Re: [SLUG] Linux netbook?

2009-04-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
seeing) or Kogan cheerleaders. -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

Re: [SLUG] Defining Mainsteam

2009-04-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
) of download in one hit. Ouch. -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ When bankers get together for dinner they discuss art, when artists get together for dinner

Re: [SLUG] Looking for a desktop PIM

2009-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
, since nothing else out there is really going to give a lot of joy in terms of sync with Linux at the moment. Depends if you'll be happy with online services. http://www.goosync.com/ -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
at dcd0 Board Temp: +37.0°C (low = -128.0°C, high = +127.0°C) CPU Temp:+41.0°C (low = -128.0°C, high = +105.0°C) Fiddle around with /etc/sensors3.conf to set maximum temperatures, and actions when the maximums are exceeded (like, get it to send you an email?). -- Rev Simon Rumble

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mythbuntu set up not 'quite' right

2009-01-29 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ a skid mark on the bed sheet of Australian politics - John Howard, as described by Dean Mighell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu set up not 'quite' right

2009-01-27 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
with a web browser, anywhere * No vendor to go broke, stranding you with an out-of-date-system I'm about to move to HD myself. Just waiting on delivery of my new telly and PS3. -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] Re: Netbook experiences?

2008-12-16 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
impressed with it so far! A brilliant UI, not sure what window manager it is but it's slick slick slick, and ideal for such a tiny screen. Only issue was hibernate and sleep didn't work. Followed the instructions on the Wiki and now it does. -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

2008-12-15 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
the current state of play with Microsot tax refunds? -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Given the choice between two evils, I pick the one I haven't tried before. - Mae West -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

[SLUG] Netbook experiences?

2008-12-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
? -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. - Harry S. Truman -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

2008-12-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
? Which model have you got? The Windows one seems to have a better spec, but I suppose you'd need it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_One#Specifications -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org

Re: [SLUG] Netbook experiences?

2008-12-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
downside is the battery life. Thanks for the info. -- Rev Simon Rumble si...@rumble.net www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. - Power and the Passion, Midnight Oil -- SLUG

Re: Which wireless data service should I signup to? was [SLUG] Don't buy ZTE's Reply-To: In-Reply-To:

2008-12-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
/802.11 range. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ The PROPER way to handle HTML postings is to cancel the article, then hire a hitman to kill the poster, his wife and kids, and fuck his dog and smash

Re: Which wireless data service should I signup to? was [SLUG] Don't buy ZTE's

2008-12-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=972031ux=6258 -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If the designers of X-windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels

Re: [SLUG] Desktop integration with Google Calendar and Remember the Milk

2008-11-16 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
your gmail window. It's very very cool to have your todos right next http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/ You're running kinda close to the state-of-the-art by putting all your stuff in the cloud, so it's not quite as beautiful as it should be. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] Talk request. Freenet or similar technology.

2008-11-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your

Re: [SLUG] Steve Ballmer live rally Sydney November 6

2008-11-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to tongue-pash RMS live on-stage, before announcing the release of Windows GPL. Alternatively, the freedom is the freedom for MSFT shareholders to bend their customers over a barrel, but why be a pessimist? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel

Re: [SLUG] Search engine traffic dominates

2008-10-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
be less important. You might want to look into the Crawl-delay extension to the robots.txt standard, which can limit by robot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots.txt#Crawl-delay_directive -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
they're doing you. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If the designers of X-windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
it. Why should schools pay for the bandwidth of content that just gets stripped out by your content filter anyway. I don't think you understand how filtering works. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to take responsibility for our internet usage alone. I know it's out of fashion this week, but how about letting the market decide? There are already ISPs that provide a filtered service. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-16 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
the terrorism laws that would never be used on peaceful protesters. Does anyone here have any insight pls? http://nocleanfeed.com/ -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org

Re: [SLUG] ADSL2 modems that just simply work with linux -- existed for adsl1

2008-09-25 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. I've had good experiences with Billion. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom. - Samuel Adams

[SLUG] Reminder: Key signing this Friday in Sydney

2008-09-10 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
/Key_signing_party [3] http://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html#traditional [4] http://www.australianheritagehotel.com/ [5] http://rumble.smugmug.com/photos/69684016_4byEq-L-1.jpg -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu friendly PCI/USB WiFi?

2008-09-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to guarantee will be supported. I ended up using an access point flashed with dd-wrt in client mode. It's got a better antenna too. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu friendly PCI/USB WiFi?

2008-09-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
module the card requires). If you specifically say you need it to work under Linux, and the vendor doesn't specifically say it doesn't, you'll be entitled to a refund if it doesn't work. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday

Re: [SLUG] DODO

2008-08-31 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
in the organisation. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ A reactionary is a man whose political opinions always manage to keep up with yesterday. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] DODO

2008-08-29 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. ;) grin how bad can dodo be!! Oh you wouldn't believe... -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom

Re: [SLUG] DODO

2008-08-26 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. There's a reason for that. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Cocaine, habit forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years. - Tallulah Bankhead -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

[SLUG] Key signing Friday 12th September, The Rocks

2008-08-14 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html#traditional [4] http://www.australianheritagehotel.com/ [5] http://rumble.smugmug.com/photos/69684016_4byEq-L-1.jpg -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] website or browser bug?

2008-07-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
-- and this one's an easy fix, they could just remove the print stylesheet and the result will at least be better. So see if you cna find a technical contact. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Finster's

Re: [SLUG] merging pdf

2008-07-15 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
document pages together on one physical page at a reduced size - pdfjoin concatenates multiple PDF documents - pdf90 rotates the pages of PDF documents -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer

Re: [SLUG] temporary wireless internet?

2008-07-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
can use it to connect to the Net with a (cheap) USB Bluetooth dongle on your computer.. Though you'll want to keep your usage down as the rates are normally punitive. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?

2008-07-10 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
be watching any YouTube though. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. - George Bernard

Re: [SLUG] Re: eee pc 900 (20080709)

2008-07-10 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
it at wholesale prices (despite the fact you're only buying one), so you end up paying 32% GST! -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Cocaine, habit forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've

Re: [SLUG] eee pc 900 (20080709)

2008-07-08 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
on the front step. Fortunately it was still there when I got home. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ A lifetime of listening to disco music is a high price to pay for one's sexual preference

Re: [SLUG] OT: WLAN VoIP phone

2008-07-06 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to offer naked) so incoming calls work just fine, and it automagically switches to VOIP for outbound calls. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I

[SLUG] Hyperthreading

2008-07-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
load, but if running single-threaded CPU-intensive processes, it'll run faster without hyperthreading? This machine can actually take another CPU, but finding a suitable one and the matching fan and shroud (Dell) doesn't seem to be easy. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net

Re: [SLUG] Hyperthreading

2008-07-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Brett Morgan wrote: From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading): Yeah I read that. It didn't answer my question 8) -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're

Re: [SLUG] Hyperthreading

2008-07-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Thanks for all the informative responses. So it seems there's only a minor performance decrease from having hyperthreading enabled if load is a single thread. i.e., my reading of top wasn't right. Thanks again. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks

[SLUG] Re: turning off blog comments

2008-06-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
is different to mine, clearly. I have three wordpress plugins for comment spam. Great, not one but three pieces of software to maintain. Then I get to moderate messages too. Not like I've got anything better to do. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. And a whole project to re-implement them properly: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/ -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-02 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Adrian Chadd wrote: Ah, if only writing software held the same risks and building bridges. :) You mean engineers don't test their newly-built bridge by driving a dozen variously-shaped vehicles across it, before opening it up to all and sundry? -- Rev Simon

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
with the latest comment spam blocking hacks. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. - Simeon Strunsky -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Daniel Pittman wrote: [2] formmail. I say no more. Matt's Script Archive, anyone? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org

Re: [SLUG] Take 2 MythTV = Media Centre ++

2008-05-25 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
)? Waterloo you probably want the VHF signal from Artarmon. Make sure you're not using the frequency for either the Manly or Kings Cross transmitters, which are both in the UHF range. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] Take 3 MythTV = Media Centre ++

2008-05-24 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
easy. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

Re: [SLUG] Take 2 MythTV = Media Centre ++

2008-05-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
the front end to something that needs fans, but I'll stick it in the same cupboard as the server and run DVI either direct or over the Cat6 to the lounge room. Unfortunately the whole setup is out of action right now, pending running cables under and around the new house. -- Rev Simon Rumble

Re: [SLUG] Take 2 MythTV = Media Centre ++

2008-05-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
loads of stuff I never get around to. I probably watch at most 6 hours of telly a week though, so perhaps I'm not typical? The beauty of MythTV, though, is that it's all thriller, no filler. No ads either. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks

Re: [SLUG] search engine for company network (OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
those for you too. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ a skid mark on the bed sheet of Australian politics - John Howard, as described by Dean Mighell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] search engine for company network (OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
that everyone has access to. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps

Re: [SLUG] SIM cards as cheap data storage?

2008-04-14 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking

Re: [SLUG] DST in debain

2008-03-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to have done it right. Now how to fix it? There's no new tzdata package available... -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock

Re: [SLUG] DST in debain

2008-03-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
-updates then, and should I have that in my sources.list? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ When bankers get together for dinner they discuss art, when artists

Re: [SLUG] DST in debain

2008-03-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
into ${ubuntu_release} ? Or is it just me? Yeah I don't get it either. And the fact it's not enabled by default is even more bizarre. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If you can keep your head

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu repository components and what they mean

2008-03-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
it to be ghastly. Excellent summary and indeed something like it should be in relevant locations. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Only one person ever attended a parliament with honest intentions

Re: [SLUG] ABC Playback

2008-03-26 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. The interface is pretty awful, but the underlying data is right out in the open, so I'm sure we'll be able to build our own interfaces to it in time. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ To retain

Re: [SLUG] Remove alpha channel from PNG

2008-03-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
) 1.0,0.5,0.0, where the values are floats between zero and one, or with the syntax #RGB, #RRGGBB or # where R, G and B are hexa-decimal numbers. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're

Re: [SLUG] putty dies when 'unattended'

2008-03-13 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
the Connection top-level option. There's a Sending of null packets to keep session active and Seconds between keepalives (0 to turn off). Set it to something like 30 and it'll work fine. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
: We made a technology decision without reference to portability. You pay the price. We are keeping an eye on developments in this area and hope to bring a Linux version to you as soon as practicable. XULRunner, anyone?!?!? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to ask if there's another way. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Call me a cynic, but for me much more stable than the last version of Windows is not exactly a ringing endorsement. - James Riden

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
than animated giffs (x10). Who the hell uses animated GIF files any more? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ For those who've come across the seas We've

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
, I will tell them what I think. It looks like nothing that couldn't be implemented in standard HTML. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
they're presented, and build an alternative front-end in a cross-platform manner. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood

[SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to go by, this is going to be Windows-only with limited Mac support and no other OS support. http://www.abc.net.au/now/#faq16 This page might be helpful: http://www.abc.net.au/contact/complaints_process.htm Not sure how one requests a refund. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net

Re: [SLUG] Open Source Medical Practice Management Software

2008-03-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. That really should be the starting point here too. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ a skid mark on the bed sheet of Australian politics - John Howard

Re: [SLUG] support enquiry

2008-03-03 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
picky about which jobs I take. I wouldn't say it's the same thing as losing out to the almighty dollar. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I

Re: [SLUG] sim card reader on LInux

2008-02-24 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, ken Foskey wrote: I am worried about loosing my phone and it does not have bluetooth or IR. Does your phone support SyncML? If so, you can backup everything to: http://zyb.com/ Or even sync your calendar with Google Calendar: http://goosync.com/ -- Rev Simon

Re: [SLUG] [ot] Portable wifi hotspot or mesh node with Internet gateway

2008-02-18 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
internally or through USB. I seem to recall Billion had such a beast. I'm sure the Virgin Broadband hardware would do it, if you can find who makes it and buy it separately. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http

Re: [SLUG] Data Leakage Prevention and Detection

2008-02-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
still had tracked changes accesible, showing the changes to the official intelligence made by Blair's spin doctor. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ In politics, what begins in fear usually ends

Re: [SLUG] Data Leakage Prevention and Detection

2008-02-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
in the media. Then again, there's always the print option ;) -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live

Re: [SLUG] Data Leakage Prevention and Detection

2008-02-11 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
man installed a box on our network and gave me a certificate that promised we were secure! -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ If a law is unjust, a man

Re: [SLUG] Data Leakage Prevention and Detection

2008-02-10 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
be trivial to get around with SSL or similar. But I see what you're getting at and, no, still never heard of it 8) -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ What a country calls its vital economic interests

Re: [SLUG] Data Leakage Prevention and Detection

2008-02-10 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Ricky wrote: Has anyone come across any Linux/Open Source Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) solution ? Care to define your term? It's not something I've ever heard of. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel

Re: [SLUG] BWOI: Hi

2008-01-31 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Matthew Hannigan wrote: Not satisfied with being either rude or whiny, today you've gone both! You telling me you were able to parse that post? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean

Re: [SLUG] BWOI: Hi

2008-01-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Good grief! Is this output from some spam engine's scanning of the list or is it the effect of writing COBOL on a human being's brain? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ The music business

Re: [SLUG] BWOI: Hi

2008-01-30 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Rick Welykochy wrote: Rev Simon Rumble wrote: Good grief! Is this output from some spam engine's scanning of the list or is it the effect of writing COBOL on a human being's brain? I suspect ADHD and Ritalin. Not enough Ritalin or too much? -- Rev Simon

Re: [SLUG] Firefox woes

2008-01-29 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
, though it won't improve the standard eye-searing designs. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. - Timothy Leary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] iAudio mp3 player won't automount after upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10, suggestions?

2008-01-17 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
player is a standard USB Mass Storage device. No fancy proprietary interface. Does a USB flash key or hard drive have the same problem? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ They that can give up

Re: [SLUG] Question on pixels.

2008-01-09 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
with these widescreen monitors is that, while they're great for watching movies, the extra space is pretty much wasted in most windows systems. Particularly Windows and clones. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org

Re: [SLUG] Question on pixels.

2008-01-07 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. Otherwise this looks promising: http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linux/read-edid/ Current dimensions: xdpyinfo -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-08 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to the price, justifies the limitations. I want one. Now to work on SWMBO... -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-07 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
connection. No I mean so that you can connect it up with just one movement, rather than connecting power + monitor + anything else. It's a pretty standard thing with laptops, but tends to require a special connector. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because

[SLUG] Eee

2007-12-05 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
So they've sold out apparently. Anyone got one? Comments? http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/australias-cheapest-laptop-sells-out/2007/12/05/1196812808404.html -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-05 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
with some transient windows having important bits off the screen. Better, though, is the fact the external monitor connector can do MUCH higher resolution. Is there a docking cradle available? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http

Re: [SLUG] Eee

2007-12-05 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
in -- and probably will. What's cool about this is that it's shown that much cheaper is possible (especially without software license costs). This will change the market. The success of this device guarantees that every Taiwanese chop shop will have their own versions within the year. -- Rev Simon Rumble

Re: [SLUG] Suspending the screen-saver by command line

2007-11-25 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
automagically, but there's the -stop-xscreensaver option if that's not your default. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
an educational focus, but so what? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Nerds need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. - Otto von Bismarck -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
something I've been after for many years -- laptops are way to heavy and PDAs suck. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. The latency is enormous. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ No, Democracy is not identical with majority rule. Democracy is a State which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
is inside the modem. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because geeks travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ ... Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this is like saying

Re: [SLUG] unwired and linux

2007-11-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
. That said, if you look at the Whirlpool forum there's a lot of unhappy people. Then again, except for the Internode forum, that seems to be the case for every ISP forum on WP. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=18g=119 -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist

[SLUG] CAD software for architecture?

2007-10-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Hi folks. I'm planning some building alterations and was wondering if anyone could recommend any free CAD-type software for architectural drawings or 3D models of houses? Something that doesn't take a lifetime to master would be good, as I want to keep it simple. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Printer

2007-09-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
, try: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/SuggestedPrinters -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks need vacations too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers

Re: [SLUG] scp -c null ??

2007-08-16 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Zenaan Harkness wrote: So the next question, which cipher has the lowest CPU overhead? DES? From the ssh man page: blowfish is a fast block cipher; it appears very secure and is much faster than 3des. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net

Re: [SLUG] e reader

2007-08-08 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
behind has failed: they always want to own the entire ecosystem and lock the whole thing behind brain damaged restrictions. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ Put it before them briefly so

Re: [SLUG] Where is which? [was Which which?]

2007-08-08 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
this regularly. The package would be nothing more than the control file. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ There is only a small difference between a strong atheist and a Christian: they agree on a very

Re: [SLUG] re: Not good publicity for Linux, is it?

2007-07-22 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
design of the Internet. It's a feature, not a bug. If you don't want people to do it, there are ample technical means to stop it. But yes, it does leave you open to someone switching in a disturbingly gaping arse. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Geeks

Re: [SLUG] re: Not good publicity for Linux, is it?

2007-07-19 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
to stagger the traffic. If you only anticipate ridiculous load in the first few days after launch, it's silly to build capacity to cope with that one-off demand. Instead, have some kind of ticketing system for those days to manage the demand. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net

Re: [SLUG] re: Not good publicity for Linux, is it?

2007-07-19 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
than slurping it out of the database every time. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ A politician is like a nappy. He should be changed regularly, and for the same

Re: [SLUG] Firefox pausing

2007-07-12 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
browser windows and amsn running. This is the same for both systems. What client for MSN? I presume there's no official client for Linux. Also, pauses like this can sometimes indicate a cooling problem. Check that the CPU fan is working. -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net

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