Re: [SLUG] Running Google Earth in Ubuntu

2007-04-18 Thread Ken Caldwell
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 21:10 +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 17:05 +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 06:05 +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: fglrx won't give you direct rendering on 9200 whatsoever.. they stopped supporting that card a long time ago.. the

Re: [SLUG] P2P question re Stealthed Ports

2007-04-18 Thread Zhasper
On 18/04/07, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Usually stealthed means that the ports are being filtered at the gateway and that incoming packets are being dropped rather than a Reset being sent, where they would be seen as Closed. I suspect that you have a firewall problem on your

[SLUG] Re: recommended internet wireless

2007-04-18 Thread Del
Not just in Sydney Metro - IRCing from a bus halfway between Byron Bay and the Gold Coast is quite useful[1] too :) What's the offshore coverage like? I'm sort of thinking about the NextG concept with the new tower/software upgrades they are planning later in the year, because apparently

Re: [SLUG] Running Google Earth in Ubuntu

2007-04-18 Thread Peter Hardy
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 16:14 +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: I have investigated this a bit further and extracted more information using glxinfo. *snip* The problem seems to be:- libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so libGL error: dlopen /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so failed

[SLUG] Terrible dedicated webhosting

2007-04-18 Thread Simon Wong
I just recently had a very bad experience with a local provider of dedicated web hosting who proved multiple times that they had no idea what they were doing! I obviously will not name them here but if anyone is looking into dedicated hosting feel free to drop me an email so I can warn you! --

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, Robert Thorsby wrote: On 2007.04.18 00:37 Adam Kennedy wrote: So nothing but good things so far with the network, at least in areas where you get the good towers. Haven't tried in country areas yet. Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has

[SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Hi folks. I'm building a simple web site for a mate of mine who's made a film that's just hitting the festival circuit. I want it to be pretty basic, with just a few pages and a blog that he can update. I use blosxom because it's bloody simple, but it required me to write in HTML. I'll need

Re: [SLUG] Terrible dedicated webhosting

2007-04-18 Thread Michael Lake
Simon Wong wrote: I just recently had a very bad experience with a local provider of dedicated web hosting who proved multiple times that they had no idea what they were doing! I obviously will not name them here but if anyone is looking into dedicated hosting feel free to drop me an email so I

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 2007.04.19 10:39 Sonia Hamilton wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, Robert Thorsby wrote: Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were coerced by Telstra into converting their mobiles are trying to convert back to CDMA. But,

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:06:43AM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: * Not written in PHP * Not written in $trendy_language_of_the_week Rather limits your choices... I presume Ruby/Rails is too trendy, what about Python? -- Sonia Hamilton | GNU/Linux - 'free' as in .

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Sonia Hamilton wrote: * On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:06:43AM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: * Not written in PHP * Not written in $trendy_language_of_the_week Rather limits your choices... I presume Ruby/Rails is too trendy, what about Python? These are under

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread rich
Quoting Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PHP is just too much of an open invitation to write buggy code. If PERL or Python had as many novice programmers calling their programs PERLxxx or PythonXXX then I'm sure these languages would look just as bad. Feel free to recommend things

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If PERL or Python had as many novice programmers calling their programs PERLxxx or PythonXXX then I'm sure these languages would look just as bad. Matt's script archive anyone? WordPress. The unholy marriage PHP _and_ MySQL kinda

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-18 Thread David Ward
Thanks to all for your valuable feedback. I should of made myself a little more clearer. The boss is looking to offer it as a OS with the Desktops we sell. So its more a pitch to show its a viable option for our customers. None the less, the info I this thread is very useful. I have just

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Adam Kennedy
Best anecdote I have regarding data over NextG comes (second hand) from the Campervan and Motorhome Club annual rally earlier this year. Internet on the Road guru giving talk at rally; explains why he switched from CDMA (which used to cost him over $100 per mnth, IIRC) to NextG; then advised a

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Adam Kennedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PHP is just too much of an open invitation to write buggy code. If PERL or Python had as many novice programmers calling their programs PERLxxx or PythonXXX then I'm sure these languages would look just as bad. Both Perl

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Adam Kennedy wrote: We will be paying somewhere in the vicinity of $200-400 a month for our NextG data nodes, for (I believe) unlimited data. You'll be wanting to check the fine print. Tel$tra haven't offered unlimited data on any service for some time. Yes,

[SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Leslie Katz
I'm using the tumblr software. Look at my blog (address below). It's very simple to use and would certainly meet at least some of your requirements, if not all. -- Visit http://stumblng.tumblr.com An Australian lawyers' tumblelog about things (some legal, most not) you might otherwise have

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/04/07, Adam Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest example is probably SQL placeholders, which pretty much remove any chance of SQL injections attack in one fell swoop. I know for DBI it's very difficult to do any non-trivial work without using them. I was just bitten (again) by

[SLUG] Re: Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Leslie Katz wrote: I'm using the tumblr software. Look at my blog (address below). It's very simple to use and would certainly meet at least some of your requirements, if not all. Hmmm. I wasn't keen on a hosted option, but they allow you to point your own

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-18 Thread Amos Shapira
On 19/04/07, David Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all for your valuable feedback. I should of made myself a little more clearer. The boss is looking to offer it as a OS with the Desktops we sell. So its more a pitch to show its a viable option for our customers. None the less, the