"forwarded" message, about a job opportunity ("C, Linux, Python")

2011-12-13 Thread Mike Schwartz
(or someone you know is), then you could 'consider' calling, and you could call that number from a pay phone -- (if you can find one) -- or maybe even from someone's ("someone else's"?) land line. sorta "forwarded" by: -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa.

Embedded Linux -- Low Level Development; C++ (was: Fwd: Immediate Opening)

2011-05-04 Thread Mike Schwartz
("Forwarded" by:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicole Modzeleski Date: Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM Subject: Immediate Opening To: "schwa...@acm.org" Hello, I have an immediate opening in Poway, CA. Please

Fwd: [...] another new opening

2011-04-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
"FYI" (see below) ("Forwarded" by:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM Subject: Help with another new opening To: All, We have a client who needs to create a system that suppo

Re: help w/ ABLEconf site

2011-02-02 Thread Mike Schwartz
ery busy ... the most recent post on its wall, there, seems to be from circa November 6, 2009 at 10:24pm I would be willing to tout stuff that is there, if/when appropriate. (putting a sort of "plug" on my wall, with a link pointing to something) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale  AZ schwa...@

OT: [sorta] Open source social network "Diaspora"

2010-08-30 Thread Mike Schwartz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11108891 Facebook alternative Diaspora [...] Quote: "the team will make the underlying code available for anyone to see and modify." -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss ma

OT: Funny video -- crazy customer is clueless, just wants an iPhone4

2010-07-31 Thread Mike Schwartz
OT: Funny video -- crazy customer is clueless, just wants an iPhone4 http://www.youtube.com/v/FL7yD-0pqZg&autoplay=1 -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subsc

OT: (or is it?) Interesting take on PKI and security

2010-07-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
to think about... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

OT: cartoons about "Evil E-Mail HACKERS!"

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
OT: cartoons about *Evil E-Mail HACKERS!* http://cagle.com/news/EvilEmailHackers/ -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: Stammtisch tonight

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
ta "wannabe" [future] start-up co. So June 17 should be a big day, for both me and Steve Garlick. Thanks again, (der.hans), for issuing a "reminder" about both Stammtisch events -- including the one at Buffalo Wings & Rings, June 16, 2010, which I attended. :-) --

Re: New in Town and Sinking Fast...

2010-06-15 Thread Mike Schwartz
t event. Especially if you are coming from (home or work) near the Loop 101, and/or would be willing to meet me somewhere near the Loop 101. In fact, Tim Bogart might be looking for a ride, from somewhere near Cave Creek and the 101, to my area (which is, near 75th Ave. and the 101). If so,

Re: West Side Meeting topic - Alfresco CMS Installation and Configuration

2010-06-11 Thread Mike Schwartz
resentation(s) > * 9:00-9:30 - Clean up and CAT (Chat About Technology), usually at a > local 'bertos. (We sit around and talk about Linux over Mexican food) > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > ((I regret that)) I already

Re: June west side topic?

2010-06-03 Thread Mike Schwartz
hrough or got canceled. I do not have any monopoly on knowing when/whether it is appropriate to cancel a meeting. Far from it. But I would think that, if there were ever going to be a meeting, where people might show up even though they were not sure what topic[s] would be discussed, then havin

Re: "Google Abandons Windows..."

2010-06-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
cost less than the annual price for my ISP!) So, I'd prefer it to do what *I* want, not what someone else wants it to do. Why would Google be any different? The main difference between them, and "ordinary" users, is that they tend to be tech savvy. (and, SMART in gen

Re: ending unwanted threads

2010-05-24 Thread Mike Schwartz
even "seeming" to be un-fairly "discriminating" for or against either side of the "OT: " [[debate]] -- INCLUDING even by the choice of "when" the thread should get moved (even e.g. right after some supposedly "un-deserving" opponent, has just gotten th

Re: OT: digital camcorder that has frame stabilization

2010-04-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
; is another one of the modes -- (Hmm, hence it seems to be mutex with each of the "modes" listed above...) -- (?) I am not familiar with [the meaning of the term] "frame stabilization". But the manual for the Kodak "EasyShare" model C160 is probably available on-line, so maybe yo

Re: difficulty regarding (links pointing to) lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

2010-04-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
; 3 times I got ALL GREEN, and twice I got "all green except for one server ["Tulsa OK, United States (Cox)"]". YMMV . . . -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Stephen wrote: > Again all of this is resolving just fine for me. w

Re: difficulty regarding (links pointing to) lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

2010-04-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
for all" URL: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4086870&l=59c7504c82&id=664267723 (they call it a "public link".) Does this tell us anything? It seems suspicious to me. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Mike Schwartz wro

Re: difficulty regarding (links pointing to) lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

2010-04-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
r maybe just a coincidence? Hmmm... Maybe it could "tell" us something... PS: Is http://www.plug.phoenix.az.us/ maybe a bogus domain name? (Did Craig White just [erroneously] "make up" that domain name?) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Mon, Apr 19, 2

difficulty regarding (links pointing to) lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

2010-04-19 Thread Mike Schwartz
eing the same problem?) OR is http://plug.phoenix.az.us/email_lists somehow deprecated (in which case I 'should have known' to use some alternate for it, and not to use it, and not even to TRY to use ["CLICK on"] the links that it contains?)

Fwd: [aztech-events] ATW presents IT and Security Risk Management Challenges and Opportunities

2010-04-14 Thread Mike Schwartz
non member... :-) Thank you. (Forwarded [to PLUG] by:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Debbie Joy Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:11 PM Subject: [aztech-events] ATW presents IT and Security Risk Management Challenges and Opportuniti

OT: (sorta) attn: hack fest fans -- hacking of iPhone

2010-04-02 Thread Mike Schwartz
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/iphone-sms-database-hacked-in-20-seconds-news-at-11/ <http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/iphone-sms-database-hacked-in-20-seconds-news-at-11/> ("iPhone SMS database hacked in 20 seconds, news at 11") -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ

article: "What If All Software Was Open Source? a Code to Unlock the Desktop"

2010-04-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
e / non-OSS software) with some of the *appealing aspects*(and maybe convince that user of some of the *benefits*) of being able to modify a software app, *"other than"* by begging the vendor to change it, and then just hoping / praying. That is just one of the advantages of FLOSS. But i

App (?) for tethering

2010-03-29 Thread Mike Schwartz
ple-iphone.html#slide16 seems to be saying that it can make possible tethering in places where the service provider "thought" that they were making it impossible. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss ma

OT: [W'post.com] ('via' ACM): Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web Site Illustrates Need for Clearer Cyberwar Policies

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Schwartz
cher] added, "why governments would interrupt [...] a lucrative intelligence-gathering tool." ("forwarded" by:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

"Internal Server Error" -- on archive of PLUG-Discuss

2010-03-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
form them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. -- Apache/1.3.34 Server at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Port 80 >> ...any advice? --

Avondale Stamm Tisch ? tonight

2010-03-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
hour: 623-340-0442). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo

co. in Mesa, Iveda Solutions is looking for Linux Systems Egrs/Admins (was: Fwd: [...])

2010-02-19 Thread Mike Schwartz
This was from the "Tempe Nerds" group, on meetup dot com: (Forwarded by:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Meetup Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM Subject: Michael has an idea for Tempe Nerds To: schwa...@acm.org [..

Re: Site whoring...

2010-02-19 Thread Mike Schwartz
> and [...] Geo tools which give me lat/lng of every salon [...], > GeoIP_City [...] approximating the location of visitors [...] This may be a little bit off topic, but, are you familiar with openstreetmap dot org? -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at

Re: W. Side meeting -- anything new? (Feb. 17, 2010 --> ooops, Feb. 24 !)

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > >> Based upon a message at >> >> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=feed&story_fbid=312635375339&gid=35772265339 >> , >> I thought ther

Re: W. Side meeting -- anything new? (Feb. 17, 2010)

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > Based upon a message at > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=feed&story_fbid=312635375339&gid=35772265339 > , > I thought there was a meeting PLUG W. Side meeting tonight, at DeVry -- in > room 203. > &

W. Side meeting -- anything new? (Feb. 17, 2010)

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Schwartz
"West Side meeting" update -- and I did not see any. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://list

Re: Need some help for a special Installfest

2010-02-12 Thread Mike Schwartz
than" showing up in person. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Stephen, I really need you. Please come for as long as you are able. > > Eric, I will have a CD for everyone who wants one though most will never > use

Re: Help for my mom

2010-02-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
the West side of town, so Mesa would be even further away than Tempe; and some other location of "Red 7" might be closer than either one of those... (does the Camelback Road location of "Red 7", about 20th Street, in Phoenix, still exist?) PS: I have been to Red 7 before, an

various "modes" (was: Re: why does FF take up the entire desktop?)

2010-02-08 Thread Mike Schwartz
e present, and you can use them to do all kinds of cool things. In fact, there probably is -- (OR, is "supposed to" be) -- some feature in Mozilla FireFox, to do just that. Maybe there is some glitch in how it works, (?) *or* some gap in my (/ our?) knowledge of the user interface. (?

Notify/cooperate with Ubuntu AZ Loco folks (was: Re: Need some help for a special Installfest)

2010-02-08 Thread Mike Schwartz
ewsletter/Issue179 (as part of item "4." under "Tuesday") -- so I am also sending him a Cc: of this. (some of *those Cc:'s* "might" be, readers who 'also' already subscribe to *PLUG-Discuss.* Oops, sorry! :-) Just "FYI"... -- Mike Schwartz G

OT: new [mobile phone] game : "Brain Maze" (even more virtual?)

2010-02-04 Thread Mike Schwartz
;< "Players use [...] a brain-wave reading headset, [...]" >> << "They [...] must shift their mental state from a meditative state to an active state [...]" >> << "[...] Brain Maze uses both alpha and beta waves [...]" >> << "

OT: OOo (was: Fwd: Free guide to working with OpenDocument and Microsoft Office file formats)

2010-01-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
Someone at the West Side meeting last night, was just talking about using OpenOffice (dot org) to deal with (e.g.) *.doc files, *.ppt files, etc. By coincidence, I just got this in the e-mail today. Enjoy... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message

Re: OT: message "from Microsoft"

2010-01-21 Thread Mike Schwartz
advertise the fact that their software does not *require* any licenses (and hence, no DRM... etc etc etc)... [but there is a] BIG difference! -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:25 PM, James Finstrom < jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > Yeah it

OT: message "from Microsoft"

2010-01-19 Thread Mike Schwartz
hYq so that even if the "original" one gets deleted, or disappears behind a paywall or something, that "archived" copy should still be available. *"No comment" needed** *on why (or, let's say, *whether*) Microsoft's way of doing business strikes me as "unp

Re: OT: (sorta) (or, IS it?) [slashdot.org]: Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus

2009-12-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > from > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1438232/Happy-Birthday-Linus?art_pos=11 > : > [quote:] > > Linux: <http://linux.slashdot.org/tag/linux> Happy Birthday, > Linus<http://linux.slashdot

OT: (sorta) (or, IS it?) [slashdot.org]: Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus

2009-12-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
at would the world look like had he spent his money on something else?"* -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail s

Re: A Question About Locales/Languages

2009-12-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
t says that "Tastatur" means "keyboard"; and that "Tastaturindikator" translates to the English phrase "keyboard indicator". (PS: IMHO I would have called it "keyboard MODE indicator", or something li

OT: (sorta) Microsoft loses i4i appeal; must pay $290M and alter Word

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Schwartz
://www.webcitation.org/5mFKC3A5F * *is a "WebCite" cached copy of it. * -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail sett

Re: west side mtg?

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Schwartz
ng list - [...snip...] > Updated the RSS and the main page; we'll have to change it to remove it next month, though; it's an ugly hack because I don't know enough about Drupal to edit only one occurance Next month? Can't you just change it back tomorrow? (or, after midnight tonight?) (...like, 9 hours from now?) ...while it is still relatively fresh in you mind? -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: I-17 and Dunlap Wed?

2009-11-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
st Ave.) ...just being a floss proofreader, Mr. nano nitpick, at your service. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

OT: nano nitpick (triple negative) (was: Re: OT, ACTA, Secrecy and free software)

2009-11-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
meaning off by a "power of minus one" from what it should be. Just my 0.02 (or, micro 2.0E+4), -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Ryan Rix wrote: > Hi, > > The **ONLY** source of said leak so far has been one Micheal Geist, with > a

Re: Linux laptop for a pre-schooler

2009-11-05 Thread Mike Schwartz
- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > I apologize for the "late" reply. You may already know about this: http://www.squidoo.com/teach-computer-programming (if not, just click to check it out) Just "FYI"... YMMV..

Hack Fest -- 04-Nov-2009

2009-10-27 Thread Mike Schwartz
http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/1204 I have never attended one of these before, but I think I can probably attend this one. Is there anything I need to do now, to "arrange" or reserve a spot? or register / sign up? ...or, anything else I need to know or do? Thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Gl

Re: The Failure of the GPL

2009-09-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
ed, then maybe they *are* being provided, (effectively), the ability to obtain the source code. Hmmm... and as for [2], I forgot why [2] makes any difference; but it was present in the example they gave near the end of page 4, (at least I thought it was; or was I just reading something "in&qu

OT: Texai -- a knowledge-based [open source!] software project

2009-08-30 Thread Mike Schwartz
Mike Schwartz <http://www.facebook.com/mike.schwartz1?ref=mf> This: http://www.texai.org/blog/?page_id=44 seems interesting. I have not read (much of) it yet, but maybe I will, later.-- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-d

Re: "measuring" the snippety arrogance (was: Re: [...] [other thread])

2009-08-27 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:56 PM, mike havens wrote: >> >> I think PLUG is an anomaly. It seems most people display snippety arrogance >> rather than help. >> [...] > > In reply to this quip: >> I

"measuring" the snippety arrogance (was: Re: [...other thread])

2009-08-27 Thread Mike Schwartz
, there may be some places that are (usually) more polite. But overall, in my experience, considering the speed and quality of help / advice available, and the tone here  (which does have its ups and downs), I would give PLUG a "reasonably nice" rating. YMMV. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale  A

Re: location for west side mtg tomorrow

2009-08-25 Thread Mike Schwartz
ng [this month] for one place or another. I will be fine with any decision reached. ...but if you want to vote -- (and to give it some thought first!) -- please see the ideas listed at [0]. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale  AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mai

Re: west side mtg needs new location

2009-08-25 Thread Mike Schwartz
t; meetings used to be held [in the "High Tech 1" building] at GCC = Glendale Community College. It also has adequate parking; and it is probably available "free" (as in gratis) for non-profit .org's. But it would not be my first choice. A

OT: [govexec.com - "via" acm TechNews] : Napolitano: Cybersecurity Issues Remain Unresolved

2009-08-12 Thread Mike Schwartz
?articleid=43322&dcn=todaysnews -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman

Re: Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs

2009-08-11 Thread Mike Schwartz
... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale  AZ schwa...@acm.org On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM, James Finstrom wrote: > > If you have been to an east side meeting at sequoia you know 1 school > that uses linux. I think charter schools are a perfect target. I just > signed my kids up at a charter school tha

Dual GSM/Voip phone? (can I talk "free" over wifi when near a library or coffee shop?)

2009-08-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
HARGES NO CREDIT CHECKS AND NO CONTRACTS MAKE INTERNATIONAL CALLS AT A FRACTION OF THE COST EARN HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REFERRAL FEES CALL VERNON FOR MORE INFORMATION: vernonuzz...@yahoo.com >> -- Mike Schwartz Glenda

"our" URL on gmane.org (was: Re: Handling Politics the plug-discuss way?)

2009-08-03 Thread Mike Schwartz
t; -- > -Eric 'shubes' --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > Everyone: Just FYI: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.phoenix -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org ---

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight

2009-08-02 Thread Mike Schwartz
enode.net/ instead [2] (for some reason, for me at least), the above works OK with Firefox, but not with Chrome. (why? Java plugin? hmmm...) )) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discus

Re: Web hosting

2009-08-02 Thread Mike Schwartz
.org <http://www.asce.org/> HQ might have some deal for student chapters. Have you contacted them? ( http://www.asce.org/contact.cfm ) ("see also" http://www.asce.org/membership/studmem.cfm , "etc.") Best wishes, for success, whatever you decide, -- Mike Schwartz Gle

Re: OT: Shirts!

2009-07-28 Thread Mike Schwartz
of it", that was from Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:17 AM ...and I still am not sure that I "get" it all, 100%, but it is interesting. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Lisa Kachold &g

OT: [sorta]: ComputerWorld article -- "Unix turns 40"

2009-07-27 Thread Mike Schwartz
wn below the page selectors, and, near the options like "Email", "Comment", and "Send Feedback", then click on *"Print",* which "seems to" have an "href=" field of "javascript:void(0);")) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
L ID as >> #...@ableconf >> >> but I do not know where that "@" came from ... >> (not from me!) >> (at least, not intentionally!) >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Mike Schwartz >> Glendale AZ >> schwa...@acm.org >> >> On

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
on at webchat.freenode.net , is not able to see anything, that anyone else is saying. I did notice that it is displaying my CHANNEL ID as #...@ableconf but I do not know where that "@" came from ... (not from me!) (at least, not intentionally!) Thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
<@Mike_Schwartz_00> Hello! anyone there? and neither one of them, seemed to show up, in the other window (er, umm, tab) -- ! any comments / advice? Thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > I "also&

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
it seems I cannot "hear" what anyone else is saying... write-only memory! any suggestions / advice appreciated... Thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:01 PM, David Munson wrote: > #ableconf suggests this client as well, it's DHTML and

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
ding to http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20090726.222833.3ae8ec79.en.html("ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00") the chatting is [/chatting folks are] supposed to start abuot now -- (right?) >> Could it be due to the "mixed case" I used for the channel? (" #ABLEconf ")? thanks,

Re: ABLEconf mtg tonight at 20:00

2009-07-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
ient -- but it does have firefox and (what I am using now) Google "Chrome". I think it worked last time, I have just forgotten what the secret was. Thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-di

W side meeting -- tonight

2009-07-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
ng to attend tonight's [W side] PLUG meeting. See you there!-- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail sett

Re: location for July 2009 "W Side" meeting

2009-07-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 20. Jul, 2009 schwätzte Mike Schwartz so: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: >> >> [...] >>> have "tentatively" reserved a room for July 22, 2009 ([resv.] hours = >>

Re: location for July 2009 "W Side" meeting

2009-07-20 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > This is a new thread, to talk about the location for July 2009 "W Side" > meeting. > > I have "tentatively" reserved a room for July 22, 2009 > ([resv.] hours = 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.) > at the same lib

OT: The palm PRE ("with webOS")

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Schwartz
p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnlzbuLRwM> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DJRnlzbuLRwM&ei=HLxbSvrfMIzAsgPA_-mrCg&sa=X&oi=video_result&resnum=3&ct=thumbnail&usg=AFQjCNFATDfpwdgaIT3HV9x6QJjxeSSfrA>3 min 6 sec - Jan 8, 2009 - [image: Rated 4.5 out of

Re: Colleges that support Free Software?

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Schwartz
, -- and, that last list item is meant to refer to a situation whereby the learning materials, like the text books (or, e- "substitutes", thereof!) are, like, GPL'd or GFDL'd, or something like that. best wishes, wherever you go! -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa.

Re: location for July 2009 "W Side" meeting

2009-07-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
n of the (fun, but) sorta OFF TOPIC << " *BACKGROUND: * Humorous anecdote / "relation"-ship to another thread: " >>. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > This is a new thread, to talk about the

location for July 2009 "W Side" meeting

2009-07-10 Thread Mike Schwartz
use some other location, then we can cancel it; (but "see above" about the "*48 hours* advance notice"). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org * * *BACKGROUND: * Humorous anecdote / "relation"-ship to another thread: > I was going to say... Strange da

Re: RE: [Slightly OT] General Email Question

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
es gets an auto-responder [robot] -generated "out of office" response, saying, "I'll be back on XYZ date", that then, S might desire to wait until XYZ date, to send the other ("N minus one") messages to R. (right?) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org

Re: OT: [maybe, "sorta"]" Coverity blog ("via" Linke dIn): '[...] Venema on “Open” vs. “Closed” Source Co de Security'

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
-wietse-venema-on-open-vs-closed-source-code-security sorry about that... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > Title: > IBM Researcher and Postfix Maintainer, Wietse Venema on “Open” vs. “Closed” > Source Code Security

OT: [maybe, "sorta"]" Coverity blog ("via" LinkedIn) : '[...] Venema on “Open” vs. “Closed” Source Code S ecurity'

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
se-venema-on-open-vs-closed-source-code-security&urlhash=4Euq&trk=news_discuss-- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: call for ABLEconf volunteers (fwd)

2009-07-08 Thread Mike Schwartz
I participate in the Phoenix Chapter ACM. That org has been inactive lately -- but it does have a valid 501(c)3 "technically". That org might want to have a booth, or something, at the ABLEconf. Please include me for a Cc of any news. thank you, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa.

Location for 07/22/2009 "W Side" meeting (? same as June?)

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
else, we can easily cancel (w/ at least X hours notice, where I think X is 48 or 24). Any comments? -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:23 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 22. Jun, 2009 schwätzte Ryan Rix so: > > [...] > > Is this the location

Re: PLUG Etiquette

2009-06-30 Thread Mike Schwartz
nd, and anyone who wants to be shot, I will be happy to do my best. (and, -- as long as it is OK with the person depicted in the picture -- then the photo could go, umm, somewhere on the web.) OK?-- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >

OT: IBM Claims Privacy Breakthrough for Cloud, Data [InternetNews.com] ("via" acm TechNews)

2009-06-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
17968 ["remarkable" quote:] << "This is ... one of the most remarkable crypto papers ever," says PGP cryptographer Hal Finney. "I have to go back to Godel's and Turing's work to think of a comparable example."

Fwd: Meeting Room Application Received

2009-06-23 Thread Mike Schwartz
Here is another message, that "looks" kinda like it is from an automated robot; but the .sig is that of the person (who I guess, runs the robot?) just FYI... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Campbell, Peggy Date: Tue, Jun 2

FSM on how to make inst. of ["app." vs. OS] software (in Gnu/Linux) EASY

2009-06-23 Thread Mike Schwartz
at the "receiving" end [which for me is gmail]; or somewhere in between [which for me includes acm.org, which uses postini.com for filtering]; so -- anyway -- here is, "instead!", a link to it: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/2009_software_installation_linux_broke

Library room for 24June2009 W Side PLUG meeting (was: Fwd: Automatic Room Reminder Notification)

2009-06-23 Thread Mike Schwartz
I do remember "pong" - that was from circa the age of mainframes. Also, I remember "frogger", which ran on my Commodore 64 (which I still own) circa the mid 80s. (( )) (also, end of "PS"). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -- Forwarded messag

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
refer some other location, then rest assured that this "meeting room reservation" was applied for as a "one time event". I thought it [this place] might prove to be a good place for future meetings too; but if that does not happen, then, OK. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ s

librarian's [libertine?] use of the word "FREE" (was: Re: west side during the summer)

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
: * * * <<(623) 930-3849 pjcampb...@glendaleaz.com *Knowledge is free at the library - bring your own container.>>* ([some] librarians are so) Cool, -- right? PS: I think the mention of the word "container" above, means your brain; -- this library does provide plen

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
le space that you see). *PS: * Anyone who attends, is welcome to come to my house for some refreshments afterwards. OR we could go somewhere else. (I live about 2 freeway exits away.) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Mike Schwartz wro

IRC server squawk (?) (was: Re: first ABLEconf mtg tonight)

2009-06-21 Thread Mike Schwartz
OOPS! I forgot to send a Cc of this to "IRC server administrator" ...my apologies for not doing so 3 minutes ago (see below:) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM, der.hans wrote: &

Re: first ABLEconf mtg tonight

2009-06-21 Thread Mike Schwartz
error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. -- Apache Server at irc.freenode.net Port 80 >> ...different from what is "supposed" to happen? -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org -

Re: sortof OT: wiki software

2009-06-15 Thread Mike Schwartz
t its name is a misleading under-statement! It "sounds" like you can just specify a certain domain name (web site), and focus attention on that. That is true, but it is not all. ((It slices! it dices! the original ad for the Ginsu knife seems like an amateur...)) You can include *an

Re: Htmlunit anyone?

2009-06-12 Thread Mike Schwartz
ue) (or, if something 'close' to this is true), then kite pilot might not have realized this (and, the implications). Until now... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stephen wrote: > id honestly find it easier to look at the sender li

Re: OT: book to CD/DVD ?

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
n.org/ (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcite ) Just a suggestion (or 2). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote: > > Great info--Thanks! > > -mj- > > Matt Graham wrote: > > From: Mark Jarvis > > I'd li

Re: Jun east side topics

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
I second that emotion -- IMHO a message about a meeting should always include stuff like the date / time / place, ** even if ** most readers area expected to (/slash, "should") already know that stuff. If you tell them something that they already know, then (IMHO) that is O

Re: OT: [sorta]: from wired.com : Why Isn't Wireless [IP] Everywhere?

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
m/2007/09/07/how-does-80211n-get-to-600mbps/ thank you... -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > Quote from one of the reader comments at > http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-06/ts_burningquestion > <ht

OT: [sorta]: from wired.com : Why Isn't Wireless [IP] Everywhere?

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Schwartz
h Long Range and Local WiFi solutions at a fraction of the money already sunk in WiMAX.[...] >> submitted to PLUG-Discuss by: -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To sub

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-07 Thread Mike Schwartz
y typically are held at DeVry (2149 W Dunlap) (less than a mile from I-17) which is "sorta" on the 'West Side' (approx. as "West" as ACAA, near Bell Rd & I-17). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote:

Re: OT - funny picture (work safe)

2009-06-04 Thread Mike Schwartz
plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20090515.201928.e40df8e7.en.html ) the funny picture has been moved! Its new URL is:    http://www.eatliver.com/i.php?n=4315 That is all. Thank you. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale  AZ schwa...@acm.org --- PLUG-discuss m

Re: New Verari System 1U Web/Mail Server - ASSISTANCE PLEASE

2009-06-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
=10360720&popup=true> 530 W Broadway Rd Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 921 9431 but it is still considered an "East Side" stammtisch. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Stephen wrote: > I am not yet familiar enough with drup

Re: Best first programming language

2009-05-26 Thread Mike Schwartz
OT [!] limited to a domain name (as the word 'site:' might suggest). In fact, I later wrote an e-mail to Alan Dayley (I looked for it today but I have been unable to find it...!) about using that "site:..." feature of doing a google search, a

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