Re: [UPHPU] Eclipse is very nice, but :(...

2006-06-19 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, C. Ed Felt wrote: Fellow Eclipse users, (you can ignore this email if you are not one): Eclipse is great and has all the goodies I need in an open source, code completing, block collapsing IDE. I finally have it fully configured for and would like to use it for PHP,

RE: Eclipse is very nice, but :(...

2006-06-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Gregory Hill wrote: Who woulda thunk this would somehow turn into a language war? :-) Everything here turns into a language war. ;) Yeah, French sucks. It's ugly, sloppy, and rude-sounding. I much prefer Italian, or Swedish. I prefer German or Russian! /*

Bash script conditions

2006-07-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
I have a script that I call with a cron job to do my nightly backups: - ### Variables set above here ### $RSYNC -az -e ssh --delete --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE $BACKUP1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:$DEST $LOG 2$LOG mv /path/to/files

Re: Bash script conditions

2006-07-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 06:22 -0600, Jonathan Duncan wrote: I just do not know the syntax. I saw a list of Exit Values in the rsync man page but how do I check for those? If you don't care about the exact return code in event of an error, you can

Re: where to buy network cable?

2006-07-13 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Roberto Mello wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 04:39:36PM +, Hongyi Gao wrote: I need 1000 feet + network cable (CAT5-E or CAT6) for my new house. Is there anybody knows where to get it? as well as the plugs and connectors. also, I need your recommendation of

colo hosting in Lindon

2006-07-13 Thread Jonathan Duncan
Does anyone remember the name of the colocation hosting company in Lindon in the Canopy buildings? Thanks, Jonathan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Tutorials

2006-08-03 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Charles M. Wood wrote: I was wondering if there are some good tutorials out there on BIND. I'm also looking into OpenLDAP for a project at work, so any resources/references would be nice for that too. Thanks! If you have the ability to choose your DNS server I would

Re: Shared Hosting Providers

2006-08-03 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Jared Bellows wrote: Bottom line is, you can't guarantee ANY kind of uptime in a shared environment, unless it's completely locked down (and therefore much less useful). What happens when one of the other customers on the server uploads some horrid perl script that takes

Re: Suse on Sata

2006-08-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Adam Fisher wrote: Does anybody and have walk thru's on installing Suse or Red hat on a Sata drive. I tried some of Novell's stuff to no avail. Adam I know it works. I did it before, when I worked at Novell. It seemed inherent to the install procedure. That was a

Looking for a programmer

2006-08-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
and Mac as well. Thank you, Jonathan Duncan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Looking for a programmer

2006-08-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Bryan Sant wrote: VNC is released under the GPL. Thus if you integrated any of the VNC code with your own code base, you will be required to release all of your code as GPL software. If your web conferencing software is a closed source product that you sell, you may want

Re: Looking for a programmer

2006-08-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Steve wrote: Isn't this already a feature of most OS's via RDP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol Another fine idea. Thank you, I will add that to my collection. Jonathan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe:

RE: Getting a fair deal?

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
I love my MacBook Pro! It is awesome. However, like the MacBook that Jeff mentioned, it does not fit in your budget. You could try eBay, or Computer Recyclers, Dell Refurbished section, PC Club. You can even check the Apple Refurbished section, they usually have computers that are cheaper.

Re: Getting a fair deal?

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 08:17 -0600, Steve wrote: I have been looking all over for a good quality laptop that's affordable i.e $800 and am coming up a little short. I splurged on my last laptop purchase and ever since then I've been glad I did.

Re: Getting a fair deal?

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
awesome piece of equipment I've ever seen. It blows me away every time I play with it. On 8/30/06, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love my MacBook Pro! It is awesome. However, like the MacBook that Jeff mentioned, it does not fit in your budget. I have wondered over the last year

Re: Getting a fair deal?

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Gary Thornock wrote: --- Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Grant Shipley wrote: I have wondered over the last year or so why so many in the open source world consider OS-X an okay choice of operating system but are still anti-windows. Lets

Re: OT: I couldn't resist (was: Re: Getting a fair deal?)

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:40 -0600, Jonathan Duncan wrote: On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Stuart Jansen wrote: I'm sure you meant {U,Li}nux ;-) /me pulls out his copy of Mastering Regular Expressions Hmmm, it looks like I actually meant (U|Li)nix. Sorry, I

RE: Getting a fair deal?

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Hill, Greg wrote: So, yeah, Macs may be great and all, but the attitude of their sheep fans is kind of off-putting. I'll stick to paying way less for way more. And anyone who complains about Microsoft's monopolistic tactics should take a close look at how Apple does

Re: OT: I couldn't resist (was: Re: Getting a fair deal?)

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Clint Savage wrote: Okay, but that's still not right it would be {Uni,Linu}x, because otherwise, you would be spelling one or the other improprerly. {U,Li}nux would evaluate to Unux Linux and {U,Li}nix would evaluate to Unix Linix Cheers, Clint Yep, you win. My bad.

Re: Thoughts on Minix3?

2006-09-02 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 16:52 -0600, Steve wrote: I know that one of the reasons we even HAVE Linux is because Linus Torvalds, wanted to create his own Minix variant or some such thing. Anyways I just noticed that Minix3 has released under a BSD license,

RE: Common Linux Programs

2006-09-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Hill, Greg wrote: The second is a command line reference with the same sort of feeling of being newbie friendly. I still have to add descriptions and maybe add commonly used options since man pages can be intimidating to those not familiar with them.

Re: Common Linux Programs

2006-09-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Robert Lawrence wrote: The first handout I'm putting together is a commonly use program reference. I'm sure we have all asked the question of I know what program to use in some other closed source OS, what is the equivalent in linux? Just trying to get something together

Re: Geek or Nerd?

2006-09-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Alex Esplin wrote: On 9/18/06, Andrew McNabb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took a class once. One of the people in the class said, I'm such a Harry Potter nerd, but then admitted that she's only seen the movies and hasn't read any of the books. Wow. Geez. I feel

Re: Linux on SPARC

2006-10-02 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Stephen Ward wrote: I'm looking at taking on a project that involves Linux on a SPARC machine. My only experience with Linux is on the x86 platform, and I have absolutely no SPARC experience. Being the adventurer that I am, I intend to pursue this despite my lack of

Re: Linux Development Environment (IDE)

2006-10-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Corey Edwards wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:22 -0600, Doran L. Barton wrote: I've used NetBeans for Java dev many years ago. I'm looking for something for C and C++ code. Google for Eclipse or Kdevelop. I whole-heartedly second these recommendations. I personally

Re: Blogger Software

2006-10-19 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Adam Fisher wrote: Any recommendations at Blogger software. I have been thinking about wordpress or Movable type. Anybody like anything else? Adam My vote is for WordPress also. Unless you want a managed solution, then http://www.blogger.com/ is pretty nice, and

RE: How to Organize Photo Collection with FOSS

2006-11-02 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Hill, Greg wrote: iPhoto is amazing. You can tag each picture and make albums on the fly and instant slideshows. I love it. I think you can even post to a photo blog with it, but I have not tried it yet. I am still using Gallery2 for online photo sharing. My

OOPs I need a book

2006-11-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
I am finding that my OOP skillz are are not as good as they should be. In other words, I do not completely grok OOP. Can anyone suggest to me a programming language agnostic book on OOP theory? Thanks, Jonathan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe:

Re: plug.org - October Statistics

2006-11-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Ryan Simpkins wrote: Pretty please with sugar on top: The biggest driver (outside of location) to the site is our Linux companies list. This list isn't growing as well as I hoped. Does anyone have any ideas how we can boost the number of companies listed? I know there

Re: OOPs I need a book

2006-11-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Shane Hathaway wrote: Levi Pearson wrote: On Nov 7, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: Can anyone suggest to me a programming language agnostic book on OOP theory? I would guess that Chris's suggestion is pretty good, though I haven't read it myself. You

Re: linux certs

2006-11-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Hill, Greg wrote: This has probably been covered before, but I thought I'd ask for input. I'm considering getting some linux certs, mostly as a means to motivate me to dig into the deep, dark areas of linux that I've so far avoided. From what I can tell, the big certs

Re: OOPs I need a book

2006-11-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Levi Pearson wrote: Anyway, it's not just from the Lisp community. It's more generally from the functional programming community, and even from people in the Perl community like Mark Jason Dominus (who probably truly belongs in all three communities). But there's still

RE: FOSS Web Mail - What do you use?

2006-11-29 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Hill, Greg wrote: Have you tried Zimbra? Zimbra is generally overkill, unless it's a company or ISP that is looking to use it. For us with only one server to share all tasks, Zimbra isn't even an option (it says on their site that it has to have a dedicated server).

Re: FOSS Web Mail - What do you use?

2006-11-29 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Michael L Torrie wrote: On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 12:16 -0700, Joseph Hall wrote: Did I mention Gmail's keyboard shortcuts? I use them frequently. There's very little that requires a mouse in Gmail. But I suppose if your whole point is that you don't like using a browser,

Re: Linux command comparison

2006-12-08 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Andrew McNabb wrote: Weird. I have cron running on my Tiger desktop system without having done any special configuration. I just ran crontab and stuff worked. Ditto here. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe:

Re: macbook trouble

2006-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Alex Esplin wrote: On 12/11/06, Christer Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I convinced a co-worker to buy a macbook instead of a new PC and, somehow, he has managed to have it crash during his second day of use. The issue now is that anything over 256 colors has a very

Re: macbook trouble

2006-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Jason Holt wrote: I convinced a co-worker to buy a macbook instead of a new PC and, somehow, he has managed to have it crash during his second day of use. I'm on my 3rd Macbook Pro. 1st kept freezing with kernel panics (stock OSX). 2nd had a disk die. Annoyingly, if

Re: macbook trouble

2006-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Michael Torrie wrote: On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 19:15 -0700, Richard Scott McNew wrote: If Dell gives you too much grief, you could always sue them. ;) http://1010wins.com/pages/144477.php?contentType=4contentId=255228 Now that's quite a story. And typical of Dell from my

Re: macbook trouble

2006-12-14 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Hans Fugal wrote: On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 at 12:50 -0800, Blake Barnett wrote: There's something wrong with your machine, or the software on it. I wouldn't put up with it. Take it back in every time it crashes (Or take pictures everytime and save them up for a trip to the

Re: Qworst DSL Modem

2007-01-02 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Jordan S. Jones wrote: I know this subject has been discussed a number of times, but either my searching skills suck or what I am looking for hasn't been asked before. My parents have the Arescom NetDSL800 with the MSN/Qwest DSL. This christmas I bought them a Tivo and

RE: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
Of Jonathan Duncan Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:47 PM To: Provo Linux Users Group Subject: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more! Apple Computers, Inc. is no more! http://bluesun7.com/jonathan/?p=39 Sorry, just had to share. Jonathan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe

Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Bryan Sant wrote: On 1/9/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am just glad I held off getting a new iPod, Phone, and PDA. Unfortunately, I have to wait until June for them to start the release of the phones. For now I can only drool. Are they going to support

Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Jesse Stay wrote: On 1/9/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am just glad I held off getting a new iPod, Phone, and PDA. Unfortunately, I have to wait until June for them to start the release of the phones. For now I can only drool. Nah - I'm holding out

Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Louis Zirkel wrote: Jesse Stay wrote: On 1/9/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nah - I'm holding out until they either a) release a 40Gb version like my ipod, b) release a DRM-free version or version that is compatible with my Xbox, or c) the Zune comes out

Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Jesse Stay wrote: I've done this before with an iPod Mini. It worked for my needs, but it still took more time to constantly manage my playlists to contain what would fit, and what I wanted to listen to at the time. It's nice now with a 40Gb version that I can decide what

Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Jesse Stay wrote: On 1/9/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, I have been wanting a good all-in-one device for 5+ years now and there are some good ones. This one comes closest now. I am sure the future will hold even more techie goodness, but for now

Re: don't forget nokia (Re: Apple Computers, Inc. is no more!)

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Brad Midgley wrote: I am just glad I held off getting a new iPod, Phone, and PDA. Unfortunately, I have to wait until June for them to start the release of the phones. For now I can only drool. in a subtle way it's a real step forward as it will be the first iPod with

Looking to hire a PERL guru

2007-01-17 Thread Jonathan Duncan
. Or you can find general contact info on their web site. Regards, -- Jonathan Duncan Vice President - Blue Sun Hosting, Inc. Mobile: 801.376.7796 http://www.bluesunhosting.com/ Web Site Hosting /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug

Re: Looking to hire a PERL guru

2007-01-17 Thread Jonathan Duncan
that way. You also might want to try advertising on jobs.perl.org. Jesse On 1/17/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A local Provo company is looking to hire someone who knows PERL. The company is Eli Kirk (http://elikirk.com/). The develop web sites and also an online presentation

Re: spam being sent using my domain

2007-01-18 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Derek Davis wrote: I own the domain name dnadavis.net. I set up a catch all mx entry, so that all email that I don't specifically account for gets forwarded to my gmail address. This way, I can make up email addresses on the spot, which I like doing. Like using [EMAIL

Re: dvd archiving on OSX

2007-01-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Christer Edwards wrote: can anyone suggest a dvd archiving tool for OSX? I would like to make duplicates of some of my DVDs considering my wife's hellion nephews very much like to destroy everything they come in contact with anytime they visit. I have done this on Ubuntu

Re: dvd archiving on OSX

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Hans Fugal wrote: There's supposedly a free (as in beer) program that does resizing on Windows, and there's supposedly Free ones on Linux but I haven't got them to work yet either. I dont often recommend anything that involves spending money, cheapskate that I am, but I

Re: dvd archiving on OSX

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Hans Fugal wrote: Toast does resizing for me. Compressed movies do not have the same quality though so the dual layer drive is a good option. Although my family has not really notice the differences in compressed movies that I have made yet. Then again, we do not have

Re: dvd archiving on OSX

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Hans Fugal wrote: On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 at 08:20 -0700, Louis Zirkel wrote: Jonathan Duncan wrote: Toast does resizing for me. Compressed movies do not have the same quality though so the dual layer drive is a good option. Although my family has not really notice

Re: Job Posting - flames invited

2007-01-30 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Hans Fugal wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 at 02:03 -0700, Levi Pearson wrote: C'mon, Sasha. Your job postings are no fun without the silly programming quizzes! ;) It would have to be a sysadmin quiz though. I'll lead off: What is the name of the one true editor? Does

Re: Job Posting - flames invited

2007-01-31 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 07:17 -0800, Gary Thornock wrote: A: There is no one true editor, but if there were, its name would be vim. Do you question the one-ness or the true-ness of Vim? Either way, you are a blasphemer and you kind must be erased

Re: 2 Distro Recommendations?

2007-02-01 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Steve wrote: My goal for the existing linux box is to turn it into a Network Attached Storage Device for my LAN. The ideal distro for the retired box would be one specialized for usage as a NAS, have a small diskspace footprint, and preferably be able to run (if not

Re: Router recommendations

2007-02-01 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Andrew Hunter wrote: Jonathan Duncan wrote: Port forwarding. I use it on my DSL modem which forwards to my router/firewall. I have used Netgear and had good success with them. I just recently got an FVS114 that I like: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL

Re: Router recommendations

2007-02-02 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Matthew Walker wrote: You're missing the fact that he wants to do this: xx.xx.xx.xx:1001 - yy.yy.yy.yy:80 NOT xx.xx.xx.xx:80 - yy.yy.yy.yy:80 Ah yes, thank you. I read that but forgot it. This is not port forwarding, since forwarding assume you are forwarding to

RSYNC not deleting

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
I run a nightly script that rsync's my Mac to my Linux backup server. I ran out of room on my backup server. So I started to investigate. I found that the /backup folder on my backup server was almost twice as big as the directory that I was backing up. I looked at the files and found

Re: MY JOB WENT TO INDIA

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Bryan Petty wrote: On 2/8/07, Grant Shipley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Job Went to India: And All I Got Was This Lousy Book (Pragmatic Programmers) # Paperback: 185 pages # Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1 edition (September 1, 2005) # Language: English # ISBN-10:

Re: Laptop resume time from sleep

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Alex Esplin wrote: On 2/8/07, Jason Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a car-based computer project, and I find that I can get my Thinkpad T41p to wake up in about 7 seconds from suspend-to-ram. Ideally, I'd like something faster than that. Would those of

Re: Laptop resume time from sleep

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: I'm working on a car-based computer project, and I find that I can get my Thinkpad T41p to wake up in about 7 seconds from suspend-to-ram. Ideally, I'd like something faster than that. Would those of you with laptops mind checking and letting

Re: Apache: Forcing SSL and Authentication

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Topher Fischer wrote: I'm trying to configure a webserver to redirect clients to use only secure http when trying to access a certain directory. I also want them to authenticate using AuthType Basic. In a perfect world, I'd be able to do all this with a simple .htaccess

Re: looking for laptop

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Michael L Torrie wrote: On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 12:02 -0700, Justin Findlay wrote: On AD 2007 February 15 Thursday 11:18:19 AM -0700, Jonathan Duncan wrote: I recently found and purchased a MacBook from Apple for $850. I got it for my wife. Your requirements are all

Re: RSYNC not deleting

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Michael L Torrie wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 12:27 -0700, Jonathan Duncan wrote: I run a nightly script that rsync's my Mac to my Linux backup server. I ran out of room on my backup server. So I started to investigate. I found that the /backup folder on my backup

RE: looking for laptop

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Hill, Greg wrote: Well, you are paying for OS:X, but mostly you're just paying inflated prices because Apple can get away with it, being the only vendor providing hardware for their OS. Equivalently spec'ed machines will cost 30-50% more to have the Apple name on them (I

Re: looking for laptop

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Jason Hall wrote: The results being...? MacBook Pro FTW! Sweet! =) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: I want to learn a new language...

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Daniel C. wrote: On 2/15/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use PHP for shell scripting. Quite handy. I use a screw and a pair of pliers to open bottles of wine. It's easy, you just screw the screw into the cork with a screwdriver, then grab it with a pair

RE: I want to learn a new language...

2007-02-15 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Hill, Greg wrote: I have never seen a good paying PHP job. The companies that primarily use PHP also tend to think $40k is a good developer salary. So, learning PHP for career development is self-defeating. You'll get stuck forever in low-paying jobs using a

Re: [OT] The Prophet of Garbage

2007-02-16 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Thad Van Ry wrote: On 2/15/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this too far off topic? Is there such a thing on plug? Good call. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear

Re: 50-pin SCSI CD-ROM Drive

2007-02-16 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Stephen Ward wrote: Excellent! Do you mind if I swing by some time today to pick one up? Are you in the Provo/Orem area? Thanks, Stephen Sorry, list folk, for my careless public reply. Burn Him! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe:

Re: Jobs: Openings at Omniture

2007-02-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Justin Findlay wrote: No. I prefer my email wrapped at 5 feet (iambs) usually in heroic couplets. Seeing that a very large proportion of my email comes in as formless and often of lesser content I have a small perl script to reformat the text into the required meter

Re: MUD programming

2007-02-27 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Daniel C. wrote: Thanks to Levi on the other thread, I've started thinking about MUD programming again. Anyone have a suggestion for what language to write it in? Weird languages (Lisp, Erlang, OCaml) get bonus points, as there are already MUDs written in boring

Re: Resizing ntfs partition

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Levi Pearson wrote: Andrew Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah, let me correct myself before someone else has to: recent versions of ntfsresize will relocate your data for you. No need to defragment first (especially since windows defrag doesn't move files to the

Re: [MOLCOT] - cutting an altoids tin

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Daniel C. wrote: (Suffice it to say that I have been an anti-Apple-fanboy for so long that if my friends were to see me with an ipod, the ridicule would never end.) For crying out loud, just admit that Apple does some things well and enjoy your iPod. Display it

Re: [MOLCOT] - cutting an altoids tin

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Daniel C. wrote: On 2/28/07, Jonathan Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although seeing someone sporting an authentic Altoid MP3 player would be a pretty cool sight. Here is 1 vote that you photo document the process and results. http://www.ladyada.net/make/minty

Re: [MOLCOT] - cutting an altoids tin

2007-02-28 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Corey Edwards wrote: I like Microsoft mice. After I got over my initial bout of Linux fanboy's disease, I learned to not hold grudges. Life is too short. If Microsoft wants to make a good product that doesn't stomp on my rights, I'll consider it. Same for Apple or IBM or

Bluetooth Mice (was: [MOLCOT] - cutting an altoids tin )

2007-03-01 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Jason Hall wrote: On Wednesday 28 February 2007 16:21, Hill, Greg wrote: As much as I usually do not like most Microsoft stuff, I too have been impressed with their mice. I haven't liked anything other than Logitech for years; maybe I just haven't tried the right MS

Re: [MOLCOT] - cutting an altoids tin

2007-03-01 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Lars Rasmussen wrote: /me misses his Microsoft Trackball Explorer longs for a shiny new Logitech MX Revolution mouse. ( http://tinyurl.com/hstbm ) That does look nice, but why is it USB and not Bluetooth? I can't stand wires coming out of my laptop and a USB dongle is

Re: General Linux Training

2007-03-07 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Doran L. Barton wrote: Not long ago, Daniel proclaimed... I am the Webmaster for the Alpine School District. Our technology department is looking at getting basic Linux training. We are looking at training 30 people on-site. All will have laptops. Some attendees will

Re: How to run program as another user - and permanently dropping current user privileges?

2007-03-13 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Kenneth Burgener wrote: I got around to trying this today, but when I run my program I get an error saying: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su -l myuser -c /usr/myapp/myprogram This account is currently not available. Originally I created this user in /etc/passwd as follows:

Re: Focus SIS

2007-03-16 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: Just out of curiosity (not as an endorsement, having not used it - or even really looked closely at it) have you looked at SchoolTool http://www.schooltool.org/? On 3/16/07, Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We currently use PowerSchool in our

Re: Google Apps for domains

2007-03-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Michael Torrie wrote: Has anyone on this list tried out Google Apps for domains? The basic level of service is free (ad-revenues for google) and has a lot of advantages over running my own server. I'm thinking seriously about using them with my domain. Mainly because I

Re: Google Apps for domains

2007-03-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Lars Rasmussen wrote: On 3/20/07, Andrew Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/19/07, Michael Torrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone on this list tried out Google Apps for domains? Can't figure out how to setup DNS so that my domain on it(larsrasmussen.com)

Re: Thoughts on SuSE: What do you think?

2007-03-22 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Grant Shipley wrote: On 3/22/07, Ryan Simpkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of trying out SuSE for a laptop I've got. I hear they charge you for updates though. Is that true? Can you guys please share your SuSE experiences (good/bad)? I ran SuSE when I worked

Re: Trim and bottom/middle post

2007-03-22 Thread Jonathan Duncan
LOL +1 to middle posting On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Michael L Torrie wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 13:56 -0600, Brandon Stout wrote: Top posting isn't lazy or stupid... it's better. I like to see the most recent stuff up front. I bottom post because that's what most other people want, but top

Re: death to all over-generalizers!!

2007-03-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Daniel C. wrote: On 3/23/07, Ryan Byrd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: death to those who use crappy email clients that can't hide quoted text! death to anyone who cares about top or bottom posting! death to those who don't use gmail! i top posted! That's it. This list has

Re: Wireless router

2007-04-17 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 16 Apr 2007, at 13:25, adam fisher wrote: I am looking for a serious wireless router. One that is going to let me do some serious port forwarding and allow me to play LAN games without a hiccup. Has anybody used any good N-routers? thanks, Adam The Airport Extreme is 802.11n

Re: enthusiastic new linux user

2007-04-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
+1 to no top posting and always trimming On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Daniel C. wrote: Allen, The sunlight reflecting off of your bright eyes and bushy tail is giving me a headache. Before I crawl back in my cave, though... I am interested in being a part of a Linux user group That was an easy

Re: enthusiastic new linux user

2007-04-21 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 20:41 -0600, Jonathan Duncan wrote: +1 to no top posting and always trimming /me rolls for initiative and succeeds, pulls out his +30 vorpal sword and strikes down Jonathan Duncan where he stands lol, I was wondering when

Re: OT: Free 7017-S7A RS/6000

2007-05-16 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 15 May 2007, at 16:30, Troy Bowman wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 14:38 -0600, Alan Young wrote: Why not sell the RS/6000 on ebay as a pickup item? The money that it would sell for wouldn't justify the effort required to do so. Also, the money we are spending just to keep it is way more

Re: OT: Free 7017-S7A RS/6000

2007-05-16 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 15 May 2007, at 17:15, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: On 5/15/07, Topher Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do local dumps really allow you to dump stuff like this? I would have thought that there would be some disposal fees involved for computer equipment. You can drop off computer equipment

Re: MythTV and Your Service?

2007-05-18 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 17 May 2007, at 12:39, Nathan Nelson wrote: I am considering a group of services for television, but want to order one that will work with MythTV. Currently, I have Dish TV, but it's a little limited as to how I get it working. I'm looking into Comcast, Mstar, and some others. If anyone

Re: DVD compression

2007-05-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 23 May 2007, at 12:37, adam fisher wrote: So I am looking at building my media server and have tried a few different products. I have loved the clonedvd/anydvd setup for burning to a dvd. Howver, for my media server I was hoping to get it down to about 2 to 2.5 gigs and still maintain

Re: SPF, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail

2007-06-25 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 25 Jun 2007, at 16:29, Nicholas Leippe wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007, Dave Smith wrote: Some alert readers may recall a discussion I started some time back trying to solve the mystery of why hotmail would drop my emails. Today I finally setup an SPF record for my domain hoping to solve

Re: SPF sucks

2007-07-05 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 04 Jul 2007, at 15:52, Hans Fugal wrote: How much money has been wasted in the fight against spam? If we had had the foresight to get it right in the first place (whatever that may have been/be) how much (1) cost and (2) results and (3) happy customers would we have today? Never

Re: Anti Spam Landscape

2007-07-17 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 17 Jul 2007, at 16:47, Kimball Larsen wrote: So, I'm setting up a new mail server from scratch, using ubuntu on a new, fast server. In the past I've used spamassassin + postgrey for anti-spam, but lately it's not keeping up anymore. I've run across DSpam, and wondering if it's any

Re: Play Audio on Headless Server?

2007-07-18 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 18 Jul 2007, at 09:14, Kimball Larsen wrote: Ok, so everyone will probably get sick of all my questions this week, but I've been tossed into a bit of unfamiliar territory (I'm a programmer, not a sysadmin) this week with setting up a new server here at work. One of the functions they

Re: Favorite DNS?

2007-07-23 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 23 Jul 2007, at 20:24, Kimball Larsen wrote: So, I've got to handle setting up DNS on a linux box for the first time - done it before on a mac, but used a spiffy interface that hid the icky underpinnings of BIND from me and made it a cinch to set everything up. What server does

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