Foxit Pro
(www.foxitsoftware.com) does this nicely for Windows
machines. Unfortunately, they do not have a Linux version. Foxit Pro
also has the ability to allow you to mark and copy text if the PDF
was created from a text file.
I suspect that a cleverly
This site has a link to
get a Linux version of Foxit Pro.
http://maketecheasier.com/8-alternative-pdf-readers-for-your-consideration/2010/11/12
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Mark Jarvis wrote:
Foxit Pro (www.foxitsoftware.com
PLUG-ers will be gratefully
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mark Jarvis
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The durn thing cost $20, but now everything works!
The USB 1 vs USB 2 makes sense. I'm pretty sure that I'd
successfully used those simple adapters sometime in the past, but
everything's USB 2 now, going to 3.
Mark Jarvis
Lisa Kachold wrote:
Hi Guys
The Foxitpro PDF reader allows text to be marked and copied.
Unfortunately, it's only available for Windows. I don't know if
there's a Linux PDF reader that has that capability.
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Michael Havens wrote:
HOw can I make it so I can copy-n-paste
I had that happen. The problem was the printer. I replaced the
printer and the problem went away.
j...@actionline.com wrote:
How could plugging in a printer via a usb port crash my computer?
I just got a usb to rs232 connector cable
Thanks to all who responded. Sounds like no problem.
Thanks again,
Mark
Mark Jarvis wrote:
I'm considering buying a Dell desktop (Inspiron 620), but a few
years ago I was warned off them
I'm considering buying a Dell desktop (Inspiron 620), but a few
years ago I was warned off them because Dell did something
different to their disks so that you had to buy
replacement/additional disks only from Dell. Any chance that it's
still true?
and have each page attach/include/link to/etc. a file
containing that piece of code. If there is an HTML construct that allows
that, I haven't found it.
If there is such a thing and someone could point me to it, It would be
greatly appreciated.
Mark Jarvis
Thanks! It sounds like a good solution. If this was a commercial web
site I'd probably do it. However this is something I'm doing on a
volunteer basis using donated space and I'm trying to keep everything
small and simple--especially simple.
Once again, thanks!
Mark
Matt Graham wrote:
t 12:04 AM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote:
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that I went by Fry's and they
wanted $10 and up for an adapter. The good news is I didn't buy one. I say
good news because I'm now learning a little about DVI I don't think an
adapte
I dug out my spare video card and it has a
DVI-I port so I think that I'll try that.
I still don't know enough about this whole area,
so if anyone has anything to share, it would be appreciated.
Mark Jarvis
Mark Jarvis wrote
earlier) showed lots of
adapters for just a few bucks, so I should be able to pick one up
locally--which leads back to the what do I lose question.
Comments?
Thanks,
Mark Jarvis
Mark Jarvis wrote:
I just ordered received a TRENDnet 2-port USB KVM switch kit. I
thought I was OK on the video
KVM with DVI ports.
Any advice comments by someone familiar with video and the DVI
interface will be gratefully accepted.
Thanks,
Mark Jarvis
Stephen wrote:
The simple answer is yes, Most graphics cards come with them now, but
you can probably stop by frys and get one pretty cheap. cant
I just ordered received a TRENDnet 2-port USB KVM switch kit. I
thought I was OK on the video because its rated resolution is greater
than what I'm running.
What's the problem? It appears to only have VGA video ports and one of
the computers I be hooking up to it has only DVI. Is there
Thanks to all who responded.
Red face time.
I just checked Tiger Direct--they have several SATA cards from $20
to $60. Any particular brand you recommend to a) use or b) stay
away from?
-mj-
Eric Shubert wrote:
I've just recently found out about a company with CD/DVD
media/drives which don't use dye layer but actually melt a pit in
the media. Here's the company site http://millenniata.com/ and a
good article about archival storage in general http://goo.gl/vDwAZ.
really don't want to do
that. Is there such a thing as a SATA switch?
Thanks for any ideas you may have!
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A few years ago I read of a company that went the whole nine yards to
insure net access: dual front ends connecting to two ISPs over two
separate cables. They lost the whole thing when a backhoe cut the
single underground conduit that the redundant cables were in.
Oops!
Mark Jarvis
Dan
the slideshow is embedded in your site, people who click your
slideshow will be taken to view your album in PicasaWeb Albums.
Unfortunately, on some browsers, the complete code to be copied doesn't
always appear in the little box. If it doesn't end with
/embed, try with a different browser.
Mark Jarvis
This was in an article on The Reg, a British e-list whose motto is
"Biting the hand that feeds IT".
this video, is
one of my favorites. The portrayals of Mac,
PC, Linux, Google are chillingly true-to-life. Particularly Unix Guy"
...
---
;med_web"blah blah blah/p
Why doesn't
span class="med_web"blah blah blah/span
work???
Thanks,
Mark Jarvis
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That did it! Thanks!
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Eric Cope wrote:
The p.med_web applies only to p tags with the class = 'med_web'. If
you want to generalize, then change your css to :
.med_web{
...
}
Eric
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net wrote:
Any web monkeys out
Original Message
Subject:
[Wftl-lug] This man need help with his Blackberry
Date:
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:04:15 -0500
From:
John Kerr johneddie.k...@gmail.com
Reply-To:
The WFTL LUG
that they cost $80). Minux, of course is the
system that started Linus Torvald on his epic journey that ended with
Linux.
Does anyone want this piece of history?
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Why would a DVD player purchased locally refuse to play a DVD I burned?
It played OK on my combo tape/DVD box but wouldn't on the other player,
citing "wrong country code" or something like that.
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image embedded in a PDF file, they will convert it and email the
resulting word file back to you. The resulting file can be edited in
Open Office or whatever.
BTW, every so often someone sends me a scanned document embedded
Maybe this will help.
Eric - A wrote:
Hi all, I'm trying to learn how to use tarballs but I'm running into a dead-end with the commands I found on a couple of "how-to" pages. The commands I executed are attached and show the commands I used. Any help will do.
.
Eric - A
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during your career.
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Eric Cope wrote:
One vote for Fortran!
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Alan Dayley
ala...@consultpros.com
wrote:
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Vaughn Treude vltre...@deru.com
wrote:
On 02/20/2010 08:01 PM, keith smith wrote:
I'm old school
(Copied from the Puns of the Day mail list)
Maybe not new, but I liked it . . .
Kimberly-Clark, makers of the popular Scott brand of bathroom tissue, today announced its new "HTTP//" brand of bathroom tissue targeted directly to the "digerati" market. Scott Tissue is the world's oldest and
that
someone is in a position to give some good advice here.
Thanks,
Mark Jarvis
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6) Good internet order source.
Comments on any of the above will be appreciated.
Thanks,
-mj-
Mark Jarvis wrote:
When my VCR died I was forced to join the 21st century and get a
DVD/VCR combo recorder. I would like to start putting some things on
DVDs and also to start recording
I'm somewhat disappointed that this motherboard has only two memory
slots. They are different colors, whatever that means with only two
slots.
Eric Shubert wrote:
Mark Jarvis wrote:
With the holiday season over, I decided to upgrade my system from 1GB to
2GB RAM. The memory I
or the cpu or any peripherals you have connected).
Mark Jarvis wrote:
My wife's computer suddenly decided to quit displaying ANYTHING--POST included,
even after replacing the video card, video cable, and monitor with known good
ones from my box. I even disconnected ALL peripherals. I
otherboard attached, they're welcome to it. Just come by
get it. I live near Central Glendale in Phoenix, email me off
list if interested.
Mark Jarvis
m.jar...@cox.net
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I forgot to mention that after a motherboard transplant my wife now has
a hot 3GHz system with 2GB memory. I also finally installed the two 250
GB SATA drives that had been sitting around for months waiting for a
good time to put them in.
-mj-
Mark Jarvis wrote:
My wife's computer suddenly
w does one do something similar with a
USB connection? (I'm hampered here in that I'm trying to help via phone
and haven't actually seen his box or the choices on his screen.) This
should be the easiest way to get him up running.
We'll both greatly appreciate any help.
copying your files off the drive to a safe place)
is to delete and then re-create the FAT32
partition on the drive. Of course, if the write protect switch is some
sort of sneaky, low level, semi-firmware type switch, the partitioner
may not be able to touch it either.
Good Luck,
Mark jarvis
in a year.
Obviously the cell phones are primarily for emergencies or for calling
someone when you're out need something, like the time I called
the Dr's office to say "We're at the address that the phone book gave,
but...).
No complaints about T-Mobile's service.
Mark Jarvis
Ryan Rix
at least
12 very uncomfortable hours.
-mj-
Bob Elzer wrote:
Silly question, but if it's a
SATA drive, how did you install it on an IDE slot ?
From:
plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
Mark Jarvis
to all who responded.
-mj-
Mark Jarvis wrote:
Up until a couple of days ago, I had 3 EIDE drives and POST reported my
hard drives:
IDE Channel 0 Master a 120 GB drive
IDE Channel 0 Slave a 120 GB drive
IDE Channel 1 Master a 160 GB drive
IDE Channel 1 Slave a DVD
IDE
ut of date, because I
can't find anything in them that helps. The MAN pages would probably
help, but I don't know where to start.
Any help, pointers to where I can find explanations, etc. will be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark Jarvis
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show up as sdX drives rather than hdX
This is a normal condition.
As far as the "ghosting" showing up in Gnome's File
Browser I have no clue.
-Original
Message-
From: Mark Jarvis <m.jar...@cox.net>
Sent: Oct 1, 2009 2:28 AM
To: pl
OOPS! the first question should read:
1) Why did a SATA drive on Channel 2 show up as sda?
Mark Jarvis wrote:
Up until a couple of days ago, I had 3 EIDE drives and POST reported my
hard drives:
IDE Channel 0 Master a 120 GB drive
IDE Channel 0 Slave a 120 GB drive
IDE
I mostly just read the posts I'm interested in and occasionally ask a
question. I think that PLUG works just fine as it is--If it ain't
broke, don't fix it.
Mark Jarvis
Alan Dayley wrote:
Another thread about the sonoran penguin and making a theme for the
website surfaced some discussion
I Love it!
Lisa Kachold wrote:
Just like it says!
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Jim March wrote:
Along the way, y'all can answer one of the great philosophical questions:
"Wire we here?"
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hough it's somewhat the worse for wear, it's probably the only one
left in existence.
Although I wouldn't give anything for the experiences of those days, I
wouldn't do them again for anything, either.
Mark Jarvis
old IBM GE mainframe, 80s PC, and 90s Unix veteran.
Lyle Tuttle wrote:
At 04:33 PM 7/7
general interest, off-list
to m.jar...@cox.net if not.
Thanks again for any help,
Mark Jarvis
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Great info--Thanks!
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Matt Graham wrote:
From: Mark Jarvis m.jar...@cox.net
I'd like to scan it in again but this time put the scanned pages
on a CD or DVD. Does anyone know of a reputable shop that they
would recommend for this? I could scan the pages myself, but
would
Ubuntu 8.10 9.04 come in two flavors, std. AMD64. My system
happens to be an AMD 64 bit system and the std. version hung on it (the
AMD64 version works fine.) I believe that there was some comment on the
Ubuntu site for 8.10 that the AMD64 should be tried if there was a
problem with the
Try this for a very basic list of commands. Sorry, it doesn't
include
such things as writing
CDs or DVDs or downloading/upgrading programs or
lots of things that can be done with
the utilities that come with the
standard desktop. Check out "Linux Cookbook" by Carla
Schroder. Great
book!
-mj-
Someone who has never known anything but Windoze and who wants to try
(or has been talked into trying) Linux wants to do so with an absolute
guarantee that their precious Windoze installation won't be hurt or
permanently affected. If Ubuntu is the trial distro, that means either
a live CD or
problem
Mark Jarvis wrote:
Before I spend the $$ for a new router, I decided to try upgrading the
firmware on what I have. I went to Linksys.com downloaded a
firmware upgrade. I was going to do the recommended backup of the
router settings before installing it, but I can't connect
Wow! What a lot of posts! Thanks to all who responded--looks like I
have several things to try.
FWIW, my WRT54G has a space then a V8 following the model number, so I
guess that it's a version 8. It also responds to a ping to 192.168.1.1.
Thanks again!
-mj-
Charles Lewton wrote:
I
) How well does it work?
3) Is disk performance under both Windows Linux affected? How much?
4) When I'm through playing with it, does it uninstall cleanly?
Thanks for any help,
Mark Jarvis
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I will be teaching the PVCC class in the spring and there is always or
permission of instructor, which is not hard to get if you have a decent
*nix background. The big problem is getting enough students that the
class will make. It's a fun class.
Mark Jarvis
koder wrote:
Paradise Valley
http://producten.hema.nl/
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Found on slashdot:
Hardware: The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @03:15PM
from the looking-back-for-perspective dept.
Data Storage
Captain DaFt writes Snopes.com has an article that gives an interesting
look back at the first commercial hard
I second the recommendation of Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to
Professional. I found it a very good book. Moving to Ubuntu Linux
(also paperback) by Marcel Gagne is also good.
-mj-
Dazed_75 wrote:
On 10/24/07, betty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
is there an ubuntu book (real book,
Too good not to share.
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070816mode=classic
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I just checked I have a CueCat that I never got around to tossing. If
you'd like it, contact me off line. I've seen posts (but don't remember
where) with pointers to sites with hacks.
-mj-
Matt Graham wrote:
On Friday 03 August 2007 10:16, after a long battle with technology,
Nathan
I think that it's very much a ymmv situation. We have the complete
Cox package--digital cable, internet, and phone--and while I wouldn't
claim that they're perfect, once we got past some initial problems, it's
been pretty good. When we had Qworst phone service we lost it much
more often
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