouldn't work. It the responsibility of the user to protect themselves, and we all know how that works out. Kinda like telling people don't have unprotected sex. On Mar 20,

Re: Stallman was Right

2017-03-08 Thread Bob Elzer
" <mattcr...@mattcrews.com> wrote: > >> Many smart TVs these days have built in cameras and microphones... >> >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 12:21 Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well they are welcome to listen in on me. But I don't have a l

Re: Stallman was Right

2017-03-08 Thread Bob Elzer
Well they are welcome to listen in on me. But I don't have a listening device, they are welcome to send me on of those 65" Samsung devices, I'll make room for it. Are you reading this guy's ? On Mar 7, 2017 5:52 PM, "Eric Oyen" wrote: > yeah, you are right there. However,

Re: I'm trying to get some information on a domain...

2017-03-02 Thread Bob Elzer
whereis is the command that tells you where in your file system a file resides. On Mar 2, 2017 4:57 AM, "Michael" wrote: > ... mostly I want to know where they are. > I tried 'whereis' but that didn't give me any information. > $ whereis 360cities.uservoice.com >

Re: (OT) Backup Software Suggestions

2017-01-27 Thread Bob Elzer
Plus dd would copy all the unused sectors on the disk On Jan 27, 2017 10:00 AM, "Matt Graham" wrote: > On 2017-01-26 17:05, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> why not just use dd and a sufficiently large backup device connected >> directly to the machine? [...] Basically, I just image

Re: (OT) Backup Software Suggestions

2017-01-27 Thread Bob Elzer
for bare metal backup I use REAR(Relax and Recover) along with fsarchiver REAR can make iso files or make a bootable flash drive fsarchiver is like tar, but it can recreate the filesystem too. also if the archive is corrupt, you olny lose the one file, not the whole archive.

Re: micro sd card reader

2017-01-04 Thread Bob Elzer
Mike, you seem to have a lot of trouble with backups and flash drives, I'm thinking your backing up way too much stuff for your little flash drive. I know flash drives have gotten better, but if your data is important to you and you have a lot of it, I think you should buy a hard drive and an

Re: How to send email from dolphin?

2016-11-26 Thread Bob Elzer
Did you make a mistake or were you trying to do it on porpoise ? On Nov 26, 2016 5:29 PM, wrote: > How can I configure dolphin to use gmail instead of kmail > to send an image viewed with dolphin? > > AND/OR what do I need to do to configure kmail to use it. > > Please

Re: text on picture

2016-11-06 Thread Bob Elzer
I use a sharpie. On Nov 6, 2016 7:21 PM, "Michael" wrote: > I want to label some pictures. How would I do it and not have a text > box, just the letters? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: VPN Assistance

2016-10-03 Thread Bob Elzer
Find one you can sign up for a lifetime fee. Android authority web page lists them sometimes. I went with VPN unlimited for $40 lifetime fee. Haven't had any problems with them. On Oct 3, 2016 1:09 PM, wrote: > I am told by some friends that I need to get a VPN

Re: HP software now self-destructs in printers

2016-09-28 Thread Bob Elzer
They should be made to state this on the printer and box in bold writing. This printer locks out all cartridges that aren't brand new HP cartridges. See how fast their sales would drop then. On Sep 28, 2016 11:05 AM, "Keith Smith" wrote: > > > >

Re: Label

2016-09-16 Thread Bob Elzer
Just a thought, but not counting the flash drive, what are the size of your disks? I usually use a backup drive bigger than all my drives, that way I can keep older versions of my backups. I do a daily rsync of my data files and then tar them to a single file. Plus I make an fsarchiver copy of

Re: I think I was hacked....

2016-09-15 Thread Bob Elzer
. those directories are not on the system. > I don't actually know what https://paste.ubuntu.com/23179881/ is from. > All I know is I tried to do a kodi log report and after I hit enter it > immediately showed that website. As for security I update that computer > about once a month. > > On Th

Re: I think I was hacked....

2016-09-15 Thread Bob Elzer
If it really is a minecraft server look for a directory named "world" that contains another directory named "playerdata" There would also be a .jar file in the same directory as world Try /usr/bin/ls -aCRF | less And search for those directories You could at least find out the date the files

Re: How to get around a maximum email size limit.

2016-09-12 Thread Bob Elzer
I agree, email is not the way to distribute large files. Set up a web server and give your clients accounts that they can use to communicate with you and download the files, it also makes it easier if they delete them to get them again. The you can start thinking of other services to offer and

RE: 4 cores and 8 threads

2016-09-07 Thread Bob Elzer
Here's where I may put my foot in my mouth. If I'm not mistaken programs have to be compiled with a hyperthreading library in order to take advantage of this. Or am I wrong? On Sep 7, 2016 1:27 PM, "Kevin Fries" wrote: > I once worked for a company doing ground water

Re: Keypass questions

2016-07-28 Thread Bob Elzer
The problem with cats is they tend to use very guessable passwords like mouse, fish, bird. You tell them to use stronger ones, but they don't listen. Cats just don't listen !!! On Jul 27, 2016 4:07 PM, "der.hans" wrote: > Am 27. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: >

Re: Cox Business Internet

2016-07-02 Thread Bob Elzer
Have you tried asking them to renew your current plan, or telling them you will leave if they don't ? Also, if they say go ahead and leave, hang up and call back and get someone else and go through the same thing, repeating until you get the answer you want. I find most of these reps don't care

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Bob Elzer
Make ? Model number ? Where did you get the deal? Hey Brian can I get your thoughts on the vizio E43u-d2 model On Jun 22, 2016 5:19 AM, wrote: > Yes... > I have a 55" 4K TV as my laptop monitor. > I can fit the 17" 1900x1080 laptop monitor 4 times over and it looks as >

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-19 Thread Bob Elzer
My plan when I have the money is to get the new vizio e43u-d2 4k uhd 43 inch That would be about the size of 4 24 inch monitors I currently run 2, 24 inch monitors Going to 1 uhd monitor means less wires, maybe less power (not sure), no bezels / borders With vnc I can run 4 desktops on one

Re: security intrusion lab at Comicon tonight

2016-06-02 Thread Bob Elzer
Ok thanks On Jun 2, 2016 2:31 PM, "Anthony Kosednar" <anth...@ghostorchd.com> wrote: > Err I will get you one once I'm there but I don't know right now > On Jun 2, 2016 2:30 PM, "Bob Elzer" <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is there a room num

Re: security intrusion lab at Comicon tonight

2016-06-02 Thread Bob Elzer
Is there a room number? On Jun 2, 2016 11:31 AM, "der.hans" wrote: > moin moin, > > AZCWR is running an intrusion lab at Comicon tonight. > > 17:30 - 22:00 > North building > 2nd floor > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >

Re: rsync problem

2016-05-09 Thread Bob Elzer
t ran it with the trailing slash and it gave me the same >> output as before except it happened immediately. The USB drive wasn't >> accessd for five minutes. >> >> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My syncs look li

Re: rsync problem

2016-05-09 Thread Bob Elzer
My syncs look like this Rsync -rauh --delete /frompath/fromdir /topath/todir This copies the fromdir into the todir directory and copies all files and directories below fromdir -r recursive -a archive - which is synonymous to -rlptgoD -u update :don't over write newer files -W copy

Re: Libre Office comes pre-installed on Mint. Software manger says not installed.

2016-04-21 Thread Bob Elzer
Maybe because the package manager didn't install it, it thinks it's not installed. Have you checked other pre installed software for the same behaviour ? On Apr 21, 2016 5:19 PM, "Keith Smith" wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm running Mint 17 KDE and want to use Libre Office

Re: walking pictures

2016-03-04 Thread Bob Elzer
Do you have a Samsung Galaxy phone? In my camera settings I have a setting called panorama, I point the phone and turn slowly, it works very well. If you don't have the galaxy, I'm sure there's a camera app that will do panorama On Mar 3, 2016 4:18 PM, "Michael" wrote: > If

Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD

2016-02-29 Thread Bob Elzer
Really the first thing you should do is increase the ram, this will give you the biggest boost How much ram can the laptop hold ? That will prevent most all disk swapping which is what really slows a system down, and less swapping would decrease wear if you do get an ssd. An ssd will shorten

Re: multiple photos- making sections lighter

2016-01-04 Thread Bob Elzer
I think you proved something here. You asked a question, someone took time to give you a detailed answer. And you Google the question which gives you two better answers. Don't you think it would be better to Google all your questions FIRST. That way someone doesn't waste time and energy giving

Re: multiple photos- making sections lighter

2016-01-04 Thread Bob Elzer
w what search terms to us. I was > actually looking for something else when I happened upon those pages > looking up HDR or was it "exposure fusion"? Would you rather I keep > what I find secret? > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com

Re: bulk scale

2016-01-01 Thread Bob Elzer
Try typing. man convert On Dec 31, 2015 10:53 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > Okay I just ran the program again except this time gave the 'Y' axis a > value of 1200. (how strange I just scaled an image to find out the > 'Y' access was scaling to and discovered it was

Re: bulk scale

2016-01-01 Thread Bob Elzer
--width1600 '*.JPG' %03d.jpg > or >convert -geometrywidth1600 '*.JPG' %03d.jpg >convert --geometrywidth1600 '*.JPG' %03d.jpg >convert --geometry-width1600 '*.JPG' %03d.jpg > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Try typ

Re: So weird!

2015-12-17 Thread Bob Elzer
Huh? It's obviously broken and you should throw the whole thing out. Can't have the keyboard leaking all those toxic battery energy waves all over the place with the cover off. Turn the lights off while it's dark out, and make sure nothing leaked out and is glowing. Weird! :-p On Dec 17, 2015

Re: systemd [NOT?] (was Re: Void Linux tips)

2015-10-22 Thread Bob Elzer
I agree with Gilbert, Coming from centos 6 to 7, at first I was whoa, but after seeing how fast it booted I loved it. Centos 6 started every thing sequentially, you had to wait one by one. With systemd you tell your programs what to wait for, once that thing is started everything that was waiting

Re: RHEL 8

2015-10-13 Thread Bob Elzer
Which gnome don't you like? I really hate gnome 3 and the stupid gnome shell. To me I imagined someone decided to copy Microsoft's windows idea of making all desktops work like tablets. I could not put programs on the taskbar or the desktop. Maybe MS inserted a spy lol. I wound up installing the

Re: no wedding band??

2015-08-29 Thread Bob Elzer
This is old news from 2010. If we are going to start yelling the sky is falling, then lets do some good. Bill Gates promised me that for every response to this thread he will donate $100 to eliminating cancer. Lets bankrupt the bastard!!! :-p On Aug 29, 2015 11:07 AM, Eric Oyen

Re: Windows 10 – Microsoft’s Big Data-grabbing (or spying?) OS

2015-08-18 Thread Bob Elzer
But they are vulnerable to it also. This is different from the gov having a backdoor or spying on me, this lets anyone spy on me. On Aug 18, 2015 8:34 AM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: On 2015-08-17 22:49, Bob Elzer wrote: Well wifi-sense will share your wifi password. What gets

Re: Windows 10 – Microsoft’s Big Data-grabbing (or spying?) OS

2015-08-18 Thread Bob Elzer
and he is sharing his wifi ap information I do not get the option of who he shares with, just if it is shared. MS has said they are working on improving this feature due to concerns, but for now _optout is the only option. On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Windows 10 – Microsoft’s Big Data-grabbing (or spying?) OS

2015-08-17 Thread Bob Elzer
Well wifi-sense will share your wifi password. What gets me is microsoft is saving a database of all these passwords. They say you can add _optout to your wifi name and it will stop the sharing, but it could take up to two hours to do so. That means to me, that they ignore the optout, store your

Re: How to display multiple images in date sequence by file date?

2015-06-24 Thread Bob Elzer
Have you tried gthumb ? It will sort them the way you want, its my favorite image program On Jun 24, 2015 11:57 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Joe asked: I have a directory/folder that contains several dozen image files, all with different file dates. How can I create a script that would

Re: How to display multiple images in date sequence by file date?

2015-06-23 Thread Bob Elzer
ls -lt On Jun 22, 2015 11:57 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: I have a directory/folder that contains several dozen image files, all with different file dates. How can I create a script that would display all those files in date sequence from newest to oldest?

Re: Looking for a VPN Provider

2015-05-15 Thread Bob Elzer
at 8:30 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: I saw this deal on android authority and it's still is in effect. https://deals.androidauthority.com/sales/vpn-unlimited-lifetime-subscription It's been working fine and allows me to connect up to five different devices. But its really

Re: Looking for a VPN Provider

2015-05-14 Thread Bob Elzer
I saw this deal on android authority and it's still is in effect. https://deals.androidauthority.com/sales/vpn-unlimited-lifetime-subscription It's been working fine and allows me to connect up to five different devices. But its really not unlimited, its only good for 100 years lol On May 14,

Re: CHIP Computer Gives Raspberry Pi a Run For Its Money

2015-05-12 Thread Bob Elzer
Can I get a burger and give me a couple of chips with that instead of fries. On May 11, 2015 7:56 PM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/chip-computer-raspberry-pi-run-money/story?id=30960130 -- Keith Smith

Re: Need a Linux tool to capture my own keystrokes ...

2015-05-08 Thread Bob Elzer
Is it the root login ? Ssh usually has root login disabled Look for PermitRootLogin in /etc/ssh/sshd_config if that is the case On May 8, 2015 10:48 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Thanks for all the helpful responses. Don't know why I didn't think of the copy-paste solution. Duh! ;) Now

Re: OT: How to send an email anonymously ...

2015-05-02 Thread Bob Elzer
Go to a free WiFi hotspot, create a new gmail account. Send your neighbor an email explaining what you told us. Say you heard it from someone at the HOA Now your neighbor knows they are on to him, if he proceeds, and he is in the wrong, then it's his own fault. Email sent contains the IP address

Re: Mathematics makes strong case that “snoopy2” can be just fine as a password

2014-07-18 Thread Bob Elzer
Damn it, now I have to change my password from snoopy2 On Jul 17, 2014 7:50 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Thought you might find this interesting. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/mathematics- makes-strong-case-that-snoopy2-can-be-just-fine-as-a-password/

Re: Mathematics makes strong case that “snoopy2” can be just fine as a password

2014-07-18 Thread Bob Elzer
Damn it !!! Now I have to change it again On Jul 18, 2014 2:44 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. mailing-li...@phoenixinternet.net wrote: Try snoopy3... Gilbert On 7/18/2014 9:59 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: Damn it, now I have to change my password from snoopy2 On Jul 17, 2014 7:50 AM, techli

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

2014-06-21 Thread Bob Elzer
There are these things called rewritable cd/dvd's when you really need one, you just write over your least useful disc. That's pretty much all I buy On Jun 21, 2014 11:34 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead. Nawh, that wasn't the problem. I

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

2014-06-19 Thread Bob Elzer
Press the GO Button three times within 2 seconds The third page will have the network settings On Jun 11, 2014 7:00 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: How to find or set printer IP address for wireless? I just got a Brother HL2270-DW laser printer and I cannot figure out how to get it installed

Re: Pan question

2014-06-09 Thread Bob Elzer
df just gives you the space used on the disk volumes. Try using this command du -sh .* * It will tell you the space used by each directory and file in the current directory and the total of the parent directory. Running it before and after should pinpoint any directories that are changing

Re: Cox Data Usage Notification

2014-05-13 Thread Bob Elzer
A VPN would still use your data allocation. On May 13, 2014 7:48 AM, Quan Nguyen phi...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone using any paid Vpn to avoid being throttled Quan On May 13, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: I hear Google fiber is coming to town. At least

Re: Computer Down Need Help!!

2014-04-22 Thread Bob Elzer
Are you sure it's not the disk drive? Try booting from a live CD and see if that works. On Apr 21, 2014 10:43 PM, AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com wrote: Hi All, I'm having serious hardware issues with my main dev box and it is now completely down. It's a fairly high end custom system (RAID,

Re: Adding text to a compressed file without uncompressing

2013-10-31 Thread Bob Elzer
Damn spell checker Concatenate the files cat textfile compressedfile newfile Orcat textfile compressedfile textfile newfile But I don't think you'll be able to uncompress the new file afterwards. You will then need to find a way to remove the lines to uncompress the original file

Re: Replace image attachments with resized versions

2013-09-06 Thread Bob Elzer
What about having them send it as HTML with image links and storing the images on a server, then they could track how many people are actually reading them, and that would cut down on the size. On Sep 6, 2013 9:13 AM, Brian Cluff br...@snaptek.com wrote: I've got a customer that likes to send

Re: New laptop wish list

2013-08-02 Thread Bob Elzer
What is this money you speak of ? :-) On Aug 2, 2013 6:22 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: no money? that is my battle-cry! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Kevin Fries ke...@fries-biro.com wrote: I held a Linux Stamisch here in Denver tonight and some of the

Re: Need Some Assistance Setting up a VPN

2013-07-15 Thread Bob Elzer
What version of android is your tablet running ? I have the tf700t and its running 4.2.1 You shouldn't have to run any special vpn software, if you go to settings and more, you can select vpn and set it up from there. On Jul 15, 2013 12:33 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I

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