[SLUG] Re: Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Ben Buxton
Dan Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing: Morning Sluggers, Just after some recommendations on the above probably in that order. Machines don't need to be overly powerful but reasonable traffic allowance would be good. The Co-lo would need to be located in sydney the

Re: [SLUG] Re: Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Ben Buxton wrote: I use Linode in the US. They are a UML based bunch and you can install pretty much any distro you choose. Prices start at $USD20/month. http://www.linode.com/ As the person who tipped Ben off about linode, I'll also vouch for them. Excellent

[SLUG] Geographic Information Systems and PostgreSQL

2005-06-02 Thread telford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There was a question last meeting with regards to PostgreSQL and the consensus seemed to be that it wasn't up to the job of handling GIS. I did a few performance tests on my laptop and didn't find it all that bad, I guess it would be interesting to

Re: [SLUG] Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Dan Treacy Just after some recommendations on the above probably in that order. Machines don't need to be overly powerful but reasonable traffic allowance would be good. www.linode.com - bloody fantastic - Jeff -- GUADEC 2005: May 29th-31st

Re: [SLUG] SQL Brain teaser...

2005-06-02 Thread James Gregory
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 19:59 +1000, Grant Parnell - EverythingLinux wrote: I'm trying to do some metrics on how long it takes to process an order in our system based on time between printing the picking slip and bagging the goods for dispatch. The aim is to determin the maximum performance if

Re: [SLUG] Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Piers Wren
I've got 2 UML machines around the place. one on tektonic.net and one on redwoodvirtual.com. TekTonic are the better of those two, I seem to get more available CPU. Ping time is a bit of an issue, but once connected the speed is good. Support is reasonable but nothing special. I use

Re: [SLUG] access ext3 partion from xp dual boot

2005-06-02 Thread 國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)
I haven't used Ubuntu before, but if I'm not wrong, for any Linux distribution, editing the fstab file to mount the partition always work. linleycaetan wrote: I have just installed ubuntu as dual boot on my sony vaio. Is there a straighforward way of accessing the linux patition from windows

Re: [SLUG] access ext3 partion from xp dual boot

2005-06-02 Thread 國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)
I haven't used Ubuntu before, but if I'm not wrong, for any Linux distribution, editing the fstab file to mount the partition always works. linleycaetan wrote: I have just installed ubuntu as dual boot on my sony vaio. Is there a straighforward way of accessing the linux patition from windows

Re: [SLUG] Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Michael Fox
On 6/2/05, Piers Wren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use redwoodvirtual for my personal server. I'm on the $10/mo plan which gives me 20Gb/mo bandwidth. It's far from quick (CPU), but reliable enough (current uptime is 143 days) and capable of running apache/postfix/spamassassin/bind as long as

Re: [SLUG] Co-lo, UML Dedicated servers

2005-06-02 Thread Piers Wren
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 07:06 +1000, Michael Fox wrote: Thanks for that. I think redwoodvirtual might do just what I need for my personal domain. I am sick of the shared hosting. I'd like to control my box with a rootshell, as I am sick of the hosting firm doing changes which breaks my online

[SLUG] Perl Training Australia offer for SLUG members

2005-06-02 Thread Grant Parnell - slug
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:09:41 +1000 From: Jacinta Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Grant Parnell - slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Perl Training Australia offer for SLUG members Upcoming Perl courses in Sydney == Perl

[SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread Steve Waddington
* Major Responsibilities * Career Development Role * Attractive Remuneration Working in North Sydney Skills needed: - Expert Linux skills - Redhat or Mandrake - Sound knowledge of Qmail and Vqmail - Sound knowledge of MySQL - Sound knowledge of FreeRadius - Sound knowledge of NFS - Sound

[SLUG] [computerbank] Casula Working Bee This Weekend Next

2005-06-02 Thread Dan Treacy
Hi Sluggers, Just a reminder to all that ComputerBank's Casula premises will be open and having a working bee this weekend and next. Everyone is welcome. We kick off at 10:30am on each of the days and go as long as people are keen. No experience required (although if you do have some it's

Re: [SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread telford
Not hassling out the job or anything, it seems like a good offer. Just one thing I can't help commenting on... On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:48:09AM +1000, Steve Waddington wrote: Ideal Candidate - Is fanatical about system administration - Has

[SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread dimitri
Just wanted an opinion. Is the penguin globally recognized, would most people know the Linux logo, or is it still insider information. I am working on some Spam ads, and thought of making one for Linux and the one concept work's only if everyone would recognize the penguin. No use when Award

Re: [SLUG] access ext3 partion from xp dual boot

2005-06-02 Thread Alexander Samad
Hi have a look on source forge I believe there is a package that allow windows machines to mount ext2 (maybe ext3 ) partitions, been a while since I looked at it A On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:36:09PM +1000, linleycaetan wrote: I have just installed ubuntu as dual boot on my sony vaio. Is there a

Re: [SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread James Gray
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 01:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not hassling out the job or anything, it seems like a good offer. Just one thing I can't help commenting on... On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:48:09AM +1000, Steve Waddington wrote: Ideal Candidate - Is fanatical about system

[SLUG] RHEL3u4

2005-06-02 Thread Alexander Samad
Hi Installing rhel3u4 on some old hardware, and when the install gets to probing the monitor is locks the computer up. I have tried these options nofb skipddc text noprobe which worked on RHEL4, but seem to make no difference to the rhel3u4 install process. How can I get a totally text only

Re: [SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread Jon Austin
On 6/3/05, James Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been called many things where I work: Security Nazi RFC Zealot Unix Pig Linux Whore Rack Monkey Packet Sniffer (I jest you not!) Sneaky Little Bastard Hey you! BOFH? In an office full of Dilbert fans, I am also referred to as Mordac -

Re: [SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread telford
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:31:59PM +1000, James Gray wrote: I've been called many things where I work: Security Nazi RFC Zealot Unix Pig Linux Whore Rack Monkey Packet Sniffer (I jest you not!) Sneaky Little Bastard Hey you! ... Never been called a fanatic though...maybe I'm not

Re: [SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread TongMaster
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 05:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted an opinion. G'day Dimitri. I've had two reactions to your post. The first reaction was Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for this weekend then after re-reading I thought what I might really is a little more

Re: [SLUG] Geographic Information Systems and PostgreSQL

2005-06-02 Thread Matt Moor
I've run a few more tests... I remember someone saying that they had the loan of a kick-arse server as a test bench (was it Matt? can't remember) Funny story, that. We sent it back, but not before it (helped) take out a power circuits in the office where it was located. :( Before I could

[SLUG] Linux/Windows shared partition question

2005-06-02 Thread Leslie Katz
Tony Lissner asked me a question in a reply to some questions of mine about the above subject. He asked whether I'd formatted the partition in question in Windows. That question of his triggered in my mind a recollection of the existence of the Disk Management facility in Windows XP, so I

Re: [SLUG] Telephone recording?

2005-06-02 Thread telford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:13:20AM +1000, Angus Lees wrote: At Fri, 27 May 2005 13:04:21 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: What's the most sensible and reliable way to record a phone conversation, assuming a standard phone, using Free Software (and

AW: [SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread dimitri
don't know how the Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for this weekend came in. it's boring advertising really. But you asked for it. I thought I take a picture of a window in winter time with the typical cross frame. The glass is foggy and just in the right bottom corner you

RE: [SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread Roger Barnes
don't know how the Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for this weekend came in. I think Tongmaster is referring to your Spam reference. As you explained to me when I asked, that was a typo ... Dimitri said : Ok, scam ads in creative circles are not very harmful. (Sorry I

[SLUG] Re: Geographic Information Systems and PostgreSQL

2005-06-02 Thread Matt Palmer
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:45:13PM +1000, Matt Moor wrote: I've run a few more tests... I remember someone saying that they had the loan of a kick-arse server as a test bench (was it Matt? can't remember) Funny story, that. We sent it back, but not before it (helped) take out a power

Re: AW: [SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread TongMaster
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 07:12 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: don't know how the Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for this weekend came in. Having read Roger's email, it makes much more sense :) I spent some trying to work out whether or not this was a genuine email, an address

AW: [SLUG] penguin recognition

2005-06-02 Thread dimitri
Do you get to put any accompanying notes with the image for the awards? Unfortunately not, so if Mr.. judge don't get it in 3 seconds it's gone to the bin. By what I've got so far is that I can't really use it as no one outside the IT room knows little tux... thanks, guys and sorry for the scan